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Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse and the Home Shopping Network have been selling counterfeit German cutlery, according to a German trade association asking a federal judge in Miami for an injunction.
The Chamber of Industry and Commerce Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, asking U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams to order Stewart's companies, which bought Lagasse's brand, and HSN to stop selling cutlery "bearing trademarks which are indistinguishable from the Chamber's registered certification mark."
The German region east of Duesseldorf is home to many small companies that use the Chamber's certification mark on their products. For example, Henckels and Wusthof are renowned companies that properly label their products and packaging with the Solingen mark, according to the association's amended complaint.
The trade association cited many exhibits to show the defendants promoted fake Solingen cutlery to profit from its reputation without the Chamber's permission. One exhibit is a brochure for Emeril-Wusthof cutlery that quotes Lagasse saying, "The only knives that make Emeril say, 'Bam!'"
Another exhibit is a book forward allegedly written by Lagasse that describes a trip to a knife museum in Solingen, Germany, and states, "It was on that visit that I realized knives had an incredible history worth studying and getting involved in."
In the defendants' response prepared by Andrew Bray of Vernis & Bowling in North Miami, Lagasse concedes the forward contains the museum trip reference. However, "Emeril Lagasse has no recollection of authoring said foreword."
The trade association brought the lawsuit in September, accusing the cable television celebrities, their companies, HSN and SED International Holdings Inc. of federal trademark infringement, counterfeiting, false designation of origin and common law unfair competition.
Represented by Catherine Hoffman of Mayback & Hoffman in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the trade association seeks $24 million in damages. She had no comment by deadline.
An amended complaint filed November 6 alleges the defendants willfully promoted, advertised, distributed and sold at least a dozen different types of cutlery and knives bearing the association's trademark name Solingen.
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Oct 16 2011, 08:11 AM
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Does anyone know whether the Wasabi 360S (slim model) is compatible and fits on the "fat" model console?
I've been told by an individual seller that he was told by Wasabi that the emulators are universal and therefore work for either model, it's just a color and mold difference (for the fat model's harddrive). I was under the impression that the slim was thinner and therefore the emulator wouldn't fit tightly on a fat console.
Also, the sites online that don't say "pre-order" for Wasabi's and/or Xkey's, do they really have them in-stock? Has anyone purchased one in say the last week and received it already?
Oct 17 2011, 09:26 AM
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Actually wasabi 360s is for slim and wasabi x360 is for phat; both of them still in pre-order I got reply from
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thanks...I know the slim is "designed" for slim xbox and fat for fat consoles...I didn't believe the guy when he said the slim wasabi would fit on a fat console, but wanted to check with others in case it DID work, then I would purchase it faster.
Anyone know if any websites have xk3y's or Wasabi x360 (fat)
? Most sites say pre-order, yet people are getting them, but I've also read of people waiting for months too. Has anyone purchased one in the last week or so and already received it? If so, what site?
Oct 18 2011, 07:09 PM
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Mine is on preorder from mod-chip.com. says eta Mid October. Hopefully that means this week or next.
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Hey can I ask you guys a question? I've been away from the forum for a long time, so I haven't gotten a chance to ask just yet.........
why on earth are you guys interested in paying SOOOO MUCH to mod your system? I mean,... you could buy the tools for $90 (x360usb pro & ck3i) , you could modify using it a usb port on a notebook now. no soldering. no mess
is it really just a matter of convenience?
I run a mod business locally. and I think I might buy one of these and have it on hand at all times. surely, someone will show up and I can sell it for $150..?? haha!
otherwise, well, it's a LOT cheaper to get your box modified..! duh
it's not difficult at all to do it on your own..! and you're already spending the money ,.................
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its the convenience of having iso images on a hdd. My wii is modded with a hdd and all my backups are loaded on it. Never have to change a disk. Well worth it. Also, no need to upgrade dvd firware after the mod.
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I'd much rather spend the money now and play my iso's off an HDD than keep buying and burning DVD DL and spend more in the long run (ESPECIALLY reburning XGD3's!). Plus no need to track down the disc I want or worry that it's been scratched. No need to worry about weak lasers or dying drives either.
I'm more surprised at all the people trying to bash these ODDE's. It's convienent, it's cheap, and it's updatable where burned DVD's aren't.
I would like to actually hear that they are shipping. Wasabi's site shows they have firmware to download, but haven't found anyone with one yet.
