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Does anyone know which relay operates the rear wiper?
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Rear wiper relay?
Started by Guest_jclay_* , Aug 25 2004 06:20 PM
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#1 Guest_jclay_*
Posted 25 August 2004 - 06:20 PM
Posted 25 August 2004 - 07:45 PM
Why, the rear wiper relay, of course.
Seriously though, a little more information would be helpful. What car? On our outback most relays and fuses are pretty well labelled.
Seriously though, a little more information would be helpful. What car? On our outback most relays and fuses are pretty well labelled.
Posted 25 August 2004 - 11:23 PM
On Impreza wagons, it's mounted near the right tail light. Open the trim cover and see if it's there.
Tell me about it!
Don't you hate when people answer your rhetorical questions?
#4 Guest_jclay_*
Posted 26 August 2004 - 11:27 AM
Duh!!, its a 94 legacy wagon, the relay box is under the hood, and very helpfully labled in japanesse...although some of the fuses/relays have english translations, not all do.
thanks again!
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MURRAY, Ky. -- The Golden Eagles came up short in their third straight extra-inning contest, dropping game one of Friday's double-header to the Racers of Murray State, 6-5, as well as in the 8-7 nightcap.
Both teams displayed late game rallies in game one, starting with Tech's in the top of the ninth to tie the game at three-all after being down for the first eight innings. Murray put up two runs quickly in the first, one as Zach Noonan was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and one on an RBI sacrifice fly by Paul Ritzheimer.
Murray kept the score at 2-0 until the top of the fourth, when Casanova Donaldson doubled down the right field line and scored on a fielding error that allowed Zach Stephens to reach first to cut the lead to 2-1.
The Racers put up another run in the bottom of the eighth to stretch their lead to that of 3-1, but the Golden Eagles rallied in the top of the ninth to force the bottom half of the frame, and the eventual extra innings.
Stephens earned a one-out walk, which Evan Frazier followed with a single through the left side to move Stephens into scoring position. Devin Rivers then ripped a double into deep left center to score both runners, giving the teams three apiece.
Rivers would finish the game leading Tech at the plate with a 2-for-4, two RBI performance.
Both teams went scoreless in the 10th, and it was Tech that continued with the hot bats in the top of the 11th inning. Frankie Beech notched a base hit through the left side with one out, and moved to second on Michael Morris' groundout. Chad Hayes stepped in with a single of his own to score Beech, and moved to second on the throw home for Tevis Sherfield, who's single through the right side put Tech up 5-3.
But the home field advantage worked for the Racers in the bottom of the frame, as they worked closer Cullen Park for three runs on three hits and one error to take the final 6-5 win.
Travis Isaak kicked off the bottom half of the 11th with a single up the middle, and a throwing error allowed him to reach second as Jacob Rhodes took first. Noonan sacrificed both runners over, and Ritzheimer's single into center field scored Isaak. With Rhodes on third and Ritzheimer having advanced on the play at the plate, Cody Larson loaded the bases on a walk, and Wes Warren's single worked to send Rhodes home.
With the contest tied at five-all, Elliot Frey lifted one into left field to work as an RBI sac fly to end the game.
Ritzheimer paced the Racers on the game, going 3-for-4 at the plate with one run scored and two RBI, while four other Racers combined for the remaining four runs.
Park, now 3-3 on the season, shouldered the loss in 2.2 innings pitched, while Tyler Saltsman got the win for Murray after facing just two batters. Tech's starter Tristan Archer pitched the majority of the game for the Golden Eagles, allowing two runs on six hits and striking out five in six innings pitched. For Murray, it was Jake Donze who worked the majority of the game, matching Archer's five Ks in 8.1 innings, allowing three runs on six hits.
Game two showcased another quick start by the Racers that carried through the duration of the game, as they jumped out to a 5-0 lead within the first two innings.
Ty Stetson led off for Murray in the first with a single down the right field line, advancing to second on a bunt single by Elliot. Isaak sacrificed both runners over for Noonan, who launched a two-out, two RBI single into center field to give the Racers a 2-0 lead.
They continued their momentum in the bottom of the second frame, putting up three more runs, courtesy of a two-shot homer by Frey and another single by Noonan to build to the 5-0 lead.
Tech was able to cut the lead to three and threaten more damage in the third when they put up two runs on three consecutive hits by Hayes, Sherfield and Austin Wulf and a sacrifice fly by Donaldson. But the Golden Eagles left three ducks on the pond, and Murray continued with the momentum, putting up three more runs to Tech's one over the fourth and fifth.
The Golden Eagles faced an 8-3 deficit headed into the top of the seventh and rallied for four runs on five hits. A wild pitch turned Donaldson's would-be strikeout into a man-on situation, as he advanced to second on the play and moved to third on Ben Burgess' single up the middle. Consecutive doubles from Stephens and Frazier brought in two runs, while a sacrifice fly by Rivers worked for another run, and a single by Beech brought in the fourth run of the inning. Tech couldn't close the gap any further though, and surrendered the 8-7 victory, and Friday sweep, to the Racers.
Sherfield displayed a 3-for-4 show at the plate with one run scored, but it was six other Golden Eagles who combined for Tech's seven runs on the game. Noonan, meanwhile, led the racers with a 2-for-3, four RBI showing.
Matt Shepherd was charged with the loss after pitching two innings and surrendering three runs on seven hits, while Cameron Finch picked up his first win on the year in four innings of work. Saltsman made his second appearance of the day to pick up the save.
The two teams will meet for game three on Saturday, in another 1 p.m. contest that will serve to close conference play on the 2011 season.

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New naming rights sponsor for next February's regatta at Akarana Yacht Club
Press Release – Yachting New Zealand
Yachting New Zealand is proud to announce that New Zealand's premier Olympic and Paralympic Class regatta has a new name: Oceanbridge Sail Auckland.
Oceanbridge, a New Zealand owned and operated international shipping and freight specialist, has come on board as the naming rights sponsor for this annual regatta which will next be held from 2-5 February at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club.
"We're really excited about this new relationship" said Bill Speedy, Oceanbridge's managing director. "The regatta is evolving and international participation is on the rise. We look forward to playing our part in taking Oceanbridge Sail Auckland up to the next level."
Last year, the regatta attracted over 230 competitors from 16 countries and many of those attended the event in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.
Speedy continued. "We hope that our continued involvement can help develop the international reputation of the regatta and support sailors from outside the Auckland region and outside New Zealand to attend".
Oceanbridge has offices in Auckland, Tauranga and Christchurch, and provides a complete shipping and freight package to many New Zealand importers and exporters by land, sea or air including customs and trucking.
"Yachting New Zealand and Oceanbridge have a long standing relationship; not only in terms of logistical support for our high performance and youth sailors, but through contribution to major sailing events in NZ such as Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta". Dave Abercrombie, YNZ's Chief Executive explained.
"The purpose of Sail Auckland is to foster and promote Olympic and Paralympic class sailing in NZ." Abercrombie said. "We need people from all over New Zealand and also international participants to boost the size and depth of the fleets. This relationship with Oceanbridge will help to achieve that".
Oceanbridge Sail Auckland will be held from 2-5 February 2013 at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club. Registration is now open online the new regatta website.
Stay up to date with the event news as it happens online Oceanbridge Sail Auckland's Facebook page.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number two Adam Scott stood firm in the face of a fierce charge from Matt Kuchar to defend his home Australian Masters by two strokes on Sunday as the American's challenge crumbled over the closing holes.
Overnight leader by four strokes, U.S. Masters champion Scott had appeared poised to canter to victory on a breezy day at Royal Melbourne, but was forced to grind out the win as Kuchar roared into contention with a scintillating front nine.
After forging two strokes clear by the time he reached the 16th tee, Kuchar fell back into a share of the lead with a bogey on the tough par-four and then handed the initiative to Scott with a double-bogey six after finding sand on the last.
Playing a couple of groups behind the American, Scott was in no mood to give up the two-shot lead he suddenly inherited and was able to soak up the adulation of a massive home gallery when he tapped in a three-foot par putt on the last to seal victory.
"I guess today, sometimes you kind of win a little bit ugly," Scott told reporters after carding a scratchy even-par 71 for a 14-under total of 270 and a winner's cheque worth A$186,000 ($174,100).
"All of the good stuff I'd done in the first three rounds counted for a lot.
"Even though it wasn't the prettiest golf today... I got away with it, but I'll have to learn not to do it next time."
Former world number one Vijay Singh, joint second overnight, was quickly out of the picture after toiling early, leaving the title to be decided by a shoot-out between Scott and Kuchar.
Having played the famed sandbelt course with aplomb on the opening three days, Scott had trouble selecting the right clubs and ground his way to the turn on even-par as Kuchar soared to four-under for the day.
