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Centennial, CO— The last thing Ruth Wolfe expected while talking to her husband on the phone from a grocery store parking lot was a stroke. But that's exactly what happened.
Ruth, 51, is a motivated wife and mother. Like many other women, she keeps busy with her job, family, coaching and running a youth sports league. But unexpectedly at the age of 49, her life was interrupted by a stroke.
National Stroke Association's Faces of Stroke℠ campaign spotlighted Ruth's story this month to raise awareness about the importance of knowing the warning signs of a stroke, particularly for women.
"Stroke kills twice as many women as breast cancer every year," said Jim Baranski, chief executive officer of National Stroke Association. "Ruth's story highlights the importance for every woman to know the warning signs of stroke and educate their family members to act FAST and call 9-1-1."
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Ruth and her family acted FAST and she was able to get the necessary treatment. Her recovery began immediately after. She began with learning the alphabet, reading books, printing and writing her name. She never gave up and pushed herself every day. After 11 months she has returned to work and her active lifestyle.
About Faces of Stroke
Faces of Stroke is a web-based gallery with nearly 800 individual profiles of stroke survivors, caregivers and healthcare providers sharing their stories and photos. Browse the many Faces and share your own story at www.stroke.org/faces.
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National Stroke Association is the only national organization in the U.S. that focuses 100 percent of its efforts on stroke by developing compelling education and programs focused on prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and support for all impacted by stroke. Visit www.stroke.org for more information.
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A good friend of mine – and as you might surmise, a big Bills fan – said he wakes up every morning thinking, "Maybe he will be great."
"He" is EJ Manuel, the Bills' rookie quarterback. I'm sure my buddy's daily musings reflect the fondest hopes of football fans in Western New York and around the world.
Yes, what if Manuel is the real deal? What if he has true greatness in him? Maybe this time, the Bills found the quarterback who can lift a team and a city and transform the fortunes of a chronically dysfunctional franchise.
I'm wondering, too. There seems to be more anticipation for the team's training camp – which opens a week from today at St. John Fisher – than in any year in recent memory, maybe since Jim Kelly showed up at Fredonia in 1986.
I wasn't here in '86, so it's hard to compare. Kelly, who had played in the USFL, was 26 years old and already an established pro. There's no comparing the rosters, either. Looking back at the '86 team, it's stunning how many great players were assembled on one squad.
But I imagine there was a similar sense of fascination and possibility back then, a feeling that the Bills were on the rise, that a bad team was making the transition to a more promising new day.
The parallels are stretched, I will admit. But we're talking about Bills fans, remember. Years of bumbling and failure can do two things to a fan: It can turn him into a hardened cynic, or test his seemingly bottomless capacity for belief.
There's nothing like a physically gifted quarterback to stoke the fires of optimism. Manuel gives fans hope. He's the future, a 6-foot-5 specimen with a cannon of an arm and the ability to make plays with his legs. Manuel is the first quarterback ever taken by the Bills with their first pick in an NFL Draft. He was the only QB taken in the first round. That makes him a national story, an object of intrigue not just in Buffalo but around the NFL, where quarterbacks always matter.
When you have the quarterback, you have a future. Until that happens, it's all hype and hope. Look around the league. Six of the 12 playoff teams last year had a rookie or second-year starting quarterback. Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson breathed new hope into their teams.
The success of the young QBs has raised expectations for Manuel. He's not in their class, not yet. He doesn't need to set the world on fire from the start. But Manuel needs to show the skills that made the Bills take him at No. 16 overall, a pick that many felt was a reach.
So all eyes will be on Manuel at St. John Fisher. Every throw will be analyzed, every mannerism evaluated for signs of leadership and swagger, every public utterance dissected for hidden meaning.
People will be watching for the "separation" that Doug Marrone said would become evident in the battle between Manuel and Kevin Kolb. It will not be an encouraging sign if Marrone meant that Manuel's lack of readiness would become quickly apparent to coaches, players and fans.
We're done with OTAs and voluntary camps. Now the competition begins. Buffalo fans, who have grown weary of "suffering," are ready for some real competition. Maybe Manuel isn't quite ready to zip through his progressions and make precise, NFL throws, but they want to see him compete.
They want early, tangible evidence to support their belief. When they get up the morning after the Bills' first preseason game at Indianapolis on Aug. 11, they want to be thinking, "Yeah, I do see greatness in him!"
Of course, it's not all about the quarterback. The Bills have a new head coach in Marrone: a new, young offensive coordinator in Nathaniel Hackett; a new defensive coordinator in Mike Pettine; a lot of new players.
I'll be looking for a new edge, a fresh operation led by men who can impart a creative, attacking personality to a franchise. Let's see how Marrone and Hackett channel the offense's speed. Let's see how Pettine plans to unleash his pass rush and disrupt opposing offenses.
We've been through this before. Gregg Williams promised a smart, attacking style. It was mostly talk in the end. It always comes back to talent. Coaching matters in the NFL, but no coach has a game plan that can consistently make up for poor personnel.
Buddy Nix says the team is more talented that it was when he took over in 2010. We'll see. The defense was putrid last year. I get tired of hearing how they came on late in the year.
Consider this stat: The six teams the Bills beat last year all finished in the bottom seven of the NFL in passer rating. So they were 0-10 against teams that finished 25th or higher in passing.
The offense wasn't much better. The Bills were 25th in passing, and Ryan Fitzpatrick couldn't make the big throws in the fourth quarter of close games. In three years under Chan Gailey, they had one win against a team that finished the year with a winning record.
Maybe, as Nix contends, the overall talent on the roster is better. It ought to be. Going back to the 2002 draft, only one Bills draft pick has been voted to the Pro Bowl at his position: Jairus Byrd. There might be some hidden gems on this team, but they have a lot to prove.
They have two players I consider top 10 in the NFL at their position: C.J. Spiller and Byrd, who probably won't be at camp. Save your breath on Mario Williams until he does it against a real quarterback.
But the season of hope is upon us again. If nothing else, it'll be fun and interesting. The great thing about the NFL is you're never more than a player away from contention – as long as that player is a legitimate franchise quarterback.
Manuel has the franchise label. Now we start to find out if he's legitimate. I would advise patience. Keep in mind, these things don't usually happen overnight.
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KERSHAW – Lancaster County Sheriff's Office investigators are on the scene of a deadly fire in Kershaw today, the second in Lancaster County since Friday.
According to Lancaster County officials, firefighters from the Kershaw, Heath Springs, Black Creek and Rich Hill volunteer fire departments were dispatched to a home on Marion Street around 10:30 a.m. Where they later discovered a body inside the home.
The identity of the deceased has yet to be identified.
HEATH SPRINGS – Heath Springs officials will wait to see how the county's new anti-smoking ordinance is received before they take any action on the measure.
Last month, Lancaster County Council adopted an ordinance to ban smoking inside all public-access places, including bars and restaurants.
