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A troop of 4-H members gathered to perform, compete, and test their knowledge during the Marion County 4-H Club Day on Saturday at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church in Hillsboro.
Events included talks and presentations about 4-H projects, readings related to 4-H topics, and an impromptu topic contest, as well as performance and talent based categories that included skits, dance, singing, and instrumental sections.
Members were divided into junior, intermediate, and senior age groups, and were evaluated on various technical aspects of their talks and performances, their appearance, presence, and relevance of subject material to 4-H issues.
In other events like the "Life Skills Judging Contest" and "Pickle Power" members tested their decision-making skills.
Those who participated in the life skills portion of the day read age-appropriate hypothetical problems and chose from four possible solutions, 4-H mother Shanna Lacio said.
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During "Pickle Power" members talked to retired 4-H mother Sally Andrews about decision-making processes.
"Human beings are all in a pickle," Andrews said. "I talked with the children privately about their decision-making process."
Andrews said she gave each member a pickle after going over five basic steps in the decision making process.
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Flurry of spam - AA coincidence ??
Just got a quote off the meerkat for house insurance yesterday and used the works email address. I took it as far as clicking on the AA quote.
Phoned the AA on the 0800 number provided and spoke to a nice chap who talked me through and saved me a good deal of moolah. He confirmed my HOME email address as we're already on their system They have been cheapest for us this year (this is not an advertisement).
Today I have received 22 spam emails, all with links at the bottom to unsubscribe, with all links resulting in the same unsubscribe layout with differing web addresses but all obviously from the same vendor.
I will be visiting my account with the AA and ensuring the relevent boxes are ticked. Be warned. Cheers, Phil.
I can't find the unsubscribe link, but found this :
As previously mentioned, Saga and AA do not sell, trade or rent your information, and will never disclose information about you to third parties, except to fulfil your specific orders for a product or information in the event that third parties deliver the relevant service.
I will give it another day to see whether I get the same crap, then I will probably contact them.
In my experience the AA quote on comparison sites is almost always the lowest. Not sure what that implies but what really annoyed me was that within half an hour of just looking at it they were on the phone trying to convince me to take up their quote. Its not an option not to put in a phone number on these sites and I'm afraid I now just invent one.
"In my experience the AA quote on comparison sites is almost always the lowest"
Yes, and in my experience, admittedly not recent, once the premium is paid they will come back and say they misquoted and asj for more.
I know of at least six people this happened to, including me.
Some of them actually paid up, which did not include me!
I gave up with the AA a number of years ago, when as a supposed loyal member, I was receiving quotes and special offers that offered even better terms, conditions and prices to new subscriber's.
After being a member in the AA for over thirty years with only 5 call-outs in that time, three of those were on the same day, for the same problem. I asked if it was possible to give a reward, loyalty bonus or even a quarter century scheme. The response was very abrupt, and on that I haven't bothered with the AA since.
One point regarding the above, I asked why it was that I was being quoted less by going direct to Swinton, and more for using the AA for the same Swinton cover. Apparently the higher quote was due to the better service the AA was providing?.
What annoys me the most, is some companies provide 'opt-in' boxes, when others provide 'opt-out' boxes, so it pays to make sure which type of option is being offered. The other thing that I have noticed, that is becoming more regular, is the 'demand' for your mobile number before they will allow you to register. This is another marketing idea, so that the company can send regular text's to your mobile.
..the 'demand' for your mobile number before they will allow you to register.
I absolutely refuse to give out my mobile number to anyone other than my family and a few close friends. If I have to put in a number it will be my landline or nothing. If they insist on a number and I don't think its necessary they get a totally fictitious number. The other option is to go elsewhere.
If companies phone I remind them that my number is provided to enable problems to be resolved and that calling uninvited trying to sell me something is a breach of the TPS rules.
The TPS works fairly well for me but I do get calls from people saying that they are conducting a survey, as they obviously know that surveys are not covered by the TPS rules, and as far as I'm concerned they should be. Last week I had 3 calls from someone saying that they were doing a survey on behalf of Tesco's Clubcard, and despite being told on the first two occasions that I don't do phone surveys they still called a third time, when I told them that if it happened again I would be complaining to Tesco's Customer Services, often the best option, as I have found they then take notice and it often brings a voucher in compensation. I've had a fiver on a number of occasions.
..the 'demand' for your mobile number before they will allow you to register.
Such a demand can easily be dealt with by using an old, unused PAYG number from a 'phone you no longer use. It saves no end of SMS spam messages from businesses that attempt to pummel you into submission and additional cost if you take your 'phone on holiday.
There could be a market for old PAYG SIMS for this purpose - I wonder if ......
Well, after a fairly intense session of "unsubscribing" from these darned annoying spams, I'm down to only one on Friday from clearyourbills.co.uk(who have an address in Michigan) and an unsubscribe link from opportunity-central.net.
Hopefully that should be it. If not, I'll let you know.
PS Couldn't find anything on the AA to unsubscribe. If they contact me again I will ensure it is mentioned on the "recorded conversation in order to improve the service" .
Hmm .... from The AA
seems a strange way for such a company to cover a business matter - via a Forum??
