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Institution: Rio Salado College
Section: 14687
Term: Fall 2014
Start Date: 10/20/2014
Weeks: 16
Last date to withdraw: None
Instructor: Virginia Domer
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Title: Human Anatomy & Physiology pkg
Author: Marieb
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Author: Marieb
Title: Anatomy & Physiology Coloring Workbook: A Complete Study Guide
Author: Marieb
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Come on Turbine, we need the people and there are so many things you could charge for. (Limit rank to paid accounts!)
the Enterprise can only travel on impulse?
No photon torpedo spreads - just one at a time - with the old and fat Scotty loading them?
And the phasers will shoot out in the 'V' shape they always showed in TOS that in real life would have shot around the enemy?
And the hand held phasers are always set to 'stun'.
Spock is always in a state of Pon Farr and therefore is wacked out of his Vulcan mind!
McCoy just says "I'm a Doctor! Not a [fill in whatever you need him to do]"
God, I wish I owned that game! I'd nickel and dime the players until they were broke!
I can't say I'm particularly surprised, they were selling extras when I did a free trial a few months ago, and the players seemed to be buying them like crazy. It wouldn't surprise me if they were already making most of their money from nickel and diming the players.
Now that the game is going free to play, I might go back to it. Ground missions were pretty lame, I thought, but I enjoyed space combat immensely.
Of course, SWTOR is coming out soon...
I'm pretty sure a lot of Trekkies would actually pay for those things as realistic features...
McCoy just says "I'm a Doctor! Not a [fill in whatever you need him to do]"
If you don't pay, he'll even say "I'm a Doctor, not a Doctor!"
the Enterprise can only travel on impulse?
Nope, it can go to warp.
No photon torpedo spreads - just one at a time - with the old and fat Scotty loading them?
Nope, you can fire torpedo spreads.
And the phasers will shoot out in the 'V' shape they always showed in TOS that in real life would have shot around the enemy?
Get different phaser emitters.
And the hand held phasers are always set to 'stun'.
To be fair, this is an alternate time line in the 'future' of Star Trek where enemies are running around with regen
Replace entire bridge crew with Orion Slave Girls - $5000
Yeah, I've been playing it too and it's pretty fun. No idea whether they're making enough money to justify keeping it going though.
Let me know when it's pay-me-to-play.
One thing that's interesting about the economy is you can actually get nearly everything in game as a free player through dilithium mining. It takes a little more work, but for those of us with tight wallets it's a nice system. I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to switch to the free model or not.
Expansion packs are also worth buying in those free to play MMO. Buy a pack and get a whole host of gear, features and maps to significantly expand the free version, a middle ground between free and subscriber.
I'll pay you minimum wage to level up my character for me while I'm at work...
I played it when it came out, and thought it was extremely boring after getting about 15 hours in. It was neat that it had combat both in ships and on the ground, but neither was great.
My brother liked it a lot, but quit when he found out I was. I asked what was so great, and he just said "There's something extremely satisfying about going around and blowing up Klingons."
I think my brother's statement sums up the game well. If you are a shallow person, and and love just blowing up Klingons becau
The word you are looking for is "Xenophobic"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia [wikipedia.org]
One ST:TNG episode The Chase* pretty much "confirmed" Pan Spermia, which would go towards explaining the ability to interbreed humans with pretty much every other race.
*: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation) [wikipedia.org]
if you want to just blow stuff up, there's always NetTrek.
Not fun to play, though, if you have a laggy connection.
The problem is that there are now roughly 300,000,000 different MMOGs on the market, and few people want to pay a monthly fee to each of them. If a game can keep a reasonable number of dedicated players but also bring in a lot of casual players who pay $20 every now and again then that's better than just giving up because you can't attract enough dedicated players.
The hard part is finding the right compromise between making money and pissing off the free players with nickel and diming.
The problem here may be that Champions Online did it all wrong, and it seems Star Trek Online may screw it up too. Ie, in Champions Online I have existing characters from when I did subscribe. But I can not play any of them without first converting them to "silver" (free to play) versions. That is I can only use a fixed set of archetypes with minimal customization. Sort of defeats the whole "build your own superhero" concept.
Champions Online, and even Star Trek Online, seem well suited to this sort of free-to-play/subscription hybrid model. These aren't the sorts of games players are likely to make their "main" MMO. These are side games that you play now and then, because the story lines are shallow. You show up to just bash and zap things, then get that out of your system and go back to the main game for a few weeks. But the key to being a good free-to-play or hybrid game is to encourage the free players to pay money (subscribe or use the store). The best way I think to accomplish this is to make the core game accessible to free players but have the extras require money or subscription or grinding. But I felt too restricted from the core of Champions Online (customizing your own character) so I haven't gone back and I think they really screwed up a good opportunity. Not sure if Star Trek Online will stumble as well or if they have figured it out.
That's why I think Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online do this well. You get the full game free, all the way to max level. You get a large chunk of leveling up accessible without being hit by a "you need to spend more points" until mid level. Some advanced classes may be restricted at the start. Some content needs more points but you can earn points in game as well. The main story line in LotRO is free, only the side quests and instances require questpacks. No one payment system is treated more special than any other and you don't know who is who so you can discriminate either. So the free player is treated with respect, they're able to actually play for free if they want, there is subtle encouragement to spend some money later on but you never hit a brick wall that stops you in your place, and the core game is accessible to all.
Of course both of those games got a lot of pissed off players but much of that is either righteous indignation at the concept, being upset that subscribers aren't treated as special compared to free players, wishing there weren't any free players, misinformation about "pay to win", conflating points with cash, etc.
According to Cryptic: "unique logins, concurrent users, and revenue totals have increased by "over 1,000 percent" since Champions Online went free-to-play"
Champions Online is their other game.
Disclaimer: I'm about to start a new job at Cryptic, but I don't have any inside information at this time.