The measure, though, only applies to unincorporated areas, as Lancaster County's three municipalities will have to approve their own ordinances for the ban to truly be countywide.
Following years of solid financial reports, Lancaster County once again received a good rating during this year's annual audit.
Sheila Morgan, a CPA with accounting firm McAbee Talbert Halliday & Co., presented the audit results at the Lancaster County Council meeting on Dec. 10. Morgan issued the county an unqualified "clean" opinion, meaning it was in good financial shape.
"We're pleased to say we encountered no difficulties during the audit," Morgan said.
Dr. Richard Wescoat, a general practitioner whose career spanned more than 50 years, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the age of 89.
Wescoat was born in Summerville and opened a medical practice in Lancaster in 1950 after attending Clemson University and the Medical College of South Carolina, from which he graduated in 1947.
Shortly after, he served as an U.S. Army captain in the Medical Corps and did a tour of duty in Korea, working in a MASH unit. His service earned him a Bronze Star with a V for Valor designation.
Two weeks after the kick-off of the Lancaster Area Ride Service's (LARS) new county-wide public transportation system, Lancaster County Council heard an update on the new operation.
Sally Sherrin, executive director of the Lancaster County Council on Aging, which operates LARS, presented facts and figures about the service to council, including its previous success as a medical transportation system.
HEATH SPRINGS –Firefighters from two volunteer fire departments and the state forestry commission contained a grass fire on Cauthen Street on Sunday, Dec. 23 that burned through two yards and threatened the woods near a home.
Though damage was relatively minimal, Heath Springs Volunteer Fire Department Chief Patrick Helms said the fire illustrates the importance of local fire ordinances and is a reminder to stay vigilant when burning trash.
Investigators are sorting out the details of a possible armed robbery of a pedestrian that happened Wednesday night, Dec. 19.
Lancaster Police Department Capt. Scott Grant said the robbery happened near the intersection of Wylie and Barr streets.
Grant said investigators interviewed at least eight people on Thursday about the case.
Brooklyn Springs Elementary School welcomed a special guest to celebrate International Reading Day.
Meredith Lewellen, niece of Brooklyn Springs Elementary principal Tonya Hunter, was crowned Miss North Greenville 2013.
The 21-year-old Lancaster native is a resident of Landrum and attends North Greenville University.
Lewellen's platform as Miss North Greenville focuses on children with special educational needs, and her goal is to raise awareness of that cause.
On Friday, Dec. 14, the nation reeled in horror at news of the tragedy that struck Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., when a mentally ill man forced his way inside and murdered 20 children and six adults trying to protect them.
A week later, the loss is still incomprehensible; the sense that if it could happen in Newtown it could happen anywhere.
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No, that is obviously wrong (at least in Pennsylvania). A concealed-carry permit in Pennsylvania applies to "firearms" as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 6102, which includes "Any pistol or revolver with a barrel length less than 15 inches, any shotgun with a barrel length less than 18 inches or any rifle with a barrel length less than 16 inches." Considering that the latter two categories are, respectively, Short-Barreled Shotguns and Short-Barreled Rifles that are restricted under the federal National Firearms Act of 1934, it's not too likely that someone would be regularly carrying either. So a Pennsylvania License to Carry Firearms pretty much applies only to handguns.
Were you told this in Wheeling? Maybe West Virginia law lets people carry crossbows, however improbable that might be in reality.


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They say it is always best to judge a man by his actions rather than his words.
All the time he was manager here, Nigel Adkins' words were seldom interesting. He avoided simple questions, repeated clichés and always spoke about "being on the bus" or "in the building."
Some people found that endearing, some people found it annoying.
His actions however, were most impressive. Back-to-back promotions, attacking football and the best win ratio of any Saints manager in many a decade.
The whispers have been around for a while. Many fans refused to entertain the idea that chairman Nicola Cortese would even consider getting rid of the former Scunthorpe boss.
We now know for definite that this has most certainly been in the offing for quite sometime.
The new manager himself said he has been researching the team "for weeks" – whilst that may be a coincidence, it's hard to imagine it's not linked to the appointment yesterday.
The reaction to Adkins' departure has been what you would expect. Of the 10,000 votes cast on this site by yesterday evening, 94 per cent were against Adkins' sacking.
Now, admittedly there was a similar reaction to Pardew's exit but to be fair to Adkins, Pardew's team had just beaten Bristol Rovers – Wednesday night's draw with the reigning Champions of Europe was probably a bit more impressive.
Adkins was here long enough to build a rapport with the supporters and it would also be hard to imagine the team without picturing him. In the time he was here, he had become the personification of Southampton Football Club.
His was a team devoid of standout egos in the public eye, so as leader he become the person many would first think of when Saints were mentioned.
Now, it's far too early to have an opinion on Mauricio Pochettino – after all, what do any of us know of him other than what's on Wikipedia?
The one thing that is setting alarm bells ringing however is that he does not speak English. No doubt he has already started learning and probably knows far more than many think, but you just have to see the accusations thrown at Trappattoni and Capello for what managers can expect when things turn sour for a non-Anglophone manager.
Hopefully it will not come to that and the Argentine will be a raging success.
What is concerning though is Cortese's decision to stay away from Pochettino's unveiling. It would be something of a baptism of fire for the manager at the best of times, but the chairman should have been there to back the new man and explain why Adkins was jettisoned.
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From Haarlem to Overveen and follow the signs "Zandvoort". You´ll drive right to the beach
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You can park your car at the beach and take a daycard. Best to ask for Tim Klijn Beach Centre, at the North of Zandvoort.
Use a fun-board... or bigger.
A very local place.
Surf is rarely great, but when it's great its great. There a lot of kitesurfers, who are very annoying...
Zandvoort is a very specific Dutch surfspot. Difficult to surf because of its rough, unorganised waves. However not dangerous because of rocks or swell. Unfortunately, good winddays with good wind direction are vew. Mostly before and after summer season. In this case a good winter suit is required. When it really blows though, its a great spot where most trics are possible. Sometimes waves of about 3-4 mtrs high.
It's definatly not great, but its a good practice for the better waves.
When you can surf here, you can practically surf everywhere...
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Nice swell but you have to be there when it hits !! - My last day in was the 20th of October.One of the best days of the year but certainly not the only one, zandvoort has almost the same waves as in the rest of holland only it is less crowded. That means if you hit the right spot (you can choose between like 10 spots to go in) you're on your own and nobody else will be present.At the right of the beachclub the 'spot' there's a pretty good one only crowded with locals and amateurs.Further to the left(southern direction) there's another spot in front of 'route 16' with the same wave quality..You just got to check it out for yourself and judge..
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- I surfed here a few weeks ago, wether was bad, strong rain and wind (onshore), but the waves were better than i thought they would be. That 3 day periode it was the best working spot (i was in wijkaan zee,knokke,blankenberge)
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David Dayen will be a featured speaker at the Take Back the American Dream conference, convening in Washington, D.C., from Oct. 3 to 5. The following was originally published at FireDogLake.
