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March 19, 2007
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Courtney Paris was on the bench and for a brief moment, Oklahoma was losing.
Then her twin sister Ashley scored a layup, ripped down two big rebounds and pretty soon the Sooners were off and running to a rout.
If there's a lesson here for the rest of the teams in the NCAA tournament, when one Paris twin gets in foul trouble, the Sooners simply go to the other, usually with good results.
Courtney Paris got her 60th consecutive double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds despite spending almost 12 minutes of the first half on the bench, and sister Ashley Paris chipped in eight points and 10 boards to lead Oklahoma to a 78-47 win over Marquette on Monday night.
"She's the best backup center in the country," Courtney Paris said of her sister. "We needed her to control the boards and she did."
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Oklahoma (28-4), the No. 3 seed in the Dayton Regional, moves on to the round of 16 for the second consecutive year. Marquette (26-7), the No. 6 seed, has never advanced past the second round in eight NCAA tournaments.
After struggling in Oklahoma's first round win, All-American Courtney Paris scored eight points early, but picked up her second foul with 11:53 left in the half.
No problem for the Sooners as her sister filled the role as the defensive stopper in the middle. Ashley Paris' six rebounds in the half helped Oklahoma regain the lead and extend it to 29-19 by halftime.
Krystal Ellis scored 12 points to lead Marquette, which set a season-low with 19 first-half points and struggled through a miserable shooting night.
By the time Oklahoma led by 25 midway through the second half, the Golden Eagles were just 7 of 40 shooting from the field. The Sooners dominated scoring in the paint 38-16 and scored 21 points off 16 Marquette turnovers.
Courtney Paris scored Oklahoma's first basket on a short hook and hit four of her first seven shots. She groaned and waived both arms in disgust when she picked up her second foul and sat down with the Sooners leading 10-8.
After Marquette tied it on free throws, the Golden Eagles briefly took the lead when Efueko Osagie-Landry drove the baseline for a layup. It was the only time the Golden Eagles could make a move with Courtney Paris off the court.
Ashley Paris, the unheralded half of Oklahoma's sister act, did the dirty work the Sooners needed. She tied the game seconds later with a layup and grabbed two straight rebounds before Chelsi Welch scored twice to make it 16-12.
"Just because she's out of the game, doesn't mean we fall apart," Ashley Paris said.
Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale put Ashley Paris in the game with orders to dominate the boards.
"I told her before she went into the game she had to rebound," Coale said. "When Ashley's good we just don't lose. We have so many weapons when she's rebounding and scoring."
The Sooners, who hit 10 3-pointers in their first round win, missed their first eight before Leah Rush hit with about 4 minutes left to spark a 13-4 run to close the half.
"We wanted it so badly and had so many shots wide open," Marquette coach Terri Mitchell said. "I thought if we could just go into halftime tied we could regroup as a team and the complete opposite happened. It snowballed."
Marquette had clearly missed its chance for the upset and the game soon turned into a rout when Courtney Paris returned.
She scored the first four points of the second half and blocked a shot by Christina Quaye. When she grabbed a defensive rebound, she used her left forearm to shove Marquette's Danielle Kamm and got away with it when the officials didn't blow the whistle.
Five more points by Paris and the Sooners had opened up 42-22 lead 6 minutes into the second. She extended her double-double streak when she grabbed the rebound off her own miss with 6:34 left, made the layup, got fouled, then swished the free throw to push the lead to 63-32.


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ah 3 pages since i went and so much to comment on, right i think this calls for my longest post in like forever
~Sam: yerp i have braces and hate them, they were so nice to make me wait till i got to college to have them
i luve rolos and are u insulting my word mint?!?! i still cant believe you chose to do latin i hated every minute of it but i also suck at languages anyway
~Nod: you could have the great topic of how there are weird little differences between the US and the UK and how we brits are amazing :p lol and i love the classical stuff i have a qualification in ancient roman/greek society
and is noddy from sleeping beauty! i think not!
~Flirty: USA/Australia/Italy/Costa Rica they are all great to go too but i wouldn't pick italy as its so close and you could go on a holiday there any time really. i wish i could of done an exchange to america at some point because i want to visit soo much!
okay so maybe this isn't really long by everyone else's standards but for me more than 4 lines is a record

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Hi all,
Once more I have time to get back to my Orberg books.
I came across this sentence:
"Quid inest in saccis?"
It's short and simple, and I'm pretty sure just means "what is in the sacks?".
I don't get how to use "inest".
Couldn't it have been written:
"Quid est in saccis?" ?
If not, why?
And why the apparent double "in" with "inest in" used together?


