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June 19, 2014 by bbgcmac
Random Thoughts about the NBA 2014 Finals +
As we spring off into NBA free agency, otherwise known as The Decision II, here are my thoughts on the 2014 NBA season.
* The Spurs exercised the hell out of Game 6 demons of the 2013 Finals.
Say what you want, but the to lose a series that was in your hands based on missing a crucial rebound and seeing Ray Allen step back and rip your hearts out with a corner three ball; live with that all summer; start your training camp by watching the film of that game making that the theme of your redemption story; work your way through the season with a game plan so precise that you not only earn the top seed in the playoffs, but none of your players averaged 30 minutes per game; work through the playoffs in the Wild Wild West including a riveting 7 games against the Mavericks… want the Heat, get the Heat, then dismantle the Heat winning 4-1 by an average of 15 points per game… that's goal setting, game planning and execution at it's best. PERIOD! That entire organization is a model of a great lesson of perseverance, unity, and trust. Kudos the Spurs for not panicking and blowing the team up. Kudos to Tim Duncan who played his ass off last year and missed the bunny at the end of Game 6… and continued to turn back the clock this year. He meant what he said when he predicted victory this time. To Danny Green who shot the lights out last year for the first couple games, then dropped off the map. He returned with vengeance. So did Manu, who was H20 (HumanTurnOver) in last year's finals. That dunk in Game 5 over Bosh and Haslem summed up his resolve. And Boris Diaw, Mr. Do Whatever It Takes!
* The Spurs are every coach's dream.
In this day and age of AAU one on one ego ball gone wild, the way the Spurs shared the ball, cut, moved and mixed in drives with jumpers. Their dedicated team/accountability defense was a textbook script for successful basketball. If the NBA were a copy-cat league like the NFL, every team would be trying to replicate the Spurs formula. For youth and high school coaches, they should be salivating at the opportunity before them to promote team play! I can only hope!
*The Heat Had a Helluva Run.
Four straight finals is four straight finals. 2-2 is better than the Buffalo Bills 0-4. Nuff said!
*LeBron Haters are Ridiculous
The one thing I hated about the playoffs, is the social media hateration of LeBron James. I don't feel sorry for him. He's a champion, an MVP, and will one day be a billionaire before he becomes Hall of Famer. But the utter jealousy of such a positive and awesome young man is very disturbing to me. LeBron has never been in legal trouble, never beat his wife, objectified women, has employed many people and given more of himself that most mainstream athletes over the last 25 years. He is a talent we won't see again in our lifetime. And after he's gone dammit he will be missed. I suggest we appreciate him while we have him. Unfortunately, some people are so utterly and distastefully jealous. Twitter/nemes make for some bold cowards!
* What Now For The Heat
Obviously the Big 3, (Big 2 little 1) can opt in or out. D-Wade is holding the trump card in all of this because he's in the slot for $40 million over the next two years. Want to know what LeBron is going to do? Look at what D-Wade does. He can blow this all up with a little paperwork faxed to Pat Riley in a heartbeat. Whatever he does, business is business. He has the right to take the loot. But I tell you what, that guy is washed up. A huge Wade fan from his Marquette days, I've long grown tired of his refusal to get back on D, (we could call him E Wade) and his whining to officials if not pointing to his teammates to pick up his man. James logged hundreds of minutes more than anyone else on the team because they were pacing Wade. He claimed he was healthy, so I'm going to take him at his word. No excuses he sucked! As much as LeBron may be able to trust Pat Riley, Pat can only do so much. Owner Mickey Arison is NOT one to want to go into the luxury tax. And he's already shown that he will let players walk in order not to pay them, I.e Mike Miller. If LeBron takes a pay cut, he's going to demand that Arison spends that extra loot. He's been carrying the piano on his back long enough. P.S. Carmelo Anthony is NOT the solution.
* Best NBA Stories of 2014
Wizards, Warriors
*Worst NBA Story 2014
Pacers/Sterling
Speaking of Sterling, after all the hub-bub of Adam Silver slinging the hammer like Thor on The Donald, it seems the Sterlings have played the NBA at their own game. After saying none of the Sterlings' would have anything to do with the team, it's been leaked that the Steve Ballmer agreed to let Shelly Sterling have 2 floor seats, parking, and be 'owner emeritus' of the team. If that's not back tracking I don't know what is. I guess $2B wasn't enough. Regardless of what one thinks about whether they should have been forced to sell the team in the first place, the NBA has totally walked back just about every demand they made at the press conference. Most notably, the NBA owners didn't have to vote. Which brings me to this… Why the hell hasn't the NBA re-scheduled the vote since Donald Sterling is again suing the league? Isn't this why they were having the vote in the first place? Are they not back to where they started? I'm thinking that BOTH the Sterlings' are playing the NBA. Don and Shelly have been married for over 50 years. Is it not obvious?
Posted in Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged 2014 NBA Finals, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Danny Green, Dwayne Wade, Free Agency, LeBron James, Manu Ginobili, Miami Heat, NBA, Nemes, San Antonio Spurs, Tim Duncan, twitter
March 8, 2011 by bbgcmac
First "The Decision," Now There Needs To Be, "The Conversation!"
As a true die hard Los Angeles Lakers man, in some ways I could care less about the debacle that is the Miami Heat these days. In the whole scheme of things, this soap opera is just fodder, something to keep us talking until the playoffs start. Champions don't deal with such shenanigans. And even with some of the sorry losses that Lakers have endured, my experience has always told me that in the NBA, it is after the All Star break where we begin to separate the men from the boys; the contenders from the pretenders. Thus you see the two time defending champs clamping down on defense, moving the ball with superior precision, and rebounding with a vengeance on the way to impressive wins over OKC, Portland, and most notably a smashing of the league leading Spurs. This is what I'm talking about.
If the Heat were a Hollywood sitcom they would be "Two and a Half Stars Men," with Lebron James as Charlie Sheen. And if Pat Riley can't channel his inner Chuck Lorre, then Dwayne Wade needs to channel his Jon Cryer and step to his narcissistic side kick. If Jame's summertime presser was dubbed, "The Decision," then Wade and James need to have, "The Conversation." I'm thinking it should go like this:
Wade: Hey King. Real talk. Enough of this heroic sh#!. You trying to prove yourself at the end of every close game is hurting…
James: What?
Wade: Let me finish. You trying to prove yourself at the end of every close game is hurting us. Shooting threes and…
James: Hold on…
Wade: LET ME FINISH! Every since you got here, if its a close game you act like you got to take the last shot. We're piling up L's against the better teams and…
James: Wait a minute. Do you know who the hell I am? In case you didn't know I'm King James. Two time MVP! Who else supposed to take the last shots? If you didn't know ask them clowns in Cleveland what I meant to them….
Wade: And in case you didn't know that don't mean sh#! to me! I gotta ring! Finals MVP – wanna see it? Cause I can go get it for you. When you get the ball at the end of the game, it's because you have the ability to penetrate, and get to the basket if you can. But that's not where it ends. I know about Cleveland but you forgot I ain't Mo Williams or Boobie F'in Gibson! I'm a stud! A closer! That was the point of you coming here in the first place. We're already thin up front, everybody knows what you are going to do at the end of games and you are playing right into their hands shooting bricks! The first few months I ain't said nothing to you. I gave you space. Enough! F#*! your ego. You better start finding me cause this ain't working. I ain't going out like that! I let you come to Miami. But I'm still Tony Montana!
The two have to be separated. James walks away angry and dismissive, cussing Wade under his breath. His crew tells him Wade is full of sh#! and that it was Wade who begged "The King" to take his talents to South Beach in the first place. But deep down inside, James eventually admits to himself what Wade says is true. In his heart he knows its true anyway, but its not his fault that his teammates and management are cowards. He won't apologize. But he will look to get Wade the ball in crucial situations. In future close games James becomes the bait and Wade does what he does best. Close games. The Heat stay respectable able to beat anyone on a given night. Riley works his magic and get more depth and size. Udonis Haslem, Miami's enforcer comes back healthy and the Heat stay relevant for several years to come.
Perfect right?
Except I don't think Wade is going to have "The Conversation." He is too busy licking his own wounds to stand up to his bully buddy. He won't tell LeBrick that this the NBA, not AAU.
After Sunday's loss to the Bulls, it was Wade who said, "the world is better now" because The Heat are struggling. Cry me a river!
My message to D-Wade is that as fans we don't give a bleep! We saw the parade on TV a few months ago where you all acted and talked like championships were a wrap. Now you want sympathy! Please!!!! You brought all of this attention on yourselves! Not merely because James went to Miami. It was the way he did it and the way all of you acted!
Now Coach Spoelstra talks as if Cry-Gate is overblown. Let me help him out too! The NFL is in labor negotiations, Tiger is irrelevant, most of us are waiting on March Madness to kick in and nobody gives a damn about spring training. That means that for a short window the NBA is front page sports news. Live with it.
They call me old fashioned but this much I know. Nobody partied harder, and kicked it more than Earvin Magic Johnson back in his day. It's all been well documented. But what separated dudes like him from some of these new cats is that he understood that the points of emphasis was on winning first. If the Lakers lost, there was no party! The parties were off the hook after wins and championships. These new dudes got it backwards! This is why the likes of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett will always beat them. They've already learned this lesson. Wade knows better. But it doesn't appear he has the heart to stand up to LeBully.
And so you have it!
Posted in Sports, The World of Sports
Tagged Dwayne Wade, Eric Spoelstra, LeBron James, Miami Heat, NBA Basketball
July 9, 2010 by bbgcmac
