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Tuesday, 22 January 2013
My day
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- Snap said...
Good Morning beautiful Luna! I start my day with a stretch, too! I'm going to enjoy the sun today. Hugs to you and your Mammy.
- 22 January 2013 13:01
- Kjelle Bus said...
Lucky you that have sunshine , here the sky is grey today.
XO XO - 22 January 2013 13:08
- CeliaAlma said...
Bom Dia Luna, és a promessa de uma jornada maravilhosa. Bjs ;)
- 22 January 2013 13:41
- brattcat said...
sweet dreams.
- 22 January 2013 13:52
- Ginger Jasper said...
Enjoy your nap sweety and you are so adorable.. Hugs GJ xx
- 22 January 2013 14:33
- Prancer Pie said...
Lovely stretching pic, Luna! That's exactly how we like to start our day, too. Have a good day!
- 22 January 2013 14:46
- Hilda said...
Sounds like a perfect morning! I hope the rest of your day went just as well, dear Luna.
- 22 January 2013 14:50
- Barbara said...
Hi Luna, you have a purrrrrfect way to start the day :O) xx
- 22 January 2013 14:57
- Blog da Pink said...
Luna, eu fiquei impressionada com o seu alongamento! Parece que você ficou 1 metro mais comprida! Parece que está um inverno perfeito por aí, eu adoro tempo frio com solzinho, é um clima perfeito para longas sonecas. O verão aqui até que está gostoso, não tem feito aquele calorão infernal e à noite cai uma chuvinha refrescante.
Lambidas da Pink e beijinhos da Laís - 22 January 2013 15:57
- Gattina said...
Luna I do the same each morning ! Stretching is part of my yoga exercises, and the cats do it too !
- 22 January 2013 17:24
- Sparkle the Designer Cat said...
This sounds like a perfect day, Luna!
- 22 January 2013 19:29
- Kay L. Davies said...
Oh, Luna, I'd love to be able to relax as well as you do.
Lindy can do it, but I can't.
K - 22 January 2013 20:07
- catsynth said...
It looks like the sunshine there is nice for stretching. Our Luna does the same thing :)
- 22 January 2013 21:01
- Eric and Flynn said...
We could feel how good that stretch was.
- 22 January 2013 22:52
- Loretta Thomas said...
Luna you are a beauty! I love your markings. Hi, I'm Miss Kitty and I'm your new follower! I want to invite you to stop by to visit and follow/join my blog too. Will you follow my blog Luna...I'd love having you do so? My Mummy says to Thank your Mum. Thank You Luna's Mum!
Lots of Purrs & Hugs,
Miss Kitty
http://shespoketome.blogspot.com - 23 January 2013 00:38
- Photo Cache said...
luna cherie,
we totally agree with you about your morning rituals. we'll follow your examples.
emma and buster - 23 January 2013 00:58
- Lazey Winde said...
What a pretty girl Luna is!
Cats sure know how to enjoy a day. Stretch, play and take a nap in a sunbeam. - 23 January 2013 02:11
- thirtysevenandcounting said...
What a great stretch and wonderful example you set for us all! ;-)
~Lindy - 23 January 2013 02:11
- The Island Cats said...
There's nothing better than napping in some sun. Enjoy Luna!!
- 23 January 2013 03:31
- Princess and Maxi said...
*waving our paws* hello Luna :) wow..your fur colour is amazing! And nothing like starting the day with a great stretch :) Will visit often...greetings from sunny Malaysia.
- 23 January 2013 04:30
- SquirrelQueen said...
Hello sweet, lovely Luna. We like the way you start your day. That is one of the best stretches we have ever seen.
Kitty Kisses,
Cindi Lou & The Kitty Krew - 24 January 2013 02:05
- meowmeowmans said...
A stretch and a nap in the sun? That IS a perfect day! :)
- 24 January 2013 02:20
- EG CameraGirl said...
AH! Stretching in the sun is such a great way to begin the day!
- 26 January 2013 13:34
- Old Kitty said...
Awwwww lovely Luna!!! Enjoy your nap! Take care
x - 27 January 2013 09:17
- Lowell said...
I love the way you wake up, stretch, and then take a nap. Not a care in the world, right, Luna? You're a lucky feline!
- 27 January 2013 20:24
- Carver said...
I love the shot of you stretching Luna. Great way to start the day.
- 27 January 2013 21:57
- Margaret said...
Sweet Luna.
Sorry I haven't been leaving comments lately.
I sleep so much when it's cold outside.
Mandu - 27 January 2013 22:10
- Father Tom said...
No matter what you're doing, you're lovely, Luna!
- 29 January 2013 00:25
- Rubi said...
Aii que soninho gostosooo...
Ta frio ai Luna?
Aqui esta calooor terrível!!
Beijos da Rubi! - 30 January 2013 22:16


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The city council voted unanimously to approve, on final reading, a $143,630 contract with Zarinkelk Engineering to provide engineering services for sanitary sewer rehabilitation projects at Shaw Street, Houston Avenue, Bramley Drive, Spencer to Skylark and the Pasadena Terrace Subdivision.
The city council voted to approve the publication for bid notices for demolition of the Trinity Courtyard Apartments at 622 Preston Road, and a request for qualifications for a construction manager at risk.
Council Member Pat Van Houte said there had "been some complaints about Civil Concepts and the number of jobs they have had as construction manager at risk" and that the request for qualifications was an opportunity for other companies to apply.
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Free SHS Policy Is Feasible
'The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts today.'
Those are not my words. They are the words of one of the greatest politicians ever to grace the shores of the planet earth. The 32 nd president of the United States of America (USA) is the man I refer to. If you still have clouds dangling in your medulla, then Franklin D. Roosevelt is the name.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is a mentor because his life inspires hope and confidence. He never hesitated to use the least opportunity to inspire the youth to dream and struggle to attain those dreams. Even in death, the two words most of his sayings resonate are 'hope' and 'confidence'.
Taking over the presidency in the midst of the Great Depression, he steered the affairs of state so meticulously that he endeared himself to the American people. As a result, the American people gave him the opportunity to serve four terms as president of the USA.
Born in 1882, he was struck by polio at the age of 39, but overcame his physical struggle to become president a decade later. Indeed, he is the only president elected to more than two terms. If Franklin D. Roosevelt were alive today, I have no doubt in my mind that he would be the first person to say Nana Addo's free SHS policy is doable.
Abusuapanin, believe me or don't; Nana Addo's free SHS policy has given members of the ruling government a lot to think about. 'The policy is too costly' is now the song on their lips. They claim the nation does not have the wherewithal to finance such a policy.
Ha, ha, ha! Even if their claim is true, I can promise them that just as the nation was able to get cowries and engage in frivolities in the name of judgment debts, so will it get some more to finance important projects such as the free SHS policy.
The free SHS policy Nana Addo is promising us is not rocket science. It is not a project that is planning to send an astronaut to the moon. Neither is it a project that intends to transform our filth-ridden capital into a modern city like Tokyo or Dubai. Even if it were, why do we have to tell ourselves we can't, when others have done it before? Is it that we are lesser humans than they are?
My late father always told me there were two categories of people- optimists and pessimists. Optimists are visionaries. They believe in the can-do spirit in man and are always hopeful of the outcome of an event. Pessimists, on the other hand, are doubting Thomases who always find reason to pour cold water on very viable plans.
It is very apparent that members of the ruling Zu-za belong to the latter. They have no idea whatsoever as to how to fund such a project so they delude themselves into believing it is unachievable. Since they can't, they are convinced others too can't.
You see, that is where they get it wrong. We do have different talents and abilities. The fact that they cannot do something does not mean others too can't. A classic example is when the National Health Insurance Bill was passed. Members of Zu-za, who were then in opposition, boycotted Parliament and even swore Heaven and Earth that the National Health Insurance Scheme would fail.
Has the scheme failed? Has the scheme not worked very well until they took over and plunged it into a mess?
