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Special Offer: When you spend $500.00 or more, at one time, on All-Clad (Cookware, Tools, or Electrics) through July 31, 2017, you will receive an All-Clad Stainless Steel Lasagna Pan and two All-Clad branded red cotton oven mitts (retail value $170). Enter Online
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Representing the best in American craftsmanship, All-Clad's d5 Stainless Steel line incorporates five-layer bonded construction as well as functional advances. This basic set includes a French skillet, a sauté and a saucepan, three core essentials in any cook's kitchen.
- Each of the five bonded layers serves a specific purpose, creating a noticeable difference in performance whether you're sautéing, frying, simmering or braising.
- 18/10 stainless-steel interior for foolproof browning and easy cleanup.
- Two aluminum layers, one to conduct and one to sustain heat.
- Patented stainless-steel core diffuses heat for consistent results.
- Magnetic stainless-steel exterior for durability and dishwasher-safe ease.
- Improved stay-cool stick handles with finger guards for balance and control.
- Select rims are shaped to allow for dripless pouring.
- Extra-large loop handles are easy to grip, even with oven mitts.
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- Ideal for use on any cooktop, including induction.
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5-Piece Set includes:
- 10" fry pan.
- 2-qt. saucepan with lid.
- 3-qt. sauté pan with lid.
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- 10" fry pan: 10" diam., 3 1/2" high; 2 lb. 5 oz.
- 2-qt. saucepan: 6" diam., 4 1/4" high; 4 lb. with lid.
- 3-qt. sauté pan: 10 1/2" diam., 2 1/2" high; 5 lb. 2 oz. with lid.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Alchemyst from Good value cookware This set heats up a bit slower than I had expected. Once at temperature, food comes out perfect and at a much lower heat level. The pot handles are easy to grasp. I have used a green nylon scrubbing pad on the INTERIOR but it does leave swirl marks. There's a nominal amount of interior discoloration in the sauce pan - a slight bluing. I left rice sitting in the pan after cooking and that seems to be the culprit. Washing up immediately should prevent this. Many reviews complain about food sticking. You MUST preheat the pan before adding food or it WILL stick. Read the booklet included with the cookware! The outside bottom is flat, but the inside of the pans aren't. Oil collects around the edges of the interior exposing a slight but obvious raised center. Pans in this price range shouldn't exhibit this issue.Date published: 2016-12-06Rated 5 out of 5 by LaBarb from Love these pots! This cookware is HEAVYWEIGHT. I have an electric stove.these pots stay on the burners. They heat quickly without hot spots. the handles stay cool. The lids fit snugly. I love the slight flared rim on the pots. No dribbling when transferring to a serving dish. As other reviewers mentioned, there are some issues with cleaning. Foods do not stick when a little oil or butter is used. Some spotting occurred inside the small pot which I used to cook rice. I cleaned with liquid Barkeepers. These pots look so nice, I am willing to make the extra effort to clean them. A soft flour sack towel polished the shine. I encountered a brief issue with the rebate company not recognizing W.S. as an acceptable merchant. I was able to straighten this out with a brief online chat.Date published: 2015-03-18Rated 2 out of 5 by gramskitchen from hard to clean I love the look and feel of these pans. My problem is with the skillets. No matter what I do, everything sticks in them, and then they are hard to clean using the recommended methods. I didn't want the no-stick skillets because I don't trust that coating to last. I got these also because they were made in America and that is important to me. So If I am doing something wrong please let me know. Everything sticks when I am frying.Date published: 2014-03-07Rated 5 out of 5 by ecrutle from fleshing out a kitchen inventory Given as a gift to newlyweds who are admitted foodies and enjoy cooking, but had limited equipment.Date published: 2013-10-17Rated 4 out of 5 by Panzrwagn from Almost Perfect Starter Set Of all my All-Clad pieces, none gets more use that the 3-Qt saute pan and the 2-Qt saucepan. Chicken Piccata, Chicken in Thai Green Curry, Pork Chops with Apples and Onions, Seared Scallops with Pan Sauce, the saute pan is your tool. The 2-Qt saucepan is perfect for quick simmer sauces from scratch, for steaming vegetables, and as a rice cooker (1 C rice, 2C water, bring to boil, then let sit w/lid on and heat off for 15m - done). My only issue, and why it gets both easy to use and hard to use, is with the frying pan. The steeper sides make getting under some foods difficult - like an omelet. In a better world, All-Clad would have included their 10" frying pan. In a perfect world it would be their 10" non-stick one. But, in this world, this set gets you started down the All-Clad road as affordably as it gets. The overall goodness of this set and the undeniable world-class quality of All-Clad make these pans you will have - and use - for a lifetime.Date published: 2013-07-06Rated 5 out of 5 by allclad from great pots. best buy. I have bought 27 piece set previously so this is an addition to complement the set that we already have. Great pots.Date published: 2013-04-23Rated 5 out of 5 by Indyn from Beautiful Cookware It was securely packaged and came quickly. It was a wonderful gift to give.Date published: 2013-01-21Rated 5 out of 5 by cshieh from Exceptional pans! I cannot be happier with those pans. I've been wanting to purchase this set and I finally did last month! Followed the instruction on how to pre-heat my pans, it really did not disappoint! It heats up so well with medium heat and food not only didn't stick but cooked beautifully! Plus these pans are just so beautiful to look at. I look forward to expand my All-Clad collection in the future!Date published: 2012-08-09


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if anyone here has a link to a strat guide for mu online, or is willing to help me out with mu, please PM me asap
if anyone here has a link to a strat guide for mu online, or is willing to help me out with mu, please PM me asap
strat guide?
well, I played Mu last year, long before k2 came into the scene. I made lvl 84 in about 2 weeks and then practically quit. The only advice I can give you is for Dark Knight. However, I forgot most of the info :<
lvl 1-15 train on the monsters around the main town
lvl 15-30 goto noria (the ice place) and party with some high levels at yeti's. Leech off of them. The exp gain will be good for you and the plvler.
lvl 30-50 goto the dungeon near the town where you start at and kill worms. Then as you near 50, kill cyclops.
50-120 you should try finding a bill of balrog with cyclone ability and also some good armor (scale set i think). Go to the ice place where you trained on yeti's, gather some noobs together, and train. You should get great exp.
120+ goto the lost tower and train.
that's all i can remember o.o
Try to switch ur Bill of balrog or great scythe for a helical sword+skill,do u know that hacking skill does more than and range than other skill?


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|Well, I already have a 110 MIG and I am almost finished with the chop on my car and it is almost time to put in the front cross member. Some say I can use it some say I can't. When you flip the lid on my Lincoln 135 it says that I can use flux core and weld thicker material then what my frame is made of. The motor I built is going to have huge amounts of torque. I would hate to take someone for a ride in my car a crash. The frame is a 41 ford.
A 110V MIG should be good. You can weld 3/16" - 1/8" thick material from one side in one pass depending on the welder you buy. If you can get to both sides of an item, you can weld almost twice the thickness stated. MIG welders are easier to learn to use and distort metal less.
