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In the race to represent the 108th Assembly District, incumbent Tim Gordon is being challenged by Republican Steve McLaughlin, who prides himself on being a political newcomer -- and in spotlighting his opponent on YouTube.
Gordon, an Independence Party member who often caucuses with Democrats, says he is focused on creating green-collar jobs, while McLaughlin, a banker who deals with small businesses, says he has more firsthand experience in helping debt-burdened citizens.
The 108th Assembly District comprises parts of Albany, Columbia, Greene and Rensselaer counties.
Since wresting the district from Republican control in 2006, Gordon says he has built "a record of achievement on the issues, specifically renewable energy and job creation."
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Gordon, who served on the Bethlehem Town Board prior to entering the Assembly, said that if elected he would also support implementing a cap on property taxes.
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McLaughlin started his career as a pilot in Albany before joining Citizens Bank, where he has spent five years as a business banking officer specializing in small businesses.
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Yah, the PvP is nice. (Though I don't like the stagnation that sets into most WvW battles pretty quickly.)
Yah, the PvP is nice. (Though I don't like the stagnation that sets into most WvW battles pretty quickly.)
As I correctly pointed out: a dubious and at best personal statement.
It's totally fine if you disliked the game(s). But it's pretty silly to make claims as you did a page ago.
GW1 isn't a triple AA MMO. They are a small developer. If it weren't for their publishing agreement with NCSoft they'd be borderline indie.And no, I heard about GW1 when nightfall was released, rather than when it was released which I should have if it was a triple A game like WoW / EQ ect
GW1 always had coverage in gaming magazines and on sites. Every campaign was on the front cover of PC Gamer, iirc.maybe I got unlucky but I never once heard people mention it until my friend bought the game and convinced me to try it.
The cumulative total of Guild Wars 1 titles is one of the best selling PC games of all time. Link.
They still sell GW1 sets consistently too. Via their store and the deep discount 'battlechest' like packages. Similar to Diablo 2 and World of Warcraft. Also consistent sellers in PC gaming.
Look Tommo, I don't have a problem with constructive criticism. My point isn't about that at all. My issue is all encompassing statements like yours in post 284
was mocked constantly by the gaming world
WoW is like a big bisexual orgy where everyone does one thing well and if you combine all that everyone gets combined pleasure.
GW2 feels like 5 guys masturbating in a small room, watching missionary position porn.
Yeah...Lets not call others trolls, and the rest of the material in this post isn't really going to fly. Infracted. -Edge
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Ah I see you are still pissed off at the Halloween "scam" as you call it, I opened 50 chests combined, what I got nothing 0 nada still my care cup is totally empty. They are just cool items thats all no need to throw tantrums and crap about it.
Yeah there some great ideas and good constructive criticism flowing around but there are also way too many kids around stomping their feet because they get to do soemthing/get something. Oh the amount of cries because of the puzzle, it took me 8 friggin hours if not more to do it and I still believe it was awesome.
This is getting dangerously close to being closed. There's a lot of not so on-topic bickering that's neither productive or friendly. Start being friendly and posting on-topic again or I'm going to turn this car around.
Not to mention, there is no carrot, and carrots are important.
After a few failed attempts at putting my thoughts into a clear argument, here goes.
Currently there are two ways of having a hotkey MMO work. You can have the Holy Trinity system of WoW, SWTOR, etc. or you can have the "undefined roles" system of GW2. The Holy Trinity system works, and it works well, especially in PvE. The GW2 system works, and it works well, especially in PvP. Here's why:
Encounters are 100% scripted events. No matter what you do, the encounter follows a very set path, that can be influenced by players to achieve victory, but it still falls into a defined set of rules. At X time, Y will happen and you can deal with it. If player N does this, the encounter will always react with Z. The Holy Trinity works very well for this because it is also follows a defined set of rules that compliments scripted events and AI. X happens, send player with Y spec to deal with it. There is a counter for things and those counters are well defined. Probably the most important set of rules is the expectation of having a tank and dedicated healers.
This holy trinity system doesn't work for PvP though, which is why you never see any tanks in serious PvP. Dedicated healers work very well because triage and PvP are very easy to work with. The primary purpose of tanks though is to have aggro and take damage, something that while working well with scripted events tends to not work well with actual players. Without the artificial mechanic called aggro, no player in their right mind would take someone that does little damage AND takes little damage serious. They ignore them or CC them and that's the end of it. Luckily games like WoW don't have dedicated tank classes so people can still PvP as a DPS or healing spec.
On to the GW2 system. In the GW2 system there are no defined roles and no ways of becoming a defined role, even for a limited amount of time. Encounters, as mentioned earlier, follow a script within a defined set of rules. Scripts and undefined roles tend to not mix so well, which is why boss fights in many single player games such as shooters or Skyrim tend to involve a lot of dodging obvious stuff coming at you while doing damage and kiting. Since there is no way to fill other roles the only way to increase difficulty is to increase damage taken or throw more shit at you making it harder to dodge. The third option is to make enemies behave more like real humans, which is the core of the issue. You can either increase damage taken and throw more shit at players, or make AI smart enough to essentially turn PvE into PvP just with computers. The only way to make GW2 PvE more engaging without just turning your monitor into a big clusterfuck of spell effects is to make the AI less scripted and give it the ability to react on its own terms.
On the other hand, the GW2 system works extremely well with PvP, where dodging spells and reacting to enemy actions is the core of gameplay. Smart ability usage and positioning have always been more important in PvP than pure damage or pure healing output and that is essentially what GW2 was designed to do.
I think the only way that ANet can make PvE more engaging without the clusterfuck of spells thrown your way, is to give players a way to temporarily become a role rather than giving you a way to perform as a poor excuse of a role most of the time. Temporary tanks and healers might be the way to go simply because you need some rules that the encounters can follow. This would mostly look like people rotating in the roles of healing, tanking and DPS based on CD's available and encounter needs, in a dynamic manner.
The point made for kildragon is quite much how i feel, PvE is feeling lackluster with this kind of setup while PvP is on other level, way more ahead, it's not a bad thing, but it's a different path, I hope a-net takes advantage from this and develops an e-sport scene sorrounding it.
Meaning a bosses auto attack isn't going to 2 shot you with full toughness. Sure it might hit for 1k but simple attacks isn't what dungeon players should be looking out for.
Fights need more scripted events that will one shot you or get you down dangerously low or give you a handy cap. Handy caps you find in jumping puzzles for instance (chaos crystal cavern gives you debuffs to make you fall like making you grow too big or making you to fast while you jump).
A perfect example of an encounter on the right path is the ghost boss in ascalonian catacombs exploreable mode. He does his super power up animation and then pulls everyone in, and then spins around and one shots anyway still in his way. You dodge before he finishes his cast or reflect it. His auto attack however hits too hard. This is implemented because of lack of mechanics. The fight could of been more interesting if he did less auto attack damage, but he did something else.
A suggestion would be that he spawns adds that will root you, preventing you from dodging out of his whirlwind.
This would of made the fight 5x more interesting, and more punishing then high auto attack damage however unlike auto attack damage you actually have a chance to do something against it and you wouldn't need a trinity system because the boss would attack whoever he felt like and that person would deal with his lower auto attack damage but still take a consistent hit.
The problem with this fight is that the boss gets lost in the spell animations. Bigger bosses however are fine because you can see them, smaller ones however get unnecessary harder because of their size.
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GW2 does a fantastic jobs taking care of the action side, where it is lacking is the rpg/number side, and for that problem to be solved they need to make the game care more about things like damage prevention, HPS, and DPS. Less one-shots deciding victory, graveyard-zerging killed, and mechanics like enrages, damage burst phase, ect...
That will do a lot of great things to the game,make it more about maximizing boons uptime, force the gigantic health bars away, AND allow people to be more than dodging bots, people would have to specialize!
And by that I am NOT asking for a trinity model with this specialization thing. It would just allow people to gear/traits their character to something they are good at, we could have people that can help groups stay longer up without using their heals through okay AoE heals, others that can better CC and damage mobs thanks to their build.
Pretty much have the prevention of damage, the damage capabilities, and the sustainability of groups be a determining factor alongside action factors in the group victory in PvE!
Even with a system like this, GW2 would still remain trinity-free, with no LF Heals, as everyone has heals.
GW2 has the potential to create the first PvE with a real "dont bring the class/role", unfortunately the supporters of the Trinity Model and WoW supporters uses the shortcomings of GW2 PvE as a proof that the Trinity is needed to create any meaningful PvE, and with their numbers they can definitely impose that idea to everyone else. Anet needs to do something against this idea fast before it gets cemented into the gamers mind (believe it or not, those kind of apprehension spread fast nowadays) and further tag GW2 as a bad PvE game.
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In gw2 the "situational cds" and the right timing using abilities is the difference from "gy zerging istances" (quite popular in this thread) and finishing it without deaths at all. I enjoy much more this kind of approach than just heal/just dps/just tank.
ps. having more abilities that do the same thing is not more funny in my opinion.
GW2 Combat is the only thing the game 'lacks' for me. It is different, it is action oriented and it's by no means dull - but your "no more 1,2,4,5,3" is entirely incorrect.
In fact, it has the problem worse than WoW does. In any PvE fight, you may as well just unload your skills. A rifle warrior for example, 4 is a shot that deals damage and causes vulnerability (Flat % damage modifier). 2 is a shot that deals damage and applys cripple. Your auto shot stacks bleed and deal damage, while 3 fires shots in succession with no modifier save for increased damage per shot. 5 pushes the target back.
So optimum rotation? 4-2-3-1-1-1-1-5(when target gets near you if melee) - and then it's just a case of hitting whatever comes off CD first like a wotlk ret pally. Alternatively, switch weapon set when everything is off cd - for a similar experience, I used sword/axe, 1 auto bleed, 2 gap closer/damage combo finisher, 3 damage cripple, 4 damage boon fury, 5 combo finisher, multiple attacks increased damage (like the 3 of the rifle).
It's not really different at all for it's button pushing. It is still very much based on your bar - as it should be.
PvP and group play is slightly different, albeit - in group play you don't actually need to do anything different but it will benefit you if you did.
Essentially, as a supporting role - typical of ele and guardian but also mesmer - and some classes have some other fields on particular weapons but they are rare, you want to be placing fields to enhance the others ability and which ones you choose depends on the fight and whats happening - certainly a choice and different from the typical model.
While the other classes, that have less fields or just straight buffs (for example warrior banners, hunter pets, shouts etc), they want to utilise the fields as much as possible with combo finishers - leap, blast, etc.
This is different, and it's how you win in PVP also, but it is flat and shallow. The idea essentially - past the objective of the map you play, is to stack conditions on them, boons on yourself and evade damage through dodging.
However that's also the fun of it - you focus on the world, the story, and developing your character how you want. I like my dota2 pvp, and my sc2 for pvp, and competition, gw2 combat is shallow and unsatisfying, but to expect more from an MMO would be silly.
The "abilities that do the same thing" in WoW actually do the same thing differently, triage in healing determine who is the most efficient healer, rotation with multiple "same" damaging abilities for DPS, and situational awareness and good usage of multiple "same" CD for tanks. That "boring" system does a better at determining skills level than the "one-shot/dodge" system of GW2 PvE.
As much as people love to bash on the Trinity Model, it has proved that it can make interesting PvE encouters, as much as GW2 boasted that this model was bad, they have failed to create a meaningful PvE, so yeah right now its pretty much Trinity 1 - GW2 0.
Also, a WoW character as a lot more "situational" abilities he can use to determine victory or defeat, both in PvE and in PvP. The ONLY thing where GW2 is better than WoW in that regard is the customization available with skills, other than that WoW has end down a better approach to their gameplay.
Hopefully I hope there will be a comeback, GW2 will NOT thrive by being just a paid tournament game, they WILL need a proper PvE to detract all those people from WoW (which is unfortunately the only way to reliably get more player in your game).
Also, there is one thing that is really worrying me. As Fencers said, the game combat is really, really boring to watch :/, too much special effect and too much chaos both in animations and effects, I fear that it might have an effect on the E-sport/competitive side of the game. It's even more difficult to tell what is in happening than in WoW PvP.
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Rather than speccing into AoE heals like you say, they just need to make it so there is a more demonstrable effect on the combat from what already exists.
The 5 abilities on the right hand side of the bar, could have abilities that really define PvE encounters for everyone, abilities that when used have a very noticeable effect on the encounter - rather than what they do now which is effect, but not in such a way that anyone notices and therefore learns to do.
Like, if a Mesmer throws down a Chaos Storm, you barely have time to do something in it because you are too busy maximising DPS by rotation your 1-5 abilities and the storm lasts such a short amount of time. And even if you do combine with it, there isn't a great deal to get from it, the effect is so small there is no point saving cooldowns for it, so unless it comes up in conjunction with the cooldown its pointless.
TL;DR, they need to make it so the profession combo's are more noticeable.
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I played WoW for 6 years then quit last year, and picked up GW2 this year, to play a little. I haven't returned to WoW or any other game, despite recognising GW2's flaws.
Please stop making it a WoW vs GW2, there are comparisons to be made but it isn't a popularity contest, they are different games for different people. Instead, we want to discuss what can be changed to GW2 PVE to make it more engaging, without losing that which makes it GW2, a trinity model is not required, and your preference to it notwithstanding is just going to get this thread closed.
We are not looking to come back to WoW, none of us are looking to fill your regurgitated hypothesis, and frankly, nobody is interested in your tallying up some arbitrary score for your own amusement.


