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Schenk '95 Tells Seniors It's Who Not Whatby Howard Hewitt • February 18, 2013 Share:
Nearly 100 high school seniors from across the nation visited Wabash College Monday as part of Top 10 Visitation Day. It's a chance for top seniors to learn about Wabash and earn substantial scholarship support.
Students who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school senior class, with a minimum GPA of 3.25, are eligible to attend and earn a $17,500 annual scholarship. Students and their parents go through a day-long program to learn about Wabash College.
After a welcome from President Patrick White, keynote speaker Dan Schenk '95 challenged the young men to think about their college search differently than perhaps they'd ever imagined. Schenk is Global Brand Manager for Nike Golf, Portland, OR.
"We've all been asked 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' "Schenk began. "That's not the right question – it's who do you want to be when you grow up?
"Take care of who you are and the 'what' will take care of itself."
Schenk used the analogy to illustrate the benefits of a Wabash liberal arts education. He told the high school seniors that Wabash is the kind of place that will help them find out who they want to be. He credited his confidence and ability to his Wabash education.
"Some places will just tear you down but Wabash will build you back up," he said. "You can't prepare for a changing world with an education that says take this training and go be an accountant. You have to learn how to learn."
Schenk talked about Wabash class size and being challenged intellectually, challenged to participate and engage, and challenged to show up. He reiterated a favorite phrase that Wabash classrooms don't have a back row and students can't hide.
"Wabash is a collection of moments," he suggested. "Wabash didn't make me who I am today; Wabash found me. When you think about who you want to be don't let 'what' get in the way."
He used a simple illustration challenging the students to find a passion and earn a broad-based education. He selected a visiting student volunteer and asked him for a historical fact which the student promptly offered. He then asked the young man for a favorite movie, song, or book and the student quickly provided one.
"Did you see his eyes light up on the second question," Schenk asked. He told the students it's that passion you want to take into your career and life and not a set of facts you memorize to earn a degree to just get a job.
Students and their parents heard from alumni panels in a more informal setting. The alums talked about their time at Wabash and what it has meant to them, not just in their careers, but how it has shaped their lives.
Sessions on immersion learning, career services, and mock classroom exercises filled the day along with tours and meetings with coaches.
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Coker had a very difficult time getting an offense going, as they were able to unable to crack the 20 point mark in either half, scoring only 15 points in the first half and just 19 in the second half. The Pacers were able to take advantage of Coker's miscues, scoring 21 points off of turnovers, while 38 of their points came off the bench.
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DOVER — On Sunday, Nov 11, Veterans Day, the Woodman Institute Museum will have reenactors representing the Civil War, World War I, World War II and Vietnam, along with military vehicles and a USO coffee and doughnut tent on the grounds of the 96-year-old Dover museum.
The museum's war room collections include items representing conflicts as far back as the War of 1812 and Spanish-American War. A 20-pound 1814 British gun sits on the lawn and a rare 12-pound Napoleon canon is displayed under the garrison house canopy. The Woodman's Civil War room features one of the finest collections of Civil War artifacts and weapons in New England. A special "Letters Home" exhibit is currently being displayed in the Woodman House first floor gallery and includes letters and artifacts belonging to local soldiers that left home and family 150 years ago to fight in our nation's bloodiest war. Several miniature battlefield dioramas created by Richard Nichols, Amesbury, Mass. will be on display.
A framed portrait of Dover's Capt. Joseph McConnell (McConnell Center / movie The McConnell Story), who flew combat missions as a navigator in World War II and became a triple ace fighter pilot during the Korean War, shooting down 16 MiGs, will be on display along with items on loan from the Thom Hindle Dover Collection related to the movie starring Alan Ladd as Joe McConnell and June Allison as "Butch" (his wife Pearl) that premiered in Dover's Strand Theatre in 1955 and rare photos of his July 1953 visit to Dover and gala banquet.
Visitors will also have an opportunity to meet and talk with Dover's Ann Darby Reynolds, the youngest Navy nurse to serve in Vietnam and one of the first women to receive the Purple Heart medal for injuries received during the 1964 Christmas Eve bombing in Saigon. Capt. Reynolds donated her uniform and medals to the Woodman last year, and a special permanent display has been created in the museum's war room.
All veterans will be admitted free during this special Veterans Day Event from noon to 4 p.m. Admission includes all three exhibit buildings and collections to include the 1675 William Damm garrison house built when early Dover settlers had to defend themselves against Indian attacks.
The Woodman Institute Museum is a traditional nineteenth century natural science, local history and art museum experience, located at 182 Central Avenue in historic Dover. Visit www.woodmaninstitutemuseum.org or call 603-742-1038 for group tours.
Re-enactors to be part of Veterans Day at Woodman Institute
DOVER — On Sunday, Nov 11, Veterans Day, the Woodman Institute Museum will have reenactors representing the Civil War, World War I, World War II and Vietnam, along with military vehicles and a USO coffee and doughnut tent on the grounds of the 96-year-old Dover museum.


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Women and the 2012 World Development Report
As a woman, being employed may lead to my husbands family assuming that I am not a capable person. Also, men can find another job if they get fired while women are not very self-confident, she said.
Nguyens worries are shared by many adolescent girls and women across the developing world. Social norms, traditions, and families often complicate the decision-making process and limit employment opportunities for women.
While real advances in gender equality have occurred over the past 25 years, there remains an immense gap between the promises of equality and everyday reality for women in many parts of the world, according to the World Banks latest World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development (WDR).
In developing countries, girls now outnumber boys in secondary schools in 45 countries. And women now represent 40 percent of the global labor force. However, these gaps have not narrowed evenly for everyone, everywhere.
For every woman who dies in childbirth in Sweden, 1000 women die in Afghanistan, 815 in Somalia, 495 in Nigeria, and 122 in Pakistan. Globally, excess female mortality after birth and missing girls at birth account for an estimated 3.9 million female lives lost each year in low- and middle-income countries.
While gender equality is a core development objective in its own right, the report also notes that it is smart economics. Greater gender equality can increase productivity, improve outcomes for children, make institutions more representatives, and improve development prospects for all, according to the report.
Preventing women and girls from acquiring the skills and earnings required to succeed in todays world is both wrong and economically harmful, said Justin Yifu Lin, World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President, Development Economics. The fruits of growth and globalization should be shared equally between men and women for more equitable development.
Gender Equality through an economic lens
Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data, including new field research covering over 4,000 men and women in 19 developing countries, the report focuses on the economics of gender equality. It notes that misallocation of womens skills and labor due to market or social discrimination can result in large economic losses.
Greater control over household resources and equal access to credit and assets for women has a positive impact on children. In Ghana, the share of assets and share of land owned by women are positively associated with higher family food budgets.
Giving women equal opportunities to be socially and politically active positively influences laws, policies, and makes institutions more representative of a range of voices. In India, empowering women at the local level led to an increase in the provision of public goods such as water and sanitation as well as increased reporting and prosecutions of crimes against women.