What you call an "ARC" welder is really a "shielded metal arc welder" (SMAW), commonly called a "stick" welder. MIG, TIG, and SMAW and all forms of electric arc welding. The SMAW is great for heavy material, 1/8" and thicker. It's difficult (but not impossible) to weld thinner material. For thick metal you "drag" the torch, with the wire angled toward the weld that you just laid and as close to 90* over the joint as possible. Lean the torch 15-20* in the direction of travel. For thin material you "push" the torch in FRONT of the weld, angled 15-20* AWAY from the direction of travel. This lets the weld cool more and distorts the metal less. THE ANGLES ARE CRITICAL, especially the 90* over the work. It's hard to describe without pics, but if the angles aren't right, there will be to little or to much penetration.
With the MIG, if the material is over 1/8" or you can't get to both sides, just bevel the edges then weld. Leave a 3/16" flat where the two pieces come together, bevel above this. Leave a gap the thickness of the welding wire between the 3/16" flats to insure proper penetration.
Pick up the book that Home Depot and Lowe's sells on welding and read through it before you buy. That will give you a better idea of what you need and how to do it. After that it's just practice.
Oh yeah, I'm a basic welding instructor for the USAF.
|Feel both are just as good,I prefer the mig ,one that can use gas,or flux core wire.the mig feel is alot more useful
|Cowtown Punk
|Ok, so I get a bigger welder, say the ARC and the MIG are the same which would be better for frame work?
110 mig will handle 1/8 inch thick using flux core in one pass...
I'd imagine if you were skilled, you could weld thicker using several passes...but if you question your skill level, cross members aren't something I'd partake in.
|I question either one would be big enough to do any frame welding to have good penetration to be safe,my opinion at least 175 amps to safely weld what you're wanting to do.
|Cowtown Punk
110 ARC vs 110 MIG
Which welder is better for installing cross members on a frame? 110 Arc or 110MIG using Flux core????
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I was in the same boat you are in now about two years ago.
Keltec .380 is called Kel-tec P3AT. Ruger makes a spitten image called LCP. There is currently a recall on the LCP as supposedly it (MIGHT) go off if dropped. I own one and am very pleased with it. Kahr Arms is coming out with a P380 this month. Kahr is a bit pricey but I believe the asthetics of the Kahr are better than Ruger and Kel-tec. However that IMO and I own a Kahr PM9.
Pocket 9's, as they are refered to, are another way to go. Beretta makes PX4SC, Beretta Cougar, Springfield Armory XD9sc, Kahr MK9 or PM9, etc. just to name a few. They are larger than the Kel-tec and Ruger but are 9's versus' .380.
The best advice I could suggest is if you have a pistol range available see if you can rent as many as possible and shoot as many as possible. You will find one that you really like. Then start asking questions on HGF about it.
If you are like me. You will purchase one then decide you like another better then buy that one also. In two years, I have ended up with 7 hand guns. All have a different purpose but are fun to shoot.
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So I married a Polar Explorer.
03/02/2013 , 1:43 PM by SPENCE DENNY
Adelaide base polar explorer Tim Jarvis is currently on a journey re-enacting the efforts of Ernest Shackelton 100 years ago.
In a replica 7 metre wooden boat he and 5 colleagues are sailing in some of the world's most dangerous waters between South America and Antarctica.
On arrival at South Georgia, Jarvis and 2 of the crew have a cross country journey through cold mountainous terrain using equipment similar to that used 100 years ago, to reach on old whaling station.
You can follow their journey by clicking here.
Meanwhile back in Adelaide Tim's wife Elizabeth has had to cope with the preparations and with the uncertainty of her husband's welfare.
Spence Denny spoke with Elizabeth about her role in this expedition
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GUY YEHUDAAffiliation:
Clarinet Prof. - University of North Florida
Soloist, Chamber musician
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Artist's BiographyGuy Yehuda
Clarinetist Guy Yehuda is recognized as an outstanding talent on the international concert stage around the world today. He is the top prize winner of the 2003 Heida Hermanns International Woodwind Competition, the 2004 Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition, and the 2004 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition (as member of the Trio di Colore.) Since his North American Concerto debut with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra and conductor Peter Oundjian, Mr. Yehuda has toured extensively in Europe, North America and Israel. As principal clarinetist, Mr. Yehuda has performed with the Israel Philharmonic, Lucerne Contemporary Festival Orchestra, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Haifa Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, among others as well as guest clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Yehuda performed on tours of Europe and the U.S. under the batons of top conductors including Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, Yuri Temirkanov, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Sir Andrew Davis and Daniel Barenboim. He has performed as soloist and chamber musician at the Spoleto Festival (USA), Verbier Festival and Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Parry Sound Festival, Domain Forget Festival, Fountain Arts concert series and at the Israeli Chamber Music Festival at Kfar Blum.
Mr. Yehuda is a sought after recitalist throughout North America and Europe. He has performed in prestigious halls and venues such as Carnegie Hall, Domain Forget, (Canada), Chicago Symphony Hall, Palacio Fuz in Lisbon and Dame Myra Hess Chamber Series to name a few. He is a particularly active chamber musician and tours extensively with the award winning chamber music group: Trio di Colore (with Yuval Gotlibovich-Viola and Jimmy Briere-Piano) of which he is the founding member. Mr. Yehuda has appeared numerous times as a guest artist on CBC Canadian Radio, Radio-Canada, WFMT Chicago, DRS Swiss Radio, Portugal National Radio, and Israel's Classical radio station, as well as TV appearances on Israel's Channel 2 and Chicago's Channel 25. Mr. Yehuda has recorded with Hal Leonard productions, IU New Music Ensemble, and number of live recordings for the CBC. A new CD recording by Mr. Yehuda for solo and trio music is expected to be released on the XII-21 Canadian Label in 2008.
Professor Yehuda has given master classes throughout the U.S, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Israel and taught clarinet at Indiana University's Jacob School of Music. He is an active clinician in the U.S and abroad and has been frequently invited to judge on national and international competitions. Over the summer months is the Artist–Teacher resident at the acclaimed Orford festival in Canada. Currently he serves on the faculty of the University of North Florida as Professor of Clarinet where he also teaches music theory and Chamber Music. As an accomplished conductor, Mr. Yehuda served as Conductor-in-Residence of the Royal Conservatory Orchestra in Toronto, working with maestros George Cleve, Leon Fleischer, and Gary Kulesha. And during his studies at Indiana University, Mr. Yehuda worked with conductors David Effron and Imre Palo. Mr. Yehuda is also a published composer and winner of the prestigious Israeli Sharet composition award, having worked individually with Pierre Boulez, P.Q. Phan, Alexander Rappoport, Yinaam Leef and Haim Permont.
Mr. Yehuda studied with distinguished clarinetists James Campbell, Eli Eban, Charles Neidich, Larry Combs, Howard Klug, Avrahm Galper, Alfred Prinz and Yitzhak Katzap. He is a Doctoral candidate at Indiana University, having received an M.A. and a Performer Certificate, the highest honor given to a performer at the same venerable institution. He also received his Artist Diploma and Bachelor's degree from the Glenn Gould Professional Music School at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.


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Hello Dixon and Vincent!
Your research and real life experience is slowly getting summarized by researchers so that it can be understood by reporters (aka those who
have a disproportionately loud voice in society):
The article is attempting to tie lack of MPV (microbes, parasites, viruses) to inflammatory diseases, which might be a stretch. I don't know if there is a dearth or an abundance of research for either side of this proposed relationship. But it's promising on the surface and hopefully the political forces at work destroying science in our country won't do the same for this research.
