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This time, there is no briefing.
Title: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Platform: PC, PS4, XB1, Stadia
Release Date: October 4th, 2019 (October 1st for Gold/Ultimate Edition)
Genre: Open-World Third Person Shooter
Connection: Always Online
Set in the middle of South Pacific, a fictional remote archipelago called Auroa shows a vast amount of diverse biomes that ranges from rainforests to fjords and high tundras with a history that dates back to 80 million years from the ruins of an ancient civilization to the dilapidated U.S Cold War facilities. It is the home to Skell Technology, an enigmatic technology giant. They used Auroa initially as remote testing site for their advanced A.I and autonomous drones but eventually turned the archipelago into its "World 2.0", a high-tech, high-security utopia of sustainable eco-cities and robotics research.
Set 6 years after Operation Kingslayer (Ghost Recon Wildlands), Skell Technology comes under increased public scrutiny when their products are getting sold to corrupt regimes and are found to be implicated in the assassination of a political candidate in addition to the cargo ship USS Seay getting mysteriously sunk and the entire Auroa archipelago going dark. With no means of contact, the Ghosts were sent in to Auroa to investigate and restore communications. But soon they find themselves as not the hunters, but the hunted. Nomad and the other Ghosts must brave against their deadliest enemy yet, the Wolves, led by the former Ghost lead Cole D.Walker and discover what's going on in this mysterious archipelago in order to end the Wolves menace.
The gameplay refines on the formula that Wildlands has laid out, focusing more on the experience of an elite U.S Spec Ops soldier as you fight behind enemy lines with no briefing while the entire archipelago is out to hunt you down. That includes mechanics like the injury system, bivouac, terrain/stamina, and buddy carry.
The game will launch with four classes. They come with a technique and a class item. The classes are as follows:
Assault - Master of the frontline. Their true grit technique temporarily restore health and reduces damage taken. They have bonuses for assault rifles and shotguns in addition to having more health than the other classes.
Field Medic - The perfect support for a team. Their technique allows Ghosts to use a medic drone that shoots syringes which allows to heal and revive allies. They can revive their allies faster and have access to self-revive in case they go down.
Panther - For stealth players who want to play under the radar. They have access to cloaking spray that hides them from drones for a while, as well as the ability to use Smoke Bomb to elude their enemies.
Sharpshooter - For players who want to take out their enemies one by one. They have access to a sensor launcher, allowing them to launch sensors that detects and tag enemies in the area. They also have access to armor buster technique which loads 3 armor penetrating rounds into their sniper rifle/DMR with better muzzle velocity
The classes can be changed at any time in the Bivouac, though you need to use a skill point to unlock each class first before that can be done. While each class has bonuses to specific weapon types, there are no weapon restrictions within the classes. Whatever class you play, the choice of weapons you want to play with is yours.
And there are more classes to come after launch. The first post-launch class will be the Engineer who bring their expertise in hacking and heavy weaponry.
Year 1 Pass Owners will also get a week early access to the new classes and require no skill points from them to acquire them.
Skill System:
The skill system for Breakpoint comes in four categories: Perks, Passives, Abilities, and Items.
Perks can only have 3 equipped at a time and have effects on your gameplay like longer sprinting/sprinting regen speed, higher explosive aoe, automatic marking enemies at 25 meters, etc..
Passives are active at all times and give bonuses and effects like extra XP gain, water filtering, or less sprint use when sliding down a slope
On the other hand, there are ability skills which unlocks the use of abilities like night vision/thermal vision for the drone, thermal vision during normal gameplay, resource detection in the mini-map, or using the parachute while skydiving.
And the item skills allows you to upgrade some of your consumables like explosives and syringes to mark 2 for better effects or craft advanced rations for better effects and longer durations. Additionally, unlocking them allows you to craft them at the Bivouac or buy them from the shop at Erewhon.
There are no resource requirements to acquire or upgrade skills. All you need are skill points and you're good to go. Most importantly, and you can have up to 3 loadouts if you wish to change up your weapons depending on how you want to tackle your enemies
Injury System:
Don't let the name fool you. Ghosts are human and they can get injured which affects their combat effectiveness. There are three tiers of injuries:
Minor Wound - You have a limp when walking/sprinting, stamina is reduced, and your aim is wobbly
Major Wound - You bleed out, your limp gets much worse, reducing your speed, you can only hip-fire with one hand and your stamina is greatly reduced
Severe Injury - You will bleed to death if you don't stop the bleeding, you can barely walk, stamina is near non-existent, and you can only defend yourself with your side-arm
Syringes that heal you normally are useless when you get these wounds. Therefore, bandages must be used to cure them.
Terrain and Stamina:
Traversing Auroa will push your Ghost to the limits. Steep slopes will make you slip and fall, traversing water will slow you down, and snow will plow your wake.
What this means is that the terrain itself can be your enemy, so underestimating a downhill slide can leave you seriously injured. Keeping yourself on your toes while climbing uphill or sliding down a slope are of utmost importance.
Also, when your Ghost's stamina gauge is depleted, they get exhausted and the stamina gauge gets reduced and it keeps adding up everytime the stamina gauge is depleted. Thats where drinking a water canteen or using the bivouac comes in place
The Bivouac:
A temporary makeshift camp. The Bivouac can be used by your Ghosts to apply minor buffs like temporary increased accuracy, increased resistance to injuries or fatigue, larger drone range, or increased stamina. It can also be used to change classes, change your loadout, craft items from materials you collected in the open world, use the shop to buy weapons and gear and choose the time of day before heading out to the next mission.
There are 109 different bivouac sites around Auroa that players can use. They can be found through intel or following the smoke columns from the sky.
Buddy Carry:
Leave no man behind. This can be used to carry your fallen teammate out of danger so you can revive them in a safer place.