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Who is going to be going to Reds fest I mean Players does anyone know the answers yet. Matt dont give up we forgive you for the mistake I dont hate you at all.
Who is going to be going to Reds fest I mean Players does anyone know the answers yet. Matt dont give up we forgive you for the mistake I dont hate you at all.
i've never been before, but i'm planning on going this year. Need a way to fight this baseball withdraw.
I want to see the schedule, and possibly try and get the hubby there for one date as an early anniversary gift.
I went a few times and there was a lot of BRM players, and current players and new players if we signed them before reds fest are usually there.
My dad and I started collecting sport memorabilia and I hear Redsfest is a good time to get some autographs. Does anyone have any experience or advice they can pass on about getting some autographs there. I read online each player only does 225 per session. Is it hard to get one and does it cost money?
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2014 Attendance 1-3 (3/31, 4/12, 8/14)
2013 Attendance: 6-0 (4/3, 4/16, 4/17, 8/3, 8/21, 9/7)
I've never been to a RedsFest before. My kids are 8 and 4 and love the Redlegs. Would this be something they might enjoy? We'd be traveling a couple of hours and staying in a hotel, so it's got to be pretty good to make it worth the hassle and expense.
Go to this link for updates:
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Watched the 2012 Clincher on FOX.
Girlfriend is a UK fan
GO STEELERS - Go Buckeyes - Go SIXERS
The only problem is the crowds in my opinion so you might have something planned for them while waiting in line (video games, music, etc).
I thought I heard last year that every one in the organization is required to be there unless they have a really good reason. I have had a blast each year. I encourage any and all Reds fans to go if you get the chance.
Anyone feel that a bigger venue is needed for this event? I went on Friday last year and it was almost impossible to move once you got inside the convention center. I love Redsfest as much as anyone but its starting to become more trouble than it's worth in terms of the crowds.
Thought I'd bump this thread up now that more details are being released.
Do you know if Jay Bruce will be there?
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Nov 6: UKOUG Agenda
Here is my current plan for next week but it'll probably change. It usually does.
09:30 - 10:30 Opening Technical Keynote: "What's Coming Next?" by Tom Kyte
11:00 - 12:00 Extending Oracle 10g Grid Control - New Metrics, Targets and Plugins by Alexander Gorbachev
12:10 - 12:55 What They Didn't Print in the DOC - Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture HA Best Practices by Larry Carpenter
13:50 - 14:35 Understanding Logical I/O by Daniel Fink
14:45 - 15:30 Tracing PX Slaves by Me
16:00 - 16:45 How Many Slaves - Parallel Execution and the Magic of 2 by Me
16:55 - 17:40 Parallelism and Scalability by Joel Goodman
17:45 - 18:30 A brief, but practical, introduction to Oracle analytic functions by Peter Scott
20:00 - Blogger meet-up
11:00 - 12:00 Connect Time Failover and Data Guard by Dev Nayak
12:10 - 12:55 Cooler Grid Solutions with AMD64 by Robert W Gomer
14:10 - 14:55 Advanced Partitioning Hints by Martin Jensen
15:05 - 15:50 Advanced Research Techniques in Oracle - Part I by Tanel Poder
16:25 - 17:25 Advanced Research Techniques in Oracle - Part II by Tanel again
17:35 - 18:35 Average Active Sessions - the magic metric?
18:40 - 19:30 Exhibition Drinks - Exhibition Hall
09:00 - 09:45 Oracle Data Guard - No Compromise Disaster Recovery by Larry Carpenter
09:55 - 10:40 DUDE - Where's my data ? - by Kurt Van Meerbeeck
11:15 - 12:15 Run your own Oracle database benchmarks by Steve Shaw
14:25 - 15:10 Temporal Databases - Managing Time Varying Data by Robert Squire
15:40 - 16:25 A Problem for every Solution by Carel-Jan Engel
16:35 - 17:35 Introducing the Flexible Database Cluster Architecture for Large-Scale Server Consolidation by Kevin Closson
17:45 - 18:45 Featured Speaker - Simon Weston - OBE, Falklands War Hero - Hall 118:45 - 21:30 Focus Pubs - Hall 4
09:00 - 09:45 Performance and Scalability Enhancements in Oracle 10g and 10gR2 by Tanel Poder
10:15 - 11:00 Oracle Database 10g Release 2: Performance Diagnosis Update by Graham Wood
11:10 - 11:55 Tuning a Critical Batch Suite - 12 techniques from a difficult period of my life by Bill Ferrari
13:10 - 15:10 Creating and Interpreting Basic Block Dumps by Joel Goodman
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#1 - Jeffrey Kemp said:
2006-11-07 12:31 - (Reply)
That line up almost makes me wish I was on the other side of the world.
#1.1 - Doug Burns said:
2006-11-07 12:39 - (Reply)
It took me a while to 'get' that comment until I realised you were posting from Oz
#2 - shrek 2006-11-07 13:29 - (Reply)
*sigh* mayby someday i'll make it there. if i can make it there i'll make it anywhere.
#3 - vidya said:
2006-11-07 22:17 - (Reply)
that seems like an interesting set of sessions( I am sure there are more than few of us who wish we could be there) - Logical I/O's are something I have started making a conscious effort to observe during my query tunning sessions - "Understanding Logical I/O by Daniel Fink" sound interesting : but how much of Logical I/O as a DBA can we tune for????(I dont have the answer ....but in the process of figuring this out)
#3.1 - Daniel Fink 2006-11-08 06:09 - (Reply)
As DBAs we cannot tune for logical i/o (lio). LIOs are the result of query activity, application configuration and business process scheduling. By understanding lio, we can better advise our clients (users, developers, managers) on the impact of proper design and sql on a system.
Several years ago, Kirti Deshpande and I crossed into unknown territory and traced logical i/o. This is totally unsupported and undocumented (even internally to Oracle it seems), but very enlightening. We presented at the Hotsos Symposium in 2004. It's not often that we start off a presentation by saying "We really don't know what we are talking about." to say nothing of contradicting something that Cary Millsap (host of the symposium and one of the inspirations for the research) had published (I presented our research to Cary prior to our presentation and he recognized the error in a most gracious and professional manner).
The version I am presenting at UKOUG (and will post to my site later) is a high level discussion of the basics of logical i/o, how read consistency and array size impact it and the events to perform tracing.
Oh...Doug...I'm the session chair for your presentation...shall I download Tom's picture of you at the DBForum? Or do you promise to never, ever, never, ever publish a picture of my bum????
Cheers Big Ears!
#3.1.1 - Doug Burns said:
2006-11-08 09:17 - (Reply)
Oh...Doug...I'm the session chair for your presentation...shall I download Tom's picture of you at the DBForum? Or do you promise to never, ever, never, ever publish a picture of my bum????
Consider a cast-iron promise made!
#4 - Alex Gorbachev said:
2006-11-11 23:04 - (Reply)
I'm going to miss some of the best presentations on the first day.
On the other hand, it means that I'll probably have relatively small audience on mines - that would make my job easier and makes me less nervous speaking first time.
The good news that at least one of my sessions won't be empty unless Doug changes his mind. Doug, how comes you swapped Cary speech on some newbie? I guess there would be not many people like you.
#4.1 - Doug Burns said:
2006-11-12 06:57 - (Reply)
Doug, how comes you swapped Cary speech on some newbie?
Truthfully? I've seen Cary's presentation before
It would be an outstanding presentation that would make me skip his otherwise
#5 - Alex Gorbachev said:
2006-11-11 23:08 - (Reply)
"I'm also in a growing panic about next Tuesday's presentations as I've not left myself enough time for all of the improvements I'd had in mind"
Can you imagine my level of panic then? =8-0
#5.1 - Doug Burns said:
2006-11-12 06:58 - (Reply)
I'm sure it'll be alright on the night (morning) but I must admit, three presentations is a lot to take on. I've already done both of mine in some form before, so much of the work was already done.


