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[Floor 3] «Meskia»Post Reply
Guild Master
[Floor 3] «Meskia»
cleared by Vyse (Caboose_)
[Safe Area] «Larsa»
Sitting right in the middle of Etheria, Larsa is the last bastion for mankind within the floor. The city itself is peaceful due to the concentrated number of humans gathered in a small town area. Because of the many dangers on the outside fields, The city have popularised [Duel Competitions] where people would have a friendly duel to Orange Health or bet for money. It is a good alternative for people who want to make a living or prepare for the dangers at Etheria. Usual marketplace still grows here but with a dangerous combat field, almost everything is expensive. Some players see this as trouble but wise merchants see this as an opportunity.
[Combat Field] «Etheria»
Home, or at the same time hunting grounds for the elven. Breathtaking landscapes such as giant trees and tall mountains can be seen here; truly a big transition from the peaceful and open wilderness of «Sunrise Plains». Aggressive monsters reside in this field such as Wild Antelopes, Black Sheeps and Baby Orcs. Due to the harsh residents of the field, some plants have evolved to fight back to hostiles such as Mandrakes and Man-eater Plants. Killing and gathering from the wild is not a hard task, but the real problem is from the Elf tribes that reside within the field. They tend to ambush players from a long-range and hunts in packs. Solo players should be wary.
[Boss Monster] «The Abysmal Knight»
Keele, The Abysmal Knight
1-Handed Sword
(2) Skull Hounds
Hits to Kill
10 times
[Guild Headquarters]
[Residential Area]
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Adversity builds character
*teleports to town and has a look around before walking to a tavern* I guess i could have a look around and then go hunting?
Im back guys! Sorry for the long Hiatus but i kinda got my Mac stolen and that!
Vyse stepped out of the portal and into the main square of Larsa. The town was small, but there was an over-abundance of people (especially since more were flooding through the portal behind him). Vyse knew that the merchants in the area were expensive, but he also knew they would sell him high quality gear. With this in mind, he and Yuuki set off for the markets.
Vyse was still carrying low level gear, which he wanted to upgrade, or at least replace. He searched many of the stalls, unimpressed with what the had to offer. Eventually, as he passed one stall, a particular sword caught his eye. The blade was stout enough to hack through a small tree, yet thin enough to still slip between a pair of ribs. The crossguard was decoratively engraved and the hilt was wrapped in what looked like high quality leather. He picked it up and gave the sword a swing. It was perfectly balanced and not too heavy. It was an expensive weapon, but he knew it was perfect for him.
A while later, he found Yuuki inspecting a pair of pauldrons. When she saw him, he tossed her something. It glittered red and gold as it flew through the air. She caught it in one hand and then held it up to examine it. It was a gold necklace. The pendant was a small jewel that shone a deep crimson, just like her eyes.
"What do you think?" asked Vyse. "They gave it to me when I bought this sword," he lied, too embarrassed to tell her he had bought it for her. "Anyway, are you ready to eat?"
We are soldiers, stand or die.
Yuuki smiled widely and thanked Vyse. It looked pretty, almost mesmorizing and she immeadiately put it around her neck, loving the feel it gave with every swing as she walked. Taking her eyes away from the extravagent necklace, Yuuki, who had been squatting as she looked at the shoulder armor, picked herself up and stretched her back out which popped a few times.
"I don't know where we'll go to eat, but I'm starving!" She complained, rubbing her hand lightly over her stomach. As they searched for a good place to eat, they came across a small tavern, whose sign was so faded that she couldn't see the letters that had been painted on. Weird. They hadn't even been admitted into the third floor no longer than a few hours, but this place had some obvious wear to it. Being cautious as she entered, Yuuki didn't even make it to the doorknob and she blinked as the door was thrust open and a man came soaring through the doorway. The man cursed and ran away, leaving a trail of dust behind himself. Peeking inside, Yuuki was surprised to see that everything looked fine and dandy, a few drunkards cheering and singing here and there, little groups huddled together who were talking among themselves, and some loners who were just there to have a good time.
Vyse looked like he was a little suspicious of the rambunctious bar too, and almost said something but Yuuki cut him off with a glare that instantly shut him up. They looked for a place to sit, but the only available place to sit was right next to a group of screaming men. Yuuki sighed and walked over to it, giving another sigh out of tiredness as she plopped down into a chair. Her legs couldn't take much more walking!
Scanning the menu, Yuuki ordered plentiful and made sure nothing got on her new neckalace.
Zwei Stepped out of the portal, and looked around abit. "Guess i'll sell all my junk before i relax abit." he said, before he started to walk towards the merchants. "Guess i'll have to update my gear abit too, allthough thinks look abit expensive here, i should manage."
He bought some new gear, a new lighter but sturdier katana and a new black ankle-long coat which makes him even more anonymous. He then finds a patch of grass with a tree and a fountain and sits up against the tree ready to take a powernap.
"Hit me," Wolf said to the bartender. He quietly enjoyed his drink alone while conjuring up his next plan. He opened up his inventory only to find he had plenty of Col left over specifically for drinks.
"I'll take two bottles of your finest wines," Wolf placed one in his inventory and the other in his right hand.
He began to walk towards the exit until someone bumped into him. "Hey watch where you're going," the almost drunk man said to him.
Wolf charged up his left hand ready to strike. It glowed a night time blue with streaks of yellow as if looking into the starry sky. Wolf barely missed him, only intending to scare him a little.
The man, now sober, fell over. With a simple step forward from Wolf, he got up and soared out through the door cursing in fear.
"I guess I went a little over board," Wolf said. After letting the next two people in, he made his way out, deep into the wild.
With my blade by my side, I'm never alone.
Together Vyse and Yuuki sat, listening to the drunkards wail and carry on as they both finished their meals. It didn't take long for they were both starved. Once the food was well and truly gone, Vyse rose up from the table and gestured to Yuuki to do the same (these drunks were giving him a headache).
The air outside was crisp and fresh, and Vyse closed his eyes and took in a deep gulp. Without turning around, he asked "Where too now then?"
We are soldiers, stand or die.
"You two," Wolf stood behind the shadows of the bar he recently drank at. He noticed the two power players from the last boss battle and itched to make small talk with them. "I have some info on monsters in the area. If you tell me what kind of fighters you two are, I could show you were to go to level much more smoothly," he grinned, his giant sword and wolf like coat were the only things in the light. "So whaddaya say? Only 1000 col this time around. Buy now and my next info will be half off."
With my blade by my side, I'm never alone.
Yuuki opened her mouth to answer Vyse when a voice called out to the from behind. He started talkig to them in a calm, smooth voice. As she listened to the man, she became more and more suspicious of him. But, as much as he sounded suspicious, it did seem like useful information. It might help them clear the level faster.
But, Yuuki wanted to clear this on her own will, her own power. She had the type of irrationality to not want help from people she didn't like, and Yuuki most certainly did not like this man. He seemed arrogant, a personality she didn't get along with very well. Not even batting an eye, she turned around and started to walk away.
"No." she said flatly, turning back to Vyse. "Let's go, Vyse. I know where I want to go!" She smiled and started giggling as Vyse sent the poor man an apologetic look. As the two players walked along the road, Yuuki steered them in the direction of the store she wanted to go to, one she had seen earlier in the day. Crimson eyes wide with excitement, she could barely contain herself as they reached the store. She ran through the doors and gazed at the wondrous aisles of clothes that lined the room. She looked at Vyse, who had just come through the door with a distraught look on his face, and started piling his arms with gowns, skirts, shirts, and more.
"Not just strong, but sharp too," Wolf said grinning with disappointment. He chugged a bit more of the drink he most recently acquired.
He needed cash to stock up on enough drinks to actually train for a while. Just then a group of men walked out of the bar looking for a place to train. "You guys," he began again at his attempt for fast cash.
With my blade by my side, I'm never alone.
The sun was shining and the weather beautiful, but the time for powernaps were now over.
"I really like it here" Zwei thought to himself. He slowly opened his eyes and looked about. There were an abundance of people walking by and the air was filled by the many voices talking to eachother. Most people shied away when they walked by him, though.
He lifted himself to his feet and stretched his arms high into the air. He was abit sore after falling asleep besides the three, but he know the soreness would quickly fade.
He oriented himself abit, before he started to walk towards the entrance of the Safe Area.
"Time to have som fun!" he said before he left the city with a grin on his face.
Vyse peered over the ever growing pile of clothes in his arms. Yuuki was still browsing the racks, occasionally holding an item of clothing up to better examine it. He thought about asking what she planned to do with all these clothes, but soon thought better of it. Much later they left the store, their inventories full and their wallets looking rather empty. However, it was worth it when he saw Yuuki in her new clothes, beaming as she skipped ahead of him down the street.
On their way back through town Vyse spotted the shady character outside the tavern, talking to some travelers. He continued to watch the man as he rounded the corner, then as soon as he was out of sight Vyse immediately relaxed. That man was not to be trusted, no matter what he offered.
By now the sun was low in the sky, and the sky was a beautiful hue of red. Over the small city walls, Vyse could see the fields in the distance. In the light of dusk, he could see lanterns and torches of travelers and adventurers sparkle. Soon Yuuki an himself would be out there, training for the challenges that lay ahead of them, but for now all Vyse could think about was finding some place to rest for a while.
We are soldiers, stand or die.
Just outside the city, in Etheria, Zwei is hunting fore lone creatures. He does not yet dare take on bigger packs, and he stops himself at max two at the same time. He is also very wary as t not stide too far from the safe area, because of the looming threath of the elves.
initially targeting mostly wild antilopes and black sheeps, he also targets baby orcs, although not as much, since they seldom travel alone.
He has yet to actually see / meet elves, but he knows that they are there, and probably watching him.
After exchanging his monster info for some col, he bought as many bottles of wine as he could and headed out into the combat area.
He had to level up fast, and the best way he knew was to take on the strongest monsters possible.
Night fell by the time he reached his destination. Although the baby orcs were the most difficult monster on this floor, Wolf's skill was enough to take them down, maintaining orange health. He let his guard down for a split second to heal. In that moment, we was now surrounded by a group of elves.
"Fighting in numbers isn't going to do you much," he said knowing he didn't stand a chance at the moment. All he could do, was stall until somebody comes by.
With my blade by my side, I'm never alone.
Having spent most of his time lately just dodging other players Blacknite felt out of place. He had a few credits but nothing much to go off of. His equipment worn through constant use and his clothing looked to be on its last legs. He looked around the safe area and noticed that this area had lots of people, too many people. He was concerned about being noticed, or worse yet, recongnized. He quickly worked his way out of the crowds and into a side street to try and figure out his next plan. Short on credits, throwing knives, and having no sword left he tried to scout out his next move, and hoped it wouldn't be his last.
One must never forget ones past.