It can also be used to carry fallen enemies and put them in another place, so they don't get detected by other enemies and maintain the element of surprise.
Prone Camo:
As a Ghost, you can disappear from your enemies by blending in the environment through using muck, dirt, leaves, and even snow. This can be used to set up an ambush or avoid detection from enemies if cover is not available.
Keep in mind, it doesn't make you completely invisible, as any enemy nearby could stumble upon you and detect you. And it doesn't work on grounds like roads or cobbles of stone.
Ghost War, a 4v4 PvP mode that was introduced in Wildlands comes to Breakpoint at launch. It features 4 classes, 6 maps, 2 modes (Elimination and Sabotage) and dedicated servers. In addition, Battle-Eye is integrated and you have the option to queue as a solo player, 4-man squad, or any party size in between.
Class abilities in Ghost War no longer automatically recharges over time. You fill them through marking enemies, attacking enemies, or reviving teammates. And items like syringes, drones, and bandages are scattered throughout the map for you to collect.
And most importantly, your progression between PvE and PvP are shared, meaning any progress you make in PvE will also affect PvP and vice versa. However, there are measures in place to ensure the PvP stay balanced.
The shrinking zone only applies to elimination mode during the last two minutes of a round to encourage players to be more active in firefights. It doesn't apply in Sabotage mode
For the first time in the franchise's history, Breakpoint will feature four-player raids with the first raid Project Titan coming in after launch.
It will take place in Golem Island, an island at the Auroa Archipelago set with an active volcano. It will require a minimum level before taking it on.
And yes, there will be matchmaking.
Your Ghosts progression comes into two variables: Player Level and Gear Level.
Player Level nets you skill points as you progress to unlock skills and perks
Gear Level is the average level of player's equipment, including all weapons and some pieces of gear: Vest, headwear, gloves, pants, and shoes.
Gear Level simply has an impact on how much time can enemies detect you and how much damage they can dish out to you.
If a player wants to play the whole game without using high level gear, they can do so regardless of the risks.
The only content that's gated behind player specific gear level is the raid.
You can play with friends regardless of the differences in player and gear level. The world balancing is player-centric, meaning your player level, gear level, and chosen difficulty setting only applies to your session.
Regions in Auroa don't have level restrictions. Some activities and enemies have set levels, but with the right tactics and skill, you can take them on at any time
While your character has shared progression in terms of XP level, specialization rank, and belongings (like gear, weapons, customization items) between PvE and PvP, there are measures that are put in place to ensure PvP has an even playing field
What this means is that in the PvP environment, gear level and some of the passive skills and perk skills you unlocked are disabled while weapons have PvP-specific tuning and caps are put in place to prevent maximum stats from gear and weapons as a way to ensure no player can easily kill newcomers while playing PvP.
While human enemies at higher gear level than a player's average gear level are dangerous in terms of lethality and are harder to sneak by and need to be extra cautious when taking them on, they all die in a single headshot. Though for a heavy, a two tap in the head will kill them easily.
As for drones, exposing and shooting their weakpoints can stun them temporarily, allowing you to deal increased damage against them.
Aside from a few exceptions like the Behemoth Drone Arenas, Wolf Camps, and the Raid, enemies do not have set levels.
Ghost Customization and Shared Progression:
You can customize your Ghost in the way you want to, be it weapons, class, gear, etc.... In addition, the progression of your Ghost is persistent across all game modes. Whether you play solo, co-op, or PvP, your cosmetic and functional customization carries over.
And most importantly, you have a glamour system that allows you to choose for the look you want for your Ghost. So no matter what gear you wear, you can choose the cosmetics you want to wear.
And yes, there are bloused boots.
Weapons and Gear:
In addition to leveling up and enhancing your Ghost, Breakpoint comes with tons of weapons and equipment to complement the way you play. No matter your playstyle, there are weapon to complement them: Close-range, mid-range, and long-range.
While high-tier weapons have bonuses in terms of recoil, handling, etc… they are not 100% mandatory to use. Furthermore, there's no damage difference between a low-tier weapon and a high-tier weapon. As said before, a single shot in the head kills lots of human enemies regardless of the weapon you use and the level difference.
Every weapon has its own blueprint that can scale to your gear level. Once you found one, it's yours forever. For example, let's say you like the 416 you got at gear level 40 but you want to have one at a better gear level without RNG being a pain,you can acquire its blueprint in the world and buy it at the shop and it'll scale to your average gear level
There's also the weapon mark upgrades which adds bonuses to reload speed, range, accuracy, or handling. Those upgrades can be used from parts you get from dismantling unwanted weapons. Those upgrades apply to all weapon families. So if you do a mark upgrade to a 516, it will carry to any 516 you get in the future during your playthrough
Every weapon family will have 3 marks at launch. While they won't change the identity of the weapon and make them overpowered, the impact of the system will be gradual as a Mark 3 weapon feels more slicker and feel it's even more handled by a spec-ops soldier
At the end of the day, Skill is still Ghost's best weapon. A well-placed shot and good strategy always wins out regardless of what weapon you use.
Resources can be found throughout Auroa and can be used for several things:
Natural and Industrial Resources - These resources can be found throughout the world and used to craft consumable items like rations, bandages, and syringes.
Weapon Parts - These can be used to upgrade the Mark of a specific Weapon family
Drone Parts - Found on Drone Carcasses, these can be used to craft items related to Drones such as Syncshot Drones
Gear Parts - They can be found when dismantling gear and can be sold at the base of operations at Erewhon
Led by the charismatic leader, Cole.D Walker (voice and motion capture by Jon Bernethal). The Wolves are made up of former Ghosts who went rogue and betrayed their country. They have taken over Auroa and Skell Tech's drone production facilities, using them for their nefarious purposes. Sentinel, a private military contractor has are allied with the Wolves and act as extra security. They will hunt you down without mercy or remorse throughout the archipelago.
