text:
In video game's violent world, every home is a castle
Imagine a world with no communities, no functioning governments, and no police or military protecting you. A world where all you had was your family and your possessions, and everyone else was trying to kill the former and steal the latter.
That's what's portrayed in game designer Jason Rohrer's "The Castle Doctrine," a multiplayer game currently in alpha (that is, in early playable testing). Rohrer hopes to release it late this fall.
The conceit of the game is simple: You are the male head of a family, and all you have is a wife, two kids, an empty house, some money, and a safe. You can use the money to make it harder to get to your safe by building traps, deploying guard dogs, and the like (all of which can accidentally kill you or your family if you are not careful). You can get more money either by successfully killing burglars or by burglarizing other houses. There's no real way to "win"; the best you can hope to do is amass a large fortune, build a well-protected perch, and hang on to it until, inevitably, you are burglarized or killed.
The game does everything it can to strip individual characters of identities. Families all have randomly generated names and there's no way to communicate with other players. What's left is a simply rendered, pixelated world of perpetual threat, violence, and surveillance (you can run back security camera footage of attempted break-ins at your house). Fuzzy ambient music ratchets up the foreboding, austere oddness of the whole thing.
The violence is quick and unspectacular: One second you're upright, the next, having been felled by a pitbull or an electrified trap, you're a small, bloody mess on the ground. Once you die, you lose all your money and your house and have to start from scratch.
The term "castle doctrine" refers to the legal concept that within your own home, you may, under some circumstances, be justified in protecting yourself and your family from intruders in ways that might not be legal elsewhere (including killing somebody). This idea is paramount to the game, since everyone in it is both a thief and a trap-setting homeowner, both a violator and an ultimate dispenser of justice and protector of the innocent.
Some of "The Castle Doctrine" comes simply from a past experience that Rohrer, a well-known indie developer who describes himself as something of a pacifist, had of living in a dangerous neighborhood in Las Cruces, N.M., with his family. Rohrer, 35, now lives in Davis, Calif.
"I considered buying a gun to protect my family against dogs at one point," he wrote to me via e-mail. "I never ended up doing that for a variety of reasons, but we did carry a club and pepper spray. And it wasn't just dogs — we also had occasional threats of violence from people, and we puzzled endlessly over what to do about it.
"Mixed into this is the perplexing nature of violence itself — that we're all really the same in many ways, and doing something bad to someone else is the same on a cosmic scale as someone else doing something bad to you, but that it's impossible to ever see it this way. The other remains the other, and the self remains the only seat of reference. This issue of 'the other' is tackled by a bunch of my games, and I like building systems where people are all exactly the same but somehow separated from each other."
So "The Castle Doctrine" is partly a reflection of Rohrer's own experiences and his questions about the nature of violence in games, and partly an attempt to explore the dynamics of theft and violation in a game setting: "On one hand, you are incentivized to violate other players, which is aesthetically a bit weird. On the other hand, though, it adds a nice complexity to being violated, because obviously the people violating you are just like you, so it creates a certain empathy where one doesn't normally exist. You know, if your house gets robbed in real life, most of the time, you don't say, 'Well, I can understand where the robber was coming from, because I just robbed a house myself last week.' "
"The Castle Doctrine" features some very visceral, emotionally resonant content: constant violation and the perpetual threat of murder. But the designer himself isn't making any judgments. That's how some of the best, most morally ambiguous novels and films work, but with "The Castle Doctrine," everything hits a bit closer to home because there's a more immediate sense of connection to the home you build and the family you protect.
What's impressive about "The Castle Doctrine," even in its current, unfinished state, is how much meaning is packed into such a simple little game. There's so much to discuss and debate, and the search for meaning is left to the player. When I first heard of it I interpreted as a caricature of hardcore libertarianism. But Rohrer is clear that he is aiming to make an aesthetic and emotional experience, not a political statement.
Ultimately it would be wrong to try to reduce this evocative, strange game to any one message. "As the saying goes," wrote Rohrer, "if I could put it succinctly into words, I wouldn't have had to make the damn game!"
Jesse Singal can be reached at email@example.com.


text:
One easy way to increase your threat generation is by the use of [item]Adamantite Sharpening Stone[/item] for sharp weapons or [item]Adamantite Weightstone[/item] for blunt weapons.
Either of these grant an extra 12 damage to weapons plus 14 to melee crit rating. In my opinion, the added damage will grant you more additional threat than using a shaman with Windfury when using a low damage main hand weapon.
At 1 x [item]Adamantite Bar[/item] and 2 x [item]Mote of Earth[/item], the Sharpening Stone can get expensive, but the Weightstone uses [item]Netherweave Cloth[/item] instead of [item]Mote of Earth[/item].
A less expensive alternative is [item]Fel Sharpening Stone[/item] made from 1 [item]Fel Iron Bar[/item] and 1 [item]Mote of Earth[/item], or the [item]Fel Weightstone[/item] which is made from [item]Netherweave Cloth[/item] instead of [item]Mote of Earth[/item].
All in all, adding weapon buffs can be an easy way to add that little extra bit of added threat, and being the awesome tank you are, you are always looking for ways to increase your threat, right

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Published Sep 22, 2016
Where do you go if you don't want to shop til you drop, but you still want to dress to impress?
Pre-loved and still worth a double take. Who has the best selction of... see the Top 5 →
Hair clips, earrings, belts, bracelets…where do you go to accessorize your... see the Top 5 →
Hand-picked couture, personal attention and the newest styles. What is the... see the Top 5 →
Shoe shopping could be an olympic sport for some ladies. Where's your... see the Top 5 →
Who knows what's hot when it comes to creating something brand new and... see the Top 5 →
Whether you take a Bloody Mary or coffee with your eggs benedict, we know... see the Top 5 →
The 2016 Sacramento A-List awards are based on more than 120,000 votes from local Sacramento-area experts.