The Vice-President tells us free SHS is not a priority. To him, what is priority is splashing 51m cowries on cronies in the name of judgment debt. Unprecedented achievement indeed!
I fully understand the scepticism being expressed by some of my compatriots about the viability of the free SHS policy. Having been hoodwinked into believing Kwaku Ananse tales of a one-time health insurance policy, the 'reduce-fuel-drastically' policy and the STX Housing policy; it's understandable if they assume Nana's promise of a free SHS for all is also a ploy to hoodwink them into voting for him.
However, I would implore my compatriots to use Nana Addo's own history in judging him and not use other people's failure as a yardstick to judge him. Nana Addo, we all know, is a man whose word can be trusted. He is no hypocrite to say one thing and do another. He will not promise to reduce fuel drastically and do the exact opposite.
I would be lying if I said the policy would be problem-free. One thing that is certain is that there will be challenges. We can address the challenges as we go along. As Albert Einstein puts it, 'A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new.'
Mohammed Ali, arguably the greatest boxer of all times, once said, 'A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he will never crow. I've seen the light and I'm crowing.'
It's pretty obvious that Nana Addo is crowing because he has seen the light. His critics too are mute because they are still in the dark. Let's all therefore rally behind Nana Addo for real hope and visionary leadership. We should all remember that we are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of our own minds.
See you next week for another interesting nkomo!


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This morning I heard the FOAM top dog Mike Shriner make a pitch about our ongoing energy conservation efforts. A few hours earlier, my heater at home came to life for the first time this season with that annual burnt dust smell—so I listened with more than casual interest. We've been working on energy and resource conservation efforts at UTMB for a long time, and are about as good as anyone at it; the university has a long list of awards and accolades for its efforts, and our consumption of electricity, water and natural gas has remained fairly level for the past few years. That's good, because as anyone who pays the bills at home knows, prices have shot skyward.
UTMB's electric bill each month runs about $1.5 million, or more than $48,000 per day. Last year we spent $5.2 million for natural gas (the same amount of gas cost us $1.5 million less a year earlier). Our bill last year for water climbed half a million to $2.8 million, even though our consumption has been the same for the past five years.
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No, I can't agree with that. Theory is theory, despite the desire for existentialist equivocation on the matter. It's important to maintain definition of terms as they exist in reality, not in the way of quasi intellectualism that has poisoned our social communication. Much of what we've been taught in our schools in relation to religion and science is that they are two separate things, and this is from the atheist elite who invaded our education system between the years of 1850-1950, which not coincidentally has led to the anemia of our education system. Science is the revelation of God, not the refutation, as many have been lead to believe. There would be great harm in destroying science, as it shows us an incredible mind at work.
Pitch in Rhino Productions, the word "Theory" in science is an explanation for why facts are the way they are. It has to be backed up by a great deal of evidence, or it is a mere hypothesis. The expression for a scientific theory that it is 'merely a theory' comes from the people who want to undercut and destroy science and replace it with religion. However, there are also people who are pressing scientific ideas that are not yet proven, but call them 'theories' to make their ideas sound more important than they are, e.g. the String Hypothesis, is NOT a real theory, but those who like it call it 'String Theory.' It does not have even a fraction of the support it needs to be called a theory and is really just an insult.
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@Pitch to the Rhino Productions, It is refered to, in all history books that I read, as the Heliocentric theory. Also, Copernicus stated, that because the planets rotate around the sun as their midpoint that it was NEAR the center of the universe, not the exact center. Also, as to his theory being total FACT, he did make one miscalculation. He assumed that the planets rotations were perfectly circular. They are not.
Nice biopic, Fez. Well done. However, if something is called a theory then it cannot also be "totally true", if it is then it's a "fact". The problem for science is that it is limited to what is observable, if not observable, then it is something else... like speculation. Much in the same way that mold has always been with us but penicillin had to be "found" before medical science changed it's mind about what it thought it could do and could not do, Copernicus only proved the ineptitude of his predecessors, not a perspective from outside the human experience. Who knows what we would find if we could stand outside the influence of our universe and stop moving along with it? Would we indeed see that the Earth is the center? Who can say? But it's that limitation that keeps science like this a theory and not a fact.
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Saturday, 23 June 2012
For Better or Until I Can't Take It Anymore
A couple of my older friends and I went out to a later dinner last night and the topic of personal relationships came up--either ones that we're in or that we're surrounded by.One friend brought up a riff that has recently come up in her marriage. While she's often supportive of her husband's ideas, his recent decision to join the coast guard has caused the two to butt heads. She isn't at all happy with that idea and he seems very determined to make that newfound goal a reality (past goals have included, sailing, flying, etc.).The other friend mentioned his siblings' current marriage crises. One sister has an alcoholic husband and has finally reached her tolerance limit after he disappeared on a 3-day bender. The other sister had her husband threaten to leave her if she didn't get out of this depression that seemed to drag him down too.(I don't know too many details about their marriages or how long they've been together, but I'd imagine well over five or ten years.)Alcoholism and depression hit me a little closer to home than I'd like to talk about, and hearing about marriages falling apart because of them really upsets me.While you often have to keep your best interests at heart, it would be damnably hard to leave someone in need of help and support.What would you do in these situations--what would you do if your SO made a big, life-changing decision you didn't agree with? How would you handle an SO who's battling alcoholism or depression? Have you ever been in a similar situation?
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Here's a bunch of trailers for various interesting movies, including Devil May Cry, which I'm pretty sure they don't have the license to use. Still, it looks more interesting than anything Uwe Boll would have done with that license.
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"Faith & Food"
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"Faith & Food"
There's a lot more juice in a grapefruit than meets the eye! There's a lot more to food than we might think. We have just listened to a familiar passage from Christian Scripture. Jesus who was crucified and was buried is now alive again. He appears to his followers and he is hungry. Here are these disciples bewildered and totally at a loss, wondering what on earth is happening, and what does Jesus do but asks for something to eat. It seems that food is vital after death as well as before it; eating is essential for life to go on… There is a parallel text earlier in Luke Chapter 8 when Jairus' daughter has apparently died. Jesus speaks similar words: 'Go and get her something to eat!' Once again it is the need of physical sustenance which sits alongside matters of faith, hope and revival. In reality, if we look carefully, every chapter of the Gospel we attribute to St Luke contains references to food or fasting! These include examples of land and earth, water and ploughing. We find fields, sowing, reaping, vineyards, fruit trees, crops, harvests, good soil and even a manure heap. Jesus refers to food allowances and the importance of fair food. We can add to this flocks of sheep, doves, wheat, herds of pigs and goats, calves, poultry and oxen. Then there are cups, dishes, tables, banquets, feasts, spices and herbs, bread, wine, fishes, oils. Finally, we even read of finer ingredients such as seeds, beans, figs, yeast, flour, water, salt, dough, and crumbs. We find a whole collage of foodstuffs that could almost come from a recipe book. For Luke food threads through his gospel to demonstrate the earthiness of God. Jesus, as incarnate saviour, participates in the farming and gastronomic culture of his day. His stories and actions relate to, and are drawn from, the ordinary world of eating and drinking. No ghostly messiah this. He is grounded in the cycles and rhythms of life, partaking of the same bread, water, wine and fish as everyone else from Galilee to Jerusalem. And it is not only in Luke's gospel. A number of biblical composers and writers make reference to food found from Genesis to Revelation. Reading scriptures through the eyes of a farmer or a chef uncovers a long array of meals, products and lifestyles relating to edible fare. How we practically manage the planting and preparation of foodstuffs is part of the Covenant tradition. But also food is used as a rich metaphor or symbol. Manna, feasts, miracles, a land of milk and honey, select diets, taboo foods, courtly menus, banquets, the Last Supper, food shortage and food storage, the detailed significance of breads and meats, sacrifice, fasting, and so on. Together these references inform us about what was produced and consumed in the area in biblical times, and how it was managed. But what might all this mean for us here today? Are there certain messages, challenges and connections for us and for our own behaviour in modern society? I would point to 3 key themes: Firstly, in the biblical tradition, either explicitly or implicitly, food is always a gift from God and is provided through the Earth (Eretz). This Earth is entrusted to our preservation and if cared about and cared for well, it will provide for the needs of all. God's grace works through the seasons and cycles of life as part of the ongoing Creation. That is why the fruits of the land are to be treated with reverence and respect. It is through the abundance of food that human life is sustained and that life is holy because it is given by God. This is why historically we have food rituals – prayers for times of sowing, harvest celebrations, graces before meals, and food blessings. The second insight is that we are charged to love our neighbour as well as ourselves, and especially to care for those who are most vulnerable. In terms of eating we can therefore speak of 'food justice'. This means a more equal sharing of the world's resources and the distribution of food for everyone and everything. Food is not to be dictated by greed, wealth or status - not to be hoarded for the benefit of the few, whilst the many go hungry and empty. Traditionally, we express this through both charitable food giving and in campaigning for the eradication of poverty and hunger. We both give to the poor out of generosity and solidarity, but also ask the question why do we continue to allow inequality and systems that create poor communities and countries in the first place? As the late Archbishop Helder Camara once said. 