Conservatives are pushing very hard to punish the White House over loan guarantees they made to the now-bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra, and by association to damn any investment in green technologies whatsoever, to keep the dirty energy economy paramount.
The latest claim is that the White House tried to rush the $500 million loan to Solyndra to line up with a September 2009 announcement at the factory by Vice President Biden.
The Silicon Valley company, a centerpiece in President Obama's initiative to develop clean energy technologies, had been tentatively approved for the loan by the Energy Department but was awaiting a final financial review by the Office of Management and Budget.
The August 2009 e-mails, released exclusively to The Washington Post, show White House officials repeatedly asking OMB reviewers when they would be able to decide on the federal loan and noting a looming press event at which they planned to announce the deal. In response, OMB officials expressed concern that they were being rushed to approve the company's project without adequate time to assess the risk to taxpayers, according to information provided by Republican congressional investigators.
Solyndra collapsed two weeks ago, leaving taxpayers liable for the $535 million loan.
This would not be the first time that the political and policy shops bicker inside a White House. But what's the claim here? That there was a rash move to make a solar energy investment for political reasons without assessing the risk? Then you have to blame the Bush Administration, which started the loan process with Solyndra as far back as 2006 as part of a previous energy bill.
If the argument is that the Solyndra loan was oversold as a job creation engine, maybe that's true. But that's not the argument that conservatives want to make. They want to claim that green energy investments must be ended because they cannot possibly work. With a perspective like that, obviously so. But the truth is that the Solyndra bankruptcy represents 1.3% of the total green energy loans put out by the Energy Department. Solar energy, far from being doomed, is booming, and solar PV was even a net exporter to China last year. If there were a level playing field and China wasn't subsidizing it's solar industry across platforms at 20 times the level of the US, or if the US met that challenge with a similar level of investment, it wouldn't be a contest. But there's still plenty of room for a solar and greentech space in the US, regardless of one company's troubles.
Moreover, the private sector simply won't do the work necessary on research and development to move the technology forward. ARPA-E, the Energy Department's R&D arm, is doing a lot more to further innovation than the private sector will ever do. We need green investment to get any improvement in a fast-growing sector and not slip further behind China and Germany.
Finally, the expectation that the companies receiving loans in a high-risk, high-reward sector will never go bankrupt is just not a realistic strategy. Ask Bain Capital's Mitt Romney or any other investor. You take chances with the hope of reward. You try to make the soundest investments possible, but it's not an air-tight guarantee. The defense made by the Administration on this looks right to me.
The bankruptcy of California-based Solyndra underscores the need for the United States to double down on investments in clean energy, Jonathan Silver, the executive director of the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office, will argue Wednesday during an oversight hearing in front of a House Energy and Commerce Committee panel.
"The question is whether we are willing to take on this challenge, or whether we will simply cede leadership in clean energy to other nations and watch as tens of thousands of jobs are created overseas," Silver says in his written testimony, excerpts of which were provided to The Hill by the Energy Department.
"We were once the leaders in this field, and we can be again."
Conservatives are asking of the government what they would never ask of private industry – and they're doing it in a transparent effort to prop up dirty energy as the only solution (as if we don't waste billions more on dirty energy subsidies than we ever did on Solyndra).


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1986 Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1988 Otto-Bayer-Prize (with Johann Deisenhofer)
1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with Johann Deisenhofer and Robert Huber)
2008 Keilin Medal of the British Biochemical Society
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Vandals tagged at least four places with red paint over the weekend, painting "666," the biblical sign of the devil, on monuments and buildings.
Drivers passing the Legacy of Love monument at the corner of Oak Lawn Aveune and Cedar Springs Road couldn't miss the three large sixes painted in bold red along the monument's side.
"My heart just sank, just sank — couldn't believe it," said Brenda Marks, president of The Oak Lawn Committee.
In the past, gay community leaders have gathered at the monument to celebrate court victories.
"This is our neighborhood plaza," Marks said. "Things that happen that make our community joyful are celebrated here and things that are sad that we commemorate are commemorated here."
"It's personal to us — we treasure this, it's our personal space," Marks said.
Volunteers spent the day trying to remove the markings without luck.
"It felt good to try to scrub that away," said Todd Whitley. "Our actions were important — we were scrubbing but what we were doing we were coming together to show that love is stronger."
The Cathedral of Hope, the world's largest lesbian and gay church, and the offices of The Dallas Morning News and Dallas Observer were tagged as well.
Cathedral of Hope Senior Pastor Jim Mitulski is disappointed, but said it's a teaching moment.
"This is what our Christian faith teaches us — it's not hypothetical that when people hate us we respond not with violence as this is, this is passive violence but it's violence never the less, we respond with love, with compassion," said Mitulski.
"I'm disappointed to see that there are people in the world who use hate to express themselves," said Whitley. "There are so many other ways to try to work through things even if we don't like each other, don't understand each other, we don't have to do stuff like this."
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"Connect on your similarities and profit from your differences"
One of the best places to practice that -- if you are a progressive, technical, social, global/local thinker is at the annual Pop!Tech conference held in Camden, Maine every October. Can't remember how many people I met -- many more than the biz cards I collected. They were ALL interesting, if not outright fascinating, each in their own way!
Andrew Zolli, who is the conference curator, is a master network weaver -- connecting others through placement in the program or F2F introductions. You want to connect to Andrew, he will close many triangles for you.
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The Berkeley Fair Campaign Practices Commission Hears TUFF Charges
Last night marked the first well-attended Fair Campaign Practices Commission meeting on the TUFF violations; there were 20 audience members, and the Oakland Tribune sent a reporter. The result was predictable, with commissioners whose Council appointers had endorsed the slate voting to accept the stipulation arrived at between city legal staff and the offenders (with one important change) and commission members appointed by Councilmembers who hadn't backed the slate voting in the minority (4-3) to reject it. But the path to the vote involved four different kinds of hand-wringing by the prevailing majority that at least provided the audience, the vast majority of which had spoken against accepting the stipulation, with moments of suspense and mystery. -more-


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An adult Apatow would be a significant development since so much recent and future comedy rests under the shade of his very big umbrella -- the mostly super "Superbad," the superbad "Year One" and the somewhat bad "Pineapple Express" among them.
But growing up is not easy and it's clear that the filmmaker remains very conflicted when it comes to adulthood. It's as if he can't quite shed the clown suit for the Armani, and he's definitely not ready to let go of the big red nose, or in Apatow's case, a very specific part of the male anatomy that the film spends far too many of its 2 hours and 26 minutes -- and no, that's not a joke -- on.
The funny thing about "Funny People" is that it is neither funny nor sad, this despite headlining funny guys Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, featuring cameos and supporting work from roughly 20 other card carrying comedians, and a plot line that centers on a near-death experience.