text:
Last edited by HeathDavisSpeed; 22-01-2011 at 01:26 AM.
Fascist Dictator of the Heath Davis Appreciation Society
Supporting Petone's Finest since the very start - Iain O'Brien
Also Supporting the All Time #1 Batsman of All Time Ever - Jacques Kallis and the much maligned Peter Siddle.
Vimes tells it how it is:
CW Herald - Tallahassee
Comback kids move on while Langley meets his demise
Meat Loaf once sang "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad", but that was little consolation for Rick Langley as he was beaten in straight sets by fifth seed Hugh James. A finalist last week in Baton Rouge, Langley was not good enough to beat the World No. 1 doubles player who prevailed in a tight match.
The unseeded Westerner played positive tennis, but failed to capitalise on 4-2 and 5-3 leads in the first set as James secured key breaks back and the tiebreaker 9-7. That weakened Langley's resolve, and the World No. 126 fell down a break quickly and could never claw his way back as James advanced 7-6(7), 6-3.
Meanwhile the comeback trail continued for Brett Read as he came from a set down to oust Aleksander Alitspritsin of Lithuania. In a tense first set, Read still didn't look entirely match fit but his experience allowed him to get out of some tricky situations to come back from 0-4 down to be 4-4.
The comeback was for naught as the Lithuanian took the first set 6-4, but it set the tone for Read's comeback as the fourth seed lifted his game considerably. He's not at his best yet, but he's giving himself a good chance as he secured a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win with a cracking forehand winner to suggest he might just be back in the habit. He now plays Baton Rouge, LA champion Randy Bruce who trounced Eric Henson one and three.
The erratic career of Ishan Narang continued on Thursday as the wildcard entrant easily beat Adam Murray in straight sets. Whispers of police being called to his hotel room on Wednesday night did little to affect Narang as he destroyed Murray 6-3, 6-1.
Murray was totally done in by Narang's big serving as the lanky Indian-born player hit nine aces in eight games in a clinical win. He still made errors, but he was rarely troubled by the World No. 119 in a three and one win. He now meets Croatia's Adem Tadić who ousted eighth seed Felipe Menon 6-4, 6-3.
The top half is all American ensuring one local in the final after wildcard entrant Dean Delgado beat top seed Ivan Čeljar in a three-set upset 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(3).
Whoah. Great win for Kerrang there.
Great win again!!!!
Had such a great party afterwards.
Invited the police too.
CW Herald - Athens
Banks and Bre set for semi final cracker
Randy Banks' magnificent form has continued as the Johannesburg champion easily beat Oleg Puder in his Athens quarter final match up. Banks has dropped just one set in his last eight matches as the Russian struggled to find ways to hold serve against the World No. 112.
Banks smashed fourteen second set winners in a clinical display as Puder, coming off two straight set wins himself, had few weapons against the unseeded Westerner. With his first match point, a composed Banks put away an easy volley from his own serve to secure the 6-2, 6-3 win.
He will play East CWLander Matt Bre after the seventh seed edged a three-set win against Estonia's Taavi Aleksejev. Aleksejev was fresh off a victory over a top forty player in the second round, but showed no signs of post-celebratory fatigue as he pushed Bre to three.
But it was the World No. 78 who was too polished for his opponent ranked 88 places lower as he broke twice in the third to win 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3 despite having served for the match in the second.
Status Athens Open
Athens, Greece
MEN: Quarterfinals: Andrej Konc (SVK) bt 6-Aksu Emrem (TUR) 7-5 6-3. 3-Atthaphol Sae-ul (THA) bt Dimitris Chasiotis (GRE) 7-5 2-6 6-0.[...]
CW Herald - Tallahassee
Narang stays alive while Read hits hurdle
Ishan Narang is through to his second Challenger semi final after a straight sets win over Croatia's Adem Tadić. While he continues to be plagued by off-court incidents, his on-court play remains very solid as the Indian-born youngster overcame a tricky second set to win in two.
Narang's serving has been a feature of his game this week, but after a very solid first set he was in trouble in the second at 0-3 with Tadić taking the double break through some fine returning. There was a moment of real worry when he was broken as he called for the trainer to check on his ankle.
Despite some strapping, his movement didn't look particularly restricted as he broke back to love and did his best to chase the Croat down. He did so successfully as he wasn't broken again while picking up two of his own to advance 6-2, 7-5.
He will meet Randy Bruce in the semis after the Baton Rouge champ continued his magnificent run by coming from a set down to oust Brett Read. In his first loss since returning to the PTA tour, Read was pushed to three sets for the third consecutive time as the World No. 105 recovered from a disappointing start.
The American moved better than Read and was more positive while Read engaged in tactics of getting as many balls back as he could. This came to a head in the third set where he hit just one winner and was made to pay as the 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat let him know he has some work to do.
Tallahassee Tennis Challenger
Tallahassee, FL, USA
MEN: Quarterfinals: 7-Sam Lazzeri (USA) bt WC-Dean Delgado (USA) 6-0 6-0. 5-Hugh James (USA) bt. Ryan Robinson (USA) 6-3 6-2.
Rome Open
Rome, Italy
MEN: Quarterfinals: 6-Thomas Velten (NED) bt 1-Gregor Gorshkov (RUS) 7-6(2) 6-1. 4-Michael De Kinsele (ITA) bt Christian Mary (FRA) 6-2 6-3. Leonel Romero (CHL) bt 3-Denis Rodrigues (BRA) 6-1 7-5. Marco Pellegrini (ITA) bt Max Eisenhauer (GER) 6-3 4-6 7-5.
RIP Craig Walsh (Craig) 1985-2012
RIP Hughesy 1988-2014. 63* for eternity.
Another win.
Through to the Semi's.
SBI, when's the next Grand Slam?
In about a month of game time:
Next Week:
Rome Masters
Roland Garros
CW Herald - Athens
Banks edges Bre; Konc comes from behind
Randy Banks has overcome a stern test against Matt Bre to set up a finals showdown with Slovakian Andrej Konc in the final of the Status Athens Open. Banks extended his winning streak to an impressive nine matches and in sight of a top hundred berth as he accounted for Bre 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
It was an entertaining match between the two CWLanders, but after dropping the second set 2-6 Banks seemed to be out of the hunt as the East CWLander ramped up the pressure. But some great defensive tennis allowed him to survive an early onslaught, and set up three break points in the fifth game.
He needed all three before slamming home a forehand winner, but was immediately in trouble on his own serve at 15-40. He stared down the barrel of a break back and survived to take a 4-2 lead and never let it go as he made his second consecutive final in three sets.
He now plays unseeded Slovak Andrej Konc who stunned third seed Atthaphol Sae-ul 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 in the first semi final.
CW Herald - Tallahassee
Narang handed lesson in disappointing semi
Randy Bruce will look to double up in tomorrow's final after easily beating Ishan Narang in straight sets in their first meeting. Narang has been dynamic this week, but started poorly as he fell behind a double break to the American who was riding high after a title in Baton Rouge.
Dropping the first 2-6, Narang improved substantially in the second set in the face of some good opposition but Bruce showed incredible poise as he survived five second set break points with some clutch serving and accurate forehands. In a battle of two big servers, it was the 6 ft 5 in Bruce who did enough to secure victory 6-2, 6-3 to set up a meeting with Hugh James on Sunday.
Rome OpenMEN: Semifinals: 4-Michael De Kinsele (ITA) bt 6-Thomas Velten 6-4 6-3. Marco Pellegrini (ITA) bt Leonel Romero (CHL) 6-0 6-1.
Rome, Italy
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)


text:
It is the policy of the University that one, generic letterhead be printed and used by all colleges, departments, offices, and units — except for the Office of the President. Only the Office of the President has personalized stationery bearing the president's and office's name.
Letterhead and envelopes are printed in bulk by the Office of Finance and Administration from design files supplied by the Office of Marketing and Public Affairs. The Office of Finance and Administration restocks the stationery as needed.
Letterhead is printed on Capitol Bond White Light Cockle, 24-pound weight, with the University's seal as a water mark.
Many departments and offices choose to use electronically generated stationery when typing letters and other correspondence. For their convenience and to maintain brand uniformity, a two-color letterhead template can be downloaded at http://www.ltu.edu/marketing/templates.asp. All electronically generated stationery should be printed on the same stock as the professionally printed stationery: Capitol Bond White Light Cockle, 24-pound weight, which can be obtained from the Office of Finance and Administration.
Templates are available for:
Letterhead (Word)
Name badge (Word)
Fax cover sheet (interactive pdf)
PowerPoint presentation slides (jpeg)


text:
Welcome to our newest section.
Heads up:
When you create a thread about a song, do not just say "x song is dope", "discuss" or something similar, like we're used to see in other sections/threads. This also applies to the use of smileys and other pictures. When creating a thread in this section, give your thoughts about the song (more than 5 words).
If you fail to create a good enough topic for others to discuss, the Moderators can lock/delete it.
This is to lift the quality of the threads.
Happy posting!


text:
Honors & Awards
- Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2014)
- Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014)
2014 Outlook
Redshirt freshman Courtney Love is a key part of a deep and talented group of linebackers that could be a strength for the 2014 defense. The 6-1, 240-pound Love redshirted last fall after joining the Nebraska program early in January of 2013. Love has shown the versatility to play multiple linebacker positions and this spring spent time playing both inside and outside.
Love has also distinguished himself as a community leader while he has been in Lincoln. Love earned a spot on both the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team and Tom Osborne Citizenship Team for his extensive outreach work. Love hails from Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, the same school that Husker Head Coach Bo Pelini attended.
2013 (Redshirt)
Love sat out his first season as a redshirt. He was a standout on the practice field and earned Scout Team Defensive MVP honors.
Before Nebraska (Cardinal Mooney HS)
A two-time All-Ohio selection, Love posted impressive numbers for Coach P.J. Fecko as a senior, registering 110 tackles, 19 tackles for loss and nine sacks. Love also forced four fumbles and had two pass breakups, despite missing one game because of injury. Love was honored for his efforts as a first-team Division III All-Ohio selection for the second straight year.
During his junior season, Love played a key role in Cardinal Mooney winning the Division III state title. Love recorded 130 tackles, including seven sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. In the state title game victory over Springfield Shawnee, Love was Mooney's leading tackler. His play for the Cardinals in 2011 earned Love first-team All-Ohio honors and Division III Co-Defensive Player-of-the-Year recognition.
Love was regarded as one of the nation's top 30 linebackers by multiple recruiting services and was listed among the top 30 overall prospects in the state of Ohio. He chose Nebraska over dozens of offers from around the country, including Florida State, Ohio State, USC, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Illinois and Indiana to name a few.
Courtney was born on Sept. 28, 1994, and he is the son of Faye Madison and Cory Love. He is a business administration major. Love has volunteered his time with Uplifting Athletes, Husker Heroes, Make-A-Wish, Husker Hotline, and local hospital and community rec center outreach events. Love also earned a 2014 Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award.


text:
athena on Family Tree Circles
sort: Date Alphabetical
view: full | list
view: full | list
Journals and Posts
Mckenzies in Missouri
I'm looking for ancestors and other descendants of Clint Wood Mckenzie and Lilly Wasson. They had at least one child Maggie Martilla Mckenzie born born august 13 1896 in Turkey Creek Missouri. Maggie was My great grandmother I know her descedents. but would like to know more about the Mckenzie family. I don't know where Clint was born.
- Displaying 1-1 of 1 Journals
- 1
- of1


text:
Ephraim City Evicts Central Utah Art Center. CUAC Board views eviction as censorship.
Scroll down to read about Edgar Arceneaux and Kurt Forman at the SLC Public Library on July 26 Links to articles about the eviction: Salt Lake City Weekly Salt Lake Tribune KPCW KUER Salt Lake Magazine SL Trib editorial Slug Magazine Art Fag City–one of NYC's top art blogs Huffington Post Salt Lake City Weekly […]Tagged Art, Censorship, Ephraim, Utah, Utah Art


text:
The best things to have are those that you've made with your blood, sweat, and tears. You won't have to go through such lengths for these three-dimensional Star Wars metal models, though. They might look complex and difficult to make, but would you believe that each and every one of them started out from flat, laser-etched steel sheets?
All you have to do is pop out the pieces from the sheet. Then you bend, fold, and connect each part with the other until you end up with the character that you've chosen.


