Orion

No "beginners" area. If I were you, I would play the campaign and the coop stuff if you are really uncomfortable. That will get you used to the controls a bit. A good idea is to find a server that has a "one player start", so that you can get in there by yourself and get to know the maps a bit.

Love it. Quick tips; Do not move across the crest of hills. Making a silhouette of yourself is a good way to get popped. Spend lots of time prone when engaging targets. There's a reason they teach this in basic. Don't shoot at everything you see. That submachine gun you are holding is gonna get you killed faster than your target if you are more than 100 meters away. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. Stay mobile. Attack points. "SPOT" EVERYTHING YOU SEE.

Lollerskates.

Spiders. Jussayin.

I have to empathize with Sully. All of my grandmother and mother's things were left to me, and the decision to hold onto/get rid of them is heartwrenching. If he has decided he has to let it go, then thats what he needs to do. The best piece of advice I got regarding this stuff was (coincidentally) from "El Karacho" on here, who said "Your mother/grandmother wouldn't for one second be upset to let that go if they knew that holding onto it was causing pain for you". FWIW, my wife would LOVE that ring, and if you would be interested in any kind of jewelry trade, let me know. Actually, send me a pm even if you aren't interested.

Truth.

If you can get it from Lindsay, go there. I am on vehicle 2 purchased from them, and Acura number 3. Always had good luck with the service and sales staff. They get a five star rating from me.

I disagree. This has been done before, and better.

Sorry Mario, but teh funneh is in another castle.

Well, that is something I never thought I would read.

Thats gross, dude. Too soon. So, dude sent you shoe polish. That's fucking dirty right there.

...with a bus.

Actually, if you are in DP&L territory, AEP Retail (which is a different entity than AEP Ohio) probably CAN save you money, and wouldn't be a bad company to sign with. AEP Retail is the "Alternative Supplier" side of AEP's business. They are actually kind of a small shop in the grand scheme of things. I work with them on a daily basis and can tell you that they are very concerned about this new ESP as well, as it is going to damage a large portion of their business. This is the best analogy I can come up with. Your company makes widgets. Widgets require thingamabobs in order to work correctly. You live in an area where all the thingamabobs are produced by one company, and that company ALSO owns all the means to ship the thingamabobs to you. In fact, the government has regulated the shipping, so that you have no option to have them shipped through any other carrier. It's ok, because for years, you have paid fair prices for your thingamabobs, and everyone is happy. Then someone calls you from upstate and says, "we will sell you the exact same thingamabobs for 25% less than the company you are getting them from now, if you sign an contract with us for the next 2 years". Great deal, you think, so you sign. You pay less for your thingamabobs to the new company, but still pay the regular shipping rates to the old company. Everything is copacetic. (That is an example of shopping with an alternative supplier in the rest of Ohio) Let now pretend the company you have been purchasing from is AEP Ohio. They tell you that they are raising the rates of their thingamabobs because the material they use to make them has increased in cost. Well, you know that isn't true, because you can see that traders are selling it for less. The same guy calls you from upstate and offers you the same deal, 25% off the thingamabobs. AEP says, "Sure, you can get your thingamabobs from the other guy, but we will be forced to raise the shipping costs on them by 1500%. Sorry, shipping is expensive." Because you are required to use them for shipping, you have no choice but to make either a very poor business decision, or stay with AEP Ohio and just pay the increased rates.

