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The ownership of history defines a people and their nation. I am a Southern heir of the Confederacy and the Old South. I will never allow any modern politician to take my grandparents' love for me or their love for their grandparents' cause. I spent my elementary school years with a Confederate Flag hanging in my room, and related pictures all over my grandparents' home and several aunts' & uncles' homes. To purge this heritage would mean to purge myself, and, I'm sorry folks, but I just don't want to be purged.
I took my son Charlie to Beauvoir (and Confederate Memorial Hall) many times when he was living here with me, when he was little. I hope that there are enough people who feel as I do to make sure that my great-great grandchildren will still remember and honor the Lees, the Jacksons (Andrew & Stonewall), Davis, Beauregard, Forrest, the Polks (James K. & Leonidas), and all the other Confederate heroes of the war of 1861-65.
There is a Federal Law of Cultural Resource Management built into the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 ("NEPA"). In my opinion, the removal of the Four Major Monuments and any other alterations would have a major negative impact on the cultural environment and resources of New Orleans.
It would disturb the management and preservation of all other features of the city to remove these centrally placed and important "monumental" focal points of attention. For all these reasons, removal of the monuments would violate Federal Law and must be opposed in Court if the City Council votes in favor. Oh, and we should campaign vigorously to recall the mayor and all members of the City Council and demand a special election. I, for one, think this is worth fighting for on every front, until the monuments can be secured "for ourselves and our posterity."
I have to admit, I have NO such similar feelings about President William McKinley. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2015/08/31/if-not-for-a-mountain-what-is-president-mckinleys-legacy/?wprss=rss_business. As the Washington Post article indicates, his only real legacy is the Spanish-American War of 1898, engendered and possibly engineered by the first major "False Flag" event in US History—the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor.
In that rather inglorious imperialist episode, we conquered Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands and Guam from Spain. Of these, we only have Puerto Rico and Guam to show for our efforts now. The Annexation of Hawaii in the same year, 1898, had almost nothing to do with the Spanish-American War, but what the heck, so long as we were out there collecting Tropical Islands generally and Pacific Islands in particular, right?
The Annexation of Hawaii was among the most utterly illegal acts ever committed in the name of the United States of America. Hawaii had been recognized as a sovereign and independent nation, first as the self-governing indigenous Kingdom of Hawaii founded by King Kamehameha, for over 100 years, and then as an Anglo-Saxon Republic after the overthrow of the native Kingship, by all the major powers of the world, including the United States.
In short, the Annexation of Hawaii was as absolutely and totally illegal as Cousin Abe's war to suppress his own and his wife's Southern cousins into submission, abject submission, although the Yankee Imperialist Conquest of Hawaii was bloodless and therefore "benign," right? Still, Hawaii has solid grounds for secession and nullification of its relations with the United States. And I hope that Hawaii will lead the way in the dissolution of the Union. That way the first shot of the next War of Secession doesn't have to be fired here in the South this time.
(Oh, and that will resolve all questions regarding Barack Hussein Obama's citizenship, although I, for one, am fairly convinced he was born in Kenya. But since Hawaii was illegally annexed, it's not part of the United States either, so "two birds with one stone.")(yes, I am grinning as I write this last parenthetical).
But Why is Barack Obama involved in the renaming of Mount McKinley? Is it because he is bitter about the annexation of his "native" Hawaii? Well, if so, and as noted, I am too.
But I believe, really and truly, that Obama's purpose in renaming Mount McKinley is part of a broader purpose and policy which stands as the cornerstone of his administration: ALL OF WHITE AMERICA MUST BE SUPPRESSED AND DIE. And McKinley, even if he was a nasty Republican Imperialist just like Abraham Lincoln before him and Theodore Roosevelt after him, was white. And THAT, my friends, is what I would consider to be the real connexion between the renaming of Mount McKinley and the renaming of Lee Circle and Jefferson Davis Parkway…… One less "Monument" to a Dead White Male on the American map.
Obama claims that his purpose in renaming Mount Denali was to honor the Alaskan Athabaskans (Tinneh or Na Diné), who number approximately 6,400 in Alaska today, according to Wikipedia. The total population of Alaska in 2013 was 737,259, and Hispanics outnumber Native Americans almost 3 to 1 as a percentage of the population. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/02000.html
I have no idea how many of these enrolled tribal members actually speak an Athabaskan language, but I am sure it is less than the 6,400 total, and so it is much less than the generation of millions of Elementary School Students who had to learn their American geography and history together.
Wipe McKinley off the map? I would be dishonest and hypocritical to say it were "no great loss", even though I cannot and do not particularly admire the man or his "legacy." Because if traditional historical names can be changed for the benefit of tiny minorities…. well, then the 25,000 of us who have signed petitions to save Lee Circle and the Lee and Jefferson Davis Monuments in this city are indeed in a hopeless position.


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San Francisco, CA – Michael Cuddyer, in his first game off the disabled list, hit a solo home run and drove in three to back six strong innings from Tyler Chatwood as the Colorado Rockies took a 5-0 win over the San Francisco Giants to open a three-game set.
Chatwood (3-0) won his third straight start as he gave up just four hits and a walk while striking out four for the Rockies, who snapped a nine-game losing streak in San Francisco. Carlos Gonzalez hit a solo homer and DJ LeMahieu drove in a run in the win.
Tim Lincecum (3-4) lost his second consecutive start after giving up four runs on seven hits with a pair of walks and eight strikeouts over seven innings for the Giants, who have dropped seven of their past 10 games.
"Overall, I would say Tim was okay," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "It's hard to say that when you do give up four, but there was some bad luck involved with that. It was an improvement, and he had good stuff tonight, but he did make a couple of mistakes."
Colorado jumped on top in the first inning with a pair of runs. With one away, Nolan Arenado and Gonzalez hit singles before Troy Tulowitzki flied out. Cuddyer, though, stroked a double to right that scored both runners for a 2-0 lead.
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Cuddyer led off the sixth with his eighth homer of the season, a solo shot to left, and Gonzalez started the eighth with his 12th of the season, a blast to right, for a 5-0 lead.
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(Hong Kong) Dragonair today announced it will launch a new four-times weekly service to Yangon, the largest city and main economic hub of Myanmar, commencing on 9 January 2013 (subject to government approval). The new service will enhance Dragonair's presence in the region and provide a significant boost to both leisure and business traffic between Hong Kong and Myanmar.
Yangon will become the 10th destination to be launched or resumed by Dragonair since April 2012. Rich in history and culture, Yangon is a fascinating city to visit with its hybrid of local, British, Chinese and Indian influences, and it is home to the largest number of original colonial buildings in the region. Most of Myanmar's commercial activities are centred in Yangon, reinforcing the city's importance as a business and communications hub.
The airline will operate the new service with Airbus A321 aircraft, departing Hong Kong every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. As well as connecting passengers from around the world into Myanmar, the latest destination launch will offer passengers from Myanmar greater choice and convenience when connecting to Dragonair's Mainland China network or the vast international network of its sister airline, Cathay Pacific Airways, through the Hong Kong hub.