'when I give to the poor, they call me a saint. When I asked why the poor exist, they call me a communist.' Thirdly, I would like to suggest that good food, well appreciated and fairly shared expresses something of the peace of God. A combination of grace and mercy (beneficence and kindness) empowers us to be more wholly human. This is to say that 'Shalom' is a state of completion, of satisfaction, of fulfilment – of the hungry being filled with good things. We know that as human beings who do not receive regular sustenance and sufficient food we are subject to illness, disease, death. At the same time, a lack of food may mean we also feel aggrieved and be provoked to violence, which in turn can escalate to conflict and fighting. The steps between Want and War can be very few. So a more just sharing of the resources of the Earth is likely to lead to a greater sense of 'enoughness' and wholeness for us as a human race. We are more likely to live and sustain peaceful relations and to support the common good as God intends. Food is God's gift from the Earth; we are called to promote food justice and fairness for all; and food is an expression of God's Shalom or fullness. For those of us Christians who find the Communion Service or Eucharist significant, these three elements come together. There is the obvious recognition of bread and wine, treated respectfully and sensitively. This is followed by 'just and equal' sharing through which the gifts of God are offered to the people of God, and whose table is open to all. And we are made peacefully whole through this re-enactment of the Last Supper. This is a meal which is preceded by a call to pursue all that makes for peace and builds up the common good. It is only after we make peace with our sisters and brothers that we can commune with God. And it is followed by a commissioning to go out and do likewise in the world: 'Let us go in peace, to love and serve God.' It is one religious ceremony amongst many based on the sharing of food and drink. So what might this all mean in today's world of global consumerism, where we are encouraged to share little, throw away much and compete for everything? In contrast to the Biblical ideal of all of us sitting under our own grapevines and fig trees, our current society treats food as a commodity or a fuel with scant reference to the bigger picture or the longer term. Probably in Britain most people have never had it so good. The supermarket dominated food supply system seems unlimited and unending, so it is easy to take food for granted. The majority of us will not know personal hunger or starvation today. We do not often ask deeper questions about where products come from, how they are processed, or what they do to people and the environment, let alone their significance for us as physical and spiritual beings. It is interesting that we pray for sick people in church but do not usually encourage healthier diets and lifestyles that might avoid illness! In effect, we have for the most part become detached from the natural cycles of life and disconnected from the Earth. We are also living lives detached from one another, not readily sharing in a community. Do we notice the trends of food security until they become crises? Who was worried about our local water supply 12 months ago? Who is prepared for food shortages next winter? Where is the political honesty about food and energy supplies? What if some people have to choose between warmth in their homes or food on the table? Every day in Exeter we throw away about 30% of the food we purchase, mainly through excess consumption. This is incinerated or goes to landfill - wasted - but on the whole ignored. The gap between the producer or grower and consumer is unhealthily wide in today's world. We see unnecessary food miles, wasted fuel and extensive agricultural practices which do little for local communities. The relationships of trust between farmers, growers, butchers, shopkeepers, kitchen cooks, gardeners involved in the food cycle has largely broken down. Our food supplies are determined by cheap energy prices which are now growing at about 10% every year. Lack of water will lead to higher food costs too, some of which are still unforeseen. There are many food scares – links between poor diet and poor health. Obesity, anorexia, food-related heart and circulatory disease, even the consequences of fast food and lack of exercise on mental health. Climate Change in southern countries is already bringing about a loss of farmland as sea levels rise and rainfall patterns become unpredictable. These are but a few of the food challenges we face across the globe at this time. Yet we are Easter people, led by a resurrection-centered faith which encourages us to act in hope and to transform our world to be more in keeping with the Reign of God, symbolised in the sharing of fish and bread. So how might we look for creative ways forward and re-connect and deepen our relationship with food, just as Jesus did after the Emmaus Road? I would leave you with 3 areas of action where we might yet make a difference in our wider society:
Baking cakes or biscuits is a tradition well linked with our churches. Can we rediscover it? Worship that brings together food and people, creation and creativity – agapes, feasts and festival meals…
I suggest we begin by encouraging ourselves to share more food with others. This might involve sharing our surpluses with the local Food Bank; or sharing more meals at home with others (friends and those we do not know). It could be supporting the work of the Devon and Cornwall Food Association in Exeter (stopping good food from being destroyed). We can develop more breakfast clubs and community cafes. We can campaign against excess imported foods which lead to hunger elsewhere, or for the redistribution of land rights so people can feed themselves better. We need to recall the words of Gandhi when he said 'There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread'. I conclude: Food, as a gift of God, carries with it certain responsibilities. It is to be grown with sensitivity to the ecology of the planet and to be shared more fairly across societies. It is to be disposed of in ways that replenish the earth and not to threaten the sustainability of future generations. Food forms a basis for stories that enlighten our faith and enhance our humanity. Let us re-discover food as a way of connecting to one another, to the Earth and to God. Traditionally for us, food not only nourishes our bodies and minds, but also holds us together in communities. 'Companionship' is literally a sharing of bread together. So how we handle and prepare food must go deeper than gross consumerism, but bring us back in touch with ourselves, our world, and with a God who shares in the eating of fish and drinking of wine, before and after apparent beginnings and endings. Amen. |


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An exploit is a bug or unintended feature of gameplay that is deliberately and knowingly used by the player to gain an advantage. For example, if a bug enables a player to be immune to damage and a player knowingly uses it, it is an exploit. In contrast, bugs or problems which either do not affect gameplay that are not intentionally triggered are classified under glitch.
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General Exploits
By Class
Scout Exploits
- Moving towards a wall then hitting the Sandman ball right before hitting the wall may send the ball through it, hitting unsuspecting players on the other side. (PC/Mac version only)
- Splashing Mad Milk on the ground outside a setup gate will sometimes cause players on the other side next to the gate to be Mad Milked. (PC/Mac version only)
- Because the invulnerability timer for Bonk! Atomic Punch is client-side, freezing or slowing down the game after drinking it will prolong the effects. This also applies to temporarily losing connection to the server.
- If you shoot the ball of the Sandman at a player using the kill taunt, the effect will cancel but the animation will continue. This is because the Sandman's stun takes priority over whatever action the player was doing beforehand.
- The Soda Popper's hype and the Baby Face's Blaster's boost share the same item effect meter. This allows players to farm hype during set up times, switch weapons and have almost maximum speed right away.
Soldier Exploits
- After gaining a full rage meter for any banner item (Buff Banner, Battalion's Backup, or Concheror), equipping a different banner and blowing the horn while touching a resupply locker will transfer the rage to that banner.
- Taking damage from staying underwater for too long will fill the rage meter for the Battalion's Backup. This can be exploited to gain free buffs for any of the other horns using the banner switch exploit.
Pyro Exploits
- Using any of the Flamethrowers and firing in a downwards position will sometimes cause flame particles to go through thin walls, such as setup gates, and set players on the other side on fire.