LeBron, Harpo and Dan Gilbert's Huckleberry!
In the midst of LeBron-A-Thon ending with the TV non event of the year, let's just start with Cleveland Cavalier's majority owner Dan Gilbert's letter to Cav's fans:
Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight;
As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier.
This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his "decision" unlike anything ever "witnessed" in the history of sports and probably the history of entertainment.
Clearly, this is bitterly disappointing to all of us.
The good news is that the ownership team and the rest of the hard-working, loyal, and driven staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you.
There is so much more to tell you about the events of the recent past and our more than exciting future. Over the next several days and weeks, we will be communicating much of that to you.
You simply don't deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal.
You have given so much and deserve so much more.
In the meantime, I want to make one statement to you tonight:
"I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER 'KING' WINS ONE"
You can take it to the bank.
If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our "motivation" to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.
Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.
Sorry, but that's simply not how it works.
This shocking act of disloyalty from our home grown "chosen one" sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn. And "who" we would want them to grow-up to become.
But the good news is that this heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so-called "curse" on Cleveland, Ohio.
The self-declared former "King" will be taking the "curse" with him down south. And until he does "right" by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma.
Just watch.
Sleep well, Cleveland.
Tomorrow is a new and much brighter day….
I PROMISE you that our energy, focus, capital, knowledge and experience will be directed at one thing and one thing only:
DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue….
Ouch! I suppose that felt good to old 'Danny Boy'. But by responding in this fashion, he's made himself look even worse than "King Prince James."
Make no mistake about it. This LeBron-A-Thon which started around the same time as the NBA Finals with LeBron going on Larry King, Nightline, and any other show short of Oprah, (I'm sure they called her) was a farse to begin with. The Celtics were playing the Lakers for godsakes. Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol and Derek Fisher were going against Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett. Doc Rivers was trying to win his second NBA title in three years as Celtics coach. Phil Jackson was in the midst of winning his 11th as coach. At that point, personally I didn't give a damn about what LeBron was going to do. His team was eliminated in the second round of the playoffs. Still he couldn't resist but to move the attention on to himself.
The primetime ESPN special was also a joke. How vain can one get; Especially since the "Chosen One" that hasn't won in the NBA? Sure I watched it! It was the ultimate train wreck. I rubbernecked from start to finish and watched James sit uncomfortably as Jim Grey threw James softball after softball questions that he could not seem to hit out of the infield. To hear James tell it, Cleveland wouldn't be Cleveland if it were not for him. In reality, he didn't do more than Mark Price, Brad Daugherty, Ron Harper and Larry Nance for the Cavaliers franchise. And two consecutive MVPs or not, the difference between he and Kobe Bryant isn't even close. Bryant is clearly more concerned about his historical basketball legacy in which greatness is clearly defined by championships. James is more concerned with branding, merchandise and ego. For all of his talents, he thinks more highly of himself than he should. He was created to be that way since he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated while driving that Hummer around in High School. And yea, the story is marketable in a summer where there is nothing but baseball and a boring soccer matches hardly anyone cares about.
That being said: Dan Gilbert's self-righteous victimized rant came off as if LeBron slept with him for a night but didn't stick around to cuddle the next morning. This is the same man who would have given his chosen one $130 million for 6 years had James decided to stick around in C-Town.
Gilbert wants to rant on LeBron about loyalty? Hell last I heard James was a free agent as of July 1. This was indeed his time to choose whatever team he wanted to chose. The real issue is that with James' departure, the value of the Cavaliers franchise dropped faster than a bad stock. Last night may as well be called Black Thursday as far as Gilbert is concerned. Still I'd like to ask him about loyalty when it came to coach Mike Brown who won the most NBA games this past season. I'd like to ask him about his courting of college coach Tom Izzo as if he were going to take the Cavaliers anywhere let alone have the respect of James as well as other NBA players. LeBron never went to college so why would he respect a college coach? I'd like to ask him why he ran out one of the best GMs in the league in Danny Ferry.
Is Gilbert the pot or the kettle that's all I'm asking here. Now he's barking off about how LeBron quit in the playoffs throwing the guy under the bus. And any of this talk about leaking more of LeBron's tresepasses I'm sure has been shut down by a phone call from David Stern.
My favorite quote of his entire letter is this one:
Are you serious? Were you just watching The Color Purple Thursday afternoon because it sounded very much like what Celie told Albert:
"Till you do right by me, everything you even think about gonna' fail."
Gilbert's eagerness to court James and willingness to give him a max deal, then slamming him as James headed to South Beach is tantamount to a thug who pursues a woman at the club. After being turned down several times finally fires back with something like this: "F'-U then! I didn't want your number anyway."
As much as James is a self-glorified egomaniac, the fact of the matter is that he did indeed give the Cavaliers and the city of Cleveland seven exciting years. He made the team and the city a lot of money. It was an even trade-off. Now that the affair is over, it's over. Gilbert should turn the page. And if he can't, he should touch himself and think of the memories.
Tagged cleveland cavaliers, Dan Gilbert, David Stern, Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, Miami Heat, NBA
April 1, 2010 by bbgcmac
Olympics vs. Time Off
So there is this story that appeard on Yahoo News about some NBA players on the Olympic team may want to skip out on this summer's competetion at the World Championship games in Turkey. Colangelo's 'gettin all gangsta' with it too by making threats agaisnt those who don't plan to attend without an excuse that fits his fancy.
I understand the whole three year commitment thing. Gone are the days when cats just show up for the Olympics and feel that without a doubt we are gonna get the gold medal. The other teams around the world are infiltrated with NBA players and players who can flat out ball. It's a special benefit to have the likes of Kobe, LeBron and D-Wade on the team that barely won the gold medal game last year against Spain.
Still, guys like Kobe, LeBron gave a huge commitment to the team already and they came through to bring the gold home during the last Olympic games. They also tend to play deep into June with their respective teams. Colangelo's Phoenix Suns don't really have players who can say that. These superstar players who take their teams to the conference championship and Finals need their rest. I don' t think its reasonable to expect that they carry the league and never have time to rest their bodies during the summer.
Taking the summer of 2010 off with a promise to jump back in for 2011 before the games in London a year later when it really counts is probably a smart thing.
I'm afraid though that some executives don't look at it like that. They want to drain the brothers of all they have as if they are machines.
Reminds of of the book 40 Million Dollar Slaves.
Tagged Dwayne Wade, Jerry Colangelo, LeBron James
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As you already know, the 2016 Olympic games are well under way, and we can't seem to get enough. With Team USA taking the lead in the medal count, you'd better believe we're all about the red, white and blue. Obviously, these amazing athletes have inspired us all in more ways than one. Whether they're spending countless days (read: years) training in the pool or conquering the balance beam (we see you, Simone Biles), each athlete has sacrificed everything in order to go for gold. We couldn't help but wonder how (under all that pressure, no less) each athlete is able to protect and restore their skin and hair after years of harsh conditions. Here are nine champion-tested beauty products you need in your gym bag ASAP.
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2. ama la Soothing Moisture Cream ($72): If you're a weightlifter, you know it's tough to keep your hands smooth and callus-free. That's where this soothing moisture cream comes in. Olympic athletes like Jenny Arthur use this product to comfort and restore rough hands after a long day of training. Made with desert fig, Napal leaf and organic argan seed, it will help reduce inflammation and protect skin from redness.
3. SweetSpot Labs Grapefruit Verbena On-the-go Wipes ($13): Fencing is the sport to watch this Olympic games, and we seriously can't keep our eyes off of Ibtihaj Muhammad. But after a fierce match, their uniforms can get a little… um, sweaty. Cue these grapefruit wipes. They're small enough to fit in any bag and are made with 98% natural ingredients. Plus, they're specifically designed for women, with an infusion of antioxidants to help keep us pH balanced and feeling so fresh and so clean.
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When bad things happen, many people will wonder why God is putting them through it. In my study this morning I found myself drawn to Psalm 72:18 which reminds us that God only does wondrous things.
So why do some suffer and others don't? I think each of us has struggles in our lives that we don't understand, appreciate, or feel we deserve. The truth is that we go through things because of our own choices, natural laws, or spiritual laws and not because God is toughening us up for some future job.
There is only one out there bent on taking us down a notch or just out of the fight altogether. Satan is the one who came to kill, steal, and destroy. God IS love and it is in this love that HE does wondrous and miraculous things to get us over and beyond when the enemy does attack.
Thought for the Day: God is the embodiment of all that love is and should be.
Lord, you are love. In your love you desire that I walk a blessed life. Help me find the path that you desire for me and help me find the strength and courage to stay on it.