An excerpt from the concluding paragraphs:
"Since time immemorial, a very specific community of organisms - microbes, parasites, some viruses - has aggregated to form the human superorganism. Mounds of evidence suggest that our immune system anticipates these inputs and that, when they go missing, the organism comes unhinged."
Have a fantastic week fellas!
Josh writes:
Hello Parasite hosts!
I have written twip before to express my appreciation for the show. I still appreciate it very much and it still helps me get through my days auditing.
I ran across this article on reddit.com/r/science, http://lifestyle.iafrica.com/wellness/813618.html , which makes this discovery sound like a guaranteed cure for all forms of Malaria with just one oral dose. Thinking that was a rather large claim I did some digging and found the original story, http://www.science.uct.ac.za/news/?id=8220&t=dn , this article is a little more reserved, though not much, with its language. I am interested in what both of you think of this? Is this the wonder drug they make it seem like?
Phoenix AZ
Ricardo writes:
South African researcher find single dose cure for malaria: http://www.treehugger.com/health/south-african-researchers-find-single-dose-cure-for-malaria.html
Dirk writes:
Dear parasitology lovers,
Just came across your blog through recommendation of a colleague and heard your conversation on the worm in the eye.
The name seems to be the local meaning of "worm" as quoted on page 643 in the book "A HISTORY OF HUMANHELMINTHOLOGY by DAVID I. GROVE (link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/57580301/Book) from the publication #49: GUYOT. Ophthalmie produite par des vers dans les yeux à la côte d'Angole. Abstracted in J N Arrachart's Mémoires, Dissertations et Observations de Chirurgie, Paris, pp228-233, 1805. (Originally presented to the Academy of Surgery in Paris in 1778).
And if I understand correctly you claimed that Cobbold was a German. Although being a German myself Cobbold was British, a son of a Suffolk clergyman (Principles and Practice of Clinical Parasitology, Gillespie /Pearson, 2001, page 3.
Best regards,
Lisa writes:
Dear Vincent and Dickson,
I am a veterinarian with a PhD in virology, and I am in my second year of anatomic pathology residency at the New England Primate Research Center. I just recently discovered the TWiM, TWiV and TWiP series of podcasts and they are great! I am training for my first marathon and my long runs were becoming quite tedious with the same old songs on my iPod every day. Now, I download another episode of TWIP every time I head out for a long run and I always have something interesting to listen to. I enjoy TWiM and TWiV, but TWiP is especially great while I am studying for my pathology boards. Although TWiP is based mainly around human diseases, most of these parasites are, of course, also quite relevant to veterinary medicine. Your amusing anecdotes and interesting stories help to cement the life cycles of these fascinating creatures in my head and your entertaining banter makes me feel like I am running with company every time. Thanks for helping the miles fly by and keep up
the good work!
Rufus writes:
Topic suggestion -- I noted recently a news article regarding a treatment method for malaria that addressed the parasite's ability to cause an infected red blood cell to lodge in a capillary and thus avoid being filtered by the spleen. I don't recall you discussing this aspect of the infection. I don't know how effective the treatment is, but the fact that the parasite does this is way cool.
See for example: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6348780
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America deserves better
So, who is most qualified to lead this nation based on education and experience?
Matt Romney: BA degree from Brigham Young in 1975 and a joint Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration from Harvard.
He secured a position with Bain & Company and as chief executive he helped lead the company out of financial crisis. In 1984, he cofounded and led the spin-off company Bain Capital, a highly profitable private equity investment firm that became one of the largest of its kind in the nation.
Some of its successes:
Staples, Domino's, Sealy, Weather Channel, Burger King, Home Depot and many others. And let's not forget the Olympics!
Barack Obama: BA Degree from Columbia University in Political Science and graduated from Harvard Law School.
Failed green energy companies:
Most recent is A123 solar (batteries for the Chevy Volt?) which received $279 million from taxpayers thanks to Obama's Department of Energy loan guarantees even after the Solyndra bankruptcy (remember George Keiser and many visits to the White House from Solyndra's executives?). But here's few more: LSP energy, Energy Conversion Devices, Abound Solar, SunPower, Beacon Power, Ecotality.
The one he continues to tote as a success is GM. Michael Barone in the Washington Examiner stated in an article recently that the GM bailout is not all the success he (Obama) claims. One of the trouble areas is the price of GM stock. The government, in Barone's article, still owned 500 million shares of GM and it would need to sell for $53 a share to recover its $49.5 billion bailout. Guess what. It closed today at $25 so it will cost "us" many billions of dollars if and when it sells.
Let's face it. This administration has little to no business sense. Just look at Obama's cabinet? Products of the Chicago Daley machine--politicians only!!
It is imperative that we elect not only Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan but also Andrew Roraback and Linda McMahon. We must retain our majority in the House of Representative and seek control of the Senate. We need the complete "package".
And won't it be refreshing to return integrity and dignity to the White House? Americans deserve better!
-- Patricia Dupret, Torrington


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- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- In a large saucepan, heat butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 15-20 minutes to allow flavors to blend. Yield: 1-3/4 cups.
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Enjoy this recipe with a blush wine such as White Zinfandel or a Rosé.
Reviews for Texas-Style BBQ Sauce
"This sauce is really good. It wasn't spicy, so I added 1 teaspoon of Cheyenne pepper to give it a little zip. It was spicy enough for me, but my husband would have liked more spice. We used the sauce on grilled wings."
"This recipe was great! It was sweeter than it was spicy so my 7 year old ate it & loved it!!! Definitely keep this recipe!"
"I've never made my own bbq sauce, and the sweet-sour of this looked good. I used it in the BBQ chicken Sliders recipe from the April/May 2013 issue (http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/BBQ-chicken-Sliders?cpi=1&sort=2). Oh. My. Word. is this some delicious sauce. This will definitely become a regular thing in our house. Yum!"
"This BBQ sauce is thick and flavorful. Perfect for basting chicken, ribs, etc. My family even likes this sauce on hot dogs!"
"This BBQ sauce is thick and flavorful with just the right amount of zing - perfect for basting. My family enjoys it especially on grilled food."


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Barack Obama: bringing America to its knees
If recent polls are any indication, it is doubtful that President Obama will enjoy another 1,000 days in the White House. And looking at his track record over the course of his first 33 months in office, it is not hard to see why. It is hard to think of a presidency in modern times that has done more to damage the United States both at home and abroad than the current one, with the possible exception of Jimmy Carters. Like his Democratic predecessor in the 1970s, Barack Obama has left the worlds dominant superpower on its knees, with faith in US leadership now being questioned across the globe.
Since taking office in January 2009, President Obama has ushered in a period of relentless economic decline for the United States. His administration has added $4.2 trillion to the national debt (now standing at $14.9 trillion), lost 2.2 million jobs, introduced a vastly expensive health-care albatross, and spent nearly $800 billion on a failed stimulus package. At the same time, house prices across the country have tumbled at an unprecedented rate, consumer confidence has plummeted, and millions more Americans are now dependent upon food stamps. International confidence in the US economy has fallen to its lowest levels in decades, with credit agency Standard and Poors downgrading of Americas AAA credit rating for the first time in 70 years in August this year. As I noted in a piece at the time:
Since President Obama took office in January 2009, the United States has embarked on the most ambitious failed experiment in Washington meddling in US history. Huge increases in government spending, massive federal bailouts, growing regulations on businesses, thinly veiled protectionism, and the launch of a vastly expensive and deeply unpopular health care reform plan, have all combined to instill fear and uncertainty in the markets.