I'll be buying one as soon as I can, instead of buying the new lite-on burner to run MAX fw.
btw, the Wasabi is selling for $100, but you say it's so much cheaper to mod for $90. I'd rather spend $100 + $100 a 2tb eSATA HDD than $90 + $250 for (5) 50 packs of DVD DL's + $20 for the lite-on burner for XGD3. The Wasabi is solderless also, so there's that too.
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Oct 20 2011, 08:48 PM
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rfanch - In response to your post, it's not that much more expensive to get an ODDE rather than firmware flashing tools. If it's $90 like you say to get the tools, I still have to learn how to use the probe and software, follow lengthy tutorials on how to remove dvd keys, and do strange things like opening the drive half way (or so I've read)....It's only $100-105 to get the ODDE, which is also solderless. Both the xk3y and Wasabi play games ISOs off an external hdd which most people already have lying around, and it adds the convenience of not needing a bunch of games right next to the system to change games. Finally, you don't need to burn and re-burn games ever (saving you money on DVD+DL's), open your console up (unless you use the x360pro or whatever it's called) to reflash new custom firmware each time an update comes out since you simply put the updated files on the hdd to reflash the xk3y/wasabi "modchip", and it's almost idiot-proof to install and use unlike dvd flashing tools. So for the extra $10-15, it's definitely worth it.
Update on my original post: I've received a reply from Wasabi that said each version (fat and slim) are designed specifically to fit on their respective consoles, so the slim won't fit the fat console or vice versa like a seller I've seen was saying.
Anyone know if the new xk3y design (ver. r7-2, modchipcentral.com shows they switched from mini-USB to flat cable-to-usb-adapter) still comes with the lcd screen dongle? Has anyone seen a video online yet or have one to review?
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QUOTE(CNordy @ Oct 20 2011, 02:48 PM)
rfanch - In response to your post, it's not that much more expensive to get an ODDE rather than firmware flashing tools. If it's $90 like you say to get the tools, I still have to learn how to use the probe and software, follow lengthy tutorials on how to remove dvd keys, and do strange things like opening the drive half way (or so I've read)
You still have to do that. You have got to have your dvd key/firmware for these ODDEs to function.
Nov 21 2011, 08:50 PM
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Has anyone received one yet? I'm starting to get annoyed. Im still waiting for my pre-order. This has been ongoing for months and I'm about to cancel it unless it gets shipped soon. Anyone have some insight?
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QUOTE(steveo1978 @ Oct 28 2011, 02:16 AM)
You still have to do that. You have got to have your dvd key/firmware for these ODDEs to function.
Not true if you find something to do it for you. I had a guy flash my drive for $30 and he gave me the key, OFW and CFW files on a usb stick. So I saved $60 on the tools and since I went the ODDE route with an xkey, I never have to deal with buying DVDs.
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Does anyone have an answer for this question. Other than physical dimension, will the 360s function in a phat 360? I don't really care if it fits perfect. It can be just the board by itself connected to the power cable and the two SATA cable. Will it work?
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by RF » Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:12 am
adrian6045 wrote:Is it feasable that she joins Bismarck in the Denmarck strait, leading to Hood PoW v Bismarck and Gneisenau scenario.
by RF » Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:10 am
adrian6045 wrote:However - although Scharnhorst needed dry dock facilities Gneisenau did not, could the pair not have been split up, Gneisenau going to St Nazaire or La Rochelle or even Bordeaux ?.
by paulcadogan » Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:34 am
adrian6045 wrote:However the micro history of Force H is altered, given that the hit on Bismarck's rudder is such a fluke, i believe it's realistic to say it is not repeated.
by paul.mercer » Tue May 29, 2012 11:20 am
adrian6045 wrote:Thanx for the reply, i agree with much of your thinking.Highly unlikely/impossible that Gneisenau will go to the DMS.However the micro history of Force H is altered, given that the hit on Bismarck's rudder is such a fluke, i believe it's realistic to say it is not repeated.I think it's realistic to propose Bismarck makes it to Brest. What happens next.The RAF throws everything at the Bismarck, keeping any of the ships there becomes untenable, Bismarck is repeatedly damaged.Given the vigour with which air crews attacked Gneisenau in Brest i think it's bound to be that Bismarck is damaged, she may know recieve so much attention from air strikes, pressed home so forcefully, that she never gets out of Brest. Possibly the Battlecruisers are forced to abandon Brest as a base and return to Germany before 1942 ?.