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n. - A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than the latter; -- called also, esp. in iron smelting, cinder. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron. 2
v. i. & t. - To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point. 2
- Same as Basic slag, above. 2
v. t. - The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders. 2
v. t. - The scoria of a volcano. 2
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance – Skateboarding Mode FAQ
PlayStation 2
Skateboarding Mode FAQ by Gfk!
Version: 1.00 | Updated: 03/20/04
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A Guide to Skateboarding Mode
by Richard Arnatt (a.k.a. Guitarfreak86)
version 1.00 - last updated March 20, 2004
The text contained within this document is the sole Copyright of
Richard "Guitarfreak86" Arnatt.
The only sites allowed to host this document are:
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i. Introduction
ii. Basic Controls
iii. Snake Walkthrough
iv. Raiden Walkthrough
v. Frequently Asked Questions
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Once upon a time, in darkest Tokyo, there was a man who went by the name of
Hideo Kojima. The brains behind the ultra-successful Metal Gear and Z.O.E
series of games, you would have thought that Kojima-san was a very happy
bunny indeed. Sadly, though, there was one thing missing from his life, and
that "thing" was a Metal Gear Solid skateboarding spin-off...
And if you believe, that, my darlings, you will believe ANYTHING!! Y'see,
Konami (the people bankrolling Kojima's projects) just-so-happened to be
developing a skateboarding game in the month's leading up to Substance's
general release. Those clever Konami execs saw the potential synergetic
cash-cow, and decided to milk it a little, and thus the Skateboarding mode
included in Metal Gear Solid: Substance was included to whet the appetites
of potential Evolution Skateboarding buyers, while serving as a fun little
diversion to the Stealthy stylings of the rest of the game.
Unsurprisingly, Skateboarding mode bears no resemblance to the standard MGS
game-play. The "Big Shell" structure from the Raiden portion of "Sons of
Liberty" has been painstakingly recreated using the Evolution Skateboarding
graphics engine, only instead of guards, claymore mines and security
cameras, you have half-pipes, kickers, grind-rails and death-defying leaps
of faith to negotiate. You have the option to play as either Snake or Raiden
for a three-minute run around the Big Shell environment, completing
challenges (or "Missions", as they are known here) as you go.
As a skateboard sim, it holds up quite well. Obviously, it's not in the same
league as the likes of Tony Hawk's, but then you were hardly expecting it to
be, were you?! The tricks are easy to perform, and there's plenty of tricks
to satisfy the appetite of even the most die-hard reader of Thrasher
magazine. If you're used to the control scheme of the Tony Hawk's series,
you will be on familiar territory, while the "mission" based set-up will
also be a welcome similarity for most gamers. All in all, it's a very fun
game that will add a few extra hours of enjoyment, plus a fun distraction
from the altogether more serious matter disarming a band of nuke-equipped
terrorists! Equal parts enjoyable and commercially astute, depending on
your angle.
Anyway, I've rambled on long enough! I hope you find this guide both fun
to read and informative. Later 'gators ;),
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Using the aid of ADoomedMarine's rather lovely ASCII PS2 controller, here
is a basic overview of the controls when skating around the "Big Shell"
(L1) - Nollie --- ,-------- ,------ ,-- (R1) - Special
_=====_ (L2)/(R2) Spin/Switch _===/=_
/ _____ \ / _____ \ (^) Grind
.-'_____`-.--------------------------.-'_____`-. / /Stall
D-pad / ___| /|\ |___ \ DualShock 2 / ___| /_\ |___ \
push/ ; | | | ; __ _ ; | _ _,--- (O) Grab
turn --+-+-<----+---> | | |__| |_:> | ||_| (_)| |
; |___ | ___| ;SELECT START; |___`-----------([]) Flip
| \ |_____| .','" "', |___| ,'" "',`. |___`-------(X)Ollie
| `'-._____.-' / \ANALOG/ \ `-._____.-' | /Crouch
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\ / \ /
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Get Moving!
If you are stationary or moving slowly, holding UP on the d-pad will make
Snake or Raiden push off with their back foot. Once you are on the move, you
can hold DOWN on the directional button to come to a swift halt. Sometimes,
where a precise jump or grind is required, it may be beneficial to stop and
then pivot turn to line yourself up, then holding UP to skate in that
direction. It's certainly a lot more precise than lining-up on the move, so
you should try and learn this skill as quickly as possible.
The Ollie
To perform tricks, you need to first perform a jumping technique called an
"ollie". To perform an ollie, hold down the (X) button to crouch and gain
speed, then release the button to jump. You can leap to great heights using
the many half-pipes littered around the level by riding up them and releasing
(X) at the upper edge - or "lip" - of the ramp.
Air Tricks
Once you are aerial, you can perform air tricks such as kickflips, shove-its
and indy grabs by pressing a direction on the d-pad, followed by either the
(O) or ([]) button. Tony Hawker's take note that pressing the direction and
trick button simultaneously will not register, they have to be sequential.
If you tap the (L2) or (R2) button in mid-air, you will perform a 180-degree
spin, which will multiply your trick score for each successive turn.