The 33-year-old Scott stumbled badly on the par-three 14th, his sand wedge off the tee coming up short and burying itself in a green-side bunker.
Faced with a "fried egg" lie, Scott's recovery raced off the green, leading to a double-bogey that handed Kuchar a two-stroke advantage.
"That one was completely on me because (caddy) Steve (Williams) wanted me to hit wedge but I just didn't have the feel for a wedge," Scott said.
Unbowed, Scott bounced back with a birdie on the next hole to put the heat back on Kuchar and was a model of composure as he completed the course with three straight pars.
Wearing the winner's 'gold jacket', Australia's answer to the more prestigious green one given at Augusta, Scott beamed as he pondered his second title in a week following his Australian PGA Championship win at the Gold Coast last week.
Scott has a chance to sweep all three of Australia's marquee tournaments when he lines up at the national Open in Sydney later this month, but will return to Royal Melbourne in a few days to team up with compatriot Jason Day for the World Cup starting on Thursday.
"Come back next week and see me and Jase," Scott urged fans at the trophy presentation. "We'll win the World Cup."
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I usually do my supermarket shopping online because I find that I spend less money and am more likely to stick to my budget. Like most people I buy similar things most times I shop and these items appear in my favourite list. I have noticed, however, that items have started appearing in this list which I have never brought. As I have the only nectar card in our household I know that it is not my husband making purchases and have simply put the matter down to bugs in the system. For one couple, however, a similar incident nearly caused them to split up. Lynn Newby has logged into her Tesco account to do some shopping and noticed a packet of Mates condoms in her favourites list. Knowing that she hadn't brought them she assumed they must have been purchased by her boyfriend who shared the account with her. She then accused him of having an affair but he had no idea what she was talking about. It later emerged that the error was caused by Tesco and they sent the couple £100 along with a letter of apology.
This article suggests that customers are more likely to buy something when the price ends in 99. It is based on a study where French researchers demonstrated how lowering the price of a pizza from 8.00 euros to 7.99 euros boosted sale by 15%. The team of researchers studied more than 1,200 customers in a pizzeria. The menu included five pizzas alongside other meat and fish dishes. In the first week of the experiment the pizzas were all priced at 8.00 euros. In the second week the Pizza Valencia was dropped to 7.99 euros with the others remaining at the original price and in the last week all the pizzas were reduced to 7.99 euros. When the prices were identical 35% of customers opted for the Pizza Valencia but this increased to nearly half of customers when the price was dropped. In the final stage of the test there was no difference in sales between the five pizzas. Researchers also found that the 99 effect appears to work when customers are choosing between similar items and often pay less attention to the end of the price.
A garden centre in Lancashire have spent thousands of pounds on these rather interesting designer urinals. They were designed by American artist Clark Sorensen and cost £3,250. So far they have received good feedback with the managing director of the garden centre saying "In fact, our only complaint in the first few weeks of opening was that the men couldn't get into the gents' because it was full of ladies looking at the urinals!".
Selfridges have launched a very expensive teddy bear that costs £43,000. The bear has eyes made of emeralds and diamonds, its nose is made of of 24 caret gold and its fur is entwined with gold leaf. It also comes with an ink pot filled liquid gold. The bear is part of the stores first ever toy collection and is a limited edition. If you want one it is made to order and is available from August this year. I think its quite ugly.
Sat Nav devices can be useful but only if they are used in conjunction with road signs and a little common sense. Without this they can also be a disaster. One driver who was meant to be delivering cars from Turkey to Gibraltar ended up in a lane in Skegness after his sat nav device directed him towards a nature reserve called Gibraltar point. Of course the blame cannot be put solely on the sat nav device, presumably the driver is at fault for programming completely the wrong destination into it in the first place. And just for fun, here is a map showing the distance between the two destinations.
Devon fishermen have caught a lobster which could be 100 years old. The lobster was so heavy that it broke the winch on their fishing boat. It weighs 12.9lbs and is 81cm long. The lobster has been saved from ending up on a dinner plate and will now live at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth, Devon.
If you have a bit of spare cash to spend then you might be able to afford a box of £5,000 chocolates from Harrods. The chocolates are made by the Lebanese chocolatier Patchi. The box itself is made from the finest materials, wrapped with leather and handmade silk. It contains 49 individually wrapped chocolates which sit on suede separated by gold and platinum lining. The chocolates are made from organically grown cocoa and decorated with gold and a Swarowski crystal flower or a hand made silk rose. A little too expensive for me, I'm afraid.
I came across this unusual article that shows pictures of a leopard attacking a crocodile. Apparently this sort of behaviour has never been captured on camera before. The leopard filmed in the Kruger National Park, stalked the crocodile before dragging it out of the water. Although the crocodile fought back the leopard managed to get the crocodile by the throat before suffocating it. Surprising, my money would have been on the crocodile.
I have heard of firefighters rescuing cats from trees but this story was a little more unusual. Firefighters in Northampton were called out to rescue a bird from a tree. The crow had managed to get itself tangled in the branches and was stuck. The firefighters soon pulled him free and the crow is now recovering at the Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital.
According to this article you might have a long wait for PS3 movie downloads if you live in the UK. Although the service has just been launched in North America the European market is unlikely to get it until sometime next year. Apparently the issue is that Sony needs to sort out its country specific content before they launch it in Europe. The exact dates for specific European countries will be announced later this year.
According to this article drinking two cups of tea a day can halve your risk of dementia. It is thought that chemicals in the tea called flavonoids help protect the brain although researchers do not yet know why tea protects against damage. Other studies have shown that tea can also help prevent the development of cancerous tumours and prevent against heart disease and stroke as well as strengthening teeth. All very good news, I drink lots of tea.
The transport secretary Ruth Kelly has set out plans for pay as you go lanes on motorways. Under the scheme motorists would pay around £5 a time to use the lanes which would allow them to bypass motorway jams. On some motorways widening schemes would be put in place to create an extra lane but others would make use of the existing hard shoulder. Whilst the idea is interesting I'm not entirely sure using the hard shoulder is a good idea. Personally I thought that it was kept clear to allow breakdown and rescue services to quickly reach an accident, and to give motorists somewhere to stop if in trouble. A few years back I had a problem with my car when driving in the fast lane of the motorway. My car suddenly lost all power and I had to pull across all three lanes of traffic onto the hard shoulder where the car ground to a halt. Needless to say I was shaken but very relieved that the motorway was not busy and that there was somewhere for me to stop. I wonder what would have happened if that option was not available.
Northumberland FA is introducing barriers at its junior football games after problems with over zealous parents. The barriers are designed to put a distance between the spectators and the action with the aim being to stop attacks on referees and reduce pressure on the young players. As someone whose father was the manager of a youth team for nearly ten years I don't find these measures surprisingly. Unfortunately the parents, and that's mothers as well as fathers often take the game much too seriously. I can remember several incidents where parents of opposing sides nearly came to blows and many more when they took their frustrations out of the referee. Our referees were always volunteers and after a while we ran out of people who would offer to do the job, often having to rely on one the parents themselves so that the game could go ahead. Much more common were situations were young boys ended up in tears because of abusive comments from parents who really should know better. Perhaps banning abusive parents from the games altogether might have more effect. What do you think? Have you come across bad behaviour at junior football games?
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- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup cold butter, cubed
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 3/4 cup finely chopped dried apricots
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon quick-cooking oats
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- Additional sugar
- In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients; cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. In a small bowl, beat eggs; set aside 1 tablespoon for glaze. In another bowl, combine sour cream, milk and remaining beaten eggs; add apricots. Stir into crumb mixture until the dough clings together.
- Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead 12-15 times. Divide dough in half. Pat one portion into a 7-in. circle on a greased baking sheet. Combine the brown sugar, oats and butter; sprinkle over dough. Roll out remaining dough into a 7-in. circle; place over filling.
- Brush with reserved egg; sprinkle with additional sugar. Cut into wedges but do not separate. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until scones are golden brown. Cool slightly; cut again if necessary. Serve warm. Yield: 6 scones.
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"The first time I made these, I followed the recipe exactly. They were very good, in fact my fiance loved them, and ate most of them. I decided to make a cinnamon raisin version the second time. I added a 1/2 tsp cinnamon to the dough, substituted raisins, added a dash of cinnamon to the filling, and sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on top. I also added a little more salt than the recipe called for, and they were amazing!!! I can't wait to play with the recipe some more. I think I will try apples next. Thank you so much for sharing!"
"These were very nice. I didn't do the filling and I used old fashioned oats. We really enjoyed them. Tasted great with a hot cup of tea!"
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Love the intensity!
She just has a lot of top spin and great ground strokes. I like to hit it on the fall and being 5 feet tall, I have to wait a little longer for it to fall to me, lol.
Your opponent must be one heck of a server for you to be standing that far behind the baseline, ha ha ha!