Is it any wonder that just 17 percent of Americans now believe the country is moving in the right direction, according to RealClear Politics? Or that 81 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the country is being governed, according to Gallup? As a series of major Gallup polls have shown, public disillusionment with the federal government has now reached an all-time high, with 69 percent of Americans now saying they have little or no confidence in the legislative branch of government, with 46 percent believing the federal government has become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens.
And President Obamas record on the world stage has also been poor. Despite two high-profile successes in taking out al-Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and more recently Anwar al-Awlaki (both upon the foundations of President Bushs war on terror), US foreign policy under Obama has been a confusing mess. The shameless appeasement of Iran has allowed the rogue state to advance perilously close to nuclear weapons capability, while the naïve reset approach towards Russia has only encouraged a more aggressive and assertive Moscow. At the same time, traditional alliances with Great Britain and Israel have been downgraded, and key allies in eastern and central Europe thrown under the bus to feed the Russian bear. While Americas defences have grown weaker, Chinas military might has grown significantly stronger, as have the offensive capabilities of hostile regimes in both Asia and Latin America, including Hugo Chavezs Venezuela.
As Barack Obama approaches the remaining 14 months of his presidency, there is a distinct air of US decline. It is of course a state of decline that can be reversed with the right policies and leadership in place. There is nothing inevitable about the demise of the United States, but its renewal must rest upon a tic reversal of the most Left-wing agenda of any American presidency since 1979. As Gallups polling has emphatically demonstrated, Americans are overwhelmingly rejecting the Big Government agenda of the Obama presidency, which has spectacularly failed to create jobs, generate wealth, and instill economic confidence.
The biggest failure of this administration, and there have been many, has been its central belief that government knows best, and that the way to prosperity is to spend ever greater amounts of taxpayers money on the backs of hard-working Americans. As a result, the United States is a nation on a precipice, facing towering debts and the threat of a double dip recession at a time when 14 million Americans are already out of work. Ultimately, it is economic freedom, minimal government intervention, and greater individual liberty that can put America back on its feet, rather than endless bailouts, higher taxes and suffocating government regulation, all hallmarks of the Obama experiment. Ultimately, the world needs a powerful United States that is a beacon of hope to the world, rather than a basket case of failed liberal policies.
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Do you honestly think Obama has much of anything to do with the way things are, last time I checked our government is a buy here pay here kind of place for the likes of Goldman Sachs Halliburton Lockheed Martin
Politics is nothing more than a diversion for the sheeple Bread n Circus worked then, works even better now with main stream media preaching the propaganda 24/7
Honestly what does the puppet administration have to do with anything?
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Obama has done nothing positive for this country. Thats it, thats all there is to it. It doesn't fucking matter what Bush did, or Clinton did, or Bush did, or Reagan did, or....
In 3 years we are far worse off than we were before.
I could give him a pass if it at least appeared that we were turning the corner, or at the very least hit the bottom. But I can't see any reasons to believe that. Hell, I don't see any reason to even believe there is a bottom at this point...
I don't care if we try another Democrat or another Republican at this point, but Obama and his appointees are nothing but a death sentence for this country. But until the people quit just trying to be contrary to whatever Bush and his admin did we are going to keep circling the drain.
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11 million to Libya? What kind of backward ass place did these politicians grow up in?
all these politicians are worried about is their own ass and thats it, how to stay in governmentso they dont have to live by the laws they set up.
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What does the puppet administration have to do with anything here is the crowd that runs the show
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Bread n Circus time after time
Human Nature has never changed follow the $$$ not the political puppet show
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Read a book turn off the propaganda master you worship. Think for yourself
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There's a dishonesty in that article, and they let it slip here:
Also, whether you want to admit it or not, the collapse started before Obama was in office. And please don't read that as "it was Bush's fault". Our recent problems were a century in the making. Bush is no more to blame than any other politician in the last 100 years.
Yes, Obama failed to put out the fire, but he didn't start it.
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This country seriously needs someone to put out the fire, or at least start to put it out instead of fanning the flames.
I don't forsee that in the near futures, so until that does happen I'll keep investing in ammo instead of my 401k. Something tells me 20 years from now a .223 round is going to get me a lot more soup than $1... lol
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Women's Lacrosse Soars Past Delaware State for Second Straight Win
DOVER, Del. - Manhattan goals came in abundance during the Jaspers 18-2 defeat of Delaware State on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Jaspers improve to 2-4 on the season and have now won two consecutive contests.
Manhattan scored the first three goals of the game and never looked back. Senior Carly Eskenazi scored her first two goals of the season. She also added three assists to lead the team with five points on the day.
The Jaspers went on two separate lengthy runs in the game. They started with a 7-0 spurt in the middle of the first half, and then went on to score the last eight goals of the game over the final 30:40 of play.
Senior Kelsey Rehain led the team in goals as she recorded a hat trick. Eskenazi, fellow senior Brianna Rickert, juniors Domenica O'Brey and Donna Jo DiNorcia, and sophomore Megan Yarusso scored two goals each for Manhattan.
Sophomores Stefanie Ranagan and Claire Roediger, and freshman Darby Nolan also scored goals for Manhattan.
Junior Ali Griffin registered her first goal of the season and freshman Ella Akier scored her first collegiate goal.
Junior starting goalkeeper Christina Fiorinelli made three saves in the first half and got the win. Freshman Kelsey Thomas played the second half in cage for the Jaspers and made five saves in her second appearance of the season.
The Jaspers will next play on Wednesday, March 19, when they travel to Fairfield, Conn., to take on the Sacred Heart Pioneers. The opening draw is set for 3 p.m.


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by Megan Morketter, GoHeels.com
North Carolina has an all-time high of 17 former Tar Heels playing in the NBA this season, many of whom are playing key roles with a variety of teams. GoHeels.com will update Carolina fans on a weekly basis on how UNC alums have played in the last week.
Harrison Barnes, Golden State Warriors: Barnes has extended his double-digit scoring streak to four straight games. In back-to-back games against the L.A. Clippers he totaled 24 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and two blocks. The Warriors won the first matchup, 115-94, but dropped the second contest.
Vince Carter, Dallas Mavericks: The 15-year veteran had an impressive week. In the Mavericks' win over the Washington Wizards Carter put up 23 points and grabbed four rebounds. He logged 15 points and season-high nine rebounds versus the Miami Heat. Carter added 17 points, five rebounds and three assists when facing the New Orleans Hornets, but the Mavericks could not hold on for a win.
Ed Davis, Toronto Raptors: With 11 points and 13 rebounds against the Sacramento Kings, Davis recorded his fourth double-double of the season. Earlier in the week playing against the Portland Trailblazers, the forward notched 19 points with seven rebounds.
Wayne Ellington, Memphis Grizzlies: Across the Grizzlies' last three games Ellington scored 16 points, pulled down six rebounds, had two assists and two steals. The Grizzlies won two of their three games.
Raymond Felton, New York Knicks: Felton fractured his pinky finger on his right hand Christmas day playing against the L.A. Lakers. He will be out for four to six weeks.
Danny Green, San Antonio Spurs: Last week Green averaged 10.3 points and 3.6 rebounds over three games. He added three assists in the Spurs' win over the Philadelphia 76ers and two steals in the loss to the Knicks.