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Two days of rain have drench the near-drought land here in our place. Farmers needed that amount of rain. Our province, Nueva Ecija, is known as the Rice Granary of the Philippines and our rural town is famous for that BIG AND RED ONIONS.
Having said that, with a vast agricultural land to boot, farmers have encounters many a pests that ravaged their crops. One of them is the beetle known locally as SALAGUBANG. Actually, locals here does not consider this insect as a pest. It is actually a rare one, which comes out only at this time of the year, the month of MAY. When the first rain in MAY comes, the beetles come out from underneath the sandy soil near rivers. And, boy! Would you know that locals would literally march their feet off towards the riverbanks, and, at TWILIGHT TIME. Yes! The SALAGUBANGs do come out from the soil at dusk. There should be a SALAGUBANG FESTIVAL, hmmm, might suggest that to the town mayor ^_^.
Even hubby and my son, my brother and his son, and everybody in the neighborhood marches to the fields hoping to catch more beetles. Because when these flying insects reaches the market tomorrow, prices can be as high as P400 per kilo.
I think it is more of the fun and the adventures why people wanted to catch these winged-insects.
There's the quirky beetle, known to be protein-rich. Don't know anything else what could be there that appeals to the palate that locals here consider it as exotic delicacy. "ADOBONG SALAGUBANG" with tomatoes is famous around town, or better yet, crispy fried salagubang.
Hubby and my two kids will definitely share that plate. I AM TURNING MY PLATE DOWN ^_^
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The company was compelled to look into other Asian labor markets to hedge against rising wages and labor unrest at its factories in China.
How much pressure the firm is under right now can be gauged from its performance during the January - March period. The firm, which manufactures Apple products such as iPads and iPhones, had a profit margin of just 0.9 percent during this period.
Are the apparent problems and rising costs at its supplier a worrying sign for Apple? Well the answer seems to be no. Apple enjoys a very high profit margin Vis a Vis some of its competitors and can easily hold on any rise in supply costs from Foxconn. Foxconn is a major supplier not only to Apple, but also to companies like Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).
So an increase in supply costs from Foxconn is bound to affect all of these companies across the board.
Unfortunately the effect would be more aggrieved and even devastating for Apple's competitors. Lower margin companies will get hit much harder by higher supply prices than higher margin companies. When you're running off a high revenue, low margin business model, even the slightest bump in the cost of goods sold can absolutely annihilate your bottom line. This problem is compounded when you sell a commodity product where consumer purchase decisions are made primarily based on price. Conversely, companies that enjoy large profit margins and strong brands benefit from a healthy buffer that allows them to absorb small to moderate increases in supply costs without sacrificing dollars on the bottom line.
Apple is in a far better position due to its huge net margin to absorb any cost spiral from Foxconn.
The Taiwan based supplier will start building a plant in October near Jakarta to assemble 3 million handsets a year initially and later on will look to expand operations further.
The investment is a win - win opportunity for the company and Indonesia, as the country gets a huge investment boost which will help it climb up the value chain into high value manufacturing while Foxconn on the other hand gets access to a Southeast Asian duty free zone with a huge consumer base.
As the company faces more and more heat due to the shoddy working conditions and labor unrest in China, it has no other way but to increase the wages and spending for its workforce in China. That's when Indonesia begins to look more and more attractive for the company. According to some studies, the wages in Indonesia are one of the lowest in Asia. This is augmented by the fact that many footwear and textile firms have relocated from China and Vietnam in recent years. Monthly wages hover around an average of $113, which is only a third of China's. However one cannot count out the possibility of rising labor costs in the future.
The investment comes as good news for Apple and its competitors, who source from Foxconn. Diversifying the manufacturing process will help them hedge against problems effecting a particular country (China in this case).
Another factor which works well for Indonesia is the manufacturing cost, which taken on a monthly basis is only 60% of China's.
The Indonesian government is also making all efforts to pitch the country as an investment destination for the supplier. The government may even include tax breaks to clinch the deal if needed. It offered such breaks in certain sectors like telecom to shore up investments earlier.
Also helping the economy in the right direction and making it favorable for investments is the increase in its sovereign credit rating to investment grade.
There were also reports of Foxconn executives visiting Indonesia recently to assess the country as well as potential industrial sites.