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One week in Eastern Tasmania
This is a one week itinerary for the Eastern coast of Tasmania, which is in Australia.
Tasmania differs from the Australian mainland both in terms of environment and culture. The weather is much more temperate, and in winter can plunge to freezing temperatures. The people are more laid back than mainland Australians, particularly more than those based Sydney or Melbourne.
Although not as arduous as trip in the Outback, a good map is required before starting the journey if self driving. If you rent a car, then you are likely to be able borrow a decent one.
Although not having accomodation booked in advance gives flexibility, contact numbers for the Australian Youth Hostel Association can be useful, if you are a member of either it or Hostelling International.
Get in
This itinerary is intended to start in Hobart, the state capital of Tasmania.
By air
The main Australian airlines, QANTAS, JetStar and Virgin Blue all fly directly to Hobart, flying from Sydney and Melbourne (other capital cities may be supported).
On Arrival
Cheap car hire deals can normally be found pretty easily either on the Internet (before departure) or on arrival at Hobart. It is recommended that self-drive is taken for this itinerary.
Day one - Hobart: Depending on what time you arrive in Hobart, your activities can be limited to exploring the town centre and its museums, climbing to the top of Mount Wellington that the overlooks Tasmania or exploring the sea port.
Other activities include the Cadbury's Chocolate Factory just outside Hobart and the Cascade Brewery to watch either chocolate or beer being created (with free tastings).
Day two - Launceston: Drive to Launceston, stopping off on the way at the Lake for a spot of fishing. While in Launceston, the nearby (about ten minutes drive)Cataract Gorgeoffers some spectacular views of the Tamar River.
Day three - winery tour: For those that are fond of the odd glass of wine, the Northern Eastern corner of Tasmania has a number of wineries such as the commercially renowned Bay of Fires winery, to smaller boutique vineyards such as Stoney Rise. It is recommended that an organised wine tour is used to ensure that everyone gets an equal tasting!
Day four - waterfall watching:
Day five - Bichenot and the Eastern coast:
Day six - Port Arthur penal settlement:
Day seven - Return to Hobart
Stay safe
Tasmania has few of the dangerous creatures normally associated with Australia, the temperature is too cold for them. Nevertheless, caution must be exercised on self-drive excursions that cross through the countryside, especially at night. The amount of roadkill that can be found on the roads is evidence to how easy it is to hit them. Although a wombat may look cuddly, they can do a lot of damage to the average car!
As always, the application of common sense can prevent other dangerous situations from occuring. Don't wander down deserted streets at night if you're by yourself, etc.
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British Council Culture Shift II Kenya, Feb. 15, 18-20 2013 @ Pawa254 Hub
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Are you a creative who is passionate about film, TV, video or animation and want to extend their possibilities and reach?
Are you a technologist or maker who wants to get creative with mobile, apps, embedded systems and beyond?
Come participate in a creative sprint organised by the British Council. You will work in teams to create eye-opening ideas that will expand Kenya's capability in digital film, video and animation. We are recruiting creatives and technologists to work on themes set by local creative agencies. The agencies are looking for new ideas on how to make, distribute and show these digital media, as well as to embed them in other forms. The two winning teams will be awarded a total of £5000 to develop their ideas further, and ongoing mentoring will be arranged where possible. The goal of the event is to create new working relationships and to expand the local digital media ecosystem in locally relevant ways.
What you will gain
Work on exciting new ideas and the chance to take them further. Meet new people and organisations to work with. Hear presentations and talk to experts on hand about creative practices with the latest technologies. Compete to be awarded £3000 for the winning team and £2000 for the runner-up, to be divided between the freelancers on the teams.
Where and when
Pawa 254 will host the event, which will take place on Friday 15th and Mon-Wed 18-20th February, 2013.
Who we are looking for
We are seeking creatives and technologists who are open to expanding their horizons by working together and gracefully putting technology to creative use — making new experiences of film and related media available to audiences in Kenya and beyond.
We are recruiting creative people in a relevant discipline, including film makers, animators, producers, directors and writers.
We're also interested in technologists keen to work with and learn from creatives, whether you are a programmer, a maker or a user interface designer. Or a creative technologist!
To apply
Apply without delay since space is very limited. Send a brief email outlining your background and experience and why you would make a good participant to email@example.com. Keep it no longer than about a page, and relevant to our requirements as stated in the previous section, Who We Are Looking for. We'll select only candidates who fit that description well and can tell us clearly why.
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DIXON – The insults have been coming for a while. Then the injury happened Friday night.
It wasn't a terrible injury. Better than initially expected, in fact. But the mild foot sprain gave Matt Coffey ample time to sit in the golf cart and think about all the nasty little barbs the small people will throw at the Dukes this upcoming week as they prepare for LaSalle-Peru.
If the first few weeks were any indicator, the Dukes should be able to beat the Cavaliers. From what Coffey told me earlier this week, that won't be the overriding opinion in the halls of the high school.
"You walk down the hallway at your own high school, and your student body is telling you how bad you're going to get beat on Friday night," Coffey said during a phone interview Wednesday. "Why would you want to learn in an atmosphere like that?"
Dixon's athletic department is in a tough spot. Because losers feed on struggling teams like parasites. Sure, Dixon programs like track and cross country are excellent year-in, year-out. But football runs the show, and basketball is its right-hand man. And, let's face it, the Dukes' marquee teams haven't given their fans a lot to feel good about in recent memory.
So here is my public service announcement for the haters: Get a life. Or therapy. Whatever it takes to keep you from piling on kids who are already plenty hard on themselves.
See, I'm a very happy guy. When I hear about bullying – and that's exactly what we're talking about – it touches a nerve. Here's what bullies are looking to accomplish: They want you to feel just as miserable as they do.
Isn't that just about the worst concept you've ever heard of?
The only relief I get from it is the satisfaction that negative people usually go away and stop bothering people. They get jobs they hate, associate with other miserable people and, more often than not are easy to avoid.
But if you're a high school kid who feasts on opportunities to point out others' struggles, good eggs like Coffey probably won't be able to avoid you. There's only so much space in a hallway.
The same sad situation is going on in Rock Falls, in the high school, in the community. It's viral, spreading rapidly.
"Seeing disrespect from our fans...I don't get it," senior Lucas Newburgh said Wednesday.
I brought the subject up to Dane Schielein and Quinton Douglas after Friday's loss to Geneseo, and Schielein did his best to put it perspective. A handsome devil, he just might have a future in politics.
"The past history of Dixon High School and the student body…," he paused for effect. "The fans are there, but there are so many people saying negative things. I don't think a lot of our students understand that fans are always behind the athletes, no matter what."
As for Douglas, he's got the best tactic around down pat.
"I don't pay them any attention," he said. "I know they don't do what I do, so they can't really talk."
That said, he didn't mince words…well, word…when describing the loss.
"What's the word?" he posed, staring with quiet ferocity. "Unacceptable."


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Nice try, Ray, but your post is overly apologetic for Tannenbaum even by your standards.
Under any normal circumstances, Tannenbaum would be fired this year because he committed fireable offenses this year, primarly being the needless Sanchez extension. He cant claim to be a capologist when he extends a shaky starter to an unwaaranted cap killing contract.
But we know that Woody doesnt operate under normal circumstances and we have read reports that Woody is looking to replace Tannenbaum without outright terminating him from the team. So not even Woody is arguing as you are that Tannenbaum should and will get another year.
1. Tanny Demoted, Bradway fired. New GM in.
2. Rex Retained (One Year Better Make Postseason), Sparano Fired. New O-Co/Future Head Coach in.
3. Sanchez is benched, #2 Spot.
4. Tebow is cut, McElory is cut.
5. Draft LB, WR, RB, O-Line, and of course, QB
I don't really think any of these opinions need walls of text to defens them, so I won't write any.
[ Weather Giants and Steelers dont haveto blow anything up. Those 2 orginazations have combined for i believe 10 superbowls. They have shown over time no matter what that they keep the solid base year in and year out. Comparing the mess the Jets are in is crazyQUOTE=Ray Ray19;4741148]Let me ask you, should the Giants blow it up? Should the Steelers blow it up? Don't they have many of the same cracks the Jets had this year?[/QUOTE]
The ship sunk this season when Pickchez was chosen to start after his removal in the Zona game kept the Jets season alive.
That decision alone grants Rex the opportunity to join Tannenbaum on the exit bus along with Sparano Pettine Sutton and Westhoff
Dunbar Thurman and Kotwicka are the only ones who shouldn't be on that bus
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Scott Cohen was brought in to 'help' Tannenbaum. Didn't work. He doesn't deserve any more help.
The bigger joke is the reality that moron Woody Johnson looks like he's going to play musical chairs in the FO yet again and keep Patsfan Tanny in house.
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I think this regime has turned some heads.