text:
*Please note: we update our inventory daily. Please check with dealer to confirm vehicle availability.
2.0L 4-Cylinder TurbochargedFor more information or to schedule a test drive, call us at 843-569-2700 or visit our website at www.jeephendrick.com! This Dealership checks the vehicle recall status prior to making any pre-owned vehicle available for sale. Manufacturers and/or NHTSA may announce additional recalls at any time. To inquire about the recall status of this vehicle visit https//vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/
8333 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston
North Charleston, South Carolina 29406
* While every reasonable effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this data, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions contained on these pages. Please verify any information in question with a dealership sales representative. All Prices,Financing and/or Discounts include all applicable rebates, monetary incentives,consumer rebates, loyalty rebates, trade-in rebates, manifest incentives and lender financing incentives. Pricing may also include monetary and/or interest rate or term incentives that require financing with a specific lender which is subject to approved credit. Other conditions may also apply. Please verify with a dealership representative that the buyer qualifies for these incentives. Please verify any information in question with a dealership sales representative. It is the customer's sole responsibility to verify the existence and condition of any equipment listed. All prices, specifications and availability subject to change without notice. Price listed does not include state taxes, registration, title or documentation fees.


text:
TORONTO (Reuters) - New apps are aiming to make traveling in a foreign country easier by putting translation tools in tourists' pockets, makers of the devices said on Monday.
A set of free apps for iOS devices from the language learning company Rosetta Stone give users short exercises so they can learn the basics of another language and commonly used phrases in French, Spanish, German and Italian.
The exercises in the Rosetta Stone Navigator apps use speech recognition to test whether the user is repeating a word correctly.
"It's about speaking - not just about reading and thinking through it," said Jonathan Mudd, senior director of global communications at Rosetta Stone, which is based in Virginia.
"When you get over that obstacle of hearing yourself say words in new languages, and messing them up, you will get comfortable a lot faster," he added.
Another free language app launched by Duolingo, for Android and iPhones, makes learning a new language into a game. Languages are broken down into different components, such as tenses and nouns, and when a user perfects a skill they can unlock new ones.
Other language apps, such as Google Translate and Vocre for iPhone and Android, use speech recognition technology paired with translation technology to translate speech. After speaking a phrase, the app converts it to one of dozens of other languages.
An app called VerbalizeIt, for iPhone and Android, takes a different approach. It connects translators around the globe with people struggling with a language.
Users choose the language they need to be translated and after touching a button on the app they are connected to a person on the other end of the phone. The app is free but the cost of the service ranges from $1 to $2 per minute.
"That call from the customer is routed through our virtual call center to the next available translator for that given language you need," said Ryan Frankel, chief executive officer of New York-based company VerbalizeIt.
The company said more than 8,500 translators, who have passed a language proficiency exam, work for it. It has also launched a platform for businesses to translate documents.
"We realized that when you build up this community of translators they're capable of doing so much more than phone translations," Frankel said.
He added that it may still be some time before apps can accurately translate speech from one language to another.
"I think the biggest hurdle - and this is the reason why you will always need humans - is that understanding local context, dialect, sarcasm and emotion is difficult. There's so much that a machine cannot pick up on that humans are capable of picking up on," Frankel said.
Editing by Patricia Reaney and Mohammad Zargham


text:
• A daily summary of global reports on security issues.
President Obama is enjoying a significant boost in his approval rating in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death, but half of Americans credit the Bush administration for making his capture possible. The debate gets to the heart of how a democratic nation should fight an amorphous enemy that doesn't abide by the traditional rules of war.
A Pew Research Center poll conducted May 2 shows Obama's approval rating jumping to 56 percent Monday from 47 percent last month – similar to the boost former President George W. Bush received after the capture of Saddam Hussein. Seventy-six percent of respondents said Obama was responsible for a "great deal" or "some" credit for killing Mr. bin Laden.
But while there is widespread acknowledgment that the Obama administration executed the raid on bin Laden's compound admirably, some 51 percent of Americans surveyed by Pew said the Bush administration was responsible for bin Laden's elimination – even if it took 10 years after 9/11.
Conservative politicians and pundits say the capture wouldn't have happened without tactics authorized by Bush and often criticized by liberal politicians – specifically controversial secret prisons overseas and "enhanced interrogation" techniques, such as waterboarding, which many consider to be torture.
"The liberals, and specifically Barack Obama, have been dead wrong about how to fight this war. Obama is to be congratulated for making the right decision when the time came. But the intelligence gathering that led to his decision took us down paths that he never would have approved," wrote Jim Davis, a columnist for conservative news organization The Daily Caller.
The name of bin Laden's courier, who made a satellite phone call last summer that enabled the CIA to locate his boss's hideout in Abbottabad, was given by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a CIA secret prison in Eastern Europe, according to the Associated Press. Mr. Mohammed did not give the name while being subjected to waterboarding, however, and it took years of intelligence work to locate the courier.
The New York Times editorial board criticized former members of the Bush administration for saying that bin Laden's capture vindicated their controversial tactics. Rather, it was good intelligence that carried the day, the board maintained.
John Yoo, the former Bush Justice Department lawyer who twisted the Constitution and the Geneva Conventions into an unrecognizable mess to excuse torture, wrote in The Wall Street Journal that the killing of Bin Laden proved that waterboarding and other abuses were proper. Donald Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary, said at first that no coerced evidence played a role in tracking down Bin Laden, but by Tuesday he was reciting the talking points about the virtues of prisoner abuse. …
No matter what Mr. Yoo and friends may claim, the real lesson of the Bin Laden operation is that it demonstrated what can be done with focused intelligence work and persistence.
Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona said Wednesday as he was leaving an intelligence briefing by CIA Director Leon Panetta that no information he has seen indicated that techniques such as waterboarding were a significant factor in intelligence gathering that led to bin Laden's death. Members of the Obama administration say surveillance and standard interrogations were more critical in leading them to bin Laden's suburban hideout.
In Europe, where torture has less public support, news outlets ran stories and op-eds about the revival of the US debate on torture, but most did not go so far as to say that bin Laden's capture justified the controversial torture techniques. A Guardian columnist argued that even if bin Laden's death could be attributed to torture – which it can't, she says – that success is not enough to justify all the other torture cases.
"… It is still clear that the line peddled by George W Bush apologists (such as this Republican congressman) – that what this episode teaches us is that waterboarding works – is as wrong-headed as it is naive. …
So does the saga of Bin Laden's death help the case of the pro-torturers? Not really. Even accepting their own best-case scenario – that torture gave them the evidence that helped them trace Bin Laden – it also, in different cases, gave them the clear falsehoods that led to a massively costly war in Iraq based on the misguided belief in links between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida. …
But even if you do decide to take the facile and misleading arguments of certain Bush-era apologists at face value, that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed + waterboarding = Bin Laden, maybe spare a thought for the thousands of others put through this ordeal (and worse) at Guantánamo and CIA black sites around the world."
Many have pointed out that bin Laden's killing, however it was achieved, is not the end of the fight against the brand of global terrorism he endorsed. Washington Times columnist Emily Miller says that bin Laden's capture demonstrates why Guantánamo Bay must be kept open, demanding that Obama expunge the order for its closure that he issued early in his presidency.
She endorses legislation introduced by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon (R) of California as the recipe for America's action against terrorism going forward:
The legislation would do the following: Keep Guantánamo Bay open (disregarding the 2009 executive order); ban any current or future detainees at Guantánamo Bay from being brought to the United States; reaffirm that military law is in effect for al Qaeda, the Taliban and other terrorist networks; prevent detainees from being released to third countries that do not have adequate security to keep them from returning to the battlefield; and withdraw the new legal rights bestowed on the detainees by the White House.


text:
Scheduling, Calendars, and Task Tracking
From ALSC
When working virtually with a group, coordinating calendars and scheduling virtual meetings can be challenging. These tools enable groups working online to get organized and stay on track.
- ALA Connect has many features that are helpful for scheduling and keeping track of projects. When you are logged in and on your committee or team page it includes a "Group Calendar" with upcoming events, as well as a number of ways to share documents and information and a place to schedule and host chats.
- Doodle is a simple scheduling tool where one person creates a survey of potential meeting dates, invites participants to respond with their availability, and the result shows the days that work best for the most people.
- Google Calendar Calendar enables users to set up multiple calendars and share individual calendars with others. Paired with using Google Docs for project collaboration, it can be useful to simplify by using one resource for multiple aspects of collaboration. Google Calendar can be used for task tracking as well by setting up a calendar with the project timeline and deadlines and sharing it will all the team members.
- Tungle is a calendar enhancement tool which enables people with different calendar formats to communicate. It can sync with most of the popular calendars, including Outlook, Google, and iCal.
Return to Online Tools