Tyler Hansbrough, Indiana Pacers: Hansbrough's best game last week came against the Boston Celtics. The fourth year forward/center made a season-high 7-of-11 field goals along with five free throws to tally 19 points (also a season high). The Pacers fell, 94-75.
Brendan Haywood, Charlotte Bobcats: Though the Bobcats have snapped their losing streak with two wins in the last week, Haywood has been struggling offensively. Across the last three games, he has managed three points, 13 rebounds, three assists and five blocks.
John Henson, Milwaukee Bucks: Henson set career records in each of his three games last week. Facing the Spurs, Henson made 10 field goals for a career-high 20 points. He set his career steals record with two in the matchup with the Houston Rockets. In the following game, Henson set records for free throws made and attempted as he went 4-of-6 from the line against the Pacers.
Antawn Jamison, L.A. Lakers: Jamison was back on the court Jan. 4 as the Lakers took on the Clippers, but only saw three minutes of play. He was able to record one rebound in the 107-102 loss. Jamison only played four minutes in the loss to the Denver Nuggets and only managed two points.
Ty Lawson, Denver Nuggets: Lawson recorded his third double-double of the season in the win over the Lakers. The point guard had 21 points and 10 assists with three steals. In the Nuggets' previous two games Lawson totaled 30 points, six assists and three blocks.
Kendall Marshall, Phoenix Suns: Marshall did not make it on to the court in four of the Suns' last five games. He played two minutes against the Utah Jazz Jan. 4 but was unable to contribute.
Jerry Stackhouse, Brooklyn Nets: Stackhouse was kept quiet last week. He was held out of the matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder and only put up three points in each of the last two games he played.
Rasheed Wallace, New York Knicks: Wallace is still nursing a stress reaction and chronic condition in his left foot. The forward/center has not played since Dec. 13.
Marvin Williams, Utah Jazz: Williams scored 13 points and brought down four rebounds in the loss to the Nuggets. He recorded 11 points, five rebounds and three assists in the 22-point win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Brandan Wright, Dallas Mavericks: Wright has been inactive due to a quad strain since Dec. 30.
Tyler Zeller, Cleveland Cavaliers: Zeller averaged 9.6 points and six rebounds in the Cavaliers' three games last week. In the narrow loss to the Rockets, the rookie also recorded five assists and three steals.


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Benchmarking and systems performance - hosted by Elisabeth Stahl
Blog Authors: ELISABETH STAHL 0600029JQ8 is Chief Technical Strategist and Executive IT Specialist, IBM Systems and Technology Group, and has been working in systems performance for over 25 years.
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Wagging the Tail on Storage Benchmarks
A newly discovered feature of dog body language was announced earlier this week which supports research on the emotional asymmetry in the brain. When dogs feel fundamentally positive about something or someone, their tails wag more to the right side of their rumps. When they have negative feelings, their tail wagging is biased to the left.
And this news got me to thinking about storage benchmarks. How would a dog wag his tail when hearing about the latest Storage Performance Council benchmark results ?
IBM recently published excellent SPC-1 and SPC-2 results on the IBM System Storage DS4800.(1) IBM holds the #1 spots for these benchmarks with the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller.(2) Positive feelings on IBM results, so tail to the right.
Sun recently posted results for the Storage Performance Council SPC-2 benchmark on the Sun StorageTek 2540 Array.(3) In fact, these new Sun results have lower performance than ALL published IBM results. Negative feelings on Sun results, so tail to the left.
Do you think this will work with TPC-C ?
(1) IBM result for the SPC Benchmark 1 on the IBM System Storage DS4800 Turbo of 45,014.81 IOPS ($16.03 $/IOPS over 6,871.277 GB ASU Capacity) using mirroring. The total total storage configuration (TSC) price was $721,618. IBM result for the Storage Performance Council SPC-2 benchmark on the IBM System Storage DS4800 of 1,381.67 SPC-2 MBPS and a price/performance of $174.09 at a ASU Capacity of 3,497.798 GB in a RAID5 configuration.
(2)The top SPC-1 result is the IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller 3.1 result of 155,519 IOPS (12,216.80 GB, $12.76/IOP, Mirroring). The top SPC-2 result is the IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller result of 4544 MBPS (51,264 GB, $400.78/MBPS, RAID5).
(3) Sun results for the Storage Performance Council SPC-2 benchmark on the Sun StorageTek 2540 Array of 730.04 SPC-2 MBPS and price/performance of $46.26 at an ASU Capacity of 1,282.05 GB in a mirrored configuration and a result of 735.62 SPC-2 MBPS and a price/performance of $45.91 at an ASU Capacity of 2,177.55 GB in a raid5 configuration.
Source: http://www.storageperformance.org/results; Results as of 4/27/07.
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Read all about HP's new strategy and new storage announcement . . .
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Read about performance claims in Oracle's Storage Strategy Update last week . . .
Hats Off to IBM's New Storage Announcement
A is for Announcement
A few weeks ago I went apple picking. There is just something so satisfying, twisting the apple off the tree and placing it lovingly into your bag. Crunching on one or two as you pick. And watching the dog eat the rotten cores lying on the ground.
Sometimes there are too many wonderful choices. Do I pick Cortlands for the pie, Jonathans because they can be cute and juicy, or Golden Delicious because they're not red? Or maybe I even go over to the vines adjacent to the orchard and pick grapes for jam.
And that's how I felt today looking at all the exciting announcements:
That afternoon we picked 32 pounds of apples and made two batches of apple rings, an apple pie, apple slices -- and squid in red wine sauce without apples. I was exhausted -- but I'm hoping to make it to the orchards this weekend because I surely can't miss the Melrose.
(1) Storage Performance Council SPC-1 benchmark, IBM System Storage DS8700 Release 5.1 (Easy Tier with SSDs), 4/13/10. Source: http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc1#a00092
(2) Configuration and results of the IBM Power System 795 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode): 16 processors / 128 cores / 512 threads, POWER7, 4.0 GHz, 2048 GB memory, 70,032 SAP SD benchmark users, dialog resp.: 0.93s, line items/hour: 7,686.670 Dialog steps/hour: 23,060,000, SAPS: 384,330, DB resp. time (dialog/ update):0.015s / 0.028s, CPU utilization: 99%, OS: AIX 7.1, DB2 9.7, cert# 2010042; vs. Configuration and results of the Sun SPARC Enterprise Server M9000 on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark running SAP ERP 6.0, 64 processors / 256 cores / 512 threads, 1024 GB memory, 39,100 SAP SD benchmark users, SPARC64 VII, 2.52 GHz, Solaris 10, Oracle 10g , cert# 2008042 vs. HP SAP SD 2-tier result of 18,635, Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition, SQL Server 2008, SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode), Certification number: 2010040, HP ProLiant DL980 G7, 8 processors / 64 cores / 128 threads, Intel Xeon Processor X7560, 2.26 GHz, 64 KB L1 cache and 256 KB L2 cache per core, 24 MB L3 cache per processor, 512 GB main memory.
Sources: www.sap.com/benchmark, http://www.storageperformance.org. Results current as of 10/7/10.
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I didn't do anything to my trigger other then the cut out for the spring.
I modded the disconnector (or wedge) that the trigger pushes against, mine was long and wouldn't reset when you released the trigger.
It might be easier if you could post a pic of yours.
