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Internet providers Olathe KS – Broadband Satellite Internet Services
The internet has become a household necessity. The changing world in Olathe KS requires internet providers to offer faster and faster internet download and upload speeds. Gone are the days of dial-up service. Olathe KS internet providers must meet the demands of consumers. Streaming HD content is becoming more and more common in Olathe. Video requires the download of massive amounts of data. Wide screen HD TVs are one of the reasons internet providers in Olathe Kansas are scrambling to boost speeds.
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Olathe Kansas Cable Broadband & DSL broadband internet providers
There are 3 types of broadband Olathe internet providers. Typically satellite internet providers have been limited in their speeds. Satellite based broadband with speeds from 1-3Mbp has been typical (New technology has increased this to a top speed of triple that). Satellite is now offering blazing fast internet in Olathe of up to12mbps. The internet providers have evolved to keep up with the bandwidth demands from their Olathe KS internet customers.
The main advantage of a satellite provider is the access it affords homeowners in areas where DSL or cable broadband is not available. There is a vast area in rural America that depends on satellite for their internet needs. The new technology that is just being offered will enable these rural KS homes to enjoy the speeds previously limited to city dwelling DSL and Cable Broadband subscribers. As technology marches on, who knows, maybe there will be a internet satellite on homes in denser populated areas similar to the satellite TV expansion we have seen in the last 10 years.
DSL Internet Providers in Olathe KS
Olathe KS phone based DSL broadband is typically the least expensive of all the broadband internet providers. Speeds range from 1.5Mbps to 6Mbps depending on the distance from the ISP. The price is right, however DSL has a somewhat limited service area. DSL broadband has to be within an 18,000ft radius of the internet service providers central office. Call for Olathe KS DSL internet availability.
Many people are confused as to exactly what DSL is. DSL is delivered to your home via the good old telephone wire. Yes, the wires running around the neighborhood. These same wires that have been used primarily for phone service. Pretty amazing how the internet providers new technology allows a small copper wires bandwidth to be split between phone service and DSL high speed internet. Probably much to many peoples surprise, only a fraction of the bandwidth is actually used for the telephone. This leaves you're your local phone provider with a huge opportunity to provide you with high speed internet.
DSL is an affordable answer for many home owners who are looking for an internet connection to their home. One draw back to DSL service is that it does require a telephone line service provider. In other words to Have DSL you need a Land-line Phone provider. But don't despair, the phone service internet providers realize many people today only have cell phones and do not need a landline service too. So within the last couple of years the internet providers have begun offering DSL without landline Phone service. The DSL internet providers call this a DRY LOOP. At first this option was a little pricey but as the competition among the Olathe internet service providers has heated up recently, the prices have dropped. DSL can be a pretty neat alternative to Cable, as the price for internet service can be a little cheaper. If you do not have cable service at your home or use the internet where speeds of 1.5-6mbps are sufficient, then you can save a couple bucks and the internet service will be just fine.
Internet Providers in Olathe by Cable
Olathe cable internet service providers are in the middle as far as price range. Cable internet providers supply a vast part of our country with broadband internet. Cable usually is supplied to your home on a coaxial RG6 cable line from a nearby telephone pole. The readily available access to this form of broadband delivery gives your Olathe cable company a huge advantage in the cable service provider's world.
Olathe KS Internet Providers Speeds
Cable also boasts speeds as fast as 105 mbps. Although a bit pricey at these speeds, this wins cable, the holy cow that's really fast award. Typical Kansas cable internet providers speeds subscribed to by the average homeowner are in the 6-20mbps. This is a great and affordable option for Olathe KS Internet to enjoy uploading and downloading large files and streaming a video with little or no buffering. Cable broadband internet providers have filled a new nitch in the market of KS. HD video streaming. A couple of years ago no one could have imagined the advances we have seen. What wonders will the cable internet providers achieve in the next couple of years. The internet and the data delivered to your home in Olathe by your cable internet providers is truly amazing.
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Chainring compatibility is a big deal: I really like the flexibility of 110 mm BCD "compact" chainrings, but Vuma only supports the 34-50 combo: a 47% jump which when combined with the 103% range of an 11-23 rear results in a relatively small big ring-little ring overlap which can require a lot of front shifts to avoid running up against the cross-chained gears. Except for extremely steep climbs, 36-50 is the better choice, with a reduced 39% jump in the front, improving shifting performance as well as reducing the cross-chaining problem.
Additionally, the Lightning has a replaceable spider. This adds flexibility: it can be converted to 130 mm or 96 mm BCD cheaply and easily. But additionally it promises future compatibility with the Quarq power meter.
A key attraction of these cranks was, despite their newness, that the core design is already proven. Tim, the real brains behind Lightning Cycle Dynamics (best known for their excellent recumbents) patented his two-piece "Hirth" crank design in 2002. The design was then adopted by Specialized for their S-Works BB30 crankset. The S-Works crankset has been criticized for its chainrings, but these were improved last year, and this year are being used by the Saxo Bank team.
There's an ongoing debate about which is the better choice for cranks: metal or carbon? The data are frankly mixed, and I don't think there's a clear answer. For example, Fairwheel Bikes did an excellent review of lightweight cranks, comparing stiffness and weight as well as qualitative factors. I analyzed some data from that test in the following plot (warning: I think there's a scale factor error on the y-axis, and my gnuplot skills are too limited to go back and fix it, but that's unimportant):
It's easy to see that the #1 factor affecting stiffness/mass of a crank is the spindle diameter. None of these tested cranks are BB30, requiring the wider diameter bottom bracket shells standardized by Cannondale and later embraced by Specialized and others. Instead all are for BB26, the prevailing standard. A key feature of the cranks with the best stiffness/mass ratio is that they conspire to fit the widest possible diameter spindle into the BB26 bottom bracket shell.
For the cranks with 30mm spindles (labeled on the x-axis as 900 mm2) the best stiffness/mass ratio is exhibited by an EE prototype which doesn't have a shred of carbon fiber in it. The EE crank, however, has an advantage of a bit more beef than the others with 30mm spindles, checking in at 669 grams versus the lighter Vuma, Storck, and THM cranks, and at some point when you push the limits of low mass you start to affect the stiffness/mass ratio as well as just stiffness. Considering other spindle diameters as well, neither metal nor carbon fiber demonstrates a clear advantage in anything except cost, where metal wins.