text:
Now Playing
Up Next
Opinion: David Koch on Free Market Principles that Ensure Prosperity8/23/2019 1:27PM 8/23/2019
Opinion: David Koch Addresses Libertarian Party During Rally in 19808/23/2019 1:24PM 8/23/2019
Opinion: India's Economy Needs Modi to Support Wealth Creators8/22/2019 7:17PM 8/22/2019
Opinion: Elizabeth Warren Doesn't Have a Plan for Health Care8/22/2019 6:29PM 8/22/2019
Michael Phelps on His Post-Olympic Life and Mental-Health Struggles8/23/2019 7:00AM 8/23/2019
Former Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps talks to WSJ's Lee Hawkins about life after swimming, including his work related to water conservation and his business endorsements.
Three Challenges Weighing on Fed Chief Jerome Powell8/22/2019 5:30AM 8/22/2019
The Hidden Safety Risks of Your Amazon Order8/23/2019 8:26AM 8/23/2019
John Hickenlooper's New Race and Why It Matters for Senate Control8/23/2019 5:30AM 8/23/2019
How Radicalization Online Can (And Can't) Be Stopped8/21/2019 7:00AM 8/21/2019
More Bandwidth Might Not Speed Up Your Internet. Here's Why8/20/2019 10:16AM 8/20/2019
In the age of high-speed internet, encountering a spinning wheel when you try to stream a video can be maddening. But before you call your provider, know that you're probably already paying for faster speeds than you use. Illustration: Timothy Wong
How to Track People With Find My Friends, Google Maps and Life3608/15/2019 11:32AM 8/15/2019
WSJ Investigation: Huawei Staff Help Governments to Spy on People8/14/2019 10:18AM 8/14/2019
How Facial Recognition Will Get You to Your Gate Faster8/14/2019 5:30AM 8/14/2019
Home DNA Tests Can Disrupt Family Dynamics. Here's How8/8/2019 5:30AM 8/8/2019
Recommended for you
What Links U.S.-China Trade Talks and the Hong Kong Protests8/22/2019 5:30AM 8/22/2019
A trade dispute between the U.S. and China has been rattling global markets, and massive protests have caused disruptions in Hong Kong. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains how these two different stories are connected and what it could mean for President Xi Jinping. Photos: Getty and ZUMA Wire
More Bandwidth Might Not Speed Up Your Internet. Here's Why8/20/2019 10:16AM 8/20/2019
WSJ Investigation: Huawei Staff Help Governments to Spy on People8/14/2019 10:18AM 8/14/2019
The Hidden Safety Risks of Your Amazon Order8/23/2019 8:26AM 8/23/2019
Support for Free Trade Grows Despite Trump Criticisms, Poll Shows8/20/2019 5:30AM 8/20/2019
Huge Crowds of Hong Kong Protesters March in Pouring Rain8/18/2019 8:22AM 8/18/2019
How Radicalization Online Can (And Can't) Be Stopped8/21/2019 7:00AM 8/21/2019
Michael Phelps on Building His Brand After The Olympics8/23/2019 7:00AM 8/23/2019
How to Track People With Find My Friends, Google Maps and Life3608/15/2019 11:32AM 8/15/2019
What Hong Kong Protesters Want8/19/2019 8:56AM 8/19/2019
What Falling Interest Rates Mean for You8/16/2019 7:00AM 8/16/2019
Opinion: Student Loans Are an Elizabeth Warren-backed Disaster8/21/2019 8:11PM 8/21/2019
As the Federal Reserve Bank of New York notes the disturbingly high delinquency rates on student loans, the cost to taxpayers, helped in part by Senator Warren, is getting too big to ignore. Image: Reuters
Opinion: Milton Friedman on What Drives Economic Progress8/21/2019 2:53PM 8/21/2019
Opinion: Milton Friedman on the Morality of the Free Market8/21/2019 2:38PM 8/21/2019
Opinion: Biden's Path to the White House Goes Through the Midwest8/20/2019 7:54PM 8/20/2019
Opinion: CEOs Who Abandon Shareholders Won't Appease the Socialists8/19/2019 7:33PM 8/19/2019
Science of Work: The Health Costs of Stress8/19/2019 7:00AM 8/19/2019
In this episode, digital science editor Daniela Hernandez participates in a week-long experiment to find out how work-related stress impacts our bodies and to measure her own resilience. Photo: Natalia V. Osipova/The Wall Street Journal
Flipping for Profit: Meet the Couple Making Six Figures by Reselling8/16/2019 5:30AM 8/16/2019
A $5,000 Secondhand Outfit? Inside Luxury Consignor The RealReal8/15/2019 7:00AM 8/15/2019
The $800 Million Meatless Meat Industry Is Just Heating Up8/13/2019 5:30AM 8/13/2019
Sobriety Is Trending. Business Is Catching On8/9/2019 7:00AM 8/9/2019
What a Weaker Yuan Means for Trade Talks and the Global Economy8/6/2019 6:46AM 8/6/2019
The Trump administration called China a currency manipulator after the yuan weakened past the psychologically important level of seven to the dollar. Here's what this means for trade talks and the markets. Photo: Associated Press
Why Wage Growth Is Slow in a Hot Job Market8/2/2019 8:52AM 8/2/2019
When 'Made in Vietnam' Products Are Actually From China8/1/2019 5:30AM 8/1/2019
Democratic Candidates Back Trump Impeachment Proceedings During Debate7/31/2019 11:58PM 7/31/2019
Democratic Candidates Differ on Climate Change at Detroit Debate7/31/2019 11:44PM 7/31/2019
Electric Scooters: Israel's Two-Wheeled Solution to Traffic and Sabbath12/20/2018 5:30AM 12/20/2018
Electric-scooter rental companies are hitting speed bumps in the U.S. over safety and other concerns. But in Tel Aviv, one in 10 residents has rented a Bird e-scooter, and the city appears to be embracing them. WSJ's Jason Bellini takes a look at the challenges and potential lessons of the e-scooter craze.
Tasting the World's First Test-Tube Steak12/11/2018 5:30AM 12/11/2018
High Insulin Prices Drive Diabetics to Take Extreme Measures12/3/2018 5:30AM 12/3/2018
Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Facial Recognition Technology11/19/2018 5:30AM 11/19/2018
The Future of Flight: AI in the Cockpit11/12/2018 5:30AM 11/12/2018
A Love of Yurts Inspired This 'Glamp' Retreat7/11/2019 7:00AM 7/11/2019
Kristin Tang first camped on her lakeside property in Fruita, Colo. Then, she wanted to make that feeling permanent, creating a home comprised of three yurts. She gives us a tour of her high-end glamp retreat. Photo: Alex Griffin
A Cascades Home Designed to Feel Like Summer Camp5/2/2019 10:00AM 5/2/2019
A Home Built to Be a Live-In Museum and Expansive Library2/21/2019 11:00AM 2/21/2019
A Mini-Castle, Saved From Ruins, Now Fit for a New King1/30/2019 9:30AM 1/30/2019
'Beam Me Up, Scotty:' A 'Star Trek' Home in Silicon Valley12/6/2018 10:00AM 12/6/2018
Creating the Future Workforce1/17/2017 3:39PM 1/17/2017
How Worldly Experiences Can Shape One's Success1/24/2018 1/24/2018
Am I Doing What I Love?9/22/2016 11:59PM 9/22/2016
Golf's Data Revolution9/9/2016 2:16PM 9/9/2016
How the 'halo effect' is driving e-tailers to brick and mortar8/23/2019 11:01AM 8/23/2019
Over 90% of consumer purchases still happen in stores. The 'halo shopper' is changing how digital brands and legacy retailers operate.


text:
Thursday, October 15, 2009
OOW09 and my favorite 11gR2 feature
Man...it's been a l-o-n-g week. I don't know if it's my increasing age or what, but being in a herd of this size for an entire week has left me feeling somewhat bruised (both physically and mentally). I started at 9am on Sunday morning by attending Tom Kyte's keynote for Oracle Develop and have made it through Thursday - which seems like a minor miracle somehow. But I have survived!
So much goes on here, it's hard to keep moving through it given the mass of people and multiple session locations (not to mention the after hours opportunities for fun and frolic). Add a bit of rain (some kind of monsoon as it seemed to me) and, at times, it was like being in an undersized kennel filled with wet dogs. :)
The sessions I attended, and there were many, were all quite excellent. I sat in on most all of the 11gR2 sessions and am really amazed at many of the new features and options 11gR2 offers. My favorite is edition-based redefinition (also referred to as "online application upgrades"). This feature isn't getting nearly as much press time as some of the other more sexy things (for instance, you couldn't move 10 feet without seeing or hearing about Exadata) but as far as I'm concerned, editioning is a hugely beneficial new feature.
By the way, it is a feature, not an option. Wow...for once it's something you don't have to pay extra for! I loved that when Tom Kyte did his "10 - no 11 - top things about 11gR2" session, that he gave editioning two spots on the list. So what is editioning?
1. You can create a new edition to contain any new code changes.
2. Data changes can be made (add new columns or new tables) and the new code can safely write to the new stuff without any of it being seen by the old edition.
3. Different projections of tables are exposed via editioning views so that each edition is allowed to see only its own columns.
4. If the old edition makes data changes those changes are propogated using cross-edition triggers into the new edition's columns (or vice-versa).
The bottom-line is that now with 11gR2, if you want to make changes to procedures, packages, views, synonyms, etc, you can do it using editioning and maintain both the old (original) version as well as the new. It also means a lot less headache. Have you ever tried to CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE in production while the instance is in use? What happens? Well, if the package is in use, Oracle has to wait until it is no longer in use in order to replace it. So, Oracle waits. But, if new requests to use the package come in during this time, those sessions must wait also. That doesn't even begin to touch what happens if the new package causes other objects to be invalidated and thus they need recompilation also. It can be a pretty long, arduous and resource-intensive process to get something seemingly so simple done.
With editioning, a new edition is created and the modified package is compiled into that edition. No muss, no fuss...and no waiting! This is just a bit about this great feature, but I recommend you look on OTN for more info and several whitepapers Oracle has available on the topic.
There's so much more I could blabber on about, but I'll save other thoughts for other posts. All in all, it's been a good week, my presentation on Tuesday was well attended and I got great feedback, and I've got lots of great material to take back home for further review and sharing with colleagues.
3 comments:
- Oraclepriyan said...
Hi Karen, Good post. I am following your blog ever since I heard about you from hotsos symposium this year. I attended OOW previous years and it was very useful. Pls blog more new stuff about 11g.Thanks!
- October 16, 2009 at 7:48 AM
- Brian Tkatch said...
Karen, thanx for the editioning explanation.
How many companies will use editioning?
We're rewriting an application. They do "year end changes" in QA, and move them into prod at switchover time. I suggested that for the new app we should forgo all that, and slap a date or version on everything and automagically use the right one. Nope, can't do that. It has to be in QA and moved. Why? They feel safer that way.
OK, so they are clueless. Is this an isolated case? Will versioning get the same cold response? Just wondering.
- October 16, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- fuaw said...
Ref item #2. What about adding indexes to new columns without any of it being seen by the old edition? Ahh, phttt, new code developers don't use indexes.
- November 23, 2009 at 12:02 PM