If you look at this thread again at reply 64 I have two clear pics of mine before I modded it, you can see how close the disconnector is to the trigger, and reply 69 has a pic of one that has a gap between the diconnector & trigger.
I also came across this, Pirate is mentioning how to fit them together, don't know if it will help or not.
And that's a nice tut that guy put together, thanks for posting it, he explains it well too. And yes it looks like he mainly just polished the parts.
Also if you go down near the bottom of that tut link, the pic above the video shows his FCG installed. You can see how he has a small gap between the trigger and disconnector, mine didn't have this and that's what I had to mod on mine to get it to function.


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Media cited flawed poll to suggest Americans think Democratic criticism of Bush's Iraq policy hurts troop morale
Research ››› ››› JOE BROWN
A November 27 Washington Post article uncritically reported data from a flawed poll, concluding that the majority of Americans are "sympathetic" to "Vice President [Dick] Cheney's suggestion that criticism of the administration's [Iraq] war policies was itself becoming a hindrance to the war effort." In a poll released November 21 by RT Strategies, a polling firm founded by Democratic pollster Thomas Riehle and Republican pollster Lance Tarrance, the firm reported that 70 percent of Americans believe that Democratic senators' criticism of President Bush's Iraq war policy hurts U.S. troop morale in Iraq, while 13 percent believe it helps morale. But as the Daily Kos weblog first pointed out, the poll does not allow for the possibility that criticism of Bush's Iraq policy has no effect on troop morale. Moreover, it does not address the fact that 57 percent of Americans now believe the president misled the public when he made the case for war in Iraq, according to a November 4-7 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. This belief could also have a substantial effect on troop morale, an issue the RT pollsters completely ignored. The Post article and other media reports of the poll's results did not acknowledge these significant flaws in the RT poll.
RT's poll asked respondents: "Thinking about the war in Iraq, when Democratic Senators criticize the President's policy on the war in Iraq, do you believe it HELPS the morale of our troops in Iraq or HURTS the morale of our troops in Iraq?" Respondents could answer that such criticism "[h]urts morale a lot," "[h]urts morale some," "[h]elps morale some," or "[h]elps morale a lot." Although the poll recorded the responses of those who refused to answer or said they were unsure, respondents were not offered any option other than that the criticism helps or hurts morale. In any forced-choice poll question, most respondents are reluctant to offer an answer other than the options given. Furthermore, in many instances, interviewers are instructed only to accept answers that can be placed in one of the defined responses, or listed as "don't know" or "not sure." The fact that the survey reports only a category called "not sure/refused" -- and the fact that the sum of this figure, combined with the "helps" and "hurts" totals, constitutes 100 percent of the responses -- suggests that these were the instructions the interviewers received.
Such instructions would have made it difficult for a respondent to answer that Democratic criticism neither helps nor hurts troop morale. Limited to a choice between "helps" and "hurts," most respondents answered that such criticism hurts troop morale "some" or "a lot" -- even 52 percent of Democrats surveyed. An additional 17 percent of respondents are listed as having answered "[n]ot sure" or refusing to answer the question at all.
Following the poll's release, numerous media outlets referenced its flawed conclusions. In addition to the November 27 Post article, a Media Matters for America review found that the poll results were reported by the following media figures:
- Washington Post staff writer Chris Cillizza, in a November 23 post on The Fix, his WashingtonPost.com politics blog
- Fox News host Sean Hannity, on the November 25 broadcast of ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show
- Scripps Howard News Service's Dan K. Thomasson, in a November 28 column
- Weekly Standard executive editor Fred Barnes, on the November 28 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume
- Nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh, on the November 29 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show
- Fox News host Bill O'Reilly, on the November 29 edition of Fox News' The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly
Additionally, portions of the November 27 Post article were reprinted November 28 by these newspapers:
- The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sun Sentinel
- The St. Petersburg, Florida, Times
- The San Jose, California, Mercury News
- The Akron, Ohio, Beacon Journal
Also, Wall Street Journal OpinionJournal.com editor James Taranto quoted from the Post article in his November 28 "Best of the Web Today" column, as Limbaugh did on the November 28 edition of The Rush Limbaugh Show.
On November 28, The Kansas City Star printed an edited version of the November 27 Post article.
On his November 25 radio show, Hannity quoted the poll results for registered voters (available here), although other coverage of the poll quoted the statistics for all respondents. Hannity also referred to the poll as a "Cook poll." The Cook Political Report conducts some polls jointly with RT Strategies.
From the November 25 broadcast of ABC Radio Network's The Sean Hannity Show:
HANNITY: As we start the program today, 68 percent of respondents in the Cook poll say that the Democrats' criticisms of the president's policies in Iraq are hurting troop morale. Only 14 percent say it helps. In other words, the Democrats that voted for the war, that said Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, biological, chemical, and nuclear -- now that they're out there politicizing the war, 68 percent of respondents say yes, it's hurting troop morale. Well, imagine if you were a soldier in harm's way, how you'd feel.
From the November 28 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume, which also featured host Brit Hume, Roll Call executive editor Morton M. Kondracke, and National Public Radio national political correspondent Mara Liasson:
LIASSON: Even if the president is not going to come out and do the kind of mea culpa that some Democrats and Mort would like him to do, I tell you what he is doing, he is responding to criticism over and over again. When [Sen.] Joe Biden [D-DE] comes in with an op-ed piece, he comes out the next day. And the White House says, hey, we agree -- Joe Biden agrees with us. You know, we're on board with Joe Biden. That's an unusual message from this White House.
HUME: But the Democrats continue to attack.
BARNES: But there was a very interesting poll by a bipartisan polling firm that found that 70 percent of Americans think -- agree that -- with what Dick Cheney said that the Democratic criticism hurts the morale of the troops.
From the November 29 edition of The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: But the bottom line to all this, folks, is that they are losing. They have this poll that we cited yesterday that was in Sunday's Washington Post. Their big effort about prewar intelligence is backfiring, 70 percent of the American people, 55 percent of Democrats think that it's nothing but a political ploy, and they think that it is demoralizing to the troops to constantly criticize the effort. The public views it as a political ploy that hurts the troops. It's backfiring on these people. I have maintained, I don't know how long, when you people have been up and down and sort of in the dumps about this, I have maintained that all of this behavior is going to backfire on them.
LIMBAUGH: But I'm just telling you, folks, this stuff doesn't have any sticking power or staying power, in terms of the Democrats. It's because it's just more negativism. And I guarantee you that poll on Sunday in The Washington Post, they are turning people off with all of this, and they have been for the longest time. It's no more than another Wellstone memorial, and you know how that went for them.
From the November 29 edition of Fox News' The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: Here's a poll that's very interesting. RT Strategies asked, "When Democratic senators criticize the president's policy on the war in Iraq, do you believe it helps the morale of our troops or hurts the morale of our troops?" Kind of a dopey question. Hurts morale a lot, 44 percent of Americans. Hurts morale some, 26. So there you have 70 percent of Americans feel that criticism of the Iraq war hurts the morale of the troops. And only 13 percent thinks it helps the morale. And they're morons because they don't know anything. I get a lot of email from soldiers, and a lot of them say, you know, when we hear this defeatist stuff, it hurts us because we're putting our lives on the line, and we want Americans to appreciate it. So I think the poll is accurate.
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Hellooooooooooooo - guess maybe .... :)
I think there is some other Maine-E-ac running around here someplace :mrgreen:
Old Town area here.