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A group opposing the Columbus school levy this fall calling itself "No Cheaters, No Charters" will provide a counterpoint to pro-levy forces in the campaign.
A group opposing the Columbus school levy this fall calling itself "No Cheaters, No Charters" will provide a counterpoint to pro-levy forces in the campaign.
The group will participate in an upcoming League of Women Voters forum, to be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 14 in the Columbus Metropolitan Library's Whetstone Branch, 3909 N. High St.
The group has leveled several broadsides against the levy effort, saying the district lacks credibility on a multitude of issues. It cites the data "scrubbing" scandal, in which employees are accused of manipulating students' records to improve their schools' standing on state report cards.
"We've still got a school board that denies any wrongdoing," said Jonathan Beard, a member of the group.
"That just doesn't give taxpayers any satisfaction that it's an organization that deserves more money," Beard said.
Beard described No Cheaters, No Charters as a loose-knit group of people who share the same concerns over Issue 50 -- the 9.01-mill combination operating levy/bond issue -- and Issue 51, which calls for the establishment of an independent auditor.
He said he expects to officially form a political action committee, or PAC, in the next week or so.
In the meantime, the group has launched a website -- nocheaters nocharters.com -- that spells out its initiative and invites people to participate.
Jeff Warner, spokesman for Columbus City Schools, said the district wouldn't address specific statements made by No Cheaters, No Charters.
"We understand that's their view," Warner said. "And we're not going to question that."
Beard said another disappointment is the latest report card from the Ohio Department of Education, which gave the schools district four F's, three D's and two C's.
The proposed levy, representing a 24-percent increase in taxes for the district, would cost the owner of a $100,000 house, an additional $315 a year.
Beard said he supports a less expensive, shorter-term operating levy that would allow the school district time to reassess its priorities and build voter trust.
"Forget all the bells and whistles," he said. "We don't know if we need them. We don't know if we want them."
Also, the group doesn't support a portion of the levy, which overall would raise $515 million annually, going toward charter schools. Beard said they aren't needed, because there are now more providers and fewer students.
Meanwhile, the school district has said it would only give money to high-performing charter schools.
The city of Columbus has established a group that will develop education standards for charter schools, should they hope to receive money from the levy.
Beard also took aim at the Columbus Education Commission, a 25-member board appointed by Mayor Michael B. Coleman that made several recommendations earlier this year on improving the district.
Beard called them stale, recycled ideas. "I think if you put the same people around the same table you'll get the same things they've been giving you," he said.
The mayor's office declined to comment about the criticism.


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"Reconcile ambition with reality."
In August 2010, Lord Levene was employed by Liam Fox, as Defence Secretary, to commission a report as chair of the Defence Reform Steering Group.The deadline was July 2011. The report was published on June 27, 2011. Operating in tandem with the "quinquennial" SDSR, ("the Defence Secretary's view was that the SDSR alone would not be enough to resolve the problems facing Defence. His assessment was that the existing departmental management structure was demonstrably not working well, and had contributed to the Department's financial crisis") the report seeks to streamline the corpulent entity that is the MOD, bloated by middle managers and massive overexpenditure. Put simply, when it's the taxpayers' money you're spending and not you're own, the emphasis on efficiency isn't a priority.
This report examines the operating structure as a whole, a project which arguably hasn't been undertaken since The Central Organisation for Defence White Paper of 1984, and the New Management Strategy. Which is quite staggering in its ineptitude and myopia since the end of the Cold War and the reorientation of strategic necessities in the early 1990s.
There's little new here in the Levene report (which is probably why it took less than the time he was given to complete it, and I can almost envisage the accompanying PowerPoint presentation), but it does serve to lessen public anger, as details consistently emerge of massive waste and incompetence within the MOD. Streamlining the MOD whilst coagulating the three branches under a Joint Services command is logical. Continued successful integration of civilian and military personnel within the ministry is a further goal. The NHS has a similar problem with those engaged at the chalk face (to take a teacher's term) and the administrators.
The composition of the review board is interesting and merits examination simply for their lack of knowledge of the MOD or any other ministries of defence, for their lack of knowledge of UK military strategies or current and future threats and how this might impact organizational structure. None of the personnel have, as far as i can see, experience in the military-industrial complex. The privatisation of warfighting is a pressing issue that we need to understand and how this effects the MOD structure.
The personnel are:
Lord Levene: Career in business and banking with roles in defence procurement under Michael Heseltine.
Baroness Noakes: A chartered accountant by training who has worked in financial streamlining of the NHS in the late 1980s and early 1990s. That didn't work well then.
Dr David Allen: His doctorate is in chemistry and had a successful career at BP
Raymond McKeeve: Corporate finance partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner, involved in restructuring and acquisitions.
Björn Conway: Head of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Resilience at...Ernst and Young.
George Iacobescu: Known as the "bankers' landlord" he is the chariman of the Canary Wharf Group.
Gerry Grimstone: A privatisation "guru" to UK governments
General Sir Nick Houghton: Vice-chief of the Defence Staff
Ursula Brennan: Replaced by Jon Day after being made 2nd PUS (Permanent Under Secretary) in February 2011
Dr David Allen: His doctorate is in chemistry and had a successful career at BP
Raymond McKeeve: Corporate finance partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner, involved in restructuring and acquisitions.
Björn Conway: Head of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Resilience at...Ernst and Young.
George Iacobescu: Known as the "bankers' landlord" he is the chariman of the Canary Wharf Group.
Gerry Grimstone: A privatisation "guru" to UK governments
General Sir Nick Houghton: Vice-chief of the Defence Staff
Ursula Brennan: Replaced by Jon Day after being made 2nd PUS (Permanent Under Secretary) in February 2011
My observations of the report are these, but below them are the recent media reports of Dempsey's confirmation hearing in the US, which I feel are much more important.
- The shadow of the tottering global economy hangs over the report.
- The report recommends manking, "the Head Office smaller and more strategic, to make high level balance of investment decisions, set strategic direction and a strong corporate framework, and hold to account." This is in keeping with a desire to streamline, but also to realign the MOD, set it to a coherent direction. We want everyone at the MOD to be singing from the same hymn sheet, and for everyone to know the words to the hymn.The creation of a Defence Board is suggested, based around the Defence Secretary. The Board would comprise: Defence Secretary (Chair);
• An additional Minister;
• Permanent Secretary;
• Chief of the Defence Staff;
• Director General Finance - reflecting his role as the principal financial adviser;
• Chief of Defence Materiel - reflecting his responsibility for a major part of the
Department's business, and the immediate priority of ensuring that the equipment
and support programme is affordable and deliverable; and,
• Three Non-Executive Directors (NED), one of whom would act as the lead NED (as
defined in Cabinet Office guidance), one of whom would chair the departmental
Audit Committee under the Board and a third who would chair the Appointments
- Centralised or delegated? The DoD is having this very discussion about how forces should function in kinetic operations. The Levene report fudges the issue: "We do not advocate such a choice. The model we propose involves a strong Head Office to provide strategic direction, make the major balance of investment decisions, set a clear control framework and hold its delivery units to account, and delivery units which have the levers they need to run their business in line with that strategic direction and their budgets. Within that overarching corporate framework, some decisions are best made centrally and others should be devolved, some services are best provided corporately, others are best performed in the delivery units. Each needs to be worked through on its own merits, and this is what we have done."
- When someone else is paying you can really go for it. The Daily Telegraph reported in July that senior managers over the past four years had spent over £986 000 000 of taxypayers' money on MOD credit cards and a time when the management "is grappling with a multi-billion pound black hole in its finances". Another investigation showed that the top ten managers at the MOD earned £1.7 million between them in 2010. The Levene report, in acknowledging public concerns, stressed that it was concerned with building a cost-effective model for a functioning MOD.
- The report sees that "tackling problems in Defence acquisition must be a high priority, we regard Bernard Gray's appointment as the Chief of Defence Materiel (CDM) as key to reforming this area. We have focussed on the responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities of the Head Office, military users and Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) - including the CDM himself - in the Department's model for delivering military capability and managing its finances, but we have not sought to duplicate the work Bernard Gray has set in hand on the future functions, structure and size of DE&S, and its relationship with industry. We understand that he will report to Ministers later in the year." Gray produced a report for the MOD on defence acquisition in 2009.
- Revolution in Military Affairs predominates, being the acquisition of technology for technology's sake. In this regard, we are pressured by the United States, who are engaged in the ultimate RMA, and fear that if we don't keep up, interoperability issues will burgeon. We're hanging on to the coat tails of a management doctrine that will take us into financial armagedon. The MOD is in an unenviable position (similar to the NHS) that emerging technologies make their industry more expensive to run, rather than less expensive. The NHS has this problem with diagnostics and treatment, the MOD has this problem with weaponry. This problem has been known for a generation. Notably, Norman Augustine, when chairman of Lockheed Martin postulated one of his many Augustine's Laws regarding the DoD's ability to purchase fighter planes. The trajectory of cost of a fighter and the trajectory of DoD budgets meant that by 2054, the entire U.S. defense budget will purchase one aircraft. It will be shared by the Air Force and the Navy 3 1/2 days each week, except in leap years, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.
- MOD as management, "brings transparency, standardisation and professionalisation to enabling processes, both to enable efficiency and to move towards filling posts with the right individuals, with the right skills, for the right length of time."
- Levene was conscious of the history that preceded his own attempts to solve the problem, adding that no cure, as such, has been foundm that in the UK, the questions he asked also lay "behind the formation of a Committee of Imperial Defence in 1904 to organise Britain's defence and military preparations. They have vexed Government ever since, through the Churchill reforms after the Second World War, the Mountbatten and Ismay / Jacob proposals that led to the creation of the unified MOD in 1964, the Heseltine reforms of the mid 1980s and the New Management Strategy that followed, and
the various reforms of the 1990s and 2000s."
- The report employs the principle of Occam's Razor, though Levene may not know it as such. He has tended towards simplicity over complexity, to aid transparency. Parsimony of approach is very well from the outside looking but when is so far up the Americans' asses that one is in front of them, and when the Americans waded into Iraq and Afghanistan, then parsimony becomes difficult.
- The Fog of War hangs over this report. Levene is as much in the dark as how the forces should be realigned to meet strategic threats in the 21st century as anyone else. When Levene identifies the major priorities of Defence as being to "Direct - understand the strategic context, make Defence policy and strategy, define and resource the necessary military capability and strategically direct operations
and Defence Diplomacy, to Generate and Develop – generate force elements to meet current operations and potential military tasks and develop the future force; a key enabler of which is to: Acquire – procure and support the equipment, systems and commodities needed in the short and long term" he highlights the major problem facing the MOD - nobody really knows the strategy needed. Will we need to fight small wars or large ones? Long wars or short wars? Will we fight asymmetrically or as centres of mass against similar opponents. How will our nuclear deterrence work against the non-state actors and the mezzanine actors that operate autonomously in multiple states?
- Working in conjunction with the already created National Security Council.
"Those who had less experience [of the MOD] were often able to bring new ideas to the task from which we benefitted considerably"
Across the Atlantic they're having the same soul searching. Much was made in the US press of the concern levelled at Martin Dempsey at his confirmation hearing as the chairman of the JCS in late July amid mounting concerns about how adequately prepared the US is to combat cyberattacks. Regarding overspending, Dempsey was quizzed by Senator McCain.
"A group chartered by the secretary of the Army to look into how the Army procures major weapons systems found that every year since 1996, the Army has spent more than $1 billion annually on programs that were ultimately canceled. Since 2004, $3.3 billion to $3.8 billion per year of Army developmental testing and evaluation funding has been lost to canceled programs, including the now-canceled future combat system program.
As we know, the cost of the F-35 has lurched completely out of control. The few short months after the awarding of the contract to Boeing for the new tanker is now another additional $1 billion in cost. And the list goes on and on.
What -- what's the level of your concern and what do you think we ought to be doing about it?
Well, Senator, as we discussed when I was here a few months ago, I -- I would never sit here and try to justify. It would be impossible to sit here and justify the current process, given that it has not delivered the capabilities we've required within the resources available to do so.
And so, I think that we're at a point where we absolutely have to seek acquisition reform."
As we know, the cost of the F-35 has lurched completely out of control. The few short months after the awarding of the contract to Boeing for the new tanker is now another additional $1 billion in cost. And the list goes on and on.
What -- what's the level of your concern and what do you think we ought to be doing about it?
Well, Senator, as we discussed when I was here a few months ago, I -- I would never sit here and try to justify. It would be impossible to sit here and justify the current process, given that it has not delivered the capabilities we've required within the resources available to do so.
And so, I think that we're at a point where we absolutely have to seek acquisition reform."
Later, Senator Portman adds, "But I hear just as often blame attributed to the way the department develops requirements. I'm involved, again, on this contracting issue on a broader scale in looking at, you know, the Joint Strike Fighter, for instance, where now we're looking at a projected cost overrun of $150 billion, roughly. Unbelievable."
Here's the full confirmation hearing.
Here's Dempsey, earlier at TRADOC speaking about "leader development". By the end, I'm none the wiser about the DoD intends to develop leaders in the 21st century.