When that many certifiably funny people working together can't make a funny movie, that's a tragedy. So I guess "Funny People" is sad after all, just not for the right reasons.
Sandler stars as George Simmons, a wildly successful comic jerk turned movie star whose wonderful world of narcissistic excess is rocked by the news that he actually does have everything, including a fatal disease. Rogen costars as Ira Wright, the young comic wannabe whose material usually bombs. Still George takes him on as an assistant/forced friend, because, you know, it's lonely at the top.
So what you essentially have is two guys who are dying -- one literally, one figuratively -- who team up to start figuring out the meaning of life. It could have been rich.
That certainly was the plan.
As the story unfolds, Sandler's George is living large -- nameless beautiful girls floating through his designer digs and more money that he can possibly spend. He is not a nice guy. A trip to the doctor and that really deadly diagnosis theoretically change all that, sending George on a journey of self-discovery that takes him back home, which in his case is the gritty comedy club circuit.
It is there that his life intersects with young Ira, who works in a deli by day and tries to hone his comedy routine by night. It's mostly about Ira's manhood and mostly unfunny. Note to studio: Unless it's genius, never let them show the sausage getting made.
The soon to be BFFs are surrounded by ancillary characters played primarily by FOJs (Friends of Judd). The casting gives the film a comedy class-reunion sensibility, which makes everything a lot more fun for them than us. Ira has obnoxious roommates who are also in the biz, played by Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman. George lives alone. The movie skips the chapter that explains why we're supposed to care about any of them.
Love interests will emerge, because in yet another truism the filmmaker is toying with, dying is one thing, but to die unloved really, and I use the technical term here, sucks. For George, Apatow's real-life wife, Leslie Mann, is Laura, the one who got away.
Laura's married to Eric Bana's philandering Clarke with the Apatows' adorable kids playing her kids. Now that George is dying, she's wondering if she made the right choice to leave him. And you were worried "Funny People" would succumb to clichés.
Love for Ira comes in the form of the cute girl who lives across the street, a very promising Aubrey Plaza, whose spot-on deadpan feels like what would happen if Steven Wright were re-imagined as a twentysomething chick.
The world of "Funny People" is filled with cinematic possibility. Between textured characters who pull out their pathos and pain for our amusement and the firing squad nature of the comedy club crowd who are just as happy to loathe you as love you, it's ripe for a Hollywood treatment.
Other filmmakers have taken their shot over the years, "Punchline" and "The King of Comedy" come to mind, yet no one has gotten it quite right.
Apatow, Hollywood's current go-to funny guy with many of his early years spent in the stand-up trenches, seemed a fine prospect to pull it off. And it's clear from the pedigree of the crew the studio surrounded him with, led by cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who took home Oscars for "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan," that Apatow set out to do something important, something substantial.
But any sort of new insight into comedy's darker themes, to say nothing of life's, eludes "Funny People." Instead Sandler and Rogen and the rest are left to wander aimlessly, with tedious comedy gigs, an even more tedious faux sitcom and relatively vapid relationships masquerading as a plot.
The many drop-in bits by the likes of Ray Romano, Paul Reiser, Sarah Silverman, Andy Dick and the others are completely squandered. To say nothing of the scenes in which comedy legends drop by to lament George's fate, which feels like nothing more than an indulgent, kiss-the-king's-ring meta moment for Apatow. Non-comic rapper Eminem turns in the best cameo of the bunch.
There is, of course, an even bigger question hovering around the film: Can Apatow grow into a filmmaker who contributes something more to cinema than cheap laughs and fast cash?
From the evidence here, I'm not sure. Every time he moves toward meaning in "Funny People," he gets cold feet and his fallback position is a whole lot of crass.


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Life Science: Session 1
Organic Molecules
What is the nature of living matter?
Like all matter, life is built from atoms — the basic units of matter that link together to form molecules. Organic molecules are the molecules of life and are built around chains of carbon atoms that are often quite long. There are four main groups of organic molecules that combine to build cells and their parts: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.
What makes carbon so unique?
Each carbon atom can form strong, stable bonds with four other atoms at a time – these are usually oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus atoms. Carbon can also bond to other carbon atoms to form chains that are almost unlimited in length. This creates a huge number and variety of molecules that can be built from carbon atoms. No other element even comes close. Organic chemistry is the study of these carbon-based molecules.
In addition to composing living matter, organic molecules are found in the nonliving world. Fossil fuels, which are derived from the buried remains of once-living organisms, are made of organic molecules. So are many man-made compounds, such as plastics, pesticides, and many medicines. The clothes we wear are all made of organic molecules: wool, silk, cotton, polyester, nylon, acrylic, and rayon. Many household and personal goods are organic as well, including detergent, cleaners, soap, shampoo, and perfume.
How does living matter compare to nonliving matter?
Although there are some exceptions, most naturally occurring nonliving things are made of inorganic molecules. Inorganic molecules are not composed of chains of carbon atoms and are generally much less complex. Living things do use inorganic molecules—like water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide—and their atoms may even be assimilated into organic molecules. Plants, for example, use carbon dioxide with the carbon being assimilated into a carbohydrate: sugar.
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Jayhawks, Downey earn plaudits for the week
Editor's note: This edition is for games played from Monday, Jan. 25, through Sunday, Jan. 31.
Team Of The Week: Kansas
Last week: Beat Missouri 84-65; beat No. 13 Kansas State 81-79 (OT)
How do you know you're watching a possible title contender? Well, just look at how they handle difficult situations in which poise comes into play.Rival Missouri came into Phog Allen last Monday and got completely ripped apart by the Jayhawks. With No. 1 at stake -- but, more importantly, frontrunner status in the Big 12, as well as a chance to create distance from its rival Kansas State -- Kansas beat K-State in rocking Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday. KSU had its chances. Sherron Collins was ailing, but still couldn't be stopped as he finished the game off for the Jayhawks with the game-winning drive to the bucket. Kansas is clearly the best team in the Big 12 and the top team in the country. I can't see any arguments for Villanova, Syracuse or Kentucky over Kansas -- this week, at least. You can make your plea for either of those three teams if you insist. For now, KU is the best team in the country.
Other Contenders
South Carolina: Why the Gamecocks? Well, I hate to state the obvious, but South Carolina did knock off the last remaining unbeaten team in the country, Kentucky, while it was No. 1. The Gamecocks then followed up that win with a home victory over Georgia to move to 4-3 in the SEC and back within reach of an at-large bid.
Michigan State: You could argue that Sparty should beat Michigan on the road and Northwestern at home, but nothing should be a given. The Spartans are off to a 9-0 start in league play and looking like a lock for the Big Ten title and a possible No. 1 seed.
