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SOURCE: Kantar Worldpanel ComTech
January 11, 2017 03:00 ET
Android Remains Dominant in China, iOS Makes Gains in Europe's Largest Markets
Android Remains Dominant in China, iOS Makes Gains in Europe's Largest Markets
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Jan 11, 2017) - The latest smartphone OS sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows Android sales declined in the US, GB, and France, as iOS continued to make gains across most regions in the three months ending November 2016. For Android, this marks the sixth consecutive period of decline in the US, at 55.3% of all smartphone sales, down from 60.4% in the same period a year earlier. In Urban China, iOS was down year-on-year at 19.9%, but continued strong period-on-period growth with sales from iPhone 7.
iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, and iPhone 6s were the three most popular smartphones in the US at the beginning of the holiday period, for a combined 31.3% share. The Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge were the fourth and fifth best-selling phones in the US, with Samsung capturing 28.9% of smartphone sales.
"Verizon booked nearly a quarter of all US smartphone sales during the Black Friday period, playing a vital role for all brands, including Apple and Samsung," reported Lauren Guenveur, Consumer Insight Director for Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. "Buyers were motivated by Verizon's promotions on both Apple and Samsung's top phones, including offers of free iPhone 7, 7 Plus and Galaxy S7 phones after trade-in and purchase requirements were met."
Although Android decreased in the US over the past year, the brand new Pixel phone by Google made strong gains, rising to 1.3% of sales in the three months ending November 2016, with more than half of that business done through Verizon.
Android Continues its Dominance in China
In China, iOS was down year-on-year to a 19.9% share in Urban China, dropping from 25.3% in the same period in 2015. However, growth for iOS was up 2.8 percentage points over the previous three-month period, driven by sales of iPhone 7.
"Nearly 80% of all smartphones sold in Urban China during the three months ending November 2016 were Android, as local brands continued to dominate the market," said Tamsin Timpson, Strategic Insight Director at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech Asia. "Huawei represented 25% of all sales, but its share declined 3.1 percentage points from the three-month period ending October 2016, marking only its second period of decline in more than two years."
Oppo posted strong growth in China with 12.9% of smartphone sales, signaling the first potential shift in the market since Huawei overtook both Apple and Xiaomi in the second quarter of 2015. Importantly for iOS and Apple, iPhone 7 became the best-selling device in Urban China at 6.6%, pushing Oppo R9 to second place at 4.7%.
Apple Market Share Mostly Positive in EU5
iOS and Android made gains across EU5, largely due to the decline of Windows. The best showing for iOS was in in GB where it was up 9.1 percentage points for the year ending in November 2016.
"In the EU5 countries, Android accounted for 72.4% of smartphone sales during this period, with iOS at 24.6%, a strong year-on-year uptick for both ecosystems as Windows' share declined to 2.8%. For Android, this represented a 2.8 percentage point decline from the October period, while strong sales of iPhone 7 boosted iOS," explained Dominic Sunnebo, Business Unit Director for Kantar Worldpanel ComTech Europe. "The holiday period is always strong for Apple, but it remains to be seen if demand for the latest devices will level out in the first quarter of 2017."
Europe's big five markets include Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.
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This information is based on research extracted from the Kantar Worldpanel ComTech global consumer panel. ComTech is the largest continuous consumer research mobile phone tracking panel of its kind in the world, conducting over one million interviews per year in Europe alone. ComTech tracks mobile phone behavior -- including phone purchases, bills/airtime, source of purchase, and usage. It also delivers additional data to promote an understanding of the drivers of share changes, and consumer insight market dynamics. All consumer data in this release excludes enterprise sales.
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New partisanship challenges Oregon health reforms
By JONATHAN J. COOPER
Of the Associated Press
SALEM — Gov. John Kitzhaber has spent at least a decade trying to drive politics out of health care reform, and he successfully drew bipartisan support for an ambitious plan to redesign the system serving poor people on Medicaid.
The failure of Cover Oregon's website, however, has unraveled that bipartisan spirit and brought a piece of the bitter national health care debate to Oregon. Kitzhaber, if he's re-elected, faces the daunting task of keeping his vision on track after a divisive election season that's likely to focus on health care.
Health care executives, lawmakers, state officials and others involved in remaking Oregon's system insist the rising partisanship surrounding the state's troubled insurance exchange will fade after the election and won't derail Kitzhaber's other efforts to remake the health care system. Still, they acknowledge the impending fight.
The GOP nationally is trying to create a political opportunity out of the problems associated with President Barack Obama's health care law. One of the party's sharpest weapons has been Oregon's failure to launch an online system for enrolling in health coverage, despite more than $130 million paid to the primary technology contractor, Oracle Corp.
"It does create some noise out there," said Tina Edlund, the acting director of the Oregon Health Authority. "But I do think, whenever we talk about the delivery system reforms, that people relate to that, they understand the need to make a more coordinated, integrated system."
To Kitzhaber and his allies, Cover Oregon's problem is merely a technology failure. They point out that it hasn't prevented them from using a backup enrollment process to sign up more than 200,000 people for health coverage, about a third of them with private insurers.
But the fiasco at Cover Oregon took out one of the chief architects and champions of Kitzhaber's health reforms. Dr. Bruce Goldberg, director of the Oregon Health Authority, resigned last month after a scathing independent review highlighted the OHA's lax oversight.
Goldberg played a central role in pitching and transitioning to Oregon's new system of administering Medicaid, which was approved by lawmakers in 2011 and 2012. As part of a plan to improve health care and lower costs, lawmakers created coordinated care organizations responsible for integrating physical, mental and dental care while working within a budget that grows at a fixed rate.
"We're going to miss his hard work and his steady hand," said Democratic Sen. Alan Bates of Medford, a physician who has helped craft Oregon's health care legislation. "But the things he's set up and rolling, because of efforts he made, will continue."
Kitzhaber has been working aggressively to expand his coordinated care model to the private health insurance market in Oregon, and Cover Oregon was central to that goal. He also met with governors of other states, explaining his efforts in Oregon and trying to persuade them to pursue similar reforms.
Kitzhaber has long complained that the politicization of health care stymied efforts to reform the system. That was one reason he created the Archimedes Movement, a Portland nonprofit now called We Can Do Better, to work on health reform after he finished his first two-terms as governor in 2003.
He often boasts that Oregon's been able to avoid the partisan rhetoric that has characterized health care debates in Washington and in many other states. The legislation approving both Cover Oregon and Kitzhaber's Medicaid reforms passed the Legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support.
But much of the bipartisan goodwill has faded.
"It was bipartisan because we were told one thing that turned into something else," said Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg. "To a degree, I'm a little disappointed in my Democrat colleagues for still carrying the banner."
Rep. Dennis Richardson of Central Point, who is likely to get the Republican gubernatorial nomination, has made Cover Oregon a centerpiece of his campaign against Kitzhaber. The Republicans seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley are also talking extensively about health care, which is likely to be the subject of advertisements attacking Democrats come fall.
Health care may be a big issue in the election, but lawmakers can turn off the partisan politics when they come back to Salem next year, said Jeff Heatherington, chief executive of FamilyCare Inc., a Portland-based coordinated care organization.
"What I would expect is that after everybody's done that, all of the heads that reside in the Legislature will come together and still work for the good of the whole state, which is what we have done in health care for a good long time," Heatherington said.
Kitzhaber was not available for an interview, said Nkenge Harmon Johnson, his communications director.
Edlund, the Oregon Health Authority chief, said she's doesn't foresee coordinated care organizations getting caught up in the politics surrounding Cover Oregon because they're run by local doctors and hospitals, not the state.
"If you're talking about legislators, it means a lot to them that what's going on in their community is different and is changing," Edlund said. "So I think that's where you get the countervailing forces."
Follow AP reporter Jonathan J. Cooper at http://twitter.com/jjcooper .

