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The GMO makers tout their products as being so safe and great, such benefit to humanity. They should proudly label their products: Contains GMOs! What's to fear!?! This isn't anti-science but pro-science.
In other news, superbugs are growing resistant to bug-resistant gmo crops:
http://www.rodale.com/gmo-corn [rodale.com]
I would certainly support that label. I have nothing against GMOs per -se-, but I do have a lot against the particular practices of particular companies that support their use.
Given the lack of testing, I'm not sure that NOT being biased against GMO foods is particularly sane. You are beta-testing something that might kill you, though it probably won't even injure you. How much bias one should have is a reasonable matter for debate, however. I doubt that I'd pay $10/pound extra for potatoes that were non-GMO. My wife might. And it's been suggested that some "food allergies" are actually allergies to GMO ingredients. Not sure if I believe it, but I see no reason to doubt it, so I tend to give that belief the benefit of the doubt.
Think of GMO foods as beta testing on a large population of test subjects, that you don't monitor for adverse effects. If things work our right, there won't be any adverse effects. If there are, they can't prove it's because of your beta-testing. But if people CAN avoid GMO foods, all of a sudden you've divided the population into experimental subjects and a control group.
Given the lack of testing
What about these hundreds of studies? [blogspot.com]
And it's been suggested that some "food allergies" are actually allergies to GMO ingredients.
Highly unlikely. That has no evidence and was basically pulled out someone's hindquarters. There are only a few proteins inserted into the GE crops you eat (the cry proteins long used in organic agriculture safely, an altered from of the epsps enzyme that all plants have, the PAT enzyme, two viral coat proteins that are going to be present in much higher concentration in the virus infected non-GE versions).. There is no evidence that they increase allergies. Ironically, there may be an increase in allergies due to new varieties though, but due to breeding, not GE. Pathogenesis-related proteins are good for increasing a plants resistance to disease. They are also a very allergenic class of compounds. Guess what good old fashioned 'safe and proven' breeding has been increasing for the last couple of decades in an effort to produce hardier crops? One of the disadvantages to breeding is that, unlike genetic engineering, you don't always know all the genes you're working with, nor does it require the massive amount of testing and regulatory hurdles that GE does. So I wouldn't be surprised if there was a correlation between newer varieties of GE crops and allergies, but it I would be surprised if there was a causation.
But if people CAN avoid GMO foods
You can do that already. Corn, soy, cotton, canola, alfalfa, sugar beet, summer squash, papaya. Avoid them, or buy non-GMO/organic items, and you avoid genetic engineering. It isn't hard to learn if those who wish to avoid GE crops take the time to educate themselves. A little knowledge completely negates the need for mandatory labels (which should raise the question of why this movement is not spreading education but is instead trying to make a new law...I'm guessing it has something to do with the funding from organic companies).
The lawsuits you linked to are predominantly breach of contract cases.
Yeah, and if hybrid seed is so great, why not label it? And if food produced via tissue culture is so great, why not label it? And if food produced via induced polyploidy is so great, why not label it? And if food produced via somaclonal variation or mutagenesis is so great, why not label it? And if food produced via doubled haploid hybridization is so great, why not label it? And if Haram food won't send you to hell, why not label it? I could go on, but do you see how easy it is to use that argument? Loaded questions are not good ways to make a point.
They should proudly label their products:
The people who sell the seed do. t is the farmers and food processors who don't? I wonder why? I'll be if I went around telling people that tissue culture causes cancer, people who sell tissue cultured crops like potatoes or bananas wouldn't want to label that either, even if I pulled the cancer thing out of my posterior.
This isn't anti-science but pro-science.
No, it is singling out something because of political reasons. Hey, evolution is only a theory...are creationists pro-science for asking that fact (and it is a fact) be labeled in textbooks? Or are they anti-science by singling out a single thing in a misleading way meant to deceive people due to their ignorance of what the word theory means? Pro-science would be educating people on the genetic history of crops, including the benefits and risks of the methods. Anti-science is singling out one thing because it doesn't fit your beliefs.
Genes from animals? Genes from other plants? Genes inserted directly?
Where does 200+ years of cross breeding come in? Is that considered 'intelligent design' or genetic modification?
Genes from animals? Genes from other plants? Genes inserted directly?
