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05-07-2014 #51
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05-07-2014 #52
Personally, I don't see anything wrong with that. He gave it a good score. Being a editor for xbox doesn't mean he doesn't like ps. Ryan is ok IMO. There are some out there who really are too biased and don't try to hide it. I'd take Ryan over them anyday.
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Uncharted has long loading times?
Not commenting on the actual review; but the guy Ryan is IGN's "go-to" Xbox guy. It'd be like Greg Miller reviewing an Xbox One game. Has Greg Miller reviewed any Xbox games?
In any discussion videos I've seen with Ryan in it, he always takes the pro-Xbox stance, same as Greg, who tends to take pro-PlayStation stance (this does not mean they are being biased, btw.)Last edited by sainraja; 05-07-2014 at 04:02.
05-07-2014 #54
If you want to hear what he has to say about it, listen to this week's Podcast Beyond. Ryan was on it, and this very topic actually came up. On the show he even recommended an xbox owner buy a PS4.
He's the resident baseball guy at IGN. He's paid to report on all things xbox, not be a fanboy for them. Just like Colin and Greg, who if you really follow their work take Sony to task on all their mistakes when they make them. Like The Order impressions for example.
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So what, its a **** game, a sport for Americans! who cares who reviews it!?
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im just saying.....
if it was on xbox one....
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05-07-2014 #60
look, i got overzealous earlier... im sure ryan is giving the game fair reviews. but for me personally, i cant take review sites at their word. Review systems are mega-flawed. Too many times have i seen games (multiplatform) reviewed unfairly... things that give one console a LOWER score dont Lower the score on the other console... Game Parity: Oftentimes a game is legitimately better on one console over the other... but, oftentimes reviews dont reflect that (not all the time, i know, but it happens a LOT)
If a game site is going to split up the scores they give for multiplatform games... the LEAST THEY CAN DO is review both consoles versions and give the score it deserves independently.
FOR EXAMPLE: This MGSV:GZ polygon review.(im not agruing about the low score here, but rather, they scored both console version the SAME. They didnt review the xb1 version though as stated in the review itself they only played review code on PS4... so why the same score? XB1 version is FACTUALLY worse than the PS4 version... but the reviewer didnt think that was relevant? sure the majority of readers arent going to have both consoles... but id LOVE to know which version i should get if i DID.
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05-08-2014 #61
I still chuckle whenever I remember ryan McMicrosoft said this of titfall:
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Reminds me of:
"The Citizen Kane of videogames:
It was pure Hollywood. A random, breathtaking moment of awesome directly stemming from ... A purely emergent, life-and-death dance more exciting than every ... quick-time event I've ever half-heartedly button-bashed my way through. Make no mistake; Grand Theft Auto V is made of moments just like this.To the right, over the ocean, the sun is setting. The sky glows orange as I near the first turn-off. Pulling into a more built-up area of town I'm reminded of the obsessive, incidental detail that amazed me during our first, hands-off demonstration. The cracked roads. The bespoke graffiti lining the walls. The unique shopfronts and billboards littering your line of sight. The city is colourful yet weathered. Living but lived-in. Like Liberty City before it, Los Santos is already making me feel as much like a tourist as a player.
It's like they're staffed by a group of frustrated ex Arts students graduates that all had plays/scripts/etc rejected.
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It's definitely the best baseball game by a long shot, but the NBA 2k series tops all IMO. Their presentations are just fantastic. Even EA is still struggling to match them with their nba live series. They also made a better NFL game too in a lot of gamers eyes. They sure as heck scared EA into locking up that exclusive nfl deal...lol
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You must have never come across the work of well known thespian and successful drama queen, Adam Sessler who called GTA V, the "Charles dic kens novel of our time" in his GTA V review on rev3.
It's a cacophony of ridiculousness.
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I think you'll find it was a combination of the £80 discount and a free copy of titfall that allowed it to do slightly better than "diddly". add to the fact, titan fall was the only game that came out that month. On PS4 the sales were spread over 7 games.
And dont give me that bull crap about oh, but but but bundles aren't counted.
Wasn't bundling of KNACK, given by certain people, as the only explanation of why it sold so well?Last edited by victorijapoosp; 05-08-2014 at 07:47.
05-08-2014 #73
It has yet to drop lower than 3rd in their charts, I haven't played the game either, but I think any new IP is always on a hiding to nothing in terms being a system seller. It certainly still moving units in large quantities however, bundled or otherwise.
Is that moving actual consoles though? Dunno.
Knack never sold well. It debut at 18 and just went down hill from there. Of course there is no accounting for those dam UK chappies tastes.Last edited by mynd; 05-08-2014 at 08:41.
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SAN DIEGO — As a volunteer firefighter, Georg-Andreas Pogany had seen disfigured bodies pulled from wrecked cars. But something very different happened when the Army interrogator saw the mangled remains of an Iraqi soldier.
He became panicked, disoriented and that night reached for both his loaded pistol and rifle as he thought he saw the enemy bursting into his room. Pogany asked his superiors for help; the Army packed him home to face charges of cowardice — the first such case since Vietnam.
None of it made sense to Pogany until he learned more about the white pills the Army gave him each week to prevent malaria.
Pills made him snap, says soldier
The drug's manufacturer warned of rare but severe side effects including paranoia and hallucinations. It became his defense: The pills made him snap. The Army dropped all charges, a spokesman later saying that Pogany "may have a medical problem that requires care and treatment."
Pogany is among the current or former troops sent to Iraq who claim that Lariam, the commercial name for the anti-malarial drug mefloquine, provoked disturbing and dangerous behavior. The families of some troops blame the drug for the suicides of their loved ones. Though the evidence is largely anecdotal, their stories have raised alarm in Congress, and the Pentagon has stopped giving out a pill it probably never needed to give to tens of thousands of troops in Iraq in the first place.