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Kings aim to even series with Bluesby Brian Compton
BLUES at KINGS
(St. Louis leads best-of-7 series, 2-1)
Big story: The defending Stanley Cup champions are back in business after Saturday's 1-0 win against the St. Louis Blues at Staples Center. Should the Los Angeles Kings be able to earn another victory on home ice Monday, the series suddenly becomes a best-of-3.
Team Scope:
Blues: While St. Louis enters Monday's action in possession of a 2-1 series lead, Ken Hitchcock's club knows it needs to produce more offensively. The Blues were shut out by Jonathan Quick on Saturday and have scored four goals through the first three games of this Western Conference Quarterfinal.
"With an aggressive goalie like him, one thing we've got to do is get in front of him just to keep him in the crease, but I think we're doing a pretty good job of that," Blues forward T.J. Oshie said. "I think more so, we're over-attacking on our net-drives at times to where we're beating their d-men to the net, but the rebounds are kicking out behind us. With a goalie that comes out so far, the rebounds aren't laying around in the crease. They're laying around on the hash marks.
"We had plenty of chances on rebounds for goals [Saturday] night. I think it just comes down to burying them. I think if we pop one there, it's a little different story. We had a couple roll off guys' sticks, a couple bounce on us. I think we're doing a great job getting to the net. We're getting a lot of shots there. A little more traffic maybe, but I think more so just smarter net-drives."
Kings: After two incredibly tough losses in St. Louis, the Kings returned home and rode some tremendous goaltending from 2012 Conn Smythe winner Jonathan Quick en route to a 1-0 victory in Game 3.
Quick finished with 30 saves and Slava Voynov scored the lone goal for Los Angeles, which knows it can't return to Scottrade Center for Game 5 with a 3-1 deficit.
"Obviously it's the first of four, but this is a game that we needed to have -- and Game 4 is going to be the same," Kings forward Justin Williams said. "We don't want to be going back there down 3-1. We want to put a little bit of pressure on them, win a game, see what happens."
Who's hot: Brian Elliott has turned aside 76 of 79 shots in this series for St. Louis, while Quick has stopped 93 of 97 shots for Los Angeles.
Injury report: St. Louis forward Jamie Langenbrunner is skating again but has been ruled out for the first round. Langenbrunner had hip surgery in February that was expected to sideline him the remainder of the season. … Los Angeles defenseman Matt Greene has been scratched from each of the first three games with an undisclosed injury.


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In a brief moment of pop culture relevance, former 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey was kicked out of the San Diego Chargers game against the Cincinnati Bengals after he allegedly "trash-talked" other fans.
Lachey, a Bengals fan, commented on the incident in a series of tweets. "Just got kicked out of the chargers stadium and couldn't be prouder! Go Cincy Bengals! #whodey," he said.
At the end of the game, he added, "Bengals win again. i'd talk trash to everyone in SD, but what's the point? you already had me kicked out of the stadium and you still lost."
His later comments were more diplomatic:
"For the record, i was not kicked out of the chargers game for excessive "trash talking". no, that honor belonged to the guy in front of me! i simply don't appreciate someone turning around and putting their finger in my face. call me crazy, but that deserved a reaction. again, aside from a few exceptions, i had a great time hanging with Charger fans all afternoon. honestly, some of the nicest fans around."


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Sept. 25, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - This past weekend, Mariah Hoover, Leslie Hansen, Yi Wang, and Joanna MacKay represented MIT at the Division III Wilson/ITA Women's New England Championship. Hoover and Wang, along with Hansen and MacKay, teamed up for the Engineers in the doubles bracket.
Hoover opened the tournament with 6-4, 6-4 wins over Lindsay Ruslander (Trinity College) and Krista Romita (Vassar College) before falling to No. 1 seed Beret Remak (Connecticut College), 6-0, 6-0 in the round of 16. Hansen defeated Sarah Gould (Trinity College), 6-3, 6-0, but then lost to the eventual finalist, 2-6, 6-3, 10-8. Wang lost her first match of the day, 6-3, 5-7, 10-7, and then fell in her consolation match, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
In doubles play, Hansen and MacKay recorded an 8-2 victory, but then lost to the eventual champion, 8-1. Hoover and Wang lost their opener, 8-2, and their consolation match, 8-5.


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Kate Mara — Celeb Crush
Those of you who've been watching 'House of Cards' are already acquainted wit Kate Mara. The talented actress plays ambitious journalist Zoe Barnes on the critically acclaimed Netflix original series.
Before she started trading barbs with Kevin Spacey, Mara appeared in several notable films and TV shows, including 'Iron Man 2,' '24,' 'Entourage,' and 'American Horror Story: Asylum.'
The 29-year-old actress recently told Jimmy Kimmel that she approves of Netflix's decision to release the first 13 episodes of 'House of Cards' online all at once.
"I usually wait for an entire season to be done so I can spend an entire weekend [watching]…and so I think Netflix was really smart about that and thought lets beat people to the punch," she said.
Kate, we couldn't agree more.