Bacteria like E. coli actually.
I don't know what genes from E. Coli would be beneficial to crops... Bascillus Thurigiensis? Certainly. It contains proteins that are poisonous to soft bodied insects, but harmless to humans and other mammals.
E. Coli? It makes compounds toxic to PEOPLE. I won discount that there night be useful gene sequences in e. Coli, but they would have to be for celular metabolism, or environmental resistances or something.
Exactly. The "bananas" you see in supermarkets are a genetic monstrosity; basically all clones of the same individual, thanks to human meddling over the last 7000 years [discovery.com]. It doesn't get more GM than that. So, where do you draw the line?
Not a single one of your examples are in the same arena as GMO. Not one. Apples contained cyanide before humans existed. Same with every one of your other examples. I see NO reason not to label GMO. I have a right to know what is being claimed as food.
As far as raising your own, in many locales veggie gardens are being frowned on. After all, it's an eyesore, right? It's un-American not to consume, right?
The fact that some in society are to stupid to understand what the label means should have no impact at all on whether I have access to information.
So this isn't about their rights.
We can drop all of the arguments about GMO here.
What you want amounts to censorship . Just because people may use information to further their agenda does not make the release of such information unethical.
All of the pro-GMO arguments basically boil down to the fact they don't want the information out there, the arguments about that information to occur, and the ability for anyone to make a purchasing decision based on that information.
Ummm, that's not to anyone's benefit. Restricting the information because you may feel you "know what is best for the rest of us" is abhorrent logic.
Let them label it, and let people make their own decisions.
Unless we have lost all pretense about living in a country where we have freedom and it is really isn't just about corporations and 1%'s fucking us over like slaves.
So, this is what a totally free libertarian market looks like, huh? Big companies throwing temper tantrums at the very notion of consumer empowerment and scientists and government agents falling in line to soothe their wailing.
How about this? SIt down with the top food scientists in the United States, come up with every possible ingredient and fact about the contents of the food consumers should know, and then hire the top graphic designers to present this information in an organized and clear way.
Oh, what's that? You don't want to rustle Kraft and Dean Food's feathers? OK, forget it. Let's stick to our 1980s food labeling standards and continue eating anal glands with our vanilla wafer cookies in total blind ignorance.
I find it interesting that one of the cornerstone requirements for a working free market - perfect access to full information - is being opposed by entities praising the free market at every turn. It couldn't be that those are just interested in preserving their own position in the market, and are using "free market" as an easy mantra with which to mislead the voting public?
All sarcasm aside, my biggest problem with this situation really isn't that GMO food might be inherently more dangerous than non-GMO food. It's that when I buy a banana, I want to know that this isn't a regular Chiquita banana, but the glow-in-the-dark version that is designed to keep nocturnal monkeys from eating it. In other words, I want to know what the product is that I'm buying. This bill would help me with that.
In other words, the parent AC hits it on the head: this bill should be a no-brainer, because I should be able to know what I am buying.
I find it interesting that one of the cornerstone requirements for a working free market - perfect access to full information - is being opposed by entities praising the free market at every turn.
You don't know what you're talking about. Perfect access to information is a condition of a perfect market [wikipedia.org], not a free market. The only condition for a free market is a lack of government regulations. Free markets do not require perfect access to anything, either as a condition to exist or in order to function properly. Your entire argument is a strawman.
It's that when I buy a banana, I want to know that this isn't a regular Chiquita banana, but the glow-in-the-dark version that is designed to keep nocturnal monkeys from eating it. In other words, I want to know what the product is that I'm buying. This bill would help me with that.
You're under the mistaken impression that there's some identifiable difference between GMO and non-GMO foods, that couldn't be achieved through natural
Why proponents of GE are trying to stop (via outspending) those who promote informed consumer choice is beyond me. If GE really is beneficial then consumers will see the reduced prices of the food, notice the improvement in quality and associate those with GE. If GE turns out to be hazardous in some cases then an informed consumer is made responsible for their own decision (although, in the US this hardly seems to be a factor these days in lawsuits). What could possibly go wrong with labeling food?
...are required, so why not GMO labeling? It strikes me as the same thing. Why *wouldn't* you want to know exactly what is in the food you are eating?