None of these 30mm-spindle cranks are noodles, though, and I honestly doubt that crank deflection on any of them has any significant affect on drivetrain efficiency for someone with my power and mass (this is potentially a long discussion). I admit to preferring metal on components which are the only thing separating my body from surgery. Call me silly that way. But I think that despite their failure to demonstrate a tangible advantage versus metal, carbon cranks have sufficiently proven themselves over the years. Lightning also uses a 30mm spindle, and it will be interesting to see where it ranks when Fairwheel publishes the next round of their test data, including the Lightning.
Unfortunately Tim's success in prototyping was tempered by frustration in going to manufacturing. Month after month ticked by, the crankset perpetually promised for "next month". Eventually it was time for Interbike 2008, a year later. Yet still it was unavailable. But clearly progress had been made. I hadn't given up, despite the warnings of many skeptics.
Tim finally came through, and this month, a year after I'd first hoped, I got one thanks to the help of a friend from the Low-Key Hillclimbs. The first thing which happens with any new component is it goes on the scale! The numbers here:
So there it is. Right at the claimed mass for the Vuma Quad. I could go lighter by switching to Extralite chainrings, verified at 106 grams for rings + bolts (but available only in 34-50), compared to 128.5 grams for the SRAM rings with Shimano bolts. I'd only consider switching the big ring, as I want the 36 inner.
Installation was easy and the instructions were very clear. Here's the result:
So there it is. I look forward to giving them a spin when I finish gluing my new wheels. Of course, before I ride it, my reassembled bike goes on my Ultimate digital scale. I know I'll like what I see there. That's the important thing, isn't it? The actual riding of the thing seems almost irrelevant. After a protracted post-travel illness, I've got to get my energy back first, in any case. So for now equipment has to satisfy my cycling fix.

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Mikael Kennedy is a New York City based commercial and fine art photographer. He is the author of the internationally acclaimed Polaroid travel blog Passport to Trespass, documenting his 10 years of wandering the United States with a Polaroid SX70. Kennedy's Polaroids are part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, TX as well as in private collections worldwide. Kennedy's photographs appeared in print in The New Yorker, Nylon, Dazed & Confused, WWD, and have also been being profiled online with GQ, Esquire, Time, Newsweek Magazine, and the WSJ. He won 'Cover of the Year' in Munich at the 2011 BCP Awards for EB Magazine featuring a photograph from his American landscape series 'The Odysseus'. Kennedy currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where he shoots for a range of commerical and editorial of clients including New Balance, Burton, & Wolverine as well as still exhibiting his work internationally.
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Handling Your Relationship Problems
It appears or so it seems that there accept to be a accord botheration in every relationship. This is one aspect in accord that actual abounding humans adjure they will never experience. But be abiding and accept that the abandoned abode area accord problems will not action is a abode area there is no accord at all. No amount how baby or accidental a accord looks like, there are problems associated with it. The beforehand you apprentice this accuracy the added able you would be if these problems arise. A lot of times while we acquisition it difficult to get forth afresh with our accomplice afterwards accepting a accord botheration is because generally than not we don't adapt for them afore they come. In actuality cipher anytime wishes to acquaintance any botheration in his or her accord but we can never no amount how we try run abroad from accord problems. While I wish this ashore in your arch is for you to accept that it is not a aberrant affair for you to be casual through this affectionate of accord problems. Accept you heard of the adage that says that "what goes for the avoid is aswell acceptable for the geese" acceptation that somebody about is aswell accepting a austere claiming in his or her own relationship. You see, you are not abandoned on this ancillary of the ship. Yes there are some bodies whose accord problems are added abhorrent than the one you ability be cerebration that you have. So my baby accord problems are in actuality one of the appearance of relationship. Though you are chargeless to adjure not to accept these problems at all but my aboveboard admonition is that you should actualize a allowance for it in your heart. i don't beggarly you should harbour or actualize problems for yourself, but to apperceive what to do if it eventually comes. This will enhance you with the absolute acumen you will charge to handle the bearings maturely. Don't worry, no amount what it is, it will anon abrasion out like the snow if the sun smiles.
Now, accepting accepted that accord problems are allotment of the agency of a relationship. Let's now attending at affidavit why a accord would consistently accept challenges. There are lots of accord problems broadcast all over the world. So it will be actual difficult aggravating to enumerate all the accord problems and what causes them. But I will try and see how best you will be helped in advertent those things you accept to accept alone that are aggravating to amount you your relationship. It is until you ascertain the could could could cause of your botheration you may not absolutely apperceive how to handle them.
There is addition actuality I would wish to accomplish you understand. Sometimes if humans alpha accepting botheration in their relationship, they added generally than not absolve themselves from getting the could could could cause of the accord problem, they abandoned see a greater allotment of the botheration in the added person. Let me allotment with you some axis affidavit why a lot of accord accept problems. Perhaps you would accept a added compassionate of your situation.
This is one of the millions and billions of affidavit while humans are accepting accord problems. Afore you can airing or plan with anybody, there accept to be a faculty of understanding. Because you accept banned to accept your partner, wife children, parent, siblings, friends, etc. that is why it looks as if the affair you are accepting now would not be resolved. What does it beggarly to understand? It agency that both of you or all of you that are complex in the accord are seeing things from altered angles. If you say cheese and your accomplice says nuts, I don't anticipate that there is any acceding at all. If you attending alarmingly into the accord problems you are accepting now, you will ascertain that you are defective compassionate or rather you are abnegation to accept and accede about some affairs with your partner. A lot of times if you disagree, you will hardly see your own mistakes that contributed to your accord problem, all that your eyes will be opened to is the faults and problems acquired by your accomplice or spouse. It is aswell the aforementioned in his or her own side.
Tolerance artlessly agency getting able accommodate, getting able to disregard no amount what. Are you so acclimatized that you don't yield bits from anybody? Are you so accurate that you don't wish to board any weakling in your activity or business? How about your idiosyncrasy? Maybe you are a accurate at several points? These are some of the things that can architect abridgement of altruism in your accord and area there is no altruism there accept to be a lot accord problems. It is as simple as that, if there is no tolerance, accord problems achieve as fast as they could. This affair of abridgement of altruism has ashore and sunk a lot of relationships. I do achievement baby that you will not accept to acquaint belief about that. How do you handle it you asked? Don't anguish we shall accord with it anon but let's attending at addition point that causes accord problems.