Demoman Exploits
- With the Scottish Resistance equipped, a player can stand directly on top of his deployed bombs and aim directly at them while detonating they will exert twice the regular damage, but normal knock back force.
Engineer Exploits
Building Exploits
- An Engineer can constantly use their Teleporter to farm points, as they are awarded one half-point for every time someone takes their Teleporter. (Xbox 360 and PS3 versions only)
- If an Engineer switches to the different Wrench while having a Gunslinger equipped, holding an undeployed Mini Sentry Gun toolbox inside of a spawn room, the player can still place down a Mini-Sentry Gun.
- Building a teleporter exit on a staircase and then an entrance above it will cause players to become trapped when they use the teleporter.
- Picking up any building with a Frontier Justice with revenge crits in your hand causes the crits to be given infinitely (until death or switching back to the Frontier Justice) to your secondary and melee slots upon placing the building down.
Medic Exploits
- "Needle Boosting" involves a player standing over a Medic, who then proceeds to shoot their Syringe Gun upward as the player jumps. Due to a physics error, the Medic's Syringe Gun needles propel the target upward. (Xbox 360 and PS3 versions only)
Sniper Exploits
- Splashing Jarate on the ground outside a setup gate will sometimes cause players on the other side next to the gate to be Jarated. (PC/Mac version only)
- Switching weapons quickly after taking a shot with the Sniper Rifle will result in a faster rate of fire, since the reload animation will not occur. (Unknown versions)
Spy Exploits
- Spies can place Sappers through thin walls, sapping buildings on the other side. (PS3 version only)
- If a Spy backstabs an enemy and picks up the Intelligence at roughly the same time, the Spy can still use the Disguise Kit while holding the Intelligence. (PC/Mac version only)
- If a Spy backstabs an enemy, and picks up the intelligence at the same time with Your Eternal Reward or Wanga Prick, the Spy will disguise as the target while holding intelligence. (PC/Mac version only)
Map Specific Exploits
- Entering Enemy's Spawn In both bases, an Engineer can build a Teleporter using the hole which lets players leave the left spawn room. They must build a Sentry Gun under the hole and jump onto it, then crouch jump whilst repeatedly attempting to build a Teleporter exit inside the spawn room, which enemy Spies can use to enter the base. This exploit works as there is no func_nobuild brush stopping Engineers from building from under the spawn. (Fixed in PC/Mac version.)
- Entering Enemy's Spawn 2 A hole in the lower, right side of the No Enter symbol for BLU's base (the one next to the haystacks) can be used by RED players to get into the BLU spawn room. (Present in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.)
- Holding Enemy Spawn Doors Open - Both teams can hold open the enemy's spawn door at the hay room by running into it while it is open. While this works well for the BLU team (as they can potentially spawn camp), it's not so easy for the RED team. Should a member of the RED team attempt this, there is a chance for the player to get stuck in the door, unable to move, and end up getting dragged up and down with the door as the BLU team enters and leaves the spawn area.
- Pointless Room - There is a spot in each Intelligence room, where a player can get other players stuck. This is a dead-end, because players cannot escape, unless they suicide. By building a Dispenser on the left wall of the left corridor (the one facing the Intelligence) and then by using the "jump through roofs" exploits to build a Teleporter exit, a player can trap other players on their team. There is no tactical advantage to getting in here (Sentry Guns don't work here either), you can't be shot or shoot anybody. It is mostly used by people who are griefing as they will set up a Teleporter entrance somewhere in your base and an exit in the roof. This then traps your team-mates and forces them to commit suicide. (Fixed in PC/Mac version, broken in 360 and PS3 versions)
- Roof Holes - A hole in the roof of the BLU team's 'upstairs' room (above and behind the balcony) allows arcing projectiles (grenades and needles) to be fired into the 'upstairs' room just outside the BLU team's main respawn room. It can be used for taking out Sentry Guns placed in the corner of the 'upstairs' room. This looks intentional; however the same cannot be used on the RED team's base as chicken wire covers the hole. (Fixed in PC/Mac version, broken in 360 and PS3 versions)
- The RED Spawn - The RED team's initial spawn room has misplaced no-entry blocks allowing members of the BLU team to sneak in.
Stage 1
- Building Inside Spawn - In the BLU team's spawn area an Engineer can build in a corner off by the gate on the right.
Stage 2
- Healing Through Walls - By building your Dispenser inside the small house next to the first capture point you are able to get metal and heal yourself. To do this, a player simply builds a Dispenser as close as possible to the wall with the telephone, and must then go onto the other side to see if they have built it close enough.
- Teleporters Above Ground - To do this, go to the small house that is next to the first capture point of stage 2. Then go to the sections with either a telephone on the desk, or a coffee machine on the desk. By standing on this, you are able to build your Teleporters on top of the desk. You might have to shift around or jump to get this to work.
Stage 3
- Teleporter Inside BLU Spawn - By crouching, while next to the side of the walls, you are able to build your teleporter, Sentry Gun, or Dispenser in your spawn or the enemy's spawn.
- Hiding Stickies - Cap 1: If you are a RED Demoman and go to the blue exit gate on your left side, aim about a foot off the ground, count 3 cobblestones back towards the capture point, and you can shoot stickies into the wall. Here they cannot be seen aside from a mute red light which goes away.
- Teleporter Trapping - Cap 3: By placing a teleporter exit directly under the beams in the tunnel, some team members that take it may become trapped.
Gold Rush
- Stage 1 - Engineers can build on the balcony just before the final cap point.
- Stage 1 - Certain projectiles can be fired through the start-up gates.
- Stage 3 Teleporter in Spawn - When starting in the spawn closer to the first cap points of the track (The spawn with the large staircase), you are able to build your Teleporter inside your spawn by standing sideways to the gate.
- RED 2nd Respawn - A ledge on the edge of the respawn room can be accessed by Soldiers, Demomen and Engineers by jumping towards the opening in the top of the spawn from outside. It is possible for BLU players to spawn-kill from there. Engineers can sentry jump into this spot and then place Teleporters into the small area over the air near the grain chute. Players will be skywalking in this small area and can directly enter the RED spawn as any class by dropping down. Sentry Guns can be built here to target REDs as soon as they spawn. RED Soldiers and Demomen can also jump into the area from inside the spawn.
- The small roof above the grain chute next to the spawn can also be accessed and built on
- In the yard near the spawn there are tall, round structures and a small shack. Demomen and Soldiers can jump to the top of these tall buildings and stand on the edges.
Badwater Basin
- BLU 1st Spawn
- BLU Engineers can build in their middle left spawn door by crouching toward the corner of the door and moving around a bit. Usually two buildings can be built here, one on each side.
- A Demoman or Soldier can Rocket/Sticky jump onto the edge of the rocks above the spawn doors from several areas in the cliffs.
- You can also get onto the fence running down the left side from the horseshoe rock (Scouts can also do this).
- Checkpoints 2 and 3
- Across from the roof is a small room with a medium ammo pack. It is possible for a Engineer, Soldier or Demoman to make his way up to the far right side of the roof, wait for the other team to pass, and attack, or provide his team with a Teleporter to get behind the enemy later in the round.
- On the roof you can get onto the vents and place a Teleporter up there. An Ubercharged combo may not notice it, allowing for a easy ambush. A Soldier or Demoman can also get on the pipes above the back stairs.
- In the side room, in the far corner to the right when entering the lower door, is some machinery. Jump onto the machine by the ammo and health packs and jump across to the left side of the machine in the corner. If you do this jump right you will be able to slowly walk across the edge until you reach the far corner in this room. Up here there are spots where an Engineer can place a Teleporter and/or Sentry Gun.
- Final Checkpoint
- Right before the ramp down to the final checkpoint by the map room is a small roof. An Engineer, Soldier, or Demoman can use this to attack BLU as they pass.
- In the Map room is it possible to get in top of door frames and many of the wall mounted computers to fool anybody who comes to attack you through the doors.