Although one must add that it won't be all smooth sailing for Foxconn and Indonesia. There are infrastructure and land acquisition problems apart from the currency volatility which will also play on Foxconn executive's minds before they commit any invetsment.
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The following are results for matches and games played Friday, December 7, 2012. Click on links for game stories.
Herkimer 64, Canastota 57
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At a meeting of the Floralia Guild, Chapter 20, at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia, Kaz Yokou Kitajima is demonstrating the Japanese floral arrangement art of ikebana to a group of women.
They are captivated.
But gripping a fresh sago palm branch, the 59-year-old Sogetsu grand master, who calls Hacienda Heights home, is wowing them further by working his fingers along the stem, from the center to the ends, to "crease it so it doesn't break, so it can bend," he says, in an accent as charming as it is thick.
He snips off the leaves on one side of the frond and then closes the stem tip to tip, securing it with a wire.
Several of these fanned branches are arrayed in the long,
This is Sogetsu style - one of three schools of ikebana, the most widely practiced and vital of the Japanese traditional arts.
It stands to reason. Nature is an important part of Japan, a country often devastated by natural disaster.
"It seems as if every week there's a big earthquake or typhoon," says Haruko Takeichi of Eagle Rock, who's also ranked Sogetsu grand master and teaches ikebana across Southern California, including in Torrance. "We live with nature every day, and I think that's why we have such a long history of flower arrangement."
Sogetsu was founded in Japan in 1927. It joins the ranks of the orthodox Ikenobo and the landscape-inspired Ohara schools, which date back to antiquity and the late 19th century, respectively.
Each school abides by a particular set of rules and arranging techniques while staying faithful to ikebana's fundamentals of the last 600 years. In ikebana, emphasis is placed on the simplicity of line, form, color and meaning. The shape of an arrangement is always triangular, with each focal point representing Heaven, Earth and Man.
This harmony can be seen in the dynamic, contemporary-style arrangements that Kitajima is creating on this Thursday morning in the Ayers Conference Hall at the Arboretum.
There are delicate sprays of asparagus ferns, lilac-colored hydrangeas and white astramaris flowers clustered at the axis of tangled tree branches - hand bent and spray-painted with puffs of black. Berry-laden nandina (aka heavenly bamboo) branches are placed into the hollows of green bamboo stalks tied together with thick palm twine and surrounded by dark gray rocks.
Another of his arrangements features curled copper-colored metal
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What: The autumn tradition features music and traditional arts, including a Sogetsu ikebana display of 20 to 30 decorative arrangements in the minka, or traditional farmhouse.
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Where: Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Dr., La Cañada Flintridge.
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He adds a bird of paradise flower stalk.
"One is OK but maybe one more to join it," he says, inserting another stalk and then removing it for a trim, adding, "but not the same height."
The idea is to make the arrangement appear natural regardless of the material, including flowers, grass, branches or painted metal. Yes, with Sogetsu, anything goes.
"Once you know the fundamentals you can create an arrangement from any material, even plastic and aluminum," says Kitajima, who teaches Sogetsu to an international audience of men and women at his N.K. Nursery in the City of Industry, Pasadena Japanese Cultural Institute
Today and Sunday he will create a towering arrangement of bottle tree branches for the Japanese Garden Festival at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge. Ikebana workshops also will be offered to adults and children as part of the annual happening.
Ann Carlton, who presides over the Floralia club, was sure to get the word out to her diehard flower-arranging members who have been meeting at the Arboretum since 1970.
"Ikebana has always been very popular with our club," Carlton says. "We bring in top-notch designers and we try to get a range. This time we had two Sogetsus, and they both bring such different works.
"In May we're going to have someone from the Ohara school, so this has been a real gift," she says, before being called away to perform her duty. The club was about to auction off several arrangements, including Kitajima's bamboo work.
"If anybody wants a ticket you better get it now!" says Carlton.
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The 20-year-old Miller skated in slowly on Dan Ellis and briefly lost the puck before calmly gathering it and scoring from a tough angle near the goal line. Rick Nash scored in the opening round of the tiebreaker and Henrik Lundqvist stopped both Carolina tries.
The Rangers (14-12-2) moved into ninth place in the Eastern Conference — two points behind Carolina (15-11-2), which lost its third straight (0-2-1). It was the Hurricanes' first shootout of the season.