Show me your acquaintance and I will acquaint you absolutely who you are and what you are able of. Sixty percent of accord problems encountered today are acquired by amiss and angry advices gotten from friends. Do you wish to break your accord problems? Again analysis out who are your best pals and how they accept afflicted your life. If you accept not advised them worthwhile, I acerb advance that you run abroad from them; abnormally those that will consistently admonition you on how not to board with your partner, those that will wish the accord botheration that you are accepting to amble added than it is declared to be. Do you apprehend the bible? Again attending at 1st Corinthians 15:32. It letters that angry aggregation corrupts acceptable manner. Be astute dear!
Once, a boyish babe said, "How can a accord be candied if there is no money." Money of advance brings a lot of acceptable moments into a relationship, in the house, family, company, etc. but that does not beggarly that it is what affairs most. Maybe you are the blazon that cannot abide hardship. Probably because there is no added money, you are now causing lots of problems amid you and your spouse, parents, friends, etc. this is tragic! Some wives afar their husbands because he is no best bringing abundant money to the abode again, I am appealing abiding that you are not a part of that category. If you are again there is an burning charge for you to amend your accomplish now. Let us try and see how we are traveling to handle these issues.
I am traveling to briefly attending at these credibility that I aloft aloft so that we can alpha from there. If you wish to be chargeless from any accord problems, again you accept to apperceive how to be a man of understanding. Don't consistently be the appropriate getting but accede your accomplice in every and any amount or issue. Now let me acquaint you what happens if you misunderstand, you assume to amplify and admixture your partner's blooper with account to what is causing the accord problem. You can hardly see your flaws and mistakes; all blames will be channeled to him or her.
For you to accept you accept to be able to accept and be accommodating with him or her. You accept to apprentice to acknowledge his or her ascribe in the accord and aswell animate him even if it seems that his best does not amuse you. Consistently bethink that it takes two to agree, so if you don't accede there may never be a antidote for your accord problem.
You accept to apprentice how to board his or her weaknesses, some men are actual addicted of pointing out added bodies mistakes rather than their strength, this will abandoned accomplish affray and admixture your accord problem. No man is absolute including you. There were times humans acceptable your own flaws and mistakes and they accommodated you, they did not apprehension you nor aloft dust over your head. Accomplish allowance for your apron mistakes; conduct yourself as to disregard his or her weakness until the adapted change is seen. This will accomplish you to facilitate the advice you accord to him and you will never acquisition yourself in a position of capitalizing on his or her mistakes to accomplish accord problems area they don't absolutely exist.
Be accurate about the aggregation you keep. Be alert over those you can proudly present as your friends. They, to a ample admeasurement actuate your accomplishments and your decisions. Accept you accomplished that some characters are contagious? Maybe you are not befitting backward nights but now you adore it. Was not a advancement from a pal or a activity appearance of one of your acceptable pals? Quit angry aggregation and advice and accord with your accord problems so as to adore your relationship.
Do you accept money amuse don't squander it, absorb it wisely. But if you don't have, amuse do not go stealing. Be accommodating and plan harder money will still come. Do not abject the beatitude of your accord on money so that its absence will not could could could cause any accord problems. Both or all of you should put your active and easily calm and again eventually than you are assured it, money wouldn't be a botheration anymore.
Until you accord with your accord problems, you may not accept a candied and abiding accord so I wish you to be committed in bringing aback beatitude into your relationships. Clear the channelled faces and let them flash with smiles. There is no point in acceptance your candied and admirable times in the accomplished to ache because of accord problems. I apperceive actual able-bodied that you can handle it.


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I'm having WLAN trouble on my dualbooting win/linux laptop - the connection on linux side has occasional trouble, and seems somewhat slow and chunky. I would try to fix this issue by fiddling with all sorts of router settings, or WLAN kernel modules backports, or whatever - but problem is, it's hard to know if the settings have had any effect, since the problem appears in only subjective feeling about connection speed. So I'd like to have some way of executing a measurement that would tell me if the problem was affected or not.
So far I've just used
iwconfig which returns normal data, and
ping -c 100 -i 0.2 on the router and some stabile website ip addresses, but the summary doesn't give me all that good data, only the occasional packet loss. One information that's missing from the summary is the count of packets with clearly deviating roundtrip time, since that's one of the symptoms I've noticed - most packets come back with a regular time, but some of them take a lot longer.
So what tools can I use to get some actual, numerical data on the quality of my internet connection?
(And just in case someone's wondering, yes, the problem is real and not just confirmation bias, as it sometimes appears bad enough to throw me off the WLAN connection. It's probably somehow related to this Ubuntu bug and/or this Redhat bug)


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Reviewed by Desiree M. (age 10)
My favorite person was Eddie. I liked him because when he got mad, he called people names. He was hysterical. Let me tell you one thing before you read this book. Eddie is a sour skittle because he snaps at people when he doesn't get his way. I felt sad because I don't have a genie for my friend and I have big wishes just like the kids in this book. I loved the author's touch of realistic fiction.
I'd recommend this book to a person with big wishes just like the kids in the book. You could connect with them in this book because you might have the same wishes.


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Recently, tire maker Bridgestone Americas put together a contest whereby teenagers and young adults create and submit public service announcement (PSA) videos addressing the issue of distracted driving.
Out of over 2,300 submissions, Bridgestone selected three winners and one "Critics Choice" award that will receive college scholarship money and cash as prizes.
And these are some pretty striking PSAs, I might add. Take a look at A Reciprocal of Teen Drivers by Param Bodiwala, a freshman in engineering at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA, whose simple yet powerful video displays a group of sentences that initially illustrate a negative attitude, but when read in reverse order, present an unique and positive message about teen driving. Bodiwala, by the way, won a $25,000 scholarship for his entry.
Josh Chitwood of Carmi, IL, won second place and a $15,000 scholarship for his video August 19 that discusses how a good friend of his lost his life last fall in a distracted driving accident. Chitwood, by the way, is a freshman at North Central University in Minneapolis, MN, where he will be majoring (appropriately) in media studies.