They also use military drones built from Skell Tech to hunt down their enemies and aid their cause:
Designed to scan the world from the sky. It can send a patrol of Wolves and a couple of Murmur drones if it spots any threats. Lying still on the ground and using prone camo or hiding in the bushes are a good way to avoid detection. Retreating is also a good way to avoid the Wolf patrol ambush if you get detected by an Azrael drone.
Small search and destroy machines that can fly up to any position to take down a threat. While they're quite fast and can hunt you down relentlessly, they can be destroyed easily. But if you're not a crackshot against high-speed targets, a shotgun is an excellent way to destroy them.
Bulky ground drones that are heavily armed and armored. Exposing and attacking their weakpoints is essential to taking them out quickly.
The most dangerous and strongest drone available to the Wolves. They patrol through Behemoth Defense Arenas, critical communication relays protected day and night by Drone Control Stations. A 4-man team of Ghosts can be taken out quickly by the Behemoth if approached carelessly
Taking down a Behemoth requires coordination. EMP grenades and rocket launchers are two of the tools that must be used against it as well as shooting its weakpoints.
Overall, the drones can be temporarily stunned using EMP grenades and anti-material sniper rifles like M82 and Tac-50 can deliver high damage against them. Additionally, there are perk skills and stats from high-tier weapons that gives more damage to drones
Second to Walker himself are the Wolf Lieutenants. They have a unique skill-set that makes them dangerous and present a considerable challenge to even the toughest Ghost. There are four of the Wolf Lieutenants that must be hunted down: Flycatcher, Rosebud, Yellowleg, and Silverback
The Ghosts won't be alone, however. They will find shelter and camaraderie within factions such as the Homesteaders and the Outcasts.
The Homesteaders are farmers, hunters, and craftsmen who are living off the grid. They came to live on Auroa after the U.S military left the place in the mid 90s. They're led by Mads Schulz, a retired U.S Marine.
When Skell Tech arrived on Auroa, they cohabited peacefully with the tech company despite wanting nothing to do with Skell's World 2.0 initiative. However, they found themselves in trouble when the archipelago was taken over by the Wolves and Sentinel and martial law was enacted. Thus, most Homesteaders followed Mads Schulz's lead and found shelter in Erewhon
Both the Outcasts and the Homesteaders can be found in Auroa. Interacting with them opens up missions for Ghosts to tackle
They are also linked to the Faction Missions system.
Faction Missions:
Faction Missions are missions related to the Homesteaders and Outcast factions. Those missions help in supporting both factions in the fight against the Wolves and Sentinel menace.
They also play a big part for post-launch PvE content. Every month, new Story Faction Missions will bring narrative context and character development for players. And you're able to access new faction missions every day as they provide various objectives to support the factions and their narrative arcs.
Faction Missions also reward Battle Rewards points, which will be detailed below.
Battle Rewards:
Battle Rewards is the free Battle Pass system added to Breakpoint where you can level up to tier 50 and earn rewards like cosmetics, vehicles, or weapons.
Leveling up Battle Rewards requires completing Faction Missions throughout the game.
The Battle Rewards comes into two acts for each of the 4 month content periods that last for two months. For the launch period, the first act will go from launch to December and the second act will go from December to February and so on.
Erewhon is the main hideout players will find early on in the game that's a shelter for the Homesteaders. It acts as a central hub for your story progression and evaluating your objectives in Auroa as well as using the shop to buy weapons/gear or craft weapons from blueprints you collected in Auroa
It can also act as an online hub where you can access other modes like the PvP and meet up to 16 players at a time to interact with them.
Delta Company is a community leaders program for Ghost Recon. It's made to celebrate the community and share their passion for the franchise. There are five detachments within Delta Company:
- Special Activities Detachment: For cosplayers, fan-artists, and fanfiction writers
- Mission Intel Detachment: For videographers and streamers
- Company Comms Detachment: For conversation enthusiasts
- Team Operations Detachment: For fan-site and fan-page admins
- Tactical Assault Attachment: For PvP experts
More information regarding Delta Company can be found on the official website at the following link:
This thread would not have made it through without the amazing collaboration of Antrax and LoneGhostWolf. Give a shout-out if you see him around.
Get ready for Auroa, Ghosts! The Wolves are waiting and you better believe they are hungry too.
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When Kat Laskey's dad tells her his new job is hosting the web show Local Haunts and they'll be living on the road visiting the world's most haunted places, Kat packs her bags without a second thought. To keep her Grandma (a self-proclaimed spook-a-holic) and her friends back in Ohio up to date on her adventures, Kat starts her own blog: The Ex-Kat Files, with "a behind the scenes look at the creepiest show on the web."
But the ghostbusting life isn't as glamorous as Kat expected. The show has gone through three hosts in three seasons, and it's on a tight budget thanks to deadly low ratings. Plus, Kat still has to deal with school – and an annoying classmate, the producer's nephew Oscar Bettencourt. Oscar's habit of playing pranks that involve scary masks and a lot of screaming is not something she finds amusing.
But Oscar seems to be pretty serious when he tells Kat about the curse. At first, Kat doesn't believe his stories about why the previous three hosts left the show. But the more she looks into it, the more they sound like classic cases of possession. And her dad is starting to act kind of strange. Even weirder is the fact that The Ex-Kat Files is getting a ton of comments from fans of the show…but one anonymous commenter has some ominous warnings. The more Kat digs, the more she realizes Local Haunts has a dark past all its own. And saving her dad – and the show – means facing the skeletons in all of their closets.