It's over for them.
Build a bridge and get over it.
Are we going 12-4?
You are as pedantic as anybody on here?
I see a lot of responses about how I'm "defending" the regime, I'm hardly doing that, I'm acknowledging the state of the team with their direction after this season, I'm also suggesting why this is the case, and why we should temper our dissatisfaction. I'm also suggesting they deserve a year to right the ship, why is this so hard to fathom by some?
The reason is, we have too many fans who can't think past their *******s, and the answer is always blow it up when it isn't going right, even if it is for one year.
Like I said, fans better wake up, it will NEVER get done with that mindset, and with that kind of expectation on any regime brought in.
The only thing that could keep Tanny, Wrecks, ButtFumble or Shades around is $$$ or if nobody wants their jobs (ie Cavanaugh). And yes, nobody wanting their jobs is a legit possibility depending on FO dynamics and the roster.


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FITCHBURG -- The School Committee voted unanimously in favor of allowing the Durham Center for Education, a private special-education school run by the Institute of Professional Practice Inc., to open in Fitchburg.
Officials of the school, which has been operating out of a shared office building on Narrows Road in Westminster, recently signed a 10-year lease for a larger space of their own at 270 Airport Road, according to Lou Giramma, state director of IPPI.
"The main reason for moving the school is that we're moving to a much better facility than we had in Westminster that will better allow us to serve our students, what we consider, more appropriately," he said.
The school is set to open at the new location on Dec. 3, and an open house is being planned after students and staff have some time to settle in, Giramma said.
He said IPPI also already has administrative offices in Fitchburg, as well as a day program on Electric Avenue.
Susan Sczerzenie, IPPI's director of children's services, said the school serves mostly children with developmental disabilities and those on the autism spectrum, providing them with extra assistance in communication and social skills, and helping them to overcome challenging behavior.
There is also a large school-to-work program to help prepare students between the ages of 18 and 22 for life after school, she said.
Durham has 15 students, Sczerzenie said, and is looking to expand to about 24 in the new location.
Giramma said the Airport Road facility is a newer building and will give the students much more space, both indoors and outdoors, for vocational work and physical activity.
Patricia O'Connor, principal and educational administrator for Durham, said she's happy to be getting more windows at the new location, as the school has been renting basement space at the Westminster facility.
She said the new location, easily reachable from Route 2 and Interstate 190, will allow students and their families greater access from a wide geographical range, as the school serves all of Central Massachusetts, from the Fitchburg area to as far as Sutton and Southbridge.
Fitchburg Superintendent of Schools Andre Ravenelle and Assistant Superintendent of Schools Paula Giaquinto said they are pleased that IPPI chose to relocate Durham, a program approved by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, to Fitchburg.
"They have a strong program, so we're welcoming somebody who's already got a proven track record," Ravenelle said. "There's no guessing as to what they're going to offer. We have some students there now, and I know more of our students will benefit from this opportunity."
Mayor Lisa Wong, who also chairs the School Committee, said the city is happy to have someone in the Airport Road space.
"They are almost doubling their space, and they're going to be adding more students to a space that's been long vacant, so we certainly welcome their presence and their work in our community," Wong said.
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Fifty bucks. It could get you a single steak at a fine dining establishment. Or it could feed you—and feed you pretty darn well—for an entire week. A trio of writers from around the country is proving just that with the recent launch of their experiment and blog Fifty Bucks a Week.
Beyond the obvious monetary bonus of limiting themselves to a budget of $50 per week for food, the three writers are approaching the project as a challenge to their self-discipline and cooking creativity—and based on their often hilariously entertaining blog posts, which involve things like Pizza Emergencies, their attempts are sometimes less than successful. The writers love to eat, and to eat well, so the goal is for meals to be cheap only in the strict dollar sense. (In other words, they're supposed to do better than boxed mac 'n cheese or the other classic cheap foods recently featured in a Cheapskate Blog photo gallery.)
The experiment started a little over a month ago, and the three writer/guinea pigs who can no longer pig out as they once pleased are: Adam Pollock, who lives in Brooklyn and is working on the second season of his web cooking-dating show called The Feed Me Show; Cari Luna, a novelist and stay-at-home mom who is based in Portland, Oregon, and who also blogs at Dispatches from Utopia; and Emily Farris, a food writer from Kansas City, Missouri, whose book Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven, came out last fall.
As you'll see in the Q&A that follows, theirs is an experiment in progress, but so far they've already learned—or come to appreciate anew—about the importance of key ingredients like cayenne pepper and salt (big flavorful kosher crystals, of course), about how expensive avocados are ($2.99 apiece!), about how it now seems completely nuts to have been spending $28 a week on coffee, about how much food they'd previously been accustomed to wasting, and about how truly difficult it is to stick to their $50 weekly allotments. They've also had to deal with the occasional fantasy about robbing a cheese shop, with baguette and knife in hand.
Cheapskate: Where did the $50 a week idea come from? Did it spring somewhat out of necessity, or as pure lark or what?
Emily Farris: One day, on Twitter, Adam proposed the idea. He just threw it out there to the world. It happened to be the same day I'd spent exactly $50 at the grocery store and was telling a friend—who was shopping with me—that I could probably live on $50 a week for groceries. I replied to his Tweet and suggested we do a group blog. Within a week, he'd set it up and we were rolling. Because he was in Brooklyn and I was in Kansas City, it only made sense that we include someone from the West Coast and Cari has been a wonderful addition. Not only do we have three different regions covered, we have three different lifestyles. Adam is a Brooklyn bachelor, I'm a Midwestern blogger/cookbook author, and Cari is a vegetarian who is married with a child. While we all have different lifestyles and different tastes, we compliment each other well.
Adam Pollock: It popped into my head one night as I was leaving my desk. That was unusual. Things like this usually pop into my head in the bathroom. To an extent, it was about necessity. I had already slashed my food expenditures after the economy tanked, but I didn't know by how much, or if I was doing it well. Setting an achievable budget, and blogging about it, looked like a fun way to approach the problem, even if it wasn't a problem I'd thought much about before.
Cari Luna: When Adam invited me to join in on the project, I agreed mostly as a lark. I thought it would be a fun experiment, and I expected it would be an easy one. We're vegetarians, and I love to cook and bake. Not so hard to stick to $50 per person if you don't have to buy meat (I hear that stuff is pricey), and if you cook all your meals at home. So I joined in expecting to save a bit of money and get back my bread-making mojo and get better about cooking dinner every night, but I didn't expect to break much of a sweat doing it. However, I didn't factor in things like Pizza Emergencies. Pizza Emergencies (yes, they merit the caps) are no joke, especially when they spring up at the end of the week and there's all of three bucks left in the budget and a crisper full of dandelion greens wanting to be eaten.
CS: What are the specific ground rules? Is it $50 per week per person in your household? Any other fine print rules or restrictions in terms of what you buy or where you buy it? Does the allotment include beverages?
AP: It's $50 per adult per week. When I cook for a guest, I discount their portion, and I haven't started budgeting for my dog, even though she could show me a thing or two. The only real restriction is that the food has to be pleasurable and nutritious to eat. I'm sure you could survive on $10 of rice, groats, and mung beans a week, or get your kicks from $50 of pixie stix, but we're not that kind of blog. We're about eating *well* on a budget. We're loosey-goosey on beverages. I count coffee, but not beer and wine. I do this because it's important to learn to walk before you can run, and because running is dull.
CL: We've got a weekly budget of $125: $50 each for me and my husband, and $25 for our three-year-old son. He's hit a serious growth spurt this week, so that $25 is starting to be a bit of a challenge. Today he ate four scrambled eggs; a pb&j sandwich; a cup of almonds, pumpkin seeds and raisins; and an apple for lunch. I don't think I can eat that much. Forget this budget thing when he's a teenager.
We don't drink booze at all, so that's not an issue for us. (Buddhist. Took a vow of no intoxicants.) I live in Portland, Oregon, so coffee IS an issue. (Yes, caffeine is also an intoxicant. Shhh! I'm a complex creature.) If I brew it at home, which I do 99 percent of the time, that coffee comes out of the grocery budget. If I buy it when out and about, it counts as entertainment and comes out of my separately budgeted discretionary cash. My husband doesn't drink coffee; he's one of those freaky tea drinkers. The same rule applies to his tea.
EF: Basically we are to eat "well" and are only allowed to spend $50 a week on food. For some reason I assumed this included coffee, which stuck, and honestly it has been a real challenge for me. Because I work from home, walking ten blocks to my nearest independent coffee shop for a $4 skim latte was often the highlight of my day, at least socially. I still go about once a week but I'm really bonding with my French press lately. Alcohol, however, is not included in the $50-a-week budget. If we were to include it, I can only imagine what kind of crazy moonshine would be brewing on my back porch right now. But perhaps this conversation is better left for an AA meeting?