Carolina's Eric Staal scored in the first period, and Derek Stepan tied it in the second for the Rangers. The rest of the game belonged to the goalies: Lundqvist, who made 29 saves, and Carolina counterpart Ellis, who stopped 35 shots in his third start since No. 1 goalie Cam Ward was injured March 3.
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A spokesman in Clark's office said the 4 pm meeting is a "chance to plan for week ahead".
But sources said on Saturday, the meeting was called to deal with growing internal unrest over how Clark has reacted to the scandal that erupted Wednesday when the New Democrats released the leaked memo. That document set out a strategy on how the BC Liberals planned to use government resources to help the party gain support from ethnic voters in the coming election.
Sources say many in both Clark's cabinet and caucus feel the premier should be taking more responsibility, and should be showing more contrition over the issue than she has so far.
Clark was not in the Legislature Thursday, instead leaving it to Deputy premier Rich Coleman to read a statement of apology on her behalf.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Clark said she had "issued a full apology on behalf of...you know, if anything has been done wrong."
Speaking in Prince George, Clark added: "The thing to remember is that at the moment it appears that no government money was spent on this. That was what was recommended. It was absolutely inappropriate that someone should have recommended that, but ultimately when it came to the political level, the minister said, "No way," used the right judgment, did the right thing. I think that's really the most important point."
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Clark's deputy chief of staff, Kim Haakstad resigned over the matter Friday.
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Without question, Scotland sophomore quarterback Jaylend Ratliffe has been one of the biggest success stories for the Fighting Scots in 2012.
Earning raves from teammates and coaches for his command of the offense, Ratliffe has displayed maturity beyond his years throughout Scotland's 10-1 record thus far this season.
But ask Ratliffe about his role as the Scots' signal-caller, and he will give you the same answer every single time. The 15 year-old and first-year starter credits the performance of his offensive line as a primary reason for his continual development under center.
"The biggest honor an offensive line can have is if they get praise from their quarterback and running backs," said Scotland offensive line coach Norman Quick. "They don't get a lot of accolades, but it says a lot about these guys that our skill position players trust them."
"When it comes to our job on the offense, it's really all about trust," said Scotland offensive lineman Brad Baines, who along with Cody Fay, Martin Locklear, Ethan Hulon and Garret Best forms the starting five for the Fighting Scots.
"Jaylend and the offense trust us to give them enough time in the pocket to make plays, and we trust them to make those plays. We block for them and they score for us," he said.
Though the talent was apparent right from the get-go, perhaps nobody could've envisioned the explosiveness that Scotland's offense has displayed time and time again this season. With a slew of talented but unproven skill position athletes, the Fighting Scots have averaged 32.4 points per game on the year, with Ratliffe himself accounting for 12 passing touchdowns to just three total interceptions.
"It's a lot of pressure to be counted on to give your quarterback time in the pocket," said Best, who as a left tackle has been tasked with guarding Ratliffe's blind side all season. "You have to be strong mentally and know your assignments, and I think we've showed we can do both."
The Scotland rushing attack, however, has been the catalyst for the Scots' offensive success this year, with their three primary backs (Jalen McLean, Josh McPhatter and Ratliffe operating from the spread option) combining for nearly 1700 rushing yards, 27 touchdowns and a 6.15 yards-per-carry average.
The Fighting Scots have made believers out of everyone this year in terms of what they've been able to accomplish offensively. And it all begins at the line of scrimmage.
"Coach Quick always tells us that the entire football game comes down to us in terms of protecting the quarterback and creating holes for our running backs to make plays," Baines said. "It seems like we get the credit when our running game is good, but we'll also get criticized if our offense doesn't do what it's supposed to do."
For Hulon, the turning point in the season for the offensive line came in Scotland's 21-16 week two lost to New Hanover, a loss that made the Fighting Scots look within themselves and learn to become a better team.
"That was a wake up call for us," Hulon said. "It showed that we weren't perfect and that we have to fight for everything that we achieve as a football team. We have to focus on improving week-to-week."
In the end, that's exactly what the Fighting Scots and their offensive line have done since that early loss, with Fay observing that the line "really matured and improved a lot over the season, because we know that we can't come out flat in any game."
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Sajak, 65, said he would "be hesitant" to have a drink now, but "when I first started and was much younger and could tolerate those things, we had a different show then."
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"There were only three votes separating us and I'm doing this for my supporters who requested I do this," said Hill. "I feel like I owe it to all of my supporters."