- In the back area behind the Sniper tower, you can get onto the small roof between the rubber tires and the fence, this may be a good spot for offensive Engineers to set up instead of inside.
- Between the 2 upper spawn doors in the corner above the lower spawn and health pack room is a small ledge, Several classes can jump here and set up bases or use it early in the game to attack RED as their other spawn doors open.
Gravel Pit
- Spawn Building - RED Engineers can build inside their spawn area by crouching on the office chair and facing the computer panel to its right. Once the vertical position of the blueprint changes to match the visible height of the panel (which only occurs in a particular spot), the Engineer can place their construction at a specific mid-air point (this essentially means repeatedly jumping while spamming the keys bound to Crouch and Primary Fire). (Fixed in PC/Mac version)
- Skywalking is possible in one spot with the help of someone from the other team. To do this, simply have a Spy or Scout on the other team crouch jump on to your Dispenser, and then have them move over to one side of it, while you get on it. Then while they are crouched, crouch jump on top of them. Then have them stand up, and both of you crouch jump to get yourself on top of the lamp next to the door. Then try to crouch jump over to the spot where the teleporter was built, and try to build it there while you are jumping. Another way would be to have a Demoman or Soldier shoot at your feet to boost you up to the top of the lamp.
- BLU Spawn - Jumping above the BLU team's exit door to B before the round starts can cause the door to get stuck, making BLU team not able to leave through the B exit door.
- It is possible for a Pyro using the Backburner to attack any enemies that are sitting on point A from behind the sliding steel door.
- RED Engineers can build Teleporters inside the first spawn in the corners of the door to Point A
- There is a tiny ledge at the very back of the small wooden balcony at Point B that can be stood on. The rest of the balcony is not solid and will not hold players, however it provides cover for Demomen and Soldiers that can still shoot through it without being seen.
- Entering Enemy's Spawn - There is a way to place a teleporter inside the respawn. An Engineer should build a sentry near to the respawn and upgrade it to third level. When it is ready, an another player should be holding the door. Engineer should rocketjump using a Wrangler to the upper platform of the room. There he can easily place a teleporter, and make his respawn easily accessed by enemy Spies. This exploit is also available in Eyeaduct.
- Glitched Area - Backroom (Final Control points in CP_Well and Intelligence room in CTF_Well) - Allows Soldiers, Demomen, and Engineers to get into the roof area and on the beams. It is unconfirmed if this is an exploit or not as both teams can use it, higher areas are blocked by invisible walls and this hasn't been fixed by Valve even though it's been around a while.
- Demomen can sticky jump over the invisible walls in the middle of ctf_well to get out of the map or skywalk
- Sentries Under Rocket - Due to poor collision detection in the hill where the rocket is housed, Engineers may get inside of the hill and place Sentry Guns, which can shoot at enemies through walls.
- Pre-Spawn kills - When a Pyro stands near the exit of the first spawn location; he can stand to the left of the spawn door and use any flamethrower to ignite the players inside the spawn area, effectively giving him the ability to kill players during the warm-up and/or before they spawn.
Mann Vs. Machine
- Strange Medi Gun - When using the Strange Medi Gun as a Medic in Mann Vs. Machine, you can use the pre-round übercharge boost to gain übercharge points for your Strange Medi Gun.
Patched Exploits
Title | Description | Exists on PC | Exists on 360 | Exists on PS3 |
Backstab Not Breaking Disguise | Whereby a Spy could backstab while retaining their disguise. | No | Yes | Yes |
Bunny Hopping | A jumping technique that allowed players to move faster than they should by bypassing the velocity cap. | No | No | Yes |
Reference Pose Heavy | Whereby a Heavy could go into a reference pose by spinning the Minigun in spawn and switching class to Heavy. This is still performable, but another method is required. | No | No | ? |
Cloaked Backstab | Whereby a Spy could backstab while remaining Cloaked. | No | No | Yes |
Critical Hit Storing | Whereby players are able to store Critical hits in their weapon. | No | No | Yes |
Crouch Jump | Whereby players are able to build Teleporters in places that they should not be able to, such as spawn rooms. | No | No | No |
Spectator Achievements | Whereby players could complete achievements by spectating other players who earned them. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Door Block Exploit | Allowed Engineer players to block spawn doors with the help of Teleporters. | No | No | Yes |
Heavy Minigun Exploit | Whereby a Heavy was able to run and simultaneously rev up or fire their Minigun. | No | No | Yes |
Intelligence Teleportation | An exploit that allowed a player to teleport with the intelligence by dropping it next to the Teleporter, then picking it up as they were teleported. | No | Yes | Yes |
Melee Weapon Switching Exploits | Whereby players could attack and then instantly switch to another weapon and back again, making the next attack with the melee weapon land instantly, and stack on the attack they were already making. | No | No | Yes |
Needle Boosting | Whereby players could be boosted by the Medic's Syringe Gun needles. | No | Yes | Yes |
Occlusion Visualization Cheat (cvar) | Allowed players to make use of the built-in Performance UI to enable visible occluders which would let you then see through walls. | No | No | No |
Permanent ÜberCharge | Whereby a disconnected Medic could continue to ÜberCharge his target indefinitely. | No | ? | Yes |
Permanent ÜberCharge #2 | Whereby a Medic is able to give himself an ever-lasting ÜberCharge for the rest of the round. It requires a player to have unlocked the Kritzkrieg, and is done by switching to the Kritzkrieg whilst deploying the Über in the team respawn room. This can also be done the opposite way around - by switching to the Medi Gun, giving the player infinite Critical hits for the rest of the round. Standing near a Dispenser (or Payload while attacking), healing a team-mate, or being healed by a team-mate will however end the charge. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Permanent Atomic Punch | Where a Scout becomes permanently under the effect of Bonk! Atomic Punch by drinking the item while moving into a supply cabinet. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Teleporter Exploit | Whereby an Engineer could earn himself large amounts of points by using his own teleporter repeatedly. | No | Yes | Yes |
Wall Sap | Whereby a Spy could attach an Sapper to enemy buildings through thin walls. | No | No | Yes |
Cart Upgrading | Where BLU Engineers could "upgrade" the Dispenser on the cart by hitting where the blue stream comes out of the pipe on the cart, allowing it to dispense health faster than normal.[1] | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Level 3 Combat Mini-Sentry Exploit | Whereby an Engineer could build a Combat Mini-Sentry that fires rockets by building a Level 3 Sentry Gun, switching to Gunslinger (either by respawning or using resupply lockers), then re-deploying the Sentry Gun. The resulted Sentry Gun would take only 2.5 seconds to build like a Combat Mini-Sentry, but fired rockets like a normal Sentry Gun. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Multiple Buildings Exploit | Several methods where the Engineer (or in some cases the Spy) could build multiple copies of all his buildings. | No | No | No |
Multiple Buildings Exploit #2 | An Engineer could pick up a building with the "Automatically respawn after loadout changes in respawn zones" option and change their loadout hereby glitching them into having a building being "carried" and allowing the Engineer to build multiple buildings using the "build x" commands. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Multiple Buildings Exploit #3 | Whereby an Engineer can build an unlimited number of buildings by using the commands, "build 0 x", "build 1 x", and "build 2 x" (where x is the number of the building), and a Spy can build an unlimited number of Dispensers using "build 0 x" (where x is the number of the building). | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Invisible Buildings Exploit | Any Engineer picking up a building and immediately taunting would would be able to use the weapon they taunted with whilst holding this building. If placed back down with the "build x" commands, these buildings would be invisible, leaving only the sentry shadow, Dispenser screen or teleporter effect. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Infinite Crit Exploit | An Engineer that had revenge Crits on the Frontier Justice could abuse a loadout-related glitch to gain infinite Crits for all weapons, including ones that don't normally Crit (such as the Southern Hospitality). | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Powerjack Heal Exploit | A Pyro could switch to the Powerjack before an ignited enemy died from afterburn and still get the +75 health. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Permanent Regen Exploit | By disconnecting from the server mid-taunt with the Amputator, the healing effect would stay on all in the healing radius (through death and class change), until they disconnected or the map changed. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Surviving Kamikaze Exploit | Performing the Kamikaze taunt with the Rocket Jumper equipped to the primary slot will allow the Soldier to survive the taunt with no blast damage. This was removed and later re-implemented as a feature. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Spectator Halloween Gift Grab | Briefly during the 2010 Halloween event, it was possible to pick up gifts whilst in spectator mode simply by running the free camera into them. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Huntsman Reload Exploit | By switching to a different weapon and quickly switching back, it was possible to reload the Huntsman faster than intended. | No | Never Existed | Never Existed |
Update history
October 5, 2007 Patch
- Fixed teleporter/spawn doorway exploit.