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Yours truly is about to pull the trigger on a pretty major sleepover here—an overnight that will enable my older daughter and I to spend a night at the California Academy of Sciences and snooze in the same room as a bunch of penguins (or a tank full of fish).
The event, dubbed "Penguins+Pajamas," is one of the reasons we became members of the Academy in the first place. I'm not sure who's more excited: L or I.
Some of the highlights of the event include after-hours interactions with researchers, late-night snack and continental breakfast, live animal demonstrations, and extra planetarium showings. Perhaps the most amazeballs thing on the agenda: An overnight stay in four of the facility's exhibit halls.
Real-life "Night at the Museum" experiences aren't anything new; I did my first at the Shedd Aquarium, in Chicago, last decade (for more on those, click here). In recent years, other museums and cultural institutions across the country have started offering similar sleepovers.
Budget Travel magazine recently spotlighted five such events; travel guru Peter Greenberg profiled some others here.
Then, of course, there's this one; arguably the most legit of 'em all.
In conclusion: These things rock. If you and your family already love museums, sleepovers are a great way to establish even deeper connections. And if your kids are still on the fence about the whole museum thing, an overnight can tip the scales in favor of lifelong love affair. Give it a try.
Have you ever participated in a museum sleepover? If so, what'd you think? Leave a comment and let us know.


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Adrian Peterson traded to Cardinals, reports say
Adrian Peterson traded to Cardinals, reports say
Adrian Peterson is leaving the Crescent City, according to news reports.
Dianna Russini, with ESPN, tweeted Tuesday that the New Orleans Saints have reportedly traded Peterson to the Arizona Cardinals for a conditional pick.
The news has not been confirmed by the Saints.
Peterson, a future Hall of Fame player, signed with the Saints last spring. He spent the first 10 years of his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings, amassing more than 11,000 yards rushing.
Peterson's role with the Saints has been minuscule since the 2017 season started. In the Saints' most recent win over the Miami Dolphins, he had just four carries.


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Brian Urlacher's estranged lady friend, Tyna Robertson, told a Will County Court on Tuesday that she barred Urlacher from seeing their 3-year-old son because Urlacher painted the child's toenails blue and allowed him to wear Cinderella pull-up diapers. Note to Bears fans: This story includes the term "alleged effeminate antics." Proceed.
And Kennedy was not the only Urlacher who wouldn't listen to her, Robertson said, telling how her pleas to Brian to get him to cease the toenail painting and inappropriate diapering went unheeded. "He says he can do whatever he wants," Robertson said. "(Urlacher said), 'It doesn't make him feminine. It doesn't make him gay.' "You're confusing him, if he's a boy or a girl," she said. The mother, Tyna Robertson, threatened to block Urlacher from seeing the boy if the beefy linebacker kept up the alleged effeminate antics.
Never was there a child more likely to one day challenge passersby to an honor du-el. Of course, Tyna Robertson doesn't exactly strike me as the typical soccer mom. She once filed an unsuccessful sexual assault charge against Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley, so make of her claims what you will. Mother: Urlacher Paints Sons Toes [Herald-News]