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Although Election Day ballots are returned to the elections administration by precinct boxes making them presorted, early ballots are not sorted. These ballots must be hand sorted and will be counted by elections officials.
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The top two candidates receiving the most votes will move on to the July 31 runoff election. Tommy Blevins was the top vote receiver with Gary Worley coming in second and Hill a close third.
The final report of votes cast and percentage of votes (as of May 29) for commissioner precinct 1 were as follows:
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I always question why some clans dont allow you to use good weapons? Isn't the whole point to win? N2m why only exclude the MP7? Why not also exclude the ACR? Type-95? M16? L86 IR?
Because anyone can use the mp7 and be good alonge with the akimbo fmg9 and your right I should exclude the type 95 the other ones are fine though
There is a reason why most clan don't do it
My reason is I don't want a bunch of children running around embarrassing themselves while useing that gun.
Anybody CAN'T be good just using those guns. You actually have to be some what knowledgable to go into fights with certain guns. Long range: give me an ACR or a M16 vs a MP7, I'll slaughter them any day. PP90 is very powerful aswell, especially and short to medium range.
You're telling me that L86 Thermal while prone isn't the deadliest gun in the game? It has like almost 0% recoil.
Also, the ACR is possibly the best weapon in the game because its one of the best if not the best at pretty much every category of weapon. It's super accurate, very little recoil, a beast from medium to long range and isn't all that bad at short range for an assault rifle.
Why are you trying to argue so much with me about this? You have your opinions I have mine. My opinion is the Mp7 is very over powered. If you want to be taken more serious actually be good with one of the nonover powered guns.
The point I'm making is that there are a lot of over powered guns. It isn't just the MP7. The Striker is possibly overall the most over powered gun bc of it's outrageous range for a shotgun and the fact that it isn't pump action.
Once again its your opninion. I'm sure we could go back and forth about this until the next game comes out then our opinions will clash again with there is yet a nother overpowered gun.


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That's my plea. Stop smoking before you seriously harm yourself, your children, your wife, your dog, or your co-workers.
I lived with my mother for 18 years. She smoked while she carried me, she smoked while I lived with her. Now, after 25 years of smoking, my mother has developed pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary Hypertension is basically high-blood pressure in your lungs. As the pressure forces blood through her lungs at a faster rate than normal, she is unable to get as much oxygen into her red blood cells as a normal person would. This causes her heart to work harder, trying to supply enough blood to get enough oxygen to her brain and other organs. The only cure is a heart/lung transplant, as her lungs have already ruined her current heart.
What is the cause of all this? Smoking. Since discovering smoking was at fault for her condition, my mother went cold turkey on the cancer sticks. She doesn't smoke anymore, which I applaud her for her ability to stop, although I am upset with her for letting her life hang in jeopardy before she decided to quit.
Reading the above may not effect you, if you are a smoker. You may think, "Well that happens to one in a few million, it probably won't happen to me." The sad thing is not reading about someone else's misfortune, it's reading about a result of smoking, and choosing not to save yourself from a similar fate. That stick can't be so good that you risk your life for "one more puff."
My mother is currently on oxygen in order to get enough blood rich oxygen to her organs. They recently upped her blood oxygen level from 2 to 3, which is a major change. Every day I see my mother, I am watching her slowly suffocate. What will she do when she reaches the 100% oxygen level, and it still isn't enough? She is on the heart/lung transplant list, but that means waiting at least 3 years for both. I don't think she'll be able to wait that long.
Smoking leads to no good. I understand addictions are hard to overcome, but think about the consequences. If you don't, you may be gambling your life away over time.
"It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts."
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Apr 25, 2005 19:21 # 35500
Stoic_Slaughter *** (5) can sympathize...
I have lost fourteen of my closest relatives to smoking in the past five years and the premise of your entry rings in my heart. I don't understand why people would choose make themselves suffer and inevitably kill themselves for a moment of "calmed nerves," or whatever they find beneficial about smoking. I know it is difficult to quit smoking, but it's certainly not impossible. My mother smoked as a teenager and she quit shortly after getting married. She hasn't touched a cigarette for over twenty years. It's all a matter of will, and I can't possibly imagine that the "joys" of smoking would be better than the joys of a happy, healthy life. Your situation pains me, and I wish I could help you.
For my next trick, I shall make you all disappear.
