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Like the judge said, "Pornography may be hard to define but I know it when I see it." Ordinary pornography is just ordinary and doesn't concern me. I don't pay any attention to it anyway. I might admit to an appreciation of certain skills, say, when a woman can shoot ping pong balls into a shot glass from ten feet... but the horizontal hula, trampoline act of people bouncing up and down on each other, as if there were some reason for them to be so excited, escapes me. I'm also something of a critic as far as the art of the procedure goes. There's an old joke about 3 young French boys watching a couple make love through a window. One boy is 12. One boy is 10 and one boy is 6 years old. The youngest asks, "What are they doing?" The ten year old responds, "They are making love". "Yes, and badly" adds the 12 year old. So I guess I'm a critic at the way people perform sex. Well, they don't know who they're having sex with in the first place and they don't know who they are, so it boils down to groping in the dark (grin) and caring and focus are at war with the urgency of passion; goats pissing all over themselves prior to coitus.
You see this everywhere all the time. You see it on the highway, in the fashion that people drive. You see it in supermarket lines. More than half the people perpetually look like they have to take a leak. They are in a state of urgency to get somewhere but when they get there, what happens? What happens when they get there? Where is there? They never get 'there. There is a place that retreats before desire. The heat of desire drives it away so, 'there; dangles forever out of reach, until urgency has been replaced by control and control comes through Love, which places all of its emphasis on the loss of self in the beloved. Everything is under control of the eternal master of life and that is Love. Before the highest expression of Love everyone automatically bows their head, knowingly or unknowingly because it is the source of life and the ultimate destination.
There's a tarot card called The Hermit. Each Major Arcana card, of which there are 22, represents a planetary influence, or a sense, or a quality, along with a great many other things. The sense associated with The Hermit is the sense of touch and that is why mystics often talk of their interaction with the divine in erotic terms. Everything is sex, which at its higher arc transforms into Love and at its highest arc is engaged with all life at all times.
Each card is a book and as Eliphas Levi puts it in his book, "The Dogma and Ritual of High Magic", a prisoner, devoid of books, had he only a Tarot of which he knew how to make use, could in a few years, acquire a universal science and converse with an unequalled doctrine and inexhaustible eloquence. Meanwhile, people attempt to read these cards to tell the future, when the means of changing it is in their hands. Priorities? There are so many examples of similar confusions, where the glitter of a semi-precious stone, of dubious value, masks the presence of something priceless. Some things you can't see for so long as your values are terrestrialized.
I've got another Litmus Test and this is the first time I've talked about it. It's the holocaust Litmus Test. I'm bringing it up because all sorts of nasty nonsense is rearing its anti-Gentile head. New heights of ridiculous are being scaled daily. My secret litmus test is called The Holocaust Litmus Test. The truth doesn't do mercy fucks and when you think that's what you're getting, it hurts. Why it hurts I will leave to the imagination of the one experiencing it.
I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me how Dwight Eisenhower, Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle could write tens of thousands of post war memoirs and never mention death camps and crematoriums. I'm waiting for someone to explain how taking over three million from the death count at Auschwitz does not affect the number of six million as the official tally. There are a lot of statistics I would love to have explained to me but no one seems able to. I'm especially interested in how the world population for a certain demographic actually went up during the war years. The census reports a trend that can't possibly be true but....it has to be. It's the law.
From the moment I first heard this man speak, I said to myself, he's off. Something's not right with this fellow. There are other writers that have been around for awhile who are bigged up about Palestinian rights but who set my teeth on edge. It's not because their writing lacks any kind of passion or fire, although that is the case. It's something behind the front agenda that creates a disconnect between what I'm being told and what I'm feeling.
I am mystified as to why there are so few voices- and almost none among those who could actually make a difference- that will stand up and call this masquerade for what it really is. It's one of the most cynical and manipulative efforts in the whole of history and millions of people are freeloading on it and adding their own fantastic and impossible tales to the mix. They are striving to out do each other in the theater of the ridiculous and they've got no shame or hesitation concerning it. Is it some kind of genetic insanity that travels along particular bloodlines or is it the close proximity to so much money, that only requires the use of a slanderous title or the threat of public injury to one's persona, to have wheelbarrows of cash pull up to the door. Yeah, it's a money machine and it just keeps expanding like McDonald's franchises, so that there's a McHolocaust outlet somewhere near you, in case you're looking for ideas about how to support your family in these trying times, in large part brought to you courtesy of the same people.
Far be it from me to deny the holocaust because, there very definitely was one and it was performed on the German people as much as anyone of the time. It was performed on them by the Zionist run Soviet army on the one hand and the Zionist controlled U.S. on the other and it was from there that the war was first declared on Germany by the neo-Pharisees. They were all hot and bothered because Hitler was none too pleased about what was happening to the German economy or in the Cabaret Society of Berlin.
This is how the holocaust should be remembered, as something that happened to the German people, as much as to anyone and that the Zionists who refused to let aid packages through to those in the camps, were the same Zionists who wouldn't let the Red Cross even into the gulags in Russia and that, given the tens of millions they killed in Russia, it makes perfect sense that whatever happened in WW2 was a minor payback for much larger crimes. Of course they threw other members of The Tribe under the bus in order to orchestrate an imprimatur for the Rothschild banking syndicate called Israel. In the words of Ben Gurion and so many others, it didn't matter how many Jews had to die in the camps as long as they could get their hands on Palestine, which at the time was somebody else's country. This was a land with people on it, for people who wanted to steal the land and that's what Zionism and neo- Pharissezium is all about.
The whole story is more pornographic than "The Devil in Mrs. Jones" and could probably be called "The Devil does Palestine." I know holocaust pornography when I see it. It's dressed up as a religion and is as firmly based in reality as that thing in Masada. It is meant to make us talk in whispers from Sub Rosa Land, because telling the truth can get you into trouble and ruin your life, which is why people are more comfortable selling themselves into slavery in order to avoid the problems that telling the truth might cause. Try holding people up to this litmus test and see what it gets you.
If denying the holocaust is a crime, don't deny it. There was a holocaust and the truth was burned alive, along with integrity, honor and a whole lot of their friends, who were staying over at the time. There was a holocaust. Millions of Germans got exterminated and also some Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and political malcontents. The holocaust happened and it was no more or less of a holocaust than any of the rest of the holocausts caused by those claiming exclusive rights to this one.
I can feel my eyes moisten at the mountains of hair that was shaved from heads to make (cushions? Pillows) something or other. Actually, the hair, this holy relic, was shaved to control the spread of lice. Is it against the law to say that?
The holocaust is a religion whose intent is to blackmail the world for as long as it can be maintained. It's a racket where Paul Bunyan would feel right at home. It's a French braid of stories, woven from single hairs, that have no problem contradicting each other as long as it's not you doing the contradicting and the empire of deception that is built on top of it is going to be one of the main casualties of The Apocalypse, along with all the rest of the carrot and stick realities that rule this world. Success in this world may very well be measured to the degree that one trumpets the tales of those who used the money garnered to buy up every vehicle for wider expression and then...and then along came the internet.
