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Game 114: Toronto at Tampa Bay
There is a new "No. 15" in town. It's only been a few days since Alex Rios was sent to the White Sox on a waiver claim, but veteran Kevin Millar didn't want to waste any time in grabbing his former digits.
"It's gonna save my career," said Millar, showing off his new jersey on Friday at The Trop. "Thirty was brutal."
Asked if he talked to Rios about a possible switch during the spring, Millar replied: "Nah, I figured I was just the old guy coming in on a minor league contract."
Millar said he's been "15" for the most part since the ninth grade. He pulled out his first baseman's glove and showed us the "ONEFIVE" stitched into the side and then pulled out a bat that still had "15" written on the handle.
One reporter kiddingly asked if Rios left any hits behind with his number. Millar smiled wide and kept to his jokester ways, responding, "He left 'em all. That's why he's in Chicago now." Here's hoping donning "15" can give Millar a boost. With "30" on his back, he's hit ..236 with six homers and 27 RBIs through 59 games for the Jays.
AROUND THE BIRDCAGE: LHP Brett Cecil (left knee) threw in a normal bullpen session on Friday and has been wearing a brace during workouts. He's scheduled to throw another bullpen on Wednesday and is on pace to make his next start as planned on Aug. 20. … The Jays promoted RHP Casey Janssen from Triple-A Las Vegas to fill the spot vacated when RHP Jeremy Accardo was optioned to Vegas on Wednesday. … Ran into RHP Jesse Litsch, who had Tommy John earlier this season. He no longer was wearing the brace on his arm. "I'm ahead of schedule," he said with a shrug and a smile, "whatever that means two months into this thing. I'm day-to-day." More like month-to-month. … C Rod Barajas has been in a little bit of an offensive funk of late. Manager Cito Gaston said it looks to him like Barajas has ben standing a little more upright in his stance. "But maybe he's not — that's just what I see," Gaston said. … Former Jays C Gregg Zaun is now behind the plate for the Rays. He was traded during Toronto's last Flashback Friday in Toronto, so Zaunie didn't get to wave to his old home fans. Ah, well. But here's a feature by Marc Topkin of the St. Pete Times talking about how Zaun want to be the Julio Franco of his position.
Today's lineups:
Fourth place AL East, 17.0 GB
1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Adam Lind, LF
4. Lyle Overbay, 1B
5. Vernon Wells, CF
6. Randy Ruiz, DH
7. Edwin Encarnacion, 3B
8. Rod Barajas, C
9. Joe Inglett, RF
Starter: RHP Roy Halladay (12-5, 2.73)
Third place AL East, 10.5 GB
1. Jason Bartlett, SS
2. Carl Crawford, LF
3. Evan Longoria, 3B
4. Ben Zobrist, 2B
5. Carlos Pena, 1B
6. Pat Burrell, DH
7. Gabe Gross, RF
8. Gregg Zaun, C
9. B.J. Upton, CF
Starter: RHP James Shields (7-8, 3.79)
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Joe Inglet in right field=amateur hour.
I decided to re-post this, since it's not often a Blue Jays pitcher trows a no hitter.
Well, my guess is there's no way anyone is going to turn our 19th round draftee from this year, Dennis Tepera back into a reliever, not after today.
Dennis went 7 innings today for a complete game, walked one, struck out 7, gave up no earned runs AND also gave up NO HITS……..First no hitter by a Jays pitcher for quite some time.
Dennis improved his year numbers to:
Innings pitched: 28.2
Hits given up: 10
Walks: 4
K's: 33
era: .94
Congratulations to Dennis on his no hitter today.
Just in case you weren't watching, gsjays, Joe Inglett made a couple of highlight reel catches in New York this week to save hits, and runs. The error Inglett made last night was a line drive hit right at him–the most difficult ball for an outfielder to read — and he broke the wrong way. I have seen far more experienced men than Inglett get tied up on similar hits. He also has 2 assists in his 20 games in the outfield, so his arm isn't bad either. At the plate, you can't really say he is an amateur, because he is hitting .290 over his last 10 games, and .289 career. IMO, we could use a few more "amateurs" like Joe Inglett.
In other words, gsjays, you are flapping your gums again, and you don't really know what you are talking about.
I guess we watched different games in New York, because the catches Inglett made there he also broke the wrong direction or broke late. They were regular catches which ended up looking good, because fortunately he recovered in time to make them.
Once he didn't and it cost us the game. He's mediocre at best in right field, defend him all you want since you continually defend mediocre players and their play.
Inglett's hitting .242/.306/.303 with only 4 rbi's, 2 doubles and no home runs for the year. Now if you think that's what good outfielders hit and we need more like him in order to win, I feel sorry for you.
Sometimes I think you get your baseball knowledge from a corn flakes box or baseball cards, I mean really. How in hell do you do know what's the most difficult ball for an outfielder to read-because Jamie Campbell said so. lol
But the most disappointing thing about your post is, we had a kid that threw a no hitter yesterday, the first time a Jays pitcher has thrown a no hitter for as long as I can remember and did you state anything about that.
Nope-just more of the same nonsensical blather you always post, no meaning, no facts, just crap. You're pathetic.
If we take the two world-championship teams as examples, the question is would Joe be playing on those teams? The answer is no. He would not even be able to compete for a bench position. The fact that he languishes in the minors, and no other teams have opened up a position on their roster for him as a full-time player speaks volumes. It is time to re-build with youth, but with youth with high-end potential, like the kid who threw the no-hitter, and some of the other top 1-3 picks over the last few years. Joe is a nice player, who can entertain here and there, make most routine plays, etc., but he is what his career tells us he is, a minor-league player.
On a different note. I really hope that we see some new faces in September. I will be sorely disappointed if we see the Janssen's, Accardo's, Inglett's of the world finish out the year. I want to see players like Ruiz, Doparik, Arencebia, etc. up here. Hopefully, Jays' management has enough brains to realize that fans do care about these youngsters, and want to see them play.
Is Vernon Wells the least Valuable Every Day Player in Baseball? (A good analysis from Batters Box).
It's safe to say that the Vernon Wells contract has turned into a millstone that will weigh the Jays down well into the next decade. However the situation would not be as dire if Vernon was still a solid, if unspectacular, major leaguer. However even that faint dream has become a nightmare, as Vernon has turned in an awful season so far. All of which begs the question – is Vernon Wells the least valuable regular in baseball?
Balance of blog entry here:
Unfortunately, Vernon's performance (or lack thereof) has all the hallmarks of steroids. Yes, I know that he continues to make easy ground outs to short, but in the past we ignored that because of his ability to drive fastballs hard. The ability to turn on a pitch – a-la-big-papi – seems to have left him. The only balls I have seen him turn on are the occasional breaking ball that is left hanging. That said, Vernon strikes me as someone who still cares. Let's hope that during the off-season he finds a strategy for turning things around. Otherwise, it will be a long 4-5 years for him and the fans!


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1981 American slasher film
Friday the 13th Part II is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Steve Miner. A sequel to Friday the 13th (1980), it is the second film in the Friday the 13th film series. It was a moderate box-office hit, opening on May 1, 1981 in first place.