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RxBandit66 wrote:pens2005 wrote:FanofUlf wrote:Do we, the fans, want to win tomorrow? Maybe not…
I just don't see how the Devils can overtake us at this point. They are still 6 points back with only 5 to go. The Devils only have 4 games left, so they can get 8. All we would need to do is win one or tie twice.
Just so they don't end up with Boston in round one. They worry me more than any other team in the NHL.
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Simon The Sorcerer 4
Walkthrough Author: GARR
After starting a new game and you have control of Simon, look
at different items around the room. On the end of the table,
where a piece of pizza is, get the glass of milk from the
floor. Use the milk on the wardrobe. Now use the wardrobe.
After talking to Alix on most of the topics, she leaves and
you have the ring in inventory. You're at a crossroads. Talk
to Alix. Take the left path to the Workshop and speak with the
carpenter. Near the boxes and barrels get the knife. At the
cellar window get the pot. At the steps get the dandelion.
Behind the rocker get the bucket. To the right get the spade.
Talk with little red riding hood and ask about her mom and she
leads you to a rabbit burrow. Investigate the burrow. Talk to
red again. Take the path to the Lodge. Talk with the
woodcutter to get a piece of wood. Behind the woodcutter, get
the climber (hook) near the trunk. On the right side of the
house, get the sledgehammer near the roof.
From the cross roads, go to the workshop and get the carpenter
to make a trap. Return to the crossroads and use the trap on
the burrow, then use the dandelion on the trap. From the
crossroads, go to the river bank. Use the dandelion on the
dead wild boar. Get the rope from the small pier. Look around
at different things.
Return to the crossroads and use the bloody dandelion on the
trap. Investigate the burrow to get the black cap. Give the
cap to red and she leads you to her mom. Talk to red's mom to
get the basket. From the crossroads, go to the Troll bridge
and speak with the troll. Now look at the tree branch.
In inventory, use the rope with the climber. Use Artificial
liana on the tree branch. Cross the bridge. Look at the Temple
of Dead. Go into the Deep Forest to the little house. Go
inside and speak with Grandma to give the basket. Tell about
your amnesia, and get a map for automatic traveling.
TIP: while on the map, or anywhere in the game world, fast
double clicking on most places instantly takes Simon there
instead of having to wait while Simon walks there.
On the map, select the crossroads and Simon chases his double.
In the city, after talking with Alix, go into the alley. Talk
with the drunken wolf. You automatically pick up a bottle of
alcohol. Go left into the Dark alley to meet your double. You
end up in jail. After listening to lots of talking, talk with
your own dialogue options.
Use your corrosive cleaning alcohol with the pee pot. Under
the window to the right, take the straw. Use the new liquid on
the door, and leave the cell. At the cell next door, speak
with Goldilocks. Take the red rug on the floor just below her
cell. To the left, get the glasses for magic deciphering, and
get the scroll. Get the glass flask from the chair.
In inventory, combine glasses with scroll. Use the deciphered
scroll on Goldilock's cell door. Go in and talk with
Goldilocks, then talk with the Wailing Walter, Ghost. On the
floor get the hairpin. Under the window, get the red
neckerchief and the straw. Go to the lab and enter Simon's cell.
In inventory combine the two bunches of straw. Combine the big
pile of straw with the red carpet. Put the red torso on the
plank bed. In inventory combine the glass flask with the red
neckerchief. Put the flask head on the plank bed. Now leave
the cell and click up screen on the Dark alley. Use the
hairpin on the Dark alley. Simon reads the club notice. Go to
the alleyway. Go to the left street to town gate, and to the
market place. Go to the left and attempt to enter the club
house. Talk on a lot of options and you are refused. Go back
right and speak with the pizza chef on everything. To his
right take the paper cup. To the right, speak with yogi.
Read the two notices on the board. Click the town hall clock
and notice reference to Back To The Future! Go inside town
hall. From the board behind you, get the red magnet. From the
counter get the ink eraser. Behind the counter get the member
index. Speak with the all-purpose officer.
Use he map back to town, and enter Calypso's shop. Talk with
Alix, then to the right talk with Calypso. Take the helium
baloon. To the left read the Great tome to get a flyer.
Go to the troll bridge and look into the treehole above the
mail order sign. Speak with the dragon who sells everything.
Go to the carpenter's workshop and speak with little red
riding hood on the porch, then speak with her mom. Speak with
the carpenter. Take the oil up a little and slightly left. Go
to the crossroad and speak with little red riding hood.
Go to town and into the alley. Speak with the wolf about
eating little red. Go to grandma's house and talk to the wolf
outside about everything and give the helium baloon to the
wolf. Return to the crossroad to see red is not there. Go to
grandma's house and speak with the wolf on the left side.
Again return to the crossroad and speak to red till the pepper
spray is empty. Finish talking. After the long scene where
grandma and red are eaten, return to grandma's house and get
the skateboard by the door. Go inside and get a needle from
the pincussion. If you want, talk to the wolf.
Return to the marketplace and speak with the pizza chef. Give
him the skateboard and order a pizza with sour cherry and
anchovy. You follow the chef. Get the pizza box from the
bucket. Go in the tiny hut that has a lot of rooms. Simon
needs something to ovserve the rooms.
Go to the troll bridge and talk to the dragon about a magic
tool. It sold a magic observation mirror to a rich guy and
Goldilocks tried to steel it. Go to the town, alleyway, dark
alley. To the right talk to Goldilocks at the barred window
till you can ask about magic mirrors. She wants a magic bottle.
Go to grandma's house. On the left side find the large moss X.
Use your shovel on it and take a magic potion. Return to town,
alleyway, dark alley and talk to Goldilocks about the potion.
In inventory, pour magic potion into the paper cup. Give the
filled cup to Goldilocks. You learn where the rich person
lives. Go to the alleyway where wolf first stood drinking.
Go to the right, past the TV cardboard box, in a trashcan get
a cork. Continue right to the marketplace, then go right to
the villa. Try to use the magic potion on the villa. You need
some way of showing which way is west. Back in the alleyway
where you first met wolf, go to the maker of musical
instruments. Talk with the maker till you ask which way is
west. Take the abacus from the table upscreen. Study the
abacus in inventory and it comes apart, giving you
wooden pearls. By the trunk, try to take the cat's bowl.
Ask the maker who owns that bowl, and you finally pick it up.
Go to the marketplace, and right to the villa. In inventory,
use the magnet with the needle. Use the magnetized needle with
the cork. Use the cork compass with the cat's bowl. Use the
new compass on the villa. Use the magic potion on the villa to
get inside.
Speak with the rich guy and eventually give him the pizza for
the mirror. Use your ring on the mirror, then use the
sledgehammer on the mirror to get a big magic mirror fragment.
About where you stand, investigate the Floor contraption. You
get knocked out and get a dart in inventory. Use the trapdoor
to go down and emerge in the alley at the sewer cover. Go to
the Street to the town gate and enter the tiny hut.
Go to the kitchen and get the broomstick. On the sink edge,
get the bucket. Go to the pool room and fill the bucket at the
pool. Down from the toilet, get the shampoo on edge of the
wall. At the garden furniture, take the mole from the cage. In
inventory use the broomstick with the mole to get a mole
spade. In the left side of the garden, use the mole spade on
the dirty hole, then use the dirty hole to get a bone.
In the top drawing room, a poodle sits on the left edge of the
wood floor. Check out the poodle, then use the bone on it. It
will follow you when you go to the kitchen. Use the bone on
the windown and the poodle will jump out after it. Return back
left to the drawing room and use your bucket of water on the
fireplace, then use the fireplace to get charcoal. From the
woodpile take the rake.
In the central hall, use the rake on the key cabinet, then use
the cabinet to get a remote key. Use shampoo on the polished
floorboards. Now use the remote on the chemical lab door, and
go into the laboratory. From a table get the formula for black
powder. Read it in inventory. Use charcoal on the alchemical
apparatus. After an explosion, the double slips on the hallway
floor and goes to bed.
Now go into the study. In front of the window, take the parrot
from the cage. From the Desk get the inkwell and quil.
Investigate the Desk to get a paper with a riddle. Read it in
inventory for a safe combination. Study the files cabinet to
reveal a love letter and take it. Read it in inventory for a
vague reference to a safe combination. Read the inventory on a
small table to the right of the room. Study the safe up on the
right wall and input the code 3421 and take the fake diamond.
Read the to-do list on the desk. Use the inkwell and quil on
the to-do-list to change it. Open the windown to create a
draft and just wait. The double comes into the room and puts a
membership card on the desk. Take the membership card and use
the map to town, then walk slightly right and go in Calypso's
shop. Talk to Alix and show her the parrot. Try talking to
Go to the marketplace and go left to the club. Show the
membership card and enter. Open the Wardrobe and get the box
of white gloves at the lower right of the Mona Lisa. Get the
Dart board. Speak to Swampy, you get sick from the soup and
run outside. Go to the right and speak to Yogi about stew. Go
up screen to the alleyway, go just left and speak to the rich
guy. After telling him to just go home, you get his tax
Go back right to the marketplace and give the tax assessment
to Yogi. After the lessons, return left to the club, go in and
speak to Swampy and get information about the double. Simon
goes to warn Alix. Use the map and go to the Castle. Speak to
the castle guard. Look at the Little monster under the
drawbridge. Go To the building site and look at the chalk
drawing on the wall.
To the right, on the end of the trailer, take the Building
plan. In inventory, right click the plan. Go To the castle
moat and talk to the castle guard about getting inside the
castle. Go to the marketplace and enter town hall. Ask the
all-purpose-officer about getting into the castle. From the
scroll shelf get the building plan. On the counter, remove the
"Wanted" poster. At the foot of
the stairs, take the Cardboard model of the castle. On the
bulletin board read the job add.
On your map, town and into Calypso's shop. Speak to Alix about
the machine and a
demonstration. On the counter get the Model made of plastic
bricks. Speak to Calypso about a ghost for the castle and
suggest he try it. At the building site, speak to Calypso
about spying inside the castle. When he returns, he says he
failed because he didn't have a Ghost chain and a proper howl.
Go to town, alleyway, dark alley and talk to Wailing Walter,
Ghost about the theft and everything else. Just left, before
the swampy notice, get the Secret building plan from the
barrel. Go to the alleyway and speak to the rich guy about the
theft and everything. Go right o the market place, enter town
hall and speak to the all-purpose-officer about the art theft.
Show the box of white
gloves to the officer.
Go to the club and try to take the mona lisa. Speak to Swampy
about paintings, gloves, and getting into the castle. Keep
insulting swampy about members till he leaves the club. Again
try to take the mona lisa, but it's too heavy. Look at the
nail head holding the picture, then look at the nail tip. Use
the sledgehammer on the nail tip to make the picture fall.
Take the fabric of the mona lisa and right click it in
inventory. Use the fabric with the bucket and sponge to reveal
a picture of Modern Art. Go to town hall and show the Modern
Art to the officer. Return to the alleyway maker of musical
instruments and show him the abstract painting to identify the
artist. Return to townhall and reveal this to the officer and
get a document of
Return to the alleyway, dark alley to Wailing Walter, Ghost
and give the document to him. He leaves a chain, pick it up.
Return to Calypso at the building site and give him the chain.
Now he needs to learn proper howling. Go to the river bank, go
left and speak with the director on the stage.
Ask about teaching a friend acting, and learn that he wants a
magic robe, a halberd, and a flute. Go to the troll bridge and
use wooden pearls on the troll, pick up the halberd. Go to the
carpenter's workshop, talk to the carpentar about the chair
leg. Speak to red's mother and you show her the wanted poster
to cause her to leave. Speak to the carpentar again and he
leaves to do some drinking. Take the chair leg, and take the
dead depressed chicken that has a nail.
Go to town, alleyway, maker of musical instruments and talk
about the chair leg. Go to town hall
and read official notice outside on the board. Go inside and
talk to the officer to learn the
prohibition is almost ready for printing. Make sure you know
where the type-case is at the printing press. Ask the officer
about the paragraph and he leaves. Quickly click the type-case
to rearrange some letters. Leave town hall and get the new
altered notice from the board.
Go back to the alleyway, musical instruments and report the
ban being lifted. Give the maker the chair leg and wait
several seconds while he works. Then talk to him to get a
wooden flute. Go to town, Calypso's shop and try to take the
magician's costume behind the counter and to the right. Go out
to the street and in inventory, use the loveletter with the
ink eraser, then put the new
loveletter under the doormat outside.
Alix reads the letter and leaves. Go in the shop and take the
magician's costume. Return to the river bank acting stage and
hand over the three props. Calypso arrives to be trained. To
the right at the tower, talk about everything to the hunter
that just climbed it. Go to town, alleyway and use the manhole
cover. Inside at the lower right, just above the junk, get the
last Building plan.
Go to the castle, building site and show Calypso different
plans till he shows you the secret entrance. When you use the
map, Simon automatically goes there. In the courtyard, enter
the chamberlains' house. Simon is mistaken for the double and