- Fixed exploit that allowed players to teleport with the intelligence
- Fixed jump/taunt exploit
- Plugged an exploit where the server could send executable code to the client
April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)
- Fixed exploit where clients could start benchmark mode on servers
- Fixed drowning exploit that allowed players to regenerate health
- Fixed reload exploit that allowed plays to fire instantly after switching weapons
- Minor fix to stat gathering to prevent players using sv_cheats to easily garner achievements
- Fixed a clip brush exploit outside blue Sniper deck on 2Fort
- Fixed potential "nuke" exploit in rcon subsystem
- Fixed exploit where players could drop weapons onto the ground for other players to pickup
- Fixed loadout exploit
- Fixed setinfo exploit that allowed restricted convars to be set while connected to a server
- Fixed "jointeam unassigned" exploit
- Fixed being able to respawn during the chat time before a level change
- Prevented some exploits based on mat_dxlevel being changed in-game
- Fixed an exploit where the Huntsman could be reloaded faster than intended.
- Fixed Spies being able to disguise while performing a taunt.
- Fixed the Engineer being able to build more than one of each type of building.
- Fixed a bug that allowed sapped buildings to be picked up by the Engineer
- Fixed a bug where Teleporters could be given more than their normal amount of health.
- Fixed a speed exploit related to benchmarks
- Fixed a Sentry Gun exploit that let Engineers build multiple sentries
- Fixed Engineers being able to build level 3 mini-sentries using The Wrangler
- Fixed another Sentry Gun exploit that let Engineers build multiple sentries
- Fixed Engineers being able to build level 3 mini-sentries using The Wrangler for real this time
- Fixed Engineers being able to destroy sapped buildings by issuing the command directly in the console.
- Fixed a server crash exploit caused by malformed network packets
February 24, 2011 Patch (Community Map Pack Update)
- Fixed another server crash exploit caused by malformed network packets
March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)
- Fixed clients being able to use particle exploits on sv_pure servers
- Removed ConVars "r_portalscloseall" and "r_flashlight_version2" to fix a wallhack exploit.
- [Undocumented] Fixed an exploit with the Chargin' Targe that allowed greater turning control than intended.
July 1, 2011 Patch (Patch 2)
- Fixed an exploit with the Heavy's Buffalo Steak Sandvich.
- Various clipping and exploit fixes on Barnblitz
- Fixed an infinite crits exploit using The Diamondback
- Fixed a server crash exploit caused by invalid player viewangles
- Fixed several exploit areas on Upward
- An exploit with non-printable characters causing lag on Windows servers has been fixed
- Various geometry fixes on Frontier
- Fixed an exploit that allowed untradable items to be traded with Steam trading
- Fixed a teleporter griefing position near control point B on Upward
- Fixed an exploit with The Eureka Effect and The Phlogistinator where the effects could activate without taunting in high-lag situations
- Fixed a Spy-cicle exploit
- Fixed Nobuild exploits on Foundry
- Adjusted Blue team's func_respawnroom in stage 1 to be flush against the door on Dustbowl
- Fixed being able to place buildings in nobuild zones
- Fixed Red team Pyros being able to grief teammates by attacking them with the flamethrower and then switching to team Spectator during the attack.
- Fixed a bug that allowed buildings to be built in nobuild/respawn volumes
- Fixed exploit that allowed Beggar's Bazooka to indefinitely hold rockets in the chamber without misfiring
- Engineers can no longer build Teleporters behind the spawn on Doomsday
- Fixed exploit where the Scorch Shot could fire its short range kill pellet at the very beginning of the taunt
- Fixed a Medi Gun exploit that could leave players indefinitely invulnerable
- Added nobuild to stairs on center building where Engineers could build out of reach of Sentry Busters
- Fixed an exploit on Mannworks to prevent players from getting to normally unreachable areas
- Fixed an Mann vs. Machine exploit that allowed permanent ubercharge/critboost effects on non-Mann-Up servers.
- Fixed an exploit that allowed players to be permanently invulnerable
- Fixed exploit where players could be pushed into enemy spawn rooms by the Payload cart
- Fixed a ConVar exploit that allowed malformed values to circumvent range checks
See also
- ↑ LotusClanChannel YouTube - Building a dispenser on the payload cart (2008-12-12), retrieved 2010-10-22.


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The Foreign Study Program in southern Africa highlights the global teaching and perspective of the Environmental Studies Program. Each fall term, 16 students are admitted to a regional program with and emphasis on conservation and development. The program is designed to give firsthand experience with issues of population/health, land and water use, wildlife management, ecotourism, and resource management across southern Africa. All students take three courses: ENVS 40, which addresses the issues of development and conservation both in the classroom and in the field; ENVS 42, which offers a comprehensive view of the political and social context of initiatives for development and environmental conservation with an emphasis on regional problems and regional opportunities for solutions; and ENVS 84, which is a culminating seminar taught by the Dartmouth faculty director and requires an extensive, independently researched term paper. Various African experts also lecture and lead field exercises during the term. Approximately half of the term is spent in the field, including at least two extended field trips to sites of environmental interest in two or more of the region's countries. Students examine wildlife management in the national game parks, water projects and their influence on agriculture and wildlife, and community based programs for economic development and environmental protection.
ENVS 40: Natural Resources and Environmental Issues in Southern Africa
ENVS 42: Social and Political Aspects of Development Conservation in Southern Africa
ENVS 84: Seminar on Environmental Issues of Southern Africa
Lecture at the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF). Dr. Laurie Marker and Dartmouth FSP students discuss saving the wild cheetah. |
Living Accommodations
While in the program's base city of Pretoria, South Africa, students live in homestays with local families. During their extended field trips, AFSP participants (students and Dartmouth faculty) stay in tents.
Homestay in Pretoria, South Africa. |
Lindsay Brewer '13 plays with children during the homestay. |
Tires and rocks are used to fill the donga and repair the road. |
Randy Sherman '08 helps to fill the donga. |
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PREREQUISITES for the AFRICA FSP
ENVS 2 or the equivalent 13F, 14F: 12
or ENVS 65, with permission 14W: 10A
And at least one of the following courses (availability subject to change):
AAAS 14/HIST 5.1: Pre-Colonial African History 14W: 2A
AAAS 15/HIST 66: History of Africa since 1800 14S: 12
AAAS 19/HIST 5.8: Africa and the World 13F: 2A
AAAS 40/WGST 34.2: Gender Identities and Politics in Africa 14S: 2A
AAAS 46/HIST 67: History of Modern South Africa 14S: 3A
AAAS 52/HIST 68: History of North Africa 13F: 10A
GEOG 6/INTS 16: Introduction to International Development 14W: 10
GOVT 42: Politics of Africa 13F: 2
HIST 6: Women & Gender in the African Dispora 14S: 10
THEA 23/AAAS 54: Topics in African Theater and Performance 14W: Arrange
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As in Greece, the couch was a principal furniture form. At Pompeii couches with bronze frames closely resembled Greek examples. Gold, silver, tortoiseshell, bone, and ivory were used for decoration, with veneer of rare woods. Later couches, found in Italy and in distant parts of the empire, were characterized by the high back and sides.