Then there is Miguel Arango, a senior at John A. Ferguson Senior High School in Miami, FL, whose video Learn Early, Drive Safe takes a more humorous approach by using young children to demonstrate the dangers of distracted driving – no matter what the mode of transportation is. Arango won a $10,000 scholarship for his entry.
Finally, Mark Araya of Plant City, FL, and a junior at the University of South Florida in Tampa (where he's majoring in – go figure! – advertising) garnered what Bridgestone called its "Critic's Choice" award and a $2,500 cash prize by using animated characters to illustrate the dangers of driving distractions in his video My Distractions.
"Each year, we're amazed at the creativity of all the teenagers and young adults who enter the contest," said Angela Patterson, manager of Bridgestone's Teens Drive Smart program. "We're encouraged that so many 16 to 21 year olds across the country are taking note of how important it is to stop distractions and put safety first behind the wheel."
It's very creative stuff indeed.


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U.S. Peace Corps, 1981-3
From September 1981 to Decemter 1983, I was a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer serving in Kenya, East Africa. I had just completed my Ph.D. in political science in 1981, and I postponed looking for an academic position at the time - despite favorable job prospects - so that I could complete what I felt was an important duty before I became any older, namely, to volunteer for service to my nation.
There was some risk in the decision to do this. New Ph.D.s can become obsolete quickly, and my lack of academic productivity during my two years of volunteer service was certain to be questioned after I returned to the U.S. But this was nonetheless something I felt that I had to do, and so I assumed the personal risk.
I was fortunate to obtain an interesting assignment in the Peace Corps. Since I had a strong mathematics and English background, I was given a job as an A-Level Maths and General Paper teacher in a Kenyan high school. These courses followed the British versions of such courses. The grades that I taught (Forms 5 and 6) were comparable to first and second year college mathematics and first year college English composition in the United States. I taught at Star of the Sea High School in Mombasa, Kenya.
While I served my two years in Kenya, I had some remarkable experiences that dramatically shaped my outlook on life. I learned about other cultures, and how to appreciate their distinct beauty. Mostly, I grew as a person, developing internally to long for the uniqueness in what others offer to our joint human existence. In retrospect, I sense that my personality was shallow in some crucial respects before I went to Africa, not the least of which was in the realm of tolerance and compassion. I guess I was a bit too self-centered. Africa saved me from living my life in that unhappy state.
What I share with you now is a brief photographic collage, windows into my life as a Peace Corps volunteer. These photos do not capture my contribution to Africa via the work that I did in my school as much as they portray a small portion of Africa's contribution to my own development, which is, I suppose, characteristic of volunteer experience in general.SEE THE PHOTOS HERE!


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Florence pastor comes from the city
Staff writer
Mitchel Diemer doesn't just want to stand behind the pulpit on Sunday mornings. He wants to be there for his congregation, no matter what.
"I believe I'm here to re-energize the church in Florence," he said. "This church has suffered from just having a preacher, not a pastor. I preach, but I'm not there to preach. I'm there for people. I'm there to teach. I'm there to invest time in people and, when you start doing that, you see energy — and the church definitely has some energy."
Diemer preached his first sermon at Florence Christian Church on March 18, 2012. He said the church was small when started — around 20 people attended — but said he now preaches to nearly 40 people each Sunday. Diemer spends ample time preparing for his sermon each week, but said he views his post as something much bigger — living life with the people of Florence and touching their needs to the best of his ability. He bases this philosophy on 1 Corinthians 13:13: "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
"If you have faith, if you have hope, if you have love, life is so much better," he said. "That's what Jesus did when he was on earth. He really brought hope to the hopeless. He restored people's faith and he showed this unconditional love. It makes so much sense to me. I look at the world today and I see a lot of people who don't have those three things. There are a lot of hopeless people out there — people that don't have hope for a better tomorrow, don't have hope for anything and they drown themselves in other things that don't matter. It's the basic problem: They put their hope in other things or a person who is fallible and then they get crushed. If you're missing faith, hope and love, I think you're missing something really important."
Diemer said he never thought he'd be a pastor in a small, rural church. After graduating from Manhattan Christian College in 2006, he sent out 32 resumes to potential employers — but didn't receive a single response. Finally, after working at the Wichita airport for a year, he accepted a position as a youth pastor at Westlink Christian Church but soon found out it wasn't an ideal position for him.
"I was so intent on becoming a pastor that it didn't matter what the situation was. I jumped in there, thinking I was going to be the youth pastor. But the pastor there changed his expectations weekly. If I had just sat down and really evaluated the situation, I probably would not have gone there. I had all the education, but I didn't have the one-on-one people experience that I needed."
Diemer stayed in the position for a year and then became a bank teller at Fidelity Bank for four years.
"I learned to deal with all different kind of people from different backgrounds," he said. "Some of my closest friends were Lebanese. I learned a lot of skills from my teller window. I dealt with people who had a lot of money, who invited me to go golfing at their country club, and people who were in poverty. It was an eye-opening experience and a great time of learning."
During that time, he also became a youth pastor at Gracepoint Community Church, where he was able to test out newfound skills. While he enjoyed his time there, he knew his call was to be a full-time minister and started looking for a position within the Wichita area, explaining that he wanted to still be close to family. He started by looking on the alumni page on the Manhattan Christian College website, where they have posts of different job opportunities — and that's when he found the vacancy at Florence Christian Church.
"I knew about Florence," he said. "I've driven through Florence on my way to Manhattan. I knew it was a small town, a declining small town – and I saw that the Christian church had a position open for a while. I called, because they didn't have an email address. But they called me and invited me to preach one Sunday in March and I've been there ever since. I was in the right place at the right time."
During the past year, Diemer said he has seen more people attending church — and has even seen some people coming back to the church. He said the church has started ministries for men and youth, due to the demand.
"It's been exciting," he said. "I didn't know this could happen in a small town."
Diemer said he is still adjusting to country life, but said it's easy to do in Florence, where the people are nice, and Wichita is only a 45-minute drive away.
"I'm still not buying cowboy boots, I'm definitely city," he said. "I love soccer. I talk about soccer and they just look at me funny. But I'm learning about cattle since this is a big cattle area. I told one of my people: 'You're not going to get my hand to check how a calf is doing inside of its mother.' But it's still about fellowshipping with people, caring about what they care about and living life with them. Now, there's not a Starbucks. I have to drive to Wichita for that, but there's other options like Zimmermans — and it's $2 cheaper."