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Spain's new Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was sworn in Wednesday amid cautious optimism here and across Europe that he will deepen painful but necessary economic reforms, and that the country will be a driver of recovery, not of stagnation.
Unlike most other troubled European countries, namely Italy, Spain has not shied away from reforms, even with the outgoing Socialist government. Mr. Rajoy, a conservative, is not so much an agent of change but of continuity for policymakers and markets alike, analysts say. He will control parliament because of his party's absolute majority in November elections, allowing him to push through legislation quickly.
"The future could not be any more somber," Rajoy said in his investiture speech today. The debt to GDP ratio increased to nearly 70 percent in 2011, compared to 36 percent in 2007, he said. "We face huge difficulties, and very demanding challenges are ahead. … But those who believe Spain will not implement the reforms to be successful in Europe are totally wrong."
Rajoy was sworn in for his four-year term today before King Juan Carlos, and his cabinet will be in place by tomorrow. Difficult economic times, and at least a one-year recession, likely lie ahead.
The greatest challenge will be finding a balance between growth and austerity. Markets have rebounded since Rajoy's November victory in anticipation of economic reforms in the financial and labor sectors that would spur growth and decrease unemployment, while still cutting public spending. Spaniards' endurance of cuts is likely to be further tested after three years of austerity and stagnation.
Keeping the 18-wheeler on track
The euro zone, a 17-member fiscal union that shares a single currency, is like an 18-wheeler. Spain has the fourth-largest economy and population in the eurozone, and as such it's one of four critical axles, along with Germany, France, and Italy. Just about any tire can go flat, perhaps even fall off, and the truck will still roll on — unless the tire is on one of those four axles.
A broken down eurozone would quickly drag the United Kingdom with it and the rest of Europe would follow, with the US trailing close by. Rajoy's job of steering the Spanish economy is thus a critical one.
"Spain though is quite constructive. We saw good success. Fiscal adjustment has been credible, social acceptance is good. It's a good example," said Luigi Speranza, a London-based eurozone economist with French bank BNP Paribas. "But it's very important, not just because of size. It's politically important. If Spain fails everything will fail."
The cost of borrowing for Spain has plummeted from nearly 7 percent to 5.3 percent since Rajoy was elected, although much has to do with the European Central Bank's decision to inject almost €500 billion of cheap cash into the European financial system. Still, Italy and other countries have not benefited as much, due to a lack of political consensus, which Spain has.
The pain ahead
But during the two-day debate on his appointment that started Monday, Rajoy did not paint an optimistic short-term future. Instead, he pleaded for Spaniards' patience.
Spain is largely believed to have reentered a recession this quarter, and its economy is expected to contract between 1 and 1.5 percent in 2012. The unemployment rate, already the European Union's highest, is expected to continue growing from its current rate of nearly 22 percent.
Rajoy left out the details of his plans, especially in terms of labor and financial sector reforms. But by the end of the year, his government will pass emergency decrees to tackle the economic challenge, he said in his speech before parliament.
Rajoy said at least €16.5 billion would be cut in 2012 to meet Spain's commitments, but that is may be an overly optimistic target. By the end of 2011, Spain was supposed to cut its public deficit to equal 6 percent of gross domestic product, and even further in 2012 to reach 4.4 percent of GDP. But this year's deficit will be higher than expected because of the toll the debt crisis took on Spain's public finances.
Regardless of what is required, Rajoy has said Spain will meet its target by 2012 — a tough commitment, given EU Commission estimates that its 2011 deficit spending will reach 6.3 percent and it is on track for reaching 5.3 percent in 2012. That implies severe pain.
Some analysts expects spending cuts to at least triple from 2011's €11.4 billion. Rajoy has been clear that he intends to continue his predecessor's track record of cuts and economic reforms, in line with German and French guidelines, and Germany was quick to ask Rajoy to speed up reforms after the parliamentary rubber stamp Tuesday on his new post. The only spending increase will be for retirement payments.
Mandate to cut
Rajoy's conservative majority voted the new prime minister in for four years, but the left and nationalist parties — who make up almost half of the parliament — voted against him or abstained. The stark vote breakdown is likely to be repeated in the legislative agenda in coming months because Rajoy's Popular Party doesn't need further legislative support to pass any vote. It received almost 45 percent of the vote.
Furthermore, if the election results are any indication, Spaniards are willing to take the austerity measures they know are coming. Rajoy therefore has ample space to maneuver. In the end, that is Spain's biggest asset.
The concern is not about the country's dedication to making cuts, but whether much-needed growth can happen at the same time. If it doesn't, Rajoy could face waning support for his economic agenda.
"The concern is on the activity side — that is, whether the economy will grow enough to garner support for Rajoy's strategy," says Speranza, the London-based economist. "The cost in terms of economic activity of austerity is significant. It makes it more difficult to implement reforms."
So far, things are on track. "It was quite impressive. Even before elections, both main parties began to commit themselves to an austerity agenda," says Stewart Fleming, associate fellow in international economics at Chatham House, a British think tank. "They didn't use the crisis as political football and markets have responded positively."
But there is always the risk of backsliding, analysts warn — particularly because Spain is tied to other countries struggling to return to growth. "Reform by individual members is made more difficult because Europe as a group has yet to come to terms with satisfying financial markets," Fleming says.
The world is just going to have to accept the solution comes with time. "Markets look at tomorrow, but this will take years," Speranza says.


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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A global water crisis should be a top concern because of its implications for peace, political stability and economic development, a report issued in York says.
That's the warning in a report by the InterAction Council, a group of 40 prominent former government leaders and heads of state, working with the United Nations University's Institute for Water, Environment and Health, and Canada's Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation.
"The future political impact of water scarcity may be devastating," former Canadian Prime Minister and council Co-chairman Jean Chretien said in an IAC release Monday.
"Using water the way we have in the past simply will not sustain humanity in future. The IAC is calling on the United Nations Security Council to recognize water as one of the top security concerns facing the global community."
The report focused on the danger in many regions, particularly sub-Saharan Africa or West Asia and North Africa, where critical water shortages already exist.
"As some of these nations are already politically unstable, such crises may have regional repercussions that extend well beyond their political boundaries," IAC member and former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland said.
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What a day for information.
The Attorney General Mark Dreyfus announces that Australia is joining the Open Government Partnership and the interpretative conversation begins.
Also it was NSS13, so I could watch 40+ children being enthralled by a telling of The Wrong Book and a costumed performance of it afterwards at my workplace.


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I originally wrote:That is an awesome vig and it pains me to have to disqualify it, but rules are rules.