What's more is that labeling GMO foods as such actually increases consumer access to information, which is one of the fundamental tenets of competition in the free market economy. The pseudo-conservative horde is always up in arms about labeling as being anti-free market when in fact the opposite is true.
Even with the items labeled it's unlikely that the vast majority of Americans are going to give a shit either way. Hell, they already eat processed foods with tons of sodium and have diets heavy in meat and low in vegetable matter, so why would they even pay the smallest bit of attention to GMOs?
This is also the same American public who believe "evaporated cane juice" is somehow different than "sugar".
I would rather think businesses would want to label whether or not the produce had any 'patented' genetic modifications applied to them. People ought to be able to know whether or not it might not be legal for them to plant any of the seeds in the produce, after all, if they have not bought a license for the intellectual property in question.
(For the irony impaired, the above comment is intended to contain at 20% of the RDA of iron.)
This. You see patent numbers or at least patent pending on just about any other protected products and even many that are not. Why not produce?
Regardless of your stance on the health effects of GMOs, if would behoove us to look more closely at the business practices (specifically w.r.t. intellectual property) of the seed giants, i.e. Monsanto: patenting life, monopolizing the seed market, shaking down small farmers with patent infringement suits, and all so they can sell more Roundup, creating a monoculture of herbicides. It's the same corporate playbook we've seen countless times in the tech world.
We had herbicides before Roundup-ready GMOs. It ain't no huge innovation, aside from being a revenue win for Monsanto.
http://cenblog.org/cleantech-chemistry/2010/03/what-did-farmers-do-before-roundup/ [cenblog.org]
These labels won't tell you whose seed was used. There are several companies that develop GMOs for use in agriculture.
Act 1: FDA-or-somebody: "Umm, ADM, your 'xeno-bites' brand genetically engineered cowroach burgers have absolutely no track record of safety testing..."
ADM: "Shut up, four-eyes, and go kill jobs somewhere else. We'll let the consumer decide what they feel comfortable eating."
FDA-or-somebody: "Um, ok."
Act 2: California: "Hey, the consumers want to know what ingredients are in food, so that they can exercise free choice and let the market decide between "Ammoniabeef, Piney-Fresh" and "Soylent X"!"
ADM-or-somebody "Shut up, bureaucratic busybody, all our products are safe and legal and the consumers would just worry their little heads about it if we were to tell them. In fact, tell that dirty hippie down the street that he isn't allowed to use the phrases 'GMO free', 'less than
This basic back-and-forth is what annoys me so much about this brand of spat: When the regulators show up, health and safety regulations based on research are treated as a bunch of ivory-tower paternalism. When the customers show up demanding the data that they actually need to make their own choices(since they are justifiably somewhat doubtful that benevolent regulators have their backs on this one), they get a paternalistic rebuff and assurance that the previously neutered regulators are totally all over this one...
There are arguments enough against having it merely one way or the other; but handing the customer the shit end of both worlds is just plain crass.
On Bill Maher's show: if GMO food truly is safe and beneficial (and it generally is if you remove Monsanto et al. from the equation), then the obvious solution is not to keep consumers from knowing what it is they're eating, but just the opposite--educate them on exactly what it is they're eating in a neutral, fact-based manner.
The GMO debate is completely absent the characteristics:
1. Neutral.
2. Fact Based.
The headline is ridiculous. Perhaps a majority of Californians want this. We will find that out in November (at least we will find out if a majority of the Californians who bother to vote want it).
However, the initiative process means anyone who gets enough signatures can get an initiative on the ballot. Anyone. That's why saying "California wants
How can it be anti-science to put a truthful blurb on something which says what it is?
The "organic" growers will want testing of foods from the big companies to keep them honest. But, it could well be mandated for all producers.
If you say it's non-gmo, prove it. Regardless of the size of your operation.
With modern laboratory methods, we can detect tiny amounts of specific genetic material.
example: detecting Asian Carp DNA in the water of Lake Michigan. We haven't seen the carp, but we know that at least a few are there from the shed genetic material.
Imagine the consternation when much of the final product "organic" food also tests positive for detectable amounts of transfered BT genes or other GM material. Additions that could have blown in with pollen or from volunteer plants. You grind, mix and process many foods, so anything in it gets distributed. If your suppliers don't do a good job of vetting their sources, you're screwed.