get orders to obtain a diamond for the machine.
Go to town, tiny hut. Go to the Study and check the paper tray
on the desk to get an order form for a diamond. Go to the
troll bridge and ask all about gems. Go to grandma's house and
get the money sock under the bed. In inventory right click it
to get a note. Right click the note to read it. Go to the
river bank and talk to the hunter in the tower about the wolf.
Return to grandma's house and talk to the hunter. He goes
inside. He comes back out and says he needs a scalpel and a
tranquilizer. Go to town, alleyway and use the manhole cover.
Use the dartboard on the floor contraption to get a full dart
with tranquilizer. Go to market street and ask the Yogi to
sharpen your knife. He wants a nail for his bed and you give
him the nail from the
dead chicken. Then he creates a scalpel.
Go to grandma's house and give the scalpel and tranquilizer to
the hunter. After the operation, go inside the house, speak to
grandma and get thrown out. Go back inside and tell her "Look
at this, there is no better way" for investing. Return to the
troll bridge and speak to the dragon. The
diamond has already been sold to grandma.
Go to town, Calypso's shop and use the parrot on the instant
machine. Click the instant machine to learn it is broken. In
inventory is a packet of alphabet soup. Study the packet twice
to get separate letters. Rearrange them to "Simon you
slowpoke, where is my diamond", and "Just bring me the rock".
Now use the sorted letters on the magic water of Arakh to get
back the parrot
with altered vocabulary.
Go to town and enter the tiny hut. Go to the study and use the
modified parrot on the bird's pole. Go to the troll bridge and
ask about any diamonds in stock. There's no more in stock.
Tell the dragon he should have fake stones in stock so that he
could replace them when he gets real diamonds. Tell him I can
offer you a fake diamond.
Return to town to see the double received the huge expensive
rock. Go to Calypso's shop and get Alix to go to the castle
and spy on the double and Calaba. After a long scene, Simon
ends up in the realm of the dead. After speaking with Hades,
you end up outside the department of postmortal affairs.
Go back inside and speak to the hades files for release. Talk
again about a lunch break and it agrees if you bring an egg.
Just to the right, try to take the doorstop. At screen right,
about halfway up, go out to town of the dead. Talk to Orpheus
on the steps. Continue to the right. In the dark area before
reaching the next building, look carefully for the correct
spot and talk to Fence, which is a dragon related to the one
in the land of living.
Continue right to the tomb of Eurydice and knock on the door.
Talk about Orpheus, then about partying. Go back left past
postmortal affairs and talk with Ovid in front of a large
Slightly to the right, go to the barren grounds. In front of
the tomb is the double and the king. Speak to the double and
say "Why are you always blaiming me"? Then finish talking from
top to bottom in all options. Give the applications to the
double and he fills them out. Nerby on the ground, look at the
dead chicken. Use the inventory dead chicken with the dead
chicken on the
ground and an egg appears in inventory.
Knock on the tomb door and speak with the operatic banshee. Go
back to the town of dead and to the fire pan in front of the
department. Use the egg with the fire pan. Now the egg has to
be even hotter. Go right and speak to the dragon about the egg
to get it fully cooked. Go back left to the department and
give the cooked depressed egg of sorrow to Hades. In front of
the desk, pick up
the egg slicer.
Go back to the barren grounds and enter the unknown tunnel to
see Cerberus and an elevator. Outside and further left, see
the Sisyphus rock and try talking to it. Back right of the
tunnel. Go to the River Styx and try going down the steps.
Talk on the options top to bottom. Go back to barren grounds
and to town of dead, enter the department and try giving the
filled in applications
to hades. Outside, by the empty fire pan, talk to Orpheus on
everything and give him the egg slicer, telling him it's a
lyre. Witness the scene with Hades.
Go to the barren grounds and tell the tomb banshee you know
someone that sings better. Go back to the town of dead and
take the megaphone from inside the department. Outside, place
the megaphone in the empty fire pan near Orpheus. Go to the
barren grounds and speak with the tomb banshee again. You
automatically pick up an invitation.
Return to the town of dead, go right and speak to the dragon
about "unusual things" and delivery of new "approved stamp".
Continue right and show your invitation at the party door.
Inside, speak to Eurydice.
Try to take the wedding dress. On the extreme left, above the
leg of meat, take the wine jug. Back right, use the wine jug
on the fire pan. Now take the wedding dress. Go out to town of
dead, then all the way left and up to the barren grounds.
Speak to the double, laying out plans and give it a
piece of the mirror fragment. Now characters can be switched.
Send Simon back to town of dead to where Orpheus is. In
inventory, click the dress and Simon puts it on. Now speak to
Orpheus and "tap him on the shoulder". You both go to the
river styx. Click the ticket machine on the left and Simon
needs a coin. Go back to Ovid, in the town of dead, and ask
about the coin. Go speak to Hades and ask about coffee and he
leaves. Quickly take the doorstop. Go to the barren grounds,
then go left from the elevator cave, and put the
doorstop under the sisyphus rock.
Now speak to the rock about the interview. Return to Ovid, in
the town of dead, and get the coin. Return to the barren
grounds and to the river styx. Use the gold coin on the ticket
machine and say "I think I'll go on my own", and Simon rides
the boat back to the river bank in the land of living. Go to
the troll bridge and cross. At the upper left of the
guardhouse, go to the temple of
the dead.
To the left there's two boxes. Get black candles from a box,
and in the other box get a stamp. In inventory use the stamp
on the filled in documents. Speak to the monk and learn about
him needing a successor. Look at the vampire cat, then try to
use the elevator. Try to open the window. Did you get the oil
from the carpenters workshop? Use oil on the window and open
it. The vampire cat will fall into the elevator shaft and
distract Cerberus.
Switch to the double and send him into the unknown tunnel and
speak to Simon through the elevator shaft. Switch to Simon and
put the stamped applications in the elevator. Use the elevator
switch on the left side of the elevator door. The double can
now get the applications. Click the elevator and the king
arrives. Both he and the double can use the elevator to go up.
After a
conversation, send Simon to the troll bridge where the double
and the king waits with the troll.
After the conversation, send Simon to grandma's house and get
the sheet from the rocking chair. Click it in inventory to
make a long rope. Go to the troll bridge and tie one end to
the troll. Give the other end of the rope to the double.
Switch to the double and send him to the temple of the dead.
In inventory, use the rope on the elevator. Use the elevator
switch to pull the troll down.
After a conversation, the king leaves for the town. Switch to
Simon and go to town. Speak to the king and convince him to go
into Calypso's shop. In there, speak to the king, explaining
about the machine. Click the king into the machine, then click
the machine but decide to get someone else to do it. Go
outside, switch to the double and send the double inside
Calypso's shop. Operate
the machine to get a packet of king in the form of instant
Switch to Simon and go downscreen to the marketplace. There's
two demons and a civil agent. You talk to each demon. Then
talk to the officer about the competitions of running, chess,
and weight lifting. The winner gets an invitation to the
wedding of Kalaba and Alix. Tell the officer "Alright, I'll go
for it" and "Ok, I'm ready".
The race starts at the crossroads and finishes at the
marketplace. Tell the guard you are ready. And they're off.
Simon looses and because the demons tie, the race has to be
done again. Before talking to the officer at the crossroads,
switch to the double and send him outside of Calypso's shop
and try to go to the marketplace downscreen, but the double
decides to wait.
***During the race, the double actually hides to the left in
the shadows, so when the demons appear in the area, quickly
click downscreen on the marketplace icon***
Switch back to Simon and have him tell the officer that he's
ready and they're off. When the demons appear over the area
before the shop, quickly click downscreen on the marketplace
icon and the double wins.
Now the double will get into a chess game. Tell the officer
you have to pay a visit. The smart demon will follow and stop
in the pentagram outside the bar. Go into the bar. Afterwards,
the double comes out of the bar, so send him back right to the
marketplace game. Switch to Simon, go to the pentagram in the
alley at the bar, and use the black candles on the pentagram.
Simon into the bar to hide.
At the game, again ask to pay a visit. The demon is detained
inside the pentagram, so send the double on into the bar.
Simon comes out. Send Simon back right to the marketplace and
he wins the chess game.
Last is the weightlifting. Send Simon left to the club and
tell the door you're immunized. Inside ask Swampy for some
soup but he's still mad at Simon. Go to Calypso's shop and use
the dead chicken on the machine to get the powder. In
inventory, put the instant chicken soup in you pot, then use
the pot on the magic water to get chicken soup. Return to the
club and give the soup to
Swampy, eventually telling him it will get him more friends.
The double arrives and Swampy is happy to have new friends and
gives Simon some swamp stew. Send Simon back to the
marketplace and put the swamp stew in the demon's mineral
water on the small table to the right. Speak to the officer
about doping suspician. This is investigated and the demons
are disqualified. Tell the officer you are ready to try. All
Simon has to do is just attempt to lift the weight and he wins
the gold medal.
On the map, go to the secret entrance to the right of the
castle. Go in and show the gold medal to the guard. Look into
the throne room and take the new gold medal lying beside you.
Leave the throne room and hide at the boxes to the right of
the entrance. The double arrives and gives the king's instant
powder to Simon, then he goes inside to create a distraction.
Send Simon into the throne room where he talks to Alix. Put
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Doug Freeman of Hendersonville is thinking that perhaps a Mountains to Molehills reader who owns a semi-automatic assault weapon will enlighten him. "Why do you want such a weapon?"
he wants to know. "I surmise that, for most owners, having the firepower of these guns makes the owner feel safer.
This satisfies a basic human need, the need to be secure.
But, are you, in fact, safer?
When you leave your home, do you take your pistol or rifle with expanded magazines with you? If the weapon is in the trunk of your car, does that increase your sense of safety?
When you go to the theater, mall or a school event, do you take your weapon with you to feel safe or do you leave it at home or in the trunk of your car? I do not own a weapon of any kind. Having more than 3 million assault weapons in private hands in the United States makes me feel less safe. It is highly unlikely that you will ever need your assault weapon to thwart a home invasion just as it is highly unlikely that I will ever die from bullets fired from an assault weapon held by a person of diminished mental capacity. So, can we put our feelings aside and rationally reduce the gun violence in this country with reasonable, practical and effective legislation?
Perhaps we can limit the use of military assault weapons to the military. Maybe then we can both feel secure."
WHO WANTS TO GO?: Your Mountains to Molehills columnist is going On The Road to Washington, D.C., and invites folks to join us and take in some of the most popular attractions in our nation's capital. On our list of places to see are the U.S. Capitol, Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln, Jefferson, Vietnam, World War II, Iwo Jima, Korean and FDR memorials, Washington National Cathedral, Washington Monument, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Exhibition Hall and Mount Vernon. And although the White House currently is closed to visitors, we'll be ready with a request to enter the premises if the situation changes. There is so much history and beauty to be enjoyed during the Aug. 19-23 trip.
Want to go? We have limited space that can be secured with a deposit, and you can do that by picking up an itinerary and reservation form at the Times-News or by calling our travel agent at 336-794-3233.
'USELESS': A helicopter was flying above the state of Washington when an electrical malfunction disabled all of its electronic navigation and communication equipment. Due to the clouds and hazy condition, the pilot could not determine his position or course to steer to the airport. He saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign and held it the helicopter's window. In large letters, the sign read, "Where am I?" People in the tall building quickly responded by drawing a large sign and held it in a window. It read, "You are in a helicopter."
The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map and determined the course to steer toward the airport, where he landed safely.
The co-pilot asked the pilot how the "You are in a helicopter" sign helped him determine his position. The pilot responded, "Well, I knew that had to be the Microsoft building because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless reply."
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: Are the grandkids coming for a visit?
Are you wondering how to keep them entertained? Well, the folks at Historic Johnson Farm want to help. On Thursday, from 10 to 11 a.m., an experienced grandmother, former teacher and regional tour guide will discuss all the wonderful things you can do with your grandkids in this neck of the woods. Bring a notebook and pen for taking notes. And bring the grandkids. They will enjoy the visit to the farm. The grandkids program will be held at the farm at 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville.
Call 891-6585 to reserve a spot. The cost of the program is $5.
Reach Lou Parris at 828-694-7836 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
'Maybe then'
Doug Freeman of Hendersonville is thinking that perhaps a Mountains to Molehills reader who owns a semi-automatic assault weapon will enlighten him. "Why do you want such a weapon?"