To be accurate, it's not really the F2P model. It is a hybrid model. You can subscribe if you want or play totally for free or be in between by buying from the store or go back and forth between paying models. This distinguishes it from older F2P games that had no subscription at all and which generally have made a bad name for F2P. The hybrid tries to allow the F2P model without alienating subscribers or forcing subscribers to pull out extra cash.
Yes, LOTRO has made considerably more money after going FtP. I'm a lifetime VIP ($200 at launch), and they've also treated us well, to boot. We get 500 "Turbine Points" for free every month, access to all original launch content and a bunch of other in-game benefits. We do still have to buy the expansions when they come out, but that's fine by me. My son also plays, and I've not begrudged spending a couple bucks here and there to grant him access to additional content and features. Considering his shor
DDO was on its last legs after some server merges when it went with the new hybrid F2P model, which was very successful. However LotRO was still going strong. Not as populous as the first year of course but it was in no danger of needing server merges. For the older players who left (which always happens in MMOs) there were new players taking their places. They even added new servers for the F2P rollout.
I don't play any MMOs but I'm told that MMOs changing over to free-to-play is usually a last ditch attempt to avoid canning the whole thing, which is almost always futile. Is this true?
Not really. It's one of those things that "everyone knows" to be true, but isn't.
Mostly you hear it from people who play a competing game that hasn't yet gone free-to-play. the best example I can think of was the reaction from certain players of City Of Heroes when Champions Online went F2P last year. They got pretty smug
I used to think that was possible, but WoW released their earnings report last week. They lost 800k players, or about 1.7 million since this last expansion. They are actually up year to date despite of this.
SWTOR will be the one to watch. EA has said they need 1 million subscriptions to break even and prefer 2 million. Right now only two pay-to-play MMOs are above the 1 million mark.
Turbine's earnings skyrocketed once they went F2P with LOTRO.
I fully expect the F2P with a cash store model to be the prevailing type of MMO in a couple years at the most. Zynga has demonstrated that micro-transactions can be enormously profitable, and there are many games that are seeing new life through F2P. As long as there isn't an obnoxious paywall, it seems to be only beneficial to a games popularity, and at the end of the day, an MMO without a good community behind it is going to fail regardless of
While it is true that it is something games do when their subscriber base drops, it is often not a death knell but a new breath of life. One such game like that would be Dungeons and Dragons Online. The game never really caught on like some of the others, probably because it is kinda complex, as it's D&D heritage might indicate. So subscribers had been dropping for some time. They decided to go free to play.
It didn't just save the game, it revitalized it, they have tons of players now and make plenty of money.
Remember that free to play doesn't mean the whole thing is free. It means part of the game is free. Also it usually means you have two options in how to pay: Ala carte or monthly.
In DDO there's a base part of the game that costs nothing. You CAN play without ever paying a dime, but it is rather restrictive in what you can do. Does mean that you can still play even if times are lean for you though. In terms of the rest of the content, and there is tons, you have two choices:
1) Pay a monthly fee. For like $15/month you get access to everything. Works just like any "pay to play" MMO. You pay the monthly fee and can do anything you want in game. You get a few other goodies too like some points to spend in their online shop each month and so on. When you stop paying the fee though, the game reverts back to the free to play version.
2) Buy the modules individually. When you buy a module, it is unlocked once and for all time. You don't need to pay anything additional to access it. The fee only gets you access to that module's content though, nothing else.
Now when you look at it, it works out to about the same price. If you buy all new modules when they come out, you spend about the same as just having a monthly subscription that automatically gets you access to everything.
However, it lets people pay how they like. I have a friend that plays it (hence how I know so much) and a major thing that got him in to it was the free to play thing. He got to try the game, no commitment, and then he gets to buy things when he wants. He doesn't like monthly fees, just how he is. With this, it isn't needed. Periodically he buys a pack of points, and then uses them on modules as he wants to play them. I don't know that he saves any money over a monthly fee, but he is willing to do it this way, not a monthly fee.
Also it works for people who can't afford a monthly fee. Not everyone can afford $15/month on a game. Maybe a person can only afford only $15 ever 4 months. Well, a F2P game makes that work. They can buy a bit of game content when they want. No, they don't get the whole game but they get something. The company then gets to get some money, rather than no money.
Now I'm not saying it is some magic system that saves any game, however it can, and has, worked really well. DDO went free to play in 2009 and has been going strong ever since.
Free subscribers to the game will be able to play, but will not get the same benefits as paying subscribers still get.
Most importantly, non-paying customers only get red shirts and generic names. They also have to be one of the first people to beam down to the planet, and the only sound they can make is the Wilhelm scream.
I was actually going to mention in an MMO like this subscribers could pay for higher rank (access to more areas), and free players would be forced to be ensigns with server assigned names.
However female non-playing customers get to be the one-episode love interest of the captain who will be forgotten afterwords.
I used to play Star Trek Online. It had good potential, but felt rushed to market. The graphics were good, but the engine was inefficient in that it overly taxed the video card too much. Flying your starship around in space was fun. The starship battles felt like something out of Star Control. I absolutely loved it even if the starships never matched to true scale. It was easy to play with the mouse and keyboard, but yet required some crafty timing to take on more than one enemy at a time. At the time, I wish I could have walked the deck of my own starship in first person. I would have been better had there been co-op play where you could walk aboard someone else's ship to help them out with weaponry or engineering tasks in first person. Just a wish though.
I stopped playing it though because the away team missions absolutely sucked. I bitched and moaned. It was about as useful as talking to a brick wall however. Though somewhat therapeutic at best. Anyways, great concept. Shitty implementation in areas of gameplay that matter.
Anyways, great concept. Shitty implementation in areas of gameplay that matter.
That sums up a LOT of things out there.. even non digital.
The graphics were good, but the engine was inefficient in that it overly taxed the video card too much.