New here. You are not alone . . .
Southwestern Maine ,here.
Another Mainiac here. Just above Old Town. (You'll know when you're near my home...you'll hear the sound of gunfire!)
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Hello from the Lake Region Area. First post and glad to have found this board.
Capital City shooting club is where I am a member at and where I shoot.It has an inside
range which is modest and three outside ranges which are nice.
Midcoast here!
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I'll wait for bright daylight.
And my fan light.
Reddit was edited again, he saids that help is coming thing was a troll.
that fucking staircase thing what the fuck why
If this is a troll, it's an incredibly well done one.
Imagine that thing with no arms from the first vid stumbling towards you and starring over you at night with the face from the second
Oh god
Meh..Videos are creepy but i can't tell why everyone is shitting themse-
I do agree with some people, though, this doesn't really feel like Valve's "style". Still, I'm very interested to see what this leads up to, Valve or not.
Assuming that this is Valve's work, I'm guessing that they are going to make a horror game.
What if this ARG is for Nightmare House 3, and they've been keeping it on the down-low until now?
If anything it's for Cry of Fear, which has already been posted. All the "scary stuff" matches the content in a lot of ways.
Ok well, I read some of the Reddit post and the guy "foundonthetape" posted this:
SGVscCUyMGlzJTIwY29taW5nJTIwR29yZG9uJTJDJTIweW91JT IwYXJlJTIwbm90JTIwYWxvbmUuJTIw
Someone said that it was Base64 for:
"Help is coming Gordon you are not alone."
So I just tried it myself and it gave me the same thing. This has some relation to Half-Life. I'm not sure what it is, though.
My second assumption, and this one is pretty far out there, that this might have something to do with Adrian Shephard.
a SPUF moderator confirmed it for fake.
Also, I don't think the moderators of SPUF are really tied in with Valve.
Unless it was an actual Valve employee that said it wasn't, then we can assume that it's not Valve related.
I doubt a volunteer mod is actually directly affiliated with Valve aside from the Steam Forums
still I have a feeling it's more of an ARG for an upcoming mod
Isn't there a guy that works with valve that can confirm this on this forum?
You're all too optimistic.
If this was from Valve, they would do it via a game update. It's a random youtube video, how did you even come to believe it?
If this is Valve related, they will keep their mouths shut. And if they do keep their mouths shut, then we know it's from them.
There's this thing called Source SDK and Hammer. Anyone could have made this map. If it was really Valve it would have been found in the TF2 gcf or something.
Seriously. All I am thinking right now is "please, please, please, please, please let it be"
Makes it all the more disappointing if it were a troll/fake or for some mod, though.
wait, if it actually is Valve, and not E3 but a different horror game then we're all fucked
what does "ARG" stand for?
Leveraged/Kolya finished his website project thing a few days ago, possibly related to that.
Lookin like bullshit, but nonetheless...
QR code, anyone?
It would've been interesting if they'd combined the normal tile texture and this variant with missing tiles to ''draw'' a QR code on the floor of the map, though.
EDIT: then again, the pattern seems to be different here from the actual texture. Let me load up Hammer and check, maybe I'm just going crazy from the screamer.
EDIT2: Compare the map to this screencap I took in Hammer. It's not a QR code, it's just how the texture is.
Some folks from the /v/ thread checked. They said it's not a QR, but rather a stock texture from EP2
Very well done and put together, but definitely not Valve.
I'm sure the SPUF moderator wouldn't have squashed the rumor if it was actually real, because less people would play.
Either way this is a very, very well done ARG. And you know, this could be for Black Mesa Source: especially since the poster's one code hinted to Gordon.
I'm not sure this is an actual Valve ARG, but why would volunteer moderators on SPUF know anything about this being official? It's not like they're Valve employees.


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Apart from using a noun as a verb, calling those who mess about in boats "boaters" is a sign of nautical ignorance; the sort of thing one would expect from say, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators!
|Having both a sailboat and a powerboat (does that make me BI?), I have to say I enjoy them both. However, for completely different reasons; the sailboat (34' pilothouse-6 knots @ 0-1/2gph) is used for cruising trips here in the NW and daysailing, the powerboat (28' ex-commercial crabber-18/20 knots @ 6-7gph) is transportation, supply runs, and used for crabbing and prawning. I don't understand picking a power boat as a cruiser, I would prefer a sailboat (hull) for it's inherent seaworthiness even if I couldn't sail it. We end up doing quite a bit of motoring here in the fickle summer winds and narrow channels with strong currents, but nothing compares to gliding along, silently, enjoying the scenery while mentally being challenged with doing a good job of sailing. Good sailors make it look easy to run downwind wing on wing, or tack through a narrow pass, but the rest of us sailors know it's challenging and rewarding to do it well. Sitting on the flybridge with the throttle set and the autopilot on that's tied to the chartplotter route just wouldn't give me the same feeling of accomplishment(being of Scottish descent I'd have a hard time forgetting I'm burning 15-30gph too). They are both boating, just different.
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Yes, that silence after the engine is switched off - magic. I took my dedicated stinkpot friends for their first sail. They noticed it too. But their comment was: "But we haven't slowed down!"
I will declare old-fart status when I an unable to crank winches and sell my sail for a canal barge stinkpot.
Sailing = going nowhere very slowly at great expense.
I think a mile cost about the same either made under power or under sail in similar size vessel.
A powerboat does not need lots of expensive "extras": heavy keel with its drag, solar or wind generators to fill the batteries, mast and rigging, ... They can also travel faster in calm conditions, so it is good for a lot of people.
But than I think about the pure joy of turning the engine off, listening only to the wind and waves, gentle heel and smooth easy ride, ... Joy of mastering the wind, ...
Come on! Do I need to say more on sailnet? We are all hooked.
I did a lot of windsurfing, fair amount of dinghy sailing on laser, but I never ever had any desire to own a powerboat. Once I tried sailing there was no return. Will I change my mind ? Who knows. I read a lot about Steve and Linda Dashew some time ago (his designs are way above my budget) and they opened my eyes - maybe there will be time for power boat in the future - after I am too old to sail.
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You can read more if you are interested at SetSail.com: The Ultimate Sailing & Cruising Reference.
I am not averse to stinkpots in the right context, a sailing boat is not much use on the canals here.
I can't find it now, but someone here gave a reference to an Ozzie couple's cruising site. They use a big converted motor cruiser and argue the plus side of cruising under power.
I think the secret is size. To cross an ocean under power needs a lot of fuel capacity, so a big boat. Whereas with sails, a much smaller craft can be used.
Found it: Passagemaker cruising under power in Southeast Asia
|Lets put it this way, when they fill up there boat, it doesn't last for years like a sail can!
Tonnage and average speed aren't really valid methods of comparison either. A multihull doesn't compare to a monohull in a straight off comparison. My boat can do 15 knots under sail, but only 6.5 knots under power.
Of course, the larger the boat, the more expensive the sails are going to be. And with monohulls, the fuel prices and engine sizes don't scale as quickly. Many large sailboats only have relatively small engines—50 HP is pretty large for most sailboats. These boats have 300-400 HP.
The comparison I am making is based on what each person prefers to own. It was never meant as as a straight comparison. They have planing hull, high-speed power boats for fishing... I have a 28' trimaran for cruising—totally different beasties to begin with.
