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Television host turbos a four cylinder Cobalt:
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Wins two NHRA Competition Eliminator World Championships.
NORWALK, Ohio – From big screen televisions to Sportsman racing at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, Bruno Massel digs into mechanical head scratchers and shares what he learns.
Bruno Massel, Woodridge, Ill., co-hosts "Truck U," a half-hour Speed Channel television show in its seventh season, each year filming 26 episodes that air on Sunday mornings first, then repeat on Saturday mornings. Check out the Website at Truckutv.com.
The group named the program "Truck U" as a shortened version of the original, "Truck University," Bruno Massel said.
Two weeks ago "Truck U" finished taping a show, which rolled into Bruno Massel's list of favorite projects, spotlighting a 2012 Ford F 250.
"We did what you call, 'Storm Trooping it,'" Bruno Massel said. "We
stripped it down, basically took it down to the bare cab and chassis. Everything else is new. It's all white with black wheels. We lifted it up 36 inches."
While professionally Bruno Massel stages dream builds and explains repairs on "Truck U," he also cranks up those skills to add a twist of challenge to his 19-year obsession, drag racing, most recently at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
His red 2007 Autogeek.net Chevy Cobalt races in the National Hot Rod Association Competition Eliminator class, and won the 2009 and 2012 NHRA World Championships in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.
"It's a turbocharged four-cylinder," Bruno Massel said. "There's this whole import scene. This motor is out of a production Chevy Cobalt. We just put it on steroids. It's got a big turbocharger. There are other high performance modifications to make it handle better.
"In production it made 200 horsepower," Bruno Massel said. "We made 1,400."
The challenge to boost performance of a four-banger emerged from automotive manufacturing trends to create more economical cars, Bruno Massel said. Saddled on the back of the increased miles per gallon came lowered power outputs and availability.
"Chevrolet Performance said, 'We're going to show we can not only make these cars economical on the street, but race engines as well,'" Bruno Massel said. "We had a two-year learning curve: A little trial and a lot of error for about two years.
"The car itself is a legal Pro Stock car, but (a Pro Stock car) has a Pro Stock engine," Bruno Massel said. "This car never rolled off a production floor itself. It was built as a Pro Stock car. The body and interior have carbon fiber, and there's a lot of titanium on it as well.
"We've gone 6.82 seconds in the quarter mile, at 203 mph," Bruno Massel said. "In a Cobalt. That's what's neat. I'll see a bunch of younger guys at the track, and they drive these every day. It's something that's relevant to the younger generation."
The Cobalt appeared on "Truck U," too, Bruno Massel said.
In October, Bruno Massel tackles an additional challenge as he heads up the Pro Import racing during the Shakedown at the Summit Octoer 4-6, 2013 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.
"I think there's going to be a big turnout," Bruno Massel said.
For information about Shakedown at the Summit, click on: Paint swapping door slammers!
Bruno Massel's roots run deep into speed and win lights.
"My dad raced just about anything you could come up with," Bruno Massel said. "He's been racing since the mid-1960s. We used to race together. He just stopped driving in 2005. Now he's my crew chief.
"My mom comes to the races," Bruno Massel said, adding his mother, wife, Dayna, and boys, Bruno III, 6, and Anthony, 4, created a family event at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park.
Though Dayna Massel doesn't line up at the tree, Bruno appreciates the support of his wife, saying, "She's just the best cheerleader ever."
And Bruno and Dayna Massel talk about the possibility of the boys' lining up in Junior Dragsters in a couple of years or so.
Racing remains a Massel family deal.
"I used to play football and I'm a competitive person," Bruno Massel said. "So this fills that void of competition for me."
A marketing and finance major and football player while attending the University of Iowa, Bruno Massel said his background had nothing to do with television.
While Bill Bader Sr. owned the International Hot Rod Association, Bruno Massel filled his urge for speed and competition on weekends in the IHRA Top Dragster class. His day job staged glamour with lights.
"I used to be a male model," Bruno Massel said. "That's what I started doing when I first got out of college. For four years that's what I did for a living. It was fun. I got to see a lot of the world. It was a neat experience."
Bill Bader Sr. helped Bruno Massel land his first TV job.
"Bill had seen a commercial I had done," Bruno Massel said, adding the company, 3M, continued the relationship with him off and on for about a decade. His most recent 3M commercial finished a run about six months ago.
"Bill got me the job as a color commentator for the series for the IHRA," Bruno Massel said. "That was my first television job back in 2000. It was aired on two different networks. We did one show for Speed Channel, and another for a channel that is now defunct, TNN."
Bill Bader Sr., now on the Board of Directors at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, said Bruno Massel asked about an opportunity to expand his portfolio.
"He's got all those looks and the smile and everything," Bill Bader Sr. said. "So we saw to it that he got some microphone time. I worked with him on interviewing racers and got him some time doing our television show on TNN and then Speed Channel. We had Bruno do the announcing. He was one of our personalities.
"He's a great kid," Bill Bader Sr. said. "He deserved the opportunity."
Once Bruno Massel closes the hood on a finished project, who can tell what rolls up next?
"I've covered just about every motorsport except for NASCAR in the last 13 years," Bruno Massel said, "and it all started with Bill Bader."


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San Francisco Giants 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 0: Giants beat L.A., beat L.A. beat L.A.
Where do we start?
- The Giants beat the Dodgers 3-0 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep. That in itself is cause of celebration. But it doesn't stop there.
- The three-game sweep allowed the Giants to move into a first-place tie with the Dodgers in the NL West, the first time all season the Giants have been in first place.
- It's the first time the Giants have posted three consecutive shutouts since 1988.
- It's the first time the Giants have swept a three-game series all by shutouts since 1954.
- It's the first time the Giants have ever swept the Dodgers with three shutouts.
- It's the first time the Los Angeles Dodgers have been swept via three shutouts in their history.
- And maybe most importantly, the Freak is back.
Lincecum posted his first victory since April 28, throwing seven innings, giving up four hits and two walks. He struck out eight in a 115-pitch outing.
Combined with his last start in Oakland, Lincecum has thrown 12 consecutive scoreless innings.
The closest the Dodgers came to scoring was in the third inning, when Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley doubled with one out. Billingsley took third on a wild pitch, the first (and only) time in the series that the Dodgers got a runner to third.
Lincecum bounced another pitch that got away from catcher Hector Sanchez. But Sanchez was able to get to the ball and throw to Lincecum covering home, who tagged out Billingsley trying to score.
Clearly, the Dodgers are scuffling on offense right now. But combined with his previous start, it was the kind of start that Lincecum can give confidence going forward.
Lincecum worked himself out of trouble a few times Wednesday. He got an inning-ending double play in the first inning. There was the Billingsley play in the third.
In the seventh, the Dodgers had runners on first and second and one out. Manager Bruce Bochy came out, and it looked like Lincecum might be done. But Bochy left him in, and the Freak got Tony Gwynn Jr. to fly to center and then he struck out Juan Uribe to end the inning.
A Freaky Finish.
Lincecum's next start will come on Tuesday in Washington vs. the Nationals. Then he should get another start before the All-Star break in Pittsburgh.
Look for another pitchers' duel Thursday as the Reds come into town for a four-game series. Madison Bumgarner faces Johnny Cueto for a 7:15 p.m. start Thursday.