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To reiterate: the maximum dimensions are 16x16 studs. Minor overhang of up to one stud beyond the limit is acceptable but that does not mean you can build beyond the 16x16 limit. It just means that if you have something in your scene that hangs over the 16x16 boundary by less than a stud you don't have to worry. Things like the barbed wire and brick turned at an angle in the scene above are fine. The ooze canister is pushing it because that appears to be more than one stud beyond the base, but that's a simple fix because it can be nudged back into the allowable boundary. The large black tiles on the sides of the base on the other hand can not. Those are not overhang.
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Google Analytics introduced asynchronous tracking in Dec 2009 as an "alternate way to track your website". According to Google, this code is processed separately and can execute without blocking other code or content. This allows the Analytics code to be placed higher in the page, unlike the traditional code.
The asynchronous tracking snippet is said to offer the following benefits:
- Faster overall page load time
- Improved data collection for short visits to rich media or script-heavy pages
- Collecting (and retaining) user clicks that occur before the tracking code loads
We decided to test Google's claim that the new code snippet improves page load time. Here's what we found.
Problem: To study the effect of using the asynchronous code as against the traditional code on page load time.
Hypothesis: Page load time with the traditional code will be higher (i.e. the page will take longer to load) than with the asynchronous code in all possible placements of the codes.
Limitation: The experiment does not attempt to study the effect of the codes on script-heavy or rich media pages. It also does not attempt to study tracking errors when the script has not fully loaded.
Methodology: Six simple HTML pages were created and tested on a local Apache server. Each page consisted of a single line of text and a Google Analytics code. The only difference between the pages was the version of Google Analytics Code being used and its placement.
The six combinations were:
- Traditional/ Synchronous code placed just before the </head> tag.
- Traditional/ Synchronous code placed just after the <body> tag.
- Traditional/ Synchronous code placed just before the </body> tag.
- Asynchronous code placed just before the </head> tag.
- Asynchronous code placed just after the <body> tag.
- Asynchronous code placed just before the </body> tag.
Ten readings of "page load time" were taken for each page using the Firebug add-on. Browser cache was cleared prior to each reading to ensure that page was not loaded from the cache.
Experimental Results
|Code Placement
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|Avg Page Load Time (in sec)
|Inside <head></head> Tags
|Just After <body> Tag
|Just Before </body> Tag
- Overall, the asynchronous version of the Google Analytics code is faster than Traditional/ Synchronous code by 17.03%.
- Placing the asynchronous version in any part of the file, does not significantly change the load time unlike the synchronous version.
- Putting the code on top of the page no longer slows the page. This is very important if tracking the click is as important as loading contents of the page. Incomplete page load is a major reason for disparity between GA visits and Google AdWords clicks.
The overall results support Google's claim that asynchronous Google Analytics code improves page load time. We recommend that the traditional synchronous code be slowly phased out and the asynchronous code be adopted
This is especially important in paid campaigns where cost per click is being analyzed and where the Google Analytics code should be placed in the header. In today's internet scenario where users expect to see instant page loads, this is a welcome move by Google
We'll be testing the other claims that Google makes about its asynchronous page tracking code. Watch out for the next one!
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What is genuinely impressive is the feature-length documentary that accompanies the first 3,000 copies: Ban the Sadist Videos! (2006), an extremely detailed and intelligent examination of the Video Nasty movement. The Blu-ray I received made no mention of this anywhere on the packaging; rather it was simply tucked in as a third disc along the Blu-ray and DVD copies of the main feature. A standard-def DVD, it compliments House on Straw Hill nicely, and indeed is far more interesting.
The unambitious but exploitative thriller is about a pretentious and paranoid best-selling first-time novelist, Paul Martin (German actor Udo Kier of Andy Warhol's Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula, his voice dubbed here), who hires a secretary-typist to whom he can dictate his follow-up novel. Would you go to work for Udo Kier at a remote, lonely cottage?
The woman, beautiful Linda Hindstatt (Linda Hayden), is very sexually active to say the least, masturbating within minutes after arriving at the rural cottage (not a hill, straw or otherwise) that Paul has rented for the task. She simultaneously flirts with and spurns the advances of Paul, he recently estranged from his voluptuous girlfriend, Suzanne (Fiona Richmond).
He's troubled by strange visions of slit wrists, a bloody bathtub, plastic gloves, and something like a home break-in. She, on the other hand, casually takes a stroll in an adjacent field, masturbates some more only to then be raped by two youths (Karl Howman and celebrated stuntman Vic Armstrong), eventually shooting both as they finish. She leaves their bodies and returns to the cottage as if nothing had happened, unaware that one of the men has (barely) survived his wounds. The film turns on a highly predictable twist I won't reveal here.
The film isn't really a supernatural horror film but rather a cheap knock-off of Straw Dogs (note the title similarity). Unfortunately, the resulting unsavory work more closely resembles soft-core porn than Sam Peckinpah's intelligent if highly controversial 1971 thriller. Kier's novelist is singularly unreal, he immodestly speculating his work "may even be in line for the Pulitzer Prize!" while dictating a laughably flowery manuscript: "She played Anna like a virtuoso with a Stradivarius Ö a great, wonderful catharsis of lust." It's akin to the Bad Hemingway Contest and other literature parody. Or maybe Hustler's hilariously over-the-top erotic fiction.
The flat looping of Kier's voice by an unidentified actor hurts, but so does the fact that neither he nor Linda are interesting or sympathetic characters, though Hayden is unquestionably quite beautiful and Fiona Richmond, the wife of director James Kenilm Clarke, isn't exactly chopped liver herself. But House on Straw Hill is merely a crass exercise in sex-horror with only its explicit sex scenes holding any interest today.
Video & Audio
In Severin's defense, they've done a fine job restoring House on Straw Hill, whose original camera negative was in bad shape and apparently cut in any event. A disclaimer preceding the film notes this reconstruction primarily utilizes an uncut 35mm print most of the time, with an inferior print and the original negative sourced here and there. This results in big fluctuations: most of the film looks pretty good, but at other times inferior, damaged elements with dicey color are utilized. The results are noticeable but never distracting in any substantive way. The English mono audio (no alternate audio or subs) is acceptable.
Extra Features
What makes House on Straw Hill Highly Recommend is that limited edition extra feature, Ban the Sadist Videos!, a two-part made-for-video feature running under two hours. Written and directed by David Gregory, the show explores the history of the Video Nasty and the movement, led by conservative activist Mary Whitehouse, to pull, cut and/or ban explicitly violent videocassettes and prosecute wholesalers, distributors, and even private collectors selling and trading tapes.
The documentary might easily have made Whitehouse and her supporters a target of derision while serving as an excuse for a clip show of unrelenting blood and gore, but the film is too good for that, evenhandedly presenting both sides of an extremely complex issue. Moreover, the film digs deep in examining the societal, economical and political nuts and bolts driving the Video Nasties movement in the first place, how arbitrary and inconsistent enforcement was, and how eventually a solution was devised that mainly served the financial interests of BBFC rather than the moral fiber of ordinary citizens. Though specifically a UK problem, it delves into broader themes of great interest for moviegoers worldwide and it's one of the best documentaries of this type I've ever seen.