The body count continues.. (taglines)
Paul HoltEdit
- I don't want to scare anyone, but I'm going to give it to you straight about Jason. His body was never recovered from the lake after he drowned. And if you listen to the old timers in town, they'll tell you he's still out there...some sort of demented creature, surviving in the wilderness, full grown by now. Stalking...stealing what he needs, living off wild animals and vegetation. Some folks claim they've even seen him...right in this area. The girl who survived that night at Camp Blood, that Friday the 13th, she claimed she saw him. She disappeared two months later. Vanished. Blood was everywhere. No one knows what happened to her. Legend has it that Jason saw his mother beheaded that night...and he took his revenge. A revenge that he'll continue to seek if anyone ever enters his wilderness again. And by now, I guess you all know, we're the first to return here. Five years...five long years he's been dormant...and he's hungry. Jason's out there...watching...always on the prowl for intruders. Waiting to kill...waiting to devour. Thirsty for young blood.
- Crazy Ralph: [to Jeff and Sandra] I told the others, they didn't believe me. You're all doomed, you're all doomed.
- Paul: These kids smoke better than I do.
- Deputy Winslow: You're going to have to keep your people away from that place, Holt. It's condemned. Next time I catch anybody over there, I'm going to have to run them in.
- Jeffrey: Uh, he told us that...
- Paul: I'll handle this, Jeff.
- Deputy Winslow: Might even get a warrant against you.
- Paul: Oh, really?
- Deputy Winslow: [to Paul] Look, Holt. People say that what you do with these kids is great. You got a good reputation. But if I was you, I'd have located in the next country. You're too close. Things have been quiet for five years and that's the way we want to keep it.
- Paul: So do I, officer. So do I. [to Jeff and Sandra] You two, take off. We'll talk at dinner.
- Sandra: We'll never do it again, sir.
- Jeffrey: Thanks, Mr. Holt.
- Deputy Winslow: You're not even going to reprimand them? No punishment? What kind of place is this?
- Paul: Ginny?
- Ginny: Yes, Paul?
- Paul: No seconds on dessert for Jeff and Sandra tonight.
- [Scott steps into snare and ends up hanging]
- Scott: AAAH! Help!
- [Terri watches, shocked, as Scott swings back]
- Scott: Damn that Paul and his wilderness bullshit!
- Terri: [to Scott] I ought to let you hang, you pervert!
- Terri: [to Scott, who stepped into a trap] Don't go anywhere.
- Scott: Very funny.
- Ginny: [to Paul] Paul, There is someone in the fucking room!
- Vicky: What does the winner get?
- Mark: What does the winner want?
- Vicky: Guess.
- Ginny: Please help me!
- The body count continues...
- Just when you thought it was safe to go back to camp...
- The day you count on for terror is not over
- Amy Steel as Ginny Field
- John Furey as Paul Holt
- Adrienne King as Alice Hardy
- Kirsten Baker as Terry McCarthy
- Stu Charno as Ted
- Warrington Gillette as Jason Voorhees (unmasked)
- Walt Gorney as Crazy Ralph
- Marta Kober as Sandra Dier
- Tom McBride as Mark Jarvis
- Bill Randolph as Jeff
- Lauren-Marie Taylor as Vickie Perry
- Russell Todd as Scott
- Betsy Palmer as Pamela Voorhees
- Cliff Cudney as Maxwell
- Jack Marks as Deputy Winslow
- Steve Daskewisz as Jason Voorhees stunt double (masked)
See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
Encyclopedic article on Friday the 13th Part 2 at Wikipedia
- Friday the 13th Part 2 quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Friday the 13th Part 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
|Friday the 13th franchise
| Friday the 13th (1980) · Part 2 (1981) · Part III (1982) · The Final Chapter (1984) · A New Beginning (1985) · Jason Lives (1986) · The New Blood (1988) · Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) ·
Jason Goes to Hell (1993) · Jason X (2001) · Freddy vs. Jason (2003) · Friday the 13th (2009)
|Friday the 13th: The Series (1987–1990)
|Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash (2007–2008) · Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors (2009)
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You can question the decision by Lovie Smith to go for it on fourth-and-1 in the second quarter and pass on a field goal, something the coach did himself.
But following the collapse Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field in a 23-17 overtime loss to the Seahawks, it's worth wondering if the aging defense is beginning to show signs it is unraveling as the schedule turns to the final quarter of the season.
The Bears couldn't stop a rookie quarterback, who came in with a 1-5 record on the road, when it mattered. Russell Wilson drove the Seahawks 97 yards for a go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes of regulation and then marched his offense 80 yards for a game-winning score on the opening possession of overtime.
It sent the Bears (8-4) to their third loss in four games and dropped them into a first-place tie in the NFC North with the Packers, who hold the tiebreaker and come to Soldier Field on Dec. 16 in the Bears' only remaining home game.
The Bears made sure Wilson, for a week anyway, will get the publicity fellow rookie quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III have been enjoying. He passed for 293 yards and two touchdowns, completing 23 of 37 passes, and rushed for 71 yards on nine carries with 67 coming after halftime, most on read options.
Forget Smith's early aggressive play call that relied on a patchwork offensive line. His defense got picked apart in losing at home to the Seahawks for the third straight season.
Wilson did the bulk of his damage on the edges. His scramble led to a 27-yard completion to Sidney Rice with 32 seconds remaining in regulation. He threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate on the next play.
"When you don't contain a quarterback, you get to see exactly how fast he can be," linebacker Lance Briggs said. "This game falls on the defense. Our offense gave us an opportunity to win the game. They bailed us out at the end of the game with that deep pass, gave us another chance. We didn't hold up our end of the bargain."
Trailing 17-14 after Tate's touchdown, the Bears had only 20 seconds when they started on their own 14-yard line. Jay Cutler managed to hit Brandon Marshall for a 56-yard gain when he was inexplicably open. That set up Robbie Gould's 46-yard field goal to force overtime.
But the Bears defense, which denied it was gassed, couldn't get off the field after Seattle won the coin toss to begin overtime. Wilson ran to move the chains on two third downs and called a read option on the game-winning play before changing it to a pass to Rice.
"As the game went on, I continued to tell the coaches and they saw it too," Wilson said. "Especially in the end of the game, the read option is wide open."
The Seahawks also got 87 yards rushing and one touchdown from Marshawn Lynch, but it was Wilson upstaging Cutler that was the story. It marked the first time in 26 career games with a passer rating above 100 (119.6) that Cutler had lost. He completed 17 of 23 passes for 233 yards with touchdown passes to Earl Bennett and Matt Forte. Bennett, who left with a concussion, dropped what would have been a 62-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. The drive netted zero points.
The only sack came when Cutler fumbled on a dropback. Marshall made 10 receptions for 165 yards and Forte and Michael Bush combined for 105 yards rushing, but the offense never got a chance in overtime.
The Bears could have gone up 10-0 at the start of the second quarter, but Smith elected to have Bush run on fourth down rather than try a 33-yard field goal by Gould.
"I should have taken the field goal," said Smith, who later reversed course. "Every time a decision doesn't work out I look at it and think would I do it again? Probably so."
Now, he has to hope the performance by his defense against Seattle, which previously had beaten only the lowly Panthers on the road, is an aberration and not a sign of things to come. Middle linebacker Brian Urlacher left in overtime with a hamstring issue and cornerback Tim Jennings was knocked out with a shoulder injury.