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" Genre: Arcade & Platform / Video Game for Nintendo Wii / To Be Announced / ESRB Rating: Rating Pending / Release Date: 2006-12-08 / Published by Sega "
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Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz is made by Sega, you can play with up to 4 players, and is suitable for ages & and upwards ( but i think younger players will still be able to enjoy it safely!)
The game centres around little monkeys in a bubble like Ball. Use the Wii remote by tilting it left, right, back and forth to direct your monkey through the tracks of different courses. All have different twists and turns!
You need to pick up bananas to gain points, but be careful! There is a time limit so you can saunter along the course. You have to make it to the check point in time to pass the level, and make sure that your "steering" is good enough that you don't fall off track.
There is a choice of playing with a number of cute little characters, like Doctor, YanYan, AiAi, MeeMee and others in either the main game, or in the party game.
This is a good element to have as it adds something a little more substantial and significant to what could easily have been a trivial party game alone that is boring when played alone, and isn't very good to play in the longer term.
In the main game, you go through "normal stages", but to pass one of the entire 8 levels, you need to beat the "Boss Stage", which has been synonymous with Sega and Nintendo throughout the years and is always a classic stage which i love to see still in modern day games. The boss usually involes a giant animal of some kind, and you have to roll into them and hit them at a certain time in its angry routine to lower its life and beat it.
In the party games you can play with or without the nunchuck, depending on what game you select, so don't nworry if you never brought a nunchuck.
Just a few of the 50 party games to choose from include: Banana Catch, Bugs Balance, Free Throw and Fruit Basket. These a perfect for if you have company, and get the competetive juices flowing, however, in my experience, after a few games, people tend to get a bit bored, lose interest and disappear out of the room, but isn't this the same for most Wii party games?
The game is very responsive to the nunchuck and wii remote, although the game is very much still a challenge and very fun to play. The graphics are decent and the colours are bright, attractive and intriguing.
The ability to choose between party game mode and main game mode (story mode you could call it) gives this game something extra that the other party games on the market might lack, however it is not exactly a revolutionary or ground breaking game, but still, a decent game none the less.
Using the Wii remote to roll a ball around the TV screen is a simple idea, and sega has managed to adapt it well into game form, and have resisted the urge to over complicate the idea of the game.
Overall, i would say that this game is worth buying, it will certainly keep you, and youngsters occupied for a while.
I've literally only ever played on a wii twice, I played mario wii karts (or something along those lines,) and bowling. So when my friend forced me into playing this game I got extremely confused.
Unfortunately I spent quite alot of the game confused. Although we mostly pled the party games. Some of the games were brilliant like the war game thingy, were you run around tring to shoot other monkeys. Other than this I just found it really difficult. Even my friend, who constantly claimed 'OMG this game is soo fun' kept getting confused, and at several points, there were no instructions on how to actually play the game, and we became so confused we had to reset the whole game.
I probably wouldn't reccomend this game, at least not for beginners.
Maybe if I was a total pro, I would be able to understand this game a lot more. But as I am not a total pro, and if you don't want to have to sit constantly playing this gae for hours, I wouldn't reccomenf this game.
Well, I'd wished I'd read the review of this sooner before I decided to go ahead and buy the thing!!
My purchase of this game was for £10 from eBay. After playing the Gamecube version of Super Monkey Ball I wanted to check out this updated version.
As soon as I switched it on the aural assualt of arcade machine style music blasted out of the telly onto the unsuspecting me, after 10 seconds this gave me a headache. Stop? No you must be joking. Unfortunately the music went on...........and on.............and on.
I tentatively went to select my character for the main game, the was six to choose from including originals Aiai and Gongon. It appears that you have to roll your monkey across several different islands comprising of several stages.
The main 1 player game involes moving a monkey in a clear bubble type ball around courses collecting bananas, which gets progressively harder. you lose a life if you 'fallout' and drop yourself from the end of the path etc. You lose a life, but collect them on the way along so this should not prove a problem.
So off I started on the first course. I found the wii remote hard to control here and found it hard to stop and turn, basically the remote is pointed towards the screen and you move that way. Annoying to say the least. Occasionally the camera angle would mess up thus spoiling the whole process, it is a pet hate of mine in games. I much prefer using the wired gaming controller of the Gamecube for this game and wish I had bought the Gamecube one to play in my Wii as it is so much better.
So with slight difficulty I rolled my way towards the end of the first islands stages.
An extremely loud and colourful bird is the boss at the end of ths one which was just rubbish and quite hard to get towards to throw yourself at due to the hard work of the wii remote here. It feels awful and made my wrist sore!!
At the end of that then the credits came on. I was like what IS going on here have I completed the game already? Er well no. This is actually a bonus round which you cannot skip however many times you try to, an annoying waste of five minutes whilst your monkey in a ball floats around aimlessly collecting banans whilst bouncing off the letters of the names in the credits, that was the final straw, I gave up and turned it off.
I put it on to try some of the 50 party games on there afterwards which are somewhat better than the single player game but still pretty painful to play.
Overall I want to know why I didn't check Dooyoo before buying this!! 3 and a half out of 10.
This game used the Wiimote very well, requiring you to tilt the Wiimote at different angles to roll the ball along various routes, collecting bananas on the way. You have to get to the exit along the maze type structure to win.
With many levels in the game it is enough to keep you occupied for a long time. There are also some multiplayer games too for when there are a few people over.
The main problem with the game is the difficulty. Its is SO hard. I found it difficult progressing in the game. When you have to roll the ball along, it is very easy to fall of the edge, at which point you will have to go back to the start. this can lead to some very frustrating gameplay, which at one point left me wanting to throw the Wiimote across the room.
The graphics were ok and if you had the skills it could be fun, but i felt i wasted my money because it got to the point where i could no longer continue because it was too hard.
What can I say.... I thought this was going to be lots of fun - I received it as a present and am glad that I didn't pay money for it! It is very repetitive, all the levels are the same idea and I personally find it very hard to control. You have a monkey in a ball which you have to roll around courses and collect bananas on the way. Its very frustrating when you 'fall over the edge' and have to return to the begining of the course. The party games are probably the best part of the game although some of the games are on the Wii Sports (ok so they are different to look at and play) but they are so much harder to perfect on Monkey Ball Banana Blitz. I do not enjoy this game at all and have only played on it about half a dozen times in the last 6 months.
I can take or leave this game. The single player game goes from being frustratingly too difficult to being too samey and easy. The The acuracy of the wii remote is good and you do actually feel like you are the one controlling the balance but some levels are just too difficult resulting in you giving up and loosing interest and other levels feel like deja view of doing the same thing with different back ground. The 50 party games are good fun playing against someone but not so much on your own. The instructions on how to control some of the party games are very unclear and take a while to work out. There is a good variety in these games though and would say they are better than the main game. I would buy it if it was cheap but definatly would not pay more than £10 for it as ther are much better games out there.
Super Monkey ball: Banana Blitz is a great little game. The main game though is shoddy, verging on pathetic, and takes about ten minutes to complete. (Thats the bit with the little monkey dude in the ball as you try and roll him around the course collecting the bananas) but the mini games are exceptional.
You can play with between one and four players, the downside for me being that some of the games require a nunchuck, and I only have one, as, I would think do alot of people as they are so expensive to get the full controller. But there are still plenty of games that can be played with just the Wii remote. There are so many games to play, some obviously far better than others, but the guys who made this game really pushed the boat out, and must have had some pretty intense brain-storming sessions.
Highly reccomended.
Super Monkey Ball: Bananna Blitz...more like super disappointment. The single player mode has absolutely no story too it unlike the others in the series. There are over 50 multiple player mini-games but very few are any good, and the controls are very hard. The graphics are standard. One of the main differences is the ability to jump. I didn't like the addition to jump in the game. The music in the game is one thing that is excellent about this game. This game is suitable for ALL ages from toddlers to grandparents. At first the controls may seem hard but soon you will get used to the controls and it can be pretty fun. The reason I say it's a disappointment is mainly because of the bad mini games and the story getting removed. If you have younger children in your house this could be a great game. Please make sure that you rent this before you buy it, so you won't be disappointed!
(P.S: I wrote this review on www.ciao.co.uk, made some minor editing, and pasted it here!)
I have to admit that I bought this game purely for the fifty 'party' games that are a supposed side-show to the game proper. I have played the main game probably less than ten times in the last six months - it's fun, the object being to guide your monkey along an obstacle course inside his little monkey ball - but it's not a patch on Mercury Meltdown Revolution, which has a similar (but by no means identical) gameplay.
The party games are excellent, particularly if you regularly play multiplayer games with friends or family members. There are fifty of them ranging from the relatively sane to the downright daft, but you will need multiple remote controls and nunchucks to make the most of them. Some are modelled on sports that have multiplayer mini games elsewhere. For instance there are tennis, bowling and baseball - style mini games that you may think are unneccesary given Wii Sports. However, for the most part the Monkey Ball versions are more fun oriented and are different enough that you could enjoy them separately to Wii Sports. The downright bonkers games are impossible to describe, but are very very funny to play. The game has come right down in price now and I would say that this is the best 'mini games' collection out there for the money right now.
Super monkey ball's arrival on the wii was something which particularily interested me, after i played Super Monkey Ball 2 on the Gamecube. It appeared to me as a very fun and easy to play prospect. The range of party games in addition to the new innovative wii remotes seemed like a good combination. Whilst there are some positive features of this game, i will explain why this game fails short of its potential.
The main game to be fair is quite good in terms of the number of missions and is generally enjoyable. The controls work well enough for this mode, as long as the sensor bar is configured correctly. The missions are slightly more tricky to complete because of the remote as opposed to the old gamecube controllers but you can get used to the controls for this mode relatively quickly. With 8 main levels containing rougly 10 sub levels there is plenty to complete. The levels start at an easy standard giving you the chance to get used to the game, but do become very tricky towards the end. The main game is therefore reasonably challenging. One criticism of the main game is the lack of creativity on some levels. Many of the same hazards and challenges are located on different levels and there is some repetitiveness when playing the main game.
The main game is thus enjoyable to play. However, after playing the previous monkey ball games i believe that the main game is not the predominant reason why i bought the game. To me the party games are an essential part of the super monkey ball fun. Super monkey ball:Banana blitz boasts an incredible 50 party games. However, many of these party games are poor. In the other games, Sega concentrated on a few sports and put a lot of effort into making the gameplay good. But in this game, there are too many underdeveloped, flawed games. Whilst the old games remain, they are lacking in options to their previous games with the exception of monkey race.
Many of the games are simply difficult to control using the wii remote and just tend to lead to frustration. Others are just not fun to play as games. Having said this, there are some good party games in the mix such as monkey wars, monkey snowboarding and alien attack and yacht sailing. The traditional games are also decent but monkey target has lost its fun. With 50 games to play i may not have provided a totally accurate perspective of these party games and it must be noted that there are a great number of things to do on this game.
Banana Blitz has a bit fault when playing the main game in that you cannot go back to a previous menu without reseting the whole console. If there is a way of doing this i am not aware of it.
This game generally disappoints. It boasts a large range of options which it delivers, with new characters, bosses and 50 party games. But what Super Monkey Ball:Banana Blitz gains in options, it looses in gameplay, with the game not properly developed to work well with the wii remote. The main game is somewhat fun, but the generally disappointing party games mean that the game is not likely to be long lasting once the main game is complete. Overall, this game falls frustratingly short.
Super Monkey Ball on the Wii is rather awkward you use your Wii remote to move around it gets tricky. The graphics are great better then what it was like in the Gamecube version.
The Wii nunchuck should of been used in the main game it would of made it less confusing. With another add to this game there are boss stages this becomes annoying with bad camera angles which will cause you to fall over the edge.
The mini games are boring and the stupid thing is you cannot pause the game while your playing or you can reset your Wii. Even if your bored of the game you can't leave unless you finish the mini game this is the same in the main mode. There are about 50 mini games and non i found entertaining or fun.
You will have to go through different mazes after doing so many you will have to a boss which you have to diffefeat them in different ways.
Banana Blitz though is still better then what Super Monkey Ball Adventure had to offer. The game is OK but takes a while getting used to but if you want a good control system stick with the Gamecube version Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2. Since buying this game I have only played it 2 times I wont play it again it's annoying me.
Short review I know but not much to say on this game.
I originally played this game on Xbox and found it very hard to control so after I received it for a present I was a bit sceptical about it. However I tried it anyway and it became very addictive very quickly!!
On the main game you are a monkey in a ball... you have to control the monkey using the main controller which is easier then it was on Xbox as you had to control via the analogue stick. You guide the monkey through various obstacles that get harder as you go along. And be careful not to fall off the edges as this is very easy to do and results in extreme frustration!! This is a single player game where there is 10 world to complete and at the end of each world you have a boss to defeat which can be quite hard due to the difficult camera angles.
There is also a section with 50 mini games that can be played with up to four players this is very fun for parties or family time! In the mini games there are things such as bowling, whack a mole and darts so there is hours of fun!
Overall I think this game is very good and very suitable for parties however I don't think to much of the main game however it is extremely addictive and you will probably find yourself extremely frustrated and turn the Wii off many times and then 5 minutes later you think I'll have another go I will be able to do it this time!!
When researching Wii games looking for a new game to try a while back there was not a lot on offer. On the internet this game has recieved mixed reviews from users and specialist sites alike, and with the chioce I had I available to me then I decided to give it a try. I am glad I did too as it has become one of my most played games dispite not appealing(no pun...groan) to my normal tastes of action and shooting etc.
The Game Concept:
At its routes this is a puzzle platformer in which you roll your monkey around different stages to get them to the finishing spot within a time limit and without falling off of the track. You do this by tilting the level forwards and backwards, left and right to roll your monkey in its ball accordingly. There are obsticals to overcome and the main game consists of 8 stages to a level with the odd bonus stage, then at the end of each level there is a boss stage which you must complete in order to move on. There are also 50 different minigames which you can play with your friends up to four at a time that range from monkey snowboarding to bug balancing. Most of these are quite good fun and make good use of the wiimotes capabilities, there are a few which need nunchuks to play and all vary from great to mediocre. There are easily enough good games to make up for the odd clanger however.
In the main game the controls are very simple yet require a good 15 minutes to get comfortable with control in my experience. To move your monkey forward you only heve to tilt the wiimote forward, how far you do this corresponds to how much the level tilts in the game and this effects your monkeys speed. Tilting backwards will slow your monkey down initially then when all momentum is gone will move it backwards. To jump you either press the A button or make a sharp upward motion withe the wiimote.
This is an easy game to develop a bit of an addiction for because of how frustrating some of the harder levels can be but also due to how rewarding finishing each stage is. Anyone from any age group from grandparents to your kids are ably to play this game and enjoy it. I think my mum likes this game more than me!
Graphics and visuals:
I personally like the graphics of this game. while they could be criticised for being simple or too cartoony they are at least very clean, consistant and fitting for the game. The look and feel of each of the different levels are very individual and distinct with nauticle themes of the pirate coast to trippy almost psychadelic colours in some of the cobalt caverns. Always the stages are bright and colourful and very attractive.
You are going to either love the sound track or hate it in my view. Personally i quite like it but some of the stages have a high tempo chipmunk style hyperactive background music that really bugs me after a while. The sound especially seems to appeal more to children than to more mature gamers.
Difficulty and complexity:
One of the things that I really liked about this game was the fact that while it is asimple idea of rolling from A to B around a short course it can be extreamly hard at times, especially later on in the game. In the latter levels time is really of the essence and sometimes you can get stuck on a level for half an hour that is so intense that you have to go and take a breather and relax!
High points of the game:
!Vast minigame collection lends greatly to the replayability of the title.
!Some of the obsticals are amazing giant swings and wheels that are pretty spectacular.
!Highly original and addictive gameplay.
!Great for players of all ages. gamers and non-gamers alike.
!Great and responsive use of the Wiimote.
Low points of the game:
!The main game could be longer.
!Sound can be annoying at times.
!Some of the minigames are a bit rubbish.
I really recommend this game, If you get the oppertunity to try it definitely give it a go and give it a fair try, don't put it down once you've fallen off 3 times in a row because this game is a real grower. You could find yourself hooked like me.
AiAi and all his friends have rolled their way onto Nintendo's new console with new mind-blowing puzzle's!