Also included, on the Blu-ray, is an audio commentary with director Clarke and producer Brian Smedley-Aston; a video interview with actress Linda Hayden (who hates the film and regrets doing it); and a trailer.
Parting Thoughts
House on Straw Hill is recommended only to hardcore Ď70s horror film buffs, but Ban the Sadist Videos!, again limited to the first 3,000 copies sold, nicely balances everything out and deserves to be widely seen so, all told, Highly Recommended.


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First I would like to thank those of you who are taking the time to read my story. This is about my short journey with Islam and why I left, never to look back. I do not intend on offending anybody, but I am trying to warn future converts about Islam.
As a young, naive college student, I met a muslim arab guy. We began dating and he promised me a lifetime of happiness and love. Luckily I did not give him my life, but the in the time I did give him, I learned a lot about the muslim community. Soon after we started dating he began commending me on my innocence of being a virgin and he explained that he could never marry a non-virgin, mind you that he had many sexual partners and was far from a practicing muslim. I should have taken this as a sign of his character. Anyways, soon he explained that he could not marry me because I was not one of the three religions of the book (christian, jewish, muslim). I was so broken. I was not going to change religions for him but at the time I was going through times of disbelief of my own religion. I looked into other religions and made a muslim friend at my university. After studying the religion for about two months, I decided to convert. The guy I was dating did not try to persuade me, but he was happy to hear about my decision.
This is where I want all of the 'future converts' to really listen. When i told my friend I wanted to convert, she became more than excited and began to take me under her wing. She could not wait to take me to the mosque and she told me we are now sisters. She introduced me to a ton of people who were congratulating me and teaching me how to pray and make wudu, etc. The night I converted everyone was SO nice to me. All of the ladies hugged and kissed me and told me that I am now their family. It was a beautiful night for me, but I did not now what I was getting into. My family is very strict and did not know I converted. They all assured me that it doesn't matter because I did the right thing for Allah.
As soon as I converted, the first thing my boyfriend told me was, 'so u are going to start wearing a hijab (head scarf) now, right??' I was astonished that someone so non-religous was putting such demands on a new convert. Even the girl from my university that took me to convert told me that real muslim girls cover their head, but she was understanding that my parents did not know so I could not do that. Then all of the 'friends' I met at the mosque began judging my actions. If I was seen talking to a boy or even out at the movies at night, they all told me I could not do that anymore. They all told me to wear a hijab, even though they knew that my parents did not know I converted. They said to just put it on after I left home. At first they tried to tell me in a joking way, then they starting bad-mouthing me to other people. They all either gave me dirty looks or tried to convince me that I was not living a moral-life. The arab guy I was dating started lying and cheating on me.
I felt like a prisoner. I truly felt like I lost my freedom and I was SO envious of the non-muslim girls, who could live a comfortable carefree life. The muslim guys drank, smoked, dated multiple girls, and lived a very liberal lifestyle. They received no repercussions. After months and months of constantly feeling guilty and isolated, I decided that God does not want people to be miserable. Most of the muslim girls I know are truly miserable. I did not want to waste my life wishing that I was 'free' again. The day I realized this, I ran to paint my nails again, something I had not done since converting to Islam because it breaks wudu and invalidates your prayer. I felt SO free. It was the best day of my life. It was when I began to be myself again. I stopped dating that guy. This was about 3 years ago. I am now in a very healthy relationship with a non-muslim (thank God) and I could not be happier.
I highly warn future converts to try to live a muslim lifestyle for a month before converting. If you like this lifestyle, then you know what to do, but if not, don't make yourself miserable. DO NOT listen to muslims when they try to convince you to convert. They are trying to convince you for their own selfish purposes and will often tell lies to lure you into Islam. After studying the religion from a non-biased standpoint, I believe Muhammad had Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Many things in the Quran can be proven incorrect through modern science. The religion is against music, television, photography of living things, playing chess, and much much more. I personally feel that these beliefs are not valid and make no sense. My story is very mild compared to what some other converts went through. I am just thankful that I did not marry the guy I was dating.
I hope that my story can prevent someone else from going through what I did. Best wishes and God bless. <3


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On Wednesday, Folk had a "tweak" he suffered during practice while taking a field goal kick. Due to the soft nature of the practice fields in December, Folk slipped slightly during his follow-thru, causing him to land awkwardly on his left foot and his back to react. It wasn't anything major but enough for him to get wrapped up and treated after practice.
"I just skipped and had to catch myself with my left foot. Just tweaked it," Folk told The Jets Blog.
"I just had to re-balance to catch myself and that's when it happened, just tweaked it a bit. It was nothing major. In fact, it is feeling a lot better today."
It is a bit of good news for the Jets who have benefited greatly from Folk's calming presence and sure-footedness this year.
This season, Folk has made 17-of-22 field goal attempts with two of those misses coming off blocked kicks where the line let a defender slip by. It is a solid overall season for Folk, now in his third year with the Jets, as he's kicking as well as he has since 2008 in Dallas. That year he was 20-of-22 on field goal attempts.
Folk is also 28-for-28 on extra point attempts this season. In fact in his career he has made all of his 240 extra points attempts, a point of pride for the kicker.
Sadly, the two blocked kicks could well keep Folk from being considered for the Pro Bowl despite a year where he is enjoying success despite the limitations of the Jets offense.
The slight mid-back injury didn't keep Folk from practicing on Thursday and he received treatment as well.
"I kicked fine today, no big deal, " Folk said. "It didn't [bother me] today. It's a little tight, it is the end of the season and I just want to make sure that I don't hurt the team first and foremost or hurt myself."
"But I felt fine and kicked fine today. It didn't bother me so that's good."
Kristian R. Dyer is a Jets beat reporter for Metro New York and contributes to The Jets Blog. Follow him at @KristianRDyer for Jets breaking news and info from Florham Park.


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SwitchSmart - what is it about?
SwitchSmart is a hardware- and software project, focused on (radio controlled) home automation - (re)using existing hardware such as smart-phones, routers, radio controlled power sockets / -switches, etc.
The project enables you to control various kinds of remote controlled power sockets and switches - found for cheap in usual hardware stores - via your smartphone or your computer.
It is meant to be as compatible as possible to existing projects, solutions and components - support for further platforms and devices, as well as compatibility to similar projects, like Ethersex, fhem, etc. is going to be worked on / added (soon).