Dragonair Chief Executive Officer Patrick Yeung said: "Yangon is an important addition to Dragonair's expanding network in Asia and launching this new destination will further strengthen Hong Kong's position as a leading aviation hub. We see tremendous potential in this market with both tourism and commercial activities rapidly gaining momentum. We look forward to carrying more passengers between Hong Kong and Myanmar and helping to promote ties between the two places."
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The world of location-based marketing is evolving rapidly and one of the industries at the forefront is professional sport. Check-in technologies like Foursquare and Gowalla simply make sense for sports teams because they solve a key problem – Identification and connection with their fanbase.
You see, in many major markets, tickets are bought and sold numerous times before someone actual ends up with their butt in the seat. So how do you know who is actually there? How do you determine demographics of your audience like age and gender? And what about all those fans in other cities that can't get to the game?
Check-in services not only help with this identification, but present opportunities for personalized marketing and promotion.
Let's take a look at the use of LBS services across the four primary leagues here in North America (NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB) in 2010
The NHL
Location-based services are especially relevant for sporting events, says Michael DiLorenzo, senior director of social media marketing and strategy for the National Hockey League. "The in-home viewing experience has gotten so good for fans that you have to add value to the on-site experience."
Since the NHL launched its official Foursquare partnership back in October, the league has seen its number of fans on Foursquare grow from 100 to more than 10,000
"Once you've achieved a critical mass on the major social platforms like Facebook, though the work may not be finished, you have to look where the fish are congregating next," he says.
NHL fans that attended NHL Face-Off (opening night event) used their mobile devices to check-in on Foursquare. Tips and clues on the Foursquare mobile application then provided insider information to fans, pointing them to secret locations.
With the NHL's global fan base and international player roster, mobile makes a lot of sense. In an effort to bolster its mobile media strategy, the organization has launched a new three-tier app aimed at reaching fans whether they're at a game, in front of a TV or their laptop
The NHL has also been very active on Twitter – holding Tweetups (physical gatherings of fans on Twitter)
It found, he said, that out of 150 people who attended one NHL tweetup in New York City, 100 of them had Twitter personas that could be analyzed.
The NBA
Not satisfied to sit on the sidelines of checkin games, the NBA released – NBA Turnstile, a mobile checkin service that lives inside NBA Game Time.
NBA Turnstile is a combo service that allows users to check into physical locations, a la Foursquare and Gowalla (the app integrates with these two services for its place database, and users can optionally check in to one or both), and into virtual locations, like televised games.
Digital checkins enable fans to check into nationally televised games on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV. NBA fans can also check into Turnstile through Fanvibe sports-centric checkin service.
The basic premise is that NBA fans can use Turnstile to check in to any game they watch, whether it be at the arena, a sports bar or from the comfort of their couch. The app, of course, also supports integration with Twitter and Facebook so users can share "shoutouts" to those social networks.
Turnstile replicates the game mechanics we've seen in other checkin apps, including points, badges — awarded for weekly, monthly and season-long checkins — and a leaderboard. Turnstile is both a national and regional effort; NBA Digital is working with each team to create official badges for their specific locations. Teams can also create their own badges and checkin promotions.
"We see location based services as just the tip of the iceberg," says Bryan Perez, senior vice president and general manager of NBA Digital. "The more we can integrate people's location information at games, the more opportunities there are for things like sponsorships," he says, adding there are no sponsorships for Turnstile in place currently.
The NFL
Last July, the New England Patriots announced the launch of an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) designed to give Pats fans a new way to connect with the team using technology developed by Boston-based startup SCVNGR. The ARG is called Help Vince!
The game lead Patriots fans on a New England-wide SCVNGR trek to find Patriot's defensive lineman Vince Wilfork's "missing Super Bowl ring." Of course, Wilfork had't really lost his ring — the team was simply experimenting with transparency a little bit by deploying a hot new form of marketing known as an ARG.
Marketing ARGs are games that encourage participants to engage with brands by following a series of clues to learn more about the brand and solve problems in pursuit of an end-goal revelation.
"This is clearly one of the coolest things that has ever been built on SCVNGR," said Seth Priebatsch, CEO and "Chief Ninja" of SCVNGR. "The Patriots have built awesome challenges all across New England. Literally millions of people can help Vince find his ring by doing these quick, fun challenges at the places near them. And win cool stuff. Oh and it only takes six seconds to do a challenge. So grab the app and get going!"
While SCVNGR has been pursuing the NFL market pretty hard, they may now have a competitor in Gowalla who recently announced 32 new stamps – one for each NFL team that fans/users can get just by checking in at their stadium of choice.
No stranger to social media, Major League Baseball added checkins via its MLB At Bat iPhone application (iTunes link).
Here's what you get with the new feature:
* It works with Twitter and Facebook.
* It creates a sort-of chat room, where you and other people at the game can talk about the action.
* You get a map of the stadium so you can find bathrooms, concessions, and other information.
* And you'll eventually gain access to highlights in the app. If there's a great play, you'll be able to watch it again on your phone.
This is a pretty neat feature for MLB to bake into its products. It's a good way to corral people talking about the same game.
Another example of this is the collaboration between Facebook Places, Red Bull and the San Francisco Giants.
Similar to the NFL example, the Giants organized a scavenger hunt with 11 autographed Tin Lincecum baseballs (one for each strikeout). A picture was uploaded to their site of the various locations and the first fan to get their and check in on Facebook Places won the ball.
Whether SCVNGR, Facebook, Foursquare or Turnstile, location-based marketing is a great way for the leagues and their teams to connect with sponsors and fans.


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Fred Nimmer pictures a house. It had vibrant colors and was the local attraction and a community landmark.
Not anymore.
Nimmer pictures an old house. The house needs a new roof, but nobody cares to make the repairs. The house needs to be painted, but it remains drab.
"It withers and deteriorates," Nimmer said.
Nimmer pictures Sergeant Jasper Golf Course in Ridgeland. It opened in 1962 and spawned young locals who went on to play golf in college, including Nimmer's two sons.
Puggy Blackmon learned to play at the course in the 1960s and in 2008 was inducted into Georgia Tech's Sports Hall of Fame after 12 years as men's golf coach. He is the University of South Carolina's director of golf.
But "The Sarge" is growing old, hurting for business and Nimmer, one of the course's original members, is concerned for its future. He pictures the old house.
"I think it would be a terrible shame to see it close," Nimmer said.
Doing what he can
Sam Woodward is doing what he can to keep the course going.
Woodward, course manager and acting treasurer, began playing on the course when he was 5 years old. It is where he learned the sport and he's determined to keep it a part of the community.
The 52-year-old Woodward said the economy's downturn has hit the course hard and even though it will operate the rest of this year, he's concerned about 2013.
Membership, which was about 175 in the late 1960s, is down to 21.