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Iowa State-bound West High quarterback accused of theft at Coral Ridge Mall | TheGazette
beat me to it cigman..
I hope they were clones hats at least
He is in Florida for spring break must not be too bad.
Hooray what are we in the fulmer cup standings?
Just another example of the IC police going after a kid just b/c he's going to Iowa State.......
No points awarded. Not an ISU student (yet).
For 2 hats, death penalty. Take him down.
We have a poor history of guys getting second chances here after mall problems.
At least its not a Bernstine kind of thing. Thug.
Yeah I hope once a recruit (or poster on this board) is unleashed from the academy he is stationed in IC ot put an end to this injustice
Wasted Fulmer Cup points...
TCU still holding a commanding lead:
Royce does not believe it.
I am not disappointed in the fact that he is stealing...I am disappointed that he is still shopping at American Eagle, someone else this kid with some style tips
I bet the Scheels employee that caught him recognized him and is a Hawkeye fan and/or U of I student.
I just wanted to point out that he was a fine upstanding young man until he got involved with ISU.
Whats wrong with some American Eagle?
I wonder with these credentials, if iowa will recruit him now...
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Arkansas Tech softball returned to the win column Sunday as the Golden Suns swept a Gulf South Conference doubleheader with Ouachita Baptist at Sully Anderson Field in Arkadelphia.
Tech opened the doubleheader with a 5-0 victory and then took the nightcap 3-0 over the Lady Tigers. The two wins improved Tech's record to 8-16 overall on the season and 3-5 in the GSC.
The Golden Suns used a solid offense that produced 15 hits and solid complete-game pitching efforts from juniors Emily Horne and Dana Aldrich.
In the opener, Tech wasted little time in getting on the scoreboard as it capitalized on two OBU errors to score its first run of the game. In the inning, sophomore rightfielder Sarah Pratt reached on an error by OBU rightfielder Beth McGhee and then scored when freshman second baseman Casey Hammons reached on a throwing error by OBU pitcher Shanon McMurry.
Tech's lead grew to 2-0 in the fourth inning on a run-scoring single by sophomore centerfielder Krista Cifuentes, which scored junior catcher Erica Meza, who had singled to lead off the inning.
The two runs would be enough for Horne (3-8 on the season) as she tossed seven innings and allowed just four singles and pitched her second shutout of the season. In seven innings, she walked three and struck out eight Lady Tiger batters.
Horne received more offensive support in the sixth inning as Tech scored three runs on four hits to push in front 5-0. In the inning, junior shortstop Molly Schweigert drove in the first run on a sacrifice fly and then senior first baseman Kellie Bryan and junior leftfielder Terra Brenner drove in runs with RBI singles.
Meza, Cifuentes and sophomore third baseman Crystal Nelson each had two hits to lead Tech's eight-hit attack. In addition, Meza scored two runs.
For the game, Tech had eight hits and committed one error, while OBU had four hits and three errors. Tech left five runners on base and OBU stranded seven base runners in the loss.
Meanwhile, in the nightcap, Tech scored three runs in the third inning and then rode the pitching of Aldrich in collecting its first sweep in league play this season.
In the third inning, Tech scored three runs off five hits. In the inning, Meza drove in two runs on her two-run single up the middle and Schweigert drove in the third run on her RBI single to left field off of McGhee.
After the five-hit third inning, McGhee limited Tech to just one more hit in the game, a single by Hammons in the seventh inning. McGhee took the loss as she pitched seven innings and allowed seven hits and three runs, while striking out four and walking two.
Aldrich, who improved to 4-4 with the win, scattered six singles in the game in pitching her second shutout of the season. Aldrich walked two and struck two Lady Tigers.
Pratt and Hammons led Tech's seven-hit attack with two hits apiece in the win.
Kayla Curbow and Jeni Maxton each had two hits for OBU, who fell to 16-14 overall on the season and 3-7 in the GSC with the two losses.
Tech returned to action Tuesday against Ouachita Baptist. No results were available at press time.


text: The address of the Super 8 Hotel Beijing Fengtai Dong Da Jie Station is No.42, Dong Avenue, Fengtai District, Beijing, P. R. China. There is One minute driving from Fengtai Railway Station, and three minutes walking from subway line nine. It has 75 sweet and comfortable guestrooms. The hotel provides free parking space, free broadband Internet access and catering services. Adjacent to the Fengtai Railway Station, which is the high iron hub - is the slogan of this hotel. Super 8 Hotel Beijing Fengtai Dong Da Jie Station provides great value at an international standard, along with the Clean, Friendly and Consistent service that is the hallmark of Super 8 Hotels worldwide.


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Hillary Clinton condemns Benghazi attack
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement condemning violence in Benghazi Tuesday that killed J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya:
I condemn in the strongest terms the attack on our mission in Benghazi today. As we work to secure our personnel and facilities, we have confirmed that one of our State Department officers was killed. We are heartbroken by this terrible loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and those who have suffered in this attack.
This evening, I called Libyan President Magariaf to coordinate additional support to protect Americans in Libya. President Magariaf expressed his condemnation and condolences and pledged his government's full cooperation.
Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.
In light of the events of today, the United States government is working with partner countries around the world to protect our personnel, our missions, and American citizens worldwide.
(PHOTOS: Anti-U.S. attacks in Cairo, Libya)


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SNOW HILL – Sexually-oriented businesses in Worcester County may soon face permanent regulations governing location, signage and customer behavior, after the County Commissioners introduced three bills this week to cover the adult enterprises.
The commissioners will hold a public hearing on the legislation at their Dec. 7 meeting at 11 a.m. and are likely to pass the laws that day to get them on the books before the moratorium enacted in May runs out.
The new legislation, generated by consulting law firm Funk and Bolton, would replace the interim legislation passed in June.
"I think it's okay the way it is. It makes a reasonable accommodation for the industry," county attorney Ed Hammond said. "I think it's adequate and it demonstrably protects the opportunity for free speech."
Commissioner Judy Boggs said, "If you say it's fine, I'm okay with that."
"What has been suggested to us seems to be adequate," Commissioner Linda Busick said later.
The three laws will govern zoning code restrictions, legitimate massage operations and the health code with respect to adult businesses.
Under the first law, sexually-oriented businesses will only be permitted in industrial zones, A building housing an adult enterprise cannot be within 1,200 feet (nearly a quarter mile) of the property line of a school, church or other place of worship, day care center, group home, park or public library.
A building housing a sexually-oriented business must also be 1,200 feet from other buildings housing an adult business. Signs depicting adult-oriented material or entertainment would be prohibited, under this law.
Sexually-oriented massage businesses are not permitted anywhere in Worcester County, under the second law.
The third law, under public health, requires that all parts of a sexually-oriented business must be under surveillance by an actual employee at all times; that the business has sufficient lighting inside and out; and that merchandise is not visible from outside the building.
Sexually oriented businesses, under this legislation, would not be permitted on the same parcel or in the same building as a lodging establishment.
Nudity or partial nudity would also be prohibited, unless a performer stays six feet away from any other person, including staff. No touching or sexual activity is allowed.
Violations on five different days in 12 months would cause revocation of the business's certificate of occupancy.