Which gender gaps have closed and which persist? And why?
On the one hand, the enrollment of girls and young women in schools and universities and the participation of women in the labor force have increased in most of the developing world. And in many countries, such as Bangladesh and Colombia at a pace much more rapid than was the case in the U.S during the 19th century, said Sudhir Shetty, WDR Co-Director, On the other hand, gender disparities remain stubbornly large in most countries if earnings gaps, excess deaths of girls and women, and the representation of women in leadership positions in government and business are the focus.
So, while over half a billion women have joined the worlds labor force in the last 30 years, females earn only a fraction of what their male counterparts do: 80 percent for workers in Georgia; 50 percent for entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka; and 60 percent for farmers in Nigeria.
To better understand why some gender gaps close while others persist, the WDR provides a framework showing how gender outcomes can be understood as a result of the responses of households to how markets, formal institutions, (laws and public service delivery mechanisms), and informal social institutions, (procedures and rules not related to the state, which shape social interactions) are structured and function.
The benefits of economic development (higher incomes and better service delivery) on gender gaps can be seen through this framework as emerging from the workings of households, markets, and institutions and their interactions. So, in the case of education, income growth (by loosening budget constraints), markets (by opening new employment opportunities for women), and formal institutions (by expanding schools and lowering costs) have all come together to influence household decisions in favor of educating girls and young women in a range of countries.
Yet, sizable gender gaps can persist where girls and women face other disadvantages such as poverty and other forms of exclusion. For ethnic minority women in Vietnam, for instance, more than 60 percent of childbirths occur without prenatal caretwice as many as for the majority Kinh women.
And, markets, institutions, and households can also often come together in ways that limit progress despite economic development. Gender gaps in productivity and earnings, for example, are pervasive. And they are driven by deep-seated gender differences in time use (reflecting social norms about house and care work), in rights of ownership and control over land and assets, and in the workings of markets and formal institutions, which work in ways that disadvantage women.
Policymakers should focus on the most stubborn gender gaps that rising incomes alone cannot solve. It is by fixing those shortcomings that the payoffs to development are likely to be greatest, and where policy changes will make the most difference, said Otaviano Canuto, Vice President, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management.
Action Areas
Focused domestic public policies remain the key to bringing about gender equality and in ensuring that the potential of globalization for women is actually realized, said Ana Revenga, WDR Co-Director. And to be effective, these policies need to address the root causes of gender gaps.
So, where should countries focus and what should they do? The report calls for action in four priority areas:
addressing human capital issues, such as excess deaths of girls and women and gender gaps in education where these persist;
closing earning and productivity gaps between women and men;
giving women greater voice within households and societies; and
limiting the perpetuation of gender inequality across generations
In some areas, as with reducing maternal mortality, governments will need to address the single binding constraint to progress --weak service delivery. Similarly, to shrink persistent educational gaps, policies need to improve access for girls and young women when poverty, ethnicity, or geography excludes them, and to reach boys where gender disadvantages have reversed. Cash transfers conditioned on school attendance are often effective in reaching these groups. Such measures in Cambodia, for instance, increased school enrollments among girls moving from primary to secondary school by over 30 percent.
In others, as with differential access to economic opportunities, policies will need to tackle the multiple constraints that arise from the workings of markets and institutions either simultaneously or sequentially.
So, to improve womens access to economic opportunities the WDR recommends measures to:
reduce womens time spent doing housework and caring for children (e.g., through providing subsidized childcare as in Colombia);
enhance womens access to productive resources (e.g., through joint land titling as in Ethiopia);
address the biases of markets and service delivery institutions against women (e.g., through job placement programs and training as in Jordan).
While domestic policy action is crucial, the international community can play a role in complementing these efforts in each of these priority areas as well in through better data, impact evaluation, and learning. In some areas, this will mean additional support in the form of more funding, more innovation, and better partnerships.


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Dish's wireless strategy, particularly its $5.15 billion offer for Clearwire is likely to be the focus Wednesday. Miriam Gottfried reports on Markets Hub. Photo: AP.
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Boscanova Cafe
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Oh that looks like so much fun - i love easy places where the food is fab, the decor feels right and the staff are lovely - so much better than the 'places to be' - have a wonderful weekend xxReplyDelete
ps the ring is Solange Azagury Partridge and it is called the lips ring and thanks so much for noticing x
Yay! I'm so terribly happy you found this place! It's *almost* like your American diner experience you've been daydreaming about. I love the decor. I've yet to visit Seattle, but this is the type of place I would imagine for it. Now you've got me wanting some pancakes!ReplyDelete
This place looks good.ReplyDelete
What a nice husband! You are so lucky. That pancake looks amazing. I've had wheat free pancakes before and let me just tell you, not a fan. My pancakes looks way different than Boscanova's one. For some odd reason, my pancakes looked dirty. LOLReplyDelete
I love hipster places like Boscanova. As long as the food and service is good, I'm in!
Ah Jen, I can tell you I've tried all kinds of wheat free stuff and I too have had some disastrous results with the wheat free variety of pancakes. What seems to go terribly wrong with them most of the time is how doughy they can get. Typically gluten is what prevents that in a pancake but you have to work around that when you're going wheat free and this place did a fantastic job of it. I would've never known they were wheat free if my husband hadn't pointed it out after we were finished. I have to admit too, the service was so friendly that as I walked past the kitchen area, the chef looked up, flashed me a smile and asked "You alright?" which is how they sort of say "hey there!" when they greet you here. It was really lovely.ReplyDelete
Pancakes rule! I'd missed pancakes. If I want pancakes now, I have to make them from scratch and let's just be honest, I can be really lazy first thing in the morning. I'm not usually hungry and don't have all that much motivation. These completely rocked though and they took all the work of it straight out of my hands.ReplyDelete
I totally agree with you. After our last experience eating out I was a bit wary of trying again so soon but my husband can be very persuasive. I'm so glad he managed to get my stubborn bottom in there hehehe.ReplyDelete
Thanks for letting me know about the ring. I'm going to go hunt for it now! xo
Wait a minute! Coffee? Ecclectic place? I think this plce is calling me! I'm sure you both had a great kid free moment! I have no kids yet, but it is so good when I spend my time with my fiancé doing something different! How amazing is breaking our routine, right? I wish you more moments like that!!!ReplyDelete
- chillairandperfumeJanuary 15, 2012 at 2:31 PM
I love discovering a new cafe! The place looks really cute & unique, and -wow!- those pancakes look delicious. Sounds like you had a great day with hubby :)ReplyDelete
Wow, that looks like such a cool place. Not some cookie cutter cafe. And I'm drooling over those pancakes right now- they do look really springy. Yumm!!ReplyDelete
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What a fun & funky looking place - love cafe's like this!! And yum those pancakes looks freakin delicious too. Oooh, and thanks for the King Chlorella tip, I'll have to check it out at our local health food store. Hope you're enjoying a fabulous weekend. xo veronikaReplyDelete
you totally deserve it, Rachel. That cafe looks like my kind of haunt!ReplyDelete


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Monogatari Series Second Season - Anime News & Speculation (No Spoilers)
Yesh, it is guarantee now...