text:
Our 2014 customer feedback. We are proud of our 100% Satisfaction Guarantee and we encourage you to contact us with any questions you have. We want to thank our customers for the support and for letting us do what we love for the 9th year in a row.
Dear Ariel - The gift arrived today and my aunt loves it. I am sorry to bother you with the precious email; the "track your package" option said it was still in transit. I'm delighted now that she has it. Thanks for your help and understanding. Best regards, Amy
Amy K.
Sun City West, AZ USA


text:
Due to the potential threat of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), and other invasive beetles, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has prohibited the importation of personal firewood into all DNR owned and managed properties. Please do not bring firewood with you when visiting a DNR Property/Park. Please see the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Firewood Policy below.
The EAB quarantine area has been extended, for complete details see the Quarantine Order. For more information regarding EAB please visit the following DNR web site: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/dnrnews/infocus/emerald_ash_borer.asp, or visit the Maryland Department of Agriculture web site: http://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/Pages/plants_pests.aspx.
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESPolicy Number: 07:01Effective Date: May 22, 2007Importation of Firewood into DNR Managed Campsites
PurposeThis policy is intended to help reduce the risk of accidentally introducing the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). This insect is an exotic, invasive wood boring insect that has the potential to devastate the ash tree population and radically alter the forest composition. It has been found in parts of Maryland and nearby states and spreads most rapidly by way of the movement of infested wood products – logs and firewood.
ScopeThis policy applies to all DNR owned or managed properties.
PolicyIt is the policy of the Department of Natural Resources to prohibit the importation of firewood to campsites on DNR owned and managed lands from the campers' private supply of firewood. Firewood must be purchased from the State Park, State Forest or Wildlife Management Area or from firewood vendors local to the campsite.
ProceduresEffective immediately, the importation of personal firewood into DNR owned and managed State Parks, State Forests and Wildlife Management Areas is prohibited. The following steps will be taken:
This policy will remain in effect until further notice.
580 Taylor Ave, Annapolis MD 21401


text:
'Connecting With Camera' returns to DAC
The Darien Arts Center is offering an opportunity for burgeoning actors in middle school and high school to study with professionals Matt Porretta and Nick Sadler.
"Connecting with the Camera: The Keys to Delivering Truthful Acting on Camera" is a two-day workshop that will cover techniques and trade secrets for performing on camera in film, television and commercials.
The workshop takes place Feb. 1 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the DAC, 2 Renshaw Road.
Participants will learn the fundamentals of acting on set, including being believable and relatable, where to focus, eye lines, audition techniques, and more, while using professional acting scripts. At the end of the workshop, participants will receive a digital copy of their work.
Porretta, a native of Darien, has spent much of his professional life alternating between Broadway and Los Angeles. His big break came when he was cast in the role of Marius in the national tour of "Les Miserables," eventually landing on Broadway. He subsequently landed the part of Will Scarlet O'Hara in Mel Brooks' "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," and Brooks recast him in his next film, "Dracula: Dead and Loving It."
Porretta had a recurring role on "90210," playing Dan Rubin, and later returned to Broadway, where he played Count Ludovic in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's "Passion." Back in Los Angeles, he starred in the title role in TNT's "The New Adventures of Robin Hood."
Sadler is a Juilliard-trained actor who has worked in film, television and theater for the past 20 years with such artists as Barry Levinson, Joel and Ethan Coen, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Danny Glover, Bill Paxton, Michael Douglas and Elizabeth Ashley. As a writer and director, his work has aired on HBO, Cinemax and Canal Plus, and has been screened at Denver, Slamdance, Deauville, Hamptons and Sundance International film festivals. He is also the founder of Present Actor Workshop. As an educator and private teacher, he has helped students and professionals at all stages of their careers in theater, film and television.
"The camera is the unseen character that the best actors know how to play with, keeping it invisible and the performance intimate. We use an approach that is both technical and organic to develop the tools to best attain this balance," Sadler said. "This is a fun and engaging experience that takes the mystery out of the work."
To register or for information, visit darienarts.org or call 203-655-8683.


text:
The Wall Street Journal reported July 22 that Mitt Romney has gathered a coterie of establishment neoconservatives interested in war with Iran, as he embarks upon a trip to Europe. "Mitt Romney is relying on both moderate and hawkish neoconservative advisers as he embarks this week on his first overseas trip as the presumptive Republican presidential candidate," the Journal stated.
Among the advisors listed in the Wall Street Journal are:
- Henry Kissinger (Nixon's Secretary of State)
- James Baker (George H.W. Bush's Secretary of State)
- George Shultz (Reagan's Secretary of State)
- Richard Williamson (George W. Bush's Assistant Secretary of State)
- Cofer Black (former CIA official, former vice president of Blackwater International)
- Eliot Cohen (George W. Bush's State Department official)
- Paula Dobriansky (George W. Bush's State Department official)
- John Bolton (George W. Bush's former UN ambassador)
- John Lehman (Reagan's Secretary of the Navy)
All of the advisors listed above, except CIA veteran Cofer Black, are current or former members of the interventionist Council on Foreign Relations, an elite establishment organization based in New York City. Of the list, only four were not announced as Romney advisors in his campaign announcement back in October 2011: George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, James Baker, and John Bolton.
While the Wall Street Journal observed that interventionist "veterans of George W. Bush's administration pepper the team," the Journal omitted some of the advisors who ought to be more troubling to Americans concerned about their civil liberties. In particular, Romney's foreign policy and "Homeland Security" advisors contain former NSA head Michael Hayden (who created the warrantless wiretapping programs of the Bush administration after the September 11 attacks) and Michael Chertoff (who served as Bush's Homeland Security Secretary).
The Journal noted that "Mr. Romney's campaign rhetoric suggests he isn't shying away from some of the tough policies advocated by his party's neoconservatives. He has issued sharp warnings about steps he would take to keep Iran from securing a nuclear weapon, dubbed Russia the nation's 'No. 1 geopolitical foe' and has promised severe sanctions against China."
Neoconservative domination of the Romney campaign's foreign policy advisors also caught the attention of U.S. News & World Report back in April, and the group was labeled a "Neocon War Cabinet" by the leftist magazine The Nation in May. In addition, former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell told MSNBC in May that Romney's advisors were "quite far to the right," implying they were too interventionist for his taste.
Photo of Mitt Romney and John Bolton: AP Images


text:
Thank you for visiting our website. 2009 marks the 71st year of the Kraemer family business. Beginning with Albert Kraemer (1938-1971) to Jim Kraemer (1969-2008) and now with Chad and Jeff Kraemer (2005-Present). With a large span of experience, we have the ability to complete projects of all types. Please take time to explore our website and become familiar with our wide range of services. Call us today at 320-685-3024 to obtain free estimates and onsite visits.
16906 County Road 158, Cold Spring, MN 56320 ph. 320-685-3024
Copyright � 2009 Kraemer Trucking & Excavating :: All Rights Reserved


text:
Would you sign a contract without understanding it? Of course not. Then why do so many rush into marriage without knowing what marriage is all about?
At first glance, it seemed like strange advice from a man who has devoted his career to helping couples get together: Don't get married, he says.
Dr. Neil Warren, a Christian psychologist and founder of the online dating service eHarmony, says he is shocked at new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. As he recently wrote in the Huffington Post, for the first time in America's history, "fewer than half of the households in the United States are married couples." Is marriage becoming obsolete, like horse-drawn carriages and typewriters?
Not at all, according to Warren: Studies reveal that most people want to get married and stay married. They just can't seem to figure out how to go about it. This is why Warren recommends that of the 2 million couples who planned to get married this year, "several hundred thousand…should reconsider, postpone their weddings, or not get married" at all. Why?
Because they simply aren't compatible.
Why are people having so much trouble finding the right person? Warren says it's because learning how to choose the right partner in life has been given short shrift in our culture. People often marry simply because they're attracted to each other. What they don't realize is that happy marriages are built on "highly informed and carefully reasoned choices," along with commitment and hard work after the knot is tied, Warren says.
He's right, of course. But there's another factor at work. Marriage itself has been redefined, at least in the minds of modern couples.
A generation or two ago, engaged couples, influenced by their Judeo-Christian heritage, viewed marriage as a relationship situated within a larger context. This context included their families, places of worship, and communities. Vows were taken seriously, and most couples — understanding the importance of stable marriages for their children — went into marriage with a strong commitment to staying wed for life.
But today that's all changed. While we're much freer to marry whom we choose, modern couples view marriage as a private affair, of no concern to anyone but the participants. Many brides and grooms go into marriage knowing they can easily get out when the attraction wears off or they find someone new. And without the bonds of religion, there is little to keep the couple together when the going gets tough, and it will get tough sooner or later.
Dr. Warren is right: Couples need to choose their spouses much more carefully if they hope to be happy. But they shouldn't stop there. Once they begin to think about weddings, they should turn to their churches for marriage classes. In particular, they should take a test called PREPARE, which helps them understand how compatible they really are. Some couples who take the test end up breaking their engagement — rightly so, because PREPARE predicts with 90 percent accuracy which couples will stay happily married.
You and I need to make sure that we, our kids, and grandkids understand the true meaning of marriage, despite what the culture is saying or teaching. Understanding what marriage is really all about is the best guarantee that they will marry well, and give them the best chance of living happily ever after.