With little in the way of challengers for the final playoff spots in the NFC, the postseason looks like a good bet. But combining defensive issues with offensive line issues would be crippling.
"Terrible job I did getting our football team ready," Smith said. "I thought we were ready to go. Some decisions I made really hurt us early on."
The defense's performance provided the most pain.
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Scoppe: Adjutant general leading charge for reform
SOUTH Carolina's antebellum system of selecting our military leadership worked well for Bob Livingston. He rose steadily through the ranks to major general, led an 1,800-strong combat brigade in a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan in 2007, held key leadership posts with Central Command and at the Pentagon, and when he decided in 2010 that he wanted to be adjutant general, well, he became adjutant general. Without a fight.
I'm told there was a lot of behind-the-scenes work, that then-Adjutant General Stan Spears had planned to run again, and that may be true, but the fact is that when Gen. Livingston filed for the only publicly elected military post in the free world, no one filed to run against him. Not another Republican. Not a Democrat. No one. So the job is his, and likely will be for as long as he wants it.
Not exactly the type of person you'd vote "Most Likely to Dismantle the South Carolina's Military Anachronism." Which, when you think about it, is one of the reasons he was elected. And yet, he is well on his way to doing just that. As early as today, the House could take up legislation to ask voters in a constitutional referendum to let future governors appoint the adjutant general from among colonels and generals with at least 10 years experience in the Guard, among other criteria.
Gen. Livingston, who spends a day a week selling the idea to legislators and the public, told me last week that the nation's increasing reliance on the National Guard has made it imperative that the adjutant general is up to the job — which you simply can't ensure through a public election.
"We've had great adjutants in the past," he said. "But the level of play for the National Guard nationally has just elevated to such a level that we cannot afford to make a mistake, and we cannot afford to have politics within the Guard, and that's just something that the current system does allow to happen. Even if it's remote, it does allow it to happen. So it's how the National Guard has evolved and occupied that centerpiece in our nation's defense over the last twelve years that's really driving this whole issue."
Gen. Livingston says the election system impairs the Guard's "credibility at the national level," because while the leaders of the Army and Air Force have confidence in him, "what they don't have confidence in is our selection process." He also worries that having an adjutant general chosen in partisan elections could "create barriers" to serving the governor, as a state military leader is supposed to do.
And there's simply no getting around the fact that electing the adjutant general injects the sort of politics into the military that our nation has so thoroughly, and wisely, rejected.
"Anytime you ask somebody for their vote or their money, there is implied that somebody's going to get something out of it, and there needs to be no implication," he said. "As I tell my troops, there's two things we consider for promotion: what you have done and what you are capable of doing in the future."
Retired members of the Guard remain divided over the change, Gen. Livingston said. But younger troops appreciate the idea that an adjutant general should be appointed, based on clear criteria, rather than elected, because they're accustomed to promotions and troop assignments being made by committee, based on merit, rather than the old system where commanders could intervene as they saw fit.
The adjutant general did not come into office determined to change the selection method. He did, however, come into office aware that change needed to be considered, as the demands on the Guard increased and questions about the politics proliferated. So one of the first things he did was to appoint a study committee — which included Gen. Spears, a take-no-prisoners defender of the election system.
The committee split 50-50 on whether to change to an appointive system, but it was unanimous in believing qualifications for the job need to be written into law.
"I spent about two years studying the recommendations, looking at the good and bad things in the organization, and tracking down what caused that good or bad thing," he said. "And that's when I came to the conclusion — and this is kind of a senior leadership conclusion within our organization, because we all looked at it — that it would make sense to appoint the leader with qualifications" written into the law.
There's no guarantee that the legislation will pass. It needs a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate, and lawmakers have rejected previous entreaties from constitutional officers to make their positions appointive. Rep. James Smith, a major in the Army National Guard who led combat troops in Afghanistan and came around to supporting appointment when he served on Gen. Livingston's study committee, told me last week that he wasn't sure the votes were there.
But the House voted 95-9 on Tuesday not to kill the legislation, and the fact that it was even introduced — much less that it sped out of committee on a unanimous vote — is testament to the importance of the adjutant general's support. As obvious as this change is to any disinterested party, merely suggesting it has been considered so politically toxic that even then-Gov. Mark Sanford wouldn't propose it. No more. Today, House Speaker Bobby Harrell is the primary sponsor of the legislation (H.3540 and H.3541), and Gen. Livingston says he's getting overwhelmingly positive responses from legislators.
"When we talk to people, and they understand what we're doing and why we're doing it, they say that makes sense and I want to be part of it," he said, "because it's not about the individual. It's about the organization, how that organization serves the people and how it takes care of its people. That's why we exist. With the nation in crisis, we're going to depend on the National Guard more and more, and rightfully so."
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When a payment is processed immediately and confirmed, the credit will be sent usually within seconds although this may take up to twenty-four (24) hours. We shall not be responsible for any delay or failure to provide the Service for reasons beyond our control, such as but not limited to the clause Website Policies.
When a Product is purchased, you will be unable to cancel the purchase. You are responsible for entering the correct beneficiary data, including but not limited to, beneficiary account name and/or mobile phone number, delivery address, and bear all charges that result from the purchase of this Product. We are not responsible for any purchase of a Product for an incorrect beneficiary mobile number or account name. All purchases are final with no refund or exchange permitted.
Availability and Quality of ServiceThe Service may be accessed by logging on to www.cysend.com. Service is subject to Account approval at our sole discretion. We will use Our best efforts to provide access to the Service 24 hours each day, 7 days per week. Except as provided in clause Maintenance & Upgrades, we will not be liable to You for interruptions to the Service.
Maintenance & UpgradesSometimes our Network infrastructure requires to be taken offline for the purpose of maintenance or upgrades. Also, it is possible that emergency maintenance and/or upgrades need to be performed immediately without any notification to ensure the stability, security or availability of our infrastructure. You cannot hold us responsible for the downtime of these events. We reserve the right to ask any third party for assistance.
SecurityIn order to use the Service your email address will be used as username with a password. You are responsible for the security and proper use of all passwords and your user name relating to the Service and must take all necessary steps to ensure that all passwords are kept confidential, secure and are used properly.
You agree not to divulge your password to any other person, and you agree not to use another person's user name or password. However, you may authorize additional users of your Account subject to them agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you give your password to another person, either in accordance with this provision or otherwise, you will be deemed to have authorized them to use that password for any and all purposes.
You agree that we shall have no liability to you or any other person for any losses or damages that you or anyone else may incur if you disclose your password to any other person, including losses arising out of the re-disclosure of this information by the recipient to another person. You will be able to change your password. If you forget your password, got to the forgot password page.
If we have reason to believe that there is likely to be, or has been, a breach of security or misuse of the Service we may:
require change of your password;
and/or suspend user names and password access to the Service and notify you accordingly.
You must inform us immediately if you believe that any password has become known to any other person or if any password is being or is likely to be used in an unauthorized way.
We use secure server software uses industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology. SSL encodes your personal data, including payment information, as it travels over the Internet so that all transactions are secure.
Your ObligationsYou will cooperate with all reasonable requests made by us relating to the provision of our Services to you.
By registering on the Website, you are obliged to provide very accurate and up-to-date information as prompted by our registration pages, maintain and immediately update your online profile information to keep it accurate and up-to-date. Failure to do so shall constitute a breach of these Terms of Service, which may result in immediate termination of your Account.