Diemer is looking forward to start work on his doctorate. In the fall, he will attend George Fox Evangelical Seminary, where he will study Semiotics and Future Studies online. In his program, he will be able to do research on what it means to do ministry in the 21st century. Diemer said the program won't take time away for his duties in the Florence church.
"It's like my lab," he said. "That's what I told everyone at my church. They're like my guinea pigs."
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Public Notices
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- Published on 05 October 2009
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
APPLICATION. City of Mount Vernon, P.O. Box 597, Mount Vernon, Texas 75457-0597, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to renew Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0011122001 (EPA I.D. No. TX0075540) to authorize the discharge of treated wastewater at a volume not to exceed a daily average flow of 20,000 gallons per day. The water treatment facility is located between State Highway 37 and 115, approximately 0.5 mile south of Interstate Highway 30 and below the Mount Vernon Municipal Reservoir Dam in Franklin County, Texas 75457. The discharge route is from the plant site to Denton Creek; thence to Big Creek; thence to White Oak Bayou; thence to Sulphur/South Sulphur River. TCEQ received this application on July 8, 2009. The permit application is available for viewing and copying at Mount Vernon City Hall, 109 North Kaufman Street, Mount Vernon, Texas.
ADDITIONAL NOTICE. TCEQ's Executive Director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. After technical review of the application is complete, the Executive Director may prepare a draft permit and will issue a preliminary decision on the application. Notice of the Application and Preliminary Decision will be published and mailed to those who are on the county-wide mailing list and to those who are on the mailing list for this application. That notice will contain the deadline for submitting public comments.
PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting on this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ will hold a public meeting if the Executive Director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.
HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments, and the Executive Director's decision on the application, will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application.
If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting reconsideration of the Executive Director's decision and for requesting a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court.
TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name, address, phone number; applicant's name and proposed permit number; the location and distance of your property/activities relative to the proposed facility; a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the facility in a way not common to the general public; and, the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing." If the request for contested case hearing is filed on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the group's representative for receiving future correspondence; identify an individual member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or activity; provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member's location and distance from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member would be affected; and explain how the interests the group seeks to protect are relevant to the group's purpose.
Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.
The Commission will only grant a contested case hearing on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission's decision on the application. Further, the Commission will only grant a hearing on issues that were raised in timely filed comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. TCEQ may act on an application to renew a permit for discharge of wastewater without providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.
MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director's decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.
AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. All written public comments and requests must be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or electronically at www.tceq.state.tx.us/about/comments.html. If you need more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call TCEQ Office of Public Assistance, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. General information about TCEQ can be found at our web site at www.tceq.state.tx.us.
Further information may also be obtained from City of Mount Vernon at the address stated above or by calling Lee Elliott at 903-537-2252.
Issuance Date: September 4, 2009
(TCEQ 9-1tc 09)


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November 4, 2008
President, Provost Address Primary Questions Regarding Elimination of University-wide Deficit
To the Case Western Reserve University Community:
In the days since we announced the elimination of our deficit, we have heard two primary questions:
- What about the burdens individuals carried to allow the university to realize the savings that balanced its budget?
- What impact will the world-wide economic crisis have on our finances going forward?
In this letter we will answer both queries in detail, but want to begin by underscoring one primary message:
This university is full of enormously talented people committed to learning and discovery, research and teaching. You are responsible for our successes over the last year, and you are critical to our sustained excellence in the future.
1. With regard to the hardships borne in the effort to reduce costs:
First, to all of you, let us say this: Thank you.
We recognize that fiscal challenges have required exceptional efforts and sacrifice by individuals across this campus \x96 and for more than just the past year. We are deeply grateful to all of you for the extraordinary contributions you have made to this university and to one another; more, we hope you understand the tremendous positive impact you have made on our collective future.
By balancing our finances three years ahead of schedule, we have put the university in a far stronger position. First, we are more attractive to donors. Individuals and organizations hesitate to invest in organizations with deficits, fearing that their dollars will go toward \x93filling holes\x94 rather than new initiatives. Second, rating agencies look more favorably at us, which means we will not pay as much to borrow money \x96 or at least we will not have to pay more. Finally, a surplus signals to everyone inside and outside the institution that we know how to manage our finances, a message that inspires confidence and support across a broad range of stakeholders and constituencies.
In short, fiscal stability leads to enhanced resources and greater overall confidence in the institution. By accelerating the resolution of our finances, we aim to reduce the burdens everyone carries, and begin to attract the support necessary to truly advance this university.
2. As for the impact of global financial developments:
Our recent efforts to resolve our finances and improve fiscal management mean that we are much better prepared to make thoughtful plans for the future. In addition, our investment office has done an outstanding job both in diversifying our portfolio and accumulating impressive returns when markets were more positive. Its sophisticated approach has protected us from the liquidity constraints faced by other institutions. At the same time it has provided some cushion to help us weather the current financial storm.
That said, predicting the impact of recent events is challenging for all of us. Just as many of you have done with your own investments, we too can do little more today than be as responsible as possible with existing resources. Our leadership team is examining this year\x92s spending to identify areas of potential savings, even as we prepare to build next year\x92s budget. We do not forecast any workforce reductions, but we do encourage all of our leaders to examine ways to postpone less critical expenditures.
Even in this time of uncertainty, a few key principles remain paramount:
1. Financial support for students: Over the last decade our need-based grant aid for undergraduates has more than doubled. This year 93 percent of our students received aid, and the average total award was $33,900. We will continue to do all that we can to make an education at Case Western Reserve University affordable, both by restricting tuition increases and investing in financial aid. We also hope to enhance support for graduate students.
2. Competitive compensation: Pay freezes represent a short-term solution that ultimately cost the institution dearly when talented individuals leave for other opportunities. We are committed to keeping our best people here, and are looking at individual and systemic adjustments to support that goal. Improvements will take time, but the process already has begun.
3. Investment in strategic priorities: Our community spent the past year developing an ambitious strategic plan that identified specific academic alliances. We plan to invest new resources toward select, high priority initiatives that promise progress in these key areas.