Alternatively, for those with a vertigo complex, there are plenty of tricks
to be performed at low levels. By holding the Triangle button when jumping
onto any ledge or rail, your character will slide along that surface. This
technique is called "grinding", and when combined with a series of small
ollies and fliptricks, you can score some huge combos over a relatively short
length of railing. Also note that you can ollie off a rail at an angle by
pressing LEFT or RIGHT on the d-pad as you jump. You can use this technique
to hop between rails, for example when attempting Snake's "Hidden" challenge.
When grinding, you will need to maintain your balance (displayed on a gauge
in the centre of the screen) by tapping left or right on the directional
button. If the gauge sways to the one side, press the opposite direction to
counter the sway in order to maintain your balance. Make sure you ollie out
of your grind before losing balance altogether, otherwise you will fall off
and lose any points earned during your combo.
In other skateboarding games, manualing is an essential aspect of scoring
highly. However, in this game, it seems to have been tacked on as an after
-thought. To perform a manual, you need to press down + Triangle as you
land a trick, then keep the Triangle button depressed to stay in your two
-wheeled state. You can also nose-manual by pressing up + Triangle as you
land. Like grinding, you need to balance using the d-pad, only using UP and
DOWN on the controller to counter any trembles in your character's manual.
Tricky to perform, low-scoring and - like the manual tricks - seem to have
been added VERY late in the game's production. To perform a stall, ride up
any half-pipe so that you are perpendicular to its lip, then press Triangle
and any direction to perform a stall trick. Don't bother with these,
seriously! They are a total waste of time and effort.
What's that? Another defunct, bolted-on move that serves no purpose in the
game?! Surely not! Well, machiavelian melodrama aside, all I can say is that
I hope that Konami tidied up the code before releasing the full version of
Evolution Skateboarding.
A wallride is, as the name suggests, a manoeuvre which allows you to ride
along any flat, vertical surface. To perform a wallride jump into a wall at
a shallow angle (30 degrees MAX.) and hold Triangle. The wallride generally
lasts for about half a second, but it can be aborted early by releasing the
Triangle button. Unlike the Tony Hawk's series, it is VERY difficult to in
-corporate this technique into a combo, so I would suggest not even making
the effort to learn it. In fact, the only reason I mention this here is to
avoid angry emails telling me that I missed it out!
"Special" Tricks
As you start racking up the points in Skateboarding mode, you will notice
a yellow gauge gradually fill up in the top-right corner of the screen. As
a general rule, scoring 1,500 points is sufficient to fill the gauge, at
which point your "Stock" value will be increased by one. You can stock a
maximum of five special tricks, which are performed by launching high above
a half-pipe and double-tapping the (R1) button. Combined with a 540-degree
spin, you can score in excess of 10,000 points in a single trick! Nice, eh?
... right then, now that you have learned all the "mad skillz" [do the kids
even say that anymore?! I doubt it - Rich ] that you need to get tricky on
your board, it's time to take what you know out onto the Big Shell. This is
an operation of the most covert nature, so read carefully, young grass
* * * * * *
Righty-oh! Let's get down to business. You have 6 objectives to accomplish,
and only three minutes to get them all done...
1) Score 8,000 points. **
2) Find the hidden item. ****
3) Grind 150m. *
4) Collect 4 dog tags. **
5) Destroy all 3 cyphers ***
6) Blow up the plant. *****
The stars next to each objective are a rough guide to the general difficulty
of each objective. Out of the two levels, I would say that's Snake's
missions are far easier than Raiden's, so I would definitely suggest cutting
your teeth on this stage.
Spend your first couple of runs familiarising yourself with the layout of the
level. In particular, remember the location of the cyphers, and where the
staircase is that takes you up onto the heli-pad on top of the strut furthest
from your starting point.
After you are confident that you know you way around the level fairly well,
have a go at beating each of the goals individually. Of course, me being my
kind self, I wouldn't DREAM of letting you do anything for yourself, so I've
written a walkthrough for you. No, no, please, don't thank me...
OBJECTIVE 1 // Score 8,000 points.
This one's straightforward enough, provided that you have already
familiarised yourself with the nuances of the trick system. Your best bet is
to make use of the half-pipes surrounding your start point, filling your
Special meter with a few tasty grabs, before unleashing a special trick with
a couple of taps of (L2) or (R2) to make light of this initial challenge.
OBJECTIVE 2 // Find the hidden item.
From the off, ride down the ramp directly in front of you, then across the
bridge (with a rail in the middle if you fancy some trickage.) Head slightly
left at the end of the bridge, and either ride past or destroy the patrolling
cypher (a floating gun-turret, in case you were wondering.) Continue straight
ahead and down a narrow pathway, passing a tall half-pipe to your left. Okey
doke, now here comes the tricky part...
You will notice that, possibly due to some shoddy building contractors, there
is a dirty-great gap in the path ahead. This gap is far too large to traverse
with an ollie, so you're going to have to get across by some other means.
Say... you don't think that those thin rails connected elaborately to the
gantry you're on could sustain your weight, do you?! Well, you'd better hope
so, son, 'cause that's what you're gonna do.