For regulatory compliance and security, when you subscribe to our Service, you must give us a valid mobile phone number, a valid email address, a billing address and a payment method that we accept.
You must be at least 18 years of age to use our Service. We reserve the right to refuse Service to anyone at any time without prior notice for any reason.
If you breach any of your obligations, your Account will be terminated and will you lose all your rights and your balance but still be liable for any breaches or damages.
We may, at our sole discretion, terminate your Account for any fraudulent, abusive or otherwise illegal activity, and you may be reported to relevant law-enforcement agencies.
You are not permitted to transfer the rights and obligations arising from this Agreement to third parties without our prior written consent. We are entitled to transfer the rights and obligations arising from this Agreement to another partnership affiliated.
Account deletionIn order to Delete your Account, you can do so from your profile page. Once your Account is deleted, it will first be deactivated for 14 days. If you log in during that period you will have the choice to reactivate your account. If the 14 days deactivation period finishes, the account cannot be reactivated and will not be accessible. It might take us up to 90 days to completely delete your account. When the legal withholding time expires all data will be deleted.
Billing and PaymentBy purchasing any Product, you authorize us to take the relevant payment from the payment method that you have provided.
We may set an upper limit of total amounts you may order and reserve the right to amend this limit at any time without notifying you.
All purchases are final and non-refundable regardless of who does the purchases, and regardless of whether the purchases were done with your consent or knowledge.
Our currencies rates are updated regularly and may not necessarily reflect the current market values. We reserve the right to charge fees to provide you the Service should we need to buy or sell other currencies.
Our rates, fees and charges are published on our website. Rates can change at any time and be effective from any date. If there are changes in tax rates or other duty rates, it entitles us to change our rates immediately and without any prior notice, you will not be entitled to any refunds.
The availability of our Services and/or rates may vary from country to country.
We are not responsible for your payment method delaying or denying a payment. Where a payment is declined, You will be responsible for any additional fees and charges.
We reserve the right to charge for our free of charges services or for any abuse of our free services. Such charges will be disclosed to you prior.
Your billing is based on the Website records. We reserve the right to make adjustments to your billing in case of billing errors. This also includes but not limited to, system errors, billing bugs, malicious modifications, hacking, bug exploits. You are required to notify us if you notice billing bugs or billing errors while using our Service. We do not round cents: we use two-digits accounting.
We do not give credit allowances or refunds for the Service. Money back guarantee policy is subject to Swiss law.
You are responsible for the use of our Services at all times, even by unauthorized persons. In particular, they must pay the charges incurred for the use of our Service.
We reserve the right to stop accepting your payment method or your payments. You must advise us at once if your payment method expires; your billing address changes; your email address changes; your mobile phone number changes; your payment method is canceled or replaced because of loss or theft.
Prior to delivering our Service we charge our Service amount to your selected payment method then try to perform our Service as stated in this Agreement.
If the delivery of our Service shall fail for any reason the amount charged on your payment method will be added to your Account minus the payment method fees.
You can then dispose of this amount to purchase Services or request a refund from us.
An email or SMS will notify you of charges your Account is incurring. You can see all your billing reports on the Website. If we disconnect your Service, you will remain liable to us for all charges under this Agreement and all the costs we incur to collect these charges, including, without limitation, collection costs and attorney's fees.
User SubmissionsCertain areas of the Website (e.g., chat rooms or customer ratings and review areas) may permit you to submit feedback, information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, ("materials") (each, a "User Submission").
By submitting a User Submission, you grant us an irrevocable, perpetual, transferable, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide, license (sub licensable through multiple tiers) to use the Content that you submit, subject to the Privacy Statement, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform, and publicly display your User Submissions (or any modification thereto), in whole or in part, in any format or medium now known or later developed and use (and permit others to use) your User Submission in any manner and for any purpose (including, without limitation, commercial purposes) that we deem appropriate in its sole discretion (including, without limitation, to incorporate your User Submission or any modification thereto, in whole or in part, into any technology, product, or Service).
We may, but is not obligated to, pre-screen User Submissions or monitor any area of the Website through which User Submissions may be submitted. You agree that you are solely responsible for all of your User Submissions. We are not required to host, display, or distribute any User Submissions on or through the Website and may remove at any time or refuse any User Submissions for any reason.
We are not responsible for any loss, theft, or damage of any kind to any User Submissions. We do not want to receive any User Submission that is confidential. You understand and agree that any User Submission will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and that we will be free to disclose your User Submission to any third party absent any obligation of confidence on the part of the recipient.
By submitting any User Submission, you represent and warrant that:
You own your User Submission, have the right to grant the rights and licenses set forth in these Terms of Use;
Your User Submission and use of your User Submission does not violate, misappropriate or infringe on the rights of any third party, including, without limitation, privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark and/or other intellectual property rights;
you agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owed by reason of your User Submission on or through the Service;
and you have the legal right and capacity to enter into this Agreement in your jurisdiction.
your User Submission is not, and may not, reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially, ethnically, religiously, or otherwise biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening, or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership, or corporation, vulgar, pornographic, obscene, or invasive of another's privacy;
you were not and will not be compensated or granted any consideration by any third party for submitting your User Submission;
your User Submission does not incorporate materials from a third-party website, or addresses, email addresses, contact information, or phone numbers (other than your own);
your User Submission does not contain any viruses, worms, spyware, adware, or other potentially damaging programs or files; your User Submission does not contain any information that you consider confidential, proprietary, or personal;
and your User Submission does not contain or constitute any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of solicitation. We do not accept ideas, concepts, or techniques for new Services or products through us. If such information is received, it will not be considered confidential and we will be deemed free to use, communicate and exploit such information in any manner we choose.
Use of the WebsiteExcept as set forth below, we authorize you to use the Website only for your own personal, non-commercial purposes.
If you make copies of any of the Materials, you must retain on any such copies all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Materials.
You may not modify, publicly display, publicly perform, or distribute the Materials. As between you and us, we own the Website. The Website is protected under Swiss and international copyright laws. Any unauthorized use of the Website may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
Modifications to the WebsiteWe reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Website at any time without prior notice to you. For example, we may make changes to the Materials and/or Services, or to the products and prices described in them, at any time without notice. The Materials and Services may be out of date and we make no commitment to update the Materials and Services whatsoever.
Information published on the Website may refer to Products, or Services that are not available in your country. Consult your local cysend.com business contact for information regarding the Products, and Services that may be available to you.
IdeasWe do not accept ideas, concepts, or techniques for new Services or products through us. If such information is received, it will not be considered confidential and we will be deemed free to use, communicate and exploit such information in any manner we choose.
Restriction of UseThe Service is destined to an end consumer. You must not resell or attempt to resell our Service (or any part of it) to any third party or attempt to exploit our Service for any commercial purposes unless you sign up as a merchant from our business section. If you do use the Service for business or commercial purposes you will compensate us for all liabilities, claims, damages, losses and costs (including legal costs) which we may suffer because someone (other than you) makes or threatens a claim against us because the Service is faulty or cannot be used by them.