CS: How has the experiment changed the way you go food shopping and plan meals?
EF: One of the first things I did upon agreeing to this project was join my local CSA [community supported agriculture]. I'm lucky in that for $25 a week, I get meat, cheese, milk, eggs, bread and vegetables. I really only have to buy coffee, yogurt and cereal or granola. This has been fantastic for me because I never know what I'm going to get when I pick up my share every Monday and I'm forced to use ingredients I would never have bought at the grocery store or farmers market. For example, a few weeks ago I got a steak—something I had only attempted once before—which made me realize that next time I want a steak, I can just prepare it myself. However, when the CSA ends in September, all hell might break loose. But I'm working on a little vegetable garden out back, so hopefully I'll just be forced to be more creative in other ways.
CL: Before, I would buy whatever looked good, or whatever I was in the habit of buying, and bought way too much of it. I've found over the course of this experiment that I like abundance. I feel safer when there's a lot of food in the house—too much food. More food than we needed. A lot was going to waste. Now I plan our week's meals in advance and shop according to that plan, buying only what we need. I'm still a bit freaked out by the empty fridge at the end of each week, but I think that will get easier with time. It just means I planned well.
AP: There are sections of the local supermarket, and whole specialty grocers, that I can't even walk into anymore. Greenmarkets are hard, because they're not cheap, and everything looks so good that, before I know it, I've spent $40 on things I didn't even need. Prior planning prevents poor performance, so it would help if I thought out my meals farther ahead. I see from her entries how Cari plans her meals, and the positive effect that has on her spending. I think that's the right direction, the disciplined direction, but it chafes against my hedonistic, improvisational bent. I have to admit, it's weird for me. I think of cooking and eating as acts of love. I wouldn't want to think about budgeting hugs or sex or whatever. Then again, I don't pay for them, either.
CS: What are some of your favorite cheap ingredients or spices—you know, the little something that doesn't cost much but adds a lot to a meal?
CL: Mirin! It isn't cheap by the bottle, but a little goes a long way and it's SO good.
AP: Kosher salt is great. If you get the big crystals, you get a lot of textural control for very little money. I always have cayenne pepper and dried tarragon around; for some reason, I find them pleasing together. At around $5/jar for decent stuff, neither is dirt-cheap, but a little of each goes a long way. Lately, I'm obsessed with La Morena pickled jalapeños and carrots. They're a lot of fire for $2/can, and the brine is strong enough that you can add more vegetables to it. When I have leftover radishes, I slice them up and drop them in.
EF: For starters: salt. I know it sounds simple and you might think "Who doesn't know that you need to use salt when you cook?" But I have friends who have, when trying to cook for the first time, paid little or no attention to the "salt to taste" step in recipes. Beyond that, cayenne pepper and crushed red pepper are must haves. A secret I discovered when writing "Casserole Crazy" was that cayenne really brings out the flavor of proteins— especially cheese. Any time I cook with cheddar, I add even just a pinch of cayenne to enhance the flavor. And sometimes for dinner (or breakfast, or lunch) I'll fry up a few eggs and serve them with salt, pepper, a slice or two of tomato and a dash of cayenne pepper. Whenever I make a pasta dish—which is often—I use crushed red pepper. Not only does it add a ton of flavor, spicy food actually makes you feel more full than mild food.
CS: Have you cheated and gone over budget? Now is your chance to come clean and explain.
CL: I wouldn't call it cheating so much as real life getting in the way of the experiment from time to time. We went over budget last week because we were at a community bike fair and it got to be dinner time. We were having a great time and didn't want to leave to go eat at home, and ended up spending $17 on tofu hot dogs. We went over budget, but we hung out as a family and ate huge tofu hot dogs smothered in onions and watched tall-bike jousting on a beautiful summer evening. Totally worth it.
Oh yeah…and this week? Pizza Emergency. It was a bad one. (If ever a girl needed a pizza…) I don't know yet if it pushed us over budget, but if it doesn't it will be because we just squeaked in there.
EF: Absolutely. And we're pretty honest about it on the site. Each week we share our budget analysis. It turns out we all have our vices and mine is, without a doubt, iced coffee from my local, independent coffee shop. Before we started the project, I tried to ignore the fact that I was spending $28 a week on coffee. And even when I couldn't ignore it, I justified my coffee consumption by saying I was supporting local business—you know, stimulating the economy. Of course I was stimulating the coffee trade while neglecting parts of my life, like my health. Even though I go over budget now and then, I have managed to drastically cut back my food spending. The $112 a month I was spending on coffee alone is now going towards health insurance—something I'd been without for three-plus years. If we ever add alcohol to the mix, I might even be able to start paying off my student loans.
AP: As someone who lives in an expensive city, has expensive tastes, and never budgeted for food in his adult life, I go over budget all the time. One thing about adulthood, though, is that it leaves me with very little shame, so, when I go over on groceries, I go ahead and write about it. Restaurants are a bit different. I'll admit to having broken the rules there a few times, but I've always been able to justify it as a business or travel expense. I'm a great rationalizer that way.
CS: What has been the hardest thing to do, or to go without, since you started the experiment? What are you dying to splurge on and eat right now?
AP: Cheese. Gorgeous, gooey, stinky cheese. Pearly Nevat. Majestic Reggiano. Snowy, gray-rinded Garrotxa, crystalline aged Gouda, creamy raw-milk Camembert. Good cheese is so expensive that even a nice piece of cheddar can put me over the top in nothing flat. I get like H.I. McDunnough in "Raising Arizona," riding by cheese shops that aren't even on the way home, daydreaming of breaking in late at night with a knife and a baguette. As much as I love venison, or oysters, or lamb chops, I don't fantasize about them. Much.
CL: The hardest thing has been cooking when I'm exhausted at the end of a long day and all I want to do is order some damn Thai food. But then I go ahead and cook and after we eat we're always glad we ate at home. Also, we've cut back on the avocados a bit. $2.99 a piece right now! $2.99! We could easily go through two avocados a day in our house, and that's just not happening on this budget. Mmmm…avocados… If only they grew here in Portland. I'd plant three avocado trees in the yard.
EF: For the past couple of years, I've mostly prepared all of my meals at home, so aside from the coffee and the occasional desire to find the nearest taco truck (STAT!) I can usually satisfy my own cravings with something I have in the fridge or pantry.
CS: In the big, grand, save-the-world sense, what have you learned about yourselves, and about how people in general consume food and function as consumers, while the experiment has been going on?
CL: In the grand, save-the world sense? I don't know yet. I'm still just trying to figure out how to work pizza into the budget.
EF: I have realized, in a very short time, how much food we waste. When I took an inventory of my fridge after the first week I was appalled at how much produce had gone or was about to go bad. Stuff I'd bought because I figured I might as well spend the entire $50. Before I might have just thrown it out, but I had most everything I needed for soup, which lasted and provided meals for another week. And my disdain for packaged foods has grown exponentially. Why in the world would I pay for overpriced, overprocessed food when I can get local, fresh ingredients that cost so much less and taste so much better?
AP: The honest, if somewhat obnoxious, answer would be, ask me in a year. We're only about a month into this thing, learning how to organize the information, and staying mostly within our comfort zones. Insofar as it's a blog about being comfortable on a budget, that's fine, but I feel like we've only begun to innovate. That said, I have learned that it's possible, and maybe even not that hard, to eat well by shopping as a careful consumer on $50 a week. It brings me back to an older style of shopping, of being really choosy, of buying what's in season not for a moral reason or an ecological reason, but because it offers the most taste and nutrition for the least money. In a way, that's a relief: it's easier to be a moderate locavore for market reasons rather than for moral ones. But right now it's summer, when produce is cheap and plentiful. Things will be different come winter. I think I'd better learn to pickle.


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|2012-10-02, 18:06
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Sawa-Chan <3 <3 <3
Join Date: Dec 2004
So the eyes being connected was/could be the case . This was one of my theories about the eyes and Tobi being Obito from back in chapter 594. The eyes being connected imo hasn't been fully confirmed yet though.
LoL at the last name part .
Rin: Kakashii Y U HURT ME :,(
Kakashi: HHAHHAHAHHA. That was all part of my plan.
Rin: But Y. Me LUV U :,(.
Kakashi: HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. MINATO IS ALL MINE NOW .
P.S. ^ Just kidding .
|2012-10-02, 18:43
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Payback is a b*t#8, huh?
Join Date: May 2007
Anyways I don't understand why Obito will say that he "Let Rin die..."
Did he try to save him with his wood element? Perhaps made an organic heart for Rin? But Kakashi failed to guard her even after that?
I hope Obito at least did something.