People aren't driving from Sun City or Bluffton as often. Woodward said one week they'll have 30 non-members play, but zero the next.
"It's up and down," Woodward said.
The county's property tax hike this year didn't help, either.
Woodward said the taxes jumped from about $8,700 to $12,000. He was able to have the bill lowered to about $10,000. Woodward, who has been treasurer for six years, said he's always maintained a savings account to help with operating costs, but the money going into the account is dwindling.
"Next year is my worry," Woodward said. "If I don't start putting money in the savings now, I don't have money to pay taxes next year and I don't have a clue what they'll be next year."
Ideally, the course, which is open every day, would earn $1,000 a week from non-member play, but routinely it earns about $300 to $400.
"That's where the decline has come to, 'Oh, Lord, what are we going to do?' " Woodward said.
Need for community support
The nine-hole course off Glover Road has a full-time employee and three part-time employees. The course recently installed battery-operated valves to water the greens, but it relies on volunteers for necessary maintenance.
The board of directors will meet to help form a plan for the course's daily operations, but Woodward said the community needs to take ownership of its course.
"The citizens of Jasper County have to take care of this golf course," he said. "This has been a part of your home forever; we have to be the ones to protect it."
The golf course is ideal for those who want to learn the sport or not be pressured through their round. A family membership (with your own cart) is $1,000 for a year ($250 per quarter).
Woodward said the course is challenging, but in a nice country setting.
"If you want to see oak trees and not be shoved around and if you want to learn how to play golf, this will be the place," he said.
Nimmer said no one person is responsible for the course's situation, but thinks the board needs to better publicize the course.
Blackmon called last Thursday from The Humana Challenge in Palm Springs, Calif., where he coached David Duval, to say he'd help by hosting a clinic.
"We are here to help," Blackmon said. "They have my full support."
Nimmer laments the loss of younger golfers.
"I don't think there's been an emphasis on golf as there used to be," Nimmer said. "My boys (Tony and Bill) grew up on the golf course. In those days there were only three channels on TV and no Internet and nobody knew anything about video games."
Woodward has seen a decline in younger players.
"I don't have the youth," he said. "I don't have somebody wanting to take my job."
What he has is a course he doesn't want to be hidden anymore. Woodward encourages the community to play the course. No tee times necessary.
"Come on in," he said.
Sergeant Jasper Golf Course
Year it opened: 1962
Original yearly cost of family membership: $100
Original cost for non-member green fees: $2
Details: 726-8977


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|System: Xbox 360*, PS3
|Dev: Konami
|Pub: Konami
|Release: March 20, 2012
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-720p
|Blood and Gore, Violence
by Adam Dodd
March truly is a month of madness, and it's partially because of the triple dose of Silent Hill we're getting. It started with Silent Hill: Downpour, continues with the HD Collection, and we'll get Book of Memories later this month. The HD Collection is one of the more exciting releases for fans of the series, because it brings together two of the best installments—Silent Hill 2 and its sequel—and packages them in an HD bundle. Both games have aged remarkably well, but with the crisper HD visuals, everything looks fantastic.
Let's start with Silent Hill 2. This isn't just widely considered to be the best game in the series; it's also considered to be one of the best video games of all time. Its blend of engaging storytelling, thoughtful character development, gorgeous visuals, and a deeply terrifying world made it an instant classic. Over a decade later, I can still say that this is one of the most disturbing and brilliantly made games I've ever had the fortune of playing.
For the unfamiliar, Silent Hill 2 follows James Sunderland, who's received a letter from his deceased wife asking him to meet her in the foggy town. If a hook like that doesn't immediately bring you in, I don't know what will. Overcome with guilt, James visits the town with the hope of seeing his wife again. Unfortunately for James, the town of Silent Hill likes to take your inner demons and populate the town with twisted mockeries of them.
Silent Hill 2 had some of the most disturbing enemies I've seen in a horror game. Because they're all borrowed from James's loose grip on sanity after his wife's untimely death, there's an underlying theme that, in a way, you've created the monstrosities that now hunt you.
The iconic foggy, deserted resort town looks better than ever, and that's primarily because the textures have been replaced with higher resolution ones. The lighting has also seen a significant bump in quality, so the flashlight you'll be relying on for a majority of the game looks and acts more realistically.
Silent Hill 2 was a visually stunning game when it first released back in 2001, and this is arguably the most extensive remastering of the recent group of games that have been re-released. Re-releasing games with updated visuals is an increasingly popular trend these days, with Resident Evil, God of War, Devil May Cry, Beyond Good & Evil, Shadow of the Colossus, and ICO all being remastered in the last handful of years. They're largely hit or miss, but it's obvious that quite a bit of time and effort was invested into making SH2 and 3 look and sound as great as possible.
Another of the major changes in the HD Collection is the option to choose between the original voice work that shipped with the game eleven years ago or the new voiceovers that were recorded exclusively for this collection. Silent Hill 3 doesn't give you the same option, so you're stuck with the new voices—though that's not necessarily a bad thing.
The new voiceovers were directed by series vocalist Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, a name and voice that many fans of the series will undoubtedly recognize. While I am a fan of the original voice work—it was fantastic for its time and has managed to age surprisingly well—the new voices are actually done incredibly well. It's a little strange hearing different voices for characters many of us have grown to love over the years, but the quality of the new voice work makes it worth checking out, even if you're a dedicated fan of the original.
Silent Hill 3 suffers from a few awkward moments, though—usually in areas where you're exploring confined corridors—where the game will stutter to a frustrating degree. These issues didn't exist in the original game, and they're especially annoying when you're already struggling to survive.
Silent Hill 3 follows Heather Mason, the daughter of the protagonist from the original game. It focuses on the demonic cult that's responsible for bringing the darkness of the Otherworld into the real world. Where Silent Hill 2 was about grief and remorse, its sequel is more about losing one's innocence.
Silent Hill 2 is the stronger of the two games, and not just because it immediately hooks you into its narrative. The pacing just works better, whereas SH3 can take a while to really heat up.


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Hey everyone, I'm a first time poster. I've always identified myself as atheist, but I consider "spirituality" to be separate from religion. Like, we all know that the universe is much bigger than an individual. Nature is much bigger than anything we could ever imagine. You get my drift.
I just believe, personally, that spirituality is something separate from religion. Therefore, I believe that I can be spiritual as an atheist, but in the regards that I have respect for all walks of life, I'm a believer of living and letting live, and that the universe is much bigger than me, and I need a healthy respect for that.
Does that make sense? Please feel free to let me know if I should use a different term. But I usually say "spirit" or "spiritual" because I can attach a separate definition to it outside of "g*d."
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What is the "spirit" in "spirituality." Is it along the lines of the "spirit" in "team spirit"? Otherwise, talk of spirit, spirits, souls, ghosts, etc., don't seem to have a place in an atheist group.
What's the point, if it's unknowable?
To use your imagination!