You agree not to use the Website (including, without limitation, any Materials or Services you may obtain through your use of the Website):
in an unlawful manner, in contravention of any applicable legislation or license; in a way that does not comply with any instructions that we have given to you;
to stalk, harass, or harm another individual;
fraudulently or in connection with a criminal offense;
to impersonate any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
attempt to use our Service for tampering, hacking, modifying or otherwise corrupting the security or functionality of the Service, and you must make sure that this does not happen;
Holding multiple accounts in order to bypass account, transaction, or amount limitations will result in immediate termination of all accounts;
or to interfere with or disrupt the Website or servers or networks connected to the Website.
You further agree not to use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering or extraction methods in connection with the Website; or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Website or any other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to the Website, whether through hacking, password mining, or any other means;
You also agree not to produce a false document, falsify a genuine document, use the genuine signature or mark of another to produce a false document, falsely certify or cause to be falsely certified a fact of legal significance or, make use of a false or falsified document in order to deceive. Otherwise, you will be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding five years or to a monetary penalty (Art.251, Swiss Criminal Code of December 21st, 1937, SR 311.0).
You agree to indemnify us in respect of any liabilities, losses, expenses, or other costs whatsoever incurred as a result of a breach of your obligation under this condition, including, but not limited to, any claims made against us by any third party.
Infringement or Breach of the AgreementWe can suspend the Service or terminate this Agreement (or both) immediately and without prior notice if:
you breach this Agreement;
you infringe a Restriction of Use;
one or more than one payment resulting from your purchase that cannot be collected successfully by us;
payments successfully collected by us from your purchase that are subsequently disputed by you or the payment processor;
we may seek to recover any outstanding payments or payments that have failed collection for which you will remain liable.
If we suspend the Service, it will not be restored until you satisfy us that the Service will only be used in accordance with this Agreement.
If the Service is suspended because of a breach of this Agreement by you, this Agreement will still continue.
TerminationYou are entitled to terminate this Agreement at any time by informing us. If you do not use our Service to make at least one chargeable event for a period of 180 days, this Agreement will be deemed to be terminated by you, and our Service will be discontinued. Upon termination, your right to use the Website terminates.
We are entitled to terminate this Agreement for Services subject to notice for due cause, or immediately where you are in breach of your obligations under this Agreement such as, but not limited to: where you are suspected of involvement in fraud.
If your Account has a positive balance, you will be entitled to spend the remainder of your balance for one 180 days period after the last purchase event on your Account.
Website TerminationExcept as set elsewhere; we may terminate, suspend, or modify your registration with, or access to, all or part of the Website, without notice, at any time and for any reason. You may discontinue your participation in and access to the Website at any time. If you breach any of these terms, your authorization to use the Website automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed Materials (and any copies thereof).
Force MajeureWhere events, circumstances or activities outside of our reasonable control result in any delay, interruption or failure to provide our Services to you, we are not liable to you.
This includes but is not limited to: network failure, failure of third party networks, services suspension dictated by our network supplier in order to carry our repairs, maintenance or updating, or where we are required by lawful authority to interrupt our Service and where required by law or in order to protect you against any possible harm.
ModificationsWe reserve the right, at any time and from time to time, to update, revise, supplement, and otherwise modify this Agreement and to impose new or additional rules, policies, terms, or conditions on your use of our Service. Such updates, revisions, supplements, modifications, and additional rules, policies, terms, and conditions will be effective immediately and incorporated into the Agreement.
Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, in the event any such Additional Terms materially alters your rights hereunder, we will attempt to notify you such as through a message sent to the email address you provided upon registration or a popup window when you log in to the Websites, such modified Terms will be effective upon the earlier of your use of our Service with actual knowledge of the changes or 7 days after the changes are posted to the Websites, and no modifications to these Terms will apply to any dispute between you and us that arose prior to the date of such modification.
Your continued use of our Service following the posting of the Additional Terms will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of any and all such Additional Terms. All Additional Terms are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.
Exclusions and LiabilityOur Products and Service are offered on an "as is" basis, and we make no express or implied warranties with respect to our Services, Products and/or any Content whatsoever (including without limitation regarding their satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, suitability, reliability, timeliness, accuracy, completeness, security or that they are free from error) unless specifically set out in the Agreement.
You also recognize that our Service may, from time to time, be adversely affected by events outside our control, including without limitation congestion, network coverage, dropped connections, the performance of wireless enabled devices and the maintenance of a secure network connection.
If the supply of our Services and Products is prevented or delayed by any act or omission caused by you or any third party, we shall not be liable for any costs, charges or losses sustained or incurred by you arising directly or indirectly from any such prevention or delay. In any event our liability to you under this Agreement shall not exceed EUR100 (one hundred) in all circumstances.
Nothing in these terms shall act to exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury, fraud or any other liability which may not by applicable law be excluded or limited. Nothing in these terms affects the statutory rights of you as a consumer.
We are not liable for any loss of use, profits or data or any indirect, special or consequential damages or losses, whether such losses or damages arise in the Agreement, negligence or tort, including without limitation to any losses in relation to:
the deletion, with or without notice or cause, of any of your data or information stored on the Product and/or Services;
your use of, reliance upon or inability to use our, Product, Services and/or Materials; any loss of your data or material resulting from delays, non-deliveries, missed deliveries, service interruptions or failure, suspension or withdrawal of all or part of the or Product and/or Services at any time;
or the removal from the Product and/or Services of any material sent or posted by you on or via our Services and/or the blocking or suspension of your access to our Services or any part thereof in accordance with the Agreement.
Your RemedyIf you are not fully satisfied with any part of our Services and/or Products, or this Agreement after it is amended, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using our Services, or where you have paid us for any element of our Services and/or Product, to seek a pro-rata refund as outlined in the Agreement for the cost of that element which has caused dissatisfaction. You are not entitled to a refund where we have suspended or terminated your access to our Services or Products as a result of breach of the Agreement by you.
Exclusions and LimitationsSome jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain damages. Accordingly, some of the above disclaimers and limitations of liability may not apply to you. To the extent that any Party may not, as a matter of applicable law, disclaim any implied warranty or limit its liabilities, the scope and duration of such warranty and the extent of the Party's liability shall be the minimum permitted under such applicable law.
Intellectual Property RightsAny and all our names, trademarks, copyright, brands and logos belong or are licensed to us as Intellectual Property ("IP") and shall remain with us at all times, along with any related title and goodwill attached to them. You may not copy our names, trademark, pictures, brands and logos, or copy any of our manuals or documentation.
We grant you as a user a revocable, non-transferable and non-exclusive right to use the IP related to the Products and Services provided by us strictly for the proper use of our Services, in accordance with, and for the duration of, the Agreement.
We or our licensor fully retain the rights to all corresponding IP rights. If you infringe the IP rights of third parties and we are held liable, you shall hold harmless and indemnify us in full against any such claims.
Entire AgreementThis Agreement, including any future modifications to its terms, informational support for services found on the Website, constitutes the entire Agreement between you and us.
This Agreement governs your use of our Services and the use of our Services by anyone who has access to our service. This Agreement supersedes any prior agreements between you and us. It also supersedes all prior or contemporaneous statements, understandings, writings, and commitments.
You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliate services, third-party content, or third-party software.
The original English version of these Service conditions may have been translated into other languages. The translated version is a courtesy only and you cannot derive any rights from the translated version.