OR PERHAPS.... Kakashi ran away in fear of what he did like a sick coward?
|2012-10-02, 22:32
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Join Date: Mar 2006
I guess we now know how nagato got his Rinnengan. Madara gave him uchiha eyes, and then the death of Nagato's parents triggered them. I guess 2 eyes are needed because Tobi's got one, he's got half senju body and that jolt of Kakashi killing Rin didn't do anything.
So does that mean naruto's gonna somehow get his eyes gouged out, replaced with sharingans and then watch something nasty like sasuke killing sakura or something?
|2012-10-03, 01:38
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Maybe Rin gave Kakashi permission to kill her so he could get the MS (I don't know). She could have been close to death from the attack from the hidden mist. It can't be confirmed because of the rain, but it looks like Kakashi is crying when he kills Rin. And like Lunarskylar pointed out, Obito says that you "let rin die" instead of you "killed rin". I definitely didn't see this coming.
|2012-10-03, 04:09
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
I was thinking it was a zetsu clone too, since this all seems like one big setup to cut Obito's ties to Konoha, although for the sake of dramatic effect, I think it'll be a manipulated Kakashi. Everything so far since the Tobi reveal has been rather straightforward.
|2012-10-03, 06:10
|Link #51
Ha ha ha ha ha...
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Right behind you.
Age: 29
My joke clearly failed. I will reflect on my failure, sensei.
|2012-10-03, 06:11
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Ha ha ha ha ha...
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Right behind you.
Age: 29
|2012-10-03, 06:31
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Call me MK! :)
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The top of the world.
Age: 28
The interesting thing is that Obito saw Rin, form Kakashi's point of view. So either Kakashi is a Zetsu clone. Tho then they need to explain why the clone can have sharingan, able to use chidori and shed tears. Or Obito can see from Kakashi's point of view thanks to the sharingan they are sharing. That would explain Obito knowing about Kakashi's visits to the memorial stone. Tho then they need to explain why Kakashi can't see from Obito's point of view. Maybe because Obito is the original owner of Kakshi's eye.
|2012-10-03, 06:42
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The Lost Lamb
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: in Darkness
just to make it sure did zetsu use byakugan when he transformed as Neji?
|2012-10-03, 07:11
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lost ronin
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: in the recesses of my convoluted mind...
i have a hard time taking this chapter seriously. so kakashi killed rin. obviously there was a reason behind it. but no matter how "evil" rin's deeds were, it wouldn't matter to obito because he was, and still is, obsessed with her. kakashi would never get away with this no matter what. so in the end, obito turned dark side because of a girl and not because of some personal issues he had in the past. i certainly hope there's more to this than just rin dying because if it is, then obito's emo-ness would certainly overshadow that of sasuke's. at least sasuke saw his clan massacred, mind-raped by his brother whom he idolized, and sexually harassed by a pedophile. lol
|2012-10-03, 08:05
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magoi, magoi!
Join Date: Dec 2004
I think it's better to have Kakashi being unable to save Rin or unable to sacrifice himself to save Rin for example.. than Kakashi directly killing Rin. This would add more emphasis on Obito's "You let Rin die!" statement.
|2012-10-03, 10:22
|Link #59
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Philadelphia usa
Kishi: I know for the last 5 chapters obito said you let rin die, but disregard that. Now its You killed rin
I think it's either madara with Ashton kutcher punking obito
Madara is hooked up to the tree which is also connected to zetsu, they all share info
Madar might be asleep but he knows what is going on, and the only reason obito knows what's going on Is zetsu's doing It's an episode of punk'ed I'm telling you
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- Transfer of manualized CBT for social phobia into clinical practice (SOPHO-PRAX) : a study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial (2012)
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House Passes Six-Month Spending Bill
The House has voted to put the government on autopilot for six months as its last major act before leaving Washington next week to campaign for re-election.
The temporary spending bill would avert a government shutdown when the current budget year expires Sept. 30 but punts hundreds of decisions on the day-to-day operating budgets of Cabinet agencies to next year. The bill passed Thursday on a bipartisan 329-91 vote.
GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan returned to the Capitol to vote for the measure even though it permits spending at a pace well above the stringent budget plan he authored this spring.
The measure instead permits spending on pace with the slightly higher budget "caps" permitted under last summer's hard-fought budget and deficit-reduction deal between President Barack Obama and Republicans.
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It was good to see Susan Linton's review of Rebellin Linux.
It makes a change to see a disto so up to date!
Gnome 2.30! Firefox 14.0.1!
Perhaps next issue we could have a review of Yggdrasil or a similar cutting edge distro!
Seriously though, I get that some distros ship with less modern software for stability or lighter weight options for less able systems, but to give top billing to this one is a joke.
It's not cutting edge, it provides little in the way of thrills and they have the balls to charge you for it!!! I don't even think there's a niche it actually fulfils.


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Saturday, March 23, 2013 1:55 am
Konerko pulls White Sox into 4-4 tie with A's
By DON KETCHUMAssociated Press
Paul Konerko's two-out, two-run single off Pedro Figueroa in the ninth inning pulled the White Sox even.
Parker, who had struggled in his two previous starts, gave up two runs on three hits, walked two and struck out five in six innings.
Quintana pitched 5 2-3 innings, giving up two runs on two hits while walking three and striking out nine.
After going 13-8 in 29 starts for Oakland as a rookie in 2012, Parker was looking for more consistency entering 2013. He might finally have found some, with one start left before the season begins.
"It was good to have a night game," Parker said. "It was a little more like the regular season, and lets you get into a routine situation since we have more night games, the preparation."
He threw 76 pitches during the game and brought his night's total to 90 with some more work in the bullpen.
"My mindset was better overall," Parker said. "I threw my pitches for strikes, my curveballs for strikes. They (White Sox) are an aggressive team."
Quintana was 6-6 in 25 games (22 starts) last season with a 3.76 ERA.
He looked sharp early on, then started to tire a bit as the A's began their rally.
"I felt really good and felt like the fastball was working really good today," the 24-year-old Colombian said. "It was running good, especially the two-seamer to my arm side.
"I feel like I'm ready for the season and prepared at this point."
Chicago took a 2-0 lead by scoring twice in the fifth on a run-scoring infield hit by Tyler Flowers and a single to right by Gordon Beckham.
Quintana set the A's down in order in the fifth, but wasn't as fortunate in the sixth.
He walked Scott Sizemore with one out and gave up a run-scoring double to Yoenis Cespedes with two outs. Reliever Ramon Troncoso came on and walked Chris Young and gave up back-to-back run-scoring hits to Derek Norris and Brandon Moss. Norris scored the fourth run of the inning on a wild pitch by Troncoso.
NOTES: Oakland RF Josh Reddick left the game after the second inning with a twisted ankle apparently sustained while fielding a fly ball. He was replaced by Shane Peterson. Reddick will be re-evaluated on Saturday. ... A's RHP Pat Neshek pitched the ninth inning and gave up a pair of hits, but has not allowed a run in his eight appearances (eight innings). ... Konerko finished with two hits and a walk and narrowly missed hitting his sixth homer of the spring in the seventh inning, settling for a double off the fence in left. ... RHP Jake Peavy is scheduled to make his second start of the spring for Chicago on Saturday against the Dodgers in Glendale, Ariz.


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By Jerry Shenk
Every day conservative media outlets devote incredible amounts of column inches, pixels, and air time to criticize President Obama and his administration. Conservatives comprehensively hammer Obama for his fiscal policies, spending policies, military policies, social policies, regulatory policies, labor policies, education policies, and foreign policies, plus any other policy which failed to make this list. Is such chronic disparagement reasonable? After all, everyone is human. Obama deserves to get cut a bit of slack every now and then, right?
Reflect for a moment on Grey's Law: "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice" and the law's variously attributed corollary, "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence."
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Finished reflecting? Ditto. Those are lousy choices. Malicious or incompetent, either way, America can -- must -- do better.
President Obama and national Democrats have much to answer for. America's barely discernible economic growth is insufficient to accommodate job-seekers. Unimaginably, the national debt has skyrocketed more than $5 trillion in only three years. Food and fuel prices continue to climb -- and the housing market is as bad as it was three years ago.
To support $5 trillion in deficit spending in three years, the Federal Reserve has tried two rounds of "quantitative easing," a euphemism for printing astonishing amounts of money, to buy back, or monetize, our own debt. All that new un-backed liquidity cheapens our currency, inflates prices for commodities, food and fuel among them, and threatens hyper-inflation.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott is calling on the state's top education leaders and officials to examine its grading system and school standards.
Scott says that Florida's A-to-F grading system is a national model, but has a reached a "critical" point. He has asked interim Education Commissioner Pam Stewart to convene a three-day summit next week in Clearwater.
The governor's action comes in the wake of the abrupt resignation of Education Commissioner Tony Bennett.