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In a bold statement today, Reggie Fils-Aime said that he 'gave up' on understanding why the gaming media reports what they report when it comes to Nintendo news. He made this statement in regards to the numerous reports that Nintendo wouldn't be at E3 just because they weren't holding a traditional conference.
Ah, I feel sorry for him. Poor Nintendo.
Why? He's right. Dumb outlets reported that they wouldn't be at E3 when they had a good on floor showing. I think the industry is just upset that Nintendo can get away with doing things their own way.
Their failing pretty bad right now and wih ps4 and xbox one coming around they look pretty screwed this generation...
I feel sorry for him because of these mis-informed journalists.
I would normally agree that the media normally spins stuff or over exagerate but in this case Nintendo is completely out of touch with what people want and its plain obvious from their sales to the support from publishers/developers to the media. That comment he made is almost an insult in a way because its like we going to do whatever we want regardless of people think and keep stinking up the joint. Nintendo need to look at Sony's playbook and start giving people what they REALLY want from developers to the gamers.
now that's a familiar line (DS, Wii, 3DS)
I don't feel sorry for them they brought this upon themselves IMO ;)
Even i clocked everyone jumping on that as well i mean they clearly said they will be at E3 but not in a traditional way,its like when that ubisoft women said what she said about no new games she was mis-informed yet n4g jumped all over it saying ubisoft are cutting wiiu support when they are not ??
Have you noticed that lots of things on this site that get said are just getting a wiiu article and twisting it a little to make it negative then reap the few days of blagging everyone until it gets confirmed to be false,why still come on a site that just tells porkies constantly ???? good luck haters i'll be buying every game i saw for wiiu at E3,while you guys play drive club basically a poor mans project cars,and more rehashes of god of war and syphon filter good luck guys.
It's not really this site.
This site and all others feed out of the same trough.
So whatever bad meal or food is in that trough it gets spread to everyone- then to us.
AND Actually, on this site we are the ones posting from other sites.
Nintendo is pretty much the whipping boy of gaming. Despite their storied history of doing what's best for gaming as a whole. But it's okay, the people who whine and say the worst about nintendo are not the people who make Nintendo successful. The people who want Nintendo franchise games couldn't care less because they know the Nintendo brand means a great quality game.
I understand one half of this comment and mindset... on the other hand... Nintendo seems to have a huge blindness problem as of late. Not caring what media and consumers who hear and listen to media is a massive Fail comment.
Nintendo! You have to listen. And by the way... I was looking forward to Wind Waker... but you didn't even remodel or re-texture anything. An HD version? Remapping controls and adding light bloom is not HD remake IMO.
What are you talking about? Clearly the game has new 1080p textures and is a ground up remake. It obviously looks the same because, well how else would it look?
Also, they're fixing the triforce fetch quest and tingle tuner in it too. As well as making sailing less painful.
Super! It is the same game and most of its assets are the same. It is just mapped to the Gamepad and running at 1080.
The other stuff is just, Stuff. I like Nintendo, but the decisions are mind numbing. Especially seeing how they have the money to do more.
1080p textures? LOL
Very stupid and immature these sony and microsoft fanboys sheesh even if they know something is just plain fake they will still take it because since ps3/360 they think they should have superior graphics over Nintendo and it's just not going to happen now,the graphics from wiiu games look far superior in my eyes,X,Beyonneta2,MK8 ect look much better than anything from Sony,Microsoft,specially Microsoft's E3,and run in 1080p native,60fps,something Killzone doesn't do try 720p/30fps developer confirmed this and if it does go 60fps expect worse graphics than at E3 which would mean basically ps3 graphics slightly upgraded.
Yeah, it looks massively uprezzed to me, the tingle tuner thing is odd though. replaced by random messages in a bottle via miiverse. Love hearing they scaled down the triforce shard quest. I look forward to smiling ear to ear as i sail hyrule with that sweeping musical score changing the camera angles to look totally badass.
I think Nintendo knows a smear campaign when they. You have to remember their franchise sale in the 10 million and up so I would say they are satisfying the people that matter not the vocal online fanboys or sheep.
Go and pay for your online play why don't you. I'm sure you wanted that. Need some optional drm? Ummmm taste so so good. Also how are those prefect scoring games playing? Fun stuff huh. You are bitter at the wrong people.
why listen when
- doom and gloom articles
- should put games on mobile
- should go third party
- Make new IPs when they have over 70 IPs
They only listen to those who are fans, loyal and supporters not those who want them to fail, don't understand them, don't want to buy their product or bashed them repeatedly.
N64 was my last Nintendo console and doubt i'll buy another long as things keep on this route
n64 and gamecube were my last two and I agree w/ you those are probably my last. Also played a lot of super nintendo back in the day since my cousin had it. When Sony came out w/ the ps2 and games like Socom I ditched Nintendo and never looked back.
Iwata. The only major difference since the Gamecube up until now (which means he was responsible for much of the state of Nintendo [post n64 era] ever since he became prez).
I shutter at the thought of Nintendo finally becoming a super power again. Man, Nintendo has so much potential. But then you have Iwata. I just can't understand what he's doing.
But I still will buy a wii u, just to add to my console collection.
@ Poprocks (below this comment): Thanks, I respect your view on this, and your respect for a gaming legend such as president Iwata. Iwata had a stellar record at HAL laboratories. But as a president, I don't think he is good for Nintendo imo. Also, I know there is a board, but we don't know anything about them. All we have is the person that this board put in charge. So if he's the big cheese, then it makes him the lightning rod. It's just like the American presidency--even if Obama as a staff, he is still ultimately the leader. So he must take responsibility for his cabinet's decisions.
How about this: What if Iwata stays, but gets a new cabinet? Whatever it is, Nintendo is in need of more agression. So whether it is the cabinet, or it's lightning rod (Iwata) that is the problem--one thing still remains, Nintendo needs to be shaken up. I can look at the SNES and N64 as examples of greatness. I can't say the same for the consoles under Iwata's belt (even if the Wii 1 was adored by casuals). When I was a kid, I would read my older sister's stash of old gamepro mags, only to see that the Gamecube couldn't match the awesomeness of reverance that the systems before it had. Then the same happened with wii and now Wii u. The only constant is Iwata as president. Maybe i'm wrong--but why would I pick on the man for no reason? I don't know him. I just know he was involved in helping to make some great games I liked. Just maybe--MAYBE, it really IS him?
With all due respect, I don't think it's fair to pin all the blame on Iwata. He's a face for the company, but that doesn't mean he makes all of the decisions. Many if not most major companies have a team of board members who choose the direction of the entire company. A President may indeed have input, but often they are just a face for the public to interact with.
Furthermore, Iwata has been involved with Nintendo software since the NES days; he has stellar track record in that regard.
My thoughts are that Iwata is the kind of person who likes ot find a groove that works and then stick with it until it doesn't anymore, hence why the Wii moniker has stuck for so long. Wii U still has little in terms of software and games and it's probably because Nintendo is trying to see whether the core or the casual will go for it first.
That to me is frustrating because the core is looking for a reason to like the Wii U. I've seen it in these comments hundreds of times and Nintendo is simply not choosing the right bait to reel them in (outside of Smash Bros.... that seems to have resonated a bit, even here).
Plus, while I agree Iwata's time is ripe with mistakes, it's been full of solid leaps as well. Iwata took a lot of initiative to bring the 3DS to where it is right now, taking a huge cut in his own pay to make it happen. He helped make the Wii a cultural phenomenon and for whatever it may be worth, the GCN was still profitable (with some great games) and the Wii U, being a dual screen HD console, does what it is meant to do and does it quite well.
If Iwata truly is the one calling all the shots then I think Nintendo needs more opinions involved, not just simply replacing the one currently in control. I'll use Brawl as part of my reasoning. Sakurai admitted he had 100% creative control over Brawl; every character, every mechanic, EVERYTHING. Evidently there were balancing issues and hardcore fans expressed frustration at the tripping and slowed down speed. Now Sakurai is taking input from his fellow developers at Namco who are fighting game experts, which could lead to much more balance and overall quality. Any company can and should find a model like the latter method.
considering the sales of every system nintendo has released since iwata took over have been huge (except for wiiu but in time could) in a time when the economy has been terrible is a sign that he has been doing great. he tried it the "gamer" way with gamecube and it failed. why would a company want to get rid of someone who literally saved the company? as much as gamers want to say how great the n64 was it sold about the same way the wiiu has.
@ Poprocks:
You said:
"If Iwata truly is the one calling all the shots then I think Nintendo needs more opinions involved, not just simply replacing the one currently in control. I'll use Brawl as part of my reasoning. Sakurai admitted he had 100% creative control over Brawl; every character, every mechanic, EVERYTHING. Evidently there were balancing issues and hardcore fans expressed frustration at the tripping and slowed down speed. Now Sakurai is taking input from his fellow developers at Namco who are fighting game experts, which could lead to much more balance and overall quality. Any company can and should find a model like the latter method."
I can totally get behind that. Because for all we know, the issue could be the company that Iwata keeps--if not himself. So yeah, a shake-up in his cabinet, or at the very least, a consultation firm that could give some constructive advice, might be just the spark to help Iwata in his quest to find just the right audience for the Wii U...and stick to that audience (I'm praying that it will be hardcore audience, with some focus on the family (Nintendo does that well) and a mild consideration for casuals).
From now on, I'll push for Iwata to seek external advice, rather than push for his resignation. As he HAS made A LOT of money for Nintendo, after all.
What route a console that concentrates on the games and has a social network just for games right there in real time on the main menu where devs can talk directly with the fans,please WiiU is the only real games console at present and the games did the talking for me at E3.
The direction xbone is going in makes me ill m8 it's not a proper console anymore,alright ps4 is better than xbone but they still have drm but at least ps4 is all about the games same as wiiu but where is the tool to talk directly to gamers and developers ie MiiVerse.
That's a shame, Gamecube was pretty awesome, you missed out dude, in fact you missed out on alot on wii too. Guess you aren't really much of a gamer if you were unable to recognize those systems had great releases and it was worth it to have those systems available to you. I mean, you missed out on more things than I can even name.
For now yes. Doesn't really matter tho if Wii U never really takes off. Worst case it will be like the Cube, sell 20-30 million units and make Nintendo massive profits and they'll just keep on making good first party games for a long time. I can live with that. Also, I think the Xbox One is going to fare just as badly as Wii U, if not worse, for being expensive and anti-consumer. Some people may opt for PS4 @ $400 over Wii U but very few will opt for $500 Xbox One over Wii U, PS4 or any other console.
Nintendo isn't the only company affected by the so called 'reporting' done by 'journalists'. Most of the reporting is fueled by bias, or money these days. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule and these exceptions will keep gaming journalism (or journalism in general) alive.
just for an example of the bias in game journalism check rev 3 games coverage. adam sess hailedas such a great journalist by most gamers barely even mentions or show wiiu or 3ds games. and what they do show is good looking stuff yet they talk over it like they hate doing it.
Maybe Tell developers of Monster Hunter to F*CK OFF with using the same engine and forcing players to LOAD SCREEN entering SECTIONS of a level.
JESUS isnt the wii-u more powerful than the PS3?
Nintendo is so f*cking lazy when it comes to having a strong game library for each generation.
Look X is 100x better looking graphically,the world is seamless open world no loading times and is 100x more interactive the MH3 wiiu and has the best graphics of the show END OF.
Monster hunter is built to be on 3ds as well ie why they couldnt have X like scope because it would make the 3ds version look dull,wait for MH5 wiiu exclusive you wait.
I agree with Reggie, media sucks recently. But they should hear what fans have to say in forums and stuff. That's the place to learn.
It's called miiverse. Fans have bought the system. Fans also go to fan sites to complain about Nintendo. Also Nintendo doesn't listen to idiots. Fans are also waiting for certain games and to see what other companies are doing in an effort to save money.
Fans that are not fans any more or mostly Just sheep swayed by the media. It would be like toy collectors saying they are hardcore lol and they only play with hardcore toys lol. I'm thinking people are having adult hood issues.
The media is pretty much trash these days and it started with paid reviews and paid exclusives. They have all done it but its hard to pay for some thing that is not fun. Like optional paid online drm.
You don't think he checks out N4G everyday?
i never had a nintendo console but i always liked thei attitude ... these guys and sony really love what they do
Nintendo lost their way and never looked back to see their mistake. Shame.
when your mistake sells 100 million consoles and handhelds i wouldn't look back either.
Call me when the WiiU hits that number, with that said, I know ill never get a call.
A nice failure will bring them back to their senses. That or make them go 3rd party, which would be actually better.
Actually, it wouldn't.
Think about it. The same people who say that Nintendo should go third-party are also the ones who are sick and tired of Nintendo relying on older franchises like Mario or Zelda.
Bringing those franchises to another console wouldn't magically convince people to buy them; the game design remains the same as it would be on a Nintendo console. Availability on another console doesn't instantly equal more sales here, despite the rather common misconception that it does.
A failure to cater to non-hardcore crowds would bring them back to core gamers, they could make a true next gen console to compete against the PS5 and XBOX Two.
Now if they go 3rd party, we could see good franchises on better systems. Pokemon Vita would be absolutely amazing, for example. Sony knows how to play to its own strengths better than Nintendo does.
Let me say ps4 will sell better than wiiu in uk at first in other words launch sales will be better but it will not catch up,WiiU has games coming that sell 10/20million units plus each and these games sell consoles so expect wiiu with its headstart and 1st party games to dominate,xbone might sell better than both but games will sell terribly because it will be multimedia boffs buying it,perfect example Ninty are on to something is the 330,000 sonic all stars racing copies sold more then ps3/360 combined proves gamers willing to buy games have bought wiiu,remember between ps3/360 u have 140million plus consoles yet wiiu with around 4 million sold,outsold both consoles combined on that game.
I like how a lot of people fail to see the point of the article just because Reggie is saying it. The point is journalist post all these rumors and what not for one reason, clicks. It's the same reason they reported the rumor of the PS4 having DRM like the Xbox One. There doesn't seem to be much journalistic integrity in gaming media.
The best about wii u is that theres no drm at all. Clearly thats why publishers abandon it.
I will continue to support Nintendo for as long as they support gamers.
DRM is trying to destroy my childhood.
Wii U/PS4/PC for me. Plus my ridiculous back-log
Nintendo always getting the short end of the stick...
thats very true i wish that it would be the best it can be it has some good game thats coming
It's going to be like this because people are trying to steer Nintendo into becoming a 3rd Party.
That is the plan.
It would not work if people would:
- Read,
- Look for the retractions
- Not get excited by the sight of a percieved (fatal) failure.
But if the Press and fans like to be manipulated...
There is I think a certain level of bias against Nintendo amongst a section of enthusiast outlets - outlets which coincidentally that aren't prepared to do real research, check sources or verify facts.
Reporters love to shhh on Nintendo that just the way it is