I started playing Star Trek: Online when it was officially released, not in the beta. I run STO on a netbook and it's entirely playable, sure the GPU is maxed out, but it runs really decently, so I'm not understanding the problem?
At the time, I wish I could have walked the deck of my own starship in first person.
That was available in Star Trek Online just a week after release... How did you not see that?
I should know because I was so hyped up about this game that I purchased the Collectors Edition. It came with a cool com badge pin and all. For at least a month or two after initial release, you could never walk the deck of your own ship. You could upgrade the interior look when customizing the design of the ship. But again, to actually walk around wasn't an option when I was playing. This feature was rumored to have been any moment now. From what you've said, I can only guess it got enabled soon after I ca
Ya, it missed out on a lot of possibility. To do any real interactions you have to be on a star base. They could have done the same thing on a ship. However they fall into the problem that bites at most MMOs: everyone wants to be the hero. You can't have a 500 player ship with only one player being the captain who can give orders to everyone else (ok, sounds a lot like a raid but raiders are really in the minority of players I think). So they give every player their own ship...
Other problems when I was
Try NetTrek... you can only reach Admiral status because, well, you can consistently blow up star bases with your puny scout.
It doesn't help that WoW has ground in very deeply to the MMO community the idea that the only good MMO is one with a painful leveling experience
I see you've never played Final Fantasy XI. Leveling in WoW is so easy, it's almost a joke.
I wish Final Fantasy XI would become free-to-play too. Or at least open source the servers or something.
The move to F2P earns a look from me. LOTRO lured me in with its F2P/hybrid model change last year and now I'm a monthly subscriber. The upfront box fee and mandatory subscription are obstacles to entry for someone like me with family and limited time. Unless a game gets stellar reviews from sites or people I trust I'm not going to spend $50+ just to try it for a month.
An added benefit to a F2P/hybrid move is that server populations increase which adds energy and excitement for existing subscribers, too.
Marvelous! The super-user's going to boot me! What a finely tuned response to the situation!


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Steers fall to Brownwood
The Big Spring Steers did a good job matching Brownwood defensively in their District 5-3A baseball matchup at Steer Park Friday.Unfortunately for Big Spring, the Lions' offense was more effective on this night as Brownwood took a 5-2 victory.Brownwood jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but Big Spring answered back with two runs of its own in the bottom of the second. A Joseph Morelion grounder produced a base hit, Jarred DoPorto then singled to advance Morelion to second. Zach Hernandez drew a walk to load the bases, and Brett Brorman singled up the middle to score Morelion and DoPorto, tying the game at 2-2. Brownwood added another run in the top of the third inning, taking a 3-2 lead, and a raucous top of the fifth inning — involving two balks and a wild pitch on BSHS' part — resulted in two more runs scored for the Lions, making the score 5-2.The Steers had their chances offensively, loading the bases three other times in the game, but were unable to produce any runs.Sophomore Adam Franco pitched a complete game for BSHS in a losing effort, and was backed up by solid defensive play, especially by outfielders Karsten Knudsen and DoPorto .BSHS Coach Bert Otto was disappointed with the loss, but remains optimistic for the Steers, who are now 1-1 in district play."This district is real competitive," he said. "(Brownwood's) pitcher had a good fastball and velocity, as well as a good curve ball. We made some great plays, though, defensively. Its finally coming together. It's a loss, but you don't see five or six marks in the error column."Otto said the Steers will remain focused on playing their style of ball Wednesday when they travel to Abilene to take on Wylie. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m."We need to get some timely hits, that's what kept us going against Snyder," he explained. "We're going to continue to take the same approach. We will go in with what we have and try to compete against Wylie."


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Ten girls comprise this year's Morris Daily Herald All-Area Girls Cross Country team, including Runner of the Year in Minooka's Morgan Crouch.
Coach Kevin Gummerson's Indians led the area once again as his harriers finished 19th as a team at the state meet down in Detweiller Park in Peoria. All seven runners at that event made the cut this year, to go along with two from Morris and one from Seneca.
Just one girl on the list will graduate this year meaning than most on this list will likely be back here at this time next year.
Laura Simon
Senior, Minooka
Season-best time:18:19 at Detweiller Park in Peoria.
"Laura had an outstanding career at Minooka High School," Minooka coach Kevin Gummerson said. "She ran in four IHSA State meets and she saved her best one for her last. She will go down as one of the great ones in Minooka XC history."
Kaitlyn Chetney
Junior, Minooka
Season-best time: 18:29 at Detweiller Park in Peoria.
"Kaitlyn put together an impressive state series and I was really impressed with her ability to focus on racing at a high level at the state meet," Gummerson said.
Haley McNamara
Junior, Minooka
Season-best time:18:19 at Detweiller Park in Peoria.
"Haley McNamara did not get the chance to run XC last year due to a severe hip injury," Gummerson said. "She was able to get healthy, put in a ton of work, and establish herself as an outstanding cross-country runner. She had a great season."
Caleigh Beverly
Junior, Minooka
Season-best time: 18:41 at Southwest Prairie Conference Championships in Plainfield.
"Caleigh worked extremely hard to get to this point," Gummerson said. "She had a huge impact on this team this year and ran the third fastest time in Minooka Girls' History at Channahon Community Park."
Moira McAsey
Junior, Minooka
Season-best time:18:18 at Detweiller Park in Peoria.
"Moira had a ton of success last year in the spring running the 4x800 and 4x400, and she was able to carry that over to the XC course this year," Gummerson said. "It has been great to see Moira's confidence grow over the course of the season."
Caroline Collet
Junior, Minooka
Season-best time:18:31 at Amboy Invitational.
"Big improvement from last season. Career best this season by almost a full minute," Seneca coach Kim Sedlock said. "Caroline was strong, healthy, and confident in every race. She trained hard and it paid off."