Bennett resigned in early August following allegations that he changed the grade of a charter school run by a major Republican donor during his previous job in Indiana.
Bennett in July pushed for a change to Florida's grading system that helped more than 150 schools avoid getting an F grade.


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Deuce's venture pays off for Miss. fans
Deuce's venture pays off for Miss. fans
New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister - a Mississippi native - spearheaded a campaign to bring the Saints' annual Black and Gold Scrimmage to Jackson and provided the financial backing.
After a two-hour session, McAllister, who recently signed a $50 million contract, said he made a good investment.
A crowded of 10,282 fans showed up at the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, McAllister promised to cover any deficit if ticket sales did not pay for the Saints trip.
"The money was well spent after seeing the smiles on the people faces tonight. This was probably the first time that many of them had ever seen a pro team live," said McAllister, who played at Ole Miss and hails from Lena, Miss. "Jackson is like a second home to me, so I try to do whatever I can to make the city look good."
The Saints feature five players with Mississippi ties on its roster.
Running back Fred McAfee, a Madison resident, was happy to be in front of a home crowd.
"The Saints are not just a New Orleans team, its regional and the crowd showed that tonight," McAfee said. "It was very important to give something back to the fans here because they supported me so well during my collegiate years."
McAfee played at Mississippi College.
McAllister didn't play long.
There were no serious injuries during the scrimmage. Free-agent acquisition Az-Zahir Hakim did twist his ankle during the workout. Hakim is in competition for third receiver behind Joe Horn and Donte' Stallworth.
Talmon Gardner, a third-year pro out of Florida State, who has injected his name into the mix for third receiver hauled in a touchdown during the scrimmage.
Besides McAfee and McAllister, who starred at the University of Mississippi, other players with Mississippi ties includes Joe Horn, who played at Itawamba Community college, and Fred Thomas, a native of Bruce.
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I'm exaggerating slightly, but my last few reviews have all involved rapidly-switching gameplay dynamics, or minigames that kick in at the drop of a hat, and I'm a little woozy. I-Ninja is the case in point.
The title character is this round-headed little guy with a really small body who looks like one of the "Peanuts" gang grew up to become a shadow assassin, and the first thing he does is cut off his sensei's head.
Yep. Clean off. This is already getting a little weird.
Granted, it wasn't his fault. He accidentally touched one of the powerful and magical Rage Stones, which drove him into a chopinating frenzy. I-Ninja is now alone and without corporeal guidance in the battle against the mechanical Ranx ninjas, and further, swears to collect the rest of the Rage Stones to keep them out of evil hands. He is assisted in this by the glowing blue spirit of his mentor, which introduces each new mission to him and occasionally drops some really malformed wisdom in the form of misquoted folk sayings.
The story, one must admit, is not terribly important here. It's funny, yes, but not terribly important.
I-Ninja is, at least nominally, a 3D platformer with plenty of action. I-Ninja can run up and across walls, throw shuriken, snipe at distant targets with explosive darts, grind rails like Jet Set Radio Future, swing from overhead hooks with his chain, glide from great heights by whirling his sword like a helicopter, and occasionally bust out into some full-blown blast processing action using handy tracks or sloped passages. When danger rears its head, usually in the form of some biomechanical ninjas beamed in by some kind of technomagical disco ball, he can take them on with a variety of sword strikes, including one nifty overhead chop which can cut them cleanly and bloodlessly in half. When you dispatch enough enemy ninjas, your sword will get helpfully upgraded to the next level of power; likewise, you can collect medals to earn extra lives.
That only scratches the surface, though. I-Ninja takes place across sixty-four sprawling levels, which are in turn scattered across a series of central hubs. Each of those levels represents a new challenge, usually set up kind of like a minigame. They aren't all unique, and several depend upon the same central hook, but they all typically have some unique facet to them; even if you're doing the same thing, you aren't doing it in the same way.
So far, I've had to defend a lonely beach against the Karo navy using a large gun turret, culminating in a hell-for-leather shootout with a giant airship; run across an obstacle course on top of a barrel full of gunpowder, running on it like I'm log-rolling; dispatched an enemy ninja in a full-contact mid-air duel straight out of an anime cliche; rolled the detached eye of a giant robot across a series of narrow, if not actually moving, ledges, sort of like the old NES game Marble Madness; raced a lit fuse towards its explosive charge, through a level filled with enemy ninjas and obstacles; gone bowling while atop another of those eyes; and, once that giant robot has its eyes and heart back, using it in a force-feedback boxing match against an equally-equipped enemy ninja in another giant robot. I could go on, but there's no need; you may get the idea. The word "eclectic" applies.
After all of that, simply fighting off ninjas is almost a relief, because it doesn't have any built-in extra objectives. A few levels spent clinging helplessly to a wildly careening marble, or going all Tyson on an enemy mecha, makes a dose of straightforward, kill-'em-all ninja action seem like a vacation.
That's not a strike against I-Ninja, though, obviously. While the controls are a little loose, especially wall-running, it is a game of endless and copious variety. If it weren't for the central themes that surround most of the minigames, and the control scheme that most of them have in common, I-Ninja would feel less like a platformer, and more like something like WarioWare; a conglomeration of minigames put together into one package.
Not all of those minigames are created equal, naturally. For instance, the level that involves the gunpowder charge is, above all else, just really, really annoying; it starts tricky, raises the ante very quickly, and eventually starts killing you just to see you die. (It's also the only one of the "rolling" levels that, when you screw it up, starts you all the way back at the beginning of the stage. That's just dirty pool.) In the same vein, the boxing game suffers from somewhat flawed execution, where it's really just not that much fun. All you're doing is pressing buttons on command, as opposed to actually having some kind of strategy behind the attack.
Those're, happily, exceptions. For the most part, I-Ninja is a joy to play; carving up enemy ninjas is damned entertaining, and it shifts between gameplay styles more smoothly than might really be expected. You honestly never know what to expect from the game, aside from that it'll probably be weird, and it'll probably be challenging.
The graphics emphasize this weirdness, tending towards bizarre-looking machines mixed with weird-looking characters. Pair that with voice actors that were apparently chosen entirely for their ability to portray idiosyncrasy (I laugh at I-Ninja's weird lines--my favorite right now is "Stay here and try not to die again!" delivered in a perfect bratty-kid sarcastic tone--but I wonder if Argonaut is going to get attacked by ninjas in the middle of the night), and you may get the idea I'm going for here: I-Ninja looks kind of weird. But good weird.
If the game's look has any major flaws, it's that the super-deformed look of most of the ninjas does tend to obscure the finer details, and that the game's truly massive environments do occasionally backfire on the player. Really distant enemy ninjas equipped with missiles are deadly here, as the missiles themselves make almost no sound. Suddenly, something will explode, and you won't know quite why.
The advantage to playing I-Ninja, above and beyond the other platformers that're suddenly swarming the market, is its truly vast and occasionally scattershot approach. It's not easy, it's pretty funny, and you'll only rarely do the same thing twice. It's there to test a wide variety of skills, or to simply entertain those with short attention spans, and it succeeds at both. I-Ninja is by no means perfect, and there are a few action-platformers I'd recommend before I recommended it, but it's still a very solid effort.
Rating: 80%
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Does anyone else remember when games featured basically the same kind of action for the entirety of their playtime?
The advantage to playing I-Ninja, above and beyond the other platformers that're suddenly swarming the market, is its truly vast and occasionally scattershot approach. It's not easy, it's pretty funny, and you'll only rarely do the same thing twice. It's there to test a wide variety of skills, or to simply entertain those with short attention spans, and it succeeds at both. I-Ninja is by no means perfect, and there are a few action-platformers I'd recommend before I recommended it, but it's still a very solid effort.
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Mohegan Tribe signs on as partner in Philadephia casino venture
For years, a southeastern Connecticut Indian tribe figured to be a player in the Philadelphia casino market.
Until now, that tribe didn't figure to be the Mohegans.
The owners of Mohegan Sun announced Wednesday that they are partnering with a Philadelphia investment group that applied months ago for the casino license once held by the Mashantucket Pequots, the tribe that owns Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Mohegan Gaming Advisors, the management arm of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, would operate the gaming/entertainment portion of an "urban entertainment center" to be developed on the block of East Market Street between Eighth and Ninth streets in Philadelphia's Center City district. No financial details were disclosed.
The investment group, Market East Associates, which describes itself as "a unique, cross-cultural group of successful, home-grown professionals, businessmen, real estate developers, casino owners and philanthropists," expects to present its plan, dubbed "MARKET8," to Pennsylvania gaming regulators next week.
"This is a great opportunity for us," Mitchell Etess, the Mohegan authority's chief executive officer, said of the project. "It's in our market, our geographic wheelhouse. We believe it's very synergistic as far as our other properties, awareness of our brand and our reputation in the region. We've been preparing for this type of expansion for years."