You'll need to be travelling at a fair pace to pull this off, so you might
want to pull some tricks using the conveniently located half-pipe to your
left before proceeding. You need to grind on the gantry railing, then
craftily hop onto the railing suspended in the middle of the great crevasse
beneath you. Grind on this rail for, ooh, I'd say about half a second, before
hopping back onto the gantry railing on the other side. This might take you
several attempts, depending on your co-ordination.
Once you have safely made it across the gargantuan gap, you need to launch
off the quarter-pipe directly ahead. By leaping from it, you will launch up
into an invisible chamber, where the hidden item is located.
OBJECTIVE 3 // Grind 150m.
Well, after that rather complicated challenge, this one couldn't be simpler.
All you have to do is accumulate 150m worth of grinds across any of the rails
or ledges dotted around the level. It's not really worth aiming to beat this
task, as you'll probably reach the 150m aggregate during the course of
completing the other goals.
OBJECTIVE 4 // Collect 4 dog tags.
Hmm, for some reason, when I do this task, there's a strange suspension of
belief. I can't quite put my finger on what it is, but it might have
something to do with having to collect dog tags that are THE SAME SIZE AS
SNAKE which are FLOATING IN MID-AIR! Maybe one day I'll figure it out.
Anyway, enough innane rambling. As stated above, the dog tags are pretty
bloody conspicuous, so you will have no trouble finding them. If I were you,
I would probably head straight down the ramp from the start, then grind the
rail in the middle of the bridge to collect your first tag .
At the end of the bridge section, bear slightly left. Hovering over the lip
of half-pipe on the right of this open area is your second tag, so ollie up
and grind on the lip of the pipe in front of you to bag another tag.
Continue down the same path you took to get the "hidden item" earlier to
collect your third tag, which is right on the brink of the giant gap you
had to clear earlier.
After snaffling yourself three tags, half-turn left and ride back the way you
came. Follow the path as it swings to the left (rather than going back over
the bridge.) When you reach a dead-end, half-turn left again to face a set of
stairs. Ride up the staircase, holding UP so that you continue pushing
against gravity, until you reach the top.
You will now be positioned upon the heli-pad on top of Strut E. Turn a little
to the right to locate the fourth and final dog-tag, which is floating above
one of the "H" symbols, next to a Marine's Cypher-T (hovering robot-type-
thing.) Snaffle this to complete the mission. Hooray!!
OBJECTIVE 5 // Destroy all three cyphers.
Presuming you completed the previous "mission", you will have no doubt
encountered the three floating sentries, called "cyphers", that can be found
in this level. Anyone who has played through the "Sons of Liberty" portion of
the game will take great satisfaction from this task, where you have the
chance to perform some frontier justice and destroying these Taiwan
-manufactured bastards so they can never bother you again :)
If you come close to a cypher, it will spot you and emit a loud "alert"
sound. If you stay within its range for five seconds, it will open fire on
you, costing you valuable seconds, and serving as a major annoyance.
By far the best way to wreak havoc with the cyphers is to ollie into them, by
heading straight for them and releasing (X) immediately before colliding with
it. Time it right, and you'll be gratified by watching the gun-toting
nuisance burst into a ball of flames. You _can_ also destroy the cyphers by
skating into them, but this is less damaging, and you will need to ride into
the 'bot at least twice to eradicate it.
From your starting point, turn slightly to your right to spot your first
target, which you should promptly crash into to annihilate it. Ride down the
ramp in front of you and down onto the connecting bridge. Make your way
across the bridge and bear slightly left, towards the area where you found
the hidden item earlier. You should see the cypher in front of you, which you
can collide with to bust it good and proper.
Finally, turn back around and go up the staircase that leads up to the heli
-pad. In the same place your found dog tag #4 should be hovering the third
and final cypher, which should be promptly destroyed. One challenge left..
what good progress we're making!!
OBJECTIVE 6 // Blow up the plant.
Naturally, I left the most difficult challenge until last. This "mission"
involves performing a series of actions which result in one of the struts
being detonated in spectacular fashion.
There are four sets of infra-red sensors positioned around the level, which
need to be activated in pairs to set off the explosives positioned on one of
the struts. The strut that gets destroyed plays no part in the other tasks
in this level, so don't worry about blowing it up before completing some of
the other missions on the list.
From the start, ride straight forward, down the ramp and onto the strut
connecting bridge. About halfway across this bridge, there is a second
connecting bridge that leads off to another strut on the left. Ride over
this bridge and turn left (woo, NASCAR!) at the end of it. Follow this gantry
around as it swings to the right, and grind the railing to clear the gap in
the floor beneath you. Once you have reached the other side, ride up the
quarter-pipe in front of you to activate the IR sensor. "UNIQUE 1/4" will
appear on the screen to let you know that you have completed the first stage
of this objective.
Once you have landed back on the ground, use the hand-rail to traverse the
gap once again, and follow the gantry back around. Keep skating straight
ahead and past the connecting bride you used earlier on. Go left around the
corner and grind either of the two rails that span the gap in the floor, then
round the corner and grind across the gap that follows. At the end of this
gantry is another quarter-pipe, which you should assail to set off the second
set of sensors. Once you have landed, head back from whence you came, across
the two gaps and back to the strut connecting bridge...