(I couldn't' resist)
You owe me 47 seconds and a pint of AB negative blood. :)
Next time you think about doing this, please ask for auditions.....
I think you're technically correct to use the term Spirituality, simply because it the agreed-upon term in our language to describe the category of experiences that encompass awe and a feeling of sublimation into things greater than oneself. It is an accident of history (albeit a predictable, perhaps even inevitable accident) that this term has such strong religious associations. The very root of the word is based in the religiously-informed misconception about an immaterial Soul or spirit. However, one should not be personally deterred from using the term just because of this. There are plenty of other terms or labels which have long since grown out of the conventions of usage which spawned them. Spartan, Indian, lesbian, sodomy, platonic... all great words that have little or nothing to do with their original derivations, but which we resist replacing because of their ubiquitousness and usefulness. Similarly, you need not have any supernatural beliefs about 'spirits' or 'life forces' to have the kinds of experiences which most people describe as Spiritual; indeed, to try to invent and substitute another term for a specifically athestic spirituality risks compounding the illusion that spirituality is an exclusively religious-based experience.
I tend to use the term "spiritual" or "spirituality" to describe something larger than me. It can be the universe in general, nature, even a sporting event! I don't use it all the term, or even all the often, the term, but I feel like it can be applied to non-religious based events, though as one person said on here, the holdover from religious upbringing can be applied. To give you some background, I was raised in a non-theist household, my mother had a strict Roman Catholic upbringing and my dad Southern Baptist. My dad "found the church" later on in his life in his late 30s, but my mom had me believe in keeping an open mind as my approach to life. Mostly in reason and logic.
Anyhow, I have friends, as an example, who are vegan to respect all walks of life, but they are also atheists...they believe in spirituality respect of animals, but I think spirituality may be a blanket term, lack of a better one, really. I think that Val Wuthrich did say exactly what I was feeling, and what my conflict was. It seems there are those of us who would do without the term, but those of us who are fine w/ it in a certain context. I'm ok with that!
Thank you again for your welcome to the group.
So, spirituality is a sensation of weakness and inadequacy(?).
No, spirituality is an acknowledgement of human consciousness. Weakness and inadequacy only comes from the acceptance of religion, which is fear based. Spirituality frees the mind up and allows for great pontential to expand the mind in ways that logic and reason falls short - i.e imagination and artistic expression as well as the ability to perceive that all life is connected in a much deeper way than any mathematical expression or scientific theory could postulate. There are times for one to think their way through a problem, and times for one to feel their way through a problem. Spirituality comes from feeling and allows us to dream and perceive beyond ourselves, while logic is the tool that grounds us to reality. Both are needed in this life, and neither are signs of weakness or inadequacy. In truth, the only way for one to be weak or inadequate is for one to dominate the other or not allow to exist at all. Balance is the key.
Why call it spirituality?
Your so-called "feeling" one's way through a problem is actually still a thought process. It's a mental testing of alternatives. How do I know this? Because it's done by the brain. If you leave behind the spirit world of souls and ghosts, you're left with the brain controlling everything.
If you think "logic grounds us to reality" you don't understand logic. Logic isn't substance, it's form. If being grounded to realitry can result in counterintuitive breakthroughs like Einstein's relativity, I have no idea what more so-called "spirituality" could add.
If you do believe in souls or spirits, then you're religious on some level.


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Christmas is the heart of a child's calendar. Besides the obvious presents and sweets, there is the deeper attraction: the Nativity story. In Jesus' birth, children hear themes tremendously empowering for the under-4-foot crowd: the supreme importance of a poor child, that kings and rulers both worshipped and feared a child, and that a young child could change the world. In Christmas, the theological imagination meets the child's imagination, both suggesting a world in which children matter, and make a difference.
A number of new children's books pick up this theme of the power that even the very young can exert. A trio of children's Christmas picture books show children transforming their families through the simple power of their good deeds. You may have thought the rich Rockefeller family purchased the first Christmas tree to illuminate New York City's landmark Rockefeller Center. They did not. Instead grateful workers who built Rockefeller Center raised the first tree there in 1931, in the midst of the Great Depression, to show their thankfulness for having jobs when a quarter of all U.S. workers were unemployed. The Carpenter's Gift, by David Rubel (Random House, ages 4-8) imagines that true story from the fictional point of view of Henry, a poor boy helping his struggling family by selling Christmas trees, who gave the construction workers the first Rockefeller Center tree. The workers returned Henry's kindness, helping his family build a home. Today Rockefeller Center's owners donate the wood from the tree to Habitat for Humanity International to help needy families build their homes, and the epilogue of the book discusses the work of Habitat for Humanity. Illustrated with pencil and pastels by Jim LaMarche that match the simple tale, this story of need and helping hands resonates in our difficult economic times.
In A Christmas Tree for Pyn, by Olivier Dunrea (Philomel/Penguin Putnam, ages 4-8), Pyn's gruff father tells her they cannot have a Christmas tree, but she is not discouraged. She wears down his resistance to having a tree, and to being called "Papa" after the death of Pyn's mother. Like many artist-written books, the text is not as engaging as the lovely art.
Similarly, Home for Christmas offers all the intricate Scandinavian winter scenes for which artist Jan Brett is known and loved (Putnam, ages 4-8). Rollo, the wild "Prodigal son" troll, returns home with a more selfless heart. The story doesn't sing, but the art will have you reaching for a cup of hot chocolate.
Jane Goodall discerned her future as a young child, when she was given a stuffed chimpanzee toy. By age 10, Jane declared that she would go to Africa, live with animals and observe them. She was told her dream was impossible, both because she was a girl and because her family had little money. She was not dissuaded, her mother encouraged her, and she became a leading scientist, a United Nations "Messenger of Peace" and an environmental educator, founding the Roots and Shoots organization for children and the Jane Goodall Institute to encourage environmental education, conservation and action. Me...Jane, by Patrick McDonnell (Little Brown, ages 4-8) whimsically combines cartoonish artwork with photos and quotes from the real Jane, to encourage young readers to reach for their dreams. As Goodall notes, "The life of each one of us makes a difference...and we have a choice as to what sort of difference we make. The life of each one of us matters."
Jessie and Evan Treski take that theme to heart and try to stand up for themselves against a popular crook. What are kids to do when the richest boy in the neighborhood steals their hard-earned lemonade-stand money, buys the latest 3D video game system, and instead of becoming a pariah for his crime, becomes the most popular kid in the class as everyone wants to try out the newest tech toy? In Jacqueline Davies's The Lemonade Crime (Houghton Mifflin, ages 8-12), the aggrieved siblings take the law into their own hands and set up a trial by a jury of their fourth-grade peers. By turns funny and insightful, the brother and sister learn that courts do not always produce justice, but forgiveness and reconciliation, even among "frenemies," is always within reach.