Do you know of Steve Dashew ? He's an American naval architect and author who has built and extensively cruised a number of very lovely yachts, renowned for their inovative designs and systems. His latest boat is power and his claim is that because of it's design it will cost no more than his old sailing boat to run. Mind you that was before the current run on oil prices which might have stuffed up his calculations just a mite.
You can read more if you are interested at SetSail.com: The Ultimate Sailing & Cruising Reference. I would note that his last sailing boat was something like 80' feet loa so not exactly a pocket cruiser.
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My name is Freddie, and I run a software company in London. I came across your wonderful pod-cast on Stitcher by accident back in November, and have been hooked ever since.
Listening to your witty discussions of contemporary science has opened up a whole new world of knowledge and discovery, that I'd previously assumed I'd shut myself off from by not studying science at university. I work long hours at my company, but whatever free time I have is invariably spent watching Vincent's Introductory Virology lectures. Vincent - thanks so much for putting these online! I finished the 3 lecture introductory series over Christmas, and am now tackling the 26 lecture undergrad series. When I'm done, I intend to work my way through the graduate series, and in time I plan to make the switch from working with computers to working in bio-technology. This is such a fascinating area! With computers, our knowledge all proceeds from first principals. But with biology it's like we're reverse-engineering an advanced alien technology, which is really exciting. I hope to one day program living organic systems, much as I now program software systems.
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Its true that I've never heard you guys get stressed about an issue before on Twiv. But, scientists and lovers of truth and reason as you are, that is completely reasonable. If you're going to get indignant about anything in life, then scaremongering and group-think are good things to take a stand against, and I applaud you for being outspoken about your very reasonable views.
Science and reason may have a foothold in the western world, but the notion of scientific impartiality has been under a sustained attack of late, and it's become acceptable to criticise a politician for being 'too intellectual'. It will be a very dark time for all when science and truth are subordinated to fear and prejudice. Scientific openness is an important issue, and you're absolutely right to feel the way you do, and speak your minds about this.
You were big to apologise, and see things from that other listener's perspective. If only self-criticism and open-mindedness to other views were more common in the world today. But I personally don't think you had anything to apologise for. Compared to all the phoney sensationalism that often dominates popular culture and political decision-making, I found it profoundly refreshing to hear you guys getting passionate about something that really matters, with the facts on your side.
It may be true that in an open debate reason will, eventually, win over fear and prejudice. But not if lovers of reason fall silent because they don't want to offend the scaredey-cats. So don't ever feel you need to be 'polite', and silent in the face of nonsense. Listening to that episode made me fell passionate about this issue as well, and I spoke with several friends about it. That's how good ideas are spread, and the tide of fear is held at bay. I suspect that the vast majority of your listeners would agree.
All the best, and thanks again for a wonderful pod-cast :-D !
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Regarding the situation with the NSABB: I heartily defend the derision that you heaped on the Michael Osterholm and the NSABB, and disagree entirely with the letter from "joe", the lawyer.
I am not a scientist, but from what I know, it's not the motives of the persons involved that matter. It's the science. They either follow the science or they don't. If they do, then they are fine, and if they don't then they deserve the same treatment that is reserved for homeopathic "doctors". Just because Mr. Osterholm is sincere, doesn't make him somehow above criticism.
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I've been listening to TWiV since last October and love it. While listening to the discussion about the single virus genomics paper on TWiV 171, and having read the paper several months ago, it struck me that I would get even more out of TWiV if I knew the papers that you'd be discussing for the upcoming TWiV. I would bet that there is a subset of listeners who would download and read the papers before listening to TWiV or leaf through the papers as you are discussing them. What do you think?
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Karl, ain't been here myself for awhile, you need, beer, blood, what? Can't do without your humor. Help us
Phewwww,,was starting to worry with all this bad weather going around the country, glad you heard from him 4th.
>2 1/2 cords cut up ,stacked and covered and buying 2 more towards next years supply. I took down this >100 year old apple tree at my daughters new house that was split in the middle and I got over 2 cords from that one alone. Love the smell of apple wood burning on a frosty morning,,,,nice!! It smokes hams and venison jerky pretty damn good too!!!
2 cords and about 150gals of fuel is plenty for me for the winter and I stay nice and toasty all winter. This place is fairly tight, and will be better now sense Weatherization Vt did a complete re insulating and foaming of the the sills. Furnace tune up and adding extra duct work and a few other things. It should be real good this winter,compaired to normal and it'll be even better when I replace these 100 year old windows to go with it. There really ragged!!!!
I guess that's one good thing about being poor and decrepit,,at least you'll qualify for things like this Weatherization program, and it's all funded out of the state's fuel tax's here. Pretty smartly done if you ask me. At least those funds are being put back into the economy and being used to help out disabled/ low income folks. Vermont has allot of good things like that going on,, it's a damn good place to live overall.
You all set for winter too???
I/E got you're A/C ,,,,all tuned up,,,:lol::lol:
90 degrees here.. A.C. pumping.. Mosquitoes biting, fish not.
Just a bit cooler here,,,cold snap the other morning @,,29 degrees but averaging around 70-74 during the day mostly. The duck and goose hunters were hard at it across the road this morning, so that's a good sign of fall.
With all the commotion going on I pulled out the Mossburg and leaned it against the garage while I was working putting the new parts on the Buick I got at the NHRA Nationals yesterday. And like usual,,, I dropped a double coming over the yard about 9-9:30,,Hell,,I didn't even have to get up early or set up the spread or nothing,,just do what projects your doing, and wait till ya hear them a coming!!! Just step out from behind the garage and Smoke Um,,done!! Ya Gota love that!!
I don't care for them myself,, but the neighbors like them, so they got a care package,,Trish said,,Oh Boy,,I know what were having for supper tonight!!
Must be they did too,,,the wind was blowing just right and it smelled,,, pretty damn good by about 6PM when I got home!!
So much so,, I couldn't stand it anymore and had to go in to get a munchie myself !!! Didn't even finish dusting off the car after my cruise around the block.
Went for a cruise in the mountains for about 2-3 hours to see if there was any color yet in the trees, but pretty sparse so far, just a few here and there. When it gets nice I'll put up some fall pics. Should be pretty nice in 2-3 weeks I'm guessing.
Oh Chit,,kidnapping my own thread!! Opps,,
Get your Ass Back Here Karl,,the humor sections been pretty bare lately!!!!


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WEEK FIVE: October 23, Making Every Second Count: Paid Advertising in Presidential Campaigns. Guest Ashley O'Connor, Media Director Romney for President 2012. Over the past decades, television advertising has been the primary medium for persuading voters. But with the advent of hundreds of cable TV channels, TIVO, social media, and mobile devices, is television advertising still the best way to talk to voters? And if so, how has it changed from the time when three networks dominated the airwaves? How do you talk to specific swing voters? What do you say, how do you say it and where do you say it? Ashley handled paid media for the Romney Campaign in 2012 and was charged with finding the best way to communicate with the voters in swing states, and currently does so for her 2014 clients, and has thought about these issues in great depth.


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Our season is underway. Got 6 ducks two days ago after hunting a new spot and realizing I set up in the wrong spot. Pulled everything and had to move about a mile to get into them. Set up on that same spot the next day and got a limit of ducks in an hour. Hoping for another day like it on Monday. I wish we had the full color birds like they do down south but I can always travel for the wall hangers. It's just great to be after em again.
Day one
Day two
Sent while hiding from the boss