Oh no!! The floor has disappeared! Nothing to fear though, as you can simply
grind along the railing to the side of the gargantuan gap that separates you
from the rest of the level. Grind along the side of the bridge, then hop off
and land back on the main bridge. Turn left, then ride forward and turn
right when you reach the end.
You should see a steel quarter-pipe lying between two pillars at the end of
this pathway. Catch some "fat air" from this structure to trigger the third
sensor. Only one left.. woo!
After landing back on good old terra firma, you should be facing towards the
steps that lead up to the heli-pad. Promptly skate up this narrow staircase
and turn right to spot another quarter-pipe betwixt two pillars. Leap from
this ramp for your very own "Kodak Moment" ;)
So, there you go! Snake's portion of the game is complete. Now onto the
second level, where Raiden has some of his own challenges to complete
* * * * * *
And so, with a heavy heart, we leave Snake's missions behind. This time, it
is the girly-haired one who you will be guiding around the Big Shell. You
will notice that this level is considerably different in its layout to
Snake's level, although some of the challenges will feel distinctly similar.
Again, you have three minutes to complete them all...
1) Score 8,000 points. **
2) Find the hidden item. *****
3) Grind 150 metres. *
4) Collect 4 rations. ***
5) Destroy all 4 cyphers. ***
6) Operate the crane. ****
Just like Snake's missions, spend your first couple of runs familiarising
yourself with the level. Everything is laid out a lot more logically in this
level, so you should not have any trouble squeezing all six objectives into
the three minutes allowed to you.
What's that..? You want ME to guide you through each objective?! Oddly enough,
that's EXACTLY what I'm going to do. What luck, eh...
OBJECTIVE 1 // Score 8,000 points.
Deja vu, anyone? Yep, once again you have to score the not unreasonable amount
of 8,000 points. You can do this any way that you want, but a "SPECIAL" trick
combined with a 540-degree spin should net more than enough points in about
2 seconds. If you're having trouble pulling that fairly advanced technique
off, just pull some grab tricks off any of the multitudes of ramps and
quarter-pipes littered about the level.
OBJECTIVE 2 // Find the hidden item.
Eek! This task could have been so straightforward, but those lovely, lovely
folks at KCET decided to put a big ol' crate between you and the shiny, shiny
hidden item. As a result of this, you'll have to complete the "Operate the
crane" task before attempting this. well, go on then, go and read that and
then come back here...
Done it? Good, 'cause the rest is a cinch. Make your way back up the steps to
the Strut E heli-pad, then leap from the half pipe that is no longer obstruct
-ed by the crate you just removed.
OBJECTIVE 3 // Grind 150 metres.
Identical in every way conceivable to the objective on Snake's level, you
simply have to grind a total of 150 metres during the course of your run.
This total is more than achievable by using the long, straight hand-rails
to your right as you start the level, but you should be able to aggregate
the total length required while completing the other objectives. If you can't
manage this task, you might as well take the game disc out and use it as a
shiny coaster, because it doesn't get any easier than this!
OBJECTIVE 4 // Collect 4 rations.
For those of you among us who have never played Metal Gear Solid before,
rations are small, beige, cylindrical objects that contain supplies to
regenerate your LIFE gauge. Of course, in Skateboarding mode, you don't have
a LIFE gauge, but you still have to collect them. Don't ask me why, you just
From your starting location, turn slightly to the right and grind on the
right or center handrail. As you reach the apex of the rail, ollie off to
collect the ration hovering above.
Immediately after landing, half-turn left and grind back down the rail until
you reach the end. There should be a broad, brown ramp directly in front of
you, which leads down to a dead-end. In the middle of this area is another
ration, which you should snaffle before turning around and heading back up
the ramp.
Once you have made your way back onto the plateau your run started on, turn
sharply to the left until you find yourself riding down a similar, slightly
narrower ramp that leads down to the main strut connecting bridge. Ride along
the bridge and turn left at the end to face the stairway leading up to the
heli-pad platform.
As you arrive on the heli-pad, you should see a third ration hovering above
a pair of missiles. Don't worry about landing on them; they won't explode ;)
Use the ramp at one end of the missiles to launch up and grab the package.
After grabbing ration #3, your fourth and final collectible can be found
above a quarter-pipe on the far right-hand side of the platform. Simply hit
the pipe (as Cypress Hill would say) and blag the last remaining ration.
OBJECTIVE 5 // Destroy all 4 uninhabited probes.
Different wording, but the "uninhabited probes" they speak of are simply the
gun-mounted cyphers that you had to destroy in Snake's level. Although there
is an extra 'bot to destroy in this level, they are all laid out in a helpful
fashion, so it should not take any more time to complete this task than it
did for Snake.
From your start point, turn right and follow the railing as it sweeps round
to the left. Before long, you should encounter your first cypher, which you
should smash by jumping into it (remember, riding straight into them is less
damaging.) After you have done this, make your way down the brown ramp that
leads towards the connecting bridge.
Skate over the bridge and turn right as you reach the end to find the second
probe... you know what to do ;). Immediately afterwards, half-turn left and
in the distance you should see yet another remote-controlled miscreant.