Roman chairs developed from Greek models. The Greek throne chair evolved into a small armchair with solid rounded back made in one piece with sides set on a rectangular or semicircular base. This armchair was often of wickerwork, wood, or stone. The Greek klismos chair was given heavier structural members by the Romans and was called the cathedra.
The Romans developed a decorative type of stool, often made in bronze. This was supported by four curved legs, ornamented with scrolls. The folding stool, with cross legs sometimes connected by stretcher bars, was used both by Roman officials and in households. Remains of folding stools are known from sites such as those at Ostia, Italy, and barrows in Britain—on the Essex-Cambridgeshire border, and in Kent. This developed into a stool that had more solid double curved legs; examples were found at Pompeii. An example in iron with bronze decorations, even heavier in form, was found at Nijmegen, in the Netherlands.
Tables with round and rectangular tops and three and four legs were common. Tables with round tops and three legs of animal form became increasingly popular from the 4th century bce onward. A nearly complete wooden table, found in Egypt and now in the Palais du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, is decorated with swans' heads with graceful necks rising out of a band of acanthus foliage, below which are very realistic antelope legs, with hoofs instead of claw feet. This type of table seems to have been popular throughout the Roman empire, as it often appears on tombstones depicting funerary banquets. It is known that citrus wood and Kimeridgian shale were favourite materials. Several complete tables found at Pompeii and Herculaneum, usually in gardens or open courts, are made of marble and decorated with beautifully carved heads of lions and panthers. Another type of smaller table is round or rectangular with only one central leg. Also found are pairs of solid slabs ornamented in high relief, carrying carved tops of marble or wood.
Pompeian wall paintings show that plain, undecorated wooden tables and benches were used in kitchens and workshops, and some household possessions were kept in cupboards with panelled doors. Rectangular footstools, sometimes with claw feet, were used with the high chairs and couches. Small bronze tripods and stands were also items of Roman furniture. Clothes and money were stored in large wooden chests with panelled sides, standing on square or claw feet. Roman treasure chests were covered with bronze plates or bound with iron and provided with strong locks. Jewelry and personal belongings were kept in caskets, in small round or square boxes, or even in baskets.
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Early Middle Ages
With the collapse of the Roman Empire during the 4th–5th centuries, Europe sank into a period in which little furniture, except the most basic, was used: chairs, stools, benches, and primitive chests were the most common items. Several centuries were to pass before the invading Teutonic peoples evolved forms of furniture that approached the Roman standard of domestic equipment.
Comparatively little furniture of the medieval period in Europe has survived, and only a handful of these pieces date from before the end of the 13th century. One reason for this is the perishable nature of wood, but more important is the fact that furniture was made in relatively small quantities until the Renaissance. Much of the earlier history of furniture has to be drawn from contemporary literature, illuminated manuscripts, Romanesque and Gothic sculpture, and later inventory descriptions.
There is evidence that certain ancient traditions of furniture making, particularly that of turnery, influenced early medieval craftsmen. Turnery was used in making chairs, stools, and couches in Byzantium, and it seems that this technique was known across Europe as far north as Scandinavia. The Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, which gives some glimpses of the domestic economy of western Europe in about the 7th century, mentions no furniture other than benches and some kind of seat or throne for the overlord.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMiUrjdOdYE In Between By Linkin Park
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This is a link to a song that i wrote and Aaralyn.D did the music to.
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"When the rich wage war it's the poor who die" Mike Shinoda "Hands Held High"
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The line that really gets me in hands held high is"When the rich wage war it's the poor who die" For some reason i cant forget it. what do you guys think, whats your fav. phrase? Let me know. I'm really interested in your opinions guys.
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Did anyone know Chez was in Saw 3D?
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The Linkin Park song that would describe my life would be From The Inside
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Contagious Clubwear is the UK's leading designer of upfront club and rave outfits and accessories, statement swimwear and party costumes. Started in 2003 Contagious has grown to be one of the best known brands in the world and continues to innovate and deliver an ever evolving range of designs.
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Known to many as LooFlo, I'm 22 and from a small town called Devizes, in Wiltshire.
I live, eat and breathe Contagious Clubwear! Ever since I started clubbing in 2007 I stared in awe of the contagious ladies… and now…I am one of them and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! Totally made my year being asked to become a promo girl.
I have so much fun promoting with my fellow Promo ladies, Nics and Jayne. We are always planning which outfits to wear/ make-up/ nails and hair, months in advance, as soon as one event is over and we get home… it's time to start planning the next!
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Should Wal-Mart Fall Into the 'Worrying' Category for Investors?
Madhuchhanda is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
The second quarterly report released recently showed a somber tone for the Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), especially in comparison to the more upbeat reports of other retailers. Low US Sale figures are worrying company officials and investors alike. Economic downturn and constrained expenditure may be to blame, officials say. But the reasons may lie far deeper.
The Picture Presented
The retailer giant is still reeling from the ramifications of the bribery scandal, which shocked the world in April. Although constant controversy has marked Wal-Mart's rapid expansion in Mexico over the last 15 years, the exposure of this illegal practice still came as a somewhat shock. Shares were down by almost 5% as a result.
Wal-Mart's expansion policy also faces a severe crunch as critics hail the Mexican fiasco as an example for why Wal-Mart should not be allowed to flourish. In Los Angeles, a Wal-Mart building permit is getting an once-over. In New York, the City Council is investigating a possible land deal with the retailer's developer in Brooklyn. A state senator in California is pushing for a formal audit of a proposed Wal-Mart in San Diego. And in Boston and its suburbs, residents are pressuring politicians to disclose whether they have received contributions from the company. Local businessmen are getting more and more vocal in their opposition.
Finally sales in the recent quarter give a very bleak picture.
"Consumers aren't panicked about the economy, but they are worried," Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, wrote in a research note. Sales growth for top retailers slowed to 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2012 compared with a year ago, according to Mr. Johnson's analysis. In the first quarter, sales rose 6.2 percent compared with a year earlier. (Thirty of the 40 major retailers he tracks have reported quarterly results so far.) Consumers "are still buying, but they're buying less and they're buying closer to need," he wrote.
Quarterly reports from Target (NYSE: TGT), Macy's, Home Depot and other large retailers, and a government report showing strength in consumer spending in July, painted a more optimistic picture. Target posted a same-store sales increase of 3.1 percent and said that shoppers were starting to buy discretionary items again, though it said staples were still very popular. It begs the question: Is it really the economy, or is it Wal-Mart who is going down?
Does this mean investors should look for more optimistic endeavors?
Although the future looks grim, it is, in no way, set in stone. For the past 50 years, Wal-Mart has gained a strong foothold globally, and it is not going down without a fight. Wal-Mart is making a push in South Florida with planned expansions and new stores, especially in urban areas of Miami-Dade County. It plans to invest about $350 million in South Florida over the next two years, The Miami Herald reports.
While the company is reducing or delaying growth plans in Brazil, China and Mexico, international sales continue to grow at a quick clip, increasing 6.4 percent to $32 billion. The company now plans to open 21 million to 23 million square feet of space in fiscal year 2013, Douglas McMillon, chief executive of Wal-Mart International, said in prepared remarks.
Wal-Mart has also taken steps to maximize retail sales. In September 2012, Wal-Mart said it was dropping Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle tablets and e-readers, a sign of how seriously it views Amazon as a competitor in the consumer goods market.
Wal-Mart did not specify why it was discontinuing its Kindle sales, but analysts said it was not hard to decipher, given that the retailer will still sell similar devices from companies like Apple, Google, Barnes & Noble and Samsung. Physical retailers have been worried about customers who browse in stores and then buy from online competitors instead. Displaying the new Kindles encourages that behavior, analysts said.
Wal-Mart's recent policies indicate just how serious the company is about making the upcoming fiscal year much better. To sum up, I doubt Wal-Mart will be in this rut for long. Local sales, though strained, are already looking up, while, international figures are at an all-time high. Investors can safely rely on the retail giant now and in the future.