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Love is in the air over Chicago. Thankfully it didn't land in the lake.
Ryan Thompson popped the question mid-flight this week in what's being considered an unorthodox proposal.
Thompson pretended to lose control of the small plane he was flying as his girlfriend, Carlie Kennedy, reached for the emergency landing checklist and found the proposal. He filmed the entire thing and posted it Wednesday on YouTube.
"I have to tell you, when the plane headed for water, I genuinely did believe it was a true emergency,'' Kennedy told NBC "Today's" Natalie Morales about the proposal. "I thought in reading through the emergency procedure checklist that our lives were in my hands at that moment. ... Getting to the end of the emergency procedure checklist, then the proposal, it was a swing of emotions like I've never experienced before. I've never been that happy.''
The video, titled "In Descent Proposal," shows the couple taking off in a small private plane flying around the Windy City and taking pictures when the plane begins to shake.
Thompson tells Kennedy he lost control of the plane and needs her to read the emergency landing procedures. At the end of the procedures it reads "initiate ring engagement procedure." From there, Thompson regains control and proposes to a visibly relieved and euphoric Kennedy, who accepted the proposal.
So was Kennedy mad over the rouse?
"Everyone has asked me that question and to be honest, I was never mad,'' she told Morales, adding she was very excited and happy over her engagement.
Once the couple landed, they were greeted by friends and family for an impromptu engagement party, according to "Today."
No word on when the wedding will take place, but Thompson admitted to "Today" he had thought about planning a surprise wedding. But said Kennedy's mom put the big kibosh on the idea.
No word on when or how the happy couple plans to wed.
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy


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She was born in Provo, Utah, on Dec. 2, 1929, and is the daughter of George H. and Afton Allred Hansen. After graduating from Lincoln High School and Brigham Young University, she taught Home Economics in Richland, Wash., where she met William Nels "Bill" Lusebrink of Walnut Creek, Calif. They were married in Provo on Jan. 26, 1953.
After living in Washington, they moved to California in 1958 and settled in Palo Alto in 1961, where Bill worked for Stanford University. They lived in the same Palo Alto home for 43 years. Preceding her in death were her two brothers, Don and Alan Hansen. She is survived by her sister, Helen Warnock; her husband, Bill; son, Karl, and daughter-in-law, Rita; son, Glen, and daughter-in-law, Jody; and three grandchildren.
A memorial celebrating her life will be held Saturday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m. in the auditorium at the University Retirement Community in Davis, Calif. Interment will be at East Lawn Memorial Hills in Provo, Utah, at a date to be announced.
Charitable contributions in her honor can be made to the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org.
Memorial Services
Richard Lyman
A memorial service will be held for former Stanford President Richard Lyman on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 3 p.m. at Stanford Memorial Church. A reception will follow from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Stanford Faculty Club.
Lyman, whose tenure as provost and later president of Stanford University spanned a tumultuous period of student protest over the Vietnam War, weapons research and civil rights, died May 27 of congestive heart failure. He was 88.
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well dune
verry good
Victoria is so beautiful awesome bod & breasts she luvs to suck cock & tke it in her perfect yng cunt nice cum & suck
The music! Is so fucking good! Its beautiful! That's an a really love scene So Good.
tht is sooooooooooo hot im horny
I liked this guy and want his cock to fill me up and gimme a creampie.
yummy yot yot na tau my boobs is big my titi is big
She is stunning , young and very attractive. Wish she was in my bed damn it.
her name is Victoria Rae Black
some girls are into guys cumming on their tits. Maybe its a nice feeling to know that after we cum, dude cums as well. Maybe some of us like to play with it and taste it a little.
thats my girlfriend wtff......
it makes me so horny.. wow.. crazy
i hate watching porn where the girl just fucks a headless torso omg show me the guy too ok
white bird on the background on 10:17.
Did that once with a guy, he did exactly the same thing, held my ankles at the whole time really tightly, and the thrust was so powerful onto my thigh, and I almost passed out. It was a memorable experience. I am happy that they did exactly the same thing
Wow, a kiss at the end that's really nice. Not that cuming-all-over-the girls-face-shit.
this women is very sexy
Just shut the fuck up, nobody asked you and if we want to see his fucking face we'll say so. If you don't like it then go someplace else.
@Hambug you are a rude man
I like the kissing in the beginning.....love plus porn....you can't beat that! Yes, I'm a guy.
k buen video
X-art porn is cheesy and shit
what a sexy girl n great one i love to see her on my dick
but poor guys penis was so short he kept slipping out.
love yah
what a perfect body! i get so horny when she's riding the cock with her beatiful riding tits even i'm a woman.
X-Art Always Makes Me Go . It Was Kind Of Disappointing How He Didn`t Caress Her As Much .. As To X-Art`s Other Vids . Just To Add In The Fact That He Looks Totally Hot , But Looks Like He Hasn`t Washed His Hair For A Week . Kind Of A Turn Off .
it's low. who wanna fuck me better and harder? :D
boring booorrrrrinnng. ohh ohhnancy
A very beautiful Young Woman Who Likes Sex and fellatio a Lovely Bed is she beautiful Body and Breasts has the young woman enjoys sex too
she's looking at me actually. i'm the foley artist (sound guy) and I'm hold the cue cards. I get to write them too: "Oh Yeah... Huh!!!.... My Gawd!"
rightly said by liabacious lezbo. I used to last from half hour to one hour of pounding exclude the foreplay time but my wife got hurt, felt dry inside and neither of us was satisfied . Then i turned to sensual sex and everything just got well. And i learnt that SEX IS AN ART not just reciprocating hips as an ASSHOLE shown in porn movies.
He should have given her oral too.
my good very well
She has the most perfect pair of natural tits I've seen in a long time. Love watching them while she rides his cock....made my cock throbbing hard....
This girl posed for Playboy Special Editions as Victoria Rae....soo surprised to see her here.
Bob, I literally laughed out loud after reading your comment and watching that part again.
i want to fuck my lil gurl til she's coming, and then make her come again with all my sexual mastery. i want to pleasure her as much as she wants to pleasure me. that's love in my book
great shaggin. just wish he had given her a creampie - the whole scene is done like some love scene (realistic except that she looks far better than your average woman), but how often do you pull out of your love and cum on her tits?
The guy was hot
Her name is Victoria.
Too much preperation
.......she called the shot! ..... pushed him away ....and wanted cummed on.....
I am So pleased that the very Beautiful Young Woman Likes Sex and enjoys it too in all Positions on the Bed she is very Good in the Woman on Top Position knows how to Ride and Move to give the most Pleasure to herself and to him while riding him Having her would be very very Pleasurable and for her she climaxes very good to making not to much Sound or Noise while climaxing/ Having very Intense Orgasms which she Deserves to experience often
hot !expecting few drop of blood
I would love to fine someone lady that let me due this to her. I love watching him slid his big dick into her nice wet pussy. I would love to have sex with her.
el video es maravilloso, beautiful woman
me encanta este tipo de porno con chicas bellas es excitante ver como se las joden este tipose va ir al cielo que suertudote
I love the view in the background
i wish we could see both of them. he is a superhot guy and his moves would look even sexier if we could see his full body and face.
lesbian but awesome
real people sex.
That was beautiful!!!
is there anything softer than boobs?
awesome gal
Video Favorited in Mexico!
Wt a long dick come and fuck me.
i think im in love...
took him a while to get hard. love the look she's giving him at 1:32. wow. also 2:47. Getting hard just typing this. Director should have told her not to look in the camera. interesting location. is that macarthur park in los angeles in the distance? loved the video but hate to see a guy have to stroke himself to cum...especially in this setting....and it looks like they missed the cumshot.
Im a 18 year old virgin. Id love to get fucked by him. I didnt really enjoy the ending though. But the rest was perfection and hes hot!
I love how fast they fuck
her name Victoria Rae Black
she has the perfect tits. they are so beautiful. right size right shape heavenly!
Trashiest X-Art Ever! She has a soft body, but annoying as hell and trying too hard. Not like the other X-Art :(
Verena Hartz
Best video in a while.
que maquina fue esa chica como se meneaba con una asi me conformo
"more than just friends" ... I'll say! And if I ever get my hands on that dude who fucked my wife he'll regret how dearly those 10 minutes of passion cost him
Senseous fuck
The song is: "truth is" by Kung Fu Kaptins
great video! Why does he not cum in her pussy?
"more than just friends"... ... what do u mean ?
does any 1 wan do that to me ma boobs are big and im horny very horny
nice video! like it! ;)
v.hot fucking.. just look at her body...so beautiful...her screamsssssssss ufffffff OMG making crazy
First time ever in a porn where I wanted to know the name of the song.
The name of song????
ohhh ilike it
i never had anything to do with porn, except for a short period years ago. I used to travel between baltimore and new york city for work, and knew this actress; her name was Lilac or something, who did several movies before. i was impressed by how a warm and tender women she is. she has such a sweet smile and she's also kind of shy; i remember thinking that, being her such a beautiful woman and skilled actress, she could have performed in every genre, not only adult. Anyway, i feel ya L, hope u doin good.
I cum now
what a lovely fuck she is
Nice view from the window. reminds me of a holiday i had in cleethorpes when i was 8.
i dont think he is short he just has to hold his left leg further back cause the camera wants the shot... if it wasnt there i would think he would bring his left leg further in close to her ass a little more and he would of been fine.
A beautiful fuck.
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Catholic Health and Niagara University Launch Unique Nurse Scholars Program
Home » About Us » News » 2009 News » Catholic Health and Niagara University Launch Unique Nurse Scholars Program
August 20, 2009
Catholic Health is teaming up with Niagara University's Department of Nursing to offer a unique "RN to BSN" degree pathway for its registered nurses who want to advance their careers.
The Catholic Health Nurse Scholars initiative, scheduled to begin in January 2010, will offer qualified nurses employed by Catholic Health the opportunity to earn a Niagara University Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in 30 months through a special partnership between the university and the health system.
"Nursing is a dynamic field with a lot of opportunities for practitioners with advanced degrees," said Michael Moley, Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Catholic Health. "This partnership will give our nurses the tools they need to grow within the profession and take on more challenging roles within our system."
Catholic Health will cover the cost of tuition and books, and provide a laptop computer for each nurse enrolled in the program. In exchange, the nurses agree to remain employed within Catholic Health for three years after earning their bachelors' degrees.
Through a unique arrangement with Catholic Health, Niagara University will offer some classes at Catholic Health's Education Center at the Appletree Business Park in Cheektowaga, with instructors from the university's Department of Nursing.
"Catholic Health and Niagara University share a special relationship and a common desire to improve the quality of healthcare throughout Western New York," said Frances Crosby, Chairperson, Department of Nursing. "This important collaborative effort will add a new dimension to nursing education in our community."
Over the next several months, Catholic Health will be selecting the first group of candidates to be considered for this exclusive education program. "In a time of nursing shortages and health care reform, this program will help us recruit and retain nurses who are committed to life-long learning and practical excellence," said Mary Kay Vause, Director of Staff Development for Catholic Health. "Together with Niagara University, we are growing our future."
NU will continue to offer its regular bachelor's degree completion program for other eligible RNs in the community. It has been designed to be flexible in delivery for working nurses, while maintaining the high standards for which Niagara nurses are recognized. Information about Niagara University's nursing program can be obtained by calling (716) 286-8155 or online at www.niagara.edu/nursing.