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Officers returned to the scene where Walls dropped his bicycle and they discovered a plastic bag hanging on the bicycle with a plastic bottle that contained an active methamphetamine lab according to to the release. The area was sealed off to a HAZMAT situation and the Bureau of Criminal Investigations was called in to safely remove the lab.
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When Avery was 6 months old, we flew to Costa Rica. At 7 months, we went to Canada.
On both of those trips, I was still nursing, but planned to have an alcoholic drink or two while on vacation. So I chose to bring expressed breastmilk with us, as well as baby food pouches since she had just started solids.
Although, TSA has a limit on the amount of liquids you can bring on a plane, those rules do not apply to breastmilk, liquid formula or baby food.
You can actually bring large quantities of these liquids through TSA, but keep a few things in mind to make the process easier.
- Store the breastmilk or formula in its own small bag. (It doesn't count as a carry-on bag or personal item and it makes it easier to separate for screening purposes, which you will have to do.) The picture posted below is the bag I use and how it is packed. It is an insulated bag so it stays cooler longer.
- Tell the TSA agent you are traveling with breastmilk or formula and put the bag on the conveyor belt for inspection. They will X-ray your stash.
- You can also bring gel cooling packets through TSA to keep your breastmilk or formula cool or frozen. (Side note if you plan to fly with frozen milk, be aware once it thaws completely you must use it within 24 hours, so I would not recommend bringing too many bags of frozen milk on a long flight. Consider giving your baby milk from your frozen stash in the days leading up to your trip and pump when you would typically feed your little one.)
- TSA will inspect, or even open your breastmilk and run a test on it. Don't worry. It doesn't take long and doesn't hurt the milk, nor does the X-ray machine.
Baby food basically falls under the same category as breastmilk or formula.
- You are allowed to bring enough for the duration of your trip. If you are gone for a week, that is quite a bit of baby food pouches or jars. I recommend the pouches when traveling.
- Like breastmilk and formula you will have to separate it and declare it with TSA. They will likely inspect it and possibly open one of the containers. If that happens, plan to use that one first since once opened baby food must be used within a day.
- Finally, plan to pack an extra days worth of food or formula. Traveling can be unpredictable, flights can get cancelled and your trip may end up being longer than expected.