Haley Renison
Junior, Minooka
Season-best time: 19:00 at Detweiller Park in Peoria.
"Renison has worked extremely hard this season, and she has dedicated herself to not just improving her abilities but also that of the team," Gummerson said. "Renison earned her first All-Conference medal this season by running a very gutsy race at the SPC Championships.
Sara Burns
Junior, Morris
Season-best time: 20:15 at the Morris Regional.
"Sara is quite talented. The fact that she ran as our No. 1 part of the year with very little training is proof of her ability," Morris coach Joe Blumberg said. "She just wasn't healthy enough this season to consistently train."
Valerie Pfaff
Junior, Morris
Season-best time: 20:32 at the Morris Regional.
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Not sure whether you guys would want to pick this up but I think some naming and shaming is in order when it comes to Amazon.
With their recent introduction of the Cloudplayer they have started to make it more and more difficult to download whole albums from their website but only if you use Linux (see http://code.google.com/p/clamz/issues/detail?id=35 and particularly the last comment in http://code.google.com/p/clamz/issues/detail?id=36).
I think a company that heavily relies on Linux like Amazon should be questioned on its motives for this move.
Sending emails to their customer support is no use but I think a major Linux magazine like yours calling their press office might result in some response.
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Dinnertime And Manners
In what my husband would call "typical boy fashion", we have moments at the table of which I am not proud. Moments of bodily noises, discussions that tend to curb many an appetite and, in general, not the greatest manners on the block. So, to encourage my boys to be better behaved at dinner at home, I tried a few ideas. My thought is, if we practice good manners at home, we'll have an easier time remembering them when we're out or at a friend's house.
While none of these are the end-all, beat-all solution to teaching your children manners, they are some great ideas to encourage that kind of behavior. Of course, the best solution is consistency and modeling. If you want good manners, then SHOW good manners, and ENCOURAGE good manners. These ideas lend themselves well to that theory.
- Make it a tangible award. We recycled an old trophy of my husband's to be our "Manner Trophy". Each evening (you could also stretch it out over the course of a week with older kids), we present one child with the Manner Trophy for outstandingly good manners at the table (or the most improved for those that aren't quite there but are trying really hard!). That child gets to temporarily keep the trophy until the next award ceremony. Old medals and ribbons also work well for this.
- Make it a game. We made a list of rules we wanted our boys to follow while eating a meal, such as "elbows off the table" and "thank the person who prepared the food." At the beginning of the meal, each person at the table is given 10 of an object, such as 10 toothpicks or 10 pennies. During the course of the meal, if someone spots a violation of a rule, he (or she) may politely ask the offender for a toothpick or penny. The winner of the game is the person with the most objects when the meal is over. We try to make the "prize" something simple, like a sticker or another little treat, but as a family we try to make it an all-around tie so everyone wins!
- Give out simple rewards. This works well with younger children because the reward can be almost immediate. Write out on slips of paper some simple rewards, such as reading an extra book at night or playing a board game or getting an extra fifteen minutes before heading to bed. The rewards can be specific to each child. Place each child's reward slips in a special jar or container (we use recycled spaghetti jars labeled with the boys' names). When mealtime goes well and the kids use their good manners, each gets to choose a reward slip from his jar.
Sounds like SuperNanny!
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Most footballers would probably agree that they're never more comfortable than when they're out on the field. It's their office. What they're used to. I was no different, except for one game – the day I played against North Melbourne for the first time.
As Lance Franklin is set to find out, coming up against your former team can be a daunting challenge. While my situation was clearly more extreme, Buddy will be experiencing similar emotions and it is genuinely tough.
I played the Kangas in round six in 2003 and while I wasn't 100 per cent fit leading into the match, I was just desperate to get it out of the way. It really was the week from hell. So tough that I'd consider it more challenging – mentally – than grand final week.
It'll be interesting to see how Buddy copes.
In my opinion, he has nothing to fear and nothing to be ashamed about. There'll always be those who say he turned his back on the Hawks, but he's given that club more than could be asked. I made the same point last year when Buddy was weighing his future. Just ask yourself, would the Hawks have hit record membership levels without him – let alone won two premierships?
He had simply achieved all there was to achieve at Hawthorn and was offered a deal that should safeguard him, financially, for the rest of his life. Why would anyone begrudge that?
That's not to say that he won't be treated like a life-time enemy when the Swans take on the Hawks on Friday night. That's simply the way of football. Just watch the reaction should Buddy cut a swath through his former teammates and kick a bag. The Hawks' army will be up in arms. It'll be both fascinating and entertaining.
In many ways, Buddy's career has mirrored Gary Ablett's. Gazza had also achieved beyond most footballers' dreams at the Cats and decided to make the move north when a big-money offer presented. I believe that the majority of Cats supporters – and Gazza's teammates – accepted that the cash was just too good to refuse.
His reception back to Geelong, as a Suns player, told the story. Cats fans offered some gentle ribbing, but it was probably more out of fear of seeing him tear up his old team. I'd actually expect the same from Hawthorn supporters. Indeed, I honestly believe that the only person who'll hold Buddy back is the man himself.
Regardless of the reasons for your departure, playing against your former team can feel like turning on your family. It's like jumping out of a trench during a war and going to fight for the enemy. You just don't do it – or at least, you don't do it lightly.
Dale Thomas experienced the pain against Collingwood's merciless army of supporters last week. While only Daisy will know whether the emotion of the day impacted on his performance, he was well below par, to say the least. Really, has he ever shanked a shot on goal like the one he butchered in the first quarter for the Blues? The Daisy of old would have thrived in that situation. Instead, he set the scene for a night he'd rather forget.
I believe that Western Bulldogs recruit Stewart Crameri also struggled in his first outing against the Bombers. It just seemed like he couldn't get out of second gear.