text:
Y'all know from my previous post that I'm constantly scouring magazines for of-the-moment pieces to copy…er, um…sew myself. Well, my latest project centered around three trends on the runway this spring and summer:
Floral + Pastels + Maxi skirt
With this in mind yet wanting something waaaaay cheaper…aka. more casual … I came up with this……………………
And in case you're wondering, here's how YOU can make one too:
I really really love this skirt! It's super fun to wear, very comfortable, very forgiving of the figure, and even sexy if you ask me! I'm wearing it to an Arcade Fire concert tonight…I'll share photos of this little ditty in action tomorrow!
Alrighty, here's the breakdown:
TIME: Literally 20 minutes, maybe shorter!
COST: I bought 3 yards of $13.00/yd fabric that was 30% off, so a total of $27! That's a little bit better than $700…but maybe I'm a weirdo!
I hope you'll make one of these…. I'm confident you'll thank me!


text:
The QED Profile eFlex HDMI cable replaces the class leading QED Profile HDMI cable which won the Product of the Year Award 2010 at What Hi-Fi?
In line with QED's mission to produce the best cables possible, this new version has a more flexible jacket and smaller plugs on the end to allow you to fit them into tighter spaces with ease. The quality however has been maintained.
It supports the latest HDMI standards including 3D, 4K, ARC and Ethernet so you know that your cable will provide every feature possible. It also comes in two finishes - black or white.
As usual it comes with QED's lifetime guarantee so you can be assured of quality.
Tech Spec
|Profile eFlex HDMI
|Cable Length
|Ethernet compatible
|ARC compatible
|Is it 3D?
Stock check
If this item is showing as in stock
Then good news, it should be in stock and ready to ship to you.
You should get your item within 1-2 working days depending on what time you place your order. Larger TVs 65" and above can take longer due to the size and weight.
If you'd like to double check then do feel free to give us a call on 0345 5577 335 and we'll be happy to confirm the stock level for you.
If this item is showing as back order
Then not so good news I'm afraid, but don't worry too much - the goods are still readily available from the supplier so it should only take a week or two to get it in for you.
You don't need to pay us now if your item is on back order. Simply choose the 'call me for payment' option when you place your order and we'll call you when the item is in stock – it's as easy as that. We'll also give you an estimated delivery date once we've got your order.
If you'd like to check on how long it will take before you place an order then why not give us a call on 0345 5577 335 and we'll be happy to help.
If this item is showing as out of stock
This is the worst status - sorry! This means that the goods are hard to get hold of and we don't know how long it will be before we can get them for you.
We stop you from buying goods if we don't know how long it will take so you won't even be able to even place an order online. That's how hard it is to get stock! You can still call us on 0345 5577 335 and we'll check to see how long it might take to get them in for you.


text:
Vincent: You know what the funniest thing about Europe is?
Jules: What?
Vincent: It's the little differences. I mean they got the same shit over there that they got here, but it's just – it's just there it's a little different.
— Vincent Vega (John Travolta), Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) – Pulp Fiction (1994)
I was going to write a song about my web browser.
I was going to incorporate all its great features.
I was going to mention Speed-Dial.
I was going to mention mouse gestures.
I was going to mention integrated search.
But all these would not do it justice.
That's when I was reminded of this Pulp Fiction quote. You see, it's the little differences that make Opera an amazing browser. Example: When you click on a download link and the dialog box opens and asks you where to save the file – in Opera, the file transfer has already started, as its developers knows it would take you a few seconds to find the designated folder, and they thought it would be neat if they could save you the wasted time.
I have tried Firefox and it's fine, and as long as you do not use the security hazard named Internet Explorer, in my book you are one of the good guys – but after using Opera for a couple of years now, I can honestly testify it is a web browser developed by people who love to surf the net.


text:
Further Dismissal of GM Corn Study
A handful of French science academies and government agencies add to a growing chorus of doubts that genetically modified corn causes tumors and early death in rats.
Oct 25, 2012
Bob Grant
The controversial French study that suggested rats fed a diet of genetically modified corn or low doses of the herbicide Roundup died earlier and developed more tumors is under more fire from the scientific community. All six of France's science academies have denounced the study, which tested a Monsanto variety of GM corn called NK603, adding to a dismissal by the European Food Safety Authority earlier this month.
"This work does not enable any reliable conclusion to be drawn," the French academies said in a rare joint statement. "Given the numerous gaps in methods and interpretation, the data presented in this article cannot challenge previous studies which have concluded that NK603 corn is harmless from the health point of view, as are, more generally, genetically modified plants that have been authorized for consumption by animals and humans."
France's High Council of Biotechnology (HCB) and the Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) also denounced the study, issuing statements that concurred with the mounting criticism of the report. Based on the two newest dismissals of the rat study, France's Ministry of Agriculture told ScienceInsider that the widely discredited research would not prompt France to freeze its imports of NK603 corn. "There is no reason to put into question the approval in France and in Europe of NK603 for animal feed and for human food."
The European Union imports millions of tons of GM corn and other grains, including NK603 corn, from the United States, Argentina, and Brazil for use as livestock feed.
(Hat tip to The New York Times)


text:
Through the efforts of member Violet Shirey of Rockport, there will be a commemoration of the Civil War service of veteran John T. Potter August 14 at the Shady Grove Cemetery at Winnsboro. Violet has written with several requests for assistance concerning John Potter and family.
1) She is wondering if there is any member has "any ideas what a memorial program would contain."
2) "I am looking for Kathryn Browning. She is a g granddaughter of John T. Potter. I don't know what her married name is, but the last I knew of her she lived in Quitman. Her parents were Ambrose and Sis Browning. They are buried in the cemetery just North of Mineola. Is there any way to locate her?"
3) "Also is there a map in your possesion that would show where John T. Potter lived? He lived in Pct 4, Wood Co."
If you can offer any observations, ideas, or help for her, you can send an email to her at email@example.com. Also, please consider sharing your response as a comment here on our web page. Violet's mailing address is available on the member contact list on the Members Only Pages which you can access with the link at the top right of this page.
Filed under: Cemeteries, Notices, Queries | Tagged: Browning, Mineola, Potter, Quitman, Shirey, Winnsboro |


text:
29th December 2011, 04:41 PM
I'm so excited! I am taking a short trip today to take Sonny on a puppy play date with two of his siblings. We all live spread out, but are meeting at a dog park in a city between us. I am so curious to see if they will recognize each other at all and how they will interact with one another. There were 6 puppies in his litter and 4 of us have stayed in contact through facebook and post pictures and give updates on a regular basis. I feel so happy to give Sonny a chance for some socialization and who better than with his own litter mates. cl*p I will post pictures later of the little puppy rendezvous! Hope everyone is having a great day. :)


text:
The Drom 1995
Gjuha: Angloromani
Version Information
Romany has been spoken by Romanichal Gypsies in Britain for over 500 years. The pure Romani language mixed with spoken English, formed the modern Romany speech sometimes known as the Pogadi Chib (mixed up language), or to scholars as Anglo-Romani. It is spoken by Gypsies in Britain and where they have settled in Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Many Romany words have come into British English slang such as kushti, mush, chav and wonga. Romany is not fully intelligible with other Romani languages found in Europe and the Americas, although it has some shared vocabulary.
The Drom (The Way)
In 1995 Scripture Gift Mision (SGM) Lifewords published a tract called O Drom or The Drom (The Way) which was a diglot in British Romany and English. The English used selections from the NIV. It was divided into sections:
* The dinilo chavvi dikks the drom kerri (The foolish man takes the road home):
-- Luke 15:11-24;
* The drom to mo-Duvvel (The Way to God):
-- John 14:6, John 3:3;
* Wafedipen lels us avri from mo-Duvvel (Sin separates us from God):
-- Romans 3:23, 1 John 1:8-10;
* Wafedipen mullers (Sin kills):
-- Romans 6:23;
* A tatcho Bengesko tan (Hell is real):
-- Luke 12:4-5;
* Kushti lavs (Good news):
-- 1 Timothy 2:3-4, John 3:16; and finished with
-- Romans 10:9-10
These selections, collectively called The Drom, were digitised by the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) in 2015, as part of the United Bible Societies (UBS) Romani digitisation project.
© Scripture Gift Mission (SGM) Lifewords 1995, 2015 licensed to the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS)
Të dhënat e të drejtave të autorit
© SGM Lifewords Ltd 1995, used with permission