Anyone who has ever observed a child's glee in pushing an elevator button will understand the appeal of Herve Tullet's ingenious Press Here (Chronicle, ages 4-8). Instead of telling children not to touch, Tullet tells them to go ahead, press the button, shake the book, etc. Without a single pop-up, lift-the-flap or computer chip, the old-school Press Here is fully interactive. Young readers delight when the turn of the page reveals that each of their actions "created" a correlating visual reaction in the illustrated dots. Our children call this "the magical book." Be prepared for multiple readings.
E-books take another approach to interactivity and agency. They can empower children with technology. Some provide a helpful aid for early literacy. But in the case of children's picture books, this also means many titles that cannot decide if they are books or video games. Do the electronic add-ons enhance or detract?
For chapter books and older readers, the choice of e-books or print books is simply one of price, convenience and personal preference for how you want your text served up. Do you want the cheaper and hardier print book, which can be dropped, brought to the sandy beach or wet pool, left in a hot car or accidentally slept on? Or is the price of pampering the fussier, expensive e-reader worthwhile, so you can easily carry an entire library with you wherever you go? The devices are addictive, and lifesavers for people for whom access to bookstores and libraries is difficult.
Many e-readers, like Barnes & Noble's Nooks, are fully functional touch-screen tablet computers at a fraction of the iPad's cost. This presents both opportunities and challenges. It opens up educational Web sites to children without tying up the family computer, but it also means parental surveillance of children's Web use on the e-reader. E-books are good news for publishers trying to compete for eyeballs and wallets with screens and the Internet.
But is what is good for publishers good for your children? E-readers are hailed as interactive, child-centric learning devices that can help younger children develop early reading readiness skills, experience the joy of independent reading through the "Read to you" setting and interest older children in reading, particularly reluctant readers and boys, because these groups may view electronic devices as "cooler" than books.
Do children's e-books live up to the hype? They can, but for picture books the buyer must truly beware. Only a fraction of children's books are available in e-book form, so choices are narrow; blockbuster series and celebrity authors get more attention. Most of the print books reviewed in the beginning of this article are not available as e-books. Children's picture books are both works of literature and works of art. Shrinking a 20-inch spread to a tiny 6-inch screen can produce sometimes illegible results. Zooming in to see the text better, you chop off the picture. It is a zero-sum conundrum. The genre is new and evolving, so there are few standards.
As fans of audio books know, the narrator may be a delightful addition to the book. Actor Andre Braugher's narration of President Obama's children's book, Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters, is a wonderful counterpoint to Loren Long's optimistic artwork and the inspirational stories of Americans from George Washington to Helen Keller, César Chávez and Sitting Bull. Ray Charles's narration of the rhythmic alphabet book Chica Chica Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, with bright illustrations by Lois Ehlert, sets a toes-tapping beat to help children learn the alphabet. But you may also be dismayed by narrators whose voices sound like fingers on a blackboard. You may enjoy the Australian comedian Barry Humphries's character Dame Edna on late night television but find him grating as the narrator of the popular e-book series about the pig Olivia.
Dr. Seuss, pioneer of children's books, is ironically also a pioneer of e-books, despite his death 20 years ago. The first books to be made into e-books were Dr. Seuss books, used in library and school computers before Nooks and Kindles existed. Oceanhouse Media is a quality e-book and book app producer. They start with a focal point in the art so you can see something well before panning out to show as much of the whole artwork as possible on the small screen space. The words light up as the narrator reads them. When children touch the words in the story, the word is re-read to them. When children touch pictures on the screen, the corresponding word appears.
Dr. Seuss's new book, The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories (Random House, ages 6 and up) is a collection of seven stories released in magazines in the early 1950s, and now published for the first time in book form. In the title story, a duck finds a magic bippolo seed and is planning to wish for some needed food, when a tall cat (a precursor to the Cat in the Hat) tempts him to excess and loss. It is a parable about greed often repeated in Dr. Seuss's later works, and a message that resonates in our consumer culture and Occupy Wall Street days. As Dr. Seuss once quipped, "I'm subversive as hell." There are fewer pictures and less graceful rhymes than in his later works, but even Dr. Seuss's early work holds its own in both print and e-book format.
When done well, children's books and e-books can empower young readers by seeding the power of reading, and reminding even the most pint-sized readers of their worth and strength.
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The Browns went 9-23 in two years under Shurmur. They ranked No. 30 and No. 24 in scoring offense in those two seasons without an abundance of talent on that side of the ball.
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Options provide a great way for traders and investors to realize the gain on equity movements without purchasing the underlying securities, yet only a small fraction of people utilize them in their own portfolios. Many traders and investors instead discount them as too complex and risky, when in many cases they can provide a superior risk/reward ratio over simply purchasing the underlying equity.
Tutorial: Options Basics
This article will explore these situations and detail how both traders and investors can use options as equity substitutes in order to multiply their portfolio gains while minimizing additional risk. (To brush up on your options skills, see Options Basics Tutorial and Reducing Risk With Options.)
Options for the Investor
Options can provide investors with a great way to multiply profit while reducing risk in certain situations. Many tend to ignore options, however, simply because their value decays with time – a fact which seems to contradict the very principles of investing! There are, however, several instances where utilizing options instead of equity can substantially increase risk/reward over the long-term.
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Options (LEAPS)
LEAPS are long-term stock or index options that expire after more than nine months and sometimes as long as two years. They were first introduced by the Chicago Board of Trade in 1990 to enable investors to use options in their portfolios.
Let's quickly compare how purchasing LEAPS instead of stock can be beneficial for investors:
|Suppose an investor with a $10,000 portfolio wishes to purchase 100 shares of XYZ in January 2007, which were trading at $50 per share at the time the trade was placed. The investor has the following choices: purchase the stock outright, utilize 50% margin at a rate of 9% to purchase on margin, or purchase a LEAPS call expiring in Jan. 2008 with a strike price of $40 paying an option premium of $12.25. Let\'s then assume the stock rises 20% to $60 per share after one year.
|Using Stock
|Using Stock w/Margin
|Using Leaps
|Cash Down
|Carry Cost*
|$225 (9% over 1yr)
|$220 (time premium)
|Less Dividends
|Net Carry Cost
|Net Profit
* Carry costs are out of pocket expenses that investors pay on an investment, such as interest and incidental expenses.
This example, albeit simplistic, shows that while the carry cost and break-even point associated with LEAPS may be slightly higher, the overall risk is substantially lower. Now, the obvious risk is that LEAPS can expire worthless while stock always retains some of its value; however, the risk of LEAPS expiring worthless can be mitigated by purchasing them deep in the money. The further in the money the LEAPS are, the less likely that the price will move below the strike price causing them to expire worthless. This situation should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
LEAPS are also useful when betting on smaller price movements in safer stocks or indexes. For example, a 5% annual return on a normal stock may not seem like much for a traditional stock investor, but LEAPS can multiply that number to make it worthwhile. They are very popular for "expensive" stocks that tend to move less on a percentage basis than others.