Beat me to it. Admittedly, I was going to suggest that someone use the aformentioned razor on him, but him using it on himself is equally acceptable.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) last week adopted two agreements that will determine electric generation and distribution rates for AEP-Ohio customers beginning Jan. 1, 2012. Under last weeks PUCO orders, AEP will merge its Ohio operating companies and transition to a new business model where competitive bid auctions set default generation rates. “Our decisions in the AEP electric security plan case and distribution rate case move the utility and its customers in the right direction,” PUCO Chairman Todd A. Snitchler stated. “The Commission has significantly improved the customer benefits in the electric security plan. Taken together, the two agreements will provide shopping opportunities, rate stability, improved service reliability, and a clear path for customers to receive electricity from fully competitive markets as originally directed by the Ohio General Assembly.” In September 2011, AEP and 19 other parties representing a wide range of interests filed an electric security plan (ESP) agreement with the PUCO. The agreement was signed by the PUCO staff, the Ohio Manufacturers Association, the Ohio Energy Group, environmental organizations, and energy suppliers among others. The PUCO publicly vetted the agreement during 13 days of hearings at which 30 witnesses provided testimony and faced cross-examination. Under the modified ESP adopted by the Commission, AEP will merge its Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power operating companies and transition to a market-based generation rate structure over a four and a half year period between January 2012 and May 2016. AEP will sell its generation assets subject to a PUCO approved corporate separation plan. In modifying the ESP, the PUCO lowered the base generation rate increases to half of what was proposed in the agreement. While the total impact to monthly customer bills will not be known until AEP files new rate schedules consistent with today’s Commission order, customers will pay base generation rates of 2.27 cents/kilowatt hour (kWh) in 2012, 2.33 cents/kWh 2013, and 2.41 cents/kWh in 2014. These gradual increases from the current base rate of 2.1 cents/kWh allow for a smooth transition to market-based pricing in 2015. Beginning in June 2015 and through May 2016, standard generation rates will be set through a series of competitive auctions in which energy suppliers will bid for the right to provide electricity to AEP customers. Each auction will be conducted by an independent bidding manager, and the PUCO will review the process to ensure each auction was fair. Similar auctions have led to lower generation rates for customers of other Ohio electric utilities. The PUCO increased the market-based capacity set-aside levels outlined in the ESP agreement to accommodate the load of communities that approved a governmental aggregation program for customers in the November 2011 election. This modification will allow all municipalities with recently passed governmental aggregation initiatives to take advantage of supplier generation rate offers that may be lower than AEP’s rate. The Commission expanded the $10 per megawatt hour (MWh) credit offered to small business customers (GS-2 rate schedule) to the first 2,000,000 MWh of usage per calendar year. This change, when coupled with the base generation rate decrease, helps mitigate the potential rate impact to GS-2 customers by increasing the likelihood that GS-2 customers are provided with additional shopping credits. The distribution rate agreement adopted by the Commission provides Columbus Southern Power and Ohio Power with revenue increases of $8.5 million and $38.1 million respectively. AEP will apply a $46.6 million credit to offset the company’s base distribution revenue increase, resulting in zero base distribution revenue increase on residential customer bills. Residential customers will also receive additional credits totaling more than $14 million annually from January 2012 through May 2015. AEP will collect a new charge called the Distribution Asset Recovery Rider to collect the deferred cost of distribution system improvements and expenses accrued over the past decade. As a result, the total bill impact of the distribution rate agreement is an increase of approximately $2 per month for an average Columbus Southern Power residential customer using 1,000 kWh of electricity and $1 per month for an average Ohio Power customer. Under the ESP and distribution rate agreements, AEP will boost investment in energy efficiency, economic development, and customer assistance initiatives. The company will contribute $5 million annually from 2012 to 2015 to the Ohio Growth Fund for economic development, $3 million annually to the Partnership with Ohio program benefiting low-income customers, and $1 million annually to the Neighbor to Neighbor program for bill payment assistance. The company will also establish a 3-year revenue decoupling pilot program from 2012 to 2014 that encourages the implementation of additional plans to maximize energy efficiency. What this means for most small businesses, who, incidentally, were not represented by any organization throughout the hearing and deliberation process, is increased charges to the tune of anywhere from 10 to 35(!) percent. Add to that the fact that the new tariff calls for a capacity charge for customers that leave the base tariff for an alternative energy supplier that is 15 times what is has been in past years, and small business owners that had not switched before the September 2011 proposal date will be almost certainly unable to avoid the higher costs by switching to an alternative supplier. Perhaps an explanation is in order. Say you are a small church, and you use around 325,000 kWh of electricity in a year. A peak load of 145kW (a fairly normal peak for a church) would result in a total load factor of around 22%. As the tariff is currently written, you would find that your total rate would be right around 13.6 cents per kWh, including distribution. Under the new tariff, the same church would be paying upwards of 15.2 cents per kWh, an annual increase of over 12%. That would be over $300 dollars per invoice, taking your total bill from around $3,200 to just under $3,600 per month. For many small organizations, this is a huge deal. Let’s say that, as a church, you decided that the costs were simply too great and begin searching for an alternative supplier to fill your needs. You are able to secure a contract with an energy cost of 6 cents per kWh for your generation and transmission components (distribution, the third component, is regulated and therefore will ALWAYS be supplied by your local utility). Given that you would currently be spending 8.5 cents for the same two components, that seems like a great deal, right? Well, it would be, except that the new tariff specifies that anyone who obtains an alternative energy source for the next 3 years will pay a capacity charge that is fifteen times what the users who stay on tariff will pay. That would raise the total price to over 19 cents per kWh, effectively forcing you to stay on tariff and pay AEP their higher rates. Well, some might think, that sucks, but energy costs are crazy right now, right? No. Here is the day ahead pricing curve for Natural Gas since just before 2008. It bears stating that Natural Gas, for many traders, is the commodity price most closely tied to electricity prices. For much of the time, those two move in lockstep with one another. http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h23/lhiannonshee/Capture-10.png Right now, Natural Gas is close to an all-time low in costs. If Governor Kasich is able to convince the voting public that horizontal fracturing is a good idea, you can expect those prices to come down even more. Almost any way you slice it, this is a bad deal for the majority of Ohio consumers inside of AEP territory.