In the previous major version 2.x it was necessary to set the MultipleQueriesPerSession directive in the "appSettings" section of 'web.config' file instructs to start building a new query each time web browser opens the page.
This method is no longer valid in the version 3.x.
PS: Turning this property to true in the 2.x version, you should change the way you get instance of the current QueryBuilder object in AJAX requests.
You must pass the session id from the client (property httpContext.Request["sessionId"]) to the server manually when performing AJAX requests. Having the session id you can get the right instance of the QueryBuilder using the SessionStore.GetCurrent(string sessionId) method.


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'use strict';

// Setting up route
angular.module('persona').config(['$stateProvider', '$urlRouterProvider',
    function ($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {

        var moduleName = 'rrhh';

        // Check if user has role
        var checkUserRole = function (role, $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {

            // Initialize a new promise
            var deferred = $q.defer();

            // Authenticated
            if (Auth.authz.hasResourceRole(role, moduleName)) {
                $timeout(deferred.resolve);
            }

            // Not Authenticated
            else {
                $timeout(deferred.reject);
                //$location.url('/auth/login');
                alert('No tiene los permisos para poder acceder a esta pagina');
            }

            return deferred.promise;
        };

        $urlRouterProvider.when('/rrhh/app', '/rrhh/app/organizacion/sucursales');