Rhode Island: The Rams had to split a road swing to Xavier and Dayton to be taken seriously as A-10 contenders and an NCAA team. URI beat Dayton and followed that up with a solid home win over George Washington to move to 5-2 in A-10 play, a game behind Temple, Charlotte and Xavier in the loss column.
Arizona: Think about this for a second. After squashing Stanford on Thursday and then pulling off a thrilling 76-72 win over Cal on Sunday, Arizona is tied with the Bears for first in the Pac-10 (6-3) at the halfway point. For such a young team, that is remarkable. With five of their final eight games coming at home, the Wildcats are contenders for the long haul.
Syracuse: The Orange crushed Georgetown on Big Monday after being down 14-0 to start the game. The final 30 minutes of that game were as impressive a performance as any team has put on this season. It's easy to knock Syracuse for not playing as well in a win at DePaul over the weekend, especially for getting down by 18 at one point. But the Cuse still came back, made the right plays and won the game on the road.
Charlotte: Charlotte upset Louisville in early December, but then faded from the national picture for a month. Beating Temple at home and then following it up with a win at UMass means the 49ers are in a three-way, first-place tie in the loss column and a real threat to win the A-10 and get a bid.
UTEP: The Miners took out Tulane as expected to start the week, but then outlasted UAB on the road in double overtime. The wins put UTEP into a first-place tie in C-USA with UAB and Tulsa.
New Mexico: UNM outlasted BYU in a classic Pit game and then won at TCU to move just a game back of the Cougars in the loss column and even with UNLV in the Mountain West. The win over BYU is yet another reason the Lobos will likely be in the NCAAs.
Arkansas: Are the Razorbacks finally showing some signs of life? They knocked off both the co-SEC West leaders, beating Mississippi State at home and then surprising a top-20 Ole Miss team on the road Sunday night in a game that was delayed a day because of weather.
Player Of The Week: Devan Downey
Could there have been a more obvious choice?
Downey was driven to get the W and made plays when it mattered most. Of course, that was just one game, and it would have been a shame if he couldn't follow it up later in the week.
He didn't disappoint. It was Downey, of course, who led the Gamecocks to a tight victory over pesky Georgia on Saturday.
Downey scored 33 points in the win over the Bulldogs and once again saved his best for last, scoring 12 of South Carolina's 24 points in the final 10 minutes. Downey's driving hoop with 50 seconds remaining gave the Gamecocks the 78-77 win and kept them in the running for an NCAA bid.
The Rest Of The Rotation
Sherron Collins, Kansas: He hit a floating layup and got fouled to clinch the win over Kansas State in overtime. That was after Collins had been on the sideline nursing back spasms. He finished with 16 points against the Wildcats, but it's when he scored that makes it more relevant. He did struggle against Missouri (2-of-11) but it didn't matter. Collins makes shots when it matters most.
Derrio Green, Charlotte: Green scored 26 in the 49ers' upset of Temple at home, and then poured in 34 in a win at UMass. He made 18 field goals, 12 free throws and 12 3s. Not bad for two games work. And not a bad week for an upstart team.
Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia: What did he do? He wanted the ball, hitting the money shot to beat Louisville and finishing with 27 points, including four 3s, to lead an erratic Mountaineers team over the Cards. He was off against DePaul on the road, going 3-of-13, but still finished with 14 points. The Mountaineers won both games.
Nic Wise, Arizona: Wise scored 30 points in a win over Cal on Sunday, making a pivotal layup after committing a foolish three-shot foul on Jerome Randle that gave Cal a lead. Wise scored seven points in the final minute, including the two clinching free throws. He made all nine free throws he attempted. Earlier in the week, Wise scored 14 in a win over Stanford.
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• Dominique Jones, South Florida: The junior guard scored 46 in an overtime win at Providence on Jan. 23, and this past week he scored 28 in an overtime win against Seton Hall and lit up Pitt for 37 points (14-of-17 at the free throw line) in another home win. It's time to take a closer look at Jones and the Bulls, who have won three in a row.
• Papa Dia, SMU: Suddenly, the Mustangs have won four straight games since a disastrous second-half collapse in a loss to UAB. Dia is one reason for that. He scored 21 in a win at Rice and 10 in a win over Central Florida and was the difference in a win over Memphis with 23 points (11-13 FT) and 14 boards. The Mustangs are suddenly relevant in C-USA.
• Donald Sloan, Texas A&M: If you weren't paying attention to Sloan, you need to start now. He is the Aggies' leading scorer and is making up for the loss of his close friend Derrick Roland, who's out with a broken leg. Sloan scored 27 points in a loss at Oklahoma State and 28 in a home win over Texas Tech.
• Dior Lowhorn, San Francisco: He was the Zag killer with 22 points, making 5 of 7 3s (including back-to-back biggies in OT) and grabbing nine boards in the upset of No. 8 Gonzaga on Saturday. The Dons' victory ended the Zags' 27-game win streak in the WCC.
Sunday Night Shakeup?
Sunday night's game in Chapel Hill, in which Virginia rocked North Carolina 75-60, carried a ton of weight. I thought UNC would struggle in February with road games still to come at Virginia Tech, Maryland, Georgia Tech and Wake Forest. I had no idea the Tar Heels would start the slide at home against Virginia.
UNC is officially in danger of missing the NCAA tournament at 13-8, 2-4 in the ACC. Of course, there are still opportunities to get back on track, but I'm not sure anyone saw this coming. Conversely, Virginia is no joke. Sylven Landesberg, who scored 29 points against the Heels, is one of the top players in the ACC, while Sammy Zeglinski's 19 proved the Cavs have a 1-2 punch (and don't forget Mike Scott).
This win also shows the Cavs' 3-0 league start wasn't a fluke. Sure, Virginia dropped a road game to Wake Forest and lost a tough one in OT to rival Virginia Tech. But winning at UNC puts UVa at 4-2 in the league, tied with Maryland and Duke in the loss column for first with the Cavs coming home for two straight.
Places To Be This Week
Stillwater, Okla., Monday: Texas is in desperate need of a win to halt its recent slide. Getting it at Oklahoma State will be a chore. A loss here and the Longhorns probably can't win the Big 12.
Madison, Wis., Tuesday: If Wisconsin has any shot at catching Michigan State, the Badgers must beat Sparty at home. Purdue and Ohio State would also love it if that occurred.
Morgantown, W.Va., Wednesday: West Virginia big man Deniz Kilicli makes his debut after a 20-game suspension. Bob Huggins has said he will make an impact and have a presence. Pitt gets the first look.
Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday: Two of the best bigs in the SEC that don't play for Kentucky will match up when Mississippi State goes to Vanderbilt in a game that has significance for both. The Commodores are coming off a loss at Kentucky, while Mississippi State had a rough go at Arkansas before beating LSU at home.
Cedar Falls, Iowa, Wednesday: The two best teams in the Valley meet again. The last time Northern Iowa and Wichita State played, the Shockers held the Panthers at bay to hold on for the win. Let's see if Wichita can be as productive on the road against UNI.