Trash this and the next cypher over to the right and you will have destroyed
them all. Yay!
OBJECTIVE 6 // Operate the crane.
And so we reach the final objective in Skateboarding mode. Your "mission" is
simple: use the crane structure beside the helipad to pick up the apparatus
blocking your path to the hidden item. Actually figuring this out for your
-self is moderately difficult, but after you have done so it couldn't be
easier! If you fancy trying out this mildly taxing puzzle yourself, kindly
skip the next couple of paragraphs...
So, for all you lazy people out there, recall the two quarter-pipes (between
pillars) that you utilised in Snake's "Blow up the plant" challenge. You need
to make your way up the staircase leading to the heli-pad and somehow make
the crane's arm swing around and over the object that requires moving. To do
this, jump from the quarter-pipe on the right hand side of the heli-pad as
you reach the top of the stairs (you will see that there is a silver,
metallic throw-switch above it) to trigger the appropriate cut-scene.
After watching the crane swivel into position, make your way back down to the
lower level, either using the stairs or taking the death-defying "acid drop"
approach. In the dead-end opposite the foot of the stairs rests your second
switch, so hurl yourself skywards to hit it to complete the mission.
... and that's all there is to it! Next up, the dreaded move-lists.
* * * * * *
Here are a handful of the most common queries I have received via e-mail rega
-rding this FAQ. If your question isn't answered here or anywhere else, then
send it to me at the address stated at the top of the document.
Q: I thought at one point you were going to include a "Trick Listings"
A: Indeed I was, but then I noticed that if you press START to enter the
pause menu, you will notice an option labelled "Command List". Highlight
it and press (O) to reveal a lovely list detailing all the moves available
to your particular character.
Q: Are there any secrets or bonus features?
A: No. There, that was short!!
Q: Any glitches?
A: So far I have found two:
i) The announcer says "Primo Stool" instead of "Primo Stall".
ii) On occasion, if you fall into the sea, you will continue falling
forever, requiring you to reset your console.
Q: How do I perform tricks like the Airwalk or Front Foot Impossible?
A: Hmmm.. The Command List *was* a little unclear on this, but you need to
press the corresponding direction, followed by double-tapping the Circle
or Square button. It takes a while to get the hang of it, but it shouldn't
be too taxing.
Q: Whenever I perform a manual/primo/casper trick, it only lasts for a
fraction of a second. Why is this?
A: Unlike the "Tony Hawk" series, you need to keep holding the Triangle button
for the duration of the trick. This caught me out at first too!
Q: Haven't I heard the announcer's voice somewhere before?
A: Well, well, well... I have to confess that when I first heard the gravelly
voice, I too thought it was the voice of Jecht from Final Fantasy X. I
e-mailed one of the guys at Konami about this, and I was sad to hear that
this was not the case.
Q: What ARE the feeding those Pigeons?! They're freakin' HUGE!!
A: I have no idea, but I'm guessing they know Barry Bonds ;)
* * * * * *
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Surgery for a lung transplant is a difficult operation.
Sarah Murnaghan, the 10-year-old girl suffering from end-stage cystic fibrosis whose bid to get a transplant from adult lungs drew national attention, received a lung transplant Wednesday.
"Her doctors are very pleased with both her progress during the procedure and her prognosis for recovery,'' her family said in a statement issued after surgery in Philadelphia.
The family said the six hour surgery went well, and that doctors used a lung from an adult donor, cut down to fit the child's body.
"The surgeons had no challenges resizing and transplanting the donor lungs,'' the Murnaghan family said. "The surgery went smoothly and Sarah did extremely well. ''
They said she was moved to intensive care after the surgery and faces a long recovery.
Maureen Garrity, a spokeswoman for the family, says the lungs are from an adult.
Garrity says the family is "beyond excited" but mindful that someone else "had to lose a family member."
Sarah captured the public's attention in recent weeks after her parents pleaded that she be put on the waiting list for adult lungs. Her family and the family of an 11-year-old boy, also awaiting a lung transplant at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, challenged transplant rules that make children under 12 wait for pediatric lungs; they can be offered adult lungs only after adolescents and adults on the waiting list have been considered. Last week, a judge ordered the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to add her to the list for adult lungs. The judge's ruling covered both children.
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Ashish Shah, the surgical director of lung transplants at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, says the surgery "is a difficult operation that lasts from four to 10 hours, depending on the patient, previous scar tissue and how the lungs perform after the implant."
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A lot of physical therapy and rehabilitation are necessary after the transplant, Shah says.
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The Beacons finish their season 9-9, a year after earning their first ever Little East Conference Regular Season Championship and first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Saturday's match marked the final match for the Beacons' six seniors with Sean Cullen (Medway, Mass.), Charles Lai (Boston, Mass.), Eglis Bizhoti (Kucovë, Albania), Mark Grinhaus (Scarsdale, N.Y.), Lyle Analetto (Belmont, Mass.) and Brian Sou (Revere, Mass.) each playing their final match in a UMass Boston uniform.
Lai came through with a huge doubles victory, to move into first place in program-history with his 41st career doubles win. The program-record had previously been set by Tom Savoie ('91)-who owned the mark for 22 years.