Too bad if it was contamination. Go to court for remedy if you want. But, in the meantime it's not GMO free so pull off the labels or pull it from the shelves.
It's all in how the levels are set in the regulations and what part of the production cycle the testing is done at.
If you want GMO free, it doesn't matter how it gets in, so end product testing rather than the incoming materials is quite reasonable.
If it passes, big food should lobby for stringent levels and testing. Besides, for large companies, the expense can be spread of huge amounts of product shipped. For small organic producers, not so much. If it passes, this "big win" may be a devil in disguise for those that wanted it.
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Hahaha! The cardboard and the carrot stories have me laughing so hard! Thanks for the warning!
If you're starving and run into the store for a bite to eat, do not, under any circumstances, think you're eating healthy by grabbing a bag of dried fruit and proceeding to eat most of it.Unless, of course, you stop in the 'paper goods' aisle first.
Do not eat a ridiculous quantity of dehydrated fruit, like apples, and then drink a large quantity of liquid. The apple will rehydrate in your tummy, the feeling of fullness becomes painful, and then you deal with the after effects of eating a ridiculous quantity of apple.Especially do not do this if you are on a camping trip, and only have an outhouse.
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I'll be in Brussels (from the US) for a week in February.I know it's going to be cold! I've been to Europe a lot, sometimes as a tourist and a lot on business, but I haven't been to Brussels since I was a kid. I remember the Grande Place, the Mannequin Pis, and excellent chocolate (yum!). Given that I'll be working during the day (no museums or other attractions that close at 5 PM), anyone have recommendations on good eats or sights?Any etiquette or tips for visitors that you'd like to share?
Great advice! I will be staying near the city center and anticipate doing lots of walking. I'll also be in one of those hotels with tiny rooms, so I think I'll be spending my evenings out and about.Warm coat, boots, scarf and gloves...check. French/English dictionary...check!
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After years on the road, splicing fiber optics lines in towns from West Virginia to Georgia and the states in between, he quit his job. He moved back home to Hendersonville and became the fourth generation of his lineage to step into the fire service.
On June 16, Edney began his first of what would become many grueling, adventure-packed days in the Henderson County Fire Academy. Ten weeks later, on Friday, he and nine other cadets received their diplomas and certifications in Firefighter 1, Firefighter 2 and Hazmat training in a commencement ceremony at Blue Ridge Community College. He was also presented the Top Recruit award.
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His great-grandfather and great-uncle served as chiefs of the department. His father, grandfather and another uncle served as Hendersonville Fire Department volunteers.
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"I always wanted to do it, but I guess I was always too busy working," Ryan Edney said. "I didn't think that I had time to get the certifications done. But when I found out that they were having this school, I actually quit my job and said, 'You know, I'm going to follow my dreams.'"
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Read title. Pretty much, I have no idea how to obtain this game. The review just came out of nowhere and didn't even list any telltale signs of what platform it was on, like "waggle motions" or something. I don't know if it's a retail release, or downloadable. Pretty much, I've never heard of this game before the extremely vague review.
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I believe that whatever doesn't kill you just makes you... stranger.
You could have clicked on the games page to learn it was a downloadable for PC, you Dick-smith.
And you could have just answered the guy's question Tim, or at least pointed him in the right direction instead of being a raging doosh canoe. Looks like everyone is a winner here.
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Well, that was all I needed to warrant a purchase. $20? That's a steal for something so unique! I'm starting to love independent developers more and more these days :)
I can't remember the last GOOD horror game that came out that wasn't too action oriented. I loved Dead Space, but the scares ran out long before the end credits.
Yeah I figured that out about five minutes after making this post, making me look stupid.
Thanks for pointing it out though.
Still don't know if it's downloadable or a retail release though... I don't do much PC gaming. Is it on steam?
It's on steam for both PC and mac, I just played the demo, which was pretty awesome, still its not going to be for everyone so you should probably play it first.
So check out the demo first?
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I don't nearly have the PC for running this. too abd they can't port it to PS3 or something.
I had the same reaction.