"What are we doing giving drugs that cause hallucinations, confusion, psychotic behavior to people that carry weapons and hold secret clearances?" asked Pogany, 33, who is now seeking a medical discharge. "It doesn't pass the common-sense test."
Military issues guidelines
The U.S. military, which developed the drug after the Vietnam War, maintains that Lariam is safe and effective, though officials have expressed some concern and the military tells its pilots not to take Lariam.
In written guidance on the drug last year, the military urged commanders to send for a medical evaluation anyone who showed behavioral changes after taking the drug, "especially ... if they carry a weapon" — a description of nearly all U.S. troops in Iraq.
"Delay could put the service member or your unit at risk," the guide said.
Lariam is among the drugs recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for treatment and prevention of malaria, which kills about 1 million people worldwide each year. The drug's New Jersey-based manufacturer, Roche Pharmaceuticals, points out that more than 30 million people worldwide have used Lariam over 20 years.
"There is no reliable scientific evidence that Lariam is associated with violent acts or criminal conduct," Roche spokesman Terence Hurley wrote in an e-mailed response to questions.
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Side effects or combat stress disorders?
Further blurring the issue, the side effects associated with Lariam closely mirror symptoms of stress disorders related to combat, making diagnosis difficult.
Still, the pill has dedicated critics who believe it's causing problems that are only beginning to be understood. A review by the Department of Veterans' Affairs found 34 articles in medical journals about patients who took Lariam and became paranoid, psychotic or behaved strangely.
Within the civilian medical community, faith in the drug is mixed among doctors who specialize in tropical diseases. Two said they routinely prescribe it to travelers and believe troop complaints are overblown. Another criticized the military's use of a drug with a known history of psychiatric complications.
Dr. G. Richard Olds, professor and chairman of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, is among Lariam's critics.
"There's a strong recommendation not to use Lariam for those who depend on fine motor skills," he said. "Do you call firing an M-16 a fine motor skill? I do."
Doctors at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego have diagnosed a disorder in the region of the brain that controls balance in 18 service members who took Lariam, among them Pogany.
Number of military prescriptions doubles
The Pentagon's records show the number of Lariam prescriptions issued to active-duty personnel nearly doubled from 18,704 in 2002 to 36,451 the next year, said Lt. Col. Stephen Phillips, a program director for deployment medicine. Since prescriptions issued at remote locations aren't counted, actual numbers may be higher.
Shortly after the March 2003 invasion, military doctors determined another malaria drug would do the job with fewer side effects. Around the same time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that doctors should give patients revised information, underscoring that some Lariam users experience severe anxiety, paranoia, hallucinations, depression and think about killing themselves.
Troops were supposed to receive those kinds of warnings, but several current and former soldiers interviewed for this story said they did not — and that they continued taking the drug in Iraq as recently as 2004. In that year, Phillips said, the number of prescriptions fell to 12,363.
Concerns about those taking the drug weren't new. Some U.S. and Canadian forces deployed to Somalia in the early 1990s reported strange behavior. Lariam came up as a possible explanation after four Fort Bragg, N.C., soldiers killed their wives over 43 days in 2002. An Army probe ruled out Lariam, which was only prescribed to two of the soldiers.
Pentagon investigation
Last year, the assistant defense secretary for health affairs ordered a review of the drug's use based on troop concerns. Many who complained came from the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Carson, Colo. A base spokesman referred all questions to the Pentagon.
In a letter last month, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., pressed Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to release results of the Pentagon's investigation. Feinstein has said there is enough evidence in the warnings from Lariam's maker "to make the causal link between the drug and many of the serious adverse events experienced by service members."
Military officials now concede Lariam wasn't needed in Iraq — and not just because, according to the Pentagon, no malaria infections have been reported among U.S. forces there.
Troops sent to Kuwait in 1991 for Operation Desert Storm were given another anti-malarial, chloroquine. Before the Iraq invasion, the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center in Fort Detrick, Md., which is charged with evaluating medical risks, was concerned that a deadly malaria strain in the region might have become resistant to chloroquine. They relied on reports from the World Health Organization and U.S. Special Operations units sent to northern Iraq.
In a series of reports before the invasion, the intelligence center extrapolated that — without bug spray, mosquito nets or other preventive measures — about 1 in 2,000 troops could pick up a deadly chloroquine-resistant malaria strain, according to a spokesman, Army Lt. Col. Michael Birmingham.
'There was never a need'
In March 2003, U.S. Central Command recommended the use of Lariam or another drug, doxycycline, in high-risk areas in Iraq. The idea was "to err on the side of caution," rather than assume chloroquine would work, said Phillips of the Pentagon's deployment medicine program.
Some commanders chose Lariam because it could be taken once a week rather than daily like doxycycline, whose main side effects included sensitivity to sunlight.
By July 2003, the military had determined the chloroquine-resistant strain wasn't in Iraq. Chloroquine then became the drug of choice.
"That's the saddest part," said Laura Howell, a widow with two children after her husband killed himself in Colorado Springs, Colo. "There was never a need."
Howell blames Lariam for what happened a few weeks after her husband, a veteran Green Beret, returned home. In March 2004, Chief Warrant Officer William Howell went from "normal to murderous" in a half-hour, his wife said, and ended his life in his front yard with a bullet to the head.
Connection to soldiers' suicides?
Critics of the drug in organizations such as Lariam Action USA and the National Gulf War Resources Center believe Lariam is connected to the surge in military suicides in 2003, when 23 people deployed to Iraq and Kuwait took their lives. The suicide rate dropped after Lariam's use was halted in Iraq.