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|Biosequences .. Software .. Molbio soft .. Network News .. FTP
In article <8umphb$h0$1 at news.ycc.yale.edu>, Una Smith <una.smith at yale.edu> wrote: >kwantenzap at xs4all.nl (CorK) writes: > >>Rick Harris is a tree-sitter in Ashland, Oregon, who is trying to save >>a 100-years old Ginkgo tree which is about to be cut down together >>with other trees by the City of Ashland to make way for a library >>expansion. > >>The Ginkgo is on the IUCN Red list of Threatened Plants. > >Living ginkgo trees in North America are cultivated. Ginkgo is common >as a street tree. So making a big protest about cutting one down just >because its conservation status is "threatened" is probably not smart, >if your intention is to protect the species. Make ginkgo difficult to >cut down, and you'll give city planners a compelling reason to plant >some other species instead of ginkgo. If he were smart, he would promise to come down as soon as the Ashland council promised to plant a dozen mixed-sex gingkos in an area zoned for parkland. The current danger to gingkos is that the females are rarely planted because they apparently have troublesome fruit. Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QG, England. Email: nmm1 at cam.ac.uk Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679


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Courtney Mazza and husband Mario Lopez are going to be parents for the second time!
Mario and Courtney confirmed that they are expecting a big brother or sister – in September – for their daughter Gia, 2.
Courtney shared how her pregnancy is going so far, "I'm in that stage where I can't fit into my regular clothes anymore but I can't fit into maternity clothes yet either. But I'm good, it's all good!" The expectant star says that breakfast cereal is main craving at the moment, with one in particular being her fav. She tells Us magazine, "Right now, I'm really craving Cap'n Crunch cereal! But I try to keep it in moderation and not go too overboard."
Congrats to the Lopez family!
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Chicano Park in Barrio Logan has just secured a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, the California Department of Parks and Recreation's Office of Historic Preservation announced Thursday.
The designation means Chicano Park has been recognized as a national cultural resource worthy of preservation benefits and protection from adverse effects stemming from federally funded or licensed projects.
The listing will also facilitate the restoration of historic structures and grant the park certain tax advantages. In addition to placement on the National Register of Historic Places, Chicano Park was also placed on the California Register of Historical Resources.
Assemblymember Ben Hueso – who serves as an ex-officio member of the California State Parks & Recreation Commission – said Chicano Park's historic designation is more than well-deserved.
"This is an exciting accomplishment not only for the community but the region as a whole. Chicano Park is much more than a neighborhood park; it is the cornerstone of San Diego's Mexican-American heritage and legacy," said Hueso.
"Chicano Park is a symbol of great pride for the community, an example of the great things that can be accomplished when a neighborhood comes together for a common cause," he continued.
Hueso's father was an active member of the community organization that advocated for the creation of Chicano Park under the Coronado Bridge pylons.
Annual celebrations of Chicano Park Day have been held since 1971. The official "takeover" of the park space under the Coronado Bridge pylons dates back to April 22, 1970, according to the park's website.


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Sunrise sentry
Ref: OW0013
Location: Peterborough
One very early summer morning I watched a little owl at the top of an old oak tree as the sun rose behind it.
Print Information
Fine art prints can be provided and currently are either printed on Epson Semi gloss paper or Epson fineart paper. I provide print only which is then rolled in tissue paper into a re-inforced tube. This is normally mailed by royal mail special delivery.
Print prices are normally £40 for A4 and £55 for A3 (semi gloss). Some prints can be provided on a3+ paper and are £65. All prices exclude delivery costs, which are normally circa £7 in the UK. International delivery costs may vary and subsequently take longer to deliver.
Before a print can be delivered I would need a cleared cheque for the above amount which ever option you decide to go with.


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ROCKLEDGE, FL - From using 'live' music and massage therapy at the bedside, to 'Hounds of Hospice' therapy dogs to reduce stress, the arts have emerged as an effective tool for healthcare professionals to promote the comfort and relaxation of patients, caregivers, and family members.
Since an Arts in Medicine Program was first brought to Health First hospitals, Hospice of Health First has witnessed the impact on patients and families, and now incorporates art into its programs as well.
To showcase the various aspects of how art can be an integral part of hospice services, Hospice of Health First is hosting the third annual "Arts in Medicine Showcase" on Saturday, April 23, from 10 am to 2 pm at The Avenue, Viera. Take I-95 to exit 191 (Wickham Road). Turn west onto Wickham Road. At the traffic circle just past
Wal Mart, bear right onto Lake Andrew Drive. The Avenue, Viera shopping center is 1/2 mile on the right. This special event is free and open to the public.
The Arts in Medicine Showcase will offer participants information on how the arts are being used in Hospice of Health First's programs through exhibits, speakers, and interactive activities. Some of the Arts in Medicine offerings featured include five 'live' music concerts, massage demonstrations, gardening and herbal therapies, as well as visits by certified therapy dogs and their trainers. There will also be take-home, hand-made art for children.
For more information about Hospice of Health First or the Arts in Medicine Showcase, call 952-0494.


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The Scottish GENES blog has now ceased publication - for continuing Scottish news please refer to its sister blog, British GENES, at http://britishgenes.blogspot.com. The Scottish GENES posts will remain online as an archive of Scottish genealogical news from 2007-2011. Alba - agus Scottish GENES - gu bràth!
Thursday, 27 January 2011
ScotlandsPeople Centre - FamilySearch access
FamilySearch has launched a new version of its website at www.familysearch.org, but at the moment the terminals in the centre cannot properly provide for it, as the current internet browser needs to be updated (I believe the new site requires Internet Explorer 8) - the staff are fully aware of this and there are plans to sort it in the near future. In the meantime however, if you need to access FamilySearch, you'll have a problem.
However - you can still gain access to the old version of Family Search. Ordinarily the easiest way to gain access is to simply visit www.familysearch.org and to either click on the link to the old site found on the right side of the page or to scroll to the bottom and click on the link found there. However, because of the current incompatibality of the browser, the new version of the site is not displaying these links.
Never fear though - simply type in www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp to the address bar and you will be taken through to the old version of the website, which works perfectly.
I've not used them for over a year now, but I believe there is also still a set of IGI CD-ROM discs in the Dundas Room (open to correction on that though).
Professional genealogical problem solving and research
Researching Scottish Family History (New book)
3 comments:
- The Professional Descendant said...
I again had problems trying to access Ancestry.co.uk on my last visit to the ScotlandsPeople Centre due to the old browser. Hope it gets sorted soon!
- 28 January 2011 at 09:00
- Chris Paton said...
Hi Kirsty,
I was luckily able to use Ancestry OK yesterday (invaluable for doing census chases as you can use the birthplace field to easily find someone who isn't where they should be!), but the staff did specifically mention that Ancestry was affected by the IE8 issue also. I have had problems on a previous visit with Ancestry though, and definitely feel your pain! Hopefully won't be too long in getting resolved, they moved fairly quickly on the Flash issue some time ago.
- 28 January 2011 at 10:10
- Old Census Scribe said...
I encountered Ancestry's problem with IE8 (and IE9 beta) on my home machine a couple of months ago. Ancestry suggested Firefox--and I've been using it exclusively ever since.
- 28 January 2011 at 15:20


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If you're a major golf equipment company, the Shell Houston Open surely left you with mixed feelings.