        $urlRouterProvider.when('/rrhh/app/organizacion/sucursales', '/rrhh/app/organizacion/sucursales/buscar');

        $urlRouterProvider.when('/rrhh/app/organizacion/sucursales/editar/:sucursal', '/rrhh/app/organizacion/sucursales/editar/:sucursal/resumen');
        $urlRouterProvider.when('/rrhh/app/organizacion/sucursales/editar/:sucursal/agencias', '/rrhh/app/organizacion/sucursales/editar/:sucursal/agencias/buscar');

        $urlRouterProvider.when('/rrhh/app/rrhh/trabajadores', '/rrhh/app/rrhh/trabajadores/buscar');

        $urlRouterProvider.when('/rrhh/app/rrhh/trabajadores/editar/:trabajador', '/rrhh/app/rrhh/trabajadores/editar/:trabajador/resumen');

        $stateProvider
            .state('rrhh', {
                abstract: true,
                url: '/rrhh',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/_body.html',
                controller: 'RrhhController'
            })
            .state('rrhh.home', {
                url: '/home',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/index.html',
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Index'
                }
            })

            .state('rrhh.app', {
                url: '/app',
                template: '

',
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    skip: true // Never display this state in breadcrumb.
                }
            })

            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion', {
                url: '/organizacion',
                template: '<ui-view></ui-view>',
                abstract: true
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.rrhh', {
                url: '/rrhh',
                template: '<ui-view></ui-view>',
                abstract: true
            })

            //sucursales
            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal', {
                url: '/sucursales',
                template: '

',
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    skip: true // Never display this state in breadcrumb.
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.buscar', {
                url: '/buscar',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/sucursal/form-buscar-sucursal.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Sucursal.BuscarSucursalController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-sucursales', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Home'
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.crear', {
                url: '/crear',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/sucursal/form-crear-sucursal.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Sucursal.CrearSucursalController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-sucursales', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Crear sucursal',
                    parent: 'rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.buscar'
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.editar', {
                url: '/editar/:sucursal',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/sucursal/form-editar-sucursal.html',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-sucursales', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    },
                    sucursal: function ($state, $stateParams, SGSucursal) {
                        return SGSucursal.$find($stateParams.sucursal);
                    }
                },
                controller: 'Rrhh.Sucursal.EditarSucursalController',
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Editar sucursal',
                    parent: 'rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.buscar'
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.editar.resumen', {
                url: '/resumen',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/sucursal/form-editar-sucursal-resumen.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Sucursal.EditarSucursal.ResumenController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-sucursales', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    skip: true // Never display this state in breadcrumb.
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.editar.datosPrincipales', {
                url: '/datosPrincipales',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/sucursal/form-editar-sucursal-datosPrincipales.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Sucursal.EditarSucursal.DatosPrincipalesController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-sucursales', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Datos principales'
                }
            })

            //Agencias
            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.editar.agencia', {
                url: '/agencias',
                template: '<ui-view></ui-view>',
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    skip: true // Never display this state in breadcrumb.
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.editar.agencia.buscar', {
                url: '/buscar',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/sucursal/agencia/form-buscar-agencia.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Sucursal.Agencia.BuscarAgenciaController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-sucursales', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Agencias'
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.editar.agencia.crear', {
                url: '/crear',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/sucursal/agencia/form-crear-agencia.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Sucursal.Agencia.CrearAgenciaController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-sucursales', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Crear agencia',
                    parent: 'rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.editar.agencia.buscar'
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.editar.agencia.editar', {
                url: '/editar/:agencia',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/sucursal/agencia/form-editar-agencia-datosPrincipales.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Sucursal.Agencia.EditarAgenciaController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-sucursales', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    },
                    agencia: function ($state, $stateParams, sucursal, SGSucursal) {
                        return sucursal.SGAgencia().$find($stateParams.agencia);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Editar agencia',
                    parent: 'rrhh.app.organizacion.sucursal.editar.agencia.buscar'
                }
            })

            //Trabajadores
            .state('rrhh.app.rrhh.trabajador', {
                url: '/trabajadores',
                template: '

',
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    skip: true // Never display this state in breadcrumb.
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.rrhh.trabajador.buscar', {
                url: '/buscar',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/trabajador/form-buscar-trabajador.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Trabajador.BuscarTrabajadorController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-trabajadores', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Home'
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.rrhh.trabajador.crear', {
                url: '/crear',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/trabajador/form-crear-trabajador.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Trabajador.CrearTrabajadorController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-trabajadores', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Crear trabajador',
                    parent: 'rrhh.app.rrhh.trabajador.buscar'
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.rrhh.trabajador.editar', {
                url: '/editar/:trabajador',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/trabajador/form-editar-trabajador.html',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-trabajadores', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    },
                    trabajador: function ($state, $stateParams, SGTrabajador, $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        if (Auth.authz.hasResourceRole('administrar-trabajadores', moduleName)) {
                            return SGTrabajador.$find($stateParams.trabajador);
                        } else if (Auth.authz.hasResourceRole('administrar-trabajadores-agencia', moduleName)) {
                            var deferred = $q.defer();
                            SGTrabajador.$find($stateParams.trabajador).then(function (response) {
                                if (Auth.sistcoop.agencia === response.agencia.denominacion && Auth.sistcoop.sucursal === response.agencia.sucursal.denominacion) {
                                    $timeout(deferred.resolve(response));
                                } else {
                                    $timeout(deferred.reject);
                                }
                            });
                            return deferred.promise;
                        }
                    }
                },
                controller: 'Rrhh.Trabajador.EditarTrabajadorController',
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Editar trabajador',
                    parent: 'rrhh.app.rrhh.trabajador.buscar'
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.rrhh.trabajador.editar.resumen', {
                url: '/resumen',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/trabajador/form-editar-trabajador-resumen.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Trabajador.EditarTrabajador.ResumenController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-trabajadores', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Resumen'
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.rrhh.trabajador.editar.datosPrincipales', {
                url: '/datosPrincipales',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/trabajador/form-editar-trabajador-datosPrincipales.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Trabajador.EditarTrabajador.DatosPrincipalesController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-trabajadores', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Datos principales'
                }
            })
            .state('rrhh.app.rrhh.trabajador.editar.accesoSistema', {
                url: '/accesoSistema',
                templateUrl: 'modules/rrhh/client/views/trabajador/form-editar-trabajador-accesoSistema.html',
                controller: 'Rrhh.Trabajador.EditarTrabajador.AccesoSistemaController',
                resolve: {
                    loggedin: function ($q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth) {
                        return checkUserRole('ver-trabajadores', $q, $timeout, $http, $location, Auth);
                    }
                },
                ncyBreadcrumb: {
                    label: 'Acceso al sistema'
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            });
    }
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Providing Excellent Hunting & Companion Labs for Over 21 years!
We also provide stud service to approved females. We have different males to choose from. Check out the "Male Labs" page to see information on the males and their stud fees.
Check out the "Adults for Sale" page to see who is looking for a new home. From time to time, we may have adults that are looking for new homes as well. Please read our visitation and deposits policies on the "Puppies for Sale" page to find out when pups can been seen by the public.
We do accept non-refundable deposits to place pups on hold prior to them being old enough to go to their new homes. We also accept deposits on upcoming litters. We now accept credit cards through email/paypal (must add 4% for service fees).
All pups are sold on limited registration unless agreed upon with breeder. Full registration allows an owner to breed and register pups produced by the parent to be registered with AKC as well. Generally, FULL AKC Registration can be purchased for an additional $700 (depending on the litter).
All of our pups' parents are on site for you to see in advance. When you come to look for a new addition to your family, you can meet the parents of the pups in person. We do allow visitors by appointment, we schedule visits between 10:00 am and 2:00 or after 5:30 pm. You may contact us via email dutchacres@yahoo.com or by calling Scott at 608-697-0295.