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Forms and Fees - Professional Land Surveyors
- Continuing Professional Competency - CPC Worksheet (Word)
Fees are set by Law and Regulation and are subject to change with public notice given.
- License fee (including renewal): $76
- Retired status license: $25
- Permit fee (business entity) (including renewal): $100
- Nonrefundable application fee:
Reciprocal license: $50
Original license or permit $35
- Reinstatement fee for expired license: $100
- Verification fee: $20
- Replacement fee (lost certificate): $25
- Nonrefundable testing service fee: $60
- Examination fees:
In addition to the nonrefundable initial application fee and testing service fee, an applicant for the appropriate licensing examination shall pay the following fees directly to the Board or its designee.
Fundamentals of Land Surveying: $225
Surveyor - Principles and Practice: $250
Surveyor - Maryland Law and Ethics Issue: $35
Surveyor - Maryland Storm Drain and Road Grade: $35
* Note: Applicants for re-examination, once approved, do not pay the non-refundable application fee for additional sittings.
Make check or money order payable to DLLR-PLS.


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fmu app configures the FMU board. It controls the multi-function mappings of a number of pins that can be used with different functions.
Update Rate
If FMU is configured for PWM outputs, the update rate can be set with the
pwm -u parameter:
fmu mode_pwm pwm -u 400 -m 0xff
To assign a given port mapping, the app can be called with these parameters:
- mode_gpio – Configures all six multi function pins as GPIOs
- mode_serial – Enabled the blue USART2 RX and TX plus the green USART2 RTS and CTS
- mode_pwm – Enables SRV1-SRV4
- mode_gpio_serial – Enables the red function mapping for the PX4IOAR board
- mode_pwm_serial – Enables the blue USART2 RX and TX pins plus SRV2 and SRV3
- mode_pwm_gpio – Enables SRV1-SRV4 and GPIO_EXT1 and GPIO_EXT2
To set a specific configuration, call
fmu like this:
nsh> fmu mode_gpio_serial
Note that the EXP and MULTI connectors share a number of pins. Same names / colors imply the same pin. Pins on the MULTI connector are always ESD protected / level shifted, pins on the EXP connector are mostly on the 3.3V MCU voltage and unprotected.


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Your local library is in need of dedicated, hard working and friendly volunteers. Skilled volunteers have opportunities to work with teams of staff on projects, learn new skills, and have fun.
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteer positions require a time commitment of six months or minimum of 20 hours and mandatory training.
Public Service
Community Database- Community Link database maintain the Your Community Link database. Will train candidate(s) to run a list each month, and update the community information database as needed; they will need to use the Internet to check information and a phone to contact the agencies monthly for new information; posts changes to site. This position requires knowledge of Microsoft Word and great communication skills.
Job Search Center- Assist consumers in filling out online applications, writing resumes and cover letters. Provide informal instruction to job search consumers in accessing and using computers. Assists with organizing and filling displays in job search area of library, may be asked to assist in other branches.
Special Projects- Candidates will be added to special events email and will receive emails for upcoming events that they can assist with. (no training , or commitment required)
Bookmobile- Volunteers are needed to help children find and select materials and to help keep the books in order. Candidates must be able to move around the bookmobile, and be patient with children. Preferred candidates will be able to meet bookmobile at school/or other community locations to reduce travel time. (This is a physically demanding position )
Sights & Sounds – Re-cataloging adult DVDs (both movies and TV series) in the library's collection database. These changes will ultimately reflect the new direction in which the Sights & Sounds department is headed. Candidate(s) must be detail-oriented, computer savvy, competent in data entry, able to complete tasks with little direct supervision, and also enjoy working alone. This is long-term project that will require a 2hr a day and 2x's week commitment.
Children/Youth– Data entry for variety of programs, straightening, alphabetizing, cutting scrap paper, organizing DVD collections, creating packets, children and youth program planning. Work includes prolonged sitting, as well as moderate lifting, carrying, reaching, stooping, pulling and pushing activities, and clear speech.
Adult/ Circulation- Shelf reader, computer assistant (helping others sign onto the Library catalog and use the Internet) and creating displays and bulletin boards, data entry, processing memberships.
Interns - Those seeking college credit are encouraged to apply (must have minimum of 30 credits)
If you would like to join our network of volunteers start here please complete this application
If you would like to make contact with our Volunteer Coordinator
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: 410-749-3612


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Early in my career, I was often overwhelmed by the feeling of being torn. I was constantly pulled, mentally and physically, between the people who mean so much to me and the career that means so much to me.
It began as a young professional, when I got a chance to go through the global credit training program at Chase Bank and become one of the company's first female executives. Did I have to work longer hours than my male counterparts? Yes. Did I have to be more prepared? Yes. Did I want to prove I was an equal? Yes. Was I thrilled to do this? Absolutely.
But, how could I explain this to my husband, my friends, and later, to my kids? Long days, long nights, and long weekends of work—you know the syndrome. I'll admit, there were even nights I slept at the bank because I worked too late to leave.
And it continued. When I had kids, I was the only working mom in our pristine little suburban community. When I was the one assigned to bake cupcakes, I was outed when the perfect class mom fished the empty Entenmann's box out of the garbage. (Who knew that my personal touch of sprinkles wouldn't convince everyone that they were homemade?)
Work-life balance? Quality alone time usually involved a bathroom. Speaking of bathrooms, while at Chase (yes, finally an executive), and a commuter, I held morning meetings for my female colleagues in the ladies' room at 7:30 AM as I put on makeup. (We women multi-task well!)
I never felt like I was "in the moment"—my mind was always in the place I wasn't. I felt guilty about everything, and it was palpable.
So, does all this mean I'd advise my younger self to compromise? To choose between having a career, a husband (for a while), kids, and friends? No way. What I would tell her is to apply the same strategic priority list she did at work to her personal life. To become the CEO of her life. And to check the guilt at the door.
Younger self, listen up. Life would have been easier on you if you consciously made a list of the really important things. You don't have to rank it, but make sure that you know what the "Top 5" or "Top 10" are.
Then put your list to the test. If kids, husband, career, family, friends, food, and exercise are in the top 10, keep them there. For everything else, ask yourself, "Does it matter profoundly?" If the answer is no, it's time to outsource those roles: cleaning services, dog walkers, personal shoppers, cupcake designers. Think "easy" when you can. "Easy" hair, nails, clothes, food—whatever frees up that extra two hours each week.
Then, share your list with your loved ones, and elicit their support. And make it your goal going forward to be present, to outsource where you can, and to do the best with what and who matter to you most.
Most importantly, don't beat yourself up for not being Superwoman—she's overrated. If you have bought into the myth of "doing it all," you're going to feel torn in a hundred directions and guilty about not being present for any of the things you are doing. Remember, even Superwoman didn't juggle all of the balls at once—if she did, even she would start to drop some.
Plus, I don't know about you but, outside of the gym, I'd never be caught dead in Spandex.
For more in this series, check out: Lessons To My Younger Self
Neale S. Godfrey is an acknowledged expert on family and children's finances who has been in the financial field for more than 30 years. Early in her career, Neale became one of the first female executives at The Chase Manhattan Bank. Later, she became the president of The First Women's Bank and founder of The First Children's Bank. In 1989, Neale formed Children's Financial Network, Inc., whose mission is to educate children and their parents to take charge of their financial lives. Neale is the author of 17 books that deal with money, life skills, and STEM education, and has been honored with a #1 New York Times Best Seller, Money Doesn't Grow on Trees: A Parent's Guide to Raising Financially Responsible Children. She is on the Board of Directors of UN Women and sits on Governor Christie's Task Force for Gender Parity. Neale is the proud mother of two amazing children and two incredible grandchildren.More from this Author