I keep on harrassing my folks to stop smoking, but it's all to no avail. God I hope things turn around for you, and that your mother finds a reason to quit. That's really what it takes, a reason. Most people can look past themselves and say, I don't care if it makes me sick, when I do it, it feels good. Why do you think those commercials came out about harming others, remember the one with the black chick and the guy smoking in shotgun? Yeah, she tried to kill that guy...
Anyway, point is, habbits and addictions are VERY hard to break, and require a reason. I hope your mother finds hers soon. My heart (as black as it may be) is with you...
Oops, missed the line about her quitting. That's a good thing...
Still, all you smokers, heed this. You know ut's serious when companies have started releasing commercials saying you SHOULDN'T use thier product. :(
I should be ashamed of myself.
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I keep on harrassing my folks to stop smoking, but it's all to no avail.
My dad quit smoking after 30 years, he did it cold turkey and just had that mindset that he was not going to smoke anymore.
My mom has tried numerous times and cannot. She stresses too much and can't get more than a day without a cig.
So the thing is even when confronted with their own morality, it's not enough to make some people quit. I can't stand that my mom smokes as much as she does because I know there is going to come a day in the future that I'll hear she has lung cancer or some other bullshit. However even the love of her own son cannot make her quit.
Maybe death is the best answer for these types of people because ultimately they will stop then!
As far as I can imagine myself currently, I expect to stop smoking sometime in the immediate vicinity of my death. I won't smoke around people if it bugs them, and if it actually comes to pass that I have something worth continuing life for past the age when life starts being a burden as well as a pleasure, I'll stop. Until then, though, I intend to continue enjoying my cigarettes, cigars, and pipes with gusto. Admittedly, there's little ambivalence in my saying this now; I'm a teenager. I choose to smoke because I enjoy it, and I have no intense desire to live past the age of 65. I live an otherwise healthy life; I get a lot of anti-oxidants, I exercise with some regularity, I'm heavy on the fruits and veggies while steering clear of a lot of other free radicals, I won't touch hard liquor except for specific circumstances (and I only drink beer and wine in moderation), et cetera, ad nauseam. I understand that it's dangerous, and I do think it's selfish to continue smoking if you intend to start and support a family and the like, but I don't want to do so. All indications for me are that I'll be spending the better part of my life teaching and/or doing manual labour for volunteer organizations, and in either case there's no point in me sticking around too long in those vocations.
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I expect to stop smoking sometime in the immediate vicinity of my death
I don't smoke, I mean there is no point really because it doesn't give you any high. I tried it a few times and it's not as good as a few shots of vodka. I admit I'd smoke if it actually altered your state of mind. For now I'll stick with plain ordinary alcohol for my mind altering trips!
For now I'll stick with plain ordinary alcohol for my mind altering trips!
Well, for me, it's caffiene. Seriously, I can get totally high off of a can of jolt or a two litre of dew. I get flush, grumpy, and totally ready to frag. Perfect mood for playing doom 3. :D
Anyway, I don't understand smoking either. I also don't understand things like beer. I mean, it smells so bad... It prolly tastes as bad. I could imagine drinking something that tastes good... But smoking and other things with nothing other than addiction offer nothing for me. :(
I should be ashamed of myself.
Budweiser Select is my fav now!
Well everyone has the right to speak his mind here :D but I still think that after you try other beers (which are not American) you'll change your mind.
I still think that the best beers are traditionally German, Irish, and yes, there is some Italian ones which aren't so bad.
You want examples here? You should try the following:
Beck's ---> a little bitter (not for those who like sweet tastes) but so wonderful, 5% alcohol, and my all time favorite.
Guinnes extra stout ---> the good Irish beer.. only strange factor is that it's too light 4.3% alcohol.
Ceres strong ale ---> this is the danish 7.7% alcohol beer. It's always a good choice for me when I can't find Beck's or Moretti.
Moretti ---> the best Italian beer ever. I prefer the lager one, that has 7.7% of alcohol.
Peroni ---> another good Italian lager. Still Moretti is the best one though.
Biere du Demon ---> It's a French beer with 12% of alcohol. I tried it only once, and I remember it wasn't bad at all. Of course it's kind of heavy.
What to avoid ever:
Nastro Azzurro ---> another Italian one, but not comparable to Moretti or Peroni.
Adelscott ---> puah! I remember that day my best friend urged me to try it. It was something horrid, even worse than Bud! It's some whisky made beer: it smells awful and tastes awful.