Lucky us *wink wink* Michelle Schusterman is none other than KLN's MiSchu: the
other better half of this blog's hosts! So naturally, KLN gets the first scoop!
Tell us a little about your main character, Kat. Why is it EX-Kat in the title?
Better half my foot, lady. 🙂
Kat is "Ex-Kat" for three reasons! First, the title (both of the book and her blog) is a play on "The X-Files" – appropriate for a girl investigating paranormal phenomena. Second, Kat's living abroad – aka, an "ex-pat." (Fun word play is fun.) And third…I won't give away the farm here, but the "ex" does have another, more personal meaning to Kat.
Though you don't have a cover to reveal yet, word is they are going to be something pretty unique and cool. Can you give us some details?
Yes! The series will be in a "paper over board" format (hardcover without jackets, ala Gustav Gloom or A Series of Unfortunate Events). And rumor has it there may or may not be effects. (Like this.)
(I'm a little bit way excited about that part!!)
Kat's show involves her traipsing all over to check out the haunted locales. Are you an avid traveler yourself? What's the creepiest place you've visited?
I was an ex-pat for a few years, and that experience is definitely what inspired Kat's story. (The ghosts came later!) Creepiest places I've visited, hmmm…a 15th century cemetery in Glasgow in winter, a former slave market in Salvador at night, Alcatraz – oh! And once I played a game of poker with a ghost in Seattle. He won. True story.
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East Naples man arrested for killing mother
A 30-year-old man was arrested late Sunday night in connection with the death of his mother in East Naples.
A mother killed at the hands of her own son – those are the allegations by deputies in East Naples.
It all happened in the Sunny Acres Mobile Village off of Radio Road. Deputies responded to Lot 28 around 9:30 on Sunday night after 30-year-old Yuzo Nishi called 911 saying his mom was bleeding.
He later told detectives that his mother tried to kill him, but now he's behind bars charged with her murder.
Phyllis Thompson and her neighbors are still trying to understand what could have led up to 51-year-old Maria Bertalmio's death.
"It's unsettling that it could happen especially with a son and a mother. How could you do that to your mother," Thompson asked.
One thing deputies are looking closely at is the 911 call in this case. They told us that it was her son, Nishi, who made the call.
"And he called the police? So how sick is that," Thompson said.
Neighbors told us that Bertalmio and her son had been living in the neighborhood for a year. Magda Martinez's father moved in around the same time.
"So far, so good," Martinez said. "It's been a good place. Very affordable and they're happy."
Monday changed all of that.
"A little nervous. Surprised. Can't believe it," Martinez said.
Nishi is being charged with second-degree murder and being held at the Naples Jail Center.
He has faced drug charges before, and Thompson thinks that could be part of this situation as well.
"He has to be sick or high or drunk or something. Something set him off."
She says she will think about this every time she walks past that trailer.
"This doesn't happen here. We say that about every tragedy. This doesn't happen here. How could it happen," Thompson said.
Neighbors spoke of Bertalmio as quiet and hardworking as she had two jobs, a daughter, and grandchildren.
Nishi does not have a bond set yet.


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Maryland Judges Uphold State Anti-Handgun Law
Now a Maryland appeals court has followed suit. A three-judge panel ruled last Thursday that the Second Amendment does not interfere with a Maryland law that generally restricts state residents from carrying handguns.
That's not much of a surprise. What is remarkable is that Judge Albert Matricciani went out of his way to write that even if the Second Amendment applied to state laws, Maryland's statute would be perfectly constitutional in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court D.C. v. Heller decision last year to invalidate the District of Columbia's handgun ban.
Matricciani wrote:
Even if the Second Amendment did apply, it would not invalidate the statute at issue here. CL Sec. 4-203 provides that a person may not "wear, carry, or transport a handgun, whether concealed or open, on or about the person" or "in a vehicle traveling on a road or parking lot generally used by the public, highway, waterway, or airway of the state." This blanket prohibition is modified by subsection b of the statute, which provides eight exceptions to the general rule outlined above. One of these exceptions is for possession of a gun by a person on real estate that the person owns or leases or where the person resides. Thus, even if the right articulated in Heller, namely the right to keep and bear arms in the home for the purpose of immediate self-defense, were to apply to the citizens of Maryland, this statute does not infringe upon that right.
Translation: Your right to keep and bear arms applies only to your own home.
The Maryland case started when an officer with the Prince George's County Police Department spotted a man named Charles Williams, Jr. rummaging through his backpack and then allegedly hiding something in the bushes. Williams allegedly told the police that he had concealed a handgun, and one was in fact recovered. Williams had purchased the gun legally, but carrying it without government permission -- which is virtually impossible to obtain -- is a crime.
(Like California, Maryland is one of those few states with a constitution that does not mention gun rights. A 1994 opinion from the state attorney general says the Second Amendment does not apply to Maryland's laws because "in Maryland, the militia is 'well regulated' by Article 65 of the code" and "the needs of the militia can be met with state-owned firearms housed in secure locations.")
Some background: the Second Amendment, of course, says that Americans' right to "keep and bear arms" shall not be infringed. Last year's Heller decision applied that prohibition only to the federal government and federal enclaves like Washington, D.C. Another case that the Supreme Court recently agreed to hear will decide whether that portion of the Bill of Rights applies to state and municipal governments (the concept is called "incorporation").
The problem for gun rights proponents is that, even if the Second Amendment is technically incorporated in the same way as the First Amendment has been, judges in more anti-gun states are sure to find creative ways to uphold even strict laws as constitutional.
Take the recent case in New Jersey, where a state appeals court upheld a state law saying that nobody may possess "any handgun" without obtaining law enforcement approval and permission in advance, saying it would be fine post-incorporation. Then there's the Ninth Circuit's decision, now effectively on hold, saying that while the Second Amendment applies to California municipalities, Alameda County's ordinance was acceptable.