Durham, N.C., Thursday: Duke couldn't catch Georgia Tech when the two teams played recently in Atlanta. If the Yellow Jackets have visions of finishing ahead of the Blue Devils in the ACC, a sweep could be the difference-maker.
Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday: Florida State got a much-needed split during a road swing to Duke and BC. If the Seminoles are going to be serious players in the ACC title race, they need to beat Maryland at home.
Washington, D.C., Saturday: Georgetown has its second consecutive monster Saturday home game. The Hoyas dealt Duke a significant defeat. That's good for their NCAA prospects. Beat Villanova at home and the Hoyas could sneak back into the Big East chase.
Las Vegas, Saturday: If BYU wins on the road and completes a sweep of UNLV, the Cougars will be well-positioned for a Mountain West title. The Runnin' Rebels lost by only four in Provo on Jan. 6, but Derrick Jasper sprained his MCL over the weekend and is out five weeks.
Champaign, Ill., Saturday: Illinois is a classic bubble team. Beat Michigan State at home with GameDay in the house and the Illini will at least have something to distinguish themselves from the rest of the Big Ten.
El Paso, Texas, Saturday: UTEP took the first step toward trying to win the C-USA title with a road win at UAB. Take down Tulsa (which lost to UAB) at home and the Miners will clearly be the front-runners.
College Park, Md., Sunday: Maryland hosts North Carolina and the roles are reversed. The Tar Heels need a quality road win, while the Terps could use another home win to hold their turf atop the ACC standings.
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7 p.m.: Connecticut at Louisville (ESPN)
9 p.m.: Texas at Oklahoma State (ESPN)
7 p.m.: Ole Miss at Kentucky (ESPN)
7 p.m.: Seton Hall at Villanova (ESPNU)
7 p.m.: Miami at Wake Forest (ESPN2)
7 p.m.: Providence at Syracuse (BE Network)
9 p.m.: Michigan State at Wisconsin (ESPN)
7 p.m.: Pittsburgh at West Virginia (ESPN360)
8 p.m.: Wichita State at Northern Iowa
8 p.m.: UAB at Memphis (CBS College Sports)
8 p.m.: Mississippi State at Vanderbilt (ESPN360)
9 p.m.: Kansas at Colorado (ESPN2)
9 p.m.: Texas A&M at Missouri (ESPNU)
7 p.m.: Georgia Tech at Duke (ESPN2)
7 p.m.: Purdue at Indiana (ESPN)
9 p.m.: Tennessee at LSU (ESPN2)
9 p.m.: Maryland at Florida State (ESPN360)
9 p.m.: UNC at Virginia Tech (ESPN360)
9 p.m.: Cincinnati at Notre Dame (ESPN)
10:30 p.m.: Arizona at Washington (FSN)
11 p.m.: Portland at Gonzaga (ESPN2)
Noon: Villanova at Georgetown (ESPN)
Noon: Wake Forest at Virginia (Raycom)
Noon: Xavier at Dayton (ESPN2)
Noon: West Virginia at St. John's (ESPNU)
1:30 p.m.: Mississippi State at Florida (ESPN360)
2 p.m.: Kansas State at Iowa State (ESPN2)
2 p.m. Duke at Boston College (ESPN)
2 p.m. Temple at Richmond (ESPNU)
4 p.m.: Wisconsin at Michigan (CBS)
4 p.m.: Texas at Oklahoma (ESPN)
4 p.m.: Gonzaga at Memphis (ESPN2)
4 p.m.: Baylor at Texas A&M (Big 12 Network)
4 p.m.: BYU at UNLV (Versus)
4 p.m.: California at UCLA (CBS)
6 p.m.: Nebraska at Kansas (ESPNU)
6 p.m.: South Carolina at Tennessee (ESPN)
6 p.m.: Seton Hall at Pittsburgh (ESPN360)
6 p.m.: San Diego St. at New Mexico (the mtn.)
9 p.m.: Michigan State at Illinois (ESPN)
10 p.m.: Tulsa at UTEP (ESPN2)
Noon: Iowa at Ohio State (BTN)
Noon: North Carolina at Maryland (FSN)
2 p.m.: Syracuse at Cincinnati (ESPN360)
GameDay: Saturday Roundup
Money Ball
Kalin Lucas, Michigan State: Hit the game-winner to beat Michigan in Ann Arbor, just as he did to take out Minnesota.
Jimmy Butler, Marquette: Hit the runner to win at UConn and put the Golden Eagles in position to possibly make some noise in the Big East.
Highlight: Jayhawks win in OT
What I'll Remember
• Evan Turner continuing his All-America-caliber performances. Granted, they were against teams that are lower in the Big Ten standings, but Turner nearly had a triple-double again with 16 points, 12 boards and 7 assists in a road win at Iowa. He then calmly led the Buckeyes with 19 points, 8 assists and 3 boards in a win over Minnesota on Sunday.
• Arkansas' Courtney Fortson put in a remarkable performance with 35 points in a home win against Mississippi State. It was one of the best single-game efforts of the season and made the Hogs a good watch.
• A wild game in Tampa, as South Florida beat Seton Hall in what could be a crushing blow to the Pirates' NCAA hopes. USF now has more Big East wins (four) than Seton Hall (three) and Connecticut (three).
• Tennessee's Scotty Hopson hitting a game-winning shot over Chandler Parsons on Sunday for the win, just after Mr. Big Shot Parsons hit what could have been a decisive shot at the previous end.
• Jacksonville going 3-0 to extend its winning streak to 10. The Dolphins were led by Ben Smith, who totaled 67 points in the three wins.
• Villanova was Final Four-impressive in a win over Notre Dame, while Rutgers later won its first Big East game and might have dealt the Fighting Irish a NIT-like blow.
• Connecticut lost at Providence and to Marquette after beating No. 1 Texas. All that under the cloud of Jim Calhoun's absence due to a medical leave.
• Northeastern blew a chance to take over first place in the CAA by losing at home to Drexel. The Huskies went on to take out Old Dominion, but all that did was open up the top spot for George Mason.
• A USC graduate manager got a technical with the Trojans and Oregon tied, starting a 10-0 run by the Ducks that led them to a win. The manager was later canned by Kevin O'Neill.
• Cal's Jamal Boykin and Jerome Randle each scored 25 in a road win at Arizona State that made the Bears look like one of the best in the West.
• Hofstra's Greg Washington fell just two rebounds short of a triple-double as he had 14 points and 10 blocks in a win over UNCW.
• How about Wyoming's Adam Waddell, who averages 6 rebounds a game, pulling down a ridiculous 22 boards in the Cowboys' 75-69 win over Utah.
• Virginia Tech beat Virginia on the road in overtime in what was easily one of the more entertaining games of the week.
• Virginia Tech's Jeff Allen got tossed for a flagrant elbow in the UVa game, and Utah's Marshall Henderson threw an unnecessary smack at a BYU player to get run out of that rivalry game.