In the end, LEAPS can occasionally provide investors with a more profitable and "safer" way to bet on long-term price movements without putting down all the capital necessary for purchasing the underlying stock. While they are certainly not perfect for every portfolio or situation, there are cases in which they can be effectively used to enhance returns while taking on minimal additional risk.
Options for the Trader
Options can also provide traders with an excellent way to multiply their profit while reducing their risk – and in some cases even reversing it! As an added bonus, options also take some of the emotion out of trades since there is less capital at stake and a more defined strategy.
Technical traders typically focus on either profiting from trading ranges or breakouts/breakdowns from these trading ranges. So, here are some strategies where options can be effectively used as equity substitutes in these situations:
Breakout Traders
Breakout traders take a substantial risk when they purchase a stock since these technical patterns are designed to predict impending volatility. The hope is that they can correctly predict the direction often enough to account for the increased risk. But what if there was a way to not only benefit more from a breakout in the direction you predict, but also offer protection in case you're wrong? (To learn more about breakouts, see Spotting Breakouts As Easy As ACD and Trading Failed Breaks.)
Backspreads offer the best solution for breakout traders by limiting potential losses while maintaining unlimited profit potential. In fact, if the price moves down enough, traders can even make a small profit on the trade. Keep in mind, however, that the potential loss lies in situations where the stock doesn't make a move in either direction – so make sure the breakout pattern is accurate. (To learn more about using backspreads to profit, see Backspreads: Good News for Breakout Traders.)
Alternatively, breakout traders can use simple call or put options to straight bet without hedging. The key thing to remember when buying short-term options is to buy more time than you think you'll ever need! While you may predict a breakout over the next week, always allow some extra time for it to occur.
Trend Traders
Trend traders also take a risk when they purchase a stock since they are relying on the stock's trend to remain strong over the long-term. Any slowing of the trend can result in lost opportunity costs, while any reversal can turn a profit into a loss. But what if there was a way to multiply your gains on the upside while limiting your downside exposure? (To learn more, see Trading Trend Or Range? )
One solution is the use of LEAPS. Long-term trend traders can benefit through the use of LEAPS in the same way that long-term investors do. These should only be used when traders are confident in the trend, however, as they can expire worthless if they drop below the strike price.
A surrogate covered call write is another solution for shorter-term trend traders who are neutral to bullish. Covered call writing enables traders to profit off of the premium, which is retained while the stock rises to the option's strike price. The obvious downside is a situation where the stock price declines, where traders are then stuck with a losing stock and a small premium. To solve this, the strategy uses LEAPS in lieu of actual stock in a covered call write in order to both better leverage your money and reduce risk. (For more information about this strategy, see Using LEAPs in a Covered Call Write.)
Options can be the perfect substitute for equity in some cases, enabling traders and investors to multiply their returns and diversify their risks. They are certainly not perfect in every situation, however, and should be researched carefully before being used in practice.


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Wow, that's really, really ..not good. Sorry for your buddy.
I had serious problems with the way my Method bridle was configured as well.
The outdated bridle configuration and the overly shallow draft curve, led to random inversions when I sheeted out.
I immediately notified the company of the inversions and bar pressure issues, ..I was told that I was the problem, not the bridle or kite design.
A year and a half later, they adopted the bridle type I suggested when I called them.
The last time I had a bridle that was too long, enough to get wrapped, it was a 2007 Slingshot T2 kite.
Most kites for the last 5 years, have had proper short front ladder bridles, and direct connect steering line leaders.
When they have those modern bridles, the kite can just tumble right through and the worst case is, that you fly back to shallow water to sort out your inside out lines.
It's 2013..if Elements are getting ripped in two, as jwoodnluv said a month ago, there are some tangible design problems.
...maybe time for a V2 Element redesign as well.


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School lunches aren't just chicken nuggets and pizza any more — and Oldham elementary schools have the award to prove it.
All 10 elementary schools achieved the bronze level award through the HealthierUS School Challenge, a voluntary national certification.
Last year First Lady Michelle Obama introduced Let's Move!, a campaign to promote healthier children, and the HUSSC became part of the program. HUSSC actually began in 2004, but under the Let's Move! program, schools can now earn monetary awards.
The HUSSC establishes four award levels, bronze, silver, gold and gold award of distinction.
Oldham nutritional staff have worked for several years to earn the bronze award.
"I know in a year or so they'll be back for the silver or gold level," said Assistant Superintendent Rick McHargue at November's Board of Education meeting.
McHargue and Superintendent Paul Upchurch presented a plaque to each elementary school's principal and school nutrition representative.
Each school received a $500 monetary incentive which will be used to create nutrition reference libraries.
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The new year might have started off under a cloud of uncertainty as lawmakers scrambled to avert the fiscal cliff, but experts forecast 2013 to be an improving year for the economy and consumers' finances.
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"The markets and banks don't like uncertainty and now that part of the fiscal cliff has been cleared and decided with legislation, consumers can expect more credit and more certainty in the economy," says credit card expert Beverly Harzog.
The latest rounds of housing data hint the housing market is finally on a path of recovery after bursting five years ago.
"I think that most people are expecting good things from housing this year…the drivers of the housing market like low interest rates and low inventory levels which is good news. The national market is healthier than last year and will only improve," says Patrick Newport, a U.S. economist and IHS Global Insight.
The labor market is still far away from creating the 250,000 jobs a month it takes to make significant reductions in the unemployment rate, but recent Labor Department reports have shown an improvement. "The job market is a tough one to call," says Bankrate.com senior financial analyst Greg McBride. "If we still have a slow growth economy it is hard to see how the labor market will shoot the lights out, but I expect an uptick in job growth this year, it might not be the consistent addition of north of 250,000 jobs each month, but it will improve."Income, Spending and Saving
Experts anticipate consumers' payrolls to hold steady throughout the year and the expiring reduction in Social Security payroll taxes as part of the fiscal cliff legislation means we'll be paying 2% more — which lowers household budgets.
"We have a slow-growth environment with very modest pay increases," explains McBride. "If you adjust for inflation, it's another year with flat incomes for a lot of people." He adds 2013 will be "another lousy year for savers" since he doesn't expect banks to increase interest rates on savings accounts.
McBride expects inflation to hold steady for the year, but says there could be a surprise to the upside.
"I am not sure if it will come this year, but there is a definite risk inflation could climb to the 2% to 2.5% neighborhood if energy prices spike or we face another drought that pushes food prices up."
He continues to say the Fed's "easy money policy" will ultimately lead to inflation in the next five years.
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Banks tend to increase fees and lower interest rates on savings accounts during tough economic times, according to Harzog, who expects more credit and better credit card offers in 2013.
"The further we get away from unpredictably, the better the credit market. When you have a situation when you don't know the economic policies, future taxes and health care changes, that makes the markets skittish and banks and credit issuers don't want to give out credit during uncertain times. All that is behind us and consumers stand to benefit."
Offers. Harzog expects consumers to see better credit card offers with low interest rates and balance transfer offers and warns people not to be too quick to throw away promotional mail. "We will see better sign-up offers, and people with strong credit scores can expect to see some extraordinary offers come in the mail, so these people should be sure to read these offers and not just rely on online promotions."