In contrast, Bernie Vince seemed to thrive for the Demons when he came up against his former club, Adelaide. Perhaps it was because he left the Crows as part of a trade and had a point to prove? Either way, he was brilliant and one of the main reasons the Dees scored an upset.
Vince's performance actually reminded me of the Bombers' big-name recruit, Brendon Goddard, last year. Who could forget his first game against St Kilda? He was his usual industrious self throughout the match, but after helping the Bombers to a win, he broke down in tears. It was just too overwhelming.
And now the stage is set again.
While Buddy will likely be getting advice from all quarters, the most simple may be to bunker down with Josh Kennedy and discover the secrets to his matches against the Hawks. Kennedy lifts every time he plays his former side and will need another big game if the Swans are to be considered a chance.
In fact, Sydney's overall performance is arguably a bigger story than the Buddy-Hawks mania in any case. The Swans are yet to claim a big scalp this year and desperately need to make their mark. They are still oozing talent, but seem to have lost their mojo.
It's also worth noting that, should both players be fit, there's the distinct possibility that Franklin will be lining up alongside Kurt Tippett for the first time in the Swans' side.
If so, it'll be intriguing to see how they work together and how the Swans' game plan adjusts accordingly. The match is shaping up to be a beauty.


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The suspect in a November home robbery case succeeded in getting his bond lowered from $50,000 to $30,000 Wednesday in Logan County District Court.
The court found that allegations against Raymon Guerra, 18, were "very serious," but that he had no prior criminal history – no juvenile record and no failures to comply or appear for court.
According to court and Sterling Police Department records, Guerra and a second suspect entered a home in south central Sterling Nov. 17, held up the house's residents and stole a small amount of money before fleeing.
Deputy District Attorney Zack Balkin said he pulled a knife on one victim, while the co-defendant "pistol-whipped" another.
He now faces charges of burglary, assault and menacing.
On the other hand, Guerra also takes care of his sister and mother, who is physically ill, according to Public Defender Damon Brune. He said a reduced bond to $40,000 or $50,000 over Guerra's cases would allow him to work as a farmhand with an uncle in Nebraska.
The court also heard mitigating circumstances off the record.
While District Judge Charles Hobbs said moving Guerra across state lines was "concerning," he lowered his bond by $20,000.
He'll have a disposition hearing Jan. 9 at 1:30 p.m. The other suspect in the incident, who hasn't been named, has not yet been arrested.


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For affordable day-trips to Alton and St. Louis, take the train
Passenger rail may have seen its heyday come and go, but 21,000 miles of train track still crisscross America. Ten of Amtrak's routes wind through Illinois and can connect those looking for summer fun with several destinations throughout the Midwest. Of all the options in the region, Amtrak's Texas Eagle provides one of the best ways to explore many parts of Illinois, Missouri and beyond.
The Texas Eagle, which passes daily through Springfield, runs from Chicago to San Antonio, stopping in 25 cities along the way. While the entire trip lasts a whopping 32.5 hours, smaller sections make perfect (and affordable) day trips from central Illinois.
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En route to Grafton (if you're traveling by car), you'll pass through "The New England of the Midwest," Elsah, Ill. The quaint community of 600 residents was founded in 1853, and the whole village is on the National Register of Historic places. Visitors come to Elsah to view its beautiful homes, enjoy its bike and hiking trails and to catch a glimpse of its local bald eagle population.
Alton and its surrounding towns are dotted with B&Bs and guesthouses, and locals and tourists alike stroll through charming orchards, wineries and outdoor areas like Pere Marquette State Park. Don't leave town without seeing the famous Piasa Bird, an ancient bluff mural painted on the cliffs by Native Americans and discovered by Jacques Marquette in 1673.
From Alton, the Texas Eagle passes under the Eads Bridge and continues into St. Louis. While in the Gateway City, most head to Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The national park is home to the Gateway Arch, the Old Courthouse and the Museum of Westward Expansion.
The Courthouse is perhaps best known as home to the Dred Scott case in 1850 and its ties to abolition. The museum features artifacts from Lewis and Clark's expeditions. The Arch, the park's best-known landmark, stands 630 feet above the Mississippi River. Those brave enough to take a tram to the top of the monument are rewarded with stunning views of up to 30 miles.
Other popular St. Louis attractions include Busch Stadium, the St. Louis Zoo, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis Science Center, Union Station, Fox Theater, Grant's Farm, and The Muny.
While Alton and St. Louis are close enough to drive, riding the rails can be a fun and relaxing way to enjoy the summer as a family without the stress and pollution often associated with driving. While on board, riders can move to the Sightseer Lounge Car to view some of the trip's scenic highlights like Wood River and the Eads Bridge. Tickets to Alton from Springfield start at just $7 per person each way, while the St. Louis fare begins at $13 with the trip lasting just over two hours. Passengers can travel with bicycles for an additional fee.


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LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - Governor Sam Brownback visited the University of Kansas Tuesday to continue his tour to talk about funding for higher education.
He met with University and student leaders at the Bioscience and Technology Business Center on West Campus.
Last week, the House and Senate proposed cuts to higher education funding, while the Governor has proposed keeping funding as is.
Tuesday's meeting is one of 11 that will take part at universities, technical schools and community colleges across Kansas.
Meanwhile, student Democrats at KU reacted to the Governor's visit.
"University of Kansas students and their families are being asked to pay the price for Governor Brownback's tax break giveaways to billionaires," said Forrest Richardson, President of the KU Young Democrats, in a press release sent out Tuesday. "This higher education tour is nothing more than a PR stunt by the Governor to hide the fact that education funding is in jeopardy because of his historically bad tax plan."
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
More Assclown Asshattery
On January 12, Sharp wrote a "column" with the long winded title "Michigan coach must beat OSU to nation's No. 1 recruit Terrelle Pryor" saying exactly what the headline implies: that the battle for uber-QB recruit Terrelle Pryor was a "win-or-else" test for new coach Rich Rodriguez, that Rodriguez had to keep TresseLL from getting him, and that "failure was not an option."