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This Is What An Indoor Soccer Buzzer Beater Looks Like (Video)
The term "buzzer beater" is typically reserved for the sport of basketball, however, during a recent Professional Arena Soccer League game between the Detroit Waza and the Ohio Vortex, the Waza's Aaron Byrd was doing his part to help us apply such a term to "the beautiful game."
With the final seconds of their match winding down, Byrd delivered a desperation shot that traveled three-quarters of the length of the field, floated inches over the outstretched arm of the keeper, and crossed the goal line just before the final buzzer sounded. That goal gave the Waza the 13-12 victory, but more importantly, it gave many of us our first ever look at a buzzer-beater in the game of soccer.
Check it out.
Hat Tip – [Reddit]


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Among many my side effects is numbness and tingling of toes and fingers.
Since Taxol was added, this is getting more annoying and sometimes hurting.
It's called Neuropathy, which could cause difficulties of walking or buttoning if it gets serious.
Mine is still mild, but in spite of the multiple Vitamin B a doctor recommended me to take every night, I haven't seen any improvement.
As I told so to the doctor, she prescribed a pain medicine. Yet the description of the medicine said that this was used for anti-depression as well. Anti-depressions I know of could prevent not only depressions but also excitements, which made me nervous to use it.
I also told the concern to my friend, Dr. M, who first recommended that I use Taxol, and then she said to try ice packs on my toes.
Each time when she has an infusion of Taxol, she ices her feet with ice packs, which contracts the blood vessels and prevents the medicine to reach the toes.
I have bad circulation and have a hard time to sleep at night with cold feet.
The infusion of Taxol takes an hour and if I have to ice my feet so long, it's like I'm in a refrigerator!
I was reluctant, but f it's working for Dr. M, I should try it, too.
I went to stores and got two ice packs and a pair of arm covers.
Wearing two pairs of socks, I inserted my feet into the arm covers where the folded ice packs were placed.
Ugh! It's cold!
Pretty soon my big toe began hurting.
Hang on! This is better than the medicine!
So I kept icing my feet and made it to the end of the infusion.
I am not sure how many people would like to try the same, but hopefully it will help my toes.


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- 13 Moo 6 Thanarat Road
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Our exclusive 18-hole championship golf course - designed by Jack Nicklaus - is set within natural surroundings with panoramic views of Khao Yai's lush greenery and mountains. The course ranges from 4,875 yards (ladies) to an incredible 7,115 yards (tournament) and with its single-track layout, golfers feel as if they are the only ones on the entire course for a truly memorable golf experience.
An easy drive from hectic Bangkok, the Kirimaya offers an instant escape from crowded city life. Here, on the edge of Khao Yai National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the chic elegance of contemporary living blends seamlessly with natural beauty.
- Club Valet
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MADRID, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Mid-sized Spanish bank Unicaja has paid back 604 million euros ($718 million) in state aid handed out to one of its businesses at the height of the country's financial crisis, it said on Friday.
Spain had to request 41 billion euros in rescue funds from Europe in 2012 to help several banks crippled by losses after a property market bubble burst, pushing the economy to the brink of collapse.
Banco CEISS, which was later snapped up by Unicaja, was among lenders which received bailout funds from that EU package, in the shape of bonds that could be converted into capital.
Spain's government has been trying to claw back some of the state aid in recent years amid an economic rebound, though much of the money poured into recapitalising and cleaning up the banking sector may never be recovered.
As well as the EU rescue package, billions of euros of state money and funds from Spain's deposit guarantee fund — which is financed by the banking sector — were distributed via asset guarantee schemes and various forms of capital injections to try to help lenders cope with loans that turned sour.
Just over 60 billion euros of money spent on cleaning up the sector is likely lost forever, the Bank of Spain estimated in June.
Many of the small savings banks hit hardest by the crisis were later swallowed up by larger rivals for next to nothing when they were on the verge of failing. Spain's banking sector shrank from more than 50 lenders to around a dozen.
Unicaja listed on the stock market in June this year, and earmarked the proceeds to repay the state aid. It had to go public by 2017 as a condition of the EU funds pumped into CEISS.
The Spanish government's best bet to recoup more bailout funds is Bankia, the lender which received the biggest slice of aid, 22.5 billion euros.
The bank is majority controlled by the state through FROB, the government's bailout fund.
The FROB started selling down part of its stake in 2014, turning a profit, and has recently appointed an adviser to place another chunk of the bank in the market, possibly in the coming months. ($1 = 0.8412 euros) (Reporting by Sarah White; editing by Jesús Aguado/Keith Weir)


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ShareFest 2012 - Milford
Troop 468 participated in ShareFest, which basically is when groups in the community help the town they live in by doing things like painting, weeding, mulching, or something like that. (Also earning service hours.) We mulched playgrounds at Boyd E. Smith and the Milford Preschool.
Relay For Life 2012 - Milford
Troop 468 set up camp on the Trinity United Methodist Church grounds while participating in the Relay For Life at the Milford High School track. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. The boys in the troop raised more than $1200 for the American Cancer Society with their participation in the event this year. Troop 468 was honor guard for the initial ceremonies and lead the survivor lap.
Tree Climbing Campout - AJ Jolly Park - EarthJoy Adventures
Troop 468 camped out at AJ Jolly Park in Alexandria, KY the weekend of May 11-13. The highlight of the campout was the tree climbing activity put on by the EarthJoy Tree Adventures.
Flying Pig Marathon 2012
Once again the Troop participated as "grunts" during the Flying Pig Marathon. This year our assignment was in Farifax providing crowd control and cheering on the runners. Many of the runners thanked us for our support. The most interesting observations during the event was a runner dressed as Forest Gump and one juggling as he ran the course.
Blue Jacket 2012 Camporee - April 20-22, 2012
Well it is not every day that you are in the middle of a disaster, but Troop 468 found itself there at the Blue Jacket District camporee titled "Disaster". For the camporee boys had the option to work along three different tracks; E Prep Merit Badge (Eagle required), Wilderness Survival Merit Badge or 2nd class Scout skills. The camporee kicked off on Friday night with a "plane crash", victim triage and then working with local fire departments as they responded to the disaster. Saturday the boys were on each focused on the tracks they had selected working through the requirements for each at the camporee. Unfortunately for the Wilderness Survival folks the weather Friday night really challenged them, rather cold and VERY wet. Therefore, most troop leaders spent Saturday working to help dry out the Wilderness Survival boys gear and clothes. One highlight of the camporee was Sunday am were our troop lead the interfaith worship service.
Overall the camporee was great. Hats off to the organizers for all their work and execution of the camporee.