Breville Classique Easy Clean Sandwich Toaster also included is two sandwich cages limited marmite edition but as you can se from the photos the marmite wording is coming off. collection only from chelsea sw3.
Nice neat sandwich maker, two different plate settings.. Here for sale is a Hinari Lifestyle Toasted . It is in mint condition and it comes with its original box. Will start at 3. The pictures I have taken do not do it justice.
Cooks Professional G1132 2-Slice Sandwich coulour white brand new still in box want rid a,s,a,p #0. immaculately clean but has some small heat marks on the housing.
make hot toasted breville 2 slice sandwich toaster, unused but model is a few years old. two different plate settings..
Salter ek2143 deep fill 3-in-1 snack maker with. For sale a breville sandwich toaster in very good clean condition, hardly used. approx 2 years old, in good condition, some scratches but cools well.
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Ideal for heating up pizzas, this grill / sandwich maker is in very good condition having only been used once or twice. two dualit toaster sandwich cages for classic dualit toaster.
Tower t27013 deep fill sandwich maker, easy clean,. Also included is two sandwich cages limited marmite edition but as you can se from the photos the marmite wording is coming off. "Defective items must be reported and returned to us within the warranty period and in the original packaging, if possible"
Cookworks Sandwich Toaster Black and silver with it has removal plates which are ideal for cleaning. for sale a breville sandwich toaster in very good clean condition, hardly used.
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Breville 'Classique' black / chrome toaster in ridge monkey xl sandwich toaster utensil set plus standard sandwich toasters. Really good condition. sandwich toaster . Collection only from London please. Thanks for looking!


2Faced Dance Company today announces The BENCH Women of Colour Commission with Alleyne Dance creating an outdoor touring work, while acclaimed Chinese choreographer, Xie Xin, will work with the company to create part of a new triple-bill.
9am- 10.30am Alleyne Dance will lead classes offering professional dancers an opportunity to maintain their skills and abilities, network with other professionals and even maybe find new projects to work on.
Alleyne Dance Full Production; The Other Side of Me, showing both Pieces 'Testimonies' and ' A Night's Game'. A certain raiser will also be presented this evening.
Alleyne Dance will deliver dance workshops to young dancers aged 11-19 as part of U.Dance South West delivered in partnership with Pavilion Dance SW.


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Sri Venkatalakshmi Spinners (P) Ltd. (SVS) was established in 1981 at Udumalpet, a textile town around 70 km. from Coimbatore. The company now focuses primarily on spinning Polyester/Cotton/Viscose(P/C/V) counts using RING AND VORTEX SPINNING technologies. We were one of the first entrants in the P/C segment in the south and are also a leading mill with a good brand name in this segment. At present we are spinning 45s to 60s fine and 2/80s to 2/100s superfine counts for apparel applications (combed and carded) in our ring spinning project. Most of our production is marketed in Bombay, Ichalkaranji and Ahmedabad. Our niche is in developing specialty applications in the P/C/V segments. The company has a total installed capacity of around 13,000 ring spinning spindles capable of producing fine quality P/C blended yarns for various segments and is expanding with 11 new Vortex Spinning Machines. Modern state of the art machineries are being installed in the mill through its continuous modernization programs to meet the stringent market requirements. The core strength of the mill is its excellent and well trained employee teams working in a systematic and a scientific manner in solving the problems. We are continuously striving to develop systems for all our activities. SVS is a customer centric company striving to achieve a 100% customer satisfaction in all aspects. Our teams adhere to a strict quality and customer satisfaction policy. We are among one of the few mills that are repeating high productivities at high quality levels every year. To be a successful company in terms of cost we have our own captive power generation through generators and a wind mill. We have just completed a new state-of-art vortex air-jet spinning plant for producing value added functional yarns for specialty applications like quick moisture absorbency, quick drying properties, low hairiness, low pilling and high wash fastness-resistance. This particular yarn provides proven cost savings in terms of materials in sizing, weaving, processing and dyeing. The yarn quality levels in terms of Count CV (less than 1), IPI Values, Hairiness, Classimat , Dye Pick-up and C olor Strength values are exceptional . We strongly believe that the yarn will be of a real value proposition for all the down stream processors in the supply chain. We can supply both single and doubled yarn packages from count ranges Ne16s to Ne2/80s with any single or blended P/C/V raw materials and other specialty fibers. We are backed up by our machinery partners Murata Machinery Limited for spinning and also Trutzchler for all our preparatory machineries. Our new Vortex spinning plant is equipped with all online quality monitoring computers to identify and control quality during the spinning and drawing process itself. This results in a near to perfect quality yarn.