Digital Credit. Mobile wallets will also become more prevalent this year, but don't expect plastic to go extinct any time soon. "It's going to be a slow transition," says Harzog. "It's still easy for consumers to whip out a credit card and it's cool to use your smartphone, but people aren't sold on the security just yet."
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The Federal Reserve's monetary policy to keep interest rates at record low levels helped spur the housing market's recovery, and the central bank pledged to keep rates low until the unemployment rate falls to 6.5%.
"There is every reason for the housing market to only get better this year and through 2014," says Newport. "Interest rates are still low and the number of homes on market is at a seven-year low and we are not building enough to replace that rate which will bring housing prices up and also improve consumer spending."
Mortgage Rates. Experts don't expect mortgage interest rates to creep much higher this year, continuing the buyer's market through 2013. McBride at Bankrate expects rates to trend a little higher with the 30-year fixed rate to stay between 3.5% and 4% with Newport expecting rates to be at 3.4% at the end of the year.
Home Prices. Home levels will remain low this year, but will increase as the year progresses. "Prices aren't going to drop any further, we have housing prices going up 2.5% in 2013, it's a good time to buy if you can."
Refinancing Activity. Low interest rates spurred a flurry of refinancing activity through 2012, but the pace has slowed in recent months and will continue to unless federal policy changes to expand eligibility.
"The pool of people eligible for refinance have already done it," Newport said. "The pool is just not very big so we won't see a big pick up in refinancing unless the eligibility requirements are changed to include people who are [underwater] on their mortgages."
Newport points out that while refinancing doesn't help repair the housing market, it keeps more money in consumers' pockets and leads to more spending—a necessary part of a strong economy.


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I plan on having the sword-cane either way - . Make everyone think I'm a cripple until it's just the right time.The reason that I divide up the concepts is because it's a question of how my character progresses. The Investigator will take his EXP and turn it into additional levels in things like the Sciences, education, more Law Enforcement, etc etc. For Sorcery, a lot of my EXP is going to be tied up in acquiring more spells, Intellect, and Tenacity. Especially Tenacity. Regardless of how many Spells I'm going to learn (the current number hangs between 6-8, with myself starting with 2).
I hate having so many questions to ask, but...Jade? Would 'Idiots' (IE, INT 3 or less) be a suitable group for Prejudice? I am aiming for a Robert Downey Jr incarnation of my Sherlock, here, and he always was a bit...prejudiced towards stupid people (See Lestrade).
Mild concept rework incoming, and character overhaul shortly after.
Those Nazzadi old enough to have been trained as warriors in the original invasionary force of the First Arcanotech War have all been trained in Hun-Zuti to some level. It was a natural part of their fictitious equivalent of "basic training." Children who were born in the fleet during that time may or may not have yet begun their training, though many started as young as five. Today, Hun-Zuti is a part of the New Earth Government thanks to Nazzadi martial arts schools. Some modern Nazzadi choose to study Hun-Zuti as it is effective and plays to their talents, but it doesn't necessarily occupy a special place in their culture.
All soldiers are trained in unarmed combat as part of Basic Training. Since emphasis in the Aeon War is on fighting using guns and other kinds of ranged weapons, most soldiers lose the sophistication of their training in the field. Some choose to continue to focus on it, and it is those who are deadly in close quarters combat. The New Earth Government also offers military unarmed combat training to civilians. There are those that take on opening schools of their own accord, but these schools are most often run by reservists who take their training to the people. Unarmed combat is popular in many arcologies as many citizens would prefer to have some sort of ability to defend themselves than to just trust the authorities to be around when something goes down.
The Eldritch Society trains Tagers in a modified form of ninjitsu, used by the shadow warriors of ancient Japan. The style concentrates on disabling strikes, hit and run tactics, and attacking from surprise.
With the assimilation of all cultures into the New Earth Government came certain military adaptations. That combined with the inescapable fact that many of the foes that people now face cannot be dealt with in simple hand-to-hand combat led to the inclusion of Japanese swordsmanship as a part of Basic Training. However, like military unarmed combat training, most soldiers lose the nuance of their training in the field. Those that choose to focus on it, however, can become as deadly as some of the horrors they face.This style of swordsmanship is also offered to civilians. Most often coupled with military unarmed combat instruction, these schools are again typically run by reservists. Kendo is not as popular as straight-up unarmed combat training, because most people don't or can't carry swords inside an arcology.
There are few organized schools that teach handgun gunplay and what few that do are expensive and exclusive. They take only those that show promise and who can pay. Military and governmental agents are typically given special dispensation, should they take it on themselves to learn this art on their own time. The only way to develop this sort of mastery for most people is to goout into the world and put themselves in situations to learn from others who already know – and that typically involves living in a world of regular violence.
...there are few organized schools that teach rifle gunplay. Those lucky few who find themselves inside are often of a military or para-military profession. Those few that pick this up on their own often pick it up on the streets, living dangerous lifestyles.
Between the military, the world of organized crime, and terrorism, there is a kind of submachinegun combat that makes lawenforcement agencies blush...Submachinegun gunplay is only taught to elite units and isn't found in the civilian sector. Your average citizen of the New Earth Government is unlikely to have an opportunity to learn such an art. Those who seek mastery such as this must go out into a dangerous world and find those from which to learn and face great personal peril in order to do so.
Prerequisite: must be either erupted para-psychic or sorcerer Special Services training provides your Character with a variety of benefits. He can now acquire any or all of the Gunplay Cascades, if you use those optional rules. If not, he gains two free Focused combat skill Specializations during Character Design. He gains access to the special gear used by the agency*, he becomes a ghost in the system as his identity records and paper trail are carefully erased to maintain anonymity, and he is no longer required to wear visible identification if he is a para-psychic. However, all Special Services Characters begin the game with one Insanity Point, in addition to any others acquired through learning rituals or para-psychic powers.
Special ServicesWeaponsAutomatic machine pistols are not common technology. They are unwieldy and require special training. The H&K MP-6A1 is the most common such weapon in production. However, Special Services are specially trained to use such weapons. The kind of things that Special Services investigates requires that they carry a low profile weapon that provides the maximum rate of fire and effectiveness. In fact, the government has requisitioned a special machine pistol to be made especially for the agency's use. The H&K MP-6S1 has the same caliber (10 mm), capacity (30 rounds), and damage rating (+2) as its cousin, but with a slightly longer effective range (15/25/50) and a slightly higher rate of fire (3 or 2/1-5/15). This gun can be used with the Handgun Gunplay specialization, but its fully automatic capabilities are unleashed using the Submachinegun Gunplay specialization.Once upon a time, human beings used quite a bit of the element uranium. One of the uses of the depleted heavy metal was as special rounds for weapons. Depleted uranium (DU) rounds are very dense – 84% as dense as osmium or iridium, which are the densest substances under terrestrial pressures. This increased density gives it a smaller diameter than traditional bullets, providing less drag and deeper penetration. The rounds are also often incendiary, especially if it meets with significant resistance. Since there are stockpiles of DU still left, the government has created the DU rounds for their most dangerous duties, including Special Services. In effect, it adds an additional +1 on top of the weapon's normal damage rating, in addition to its incendiary effects. Most Special Services agents carry one clip of DU ammunition for their MP-6S1's. It is very difficult to get DU if you'renot top special forces or in Special Services.ArmorThe suit and coats worn by Special Services agents are more than the standard heavy concealed armor, giving it a 1/2 rating.Other GearSpecial Services agents have ready access to Corporal Restorative and the Powder of Ibn Ghazi, as well as Glamour Locks.