This is all the more reason for the Supreme Court to guide lower courts considering whether or not an anti-gun law is permissible. We already know, thanks to Heller, that a flat ban on possessing handguns is out. But is mandatory gun registration permissible? Can a 17-year old be barred from buying a low-powered .22-caliber rifle? Can laws like California's one-handgun-a-month rule stand? Will what First Amendment lawyers call "strict scrutiny" be applied, or will a lower standard apply?
Another effort at clarification is a lawsuit that the Second Amendment foundation filed against the District of Columbia arguing that Americans generally have the right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. Both pro- and anti-gun types may be hoping for wildly different outcomes, but both should be able to agree that some legal clarity would be useful right about now.
Declan McCullagh is a correspondent for CBSNews.com. He can be reached at email@example.com and can be followed on Twitter as declanm. You can bookmark Declan's Taking Liberties site here, or subscribe to the RSS feed.


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Multicast VLAN replication can be configured in different methods depending on the application scenario. Table 14-1 lists multicast VLAN replication configuration tasks.
When user VLAN-based multicast VLAN replication is configured on a switch, the upstream device only needs to send one copy of multicast data to the switch. The switch then replicates multicast data and sends the data to multiple user VLANs. This saves bandwidth between the upstream device and the switch.
By binding user VLANs to a multicast VLAN on a user-side interface, you can implement multicast service isolation on the interface while allowing multicast data replication to user VLANs. For example, when multiple ISPs provide multicast services on a network, you can configure this function to ensure that data of an ISP is forwarded only to the users who have subscribed to the services of the ISP.


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A federal court sentenced the former owner of an Oregon gun shop to two years in prison for selling guns to a convicted felon, the Justice Department said last week.
A jury convicted Wilson Lee Clow, Jr., 68, of Grants Pass, Oregon, last June on three counts of selling a firearm to a felon and two counts of making false statements.
The Justice Department indicted Clow in 2012 after he knowingly sold guns to a convicted felon on multiple occasions and even opted to sidestep the legal process to do so, according to court documents. At the time, Clow was a Federal Firearms Licensee and owned and operated 2nd Amendment Guns with his wife.
During the transactions, the ATF informant told Clow that he was a convicted felon and would not pass the background check required to buy a gun. Instead of turning him away, Clow lied on ATF forms, then told the man that if law enforcement caught him with the guns that he should tell them he bought them at a garage sale.
Clow also sold guns from his private collection in an effort to avoid ATF paperwork and kept a running list of firearms he had available for purchase for other felons.
Yet, during interviews with investigators, Clow claimed he had a more righteous objective. He said he knew the felon was an ATF informant and that he engaged the agency in what he called a "reverse-sting."
Clow said he and his customers had continuously been harassed by the ATF, so he put out a sales ad to lure the agents into the reverse-sting. Clow said he made the sale because he knew the felon was an informant, knew the guns weren't "going out there," and he was "just tired of this bullshit." But the judge quickly dismissed his claims, calling them a "whopper."
The U.S. Attorney's Office and ATF describe FFLs as the "first line of defense" in preventing guns from entering a criminal market. "Mr. Clow's willingness to operate outside the law, despite being a duly-licensed Federal Firearms Licensee, directly put his fellow Americans at risk," said Darek Pleasants, special agent in charge for ATF's Seattle office. He noted the illicit trafficking of firearms is the ATF's highest priority.
After serving his time in prison, Clow will be required to complete three years of supervised release. As a convicted felon, Clow will no longer be allowed to legally sell or even possess firearms or ammo.


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Welcome to the Will County Fair!
The 2019 Will County Fair will be August 21st through August 25th.
We would like like to send a THANK YOU out to all of our volunteers, exhibitors, and visitors. The fair has been a success over the last 116 years, because of all of you.
The fair book is available online, and we will be start taking entries in the office or by mail on July 26th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Entires will continue to be taken:
Saturday July 27th 9a.m. to 3p.m.
Monday, July 29th through Thursday, August 1st: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday August 2nd 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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I actually completely forgot about it. It wasn't until I was cleaning out my wallet that I noticed the ticket. Oops. Of course, I also didn't remember where it was at. Rushed back home (was almost there anyway), then rushed back out. I was 20 minutes late, which wasn't too bad.
They were asking people from the audience to come up and demonstrate their special talents. Blah. Then they asked for someone called Gabriel because they wanted to show their earlier works, one of which was about Gabriel (as in the angel from the Bible).
The actual one they showed isn't on Youtube, but it's available on their main site called Angel in the Outfield. If you're lazy and just want a quick Youtube video, here's one.
You can check out other stuff on the their site.
After that, one of the guys dressed up as Satan and asked people to come up and answer questions about their lives and see if they're going to Hell. I think most people decided they would and were just saying yes or coming up with stuff. Only the first person kinda told the truth and actually didn't go to Hell. :P
Their second video was Jelly Donut which is the following two videos:
They actually had Jelly Donut go up on stage after that and do some songs. There was one audience participation song about masturbation. Say mmm-mmm if you masturbate once a month, oo-oui if you do it twice a week, He-ey! if you do it every day, and basically yell out NoNoh-NoNoNoNoNo if you don't masturbate ever. I think only one person in the audience said No. :P Quite a few actually said something for the others and they joked about the audience telling total strangers about their masturbation habits. Aside from the topic, the song was pretty catchy. Some people were dancing to it.
Their second video was some claymation they did, which was actually kinda funny (it's NQSFW though)
There may have been something else, but I don't remember, but after that was the main event of the night. The 38-minute long musical wasn't bad. Well, it sort of was, but I liked some of the songs too. Definitely very cheesy. It's basically one of those love stories between two warring factions (The Blesseds, who descended from Adam and Eve, and the Beasties, who evolved from primates).