In the event of a dispute about the contents or interpretation of these Service conditions or inconsistency or discrepancy between the English version and any other language version of these terms and conditions, the English language version to the extent permitted by law shall apply, prevail and be conclusive.
SeverabilityIf any part of these Terms of Service is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Governing LawsThis Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of Switzerland and the parties hereto agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Swiss Courts in Geneva.
Privacy Statement
GeneralWe are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. We value your trust and want you to understand how we protect, collect, store, use, and disclose your personal information. This Privacy Statement applies to information about you we obtain anytime you interact with us, for example, using the Website and all related Website, mobile and desktop applications, our authorized points of sales, with our merchants, over the phone Services, and other Services, and communications where this Privacy Statement is referenced, regardless of how you access, complete a transaction, contact us, interact or use them. Please, read this Privacy Statement carefully to understand what we do, what we share and whether you can limit this sharing. We want to ensure you are aware of our practices for collecting, using, disclosing, and processing personal information. We observe the provisions of the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR when collecting and processing personal information.
Scope and ConsentBy using our Website, mobile and desktop applications, authorized points of sales, merchants and/or registering for an account, you expressly consent to our collection, use, disclosure, and retention of your personal information as described in this Agreement. If you choose to provide us with personal information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers located in Switzerland.
Type of Information We Collect/Receive and WhyAs is customary with many Internet businesses, we collect information that you provide to us or that we learn about you from your use and access of our Website, mobile and desktop applications, our authorized points of sales, merchants, over the phone Services, other Services and communications, to help us personalize, improve your experience and prevent fraud. When purchasing or using a feature or Service, it is necessary to register and thus to disclose certain personal information. If you register for an account with us, you give us your personal information, and you are not anonymous to us.
Information Collected AutomaticallyWhen you use our Website, mobile and desktop applications, our authorized points of sales, merchants, over the phone Services and other Services or interact with our content or advertising, we automatically collect certain standard technical information sent to us by your computer and/or mobile device. Examples of this standard type of information include the type of Internet browser you use, the files you requested, the domain name and country from which you request information, your mobile phone number, and the beneficiary's phone number. We use this type of technical information to improve our Website, to make our Website and Services function correctly, and to better understand how visitors use our Website and Services. As part of our efforts to protect consumers from fraud, this information is also used to authenticate you, if necessary.
Information You ProvideWe collect and store any information you enter or you provide to us in context of using our Website, mobile and desktop applications, telephone access numbers, authorized points of sales and merchants. This may include, but is not limited to:
information you provide to us when registering for an account, including your name, email address, phone number, mobile telephone number, beneficiary's phone number, your and the beneficiary's physical address, as well as financial information, such as credit card, bank account numbers or electronic wallet details;
additional information we may ask you to submit to authenticate yourself, for example, we may ask you to send us a photo ID, company registration documents, or utility bill to verify your information and your physical address, or to answer additional questions to help us verify your identity;
invoicing and other information you provide to purchase a product or Service from us-Website;
transactional information based on your activities on our Website, mobile and desktop applications, telephone access numbers, through our authorized points of sales and merchants; personal information provided in the context of customer support, dispute resolution; messages through our Website and applications or messages sent to us;
additional information you may provide to us via social media Website or Services.
Information from Other SourcesWe may also obtain information about you from reputable reference sources, vendors, and clearinghouse Services as part of verification processes or your product use in order to better understand how you may benefit from our products and Services.
Social Media WebsiteOur automatic sign-on Services allow you to use third party login credentials to access our Website, mobile and desktop applications, and to share information with third party social media Website such as Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, and similar sites or Services. You may opt to provide us with access to certain personal information stored by such third party Website and related to you. The personal information we have access to varies by Website or applications and is controlled by your privacy settings on that Website or applications and your consent. By associating an account managed by a third party with your account and authorizing us to have access to this information, you agree and understand that we may collect, use and store information from these Website or applications in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
How We Use It & Who We Share It WithThe information we collect is to provide you with access to our Website, mobile and desktop applications and Services, provide you with requested customer assistance and a customized experience. Except as described in this Privacy Statement, we won't disclose your personal information to a third party without your consent.
You agree that we may use your personal information to:
provide you with the requested Services, access to our Website, mobile and desktop applications, as well as the customer support you request; enhance fraud prevention, detection, and investigation, monitor against theft, security breaches, potentially prohibited or illegal activities, to enforce our Terms of Service and otherwise protect you and our business;
measure, customize and improve the effectiveness of our Services, content, mobile & application experience, and marketing efforts;
compare information for accuracy and verify it with third parties Service providers with whom we have contracted to perform Services on our behalf.
For example, but not limited to, complete a transaction you authorized, fraud investigations, Website, mobile and desktop applications operations.
All companies that act on our behalf are contractually obligated to keep the personal information we provide to them confidential and to use the personal information we share only to provide the Services we ask them to perform.
The third parties called on may be located abroad and the data may be processed outside Switzerland;
contact you, either via email, on any telephone number or by mobile messages, to resolve disputes, collect fees, deliver PINs, newsletters, receipt messages, and troubleshoot problems with your account or our Website, mobile and desktop applications, and Services or for other purposes authorized by law;
conduct research and analysis, including surveys and focus groups; send marketing communications and other information regarding products, Services and promotions;
perform other business activities as needed, or as described elsewhere in this Privacy Statement;
to assist relevant national, state and local law enforcement, this may further share the personal information, and respond to subpoenas;
other businesses, if some or all of our business assets are sold or transferred;
we generally would transfer the corresponding personal information regarding you. We also may retain a copy of that personal information.
Mobile & Computer ApplicationsOur applications for mobile or computer allow you to interact and purchase Services and products from us, check product availability, learn about promotions, or receive other information.
When you download or use our applications, we may receive personal information about your location and your mobile device and/or computer unique identifier. We may use this personal information to provide you with location-based Services.
If you have questions about location for your device, please contact your manufacturer or Service provider to learn how to adjust your settings.
All information collected by us from our applications is protected by this Privacy Statement.
Location Based ServicesTo personalize your experience, certain Services or features can use information about your location to prevent fraud or to provide personalized promotions and Services that are accessible only if we know your location. For example, some of our payment methods rely on your location to be activated.
Accessing Personal InformationYou can view or edit some of your personal information online after you have signed in your account on our Website. We will not use or share the personal information you provided to us in ways that do not comply to the ones listed in this Privacy Statement without informing you and offering you a choice as provided for by applicable law.
You can opt-out of all types of marketing communication entirely by following the directions provided within the applicable message.
You cannot unsubscribe from administrative notifications you receive from us when using our Services, Website or applications, including but not limited to: notifications of Terms of Service change, notifications of Website Conditions change, notification of Privacy Statement change, account related email and SMS notifications, updates on Service maintenance and billing statements.
You will be able to withdraw your consent to our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions, by sending us an email or using the "Contact Us" form on our website. Note that if you withdraw your consent to certain uses of your personal information, we may no longer be able to provide our Services, Website and applications.
Note also that where we have provided or are providing Services to you, your consent will be valid for so long as necessary to fulfill the purposes listed in this Privacy Statement or otherwise at the time of collection, and you may not be permitted to withdraw consent to certain necessary uses and disclosures (for example, maintaining reasonable business and transaction records).