text:
Simple as it is, as a first timer I had to read the instructions several times to get the flow and the logic. I did feel the lack of a piece of linen for practice since this is the only piece of white linen I've. All learning will have to be done directly on this pattern.
Yes they are. In Pulled thread ,we use the stitches to pull the thread of the fabric tightly to show small gaps. Hence it is also known as Drawn Fabric work. In Drawn thread, threads are cut off or withdrawn and then stitching is done. So what is Schwalm embroidery then?
Schwalm is a hybrid of both pulled and drawn thread,because in the above wave stitch pattern I've withdrawn thread and pulled it too :)
The tulip has been filled with another stitch called Honeycomb darning stitch. Super concentration needed :)
See ya,
Love,luck and sunshine,


text:
Microsoft has previously confirmed it was looking to introduce Sina Weibo connectivity to China for use with its platforms. The micro-blogging service is a must-have for the array of products the company now has on offer. With popular social networks already available through Microsoft Accounts, it's only right that Chinese consumers be able to achieve the same level of integration.
It's an important step for Microsoft to take as consumers that reside in China (who don't have Twitter access) can now connect with other users through Sina Weibo. The switch being turned on is also part of the SkyDrive update this morning, which now also sports integration with the Chinese social network.
Once connected to a Microsoft Account, the Sina Weibo service will enable the following functionality on supported Microsoft products:
- Synchronise Sina Weibo contacts on Windows Phone, Windows 8 and Outlook.com (in the respective address book app / section)
- Ability to view (as well as publish) status updates from synchronised contacts on Windows Phone and Windows 8
- SkyDrive update enables users to share links to Sina Weibo followers
LiveSide reports the rollout appears to be gradual as not all connectivity is presently available. While SkyDrive and contact synchronisation is ready to utilise, Windows Phone doesn't seem able to connect to the service and throws an "Attention required" error.
We've previously looked at the social network being found on a ZTE Windows Phone back in 2011 (as an app), which was then confirmed by Microsoft that the company was indeed bringing full service integration to its mobile platform. This will replace the lack of Facebook and Twitter found on localised devices.
It's a step in the right direction and shows Microsoft is serious about improving its platform in the Asian market, or other locations where popular Internet-based services aren't available. You can connect your Microsoft Account to Sina Weibo by heading to this Live link.
Source: LiveSide


text:
Exporting The Import
Everyone has made a mistake at some point in their life that they lived to regret. Oftentimes these mistakes can usually be traced back to poor judgment, peer pressure, or excess alcohol. These mistakes can range anywhere from that extensive collection of torn acid wash jeans and tank tops from your Van Halen days, to that good ol' fashion bar fight that landed you in the drunk tank with no recollection of how you got there. Yet we live and learn (hopefully) from our mistakes. For Jonathan Garcia, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, he learned the hard way that nothing turns heads like a classic Chevy.
Jonathan first tested the hot rod lifestyle in '95 when he built a fully customized Nissan Hardbody. After taking the truck to a few shows and cruising around town with his older brother, Steven, Jon came to a harsh realization that his older brother's '53 Chevy pickup was stealing all the attention. He quickly concluded that an import was a poor substitute for one of Detroit's finest masterpieces. He immediately hit the trails in search of a classic Chevy to restore and customize. After about a year of searching, Jon's Chevy came in the form of a '68 C-10. Unfortunately, Jon's new project was far from perfect. In fact, not only had the old girl suffered some impressive battle scars over the years, she was also missing several key components. After the initial damage report, Jon feared he may be in over his head and decided to bring in his older brother and father, Steve Sr., to help with the build.
They began by removing the body from the chassis and stripping the undercarriage to the bone. Originally they planned on spraying the frame gloss black, but later decided to have the frame powdercoated when Jon's neighbors Mitch and Sharon offered to foot the bill. (And they say there's no decency in this world.) Once coated, the boys installed 21/2-inch drop spindles and CPP control arms up front. In the rear are matching CPP trailing arms, and bringing the truck closer to the pavement are airbags at each corner. Allowing the rear of the truck to hug the ground that much more is a set of CPP C-notches. With the suspension intact, Jon turned to his old man, an experienced engine builder, to build an engine worthy of powering his Chevy. Steve Garcia Sr. elected to go with an '80 350 Chevy bored 0.030 over. He equipped the 350 with a Holley intake manifold and 750 carburetor. Adding more life to the 350 are Edelbrock heads and Doug's headers. He polished off the revamped engine with a set of billet valve covers and a K&N air cleaner. The ol' man showcased his talents by building a 420hp powerplant.
The next order of business was the bodywork. Lucky for Jon, his brother Steven owns a hot rod shop and was willing to lend his expertise. For starters, they decided to bring the weathered body back to showroom condition. Next they mixed in their own flavor by shaving the front marker lights, the tailgate, gas filler, antenna, and cab seam. With the body restored and shaved clean, it was time to focus their attention to a color that would highlight the truck's attributes. What Jon decided on was a color that brings both class and pizzazz to the '68: PPG Torch Red. Rounding out the exterior is a set of Intro 20s wrapped in Falken rubber.
With the undercarriage and body worked over, it was time to move inside the shell. They decided to stick with the stock bench seat, but removed all the original materials and re-wrapped the entire interior with black tweed. Next, they installed a billet aluminum dash insert with Auto Meter gauges. They also slapped on a custom billet Intro steering wheel to complement the wheels. Topping things off is a B&M Quicksilver shifter.
After four years of hard work and countless family meetings in the garage, Jon's Chevy was finally ready for the road. In the end, Jon was able to kill two birds with one stone: fulfilling a lifelong dream of building an old truck with his dad and brother, and producing undeniable proof that the only way to cruise is in a classic Chevy. In the words of Charles Barkley: "Anything else is just uncivilized."


text:
Houston cop killer executed
He goes to this death ridiculing police
HUNTSVILLE — Houston cop killer Jeffrey Williams went to his death in the state's death chamber Wednesday with a bitter denunciation of police, calling them "clowns" and accusing them of wantonly killing "innocent kids."
"When I kill one or pop one, ya'll want to kill me," he said. Minutes later, Williams, 37, lay dead on the chamber's steel gurney after authorities administered a massive dose of pentobarbital, a short-acting drug used to euthanize animals.
The lethal dose was administered at 6:10 p.m. Williams was declared dead at 6:36 p.m.
Later, Ray Hunt, president of the Houston Police Officers Union, responded with venom.
"The fact that to the end he continued to ridicule police officers shows what a thug he was," Hunt said outside the chamber. "I have no sympathy for him. I have sympathy for his family, but not for him."
Killed Houston officer
Williams was executed for the May 19, 1999, murder of Houston policeman Troy Blando, 39. Blando, working an undercover auto theft shift at a southwest side motel, was fatally shot as he attempted to handcuff Williams. Williams had driven into the motel's parking lot in a stolen Lexus.
The killer was arrested a short time later, handcuffs dangling from one wrist. Williams said he believed Blando was a robber, and that he shot the officer in self-defense.
Hunt, surrounded by officers who traveled to Huntsville for the execution, described Blanco as an exemplary officer and husband who "always had a smile on his face."
"It is tragic someone would end a life like this with a single shot," he said.
Williams' final statement, in which he accused police of "getting away with murder all the time," was delivered to a witness room filled with law enforcement and state officials. Neither family nor friends of Williams or of his victims were present.
'God has a plan'
"God has a plan for everything," Williams said. "You hear. I love everyone that loves me. I ain't got no love for anyone that don't love me."
The killer's attorney argued that lawyers who previously represented Williams had been ineffective. An appeals attorney, he charged, had "cut and pasted" his petition, then filed it three days after the deadline.
Virginia attorney Jonathan Sheldon argued that courts should revisit Williams' claim of ineffective counsel under a recent high court ruling that provides a vehicle for such reviews.
Sheldon contended that Williams' first attorney failed to call witnesses in the punishment phase who would have testified that the killer - although not mentally disabled - was unable to function in society.
Williams, the petition said, was unable to hold jobs or to perform such basic tasks as cooking food.
Williams was the sixth killer and the first Harris County killer executed in Texas this year.


text:
Nelson-Jameson offers M926 Chloride Analyzer with Enhanced Features
Nelson-Jameson introduced several enhancements to its M926 Chloride Analyzer:
- Calibrations will be factory-set to ensure accuracy over a wide test range and prevent unauthorized adjustments.
- Visual prompting will appear on a LED-backlit display.
- Switches embedded in a metal frame, and sealed under a vinyl shield, will permit rugged use and easy cleaning.
- An external transformer will provide protection against surges in power supplies and cooler operation. USB and RS232 data ports will allow electronic capture and processing of results.


text:
I waited outside for a bit, went inside for a bit, then went back outside and waited for a bit more. Then I finally asked a passing salesman for assistance and he said he'd bring someone out in a bit. I waited for about another 10-15 minutes and then left without testing the new WRX, the only one in the area.
I saw a 2 salesmen passing up helping me after I had asked, one changing license plates and the other taking a smoke break.
Do I look too young? I don't get it.