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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Pitch Perfect' a perfect musical comedy to see during the holidays
"Pitch Perfect" was the most anticipated movie in the fall 2012 and an immediate success even before it was released. The movie ended up opening early in select theaters weeks before its original release date.
The movie stars Anna Kendrick, who recently rose to fame after her role as Jessica Stanley in Twilight and has been in a number of movies recently, including "End of Watch," "Up in the Air," "50/50" and "What to Expect When You're Expecting."
Kendrick plays the main character Beca, a girl who cares more about what is coming out of her headphones than anything that is going on around her. She attends a college and, after her father's persuasion, ends up joining the A capella group there. Soon she sees that she doesn't hate it as much as she thought she would.
Brittany Stone, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp and others co-star in this remarkable film. These many talented actors and actresses came together beautifully in this movie. They seemed to have chosen perfect people who could not only act but really sing as well.
However, it was Rebel Wilson that truly made the movie worth seeing. Her humor and background as a stand-up comedian worked well within this movie. Without Rebel Wilson or the music, the movie would not be as big of a success as it was.
Kendrick is a good fit for her character and plays Beca well. Through this movie, she has proven that she can also do comedy although it is not to the extent of what Rebel Wilson can do. She has proven lately that she is a great actress and isn't just a time actress. I see her being in more movies in the future.
The comedy was not all that the movie had to offer. Within the comedy and the music lay an actual plot showing the growth of Beca as she realizes that in order to be happy you have to be able and willing to let others in even if they just hurt you in the end and showing that the most unexpected people can end up being the ones who make you happy.
The movie came together, bringing good laughs and heartfelt moments to the audience. The soundtrack chosen worked well picked fit the movie script.I would definitely recommend this movie for anyone wanting to see a great comedy this year.
I rate this movie a 3 out of 4 stars.


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ST. CHARLES – For the first time in 37 years, Joseph Battisto is not worrying about the future.
That's because this school year was Battisto's last as principal of St. Patrick Catholic School in St. Charles, a position he has held for 20 years. He is retiring this month for unspecified health reasons.
The last few months have been a extended goodbye to Battisto, and Thursday was no different. During a luncheon held in Battisto's honor, many of the school's teachers and staff members shook his hand and gave him hugs.
Many of the well-wishers thanked Battisto for his contributions and dedication to the school. Battisto usually would arrive to the school every day in his 14-year-old Toyota Camry at about 5:30 a.m., and he wouldn't leave until 7 p.m., said Monsignor Joseph Linster, St. Patrick's former pastor.
"You're only as good as the people who surround you, and I could have never been surrounded by a better principal than Joe Battisto," Linster said.
To replace his worn-out Camry, the school community has started a fund to buy a new car for Battisto. Other gifts presented to him in the past few days include a scholarship in his name and plans to dedicate a statue of the Holy Family to him on school grounds.
Battisto, who received a standing ovation on Sunday during a celebratory Mass in his honor, said he was overwhelmed by the parish's generosity.
"I very much appreciate all the consideration and thoughtfulness that I've received from everyone," Battisto said on Thursday during the luncheon.
As he reflected on his 20 years at the school, Battisto said he was proud of seeing the staff work in a faith-filled environment with students on a daily basis. He said he also was glad to contribute to the parish's program to build the current K-8 St. Patrick School on Crane Road, which opened in 2011.
Without Battisto's input, the school wouldn't have the number of classrooms that it does and facilities such as the band room and computer lab that students use every day, Linster said.
Battisto is strong in his leadership and inspiration, said Sister Liz Ryan, the school's assistant principal. She called herself one of the luckiest people in the world to have a boss, a mentor and a friend in Battisto.
Ryan said change in life is important, but Battisto's retirement will make her sad.
Battisto said he has not made any plans beyond recuperating for his health, but he knows he will miss the school community dearly.
"All the children, the parents, the faculty, everyone," he said.
Longtime St. Patrick School principal retires
ST. CHARLES – For the first time in 37 years, Joseph Battisto is not worrying about the future.


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The work will provide a life-extension for the seven stations until a long-term capital improvement plan is determined for this portion of the Red Line. Project work will include viaduct repairs, platform repairs or replacement, station water proofing, lighting improvements and new station house finishes.
"CTA rail stations are a gateway to the surrounding community. These interim improvements are important because we cannot postpone repairs, which need our immediate attention. The CTA wants to be good stewards of the infrastructure we have now, as we continue to plan for the future and pursue additional funding," said CTA President Forrest Claypool. "This contract will allow us to quickly address some much needed capital maintenance work, while also improving the quality and experience for our riders and neighbors."
The rehabilitation of the seven rail stations is not part of the Red & Purple Modernization Project, which is currently in the early stages of planning and will require several more years of planning and identified sources of funding.
Kiewit Infrastructure Co. was awarded the contract to through a competitive bid process. Design work is expected to begin in the next few weeks. Per the terms of the contract, construction is expected to conclude in early-2013 and is not to exceed $57.4 million for services, labor and materials.
Construction plans do include temporary station closures anticipated to be no more than six weeks. Adjacent stations will not be closed simultaneously.
Funding for the station rehabilitation project is from the Federal Transportation Administration and is part of the $1 billion Red Line investment project. The $1 billion capital investment is a combination of state, local and federal funds, which will support other Red Line projects including track and station renewal along the Dan Ryan branch; the rebuilding of the Clark/Division and Wilson stations; and several other track, substation and station renewal projects along the north mainline branch.