I'm changing her from military into an actual FSB Agent, specialized in infiltration and investigation.
Special Services Training allows for the acquiring of any Gunplay Cascade. It's essentially highly-specialized combat training. Anything else - the equipment, the erasure from the system - is for Agents only. The game implies that while certain Cascades (like NEG Unarmed or Handgun Gunplay) can be acquired universally, some requires special training.
Looks nice!I must say I'm looking forward to seeing more discussion on how the characters' team will be working together and interlocking of histories/how they know each other and interact (for those who would like to, anyway...I would like to, I'd like for Moth to have been around the FSB offices as a 'consultant' for at least a few months, unless Jaded wants the team to be brand new and everyone meeting for the first time).
It's fine if you want to take it for a Cascade. As long as you have an in character explanation that doesn't include the actual special services. I may allow one or two pieces of special gear, but not full access. Though I would prefer not to have too much overlap, and from Carnival's summary only one requires the asset?
Special Services will frequently recruit sorcerers and para-psychics who show promise. Mainly from the OIS (as well as people that they detain), but it's not unheard of for SpecServices to go knocking on the door of the GIA or the Bureau for a rather talented person.
I was leaning towards the non-FSB being newer, but if you want to work up a backstory with the others you could certainly have had your character around for awhile. The local FSB is also intended to be fairly large, so the people may have just seen each other around but not really know each other.
I'm fine with Moth and Kitten knowing each other, or at least having run across each other at some point so they at least know each others' callsigns.
I know. But the idea of SpecServices cross-training a rather promising potential agent in the future (IE, not this game) wouldn't be unheard of. Isn't that your idea, as it is?
"...pretty much her entire life past around age eight has been manipulated by the OIS's research into how best to make use of White para-psychics."
- Her job is to contain supernatural threats long enough for proper forces to arrive and cordon.
No. Moth has not received SpecServices cross-training."Cross-training" implies a few days or weeks or maybe a month. Moth is the product of OIS having the opportunity to raise an "in-house" White and deciding to try her out as a monster-hunter, so training her for most of her teen years rather than letting her have a 'normal life.'
I know it's rude to ask of me, but if I'm going to spend 4 points to acquire the Asset, I would like to have more than just the Cascade access to show for it. I'm with you, I would certainly restrict access to all things (especially the DU rounds), but I would like to be able to have a piece or two of nice shiny gear to show for the spend.
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Sean Penn Was Too High On Cocaine To See Me In Haiti, Says Wyclef Jean
Still angry after his failed bid for president of Haiti, Wycef Jean hit back at Sean Penn for questioning his ability to handle the job: "maybe he ain't see me in Haiti because he was too busy sniffing cocaine."
Wyclef performed the other night at Hot 97's "On Da Reggae Tip" show at Hammerstein Ballroom, and he addressed two of his most vocal critics from his attempt to run for president of Haiti — Penn and former Fugees bandmate Pras:
If I was president….I got a message for Sean Penn, maybe he ain't see me in Haiti because he was too busy sniffing cocaine. I got a message for Praswell, even though you don't want to support me, I got love for you, even though you only kicked eight bars for the Fugees."
Wyclef is apparently still upset after Penn told Larry King:
I'm not accusing Wyclef Jean of being an opportunist, I don't know the man... One of the reasons I don't know very much about Wyclef Jean is I haven't seen or heard anything of him in these last six months that I've been in Haiti."
He performs his song "If I Was President" in the video, so here's a suggestion for an updated chorus:
"If I was president, I'd get elected on Friday, steal what little money Haiti has on Saturday, be back in Jersey on Sunday."
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TUSCALOOSA | Outdoor enthusiasts will soon have another option for their camping, fishing, hunting and other outdoor lifestyle needs in Tuscaloosa.
TUSCALOOSA | Outdoor enthusiasts will soon have another option for their camping, fishing, hunting and other outdoor lifestyle needs in Tuscaloosa.
St. Paul, Minn.-based Gander Mountain recently announced it will open its 121st store in Tuscaloosa in late spring.
The 43,000-square-foot facility, which will be at 3325 McFarland Blvd. E., will offer new and used firearms along with gear and accessories for hunting, fishing, camping, boating and archery, as well as men's and women's active performance outdoor and casual apparel and footwear. Brands that will be available include The North Face, Columbia, Under Armour, GSX, Mountain Hardwear, Carhartt, Guide Series, Marmot, Asics, Merrell, Keen, Irish Setter, Patagonia and more.
"We run in the same vein as other outdoor type stores, but we're a little larger," said Jess Myers, Gander Mountain Co. spokesman. "We just offer good gear, good expertise and good prices. A lot of our stores are also designed to look like a log cabin or something similar, so customers get that outdoor feeling as soon as they see us."
What began as a catalog-based retailer in 1960 has grown to 119 stores — soon to be 121 with the opening of the Tuscaloosa site and another location in Gastonia, N.C. — in 24 states. The Tuscaloosa location will be the fourth in the state and the first in West Alabama; the company's other Alabama stores are in Florence, Opelika and Huntsville.
"Alabama is known around the world for college football, but we've found that people on that side of the state have a love for outdoors that comes in a close second to their love for football," Myers said "We've also seen that there are family generations worth of hunting, camping, hiking, fishing. Activities are passed down from fathers to sons, mothers to daughters, and we're proud to be able to offer the gear and products needed to continue those traditions."
The new store will also serve as a slight boost to the job market, creating up to 70 new jobs for the area. Myers said he could not provide an exact number of needed employees, but new stores usually have about 20 full-time and 40 to 50 part-time employees. An ideal employee would be someone who is friendly and personable, and having an outdoor background would be a plus. He anticipated interviews starting "soon."
"We pride ourselves on hiring people that know the outdoors and the gear, and can provide reliable information for customers, rather than just trying to sell as many products as they can," Myers said.
While there is not a set opening date yet, Myers said the company hopes to have the store up and running as soon as it is able in the spring.
For information on special events, activities and promotions that will be part of the new Tuscaloosa store grand opening celebration, visit gandermountain.com. For information about job opportunities or to apply online, visit gandermountain.com/
Reach Kim Eaton at firstname.lastname@example.com or 205-722-0209.