All of the is being green-lit...
I wonder if they will do this in one sweep, 26-eps of Monogatari??
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|2012-04-07, 08:02
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A year of Monogatari. Oh boy, I'm gonna need more lube for this.
|2012-04-07, 09:47
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Officially between season two there is 1671 pages of material. Divide that by 26 episodes and we get 64 pages per episode.
This also implies that either Kuro is getting an OVA or the ignore card.
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|2012-04-07, 11:35
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Edit: From what I can read, it could be that there will be two-cours for the entire "second season" or it could be split into two-cour portions. They do want to animate Neko (black) too.
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|2012-04-07, 12:39
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I think this approach makes a lot of sense.
- movie for Kizumonogatari
- movie/OVA for Neko Black
- 2-cour (or split-cour) TV series for Neko (white) to Koi
- 1-cour final TV series for the last three novels (or a series of movies)
That gives them basically 4-5 episodes per novel, which is the equivalent of a movie's length for each. It may be a bit less than some people are hoping for, but it allows them to cover the entire series in a reasonable amount of time before the franchise goes cold. Otherwise, if they do it the way they've been doing it so far, it'll drag out for years and years, and that's probably not in anyone's best interests (except perhaps for the hardcore novel fans who'd be willing to wait any length of time if it means more episodes...)
|2012-04-08, 00:27
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And given how SHAFT works, i guess that the earliest we see the end of Monogatari series is by end of 2014...
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Look how long it took JC staff to do Shana and whether KyoAni will ever finish Haurhi is anyone's guess. And as out of control as Shinbo gets sometime, you know you won't get a endless eight.
|2012-04-09, 23:41
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more details on the next anime works.
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Even though I havent read all the novels, but I can see why novel readers complain about 26 episodes wont be sufficient to cover all necessary parts of the material and more than willing to wait longer in order to get more than two-cours to cover six books. However, I can imagine far worse scenarios if other studios are responsible for the adaptation of Monogatari novels. I believe this will be the least of their worries.
Let's see. KyoAni is quite faithful to the sources, but works like a turtle. Every two novels for 3-5 years at least. Poor FMP fans.
JC staff employed what I would called do or don't strategy. They will start of by being loyal to the novel first (Shana 1, Index) to hook up the novel readers and play it safe. When they successfully hook up a solid novel fanbase, they move on to fanservice fillers (Shana 2, Railgun) to attract other type of fans. That's their do or don't strategy.
AIC isn't good either when it comes to adaptation. Look at how AIC ASTA mess up the ending of Sora no Otoshimono 2 and the following movie. In Amagami SS they leave a certain heroine friendzone to have her ending in Amagami Plus. For AIC Build, Ore Imo and Haganai has them left out all the first-person monologue. They think cutting out monologues will not hurt the series so you can picture how they would adapt Monogatari series.
Oh, and don't let me remind you what if Xebec gets it. *shivers*
Look, I'm not saying that Shaft is the best animation studio out there. They have their own flaws and sometime their art style upsets some people, but at least IMO, they are the best among to worse of studios when it comes to adapting novels and I think it's much safer to leave Monogatari anime with them compare to other studios. Shaft is both fast and loyal if a series is well recieved it is almost guarantee a second or third season from them.
I know that novel readers will likely find it disappointing if some parts of novels they like to see failed to get into anime, they have all the right to complain when that time comes, but keep in mind that if what is seen in anime is the exact copy of the novel, people would just watch the anime rather than interested in picking up the novel to see what else is there. I.e. there will be no new novel fans. So it is up to those who have read the novels to clarify what aspects of the novels was left out or lost in the adaptation and try converting non-novel readers to become novel readers. Involvement in fan translations of the novel is also a way to help the novels more accessible to the fans like what happened with Haruhi novels.
For me, Im ok with Shafts 26 episodes adaptation plan as far as things goes. It may not be perfect, but I think the best that we can afford for future of Monogatari franchise or would you like to have it only 13 episode for who knows how many novels + fillers adapt by other studio? At least they made it clear enough they intended to adapt all six books given they didn't lie about it. Hopefully, they will keep their promise.
|2012-04-10, 07:37
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Season 1 and 2 had 26 episodes and did 1436 pages worth of material.
As I mentioned already season two of the novels contain 1671 pages of material.
It's a tough case. 26 episodes clearly isn't enough as we saw Tsukihi Phoenix got really rushed. On the other hand the extra two hundred pages doesn't really warrant a extra cour.
Tough indeed.
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Anyway Shaft is definitively good as far as adaptations go, but not always 100% good.
Then again, the result of the adaptation may differ from book to book.
I personally have a theory on the reason behind Shaft's choice, a bit more prosaic than the will to give anime fans their adaptation quickly:
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Fri - rest again (work getting in the way really)
Sat - 18 miles again slow because running with some guys at the club... but still was fine covering the miles. Think I'll start going solo for these long runs soon as the pace is too slow on club runs.
Got a slight strain on foot so taking Sunday off... so it really is a reduction week with 32 miles done.. should go up to 50 next week.


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Flower your look with eye-catching beauty when you don this marvelous multi gem ring from Gem Treasures. Featuring an ornate flower-like top, the polished sterling silver band supports a serious splash of gemstones. It begins with a smoothly rich Sleeping Beauty turquoise cabochon at the center surrounded by a halo of zircons. The petals complete the look with your choice of gemstones supplying the color.
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Sterling silver, also called fine silver, is a beautifully lustrous cool-toned precious metal favored in fine jewelry among other products. The most reflective of all metals (excluding mercury), sterling silver looks stunning by itself and brings out the best hues in an array of colorful gemstones.
Sterling silver can be polished to a higher sheen than platinum. In fact, Ag, the chemical symbol for silver, comes from a word that means "white and shining." The surface of silver can boast that shiny, polished appearance, or can be brushed, satin, matte, sandblasted, antiqued or oxidized (chemically blackened).
In order to be called sterling silver, a metal must be made up of a minimum of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% alloy (meaning other metals), including but not limited to copper and nickel. The alloy is added to pure silver to make the metal more durable, tougher and harder. Sterling silver is designated a fineness of "925." Pieces with sterling silver may be marked "sterling."
Finishes on Sterling Silver
Finishing, or plating, is a common treatment with sterling silver. Popular types of plating are rhodium plating, gold plating and anti-tarnish plating. Plating is used to extend the life and sheen of the jewelry. After sizing or buffing a piece of jewelry with a machine, it must be re-plated to restore the finish.