Then on January 27th, two weeks after he penned the above journalistic masterpiece, Sharp wrote another column about Michigan and its pursuit of "must" get Terrelle Pryor. And the title of this Drew Sharp Special? "Michigan landing super recruit Terrelle Pryor would be an overrated victory."
Oh...come...the...fuck...on! Are you shitting me?!
If I didn't have those hyperlinks above, you'd almost think I made the titles up for some comedy piece here on the MZone mocking Sharp.
But they're real.
As DSR wrote in its story linked above, will this guy write anything to get under the skin of Michigan fans?
Actually, it's worse than that. His anti-A2 "vendetta" is so great that he's covered both bases so that no matter what happens on signing day, he can bash Michigan.
Fail to sign Pryor? Ha! You suck, Michigan! Rodriguez is already "losing" to Ohio State! Na-na-na-na-na-NUH!
Sign Pryor? Ha! Joke's on you. It's not a big deal, suckers! He's overrated! Idiots!
Amazing that this guy doesn't write a single column about Michigan's victory over Florida in Lloyd's last game. But he writes two about a Pennsylvania high school recruit.
That a supposedly "legit" newspaper like the Detroit Free Press puts such "annoyance journalism" out in order to, as Brian says, get eyeballs any way they can is shameful.
What a joke - both the paper and the provocateur.
21 comments:
- whetstonebuck said...
Who is this Drew Sharp and how did he get that name?
All I can ASSertain is that at one time this edgy penman drew sharp, but is that a thing of the past? Are his ASSignments drawn sharp now? Will his ASSidic (sic)drawings become dull as he ASSails the Michigan faithful? Will he ever draw sharp again? Stay tuned.
- January 29, 2008 7:03 AM
- TitleIX said...
why do we pay attention to him, again???
that is all.
- January 29, 2008 7:43 AM
- Crabapple Buck said...
I guess you now know why tOSU faithful get so pissed at Kirk Herbstreit for his douchebaggery ramblings. When you have the power of the pen, or the bully pulpit as KH does, words carry more weight than a one on one conversation. That is why these jerks need to be called out when they make their outlandish and contradictory statements. Keep up the good work Yost.
- January 29, 2008 7:55 AM
- Bigasshammm said...
By posting this and the other pieces on Mgoblog and Varsity Blue etc. you essentially let him win. The only way he will ever disappear is to completely ignore his articles. Hell ignore the entire paper for that matter. Don't talk about doing it, DO IT.
I don't have the pleasure here in Ohio of reading this douchebag but even if I did I wouldn't. The media exists for one purpose, to incense the masses over a particular topic. Whether it be informative, spiritual, emotional, or anger. This guy chooses anger and you all fall right in line.
- January 29, 2008 7:56 AM
- Dezzi said...
You can read the paper on the internet... but if you didn't read it at all, you'd be missing out on breaking stories such as this one.
- January 29, 2008 8:12 AM
- Matthew said...
All this "just ignore him" jibber jabber is meaningless. THIS IS A SPORTS BLOG!
All you twits who whine "just focus on the next game" or "don't over-analyze everything" need to discovere the indents on your rear end from the bleachers. Yes, that's right, you're not a baller, you're a fan. And as a fan, you have the freedom to discuss, analyze, pour over all the little details, and argue with the naysayers.
The things you do between games doesn't mean squat to the team.
(Unless you have a lot of money and donate it to build something for them)
- January 29, 2008 8:28 AM
- Joshua said...
Dez, I had no clue I made the paper. That's right, my real name is Frank Kozumplik, and I'm a drunken lawnmower driver. And I look amazingly like a soccer mom, as displayed by my avatar.
Something something Assclown something. That's all I'm willing to put out anymore as I said yesterday.
Threadjack Alert! In football related news, I'm predicting Barwis (He who thinks Chuck Norris is a little girl) will turn Marcus Witherspoon into an unstoppable force on par with the Sun. Seriously- the kid played an entire season with a separated shoulder and still landed 19 sacks? Holy jeebus is our linebacking corps gonna rock in a few years.
- January 29, 2008 9:40 AM
- Der Schatten said...
When did your linebacking corps ever suck?
- January 29, 2008 9:50 AM
- mmacrn said...
I did read the first article concerning RR's need to get Pryor @ any cost. I did not however read the second article IE: overrated. I will say that Sharp has an ability to piss me off, so, I choose not to allow him the opportunity. As far as the Pryor thing, frankly I'm tired off hearing about it. I would like to see him in Ann Arbor, however, if he doesn't sign, so be it. The world will not end and nor will Michigan football.
- January 29, 2008 10:16 AM
- Colin Cowherd said...
Stop picking on the man. They are everything you strive to be!
- January 29, 2008 10:34 AM
- Joshua said...
They haven't sucked. One thing that has frustrated me over the years is our lack of utilizing the strengths of certain talent we have at certain positions- one being linebacker. With the addition of Scott Shafer as DC we should be in attack mode pretty much every down, blitzing frequently and being aggressive non-stop. Imagine Crable with 3 or 4 years of top level S&C, then put into a scheme where his natural aggression would be utilized in a positive way. I wasn't denegrating our past linebackers (and it's a stretch to think I was) but with our current class and the possibility of adding Perry we'll be fast and fierce- I'm excited by the prospect. Ninja Football people! Ninja F-ing Football.
- January 29, 2008 11:05 AM
- srudoff said...
after reading the second article the other day, I thought it actually made some sense - UM is always bigger than one recruit. I was actually wondering if you guys were going to say something about it. However after you showed me the first one, I now realize that Sharp is an asshat as you say. Actually he's far worse than an Asshat - I know some asshats (dabraylon comes to mind) and saying that Sharp is an asshat should be an insult to them (I've got your back dabraylon).