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Why are we called Peace? Because we humbly believe there is a special peace that only Jesus Christ can give.
We belong to the EPC (Evangelical Presbyterian Church, www.epc.org), a growing, Christ-centered denomination. We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God, and our messages are biblically-based and applicable to everyday life. We have a friendly, casual atmosphere, a blend of contemporary and traditional worship, and a special emphasis upon prayer and equipping our members to share God's love with others in down-to-earth ways.
Our pastor, Dr. James Banks, is also a best-selling author with Discovery House Publishers. God has used his books to encourage many people to pray. You can read his blog at www.JamesBanks.org. You might also enjoy visiting James' author page on Facebook and www.PrayersForProdigals.org, two of his sites dedicated to helping others pray.
James is a graduate of Westmont College, Princeton and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminaries. As an undergraduate he was a California state champion and nation finalist ("final four") in public speaking. James is also fluent in several languages, enjoys beekeeping and running diesel engines on recycled vegetable oil . James and Cari have been married 29 years (they met in college) and have two grown children.


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Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1912. "Entrance to subway, Harvard Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
According to the 1912 New England Automobile Register, Massachusetts license plate 7525 belonged to Arthur Fairbanks, 26 Elmwood St., Cambridge, for his 22 h.p. Buick, engine number 1030. I would guess that the man behind the wheel is Mr. Fairbanks.
Nearly all American cars except the Model T Ford had right-hand drive up to 1912; most switched for the 1913 model year. There were a few stragglers, notably Pierce-Arrow, which did not make the switch until the 1920s.
Out of sight around the gentle curve of Brattle Street exists the grand old structure once known as New Preparatory School. Run by the family Benshimol, all Harvard graduates, and principled by the patriarch Ernest, it was touted as a pre-school for those fixed on getting into those ivy covered halls. The other thing the school was famous for was hockey. I was neither headed for Harvard, nor played hockey, which kept my GPA pretty low. I did graduate. I did wear the blue blazer with the three gold buttons, and sport the blue and gold school tie. I did go to college.
Ernie B. ran his classes with a hockey stick, a broadsword, a tipped foil, and a baseball bat. All used for effect, embarrassment, and pain as his students would stand on the great table to recite whatever he wanted as he slapped the table, poked the student and smacked the students butt if they failed to provide, all the while yelling (like a hockey coach) over and over what he expected, without giving away the answer.
The building is now occupied by a company that seems to hunt heads for the dark side. Harvard provides plenty of herd from which to pick.
Nary a sign (yet) of the Tappet Brothers!
The trolley on the right states "Harvard Square" on top then "Dudley Street transfer station" underneath. The name transfer station refers to the busy Dudley Square stop, which today services trains and buses and then referred to different trolley lines. Today this same (and extremely popular) route is serviced by the MBTA's route number one bus running from Harvard Square in Cambridge to Dudley Square in Roxbury. Many of the most popular modern bus routes in the Boston area were once trolleys.
I notice that the car with the plate number 7525 has the steering wheel on the right-hand side. I wonder how common this was in those days.
[Very common. - Dave]
The Billings and Stover Apothecary seen at the right on Brattle Street persisted until 2002.
Nancy says the brick arches to the left of the street car are the entrance to Harvard Yard.
Can anyone ID the cars?
There, at the center of the portico. She's dressed like a child no more than eight or ten years old, and is carrying the baby dolls to prove it, but she's already bigger than some of the adult women in the photo. If that's her mom next to her, genuinely petite under her big hat, that's one little goil who must have taken after her great big dad.
During the first part of the 20th century, most American police officers wore headgear in use during the latter part of the 19th century. The practice, at least with the Boston Police Department, was to wear the gray colored hats in the summer, then switch over to black during the winter months. The police officer shown in the photo was of course a member of the Cambridge Police Department.
Here is the inevitable Google Street View comparison, albeit from a slightly different angle (the traffic pattern in Harvard Square seems to have changed in the past 100 years):
The subway station moved from this original location across the street; its headhouse is still there and referred to by natives as the "kiosk" although it's now occupied by the Out of Town News newsstand. When the Red Line was expanded past Harvard in the 1980s the entrance was moved from that headhouse to a clunky brick monstrosity about 50 feet away.
As you can see, the small wood frame house is still extant just next to the gate into Harvard Yard (behind/to the right of the headhouse), although I'm not sure about the tall building we can see beyond it. Now that space, roughly, is occupied by the Widener Library, which hadn't yet been built because it was named after an alum who sank with the Titanic 'round about this time.
The buildings you can see on the right side of Massachusetts Ave (aka Mass Ave) in the original were razed in the 1960s by Harvard to build a brutalist concrete monstrosity (are you sensing a theme here?) that now houses their health services for students, among other things.
Nice sunny day, faster shutter speed with plenty of activity - but no ghosts.
In all these early 20th century photos, every head gets a hat, even petite little goils got huge chapeaux. I am focusing now on the extreme right of the picture, under the Billings Apothecary sign, where one can see the back of a "beat cop" with the old timey, double-breasted police uniform and bobby-looking helmet, such as those seen in most old comedy movies when Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplain would get in trouble. Do the east coast cities still have policemen who walk a beat on the city streets? I haven't been there in so long, I'm not sure they still do that. My Uncle was a Brooklyn policeman who walked a beat from 1936 through 1966 and also patrolled the l939 World's Fair in Queens, N.Y. I love living in the past (it is an escape) and thank you Shorpy for reigniting old memories so accurately. P.S. The lady crossing the street appears to be wearing two hats.


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Get alerts and disruptions associated with all calculated routes
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The Urban Mobility Route Result containing a result for a query. Array of NMAUrbanMobilityOperator, NMAUrbanMobilityLink are related to calculated array of NMAUrbanMobilityRoute.
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Fortuna arranged inspections of a variety of gulets, motor-sailors and mini-cruisers. Highlights included the 25 meter motor yacht Korab with her extremely cheerful captain Mate and crew. The formal dining room set forward of mid ship brought an old school feel to this roomy vessel, and several independent sources raved about the chef. Another highlight was luxury motor sailor Navilux, undoubtedly the most luxurious guletish yacht currently offered in Croatia. At 37 meters LOA, she sleeps 12 guests in 6 staterooms in the vicinity of 49,000 Euro per week during high season. Another spectacular 27 meter transom gulet was Andjeo, which charters for 20,700 Euro during the high season per week.
When asked to compare Turkish gulets with those operating in Croatia, several observations included that Croatian yachts tend to have owner/captains and significantly higher running costs than Turkish gulets, which is why the charter rates are higher in Croatia than they are when comparing two similar build gulets in both countries. We received excellent vibes from the crews that we met, all of whom seemed to thoroughly enjoy what they were doing.