text:
Ted Galen Carpenter criticizes defenders of the "indispensable nation" argument for American "leadership" in the world for the new issue of The National Interest. As I was writing the previous post, I was reminded again of one of the major flaws in the claim that America is "indispensable," which is that it implies American responsibility to respond to virtually anything that happens in the world with more urgency and more concern than the states in a given region show. It isn't the case that other governments couldn't do more to aid the Syrian opposition. They choose not to do more unless America entangles itself in a conflict that necessarily matters far more to regional powers than it does to us. America is indispensable only in the sense that other states would prefer that Washington take on a large part of the burden of regional problems that are properly the responsibility of the states in that region. Each time that America indulges the expectation that our government will take the "lead" in response to each new conflict or crisis, Washington makes it that much harder to refuse in the future. By taking on other states' responsibilities, our government keeps them dependent on American involvement, which greatly increases the burden on the U.S. and keeps putting America in the absurd position of having to bail out allies and clients that have come to serve more and more as drains on American resources.
Indispensability is a fantasy that Americans continue to promote, perhaps because it is a source of pride or because it makes incessant meddling in others' affairs seem less obnoxious, but it's one that keeps dragging America into conflicts that have nothing to do with our security and often aren't even directly related to the security of our allies. When American "leadership" and credibility are seemingly always at stake almost everywhere, it's inevitable that both will suffer when the fantasy of indispensability runs into the practical limits of American power.


text:
This material has 2 associated documents. Select a document title to view a document's information.
written by
Juan Aguirregabiria
edited by Wolfgang Christian
The Ejs Damped Driven Harmonic Oscillator Phasor model displays the motion of damped driven harmonic oscillator. The resulting differential equation can be extended into the complex plane, and the resulting complex solution is displayed with the real part of this solution being the position of the oscillator. The natural frequency of the oscillator, the damping coefficient, and the driving force and driving frequency can be changed via textboxes. You can modify this simulation if you have Ejs installed by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.
Ejs Damped Driven Harmonic Oscillator Phasor model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_ehu_oscillations_phasors.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models. Additional Ejs models for classical mechanics are available. They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Ejs.
Last Modified June 3, 2014
This file has previous versions.
The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Damped Driven Harmonic Oscillator Phasor Model. Unzip this archive in your Ejs workspace to compile and run this model using Ejs.
Published November 1, 2008
Last Modified September 6, 2011
This file has previous versions.


text:
328 Bridge Rd
Richmond 3121, VIC
phone 9429 8333
The Collection Bar
|22,475 (2006)
|19th century
|3.8 km (1.5 sq mi)
|3 km (2 mi) from Melbourne
|Local Government Area:
|City of Yarra
|State District:
|Federal Division:
Richmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra. At the 2006 Census, Richmond had a population of 22,475.
Richmond has three of the 82 designated Major Activity Centres in the Melbourne 2030 Metropolitan Strategy - the commercial strips of Victoria Street, Bridge Road and Swan Street.
The diverse suburb has been the subject of gentrification since the early 1990s and now contains an eclectic mix of expensively converted warehouse residences, public housing high-rise flats and Victorian-era terrace houses, along with a lively retail sector and a shrinking industrial and manufacturing base. Richmond has a vibrant and popular Little Saigon area along Victoria Street. Richmond was home to the Nine Network studios, under the callsign of GTV-9, until the studios moved to Docklands in 2011. Dimmey's is long associated with Richmond, although it is located in the neighbouring suburb of Cremorne. The suburb is well known for its textile industry history and popular factory outlets centred along Bridge Road remain an attraction to the area.
Richmond was named after Richmond Hill, London, with its outlook of the river bend, however the waterfront area was later named Cremorne.
Richmond is home to the four houses being used on the 2011 edition of The Block airing on Channel 9 later this year.
filter_dramaAdult Services


text:
Looking for something wild and thrilling? Enter the realm of hot hairy women who are more lustful than you can tell! Behold hairy girls in their glorious and arousing natural beauty. Only real connoisseurs know that there is hardly anything just as breath
All the hotties that you can see here prefer not to shave their hairy bush and they like to expose their natural looking pussies to anyone! They take all the sexiest position so you can better see their hairy bushes and enjoy their exciting seductive beauty!


text:
Tangy BBQ Meatballs
Orange juice lends wonderful tang to these tender tasty meatballs. They're one of my most popular appetizers, and I can make them ahead, the pop in the oven an hour before serving. A do-ahead delight during this busy season!
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour 20 min.
Makes3 dozen
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (about 12 squares)
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
- 3/4 pound ground turkey
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 can (6 ounces) frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 1/4 cup water
- In a large bowl, combine the egg white, cracker crumbs, milk, mustard and salt. Crumble beef and turkey over mixture and mix well. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place meatballs on a greased rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until beat is no longer pink; drain.
- Transfer meatballs to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Combine sauce ingredients; pour over meatballs. Cover and bake at 350° for 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts2 each: 109 calories, 5g fat (2g saturated fat), 22mg cholesterol, 210mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0 fiber), 8g protein.
Originally published as Zesty Meatballs in Country Woman Christmas 2005


text:
Currency Displayed in
Fully Protect your phone with a unique style through this slim case. Providing ultimate protection from scratches and its perfect mold keeps the phone trim and trendy. Equipped with perforated grip to allow you have a unique customer experience. Reinforced curves to ensure the durability of the case. Precise openings to allow the full functionality of the phone and its features. It is a TPU and PC HYBRID Cover. Packed in high quality retail packaging. The ION Cover is honestly alluring, protective, and sleek. Enhanced to fully protective the phone without adding unnecessary bulk to the phone, it is truly a POWERFUL Experience.
This product hasn't received any reviews yet. Be the first to review this product!
All prices are in USD.


text:
Let $\mathbf{Cat}$ be the category of small categories.
(1) Is $\mathbf{Cat}$ complete?
(2) Is $\mathbf{Cat}$ cocomplete?
Remark(Jan. 11, 2013) Of course, the question is implicitly asking for a proof if the answer is affirmative. It's easy to see that $\mathbf{Cat}$ has products and equalizers. Hence it is complete. However, I'm not sure it is cocomplete. Since it clearly has coproducts, the question is reduced to whether it has coequalizers or not. Let $F, G \colon \mathcal{C} \rightarrow \mathcal{D}$ be functors. Ittay Weiss wrote that a coequalizer is the quotient of $\mathcal{D}$ by the congruence generated by equating $F(X)$ with $G(X)$. It is easy to define the congruence on $Ob(\mathcal{D})$ generated by equating $F(X)$ with $G(X)$. However, I have no idea how to define the congruence on $Mor(\mathcal{D})$ generated by equating $F(X)$ with $G(X)$.
Edit(Jan. 17, 2013) To the downvoters, why don't you reset your votes? The question is clearly important in category theory. I know you don't like me, but the question has nothing to do with your liking towards me. I'm saying this not because I care reps, but because the negative votes are sending wrong signals to the users.


text:
Not much of a review
"The purists were undoubtedly irked at video dominating discussion on the features"
Not just the pursists, you don't buy a camcorder because it takes nice photos.
These reviews are based on how many features, Mp and ISO count, ignoring the end result - the photo. We are constantly being advertised 10Mp+ and gimmicks when what DSLRs are about is control and quality.


text:
The Sexiest Independent Escorts in Leeds
Disclaimer IndependentEscortsLeeds.co.uk is in no way associated with any of the escorts advertised on this site. Any booking made between you and any escorts on this site is for time and company only. Whatever else that may occur, is a matter of choice made between consenting adults. This website is not responsible for how you wish to interpret the information provided by the escorts listed here.
Terms and Conditions: Worldwide Digital Media Ltd PO BOX 143 BN18 8DF, All calls to 09096 & 09097 numbers cost £1.53 per minute from a BT landline, calls from mobiles may vary. Content purchased during calls charged at £1.50 per picture. All live calls are recorded in line with PPP regulations. Live service provided by Luv2Chat PO PO BOX 143 BN18 8DF. Texts to 69997 cost £1.50 plus standard network charges per message received. Maximum three replies per message sent. 69997 is a virtual text chat service. Some automated messages may be sent for billing purposes. Not a subscription service. Adult text chat service with no guarantee of meeting made or implied. Service is for entertainment/fantasy/role play purposes only. Photos are of models and are for display purposes only. Text STOP to 69997 to stop service. Users of all services must be over 18 yrs and must have the bill payers' permission. We reserve the right to send future promotional messages. To opt out of promotional campaigns call our helpline on 0333130018 or text OPTOUT to 69997


text:
Hershel Greene is a character that appears in the Walking Dead comic series, TV series, and the video game. He owns a farm outside of Atlanta.
Hershel helps Lee and Clementine when they arrive with Hershel's son Shawn. Hardly anything is know about Hershel's life prior to the zombie outbreak apart from that he is a former veterinarian.
Possible Spoilers[edit]
Hershel is first seen after Shawn brings Lee and Clementine to his father's farm. Hershel tells Lee that they can stay in the barn for the night with the other family. He asks Clementine if she knows this man and she says yes and after noticing Lee's leg, he patches it up. While applying the bandage, Hershel asks about Lee's injury where Lee will either tell him the truth or lie about it (depending on the player's choice). Shawn then asks to barricade the fence, if Chet survives, he will not believe they are in any immediate danger and says that they will be just fine, if Andre Mitchell survives, Hershel will immediately agree. The next morning, Shawn, Duck, and Lee help barricade and reinforce the fence. After helping with the fence, Lee finds Hershel in the barn where Hershel gives him advice and tells him to tell the truth if people are to trust him. Just then, a scream is heard and Hershel rushes to get his gun, while Lee goes and sees what is going on. By the fence, the tractor is on top off Shawn with walkers trying to get him while the another tries to get Duck. Either way Duck will survive and Shawn is killed by the walkers. Furious at everyone, Hershel kicks everyone off his farm and they leave him with his dead son, who would later become a walker.
Was this guide helpful?