Saturday's match was characterized by several huge swings, with Southern Maine looking like they would run away with the match at junctures early in doubles and singles play. Both times the Beacons rallied from big deficits to put the pressure back on the hosts, before a rain delay pushed the match inside, where the Huskies eventually were crowned as champions.
The match began at the Gorham High School Tennis Courts, with Corey Dyke and Christopher G. Ross earning a dominant 8-2 victory at number three doubles over Analetto and Jack Wang (Suzhou, China).
Max Wilkey and Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament Kyle Curley pushed the lead to 2-0, as they downed Bizhoti and Grinhaus 8-2 at number two doubles.
With the lead already at 2-0, the attention turned to number one singles, where Lai and Cullen found themselves in a tight match, trailing 6-4. After struggling with the big serve of the Huskies top pair early in the match, the Beacons battled back with a pair of breaks, and took the first doubles match 8-6 over Tyler Adams and Scott Gagne.
Southern Maine pushed back to open singles play, as they took the first set on all four courts (singles one-four), with the Beacons winning just six of 24 games.
UMass Boston's four seniors on the court turned the momentum around in the second set, as three of the first four matches went to a second-set tiebreaker, with the Beacons pushing two of the matches to a third set.
Grinhaus, who was dealing with a lower-leg and foot injury, was the lone Beacon who couldn't get things going, as the first-year senior fell 6-0, 6-1 to Gagne at number four singles.
Bizhoti kept the Beacons alive at number three singles, as he put his poor first set behind him (6-0), to earn a 7-2 tiebreaker victory in the second set. He needed a late rally just to force a tiebreak, as his 4-1 lead early in the second set, quickly turned to a 5-4 deficit against Curley.
Number one singles was the next match to reach a second-set tiebreak, as Cullen and Adams battled back-and-forth on court one. After falling behind in the second set, Cullen fell just short in his attempt to rally, falling 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) in the final match of his extremely successful career.
With the Huskies leading 4-1 in the first-to-five final, Lai needed to win his tiebreaker at second singles, just to keep the Beacons' hopes alive. Lai went stroke for stroke with Wilkey, but found himself facing Championship Point at 7-6 in the tiebreak. The two-year captain rolled off three consecutive points to save Championship Point and earn a 9-7 tiebreak win, to take set number two.
Less than fifteen minutes later, with number five and six singles underway, and the third sets just beginning at second and third singles, the skies opened and a torrential pour came crashing down on the players.
After a short delay and a move to the Portland Racket and Tennis Center, play resumed, with the Beacons trailing in a deciding set at number two, three and five singles.
It appeared as if Southern Maine would clinch at number five singles, but Wang fought off a pair of Championship Points to keep the match going-if only for a few more moments. When the match concluded, Wang was trailing Thaddeus St. John 6-4, 5-3 in the second set.
After a valiant effort, Bizhoti couldn't keep up with Curley, as the Huskies earned their fifth and final point-with a 6-0, 6-7 (7-2), 6-2 victory.
In the final two unfinished matches, Lai trailed Wilkey (6-3, 6-7 (9-7), 4-2) at number two singles and Analetto was behind 6-1, 2-1 to Ross at number six singles.


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The ordinance allowing cell towers in public right-of-ways in Burbank will go into effect next month, the City Council decided Tuesday.
While the ordinance requires wireless companies to obtain an encroachment permit to install a tower, it gives facilities that collect customer meter data a six-month exemption.
That means the Southern California Gas Company the green-light to build five new poles with meter equipment in residential neighborhoods. The new poles will likely be installed next month at 1322 Griffith Park Dr., 1040 Fairview St., 2215 Niagra St., 1100 Sixth St. and 1405 Country Club Road., according to utility spokesman Tony Tartaglia.
Over the last couple weeks, residents near the proposed poles were notified and given one last chance Tuesday to object.
A small clan of "Save Burbank Neighborhoods" members voiced their opposition to the new poles and more lenient regulations, but the pack was nowhere near the droves that successfully protested the proposed T-Mobile tower on top of the Little White Chapel.
Tuesday marked the fourth time in just three-and-a-half months that the cell tower issue has surfaced on the City Council agenda. Even so, it's not over yet.
City officials have promised residents a study session with a cell tower policy expert to explore the feasibility of implementing their suggestions, which include equipment disclosure, time limits on permits and increased public noticing.
Who the city will hire to run the session has been a point of contention.
Council members who mentioned bringing back Jonathan Kramer of the Kramer Telecom Law Firm were faced with heavy opposition from residents who felt the attorney was sympathetic to the industry. The city hired Kramer in 2010 as a consultant for the cell tower ordinance.
"We feel maybe our best interests aren't his best interests," said Michael Moynahan, donning a "Save Burbank Neighborhoods" T-shirt.
-- Alene Tchekmedyian, Times Community News
Follow Alene Tchekmedyian on Google+ and on Twitter: @atchek.


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Please note: The SWT 3.7 Plan is now complete. This page is no longer being updated, but will be kept for future planning.
This page contains blue sky thinking about the kind of things we would like to see in SWT's immediate future. This is a place to collect ideas - it does not represent a commitment to implement the ideas.