MOJAVE, California, July 21, 2011 (ENS) – For more than a decade, American aerospace engineer Burt Rutan dreamed of building a flying car. Now, the company he founded has built a prototype of his dream.
The company, Scaled Composites, has developed a hybrid gasoline-electric roadable aircraft as part of an internal research and development program.
The Model 367 or BIPOD, was Rutan's final design before his retirement in April after a distinguished career. During initial conceptual design studies, Scaled Composites found that many of their propulsion system characteristics were "well aligned with the drivetrain needs of a roadable vehicle" and expanded the research program to include a "flying car" airframe, the company said in a statement Monday announcing the new vehicle.
"The vehicle performed well during initial ground and flight testing. The low center of gravity and wide track resulted in a stable, controllable road configuration both on the skid pad and at freeway speeds. Initial flight tests indicate that the vehicle is stable and controllable," the company said.
With the impending deadline of Rutan's retirement, Scaled Composites pursued an aggressive schedule and achieved first flight of the BIPOD vehicle within four months of beginning preliminary design.
The entirely new design will operate as a high-performance airplane with short take-off and landing capabilities, a 200 mph maximum speed, and 700 mile range or as a road commuter vehicle capable of freeway speeds, urban driving, and garage storage.
Rutan and his team specified a configuration that was safe for ground operations, yet still efficient at high flight speeds.
Accordingly, BIPOD's twin fuselage configuration provides a low-drag enclosure for a four-wheeled chassis with two cockpits. It provides a protected storage location for the wings and tail surfaces while the vehicle is on the road.
Two internal combustion engines, one per fuselage, provide power to the rear wheels and to propellers located on the horizontal stabilizer. Lithium batteries in the nose provide additional energy for take-off and in the case of an engine emergency.
The vehicle's center of gravity is positioned for ground operation stability, while aircraft rotation is enabled by direct blowing of the horizontal stabilizer and by applying power to the rear wheels.
The use of electric power transmission decouples engine location from propeller location without the need for mechanical shafts and gearboxes, enabling BIPOD's unique geometry, said Scaled Composites.
Despite "inherent inefficiencies associated with energy conversion steps," Scaled Composites believes "hybrid systems may offer advantages for specific mission requirements, such as distributed propulsion, multi-mode operation, or energy recovery." The use of carbon fuels provides better energy density and a lower gross take-off weight for the same range when compared to electric-only vehicles, the company said.
Scaled Composites is continuing to test and develop the BIPOD configuration and hybrid propulsion system, with the goal of using similar systems on future unique aircraft configurations.
Rutan founded Scaled Composites in 1982 in the small desert town of Mojave to design research aircraft for the government and commercial customers. Now, five of the airplanes he designed there hang in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, including the Voyager, which in 1986 became the first plane to fly around the world without refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which in 2004 became the first private rocket plane to launch a man into space.
The next advance in U.S. military transportation could be "vertical take-off and landing, road-worthy vehicles," or, in civilian language, flying military cars.
With its new Transformer, or TX vehicle, program, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) seeks to combine the advantages of ground vehicles and helicopters into a single vehicle, maximizing flexibility of movement.
DARPA says the enhanced mobility of the TX vehicle would increase survivability by making movements less predictable and would make the vehicle suitable for a wide variety of missions, such as scouting, resupply and medical evacuation.
As envisioned by DARPA, each vehicle would carry a four-person "payload" up to 250 miles on a single tank of fuel. The vehicles and would be able to safely travel on roads and be operated by a typical soldier.
"The TX is all about flexibility of movement and key to that concept is the idea that the vehicle could be operated by a soldier without pilot training," said Sanjiv Singh, a professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh, which has a contract worth nearly $1 million to develop an autonomous flight system for the Transformer program.
The TX concept would provide options to counter threats while avoiding road obstructions.
Technical areas being explored include: a hybrid electric drive ducted fan propulsion system, ring motors, energy storage methods such as batteries and ultra capacitors, morphing vehicle bodies, and advanced flight controls and flight management systems.
Singh applied expertise in robotic perception and planning to demonstrate a fully autonomous helicopter flying between wires, trees and buildings in DARPA's Organic Air Vehicle II (OAV2) program.
Working with Piasecki Aircraft earlier this year, Singh demonstrated that a full-size helicopter could avoid low altitude obstacles, select a landing site and land without human input.
Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute is one of six contractors DARPA has chosen for the TX program to work towards development of the flying military vehicle. The focus of the Carnegie Mellon research is situational awareness, collision avoidance and intuitive control.
Honeywell Laboratories, which worked with Carnegie Mellon in the OAV2 program, is a subcontractor to Carnegie Mellon and will work on the human factors issues associated with the program.
AAI Corp. and Lockheed Martin Co. were selected by DARPA to develop overall design concepts for the vehicle during the first phase of the TX program.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne signed a million dollar contract with DARPA to develop the engine technology. The engine of choice is the EnduroCORE, a durable, lightweight, high-performance diesel engine. The company says the fuel consumption of the full-compression, full-expansion, diesel-cycle engine, is comparable to that of diesel piston engines.
The transportation needs of today's deployed fighter are now met by either a helicopter or highly mobile multipurpose wheeled vehicles, Humvees. Both modes of transportation have limited availability.
With a flying military vehicle, transportation will no longer be restricted to trafficable terrain that makes movement predictable and easy to track.
The goal of TX technology is to enhance capabilities for resupply operations, fire-team insertion and extraction, and medical evacuation – reducing timelines and increasing the probability of survival.


The Vatican (Tuesday, October 16, 2018, Gaudium Press) Dr Paolo Ruffini, Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Communications, began the daily press briefing saying that the work on the second part of the Instrumentum Laboris was complete.
He said that the Church does extraordinary work and tries to create opportunities to help young people turn back. He urged that the Synod not forget the cruel reality of drugs. He said that drug dealers bring death and that it is hard to find a family that doesn't face this problem. There is a massacre in the suburbs of the larger cities in Brazil every weekend that cries out for justice, the Archbishop said.
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, used the image of a "manual" to describe the work of the Synod. The Synod is like a gathering in which young people, with the bishops, are composing manuals for life. He said that as young people write the manual they are guided by values like those from Catholic Social Teaching. These principles, he said, will help give them a basic orientation for their lives.
Content published in en.gaudiumpress.org, in the link http://en.gaudiumpress.org/content/98684-Synod-of-Bishops--Drugs-and-persecution---the-forgotten-issues. All our articles can be used, provided that the source is named.