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I might have said this earlier many times but I will say it again – SQL Server never stops to amaze me. Here is the example of it sp_describe_first_result_set. I stumbled upon it when I was looking for something else on BOL. This new system stored procedure did attract me to experiment with it. This SP does exactly what its names suggests – describes the first result set. Let us see very simple example of the same. Please note that this will work on only SQL Server 2012.
EXEC sp_describe_first_result_set
N'SELECT * FROM AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesOrderDetail', NULL, 1
Here is the partial resultset.
Now let us take this simple example to next level and learn one more interesting detail about this function.
First I will be creating a view and then we will use the same procedure over the view.
USE AdventureWorks
CREATE VIEW dbo.MyView
SELECT [SalesOrderID] soi_v
,[SalesOrderDetailID] sodi_v
,[CarrierTrackingNumber] stn_v
FROM [Sales].[SalesOrderDetail] GO
Now let us execute above stored procedure with various options. You can notice I am changing the very last parameter which I am passing to the stored procedure.This option is known as for browse_information_mode.
EXEC sp_describe_first_result_set
N'SELECT soi_v soi,
sodi_v sodi,
stn_v stn
FROM MyView', NULL, 0;
EXEC sp_describe_first_result_set
N'SELECT soi_v soi,
sodi_v sodi,
stn_v stn
FROM MyView', NULL, 1;
EXEC sp_describe_first_result_set
N'SELECT soi_v soi,
sodi_v sodi,
stn_v stn
FROM MyView', NULL, 2;
Here is result of all the three queries together in single image for easier understanding regarding their difference.
You can see that when BrowseMode is set to 1 the resultset describes the details of the original source database, schema as well source table. When BrowseMode is set to 2 the resulset describes the details of the view as the source database.
I found it really really interesting that there exists system stored procedure which now describes the resultset of the output.
Reference: Pinal Dave (https://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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Thanks for sharing and revealing one more feature of SQL SERVER 2012 :)
Hi Sir,
Please help me, I want to make a stored procedure and I want to use @reportdate variable, can you tell me how to use whole month date in below SP when i m pass start date and end date with stored procedure
Refer more examples here
Hello Sir,
I am a newbie and have being following your blog for quite a some time. I did search on internet for the doubt i am going to ask but was not able to find the solution because my doubt might be very basic. Well i am saying that u had executed the stored procedure as "N'Name_of_the_procedure" . i had tried out without "N " and i works out to be fine then why do we need "N'" to execute a stored procedure
It means that the value is unicode. It is optional anyway
hello worldl, i am new herer
Is there any way to get metadata from a SP which uses Temporary Tables having multiple result sets?


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HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia: Online registration closes on 24th Oct Oct 18 2008 11:11PM
Praburaajan (prabu hackinthebox org)
This is a reminder that online registration for HITBSecConf2008 -
Malaysia, the largest network security conference in Asia and the Middle
East, closes on the 24th of October - walk in registrations are still
accepted thereafter but prices increase to MYR1099. To book your seats
online, please register through:
27th & 28th October 2008
TECH TRAINING 1 - Structured Network Threat Analysis and Forensics
Trainers: Meling Mudin (spoonfork) and Lee Chin Sheng (geek00l)
Seats Left: 3
TECH TRAINING 2 - Bluetooth, RFID & Wireless Hacking - UPDATED COURSE
Trainers: Andrew 'Q' Righter (HacDC) and King Tuna
Seats Left: 9
TECH TRAINING 3 - Web Application Security - Advanced Attacks and Defense
Trainer: Shreeraj Shah (Director, BlueInfy)
Seats Left: CLASS IS FULL
TECH TRAINING 4 - The Exploit Laboratory 3.0 - UPDATED COURSE CONTENTS!
Trainers: Saumil Shah (Founder/CEO, Net-Square) & SK Chong (Security
Consultant, SCAN Associates Bhd.)
Seats Left: 6
Keynote Address - 29th & 30th October 2008
KEYNOTE 1 - "The Art of Click-Jacking" - Jeremiah Grossman (Founder &
Chief Technology Officer, White Hat Security.)
KEYNOTE 2 - "Cyberwar is Bullshit" - Marcus Ranum (Chief Security
Officer, Tenable Network Security)
KEYNOTE 3 - "Welcome to the 0wned World" - Dr. Anton Chuvakin (Chief
Research Officer, Log Logic Inc.)
KEYNOTE 4 - "Dissolving an Industry as a Hobby" - Peter Sunde [brokep]
and Fredrik Neij [TiAMO] (Founders of The Pirate Bay - TPB)
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Regional Internet registry
It has been suggested that Local Internet registry be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since April 2016.
Area served
A regional Internet registry (RIR) is an organization that manages the allocation and registration of Internet number resources within a particular region of the world. Internet number resources include IP addresses and autonomous system (AS) numbers.
The Regional Internet Registry system evolved over time, eventually dividing the world into five RIRs:
- African Network Information Center (AFRINIC)[1] for Africa
- American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)[2] for the United States, Canada, several parts of the Caribbean region, and Antarctica.
- Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)[3] for Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and neighboring countries
- Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre (LACNIC)[4] for Latin America and parts of the Caribbean region
- Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)[5] for Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Central Asia
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority[edit]
Regional Internet Registries are components of the Internet Number Registry System, which is described in IETF RFC 7020.[6] The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) delegates Internet resources to the RIRs who, in turn, follow their regional policies to delegate resources to their customers, which include Internet service providers and end-user organizations. Collectively, the RIRs participate in the Number Resource Organization (NRO),[7] formed as a body to represent their collective interests, undertake joint activities, and coordinate their activities globally. The NRO has entered into an agreement with ICANN for the establishment of the Address Supporting Organisation (ASO),[8] which undertakes coordination of global IP addressing policies within the ICANN framework.
Number Resource Organization[edit]
The Number Resource Organization[7] (NRO) is an unincorporated organization uniting the five RIRs. It came into existence on October 24, 2003, when the four existing RIRs entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in order to undertake joint activities, including joint technical projects, liaison activities and policy co-ordination.
AFRINIC, which was officially created in April 2005, joined on April 25, 2005.
The main aims of the NRO are to:
- Protect the unallocated IP number resource pool,
- Promote and protect the bottom-up policy development process of the Internet, and
- Act as a focal point for Internet community input into the RIR system.
See also[edit]
- Country code top-level domain
- Geolocation software
- Internet governance
- Local Internet registry (LIR)
- National Internet registry
- ^ African Network Information Centre
- ^ American Registry for Internet Numbers
- ^ Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre
- ^ Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre
- ^ RIPE Network Coordination Centre
- ^ R. Housley, J. Curran, G. Huston, D. Conrad (August 2013). The Internet Numbers Registry System. IETF. RFC 7020. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7020.
- ^ a b Number Resource Organization
- ^ The Address Supporting Organization


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Proposed Canon
"Okay, Ace. What do you need?"
Strengths: Empathy, Helpfulness, Casting in a Pinch
Weaknesses: Size, Following Orders
First Appearance: LIAB 36(seen), LIAB Text 30(speaking)
Abilities: Cubbins has demonstrated his ability to do small object conjuration (pulling things from a hat). In a more drastic example of this he is shown to "pop a cap" by using powerful conjuration from his hat offensively.
Cubbins is a Hat magician in the service of Jetstone.
He is a slight man with hair flipping out into wings on both sides, a baseball cap, collared short-sleeved shirt, and pointy elf shoes.
He is friends with Ace Hardware, thanks to his help providing Ace with materials for his accessories.
Cubbins was held in reserve at Spacerock when three other casters were issued to Ossomer to defend the hex on his side of the Expository Bridge.
As Tower of Jenga succumbs to siege from Gobwin Knob's purple dwagons, Cubbins defies an order to take a flying mount, instead sending an archer in his place and remaining on the tower to blow off all the tower defenses, to devastating effect. He was trapped and incapacitated in the rubble of the tower, until Ace Hardware rescued him. Ace then used his jetpack, modified to have an 'autopilot', to send Cubbins to meet up with Pierce so that he could be healed.
Cubbins is likely responsible for the magic hats Jetstone uses for communication.
Real World References
Cubbins is a reference to Bartholomew Cubbins, a character of Dr Seuss's creation. The character met his king, and removed his hat in respect. Another one appeared on his head. The king, mindful of this disrespect, tried to have his hat removed, and eventually, tried to execute him. The executioner couldn't kill him as it was a rule you had to remove your hat. He kept removing them, new ones appearing on his head. After the 451st one, they started to become more beautiful and gilded, till he reached the 500th one. It was so beautiful that the king merely bought his hat for 500 golden coins rather than throwing him off a tall tower.
Additionally, Cubbins' costume (and his slight stature) are oblique references to the uniform and appearance of a Cub Scout. His costume does not correspond exactly to the Cub Scout uniform; for example, Cub Scouts do not wear sashes or pointed shoes.