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Open Boat, Open Discussion: Reviewing Key Ideas
Lesson 3 of 7
Objective: SWBAT propel class discussion by asking about and responding to key idea about Naturalism and characterization in Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat."
Actor, director, screen-writer, and Chicago boy Harold Ramis passed away yesterday, and I took the opportunity to share my memories of the man with the students: "Ghostbusters" was a favorite of mine growing up, "Groundhog Day" was filmed (relatively) locally and still remains a favorite among all generations, and I heard the greatest eulogy on NPR, that Wes Anserson could bring out Bill Murray's sadness, but only Ramis could find his laughter. I also ask students for their favorite Ramis films.
To shift focus, I also share it's the birthday of Anthony Burgess ("A Clockwork Orange"), George Harrison (The Beatles, The Travelling Willburys), and Jack Handy ("Deep Thoughts" on "Saturday Night Live.")
As always, the Daily Holidays--even those "In memoriam"--serve to draw students in, building student ownership and a sense of community in the class.
For today's review of "The Open Boat"* students spend the period reviewing and discussing the study guide they have been provided ("The Open Boat" Reading Guide).
Students have prepared for today's discussion, using the reading guide to provide evidence to draw on as part of a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas (SL 9-10.1a). In order to continue this preparation, students are given ten minutes to discuss the questions and the story with a partner.
While the questions students discuss with their partner address specifics, I do not follow the "script," as such, going through each item one at a time. Rather, I ask students to draw upon the strong and thorough textual evidence they cited to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text (RL.9-10.1) about:
- Analysis of the key idea of the portrayal of nature as it develops and is refined by specific details, especially through the lens of Naturalism (RL 9-10.2).
- The role of the characters as they develop over the course of the text, how and they are reduced to anonymous figures in a tiny boat in order to develop Naturalism's theme of the power of nature over man (RL 9-10.3).
The study guide responses provide a foundation to scaffold into deeper understanding in today's discussion.
As we discuss as a whole class, students propel the conversation by responding to (and posing) questions that relate the current discussion to the larger ideas of Naturalism that students have already addressed in their background reading, clarifying or challenging as needed (SL 9-10.1c):
- the power of nature over the powerlessness of people
- common people and life accurately
- environment and instinct determine behavior
- human destiny or fate is beyond the control of the individual
- uses setting, theme, and irony to express these ideas
Additionally, in this whole-class discussion, students are qualifying or justifying their own views and understanding through this discussion, making new connections in light of the evidence and reasoning presented (SL 9-10.1d).
While students share their ideas and react to each other, I take notes on the board on their thoughts, providing them with a visual study guide.
After ten minutes to check their answers and discuss with peers, the whole-class discussion format provides students with the opportunity to hone their skills at presenting information in class, as well as listening to, reacting to, and building on their peers' ideas.
*"The Open Boat" is included in the collection, "Men, Women, and Boats" by Crane at Project Gutenberg.
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To wrap up class today, I remind students that reading background on the Progressive Era, focusing on "The Struggle for Women's Suffrage" Kate Chopin's biography and "The Story of an Hour" are due for our next class. We will be addressing the story, and specifically the use of irony, as we bring out short story unit full circle, back to Realism.


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Below is google public data chart of Shor and McCarty's Aggregate Data for Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures, available at http://americanlegislatures.com/. The chart has senate ideology on the x-axis and house ideology on the y-axis. Click the play button to view data over time. Higher numbers indicate a more conservative legislature. West Virginia's legislature is constituently moderate in both houses over the time period that the data set covers. It will be interesting to see if this stays this way as the Republicans have made gains in recent years. For information on how they computed these data see: Boris Shor and Nolan McCarty. The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures American Political Science Review, 2011, 105, 530-551.
Shor, Boris; McCarty, Nolan, 2013-05, "May 2013 Updated Aggregate Data for Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures", http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/21404 UNF:5:Gxvn/P6NkDXQyga+3BnG+A== V1


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Ukraine's new Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said his country will neither hold negotiations nor purchase fuels from Russia.
"We can build relations with any neighbor if they are not aggressors or murderers. If they are... what could we talk about?" UNIAN news agency quotes him as telling TV station 24.
"Russia has to decide on its own how it wants to act so that Ukrainians build up relations with it."
"We will purchase neither gas nor coal from Russia," Groysman has also said. Ukraine is heavily dependent on Russian gas, with a major disruption of supplies since 2014 having affected millions of citizens.
Groysman, who took over as Prime Minister last week following the resignation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk, has echoed remarks by Energy Minister Ihor Nasalyk who earlier said Kiev would not hold talks with Moscow over gas deliveries.
The issue has been ongoing for nearly two years after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted supplies to Ukraine's Naftogaz, citing prolonged debt and introducing a prepayment system.
After rounds of negotiations and several disruptions and renewals of deliveries, these were suspended in the autumn.
Transit supplies were not affected, but Ukraine trebled the price paid by Russia for gas transit to Europe in retaliation.
Both countries have filed arbitration claims in Stockholm, each worth tens of billions of USD.
The newly-baked Ukrainian PM just has to raise an eyebrow and coal together with gas wll rush to Ukraine ;)
With 17% Russians and millions of mixed marriages.. to preach hatred, to seek revenge and division to inspire bloodshed to behave like savages... you Ukrainians are for sure idiots and mister Soros's propaganda made you also real criminals.. the same psychological war was unleashed to us also.. and we payed huge price but did not cross the red lines.. you did!!
The population of Ukraine will be declined by 425 persons daily in 2016.
Time will come you will regret for allowing mister Soros to injure your minds.
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The title of Worst Hair on TV once belonged to Kim (above) from Real Housewives of Atlanta. But to be honest, I don't think the term hair adequately describes the bargain basement wig she has affixed to her head.
Somehow, this child has racked up $130,000 worth of debt buying a new nose, Botox, breast implants, lip injections, obvious extensions and all the hooker-esque clothes she could find at Frederick's of Hollywood. So sad.
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Hahah I have to agree, Kim's hair looks so fake yucky.
Hey Daneen! I'm glad you liked the post!
And ugggh, so me and my mom weren't the only ones confused about the wig? Thank god. I swear I thought I saw a woodland critter or two in her nest in a few episodes.
Um, I think Kim still takes the crown. Michelle looks bad (poor baby) but Kim's look is just…tragic.
Aren't both of these women a little young for Botox?
Can someone explain to me how she has had $130,000 done on her? Amazing. Aside from the implants and lips, she looks like she could use some surgery. I know it's mean, but $130,000?
I couldnt believe Michelle was only 23…she looks so much more older , thanks to all the fake party on her