The Mohegans would be an equity partner in the project, Etess said.
Mohegan Sun also is partnering on the proposed development of a $600 million resort casino in Palmer, Mass., where it is among three gaming operators seeking the one license to be awarded for western Massachusetts.
"We believe we're capable of getting both licenses," Etess said.
At least one gaming analyst agrees.
"I think they can," Greg Roselli of UBS Securities said. "The Mohegans are very well regarded. They've been expanding off their reservation for years. They've got a very strong footprint and they're a proven operator in the Northeast. This should give them a very good return on their investment."
Roselli was unfamiliar with the Mohegan's would-be partner, Market East Associates, whose members include Ken Goldenberg of The Goldenberg Group; David Adelman, president and CEO of Campus Apartments; Ira Lubert, chairman and co-founder of Lubert-Adler Real Estate; Willie Johnson, founder and chairman of PRWT Services; and others.
The Mohegans also own and operate Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, a racetrack casino in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Last year, Mohegan Gaming Advisors acquired part ownership of Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J., and signed a deal to manage the property. Its involvement in the Philadelphia project would mirror its role with Resorts, Etess said. "We will be an equity partner and the operator of the facility," he said.
The Philadelphia license that Market East Associates and the Mohegans are pursuing once belonged to a group that included the Foxwoods Development Co., the Mashantucket Pequots' development arm. The group, known as Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners, won the license — one of two awarded for Philadelphia — in 2006.
Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia, as the project was known, soon ran aground amid controversy surrounding its South Philadelphia site and later over the Mashantuckets' financial problems. The tribe, which defaulted on its long-term debt in 2009, sought to withdraw from its 30 percent investment in the project, and other investors, notably Steve Wynn, the Las Vegas casino mogul, came forward in early 2010, offering to rescue it.
Wynn abandoned the deal, however, and the project eventually collapsed. The gaming control board, which had granted an extension of the Foxwoods license in 2009, withdrew the license in December 2010 after Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners failed to meet deadlines for the submission of plans and financial information. A state appellate court upheld the permit revocation in a decision the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to review last spring.
SugarHouse Casino, another Philadelphia project initially beset by delays, opened in September 2010. Three other casinos operate near the city — Harrah's in Chester, Parx Casino in Bensalem and Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia.
Roselli, the gaming analyst, said the market can support another casino. He said SugarHouse has "outperformed" projections since it opened and that the Philadelphia casino is planning an expansion to add more slot machines, table games and parking. The expansion could be completed this year or next, he said.
The MARKET8 project is one of six vying for the second Philadelphia license. Among them is Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing, Pa., which reportedly would partner with the City of Philadelphia. Penn National also has proposed a resort casino in Springfield, Mass., where it has applied for the same western Massachusetts license sought by the Mohegans.
Pennsylvania gaming regulators are expected to decide among the Philadelphia applicants by the end of the year. The approval process in Massachusetts is on a similar track.
The MARKET8 project is being designed by JCJ Architecture, which also designed Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
Foxwoods investors under pressure to ante up on plan for Philadelphia casino
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Skip to comments.Ginseng Can Help Keep You Clear Of Colds, Say Scientists
Posted on 10/25/2005 5:37:57 PM PDT by blam
Ginseng can help keep you clear of colds, say scientists
By Nic Fleming, Science Correspondent
(Filed: 25/10/2005)
People who take ginseng suffer substantially fewer colds, research published yesterday showed.
Only one in 10 of those given daily doses of North American ginseng root extract suffered two or more colds during four months including winter, compared with almost a quarter of those taking placebos.
While a range of health benefits have been claimed for the herb, including combating flu and colds, many previous attempts to test such claims scientifically have been of poor quality.
Publication of the research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal follows a Meteorological Office warning a week ago that this winter is likely to be significantly colder than average.(UK)
Dr Tapan Basu, of the University of Alberta, who led the study, said: "A moderate dose of extract of the root of North American ginseng was associated with an absolute risk reduction of recurrent colds, as well as a reduction in the mean number of colds per person."
"The total symptom score was 31 per cent lower and the total number of days symptoms were reported 34.5 per cent less in the ginseng group than in the placebo group.
"The ginseng extract was also found to be effective in the reducing of the severity of symptoms and the number of days symptoms relating to colds were reported."
A group of 130 people aged 18 to 65 from Edmonton, Canada, who said they had suffered from at least two colds the previous year, took capsules of ginseng extract twice a day for four months over the winter.
Another group of 149 individuals was given placebos during the same period. Participants did not know which group they were in.
Among those who took ginseng, the proportion who caught two or more colds in the four months was 10 per cent and the average number of colds was 0.68.
In the control group, 23 per cent had two or more colds and the average number of colds was 0.93.
Active constituents of ginseng have been shown to improve the immune system by stimulating the production of immunoglobulin - proteins that bind to foreign substances such as bacteria when they invade the body.
It is estimated that most adults catch two to five colds a year. Young children represent the main reservoir of common cold viruses, with nurseries and schools being prime infection centres.
While more people catch colds and flu during colder weather, there is no scientific consensus on why this is. One recent theory is that breathing in cold air lowers resistance to infection.
A previous study involving 256 people and reported at the National Institute of Mental Health conference in Florida, suggested that a combination of ginseng and another herb, ginkgo, enhanced memory and reduced mental fatigue.
ginsing ping
or ginseng ping, perhaps
I used to go through the woods and harvest that stuff to sell the roots. Lots of $$$$ if you get enough of it. I found a 6 foot plant once that had a very good sized root.
It would have been helpful if the report had mentioned the particular quantity of ginseng necessary to produce this effect. Unless herbs like this can be carefully controlled for the amount of active agent in a dose, such studies are very vague.
Listerine is fine, but you're more likely to get laid with ginseng.
I don't catch many colds at all--not even an average of one a year. I ascribe it to a diet rich in protein, daily exercise, and not smoking.
I gargle with listerine every day too. I'm also currently using Lever 2000's new ginseng & vitamin soap. It says "Energize" on the wrapper. I feel like a million bucks, but I smell like a Chinaman!
Ginseng farming can be quite profitable as long as you're prepared to wait a few years for the harvest.
There's this pint bottle of Korean hootch with ginsing under my sink. Is that OK?
Yes, in responsible quantities.
Or you could try: Genseng pung, or perhaps gunseng poong? What the hey.. anyway, I like the way ginseng wakes me up when coffee won't work.
It does take a lot of careful planning and much work to grow it.
Hmongs grow a lot of ginseng in central Wisconsin...Marathon County.
Dude, this SCOTUS nomination debate has got me so harried out when I read the title of the thread I thought it said: "Ginsberg Can Help Keep You Clear of Colds." For real.
I need a vacation.
Good hygiene and staying away from crowded areas is the best prevention.
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It is very profitable if you have the right soil and proper growing conditions. In fact, I just sold a wild root for $2800.00. Yes that's two-thousand and eight-hundred dollars for a single root. It was 132+ years old and over a foot long, weighed 1.5 ounces.
Wish I knew how to post a picture here.
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Aaron Paul rolled into the "Need for Speed" premiere on Thursday night in Hollywood, but just barely — the classic car he and wife Lauren Parsekian were riding in overheated just as they arrived at the red carpet.
"That never happened once during the shoot!" a smiling Paul told reporters who quizzed him on the carpet about the mechanical failure.
We'd hope not, given the high-powered nature of the vehicles that will tear up movie screens starting May 14. For the premiere, the actor best known for "Breaking Bad" was behind the wheel of a 1969 Ford Torino GT, one of the cars his lead character drives in the movie.
After his Emmy-winning run in the intense, recently ended meth-themed AMC TV drama, Paul said starring in an action film was just the right medicine.
"It was emotionally exhausting playing Jesse Pinkman [in 'Breaking Bad']," he told Variety on Thursday, "and the idea of doing something a little bit lighter and just fun was exciting to me."
Still, he told "Entertainment Tonight," the "Speed" shoot was far from a complete vacation. "Grueling days, from sunrise to sunset. Long, long, long days, but so much fun," he said. In and around shooting the final season of "Breaking Bad," he said, he spent as much time at the track as he could.
Perhaps contributing to some overheating at the premiere? The lovely Parsekian rocked a hot black dress with sheer panels and a high slit. No wonder the couple is so crazy in love.
Also spotted at the TCL Chinese Theatre from the "Speed" cast: Dominic Cooper, Michael Douglas, Ramon Rodriguez, Imogen Poots, Rami Malek and Scott Mescudi a.k.a. Kid Cudi. Musician Skylar Grey also made the scene.
Interesting point to note: Unlike the scene at many premieres, if you watch the video, it seems that most of those clamoring the loudest for Paul's autograph were guys. Nice change from screaming girl fans, though we're sure he has plenty of those as well.
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