Caring for Sterling Silver
Sterling silver becomes tarnished as the result of a natural chemical process that occurs when sterling silver is exposed to chemicals in the air, rubber, wool and latex. Humidity also plays a role in accelerating tarnishing. It's easy to keep your sterling silver sparkling, though, by taking a few steps to prevent tarnish and other wear and tear.
Amethyst, the most precious member of the quartz family, exhibits purple shades ranging from pale lilac to deep purple, sometimes exhibiting reddish or rose overtones. Very deep-colored amethysts are the finest and most highly valued . Some stones are so over-saturated with color they have areas that are blacked out, which can negatively impact their value. Paler shades, sometimes called "Rose of France," were common in Victorian jewelry. Banding—darker and lighter zones of color—is also a common occurrence. Occasionally, amethyst is even found combined with its sister quartz, citrine, into a single stone called ametrine.
The birthstone for February, amethyst is an extremely popular gem for jewelry because of its regal color, variety of sizes and shapes, affordability and wide range of hues. It also is the recommended gem for couples celebrating their 6 th and 17 th wedding anniversaries. With a hardness of 7.0 on the Mohs Scale , a methyst can occur as long prismatic crystals that have six-sided pyramids at either end, or can form as drusies that are crystalline crusts that only show the pointed terminations.
The ancient Greeks believed that amethyst made one immune to the effects of alcohol. In fact, the name even comes from the Greek word amethystos, which means "not drunken." Legend has it that the amethyst originated from Bacchus, the god of wine. Bacchus became angry at the mortals and vowed that the next mortal to cross his path would be eaten by tigers. Amethyst, a beautiful young maiden, was on her way to worship the goddess, Diana. Diana turned her into colorless quartz to keep her from being eaten. Bacchus observed the miracle and repented his hasty decision. He poured wine over the young maiden, leaving her feet and legs colorless. This is the reason that amethyst crystals are usually uneven in color and have a colorless base at the bottom. Because amethyst was believed to prevent drunkenness, wine goblets were often carved from it in ancient Greece. Today, the gem still symbolizes sobriety.
Amethyst has been a part of history throughout the ages. Evidence suggests that prehistoric humans used amethysts for decoration as early as 25,000 B.C. Legends suggest that the Egyptian queen Cleopatra wore an amethyst signet ring, as did Saint Valentine, who bared an amethyst engraved with the figure of Cupid. During medieval times, people used the stone as medication to stay awake and alert. Leonardo Da Vinci claimed that amethyst could dissipate evil thoughts and quicken the intelligence. In some legends, the stone represents piety, celibacy and dignity. In the Middle Ages, for instance, the gem was an important ornamentation for the Catholic Church and other religions. It was considered the stone of bishops, and they still often wear amethyst rings. In Tibet, amethyst is considered sacred to Buddha and rosaries are often made from it. Amethyst has also long been a favorite of kings and queens for its royal purple hues that symbolize wisdom, strength and confidence. Amethysts are even featured in the British Crown Jewels and were worn by Catherine the Great.
Amethyst's availability and magical qualities make it the stone of preference in ancient lore and mysticism. As a meditation stone, it is said to quiet the mind, promote contemplation, sharpen psychic powers and uplift the spirit. It is a stone of deep wisdom. Folklore says it can quicken the wit, calm fears and ward off anger. It has a royal purple essence that is said to lend courage to travelers, scare off thieves and protect travelers from harm. Placed under the pillow or worn to bed, there are claims it promotes peaceful sleep and pleasant dreams. Amethyst can also be worn to supposedly make the wearer gentle, amiable and happy.
The stone is mined in Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina, as well as in Zambia, Namibia and other African nations. Very dark amethyst in small sizes also is mined in Australia. But the ideal for fine quality amethyst was set by a Siberian variety, often called Russian or Uralian amethyst, which is now considered a defunct source. Generally, South American amethyst tends to come in larger sizes than African amethyst, but the African variety has a reputation for having deeper color intensity and is therefore considered more valuable. The African version also is harder to come by than amethyst mined from South America. Most of today's amethyst comes out of Brazil.
Lune de France is a very special variety of amethyst that rarely comes to market. From the northwest state of Amazon in Brazil, this gemstone comes from the Maraba mine. This lovely lilac gemstone features a unique velvet-like quality that at first observation can be confused for an opal or moonstone. The gemstone's internal structure contains natural, cloud-like veils of microscopic inclusions that are extremely minute, even under high power magnification. These inclusions cause the incoming light to scatter and reflect, thus creating an opalescent effect. While a similar inclusion structure can be expected in rose quartz, it almost never occurs in an amethyst. Lune de France features a natural lilac color and retains excellent transparency allowing it to be faceted for maximum light play.
Peridot features a lively yellow-green color that is transparent with an oily luster. The iron that creates peridot's color is an integral part of its structure, so the gem is only found in various shades of green. It is most prized in lime hues, but Italian peridot is a rich olive color and popular American peridot is a beautiful light yellow-green. The Romans called peridot "evening emerald" because its exquisite green color was said to glow at night. This is perhaps because the stone exhibits double refraction, meaning that when looking through the stone, objects appear double. So when looking into a faceted peridot, the number of bottom facets appears to be double the actual number, creating a glittering sensation.
Pronounced PEAR-A-DOE, the word "peridot" comes from the French word meaning "gem." It is the gem variety of the mineral olivine and ranks a 6.5-7.0 on the Mohs Scale.
Born in cauldrons of fire, peridot is considered the "volcanic gem," since small crystals of it are often found in the rocks created by volcanoes. In fact, Hawaiian legend called peridot the divine tears wept by Pele, goddess of the volcano. The island of Oahu even has beaches made out of olivine grains, but they are much too small to cut into peridot. Samples of the gem also have been discovered in meteorites that have fallen to Earth, many of which are more than a billion years old.
Peridot traces its jewelry roots to 3,500 years ago. The stone was first mined by the ancient Egyptians on the volcanic island of Zebargad in the Red Sea. Known as the "serpent isle," it was infested with poisonous snakes that interfered with mining activity until one Pharaoh had them all driven into the sea. Today, Native Americans mine most peridot on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona. Interestingly, a lmost all peridot sold in Hawaii is from Arizona, despite the fact that peridot is produced by Hawaii's volcanoes. The gemstone is also found in Norway, Brazil, China, Egypt, Italy, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. An exciting new deposit was discovered in Pakistan in 1994, yielding some of the finest peridot ever seen, including one stone that weighed more than 300.00ct.
Peridot is among the oldest known stones and has been mined as a gem for thousands of years. As early as 1575 to 1350 B.C., the ancient Egyptians used peridot beads in their ceremonial jewelry. In fact, it is believed the stone was one of the favorite gems of Cleopatra and that some of the "emeralds" she wore were actually peridot.