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The absent Malfoys, the abandoned Malfoy Manor, some memories, and Harry. Now that the Ministry has plans to auction the property off, what does Harry do? And what do Ron and Hermione want? And where is Draco?
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31-year-old Nino Schurter is the star of the mountain bike scene. Since 2006, he's ridden under team manager Thomas Frischknecht, and since 2010, he's been an important part of the Odlo family. His strengths are in downhill and fast starts. But he isn't just an outstanding mountain biker. He's also not bad on a racing bike. This year, he successfully took part in the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Suisse.
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Shares in fruit and vegetable canner SPC Ardmona soared 15 per cent yesterday to a record close of $1.88 as investors reassessed its worth now it is being courted by National Foods.
NatFoods also climbed higher as news of the possible $1.8 billion merger filtered through to investors, driving the shares 22 ¢ higher to $4.75.
SPC Ardmona managing director Nigel Garrard said yesterday that he hoped NatFoods would make a firm takeover offer by the end of next week.
Mr Garrard declined to say what he believed would be a fair bid for a buy-out, but noted there had been speculation of a $1.80 to $2.20 a share price tag circulating in the market.
"But it's interesting to note that it got as high as $1.90 on day one," he said.
Austock Brokers equities analyst Craig Stranger said he believed SPC Ardmona's stock might be overpriced and investors appeared to have ignored its debt levels. At June 30, it owed about $270 million.
CommSec's consumer staples analyst, Craig Woolford, said the current market price for SPC Ardmona shares reflected his expectation that any bid would be between $1.80 and $2 a share.
He said NatFoods had stated its intention to expand its business beyond dairy by buying companies that owned strong brands.
"SPC's characteristics firmly fit that description and it's just a matter of whether there are significant synergies between the two businesses," he said. "There would definitely be overlaps in their marketing and also in their administration."
ABN Amro's food and beverage analyst, David Cooke, said he was cautious about the price NatFoods would be prepared to pay because there were risks associated with the acquisition and integration of the business that could be compounded by the agricultural risks of fruit growing.
It's interesting to note that it (share price speculation) got as high as $1.90 on day one. NIGEL GARRARD, SPC Ardmona
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This amazing sea view villa is located in a quiet, well maintained residential area in Benissa, Montemar. The property is a mere 5-7 minute drive to the center of Moraira as well as various sandy beaches. Shops, bars, restaurants and beaches are all within 5 minutes. There are 5 great golf courses within 30 minutes. The villa was completely renovated in 2015. The living space consists of two floors, connected by an interior staircase. In the upper part of the house there is 1 bedroom with bathroom, WC and shower and the very spacious living / dining room with access to one of the covered terraces with fantastic sea views (there is also sea views from the living and dining room, kitchen), kitchen, WC. The inner staircase leads you to the lower area with more 2 bedrooms, 1 shower room and access to another covered terrace also with stunning panoramic sea views. From here you reach the pool area and BBQ terrace. The villa is very well maintained and beautifully furnished. The property is fully air conditioned (H/C), mosquito nets in all the bedrooms as well as in the living room. The villa is south facing with breathtaking sea views from all rooms and terraces. The villa is fully modernised and is located in a very sought after neighbourhood. The outdoor areas offer plenty of sunbathing areas as well as covered terraces to enjoy some cooler moments. There is a kidney shaped pool (8x4 m) with Roman Steps with close by a solar pool shower and a BBQ area from which you can enjoy the stunning view of the sea. The property is completely walled in. There is an independent garage at street level.
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Some Girls Boutique in Troy was one of many businesses caught in the middle of some building issues with the city. As a result, they were closed for 12 business days.
Being closed through the holiday hustle and bustle hurt business, according to Margaret Partyka who owns the store. As a result, they're celebrating their reopening — and trying to make up for lost sales — by offering some major sales.
Shoppers can score 40 percent off all regularly priced items in the store and sale merchandise is 50 percent off.
Some of their more popular brands: BBdakota, Jack, Blank denim, MEK denim and funkational.
The shop is located at 13 Second Street. Troy. You can find additional information by calling 271-1172 or logging on to www.somegirlsboutique.com.