Former Army Spc. Don Dills and his wife say he grew anxious, paranoid and depressed after taking Lariam for seven months in Iraq. Dills, 22, says he "went crazy" on a family visit to Mississippi last year and wound up jailed for robbery. When Dills' wife called her husband's first sergeant about the arrest, he told her: Look into Lariam.
Dills, who like Pogany and Howell was based at Fort Carson, was kicked out of the military shortly after he wound up in a psychiatric ward for problems he and his wife contend are linked to Lariam.
"The bottom line is they know what's going on," said Elicia Dills, 25, of Pueblo, Colo. "They just don't know how to deal with the can of worms they opened."
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She woke up one morning with swollen hands that had turned blue.
That was 10 years ago, before her skin turned rock-hard and before her hands were twisted into what she now refers to as claws.
Doctors diagnosed her with systemic scleroderma, a connective-tissue disease that afflicts 40,000 to 165,000 Americans.
About two years ago, she became so tired from taking a shower that she needed to sit down and get an oxygen treatment.
Doctors diagnosed her with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a progressive and often fatal lung disease that affects approximately 100,000 people in the United States and Europe.
At 54, Elizabeth Gorka is a rarity of rarities -- she's battling two of the 7,000 diseases that the world's top health officials classify as rare. There are no cures for what ails her, and doctors often try new drugs and treatments to manage her symptoms.
As she sat recently in her Centennial Hills home, Gorka described what she does to stay alive -- she takes eight pills in the morning, six pills in the middle of the day and three at bedtime.
And she takes inhalation treatment six times a day that costs $15,000 a month.
She also tries not to worry because stress makes her conditions worse.
"I'm just glad," she said as she stared at cupped hands that were a raw-looking red, "that my husband, Phil, has good insurance."
He's a firefighter at the Nevada National Security Site.
She's also glad that officials with a California-based nonprofit organization known as the Rare Project have begun in recent months to aggressively educate people about rare diseases and to work with corporate America in an effort to raise money for research into rare diseases.
Dean Suhr, a development officer for the project, said that officials with the project -- many of who have lost loved ones to rare diseases or had their lives severely compromised by them -- hope to have corporations match dollar for dollar what people raise on behalf of a condition.
"So if there's a disease-specific support foundation that's raised $100,000 for research, we plan on getting corporations to donate $100,000 so the research effort can go faster," said Suhr, who noted that while lobbying efforts have just started, some corporate leaders "seem very interested."
Suhr said it is critical for the Rare Project to raise the public consciousness about the scope of the rare disease problem. Statistics show that one in 10 Americans, or about 30 million people, suffer from a rare disease.
In the United States, the Rare Disease Act of 2002 defines rare disease as "any disease that affects (fewer) than 200,000 people." Other countries have different definitions. Japan, for example, defines a rare disease as one that affects fewer than 50,000 patients.
All 7,000 rare diseases are listed at rareproject.org.
There are approved treatments for only about 200 rare diseases, sometimes called orphan diseases. The Orphan Drug Act of 1983, a federal law written to encourage research into rare diseases and possible cures, has produced 326 new drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration. More than 95 percent of rare diseases have no therapy or drug. Dispensing pain medication is too often the best doctors can do.
Gorka said that although her rare disease drug treatments are FDA-approved, there is no way of knowing how long they can manage her diseases so she can stay alive.
She was a registered nurse working in Valley Hospital's intensive care unit when she was diagnosed with scleroderma.
"I figured I was going to die right away because I had treated someone who had it and that patient died from kidney failure that was a complication of scleroderma," Gorka said.
Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease, which means a person's immune system works against itself. In scleroderma, cells start making collagen as if there were an injury that needed repair. The cells do not turn off, making too much collagen, a process that can prevent the body's organs from functioning normally.
The changes that Gorka first saw in her fingers were caused by excess collagen that narrowed the blood vessels and reduced blood flow to her hands.
She said that despite the best efforts of Dr. Scott Harris, who has managed to keep Gorka's kidneys from shutting down, medications couldn't stop her hands from "turning into claws" or making her skin so taut that opening her mouth is a struggle.
Despite the struggle with the disease, Gorka continued to work as a nurse, though not at the bedside. Her hands wouldn't even allow her to dispense medications.
First, she trained other nurses, and then worked with statistics in quality improvement programs.
"I really loved nursing," she said. "It made me feel so good to help other people."
When the medications for scleroderma couldn't keep her from developing pulmonary arterial hypertension, which is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs, she had to quit the profession she loved.
The right side of the heart began to work harder than usual and she quickly became short of breath and tired easily.
Because of the nature of sclerodema, which can cause arteries to narrow, patients are at high risk of developing pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Dr. George Tu, a pulmonologist who had been staying abreast of her case because of that risk, said he realized he had to treat Gorka aggressively with oral medications and inhaled medicine. "She was deteriorating rapidly," he said.
Instead of putting her on one medication, the normal protocol, he had her on three at once.
"Fifteen years ago there would have been nothing for her," he said. "What we're doing now is trying to relax the blood vessels in her lungs to keep her from ending up with heart attacks or heart failure."
Gorka's health remains fragile. She often has to use oxygen to get through the night.
Tu, who's been impressed with Gorka's positive attitude, said he and other physicians who treat patients with rare diseases need more treatment options.
"The problem is that if pharmaceutical firms spend a lot of money on research to come up with a treatment, they want a return on their investment," he said. "But that's difficult when only a few people have a disease."
There may be as many as 50 people who suffer from the same conditions as Gorka in Southern Nevada, Tu said.
Though her conditions have severely limited her life -- reading is now what she does most -- Gorka feels lucky.
"I have a wonderful husband who helps me do everything," she said. "I'm looking forward to him driving me to Michigan this summer. I've got grandchildren to see. I've got a lot to be thankful for. Other people haven't made it this long."