I just read the review in the magazine this past week and was looking for it tonight on eBay, GameStop, and even just Google. There was nothing in the article saying anything about downloading it on their website... just something about obtaining it from "your digital retailer of choice."
you can get it on amazon or go on the website
its also for pc
I think it is a pc only game. You can get it on the pc it's self or steam.
I'm personally waiting for steam discounts to get it. I'm in no rush since I'm not a big fan of scary games, but it is a game I'll love to play. I would love a good scare
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CATHOLIC teachers have vowed to join state school teachers in a strike on February 14 to fight for a new pay deal if the drawn-out dispute is not resolved.
The wages of Catholic teachers are directly linked to those in the state system, so until a deal is negotiated between the Australian Education Union and the state government, there can be no deal in the Catholic system.
The government and AEU on Thursday night resolved to resume talks on January 31, but Independent Education Union Victoria general secretary Debra James said: ''The track record of the government so far has taught us not to hold our breath.
''The very fact that the negotiations have been this protracted is a direct result of the arrogance we've seen from the Baillieu government over the last year, and typical of the lack of respect they have shown for school staff and the important work they do.
''Their latest comments about school camps and supervision only show how out of touch they are.''
Fairfax Media this week revealed the Education Department sent a memo to principals late last year encouraging them to plan for camps and excursions as per usual, despite the introduction of work bans on unpaid overtime from the first day of term one.
The memo said time spent at the camp outside the allocated 38 hours, such as ''free time'' at the end of an afternoon of activities, did not count as actual working hours.
Ms James said the union had written to Catholic teachers calling on them to again take to the streets on February 14.
Up to 60 Catholic schools, including St Monica's College in Epping - the biggest Catholic school in the state - were closed last September when Catholic teachers joined their state school counterparts in a march to Parliament House.
Ms James said IEU members would prefer not to take further action, but the ''intransigence'' of the Baillieu government left them with no other option. ''It is insulting to our members to be starting the 2013 school year with no resolution to the stand-off and a pay offer from the government that devalues the work of all educators.''
The Australian Education Union is seeking a 12 per cent pay rise over three years - a significant shift from the 30 per cent originally sought.
However the Victorian government is refusing to budge from its offer of 2.5 per cent a year plus performance-based pay, something opposed by the union as divisive and punitive.
The Baillieu government has not moved on its threat to seek an injunction in the Federal Court if the industrial action is not called off before January 29.
Executive director of Catholic Education Stephen Elder said he was very disappointed the IEU was encouraging Catholic staff to participate in the rally next month.
''It is unclear why the IEU has chosen to support action by the AEU, who would reduce funding to Catholic schools and put the jobs of thousands of teachers in Catholic schools at risk,'' Mr Elder said.
He said the action was unnecessary because the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria was committed to negotiating in good faith a fair outcome for staff in Catholic schools.


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Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Geeking out to the max!
I haven't done a lot of geeking out on this blog, i figured while i try to think through what it is i want to say about ruffing out a scene i'd put up some cool drawings from some of my influences.
This first one is from Glen Keane. Glen was my foremost influence in my youth- i've known who that guy was since i was 8! His passion for this artform always was contageous, even from 2000 miles away. anyhow, i had never met him until i was 18. I was in my frist year at CalArts, and anyone who knew me knew i was a Keane nut. in fact, Max, Glen's son was in my class and was even in my cubical. I didn't get to know him too well, he left after 2 months. anyhow, i got the opportunaty to meet Glen in my 1st semester of being at CalArts. I packed all my portfolio stuff up perfectly, had it all arranged: quick sketches, life drawings and then everything else.