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Championship: Lee Tomlin targets play-offs for Middlesbrough
Lee Tomlin hopes Middlesbrough can cap their recent impressive run by forcing their way into the play-offs.
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Boro are six points off the play-off places following a run of four straight wins, the latest of which was an impressive 1-0 win at second-placed Burnley last Saturday.
With only four games left this season, Aitor Karanka's side may have left it too late to mount a challenge for the top six.
But they remain determined to finish the season on a high, starting with Saturday's home game against struggling Millwall.
Tomlin, who has scored one goal in 10 appearances for Boro since joining from Peterborough, initially on loan and then permanently, told Sky Sports: "We can beat anyone in this league as we have shown.
"So long as we win all four games, then we will see on the final day.
"It (reaching the play-offs) would be the perfect way to end the season."
Goalkeeper Jason Steele is hoping he can force his way into Karanka's plans having played second fiddle under the Spaniard, with first Shay Given and now Dimi Konstantopoulos picked ahead of him.
The 23-year-old was sent off in the Spaniard's first game in charge at Leeds and then underwent an operation on an ankle injury, but he is back now and ready to fight for his place.
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This intricate, sinister thriller takes place in a private geriatric hospital, where nurses and patients begin disappearing only to turn up in the local sewage system. Tense and dramatic, Maureen Foss's narrative joins a unique cast of characters with an unforgettable plot of murder, mystery, suspense - and rats.When the hospital caretaker is found dead at the bottom of the sixth floor stairwell, Eugene Starbuck comes to the rescue - and to apply for the dead man's job. The unsuspecting triplet brothers who own the facility are only too happy to have him: he works for next to nothing, lives in the furnace room where he can be on constant duty, and doesn't mind emptying the rat traps stationed all over the hospital.Was Eugene's sudden appearance completely coincidental, or was it all part of a gruesome and twisted plan? Some nurses and patients die, and circumstances point to Eugene. But catching him may be a trial in itself, as those who confront him mysteriously end up missing.
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Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has poured fuel onto his fiery row with Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson. Calderon said: "Ferguson does not have much affection for us, and is a little envious for not having won as many European Cups.
"He does not know what he is talking about and he does not know that when Franco was alive, we went 17 years without a league win. We were the team of the establishment because we didn't have a single thing to eat!"
He added: "I didn't tell anyone that I was signing Cristiano Ronaldo. He said that he wanted to come - I didn't say it - but he had a commitment that obliged him to stay where he is."