Ancient Egyptians also carved small drinking vessels out of large chunks of peridot. Priests would drink soma from them in rituals, believing the soma would put them in touch with the nature goddess, Isis. Legend has it that King Soloman traded cedar trees from Lebanon for 12 soma drinking cups and 144 liters of soma. The Egyptians made this trade for ramp logs to build their pyramids at Gisa, while King Soloman was said to have been enlightened by drinking soma from the peridot cups. Today, Mexican hill tribes still drink soma from green glazed cups to put them in touch with nature and their ancestors' spirits. Additionally, some Native American Indians in Arizona use tea made from peyote ground with peridot crystals in their rituals.
Peridot has also been important to other cultures throughout history. Late in the Ottoman Empire (1300 to 1900), peridot was a highly prized gem and Turkish Sultans amassed some of the world's largest collections of the gemstone. It is mentioned in the Bible under the name of "chrysolite," and was used to decorate medieval churches with samples that were most likely carried back to Europe by the Crusaders. Large stones weighing more than 200.00ct adorn the Shrine of the Three Magi at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.
Throughout the ages, peridot has been believed to hold mystical powers of protection and healing. The ancients regarded the stone as a symbol of the sun and wore it in amulets to prevent nightmares and drive away evil spirits. It was even favored by pirates to protect them against evil. Peridot was said to be useful for calming raging angers, curing nervous afflictions and promoting quiet sleep. It was also believed to strengthen any medicine drunk from goblets carved from the stone. South American Shamans used peridot to ward off snakebites and the evil spirits who have taken the form of mosquitoes who bring the sleeping sickness. They also say the heating of magic mushroom tea by peridot takes them on trips to the ancestor heavens.
Today, peridot is believed to bring the wearer success, peace and good luck. To be most powerful, it is said that the stone should be mounted in gold and surrounded with small diamonds. With powers that are thought to bring protection and health, modern folklore also says it can be used to attract love and calm anger while soothing nerves and dispelling negative emotions. T he gem is believed to protect the wearer from bad dreams when set in gold.
Peridot is considered the birthstone of August. Given as a symbol of fame, dignity and protection, this gem is also traditionally given to couples celebrating their 16 th wedding anniversaries.
Often referred to as the "Queen of Garnets," rhodolite is the violet-red variety of the garnet family. Its most prized color is a beautiful raspberry, but the gem can also be found in shades of pink, red and wine. The name is derived from the Greek words "rhodon" and "lithos," meaning rose-stone, which connects the gemstone today with the raspberry-pink flower known as the rhododendron.
Rhodolite is a combination of almandine and pyrope garnets. Although it is occasionally found in volcanic rock, the stone is most often found in alluvial deposits in the form of water-worn pebbles. For this reason, large solitaires weighing 5.00ct or more are seldom seen at retail. Most rhodolite is mined in Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. It ranks a 7.5 on the Mohs Scale and is ideal for jewelry.
The ancients wore rhodolites as amulets for protection from injury or death in battles. Modern folklore says rhodolite can help one understand dreams, as well as bring about love and devotion when given as a gift.
A symbol of strength and intelligence, topaz derives its name from Topazios, an island in the Red Sea that is known today as Zabargad. The Greek word "topazios" means "to seek," since the island was covered with a thick fog and difficult to find. Gemstones found on the island were called topaz, although the stones were eventually found to actually be peridot. The real gem of topaz is found throughout the world, with different occurrences producing specific colors.
Brown, yellow, orange and red topaz are found in Brazil, Sri Lanka and Siberia. Most brownish topaz is heated to produce a permanent and glamorous pink color. Following the discovery of pink topaz in Russia during the 19th century, Imperial topaz was found. Featuring a sherry red, deep pink or reddish-orange color, the gem was so coveted that its ownership was restricted to the Czar, his family and those who received it as a royal gift. Today, Imperial shades are the most rare and, therefore, the most valuable.
Blue topaz is rarely found in nature and is most often created through a combination of heat treatment and irradiation. It is found in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and China. Topaz is often colorless, too, and can be found in the United States, Mexico, Russia and Pakistan. In 1998, a new type of enhanced topaz made its appearance with a greenish-blue or emerald green color. All colors of topaz rank an 8.0 on the Mohs Scale of hardness.
Yellow topaz is November's birthstone and blue topaz is December's birthstone. Blue topaz is also the traditional gift for 4th and 19th wedding anniversaries, while Imperial topaz is celebrated as a 23rd anniversary gift. Perhaps the most famous topaz is a large, colorless stone known as the Braganza. It was discovered in Brazil in 1740 and was originally thought to be a priceless diamond. Today, the giant 1,680.00ct stone is set in the Portuguese Crown.
The mystery and allure of topaz goes back thousands of years. To the ancients, it was a symbol of love and affection and was thought to ward off sudden death. The Romans associated topaz with Jupiter, the god of the sun. The Greeks called it the Stone of Strength, believing it had the power to increase strength and make its wearer invisible in times of emergency. The Egyptians said the gem was colored with the golden glow of the sun god, Ra, making topaz a powerful amulet that protected its wearer against harm.
Topaz' mystical curative powers were believed to wax and wane with the phases of the moon. The gem was said to change color in the presence of poisoned food or drink and falcons were carved on the stones to help earn the goodwill of kings and magnates.
Today, topaz is said to be the gem that has the widest range of curative powers. It is believed to dispel enchantment and protect against negative emotions such as anger, fear, greed and envy. Its properties are supposedly enhanced when the gem is mounted in gold. Because of this association with gold, topaz is used to bring or enhance the wearer's money-gathering abilities and has long been used in money and wealth rituals.
Wearing topaz is said to improve and deepen relationships, promote patience, ensure fidelity and enhance the ability to love. The gem is also believed to bring friendship, intelligence, long life, beauty and a pleasant disposition.
One of the oldest known gems, turquoise has been prized for thousands of years. The Egyptians believed it had powerful mystical properties, and turquoise jewelry has been found interred with 7,500-year-old mummies. Ancient manuscripts from Persia, India, Afghanistan and Arabia say that the health of a person wearing turquoise could be assessed by variations in the color of the stone. Montezuma's treasure, now displayed in the British Museum, includes a carved serpent covered by a mosaic of turquoise.
Turquoise was especially revered by the Native American culture, an association that dates back to the Aztec empire more than 700 years ago. For the Aztecs, turquoise was reserved for the gods and mere mortals were forbidden to wear it. They believed it to be a gem of good fortune and a commodity more valuable than gold. Native Americans believed turquoise protected people from demons and they even placed turquoise in tombs to guard the dead. The stone's colors were thought to be symbolically blue for the heavens and green for the earth. Often warriors tied turquoise to their bows to ensure accurate shots.
Today, turquoise is still believed to provide protection and bring luck. It is said to also promote prosperity, love, healing, courage and friendship. The stone is thought to relax the mind and ease mental tension.