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blabsforbullies wrote:UPDATE:
Colby did his very, very best this weekend. The water was absolutely FRIGID, and it affects poor Colby's joints so that he can't run as fast as he would normally. But, boy did he try!!! He got up to 22'4" for his first competition, and the announcer announced he was jumping for his buddy who was just diagnosed with cancer. He came in 4th of over 40 dogs, which isn't too bad for his first time out this year.
Sooo.... Colby saved up his bones and kisses, and we managed to get $75 to donate in Indy's name to the Chase Away Canine Cancer foundation through the ACVIM. He offered to give up his Wubbas, but I told him the ACVIM doesn't love them as much as Colby does.
Colby also wanted to tell you that he is going to South Carolina this weekend, and his goal is the same...jump his heart out for Indy!!! Maybe he'll get that 23 footer this weekend.
Awwww, Colby!!! Thank you so very much!!! And great job on that fourth place!
And thank you for being so brave in that COLD water! Enjoy that warmer water in SC.


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VENICE >> Ten years after becoming governor of California in a historic recall election, Arnold Schwarzenegger recently returned to his roots — appearing at Muscle Beach on a sunny afternoon last month to promote fitness products in between filming his latest action flicks.
Venice Beach was where Schwarzenegger launched his career in America — training for the first of seven Mr. Olympia bodybuilding titles that would bring him fame and lead to a Hollywood career, which in turn paved the way for his seven years in political office.
Even at age 66, he remains as much a fitness icon as a movie star. Several hundred people gathered at the Muscle Beach workout area for a chance to see Schwarzenegger and try to get his autograph.
Some had been waiting as long as five hours, holding on to copies of Muscle and Fitness magazine; Schwarzenegger was named executive editor earlier this year and is featured on the latest cover in a tight black T-shirt flexing his biceps under the headline "Arnold is Back!"
Schwarzenegger was there along with his movie buddy Tom Arnold to promote a new signature series of vitamins he was releasing through Muscle Pharm. These are the first supplements to carry his name since his days of working with the late bodybuilding magnate Joe Weider, whose company publishes the magazine.
"I promised Joe I would never compete with him," Schwarzenegger told the crowd. "Unfortunately, he passed a couple of years ago and now I feel comfortable with this."
Schwarzenegger recalled his training at Muscle Beach 45 years ago.
"I trained here every day for an hour," Schwarzenegger said. "We wanted to get a tan so we trained outside. It was the beginning of my bodybuilding career."
Tom Arnold said he has seen Schwarzenegger pushing himself in the past.
"When Arnold focuses on something, he wins," the comic actor said. "Just like he did when he ran for governor."
The man who dubbed himself "the people's governor" rarely talks about the recall or politics these days or what it meant to the state. He does keep a foot in policy issues, particularly the environment, with appearances at international conferences, such as the keynote at a meeting of European mayors in June, and the formation in 2010 of a nonprofit called R20 that pushes for green energy initiatives internationally.
But he also spends much of his time filming. He has made several movies since leaving the governor's office in January 2011 and his latest, "Escape Plan" co-starring Sylvester Stallone, comes out on Oct. 18. Schwarzenegger was out of the area filming his next release — a zombie flick called "Maggie" — in recent weeks and his representatives said he was not available for an interview.
Arnold's legacy
His legacy as a governor remains a mixed one. He had big approval ratings when he was first elected and enjoyed success with populist moves like reducing the car tax and repealing driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.
He also was lauded for signing AB 32, a landmark, controversial greenhouse gas bill that put California at the forefront of efforts to fight global warming.
He also reformed the workers' compensation system — though not nearly to the extent that he had initially proposed. He used his personal appeal to circumvent lawmakers in Sacramento and go directly to the voters to pass a series of multibillion-dollar ballot measures to balance the budget, boost the state's infrastructure and revise the redistricting and electoral systems. But other ballot measures he proposed to reform state government and campaign spending failed.
Even with his policy stumbles, he remained popular with voters through much of his first term, winning re-election in 2006 over Democrat Phil Angelides by a 56-39 margin.
Still, he also had plenty of other initiatives that fell flat. Among them was the California Performance Review, a plan to "blow up the boxes" of state government that ultimately resulted in some very thick reports and very little change in the Sacramento bureaucracy.
He had trouble persuading lawmakers in his own party to go along with his spending plans, and the stalemates led to late budget signings nearly every year in his term.
One of his most widely criticized moves came at the end of his second term when he commuted the prison sentence of Esteban Nuñez, the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez who had been sentenced to 16 years for voluntary manslaughter for his role in the fatal stabbing of a man in San Diego in 2008. Schwarzenegger reduced his term to seven years, sparking criticism about an assumed back-room deal between the two politicians.
Ultimately, Schwarzenegger left office with a 23 percent approval rating and a budget deficit of $25 billion.
His revelation after his term had ended that he had fathered a son with his maid and hid it from his own family for years also didn't help his popularity with the public in his post-gubernatorial years.
Former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, who served on Schwarzenegger's transition team after the recall, is one of the few Democrats who makes the case that the actor will end up being regarded as a good governor for his efforts at political reform.
"We will have more stability in the state because of what he accomplished with redistricting and the top-two primary," Hertzberg said. "I'm a big Arnold fan. There's no question he made a lot of mistakes, but he laid a groundwork for change that will benefit the state."
Bruce Cain, a political science professor at Stanford University and director designate of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, said the trouble with evaluating Schwarzenegger is the degree to which he shifted ideologies at times.
"There was such variance, and he couldn't stay on a consistent path," Cain said. "He went from being a moderate Republican to pro-Bush and when everything got rejected, he went back to being a moderate. He was all over the map."


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COLLEGE PARK -- After losing its third quarterback since the beginning of training camp, Maryland enters Saturday's game against Boston College trying not to allow its season to be defined by injuries to prominent players.
Rather, the Terps (4-3, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) hope the remaining five games will offer a lesson in perseverance as they try to complete a turnaround from last season's 2-10 disappointment.
But it won't be easy. The latest injury report included 28 players — more than a quarter of the team — and nine of them are certain not to play.
The three quarterbacks — C.J. Brown, Perry Hills and Devin Burns — top the list. Hills (torn anterior cruciate ligament) and Burns (Lisfranc injury in foot) were injured in last week's 20-18 loss to North Carolina State. Brown (torn ACL) was injured in the preseason.
Caleb Rowe, a true freshman who has played in one series, is the last quarterback standing. Coaches raved about his passing ability in the preseason but selected Hills over him because of Hills' leadership and ability to manage the offense.
Once the season began, Rowe often led the second-team offense in two-minute drills in practice against the first-team defense. On game days, he's usually been on the sideline wearing a headset.
"He's a student of the game," said Wade Cooper, Rowe's former coach at Blue Ridge High School in Greer, S.C. "He's spent a lot of time learning about coverages."
Rowe's backup is linebacker Shawn Petty, who ran a Navy-style option at Eleanor Roosevelt in Greenbelt but has been strictly a defensive player for the Terps.
"Somebody's just testing us, making us stronger, that's all," Maryland coach Randy Edsall said. "The thing that's really kind of crazy is that the [latest] injuries are all coming on offense."
Offensive lineman Bennett Fulper (foot), who had started the season's first six games, is among those who won't play Saturday. Neither will Marcus Leak, the team's second-leading receiver, who is out for the season with a broken toe.
The injuries mean the Terps will lean even more on a defense that ranks second in the conference in fewest yards allowed (288.4 per game) as they face a Boston College team (1-6, 0-4 ACC) that has lost five in a row.
The Terps have surrendered just 87.6 rushing yards per game — the only ACC school other than Florida State with an average under 100 yards.
Maryland also must hope its offense can sustain drives and hold on to the ball while Rowe becomes acclimated to the college game.
"The biggest thing we've got to do is keep [Rowe] loose — keep him loosey-goosey, because that's how he plays," Edsall said. "He's got the ability."
Maryland has lost a conference-high 12 fumbles and been intercepted seven times. Hills was injured chasing a Wolfpack defender after throwing a second-quarter interception last week.
After losing a trio of quarterbacks, at least the Terps are experienced at switching on the fly.
"When you get out there, there are little things — making calls is a little different," said backup center Evan Mulrooney, who started last weekend in place of Sal Conaboy. Conaboy (ankle) is listed as probable. "For the most part, it's just a quarterback and you just snap the ball to him."
Brown, a redshirt junior who was injured in a noncontact drill, has met with Petty to try to help him relearn the quarterback position. Brian McMahon (Atholton), a freshman tight end, has also been considered as an emergency quarterback.
"It never gets easy, I know that," Maryland offensive coordinator Mike Locksley said of dealing with the injuries. "We have to get the next guy ready — or next guys, depending on the situation. Our team has developed that personality."
Maryland (4-3, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) at Boston College (1-6, 0-4 ACC)
Time: 1 p.m.
Site: Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
TV: ESPN3.com
Radio: 105.7 FM, 980 AM
Series: Boston College leads 6-3
Last meeting: Boston College beat Maryland, 28-17, on Oct. 29, 2011, in College Park
Maryland offense vs. Boston College: Maryland, which needs two wins to become bowl-eligible, will start freshman Caleb Rowe at quarterback for the first time. Running back Wes Brown (shoulder) is listed as probable after rushing for a career-high 121 yards last week. Boston College has surrendered at least 34 points in each of its past four games — all losses. The Eagles rank last in the conference in total defense and scoring defense.
Maryland defense vs. Boston College offense: Maryland's defense is ranked 11th nationally in yards allowed per game and is led by defensive lineman Joe Vellano (7.7 tackles per game) and linebacker Demetrius Hartsfield (10.3 tackles per game). The Terps hope to get injured safety Matt Robinson (groin) back. He is listed as questionable. Boston College quarterback Chase Rettig is third in the conference in passing (292 yards per game). His leading receiver, Alex Amidon, tops the ACC with seven catches per game.


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For a complete list of Stuttgart Police Department reports pick up a Friday, Jan. 25 edition of the Stuttgart Daily Leader.
January 23
200 block of W. 20th
SPD Ptl. George Bethell took a report from a man who said a man came to his home and tried to jerk open the doors to his vehicle. After he could not get in the vehicle he beat on the front and back door of the home before leaving and walking toward Crestpark Retirement Inn.
1800 block of S. Main
SPD Ptl. Paul Hofstad located a man wanted on theft charges. SPD Criminal Investigation Division Det. Kimberly Garza told Hofstad to place the man under arrest. When SPD Ptl. William Basore reached for his handcuffs the man took off running from officers. They caught up with the man within a short distance and placed him under arrest and charged him with fleeing and resisting arrest.