In the coming weeks we will be meeting with faculty and staff at each school. We encourage you to attend those meetings, and look forward to hearing your questions and comments. For now, thank you again for all you have done to create the great positive momentum that Case Western Reserve University experiences today.
Barbara R. Snyder
W. A. \x93Bud\x94 Baeslack III


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Yep, I've gotten some knitting done. Nothing fancy, just plain ol' stockinette — which, of course, is rather exciting for me now that I've learned how to knit correctly — with some very lovely (i.e., non-funky) 3 x 3 ribbing. Mr. Halfobi is around 1/2 done, I'd guess. I'm working on the back section now — I really like how the Noro is striping.
The knitting itself is pretty mindless, but to tell the truth, I'm liking that aspect of the project right now. I'm not at all excited about my reading, but since I can knit this as I read, it gives me a reason to stick with whatever book happens to be in front of me. Progress on the knitting, progress on the reading — everyone is happy. Especially me.
It's just so relaxing to keep the fingers busy while your mind is engaged elsewhere. Sometimes I feel like I spend my whole day thinking about … whatever. And worrying about everything. So a project that demands nothing more than a small set of memorized physical movements is a wonderful, wonderful thing. I just meditate.
I understand what the Yarn Harlot is saying, though. Sometimes you do want a challenging, interesting pattern that makes you sit up and pay attention to what's going on down there with the needles and the yarn and everything. Right now, I think the specials exam and fellowships and project proposals and C.V.s are just about all the challenges I can take.
Not to mention the up-coming semester. In which I will be teaching third-semester German. Wow. The lovely L. (coolest person in the world, or at least the German Department) gave me all of the materials — folders and folders and files upon files of materials. For that, I'm going to make her a pair of socks. And someone of her coolness definitely requires truly groovy sock yarn. Hence:
I really like this yarn — so colorful and stripy. La L. prefers knee socks — or so I hear — but I don't have enough yarn for that. So I'm thinking simple ribbed socks, calf-length or so. The yarn is so bright and busy on its own that any kind of pattern might be too overwhelming. And I don't have that much yarn.
(Beware the lurking coffee monster.)
On a completely unrelated note: Berroco! How have I not known about this wonderful, wonderful stuff?! Probably has something to do with this. And this. But no matter. That is all forgotten. Wonderful free patterns! Yummy yarns! And did I mention the free patterns? I know Norah Gaughan is some kind of head honcho over there, so it makes sense that their stuff is lovely … I'd just never given the matter the attention it so obviously deserves. Problem solved. Injustice rectified. Prejudice erased. I've got so many patterns I don't know what to do with myself.
I also bought a load of elann.com cotton for my mom, she who cannot tolerate wool. Esprit for socks (plain and print) and Sonata for some cardigans (plain and print). She mentioned that it's difficult to find non-wooly sweaters, so I made it my mission to help her out. Berroco had some great stuff that looks to be my mom's style; e.g., Pamela, March Basic, and Hibito. Nice simple sweaters. We'll see what actually gets done.


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A letter in the Aug. 12 Tomahawk Leader:
Dear Tomahawk Leader:
Sadly, General Motors has become the latest American company to eliminate health benefits for its retirees over the age of 65. This is just the first major casualty of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) decision earlier this year to allow companies to discriminate against older retirees by treating them differently from younger retirees. GM has set a precedent that will, most certainly, lead to other employers "following suit."
In recent years, as a cost-cutting measure, some corporations have resorted to canceling or reducing retiree healthcare coverage. These are benefits that were earned by employees and accepted by them as part of their total compensation package.
In the 1950s-1980s these benefits were "Inducements," in lieu of higher wages. Continued health benefits in retirement were a strong incentive for many to stay with their employer for decades of loyal service. The current inference that corporate retirement benefits are entitlements or gifts is just reprehensibly and immorally wrong. They are benefits that have been earned over careers spanning 30-40 years. Corporations benefited greatly by providing them in lieu of higher wages.
Two bills now in Congress, the bi-partisan Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act (H.R. 1322), and the Pension Protection Act ERISA Amendments of 2008 (H.R. 6143), address this issue and would make companies live up to the financial contracts entered into with their employees and retirees decades ago. According to the bills, changes to health benefits would need to be made before an employee retires.
The financial reality of providing healthcare coverage is considered in both bills. They ensure that employers are not burdened with a cost they cannot afford or that does financial harm to the company. Companies may apply for an exemption if they feel compliance would be a substantial hardship. Most importantly, both bills ensure that employers meet their contractual commitments to their long-time employees who earned those benefits through years of dedicated service.
Support from members of Congress is critical to retirees in this state and across the country, especially in light of the EEOC ruling that allows companies to cut supplemental health coverage to retirees age 65 and over.
Healthcare coverage is a vital issue for all Americans. It is imperative that before the Democratic and Republican conventions both presidential candidates and Congress address these issues – now of crisis proportion – and put into their platform a true plan of action for the protection of retirees' earned healthcare benefits.
To those holding or seeking office in 2008 … Sens. Kohl and Feingold and Rep. Kagen, I encourage you not to take the retiree/senior vote for granted. They represented 62.5 percent of those who voted in the last election. Many of us … suffer the potential of serious damage if these issues are not addressed and solved. We are counting on your, our elected officials, to take our interests to heart.
Very truly yours,
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Pro tip: Watch Opening Series, still get enough sleep
After waiting nearly five months since the last real pitch was thrown at Fenway Park, you are ready at last to watch official Major League Baseball games again.
So pay close attention, because for the average fan here in North America who is all set to watch the Dodgers and D-backs meet in the unprecedented MLB Opening Series in Sydney, Australia, it is going to require scheduling yourself in a way no baseball fans have had to do before.
After waiting nearly five months since the last real pitch was thrown at Fenway Park, you are ready at last to watch official Major League Baseball games again.
So pay close attention, because for the average fan here in North America who is all set to watch the Dodgers and D-backs meet in the unprecedented MLB Opening Series in Sydney, Australia, it is going to require scheduling yourself in a way no baseball fans have had to do before.
"This is an opportunity to learn how to enjoy the event and not miss out on life," said Dr. Carol Ash, a board-certified sleep specialist and the director of sleep medicine at Meridian Health in New Jersey. "The two basic principles of sleep are the timing and the amount, and you can get the most out of both of these games if you follow a specific plan and are prepared."