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MODESTO – The Modesto Junior College Visual Arts Club presents Faculty Reunited! Art Exhibition through Sept. 26 in the MJC Art Gallery on East Campus, 435 College Avenue.
PLEASANTON - The Alameda County Fairgrounds is hosting host the popular Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26-28.
MODESTO – Modesto Junior College Veterans Services and MJC Health Services will present speaker Jeremiah Pauley, a participant in the Wounded Warrior Project's "Warrior Speaks" program on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 6 p.m. on the East Campus Quad, 435 College Avenue.
*WHAT: Ripon Arts league concert series
STOCKTON - The Stockton Symphony opens its 2013-14 season on Sept. 21 with its Autumn Pops, featuring a breathless virtuoso fiddle performance by an original star of Riverdance, Eileen Ivers. Known for her electrifying concerts that bring audiences to their feet, Ivers is joined by her ensemble, Immigrant Soul, local Irish dancers, and the Stockton Symphony.
*WHAT: "Don't Dress for Dinner"
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Ramos Brothers Circus starts an 11-day run Thursday in Manteca.
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STOCKTON – University of the Pacific again this fall becomes the regional center of education, culture, entertainment and athletics.
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Fox News Slams Emissions Proposal They Didn't Even Read
Fox News mischaracterized a new proposal to set emissions limits for existing power plants, suggesting that Environmental Protection Agency regulation would make electricity rates increase and likely draw the opposition of "carbon state Democrats." In fact, the plan is expected to lead to lower power bills through improved energy efficiency, and allows states with carbon-intensive power to make cost-effective and realistic steps toward sustainable power.
Laying out a plan for President Obama to address climate change in his second term, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released [1] a proposal to regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants under the Clean Air Act using a flexible approach that can be tailored for each state and would minimize economic impacts. William Reilly, a former EPA administrator under President George H.W. Bush, stated [2] of the plan: "This is an imaginative proposal that addresses some real needs. It deserves to be carefully analyzed and taken seriously by all the affected interests."
But Fox News' America Live claimed that "this kind of proposal would obviously have huge economic impact that could spread across industries." Fox News Digital Politics Editor Chris Stirewalt said that under any EPA regulation of existing power plants, Americans "may see their power bills go up and they may see scarcity down the road." He offered that "there are enough carbon state Democrats" that could try to prevent the EPA from acting.
But EPA regulations could actually lower power bills. The NRDC proposal gives plant owners credit for energy efficiency increases, which, according to the analysis from a widely-used [1] modeling firm, would lead to lower power bills. Grist's David Roberts explained [3]:
The fact that energy efficiency counts as compliance is crucial to the economics of NRDC's proposal. If avoided carbon counts toward reducing average fleet emissions, then every utility, in every state and region, has access to inexpensive compliance measures.
Remember: Efficiency saves ratepayers money. According to modeling of the NRDC proposal done by ICF International, by complying through efficiency measures, utilities could achieve the proposed carbon standards while slightly reducing power bills. And every dollar not spent on power is a dollar of annual economic stimulus.
The NRDC report estimates that its approach could lower wholesale power prices by 4 percent in 2020, and that efficiency improvements would further reduce consumption, lowering power bills and emissions simultaneously.
Stirewalt's suggestion that "carbon state Democrats" would push back against any EPA regulation rings hollow too. The proposal cited minutes earlier explicitly advocates for state-specific [1] carbon emission rate standards, meaning states that currently have a carbon-intensive fleet would have to meet less stringent emissions standards than ones that have a less carbon-intensive starting point. NRDC's plan is not cap-and-trade, as Fox suggested. The plan is to set individual emissions [4] standards for each state, and then states can choose how best to curb their emissions including through cap-and-trade.
While America Live host Megyn Kelly did briefly cite the NRDC's estimate that an investment of $4 billion (in 2020) would lead to $25-60 billion in benefits by reducing the pollutants behind climate change and acid rain [5], it bears repeating: contrary to Stirewalt's suggestion, groups like NRDC don't advocate for utility emissions limits because it "hurts the coal industry." They do it because they estimate the costs of coal far outweigh [6] its benefits.
NRDC's plan would lower carbon emissions largely by improving energy efficiency and reducing our reliance on coal, leading to net benefits as this chart [1] of the estimates shows:
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Improv pasta for lunch again today!
July 3, 2012
I Heart Carbs
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Oh, Karen. Don't we all! 😀
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Ah yum! Big carb-eater here 🙂
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Yum this looks SO good! I have such a weakness for pasta…and thankfully, its the one dish that I can make pretty darn well! My easy go-to pasta is usually cacio e pepe (cheese and pepper pasta)–but despite being easy, it's SO yummy! Similar to your pasta in the pic except with pepper and no basil. I also recently discovered The Pioneer Woman and, like her, have become absolutely obsessed with making pasta and different kinds of tomato-cream sauces. It's soooooo good Karen–if you haven't tried any recipes from her site, try this one first:
LOVE it! haha, ok I'm done yammering on and on about my (very obvious) love of pasta now 😛
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Oh YUM!!!
That looks yummy!
Yup, all about carbs :). Improv pastas and i are best friends.
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
By Gary R. Rasberry
Bulldogs jump on Cavs in first
After the first inning, Celina and Coldwater engaged in a pitchers' duel.
While Celina freshman Amanda Hoying was solid for all seven innings, Coldwater's Jessie Welsch needed to get past the first four Celina batters before settling down.
The Bulldogs scored four times in the bottom of the first en route to a 5-1 win at Bill Feth Diamond in Grand Lake circuit play.
Celina improves to 16-2 going into today's key Western Buckeye League matchup with Bath while Coldwater drops to 9-8.