The gem's opaque turquoise color varies from shades of greenish blue to deep cobalt to sky blue. Some varieties display white or brown matrixes, which are streaks of the mother stone from which they came, while others have veins of black matrix running through them. Generally, the bluer the blue, the more highly valued the stone. A clear, even texture without mottling or veins is also preferred. The most rare and valuable color is an intense azure, but the most common is the mild to medium sky blue. Sometimes imitated by minerals such as chrysocolla, turquoise stones are often dyed or colored with coatings of various resins.
In the 13th century, turquoise was mistakenly believed to have come from the country of Turkey. Hence, its name came from the French word for Turkey, "Turquie". The stone was actually brought to Europe from Persia (now Iran), via Turkey. It is a mineral usually found in association with copper deposits and is sometimes mined as a by-product of copper mining.
Although turquoise is found in desert regions worldwide, especially in the southwestern United States, perhaps the finest and most valuable comes from the Sleeping Beauty mine in Globe, Arizona. It is named after the Sleeping Beauty Mountain which resembles a reclined woman in a slumbering state. Its turquoise is world renowned for its beauty that ranges from pure robin's egg blue to a darker royal blue.
While only ranking between 5.0 and 6.0 on the Mohs Scale of hardness, turquoise remains quite popular for jewelry. In Europe, turquoise rings are given as forget-me-not gifts, while in the United States, the stone is given as traditional 5th and 11th wedding anniversary gifts. It has even become a modern consideration for the December birthstone. When wearing turquoise over the years, the stone will absorb oil from a person's skin, causing a slight change to the color of turquoise.
Turquoise is commonly treated in various fashions to ensure its durability and visual appeal, especially when set in jewelry. If a stone has been treated, the type of process will be noted.
Turquoise is one of the oldest gemstones known in history going back 6,000 years BC and has been revered by almost every ancient culture. It is the alternate birthstone for December and has a Mohs rating of 5.0-6.0. Turquoise is a Hydrous Phosphate of Aluminum and Copper and may form as a chalky coating on rocks or finely disseminated crystals formed within small rock cavities. Rough such as this is not commercially viable, which has led to the development of reconstituted turquoise. Turquoise-bearing rock is pulverized and the turquoise is separated from the rock using a float process. The pulverized turquoise is then mixed with a colored resin, which is then injected into a mold to form a solid block. This is then cubed, preformed and fashioned into various shapes and sizes. It is an excellent method of using rough that would otherwise not be usable.
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Concern as emphasis on Climate Change is dropped
Representatives from around the world gather in Rio in June to try to hammer out goals for sustainable development at a U.N. conference designed to avoid being tripped up by the intractable issue of climate change. But there is concern in the lead-up to the conference, known as Rio+20 or the Earth Summit, that it risks ending up as all talk and little action.
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U.N. sustainable development summit shifts from climate change
By Deborah Zabarenko and Nina Chestney
Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:29pm GMT
(Reuters) - Representatives from around the world gather in Rio in June to try to hammer out goals for sustainable development at a U.N. conference designed to avoid being tripped up by the intractable issue of climate change.
But there is concern in the lead-up to the conference, known as Rio+20 or the Earth Summit, that it risks ending up as all talk and little action.
In an attempt to avoid too much confrontation, the conference will focus not on climate change but on sustainable development - making sure economies can grow now without endangering resources and the environment for future generations.
U.N. conferences over the past decade have begun with high hopes for agreements to compel nations to cut climate-warming emissions and help adapt to a hotter world, but they often ended with disappointingly modest results. That was the case last year in the global climate change summit in Durban, South Africa. Participants at that meeting agreed to forge a new deal by 2015 that would go into force by 2020.
The "sustainable" branding for this year's summit, rather than climate, is by design, said Ambassador Andre Correa do Lago, who headed Brazil's delegation to the U.N. climate talks in Durban and will be a chief negotiator for Brazil in Rio.
Sustainable development is an easier sell globally than climate change, even though sustainable development is a way of tackling global warming and other environmental issues, he said.
"Climate change is an (issue) that has very strong resistance from sectors that are going to be substantially altered, like the oil industry," do Lago said. "Sustainable development is something that is as simple as looking at how we would like to be in 10 or 20 years."
The time seems ripe. Natural resources are at a premium. The global human population tops 7 billion. Traditional economies are failing. And the planet is warming. Leaders may accept the premise that it makes sense to ensure rich and emerging nations can grow without further damaging the environment.
The focus of global meetings has been on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, but the world's biggest emitters, including China and the United States, have balked, arguing it would cripple economic development.
Climate change first claimed the world stage at the U.N. Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro 20 years ago. That first Earth Summit in 1992 ultimately led to the carbon-capping Kyoto Protocol and a treaty on biodiversity.
This summit offers a chance to renew political will to make the world's economies greener.
Since the 1992 summit, successive attempts to secure a new binding pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions have failed to produce concrete results, public interest in climate change has waned, and many world leaders are concentrating on upcoming elections and financial worries.
There is concern that this new summit could fall short.
"The most it will manage is to set some voluntary goals with a vague timeline, but it will not be clear what the process is to achieve these goals," said Andrew Light of the Centre for American Progress think tank in Washington. Without real goals and a way to reach them, Light said, Rio "will be a missed opportunity."
A U.N. draft document was released this month as a starting point for the June conference, outlining seven issues including jobs, energy, food, water and disasters.
"Without clearly defined goals, the summit will not provide the clarity and certainty that are needed to get the private sector to actively participate and potentially make the investments needed to achieve the goals," said Stephen Starbuck, expert on climate change and sustainability at Ernst & Young.
A narrower climate focus could also put off some countries, such as the United States, where opposition to carbon-capping legislation was so strong from Republicans and the oil industry that it overturned plans for a national emissions cap-and-trade arrangement.
In the past 20 years, the debate has changed as the world has changed, according to Tim Wirth, a former U.S. senator who attended the 1992 Rio meeting and will be at this year's conference as president of the non-profit U.N. Foundation.
"The debate's changed because of China, India, Brazil and South Africa, the very rapid and surprisingly powerful growth of the newly industrialized countries," he said.
In 1992 and in the Kyoto Protocol that grew from events at Rio, these developing countries and others were exempt from curbing carbon dioxide emissions, while rich countries like the United States would have had to cut back. In the end, the U.S. Senate never ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which entered into force in 2005.
"Rio was really exploratory," Wirth said. "Nobody knew what this was going to be all about. ... I think Rio+20 becomes an opportunity to be very specific, especially about energy and development."
Although fast-developing economies are eager for this shift, Wirth said there may be resistance from big energy powers like the United States and some oil producers in the Middle East.
"These are the countries that say, 'Hey, this is our sandbox, you can't get into it,'" he said. "But I think that's passing by very quickly."
Rio+20 will have to give the private sector the clarity and incentives they need over the medium term, Starbuck said.