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I plan to make a page for my grandkids costumes this Oct 31. Very cute.
Gorgeous paper and excellent service. Can't wait to use it.
I bought these intending to use the front side, but the back is really cute and allows more flexibility for using colors that will pop.


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Dean of the Faculty
Eric Selbin Appointed to Another Term as University Scholar
Eric Selbin, a professor of political science at Southwestern University whose research focuses on theories of revolution and Latin American politics, has been re-appointed to another five-year term as University Scholar.
The University Scholar program was established in 1981 to recognize faculty members who have achieved national recognition in their field, and who have made significant contributions to Southwestern over a substantial period of time.
University Scholars are provided with opportunities that will enable them to focus on their research pursuits for a specified period of time. These opportunities include a reduced teaching load, more frequent eligibility for sabbatical leaves, research stipends, and funds for the support of research and professional activities.
Selbin was first appointed to the position in 2006. Since then, he has published several articles and book chapters, and written two books − one titled Revolution, Rebellion, Resistance: The Power of Story and another titled Decentering International Relations that was written with Southwestern graduate Meghana Nayak. Revolution, Rebellion, Resistance: The Power of Story has also been published in Germany and India, and is forthcoming in Arabic, Spanish and Turkish.
Selbin is currently working on a book titled Understanding Revolution with Jack Goldstone from George Mason University and John Foran from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Since 2004, he also has been co-editor of the book series "New Millennium Books in International Studies" for Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Selbin said another term as a University Scholar will enable him to complete some new articles related to who writes and tells stories of revolution and who hears and acts upon them. He also is working on another book that is tentatively titled Local Struggles, Global Challenges: Small Worlds, Slow Memory/ies, and Redes ("Redes" is a Spanish word that roughly translates as "networks"). He said the book will seek to broaden notions of revolution to include some of the more recent phenomena and other ways our conceptions of revolution are changing as well as continuing to try to answer the questions of how come revolutions happen here not there, now not then, and among these people and not those.
Selbin is currently co-authoring two papers with Southwestern students − one on the recent uprisings in Spain and another on the 1909 Uprising of the 20,000 in New York City (also known as the New York shirtwaist strike), working on an article about social media/technology and revolution, and preparing to teach a summer short course for faculty and graduate students from across Europe at the University of Tallinn's School of Social and Cultural Studies in Estonia.
Selbin joined the Southwestern faculty in 1992 as an assistant professor of political science. He was promoted to the rank of associate professor and tenured in 1998, and promoted to the rank of professor in 2003. He was chair of the International Studies Program from 1996-1999, served as chair of the Division of Social Sciences in 2003-2004 and served as chair of the Political Science Department from 2005-2009.
Selbin's teaching and research have previously been recognized with several awards, including the Exemplary Teaching Award from the General Board of Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church in 2001-2002 and an appointment as a Brown Distinguished Research Professor from 1999-2003.
"Dr. Selbin's reappointment to this position is an acknowledgement of his continued excellence as a teacher-scholar at Southwestern," said Provost Jim Hunt. "His commitment to research, combined with his deep commitment to furthering the core mission of Southwestern through exemplary teaching and his many contributions to the university community, is truly worthy of this type of recognition."


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There is
perl -Mstrict -e "print $INC{'strict.pm'}"
perl -e "($f)=split/;/,$ENV{PATH};print $f"
The values in
%INC always follow Unix conventions, regardless of which platform you're on.
(I cannot find this documented anywhere in the POD that ships with perl.)
Actually it's only the key that's always in Unix convention. The value will be some ill-descript Unixish mishmash on non-Unix platforms: usually, the
@INC entry under which the file was found, verbatim, plus the same string as the key, joined with a slash regardless of OS – but not always, especially on VMS – and never on Symbian.
Uhm, I hope this helps.
I only found a reference to it in perlfaq5 [perl.org]. It points out there that DOS does handle forward slashes in place of backslashes (though you have to put quotes around the file name, or it thinks the slash is an option).
C:\Users\slanning>more > foo.txt
hi there
C:\Users\slanning>perl -e "open(F, 'c:/Users/slanning/foo.txt') || die$!; while(<F>){print}"
hi there
C:\Users\slanning>perl -e "open(F, 'c:\Users\slanning\foo.txt') || die $!; while(<F>){print}"
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Iraq: Investigation needed as troops shoot anti-government protesters
|Amnesty International
|Publication Date
|25 January 2013
|Cite as
|Amnesty International, Iraq: Investigation needed as troops shoot anti-government protesters, 25 January 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5108e3722.html [accessed 24 January 2018]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Iraq must immediately investigate the killings of protesters in accordance with international standards, Amnesty International said today after several people died when troops in the city of Fallujah fired on anti-government demonstrators who had reportedly thrown stones at them.?
Several others were said to be seriously injured during Friday's protest, the latest in an ongoing and largely peaceful campaign protesting against the government and its abusive treatment of detainees.
?"The Iraqi authorities must ensure that the investigation they have announced into these killings is independent, impartial and that the methods and findings are made public. Anyone found responsible for abuses including anyone found to have used excessive force against protestors must be brought to justice," said Ann Harrison, Deputy Middle East and North Africa Programme Director at Amnesty International.
"The authorities should also ensure that security forces are trained and properly equipped to police demonstrations and other gatherings in a manner which respects human rights, including those where some protestors turn violent."
There were conflicting reports about what had caused the shooting by the Iraqi troops. However, subsequently further clashes erupted and army vehicles were burned. There have been claims that some Iraqi soldiers were also injured in the incident.
The UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials and the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials both lay down clear standards for the policing of demonstrations and the use of firearms, including by armed forces.
Since last December tens of thousands of mainly Sunni Muslim Iraqis have taken to the streets expressing discontent with the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a Shi'a Muslim, at the continuing discrimination against them in Iraq. The daily and largely peaceful demonstrations took place mainly in predominantly Sunni Muslim provinces, including Anbar, Mosul and Salah al-Din.
The protests were triggered by the detention of several bodyguards of the Finance Minister Rafi'e al-Issawi, a senior Sunni Muslim political leader, on terrorism charges. The move was thought by many Sunni Muslims to be politically motivated. There are concerns that increasing sectarian tensions may result in further violence.
There continue to be frequent bomb attacks by armed groups targeting civilians. For example, dozens of pilgrims for Shi'a Muslim festival of Arba'een were killed at the end of last month; this week several people were killed by car bombs in Baghdad and more than 20 people were killed by a suicide bomber at a Shi'a Muslim mosque in Tuz Khurmato.
Protesters continue to call for respect for due process and legislative measures - including an amnesty law and a review of anti-terror legislation - and for an end to human rights violations against prisoners and detainees in Iraq.
?For years Amnesty International has documented cases of torture during interrogations while held incommunicado; deaths in custody in circumstances suggesting that torture was the cause; detainees being coerced into making "confessions"; and unfair trials, sometimes resulting in the death penalty.
A few days before the protests started, Amnesty International contacted the Iraqi government about dozens of reported cases of human rights violations against detainees and prisoners. The Iraqi government has yet to reply.
In one such case in 2012, four men were reportedly tortured while held incommunicado for several weeks at the Directorate of Counter-Crime in Ramadi, Anbar Province before their release in April 2012. Their "confessions" were then broadcast on local television.
During their trial, they told the Anbar Criminal Court that their "confessions" had been extracted under torture. A medical examination presented to the court of one of the men's injuries indicated bruising and burning consistent with his allegations.
"As far as we know, no official investigation into these allegations of torture is known to have been held," said Harrison.
"It is imperative that investigations into this and the dozens of other cases that we have raised with the Iraqi authorities are carried out as a matter of urgency, particularly as these men are now on death row.
"Perpetrators of abuse need to know that they will face the consequences of their actions, and victims have a right to truth, justice and reparation."
The four men were sentenced to death on 3 December 2012, convicted of offences under Iraq's Anti-Terror Law.


text: Shibam is a town in Yemen. With about 7,000 inhabitants, it is the seat of the Shibam District in the Hadhramaut Governorate. The first known inscription about the city dates from the 3rd century AD. It was the capital of the Hadramawt Kingdom. Shibam, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, owes its fame to its distinct architecture.The houses of Shibam are all made out of mud brick and about 500 of them are tower houses, which rise 5 to 11 stories high, with each floor having one or two rooms. This architectural style was used in order to protect residents from Bedouin attacks. While Shibam has been in existence for an estimated 1,700 years, most of the city's houses originate from the 16th century. Many, though, have been rebuilt numerous times in the last few centuries.