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On a roll or in a wrap, these chicken sandwiches make the perfect lunch or dinner.
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- 2 tsp. honey
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- ½ cup baby spinach
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errr, if the six pack wasnt there this would be a good image. six pack kind of ruins it in my mind. dont know why so dont ask
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errr, if the six pack wasnt there this would be a good image. six pack kind of ruins it in my mind. dont know why so dont ask
wuuut? the six pack is SEXY!
This. Athletic girls are fiiiiinneee. And I don't mean those huge scary female body builders that are all hopped up on testosterone and steroids and crap. I mean the normal women that have toned bodies because they do a lot of sports and stuff. Like swim teams, track runners, volley ball etc.
Take pro wrestling for example. Personally I think it's pretty lame but the Divas (women) involved in it are hot as hell for the most part. XD
This six pack is to much for a women!
Can...Can this be on here? xD
Than again, there's a gif about 4 or 5 pages back of someones head being completely smashed and it's super-detailed........
Honestly, Athletically-toned women are great. But that is a bit too much...I kind of get scared of chicks like that. o.o
This is just good enough to be attractive in my book, though.
if you see what she does in the anime then you will see how it actually kinda makes sense :P
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One of a kind opportunity! Ready early 2018. Second level penthouse in the heart of downtown St. Charles. Penthouse offers over 2100 sq ft of living space! Listing price is for a cold shell. Bring your own builder or use Midwest Custom Homes to finish out this amazing space that offers Fox River Views! Restaurants and shopping right out your front door!
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County: Kane
MLS Area: Campton Hills / St. Charles
Directions: Randall to rt 64 east to first street. at corner of first st and illinois
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Total Rooms: 6
Other Rooms: Foyer
Interior Property Features: 1st Floor Bedroom, 1st Floor Laundry, 1st Floor Full Bath
Master Bedroom: 17X16 on main level
Bedroom 2: 12X11 on main level
Bedroom 3: 12X11 on main level
Master Bathroom: Full
Dining Room: 16X14 on main level
Living Room: 25X18 on main level
Kitchen: 16X11 on main level
Common Area Amenities: Elevator
Fireplace(s): 0
Laundry Room: 7X4 on main level
Disability Access: Yes
Disability Equipment Details: Main Level Entry, No Interior Steps
Basement: None
Basement Details: None
Total Number of Units: 12
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Model: 2ND LEVEL PENTHOUSE
Exterior Property Features: Balcony
Sewer: Sewer-Public
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Electricity: Circuit Breakers
Garage: yes
Garage Spaces: 2
Garage Type: Attached
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by Bill Roberts, LaRouche Democrat for US Congress in Michigan's 11th District
We are at a low point of national leadership in the United States today. There are no presidential candidates who are even remotely qualified to be President. The incumbent, President Obama is willfully acting as an instrument for the British Empire's drive to provoke a thermonuclear war against the nations Russia and China, whose economic development policies stand in direct contrast to the suicidal bailout and anti-science attitudes of the west. Since this insane President has not been impeached for violation of the War Powers Act or other impeachable violations, we live under the threat of being moments away from thermonuclear war. And yet, at this time there is no opposition from any leading Democrats to Obama's desire to remain in the presidency.
The LaRouche Slate of Candidates of which I am a member, is responding to this collapse of leadership by providing a clear bi-partisan presidential voice to those who have the guts to act now as patriots, instead of as blind partisans. For this reason, I have decided to run in the Democratic Primary in Michigan's 11th Congressional District. Others from this national slate will run in districts across the nation on the same unified platform.
After four years of Wall Street bailouts, the U.S. Treasury has shelled out 29 trillion dollars to private financial speculators, while the infrastructure of our cities and states have fallen into disrepair, poverty and real unemployment rates have risen to record post-war levels, and the Obama administration continues to approve hundreds of millions in cuts for state Medicaid programs. While Wall Street and Europe's private banking executives got bonuses for wrecking the economy, states and cities have been forced to cut back their workforce, and lay off emergency first responders and teachers. This economic crisis will not be solved by any more "fiscally responsible" but morally insane budget policies.
If the United States is going to recover, a Hamiltonian Credit System must be established. The original Franklin Roosevelt era Glass Steagall Act will have to be restored. This means, for starters, forced separation of all commercial banking from merchant banking activities. Under that new definition of legitimate assets, trillions in government obligations to merchant banks assumed through bailout operations will be dumped back on their owners. With these actions undertaken, the amount of available assets remaining will be insufficient for the requirements of the nation. Just as we did when the nation was founded, a National Bank will be established to issue credit in order to recapitalize commercial banks and provide for the funding of important national projects.
This Hamiltonian Credit System will be necessary to ensure the rates of growth of our economy needed for rapid, full re-employment of our work force, including the re-employment of our skilled manufacturing, engineering and construction trades sector. This can be achieved through the construction of NAWAPA, a massive continental water management program, which will require a revival of the manufacturing base of the rust-belt states as well as an overhauling of transportation and energy infrastructure of the nation. It is through the building of these types of long term platforms of economic development, that money will receive its value, not in the short term speculative binges of Wall Street, which perhaps can be converted into a zoo or theme park.
So before you demoralize yourself by endlessly debating entrenched partisan issues, remember that you are a citizen of a Federal Republic, which, without competent leadership will not survive. Any candidate for federal office who is not prepared to support these policies should probably not be running. The future is too important.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15839039.post1808425336715851031..comments2015-05-29T11:16:01.284-05:00Comments on Philanswers: A Conviction CrisisPhil Sandershttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-15839039.post-65034926857507008462008-07-09T07:26:00.000-05:002008-07-09T07:26:00.000-05:00Ben,I too was shocked by the 1.5% estimation of th...Ben,
I too was shocked by the 1.5% estimation of the 35,000 surveyed. The actual number of people who claimed to be members of the church was around 600 people.