I got the Disney and waited down in the lobby for Glen's secretary to some and meet me. It was the first moment that i thought maybe this guys not what i think he is. I mean, i've met a lot of the guys considered to be "the greats" of our day and unfortunately not all of them are admireable people. I started to get nervous that maybe my childhood hero was not Santa but Satan! well, maybe not Satan. I picked up my stuff and went with Penelope (Glen's secretary) up the his office. She was super sweet, offered my some coffee and told me i have to wait for a while until Glen was ready. We rounded the corner and Glen was waiting for us-- I was relieved, he was actually santa claus! My memory kinda blanked out for a bit, i remember being really thirsty and sweaty all of the sudden. beyond that i recall him being extremely gracious and giving of his time. before he even opened up my portfolio he asked me a bunch of questions about me, where i'm from, what kind of artwork do i like. He made me feel like he was actually interested in me and my growth as an artist and a person. He proceeded to open my portfolio and slowly go through it page by page. I've never wanted a pair of diapers more than at that moment. It was gut renching- but he was gracious... VERRRRY gracious. He encouraged me, told me what he liked, didn't like and then proceeded to show me what he had been doing. He pulled out a sketchbook and started flipping through it page by page telling me stories about these people he'd see at the park or whatever. It was thuroughly inspiring to a young lad- He then shut his door and went to his computer and pulled up the sequence from Treasure Planet he was working on. It was the first time we see Silver in the kitchen. I was blown away-- i remember trying so hard to memorize everything because i knew i wouldn't have this happen again.
Then all of the sudden Johnny Resnick from the Goo Goo Dolls walked in with the producer of the film and i was swiftly ushered out by Glen's secretary(and understandably so). While Glen was talking with them I got a tour of the other animators office. Even though it was all a thrill for a young guy, my mind was still on all of those beautiful drawings in Glen sketchbook and walls. Well, the tour was over and i started to make my way out of the building and I heard "Matt, hey Matt!" It was Glen at the foot of an animators office signaling me to come in. I was sure he was talking to another Matt in the room, but i thought i'd better get in there before that other Matt did! I went into the office and proceeded to watch Glen critique an animators work, Bert Kliens in this case. Little did i know that Bert would hire me just a year later for Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
All in all it was a memorable day- even just thinking about it is inspiring enough for me right now. The next post will definately be the long awaited "1st pass" tutorial. until then take it easy!
21 comments:
- SMacLeod said...
Awesome. Ah...memories. Good times dude. Good times.
- Bobby P said...
AWWWWWWWWWWWESOME! Thanks for sharing. I would kill for an experience like that. I would've reacted the exact same way. It was a little later for me, but Glen's work on Tarzan was what inspired me to get into animation. And I turned into a Keane nut at my school too! And still am!! Looking back I would say that Tarzan and his work on the Beast were my biggest influences in animation.
By the way, did his son Max decide to continue on with animation?
- Matt Williames said...
Nawww, Max i think is doing something in live action now. I think i heard he got interested in cameras and stuff. but not sure--
- Ali said...
That's a great story and a great picture.
- James L. Cook said...
really cool story Matt. Glen was one of the people I actually got star struck meeting, and I never get star struck. Glen's the geniune thing, all heart, inspiration and ability. A very good role model for aspiring animators.
Love your Blog Matt, keep it up. I see people giving up on their blogs because they think nobody's listening, but we are. I love working in animation and I feel we take for granted a lot of the technical things that go into animation. I like your approach of opening that window to people. Just wonderful stuff man, keep it up.
- Benjamin De Schrijver said...
*Keane nut raising hand*
Must've been an awesome experience! Even hearing you talk about it is inspiring.
- AkinYaman said...
ohhhh GOD its GETTING HOT here day by day,wouuuuuuuuu :>
- Victor Ens said...
Wonderful drawing, thank you very much for sharing this with us.
Really great Story, man. I got very excited while reading it :-)
- martin wittig said...
Nice work on your blog!
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matt, take a look at this:
- Q/Minkyu said...
Holy crap@!!! CRAZZZZZZY Matt!!
soooo inspirational. That's so awesome you got to meet him that way! Man, I totally know what you mean when you thought he would be someone not as kind as Santa right before you met him, cause that's the way I thought too! because I had so many occasions where I would be so disappointed on meeting someone I admire, I was scared it would be like that with Glen Keane but it REALLY WASN'T!!!! unbelievable experience for me too. man, I really want to meet him again! Keane nuts hurray!
- Bobby P said...
I wonder if Glen's on myspace.
- madmounty said...
hey man thanks! i just got back from the annecy festival! to be honest i was not sure that ou were going to respond to my comment. yes it does seem that concept design is where im going but animation is still a huge part of the art that i want to do! so please critique my work!
- Cuthbowski said...
Your blog is an inspiration to me and all of England. Well some of England. The animators atleast. Anyway, thanks and keep it up! =D
- Dan Segarra said...