Any goals set in Rio would likely be for the next 20 years, which could be too far in the future for most chief executives whose time in office is more likely to last years, not decades.
Instead, interim goals set along the way to 2030 would make the private sector more likely to engage, Starbuck added.
(Reporting by Deborah Zabarenko in Washington and Nina Chestney in London; Editing by Russell Blinch and Will Dunham)


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I am very new to CnC Very Good !! Where has it been all my life lol
I have a server with massive amounts of bandwidth on the back bone of the net and wanted to setup some servers..
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Nah, you can't make your own server, its all ran through the EA server, why would you want too make a dedicated server really?
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Clerk Phil Giavasis defends the hiring of Kody Gonzalez, saying his decision wasn't based on politics.
Randy Gonzalez, deputy clerk of the Canton Municipal Court, will retire at the end of the year, and his son, Kody, is in training to take his place.
Clerk of Court Phil Giavasis made the appointment of Kody Gonzalez and said he did so without input from Randy Gonzalez, who also serves as chairman of the Stark County Democratic Party.
Giavasis, a Democrat, defended the hiring this week, saying that the younger Gonzalez has proven himself as a capable deputy clerk at the Stark County Recorder's Office, a position he was hired for in 2007 by Democrat Recorder Rick Campbell.
Kody Gonzalez will earn $64,000 annually when he is sworn in at the start of the new year, Giavasis said.
Giavasis said he hired Kody Gonzalez strictly on job performance and experience, not because his father currently holds the job.
Kody Gonzalez will manage the Stark County Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) as part of his duties as the office's No. 2 post. CJIS is the online database of court records for Stark's three municipal courts and the county court system.
"He was chief deputy at Rick Campbell's office," Giavasis said. "He totally automated that office. I have a very good rapport with him. It's a position of trust. Believe me, he didn't get it because of his father, he got it in spite of his father. He is technologically savvy. There are numerous reasons why I hired him."
He said it is unfair to Kody Gonzalez to say he was given the job for any reason other than his hard work.
Kody Gonzalez said he was honored to be hired and that Giavasis wouldn't have offered it if he wasn't competent.
"It's a very important position," he said. "It's not just the clerk's office, but it's CJIS. I have a unique skill set being that I worked in the courts before, in almost every single department, and I have almost seven years now of chief deputy experience doing budgets, management and hiring."
Kody Gonzalez, who has a bachelor's degree from Ohio University and began his career as a teacher for the Jackson Local School District, said he understands why people would question the hiring.
"It doesn't make a difference, though," he said. "Politics are what politics are. When it comes down to it, I don't think Phil would have hired me if I couldn't have done the job. ... I welcome it (the scrutiny). It pushes me to be better."
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Angela Simmons is working that ponytail! Earlier this week, she was spotted hitting the red carpet of OK Magazine's Fashion Week party in an all leather outfit paired with some dope suede Olcay Gulsen Sky-high heels. She has been bodying Fashion week every day in high fashion outfits while sitting front row at shows like Alice & Olivia, Diesel, Betsey Johnson and more.
Actress Tika Sumpter rocked a white jacket and skirt combo (with leopard detailing) and nude YSL pumps this week as she left the Rebecca Minkoff Runway show.
Gabrielle Union looked chic and youthful as she hit up the front row of Mark McNairy New Amsterdam's runway show yesterday at the Lincoln Center
ASAP Rocky was spotted in taking in a few shows this week, including the Y-3 show where he sat front row next to the likes of Lupe Fiasco.
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Alicia Keys is really coming into her own with her new short hair. She was turning heads in all white earlier this week as she attended the Edun Spring 2013 runway show at Skylight Studios in Manhattan
Estelle and model Selita Ebanks was spotted sharing some laughs as they left the BCBG Runway show late last week.
Celebrity stylist June Ambrose has been spotted taking in numerous Fashion Week shows around the Lincoln Center while with her best asset; her energetic and fashionable daughter Summer .
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It's long been rumored that Skyfall director Sam Mendes would return behind the camera for the 24th James Bond film. Now the Daily Mail is reporting that Mendes is "75 per cent of the way towards doing it." This is by no means a confirmation of his return for the film, so treat it strictly as a rumor.
Mendes was at first reluctant to return because screenwriter John Logan was planning a two-part story that would have been shot back-to-back. The site says that is no longer the case and that Bond 24 and 25 will now be stand-alone movies.
Mendes' involvement with the film was confirmed a few months ago when Skyfall co-writer Robert Wade mentioned that Mendes and Logan have already come up with a story for the next film. Check back for possible confirmation of his return in the coming weeks.
Skyfall is the highest-grossing James Bond film to date and the seventh highest-grossing film of all time. It is currently available for DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download.
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|Dev: IO Interactive
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Eidos Interactive
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: August 17, 2010
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|Players: 1 (2+ Online)
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Mature
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February 17, 2010 - A little over two years ago, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men got a very lukewarm reception from most game critics. Many thought that the game's story and interesting characters were great but the gameplay just wasn't all there. Having never gotten around to playing through the finished title myself, I really couldn't say one way or the other. However, what I can tell you is that it looks like IO Interactive is really going out of their way to fix many of the areas of criticism leveled against Dead Men and even adding a unique visual style to their upcoming sequel, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days.
Unfortunately, I already have a complaint to file against this game. The name is completely wrong. While Dead Men was a game centered around Kane and his dealings with The7, with Lynch playing a constant second fiddle, Dog Days is set to place Lynch on the center stage. So for a more accurate name they might have wanted to switch the characters' names to reflect this change. Of course, this is a petty gripe, but with everything I've seen of Dog Days thus far, this is the only one I could muster.
Dog Days will be taking place a few years after the events of Dead Men. Lynch has found himself living in Shanghai and working for a crime syndicate, while Kane has seen fit to make a new life with his daughter. When Lynch is confronted with the opportunity for a big job involving a ton of cash, he calls up Kane and convinces him to come and help out. Seeing only dollar signs and the opportunity to provide a better life for his daughter, Kane accepts and the duo is back together again, which is usually when everything goes bad.
As you may remember from the first title, Kane was a very logical and tactical sort of man. In stark contrast was Lynch, a pill-popping psychopath who was more likely to freak out and kill everything moving than to give a second thought to what he was doing. However, if you were delusional and seeing policemen with animal heads, you probably wouldn't give too much thought to tactics either. Since you'll be directly controlling Lynch this time around instead of Kane, you can expect the feel of the gameplay to directly reflect the differences between these characters.
The shootouts in Dog Days are said to be more impulsive, focusing more on your ability to react to what's thrown at you rather than tactics. Some of the major concerns with Dead Men including the cover system, aiming, shooting, and the way the A.I. handled itself are also all supposed to be much improved. After reading all of the reviews and negative feedback they received about Dead Men's gameplay, IO Interactive have reportedly put a lot of work into making sure that the cover system works much better, aiming and shooting are much less floaty and more accurate, and that the A.I. will behave much more realistically. Given that no one's been able to get their hands on a playable version of this game yet, these are statements that are yet to be substantiated. Of course, given the company's track record with the Hitman franchise, which seemed to get progressively better as the series went along, this doesn't seem to be that large a leap of faith to take.