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Giants premiere championship DVD in style
By Rick Eymer / Special to MLB.com | 11/21/12 2:42 AM ET
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Manager Bruce Bochy, CEO Larry Baer and narrator Benjamin Bratt are on hand for the premiere of the 2012 World Series DVD
SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants season-ticket holder Tony Alvarado has been around long enough to have seen Dave Dravecky pitch at Candlestick Park.
They were both in the same building again Tuesday night, united by their love of the San Francisco Giants. Dravecky was a guest of honor of the Giants at the world premiere of the 2012 San Francisco Giants World Series DVD at the Castro Theatre. Alvarado was there because he could not wait to buy it in the store. He shelled out $25 a ticket to see it on the large screen.
"It was really well done," Dravecky said afterward. The audience, a little biased perhaps, agreed whole-heartedly, giving it a standing ovation. In addition to Dravecky, Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda was in attendance along with San Francisco mayor Ed Lee, San Francisco native and DVD narrator Benjamin Bratt, clubhouse manager Mike Murphy, Giants president and CEO Larry Baer, manager Bruce Bochy and announcer Jon Miller among others.
"I've seen a lot of ups and downs over the years," said Alvarado, a charter season ticket holder when AT&T Park opened in 2000. He's been a Giants fan since 1987. "I wanted to see the movie as soon as possible."
So did about 1,500 other fans and friends of the Giants. The ticket sales helped fund the Giants' $10,000 donation to the San Francisco Food Bank. The atmosphere of the venerable theatre (built in 1922) was kind of like sitting in the bleachers during a particularly close game.
Usher Mike Davis, an icon in sections 110-112 behind home plate, was brought in with several of his cohorts to help the assembled, whom appeared more eager to greet and meet Bochy than watch the film.
The DVD, currently on sale, covered a lot of ground, including the 2010 World Series title and all of the 2012 season. What started out as a question mark for Buster Posey turned into an MVP season. Closer Brian Wilson was lost for the season but a group of other pitchers helped pitch the team to another world championship.
"It was so much fun to work the playoffs," Davis said. "This is a good group."
Giants P.A. announcer Renel Brooks-Moon acted as M.C., introducing several of the special guests. Bochy got the biggest ovation, but that could be because he was carrying the World Series trophy down the aisle.
"Baseball to me was always more than a game," Bratt said. "And the San Francisco Giants were always more than a team."
Alvarado has seats in the front row of section 131, down the left-field line. His greatest moment was a game in which Barry Bonds made a catch of a foul ball and fell into Alvarado's seats. Bonds handed Alvarado's wife of 14 years, Anna, the ball.
The San Jose resident said the Oakland Athletics could move to his city but it would never make him change his allegiance.
"Maybe the casual fan would switch," he said. "Not the die-hard ones."
While everybody knows how the season ended for the Giants, the DVD has a special ending that is simply not to be missed. Not to give anything away, but there are several players involved in ways you've never seen them.


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Pets, Pets, Pets
Milk-Bone® celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. That's 700 in dog years. More than 7 billion Milk-Bone® biscuits were made last yearenough to wrap around the moon 23 times; or mark the distance from New York to Los Angeles 112 times; or cover every inch of Central Park 2.8 times. Your dog might be wondering why we humans would consider these silly stunts. Why waste so many yummy treats?
In the 1860s dog biscuits were accidentally invented in a London butcher shop. The store owner was experimenting with a new biscuit recipe which he thought turned out terrible. He tossed one to his dog who gobbled it right up so he remade them in the shape of a bone for customers' pups. They sold like mad.
Exactly a century ago the dog snack was introduced here when a baker on Manh attan's Lower East Side bought the British recipe. The F. H. Bennett Biscuit Company was established and began selling the treats under the name "Malatoid" which was changed to "Milk-Bone" around 1915 to reflect cow's milk as one of the ingredients. Nabisco acquired the company in 1931 and dominated the market as virtually the only pet biscuit manufacturer until the late 1960s. Milk- Bone® became part of Kraft in 2002; then Del Monte in 2006.
On and off since 1922 and presently the factory in Buffalo has been the Milk-Bone® capital of the universe. Today the plant produces over 30 varieties, including gravy bones and filet mignon flavor, for dogs of all ages and sizes. It's only right that our canine campadres grace the cover of the box. The breeds most often featured have been Boston Terriers, Beagles and Collies. Peanut's Snoopy appeared on the carton twice.
To commemorate 100 years of bringing joy to dogs and pet parents, Milk-Bone® launched the "Make a Milk-Bone Moment"™ contest. Until the 9/18/08 deadline, anyone can enter a digital photo of their pooch at www.milkbone.com. The top 100 Milk-Bone Moments™ will be posted on the website, and America will vote to choose the $100,000 grand prize winning 100th anniversary SpokesDog. (The 99 runners up will receive digital cameras.)
In addition Milk-Bone® will donate more than $1 million to provide 108 dogs- 37 canine assistant dogs and 71 police dogs- via the Milk-Bone® Canine Heroes Program™ as well as give away more than $1 million in product to assist other service dog organizations. Since the program's inception in 1997, Milk-Bone® has sponsored training for 320 canine assistants and 470 law enforcement K-9s.
The centennial celebration is traveling to 14 US cities. Next stop -the Big Apple. On Wed. 5/21 from noon to 3pm at Military Island in Times Square Milk-Bone® will attempt to build the world's largest dog house- 18 feet high- with the help of 100,000 dog biscuits. People and pups are invited to the event where they can also meet doggy dancers, paw readers, caricature artists, and the mystery celebrity who will present the $1 million check to the Milk-Bone® Canine Heroes Program™. As icing on the cake, the Food Network will be creating a special occasion dessert that promises to have everyone drooling.
Sit. Give me your paw. Beg. Our dogs wolf down more than 68,000 tons of Milk-Bones® each year. To put that in perspective- one year's worth of biscuits is equivalent to the weight of 17,000 full grown elephants. Total treat consumption is 15,000 tons heavier than the Titanic. Gotta "sinking" feeling in your stomach? Think of it as merely "the tip of the iceberg" to our hungry hounds' howling for many more.
For Adoption at Oyster Bay Town Shelter: The dogs waiting at the Miller Ave. Syosset shelter would love to create Milk-Bone Moments™ with someone nice. "Rocky" #344 is a chubby Pointer mix who likes kids and other dogs. Meanwhile "Parker" #121 is a large, gray tabby who vocalizes his desire to find a home. Call Oyster Bay Shelter at 677-5784 top meet "Rocky", "Parker" or their pals: an English Pointer # 343; "Buddy" #340- a Shih-tzu who seems to prefer women; a wire-haired Terrier mix #342; "Spackle" #207- another Paul Bunyan-sized cat in the lobby; kittens too.
Unique Breed Rescue Site: "Special Needs Dobermans" (SND) a national online fund is dedicated to helping senior Dobermans plus Dobies of all ages with extraordinary medical expenses- whether the dog is in a rescue group, foster home or owned by a loving family. SND is different because most purebred rescues, actually most humane organizations, do not assist owned pets. SND had a record year in 2007-disbursing over $80,000 in financial aid to 109 Dobermans across the US. Many of these Dobies would have been euthanized or surrendered to shelters because their families or rescues wouldn't have been able to afford their veterinary care. Visit SND at www. doberman911.org to learn about their dogs in need or to participate in one of their EBay auctions.
Readers can write to Joanne Anderson c/o Massapequa Post, 1045B Park Blvd., Massapequa Park NY 11702, or via email at email@example.com
Readers can write to Joanne Anderson at 65 Deer Park Ave., Babylon NY 11702, or via email at acjnews@rcn. com


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Andrews Ranks on Forbes.com
Top HeadlinesDate: August 18, 2010
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Forbes.com's 2010 list of "America's Best Colleges" has ranked Andrews University as No. 446 out of 610 of "the best public and private colleges and universities—from the student's point of view." Andrews is the only Seventh-day Adventist institution to make the list. This also puts Andrews among the top seven percent nationally of all accredited higher education institutions.
This is the third annual ranking compilation of "America's Best Colleges" by Forbes and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. A select group of more than 600 undergraduate institutions are evaluated based on the quality of the education they provide, the experience of the students and how much they achieve. More than ten factors were used in compiling and creating the rankings including student satisfaction, postgraduate success, student debt, four-year graduation rate, and competitive awards.
Forbes.com states, "To our way of thinking, a good college is one that meets student needs. While other college rankings are based in large part on school reputation as evaluated by college administrators, we focus on things which directly concern incoming students: Will my courses be interesting? Is it likely I will graduate in four years? Will I incur a ton of debt getting my degree? And once I get out of school, will I get a good job?"
Stephen Payne, vice president for Enrollment Management and Integrated Marketing & Communication, is quite pleased Andrews University is on Forbes list. "At Andrews, we're terribly proud of the quality of our faculty and students, and what happens when they come together on campus to pursue our ambitious goals to Seek Knowledge, Affirm Faith and Change the World. In turn, we're pleased and honored Forbes.com recognizes the commitment, passion and success of our campus community."
The full list can be found at http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/94/best-colleges-10_Americas-Best-Colleges_Rank.html.
-Written by Keri Suarez, media relations specialist, Office of Integrated Marketing & Communication