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The Durango High School cross country team doubled up at the annual Joe I. Vigil Open in Alamosa on Saturday.
The Demons won both the boys and girls divisions in the high school cross country race, held in conjunction with Adams States college race.
It was a tremendous team effort. Everyone ran fast, Durango first-year head coach David McMillan said.
Durango sophomore Shannon Maloney won the girls 5-kilometer race in 18 minutes, 37 seconds to lead the DHS girls to the team title.
DHS teammate Hannah Peterson was fifth (19:50). Sarah Bates (19:55) was seventh and Emily Schaldach eighth (19:58). Carly Pierson of DHS finished 15th (20:42), and Kat Seibert was 18th (20:53).
They helped the DHS girls total 21 points to win the meet. Evergreen was second with 38 points. Alamosa was third (76), with Santa Fe High School fourth (79). The Pagosa Springs girls were fifth (112). Bayfield was eighth (160).
Eighteen girls teams participated.
The Durango boys, led by Joe Maloney (Shannons older brother), won with 50 points. Evergreen was second with 54 points. Alamosa finished third (79) and Bayfield fourth (110). Zuni was fifth (112) in the 18-team field.
Joe Maloney was a close second to Jackson Sayler of Evergreen, who won in 15:38. Maloney was timed in 15:39 on the fast course. They had a big lead over third-place Austin Anaya of Moriarty (16:20).
Five Demons packed together in 15th through 19th positions: Gordon Gianniny (17:15), Nicholas Turco (17:17), Alastair McMillan (17:20), Trent Andrews (17:29) and Sean McLaughlin (17:30). Colin Francom of DHS finished 31st (17:57). Benjamin Lachelt of the Demons finished 42nd (18:15). Keenan Skelly of DHS was 47th (18:19).
Shannon ran a picture-perfect race, McMillan said, adding that she broke into the lead in the second mile.
He said Joe Maloney ran a tactical race and nearly broke the DHS school record in the boys race.
He made a beautiful move with about a half-mile to go, McMillan said. Maloney inched into the lead before Sayler came back to win.
Joe challenged him, McMillan said.
Freshman Trevor Gabbard led the Bayfield boys with his eighth-place finish Saturday. He ran a career-best 17:53. Luke Webb was close behind in 10th place (16:55). Joe Hetrick ran to a 35th-place finish (18:08). Joey Webb was 62nd (18:40). John Fisher was 81st (19:04).
Aubree Lorenzen led the shorthanded Bayfield girls. She was 24th in 21:22. Teammate Nicole Cyr was 33rd in 21:38. Danielle Miller of Bayfield was 45th (22:31). Lexa Fleming and Maggie Zink finished 71st and 72nd, respectively, for the Wolverines.
Trevor ... ran the race of his life (Saturday), Bayfield head coach Pat Vaughn said. Our boys ran really well.
Vaughn was pleased with the BHS performance against quality competition in Alamosa. The BHS girls, he said, were without two regular runners, including Eva-Lou Edwards, who won the season-opening race last weekend on the state championship course in Colorado Springs.
BHS is expected to run in the Durango Invitational at Fort Lewis College on Friday afternoon, which also will be held in conjunction with the Skyhawks annual Tom Strandt Memorial Run.


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Youth Football Coach Attacks Opposing Player Mid-Game, Gets Charged With Child Abuse [VIDEO]
A parent volunteering as a coach for his son's football team in Payson, Utah, is being charged with child abuse after allegedly attacking a player from the opposing team, giving him a concussion and ending his season.
Nate Harris is being charged with second-degree felony child abuse after he stepped out onto the field during a game between the Payson City Football League and the Mapleton City Football League and clotheslined a 13-year old halfback who was making his way down the sideline.
Spectators who witnessed Harris's actions say there was malicious intent. "The Mapleton coach was standing there," said one eyewitness. "He had plenty of time to move, but he didn't." He just raised his arms and struck a blow at the Payson player.
"When you look at the video you can see … there's no concern for the well-being of the child," said Detective Lance Smith of the Payson Police Department. "He doesn't walk over to see if he's all right. He doesn't show concern or anything. He just backs away from him and stands there."
The player suffered a concussion from the hit and will reportedly be out for the rest of the season. Harris posted bond and has been released from jail.


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Mexican architect Luis Barragán once remarked, "A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy." If you're in search of inspiration for your outdoor space, take a leaf out of his book with our guide to the latest landscaping trends.
Design a garden you can socialise in all year around. Create a welcoming area for guests by arranging a rattan sofa and chairs around a granite fire pit – a setup that will take you from afternoon tea parties to evening cocktails, even during cooler months.
If you live in an area with higher than average rainfall, a Scandinavian-style wooden cabin with sloping walls and a pointed roof provides a cosy space for entertaining during the wet season.
The green light
Installing lamps on exterior walls or stringing fairy lights across a pavilion are simple ways to transform your garden at night. Portable spike lights can be used to draw attention to seasonal plants or illuminate walkways for outdoor entertaining. Light-up lounge tables are a sophisticated option for evening parties, as are traditional Belvedere or Moorish lanterns hung from trees. Dark green and copper fittings work best as they'll blend seamlessly into your garden. For effortless control over the atmosphere of your outdoor space, you could even sync smart garden lights up with a phone app.
Edible gardens
The trend for vegetable gardens is set to flourish in 2016, and you can still cultivate your own green space if you live in a city. Flowering Japanese apricot trees, for example, are small enough for rooftops or balconies, with the added bonus of bearing attractive double-white petals and an almond scent. Ornamental cabbages in magenta pink or snowy white provide colour and texture with their ruffled rosettes and scalloped leaves. Flowers such as African blue basil not only attract bees to boost your garden's ecosystem, you can also scatter them on over a garden salad – best enjoyed al fresco out on the decking.
Waterless plants
Shrubs that require less water have obvious benefits if you live in a drier climate, but they're also aesthetically pleasing. Breeds such as California poppies or butterfly flowers areself-seeding and will plant themselves again each spring without the need for frequent care. Mediterranean breeds such as the pink orchid rockrose or the aromatic artemisia herba-alba also thrive in dry and sunny conditions. River pebble paths, rock features and marble sculptures are also unique alternatives to trees and plants, as are the natural gravel gardenstypical of the Greek islands.
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It has been a few "days" between my Day 3 and Day 4 posts but such is life!! I purchased more supplies to continue working on Dear Myrtle's January organization checklist. I now have plenty of sheet protectors and tabbed dividers. However, I did not purchase enough 3 ring binders, but I can still get started.
After going through the checklist, multiple times, I decided it would be best for me to tweak the system to meet my needs. I put all surnames, direct and collateral, in binders alphabetically. I then created a separate notebook to file just my family group sheets. In that folder I did separate out direct and collateral lines.
I still have filing to complete before I get to the item on the checklist that I believe will be the most challenging...reconciling what I have on paper with electronic copies and data input into my Legacy database. Whew...not looking forward to that right now! I do feel a small sense of accomplishment, which I believe is what Dear Myrtle's checklist is all about. Organizing in small doses will still get you where you need to be.
Tomorrow I am going to the Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence, Missouri to attend a class on Wills and Probate records. I hope to be bringing home more documents to file!


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For the 11th year students attending the "Cleared For Take-Off" Aviation Education Camp at Alexandria Airport in Pittstown, N.J., spent a week in a "living laboratory" getting hands on lessons in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
The camp's proven curriculum is now one of the offerings of a new company, Take Flight Solutions.
According to organizers, the camp uses leadership theory and practice as a foundation, and the airport and elements of flight as the specific teaching tools and laboratory. While the 11 campers, ranging in age from 10 to 14, learned a great deal about aerodynamics, weather, communications, and flight dynamics, they also learned about themselves and working with others.
"It's about how kids learn to be curious and inquisitive about the world around them and the people around them, and we do that through something that is magical — learning to fly," Camp Director Linda Castner said.
Most of the camp is spent doing hands on experiments and building model airplanes, rockets, and tissue paper parachutes. Camper Mike Mia couldn't pick just one thing about the camp as being his favorite.
"I like everything that goes on," he said. "It's fun and learning." One of the things he learned during a visit to the maintenance hangar on the field was the difference between corrosion and rust. He also enjoyed making a "Fizzy Flyer" rocket powered by Alka Seltzer and water. "I had never made one of those rockets, which were really cool."
The camp instructors are high school and college students with an interest in aviation, and often started as campers, than assistants before becoming instructors. John Weigele, who will be attending Kean University in the fall, instructed for the third year. He earned his private pilot's certificate in 2011 at Alexandria Field.
"Linda knew how passionate I was about this and thought I'd be a good candidate to teach to kids and explain complex information," he said. "It's cool to get younger kids involved. Sharing the knowledge, that's the biggest thing for me."
Castner, co-owner/operator of Alexandria Field, also is one of the principals of Take Flight Solutions, "a company that fosters a lifetime of peak performance in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and other fields through aviation-themed experiences, tested techniques, and targeted programs designed to empower children, students, teachers, and business professionals," according to company officials.
The camp is part of a tested public/private partnership model available through TFS for other airports that are interested in broadening their connection to the local schools and the community.
Many of the campers expressed interest in continuing the aviation-related activities year year round. One TFS program that does that is the Central Jersey Aviation Education Science Club. With participants from local elementary and high schools, the club is led by Delaware Valley High School science teacher Jim Gessner and Castner and is open to any student interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math. The club features trips to local businesses so students can get a first hand look at how these subjects are used outside the classroom. The club has made trips to MAN Diesel & Turbo North American facility in Woodbridge, N.J., and BASF Flight Department at Morristown Municipal Airport.
The club is funded in part by a new Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Courtesy Car provided by Muller Hyundai of Stewartsville, N.J. Pilots may reserve the car and receive an "Adventure Package" of coupons to local businesses. In return, pilots are asked to make a donation to the club to help fund future field trips and activities.
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