In Australia, the series will be a Saturday night game and a Sunday day game. For fans in North America, the games are at 4 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET on Saturday. For fans on the West Coast, the games are at 1 a.m. and 7 p.m. PT. They will be streamed live for out-of-market fans on MLB.TV and via the MLB.com At Bat app, and broadcast on MLB Network.
This tricky separation of start times means smart planning, at least if you want to savor everything from the first pitch of the 2014 season and the last at-bat of Game 2. You need to know about sleep debt, the right window for an afternoon nap, how long to nap, why this is not the weekend to sleep in, when to go "antisocial" and turn off devices, avoiding alcohol and more. We'll highlight East Coast and West Coast time zones, and fans in the Central and Mountain zones can follow the closer one. Here is the plan:
1. East Coast: 4 a.m. and 10 p.m. ET
"There are times like this where you can't be on the same schedule, where you may need to interrupt a normal sleep routine," Dr. Ash said. "That's true for a lot of us. In healthcare, where we work non-traditional shifts -- for police, for military -- we all have to do things to break out of our normal patterns. So when you do have to break that pattern, how do you cope and manage?"
If you are preparing for a 4 a.m. first pitch, you want to get in bed early Friday night and avoid sleep debt. If you're going to a movie like "Divergent," go to the early showing. This is not the night for baseball fans to be among those taking in that film's midnight screenings.
"Try to get in bed and get the rest you need," Dr. Ash said. "A lot of people end up sitting there in bed watching TV or on the iPad or other device. [On Friday night], be antisocial. Get rid of all the electronics, because those are going to stop you from falling asleep. That suppresses melatonin, which is the hormone that helps you fall asleep. Be antisocial. Get to bed earlier so you don't create some sleep debt. That tends to be really tough for people, but it is key.
"Just for the one night, take one milligram of melatonin two hours before bedtime to help get some extra sleep, if necessary."
Set an alarm for 3:50 a.m. ET, so there is enough time to be alert and focused on the first pitch, which will be thrown by Wade Miley, as the D-backs are the home team in both games. Clayton Kershaw vs. Paul Goldschmidt is reason enough to get up for this one.
Watch the game, which would typically end around 7 a.m. ET. There may be a tendency at this point to hit the hay again, but resist the urge. If you normally awaken with sunlight around 7 or 8 a.m., then stay on that pattern. Do not go back to sleep. Start your day.
"During the day, if you feel tired, get out, expose yourself to sunlight, because sunlight can be very alerting," Dr. Ash said. "Go out and do some exercise if you feel tired."
Sometime between 3-5 p.m. -- no matter what your time zone, in this case -- you want to take a nap that is from 20-40 minutes long. Not a minute longer.
"There's a natural circadian alertness at 3 to 5 p.m. in your local time zone, so that's what you would want to do," Dr. Ash said. "You don't want more than 40 minutes of nap, because then you will get into deeper stages of sleep. Once you've gotten into deeper stages of sleep, that's where all that brain organization is really going on. The brain uses as much energy in sleep as it does not asleep; the neurons are actively firing in REM and non-REM. If you nap for more than 40 minutes, it will be like taking a cake out of the oven before it's baked. Then you will feel groggy, like sleep drunkenness.
"If you've paid your sleep debt, it's like paying any other debt -- you don't need to pay any more money. If you get too much sleep after the first game in Australia, it will set you up for difficult sleep the rest of the weekend and can affect you going back to work on Monday."
2. West Coast: 1 a.m. and 7 p.m.
"This is something Dodgers and Diamondbacks fans are looking forward to, they've been waiting for months, it's a big event," Dr. Ash said. "So how do you really make sure that you are doing things right? Because what is life all about? You want to enjoy this event, and the risk is that sleep debt affects your mood. When you're not adhering to these basic patterns of sleep, it affects your mood, it causes you to be more irritable, and you won't enjoy the game as much as you would if you are well-rested."
So here is the Pacific Daylight Time Zone strategy.
"For West Coast fans, it's easier to delay your bedtime the night before," Dr. Ash said. "Many of these fans are going to want to just stay up. Even today, most of us are really sleep-deprived. If possible, the same thing would apply to them. It may be hard for someone to take a nap from 3-5 p.m. PT on Friday, because of our work schedules, but it's possible to go into the first game well-rested, and again the nap should be no more than 40 minutes.
"If you are able to fall asleep before the game on this night, it's OK. Set your alarm clock. That would actually be a better plan. Don't drink alcohol tonight. That is going to impair your ability to really get up again and will make this whole plan problematic; you'll sleep right through the event. Alcohol is a sedative. That is masking sleepiness. So if you're already going into your Friday with sleep debt and you drink alcohol, you are going to miss this event."
Watch the first game, appreciate the return of baseball and the unique look at the transformed Sydney Cricket Grounds, and then whenever the game ends, say around 4 a.m. PT, go right back to bed.
"Keep your room quiet, dark and cool," Dr. Ash said. "Set your alarm clock for your normal wakeup time, whatever that is, and get back up again at your normal time. This is the group where 'sleeping in' on the weekend will be a problem. Then take a nap around 3-5 p.m. -- again, no more than 40 minutes. The same rules apply for West Coasters. If you are tired during the day, expose yourself to sunlight, get exercise. You want to power through the day, because you don't want to offset that circadian clock."
Set your alarm clock for 6:50 p.m. PT. Splash some cold water. Sit back and watch Game 2 of 162. It will end around 10 p.m. PT for an average game time, and then call it a night. Whatever you do, make sure that you wake yourself up at the same time on Sunday morning. That maintenance of sleep pattern and body rhythms is going to be a key in staying in a routine entering your work week.
So the lesson is to make sure you have your subscription to MLB.TV, make sure you have At Bat installed, or make sure you are in front of your TV if you are in the Los Angeles or Phoenix markets, where blackout restrictions apply for digital streaming. And just as importantly, make sure you get your sleep, at the optimum opportunities.
"Most people fail to understand even the basics of sleep," Dr. Ash said. "Sleep is as important as oxygen. If we keep the same schedule, we wake up rested, refreshed and ready to take on the day."
Mark Newman is enterprise editor of MLB.com. Read and join other baseball fans on his MLB.com community blog.


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Here are a few suggestions about how best to manage floodplains.