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He's a strange-walking Plok with a heart full of napalm
July 29, 2014 April 5, 2022 ~ Burkey Gaming
Plok (1994)
Genetics struck my birth and development without mercy, my friends. Obviously I was blessed with a few positive features to give myself some chance of passing on my cursed genes to the next generation and fulfilling my one purpose on this doomed carbon rock we call Earth. Namely, a beautifully chiselled face, a model's poise, wonderfully shaped feet and so on. The usual pluspoints possessed by any man who has any hope.
But there had to be compromises somewhere, and so it was that I was stricken with the inability to walk. I don't mean I'm an invalid or anything like that. Well, I actually can't do what most human beings would term "walking". I can move my legs at awkward angles and sort of lamely shuffle almost horizontally from A to B, but that doesn't exactly qualify me for the catwalk (a shame, given the model-like poise I lied to you about earlier).
So you can imagine my delight when I finally learned about a protagonist in gaming who suffers from the same walking infirmity as myself. And not only that, but he shares more than one other of my "lovable" traits as well. Meet Plok, an odd sort of animated pile of clothes glued on to a gelatinous creature.
Plok is an angry island dweller in fair Akryllic where we lay our scene. And what is immediately apparent about Plok is that he's funnily coloured, like me, and he dresses staggeringly poorly, like me. His dress sense is so bad that he can scarcely wait to throw his boots and gloves off – quite literally, for throwing his own limbs at the enemy is Plok's primary method of attack, pre-empting that goon Rayman by a number of years.
We've already spoken about my own tragic inability to walk, but to actually see my telltale gait immortalised on the big screen by a bona fide gaming hero was a special moment for me. On my first time playing this colourful side-scrolling platforming game, after I'd finished gushing and calmed down, I thought "Well, if this mildly disabled wide-eyed pile of clothes with detachable limbs wasn't meant to be my gaming idol, then I might as well give it up now".
You talk about "relating" to characters in works of fiction, something which I could never do. Which luckless gaming character out there was modelled with me in mind? Final Fantasy VIII's Squall almost got there for me, especially when he was at his most arseiest, but I was still happy that there were clear differences between us (not the least of which being the San Andreas fault running down his grill). But Plok? If only he (or even his grandpappy) were real. We'd be inseparable, unstoppable. In fact, I already regard Plok as a great friend of mine because we have so much in common.
Next on the list of traits we share, it has to be said that Plok is a most angry young… blob, just like me. The game starts with his grandpappy's heirloom, some tatty flag, being stolen. This infuriates Plokzy (we have nicknames for each other because we're bros, yeah?) so much that he travels to the next island over to get it back. After many red herrings, each of which winds Plok up even more than the last, he's left pumping his fists and looking permanently angry.
And I love that, I love that a gaming character could sell anger so easily. Plok's been diddled again! He even looks incandescent on the game's boxart and cartridge label, which is just beautiful. You'd think he'd look all happy and cute and cuddly on the cover, wouldn't you? To appeal to all ages and that? That's what that harlot of a plumber does, after all.
But not Plokzy – he looks as furious on the cover as you will be playing this game. I say this because, unfortunately, the difficulty in this mother is just about unassailable. Now, speaking as a bottom-feeder in gaming, for me to say that you'll be furious playing this game because of how hard it is, well, that must be terribly insulting for you.
It's like, you're the main man like Sonic, and I'm some egghead like Tails trying to snipe at you. Well, put it this way: there's two difficulty levels in the game – Normal and Easy. Except the Easy mode isn't even called that. It's called Child's Play. That sort of sums up how this game likes to treat you, which is fine by me – I'm always on for some masochism.
But then this is one of those games where playing on Easy Mode doesn't even finish the game. By all accounts, you skip most of the bosses, some of the tougher levels, and just before you get to the final few levels, a rotten, patronising screen pops up and tells you to man/woman up and play on a real difficulty setting. Alright, you'll know the next time, won't you?
So you play on Normal mode, and you're out of your depth terrifyingly quickly. The enemies now move faster, take more hits I'm sure, you get spat on by rocks and lumberjacks throw lots of logs on you from on high. You've got more and more levels to take care of, tough bosses to throw arms, legs and the kitchen sink at, and Plok can't take an awful lot of hits before he lets out an echoing squeal and you lose another life.
And you know what happens when you lose your terribly limited stock of lives? Well, if you've picked up a continue (forgive me, a Plokontinue), you have a sort of one-time save state to continue from, which is obviously an awful lot of help if you got your last Plokontinue a few stages back – enjoy battling through them again.
Alright, so the difficulty is high, but why would that stop you? But then, the flaw of the game sadly becomes prevalent – you can't save your progress, and there isn't even a password feature to record your progress through the games dozens of levels. Better than that, aside from those Plokontinues, losing all your lives means you must start the entire game again, and not mess up so badly this time, moron. I like a challenge, but what are we, dunderheads? You'd definitely have to doff your hat to anyone who can legitimately beat this effort.
It's a pity, because this game really does have very positive points. What's usually recognised as the strongest aspect of the game is its banger of a soundtrack, a real prog-rock inspired effort with elements of ambience too. I have to say, it's the wrong attitude to take, but even a rank average game can be indulged quite a lot if it happens to have an immense soundtrack – like suffering a gorgeous woman even despite her toxic personality. Plok's soundtrack continues to impress – it gets a lot out of the SNES. Perhaps the lads who composed it were also charged with creating a save system, but were too shagged out after their musical efforts to get around to doing it?
I must warn you, the game really does look for all the world like the most generic, cutesy, Mario copycat of a platformer in existence. You know the ones, the typical 'collect 100 trinkets for an extra life, three hits and you're dead, easy as pie, colourful graphical nonsense' efforts. In that right, this game looks so offensive that you'd almost be turned off right away; gaming sauerkraut.
But when you play the game, you'll quickly discover that it may indeed look generic, but it's far too tough for a scrub like you, and there's a nice unique selling point in the way Plok's limbs are used for puzzles. As you start making headway through the game though, and you have to track down all the fleas and vanquish them, the game does become hard work – especially when you have to occasionally sacrifice limbs to coat hangers in order to progress, and it becomes a bit of a headache.
Later on, you'll have to commandeer vehicles as well, particularly at the end of the game, and the less said about controlling these vehicles the better. I hate to be talking so much about this game's bad points, because it is actually quite a bit of fun, but not in large doses.
It all wouldn't be so bad, if you could save your progress somehow, even via a password system. There are ways of warping through levels, but even those can be messed up by the player. I do take great pity on the kids who had to try and get through this beast when it was initially released. But give it a go these days, now that you can arm yourself with save states and rewinds – you'll need all the assistance you can get. Once you've done that, why not take the training wheels off and try to beat this for real? If nothing else, felling the Flea Queen will be a proud achievement for any gamer.
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Do you love stuffed cabbage? Then you will love this Instant Pot Stuffed Cabbage Soup recipe. It has all of your favorite ingredients of traditional stuffed cabbage thrown together easily in the Instant Pot. The result is a big bowl of warm, tasty, comfort food.
I love little stuffed cabbage rolls. They make me think of my grandma. She would make them by scratch and serve them for dinner time to time. However, wrapping the meatballs in cabbage are a bit of work and time consuming. Luckily, this Instant Pot Stuffed Cabbage Soup recipe has all of the same tasty ingredients that make stuffed cabbage so yummy without any fuss! It is cooked in under 30 minutes and comes out PERFECT!! How great is that? You will definitely want to add this to your dinner rotation.
Making Stuffed Cabbage Soup is easy!
First brown the onions, ground beef, and breakfast sausage. You can use mild or hot depending on how spicy you like it. I prefer hot.
Close and lock lid. Turn on manual high setting for 4 minutes.
Once done, natural release for 5 minutes. Then do a fast release for any additional time.
Didn't I tell you it was easy? I have a delicious Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe also if you like this one!! It is a hit in our home as well.
Cook onion, ground beef, and breakfast sausage until fully brown. Drain grease.
Close and lock lid. Turn on manual high pressure for 4 minutes.
Natural release 5 minutes, then quick release any remaining time.
You can use hot or mild breakfast sausage based on how spicy you like your stuffed cabbage soup. I like mine hot.