The only trouble Welsch had all day came in the bottom of the first in facing Audrey Harner, Laura Homan, Kinzie Gardner and Allison Braun. Harner led off with a single and promptly stole second. Homan reached on an infield single to third and Gardner singled in Harner to make it 1-0.
Then Braun stepped up and took Welsch's first offering over the fence in left for her fourth home run of the season, making the score 4-0.
After that, Welsch settled down and scattered three hits and two walks for the rest of the game. Celina added a run in the fourth when Homan doubled in Abbey Zacharias, who led off the inning reaching on an error. Welsch struck out five along the way.
"They jumped on Jessie right away. After that first inning, she settled down," said Coldwater coach Jeff Kerr about Welsch. "She kind of got into her groove and got things going for us."
"She did a great job on the mound. I don't want to take anything away from her," said Celina coach Nicole Driggs of Welsch. "I was a little concerned because we were a little apprehensive in taking too many pitches. We need to be more aggressive."
Meanwhile, Hoying started the game by cruising through the first three innings in order before Haley Stucke started the fourth with a base hit. Coldwater got its lone run in the fifth as Robin Buschur led off with a single, went to second on a Teresa Hess sacrifice and came home on a Leah Muhlenkamp double.
Hoying rebounded and retired the final six batters in order, striking out Hess to end the game. Hoying struck out seven and walked just one.
"I'm so proud of Amanda. She's grown so much," said Driggs. "She started getting confidence on the mound and getting into her groove. ... This is a breakout game for her as a pitcher. I'm so proud of her."
"Struggled a little at the plate today. Don't know if that's because we were off Friday and Saturday," said Kerr. "Anytime you don't see live pitching for a couple of days, your timing goes off a little bit. Later innings, I thought we were coming around. (Hoying) pitched a heckuva game."
Braun was 3-for-3 with three RBI, all off the home run, while Homan added a 2-for-3 game.
Stucke paced Coldwater with a 2-for-3 game.
Coldwater has another big game today, traveling to Convoy to face perennial powerhouse Crestview.
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Or, we could do it locally. We can provide facilities that will take in mentally ill homeless persons, medicate them and keep them in a structured environment in which they are no longer a threat to themselves or others. No, wait, we used to have those. They were called mental health facilities, and we stopped doing that because homeless advocates decided that they had a right to be on the streets.
Ultimately, we have to choose whether we see the homeless as persons who are unable to cope with the demands of living, or persons who choose not to. If it's a choice, then we owe them nothing but a strict interpretation of the vagrancy laws, but if it's an inability to function, then we need to treat them, but that means recognizing that they are not competent. What we cannot have is a system that presumes their incompetence when it comes to feeding, clothing and housing them, but presumes that they are competent when it comes to decisions about taking their medications, voting or assuming what we used to think of as adult responsibilities.--Odysseus
Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the people!
A lot of the "homeless" here in Sarasota are simply scumy bums.
And they have been given the Green Light to bother people by the Libtard City Council
which has told the cops to let them be. Pathetic.May the FORCE be with you!
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Intel rolled out its fastest 32-bit Xeon microprocessor–a 3.2-GHz chip for dual processor servers. The new, 3.2-GHz Xeon processor features a 1-MB cache and a 533-MHz system bus. The processor is designed for use in general-purpose servers for Web hosting, data caching, search engines, security, and streaming media applications. In the workstation space, the processor is geared for digital content creation, mechanical and electrical design, financial analysis, and 3D modeling. It works in conjunction with Intel's E7501 chip set for servers or the company's E7505 chip set for workstations. The Xeon processor at 3.2-GHz is now available worldwide for $ 851, in 1,000-unit quantities. System manufacturers will be shipping systems based on this new Xeon processor this week.


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Q: My husband and I live in a condominium with overgrown trees in front of our unit. We believe one of them is a mulberry tree. It drops a greenish-yellow pollen in the spring, and next to that tree is a berry tree that drops red berries all over the place.
Our homeowners association doesn't listen to my complaints all the time, but this is a serious problem affecting our health. We bought a Honeywell large air purifier to help us inside the condo as we are taking allergy pills.
We were tracking the pollen from our shoes directly from our parking space and walkway into our condo and, as much as we try not to, it is still difficult not to track the pollen onto the patio. Our car and our neighbors' cars were loaded with the pollen.
My question to you is how can we get our HOA to trim this tree or cut it down? We know it's illegal to plant these trees now, but they were here six years ago when we moved in. Please advise us how to get the HOA to trim or cut this tree down. Thank you.
A: These trees are located in the associations' common area. If the association is ignoring your request to at least trim the trees, you should contact Neighborhood Justice Center, which is a division of our court system, to help mediate this problem. They will review the issue with you and then attempt to contact the management company or the HOA board to discuss the matter in an effort to reach a mutual settlement. It does not require any expense.
The only other alternative is to hire an attorney to send a demand letter to the association to remove or to trim the trees. In that letter the attorney would probably state that he or she is seeking reimbursement for air purifier and for your medical expenses due to your health issues.
Q: I am in an HOA and I have a question regarding board elections. Our governing documents require candidates to be owners and full-time residents. Our legal counsel says they may be any owner - even absentee owners. Aren't our governing documents the correct basis for requirements for board candidates?
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chessboard – Print chess boards
This package offers commands to print chessboards. It can print partial boards, hide pieces and fields, color the boards and put various marks on the board. It has a lot of options to place pieces on the board. Using exotic pieces (e.g., for fairy chess) is possible.
The documentation includes an example of an animated chessboard, for those whose PDF viewer can display animations.