Heineken ---> that's another awful beer in my opinion. It has some kind of metallic taste added to it, that I can't really understand. I am not even the only one to think that actually, because at first I thought it was just me.
So, after all this recap, you guys must have understood that I like beer :P and most of all I like those from 5% of alcohol onwards. This doesn't make me a person who is prone to getting drunk. I have drunk 4 liters of beer before without feeling sick in the least. Oh and my liver is fine: from the latest blood screens turns out that all my hepatic enzymes are perfect ;)
majic, I understand your "love" for Budweiser, but I am kind of sure that it is because you haven't tried any better. When I was 16 or so I was stuck on Kronenburg 1664; I must have drunk it for at least 4 or 5 years. My mom knew that it was my favorite brand, and she always got that one when she wanted to buy beer for me. But then one day we went at the store and they were out of it, so I was like "hmm what do I try now?" and I picked Beck's. It was love at first sip! Ok, enough talking about that, because I am beginning to crave a nice frozen Beck's... you know the way you take it out of the fridge, with all the little water drops wetting your hands as you hold the bottle in your hand ;)
I tried Bud too. And it's not that I don't like it because it's American. It's just too light for me, and doesn't have a good taste in my opinion. I like an American beer from South Carolina though. I have drunk it with Neil's brother, Gil, when we were together in Summer 2003. Hawkeye, do you remember the name of that beer? Probably it starts by S?
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Apr 26, 2005 09:54 # 35545
andromacha *** (6) has all the information you need...
I mean, it smells so bad...
Excuse me, Aynjell, but what kid of beer have you smelled? Budweiser maybe? LOL Sorry, but this joke was to make. I think that it is a matter of taste of course. I don't think that beer smells bad... of course it depends on the beers. Generally speaking, blonde beers might smell a little sour in respect to red beers.
I like both with no particular distinction actually, but I know that there is a difference in smell. And you're right, bad beers smell bad, but good beers have a very good smell that says "drink me". Maybe you just don't like the taste of beer though, and therefore you don't like its smell.
I've been like that until I was 13 or so. When we used to go to the beach, my parents were trying to make me have a sip of their beer, but I thought it was something awful. Then my taste changed suddenly, and I started loving beer. I was still 14 though, and I didn't want to drink alcoholic stuff, so I used to drink Tourtel, a non alcoholic beer, just for its taste.
When I was 15 I started drinking a particular thing called panache (I hope I spelled it right) when I was out with my friend for a pizza. It is beer + sprite. I wouldn't drink it now, but it was perfectly suitable to a little kid, because it preserved a little taste of beer and there was a lot of sprite, which neutralized the alcohol of the beer.
And strangely enough (because I know you guys probably think that I tend to get drunk and such, since I am here telling you about the beauty of beer) I got drunk only once, and not with beer. I was 18, at one of my best friends' party. We were in a basement with no water, only alcohol and lemonade. My friends kept serving gin tonic (gin + tonic water) and gin lemon (gin + lemonade) and some vodka too. In the end I got drunk, and I don't even know how. I think I mixed too much. I wasn't completely gone though. My dad came to pick me up, and he said "ok, how much did you drink?" and I was like "well I don't know, but I am fine".
We went home, and I got to bed, stumbling into the walls twice :P and when I got to bed I felt like I was in a washing machine for the noise and the idea that everything around me was spinning. I never threw up. The day after I was as fresh as a rose, and my dad was proud of me, because he thought I didn't drink but one or 2 drinks. When in fact I think I stopped counting after the 7th.
All these experiences I might have had though helped me realize my limit and build the right relationship with everything that is alcoholic. Now I know that after 2 beers I have no effects at all and after the third I should avoid driving. But I know this, because I could drink before I could even drive (here you can't drive if you're not 18), and this certainly helped me have a self consciousness about what to do with alcohol if I have the car.
I would lie if I said I don't drink when I drive. I do drink a beer with dinner (pizza) and I might drink another one after an hour or so if we go to a pub. Though, by the time I go out of the pub I am totally fine with driving. I am very careful to that in fact, and I think that Hawkeye can testify that, since he's been in the car with me before.
Anyway, enough talking about my experiences with beer and alcohol! Time for someone else to entertain us :)
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Zydeco Band / Cajun Band
Are you looking for a great band for your upcoming event?
Are you looking for a fun band that plays different genres of music? Look no further Platinum Players will entertain you!!! We are energetic and upbeat and waiting for you to book us!