Gallup and US Census figures have put us in the 2,500,000 range for some time. The 2004 ARIS survey also had a high number for us.

My opinion is that we have a lot of floaters and no-shows out there who attend sporadically or not at all. I estimate that we have somewhere around 800,000 non-attending members who do not affiliate with anyone else.

This is frankly a bit of the agenda I have for the television program, God's Answers, to get non-attending people back involved.

PhilPhil Sandershttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-15839039.post-50346209863939508242008-07-08T15:43:00.000-05:002008-07-08T15:43:00.000-05:00Phil,What wasmost amazing to me about the Pew Rese...Phil,

What wasmost amazing to me about the Pew Research numbers was the sheer volume of poeple claiming to be members of churches of Christ. 1.5% of the people responding to the survey claimed to be church members. Extrapolate that over the total American population, and you get 4.5 million people.

Compare that with the latest Mac Lynn numbers, which put total membership around 1.3 million, and "adherants" between 1.7 and 1.8 million.

So either a) something is seriously wrong with Pew's data collection methods, or b) 60-65% of Americans who claim to be part of a "Church of Christ" have no connection whatsoever with any congregation.

I know which I hope is true, but I have my suspicions.Ben firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-15839039.post-50481449163628077362008-07-05T16:30:00.000-05:002008-07-05T16:30:00.000-05:00Thanks, Phil!Thanks, Phil!Terryhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-15839039.post-80098354872161100372008-07-05T15:38:00.000-05:002008-07-05T15:38:00.000-05:00Terry,the information I gave is found in the secon...Terry,
the information I gave is found in the second half of the 276-page report found at the PewForum.org website. The latter pages provide statistical detail on the various religious groups surveyed. The churches of Christ (Restoration evangelical)are listed separately in those later pages. You must indeed hunt a little, but they are there.

PhilPhil Sandershttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-15839039.post-14747780544111420192008-07-05T08:11:00.000-05:002008-07-05T08:11:00.000-05:00Phil,I was looking at the Pew Forum's web site thi...Phil,
I was looking at the Pew Forum's web site this morning, but I was having a difficult time finding the specific statistics for the Churches of Christ. Could you provide a link? I would like to know more about what our fellow members believe about other issues and topics, if those answers are available online.Terryhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-15839039.post-81764407144012137862008-07-02T14:55:00.000-05:002008-07-02T14:55:00.000-05:00Phil, what I am noticing is a complete compartment...Phil, what I am noticing is a complete compartmentalization on the part of church members. I see comments made on blogs and hear them in conversation that go something like this, "As a Christian, I believe X, but as an American, I am in favor of Y." Usually this has something to do with a moral issue that is prevalent in political conversation.

I am amazed that people do not seem to have any trouble compartmentalizing their faith off from the rest of their world. Of course, we are all guilty of not practicing what we preach, but I am sensing something more than that. I am seeing a total comfort with having a church ethic, a political ethic, a job ethic, an entertainment ethic, etc. and seemingly no trouble in separating them.

Maybe I'm just too simple minded, but I believe your ideas of right and wrong that are motivated by your faith in Jesus Christ and his revelation should inform the decisions you make on the job, in the theater, in front of the television, in the voting booth, and everywhere.

I suppose what has me going on about this is so much of the talk I am seeing these days coming from church members who are enthused politically about Senator Barak Obama, but seem to have adjusted their views of sexual morality based on the candidate's stand on homosexual marriage.