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Bonnies Sit at 2-1-1 Through Week Five
Battling some early-season injuries and a suspension to captain Alex Brussard, the St. Bonaventure Bonnies rugby team finished the first five weeks of the season at 2-1-1, including a bye week. With six matches left to play over the final five weeks, here is a look back at the Bona Ruggers' season to this point.
(Photo on left): Kevin McCorry feeds Evan Meister for the Bonnies' first try against Army
Match Recaps in Two Sentences
SBU @ UB: With Alex Brussard leading the way, and energetic Bonnies side clinically beat the UB Bulls. The Bonnies didn't do anything too exciting, but a season opening win on Alumni Weekend offered some early-season excitement.
SBU v Brockport: The sizable Doggies applied immense pressure to the Bonnies scrum, helping the visitors take and early 14-3 lead when Evan Meister and Tom Tyler were knocked out of the game. Some key defensive plays and runs from the backline finally got the home team on the front foot, and SBU gutted out the victory 29-19
SBU @ Binghamton: Again starting slowly, missed tackles and penalties allowed the host Devils to take an 8-7 first half lead. Although the Bonnies would challenge throughout, they never put it all together in a disappointing 25-21 loss.
SBU v Army: The Bonnies got off to a fast start, with big plays from John Sullivan, Evan Meister and the forward pack. Penalties and inaccurate lineouts hurt the home team in the second half, and Army kicked a penalty goal with two-minutes left to finish the match 15-15.
Biggest Surprise of the First Half
Freshman prop Zach Haller leading the team with three tries through four matches. The McQuaid Jesuit-product also has a Developmental Side try, giving him a touch-down in every match he has started in Brown & White.
(Photo on left): Zach Haller dotting down has become a familiar site for the Bonnies.
Biggest Disappointment of the First Half
In a shocking turn of events, Brussard missed three matches for an alleged stomping incident, much disputed by outside observers. The 2011 All-Empire selection had been the best player on the field against Buffalo and was missed during his three matches on the sideline. In his absence, however, Zach Haller and A.J. Vitanza emerged as future A side stalwarts, while Evan Meister and others solidified themselves as team leaders.
Class Updates
Seniors: With Brussard sidelined, seniors Jon Garbin, Tim Hanna and Kevin McCorry have provided the bulk of experience to the A side. McCorry had a stop-start beginning to his season, but played his best match against Army. Garbin and Hanna have been their usual steady selves, providing loads of tackles, runs and rucks-won.
Juniors: With a small senior class, the juniors have been forced into a leadership position. Justin Walker and Tallon Moritz have led in that department, putting in spectacular efforts against Binghamton and Army. Tom Tyler and Ryan Brennan have battled injuries but are primed for big second halves. Craig Adams and Tim Callahan have emerges as key members or the reserve unit, and will be needed as the weather turns cold and matches become more physical. In the backline, Kevin Corley and Andrew Metoyer have split playing time, with both veterans showing flashes of strong play.
Sophomores: Led by Evan Meister and John Sullivan, the Super Sophs have provided a good deal of big plays for the Bonnies. Meister made key defensive plays and scored the opening try against Army, while John Sullivan has been the team's go-to attacker in the backline thus far. Greg Johnson has been valuable in lineouts, but will look to make a larger impact around the pitch. A.J. Vitanza and Hayden Bell have emerged as very capable forwards in their second year of rugby. Vitanza earned notoriety for his play in the scrum against Army. In the backline, transfer Justice Koonce has started every match in the centers and is a leading tackler and ball poacher. Shea Raff is also working into form, and has a start at both fly half and center.
Freshmen: Like the Sophomores, the new guys have been forced into service early, and have risen to the challenge. Leading try-scorer Haller had trouble with scrums in his first two starts, but came into his own against Army. Pat Hogan has started every match at the left wing spot, scoring a try against Binghamton. Charles Meagher was named Man of the Match against Brockport, and scored a try against Binghamton as well. Dan Dillon scored a big try against Brockport. Brendan Allman, Jordan Farrant and Brian Theiss are also pushing for A side minutes, with several other forwards close behind.
Leading Scorers (A Side)
Kevin McCorry: 7-13 on conversions; 4-6 on penalties; 26 points
Zach Haller: 3 tries; 15 points
Alex Brussard, Kevin Corley, Dan Dillon, Tim Hanna, Pat Hogan, Charles Meagher, Evan Meister, Tallon Moritz, John Sullivan, Justin Walker: 1 try; 5 points
(Photo above): Kevin McCorry slots three of his team leading 26 points against Brockport.
Leading Scorers (Developmental Side)
Anthony Shoff: 2 tries; 10 points
Shea Raff: 1 try; 2-4 on conversions; 9 points
Craig Adams, Brendan Allman, Jordan Farrant, Zach Haller, Steve Kuzara: 1 try; 5 points
Remaining Schedule
October 13, 7:00 pm: SBU @ Fordham University
October 20, 1:00 pm: SBU v Syracuse University
October 26, 8:30 pm: SBU @ Stony Brook University
October 28, 1:00 pm: SBU @ U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
November 3, 1:00 pm: SBU v Rutgers University
November 10, 1:00 pm: SBU v Iona College


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Technical Abstract: Challenges in agro-ecosystem conservation management have created demand for state-of-the-art, integrated, and flexible modeling tools. For example, agricultural system modeling tools are needed which are robust and fast enough to be applied on large watershed scales, but which are also able to simulate the impact of changes on single fields or small areas of a specific land use in the watershed. In addition, numerous environmental modeling frameworks such as the Object Modeling System (OMS) are currently under development with the chief purpose of integrating science process components into collaborative and customizable modeling systems. To face these challenges, the new OMS V. 3 was used to combine the fully-distributed hydrological model J2000 with the nitrogen transport and crop growth components of the Soil Water Assessment Tool SWAT model (which are normally applied in a quasi-distributed approach). This combination extends the quantitative focus of J2000 with component-based qualitative processes and helps to overcome the semi-distributed limitation of SWAT. The integrated modeling system was applied to watersheds in Germany and the Midwestern United States and was able to accurately reproduce daily hydrological as well as nitrogen and crop dynamics.


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Smith to President: E-Verify Best Jobs Plan on the Table
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued the following statement calling on President Obama to include E-Verify in his jobs plan.
Chairman Smith: "Last week, President Obama gave yet another job creation speech that was aimed at protecting one job—his own. Two months after President Obama took office, the number of unemployed Americans surpassed 13 million for the first time in history. Now, two years after he took office, nearly 14 million Americans are unemployed and another nine million can't find full-time work. President Obama has a right to be concerned about his job.
"But if President Obama is indeed focused on putting 23 million unemployed or underemployed Americans back to work, there is one element that is missing from his jobs plan: a federal E-Verify requirement. This is one of the best options on the table to put unemployed Americans back to work.
"E-Verify is a web-based program that quickly identifies individuals working illegally in the United States and protects jobs for legal workers by checking the Social Security numbers of new hires. It's free, quick, and easy to use—individuals eligible to work are immediately confirmed 99.5% of the time.
"We could open up millions of jobs for unemployed Americans by requiring all U.S. employers to use E-Verify. The House Judiciary Committee will take the first step in making this goal a reality by marking up the Legal Workforce Act this week. Congress should pass this bill and the President should sign it into law—it's one of the best jobs bills currently under consideration."
On Thursday at 9:30 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will markup H.R. 2885, the Legal Workforce Act. This bill could open up millions of jobs for unemployed Americans by requiring all U.S. employers to use E-Verify.
Even though E-Verify is not mandatory, many businesses voluntarily use the program. Nearly 290,000 American employers use E-Verify and an average of 1,300 new businesses sign up each week.
The Legal Workforce Act enjoys support from a broad coalition, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Home Builders, National Restaurant Association, American Council on International Personnel, Society for Human Resource Management, Associated General Contractors of America, Associated Builders and Contractors, National Council of Chain Restaurants, National Roofing Contractors Association, Tree Care industry Association, International Franchise Association, American Hotel and Lodging Association, American Staffing Association, NumbersUSA, and Federation for American Immigration Reform.