D.A. Points waited out a long rain delay Sunday afternoon, then grinded out a one-shot victory that also earned him a spot in the Masters. In his bag was a mix of clubs from TaylorMade and Ping – but most of those clubs were several years old.
Anyone who watched the tournament on TV heard the story of how Points borrowed an old Ping Anser putter from his mother. That putter, Points said, has been in his garage since about 2005. And that's just the beginning of the story of his equipment mix.
--His driver is a TaylorMade R11S. TaylorMade still lists it as a current model, though the R1 and RBZ models are newer. And if you go to the TaylorMade site, you can buy the R11S for $100 off and the R11S TP model for $200 off.
--His 3-wood is a TaylorMade Burner, which was popular four or five years ago but is now out of production. The current model is the Burner SuperFast 2.0.
--One hybrid is a TaylorMade Rescue 11, which is a 2011 model.
--Another hybrid is a Ping G10, which has been discontinued.
--His iron set consists of Ping i5 clubs, which are also out of production.
--His wedges are Ping Tour models with Gorge grooves, which are brand new.
A couple of observations:
--First, good for Points for sticking with clubs he likes and trusts.
--Second, TaylorMade and Ping might not get a lot of marketing mileage out of Points' victory with all those older clubs. On the flip side, Points proved that these clubs, though most are several years old, are still darn good.
We all get bombarded each year with marketing claims that the newest clubs are the greatest ever made – and they probably are. But that doesn't mean their predecessors are obsolete. In fact, all the big club companies have been making excellent product for years – unlike, for instance, all the major car companies.
So while there's no denying the appeal of golf's new products, everyday golfers like you and me should feel good that our couple-of-years-old sticks are still plenty good and that we shouldn't feel pressured to upgrade until we're good and ready. So if you're truly in the market for the latest and greatest, go right ahead and buy whatever your heart desires (and make sure you get a proper clubfitting from a PGA Professional to get the most out of your new gear).
But if what you have is working for you, then why mess with success?
Besides, playing his tried-and-true equipment was just one of Points' keys to success. He also worked diligently with PGA instructor Gary Gilchrist on restoring his balance and power last week, and got a special putting lesson from Lamar University golf coach Brian White.
So remember, the key to improving your game is part equipment and part instruction – and part timing.
To see a photo gallery of Points' winning clubs, click here. And to see this week's edition of What's in the Winners' Bags, click here.


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Doobie Brothers Live at Wolf Trap.
A beautiful, sad song.
Another Park, Another Sunday (4/21/18 link repaired - one with video deleted by vendor)
I really like this song and I repeat it here with the studio version. Why? Because this version has an organ and vibes which adds much to the sound. The live one uses only a sax. Variety is good.
And, the lyrics are unbeatable.
Another Park, Another Sunday
Here's one that's beautiful, soulful, and great.
South City Midnight Lady (10/30/15 link repaired)
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)


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2011 (Senior):
Team captain ... Recognized as an ACWPC and CWPA "Superior" Scholar-Athlete ... Finished third on the team with 30 goals, while also contributing 17 assists and 20 steals ... Picked to the CWPA Northern Division Player of the Week Honor Roll Oct. 10 ... Scored two goals and had three assists in season-opening win over MIT Sept. 3 ... Netted a hat trick against George Washington Sept. 10 ... Scored twice and added two steals during 17-9 win over Mercyhurst Sept. 17 ... Had a goal, two assists and three steals at Fordham Sept. 24 ... Led the Crimson to a 16-7 win over Connecticut College Oct. 15 with a hat trick and two assists ... Scored four goals, including two in the seventh-place game against Iona, during the CWPA Eastern Championship Nov. 18-20 to help the Crimson finish seventh.
2010 (Junior):
Earned team's Most Improved award ... Named to the CWPA Northern Division Player of the Week Honor Roll Oct. 20 ... Received ACWPC and CWPA "Superior" Scholar Athlete honors ... Finished the year with 29 goals, 17 assists and 17 steals ... Had one goal, one assist and one steal versus St. Francis (N.Y.) in the MIT Invitational Sept. 4 ... Notched one score, dished two assists and grabbed two steals against Washington & Jefferson in the ECAC Championship Sept. 19 ... Tallied two scores and handed out two assists against Iona Sept. 25 ... Found the back of the net twice, had three assists and one steal versus Caltech in the Claremont Convergence Tournament Oct. 9 ... Scored a season-high six times, dished one helper and had two takeaways at Connecticut College Oct. 17 ... Notched five goals and one assist versus Brown in the Ivy Championship Oct. 31 ... Put in one goal, dished two helpers and grabbed two steals versus Connecticut College in the CWPA Northern Division Championship Nov. 6.
2009 (Sophomore):
Tallied 19 goals ... Named to the "Superior" list on the ACWPC All-Academic and CWPA Scholar-Athlete Teams ... Found the back of the net against No. 13 Pacific at MIT Invitational (Sept. 5) ... Scored against Redlands at MIT Invitational (Sept. 6) ... Netted a goal against No. 16 Santa Clara at Princeton Invitational (Sept. 13) ... Tallied a score against George Washington at ECAC Championships (Sept. 18) ... Scored career-high four goals against Connecticut College at ECAC Championships (Sept. 20) ... Netted four goals on seven shots in win over Connecticut College (Oct. 8) ... Had a goal against Brown (Oct. 10) and another against Iona (Oct. 11) ... Notched a goal against Fordham (Oct. 17) ... Notched a goal against St. Francis (N.Y) (Oct. 18) ... Scored once against MIT and added a goal in win over Connecticut College at Northern Division Championships (Nov. 7) ... Netted a goal in victory against Queens (N.Y.) at Northerns (Nov. 8).
2008 (Freshman):
Named to CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team ... Scored first career goal against Brown during ECAC Championships (Sept. 21).
High School:
Lettered in water polo and swimming all four years at Episcopal Academy ... All-Main Line Team 2006 and 2007 ... Episcopal Academy high point scorer in 2006 and 2007 ... Named to All-Inter Academic Team in 2007 and was Inter Academic League Tournament MVP in 2006 ... Twice honored as Academic All-American "Outstanding Achiever" ... Member of Tiger Aquatics club team that competed in Junior Olympics in 2007 and Under-20 national competition in 2008 ... Harvard Club Prize ... Cum Laude Society ... AP Scholar with distinction ... Volunteered at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia and at New Bolton Large Animal Hospital ... Enjoys skiing, horseback riding and acting.


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An update:
On the errors I'm getting when compiling -or more specifically, when linking- MAME4ALL (src/raze/raze/raze_1.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 3)), this is not due to crosscompiling an .o file that was produced for a different architecture. This seems to be produced by modules written in assembler (src/raze/raze/raze_1.asm and more on that subdirectory) that are compiled along with the C and C++ modules upon running "make". Before doing this, there is no .o file in that directory, so these are produced in compilation time.
This puzzles me even more, as the compiler seems to be accepting these modules, but the code produced (the .o files) is producing that error, as if the compiled code was not understood by the CPU.