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Sigourney Weaver
- Birthday
- 1950-03-16
- Nickname
- Siggy
- Birthname
- Susan Alexandra Weaver
- Sign
- Pisces
- Hometown
- New York NY
- Country
- United States
- Ethnicity
- White
- Height
- 5'11"
- Weight
- 5
- Job
- Actress
- Hobbies
- Saving Gorillas
- Assets
- Knows How To Pick Good Movies
- Vices
- Rarely Wears Underwear
Whether it's comedy, action or drama, few actors have had more success and even fewers can boast a more impressive resume than Sigourney Weaver.
Her father, legendary television producer Pat Weaver, revolutionized the industry and created two of the longest running and most successful shows in history: "The Today Show" and the "Tonight Show". She was born, Susan Alexandra Weaver in New York City in 1949. When she was 14 she changed her name to Sigourney, after the character "Sigourney Howard" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. She majored in English Literature at Stanford and attended the Yale School of Drama.
She began her career on stage then made her film debut with a small role in Annie Hall. Since then she has put together one of the most impressive list of credits in cinema history. She earned her first Academy Award nomination playing 'Ripley' in Alien, a role that she would reprise three more times. She's been nominated for three Oscars, Best Actress for Gorilla's in the Mist and Aliens and Best Supporting Actress for Working Girl. She has also been in Ghostbusters, Galaxy Quest, Holes and The Ice Storm. She is however, not perfect, as evidenced by her appearance in The Village.
Sigourney Weaver on the Web
Marrakech Film Festival '11: Sigourney Weaver Talks 'Avatar ... And yet the Sigourney Weaver we meet shows no sign of renouncing her work ethic, and she continues to look ahead at what's next (though, before you ask, there's no further move on "Ghostbusters 3"– "It's all up to Bill ...
Marrakech Film Festival '11: Sigourney Weaver On Auditioning For ... Outside the "Avatar" and "Alien" franchises, Sigourney Weaver has worked with some top names, not least of whom, Woody Allen, who gave the actress her very first big-screen role, as "Alvy's Date Outside Theater" in "Annie ...


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Energy Journal: No Leakage From Shell Rig
Royal Dutch Shell's Kulluk oil rig, grounded off the Alaskan coast, hasn't leaked any fuel, The Wall Street Journal's Ben Lefebvre reports.
But the accident, in which the rig broke free of a tug boat and wedged itself on rocks, has highlighted the difficult, dangerous conditions in which Shell is working, and has inevitably led to a call from environmentalist groups for the company's Arctic program to be put on hold, Reuters reports.
Would Shell's shareholders agree? The company so far has spent $4.5 billion on permits, personnel and equipment while assuring regulators and Alaskans that its work will be safe and environmentally benign. A series of setbacks with spill-response equipment has led to delays. The only thing Shell has to show for its $4.5 billion is two "top holes," the initial stages of exploration wells.


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But I have to say my patience is wearing on Novak. Between he and Brewer 0 points! O'hell no, let's not get I twisted... no more invisible man ****.
Bench this dude and anyone who doesn't contribute. Really this is a great learning experience becaue what we saw early was a bit of fools gold or false positive.
As everyone and their mother has noticed:
1. Can't rely too much on threes. Note to coach, IF THE 3'S AREN'T DROPPING- DRIVE TO THE LANE. Hello coach!?!
2. Novak is becoming as useless as tits on a bull. Have a seat alllllll the way down there please.
3. Size = better defense & rebounding which = wins.
Our team defense is "slipping". Recognize our defenders and play them coach. I see we miss Sheed (who played D) and Shump can't return soon enough.
So the lesson is without our top notch D it's a crap shoot. In order to achieve this we have to take a step back and re-evaluate. Smith deserves to start. Novak must sit. Injuries must heal. And we still need time to gel.
Talk about taking a step back to take 2 forward.


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Easy Popular Movie Instrumental SolosVarious Composers - Alfred Music Publishing
A fun new collection of classic box-office hits that can be performed solo or with other instruments in the series. Titles include: Believe (The Polar Express); Come So Far (Hairspray); Gonna Fly Now (Rocky Balboa); Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone); In Dreams (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring); James Bond Theme (Casino Royale); Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz); Pink Panther (The Pink Panther); Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark); and Way Back Into Love (Music and Lyrics). Fully orchestrated accompaniment CD included.
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- IN DREAMS by LORD OF THE RINGS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
- JAMES BOND THEME by CASINO ROYALE
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All quotes tagged Disappear
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"I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear."
"Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot."
"It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world."
"Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them."
"As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: "My God, what have we done?""


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GeneC , can you be more active in your SID thread??GeneC
GOD only knows what I was running in that particulat setup. I change things so much.
I do believe that last setup was Testing with the Liquorix kernel.
(Which is NOW "SID" with Liquorix)
I setup LMDE-xfce tracking SID, fully updated but hold all xorg stuff


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Friday, February 7, 2014
Heavy rainfall hits Buenos Aires: one dead and more than 2000 evacuated
Heavy rainfall was hitting the city and several areas of Buenos Aires province triggering new flooding fears as streets and avenues were again suffering the problem of water accumulation.
Subway services registered several inconvenients and around 130 traffic lights stop working in the city prompting chaos.
One person died and more than 1000 people had to be evacuated from their homes in several cities of the Buenos Aires province. The cities of San Nicolás, San Pedro, Arrecifes, Ramallo, La Plata and Berisso are the most affected areas.
In the province in Authorities recommended drivers to be more careful than usual and suggested citizens to avoid touching electric cables or lamp posts.
Emergency crews were on alert visiting different areas to assist people.


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The 2012 MLS Rookie of the Year award just wasn't enough for Fire defender Austin Berry.
The now second-year MLS back liner garnered another honor last week when he returned to high school alma mater Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati where his #21 jersey was retired during halftime of the basketball team's game vs. Seven Hills Academy.
The ceremony marked the first time the school had ever retired a number for the soccer team.
A 2007 graduate of the school, Berry was an Ohio All-State selection as well as being named Cincinnati Player of the Year during his senior season.
"Nothing Austin does surprises me anymore," said high school coach Barnard Baker. "There are a lot of coaches in this area that say they got him to where he is today and it's not true. Austin got himself there.
"He's worked harder than anyone I've ever seen and the cool thing about it all is he hasn't changed who he is. He's still a great kid who continues to want to prove people wrong."
Check out the story on Austin's jersey retirement courtesy of Cincinnati.com and more photos of the ceremony by clicking here.


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March 20, 2013 - submitted by Bobbie aka MetalGrannie, United States of America
Q. I'm a grandmother (meaning old lady) who absolutely loves Coldplay. I have all their albums downloaded to my Zune (yes, I bought a Zune and I love it) and have a Coldplay playlist which is always on and playing, although there are 78 gigs worth of music on my 120 gig player. I even sleep with Coldplay on. Is there somewhere I can find who wrote the lyrics and the music to the songs? I especially love Things That I Don't Understand. Thanks!
The Oracle replies:
All the albums have credits on the sleeve; Coldplay (mainly Chris) write all their own lyrics and music but there are a few songs that credit other writers such as Jon Hopkins. There has also been occasion where the band have used a riff, hook or similar and credit has also gone to the source.


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The Mayans Aren't the Only Ones to Get It Wrong – Worst 'End…
via PRNewswire — LONDON, December 28, 2012
(H/T: Thomas J. Proffit)
Last week the world has seen yet another failed doomsday prediction, but far from this being the preserve of either the Mayans or modern day "preppers", established religions and even esteemed scientists have also had their fair share of failed predictions. However, now we are left wondering what the next big end of world prediction will be.
Numerous, by Kelly Rogers , out now on Amazon Kindle, is a thriller written around the Papal Prophecy, by Ireland's first ever saint, Archbishop Malachy, who correctly predicted each and every pope until the very last, as well as his own death. The 900-year-old manuscript still lies in the Vatican archives.
Modern-day readers may believe that this book has no relevance to our lives today, but think again. St Malachy's prophecy predicts that the final pope will usher forth "The End. When the terrible judge will judge his people." We currently see the penultimate pope, Joesph Ratzinger , in the Vatican and exactly what "The End" will be we can only guess at… But we're sure this is going to be the next big thing in doomsday predictions!
The Modern Day Doomsdayer
Californian preacher Harold Camping took a very public climb-down in May 2011 when his end-of-the-world prediction failed to materialise, after a nationwide billboard and radio advert campaign. This was not Camping's first failed foray into the world of divination; he inaccurately predicted the world would end on the 6th September 1994 and consequently some followers gave up homes, savings and jobs. When the end failed to occur he revised the date to September 29 and then again to October 2.
He said, "I don't have any responsibility. I'm only teaching the Bible. I don't have spiritual rule over anybody… except my wife." We imagine everyone, including his long-suffering wife, will take any further predictions with a liberal pinch of salt.
2000 reasons to not believe
Many luminaries over the centuries predicted 2000 and the end of time, including: Blavatsky, founder of Theosophy; Edgar Cayce , world famous US psychic and healer; Sun Myung Moon , founder of the Unification Church; and even the esteemed and revered Sir Isaac Newton .
This also has to be the least original prophecy in history. At the turn of the first millennium many people expected Christ to return and 'the end' to arrive with him. Our prediction: expect more of the same for the year 3000.
The TV Evangelist turned would-be US president
Ex-Baptist minister and US TV evangelist Pat Robertson said that "God told him the end was coming", but to avoid catastrophe we all needed to "pray real hard". We can only assume that the world did just that as no cataclysm arrived.
Robertson's power of prophecy has also evaded him in his own life; evidently not seeing his total defeat as a Republican presidential candidate in 1988.
False Witness
We all know how tenacious Jehovah Witnesses can be when it comes to door knocking and it seems that they're equally as dogged when it comes to doomsday predictions. They first predicted Armageddon in 1914, when disaster failed to appear they revised their prophecy to 1915, 1918, 1920, 1925, 1941, 1975 and 1994.
No Method in the Madness
Charles Wesley , one of the founders of the Methodist church, predicted the end in 1794, as did the Shakers. Despite his obvious error Charles' brother, John, joined in and predicted that 1836 would be the year of the Great Beast and would herald the beginning of the end.
However, Charles Wesley clearly had his shaky convictions; he begged to be buried in an Anglican not Methodist grave just before his death.
The Millerites were never right
William Miller (founder of the Millerites, now the Seventh Day Adventists) predicted the end would come between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844. The dates came and went with nothing occurring so the date was revised to April 18th. Again nothing happened and the date was changed to October 22, 1844. Miller continued to wait for the end until his death in 1849, which certainly was the end for him. However, the modern-day church that Miller founded continues to claim to this day that the date was correct, but as it was an event that occurred in Heaven it went entirely unnoticed by us on the Earthly plane.
The Jupiter Effect
The Jupiter Effect was written in 1974 by two astrophysicists, John Gribben and Stephen Plagemann . Predicted for 10th March 1982 when all nine planets would align and create a gravitational pull that would cause a "huge increase in sunspots, solar, flares, and/or earthquakes". Gribben later claimed it never was a prophecy but a theoretical "what if?" However, people did believe that it was actually going to happen, the credentials of the theorists adding weight to the calculations. And indeed an effect was measured on Earth – a 0.04 millimetre high tide!
To read the first three chapters of NUMEROUS visit http://www.kellyrogersauthor.com and click portfolio.
Related articles
- The History of the End of the World: Mayans and Other Silly Apocalypse Predictions (247wallst.com)
- History's biggest doomsday duds (after the Mayan apocalypse) (constitutioncenter.org)
- After Mayan Apocalypse Failure, Believers May Suffer (livescience.com)