As I've said before though, unfortunately this is what the media has become in the age of the internet and cable TV (instant access/instant response). The only ones we talk about are the dickheads that stir up the pot on purpose.
- January 29, 2008 11:54 AM
- Dezzi said...
Your comment makes me think of the Simpsons Halloween special where all the signs in Springfield come to life... they have to ignore them to stop them... and they sing the song "Just don't look" ... but Homer keeps looking at the donut....
Drew Sharp's articles are our donuts...
- January 29, 2008 2:26 PM
- TitleIX said...
NO WONDER Yost hates Asshat soooo much....it's the DONUTS!
(sorry Yost, but dezzi just tee'd that one up for me!)
- January 29, 2008 4:14 PM
- Paulie Buckeyes said...
It's more about The People of West Virginia vs. Rich Rodriquez.. pretty funny tho, so check it out.
- January 29, 2008 6:01 PM
- Katie said...
I cancelled my subscription to the Freep, I NEVER click on links to the Freep, AND I wrote a letter to them explaining WHY I did the above, because of Drew Sharp. No response of course. They don't care and I doubt that they are going to care. But as long as the links go up and people click on them, they don't have much of a reason to care.
Just sayin.
- January 29, 2008 6:12 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
Funny you mention donuts...
I have to see it for myself, and maybe I misunderstood someone, but apparently Sharp can seen be seen eating a donut at the end of the Barwis interview video.
T9 is right: don't read him. He just wants an audience. I would mainly judge the quality of a newspaper on its coverage of far more important world and domestic issues, not on the incendiary writings of a shitty sportswriter.
- January 29, 2008 6:21 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
I'm with you Katie... haven't read the freep in a while, won't read the freep anymore, wrote a letter to their GM -- not even a form letter response.
Drew Sharp = a load that should have been swallowed
- January 29, 2008 7:56 PM
- jblaze1 said...
Between Brian and you, he has probably gotten another 1000+ clicks for that "legit" paper. Sadly, that is ultimately what they are paying him for.
- January 29, 2008 10:54 PM
- Jim said...
That little voice that tells you to post? Just ignore it. You shouldn't over analyze blog comments.
- January 30, 2008 1:44 PM
- t said...
Drew sharp? what a clown, this guy thinks he knows college football?
we dont need pryor to be a great football program. When was the last time Michigan revolved around one single player? Never,thats when.
Its all about the team.
even if we dont land pryor(who is begining to annoy me with his cry for attention) we will still beat OSU
Darren, Ann Arbor
- February 01, 2008 3:16 AM


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Good Alaska Rally
Posted 05 March 2005 - 07:43 PM
Then we went out on the bombing range ice road and did a lil rally racin. Snowmans lifted rig handles really nice goin through the whoops. Then Subaruthless and his balls to the wall driving really made for a good day.
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We need to plan an april meet down in the valley or anchorage. I wanna do some rallyin down there. I think I can get ahold of my buddies EA81 Trashwagon.. then we could have some real fun
Posted 06 March 2005 - 09:49 PM
Congrats on the win, Matt.
We definitely need to get together down here sometime in April before I have to take off for the summer.
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Is there much good offroading near Homer? A trip down there would be fun:D !
There is a lot of beach access.
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Posted 09 March 2005 - 01:00 PM
Is there much good offroading near Homer? A trip down there would be fun:D !
Only for spring breakup with all the mud and that means alot driveways. Anchor Pont's North Fork RD is good (last time I was out it about two years ago)
northguy is right about there is a lot of beach access.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
KINGSTON >> For the longest time, it looked like this might finally be it; the first time Kingston High wins a girls lacrosse regional match.
And, for the longest time, it appeared as if the Tigers could do it, hanging tough for 37 minutes with Section 2 champ Shaker.
The Tigers trailed just 8-7 at halftime and were tied at 9-9 with 20:42 left, but Shaker scored eight unanswered goals to win 17-9 in a Class A semifinal Wednesday night at Dietz Stadium.
Julia Lennon had six goals and two assists and Sarah Cheney five goals and a pair of assists to lead the (17-1) Bison, who advanced to a regional final Saturday against Suffern.
Logan Brennan scored five goals and Caroline Crump had two assists and three assists to lead the Tigers. Jenna Serrano had a goal and two assists and Veronica Ruth also scored for Kingston.
Kailyn Hart and Carlie Maxwell each scored two goals, Darby King added one and Kailey Dodd had a goal and two assists for Shaker.
"It was a physical game, a good game," Kingston coach Debbie Eaton said.
"We were playing a good game," Brennan said. "They just happened to pull through."
The (14-3) Tigers led only once, taking a 1-0 lead on Brennan's goal from the free position 2:21 into the contest. After that, the Tigers played catch-up and tied the Bison at 2-2, 4-4 and came back from an 8-4 deficit to tie early in the second half.
Dodd put Shaker back ahead at 21:57, but Brennan ripped a shot into the upper left corner after a 40-yard sprint to deadlock again at 9-9 with 20:42 remaining.
It proved, however, to be the last time Kingston would score.
Lennon answered 73 seconds later and then assisted on a Cheney goal to open an 11-9 margin.
Strategies changed after a timeout at that point. Both teams were exhausted after the breakneck, run-and-gun style up to then, Shaker played more deliberate, trying to chew up time. Kingston became more methodical, making the most of every scoring opportunity.
Shaker goalkeeper Julia Maloney, who had six saves, made some big stops down the stretch.
Fouls, including a rare slashing penalty called on Brennan, changed the tone. The Tigers, unsure what was a foul and what wasn't, played tentative defensively down the stretch and it was their undoing.
Cheney scored twice in a 16-second span to break the game open, making it 13-9 with 12:26 left.