After that, there was some Q&A with the people involved in the film. The girl who played the leader of the Beasties sounded pretty drunk. :P
All in all… this was definitely not my normal type of crowd or place (it's a bar!). What is it with me and bars these days? I think it's good I went alone, as I don't think this was something most of my friends could probably stand (I probably have the crudest humor among my friends, and even this was crude for me, so…)


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Moollon Treble Boost
You really have to think old school to appreciate what the Treble Boost has to offer, as it does pretty much what the name implies. Plugged into the front end of a moderately gainey tube amp—like the early Marshalls and Voxes used by Clapton, Page, and Beck in the '60s—the Treble Boost kicks down a strong, bright signal that pushes the first gain stage into clipping—adding little or no transistor grit of its own. I found it worked great for overdriving all of our test amps, but a master volume model is recommended as this pedal jacks up the volume substantially when the Boost knob is up three-quarters or more. The Treble Boost's voicing switch gives you three degrees of treble intensity: Treble 1 is less bright than Treble 2 (which also has a bit more gain), while the Mid setting offers the warmest response and the most gain. With a little experimentation you'll be amazed by the sweet overdrive tones you can get with this pedal—such as a snarling Bluesbreakers-era Clapton vibe with a Les Paul. It doesn't bang you over the head like most distortion boxes, but what it does is kind of magical and makes you realize why so many British guitar stars relied on treble boosters to get their sound.
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If you want to make it through your kitchen renovation with your sanity intact, you'll have to grit your teeth and make the best of it. Nobody likes the dust, the noise, and the chaos, but thankfully there are things you can do to make your life easier and get through without having to alter your daily schedule too much. You need to:
- Plan
- Prepare
- and be Positive
You've been dreaming about this kitchen reno for ages, right?! And although you love thinking about the end result and how gorgeous it's going to be, the reality is that you and your family have to get through the renovation stage and carry on normal daily life as best as you can. Don't despair! I've got some good news for you: it's not as hard as it seems. With some thoughtful planning, you'll get through this difficult time like a pro!
Although everything doesn't always go strictly to plan, planning is a way of mentally preparing yourself for what's ahead.
- If you can, plan to do your kitchen renovation in the summer. You'll likely have to discuss this with your Kitchen designer/kitchen company months in advance so that they can slot you in during this time.
- Once you know when your old kitchen is going to be demolished, plan a trip away over these few days. That way you'll be out of the worst of the dust, noise, and If you have little children, it means that they won't be in the builder's way.
Eat Up
In the weeks before the renovation starts, plan your menus to use up as much food as possible from your pantry, freezer, and fridge, rather than buying extra goods. The more you can use up, the less you'll have to shift out of the kitchen.
Pack Away
Make a collection of your essential utensils, plates, cutlery etc and pack the rest of it away. Store it somewhere for the duration, ready to be unpacked into the new kitchen soon!
Temporary Kitchen
Set up a temporary kitchen in a separate room of the house – a bedroom, the laundry or a living zone. All you need is a small bench area, some room for boxes to keep foodstuffs in and a small fridge. Move your microwave, kettle, toaster, sandwich press and any other appliances you think you'll need into your makeshift kitchen area.
Simple Meals
During the time of the renovations, plan and prepare simple meals. Buy your groceries in small lots so you don't have so much to store. Plan menus that can be cooked using the barbecue, microwave and sandwich press. Treat yourself and your family to the occasional meal out – it's nice to sit down to a meal in a quiet, orderly place… and not have to wash up the dishes in the laundry sink!
Be Positive
Try to stay focused on the big picture: the renovation is a relatively short time, and all the inconvenience and disruption won't last for ever. In fact, it'll make you appreciate your new kitchen even more!
Smile, keep cheerful and make the most of every day! Take plenty of photos so that in time, you can look back and laugh at how you lived for those few weeks.
At Wonderful Kitchens, we're committed to helping you get through your renovation with minimal disruption to family life. Call us on 02 9772 2988 and ask our team for more tips on how to survive your kitchen re-hash.


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I am sure you have come across some (nothing too dire) hurdles in life that you were unable to overcome due to the simple reason of it being too expensive for your pocket. So, we thought of starting a series where we post Quick Tips related to getting by without paying a dime!
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My laptop could be called the equivalent of a giant black box without any purpose or creative potential. The culprit: the fan at the bottom that continuously works for obvious reasons and results in the overheating of the entire system. This happens due to blockage or dust particles getting stuck inside the vent hampering the functioning of your laptop.
This was really unexpected, because I had made up my mind to buy one of those cooling pads or things for my laptop and I was morbid about the extra cost, when I placed my burning coal box on an issue of Vogue. I returned to my room after 30 minutes and what do I see – my laptop is still working and the bottom is comparatively cooler and the magazine is pretty chilled out as well!
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With the flood of successful RTS games released last year, you have to wonder if there's anything left to accomplish in this genre. Although games like Warcraft III added a few unique gameplay options, you were still forced to collect resources, construct buildings, research, build units, and attack an enemy. This basic formula is repeated for every new game and becomes tedious quickly. Recognizing this problem, Microsoft has gone to great lengths to generate a unique experience with the release of Impossible Creatures and create distance from standard RTS games.