Invasive species pose one of the top threats to the Hudson River.
New York Times article explores the links between wildlife and infectious diseases.
Paving rural roads is one of the local issues that can get people in Dutchess County worked up.
Millbrook, NY – The Hudson Valley has the unfortunate distinction of being the global epicenter of tick-borne disease. And the situation is getting worse.
Take care to be sure that your "perfect plant" isn't actually a perfect menace in disguise.
"Catastrophic loss of tree species and a huge taxpayer burden—where's the sense in this?"
"We expect 2012 to be the worst year for Lyme disease risk ever."
In assessing a major drop in nitrate loss from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, it was revealed that past disturbances, such as logging, must be included.
In addition to supporting the work of the Institute, Aldo Leopold Society members receive invitations to special events and unique opportunities to interact with scientists and educators.
We strive to enact many of the principals that Aldo Leopold so presciently put forward and to encourage the application of rigorous science to decisions that affect humans and the natural world on which humanity depends.
Campers will conduct scientific investigations, learn about local natural history, and participate in team-building activities.
Cary Institute's motto, "the science behind environmental solutions," is motivating a new collaborative venture.
Recently, the Cary Institute hosted two graduate courses.
"This additional capacity will significantly increase our knowledge about what's going on in the Hudson River."
The ecology of birds is intimately tied to the sounds of other organisms around them.
Cary will continue to focus scientific research on the critical environmental problems facing the world.
Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring," a warning about the environmental risks being posed by pesticides, 50 years ago.
The scarcity of acorns in the fall of 2011 set up a perfect storm for human Lyme disease risk.
Shore zones can be among the most valuable habitats on our planet. So what can you do to protect them?
You may have heard that non-native Burmese pythons (probably released by a pet owner) are now established in Florida's Everglades, where they have developed a taste for the local cuisine.
When I was a kid, in the springtime I would walk through maroon patches of plant material on my way to and from elementary school.
Millbrook, NY – The northeastern U.S. should prepare for a surge in Lyme disease this spring. And we can blame fluctuations in acorns and mouse populations, not the mild winter.
Last summer, tropical storms Irene and Lee inflicted major damage on the Hudson River's watershed. While the events may seem like a distant memory now, affected ecosystems are still recovering.
Millbrook, NY – Past disturbances, such as logging, can obscure the effects of climate change on forest ecosystems.
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Buckle in, folks, because after a week off because of snow trouble, New Game Stuff is back! And tonight there is a long, long list of newness to discuss, so it's just the facts.
FoxMind games delivers one of the most inventive train games in a long while with String Railway. Using bendable pieces of plastic rope, players both build the board and connect train depots. Two to five players take turns drawing depot tokens, placing them, and attempting to link them with the pieces of string at their disposal. Easy to learn and very tactile, String Railway is perfect for families or friends.
A tile laying game of the most serene nature, Zen Garden will put your soul at ease.
Mayfair Games, makers of fine family games, adds some enticing dimensions to the standard tile laying scenario. Up to four players compete against each other by constructing their zen gardens using tiles of trees, mountains, and streams. Each player, however, has a special pattern they must try and complete by moving their tiles around the board with special lantern tokens. The game also comes with various levels of play to increase the difficult the more you play.
The front says Gentlemen Thieves, but the back says Arsene Lupin. And, no, that is not an indication that this game has anything to do with mullets. Borrowing the world's most famous thief, Lupin, Gentlemen Thieves has players taking on the role of a thief and joining forces with other thieves (as long as it serves them) to heist valuable items (represented by tokens) from famous locations across Paris. Just remember to put on your black gloves.
In Ground Floor the building is already built, now you've just got to populate it, employee it, advertise your product, cut down on costs, challenge your rivals, and grow your business. Then, maybe, you get to rest. Detailed in its level of strategy, Ground Floor involves bartering, resource management, organization, and any number of other mechanics. If you're an Agricola or Puerto Rico fan, get in on the Ground Floor.
Lady Alice is a recently released Sherlock Holmes themed board game allowing players to take on the rolls of kids studying under the tutelage of Holmes himself. During the game players make deductions about evidence, placing their guesses in a folder. When the round is over, each guess is revealed to either be true or false, with every player marking down the results in order to solve the mystery. If you picked up the recently released Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, this game is a perfect companion piece.
The reprint steamroller continues to roll from Dungeons & Dragons with the brand new hardcover edition of Dungeons of Dread. This classic AD&D tome collects the original "S" series of adventure models, three of which were written by Gary Gygax himself. For those out there who know the history, these are some of the most well known dungeons in D&D history, perfect for players learning the system by playing these reprint copies. As usual all the original material is reprinted in its original format.
It's going to be Easter soon and that means bunnies. And bunnies mean violent murder of bunnies.
Wait, what?!! Steve Jackson changes the meaning of Easter with the newest Munchkin booster pack, Easter Eggs. Evil rabbits are running around all over the place and its your duty to smack'em down while wearing a Sundae Dress and Bunny Slippers. But watch out for Peter Cottonmouth and Little Bunny 'Thulhu.
There are four doors, but no exits.
That's the premise of Room-25. One to six players are locked in rooms, running from room to room, trying to find the one and only door which leads to rumored exit that is Room-25. In gaming formats ranging from solo to group cooperative, players attempt to coordinate actions in order to find the mythic room and escape. But beware, because some students may turn out to be undercover guards, ready to stop the players at the most inopportune moment.
Me matey, there be Pirate Dice off the coast of Pulp Fiction Isle!
By rolling and strategically placing customized D6′s, players sail the seven seas, doing battle with their rivals and searching for sunken and lost treasure. Each die controls attacks and movement as players sail across the provided map. Control the direction and speed of your ship carefully, though, as you don't want to overshoot or undershoot that last hooray!
The recently released Archipelago pirate game receives a rare Solo Player Expansion this week. Unlike any other expansion, this one allows players to convert the game into a one-player mode. The pack contains 27 scenarios, each with a different time limit and win condition. You are also allowed to choose whatever character you wish in order to play.
A game of ancient Egypt, Kemet has players competing over a succession of rounds, divided into categories of night and day. Within the day phase, players enact their magical abilities in order to defeat your opponent, while at night your regroup and build up your mystical energies. Wizards can even spend special Prayer Points to bring additional creatures into their armies.