• Georgia Tech might have had one of the more impressive wins this week when it crushed Wake Forest at home.
• Mike Jarvis beat Isiah Thomas over the weekend, but what you should remember from Florida Atlantic's 106-88 win over FIU is Alex Tucker's 16 assists.
• Houston's Aubrey Coleman continues to lead the nation in scoring (26.2 ppg) after pouring in 37 points and 13 boards in a 15-point win over Marshall on Saturday.
• Purdue avoided a home loss to Wisconsin that would have ended the Boilermakers' chances of catching Michigan State. The game also saw the debut of point guard Lewis Jackson.
• Demetri McCamey hit the last shot to lead Illinois to a home win over Indiana, avoiding what would have been a devastating loss for the erratic Illini.
• President Obama seamlessly settled into the CBS broadcast booth with analysis during Georgetown's win over Duke. Vice President Joe Biden was seen saying Duke needed a timeout at one point, right when the Blue Devils did.
• Georgetown once again showed why it could be a deep threat in March with its convincing win over Duke.
• Washington's Quincy Pondexter posted a pair of double-doubles (27-11 vs. Seattle, 29-12 vs. Wazzu) as the Huskies did their best to desperately stay in the NCAA tourney hunt.
• Cornell got first dibs on the Ivy League's NCAA berth with an easy win over Harvard. The Big Red played 18 players in the 36-point rout.
Highlight: South Florida hot, Pitt not
No Freebies
The Longhorns are shooting 61.8 percent at the line, which is basically exactly what the Tigers did (61.4 percent) during their 38-2 season. Dogus Balbay is at 51.4 percent, Justin Mason 52.4, Dexter Pittman 53.8 and Avery Bradley 48.0.
Texas was 19-of-31 at the line (61.3 percent) in a three-point overtime loss at home to Baylor this weekend. Do you think that had an effect?
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We won't regret these not passing
Sometimes less is more when it comes to legislation – the less, the better.
So it is with two bills the DFL leadership in the Minnesota Legislature are trying to jam through before Monday's end of the session. The DFL wants to authorize the unionization of day care workers, and to increase the minimum wage. We think the state will be just fine if neither of these bills pass.
The unionization bill took 17 hours of floor debate before passing the Senate this week. If it's going to take that kind of effort to get through the House, it would take time away from the major task of setting the budget. House leaders are focusing most of their attention to the budget, as they should.
The unionization bill for day care workers would undoubtedly raise the cost of child care for parents, and some of the state subsidy the state pays to support them would wind up going into union coffers. We don't think the state needs to rush into that.
House and Senate conferees are struggling over the minimum wage hike. The House wants to raise it to $9.50 an hour, the Senate to $7.75 an hour. With little time to hash out an agreement, this bill could be dead this session. We think small businesses will be hit hard enough with the taxes being proposed without having to deal with this as well.
The Legislature has enough to fill its few remaining hours with passing a budget. It should leave these two measures by the wayside.


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Late Game:
!!! - Wizard gold is very, very, VERY hard. And since I take kingdom gold in there, I'm bleeding gold on retires (possibly even if I exit immidiately, because you can't take gold out of challenges). If that was ment to be the factory from alpha, it's not - alpha Animated Armors didn't get mysterea mad if you killed them, and they always had 1 HP.
Dear god - I just had a Wizard Gold run where I scored Martyr Wraps, and that time I managed to kill SMM. I had piety for 3 Weakenings, and then just ran out of steam. It looks really hopeless. I remember people complaining about it before, and now I see what they ment.
I'm a fool - And then I go in there with an Orc, pick up PISSORF, and beat it on the first try. Well, this is the first time I bought the Rock Heart in a long while and now I don't know what to use my next veto slot for. Also, I boght Martyr Wraps, and useld LEMISI to find the bosses to get them corroded.
Impressions: Sorcerer gold Took three tries, a scouting one, one to see what the guys revives into, and a serious Gnome sorcerer run with a bit of fancy god shuffling and piety management shennanigans, as well as a lucky mage plate and Gloves of Midas (and a complete waste of a Tri-Sword). I don't know, seems manegable, but I also didn't mind the old HARD Indomitable, so I don't know.
Suspicion: Only bloodmage gold left, and I'm beggining to suspect the spellcasting gold challenges all revolve around an important and unitntuitive lesson - "There are TWO direct damage glyphs in this game!"
Also: Apparently the Orc bloodmage can have the name "Darvin". If it's unintentional, fine. If it's intentional, eh, fine again, maybe he bought the expensive version.
Big Like: Bloodmage Gold: Well, that was fun. Dvarwen BM, and was carefull not to let the bugger heal up too much (he did maybe once or twice, and I spent a lot of blackspace looking for BURNDAYRAZ to start lvling). Anyway, more of a puzzle, much easier than BM silver once you figure it out, and a very nice twist. And yes, my suspicions were confirmed - the big lesson is in fact that there is another damage glyph besides the one which gets prepped every time.
Veto Slot! - I also scored my second veto slot, but I'll be damned if I know what to put in there. Hero's Helm or the Health Pendant I suppose, but even those came in handy in certain places. Rock Heart? But it's amazing with PISSORFF... The first one has a spoon in it, so I suppose one of the basic items will get the second one, but I've even been using the mana pendant lately. And vatoing anything before all the challenges are done is probably counterproductive seeing how so many of them revolve around stuff which I rarely use... The balanced dagger, on the other hand, is probably a safe choice... What have you guys vetoed?
Labyrinth: I went in with a prepped out Orc Warlord with Binlor specificaly to get the nose ring right off the bat. And I did. I'd say Tri-Sword made it trivial (which it indeed did, seeing how I mopped the floor with Frank even before The Minotaur showed up, but it still took quite a bit of effort. Or resources rather. God's were Binlor, grab everything pemanent and destroy most of the walls, then Taurog. There are so many magic damage dealers in there that you can practicaly spam your spells, which I did with WHEYTWUT setting up knockback on Frank (had mace + bilors boon), and I whittled down my mana to 10, and when I ran out of everything I took the last piece of equipment and a DP from Taurog. Probably had piety for 2 more DP's but that was a close shave.
Note: PQI: As soon as I got the Nose Ring the "Economic Meltdown" came about. At the same time, the PQI turned up and is sending me into Cursed Oasis. I won't be picking PQI stuff up most likely, but I bet my ass I'll get notheing but slime pits and cursed oasis for a while. In case anyone's wondering, apparently it turns up when you're 3 throphies away from completion.
Note: Labyrinth: And then an elven fighter walked out of there with a nose ring, 125 gold, resources left and unstoppable.