Impossible Creatures' main difference from other RTS games is focused around the unit creation. With approximately 50 animals to use and 6 aspects of each animal to combine, the total number of units possible is astounding. Different aspects from each animal can also have different attributes so the combination of the creature isn't done without purpose. For instance, when a cheetah is combined with an elephant, if the hind quarters of the cheetah are used the creature will be significantly faster then if the elephant's are used. Frankly, this odd approach to unit creation works well and practically sells the game by itself, but there are a few problems focused mainly around the balance of the units. The first concerns the specific abilities that can be exploited like regeneration or camouflage as some, like camouflage, are practically useless. Another concern is the fact that some units like the lobster are always selected for combination with another animal, as their traits are more appealing then most. A number of the units also have nothing of value to offer and are consequently rarely used. Even with these issues however, there is enough variety to overcome them and not distract or overly simplify the game.
The rest of the game plays similar to other RTS games with minor twists to resource collecting, research, and building construction. There was an attempt to lessen the more tedious aspects of this type of genre, but these areas of the game are still managed in classic RTS style. For instance, the resource collecting has been limited to electricity and coal with only the coal requiring constant gathering as the electricity is automatically generated from different structures. You still have to continually collect coal but at least you're not managing the collection of multiple resources.
As for the graphics and audio, both give solid performances. The graphics in particular look great and achieve realism critical to the success of this game. The audio however isn't as exciting with the main complaint focusing around the same phrases being repeated over and over while playing.
Impossible Creatures manages to take the worn out RTS genre and breath slightly more life into it. Although still requiring resource collection among other things, the concept of combining animals together to create units is innovative enough to overcome other stagnant RTS aspects.
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The story centers around the demon Na-Krul, one of Diablo's cronies who is tired of being an underling and wants to branch out into his own brand of tyranny over the poor besieged town of Tristram.


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These lesson plans provide step-by-step activities to guide pupils through the decisions and considerations they must make before publishing an image, video or sound recording online.
We have designed these lessons to help pupils develop their digital skills in areas outlined in the Digital Competence Framework, with specific focus on copyright and metadata.
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By Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD, and Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, UPMC Center for Health Security
In 2012, the UPMC Center for Health Security and NACCHO fielded the Community Engagement for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (CEPHEP) survey to provide the first comprehensive nationwide picture of local health department (LHD) efforts to integrate individuals and community- and faith-based groups into emergency preparedness – the results of which we published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.[1] Prior to this national survey, knowledge of how LHDs integrate partners into PHEP and which organizational factors predict their success was confined to a few local case studies.
In summary, the results of the original survey in 2012 are very encouraging. LHDs of all sizes actively and successfully involve community partners in the PHEP enterprise. While large LHDs often benefit from economies of scale and scope, smaller LHDs may have their own CEPHEP advantages such as practitioners who are already well known, trusted, and influential in a tight-knit community. One-way engagement techniques such as publishing personal preparedness pamphlets are very common among LHDs, but more "intense" two-way CEPHEP activities are also occurring in field. These include standing up neighbor-to-neighbor disaster assistance networks and holding formal public deliberations about difficult decisions anticipated in a health emergency, such as how best to use scarce medical resources.
An LHD's budget does influence the level and intensity of CEPHEP, but it is not the only significant factor. The 2012 survey also found that more intense CEPHEP is strongly associated with the following factors: having an explicit CEPHEP policy and intending to conduct CEPHEP in the future, employing personnel with prior community engagement experience, and having material and moral support from community-based organizations (CBOs). These three factors suggest that even in a period of scarcity, LHDs may still be able to take budget-neutral steps that help intensify their community engagement efforts for preparedness. Engaging in formal planning to set milestones and solidify CEPHEP as an institutional objective, for example, may reduce the chances that community involvement work does not dissipate with staff turnover or irregular budgets. Moreover, leveraging CBO connections may provide access to other CBOs, to facilities for hosting preparedness trainings, and to pools of volunteers who can be enlisted in preparedness.
This summer, NACCHO, the de Beaumont Foundation, and the UPMC Center for Health Security have partnered to field the same survey to give PHEP practitioners an opportunity to document their diverse and continued achievements since 2012 and to identify with greater fidelity the organizational predictors of successful community engagement. A comparison between the 2012 and 2015 snapshots will also help to uncover how steady reductions in LHD staff and budgets as well as competing preparedness duties amidst scarce resources may have affected community engagement efforts.
Emergency preparedness coordinators (EPCs) should be on the lookout for the invitation to participate in the 2015 CEPHEP survey in the coming weeks. Response rates were high in 2012 since two-thirds of EPCs contacted completed the survey, and the research team is eager to enlist the same level of support in 2015. A longitudinal survey approach can harden the data about what fuels top performance in CEPHEP. Ultimately, the information gathered can help LHD officials to fine tune change in their agencies' current operations and to advocate more aggressively for the infrastructure that supports excellence in this work.
When you receive the survey invitation, please share your personal success stories about engaging your community in the critical work of public health emergency preparedness. In doing so, your responses will help generate national data about which policy and practice shifts could enable more LHD frontrunners to emerge in this arena. For more information, please contact Ms. Sanjana Ravi, the project manager, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
About the Authors
Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD, and Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, are co-principal investigators for the 2015 CEPHEP survey and Senior Associates with the UPMC Center for Health Security.
- Schoch-Spana, M., Selck, F.W., & Goldberg, L.A. (2015). A national survey on health department capacity for community engagement in emergency preparedness. Journal of Public Health Management Practice 21(2): 196-207.


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This is Ken Ham, a frequent guest on radio and TV programs on biblical authority.
Something has changed in America. We have the most churches, Christian media programs, Christian ministries of any nation. And yet America is becoming less Christian every day. So what happened?
Well, by and large, our culture used to start its thinking with God's Word. But not anymore. Man and his opinions have become the authority. This is a fundamental shift in our culture's thinking.
When sharing the gospel, don't assume people understand what sin is or why they need a Savior. They probably don't understand! Starting in Genesis, show how the history of God's Word explains the human condition and how, because we are all descendants of Adam, we all need the same Savior, Jesus Christ.