This will be an upcoming "conviction crisis" for us in churches of Christ. Indeed, as unbelievable as it may seem, we are already there in some email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-15839039.post-6084139707004555022008-07-02T13:37:00.000-05:002008-07-02T13:37:00.000-05:00Very well said.Very well said.Terryhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Seven brothers went out, yet only three came back.
It is a story that my family has only uncovered in recent years – almost a sort of strange, unspoken secret from the First World War.
The tale is both shocking in scale and, unfortunately, all too common in the grim chronicle of death from the Great War.
To lay it out in black and white, Frank, Arthur, Frederick and Edgar Stooke all died on the battlefields.
In number, they would almost have been enough for a five-a-side team.
Curiously, though, for a story that until lately we knew nothing about, the tragedy is well documented online. Indeed, this is where we found much of the detail – along with detective work from my sister Kimberley and another relative.
The Stooke family grew up in Carlby in south Lincolnshire. Their dad John was a headmaster at a school in Rutland until they moved two miles over the border to live in Carlby.
John died in 1910 and his wife Christiana ran the Plough Inn in the village.
They raised 20 children in total, but could have had little inkling of the bleak fortunes that would befall so many of the young men they brought up.
Frank died on May 16, 1915 from a bullet wound at Boulogne, in France where he is buried. He was 30.
He had been married to Ellen May Stooke and they had three daughters together.
Chillingly, a letter was sent by him to the Grantham Journal and published on January 9, 1915.
It says: "I wish to thank the donors of Essendine, Ryhall and Belmisthorpe [all places near Carlby] for their kind gift of tobacco, cigarettes, matches and pipe, which I received safely. I hope to be able to thank them all personally soon."
Arthur died on January 3, 1917 at the age of 27.
There is still in existence a Christmas card that he sent the family from the Curragh in Ireland, where he was probably training.
It chirpily states: "With hearty Christmas greetings and best wishes for a bright and happy new year."
Frederick Stooke died on April 13, 1918 at the age of 20.
Just 13 days later, and about seven months before the war ended, Edgar was killed at the age of 18 near Ypres.
In a surviving photograph of him in uniform taken some time before his death, he can be seen standing next to brother Harold, who survived the war and lived to be 90.
All of this has been recorded.
We have no records of how their mother reacted to the news of each of the deaths of her sons.
Nor are there any written details of how she coped with the loss of the four boys in day-to-day life.
There are families who endured greater losses, although I am not sure how many.
Research reveals a family from Gloucestershire who lost five brothers, and one in Ireland that lost six.
The numbers are so big as to seem almost too much.
Four, five, six brothers – all future dads, with future children scurrying in the back garden, with pleasant future wives and safe, steady future jobs. All futures that for most of them never were, of course.
I remember going to St Stephen's Church in Carlby to look for the plaque there which honours them.
The doors were shut on that hot day, and no-one was around, but by peering through a window you could make out the plaque on one of the interior walls.
Below a legend stating: "In grateful memory of those connected with this parish who gave their lives from home and country in the Great War", it listed seven people from the parish who died:
Frank Stooke – Royal Engineers, May 17, 1915
Arthur Stooke – Royal Flying Corps, January 3, 1917
Frederick Stooke – Coldstream Guards, April 12, 1918
Edgar Stooke – Sherwood Foresters, April 26, 1918
Three others are also listed – Ernest Couzens, Edward Green and Frederick Holmes.
At the time, I thought little of it. It was a family curiosity and not much more.
My dad wanted a picture, so I took a couple of blurred ones on my phone. We drove away and went for lunch.
During my dad's childhood, the deaths went undiscussed. My great-grandmother must have been devastated, but if she was, she never let on – not when my dad was around anyway.
And he never knew a thing – until about four years ago, when a friend started some research into his family tree.
Within half an hour, the story was out: four brothers dead in the war. It sounded shocking, it almost sounded difficult to believe. It almost sounded like Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan – and only three brothers died in that story before the military stepped in.
But what did my dad know about it? Almost nothing at all, he told me.
"I started to piece it together with a friend for a couple of hours," he said.
"I remember my grandmother saying she hated Lincolnshire, but I never knew why," my dad told me. "She said it had nothing but pig manure and tall hedges. But maybe it was something to do with what happened to her brothers? Whatever it was, she never mentioned it."
As a ten-year-old boy busy listening to the cricket on his wireless, details about a long-ago war would have seemed less interesting than England's fortunes in a summer test series.
But, ever since he first heard about it, the story has always been an odd one for the family.
For the family, it was a tragedy, of course, but one that was so distant in time that it is now hard to understand.
However, looking at the pictures of them in their uniforms, the connections start to be made: that one had Dad's face, or – does that one have my eyes?
What happened to the Stookes – who, through a long chain of events have now become the Rowlands family – was an almost minuscule part of the overall conflict between 1914 and 1918.
Every county, most towns and many families can relay – and even boast about – similar tales.
But perhaps it gets to the truth of the Great War as well as anything else. A family ripped quietly to shreds on foreign fields. A grieving sister who was glad to leave behind a county filled with terrible memories. And distant relatives who look back and think: What a waste, what a sad, silly, futile waste.
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The oil price is set for its biggest slide, of any first half, in the past two decades. That's as investors discount any strong compliance, by OPEC and non-OPEC producers, to a deal to cut global output. This week on Africa Inc. we take a closer look and the implications for Africa's oil producing nations and industries dependent on oil inputs