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Six early names to watch for Bills' new offensive coordinator
Now that the Bills have fired offensive coordinator Rick Dennison, here are are six early possible candidates to replace him, in no particular order:
Mike Shula
Fired by the Carolina Panthers from the same position last week, Shula worked with Bills' head coach Sean McDermott and general manager Brandon Beane in Carolina. Shula was Cam Newton's QB coach his first two years in the NFL, then became offensive coordinator in 2013.
Ken Dorsey
Dorsey also worked with McDermott and Beane in Carolina, first as a pro scout in 2011-2012, then as QB coach from 2013 until he was dismissed with Shula last week.
Rob Chudzinski
Also in Carolina in 2012-13, "Chud" was the Panthers' offensive coordinator for those two seasons, then became the Cleveland Browns' head coach. He was fired after one year and a 4-12 campaign. He joined the Indianapolis Colts as an associate head coach and has been their offensive coordinator for the last three seasons. He is currently still in that role, but many believe the Colts will make a change once they hire their new head coach. The Bills could ask permission to interview him before that happens, as well.
Mike McCoy
Plenty of reports last January suggested McCoy was McDermott's first choice as OC, but he elected to take the same position with the Denver Broncos. He was fired after ten games. McCoy spend nine years as an assistant in the Panthers' organization before becoming OC for the Broncos from 2009-2012. He was then the head coach of the Chargers for four years before being fired and going back to Denver.
John DeFilippo
The current quarterbacks coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, DeFilippo is widely credited with having a major hand in developing Carson Wentz over his first two years. His contract is reportedly up after this season, as well, so the Eagles could not block him from interviewing for any position with another team. DeFilippo does have NFL coordinator experience. He was OC in Cleveland on Mike Pettine's staff in 2014.
Brian Dabol
The current offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama, it would be surprising if Dabol decided to leave Tuscaloosa for an NFL coordinator position. He reportedly makes $1.2 million per year, and that doesn't include a six-figure bonus for winning the national title last week. However, he is a WNY native, graduating from St. Francis High School, still owns a home in the area, and his kids still live here. He's been an OC in the NFL for the Browns, Dolphins, and Chiefs, and has had two stints working for Bill Belichick and the Patriots as an assistant for a total of eleven years.
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OCR confirmation that their GCSE in Computing counts as Computer Science as far as the Department of Education are concerned…
Computer science will become an EBacc subject, the Education Secretary announced today. It will be added to the list of separate science options, making four separate sciences instead of the traditional three. OCR's GCSE in Computing will specifically count towards the EBacc in performance tables.
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This campaign has been a challenge at best.
It's only through all my research that I've realised how complex this issue is and how many holes there are in the judicial system. Honestly, I don't know how to fix it. There are so many areas and facets that need to be examined; I only hope there are people more dedicated and informed than me that can make those judgements and who can actually enact change.
The people in places in power need to stop pussy-footing around and the people involved need to stop squabbling.That's the ideal situation. Of course, the latter choice is largely impossible to solve – unresolvable conflict is why they end up in the courts in the first place. The former suggestion is not that much more possible, unfortunately. With a thousand other issues to be fixed and the Family Court only on Pauline Hanson's agenda, I have a feeling the Australian Government won't be doing anything about it soon.
What I've learnt is that this goes beyond a matter of gender. This is more than male versus female. This is the sad outcome of a court system that doesn't reflect the times we live in. Women have progressed so far over the last few decades alone; we can finally be a mother and a businesswoman and so much else, but we can't leave our male counterparts behind. Assuming men are less able to care for children is not much different than assuming women are less able to have a career. It's just not right and we are better than this.
This concludes Common Ground's seven-week campaign. Thank you for all those who have viewed, commented, and contributed to this discussion. May change be just around the corner.