Ken Ham is the CEO and founder of Answers in Genesis-US, the highly acclaimed Creation Museum, and the world-renowned Ark Encounter. Ken Ham is one of the most in-demand Christian speakers in North America.
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In October 2019 81 crimes were recorded in this neighbourhood.
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Policing priorities for this neighbourhood
Consultation with the community has identified the following priorities in this neighbourhood.
Youths causing nuisance and drinking alcohol in local parks in Seaham and on Church Street
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Climate Change, Economic Growth, and Health
40 Pages Posted: 18 Sep 2010 Last revised: 18 Nov 2014
Date Written: August 10, 2010
This paper studies the interplay between climate, health, and the economy in a stylized world with four heterogeneous regions, labeled 'West' (cold and rich), 'China' (cold and poor), 'India' (warm and poor), and 'Africa' (warm and very poor). We introduce health impacts into a simple integrated assessment model where both the local cooling effect of aerosols as well as the global warming effect of CO2 are endogenous, and investigate how those factors affect the equilibrium path. We show how some of the important aspects of the equilibrium, including emission abatement rates, health costs, and economic growth, depend on the economic and geographical characteristics of each region.
Keywords: Climate change, health, economic growth, local dimming, co-benefits
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My Journey towards peace
I have now passed decades in my life and if there is one sentence I often found my self repeating was that "I want peace" ! Ever since my childhood I found the experiences in my life everything but peaceful! Stalked by war as a 9 year old with my family and the journey escaping Iran to Sweden follow by many traumas into my teenage years. It was far from anything peaceful. The images of war and the separation from loved ones has been carved in my memories for ever! After many years of studies, a scholarship grant brought me to Brussels were I felt very much welcomed and decided to come back and stay. I met the father of my daughter and with a great position in a pharmaceutic company I began to repeatedly asking if I was happy?? if I had found the peace I was searching for? I wanted peace in my mind , in my body and in my heart !! soon, I came to realisation that you can not have one without the other and my journey of pursuing peace and happiness began in 2007, when I embarked on teaching from big spiritual zen masters and great yoga teachers ! The more I was feeling and experiencing these teachings the more I was yearning to understand and apply it into my daily life . Yoga and shiatsu came to change my life.
What was most important in this process of learning was that I stayed patient, humble and open to what ever life had to offer, accepting each experience and past history as an essential growth for my spiritual path!
In my teaching I don't preach nor postulate , I simply pass on what was thought to me and if I can change one persons mind toward the peace that I have come to residence, than my work has been of value and my legacy has been cemented.
The birth of Lets-yoga & shiatsu shala in 2016 is one of the many beautiful project I have come to encounter ! Creation of a place for likeminded people coming together, openly supporting and learning from each others experiences.
I'm humbly grateful for Johns Scott's community teachers and Lucy Crawford, passing on their valuable teachings in lets-yoga Brussels. I continue pursuing my call which is also my passion and I thank all beautiful souls supporting my project.
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Australia is set to soon become host to the world's first energy ratings criteria designed specifically for HVAC systems.
Sustainability Victoria is currently overseeing the development of the world's first HVAC rating tool to rank systems in terms of energy efficiency.
The Calculating Cool Online HVAC Rating Tool will make use of both quantitative data and qualitative information covering the design, installation and operational phases to rank the performance of different HVAC systems and will "rate, reward and encourage" best practice products on the market.
The tool is being developed in collaboration with a bevy of leading industry bodies, including the Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air-conditioning and Heating (AIRAH), the Property Council of Australia, the Facilities Management Association of Australia, and the Airconditioning and Mechanical Contractors' Association.
AIRAH hopes the development of the world's first HVAC rating criteria by Australian industry will have a "profound impact" upon market practices by putting pressure on companies to improve the efficiency of their products and endeavour to make improvements.
AIRAH chief Phil Wilkinson points out that because HVAC accounts for the king's share of energy consumption in buildings, Calculating Cool could have a huge impact on the sustainability and efficiency of facilities in the country throughout the course of their usage life.
According to Wilkinson, HVAC systems can account for anywhere between 40 to 75 per cent of the energy consumed in buildings while also often accounting for more than 50 per cent of potential improvements in energy efficiency.
The Calculating Cool HVAC Tool is expected to assume the form of an easy-to-access online calculator which can be used for the purposes of data collection, long-term monitoring and comparative analysis.
As an Australian undertaking, the system will be designed for compatibility with NABERS and the Green Star Design – As Built and Performance – suite of rating tools.
The tool is currently in the development phase, with trials and public review scheduled to take place before the end of this year.


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Gerry Libby
Gerry has been commended to a fulltime Bible teaching/ pastoral ministry since 2000. Prior to this, Gerry worked in an elementary school for 14 years as both a teacher and principal. He and his wife, Jackie, were married in 1986 and have four adult children and one grandchild. They live in the Bancroft area and fellowship at L'Amable Bible Chapel.
Brian Gunning
Brian is married to Marlene and they have four children and eight grandchildren. They make their home in St. Catharines. Brian is a self-employed accountant. He came to know the Lord at the age of seven and has been in fellowship at Brockview Bible Chapel since his early teens. He currently is an elder in that assembly. In addition to itinerant preaching he is on the boards of Counsel Magazine, the Ontario Workers' and Elders' Conference, Gospel Folio Press, Bible Conference Corporation, and Cornerstone Magazine.
Gary McBride
Gary and his wife, Gloria, have been in the Lord's work for close to 40 years: two years in Zambia, twenty-six in Northern Ontario, eight in St. Thomas, and now in Kirkland Lake. Gary has been involved with assembly work, camp work, and prison ministry. He is currently engaged in itinerant ministry and helps with New Life Prison Ministry.
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