Does anyone know:
- What this code does?
- Is there any way to produce these .o files in a form acceptable to an ARM processor? (I guess this should've appeared when compiling MAME4ALL for any non-x86 architecture such as the iPhone or iPad?
- Any chance of simply removing these modules and compiling a version without them? How would this be made?
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click here for the full article: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/06/urban_renewal_will_yield_a_big.html
Recent conversation about the urban-renewal area anchored by Portland State University has focused on the impact of urban renewal on future tax revenues to the city, the county and Portland Public Schools, but very little attention has been paid to the enormous contribution that PSU makes to the regional economy.
Portland State is one of Oregon's largest employers, with an annual economic impact of $1.4 billion and more than 600 community partnerships. It is the state's largest and most diverse university, educating nearly 30,000 students from around the world. With so much growth, business and civic leaders want PSU to become a world-class university, but that is not possible without world-class facilities. State cuts in funding for higher education require PSU to be creative in how it finances expansion.
As dean of the School of Business Administration, I am compelled to make the case for investing $2 million of the projected $169 million generated by the URA over the next 25 years into the SBA's building project.
First, the majority of our 2,800 undergraduate and 650 graduate students will stay in the region and play a role in starting and leading the businesses and organizations that fuel our economy, create jobs and pay taxes. In my 12 years as dean, every businessperson I have met with believes that Portland should have a great university. If the region is to prosper, Portland needs a business school that attracts and produces the best talent possible, like Foster at the University of Washington, Haas at the University of California at Berkeley or Anderson at the University of California at Los Angeles. Faculty and graduates from those business schools have had a profound impact on their communities.
Core to the SBA's strategy has been strengthening our faculty, who in turn create, design and deliver high-quality degree programs. The fact that the SBA is ranked 14th in the world (first for small MBA programs) by the Aspen Institute for its curriculum on sustainability suggests that the strategy is on the right track. The current experience for students and faculty is compromised by an outdated, bunker-style building, however. Built in 1987, PSU's School of Business Administration is physically inferior to other top-rated business schools. Prospective students who visit the schools noted above are drawn in part by their modern facilities.
The expansion and renovation of the SBA is a $50 million project, and the urban renewal portion will contribute only a fraction of that total. Leveraging that $2 million from urban renewal will enable us to nearly triple our footprint, add 11 classrooms and 25 team study rooms, enhance space for student services and add space for our centers in real estate, sustainability, retail, and innovation and entrepreneurship. The innovation and entrepreneurship center -- a collaboration with PSU's Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science -- will spin off new technology and businesses across the region.
The return on investment is obvious. Attracting more top students and providing them with a better experience will produce better leaders. That means more alumni like Greg Ness, CEO of The Standard; Rick Miller, CEO of Avamere; Becky Gratsinger, CEO of R.V. Kuhns; and Bill Stoller, CEO of Express Employment Professionals. These business leaders make decisions weekly that create jobs and drive our economy.
The urban renewal investment in Portland State ensures that we will have the facilities necessary to compete to attract Oregon's business leaders of tomorrow.
Scott Dawson is dean of the School of Business Administration at Portland State University.


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I don't mind paying good money for games or hardware that interest me, but there is something particularly satisfying about finding a used game in a bargain bin for $1.50 and discovering that I really like it. There are very few games I won't try for less than $2 and since I like playing all kinds of games it is not all that uncommon for me to find an unexpected personal gem that way - or at the very least a game that gives me more entertainment value than the mere $1-$2 I put into it.
Recently I bought a copy of Crackdown for the Xbox 360 complete with the case and manual on eBay for $1.46 with free shipping (I always include the shipping on my $2 or less rule). I was completely unfamiliar with the game, but now that I've played it for several hours I have to say I thoroughly enjoy it!
Crackdown was developed by Realtime Worlds in 2007, conceptualized by company founder David Jones, the British programmer who created the classic Lemmings back in 1991 and the first two Grand Theft Auto games.
The back of the case has a pretty good synopsis: "All justice. No Restraints. As a genetically enhanced agent of justice, it's your job to rid the city of crime - by any means necessary. You're the extreme solution to an extreme problem, as you attempt to take out 21 gang bosses and restore order to a sprawling metropolis teeming with lawlessness and strife."
The narrator puts it even more succinctly to begin the game: "It's all gone to shit!" as back story pictures pan by comic-book style - which fits because this game definitely feels like a comic book. Grittier than Superman or even Batman though. This is an indie comic where you're a juiced-up Judge Dredd type of law keeper and your job is to kill all the bad guys by stomping them to death, throwing them off rooftops, shooting them in the face, running over them in cars, etc. - good wholesome violence like that. And every once in a while the voice of HQ comes on and shows you some video intel on the latest evil-doer you need to hit. It basically feels like a modern-day sandbox version of one my old arcade favorites from Williams - NARC. In fact I wouldn't be surprised to stumble across a crazy clown or some dude flinging giant hypodermic syringes at me. But unlike in NARC, arresting the bad guys is not an option - you just put them in a grave.
The game begins in the garage of the Agency Keep. You go pick out which vehicle you want to take out into the crime-ridden city - a sporty supercar that drives under other cars and scoops them out of the way, a larger Hummer all-terrain vehicle that drives over cars and obstacles, or a big Mac truck that just piles through them. Once you get out into the city you can also jump into any other vehicle you see out there and if you return it to the agency garage it adds it to your inventory of usable vehicles when you respawn.
In addition to tons of vehicles you can also use all kinds of weapons, including those you pry from the cold dead hands of the criminals. And like the cars, if you check in captured weapons at one of various supply points throughout the city it adds them to you usable inventory. You have to reclaim the supply points from the gang members first but after that they provide a port in the city where you can refit with different weapons and reload all your ammo. You can jump all over the place, climb up everything, lift and throw everything (assuming you've built up enough strength), shoot, stomp, kick, grenade, swim - it is basically the fun open-world experience that I expected from Grand Theft Auto IV before I played that and found it utterly boring. There are also lots of little add-on challenges like races, stunts, and collecting orbs. The game actually reminded me quite a bit of the PS3 game Infamous which I played a couple of years back, but then I realized that even though I played Infamous first, it was actually released a couple of years after Crackdown. So it seems like several of the things I liked about Infamous may have actually been inspired by Crackdown.
Graphics are bright and stylized - look almost Dreamcastish to me - which I like. This game is a big comic book and isn't going for realism so hyper realistic COD graphics would have been out of place.
The auto-aim on the shooting is intuitive and easy to use, although the melee combat is less so - several times I stood there doing roundhouse kicks in the air 2 feet in front of a guy while he sprayed me with both bullets and profanity.
The trailer shows off a few of your moves as clean the scum off the streets of Pacific City.