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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
41 comments:
- Philovskoy AlexanderSeptember 14, 2010 at 6:37 AM
OMG THIS MONSTER IS SUPREME!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2010 at 7:02 AM
Will this be the "wormwolf"-like enemy of the Zombie-Map/Level?!ReplyDelete
Oh, god. This guy looks awsome :DReplyDelete
I only hope you releas it be4 xmas :D
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2010 at 7:34 AM
Amazing. I'm Glad that You guys started updating the Blog. I'm new to minigore and i'm already In love with it. The new "boss" (if thats what it is Looks wonderful) and I can't wait to fight it, but you what? take you time. finish it without any bugs or glitches and make it wonderful!(not that it's anything short of that). Can't wait. :DReplyDelete
Anonymous: Yep, Monstrosity is a boss unit for the graveyard levelReplyDelete
Timo: Will there be more bosses? That whould be greate, a little variation. Oh, and will the final boss ( not in zombie episode ) be the skeleton mask guy in the background? :PReplyDelete
Some 1 have Halo Reach? Mind if i can get ur xbox live name?
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2010 at 10:02 AM
Hey guys, I know I have never posted on here before but I have been reading every blog-post since almost the very first and have updated Minigore straight away whenever you guys submit one (Which was, unluckily, a mistake once, as i'm sure you all know ;D ). But I just want to tell you guys at MS something - This new update is looking utterly astronomical, when it's out i'm sure it will be back in the top 100 like it used to be. And by the way I see it, it will be all the way at the top with Doodle Jump and Angry Birds and stay there with them for a long time. Don't be put off by the little spamming faggots, they're just sad. I follow this blog because I believe in you guys, when you accidently made that huge bug that stopped the game from saving I knew straight away that you guys were gonna fix it, and you did. So from everyone from here to you - You're doing great, and we can't wait to see the update finished ( So please get it done soon :) ) Thanks.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2010 at 10:17 AM
monstrosity looks cool but can we have some more info on hargore plz.ReplyDelete
Keep up the good work guys :)
Thanks for the blog post guys, but I'm still itching for information on characters (preferably Metalbear!) and more technical posts.ReplyDelete
- Teo GoreSeptember 14, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Teo here:ReplyDelete
Sweet! Another boss!:)
I've got three questions for ya here:
-Is it going to be an
miniboss like the wormwolf(which i dont really think it deserves to be called an boss)or will it be an who appears rarely/once a game?
-Could you post an new gameplay video
starring multiplayer/zombies? Would be awesome!;)
-Why wont you post an inaccurate
guess? It's better than nothing you know.X)
Anyway,i do agree with Metalbear,
any information on a character
that's not named Jenny Gore would
be sweet!
Ps.Now I know what's making me
so excited,this strange "Jussi" guy is
posting on the blog with less than a week
between posts!;D
-Teo Gore:P
Pss:Got 10th post.:P
im loving the weekly blog updates hope you keep it upReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 14, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Thanks for the update jussi!!!!! Can you please release another blog post about episode 4 itself, because these recent blog post are about future episodes e.g. Jenny Gore. Thanks again!!!!ReplyDelete
- moon knightSeptember 14, 2010 at 3:03 PM
first thing first thanks Jussi for updating everybody good job on the boss i really like itReplyDelete
and i suppose that boss could somehow summon furries right? cas in his hand that cage he is holding have a lot of "furry's tails"
so i think he somehow could ? i dont know, please reply on this one cas everyone also may wonder if we wouls fight furries and zombies at the same time lol
second awww poor Jussi have to read all those long post we made over the last 1.5 year haha
now we know theres actually someone is reading out post it will have tons more than before so....... hard work and good luck on it
at last i know MS dont wana just out a guessin release date cas things might just not work out before that, but at least you can tell us what has not be finished and perhas how long will it take?? also about to difficulty changing bit that sad but also good because now player cant cheat on the system lol ( well i only play inferno so....) hahaha
good luck Jussi please reply cas my question might just be others
Nice post, as usual! And I'm certainly liking this less info-more frequent schedule- it's awesome!! Keep up the good work Jussi. This guy as a boss sounds like I'm gonna be glued to my ipod for hours now (more than I already am). =)ReplyDelete
Jussi, I would like to GREATLY, GREATLY THANK YOU for responding to my question. It was highly unprecedented but a wonderful surprise. So for that, I thank you once again!
Wow I'm really liking this Jussi guy now, he (or she) is so awesome! Loving the new weekly updates keep it up!!
Rock on Mountain Sheep and Minigore!!
@Jussi, or Timmo, could you give some info about the charector with 5 lives Jussi mentioned in his first post, thanks!ReplyDelete
- NarcoslothSeptember 14, 2010 at 10:22 PM
for the zombie mode you should have to fight a zombie version of the character you played as a kind of boss when you reach your high score in the gameReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2010 at 2:52 AM
Hey timo, is the monster guy in episode 4?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2010 at 4:20 AM
HEY TIMO!!! I was wondering if you'll be putting any new gameplay footage from Episode 4?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2010 at 7:44 AM
teo gore and metalbear, can you please go away?ReplyDelete
Hey everyone,ReplyDelete
yesterday I have posted a toucharcade thread with all the pictures I have collected since release. The collection includes pictures of the Minigore blog, Touch Arcade Forums and also fan made art.
Hope you enjoy :)
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2010 at 10:43 AM
This small update is submitted weeks ago, if its not rejected by Apple then they never submited one...ReplyDelete
Its not possible that Apple need 3 weeks of approvement...
So whats the real status? Re-submitted already?
Definitely enjoying the weekly posts. Great job jussi!ReplyDelete
I'll be posting on this blog for quiet a while, anon. :)
att: freakeing anon who wants teo gore and metal bear to leave the blogReplyDelete
first they are two of the biggest minigore fans in the world
second they have posted great ides like metalbear which will make the game rock.
and third why would you want them to go away?
- AnonymousSeptember 15, 2010 at 5:14 PM
they are nolifes they should do somthing else then minigoreReplyDelete
- welthyhoboSeptember 15, 2010 at 6:02 PM
hey jussi i have an idea how bout the monster guy is supper powerful, like so powerful that your normal bullets barly hurt him at all the only way to cause real damage is to hit him in the back the only problem is hes sending furies/ zombies at you so it will be dificult to get to his back however he will send his bat at you like a homing missle and if you kill it he freeks out and kinda stands still for a little while letting you hit him in the back thats it pleese tell me what you think if you hate it or love it thx =)ReplyDelete
- welthyhoboSeptember 15, 2010 at 6:05 PM
oh and one more thing after you kill his bat a little whial later a new one flys in and lands on his sholder than it atacks you etc. etc. etcReplyDelete
thanks for the update! looks really cool! so what will it just get bigger and bigger every time you fight it then get smaller when you shoot it or something?ReplyDelete
aaannnd minigore idea time:
story mode!! i did a little more research on minigore and i found that that big bearded thingy is the master of puppets and i think we need to defeat him. so id make like 5-10 levels where you go through a pretty large map fighting furries and solving puzzles makeing it through mazes etc. theres alot you can do with this. like make it so you unlock a map or a character every level you beat. then at the end theres a boss. in the first level, 3 firey giant furries come out at you, in the second you have to kill a giant worm wolf like massive, then the third a giant monstrosity, the fourth you have to take down the furrie machine which would be like a giant chomping metal robot that spawn furries every 2 secs of 10 thered be 3 smalls, 3 regulars, 1 large, and a wolf worm (small one). and finally the master of puppets. id make it so the master of puppets unlocks a castle map, the firey big furries unlocks some character, the worm wolf unlocks a desert map, the big machine unlocks a futeristic lab and monstrocity unlocks a big city map.
and another idea: make a map thats like the regular one we have except it has a house in it somewhere with two doors, and two rooms. both empty.
i like Jussi! He has a sense of humor and answers the important quesions. Keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Sorry, a story-mode does sound fun, but I don't think that that idea can ever become a reality. It would take way too long to make and i think it might defy the purpose of the game a little, as people won't really play the survival mode- they'll just finish the story-mode and delete the app! I think MS are doing the right thing here, new maps and stuff seems to be the place to go for this type of game!
Also, there's been talk about a Create-a-Gore feature on here and I for one think it's a great one! The game would be alot more interesting, I mean, after you unlock all the characters there's not much else to do! I'll send out my ideas for it in a while.
By the way Jussi, will the Monstrosity chuck those little creatures in his hand at you? Because it would be fun to try and dodge them whilst having to shoot at him!
- Teo GoreSeptember 16, 2010 at 12:39 PM
I do have a life.
Else i wouldn't
be posting on this blog.
Story mode/Hardgore has there
been quite alot of talk about,
and wont probably be released
before ep.6 or later,if ever.
The idea of the house is good,
perfect for zombies and
would be an good place
to place an crossover
from zombie wonderland.(If they added this.)
Good (k)night!
-Teo Gore:P
- Teo GoreSeptember 16, 2010 at 2:11 PM
I don't have a life.
that is why i post my ideas
@Godzilla the most dumbest :
Story mode/Hardgore has there
been quite alot of talk about,
and wont probably be released
before ep.6 or later,if ever.
The idea of the house is good,
perfect for zombies and
would be an good place
to place an crossover
from zombie wonderland.(If they added this.)
Good (k)night!
-Teo Gore:P
After episode 4 comes out, they should add co-op vehicles where one player drives and runs over furries (or zombies) and the other shoots from a mounted minigun on the back.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2010 at 4:37 PM
4 updates per yearReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Finally we get more updates!!! This game blog really needs more active posts.ReplyDelete
In the trailer of the game, you can see a mansion in the near distance. I think it would be really cool if the mansion could be a playable area along with the forest and the snow area.
I know multiplayer by bluetooth is already pushing the limit, but have you guys ever thought about online play Co-op with other people around the world? I hope you guys at MS add game center achievements too!
Would online multiplayer be easier to add now game centre has been released?ReplyDelete
- Teo GoreSeptember 17, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Great,A FAKER!ReplyDelete
ignore the Teo below my post,
I must really get an blogger acc now.-.-"
Anyway,how do you get one?XD
-Teo Gore:P
alright guys it was sick! i got home from school today and played a game with zombieville guy, starting and got OVER 9000!!!!! it was sweet! i beat my old record using gangster gore and brought zombieville guy to 3 stars.ReplyDelete
anyway i just got a few small updates i think should be added:
first off i noticed the lack of achievments i think you guys should add more involving getting to x points on easy or x points on medium then 5 starring a character and so on.
second i think there should be a high scores thing for each level. so that my high score of 12000 and my highscore of 9000 dont get mixed. (those are my easy and hard high scores).
and heres some bigger ideas. even though a story mode would be nice like people have said it probably wont happen. sooo heres something else they can do: now, you start out with 1 map in game. the regular green one. then they add a survival mode with waves. if you get to wave 30 on the grass mode and beat a boss at the end (same as the ones i said above) then you unlock a new map or the snow map. then you get to level 50 on this one and unlock another map like the zombie one or something. get to wave 100 on this and unlock the jenny gore lake map. then get to wave 150 on this and make it to another map with another boss all leading up to the castle. btw i think 10 maps for this game would be perfect. BUT i think only 9 should be visible when you beat all the levels theres one that you unlock when you beat the wave thing thats secret where you tap somewhere on the map and then you get to it. but its not showing.
also i think they should add an enemy who shoots small fire balls. what happens is they move until they see you then theyll stop charge up, and shoot a fireball at you. then if a furrie gets in the way, that furrie will lioght on fire, and if it hits a box that box will explode. you kill it by shooting it 10 times. it shoots about 3 times every 5 seconds.
another enemy could be like a metal furrie thats really slow but hard to kill. it takes like 50-70 shots to kill.
and another could be a furrie with a shield of some sort that you have to destroy before you can kill it.
- AnonymousSeptember 17, 2010 at 2:45 PM
The levels are better off open from the beginning. It's already enough of a hassle to rank enough kills to unlock another new character, now we have to possibly spend our hard earned kills on locations. I think all the locations are better off staying open right from the start of the game.
I do like your furry shield idea. Instead of shooting and breaking the shield though, your characters would have to stun it first and then walk around it to shoot it from behind and nab the kill.
My ideas:
-More voices for the characters. I mean John Gore and Jerry Gore are good but what about the characters from other apps?
-Add the Solomon's Keep Wizard! That would be an awesome character for the series! And instead of shooting a gun, he would use his wand.
-Archer Furry! Furries that stay behind from the horde and shoot things at you until shot.
im not saying buy maps with kills im saying you should have to complete this to unlock them. complete 200 waves on the beach map and unlock the desert map or something like that.ReplyDelete
and solomons keep would be nice!
idk bout archer furrie though i like my fire ball idea.
maybe take that doodle jump guy and make him shoot bullets out of his mouth tube thing lol. just an ideaReplyDelete
Hello, I know I'm not posting in the right place, do not speak English very well because I live in Brazil and 14 years.ReplyDelete
Ok, the idea and following the new minigore besides you guys could throw new animals and characters, new weapons could also launch with enough creativity.
And one idea that I was thinking all night and the following: they could put an option to create their own characters (3 or more spaces to create it) and then have several options for editing it.
Helmets, clothes, glasses, hair, etc.
Ate infinite weapons like shotgun for 10 days, 15 days, 5 days Launches grenades, laser (invented) 14 days, and so it continues to buy and the money that the case would be the deaths of the monsters (to buy the same characters) .
5 days> 3000 deaths
Thank you for your attention
Remember this is just an idea.
Lucas Martinelli Ceccon