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Title text: Hey, what are the odds -- five Ayn Rand fans on the same train! Must be going to a convention. |
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The people in this comic think of each other as sheep, who blindly follow direction without thinking for themselves. The word "sheeple" from the title has been used before in xkcd in the phrase "Wake up Sheeple!" In this comic, each person on the train considers themselves to be the only individual mind and everyone around them as "sheep". Ironically, the reader can see that although each of them thinks about how individual they are, they are all collectively thinking exactly the same thing. The comic can also be taken as a warning to not assume that you have more consciousness than someone else, since for all you know they could think the same about you.
Ayn Rand was a Russian-born American novelist and activist whose most famous books include, Atlas Shrugged, Anthem, and The Fountainhead. She developed a philosophy known as Objectivism, which promotes individual fulfillment (or so-called "rational self-interest") at the expense of collective goals and undertakings. Sheeple coordinates with Ayn Rand's novel, Anthem, set in the distant future in which the word "I" has been abolished and the evils of the communal values have created a new dark age.
A possible further irony can be found in the title text. Rand enthusiasts would seek individualism and independence from social pressures; however, a convention could be interpreted as a social collective of people who have similar interests in a subject. These ideas could arguably be construed to be opposites of each other. However, similar interests does not mean lack of individualism: this can be seen in Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged", which features a society of like-minded people centered around the concepts of individualism and neoliberalism.
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- [A thought bubble is shared between the five occupants (four Cueballs and one Ponytail) of a subway car.]
- All: Look at these people. Glassy-eyed automatons going about their daily lives, never stopping to look around and think! I'm the only conscious human in a world of sheep.
Which one is Paul Ryan?22.214.171.124 00:44, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
tsk tsk tsk... somebody has been watching too much of the msnbc propaganda... Douglasadams472 20:56, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Probably the one with the briefcase full of money. :P Hogtree Octovish (talk) 09:25, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
- Beret guy?
I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 09:11, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
I find another possible humor in tile text: Ironically, Rand fans would find the concept of a collective rather revolting. A convention is in essence a gathering of everyone who has an interest in a subject, and is thus an "average of averages" (to quote Rand herself) on the respective subject. Fans who take Rand's philosophy as intended would probably find amassing themselves with others in a social hodge-podge of people without much function, mindless discussion, and re-iterating the ideas of someone else, to be against Rand's theory of Objectivism... Unless their Libertarians, of course. Jinx 20:31, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
I wonder if this was the same train that blew the Taggart tunnel... Nemo 14:46, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
There is a community portal discussion of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. --Kynde (talk) 15:06, 15 March 2015 (UTC)


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Keeping time and doing it with precision is what Swiss Precimax intends for every timepiece. Big dashboard styles will appeal to masculine tastes, and equally impressive bracelet models balance out round cases while providing a secure fit. The Watchery's selections include chronographs and classic multifunction dials that adhere to the tenets of traditional construction for today's wearing needs.


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- 1 package (8 ounces) manicotti shells
- 2-1/2 cups (10 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup prepared Italian salad dressing
- 1/2 cup shredded zucchini
- 1 jar (14 ounces) spaghetti sauce
- Cook manicotti according to package directions; rinse in cold water and drain. In a large bowl, combine 2 cups mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Stir in the egg, sour cream, salad dressing and zucchini.
- Carefully stuff manicotti with cheese filling. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Pour spaghetti sauce over top. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella. Bake 5 minutes longer or until heated through. Yield: 7 servings.
Originally published as Special Cheese Manicotti in Quick Cooking
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"The reason I left the NSA was because they started spying on everybody in the country.", William Binney, a former technical director at the NSA. From the article: "He said the NSA began building its data collection system to spy on Americans prior to 9/11, and then used the terrorist attacks that occurred that year as the excuse to launch the data collection project."
Its nice to see one of them admit it, but the only thing that surprises me about this is that one of them is admitting it. Will there ever be an end to the softer/kinder 1984-style tyranny that now sits astride almost the entire planet? Most of the pockets of the planet not fully under their influence (Russia, China, Iran, Venezuela) sport the old-school hard tyranny. The softer/kinder tyranny distracts the masses with the propaganda/entertainment complex and with the complex slandering and demonizing any independent voice that begins to gain momentum.
Its only with thru eye of faith that I see an alternative to the status quo powers-that-be maintaining that status indefinitely: "Hallelujah, for the Lord our God the Almighty, reigns". Of course, I didn't see any way out from under the Microsoft Evil Empire in the tech-world either, so perhaps I just don't have enough imagination.
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The Application of Translingualism to Language Revitalisation in Taiwan
Translingualism is a term from Steven G. Kellman (2000) and David Schwarzer et al. (2006), who see teaching an L2 as bridge building between languages that allow one to retain a unified mind and not be cloven into two for the sake of being multilingual. Thus, in contrast to multilingualism, translingualism stresses the process and not the goal. Classrooms where students come from two or more different language communities are established feature of schools in many countries. When multilingual word processing enables ethnolinguistic communities and students to express the funds of knowledge they possess, the school is truly preparing students to thrive in a global community characterized by rapid cultural and technological change. If translingualism is the process, then Action research (AR) is its method. This study explores the sociolinguistics of translingual forces: (1) how classroom experience or actual personal contact with elders in villages causes students of different cultural backgrounds to value other languages, and (2) how students' phonetic knowledge, literacy, as well as content knowledge in English may transfer to acquiring ethnic languages in a collaborative classroom. It mostly examines how the students in a community of Taiwan hailing from different cultural backgrounds and attending multilingual classrooms that promoted bi/multilingualism can come to value all languages spoken in a community.
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Quote:Did Yip man change the system to make it easier to learn or did he change it to make it more compact to teach. But we can't blame it on Yip man because most Wing Chun/Tsun/Tsung seems to have the short jerky flow using more snap power then the smoother flow of your WC.I've never seen low stances in WC except in some of there weapon forms or sticky leg drills. It makes you wonder what Wing Chun really looks like before the change.Who were some of Yip man's Sifu students that were his equalled or was his senior in class? As with most system I sure there are several branches or you wouldn't look so different.