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Valero Alamo Bowl steps up its game
Published 4:40 pm, Thursday, May 18, 2017
Touchdown and spike.
Finally, after a year of questions about extreme compensation and less-than-extreme charitable giving for a charitable nonprofit, the Valero Alamo Bowl is stepping up its local game.
The bowl and the city of San Antonio are in talks about improving already substantive improvements to the Alamodome. The dome, home to the Alamo Bowl and University of Texas at San Antonio football, is undergoing roughly $50 million in renovations in anticipation of the 2018 Final Four.
If talks hold, and there is no reason they won't, the bowl would contribute another $6 million to the cause, helping the city purchase two additional scoreboards and improve the stadium's Wi-Fi and sound system.
The city would kick in another $3 million, thanks to increased revenues at the dome and the newly renovated Convention Center, said Mike Sawaya, who oversees the Convention Center and dome for the city.
It would help the bowl, of course. After all, the dome is the bowl's home. But it would also help the city, which provides generous support to the bowl, and would make up for a past missed opportunity to support UTSA football.
Sawaya said the city plans to bid on hosting another NCAA men's Final Four, so the timing of this deal is ideal.
And as for Roadrunner football, the bowl's board once debated kicking in $1 million toward a practice facility for the new hometown team, but instead chose to sit on the cash.
It was a regrettable decision since the bowl had money to burn and could easily have made the donation to UTSA. Since then, its reserves have ballooned to $19 million, per tax forms. The dome is UTSA football's home, too, so the up-and-coming program benefits from the upgrades.
Enhancing the dome follows the bowl's move to nearly double its scholarships to $800,000 for last year's game. Those scholarships went to 74 high school seniors across the community. Additional scholarships went to juniors and seniors at San Antonio's four-year institutions, helping those students make it across the finish line.
Rick Hill, the bowl's spokesman, said it's not clear if the bowl will reach the $800,000 level for scholarships this season. There's also considerable debate about whether it's best to expand high school scholarships or focus on students already in college since graduation completion rates are a massive local issue.
That's a fair debate to have — how best to give and at what amount each year — and it highlights the need to create a long-term plan for scholarships and other forms of sustained philanthropy. After the dome renovations, what else can this nonprofit support in the community?
As commendable as these developments are, it's important to put them in context. Tensions about the bowl's level of charitable giving have been brewing among board members for years. These are civic-minded movers and shakers who love the community and football.
Football bowl culture is football bowl culture. But it rubbed some board members the wrong way that compensation for Derrick Fox, the bowl's president and chief executive, has ballooned to well north of $500,000 in recent years. That's a lot of dough just to put on an event.
It nagged some board members that until last year when scholarships jumped to $800,000, Fox earned more than the bowl had given away.
And when Fox unsuccessfully requested personal bonuses of $850,000 and $800,000, some board members were stuck on an obvious question: If Fox thought the bowl could afford such a massive bonus for himself, why couldn't the bowl do more in philanthropy?
The bowl is many things. It's a high-profile game for sports fans. It's an economic tool to fill beds during a sleepy time of year. And it's a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization that benefits from tax-exempt status and other forms of public support.
The increased scholarships and these likely dome renovations bring those different roles into much-needed balance. It doesn't address the pay concerns, but it's a winning combination. Not just this season, but also in future ones.


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NEREUS. Network of European Regions using Space Technologies.
NEREUS, Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies, is an initiative by regions from all over Europe, which share as Full Members its governance.
Emphasis is placed on the use of space technologies. The network aims to explore the benefits of space technologies for Regions and their citizens and to spread their applications.
NEREUS is a strong voice for the regional dimension of European Space Policy and programs as well as end-user needs.


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You can buy if at marktplaats, Its a dutch ebay. Just go to Invalid url 'http://www DOT' marktplaats DOT nl and search for "U2 - wembley station". You will find the exact bootleg you showed on that picture for only 17,50 euro. You can contact the seller through the link that says 'email deze adverteerder', see image below. Let me know if you succeed.
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Originally posted by Blackflash:ok guys i bought a godfather bootleg a few months ago from a small shop in chicago. I had to actualy stop, and concider what I was doing, because I know .. I'm addicted to U2. The CD wasn't cheap.though it was so high in quality I'm led to believe it has to be U2 or one of the crew behind it. I mean the pictures are all close to the stage and clear, the sound is top end.,,, and I must say, even if U2 are NOT behind something like godfather records. If I were Bono , Edge , or Paul Mcguiness I'd probably keep in mind , well if we're not making a profit in guy's like this... at the very least...people are listening to us rather than someone else and that is an enormous thing in itself. ! I mean sure U2 are the artists but you take a guy like me, I've been to about twenty shows and I just spent eight hundred dollars on 3 360 Chicago tickets. you think I'm not gonna bootleg? I spent fifty dollars joining the U2 fanclub (after I bought the tickets) just to gain access and grab the Artificial Horizon Cd (which I Love). I guess my point is .. I've have'nt yet sold a bootleg but I proably could.. I'm just content singing with Bono while doing the dishes.........heh........and lovin it !
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Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer is reportedly still keen to quit the club to make a dream move to Arsenal. The 37-year old Australian veteran has been linked heavily with the Gunners for much of the European summer and reports emanating from the UK suggest he is still determined to land at Emirates Stadium.
Fulham are set to announce ex-Manchester City manager Mark Hughes as their replacement for Roy Hodgson and that is set to spark some transfer action out of Craven Cottage as there will now be a man in place to make decisions.
West Ham United's Robert Green is being earmarked as Schwarzer's replacement despite his gaffe for England at the World Cup but the decision is likely to rest with Hughes who may have final call on whether or not Schwarzer gets to end his career with one of England's 'big four'.
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Mauri of the Black Panther
Original painting Sold, acrylic on canvas, 300 x 300mm, 2014
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"Mauri of the Black Panther" celebrates the power and mauri, which in Maori means the life force, of the black panther.
From a Shamanistic perspective, Ina Woolcott describes the black panther's symbolism as being that of "astral travel, guardian energy, the feminine, death and rebirth, understanding of death, reclaiming one's power, ability to know the dark and also aggressiveness and power without solar influence.
The Panther is a very ancient and powerful spirit guide. Their power is lunar (moon). In Egyptian rites a panther tail was worn around the neck or waist to help protect and strengthen the individual. Panther has been a symbol of the "Argos of a Thousand Eyes," who protected the heifer IO whom Zeus loved. After his death, the eyes were moved to the feathers of the peacock.
The name panther is frequently linked with a certain species of leopard or jaguar and sometimes the cougar. Black panthers are smaller but more fierce than lions and tigers. They are also brilliant swimmers and agile climbers. Because they have the ability to sprint with great speed, they hold the teachings of quick decisive action. Panthers are not the best long distant runners though, so those with this power animal should take part in movement therapies that improve endurance, e.g. swimming, martial arts. It is necessary to learn how to pace oneself, to not push to fast or hard on any one task."
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