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HHS also issued an amendment to the rate review final rule making clear that coverage sold to individuals or small groups through an association is subject to rate review, on or after November 1, 2011. The list below indicates whether Federal or State process will be used to review proposed insurance rate increases in each market.
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* Oregon State law exempts from rate review association plans that retain 95% or greater of their employer groups (ORS 73.734)
** Pennsylvania will have effective rate review authority for the non-association commercial small group market effective March 21, 2012 per newly enacted legislation (Act 134 (renumbered) of 2011). Until that date, CMS will review Pennsylvania non-association commercial small group products while the State will continue to review rates for all other non-association products. As for the association rates, effective March 21, 2012, Pennsylvania will begin reviewing rates for small group associations sitused in Pennsylvania along with the rates for individual associations sitused in the State that it is already reviewing. CMS will continue to review the rates for individual and small group associations that are not sitused in Pennsylvania.
*** In Vermont, non-sitused plans are exempt from filing with the State under the following circumstances (8 V.S.A. § 3368):
the master policy was lawfully issued and delivered in a State in which the insurer was authorized to do insurance business (and thus regulated by the State of issue)
(i) no more than 25 of the certificate holders are Vermont residents; or (ii) the master policy covers one or more certificate holders who reside in Vermont, are employed at a workplace located outside Vermont and have obtained insurance coverage through the workplace;
The person or entity holding the master policy exists primarily for purposes other than to procure insurance, is not a Vermont corporation or resident, and does not have its principal office in Vermont; and
The policy is not offered for sale by an agent or broker licensed in Vermont, offered by mail to a Vermont resident, or marketed in Vermont in a similar manner.
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‡Status Updates:
Following the release of August 15, 2011 Bulletin 11-06 from the Iowa Insurance Division, Iowa now has effective rate review in both the individual and small group market.
Following August 22, 2011 correspondence from the Idaho Department of Insurance confirming its intent to comply with the rate review regulation (45 CFR Part 154), Idaho now has effective rate review in both the individual and small group market.
As of November 2011, Hawaii is reviewing all rates for association plans sitused in Hawaii.
As of January 1, 2012, Alaska has rate review authority in all markets per State statute.
Effective August 1, 2012, the Idaho Department of Insurance will exercise their authority to review rates for Association Products in the Small Group Market.
Effective January 1, 2013, subsequent to new regulations authorizing the AZ Department of Insurance to collect and conduct Individual Market, including Association Product rate reviews, supported by a bulletin and other information provided by AZ, the Department of Insurance will be reviewing all Individual Market rate increase requests above the review threshold.
Effective April 1, 2013, the Wisconsin Office of the Insurance Commissioner will exercise its authority to review rates for Association Products in the Individual Market.
Effective April 1, 2013, HHS will conduct the Effective Rate Review Program in Oklahoma.
Effective April 1, 2013, HHS will conduct the Effective Rate Review Program in Texas.
As of April 30, 2013, Montana has effective rate review in all markets per State statute and will review all rate submissions made on or after April 1, 2013.
As of April 30, 2013, Virginia has effective rate review in all markets per State statute and will review all rate submissions made on or after April 1, 2013.
Effective January 1, 2014, subsequent to new regulations authorizing the AZ Department of Insurance to collect and conduct Small Group Market rate reviews, supported by a bulletin and other information provided by AZ, the Department of Insurance will be reviewing all Small Group Market rate increase requests above the review threshold.
Effective January 1, 2014, subsequent to a bulletin issued by the LA Department of Insurance, the LA Department of Insurance will exercise its authority to collect, review and make rate determinations for all single risk pool and transitional plan rate submissions.
Effective January 1, 2014, Association Plans within each issuer's single risk pool are treated by every effective rate review State as either individual or small group market filings and reviewed by every effective rate review jurisdiction as part of the risk pool and are no longer segregated and treated as separate from the individual or small group market, in accordance with the requirements of the federal market and rating rules.
Effective July 16, 2014, CMS issued letters to the territories clarifying that the new provisions of the PHS Act enacted in title I of the Affordable Care Act are appropriately governed by the definition of ''State'' set forth in that title, and therefore the rate review requirements do not apply to group and individual health insurance issuers in the territories. The definition of "State" is defined at 45 C.F.R. § 154.102.
Effective April 8, 2016, correspondence from the Alabama Department of Insurance confirmed its intent to comply with the rate review regulation (45 CFR Part 154), Alabama now has effective rate review in both the individual and small group market.
Effective March 17, 2017, CMS issued a letter to the Missouri Department of Insurance designating Missouri as a State with an Effective Rate Review Program.
[i] http://ehbs.kff.org/pdf/2010/8085.pdf
i "U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rate Review Annual Report," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, September 2014
http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2014/RateReview/rpt_RateReview.pdf
ii "U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Rate Review Annual Report," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, September 2013
http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2013/acaannualreport/ratereview_rpt.cfm
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March 18, 2020 FAQs on Catastrophic Plan Coverage and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
March 24, 2020 FAQs on Availability and Usage of Telehealth Services through Private Health Insurance Coverage in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
March 24, 2020 Payment and Grace Period Flexibilities Associated with the COVID-19 National Emergency
March 24, 2020 FAQs on Prescription Drugs and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for Issuers Offering Health Insurance Coverage in the Individual and Small Group Markets
April 11, 2020 FAQs about Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Implementation
*This document was updated on April 15, 2020, to correct an error in footnote 10 regarding the current end date of the public health emergency related to COVID 19.
April 13, 2020 Postponement of 2019 Benefit Year HHS-operated Risk Adjustment Data Validation (HHS-RADV)


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