Quote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cl0D1zzlFAThink I got it this time.
Quote:Who are Chan Wan Shan, Leung Bik, Cho Chong man, Cho on, Yuan ng San all seem to be senior or equal to Ip man in training some were his teacher as In CW Shan. Of CWShan's last 16-18 students who are they? It seems that Wing Chin was a dying art until people found out it was Bruce Lee's root system.Who other then 80 year old Shan was teaching WC gung-fu? Did the other 16 students have students or was it only Ip man teaching WC? Fat Sao, is he equal or senior to CW Shan or Ip man?
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Quote: However, I think you answered your own question "I dont think it is that easy to catch/ redirect good fast punches or work out counters to good takedowns with out extensive and long term sparring."That's pretty much all it comes down to - how hard are you willing to work at it? If the answer is 'not much', any MA will be useless.
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I have a ASP form that submits data into a DB (it works all good)
The form has a email field called 'LineManagerEmail'
When the user clicks on the submit button i would like the content of the form (which isn't much really) to submit the content to the email address 'as well as' insert the content to the Database.
Does anyone know of any extensions for this or have a short snippet of code that will do the job.
I will really appreciate any help anyone can provide.
You must create to scripts... one for the DB and other for the e-mail. in onsubmit you have to call the to functions onsubmit(email; DB)
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Lately its been raining alot, and when it does my van acts like there is water in the gas tank. When your starting off it acts like it misfires (coughs, sputters and backfires) also the check engine light comes on. .But when it doesn't rain it acts completely fine, with no CEL. I guess I'm wondering what the problem could be
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About soundproofing
In almost every way, the modern drywall-over-studs wall is better than its timber-and-masonry and plaster-and- lath ancestors. It's fast and easy to build, lightweight and makes the most of inexpensive materials. But when it comes to stopping sound, the modern wall is a flop.
This article will show you how to make these walls (and ceilings) block sound better. The process involves ripping the existing drywall off the walls (and perhaps the ceiling), filling the walls with fiberglass insulation, attaching metal strips called "resilient channel" to the studs, and fastening new drywall to the channel.
This straightforward project doesn't require specialized tools or high-level construction skills. Anyone who has experience hanging and taping drywall, along with a little carpentry and electrical know-how, can do this job.
Soundproofing is a messy, labor-intensive project, however. To minimize household havoc, it's best to focus on one room, or at least one room at a time. The room might be a place that you want to keep sound out of—a home office, for example. Or it may be a room you want to keep sound in—like a home theater.
We won't show you how to block noise coming from outside since most exterior walls already block sound fairly well. And any improvement you make to them will be of marginal benefit unless you also upgrade your windows.
Sound-Reducing Materials
Resilient channel acts as a spring between the drywall and studs. When sound waves strike a wall built with resilient channel, the drywall can vibrate independently without transferring the vibration to the studs. The metal channel is available at some home centers and all drywall suppliers.
- Fiberglass insulation batts are available at home centers. Although "acoustic batts" are available, plain old unfaced R-11 thermal insulation works just as well. Don't spend more for R-13 batts; a higher R-value may actually cut the STC rating slightly.
- Type X 5/8-in. drywall is available at lumberyards and home centers. Type X drywall is meant for fire-resistance, but since it's denser than standard drywall, it also stops sound better, especially when used with resilient channel.
- Acoustical sealant is available at drywall suppliers, but silicone caulk found at home centers is also a good choice. With either type, you'll need lots of it and will probably save a few bucks by buying a big caulking gun that uses the more economical 30-oz. tubes.
- For attaching the channel to studs, use 1-1/4 in. screws. For attaching drywall to channel, use 1-in. screws. Fine-threaded screws grab on to resilient channel better than the coarse-threaded versions.
- Door gaskets, door sweeps and transition strips are available at home centers.
Before you tackle this project
The sound-stopping methods covered in this article have proved themselves over decades of laboratory testing and real-world use. But they're the sound-control equivalent of major surgery, and you should consider two other options before you go ahead:
1. Deal with the source of the sound.
Listen to the noises you want to block out. If
footsteps on the floor above you sound like
hammer blows, consider carpet instead of
notoriously noisy coverings like wood or tile.
Think about replacing old groaning appliances.
Does the TV or stereo really have to be
so loud or do you turn it up just out of habit?
Limiting noise at the source is sometimes
cheap and easy (moving tuba practice into the
basement), sometimes troublesome and
expensive (replacing the dishwasher). But it's
the least complicated and most effective
2. Make rooms as airtight as possible.
Like air, sound passes through the smallest
cracks and holes. Think of the way sound
comes past a door that's cracked open just
a fraction of an inch: Close the door, and the sound is noticeably
quieter. All the tiny, often invisible pathways
through a typical wall or floor add up to a
gap larger than the one along that cracked-open
door. Electrical boxes are major offenders.
Remove outlets, switches and fixtures from
their boxes (turn off the power first), and seal
the holes inside the boxes with silicone caulk.
Also caulk the gaps between the boxes and drywall.
Add gaskets and sweeps to doors (Photos
9 through 11). You might even remove base boards to seal the gap between the
drywall and the floor (Photo 8). We
strongly recommend trying this
approach before tearing up your
walls. It's low-cost, low-hassle and
effective—and if you don't get the
results you want, you haven't wasted
much time or money.
Rating walls
"Sound transmission class" ratings indicate a wall's (or floor's) ability to block sound. STC ratings are determined in a laboratory under ideal conditions. There are all kinds of variables in the real world that STC ratings don't take into account. (These include walls that contain plumbing lines and sound traveling around walls, through ducts and via other pathways.) Still, STC ratings are useful for comparing sound control methods and materials.