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Associated Press Release
By: THOMAS J. SHEERAN and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Ohio man convicted of holding three women captive in his Cleveland house over a decade and raping them repeatedly has been sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years.
Fifty-three-year-old Ariel Castro was being given his sentence Thursday. He had pleaded guilty to 937 counts including aggravated murder, kidnapping, rape and assault.
A plea deal struck last week spared him from a possible death sentence for beating and starving a pregnant victim until she miscarried.
The women disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 16 and 20 years old.
They escaped to freedom May 6 when one of them, Amanda Berry, broke out part of the door to Castro's house and yelled to neighbors for help.
Associated Press Release
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A sentencing hearing is under way for a man convicted of imprisoning three women in his Cleveland house for years and repeatedly raping and beating them.
The hearing for Ariel Castro began with his attorneys objecting to prosecutors' plans to present details of the women's ordeal.
Defense attorney Craig Weintraub says those facts were appropriate for a trial, which Castro agreed to avoid by pleading guilty.
Weintraub says the goal now should be to protect the privacy of the three women.
Assistant Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County Prosecutor Blaise Thomas says it's appropriate to show the world what Castro did.
Castro pleaded guilty last week to 937 counts including aggravated murder, kidnapping, rape and assault in a deal that could bring a life sentence plus 1,000 years.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
Three months after an Ohio woman kicked out part of a door to end nearly a decade of captivity, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse.
Prosecutors are expected to detail Ariel Castro's daily assaults on the women, recounted in diaries that compared the women's experience to that of prisoners of war. With the possibility of the death penalty for a forced miscarriage taken off the table, Castro stands to get life in prison plus 1,000 years on Thursday.
Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said in a sentencing memorandum filed Wednesday that Castro, who chained his captives and fed them only one meal a day, "admits his disgusting and inhuman conduct" but "remains remorseless for his actions."
The memorandum says many of the specific charges in Castro's indictment reflect conduct documented by one of the women in her diary.
"The entries speak of forced sexual conduct, of being locked in a dark room, of anticipating the next session of abuse, of the dreams of someday escaping and being reunited with family, of being chained to a wall, of being held like a prisoner of war ... of being treated like an animal," it says.
The sentencing could take up to four hours, court officials said, with Castro, his attorneys, his victims and prosecutors getting a chance to speak. The legal team representing the women's interests declined to comment on whether they would testify or send statements to the court.
Prosecutors brought a model of the house where Castro, 53, imprisoned the women into the courtroom Thursday ahead of the sentencing.
In the court filing, McGinty offered new details of Castro's treatment of the women, who he said were kept "in a state of powerlessness" through physical, sexual and psychological violence.
"He made them believe that their physical survival depended on him, and he threatened to end their lives if they did not comply with his every demand," McGinty said.
Castro lured one of the women into his Cleveland home with the promise of a puppy for her son and tricked another by saying she could see his daughter, McGinty said.
He chained his captives by their ankles, fed them only one meal a day and provided plastic toilets in their bedrooms that were infrequently emptied, the filing said.
He menaced them with a gun, threatened them with tales of other captives, some of whom hadn't made it home, and at one point locked all of them in a vehicle in his garage for three days while he had a visitor.
Castro claimed he didn't have an exit strategy from his complicated double life and finally gave the women a chance to escape by leaving a door unlocked, the court filing said.
The women, each kidnapped separately when they accepted a ride from Castro on Cleveland's blue-collar west side, quickly escaped after Amanda Berry kicked out the door panel on May 6 and Castro was arrested within hours. The women disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 16 and 20 years old.
There was no comment from Castro's defense team on the eve of sentencing.
Other horrific details of the women's ordeal had already emerged, including tales of being chained to poles in the basement or a bedroom heater or inside a van, with one woman forced to wear a motorcycle helmet while chained in the basement and, after she tried to escape, having a vacuum cord wrapped around her neck.
Castro repeatedly starved and beat one of the victims each time she was pregnant, forcing her to miscarry five times.
He forced the same woman on threat of death to safely deliver the child he fathered with another victim on Christmas Day 2006. The same day, prosecutors say, Castro raped the woman who helped deliver his daughter.
Prosecutors will ask the judge to prohibit Castro from ever seeing his daughter, now 6.
McGinty says experts will also discuss how Castro was able to keep the women captive for so long.
Berry, 27, made a surprise onstage appearance at a rap concert last weekend, and a second victim, Gina DeJesus, 23, made a few televised comments as a privacy fence was being erected around her house. Knight, 32, appeared with Berry and DeJesus in a video in early July thanking the community for its support.
Knight, the first of three to disappear, also sent police a handwritten letter thanking them for their help collecting cards and gifts for the women.
In the note, Knight told Second District Cmdr. Keith Sulzer, "Life is tough, but I'm tougher!"
Welsh-Huggins reported from Columbus, Ohio.
Associated Press Release
By: THOMAS J. SHEERAN
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A Cleveland man has pleaded not guilty to holding three women captive in his home for a decade and raping them.
Fifty-two-year-old Ariel Castro was arraigned Wednesday on an indictment charging him with murder, kidnapping and rape in more than 300 counts.
The murder charge involves Castro's allegedly starving and punching a pregnant woman in captivity until she miscarried.
A Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County grand jury returned the indictment Friday against the former Cleveland school bus driver, who was fired last fall.
His $8 million dollar bond was continued.
A man accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade was scheduled for his first court appearance Wednesday to answer to hundreds of charges, including rape and kidnapping.
Ariel Castro is charged with kidnapping the three women and keeping them -- sometimes restrained in chains -- along with a 6-year-old girl he fathered with one of them.
A grand jury charged Castro with two counts of aggravated murder related to one act, saying he purposely caused the unlawful termination of one of the women's pregnancies. He also was indicted on 139 counts of rape, 177 counts of kidnapping, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of felonious assault and one count of possession of criminal tools.
Last week's 142-page indictment covers only the period from August 2002, when the first victim disappeared, to February 2007. Prosecutors say the investigation will continue and they are leaving the door open to pursuing a death penalty case against Castro.
News that the women had been found alive electrified the Cleveland area, where two of the victims were household names after years of searches, publicity and vigils. But elation soon turned to shock as allegations about their treatment began to emerge.
The indictment against Castro alleges he repeatedly restrained the women, sometimes chaining them to a pole in a basement, to a bedroom heater or inside a van. It says one of the women tried to escape and he assaulted her with a vacuum cord around her neck.
Later, he moved them to upstairs rooms where they were kept as virtual prisoners, according to investigators.
All the while, Castro continued driving a school bus and playing bass in local bands, with fellow musicians saying they never suspected a thing. He was fired as a bus driver last fall after leaving his bus unattended for several hours.
Castro has been held on $8 million bail. Last week he was taken off suicide prevention watch in jail. Cuyahoga County jail logs show him spending most of his time sleeping, lying on his bunk, watching TV and occasionally drawing.
Castro was arrested May 6, shortly after one of the women broke through a door and yelled to neighbors for help.
She told a police dispatcher in a dramatic 911 call: "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry. I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years, and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."
The women -- Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight -- disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 16 and 20 years old. Each said they had accepted a ride from Castro, who remained friends with DeJesus' family and even attended vigils over the years marking her disappearance.
The women haven't spoken publicly since their rescue.
Berry, 27, told officers that she was forced to give birth in a plastic pool in the house so it would be easier to clean up. Berry said she, her baby and the two other women rescued with her had never been to a doctor during their captivity.
Knight, 32, said her five pregnancies ended after Castro starved her for at least two weeks and "repeatedly punched her in the stomach until she miscarried," authorities said.
She also said Castro forced her to deliver Berry's baby under threat of death if the baby died. She said that when the newborn stopped breathing, she revived her through mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
The picture of Castro as a friendly musician began to erode soon after the women were freed, as family members told of a man who terrorized his common-law wife, beating her and locking her in an apartment and the same house where the women were later kept.
Castro's two brothers were arrested the same day but were released at a hearing a few days later after it was determined they weren't aware of the activities of which their brother is accused. They denounced him in later interviews.
The Associated Press does not usually identify people who may be victims of sexual assault, but the names of the three women were widely circulated by their families, friends and law enforcement authorities for years during their disappearances and after they were found.