There is an RPG component as well as your skill ratings are tracked on-screen for 5 abilities - Agility, Driving, Explosives, Strength and Firearms. You get points for using each of these skills and when you attain enough points you level up for that particular skill. So the more heavy stuff you pick up, the heavier stuff you CAN pick up, etc. And there is something particularly satisfying about picking up up a big car with a couple of thugs in it and hurling it over a bridge into the water. Or just punching a car into a metal pulp a-la Street Fighter 2 for that matter.
As far as the story goes, Crackdown is not going to make you think and feel and empathize with the characters or any of that mushy stuff. It is pretty much just one long cliche-filled series of explosions. So if you are looking for an emotionally-moving tale well, move on to something else. But if you, like me, just finished a game with a more complex narrative and character development and were looking for some nice cheap fun to swish around and cleanse the palate before the next big game well for me this was it.
The primary gameplay is pretty repetitive so it does start to get a little old after a while. So I can't say that I see myself actually hanging in there long enough to kill off all the gangs and kingpins to complete the game, but I found the gameplay, even repetitive as it is, so addictive that every time I turn it on I still quite enjoy it. Also co-op play and a few other options are available to extend replay value as well. I'm not sure how many hours I've put into this so far, but I've definitely gotten my money's worth. Rating-wise - for me I think I'd give Crackdown like an 8.4 or so. Not bad for a game I had assumed would be closer to a 7 when I bought it. Hell I liked it so much I might have to go check out Crackdown 2 now. I know one thing - if I find Crackdown 2 for $2 or less like I did the first one I'm definitely getting it.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Gaming on $2 or Less - Crackdown for the Xbox 360
I don't mind paying good money for games or hardware that interest me, but there is something particularly satisfying about finding a used game in a bargain bin for $1.50 and discovering that I really like it. There are very few games I won't try for less than $2 and since I like playing all kinds of games it is not all that uncommon for me to find an unexpected personal gem that way - or at the very least a game that gives me more entertainment value than the mere $1-$2 I put into it.
Posted by MadPlanet at 5:09 PM
Labels: Gaming on $2 or Less
3 comments:
- Fallguy40 said...
Your opening description of the game had me thining about NARC as well. 3-D NARC would be epic.
Since I don't have a Xbox 360, I'll probably never play it but it sounds like a good time.
- June 18, 2013 at 7:31 AM
- MadPlanet said...
It's really a surprisingly fun game. If I didn't have so many other games to explore I'd be happy to continue playing it for a while. Well maybe you'll buy a 360 dirt-cheap somewhere in a year or two and if you do buy this game dirt cheap as well. I remember us hitting the NARC several times back in the day - funny thing is there actually IS an updated NARC for the original Xbox, but apparently it was pretty much universally panned as a horrible game so I haven't tried it yet. But if I find it for under $2 somewhere be ready to read about it here.
- June 18, 2013 at 10:38 AM
- Jimmy Johns said...
Xbox One Modded Controllers This is perfect for those who love their old 360 controllers, or had a real expensive modded 360 controller and now don't have to worry about buying another, or want to use a PS4 Dual shock 4 controller or want that extra edge by playing with a keyboard and mouse. Naturally you have full access to all of the mod packs too so you can now play with a fully modded controller on your Xbox One Modded Controllers - including our latest addition to the mudpack range, CALL OF DUTY GHOSTS V1.0 - again supplied free of charge and will be out very soon (Until it is released you can use the Call of Duty Series v1.7 Game Pack to work with COD Ghosts on the Xbox One)
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1. Definitions.
"Computer" means a computer device that accepts information in digital or similar form and manipulates it for a specific result based on a sequence of instructions.
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2. Software Licence. As long as you obtained the Software from Horizon or one of its authorized licensees and as long as you comply with the terms of this agreement, Horizon grants you a non-exclusive licence to use the Software in the manner and for the purposes described in the Documentation, as further set forth below. See Section 13 for specific provisions related to certain components.
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(CNN) -- The life of rugby player Joost van der Westhuizen is the stuff films are made of -- literally.
The 43-year-old was part of the South Africa team which won rugby union's World Cup on home soil in 1995 and received the trophy from the late president Nelson Mandela as the post-apartheid era dawned.
The story of that victory was immortalized in acclaimed film "Invictus" and now, as he battles a life-threatening illness, Van der Westhuizen is drawing inspiration from that Latin word which means undefeated; unconquered.
Van der Westhuizen was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, also known as ALS, in 2011.
The man that famously muscled New Zealand rugby giant Jonah Lomu to the turf in the closely-fought 1995 World Cup final now uses a wheelchair to get around.
His body is too frail to walk because the debilitating disease effects all physical movement, including speech.
And the light and shade between his former glories and his present battle with illness is not unsurprisingly proving frustrating.
"It is," Van der Westhuizen told CNN's South Africa correspondent Robyn Curnow in a television interview where Van der Westhuizen's slurred speech has been subtitled. "But then again, that's how my life is."
The memories of his stellar career -- the Springbok jerseys and silverware -- line the walls of Van der Westhuizen's home in South Africa.
When he retired in 2003, he was the country's most capped player with a reputation as one of the most brilliant, and toughest, scrum halves in the history of the game.
Francois Pienaar, who captained South Africa to success in 1995, described Van der Westhuizen as "a phenomenal athlete."
"What Joost did on the rugby field was incredible," Pienaar told CNN. "He was probably the best number nine to play the game, and that's saying something."
Tough and tenacious on the rugby field, Van der Westhuizen is having to apply those skills in his fight to stay alive and help find a cure for motor neurone disease.
"I am," he assured CNN. "Without a doubt. I am a self-confessed bad loser and I want to beat this not just for myself but for everyone with ALS around the world."
Van der Westhuizen has started a foundation called J9 to raise money and awareness of motor neurone disease.
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Jiotti Lenell Winstead entered into rest on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the Maria Ferari Childrens Hospital at Westchester Medical Center, Vahalla NY. Jiotti was born on March 11, 2001 in Hollywood, Florida. He was 11 years old.
A resident of New Windsor, NY, he attended Gardnertown Elementary School. Jiotti loved his family and friends very much. He loved to play video games with his dad and his brothers, he loved his Transformers and loved when his mom got him Chinese Food. He was truly a unigue, strong, couraegous and beautiful child loved by everyone and will truly be missed forever.
He leaves to cherish his memory parents, Dakotah Winstead and Steve Williams; brothers, Amorion Williams and Jakari Winstead; paternal grandparents, Catherine Brown and Thomas Brown, Steve Earl Williams; great grandmother, Ruth Williams; maternal grandparents, Thomas Bullock, Theresa Lewis; and a host of aunts,uncles relatives and friends.
We would like to thank all the nurses and doctors who took part in his care, and also his teachers for being a part in his life.
Funeral services will be held at 11am on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at the House of Joy, 109 Liberty St., Newburgh, NY. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church.
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Somewhere along the way we became the adults, the ones making the food while the kids play in yard, the ones telling stories. And these traditions, born in central North Carolina, found their way into our kitchens in Virginia. This is the community that raised us, and this is the place where we started our own families.