Note: Labyrinth: And then the Elven Berserker walks out of there with a nose ring, but with shellshock, broken ribs, and a medal of honor. It took the whole of every single bit of resources to kill the Wraith boss and then the minotaur. Taurogs piety spike, EM desecrations, Binlors Stoneskin piety spike... Fully loaded Tri-Sword, CYDSTEPP, unbelievable... Hardest run in the game so far, and woudl've been even if I did the bosses the other way around. And you have to do it because it unlocks - Paladin Silver. Yes, that is right.
Lol: Paladin silver: Is actually doable by potion spiking the boss with a halfling without using a single DP from Taurog. I even took all of Taurog's stuff up front, spent the lvl with only 9 mana and regen fought monsters. Still had 100 Taurog piety for the endgame. Preps were... Compression seal and blacksmith shield I think. Well, thats all silver challenges, I'll just see if I can snag the Paladin Gold and get back to the midgame writeup.
Concern: Paladin Gold: I think it need a nerf. It took a couple of tries, and scumming for Piercing Wand, and wasn't fun at all. It's about on par with Warlord Gold, although Warlord gold requires less scumming as such. In case someone doesn't have the Piercing Wand, or has vetoed it, good luck and do post if you manage to beat it. Maybe it's possible with a triling, but I really dont know. (Took Piercing wand, APHEELSICK and IMAWAL shennanigans with trying to regen fight a monster 2 levels above yourself, while wearing down the boss, and minding the plantlife and managing curses and... Way too hard.)
Third Veto Slot! And I don't know what I'd put in the second, and am not happy with what I put in the first! Yay!
Noticed: Subdungeon: The 2 health potion and 2 mana potion subdungeon, sadly forgot to photograph it. Yes, it's a bit too good, I'm afraid.
LoL: PQI sent me on a purist run in Hobbler's Hold ^^ I also saw the interesting kindgom screen tooltip: "No gold may be earned here after your first victory in another dungeon". I got to remember to do a bunch of badgehunting runs here on my next playthrough
Shifting Passages Notes: I went in there to unlock the Berserker challenge (-.-), and ended up doing the quest. Sorcerer walked in there and did it with ease - found binlor and then I don't remember, but he seems to be at home in lybyrinthine maps since he can spam utility glyphs like a boss, and gets more out of the limited blackspace. Wizard went in and struggled, died to missattention in a binlor-EM run on the last attack, and did much better in a GG (Humility, straight piety farm to 100) into TT for all things. Both tackled Frank then Evolvia. Bloodmage went in there like a boss, killed a lvl 8 at lvl 4, a lvl 9 at lvl 5, rolled Evolvia, Rolled bleaty, and then I went to check the subdungeon. Seriously, bloodmage is insane, and it's not just the flavor. Oh, and I used Alchemist Pact, as usual on spellcasters, even though the overheal one might be even better on BM.
Interesting Subdungeon: Again, no pictures, but there is a northern subdungeon with 3 Goblin Bombs in it, that appeared in shifting passages (convinient, no?). Now if we could only get one with 5 pieces of junk which convert for 15 to get use out of the conversion pact which spawns anywhere, that would be great. Forgot to take picture again
Berserker Gold: Looks insane at first, but isn't. Then it looks easy-peasy, but isn't. Then, inspired by the awesome synergy between lifesteal and bloodtopowa, I figure out that the correct way of going about things is the overheal pact and an Elven berserker plus piercing wand. Mostly fireballs, ofc. Awesome, jolly good fun.
Berserker Gold: Art issue It cuts down on the RAAOOWWAAAR! awesomeness of the first two installments, which was a bit of a letdown.
Veto slot no. 4! I put the dagger in the second slot, and I have no clue what to do with the other two... Weaponize the basic items? Reduce the number of quest items? (I never seem to use the Fireheart, even though it's integral to healthmonster strat). No clue...


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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Buffalo Soldiers in Arizona
Their motto was Ready and Forward. They served on the Western frontier and the border of Mexico protecting the pioneers from the marauding Indians and disgruntled Mexican factions. They were regarded as highly disciplined and were acclaimed as having fought valiantly.
Buffalo Soldiers (above) were barracked on the border at Naco, Sonora, Mexico. In 1914 the 9th & 10th Calvary engaged in a two and half month battle against the Federales living under the searing desert sun in tents set up on sand among desert scrub bushes (above, right). From tents Fort Naco was established and it is the only one of twelve border forts that still exists, but it is in great disrepair falling to the harsh elements of the desert.
Cathay Williams was the only documented female Buffalo soldier. She enlisted in 1866 as William Cathay and her gender was discovered when she was admitted for medical treatment for the 5th time. Which means she managed to elude discovery 4 times. Cathay was 5'9" and worked as a cook. Medical examinations were not required when she enlisted. Shame was that when the Army discharged her they denied her any benefits. Read more about her at www.buffalosoldier.net.
Fort Huachuca near Sierra Vista, Arizona was home to the 9th &10th Calv Buffalo Soldiers. From here soldiers were discharged or retired and some settled in Arizona far from their homes in the South where they had been born. The influence of their presence in Arizona is permanent enough that today in Tucson there is an Arizona Buffalo Soldier Association, www.buffalosoldiersw.com.
A few of the Buffalo soldiers found their way to Globe, Arizona. The Sonoran Jackrabbit located these headstones at the Globe Cemetery in November 2009.
(Naco photos part of the collection of Garrick Bailey University Tulsa)
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The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling again after the Little Big Horn Massacre, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it wasn't for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry.
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Ferrer, Wawrinka to square off for Portugal title
Oeiras, Portugal – Top seeds David Ferrer and Stanislas Wawrinka were semifinal winners Saturday and will meet for the title at the Portugal Open.
The top-seeded Ferrer polished off Italy's Andreas Seppi, 6-1, 6-4, after the second-seeded Wawrinka battled past Spanish qualifier Pablo Carreno-Busta, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Ferrer and Wawrinka have met 10 times previously, including Ferrer's three-set win in February's Buenos Aires final. The fourth-ranked Spaniard has now won seven of the matchups and owns a 5-1 mark against Wawrinka on clay.
The 16th-ranked Swiss star is trying for his fourth career title and first in 2013, while Ferrer has already won twice this year and will be gunning for his 21st career tournament crown.
Ferrer is 20-17 all-time in finals, including 2-2 this year. In addition to the Buenos Aires title, he beat Philipp Kohlschreiber for the Auckland championship in January and lost to Rafael Nadal in Acapulco and Andy Murray in Miami.
It took Ferrer just 68 minutes to advance past Seppi on Saturday, converting four of the eight break-point chances he had against the Italian.
Wawrinka had a little tougher on Saturday, taking nearly an extra 30 minutes to outlast Carreno-Busta. He ripped off 10 aces to the 21-year-old Spaniard's one and broke serve three times.
February's loss to Ferrer dropped Wawrinka's record to 3-7 in finals. He hasn't won a title since the opening week of the 2011 season in Chennai.
The 2013 Portugal Open winner will collect $96,000.