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Test::TAP::Model::File::Visual - A test file with additional display oriented methods.
See the template.
This module is a subclass of Test::TAP::Model::File that provides some methods that ease display.
It also inherits from Test::TAP::Model::Colorful, which provides additional methods.
An overridden version of "cases" in Test::TAP::Model::File which will return a single stub case if the case list is actually empty.
A string, "OK" or "FAILED"
Just the name of the test. Should be overridden to contain a proper path.
The test's test cases, split into rows close to 50 elements in size.
The structure returned is:
[ { cases => [ case, case, ... ] }, { cases => [ ... ] }, ... ];
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Referential Integrity Error
I'm learning how to publish databases online by exporting them as SQL files, then going into my online C-Panel and importing them.
On my first attempt, just one of six tables was successfully imported. I understand the error message referred to a "Referential Integrity" issue. The second table couldn't be imported because one of its fields is associated with a field on another table that had not yet been imported.
I've determined that the solution is to insert two statements in a dump file that contains create table statements.
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0; [at the beginning of the file]
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1; [at the end of the file]
Because I don't know how to use the command line client with MySQL, I'd like to know if I can open this document with Notepad and insert the statements. If so, can someone tell me where to find this file?
Also, I wondered if a second strategy would work: Can I export and import my database one table at a time?
And here's my last question. I don't understand what I have to do to prepare for a database import. Suppose a database on my local computer is named jack_star.
1. Do I have to create a database named jack_star on my remote site before I can import my local jack_star? Or can I open up phpMyAdmin on a remote site with a "blank slate" and just import whatever databases I want?
2. After I've imported a database online, can I import successive databases on top of it? In other words, suppose I publish jack_star online. Later I modify a table on my LOCAL jack_star database online. Can I then republish jack_star online, with the amended table? I'm a little confused because on a recent attempt, I received a "table already exists error." I thought it would simply write over it.
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The order you create tables is important.
First do all the tables that have no foreign keys.
Then do those which only have foreign keys from the tables above.
Then do those which only have foreign keys from those now above, etc.
This is true for all relational databasesDr John


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Local Health Department Heroes Honored
May 26, 2010
Local health departments across the country have been recognized for their efforts in responding to the H1N1 pandemic. This spring, several departments and exceptional individuals were publicly awarded for organizing and implementing prevention and vaccination strategies.
Town Came Together to Fight H1N1
Dedication and Hard Work Brought Efficiency to Vaccination Clinics
On May 13, at a meeting of the county's board of health, the Health District of Northern Larimer, CO, presented the 2010 Joseph Jabaily Public Health Hero Award to Executive Director Carol Plock. The award is given annually in honor and remembrance of the many contributions to public health by Joseph Jabaily, MD, a Loveland neurologist who died in a charity bicycle race in 2004.
On May 12, the Delaware County Health Department, OH, gave a Health Care Heroes Award to one person:
Pinal County, AZ, held three successful H1N1 mass vaccination clinics throughout the region. "Over 4,400 people were immunized in these three mass vaccination clinics," said Lisa Garcia, assistant county manager for Health and Human Services. "That effort made a positive impact on the health of Pinal County young people and adults."
At the 2010 Governor's Safety and Health Conference in Alaska, the Governor's Special Achievement Award was given to the following:
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BSISD science fair Thursday
Crazy for chemistry? Bats about botany?
The best science projects in Big Spring Independent School District will be on display Thursday when the district's annual science fair is held at Dora Roberts Community Center.
Students in grades 3 through 12 will vie for prizes and scholarships by displaying their talents in one of 18 science disciplines. Elementary students already have had their projects judged at the campus level, but their work will be on display, as well, said Darrell Ryan, science fair organizer.
Judging of intermediate and senior division (grades 6 through 12) exhibits begins at 9 a.m. and the exhibits will be open for public viewing from noon until 3 p.m. An awards assembly is scheduled for 2 p.m.
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COLUMBUS — A report calls some changes to Ohio's youth prison system a model for the nation while highlighting continuing problems in the system with gang violence, education classes and medical care.
The annual report by a court-appointed monitor says Department of Youth Services administrators have done commendable work reducing the number of offenders in secure confinement and spreading services for youthful offenders around Ohio.
The report issued last week also notes problems with staff shortages, inadequate teachers and inconsistent medical records.
Advocates for youthful offenders say the report demonstrates the need for continued court-ordered supervision of the system.
The youth services department says the agency is not the same as five years ago and has made considerable progress complying with court-ordered changes.
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Senior Sean Pekarsky (Clifton, NJ/Clifton) scored the game-winner with 46 seconds remaining to give Montclair State an 11-10 victory in a non-conference men�s lacrosse game. Pekarsky finished with a hat trick, while John Della Pesca (Fair Lawn, NJ/Fair Lawn) added two goals for the Red Hawks. Montclair goalkeeper Tim Condron (West Paterson, NJ/St. Joseph�s) had 11 saves in the win, while Farmingdale State goalie Tony Sheridan (Merrick, NY/Mepham) had 11 saves in defeat.
Farmingdale�s Matt Ramacca (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) and Gianluca Carrabs (Glen Cove, NY/Glen Cove) both scored three goals. Ryan LaFlare (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) finished with two goals.
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It didn't take long after his arrival before "Baby Doc" Duvalier was questioned about his crimes. BBC News reports:
Former Haitian leader Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has been questioned by judicial officials and was later led out of his hotel by police.
He was questioned over claims he stole from the country's treasury. It is not clear whether he has been arrested.
Haiti's chief prosecutor and a judge were seen arriving at his hotel in Port-au-Prince earlier on Tuesday.
Mr Duvalier, who ruled the country for 15 years before being ousted in 1986, made a surprise return to Haiti Sunday.
"He will be questioned and he will remain at the disposal of the judicial system," a senior government official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters news agency earlier.
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March 12, 2010
The Schedule
Sunday, March 14, 2010
No. 11 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (9-8, 0-0) vs. Cal State San Bernardino (12-5), 2:00 p.m.
No. 11 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Bucknell University (6-6), 5:00 p.m.
The Week Ahead
After going 1-1 at home last weekend, the Gauchos will host another pair of teams this Sunday at Campus Pool. UCSB will play Cal State San Bernardino at 2:00 pm, before taking on Bucknell at 5:00 pm.
For The Record
UCSB currently holds a record of 9-8. After suffering their first home loss, the Gauchos are 3-1 at Campus Pool. UCSB ranks as No. 11 in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Top-20 Poll, up one spot from last weeks ranking.
It's Coyote Season
The Gauchos will begin play this Sunday against Cal State San Bernardino, at 2:00pm. The Coyotes are 12-5, and are coming off of a 13-9 home win, against Azusa Pacific. However, the Coyotes have yet to defeat an opponent that is currently ranked in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Top-20 Poll. The Gauchos are 5-1 in their last six clashes with the Coyotes. Their most recent match was a 17-4 victory, on January 24, 2009, at last season's Lancer Invite.
Bison Brawling
In their second game of the day, the Gauchos will face Bucknell University at 5:00pm, Bucknell is 6-6, most recently defeating George Washington University, by a score of 11-8. Bucknell also has yet to register a win over a team ranked in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Top-20 Poll. Before playing UCSB, the Bison will compete against Cal State San Bernardino at 11:00 am. The Gauchos defeated Bucknell, 11-7, at Campus Pool last season, on March 9, 2009.
Gaucho Goals
After picking up a goal in each game of the weekend, junior Christie Clark continues to lead the Gauchos in scoring. Clark now has a total of 19 goals this season, including three two-goal games, coming against CSU Bakersfield (Jan. 23) and No.11 UC Irvine (Feb. 6 & Feb. 28). With 14 goals each, Shelby Haroldson and Lizzie Rouleau are now tied for second on the team for scoring this season. Haroldson has turned in dual-goals on four different occasions this year, including games against third ranked Cal (1/29), and UC Davis (2/7). This past west weekend, Rouleau recorded her second two-goal match, against Fresno Pacific. Katie Kepner is not only third on the team in goals, with 13, but also leads the Gauchos in assists, with 18. The junior has had three two-goal games and a hat-trick against No.3 Cal (1/29).
Defensive Domination
Junior Kathryn Nelson continues to lead the Gaucho defense with 26 steals and seven field blocks. Nelson has also picked up nine goals this season. Second in steals is freshman Shelby Haroldson with 22, followed by Christie Clark with 17, and Nancy Ruano with 14. Lizzie Rouleau is second on the team for field blocks with five, while Claire Buchanan and Katie Kepner each have four.
We're Going Streaking
Three Gauchos: Christie Clark. Shelby Haroldson and Kacey Creek are currently amidst scoring streaks. Clark has now scored in five straight games for the Gauchos, including two goals in a win over No.12 UC Irvine (Feb. 28). Shelby Haroldson and Kacey Creek are both amidst three game scoring streaks.
Goalie Gossip
Ruth Milne has recorded a total of 150 saves this season, including a 15-save game against UC Davis (2/7) and multiple 12-save performances. After starting 15 of the Gauchos' 17 games, Milne is averaging 10.7 saves per game, and 7.9 goals against per game. Chelsea Carillo and Sarah Zuziak also saw time this weekend. Carrillo started against Fresno Pacific, and grabbed 5 saves in the victory.
Home is Where the Heart Is
The Gauchos will remain in Santa Barbara for the entire month of March, and the beginning of April. The Gauchos' next games will be at the UCSB Invite, which they will host over the weekend of March 27-28. Following the tournament, UCSB will begin Big West Conference play, when it hosts Long Beach State, on Friday, April 2.