A typical wall made from 2x4 studs and covered with 1/2-in. drywall on both sides carries an STC rating of 34. You'd be able to hear, and partially understand, a loud conversation taking place on the other side of this standard wall. Put fiberglass insulation in this wall and its rating rises to 39. You'd still hear the voices on the other side, but they'd be muffled and unintelligible. Cover one side of the insulated wall with resilient channel and 5/8-in. drywall and the STC jumps to about 50. At this point you wouldn't hear the conversation at all—unless they started shouting.
We chose this last wall combination (insulation, resilient channel, 5/8-in. drywall) as a good compromise between cost and effectiveness. But you can go further. For example, by attaching resilient channel to one side of the insulated wall and screwing on four layers of 1/2-in. drywall (two on both sides), you'll get an STC of about 56.
Add Soundproofing to a Wall Without Demolishing It
Cut holes at the top of each stud cavity and blow cellulose insulation into the cavities. Cut new 5/8-in. drywall so it's 1/4 in. short of the floor and ceiling. Then attach the new drywall sheets using special acoustical dampening adhesive and drywall screws. Caulk the gaps with acoustical caulk.
Alternative Attachment: "Whisper Clips" and "Headrails"
"Whisper Clips" and "headrails" (a metal firring strip similar to resilient channel) are an alternative to resilient channel with screws. Attach the whisper clips in a staggered fashion to the studs and clip on the headrails. Attach 5/8-in. drywall to the rails, leaving a 1/4-in. gap along the top and bottom. Fill the gaps with acoustical caulk. For extra soundproofing, add a second layer of drywall, staggering the seams.
Problem areas
The metal ducts of a forced-air heating/
cooling system are a noise
fighter's archenemy. They not only
punch large holes in a room but also
carry sound throughout a house. If
there are metal ducts connected to the
room you want quieted, listen to the
sounds entering the room. If they're
primarily coming through the ducts,
this insulation/resilient channel project
won't help, no matter how soundproof
you make the walls. And unfortunately,
there's not much you can do
about metal ducts, short of lining
them with fiberglass or replacing
them with fiberglass ducts (large,
often impractical projects).
The best way to keep sound from
passing through a floor or ceiling into
the room above or below is to use insulation and resilient channel. Ripping
drywall off a ceiling in a room
where you're stripping the walls anyway
isn't such a big deal. But if you
want to keep sound from traveling
through the floor of a room, you have
to tear out the ceiling in the room
below or buy an
acoustical floor covering. The good thing about stripping
a ceiling is that you can block off
spaces between joists.
NOTE: If the sound coming through your ceiling is primarily "impact noise" (such as footsteps or toys slamming against the floor), the best fix is a heavy carpet and pad.
A typical wood-panel or hollowcore
door has an STC rating of
about 17. By sealing between the
jamb and wall framing, and adding
weatherstripping gaskets and a door
sweep (Photos 9 through 11), you
can raise the STC to 20; that's an
easy, noticeable improvement, but
maybe not enough.
A sound barrier is only as good as its weakest point. So if you go to the trouble of building a 50-STC wall with a 20-STC door, most of the benefit will be lost through the door. Keep this in mind when you decide whether or not to add insulation and sound channel to a wall with a door.
To reach an STC rating higher than 20, you have to replace your door and jamb. A well-sealed solidcore wood door has an STC of about 28. "Acoustical" wood doors with STCs in the 30-to-50 range are also available. Most lumberyards stock or can order interior solid-core doors, but for acoustical doors, your best bet is a supplier that caters to commercial construction.
What to do, what not to do
Here are some rules of thumb for stopping sound:
- Caulk like crazy. Your goal is an airtight room. Caulk around electrical boxes, light fixtures, and plumbing and heating lines. Seal up even the smallest holes and cracks. Remember, if air can pass through, so can sound.
- If you have old plaster-and-lath walls, don't remove them to add insulation and resilient channel. Plaster-and- lath walls are good sound-stoppers. To improve them, just seal cracks and gaps.
- Removing ceiling drywall gives you a great opportunity to add light fixtures. If you choose recessed lights, buy those rated "IC" so you can surround them with insulation. Other recessed fixtures must not come in contact with insulation.
- You must remove existing drywall before installing resilient channel. Don't simply attach the channel over existing drywall.
- If you go to the trouble of tearing off drywall, don't cheat yourself by using resilient channel or insulation alone. Use them together and you'll gain up to 15 STC points. But use either one alone and you'll gain only four or five.
- Don't bother attaching resilient channel to both sides of a wall. One side does the job.
- Don't use resilient channel on steel studs. Steel studs absorb vibration by themselves, so there's no need to use sound channel. A steel-stud wall with insulation alone performs about the same as a wood-framed wall with insulation and resilient channel.


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The team starts a busy weekend with a game at Scotiabank Place against the Senators.
Then it's Ottawa at the Bell Centre Saturday night and a trip to Halifax to face the – boo! hiss! – Boston Bruins on Sunday.
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Lyme Regis witnessed another major landslip yesterday (11 February 2013), which occurred in the cliffs overlooking Monmouth Beach on the west side of the town. Lyme Regis Museum Education Officer Chris Andrew happened to be on the spot, and took the photograph on the right showing the extent of the new rockfall, which was probably triggered by recent heavy rainfall.
Cliff falls are part of the natural erosion process, and are a frequent occurrence on the Jurassic coast – in fact they are the very thing that creates the coastline and keeps it "alive". However, such falls can be dangerous, which is why visitors should always treat the cliffs with respect. And nature is no respecter of human property, as seen in the photograph below which Chris also took yesterday. This shows the effect of earlier cliff movements on a row of beach huts on Monmouth Beach.