Sorry Howard. None of these dudes hold a candle to your skills. Please forgive me? Two possible explanations for that; (1) the list was compiled in the mid 90's; (2) You are correct. I vote (2).

Indeed. Although, I would have to add that the dude from Dragonforce is badass, and Yngwie doesn't get nearly enough props either. But that list is pretty exhaustive as far as I'm concerned.

Maybe not the best, but one of the most prophetic, for sure...Check it. (1) A single, devastating act of terrorism causes human society to declare war on an entire abstract concept. (2) The first assault by the forces of humanity result in a complete screwing of the pooch, due to the bugs being better equipped, more numerous, and better prepared than the "good guys" thought they were. For similarities, see "Operation Anaconda". (3) After the rude awakening of the first assault, the humans take on an approach of "Fleet glasses the planet, Infantry mops up". Anyone ever heard the phrase "Shock and Awe"? (4) The humans are shown torturing, killing, and just overall disreagarding the lives of their Bug prisoners. Interestingly, have a look at any of the footage from the Abu Ghraib scandal. (5) The heavy handed propoganda in the film was borderline hilarious and terrifying. Turns out, Fox may be "fair and balanced", but Charlie Daniels sure ain't, nor is Tobey Keith. (This ain't no rag it's a flag, Courtesy of the red, white, and blue) (6) The end of the movie has nothing to do with winning, or even peace. Essentially Doogie tells us that "now we will be able to understand the bad guys, and now we have reached the turning point of the war". In real life, we got this.. http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/9/5/7/66957_v1.jpg Ah.

01 - Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven 02 - Van Halen - Eruption 03 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird 04 - Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb 05 - Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower 06 - Guns N' Roses - November Rain 07 - Metallica - One 08 - Eagles - Hotel California 09 - Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train 10 - Cream - Crossroads 11 - Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile 12 - Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 13 - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood 14 - Derek And The Dominos - Layla 15 - Pantera - Floods 16 - Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker 17 - Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover 18 - Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing 19 - Deep Purple - Highway Star 20 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 21 - Pink Floyd - Time 22 - Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 23 - Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade 24 - Metallica - Fade To Black 25 - Jethro Tull - Aqualung 26 - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 27 - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy 28 - Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Crowley 29 - Steve Vai - For The Love Of God 30 - Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien 31 - Ted Nugent - Stranglehold 32 - Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun 33 - BB King - The Thrill Is Gone 34 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android 35 - Pantera- Cemetary Gates 36 - Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star 37 - Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine 38 - Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love 39 - Neil Young - Cortez The Killer 40 - Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years 41 - Queen - Brighton Rock 42 – The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps 43 - ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man 44 - Pearl Jam - Alive 45 - The Doors - Light My Fire 46 - Van Halen - Hot For Teacher 47 - The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica 48 - The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil 49 - Santana - Europa 50 - Kiss - Shock Me 51 - Metallica - Master Of Puppets 52 - Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner 53 - Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You 54 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Geek USA 55 - Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie 56 - Black Sabbath - War Pigs 57 - Pantera - Walk 58 - Eric Clapton - Cocaine 59 - The Kinks - You Really Got Me 60 - Frank Zappa - Black Napkins [/thread]

OK, dad is out. Sorry dude. GLWS.

Interested. My dad has been looking for a smartphone for a minute. Trying to reach him to porpose this to him now.

I think that's the same thing I heard OJ say about Ron and Nicole's killer. He's still looking for them now, actually, in prison. That really is an example you might try and learn something from.

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Ok.

True story, my dad smoked a bowl with him. My grandmother was dating one of the other pitchers for the Pirates that year, and her, my mom, and my dad went to damn near all the games that season. Dad tells me they were over at grandma's beaus house, and in walks Doc with like a pound of the good shit. He sits down on the couch, packs a bowl and just lights that shit up and hands it to dad. It's great to hear him tell the stories of that team.