You will have the right at any time to correct, block or delete any personal information we have saved concerning you.
If there are any legal, commercial, contractual or tax reasons to oppose deletion of personal information, in particular legal data retention periods, the personal information will be blocked rather than deleted.
To do so, you can contact us by email or by post at CY.TALK SWITZERLAND S.A. Privacy Officer, 7, Place du Rondeau, 1227, Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland.
We recommend sending us confidential information by post rather than by email. If you have any questions concerning information privacy or you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at the above address.
You may also request copies of your personal information held by us. We will provide you with a copy of the personal information held by us as soon as practicable and in any event within not more than 60 days of your request in writing.
Reimbursement for costs may be required in responding to requests for information. These fees apply on a per account basis. Additional fees may be charged for costs incurred in responding to burdensome or unusual requests. We may absorb these fees at our own discretion if they involve harm to you or emergency requests. We will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity.
BrowsingWe may offer links to other Website. If you visit one of these Website, you may want to review the Privacy Statement on that website. In addition, you may have visited our Website through a link or a banner advertisement on another website. In such cases, the Website you linked from may collect personal information from people who click on the banner or link. You may want to refer to the Privacy Policies on those Website to see how they collect and use this information. We also may retain a copy of that personal information.
Cookies, Web Beacons and Similar TechnologiesLike most other Website, we use cookies. A cookie is a small text file that contains information that a website stores on your computer and which it can later retrieve. Cookies, web beacons and similar technologies allow our servers to anonymously compile usage information to generate statistics about the general operation and use of Website.
Cookies may also be used to recognize you as a returning Website visitor or our consumer, and for a faster and safer experience. We also use Cookies to identify you as a valid user who has logged into our Website, so that you will not be forced to re-enter your password multiple times while using our Website.
Cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.
We encourage you to review your computer setting to ensure your Cookie preferences are properly configured, such as warning you before accepting a Cookie or blocking unwanted Cookies.
If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you can set your browser to refuse cookies.
Certain of our Services, however, could be dependent on cookies and you may disable entirely or partially those Services by refusing cookies. Because cookies allow you to take advantage of our features, we recommend that you leave them turned on.
We may work with third-party providers, who are authorized to place third-party cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies for storing information on our Website or in our Services and applications, with our permission. These Service providers help us to enhance your experience.
Electronic CommunicationsWhen you visit the Website or send emails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. We may respond to you by email or by posting notices on the Website. You agree that all such notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Privacy Practices of Third PartiesOur Website, mobile and desktop applications may contain links to third party Website. Please, be aware, however, that we are not responsible for and cannot control the Privacy Statements of these other Website or their practices.
We encourage you to read the Privacy Statements for these other Website, as they may differ from ours. This Privacy Statement applies solely to personal information collected by us.
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George R.R. Martin, widely regarded as this generation's Tolkien, just released a sample chapter from his upcoming book "Winds of Winter," which is scheduled to be published in 2014.
Martin is the prolific genius behind "A Song of Ice and Fire," the fantasy series that has been adapted into HBO's hit TV series "Game of Thrones."
"A Song of Ice and Fire" chronicles the epic power struggle between seven families in a medieval world full of magic and misadventure. "A Dance with Dragons," the most recent edition of the saga, set sales records in 2011.
Meanwhile, the "Game of Thrones" Season two Finale attracted 4.2 million viewers, and the series as a whole was the most pirated show of 2012.
The 64-year-old author is a master at keeping his fans involved and engaged. He's been known to treat fans who come out to see him at conventions with impromptu readings from his upcoming works.
The new chapter reveals an important message delivered to Princess Arianne from Lord Jon Connington, who travels with the would-be King-in-waiting.
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- The best files for GTA
- 1.Re-textured Vice City 0.6GTA VC → Global mods
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- 4.90s Atmosphere Vehicle Pack Reborn 3 (Update on 10/15/19)GTA SA → Global mods
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Ultimate Vice City 2.0
23 May 2010 GTA Vice City
Before you, the mod is Ultimate Vice City for GTA: Vice City. This modification adds 40 cars, which replace most standard ones. Also in fashion, you will find two towers of the World Trade Center, which were blown up on September 11, 2001 in New York...
High Quality Particles Mod
31 December 2010 GTA Vice City
The modification slightly improves the game graphics by replacing the "particle.txd" file, which contains textures for the particle system and is responsible, basically, for the visual effects. After installing the mod in the game, water and sky ...
Winter Mod 2.3
31 December 2010 GTA Vice City
Winter Mod - a global winter modification for the game GTA: Vice City, after installation of which the whole city will be completely covered with snow. Manually edited and reworked more than a thousand game textures, most of them are made in h...
No death mod
29 July 2011 GTA Vice City
Now you will no longer die in Weiss City. Author mod-I Don97Vercetti
Akina Hill 2.0
21 October 2011 GTA Vice City
The legendary card for GTA San Andreas "Akina Hill" is now also in Vice City! With the mod attached: 1) The settings of the Saber Turbo car under drift! 2) The car of Nissan Silvia S15! Video:
Real water VC (water with reflection)
8 November 2011 GTA Vice City
Now in the good old Vice City shader water appeared! Yes, and this is not a joke! It is the shader, such as the one that is present in GTA IV. On the water there are reflections from the environment! Watch the video:
Vice Cry 1.7
11 December 2011 GTA Vice City
Vice Cry is a modification aimed at extending the life of the game, and making one of the best parts of the GTA series is more interesting for the game. New version with installer and readme inside. Changes from previous versions of 1.6: - Aga...
Restart Taxi
19 December 2011 GTA Vice City
This simple CLEO mod creates a taxi near the hospital and prison after death, when you sit in a taxi you teleport to the place where they were killed or arrested. This mod uses CLEO libraries v220.127.116.11 for Vice City.
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Duck Breasts Recipes
Roasted Duck Mole
I love duck breast; I find it so juicy and flavorful. Recently, I prepared roasted duck molé and in my opinion, unsweetened dark chocolate was what made the dish. First, I pan-seared the duck, skin side down, and then finished roasting it in the oven. Using the same griddle from the duck, I prepared the sauce with a hint of spiciness.
The molé sauce provides a richly complex flavor to the meat with the seductive addition of chocolate. Chocolate doesn't only satisfy foodies with a sweet tooth; this molé sauce is a great example of a savory application for chocolate.
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Apricot Glazed Pan-Roasted Duck Breast Recipe
After our wonderful trip to Italy, we decided to stop in my home country so baby Aria could get to spend some time with her maternal grandparents. We hadn't been to Paris in approximately 9 months; Papa and Maman are thrilled to have Aria at their home! They've been feeding her succulent French meals and today, I decided to prepare Papa's favorite meal: magret de canard.
Maman is very health-conscious, so Papa hasn't had duck since the last time we met. I told him we'd go out for a run after lunch. And to make Maman feel less guilty, I added some fruit to the meat. I puréed fresh ripe apricots and basted the duck with a generous coating of the sweet and spicy glaze. Healthy? Maybe not, but at least we can feel good about it!
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Magret de Canard Roti au Miel Epices (Cardamom, Ginger, Mango and Star Anise spiced Honey Roasted Duck Breast)
I find duck meat to be very sophisticated. So whether you're throwing an elegant dinner or you're having a romantic dinner, duck is the perfect choice.