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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho stopped short of a glowing tribute in expressing his admiration for Arsene Wenger ahead of the Frenchman's 1,000th match in charge of Arsenal, which comes at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
The landmark occasion arrives as Chelsea and Arsenal tussle for the Premier League title, along with Liverpool and Manchester City, and with Wenger chasing a first victory in 10 contests with Mourinho.
Wenger's 500th match was a defeat to a Chelsea side managed by Mourinho, who has not been beaten in 75 Premier League matches at Stamford Bridge.
"The tribute is to say that I believe that, any one of us, we would love to have the same privilege with our clubs," Mourinho said.
The Portuguese last month described Wenger as a "specialist in failure" after the Frenchman commented that anyone ruling themselves out of the title race was doing so out of a fear of falling short.
And Mourinho again spoke of Wenger's eight-and-a-half-year trophy drought.
"I admire him and I admire Arsenal, because it's not possible to have 1,000 matches unless the club is also a fantastic club in the way they support the manager, especially in the bad moments and especially when the bad moments were quite a lot," Mourinho added.
Mourinho insisted his personal record against Wenger was incidental as matches pit team against team, not manager against manager.
"It doesn't matter," Mourinho said. "It's not against him. It's Chelsea against Arsenal.
"I didn't even play Arsenal with Inter Milan or with Real Madrid or with Porto, I just played with Chelsea.
"It's Chelsea-Arsenal, Arsenal-Chelsea, it's not me against him.
"Records don't play any role. A match is a match. It's not coach against coach, it's team against team."
Chelsea, who beat Galatasaray to advance to the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, will be bidding to respond following last Saturday's controversial loss to Aston Villa, when Mourinho, Ramires and Willian were sent off.
Mourinho will contest his Football Association improper conduct charge, while Ramires is banned for three matches and Willian one, with both missing the Arsenal game.
Also absent is former Arsenal left-back Ashley Cole (knee), but Nemanja Matic and Mohamed Salah are available after being ineligible in Europe in midweek.
Meanwhile, Wenger will not let a war of words with Mourinho deflect his focus ahead of Saturday's clash.
"I would keep that [his opinion of Mourinho] for myself. Tomorrow I represent my club, I don't represent myself, and I will behave always in respecting the values of our club, and keep my own feelings far away from that," said Wenger, whose last trophy came in 2005.
Mourinho has continually used his press conferences to talk down Chelsea's title chances, describing them as a "little horse" in the championship race.
Wenger, though, is not about to take any notice of such gamesmanship, preferring instead to let Arsenal do all of their talking with a football as the FA Cup semi-finalists look to build on last weekend's north London derby win at Tottenham.
"What gives the teams advantages is performances on the pitch," Wenger said when asked if Mourinho's pre-match statements had any real impact.
"Press conferences can be for you (media) less or more boring, and I can understand you like some more than others, but the real excitement is the game on the pitch."
Wenger continued: "You cannot say they (Chelsea) are favourites or not, but they are among the teams who are fighting to win the Premier League, nobody can deny that.
"What is very interesting is you have Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal [all fighting for the title] and that has not happened for years.
"None of these four teams can say they are not going for it, that would be stupid."
Arsenal will hand a fitness test to midfielder Tomas Rosicky, who has an ankle problem.
Wenger, though, confirmed on Friday that Japanese midfielder Ryo Miyaichi will miss the rest of the season due to a hamstring injury.
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Please join the LA 3-D Club on Saturday, February 18th in attending the Opening Reception for Stereocollision, a show by Santa Barbara-based artist Ethan Turpin currently on exhibit at UCR/California Museum of Photography in Riverside. The artist will be present to discuss his work.
To make the "Stereocollision" series, Turpin digitally mixes images appropriated from antique 3D stereo cards to present intimate visual spaces where histories are compressed. Over the years, Turpin has been visiting UCR/California Museum of Photography's vast Keystone-Mast stereographic archive as one major source for his raw material from which to make his digital mash-ups. The "Minor Miracle" set of wall-mounted pieces draw on the magic and weight of religious themes, using the classic double hump stereographic format on the scale of medieval diptychs. Viewers experience a 3D vision as they observe composite scenes of both natural disaster and spiritual harmony.
In his new series, "Stereocollision: The Gilded Garden", Ethan Turpin contemplates the ecological legacy of the second Industrial Revolution (roughly 1870-1930), when stereo photography was a mass medium. In scenes with mysterious causalities, Turpin visualizes karmic debt from the adventure and bounty of the period. By weaving fact and fiction, documentary and artifice, Turpin explores an intersection between optical and societal perceptions.
Organized by UCR California Museum of Photography, and curated by Leigh Gleason, Curator of Collections, California Museum of Photography.


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DENVER (AP) - President Barack Obama says the United States is making progress in repairing the struggling economy he inherited when he took office while his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, says the Democratic incumbent favors a "trickle-down government, if you will."
Obama and Romney opened their first of three presidential debates Wednesday with disagreements on how the government could help add jobs.
Obama pointed to progress made in saving Detroit's auto industry and rebuilding the housing market. Romney, meanwhile, says he would take a different path that gets government out of the way for American businesses.
Obama says Romney's plan would cut taxes for high-income workers. Romney says that is incorrect and that wealthy Americans will do just fine regardless whether he or Obama is in the White House.
On taxes, Romney's idea to impose a $17,000 limit on taxpayer deductions would hit the wealthy the hardest. But that limit by itself wouldn't fully make up for revenue lost in Romney's plan to reduce all income tax rates by 20 percent.
Campaign officials say the ceiling on deductions is part of a three-pronged approach that Romney is considering. The idea is to limit tax breaks in order to pay for lower overall tax rates. Romney says his plan would reduce the top tax rate from 35 percent to 28.
The officials say Romney is also considering limits on the standard exemption that most taxpayers claim and the tax exclusion for employer-backed health insurance.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details of the plan that Romney hasn't announced.


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PICsim emulates a PIC16F628/16F877A microcontroller and peripherals such as USART, EEPROM, and timers. The simulator architecture permits easy implementation of external elements in the C language. PicsimLab is a realtime emulator of development boards.
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awtbfb writes "Tim Hemmes, with the help of University of Pittsburgh researchers, successfully controlled a robot arm in three dimensions. He's had quadriplegia for seven years. The feat was accomplished using implanted ECoG electrodes and weeks of computer training. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 'Ever since his accident, Mr. Hemmes said, he's had the goal of hugging his daughter Jaylei.' Next up are six more 30-day participants, followed by a year-long study."


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By: Mike Springer
April 26, 2013
Wakulla County, FL-An amendment attached to Senate Bil 1024 is causing concern in some of Florida's coastal communities.
"We need clear-cut language that the RESTORE Act funds that are suppose to go directly to the County are excluded from Senate Bill 1024," said Wakulla County Commissioner, Ralph Thomas.
The federal RESTORE Act distributes money collected from fines imposed on B.P. for the 2010 oil spill. The money is then redistributed to the states affected by the spill. The amendment would create a nonprofit cooperation Triumph Gulf Coast Inc to handle the funds.
The counties worry if the amendment passes, they would have to go through the state in order to get the money rather than the money being given directly to them as originally promised.
Senator Bill Montford represents several of those counties expecting to receive RESTORE Act funds.
"We made it very clear in the meeting that the RESTORE money would not be impacted, would not be touched. The RESTORE money, rightfully so, goes directly to the eight most negatively impacted counties," said Montford.
Montford says an amendment was filed Friday to further clarify the original amendment.