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This weekend, Inside the Gators will be reporting live from Orlando as the FHSAA Football Finals conclude with the 5A, 6A, 7A and 8A state championship games. With some of the premier high school programs in the state and country on display, there will be plenty of prospects the Gators are interested in taking the field. Before the action beings, we'll break down thee recruits in each game Florida fans should be watching.
Friday's Games
Class 5A Final: Miami Norland vs. Crawfordville Wakulla, Friday at 1:06 p.m.
Norland inside linebacker Keith Brown (6-foot-2, 230 pounds, 4.5)
Commitment Status: Illinois soft verbal
Prospect Breakdown: In the wake of NCAA scandal at Miami, Brown flipped his commitment to Illinois (the landing place of fellow Norland linebacker, and brother, Lamar Atkins) in November before the ensuing dismissal of Fighting Illini head coach Ron Zook. Last month in two separate articles on the network, Brown said he would be taking an official visit to Florida, but interest from the Gators has been quiet to this point. However, Brown does have an offer from Florida and would be a logical fit in a linebacker class that needs replenishing.
Game Preview: Brown will have plenty of opportunities to make plays against a Wakulla team that will be over-matched talent-wise. His speed will be tested by small but quick Wakulla running back Will Thomas.
Norland defensive tackle Teko Powell (6-foot-3, 258 pounds)
Commitment status: Undecided; reported offers include Florida, Florida State and LSU
Prospect Breakdown: Powell took an official visit to Illinois in November with a group of his teammates and has shown serious interest in the Fighting Illini. While he has largely been unmentioned as a serious option on the defensive tackle board for the Gators, he does still claim a UF offer.
Game Preview: During an undefeated season, Powell has gotten solid reviews from those who have seen him play. He could be a disrupting force up the middle and a tough player for Wakulla to stop.
Class 7A Final: Bradenton Manatee vs. Jacksonville First Coast, Friday at 7:06 p.m.
Manatee 2013 dual-threat quarterback Cord Sandberg (6-foot-3, 205 pounds)
Commitment Status: Undecided; offers include Auburn, Cincinnati and Clemson
Prospect Breakdown: A junior who may be just as good of a baseball prospect as he is a football player, Sandberg was the definition of dual threat in 2011. He threw for 2,005 yards with 18 touchdowns and four interceptions, while also running for 736 yards and nine touchdowns. Although he does not yet hold a Florida offer, Sandberg is one of the top in-state prospects at the position in the Class of 2013.
Game Preview: Sandberg's only two losses this year have come in close contests with national powerhouses Olney (Md.) Our Lady of Good Counsel and Ramsey (N.J.) Don Bosco Prep. Manatee's offense tends to fluctuate between an option-based system and a more passing-dominated game plan depending on its opponent. In First Coast, it will see some of the more athletic linebackers it has seen all season.
2013 First Coast inside linebacker Daniel McMillian (6-foot-3, 220 pounds)
Commitment Status: Undecided; offers include Alabama, Florida and South Carolina
Prospect Breakdown: McMillian is a versatile young linebacker whose stature and performance in 2011 has given him a jump start on big offers for his senior season. He is among the top of the wish list for many schools including Florida as far as 2013 linebackers, though he is fairly indecisive about his plans at this point. McMillian grew up a Seminoles fan and has talked publicly about the amount of First Coast players at FSU even though he says he does not have a leader.
Game Preview: McMillian and his fellow First Coast linebackers (most of whom are Division I prospects) will have their hands full with a versatile Manatee offense that can be a preparation nightmare for linebackers.
2015 First Coast pro-style quarterback De'Andre Johnson (6-foot, 165 pounds)
Commitment Status: Undecided; holds and offer from Clemson
Prospect Breakdown: It's never too early to talk recruiting. That's the message Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney made when he offered this 14-year-old quarterback in November. But what Johnson has done this season has done everything to back it up. He has thrown for 2.706 yards to go with 24 touchdowns and five interceptions en route to an undefeated season. With continued maturity, Johnson is sure to spark the interest of every school in the country during his time at First Coast
Game Preview: It is very rare for a freshman quarterback to be leading his team into a state championship appearance, but that's exactly what Johnson will be doing come Friday night. While he has not flinched all season, he will be going up against a monster final exam in one of the nation's toughest high school defenses. However, he will do so with one of the best receiving corps in the state.


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cuStudentLoans Launches New Video Campaign (Video)
Private student lending credit union network, cuStudentLoans, has produced a YouTube video series featuring "puppet rappers" to educate young consumers – 22-28-year-old students – about the benefits of private student lending through credit unions.
The videos feature Business Barry, a bear, who is a laid-back orientation leader, and Squeaky, a squirrel, who is Barry's hip, musical sidekick. They use rap music to teach new hire orientation attendees – more puppets – about finance, credit unions and student lending. The one- to two-minute videos launched March 12.
The videos' topics include:
· The Difference Between Student Loan Consolidation and Refinancing?
· Is There Any Way I Can Lower The Interest Rate On My Student Loan?
· What Can I Do If I Can't Afford To Make My Student Loan Payments?
· Are Credit Unions Really That Great?
· Squeaky and Barry Drop Student Loan Knowledge (Orientation Training
The cuStudent Loans program is a network of CU Student Lending LLC, a private student loan program in which more than 150 credit unions use a common underwriting and pricing platform and offer loan participations to manage risk.


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alright so i'm not sure where to ask this but whatever. I just bought episode 1 today and alyx doesn't follow me. She just stands there screaming where are you or come back. Also my flashlight doesn't work in this game and it didn't work in half life 2 either.
Any "tribute" to Half-Life 2 that features FakeFactory is not a tribute but a flagrant affront to the series and everything that it stands for.
The Left 4 Dead 1 corpse model at 1:28 really sells it.
Really, that includes Portal 2 and few more games. It's more of a VALVE tribute.
looks like some borealis room or some shit, i say this because it kind of looks aperture science themed
Ships don't have concrete pillars in them.
Some parts of it seem to look alright.
I agree.
The model replacements are horrendous, but the textures themselves are mostly nice.
Another problem is the file size, his textures are 3 times the size they should be.
Also too much much clutter on his modded maps.
Walropodes over in the SFM thread found this in a Python file in SFM's files:
It's in /SourceFilmmaker/game/sdktools/python/global/lib/site-packages/filesystem/valve.py. I guess it pretty much confirms Alyx's model getting revamped? It could just be an example thing though, admittedly I have no idea what it actually means.Code:def content(): ''' returns a Path instance representing the %VCONTENT% path - path construction this way is super easy: somePropPath = content() / 'ep3/models/characters/alyx/maya/alyx_model.ma' ''' global _CONTENT
neato, i wonder which Alyx design did they eventually stick to
Has Alyx had a maya model before? Just curious.
yay more ep3
yay we have gamescom and pax prime
i want to hype
edit: also we are close to 14th anniversary of half-life.
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the models used since HL2 got a make over, some of them look bad next to models from Valve games from the last 5 years.
gary oldman looks like walter white
Mario Adorf as Breen (or Sean Connery)
despite having just over 100 posts, you have over 500 dumb ratings
gets angry at us
gives us free porn
Jesus. Spamming that hard almost deserves something worse than being permabanned.
Oh look, it's DumbBaconStrip being a genius again, like always
I hope they pull off something like this as their cover for the next Half Life game:
that would be cool. However I don't realy think valve could possibly fuck up Half life's cover though so im content with whatever we get.
But id quite like to get the Old source main menu. The minimalistic one that we had for every Source game Pre l4d. Moving backrounds are fine but i don't like all this extra art and text animations and the like that we've had for L4d2 or portal 2.
The Cover - So usually by now I would have uploaded the cover of the next issue. As it stands, the next issue's cover must remain a secret. It is part of a worldwide reveal that cannot be spoken about or shown until 4pm on the 14th of August. I have fought hard and have been unable to get any leeway on this and, as a result, the next issue will be going out a day later than usual. The good news, hopefully, will be the reveal itself. I apologise in advance for the frustration this delay may create and rest assured I am in discussions now with the publisher in question about how they are going to make it up to our subscribers. Still, we put more blood and sweat into this issue than any of the previous 32 and I am sure you will enjoy it: for now, let the countdown begin
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