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Specifying Success in Kelowna
"Setting the Standard" served as the tagline for this year's Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) national conference, held in Kelowna, B.C., from May 24 to 27. Given the excellent response to the event's technical program, social events, and the beauty of the Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand Okanagan Resort and surrounding area, it was definitely a conference for the books.
'Kelownifornia' meant warm sunshine, gorgeous lakeside and poolside views, and ample opportunity for sampling local culture, whether that meant hiking in the hills, hitting the links, or visiting one (or more) of the wineries and vineyards. It also meant the trademark CSC hospitality, right from the kickoff Welcome Reception (sponsored by Cetco) to the closing President's Ball (sponsored by Custom Tile Installation Systems).
A hallmark of the association's annual gatherings is the quality of the various speakers. This year, author Eric Termuende offered a breakfast discussion on cross-generational office collaboration, while Jen Rustemeyer, one of the filmmakers behind award-winning documentary, Just Eat It, delved into the issues of sustainability and food waste during her Kingspan-sponsored luncheon keynote.
The technical discussions were so enticing, it was challenging to choose which seminar to sit in on. For example, take Thursday morning, when delegates had to decide whether to get a comprehensive take on Master Painters Institute (MPI) standards, listen to National Research Council (NRC) experts weigh in on climate change resiliency, or be part of the audience when CSI's Greg Ceton explored how robotics, algorithms, and artificial intelligence (AI) are affecting project documentation, design, and execution.
Former CSC president (and current Construction Canada editorial advisor) Keith Robinson pulled triple-duty, leading a two-part talk on "Specifications for Constructors, Estimators, and Suppliers" as well as being a panellist on "Choosing Standards and References for Project Specifications," with fellow past-president Corinne Golding and Toronto Chapter director Kazim Kanani.
Throughout the conference, there were engineers, architects, and other product experts sharing experience and insight in everything from wood, glass, and concrete to projects pursuing Passive House, Living Building Challenge, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
Toting Alumicor-sponsored conference bags, attendees were also able to network, whether it was during 'speed' sessions between seminars or in the exhibit hall during the Connections Café.
Of course, sometimes the best networking takes place when you're barefoot with colleagues, jumping up and down on grapes. During the CGC-sponsored Fun Night, attendees donned bandanas to form teams and compete in events like the barrel stomp, as well as stuffed-beaver tossing and high-rise block-tower construction (unlikely to pass any structural code). The evening concluded with Robert Fine, the Sinatra Guy, crooning classics over dinner before giving way to karaoke performances that were unforgettable in both good and bad ways.
Recognizing excellence
Sponsored by Rockfon, the annual awards luncheon was emceed by Blair Bennett, CTR, one of the co-chairs of the Vancouver Chapter conference-organizing committee. The event gave CSC a chance to celebrate its best and brightest members and associates.
CSC Life Award
The CSC Life Award is the highest accolade the association bestows on individuals in recognition of their service. This year, two were honoured.
David Egan, FCSC, RSW
A member for more than 40 years, David Egan is active in both the Edmonton and Ottawa Chapters. In the late 1970s and early '80s, he was very involved with CSC's National Technical Committee, for which he received a National Award of Merit in 1979. Working in collaboration with CSI, this committee published major revisions to MasterFormat, SectionFormat, and PageFormat. During Egan's tenure as association president in 1982/83, the Technical Committee was also responsible for the publication of Divisions 0 and 1, and three units of the Manual of Practice.
These resources represented a seismic shift in how project documentation was produced; they collectively laid the groundwork of standardization from which the Canadian construction industry still benefits. They also created a major funding source for CSC, stabilizing its finances. Further, the enhanced relationship with CSI provided the foundation for the ongoing liaison between the two associations.
Egan headed up the review committee that led to a new registration board for managing the Registered Specifications Writer (RSW) designation program in 1985. He was one of its early graduates, acquiring his RSW designation and becoming a well-respected specification writer in the industry. Egan was also instrumental in promoting the idea of networking and communication between industry professionals as being one of the strengths of CSC membership.
He continues to remain very involved, serving among a core group of teachers in all courses put on by the Ottawa Chapter for many years, while also working as an instructor at Algonquin College.
Phil Evans, FCSC
Phil Evans joined the Regina Chapter of CSC in 1982, and became part of its Chapter Executive soon after. In 1987, he began a three-year stint as chair; he took on the role of chapter director in 1992 and was elected to the association's Executive Council as 4th vice-president three years later. He became the association's president in 1999.
In addition to being committee chair for the Regina Conference in 2002, Evans was a CSC representative to the International Construction Information Society (ICIS) and the Overall Construction Classification System (OCCS) for a number of years. Becoming a Fellow in 2001, he has stayed active in the College, currently serving as its chancellor. He is also a member of the editorial advisory board of Construction Canada.
Evans has continued to be involved at the chapter level, regularly attending meetings and mentoring the next generation of CSC members. He has been a booster and active recruiter, signing up almost his entire staff as members before retiring from active practice last year.
CSC Honorary Membership Award
The CSC Honorary Membership is the association's only award conferred on a non-member. This year's recipient is Michael Atkinson, the president of the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) since 1993. His more than three decades of experience with that group has included every aspect of senior government relations, procurement, and industry promotion regarding construction in this country.
Atkinson was called to the Ontario Bar and admitted to the rolls of the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1981. He is a member of the Federal-Industry Real Property Advisory Council, the Industrial Security Advisory Board, the Construction Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, and the Law Society of Upper Canada.
F. Ross Browne Award
The F. Ross Browne Award recognizes editorial excellence in Construction Canada, highlighting the author or co-authors of an article in the magazine. This year, the publication's editorial advisory board chose a July 2016 piece from a shortlist of top features. It brought together two CSC members from different companies and chapters (respectively, London and Toronto), as Kees Govers, B.Sc.(Agr), GRP, and Sasha Aguilera, B.Arch, GRP, shared the plaque for their collaboration, "Designing Extensive and Semi-extensive Vegetated Roofs for Long-term Performance."
Program Director Awards
In recognition of their work in hosting the informative and fun event in Kelowna, co-chairs Bennett and Kimberley J. Tompkins, FCSC, CTR, received Program Director Awards, as did the other members of the 2017 Kelowna Conference Committee:
? Mark Felt, CCCA;
? Ryan Foster, CTR;
? Don Fraser;
? Alison Henry, CTR;
? James Kelly, CTR;
? Mario Maggio;
? Brian Maher, CTR;
? George McCutcheon, CSP;
? David R. McGuigan, FCSC;
? Daryl Muz;
? Bill Pelke;
? Melodie Pike, CTR;
? Kelly Sawatzky, RSW, CSP; and
? Vince Smith.
For his work with the committee, the late Andrew MacPhail was also honoured.
Education Certification
Michael Schneider, FCSC, CCCA, and Cathie Saar-Paradis, FCSC, RSW, CCCA, were recognized for their ongoing dedication to CSC certification subcommittees. Further, six other members received the award for their participation in the translation of the Specifier course:
? Patrick Bissonnette;
? Sophie Brochu;
? Philip Caron;
? Sylvie Guevin;
? Yvon Lachance, CCCA; and
? Thierry Segard.
Membership Chapter Development and Communications
Guy Houle, director of the Québec Chapter, increased his contingent's membership by 150 per cent—he was honoured for his efforts.
For myriad efforts and achievements ranging from social-media campaign startups and website revitalization plans to implementing the Principles of Construction Documentation (PCD) course at Toronto's George Brown College, Kaz Kanani, CCCA, CSP, took home a Program Director's Award.
Technical Studies
Alain Boudrias from the Montréal Chapter and Jonathan Dee from Ottawa were honoured by the Technical Studies Committee for their work on, respectively, the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) 2QC subcommittee and the Institute for Building Information Modelling in Canada (IBC).
For her many years as the group publisher and CEO of Kenilworth Media, publisher of Construction Canada, Ellen Kral was recognized at both the awards luncheon and CSC annual general meeting with a certificate and gift. She was instrumental in the growth of the magazine over almost two decades, helping to increase its circulation, revenue, and frequency while overseeing improvements in online presence and helping launch initiatives like weekly e-newsletters.
Fifty years of Fellowship
In addition to these various honours and accolades, three CSC members were chosen for the College of Fellows. This year, the group celebrated its 50th year, marking the occasion with an induction ceremony open to the public. Phil Evans, FCSC (chancellor), Peter Semchuk, FCSC, RSW, CCCA (dean), David Watson, FCSC, CSP (registrar), and many other Fellows were also part of a special luncheon presentation that paid homage to these hallowed members, including the new trio of inductees.
Peter S. Emmett, CCCA, MRAIC
Peter Emmett has made significant contributions to the enhancement of CSC over the course of his membership. A licensed member of the Nova Scotia Association of Architects (NSAA) and member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) for 28 years, he has been part of the association since 2004. He joined the CSC Atlantic Chapter Executive prior to Conference 2008 in Halifax, where he participated on the Conference Committee and became the chapter chair.
At the Executive Council level (which includes his stint as president in 2015/16), his background in architecture and contract administration helped tremendously in the various subcommittees. When responsible for the education portfolio, Emmett was instrumental in bringing updated courses for rollout. During this time, the Educational Maintenance Task Team (EMTT) was formed, initially to update the documents, but evolving to perform a larger task. As VP Legislative he was heavily involved in updating CSC bylaws to meet new Canadian requirements, and was responsible for needed updates to the CSC Administrative Manual.
Aside from his day job as national practice leader of construction contract administration at Architecture49, Emmett has participated in many other industry association boards over the years, including the Design Construction Institute (DCI); he has also organized bi-annual trade shows on behalf of NSAA.
Ken Rowson
A tireless CSC supporter known for his laidback humour and highly effective leadership, Ken Rowson worked in the window industry before starting at Alumicor as a sales representative in 1982. He became a member of CSC a decade later, earning accolades like the Program Director's Award and CSC Chapter Awards of Merit, while also holding numerous positions in the Winnipeg Chapter and having significant roles in the national conference when it was held in that city.
Under his guidance as chair, the chapter won the Lloyd Boddy Award for Chapter of the Year and successfully delivered the first nationally promoted education workshops (i.e. Specifier 1 and CA).
Bob W. Spenst, CTR, CCCA
A strong proponent of educational programs, Bob Spenst has worked tirelessly for the betterment of the association at the national level with the board of directors, as well as the Certified Technical Representative (CTR) and Certified Construction Contract Administrator (CCCA) Education Subcommittees. At the chapter level, he serves as a great CSC ambassador to the local Saskatoon construction industry.
Spenst was among the first group of members to achieve both CTR and CCCA designations, showing his commitment to the association's education and certification courses. He has also participated in the DACUM curriculum-development process that established the content of the educational topic material in the re-envisioning of those two education programs.
His various Saskatoon Chapter executive positions have included chair, vice-chair, and trade officer; during his tenure, his group took home the Lloyd Boddy Award for Chapter of the Year.
A warm welcome to the Ice District
Next year, the CSC national conference moves one province east to Alberta, with the Edmonton Chapter hosting the big event in late May 2018. The City of Champions will serve as a particularly apt site for a design/construction gathering, as Edmonton is currently developing an ambitious $2.5-billion mixed-use sports and entertainment district on 10 ha (25 acres) of land. While this project will no doubt serve as a backdrop for some of the conference's sessions, the main draws of the big CSC annual event are timeless and not tied to a specific locale—technical education, networking, and the opportunity to see old friends once again.
Chapters: Accolades for Individuals and Collectives
The President's Chapter Awards of Merit encourage and recognize active, forward-looking chapters in categories ranging from membership growth and education programs to financial contributions and meeting attendance. This year's qualifiers were Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg.
When it came time to decide the best of the best and hand over the Lloyd Boddy Chapter of the Year Award, Toronto was the winner, excelling in areas such as professional development opportunities, spirit, and participation in local industry and CSC committees.
The chapters themselves also presented Awards of Merit to their own outstanding members. This year's winners included the following:
? Atlantic—John Connely, CTR, and Harry Forbes, FCSC;
? Calgary—Kirsten Janes and Gale Leblanc, CTR;
? Edmonton—Jeff Halashewski;
? Grand Valley—Stephanie Hargest and Susan Cunha;
? Montréal—Patrick Bissonnette and Fanny Bertand;
? Ottawa—Charbel Abou-Tayeh, CCCA;
? Regina—Katrina Nagle and Nicole George;
? Saskatoon—Brad Smith and Jenny Dergousoff;
? Toronto—Anwerali Chagani, RSW, Isabelle Champagne, CTR, Laura Herbert, and Lyndon Regular, CTR;
? Vancouver— George McCutcheon, CSP, and Vince Smith;
? Vancouver Island—Chris George and David Graham; and
? Winnipeg—Elizabeth Velos, Ralph Finck, and Jesse Watson.
Members Old and New
When an industry group grows, it means people see value in its goals (and benefits), and want to be part of it. However, it also shows the association's current members believe in its mission and have benefitted from the experience, because they are spreading the word and encouraging others to join. More than increased funds, new members bring new ideas and new energy, helping CSC remain a strong, relevant part of the industry.
There were 271 new (or rejoining) members in 2016, 112 of which were sponsored by current CSC members. To recognize recruitment efforts, Eureka Club Awards are given to those who sponsor at least three new members during the year. This time around, Barb Boroskae, Brad Cove, and Hugh Lim were applauded for sponsoring a trio each, while Guy Houle brought in 10 people. However, the top Eureka Club spot—the Russell W. Cornell Award—went to Kaz Kanani, who brought in 24 new members.
As important as these fresh faces are, having long-term members is also critical, as it ensures continuity and serves as an example of passion and service over the decades. Fortunately, CSC has no shortage of veteran volunteers, with several in attendance in Kelowna to receive their Longevity Awards.
60 years
Robert E. Briggs, FCSC
Ivan H. Lavender, FCSC, RSW
Val Stengels, FCSC, RSW
55 years
Casey A. Skakun, FCSC, RSW
Bob O'Brien
50 years
J.K. (Kenneth) Theaker
Edward W. Hamilton, RSW
45 years
Robert J. Anderson, RSW
Geoffrey D. Holmes
Mike Hardy
40 years
Franklin L. Hillman
David Illsey
Douglas Fishburn
David Wilson, FCSC, RSW
Albert Miller
35 years
Kevin Gerencser
Stephen O. Revay, FCSC
Peter Solu
Ronald L. Johnson
Bruce D. Taylor
David Lawrence, FCSC, CTR
30 years
H. Wayne Yarjau, FCSC, RSW
Rick Hadubiak, CTR, CCCA
M. Denis Gingras
Barry Ruth
Angelo Mattachione
Glenn Tench
Michael McClure
Don C. Stewart
25 years
Joseph Patai
Susan Morris, FCSC
Joseph Amodeo
Ken Yakimovich
Glenn Mackay
Kari Yuers
Jeff D. Werschner, CTR
David A. Embury, RSW
Corinne Golding, FCSC, RSW
Brian Wiles, RSW
Greg Love
20 years
Jerry Slavish
Peter Macnab
Kamal Elliott, CTR
Walter M. Ferri
Robert Galesloot, CTR
Paul D. Driedger
Mark Buckshon
Jim Scott
Philip Sarvinis
Mitchell Brooks, FCSC
Garett Shandler
David Organ, RSW, CCCA
Ed Van Oene, CTR
Keith Lusty
15 years
Jim Whalen
Bill Anglin, CCCA
Ingrid Felso
Peter Zagar
Brian J. Charette
Dan Austin, CCCA
Sandro Cipparone, CCCA
Michel D. Theauvette
Roger Steers
David E. Miller, CTR
John Lake
Brian Linner, CCCA
Steve Berkin, CTR
Ted Handy
David Maksymec
Sarah-Jane Carpenter
Murray L. Stone, CCCA
Michael P. Barnes
Wendy Earle
Lionel Scribner
Nat Morlando
Len M. O'Connor, RSW, CCCA
Wayne Armstrong, CCCA
Kevin Bonogofski
Daniel Fournier
Chris Davidson, CTR
Richard Craig
Nancy Vruwink
Peter O'Brien, CCCA
Brian H. Wilson
Alice Arsenault, CCCA
Don Moore, CTR
Conal Hancherow, CTR
Melodie Pike, CTR
Jay Jones
Glorianne M. Devamanoharan
Arthur Anderson, CCCA
Allan M. Johnston
James W. Greenshields
Rick Thomas, CTR
Arne Anderson
John L. Karman, RSW
Phillip L. McDade
Douglas R. Sanders
Manny Francisco
James A. Chaney
Ross G. Spiegel
10 years
Karel Brozik, CCCA
Garry Newnham, CTR
Luciano Teseo
Alan Downing
James M. Robertson
Beverley Darling
Shawn T. Frayn, CTR
Edward L. Soenke
Eugene A. Valentine
Daryl Glover, CTR
Murray Wilson
Bradley J. McWilliam,
Jori J. Toniello
Christopher Roszell
Robert Callahan, CCCA
Randy Smith, CTR
Robert Jocelyn
Kazim (Kaz) Kanani, CCCA, CSP
Elizabeth Veloso
Douglas G. Scorgie
Mike Eikermann
Patrick French
Pino Mascioli
Mackenzie Adkin, CTR
Dana Gabrielow
Brett Balog
Shamanna S. Kelamangalam, CTR
Joelene Schultz, CTR
James I. Wood
Chris Hunter, CTR, CCCA
Tony Lourenco
Jeff Thompson
Derek Decooman, CTR
Don Lagimodiere
Kimberley Murphy
Mark Clemmensen, RSW
Michel Zerey
Wendy Scott
Brad Beharrell, CCCA
Jim Smiley
Leon Starobinsky, CTR
Jeff Sonoda
Dean Doyle
Peter N. Boskovic
Terry Frank
Richard Gluns
Shaune Smith, CCCA
Sasha A. Donskov
Stacey Bogdanow, CTR
Allan Randall
Terri Randall
Tracey Stawnichy
Paul Hargest
Michael T. Owen, Sr.
Derek Young, CCCA
Richard Baumgartner
Jack A. Cusimano
Aaron Hatch, CTR
M. Mario Lemay
John-Nevan G. McCulloch
Parviz Bakhtiary, CTR
Bruno Bonavitacola, CTR
Simon Chan, CTR
Kim Winchester, CTR
Marc L. Hebert
Marty Lockman, CCCA
Designations and Certifications
At the conference, the association also took time to recognize those who had achieved their CSC industry designations over the last year.
Certified Specification Practitioners
Ryan Dawinan, CSP (Toronto)
Denny Duong, CSP (Toronto)
Michael Watts, CSP (Vancouver)
Certified Technical Representatives
Ryan Ardiel, CTR (Edmonton)
Paul Cantafio, CTR (Winnipeg)
Garratt Grenier, CTR (Edmonton)
Russell Ibbotson, CTR (Toronto)
Marc Michaud, CTR (Montréal)
Randy Smith, CTR (Vancouver)
Certified Construction Contract Administrators
Charbel Abou-Taych, CCCA (Ottawa)
James Dickie, CCCA (Toronto)
Ashraf Hanna, CCCA (Toronto)
Brian Hepworth, CCCA (Ottawa)
Dan Jenik, CCCA (Toronto)
Kevin McEwen, CCCA (Saskatoon)
Ken McNamera, CCCA (Edmonton)
Ian Miller, CCCA (Toronto)
Greg Mylks, CCCA (Saskatoon)
David John Neil, CCCA (Alberta)
Giuseppe (Joe) Serravite, CCCA (Toronto)
Mehdi Shirzadi, CCCA (Toronto)
Charmaine So, CCCA (Toronto)
Albert Thomas, CCCA (Toronto)
Gerald Williams, CCCA (Toronto)


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Palo Alto Networks Price: $60,000
Firewall vendors have tried to keep up with the ever changing Internet-landscape, adding functionality to the core firewall engine that enables enterprises to obtain intelligence on network traffic beyond the IP address and ports used. But, no firewall has been able to achieve all that without the help of other tools and technologies,from packet sniffers to IDS/IPS to proxy servers.
Palo Alto Networks, founded by world-renowned firewall authority Nir Zuk, just might have found the answer in the PA-4050 appliance, running a hardened Linux OS and powered by Intel Xeon processors to deliver up to 10 Gbps of firewall throughput.
Unlike traditional firewalls that identify applications only by protocol and port number, Palo Alto's next-generation firewall uses packet inspection and a library of application signatures to distinguish between applications that use same protocols and ports, and to identify potentially malicious apps that use nonstandard ports. Beyond application visibility, The PA-4050 allows admins to control the flow of an application, regardless of ports used.
Installation/Setup B+
Although the PA 4050 offers a command-line interface, using the Web GUI was much simpler, at least for the initial setup. The appliance can be run in three modes: virtual wire, Layer 2, or Layer 3.
Virtual wire, best known as transparent mode or inline mode, is the default configuration and does not require too many configuration changes. In Layer 2 mode, the appliance, which is equipped with 24 interfaces--16 10/100/1000 and eight SFP ports, can act as a firewall and address your switching needs. This comes handy in situations where the network is divided into multiple VLANs, each with their own security requirements. Layer 3 is the most like the traditional firewalls that operate on the network layer.
A given interface can only be run in one mode at any given time but, the device as a whole can have multiple interfaces operating in any of the three modes simultaneously. This allows organizations to consolidate network security gateway devices while increasing overall throughput and simplifying administration without losing visibility into network traffic at each OSI layer. Also, in Layer 3 mode, customers have an option to further segment the network by creating multiple virtual systems, which allow administrators to customize firewall rules for various departments based on physical interfaces, IP addresses or subnets.
Controls A
The policy rule interface has a very familiar look with couple of extra parameters. In addition to the typical source/destination zone/IP/service fields, administrators can also set application rules as an added control,.such as P2P, IM, and multimedia apps that use dynamically assigned ports or well-known ports such as port 80 or 443, used by required business applications.
Additional options provide real-time threat prevention with add-on components like antivirus, antispyware, vulnerability protection, URL filtering, and/or file blocking profiles. User/group-based firewall rules can be customized through Active Directory integration. Maintaining a 5Gbps throughput with all of the above working at the same time is what sets PA-4050 apart from the major players in the market.
We were impressed to see the Applipedia (wiki for applications) and the analysis provided through the UI as well as on the company website.
Effectiveness B+
The PA-4050's key component, the App-ID, uses three classification engines working in concert to accurately identify the applications traversing the network, irrespective of the ports used. This enables enterprises to address security evasion tactics such as the use of nonstandard ports, dynamically changing ports and protocols, emulating other applications, and tunneling to bypass existing firewalls.
The application decoder engine identifies the protocol structure and the overall traffic pattern to flag anomalies. The signature engine identifies the exact application based on more than 450 definitions, which are updated periodically (updates have to be downloaded manually through the administration portal. We received two updates during our one-month review).
The SSL decryption engine offers visibility into encapsulated traffic without disclosing any of the data contents.
The application command center provides a very detailed multilayer graphical representation of the application activity at any given time, such as a real-time list of Top 10 applications in use, Top 10 high-risk applications, etc. These lists can be clicked on to obtain more information about each application, IP addresses, access times and even UserIDs if AD integration is configured.
Administration/Monitoring B
The customizable dashboard displays general device information, such as the software version, the operational status of each interface, resource utilization, and up to 10 of the most recent entries in the threat, configuration, and system logs. Real-time on-box logging, in addition to the graphs, can be filtered on 17 different fields, including source/destination, user/group, application and usage. In addition to tracking user and traffic activities, the log viewer provides visibility into administrative changes to the firewall based on admin ID, timeframe, result and changes made. Except for the traffic log, all logs are saved locally by default. Traffic logs can be sent remotely to a syslog server or as email notifications. About 25 "top 50" predefined reports provide a good summary of all the major activities, threats, and traffic patterns. At this time, the reports cannot be exported to PDF, XML or any other format.
PA 4050 also supports high-availability configuration, and organizations with multiple Palo Alto devices can use Panorama, the central management system to manage all devices from a single interface.
Palo Alto's application-centric approach to traffic classification brings policy-based application control back to the network security team. The ability to trace network traffic to individual users rather than a subnet or an IP address might be of interest to many organizations as well. The add-on threat prevention components and real-time graphical reports make PA 4050 a coveted security solution for organizations requiring high firewall throughput, while consolidating security devices.
Testing methodology: PA 4050 was evaluated in a typical test lab environment open to the Internet. A variety of well-known and custom P2P and IM applications were used to send and receive traffic through the firewall along with attacks, suspicious URLs and worm downloads.


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Mark and guest Ashley Long take a look at Ridley Scott's much maligned fantasy epic, "Legend" (The Director's Cut, specifically). Ashley stews of fond memories of the film, while Mark doesn't quite feel it was "directed by a human being".
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The Gatekeepers
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It pays to be nice to gate agents. Perhaps more than any other airline employees, the folks at check-in have broad powers to make your flight magnificent. Or miserable.
In the frantic hour or so between check-in and boarding, gate agents are practically all-powerful. They can upgrade you, downgrade you and even remove you from a flight, often at their whim.
"When someone rubs you the wrong way, you stick them in the back of the plane between Big Bertha and Andre the Giant," admits former gate agent Tim Rivers.
Are gate agents allowed to punish passengers they don't like and reward the ones they do? Not really. At US Airways, for example, gate agents are trained to "treat every passenger equally," says spokesman David Castelveter. "Every employee goes through training that tells them how to treat a passenger professionally, regardless of the circumstances. It precludes any emotional response."
Maybe so, but we're still betting you'll have a better trip if you treat gate agents nicely.
Christopher Elliott is a writer in Annapolis, Maryland. Contact him at http://www.elliott.org.


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If it was two years ago why not, but now the IIJ is completely underpowered.
Many newer tier 3s have enough pen to go through it without even using gold, the armor isnt as good as it used to be. And the gun is so pathetic even by firing nothing but gold, you will hardly do anything in battle.
They need to give it more pen at least so it becomes playable. For now all it can do is absorbing shots, sometimes, and that's it. Can't damage the ennemy, can't survive half of the game it plays.
Went from completely OP to unplayable.
100 % percent true!
This tank was so rare and so OP, it was sold at 300EUR at eBay three years ago.
Now it is just crap, a lot of tanks can pen you today.
Nothing makes this tank special anymore.
selling tanks like this is just one of the reasons I've decided NEVER to give wargaming a penny. Shame, it's basically a good game.
Good boy, bet typing that out made you feel all rebellioous and clever at the time eh?.. now you look back at it and think 'damn, I just sound like a whiney little kid complaining abut shiny things I can't afford;..nevermind eh, you'll learn not to look so stupid as much as you grow up.
Rich mans tank. The ammo cost of using apcr is extremely high. And the this tank is only a threat when in an Tier 2-3 match.
Buy 30500 gold and they give you the thank for free (even is useless is a rare tank); sell it and get another garage slot. Then buy 365 days of premium IN GAME with gold that is cheaper than on the prem shop. Can't afford 100€? get a better job…
WHY WON T NA SELL THIS DAMN THING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Need to finish out my collection
You can find it on eBay every now and again.
Wish i had this tank even if its underpowered,but really?96$?I cant afford a frikin 20$


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E-Periodica began with ETH-Bibliothek's E-Archiving project (2005-2008). It was dedicated to the long-term digital availability of scientific content. In an E-Archiving sub-project, printed journals were retro-digitised and a suitable presentation platform was established.
The innovative and cooperative project e-lib.ch – Swiss Electronic Library initiated the retro.seals.ch project (2008-2013) after the conclusion of E-Archiving. e-lib.ch was funded by the Swiss University Conference (SUC), the ETH Board and the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation.
The retro.seals.ch project was initially realised by the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries in conjunction with ETH-Bibliothek (2008-2012). In 2013, however, the project was transferred fully to ETH-Bibliothek.
In 2015, the back end has been completely revised and further developed. The platform received a new design and a new name: E-Periodica.
In the early days, the contents of E-Periodica focussed on scientific journals. However, the platform's profile was successively expanded and today the range also includes many non-scientific fields.


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Magnesium deficiency triggers or causes the following 22 conditions
The Important Role of Nutritional Magnesium and Calcium Balance in Humans Living with Stress
By A. Rosanoff, Ph.D.Part I. The Stress Response
The stress reaction is a host of responses necessary for any animal to live in the world. Commonly called the "fight or flight" reaction, we as humans often experience it in rapid heartbeat and increased breathing rate. It comes when we exercise more vigorously than usual, or when we are suddenly and unexpectedly frightened.1
We are all different. We show a range in how strongly we experience the stress response. Most of us are usually calm and experience the stress response when an unexpected noise frightens us to alertness, or we run to first base as fast as we can in a benefit baseball game which is not on our usual playtime schedule. We breathe harder for awhile and notice out hearts beating faster and harder than usual, but after awhile these responses all calm down, and we are again in our usual state—out of the stress response. Others of us are very low key, and it takes a lot to disturb our physiological calm. Still others of us are very sensitive to triggers of the stress response and go into it "at the drop of a hat" and to a greater degree than do calmer people. For some, parts of the stress response are almost always engaged—never really calming down all the way—giving one a hyper vigilant or anxious demeanor.When a stress trigger occurs, the body puts out stress hormones, magnesium and calcium, among other things, into the bloodstream2. At the same time, nerve cells begin to "fire", telling heart and muscles to "speed up, NOW!!!" These blood, nerve and organ changes make possible the instantaneous and collective rise in the body's heart rate, blood pressure, and other necessities for the "fight or flight" reaction.1
Much research has been done on the stress response, especially on the effects of stress hormones, such as adrenaline (also called epinephrine) on body, organ and cell. You can get an idea of how widespread the stress response is—affecting every aspect of physiology—by noting some of the reactions to adrenaline, one of the major stress hormones.14 See Table 1.
Much study at the cellular, biochemical and physiological levels have shown that the stress response vitally involves the influx of calcium into cells, resulting in a drastic change in the cells' internal Magnesium to Calcium Ratio (Mg:Ca).
In simple solutions, such as salt water, all ions are evenly dispersed. Not so in living cells. Ions are carefully and meticulously separated in living cells, and this ion "packaging" is vital to life processes and health. Calcium ions, for the most part, are kept outside cells while magnesium ions are kept mainly inside cells. The stress response changes this. During stress response, calcium ions rush inside the cell, and this alters the internal Mg:Ca ratio.
This change in ratio exhibits wide effects because, while magnesium and calcium are very similar in their chemistry, biologically these two elements function and react very differently. Magnesium and calcium are two sides of a physiological coin: they are antagonistic to one another yet come as a team. For example,
• Calcium excites nerves, magnesium calms them down.
Scientific study shows more and more that the underlying cellular change enabling the stress response is a low Mg:Ca ratio caused by a large and sudden influx of calcium into cells. The stress response subsides when the cells' magnesium returns to its dominant presence inside cells, moving extra calcium back outside cells to its "normal" position, thus restoring the cells' normal Mg:Ca ratio. This underlying principle is present in studies of nerve cell–stress hormone response,4 organs such as hearts,3 the high blood pressure response to stress5,6,7,8 and the blood clotting reaction during stress,9,10,11,12 among many others. See Table 2.
In the normal healthy state, the stress response occurs when necessary, and subsides when the crisis or trigger is over. Since magnesium and calcium—two essential nutrients that must be obtained by the body from its dietary environment—are so essential to this important response, it is not surprising that nutritional magnesium and calcium status can affect the response. Let's see how.
In the normal, unstressed state, cellular Mg:Ca ratio is high. If this cannot be maintained due to lack of adequate body magnesium or an overwhelming amount of body calcium, the ratio may not be able to maintain or return itself to its healthy, non-stressed ratio. In such a case, the stress response, in the absence of an appropriate trigger, can occur. This can be seen when nutritional magnesium deficits cause high blood pressure 5,6 or increased blood "stickiness" (platelet aggregation).9 Additionally, since a low Mg:Ca ratio can increase adrenaline secretion as well as cells' response to adrenaline, a too low magnesium state can keep the stress response from subsiding in a timely way.1,14Even worse, when body magnesium becomes drastically low, this becomes a stress trigger in itself,1 alarming the body into further stress response without enough magnesium to back it up, resulting in a low magnesium-high stress crisis that can end in sudden death.1,14,15 In the industrialized world we live in a state of chronic, on-going stress. This environmental reality increases our daily need for magnesium in order to maintain a healthy stress response that can calm when not necessary.
Part II. Heart Disease is Often a Magnesium Deficiency
Clearly, an adequate amount of nutritional magnesium in—proper balance with adequate nutritional calcium—is key to a healthy stress response. And yet, today we have diets dangerously low in magnesium.13 Add the recent additions of nutritional calcium via supplements and food fortifications meant to stave off osteoporosis, and many of us are getting inadequate magnesium plus too much calcium. The result is a large occurrence of heart disease.1,13,14,15,16,17,18
Not all, but much of the heart disease in the industrialized world can be explained by the low magnesium state of these societies.13 People with heart disease—for the most part—are people who are in a state of magnesium that is borderline or deficient. Many studies on heart disease patients exist due to medicine's effort to understand and treat this widespread malady. Although not intended as such, this body of research shows us what stress can do to a person in a magnesium deficient state.
Part III. Mental and Emotional Stress Deplete Magnesium
It is commonly accepted that certain traditional risk factors for heart disease exist. These include high cholesterol, high blood pressure, family history of heart disease, and other factors, all of which can be linked to a shortage of nutritional magnesium.14 Recent studies tell us that stresses—both sudden and chronic—with their high magnesium requirements, are also strong risk factors for heart disease.The sudden stress of the L.A. earthquake19 World Trade Center attack20 showed an upsurge of adverse heart events in people with heart disease. Even heart patients living in Florida, hundreds of miles away from the WTC attack, showed more adverse heart events in response to 9/11 than in usual times.21 Again, adverse heart events in this largely magnesium deficient population show that the triggered stress response tested their magnesium status and found it wanting.
Emotional stress22 and phobic anxiety23 cause heart problems in patients with heart disease—a population we know to be mostly low in their nutritional magnesium status. Chronic states of emotional stress including a history of childhood abuse, neglect or family dysfunction,24 depression,25 and panic disorder26 must now be added to the list of traditional risk factors for heart disease such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Depression can be a symptom of low magnesium status.14 So can anxiety, panic attacks, irritability, hyperactivity, and over-sensitivity to loud noises.14 Do these newly found risk factors cause heart disease, or are they risk factors because they, as well as heart disease, can all be aspects of low magnesium status? These chronic sources of stress can increase the human need for magnesium as well as be caused by its deficit.
Emotional stress triggers in susceptible people can even bring on sudden death due to heart attack,27 presumably by initiating a stress/low-magnesium crisis. Such emotional "triggers" include work stress, high-pressure deadlines, social isolation and loneliness, low socioeconomic status, anxiety, war, fear of war, anger and rage.28 Identical stress triggers cause more human heart attacks regardless of age, race, gender, or geographic location, including continent.29
Mental stress, such as working out a math problem,30 can be shown to have impact upon the magnesium-stress response connection since it can bring on heart attacks in people with heart disease.
Part IV. Stress, Magnesium and Aging
We are hearing a lot about stress in the health media, and rightly so as this constant companion to our lives brings on the fight or flight syndrome, a stress response that, when activated, has been shown to shorten lifespan.34 When we realize that the stress response is exacerbated when we are low in magnesium, that we are living on low-magnesium foods for the most part, and that our lifestyles are more and more filled with chronic stresses and stressful events, we are not surprised to see that several aspects of magnesium deficiency are remarkably like aspects of the aging process.35
When faced with our stressful lifestyles, coupled with a society presenting a chronically low-magnesium/high-calcium diet, what is our best defense? For many of us, magnesium supplements can help to preserve or restore a healthy Mg:Ca balance, so important to our health in these stressful times.
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IMF Survey vol.29, No. 18, September 2000
- Annual Meetings 2000 Governors to gather amid improved outlook, will focus on sustaining growth, fighting poverty
- International Capital Markets Staff report sees easing of global credit concerns, although risk of rise in U.S. inflation persists
- Interview with Odling-Smee Healthy private sector, rule of law, accountability are key in transition to market economy
- Köhler, Wolfensohn issue joint statement on roles of IMF and World Bank
- Human Development Report 2000 UNDP study reviews progress on human rights and convergence with human development
- Report's director defines need for accountability, ownership of structural adjustment programs
- IMF financial information on web
- Primer for macroeconomists Health sector's unique characteristics argue for right mix of government, private sector roles
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Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine was born in 1974 in Sacramento, California. He is the writer/artist of the ongoing comic book series Optic Nerve, as well as the books Shortcomings, Summer Blonde and Scenes from an Impending Marriage. Since 1999, he has been a regular contributor to the New Yorker, and those covers and illustrations have been collected in the book New York Drawings. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and daughter.


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DURHAM — University of New Hampshire athletics director Marty Scarano has announced that men's basketball head coach Bill Herrion has signed a contract extension through the 2015-16 season. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Herrion made $160,809 last year.
Herrion's eight-year record at UNH is 92-144.
With the win over UMBC on Feb. 13, Herrion, who just completed his eighth year at UNH and 22nd in America East, became the all-time leader in conference victories (153) and now has 155 AE victories. He passed former Boston University coach Dennis Wolff for the most in conference history and is also the league leader in championship wins (21).
UNH went 9-20 this past season, and 13-16 in 2011-12.
Nets top Celtics
BOSTON (AP) — Deron Williams had 29 points and 12 assists to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 101-93 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.
Brook Lopez scored 21 points and Joe Johnson added 20 for Brooklyn, which won for the 12 time in 18 games overall and beat the Celtics for the third time in four meetings this season.
The Nets moved closer to wrapping up fourth place in the Eastern Conference and clinching homecourt advantage in the first round. Brooklyn owns a 3 1/2-game edge over idle Chicago with four games left to play in the regular season.
Paul Pierce led Boston with 23 points, Jeff Green added 11 and Kevin Garnett had 11 points and eight rebounds in his second game back after missing the previous eight with an inflamed left ankle.
Sox falter in ninth
BOSTON (AP) — Manny Machado's three-run homer capped a five-run ninth inning and gave the Baltimore Orioles an 8-5 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.
The Red Sox had gone ahead 5-3 in the sixth on consecutive homers by Daniel Nava and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. But closer Joel Hanrahan couldn't hold the lead on a night when their nearly 10-year home sellout streak ended.
Chris Davis led off the ninth with his fifth homer. Hanrahan (0-1) retired the next two batters, then allowed a single by Ryan Flaherty. Then he struggled with his control, walking Nolan Reimold and Nate McLouth to load the bases and throwing a wild pitch that brought pinch runner Alexi Casilla home with the tying run.
On the next pitch, Machado hit the ball over the Green Monster for his first homer. Jim Johnson pitched the ninth for his third save.
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This month's Cato Unbound continues our tradition of stirring up controversy. The lead essay is by Patri Friedman, who challenges the advocates of liberty as follows:
I deeply yearn to live in an actual free society, not just to imagine a theoretical future utopia or achieve small incremental gains in freedom. For many years, I enthusiastically advocated for liberty under the vague assumption that advocacy would help our cause. However, I recently began trying to create free societies as my full‐time job, and this has given me a dramatic perspective shift from my days of armchair philosophizing. My new perspective is that the advocacy approach which many libertarian individuals, groups, and think tanks follow (including me sometimes, sadly) is an utter waste of time.
Argument has refined our principles, and academic research has enlarged our understanding, but they have gotten us no closer to an actual libertarian state. Our debating springs not from calculated strategy, but from an intuitive "folk activism": an instinct to seek political change through personal interaction, born in our hunter‐gatherer days when all politics was personal. In the modern world, however, bad policies are the result of human action, not human design. To change them we must understand how they emerge from human interaction, and then alter the web of incentives that drives behavior. Attempts to directly influence people or ideas without changing incentives, such as the U.S. Libertarian Party, the Ron Paul campaign, and academic research, are thus useless for achieving real‐world liberty.
Cato isn't called out by name, but it easily could have been. Like I said, Cato Unbound tries to be controversial.
What's needed, Friedman claims, is not more study or advocacy, but a change in the deeper institutional structures that give rise to government policies. Competition among states (and non‐state agents!), new technologies, and new intentional communities may just induce old‐fashioned governments to behave a whole lot better. By contrast, just recommending somewhat better policies won't do very much, not if all we do is write about them. (Friedman seems particularly skeptical about blogs. Ahem.)
Is this just a young person's impatience? Or has Friedman found a serious weakness in libertarian activism? One reply I might make is that Cato scholars have researched quite a few topics that Friedman would probably find worthwhile. It's important to document these things, and much of this work directly furthers the kind of structural reform that Friedman favors.
Consider the many Cato scholars who have heralded the rise of tax competition — in which states feel increasing pressure to deliver a low‐cost product when their taxpayers can move elsewhere. Or consider Bryan Caplan's The Myth of the Rational Voter, a book whose conclusions inform Friedman's own project. This book began with a series of discussions among public policy scholars (on a blog no less!). Cato actively promoted Caplan's work, and we would hope that Friedman would find this an effort well‐spent. An upcoming event with author James Tooley shows how the world's poor are founding their own schools to educate themselves, admirably free from any state interference — a new, private social practice bests an incompetent government! These things matter, I'd say, and they matter even if we accept Friedman's premises. (We're also giving a platform to Friedman, both here and at an event on April 7.)
In any case, this a big and very important discussion for the libertarian movement, of which the Cato Institute is only a part. Cato Unbound will have a remarkable series of panelists commenting throughout this week and next, including Jason Sorens, founder of the Free State Project; Peter Thiel, co‐founder of PayPal and noted philanthropist; and Brian Doherty, who has researched and written about more forms of libertarian activism than most of us can even recall. Whatever side of the debate you end up taking, be sure to stop by to catch this month's edition of Cato Unbound.


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Oneida Public Library vote today noon-9 p.m.
ONEIDA >> On Tuesday March 5, residents in the Oneida Public Library Special District can vote on a proposed budget for its fiscal year 2013-14, and a slate of candidates running for three seats on the library's board.
The OPL board proposes an overall increase in the library's operating budget of 2.36 percent for a total of $376,000. Of this, the proposed library tax levy is $327,000 -- an increase of 2.56 percent.
Library officials say the proposed library tax on a $100,000 home in the City of Oneida would be about $44.55, an increase of about $1.05 over this year's library tax. Revenue expected in the proposed OPL Operating Budget for 2013-14 includes: a library district tax levy of $326,872; $14,000 in public funding and $21,000 in private funding; $13,000 in library revenue and additional unspecified funding of $1,000.
Total revenue expected will be $375,872.
The budget also outlines expenses as: $238,114 for personnel; $23,950 for building maintenance; office expenses of $12,620; insurance costs of $7,300; utility payments of $15,500; the library will spend $69,600 on acquisitions of materials; advertising costs of $300; $7,500 in professional services; and $988 is budgeted for miscellaneous expenses.
Total expenditures in the budget are $375,872
Of the proposed budget, $49,000 or 13 percent is expected to be garnered from public and private funding, individual donations and library fees. Not included in the proposed operating budget is funding for special programming and the OPL's adult literacy services, both of which depend on grants from private foundations for support.
"Staying within the tax cap was our number one budget priority," said Carolyn Gerakopoulos, OPL director. "However, we are facing some real concerns this year in regards to the uncertainty of future Madison County funding and Gov. Cuomo's proposal to increase the minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $8.75 in July 2013." She said many staff members receive the minimum wage.
The library serves a population of 15,202. Its current operating budget of $367,210 translates to $22.33 spent for each person in the OPL Special District.
OPL Board President Eileen Kinsella said the budget has nothing to do with the ongoing capital campaign aimed at raising $5 million for the new library building on Main Street.
Current trustees Patricia Albaugh and Robert Wilkins are seeking re-election, while Lillian White is in the running for the seat being vacated by George Miller. Those elected March 5 to be OPL trustees will serve five-year terms, starting July 1. The OPL board currently consists of Albaugh, vice-president; Jim Bacher, Charles Chambers; Eileen Kinsella, president; George Miller, treasurer; Diane Roy, secretary; and Wilkins. They are volunteer, unpaid positions.
Registered voters in the library district can cast their ballots for the budget vote and the election of officers to the board from noon to 9 p.m. in the OPL's Meeting Room, 220 Broad St., Oneida.
If voters will not be in town that day, they can get an application for an absentee ballot. Call the library at 315-363-3050, or visit them online at www.midyork.org/Oneida
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's major film and television studios on Tuesday began a new push to educate U.S. lawmakers about the entertainment industry by touting job creation in the recession and media's global trade surplus.
The lobbying effort by the Motion Picture Association of America, which represents the key film and TV studios in governmental affairs, comes after the U.S. Senate in February stripped $246 million in tax breaks for entertainment companies from President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus package.
In a study released on Tuesday, the MPAA said the entertainment industry employs 2.5 million U.S. workers and production is increasingly moving to states outside California and New York.
The movement away from the epicenters of film and TV is due in many cases to tax incentives that lure producers.
The MPAA said the industry contributes $41.1 billion in wages to U.S. workers, with an average salary of $74,700 for employees with projects in production, which is higher than the national average.
"All this together indicates that this is an important part of the American economy, and we can be a big, important, positive factor to economic renewal," Dan Glickman, chairman and chief executive of the MPAA, told Reuters.
On Tuesday, the MPAA is hosting a full-day symposium for lawmakers in Washington to highlight the importance of movie and TV production and encourage the federal government's involvement in trade issues such as fighting copyright piracy.
Vice President Joe Biden will be among those speaking.
The jobs data is important, the MPAA believes, because in February when film and TV tax incentives were stripped from the federal bill, some lawmakers pointed to the movies' robust box office and argued Hollywood has no need for tax breaks.
"I think it was unfair, and it didn't get much debate at all," Glickman said. "One of the reasons we want to help educate lawmakers is to let people know that Hollywood is more than just weekend box office," he said.
The MPAA's employment figures include 285,000 Americans in the core business of producing, marketing and distributing content. Another 478,000 work in related businesses, including at theaters, TV stations and video stores.
The industry helps provide 1.7 million indirect jobs at companies that do business with film and TV companies, such as clothing retailers, caterers and lumber suppliers.
The MPAA report, which is based on statistics from 2007, notes the industry employs workers in all 50 states. The top state is still California, where the major movie studios are based and where the industry generates $16.3 billion in wages. New York is second with $7.4 billion.
But the report said production has increasingly shifted to other states, including Texas where the industry generates $1.7 billion in wages, and Florida with $1.5 billion.
In many states, governments provide tax breaks to lure film companies.
The MPAA report said that, unlike other industries, film and TV production generates a trade surplus for the United States to the tune of $13.6 billion.
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i have no idea what im watching but i'm ecstatically happy that I am
Did you watch the new Harvey Birdman special?
I'm gonna need you to free up an hour of your life so you can watch round 2 of the 2018 Great Lakes Open lead card footage.
Whyd you text me yo and then nothing after I said what's up?
Was it a "yo get on fortnite" and you didn't have time to finish the sentence? Lol
Only one episode but still. I'm hyped.
apparently it makes things appear from other realities and not let you find them when you mention them to other people, too.
because that video I watched is non-existent now.
there are other ones but the one I saw was epic.
it was a green haired chick skin, and she was in a cave. some dude jump pad glided in there and got shotgunned then the person built all around the cave and on the floor and put down two campfires when the storm hit, and then a third when one of the 2 ran out and then medkit and by that time the entire team on the other side had died. it was like 1 v 25. not as crazy as the one we were in where it was 42v2 and we lost lol
I was in a 50v50 with you where people did that to us it made me look it up lol
Will send link when i get back to comp
i think I had to uninstall GTA for other games but i still have the save data. let me know if you're gonna play that and I'll re-download it, haven't played that in so long.
fortnite would be cool too though. i watched videos of how those 2 people survived in the 50v50. campfires and medkits. fuckin' genius
Remember that N64 book you showed me? i bought it on Amazon. It was out of stock. After a month Amazon said "JK...you never gonna get it" and gave me back the money.
So I should be happy or confused?
Damn. What can I say to that? Of course I don't know all the details (and you don't have to offer them, no pressure to do so) but out of now where? No warning? No signs? What the hell? All this time and then *poof* I mean WTF?
I know I can't do much other than say I am sorry. i know this hurts but you are strong dude. You will endure because you must.
I'm hear to listen if you need it.
You ok?
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I've been laying up to that pin with a roc for the last two years and finally decided to run the basket... lol. It's probably a 240ft hole going slightly uphill with a low ceiling and trees on both sides. The main difference from the video to now is how the trees on either side hang over towards the center of the fairway.
Same hole and same pin position as the first hole on this video. Trees have grown a lil' since then.
Smashed a tournament ace last weekend for $139.00000000 (:"
My mom was in the hospital yesterday getting blockages cleared got out of surgery early spent time with her
Played in an ice bowl charity event yesterday. Mulligans were unlimited for sale. I shot 17 down... the only hole I didn't get was the hole I started on. Blaaah. Lots of fun though
narp wasn't towards you at all
i deleted the post either way now, so tired of making posts for anything other than to be goofy or enjoy myself.. i really gotta start learning how to filter what I post better -_-
Definitely directed at Zander, because I'm assuming that's why he asked the question.
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