"There were four different calls that changed it out there," Eaton said.
In the last seven minutes, Cheney scored and assisted on Lennon's sixth goal and Hart and Maxwell both scored.
"They're obviously very athletic, a good team," Brennan said. "I felt that we kept up, though, besides the last minute. A couple of minutes we fell through, but we left everything on the field. I couldn't be happier with how we played."
"It was a great first half and a great start to the second half," Eaton said. "The last quarter...."
Kingston matched Shaker in speed and physical play and the Tigers with their 17 underclassmen weren't rattled.
Crump's wraparound goal tied the game at 2-2. Shaker reclaimed the lead at 4-2, but Brennan countered with two goals in 24 seconds to knot the score again.
It stayed that way until Lennon scored twice and Cheney and King connected to open an 8-4 margin with 7:55 left in the half.
Ruth scored at 6:35, Brennan converted a steal at 2:34 and a Kate Lord caused fumble led to a Crump-to-Serrano goal that closed the gap to 8-7 with 1:13 remaining.
A big save by Tiger keeper Chelsea Shultis (one of 10 on the night) on Lennon's shot with three seconds left kept it a one-goal game at intermission.
Crump completed the comeback with a goal off a Serrano assist 32 seconds into the second half. Dodd soon put Shaker back ahead, but Brennan's long run tied it again.
"I honestly thought we had this game," said Tiger midfielder Carly Canavan about the thinking when it was 9-9.
"It was intense, it was exciting," Brennan said about the feeling at halftime. "We knew we were going to have our run, but this was a game of runs and, unfortunately, they had the longer run than us."
"The second half we came out not as strong as we went into halftime," Canavan admitted. "If we did, I think it would have been a completely different game."
The Tigers have won the Section 9 title eight straight years and 12 of the 13 years the program has existed, but a regional victory continues to elude their grasp.
"This is my fourth year seeing this game and I think, by far, it was the best show we've ever put on," Canavan said.
"Every year we get better and better and have closer games in regionals," said Brennan, a sophomore who finished the season with a school-record 171 career goals.
"We have all but two back next year," said Eaton, who loses Canavan and Shultis to graduation. "The rest will be back. They know now how to play physical and they know they can play at this level. That's big."
"We can only get better from here with some great players, young players that are going to develop and be great," Brennan said. "They're going to be awesome."
The feeling of what it was like to battle Shaker toe-to-toe, tying the game four times and being only two goals down with 15:28 to play is what the Tigers have to retain from Wednesday's experience.
The goal in 2015 will still be the same. That first 37 minutes will be the driving force.
"We want to win that regional game," Brennan said. "It's the ultimate goal. To reach that goal would be amazing."


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Heaven Is for Real is the true story of the four-year old son of a small town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven. He survives and begins talking about being able to look down and see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family didn't know what to believe but soon the evidence was clear.
Colton said he met his miscarried sister, whom no one had told him about, and his great grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born, then shared impossible-to-know details about each. He describes the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how "reaaally big" God and his chair are, and how the Holy Spirit "shoots down power" from heaven to help us.
Told by the father, but often in Colton's own words, the disarmingly simple message is heaven is a real place, Jesus really loves children, and be ready, there is a coming last battle.
OK so this story is kind of the child version of 90 Minutes in Heaven, another bestseller. Now I really don't believe that this kid went to Heaven, but was in a hallucinogenic state during his operation or some other scientific reason. It seems like there were not many arguments against the child's experience on Amazon reviews and it was the #1 New York Times Bestseller ; maybe because he was a child or it seems so true. So my question is what do you think of these type of stories and how do you react to them?
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I made a We Think Atheist video about it. Enjoy!
Just the other night I dreamed I was reacquainted with my grandfather who died 16 years ago. We embraced and it was the best feeling and I had so much joy and happiness at seeing him again, but it was just a dream (a very wonderful dream).
I used to love these stories people would tell about dying and going to heaven and coming back. They had such a ring of truth to them until I heard a few about people going to not such a nice place after they died and came back and then I thought ah hell, it's all about what I wanted to hear and not the truth of what really is happening when someone has that type of experience.
Even Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy said when he died on the operating table he saw his mother sitting there with animals he had previously owned that had passed on, sitting around her feet and he said he talked to her a little bit but I can't remember what they said. She told him it was not his time yet, or something like that.
An experience like that is one of the most beautiful experiences you can have (not the dying part - the seeing lost loved ones part). It's very powerful. I wonder why the brain does these things sometimes?
Like the dream I had about my grandfather. A beautiful dream like that is extremely rare for me.
The mind is so mysterious. People cannot resist the temptation to believe that this beauty awaits for them on a permanent basis at some point in the future - it is almost a natural psychological reflex (seems to me).
Do our bodies and minds hold this carrot of the idea of a future paradise out in front of us to help us to survive the difficult times in our lives? The implications of that being true just blows my mind. I can't process it. I'm working on it though.
There is no afterlife, and it is an insight you need to see for its incredible beauty!
You are not living your life or doing anything for later gratification. There is nothing and noone waiting for you. A mistake is just a mistake, not something you have to repent for life. The people you lose as you age you can realize you will never see again, and instead of mourning their loss, you can celebrate their lives.
Life is what you, as an atheist, are able to grab right now, leaving you able to live every moment to its fullest. The religious people are waiting to die before they can start theirs, wasting every moment wrapped up in their futile and silly delusion of things that does not matter, postponing pleasure until the infinity they will never find.
You don't have to.
These are the sorts of thoghts which made it easy to overcome the sorrow of realizing my mortality. I'm finite, and therefore I can enjoy every second of finity. (Bad English but sorta rhymes.)
What I find hilarious is: these godoholics are so quick to believe this kid about going to heaven and meeting jesus.....yet they laugh off someone who claims to have been abducted by aliens.
People believe what they WANT to believe.


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