Theme Drawing API
- Provide an API to draw operating system themed controls and parts of controls.
- Partially implemented already. May need to expand or implement on remaining platforms.
Native Controls
- Add more native controls to SWT such as Header and HeaderItem
- Native tool bar support for the Mac
- Single MenuBar per Display support for Mac
- 'Source list' mode for Trees in Cocoa (like iTunes or Mail.app)
- Investigate custom draw for controls other than tables and trees (Menu background)
- Gesture/touch event support for Windows 7 and Mac OS X
- Use native DateTime dropdown control on Cocoa
- Animation, transformation and effects API (something like CoreAnimation or Windows Animation Manager)
- Button with SWT.WRAP
- Direct2D
- Radial Gradients
- Add new API to give more control to the way images are saved, i.e. jpeg quality, dpi, etc.
- Add new API to allow storing an image in parts (tiles) for faster rendering of very large images.
- Support writing multi-page TIFF to allow tiled images to be stored as tiles.
- Ensure that any image can be saved in any format on any platform.
- Add new API to handle more printer options.
- Investigate performance improvements on all platforms.
- Investigate lightweight monitoring and tracing tool [1] to find slow code and problem areas in big applications.
- Investigate SWT in a Browser
- investigate SproutCore as a platform
- investigate and/or implement a JCL (Java Class Library) for the browser
- implement API to resolve desktop and web (Display.run(), async image loading ...)
- implement API to animate layouts
- implement API for async dialogs
- CSS engine improvments
- Make SWT/Qt ready for usage in RCP apps. (See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=318484)
- Webkit for Windows
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Happy Easter long weekend to those of you who are lucky enough to have one! Here's the best of what I found online this week…
Book News
Toronto writer Leah Bobet is celebrating the release of her debut novel, Above, featured as a Big Idea piece on John Scalzi's blog.
General Geekery
The Mary Sue has found art of dapper dinosaurs in top hats.
For the aspiring Companions among us, Doctor Who sticky notes (also via The Mary Sue).
If Narnia is more your style, go forth and ogle this Dawn Treader concept art.
For Writers (and Interested Third Parties)
Adam Roberts has a fascinating post about the importance of monsters as myth and how bigger is not always better (via Juliette Wade).
John Scalzi points out that the identity of the bad guys in science fiction movies often depends on one's point of view.
That's all for this round. Have a wonderful long weekend!


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Author Notes: The week coming up is known around are house as Get Out Of My Way I'm Cooking Dammit Week! This is the time when the kitchen becomes my arena and I go into cage-match mode with a turkey. However, this year I am not making a turkey. This year I am cooking for a smaller crowd than usual, so I am in Tuscan Thanksgiving mode since my Italian parents are suspicious of anything else that might be on the table.
We live in Sonoma which is Wine Country. It's also Cheese Country and I happen to be lucky enough to count among my friends some of the best artisanal cheesemakers around here. Sheana Davis is one, whose prize winning Delice de La Vallee Cheese can be found on the menu of the French Laundry and fine cheeseshops around the country. So when we do cheese around here, we're not talking about that port-wine-drizzled bowling ball that arrives in the mail from Aunt Tina. We really do cheese. I will be serving some of these excellent cheeses at my house this Thanksgiving; my family loves them. I will also be serving the recipe I am about to share with you, even though I know my parents would never eat it. Clam dip with dried onion soup mix (remember that one?) is about as daring as my mom gets. The line has been drawn and it will go no further.
So what is this mysterious appetizer? Muhummara is it's name, don't wear it out. I discovered Muhummara while I was planning my big POM Wonderful dinner. I wanted to make sure I had something on the table when my guests arrived. I wanted to make sure that during my final preparations of the entree, I would not be disturbed. I wanted to make them happy so they would not be constantly asking me when the food would be ready. Boy howdy, did I succeed.
For those of you who have never heard of Muhummara, join the club. As I said, it's kissin' cousin to Hummus but instead of chickpeas, it's made of roasted red peppers and walnuts and other good stuff. It's hot and sweet and spicy and the perfect foil for whatever you're planning on serving later. It also goes great as a relish with everything from kebabs to roast chicken. Trust me I've tried it. It kicks ass!!
It also makes up in about 15 minutes and then mellows a bit before serving. For the busy holiday cook, what's not to like about that?!
Here's my adaptation of a classic Muhummara recipe. —Kathy Gori
Serves: 10 +
small French or Italian bread roll
cup toasted walnut pieces
tablespoons olive oil
tablespoon tomato paste
tablespoons pomegranate molasses
teaspoon cumin
teaspoon kosher salt
cup roasted red peppers
handful pomegranate arils
teaspoon Aleppo pepper
- In a food processor, grind the french or Italian roll to crumbs
- dry toast the walnut pieces and add them to the food processor along with all the other ingredients
- grind well, you should have a coarse hummus like paste
- Check seasoning, sprinkle handful of pomegranate arils and a few walnut pieces on top. Serve with flatbread, crackers o r crudites.
- This can be made ahead, in fact it only gets better
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Open House Dish
More Great Recipes:
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