Further differentiating itself from Dead Men, Dog Days will be incorporating a dramatically different visual style. While most video games attempt to approach realistic visuals from a more traditional point of view, trying to make everything on-screen look as close to real life as possible, Dog Days is instead taking its inspiration and definition of realistic directly from YouTube and other user-generated videos. The game will still be played from a third-person, over-the-shoulder viewpoint, but it will feel more like someone following your character with a handheld camera than the traditionally static third-person camera. This results in a perspective more akin to films such as Cloverfield, which is something that hasn't really been tried in many video games before.
A shaky camera perspective is only part of Dog Days' new aesthetic, with a plethora of other effects also working in conjunction to pull off this new user-generated video visual style. When you get shot, the screen may show digital artifacts or even cut out for a brief period of time. Explosions can also cause the screen to get choppy and briefly cut out. Close ups of extreme carnage, such as someone getting their face blown off, will sometimes be heavily pixelated, making it look as though it is being censored as if it were being broadcast on television. You'll also notice a very low quality feel to the overall visuals, given off by some excessive film grain as well as frequent light blurring that you might think would make the game look terrible, but in actuality it appears to works rather well. Completing this style, Dog Days will also not load between levels but will instead buffer, which is a fairly unimportant but nice touch.
Another major complaint about Dead Men that has been addressed in Dog Days is the inclusion of online co-op. The first time around players were only able to play split-screen with a friend, but now you'll have your choice of tackling the game's single-player campaign using either split-screen or online co-op. Dead Men's interesting Fragile Alliance multiplayer will also be making a return, although no official details have yet been given as to any changes or additions that we can expect. Instead, IO Interactive has only stated that there will be some new mechanics and surprises to be had.
While it would have been easy to get away with just tweaking a few gameplay issues, polishing up the graphics, creating a new campaign, and adding a '2' to the box, it looks like IO Interactive is really trying to improve upon what Dead Men had to offer players. The new user-generated visual style of the game truly looks interesting and will hopefully provide a very unique and immersive experience. We'll have to wait until we get a chance to get our hands on the title before we'll know for sure, but so far things are already looking up for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days.
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"Culver in Flames," a visual history of fires and firefighters of Culver's past, will take place Saturday, Aug. 25, starting at 10 a.m., at the Culver-Union Twp. fire station, 508 E. Lake Shore Drive.
The program is part of the August meeting of the Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver, which at the event will also recognize the fire department -- which first incorporated here in 1903 -- for its more than 100 years of life-saving service to the community.
Jeff Kenney of the AHS will detail major conflagrations in the town of Culver, on the Culver Academies campus, on the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee, and in the immediately surrounding area, dating back to the 19th century, as well as outline the history of the fire department, via extensive photos in a Power Point platform.
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MENDOTA — Andy Puck said his Princeton Tigresses were not ready to play volleyball Tuesday night at Mendota. And it showed.
The Tigresses fell behind early on the way to a 25-15 defeat in the first set. And while they pulled together in the second set, it proved to be too little too late, falling 25-22.
The loss and effort left Puck shaking his head.
"We have to be tougher. We were just way too mentally beat. I take full responsibility for that," he said. "This time of year, my teams are a lot tougher than this, and for some reason, I'm just not getting across to these kids. Probably need to chew on each other a little bit because they're falling on deaf ears from me."
The first set was not pretty as Mendota jumped to leads of 9-5, 15-8 and 18-11 before scoring the final five points to nail down a 25-15 decision.
"Way too many errors, way too many," Puck said.
The Tigresses (19-9) answered the bell in the second set for leads of 12-5, 13-8 and 14-10. Mendota, however, would not go away. Amy Devitt served two straight aces and after a PHS sideout, Alex Tavlas and Ashlyn Kennedy hit for kills to tie the set at 15.
Hits by Becca Hult and Emmalee Sears helped keep the Tigresses on top at 19-17, and a block by Hult maintained a 21-19 edge. Tavias and Kennedy struck again for a 23-21 Spiker lead, Kennedy tipped to make it 24-22 before MHS delivered the match point at 25-22.
"We're 5-foot-9 and playing teams a lot taller than us. We have to give ourselves opportunities to win, every single opportunity to win. We did that the second set, there ... still too many errors," Puck said. "We have to get better."
Hult finished with five kills with Katherine Pranka and Alicia Poss adding three each. Michelle Kelly chipped in seven digs and 14 assists.
For Mendota (18-9-1), Rachel Barr hit for 11 kills, Devitt had five kills and three aces and Kennedy had four kills.
• Tiger tales: PHS lost junior libero Brooke Kamphuis at the end of the first set when she banged her head on the floor and showed concussion symptoms. Teammate Mollie Bates made a quick exchange of shirts between sets to assume the libero duties. ... Mendota also swept the underclass matches in two sets, winning at the sophomore (25-19, 25-18) and freshmen (26-24, 25-22) levels. ... PHS (No. 3 seed) and Mendota (No. 4) are both in the Sterling 2A regional. They could only meet in the finals.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 11, 2009) - The ETSU baseball team begins the 2010 season Friday, Feb. 19 with the first game of the The Citadel Memorial Challenge against the host Bulldogs. Every day, leading up to the first pitch, a different member of the 2010 squad will check in with Buccaneer fans. Today sophomore Matthew Scruggs is letting ETSU fans get to know him a little better.
Matthew Scruggs (sophomore outfielder)
Birthday: April 16, 1990
Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn.
High School: Bearden High School
What's on TV: College Baseball and Las Vegas
I'm embarrassed to admit I watch:Biggest Loser
What's in my iPod: Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Drake, John Mayer
What I drive: Toyota 4-Runner
Favorite flicks: Superbad, Home Alone 2, Van Wilder
What I'm reading: Bible
Bookmarks (websites): Yankees.com
Favorite class at ETSU: Basketball Class
Worst habit: Losing Stuff
Pet peeve: Losing
On my wall: MJ, Jessica Alba, Rio de Janeiro Posters
Love to trade places for a day with: Chad Ochocinco
Talent I'd most like to have: To be good at tennis
Favorite meal: Chicken Alfredo
Favorite athlete to watch in another sport: Kobe Bryant
Best concert/sporting event I've attended: Hawks vs. Cavs 2009 / Red Sox vs. Rays (Coco Crisp Fight)
Favorite city to visit: New York City
Favorite team growing up:Yankees
Dream date: Jessica Alba
Greatest love: Jesus Christ
My hero: My Dad
My bucket list: Go to every NBA arena and MLB stadium and to an NBA final and World Series
My favorite quote: "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious." -Vince Lombardi