I'm used to making a French preparation of duck, but I wanted to use oriental flavors for this recipe instead. I decided to use star anise and honey as the base for the glaze. Star anise is a classic Asian flavor, and I have some very special honey at home that I try to use whenever I need a sweetener for a dish. Last time I was in Paris I got a jar of raw honey from my sister's in-laws who are honey makers in Amiens, a town in the nothern region of France. It's just out of this world.
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A Brace of American Birds (Pheasant and Duck)
This is meal fit for a President. Or two. A brace of pheasant and duck was the main course at Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Dinner and will again be featured at President-Elect Barack Obama's Inauguration. Pheasant is no longer commonly available but I finally was able to get some at Whole Foods.
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- The Crepes is a layered type family consisted of 25 effect layer fonts. The basic shape of Crepes is re-designed based on 'Geon' and lower-case letters are replaced to small-capitals. Endless effects can be created by combining each of different colored layer fonts. Variety of check and stripe patterns can be made with 9 stripe layer fonts. The Open Type fonts contain complete Latin 1252, Central European 1250, Turkish 1254 character sets. Each font includes proportional figures, old-style figures, tabular figures, numerators, denominators, superscript, scientific inferiors, subscript, fractions and case features. We highly recommend it for use in headlines, logotypes, signs, posters, greeting cards, letterhead, t-shirts and so on.
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A very visually attractive puzzle with some very interestingly-shaped pieces. The objective is to assemble all nine pieces into the so-called 'interlocking bricks' shape shown in the picture. The result of doing so is very satisfying.
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Guided Walking Tours of Campus
RB88热博官网 www.cfwlf.com Soka University offers 1 ½ hour guided walking tours with trained student tour guides at 10 am and 2 pm, Monday through Friday (and Saturdays with confirmed appointments if a tour guide is available) for:
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(Group of 10 or more high school students - cap per visit is 60 touring with counselors - minimum two weeks notification if you want to eat at the Soka Bistro)
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Please click on the appropriate tour category above and fill out the registration form for your tour or call 949.480.4083. All tours begin on the first floor of Founders Hall (the domed building at the front of campus). This is your chance to see:
Founders Hall including the to-scale campus map, Art Gallery, 3rd Fl Meeting Room and Board Room
Soka Performing Arts Center - 1000-seats
Maathai Hall with Black Box Theatre, classrooms
Pauling Hall classrooms
Ikeda Library and 4th floor Reading Room
Lily ponds and Campus Green
Pauling Hall 216 classroom theatre
Student Center, with Soka Bistro and SUA Bookstore
Recreation Center will be shown to tours with prospective students
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Be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes (we don't recommend high heels!) and allow at least 1½ hours for walking tours and more time if you would like to visit the SUA Bookstore (closed on weekends) or have lunch at the Soka Bistro ($11.25 for all you can eat including dessert and beverage). The Bistro is open for lunch from 11:30-1:30 during weekdays and offers brunch from 10:30-12:30 on weekends. This is a great place to meet SUA students, staff and faculty. Find out why people rave about the food at SUA!
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The Bound to Please Book Club, moderated by retired Waukegan Public Library librarian Lourdes Mordini, meets monthly on the last Tuesday of each month. Selections for each book club meeting are available at the Customer Service desk. Please join us!
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The great earthquake that struck off the Chilean coast early Saturday serves as a stark reminder that the most violent earthquakes Earth's restless crust can deliver happen along geological features that also appear along the Aleutian Islands, off the Pacific Northwest, and in the Caribbean.
"We have the threat of this kind of earthquake and tsunami in our back yards," says Brian Atwater, a geophysicist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The magnitude 8.8 quake that hit Chile some 70 miles northeast of the coastal city of Concepcion resulted from action along what earth scientists call a subduction zone. A vast plate of oceanic crust known as the Nazca plate is sliding at a relatively speedy clip beneath the more buoyant continental crust of South America.
IN PICTURES: Images from the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile
Quakes are like a growth spurt
The squeeze one plate puts on the other as it slides back into the Earth's mantle is building the Andes. When an event such as today's quake occurs, it's like a growth spurt, pushing the overlying crust up by several feet. That sudden displacement of mass underwater triggered the tsunamis that spread into the Pacific basin.
Today's rupture occurred along a 248-mile length of a zone that traces the outline of most of South America's west coast. The amount of slip was on the order of 30 feet, says Ray Russo, a University of Florida geophysicist whose research focuses on the region. He estimated that the crust closest to the epicenter may have experience uplift of three feet or more.
A more firm number will emerge after he and colleagues see GPS and radar-satellite data, he says.
Large earthquakes along the Nazca subduction zone – indeed along all of the earth's subduction zones – are common. Globally, quakes with magnitudes comparable to today's temblor occur on average once a year.
Since the 1970s, some 15 quakes in the magnitude 7 and 8 range have occurred along the Nazca's subduction zone. The global-record holder occurred in 1960, when a magnitude 9.5 quake struck off the coast south of Conception.
Hard to predict when another quake will occur
Yet getting a better handle on the recurrence rate along any single section of the zone is tough, researchers say.
The most immediate predecessor to today's quake appears to be a temblor that occurred in 1730, Dr. Atwater says. It's documented in Spanish colonial records.
IN PICTURES: Images from the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile
And a tsunami associated with the quake reached Japan and caused some damage.
But not long after, native Americans in that part of the continent drove the Spaniards out of the region, he says. So there's precious little information on what might have happened during the intervening years.
"It's an open question, how big an earthquake you can get on that part of the fault," he says.
Subduction zones spawn the most powerful earthquakes
What is clear is that subduction zones in general are the spawning grounds for the most powerful earthquakes the planet can generate, researchers say. The reason has to do with the surface area involved in the rupture. The greater the surface area involved for a given amount of slip, the more powerful the quake.
Some plate boundaries appear largely as vertical faults that slide past each other, such as California's San Andreas or Haiti's Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault. Along these sorts of faults, hardscrabble rock extends straight down into the crust only so far before it's heated and becomes a taffy-like fluid.
Crust sliding down through a subduction zone, by contrast, does so at a relatively shallow angle. The result: for a given length along which a rupture occurs, the surface area involved is larger for a subduction zone quake than for one involving a strike-slip fault.
Nasty surprises
For all that scientists are learning about these key features of the planet's ever-migrating crust, subduction zones still yield nasty surprises – ones with a direct bearing on evaluations of the seismic and tsunami hazards people in a subduction region may face.
For instance, it's become increasingly clear that earthquakes along strike-slip faults can trigger quakes along other segments of the same fault – or on faults far distant.
Research suggests that a magnitude 7.9 quake near Mt. Denali in Alaska in 2002 appears to have triggered an uptick in small earthquakes in California, Russo says.
But quakes along subduction zones? Up to 2004, he explains, most geophysicists held that once a segment of a subduction zone snapped, the show was over – at least for a couple of centuries while stress in the zone built up again. Quakes along one segment of a subduction zone weren't noted for triggering a major quake nearby a short time later.
But that changed with the Sumatran earthquake in December 2004. Three months after that magnitude 8.9 quake, an 8.7 temblor struck a few hundred miles away from the epicenter of the December quake.
"Those two quakes made people sit up and take notice," he says.
IN PICTURES: Images from the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile