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September 09, 2004, 03:39:17 AM »
I put in the actual time I've spent on this game so far. I'm really liking it a lot. Anyway, here's my shakedown
Burnout 3: Takedown is Criterion Studios latest in the critically lauded series (look at my
Burnout 2: Point of Impact Review
for the GameCube to find out exactly how much that game surprised me). This time around, Criterion is backed by Electronic Arts who just recently bought out the studio and their popular Renderware technology. Lucky for Criterion they went with Electronic Arts because the previous publisher, Acclaim, recently went under.
To put Burnout 3: Takedown into simple terms it is the larger, faster, better playing and better looking sequel to Burnout 2: Point of Impact. Those are the simple terms, I'll get more into how it is all those things later.
This Shakedown is based on 3 hours of play. I couldn't put the damn game down after an hour because I hadn't even touched the online aspect of the game yet.
Many people will say that Burnout 3: Takedown (henceforth known as Burnout 3) is not as good looking as Project Gotham Racing 2, arguably the best looking racing game out there at the moment. In many ways I would agree with the people that say that, but there are some monumental differences that make Burnout 3 a better overall graphical package and it has a heck of a lot to do with online play.
Burnout 3 is an arcade racer. You can take major damage and still go full speed in this game. You can crash your car into little pieces and you'll hop right back into the game to continue playing. The car models, based on real-life cars but not licensed ala the Grand Theft Auto games, are fantastic, especially in the Crash sections of the game. When you replay a crash you can see the reflections of the environment on the top of your car and everywhere else. It's really amazing how well the graphics turned out.
This game runs at a solid framerate and I have yet to see slowdown, even during online games. As you are driving you will see a blur outside of your "tunnel view" as you go faster and faster, much like Need for Speed Underground and many of the other street racing games that have come out lately. This gives it a realistic feel, although this game is obviously far from realistic.
The tracks themselves are nicely done as well and are far more filled with cars than the streets of Midtown Madness 3 of Project Gotham Racing 2, which obviously doesn't have any traffic in it. Where Burnout 3 outdoes PGR2 and Midtown Madness 3 is that the traffic is also present in even online games. Midtown Madness 3's levels became ghost towns other than you and the other drivers, PGR2 never had traffic in the game and the only traffic you have online are the other players. In Burnout 3 you have the other players and a ton of traffic to go around. Granted, there is a reason for the traffic being there (in order to raise your boost with near misses), but the fact that it runs smoothly even online is a testament to what Criterion has done.
Given how fast this game is I think the graphics are amazing and are easily a revolutionary step up from Burnout 2: Point of Impact. Tracks are pretty to look at, the cars are well detailed and the Takedown/Crash camera slowdown is expertly handled. Criterion deserves a round of applause for this game
Sound is another source of contention reading all the forums out there buzzing about this game. Many people have a problem with the EA Trax presented in this game. I personally don't and I find many of them to be pretty good. It is far better than the Rap crap that EA dumped on us with Madden 2004 and will be dumping on us with Def Jam Fight for New York (which needs Rap in it since many characters are rappers). I counted 44 tracks on this game if I remember. Such up and coming bands as Franz Ferdinand, New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Jimmy Eat World and The Von Bondies. The beauty in the Xbox version (at least) is that you can turn off the tracks you don't want to hear or set them to play only in game, in menu or all the time. You can also add in your own tracks, however you do not have the option of setting them to play in game, menu or all the time. I was a bit disappointed by that, but then again I found the given tracks not that bad. There's a wide range of music in those 44 tracks.
As for how the game sounds, all I can say is "Wow!" This game sounds awesome in Dolby Digital 5.1. You can hear the opposing cars coming from behind you, the crashes sound extremely painful and the car sounds are top notch. The only minus I would give the sound category is the DJ that talks early on in the tutorials and I'm guessing during the game. I wouldn't know though, I turned him off. I've heard he is highly annoying, so why bother to keep him on? It's nice they gave us the option to turn him off.
Burnout 3 is a simple, but addictive, game to play. R trigger accelerates, L trigger brakes, A is used to boost and the left analog stick is used to drive. Pretty easy if you ask me. Burnout 3 is split into different modes: World Tour and Online Play which basically translates to single and multiplayer. In World Tour you go around the USA, Europe and the Far East doing different tasks and unlocking other tasks in order to further your way to completion. Much like Project Gotham Racing 2 there is a natural order to the class of cars that you progress through. You start small with Compact cars and go all the way up to Big Rigs like fire trucks and semis. There are 67 cars in all for you to unlock and collect.
In the classes you'll have to do a number of things and need to reach certain levels in order to win a bronze, silver or gold meal. Sometimes you race for the fastest time, sometimes your job is to Takedown a certain number of cars before time runs out, sometimes you go head-to-head with a computer driver in order to win their car, etc. There is a myriad of different game types in the World Tour.
There is one section that stands out though and is no surprise to anyone that has played Burnout 2: the Crash tasks. In the Crash sections your job is to create as much monetary damage as you can in order to pass the level. This time around in Burnout 3 there is a lot more tricks to use, such as jumps, tornado ramps, boosts, etc. There is also the added beauty of when you reach a certain number of cars wrecked by your actions (the number is shown along with the levels to win the medals) you are able to detonate your car with the B button and create even more havoc and damage.
Along with the detonation button, the other big change from Burnout 2 is you now have an Aftertouch ability when you get into crashes. As soon as you crash you can hold down the A button and then maneuver your left analog stick toward where you want your car to move and maybe Takedown an opponent's car while in your crash (or in the case of Crash mode being able to push the car to crash into another vehicle in order to cause more damage). Obviously this is very unrealistic because you can literally reverse your car's current trajectory in order to hit a car on the other side of the road. There are still physics and inertia involved, but you are able to move your cars in ways it shouldn't move. It is very cool when you have a crash or Takedown an opponent, the camera will give you a side view of the crash. In the case of a Takedown it is like you are looking out the side of your car and then the game seamlessly moves you right back into the racing again…it's very well done.
One of my problems with this game is that it is relatively easy to unlock things in the game if you repeat levels over and over and continue to amass cash, Burnout points and Takedowns. Those three things unlock a lot of things and if you go into a massive crash task you can keep doing it over and over to get things unlocked. I haven't played Burnout 2 in a while, so I don't remember if this type of thing was in that game or not. I also find this game early on to be on the easy side with getting gold medals, but soon enough you'll find it to be a little more difficult. The beauty is that this game sucks you in and makes you so addicted that you don't care if you spend hours trying to beat one race. In many ways it is like Project Gotham Racing 2 in that respect.
Another problem that other people may not like is that the computer AI has rubberband technology where no matter how far ahead you are they'll catch up to you. My comeback on this is that the Burnout series has always had rubberband logic in it, so this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. You also have to remember this is an arcade game and not a simulation game.
Finally there is the online section of this game. I will say there are currently problems with Electronic Art's servers or something. I was able to play a number of games online, but after some of the races I would get kicked off and when it tried to reconnect it would say that Xbox Live was unavailable. I've never had that problem before with my Live account, so I'm guessing EA is having trouble ala NCAA Football 2005 when it first came out. The biggest problem with this was that my ranking was not updated or saved when I got kicked off the server. It's no big deal, but if I was anal about my ranking I'd be pretty pissed.
You can play up to 5 players online and yourself, you can play 7 people and yourself in the Crash mode, but each person goes separately or in a team of 2. There are 5 multiplayer modes: Race, Road Rage, Team Crush, Double Impact and Party Crash. Race is what it is, Road Rage is a 3 vs. 3 (or less) game where one team is blue and the other is red. The blue team needs to get to the end of the race 11 miles ahead without having the red team knock them out. It's quite a cool game and was the one I most played online. Team Crush and Double Impact are for 2 people where you find routes to the biggest smash and fight for crash dollars respectively. Party Crash can be done solo or in teams of two to get the most crash money.
They don't sound all that exciting, but I think Race and Road Rage along with Party Crash are going to be highly popular. Overall the online component runs well and I didn't notice any slowdown or any graphical oddity versus the single-player section of the game.
This game is even more addictive than Burnout 2: Point of Impact was. More tracks, more cars, better graphics, online play, the Takedown/Crash camera and Aftertouch system all combine to make this an awesome arcade racing game and possibly the best one ever made so far.
Expect my review coming up, although I would guess much of it will include a lot of this stuff in this shakedown.
Feel free to post your thoughts on this game from what you have played of it so far.
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September 09, 2004, 05:32:45 AM »
That's it. Rainbow Six 3 : Black Arrow is going in tomorrow for a trade.
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September 09, 2004, 03:00:34 PM »
Good stuff once again on the shakedown.
Game is almost everything you'd expect and then some.
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September 09, 2004, 03:08:33 PM »
Loren, any word yet on what EA is doing to fix all the Live issues? It's probably too early but I hope they take care of everything soon.
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September 09, 2004, 03:12:49 PM »
What issues are you seeing Simon? I've not heard yet...
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September 09, 2004, 03:24:54 PM »
Major problems... last night I couldn't hear some people talking, would get kicked out of Live after finishing a race, the ranking wouldn't update, and I would get kicked out of the race lobby with a message saying that it couldn't establish a connection with all the other racers. It was happening a lot and to everyone who was playing. We eventually just switched over to PGR2.
When we did get to race though, it was fantastic.
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September 09, 2004, 03:37:52 PM »
The only thing I could say on EA's behalf is that they planned on starting up the online stuff today (9/9) according to the Burnout 3 website, where it says:
"Look for Burnout 3 in stores beginning 9/8. Get your copy and start practicing because our Online Play section opens 9/9 featuring leaderboards, top drivers, and more!"
So maybe last night it was broken and tonight it will be just fine *shrug*
I am going to guess they are having the same kind of problems they had when NCAA Football 2005 came out, except this time we can actually reliably get in and at least play.
What I experienced last night:
1. Was able to play 3 games straight at one point. After last one was done I got booted off and got the "cannot connect to Xbox Live" message asking if I wanted to troubleshoot or cancel (I got this a few times off and on).
2. Played another game, finished and got booted afterwards and it didn't update my ranking (this happened on several occasions last night...no big deal to me)
I did not have the voice cutout at any time though, although I know people are experiencing that. I'm sure last night was a great time for EA to stress test the servers and they'll make appropriate changes in order to make the game work like they did with NCAA 2005.
I also did not get the disconnect while waiting for other players to load...lucky me I guess
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September 09, 2004, 04:57:01 PM »
I'll be on Live again tonight so I'm curious to see if it's any better. I just hope they fix everything soon before people's interest in playing starts to go down.
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September 09, 2004, 08:02:06 PM »
The whole game is simply amazing.
Right now I'm at like 60% through all the singleplayer stuff. I completed the entire crash circuit already. I'm done with racing in the US, and have a couple of races under my belt in Europe.
Awesome. Just simply awesome.
Haven't messed with Live yet. I might not until I've unlocked everything. I don't know.
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September 09, 2004, 08:05:49 PM »
60% !? Dude....thats quick!! I spent weeks on the previous titles...
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September 09, 2004, 08:16:33 PM »
I don't have anything but gold medals either.
But to put things in perspective, I played from 6 yesterday evening until about 12:30 last night. And then from 9 this morning until about 3:30.
So, figure that's 13 hours.
And that was spent mostly on the crash mode. Normally, most of the crash levels only took me 1 try, and the ones that took more didn't usually take more than 3.
The whole "aftertouch" ability to control the car in slow-mo in mid-air makes the entire crash mode much much easier. So do the X4 pickups. Rarely if ever did I not get a gold medal if I managed to grab that big green X4 multiplier. All of this is a good thing, as I occasionally found myself very frustrated with the crash mode in Burnout 2.
Anyway, I think you could very well spend weeks playing this game, but not if you sit down and play it for over 12 hours in two days.
I'd still be playing if I didn't have to close at work tonight.
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September 09, 2004, 08:29:15 PM »
So, does someone want to try to convince me why I should spend $50 on this game?
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September 09, 2004, 08:37:09 PM »
I got home late yesterday and planned on playing for an hour or so. I finally turned it off and went to bed three hours later. It trapped me in the "one more race" syndrome and I couldn't stop playing. Man, I think I might have to take a nap during my lunch hour today at work. I spent most of the time doing the crash tasks trying beat my previous scores. There's something so satisfying about seeing "Crashbreaker in 3...2...1..." and then hitting that button.
I'll agree that the DJ is annoying. I left him on for the first race, but found his chattering to be distracting and kind of took me out of the game. The music is pretty good and it's stuff I'd probably listen to normally. In racing game I'd rather listen to some heavier rock or techno, but I won't complain. It coulda been gangsta rap after all.
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September 09, 2004, 11:13:52 PM »
Wow....you'd swear this game was the second coming. On that note...I'd bet you might see a review on it...oh...maybe tomorrow.
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Roscoe, IL - Michael Ralph Yaun, age 66, passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at his home. He was born on May 23, 1946 at St. Clare Hospital at Monroe, WI to his parents Ralph and Margaret (Fiez) Yaun. Michael attended New Glarus High School. On September 16, 1965 he was united in marriage to Betty Jean Zimmerman at the Swiss United Church of Christ in New Glarus. Michael worked for thirty one years at Chrysler in Belvidere, IL with the last ten years at Danaher Motion in Marengo, IL until his retirement. He was a member of UAW Local 1268 and Mooselodge #295 in Belvidere. Michael enjoyed riding his Harley-Davidson, gardening, and listening to Elvis. He was also an avid Packer fan. But, most of all Michael loved being with his family.
Michael is survived by his wife Betty; three children Todd (Rhonda) Yaun, Tina (Aaron) Guske, and Troy (Valerie) Yaun; five grandchildren Christopher, Cole, Caitlin, Nicholas, and Ainsley. He is further survived by his brothers Roger (Debra) Yaun, Jeff (Debra) Yaun, Mark (Cindy) Yaun, Randy (Lori) Yaun, and Bruce (Sally) Yaun; sisters Ruth (Don) Suchla, Barb (Mike) Wayland, and Terri (Bill Beckwith) Yaun.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Steven Yaun, and father-in-law Glenn Zimmerman.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 7, 2012 at Zwingli United Church of Christ, 416 E. Lake Ave., Monticello, WI with the Rev. Mary Gafner officiating with burial in the Swiss Church Cemetery, New Glarus, WI.
Relatives and friends may call from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the Buck-Wheeler-Hyland Funeral Home, 218 West Hurlbut, Belvidere, IL and from 9:30 a.m. until time of service on Friday, December 7, 2012 at the Zwingli United Church of Christ in Monticello, WI.
A memorial fund has been established.
The Zentner-Beal Funeral Home of New Glarus, WI and Buck-Wheeler-Hyland Funeral Home of Belvidere, IL are assisting the family.
An online memorial is available at www.bealfuneralhomes.com


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I remember 20 years ago when Discovery Science Center was a sleepy little nonprofit. That has changed. Today, the celebrated center with its huge iconic "cube" is rated #3 in outreach science education in the country, had a record attendance of 526,000 visitors last year and is launching a $62 million multi-phase expansion, which will enhance science, technology, engineering, and math education and really put it on the map!
DSC's annual gala is always great fun and is built around a theme. In the recent past, I remember a "Celebrate Earth" theme with guests dressing in "green glam or recycled chic," and the "Out of This World" theme, in conjunction with the center's Boeing Rocket Lab opening, brought out the martians, Spocks and Trekkies. This year's "Under Construction: Building for the Future" theme suggested "construction chic or cocktail attire," so they do give guests a choice, but, I must admit, I saw many more attendees dressed in hard hats and tool belts than black-tie. Longtime supporters Janet and Walkie Ray, co-chairs of the gala committee, certainly caught the spirit. Costume designer Kim Bowen created Janet's "cube" hat and Walkie's paper coat made out of honest-to-goodness architectural plans for the new expansion.
DSC President Joe Adams introduced the Arnold O. Beckman Award winners, who he credited with the "vision and foresight that have been instrumental to our success." Corporate recipient Bolar Hirsch & Jennings LLP was represented by its founding partners, with Dan Bolar, who is DSC board chair, accepting the honor and passionately expressing his belief in the institution. The individual award winner was the David Horowitz family, who has taken active leadership roles since 2006, when they became involved. "It truly is a family honor," David said. I must tell you that the videos introducing each winner were some of the most clever, humorous footage I've ever witnessed. Kudos to Apples and Oranges Video Production Company for underwriting and producing them!
Expansion campaign co-chairs Jim Peterson and David Horowitz took the stage to say they predicted the Discovery Science Center would become the #1 science center in the country with the expansion. The live auction featured some hot items, including a VIP party for 300 at DSC's new blockbuster exhibit, "Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology," which runs through April 21, 2013, so don't miss it!
The Stonebridge Band drew a majority of the 350 guests to the dance floor, as others departed with the latest copy of OC Metro with Adams on the cover and a great story on DSC's expansion. Net proceeds were later announced to be an impressive $460,000. Oh, and I loved those cookies and fresh donuts at the valet stand!


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MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an executive order banning protests in and around the 2014 Winter Olympics site in Sochi for a 10-week period that includes the Games.
The order, which was signed Aug. 19 and printed in Russia's official government newspaper on Friday, says "meetings, rallies, demonstrations, parades and pickets that aren't tied to the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and that are planned from Jan. 7 to March 21, 2014, should take place at another time."
The order comes amid a Western outcry over a new Russian regulation—known colloquially as the "gay propaganda" law—that prohibits people in Russia from publicly condoning "nontraditional relationships" in front of minors. The law, which levies fines for actions that promote "the social equivalence of traditional and nontraditional sexual relations," has led some in the U.S. to call for a boycott of the 2014 Games. President Barack Obama, however, has ruled out such a move.
The executive order published Friday isn't the first Russian regulation to tamp down on public demonstrations. Russia's Parliament introduced new restrictions on public gatherings in June 2012, stepping up punishments for unauthorized rallies just a few months after mass demonstrations against Putin's rule swept Moscow.
Friday's order sets out a range of security precautions ahead of the Olympics in Sochi, which is located a few hundred miles from areas in Russia's North Caucasus that have been battling an Islamist insurgency for years. It creates a so-called "forbidden zone"—to which only authorized personnel and vehicles will be allowed access—that stretches for miles around the Black Sea resort city.
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For Experienced: Taught White Ke1 + Ra1 + Rh1 vs. Black Ke5 checkmate.
For Advanced: White Ke1 + Qa1 vs. Black Kd5 checkmate.
In all cases, I demonstrated the checkmate on the demonstration board first. Since this is the second week on these basic checkmates, I called on students to play moves for both sides and just gave guiding comments to them. Then students partnered up to practice and to be tested by me, except for the advanced group which ran out of time for testing. Students have been told to practice these checkmates at home during the week. Students who are proficient can move on to more challenging basic checkmates (such as K and R vs. K).
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I didn't get in on this thread while the selections were being made. I was just looking back through it a little bit. It's kind of cool to see that a lot of figures that were brought up early on have already been made, and now we have quite a few from the final 50 that have been made or announced.
The reason I was looking back through this thread is that I was wondering about Commander Willard from Yavin Base in ANH. I don't see him on the final list. I didn't notice him in the early polling either, but I didn't check the entire thread. He's a figure I'd like to see, since he is the one that greets Leia when they arrive.


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Which wave are you up to.
Over here in England I am on the Sandtrooper wave and have been since June. Normaly I get the figures on import fairly quikly but just lately I can't get anything.
Which wave are you up to.
Over here in England I am on the Sandtrooper wave and have been since June. Normaly I get the figures on import fairly quikly but just lately I can't get anything.
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All except the TIE Inceptor, which i plan to get immediatly, and the Darth, Luke, Han, Shmi, Obi Wave, then ill be set till deluxe, and the zutton wave, and the exclusives
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Well, my mom says I can finally take the plastic sheets off my bed if I don't drink anything after 8 o'clock. Oh, you mean as far as figures go...
All I need, except for the brand new stuff, are Lando and R2-Q5 which are non-existent. I also want to get the clean trooper, but I don't think Hasbro will put any more out and I won't pay a scalper for one.
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"Good dialogue and smooth editing are no match for a good YES man by your side, kid." - George Lucas
Emperor's wrath wave, but only in special stores (SW stores that is).
As always...........L
In L.A. we've gotten up to the Shmi wave for the little guys, the new Death Star 12"ers for the big guys, and the Tie Interceptors - Palm Talkers have been spotted as well. But we haven't seen the Vader wave or Deluxe figures yet...
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"It will be a day long remembered."
"We have seen a figure of Yarna D'al Gargan, we will soon see one of Jocasta Nu."
While it's been a long time since I posted here since I don't really collect Star Wars anymore outside of the Playskool and Fighter Pods toys, I had to come running to celebrate with my fellow Star Wars fans that one of the true Holy Grail figures is finally getting made. Everyone's favorite feisty Jedi Librarian. Her strong showing in the recent poll must have made Hasbro rethink they're refusal to make her. So she'll be one figure just like the recent Jar Jar Binks figures that they've made that I'll come out of retirement to own. Woo Hoo!!


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I love ... SCRAPPING & photography
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What do you love most? Hanging out with my kids
Where do you live? New Jersey
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What do you love most? family, friends, movies, books, chocolate, photos, trips
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I love all kinds of crafting. I was into miniatures and put together a doll house when my daughter was little. Now I like working with polymer clay, collage, and more recently, digital art. I am interested in geneology and have many old family photos, which led me to want to use them in my art in some way. I learned to use Paintshop to create simple collages that I could transfer to polymer clay. Then I started spending more and more time creating on the computer and less on the clay. It's addictive!
My husband and I retired in 2004 and moved from Ohio to Spring Hill, Florida.
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I live in a small town in Iowa.
I am a retired logistic co-ordinator ( at one time manage the logistics for 4 different feed factories around Iowa.
Now I work part-time for my daughter and son-in-law in their portrait studio. I am a self taught photo re-toucher.
I have a wonderful husband of 46 years (yes to the same man!!!) and two great daughters, who have given me 6 grandchildren.
The oldest started college this past fall and the youngest is 8.
I am truly blessed!!
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Julie, mom of six beautiful children and wonderful husband. (Yes, I know I said "mom" of hubby, but sometimes I feel like that!)
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Julie, mom of six beautiful children and wonderful husband. (Yes, I know I said "mom" of hubby, but sometimes I feel like that!)
What do you love most?
Where do you live?
Great Salt Lake Valley (Utah)
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Who are you? My name is Jeanne (Lee is my middle name!),originally from Ohio, married 29yrs and moved here to MD, we have had 4 blessings (DS-23yo, DD-20yo, DS-17yo, DS-15yo) and have/ had home schooled them all.
What do you love most? Taking photos of our family and scrap them, of course!
Where do you live? MD (soon to have Carla near by!)
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Teresa - a wife and mom most importantly
Video and Photography (especially of my girls)
Anne - Woman, Wife, Mom, Entrepreneur - I publish kid's guides in Mississauga, Ontario. Just google Mississauga Kids if you're interested. I also helped found a fabulous local charity called the Mississauga Furniture Bank. We help the environment by keeping gently used furniture out of landfills and getting it into the hands of people who need it. My son has gone off to University and I'm thinking it's time to tackle all the old photos. When he was young I scrapped a lot with a well know company... but I've never scrapped digitally before... so please "Be Kind Be Kind" and help me out!
My son is off to university now and I've got the urge to start scrapping again. I use to scrap hard core when he was young... but never digitally before so I have a lot to learn! So please... "Be Kind Be Kind" and show me the way!
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I love my family, of course, computers and scrapbooking, music, reading and movies/TV.
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I'm Laura, hybrid scrapper/new to digi-scrapping, blessed wife and mother of two "tweens"
What do you love most?
I love everything creative, photography, traveling, kayaking, hiking, home remodeling, but mosly spending time with my cherished friends and dear family!!!!
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Recently transplanted from Miami to South Dakota but homestate Colorado runs through my veins! Counting my blessings! Also enjoying navigating through the SG's awesome website. Thanks to ALL of you who bring life to this website!
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My name is Badette. I am 39 and a mother of 4 kids.
Currently, I am employed. Am not really a born artist, but
since my husband has photography as a hobby, and bought some
books about scrapbooking, I wish I could learn somehow so I
could surprise him oneday with some layout of his photos. I'm
starting from scratch in this field, hoping that I could learn
from reading and sharing here.
I am from the Philippines, by the way. And am glad I stumbled
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I am 22 and just got married almost 4 months ago.
I recently started my own website about scrapbooking,
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so I would like all the insights I can get! I'm excited
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Hello! My name is Janell.
I am 22 and just got married almost 4 months ago.
I recently started my own website about scrapbooking,
and I would like to get ideas for content for my website,
so I would like all the insights I can get! I'm excited
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Welcome Janell! We're so happy to have you here!
My Gallery I scrap with Photoshop CS6.
Posted 28 June 2012 - 10:11 PM
This post is great! I'm finally getting to know a bit more about everyone.
I am Gina, wife of Jef and mom to James 15 (finally adopted!!!!), Megan 14 (We just got legal guardianship!), Mandy 16 (She just started talking about adoption!) and Shyanne 2 (probably leaving us in March ) and past mom to 19 others from 2 days old to 17 years old.
I love kids (can you tell?), especially the ones who need a family the most, scrapbooking, reading, and teaching (I currently homeschool for two families).
I live in Park Hills, Missouri, a very small town south of St. Louis
I live close to you! I live in Southern Illinois
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Where do you live? Venedy, IL
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What do you love most? Well Debbie's the top of the list! Surfing, Bebe the dog and family not necessarily in that order. Finding a connection with other people makes me pretty happy too.
Where do you live? Portland, Oregon but I'm trying to talk Debbie into taking our converted Dodge Sprinter on a Scrap Tour around North America. Originally from West Virginia (Go Mountaineers!)
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I love the theater, my church family, all kinds of crafty projects, making music, reading, the list goes on and on!
I live in Whittier, CA just outside of Los Angeles.
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What do you love most? I love God, my family and friends. I enjoy digital scrapping, sewing, crocheting, cooking and baking and reading--I wish I had the the time, drive, resources and energy to do more of all of those things. I value creativity and play.
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I'm from Philippines
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I'm still single and ready to mingle,lols
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What do you love most? My husband, my home, my paper and my fabric....and all the stuff that goes with that !
Where do you live? North Carolina
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Sorting through the scraps to generate the gems!
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5.6: Comparison of Unit Rates
Remember the book challenge?
Kelly read 8 books in three weeks. Marc read 10 books in 4 weeks.
Who has the faster rate?
To figure this out, you will need to write and compare unit rates. This Concept will teach you just how to do that.
Sometimes, it is helpful to compare unit rates. For example, a unit price is a type of unit rate. In real life, you may want to compare two unit prices to determine which one is the better buy.
Felicia needs to buy sugar. She could buy a 16-ounce box of sugar for $1.12, or she could buy a 24-ounce box of sugar for $1.44. Which is the better buy? How many cents per ounce cheaper is that buy?
Find the unit price per ounce for the 16-ounce box. Remember, you can find the unit price by dividing the first term by the second term.
Find the unit price per ounce for the 24-ounce box.
Since $0.06 < $0.07, the 24-ounce box has a cheaper unit price, $0.06 per ounce.
Subtract to find how much cheaper per ounce the better buy is $0.07 - $0.06 = $0.01
So, the 24-ounce box of sugar is the better buy. Felicia will pay $0.01 less per ounce if she buys the 24-ounce box.
Once you can figure out the unit rate, you can easily compare which unit rate is greater and which is less.
Now it's time for you to compare a few unit rates on your own. Use <,>,or =.
Example A
3 to 1 ____ 6 to 2
Solution: =
Example B
Solution: =
Example C
18 to 3 ____ 15 to 5
Solution: >
Here is the original dilemma once again.
Kelly read 8 books in three weeks. Marc read 10 books in 4 weeks.
Who has the faster rate?
To figure this out, we have to turn each rate into a unit rate. We do this by dividing.
Kelly read more than 2 1/2 books per week.
Marc read 2 1/2 books per week.
Kelly has the faster reading rate.
Here are the vocabulary words in this Concept.
- Rate
- A special kind of ratio that compares two different quantities.
- Per
- a word that signals you that a rate is being used.
- Unit Rate
- a rate that is compared to 1. A rate can be for 1 pound, 1 mile, 1 second, 1 of any unit.
Guided Practice
Here is one for you to try on your own.
Marc put labels on 80 boxes in 6 minutes. Jeff put labels on 90 boxes in 8 minutes.
Who has the better rate?
To compare these two rates, we have to figure out the unit rates. This will tell us how many each man can do in one minutes.
To figure this out, we write a ratio and divide.
Marc has a better rate because he puts more labels on per minute.
Video Review
Here is a video for review.
- This is a James Sousa video on finding unit rates. It is a support video to this Concept.
Directions: Determine whether each is equivalent or not.
1. 60 units in 3 minutes and 80 units in 4 minutes
2. $16 for 8 pounds and $22 for 10 pounds
3. 50 kilometers in 2 hours and 75 kilometers in 3 hours
Directions: Solve each problem.
4. Max paid $45 for 15 gallons of gasoline. What was the cost per gallon of gasoline?
5. Mr. Brown paid $8.28 for 12 cans of green beans. Express this cost as a unit price.
6. A train travels 480 kilometers in 3 hours. Express this speed as a unit rate.
7. Mrs. Jenkins paid $50 for 40 square feet of carpeting. What was the cost per square foot for the carpeting?
8. A copy machine can produce 310 copies in 5 minute. How many copies can the machine produce per minute?
Nadia needs to buy some cheddar cheese. An 8-ounce package of cheddar cheese costs $2.40. A 12-ounce package of cheddar cheese costs $3.36.
9. Find the unit price for the 8-ounce package.
10. Find the unit price for the 12-ounce package.
11. Which is the better buy? How many cents per ounce cheaper is the better buy?
Joe drove 141 miles in 3 hours. His cousin Amy drove 102 miles in 2 hours. Assume both cousins were driving at constant speeds.
12. How fast was Joe driving, in miles per hour?
13. How fast was Amy driving, in miles per hour?
14. Who was driving at a faster rate of speed?
15. How much faster was the faster person traveling?
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Mississippi's community colleges have tried for years to persuade the Legislature to keep its word about a [policy passed in 2007 requiring "mid-level" funding halfway between what public schools receive per student and what the regional universities receive per student.
Like other commitments the Legislature so far has ignored the community colleges, even though it passed the law it chooses to disobey.
The community colleges like ICC, Northeast, Northwest and East Central, which serve parts of Northeast Mississippi, are accurately described as workhorses of higher education. They offer academic preparation qualifying students for university enrollment, and they provide work force training for students on non-degree tracks who want to get a job and make a good living by hard work.
However, strapped for cash, the community colleges, like the critically underfunded public schools, can't do what they want and are capable of doing, if given full funding.
The Legislature can read the numbers as well as anybody. The community colleges need $92.3 million just to catch up to where they're supposed to be.
In addition, the community colleges have fallen behind on capital projects because of a lack of state funding through bond bills usually passed to meet those needs. The community colleges seek $170.1 million for capital improvements, which includes $30 million to upgrade educational technology and build a new headquarters building in Jackson.
Delaying or ignoring the capital requests won't reduce the costs; postponing runs the risk of higher costs once the needs are addressed.
Mississippi's community colleges enrollment has climbed steadily during the past decade, a measure of the confidence our state's residents and students have in the system.
As in other education ventures, Mississippi is part of national playing field for community colleges.
"The notion of access is wired in our DNA." That's how Norma Kent, senior vice president of communications and advancement at the American Association of Community Colleges, describes "the cornerstone" of the community college's mission.
Increased demand nationwide as in Mississippi is only one of the reasons community colleges are struggling to meet their missions. The other is drastic reductions in funding. Not only do they need additional resources to expand to meet demand, they are struggling to keep up with programs they already have.
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MILWAUKEE - Carlos Gomez was named the Brewers' 2013 Most Valuable Player and Kyle Lohse, the Most Valuable Pitcher in voting by the Milwaukee Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Gomez was selected to the All-Star team for the first time and hit .284 with 24 HR, 73 RBI and had 40 stolen bases.
Gomez is the first Brewers player to hit 20-plus homers and steal 40-plus bases in one season. He was the only player in the majors this season to accomplish those totals.
Lohse was signed as a free agent over the winter and went 11-10 with a 3.35 earned run average in 32 starts.
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I saw Onslaught and Powerglide at TRU today, but couldn't buy them quite yet. Onslaught looks pretty sweet.
I hear that Leader Ultra Magnus is out too.
I've now seen all the Universe that are out to date, but I can't afford them. I have a buddy who's is willing to trade me an Onslaught for my Cybertron Jetfire, but I don't see that happening, as My Cybertron collection is the only one I've completed to date. It's also one of my favorite lines.
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I asked my Toys R Us employees for help. Several of them REALLY know Transformers well and buy them, also.
Our store has not YET received shipments with Powerglide! He has not come in at all!
Well, the employee at Burbank TRU we code named "Dazed and Confused" knows Transformers well. That doesn't mean he's a great guy.
Any LA hunters seen Grimlock recently? He's the only Animated fig in release that I haven't seen yet. And, with that in mind, anyone seen Silverbolt yet?
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Soundwave - I kinda dig the alt modes here, even the Tron-esque trim coloring and G1 homages. Transformation is an ugly affair with a nifty touch here and there. Bot mode is a huge disappointment, head and body just don't deliver that well, articulation is a mixed bag, and he's super short. Laserbeak is nifty, but when you have Soundwave playing the guitar, all is forgiven, he's a rad shredder! So, ****ty bot mode but fun gimmick.
Jazz - very tiny alt mode but lots of character in it, however door panels don't align quite right with the body all the time. Transformation isn't entirely simple, but feels kinda boring. Bot mode is keen, has good articulation and the nunchuck pipe weapons are cool. Head feels a little simplistic even for this line, but generally this is a decent fig.
I've been hearing a lot of love for Onslaught over Powerglide, and honestly I think that is some ridiculous noise. Onslaught's bot mode is heavily lacking in detail, it's an ok set but it's a tad flawed. Powerglide pretty much rules.
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En español | Your savings grow faster when you use every available tax break. Luckily, that doesn't take an accounting degree. All you really need to understand are the key differences among 401(k) plans, traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP-IRAs and ordinary taxable accounts.
Each of these accounts has different advantages and disadvantages, so it's usually a good idea to own more than one. It's also smart to review your savings options annually because, in many cases, eligibility requirements, contribution limits and tax treatment depend on your age, income and employment situation.
If your new job pays less than the old one, for example, you may now qualify for a tax-deductible IRA. Over 70 1/2 and still working? You're no longer eligible to contribute to a traditional IRA, but you may still be able to save in a Roth IRA. Earning freelance income? You qualify for a SEP-IRA (stands for Simplified Employee Pension) regardless of your age, employment status and other earnings.
Here's what you need to know:
401(k) plans
• Your contributions cut your current tax bill by reducing your taxable income. If you earn $65,000 a year and contribute $8,000 to your 401(k), for example, you'll pay income taxes on only $57,000.
• Many employers match your contribution. Companies that do contribute typically kick in 50 cents for each dollar you save, up to 6 percent of your salary.
• You pay taxes only on your withdrawals.
• When you leave a job, you can keep your account growing untaxed by transferring it into a traditional IRA.
The downside:
• Your withdrawals are subject to ordinary income taxes, plus a 10 percent early withdrawal penalty depending on your age. (The penalty is waived if you leave the job at age 55 or older; otherwise it applies until you're 59 1/2.) The tax on withdrawals means your account isn't as big as it looks. For example, if your combined federal, state and local tax bracket is 28 percent in retirement, you'll keep only 72 percent of each withdrawal.
• You must start taking minimum annual withdrawals after turning age 70 1/2. (The only exception: You're not required to take distributions from your current employer's 401(k) plan unless you own 5 percent or more of the company you work for.)
Eligibility: Full-time employees must be allowed to participate in their employer's 401(k) plan after 12 months of service if they're over age 21.
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What to consider: It's a no-brainer to contribute enough to take full advantage of your employer's match. Before deciding how much more to contribute, compare the plan to the available alternatives. If your 401(k) is mediocre due to limited investment choices, lackluster performance or high fees, you may prefer to maximize contributions to your spouse's workplace retirement plan, or to an IRA.
You must have earned income to contribute to a traditional IRA or to a Roth IRA; and even if you have earned income, you can't contribute to a traditional IRA after age 70 1/2.
Traditional tax-deductible IRAs:
• Contributions reduce your taxable income.
• You're taxed only on withdrawals.
• Your investment choices are almost unlimited. You can put virtually any bank, brokerage, mutual fund or insurance product into an IRA.
The downside:
• Your withdrawals are taxed as ordinary income and subject to a 10 percent early withdrawal penalty until you're 59 1/2.
• You must start taking minimum annual withdrawals after age 70 1/2.
What to consider: Are you eligible for a deductible IRA? The answer is yes if you and your spouse didn't participate in a workplace retirement plan during the year. Otherwise, your eligibility for a deduction depends on your income, tax filing status, and whether either of you is covered by a workplace retirement plan. [Check the IRS website for more details].
Traditional nondeductible IRAs:
• Your earnings are untaxed until you withdraw them.
• Your investment selection is almost unlimited.
The downside:
• Your contributions don't reduce your current taxable income.
• Your earnings are taxed as ordinary income when withdrawn and subject to a 10 percent early withdrawal penalty until age 59 1/2.
• Each withdrawal includes some taxable earnings along with tax-free return of contribution.
• You must start taking minimum annual withdrawals after you turn 70 1/2.
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• You're never required to take distributions, regardless of your age.
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What to consider: Even a modest Roth IRA can enhance your retirement security. Remember, distributions from 401(k)s and traditional IRAs are taxable. If you're in a 28 percent bracket, you'll get 72 cents to spend on living expenses for every dollar you withdraw. Taking those big distributions in a falling market can leave your nest egg too depleted to recover fully. Supplementing your income with tax-free Roth IRA withdrawals lets you trim your taxable distributions in bad times.
You can create a Roth IRA even if you earn too much to make contributions. Here's how: You can move money from a traditional IRA into a Roth IRA. This is called a Roth conversion. But when you do this, you owe taxes on the amount you convert. For example, if you move $50,000 from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, the conversion adds $50,000 to your taxable income for the year. To minimize the annual tax bite, you may want to convert $10,000 a year over a five-year period.
• Contributions reduce your taxable self-employment income.
• You owe taxes only on withdrawals.
• A SEP is as easy to set up as a traditional IRA.
• You can save much more than you could in a regular IRA.
• There's no age limit on contributions.
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• You must start taking minimum annual withdrawals after you turn 70 1/2.
Eligibility: Any employer, including a self-employed person, can establish a SEP-IRA.
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• Your earnings are taxable.
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As the fall seasons get under way, these are are some calls that might help you get a gobbler close enough to help take him home with you?
1. A Gobble. The gobbles are used for locating, and a dominance jester between adult birds, both jakes and adult gobblers gobble. http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Sc3vNJsvBU
2. A deep raspy yelp. Used as birds are gathering or searching for other gobblers. http://vocaroo.com/i/s1OOqspkEInE
3. Deep clucks. One of the most used calls between gobblers. http://vocaroo.com/i/s1dz5fjDowDM
4. A Keeyelp. Is a call that is very soft, but used as birds gather and feed, used by young and old birds, as they meeting up with other birds and as they are feeding, it's used mixed in with the deep clucks. http://vocaroo.com/i/s0F3xghteYtD
5. A kee kee run. Is used mostly by young jakes that are looking to meet up with other jakes, yelp-kee-kee-kee-keeyelp, loud and high pitched. http://vocaroo.com/i/s1pkH2sXW1Pv
6. A keegobble. Used when young jakes gather and get excited, yelp-kee-kee-keegobble yelp-yelp. http://vocaroo.com/i/s0FCYNMUwF6O
7. A whine. Used mostly by adult birds as they are moving through the woods, a soft slow call. http://vocaroo.com/i/s05w6WpVt6D7
8. Fighting purrs. Used by both gobblers and jakes, to sort out the dominant bird. http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Ge52mfYSwo
9. All your hen talk. Your yelps, clucks, cutts, whines, purrs. A single cluck is the mostly used call by hens, as she's move through the woods with her poults.
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Last month, Ronald Bradford, Giuseppe Maxia and Mark Leith spoke about how to simulate a mysqldump –ignore-database.
This mysqldump option doesn't exist and these three guys have given us various helpful solutions.
But for those of us who use ZRM community to make backup with mysqldump, the –exclude-pattern seems to do the job :
--exclude-pattern "pattern" All databases or tables that match the pattern are not backed up. If --all-databases or --databases are specified, the exclude pattern applies to database names. If --database is specified, the exclude pattern applies to table names. Wildcard characters * (match one or more characters), ? (match one character), [] (match one of the characters specified within parenthesis) and | (match one of the patterns) are supported. For example: Exclude pattern "*_db|dbase[123]|abcd" will match names tom_db, dbase1, dbase2, abcd. All tables or databases that match this pattern will be excluded. Character # is not permitted in the exclude pattern.
But this option seems to not work properly and I remember that I've used a hack to force ZRM to exclude a database from the database list since I used this tools.
I'm not talented enough in perl to really hack the code of this tool, so, I made it simple.
I made a simple change to this file : /usr/bin/mysql-zrm-backup
By adding this new line after the row number 1597 : $params = "–databases @pdbs"
To obtain that :
} else { $params = "--all-databases "; @pdbs = &enumAllDatabases(); if( defined $inputs{"exclude-pattern"} ){ @pdbs = &filterPattern( @pdbs ); my $l = @pdbs; if( $l == 0 ){ &printAndDie( "Nothing to backup after exclude-pattern is applied\n" ); } $params = "--databases @pdbs" } if( $verbose ){ &printLog( "backup of the following databases will be done @pdbs\n" ); }
I can now exclude a database from my dump (but not a table).
But I'm sure a talented person could try to review the code to improve it in a right way.
If you are this person, you know what needs to be done…
If you are a ZRM Community edition practicer, share your thoughts about that.