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Kishoreganj municipality was established in 1869. The area of the town is 19.57 sq km. It has two dakbungalows.
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The days are still warm, but the nights are cooling off. Winds are shifting. Last week the clouds began to role in during the wee hours and blanketed the parched landscape. This was immediately followed by dry warm winds from the East. Still, the blazing morning sun on our eastern-sloped hillside has moderated to a gentle warmth. I live on the edge of a plateau. When the rain finally comes it will drain south through our little canyon and make its way to the San Diego Bay.
The frenetic energy of the birds has tuned down to match the slowing rhythms of September. This is the seasonal transition. For a few weeks the weather will oscillate wildly, as though swinging back and forth on a hinge.
According to Chinese Medicine, Fall is the time of the lungs. The lungs encompass what we call the Immune System in this culture. As we know this is the time of year when we must guard against the influenza virus. I have already seen 2 cases this week. An important way to do this is to stay present and conscious of the changes. In this way our lungs can keep rhythm and balance with the other organs of circulation, like the heart and liver. One way to stay conscious is to regularly focus on slow, deep breathing throughout the day.
We are leaving summer, which is the time of year associated with fire and the heart. The beginning of fall is the time to gather and reap the harvest from the seeds of our labors earlier in the year. Across the world, harvest celebrations are taking place; one last chance to give thanks and revel together in bounty.
The end of fall is when we begin to store away the year's harvest and move inwards for winter. Although most of us are now alienated from these agricultural cycles that have grounded us for thousands of years, they still hold metaphorical power.
To purify and maintain proper circulation, the lungs must stay moist like a tropical forest canopy. I hope the Santa Ana's are mild this year. I see a lot of headaches in my clinic when these desert high pressure systems move in. People often feel general discomfort and anxiousness and their previous symptoms may be exacerbated. If a person becomes sick i.e. from a virus, it may become more intense with heat symptoms like fever and thick yellow phlegm. The dry air will contribute to a lingering dry cough.
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In ancient China the yearly cycles were often conceived of as one complete breathe. The inhalation begins with the rising yang energy of Spring, which culminates in Summer. Fall is the beginning of the exhalation which terminates with the yin energy of winter.
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In a clinic setting I work mostly with people who have already lost balance and need assistance to get back on a healthy path. We may discuss diet and exercise and breathing techniques. I will chose selectively among the hundreds of acupuncture points along channels running throughout the body. I choose amongst more than one hundred and fifty herbs in my pharmacy for a combination (formula) designed for each individual patient. During this time of year the strategy may involve boosting lung qi (think 'immune system'). It could involve clearing heat or phlegm congestion from allergic inflammation or too much summer revelry. It could be 'banking up earth' or strengthening the digestion in order to support the lungs. It could be working with someone to moderate and understand cyclical depression, which often begins this time of year. In any case however, it is always preferable to take action before imbalances manifest themselves into major illness.


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In Queen Creek, Ariz. (www.queencreek.org) local business owners are treated like royalty. Just ask Rachel Broughten, Chef-Owner of Rachel's Bake Shop who credits the town's "Shop QC" program and municipal website, developed by the government website experts at Vision Internet, with helping her launch and grow her business into one of the area's Top 10 Best Dessert Spots in 2013.
Founded in 2009, Rachel's Bake Shop also was named Queen Creek's Emerging Business of the Year in 2014. "The Shop QC program is awesome and the town's website is the go-to resource for local businesspeople," Broughten said. "As the mom of two young boys, I frequently work on my business during off hours. It was 2 a.m. when I started the research needed to launch my business and I found everything I needed regarding licenses and permits on the Queen Creek website. The information was easy to find and the process for starting a food-based business was outlined in layman's terms that I could easily understand."
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Queen Creek's Facebook page, prominently featured along with other social media channels on the website homepage, is one of the most effective tools for promoting local businesses.
"We have just over 30,000 residents and more than 6,000 of them "Like" us on Facebook," Snyder said. "Recent news about an In-N-Out Burger coming to town reached more than 31,000 people and received over 3,000 likes, comments and shares. A series of posts on the groundbreaking ceremony for Harkins Theartres reached an audience of 50,000 and generated over 2,000 likes, comments and shares. Social media definitely is our most effective communications tool and it all starts with our website."
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(Reuters) - A 45-year prison sentence leveled against a serial bank robber, who once appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show as a "bank robbing pimp," was too harsh and must be reconsidered, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.
Arthur Payton 47, had twice been sentenced to 10-year prison terms for previous bank robbery sprees in San Diego and Detroit when he was convicted in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Michigan of robbing four banks in a third spree.
Payton typically found women who were drug addicted or engaged in prostitution to rob the banks on his behalf and then split the proceeds with his accomplices, the appeals court said.
Prosecutors asked a judge to sentence Payton to at least 25 years in prison, while his lawyers requested a sentence within the federal guidelines, which called for 17-1/2 to 22 years in prison based on his past and present convictions.
Judge Lawrence Zatkoff, citing Payton's brazen recidivism and threat to the public, sentenced him to 45 years in prison in February 2013.
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"We find the district court's explanation lacking in Payton's case," the judges found.
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