Wow! Awesome story Matt. ;) Fantastic work too!
- Gillian said...
you can't even consieve how jealous I am of you...
nice blog BTW!
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|2 years 44 weeks ago
|Win football games.
Win football games.
|2 years 44 weeks ago
|I believe you're thinking of
I believe you're thinking of Reid Fragel.
|3 years 15 weeks ago
|A good chunk of those players
A good chunk of those players were guys who comitted to Luke Fickell/Jim Tressell prior to the implosion. There is always going to be a huge number of transfers when a class experiences a coaching change. Look at the fallout from Rodriguez's classes under Hoke. Quit a few of these guys, like Mike Mitchell, Jamal Marcus, Noah Spence, David Perkins, and Jeremey Cash, were blue chip players at positions of need who would have seen the field.
Gardner was arrested before he arrived on campus and never joined the eam.
Mitchell's father has a terminal illness and he asked to leave the team to be home with him and took a year off of football. He will re-enroll at Texas Tech and live at home.
Transferred after a red shirt season due to injury.
Left the team to focus on his medical degree, stayed enrolled at Ohio State.
Academically ineligible, transferred to Akron. Would have been starter in 2014 with Spence's suspension.
Suspended indefinetely for a, "violation of team rules".
Multiple knee injuries, transferred to Colorado State and quit football.
Transferred to Bowling Green, was arrested, re-transferred to ISU.
Transferred to Akron after, "off field incidents"
Transferred to Harvard(!) to focus on academics.
Left during the school year for "personal reasons", hasn't rejoined another university.
Lifetime ban from the Big 10 for two failed drugs tests for ecstacy. Likely to play for Eastern Kentucky this hyear.
Quit football after a training camp injury that left him with a high risk of paralysis.
Transferred to Minnesota.
Transferred to Akron after not earning a starting spot on the O-line.
Transferred to Duke, All-American and likely to be drafted when he leaves.
Quit football after having two microfracture knee surgeries.
Kicked off the team after arrest for assault.
Left the school, transferred to Toledo, never saw the field due to an arrest.
Asked to be let out of his LOI, never joined the team.
|4 years 13 weeks ago
|The "unofficial" times they
The "unofficial" times they announce are hand timed by someone from the NFL. The "official" times are the actual electronic timing data. Just goes to show why hand timed 40's are worthless.
If you're fast you're fast, but 100 meter dash is more sprinting mechanics at the top end of the run than the first 40 yards. Also the clock starts when the gun goes off, not when they start to move.
|4 years 20 weeks ago
|Gesicki was 50/50
Gesicki was 50/50 Buckeye/Penn State, and BOB was his lead recruiter. Buckeyes still don't have a TE in this class. If there was an odd man out in their number crunch, it would be Smith. This feels like they told him his spot isn't guaranteed anymore with Gesicki back in play.
|4 years 23 weeks ago
|Uhhh, Frank Clark?
Uhhh, Frank Clark?
|4 years 25 weeks ago
|I dream of a day we don't
I dream of a day we don't have to sit here making bullshit moral high ground arguments to reassure each other Michigan football is still special.
|4 years 32 weeks ago
|I think Borges is still stuck
I think Borges is still stuck on the pre-Walsh idea that you HAVE to run to set up the pass. No matter what.
|4 years 36 weeks ago
|Great. Let them more off the
Great. Let them more off the clock before they score. This is an abortion.
|4 years 39 weeks ago
I would hardly call the 49ers and the Seahawks shitty organizations with shitty QB's. Both made deep playoff runs when he was with them, both were thin at WR, and in both cases he failed to seperate himself from the other WR's on the roster. They aren't high passing attempt teams, but neither were the Jets when Braylon was with them on their 2009-2010 playoff runs and played pretty well. If there is something wrong, it's with Braylon.
|4 years 43 weeks ago
|"So, you are saying
"So, you are saying essentially that a bouncer at a bar like you probably should judge cases of violence against women?"
No, the police should, and did in this case, and it's a rare day to see charges actually pressed unless there is some visible physical damage and we don't really have any evidence of that. No, he should have struck back at her, and no, she should not be held blameless for striking out at him in the first place.
I guess I don't care about Urban Meyer as much as everyone else on this board seems to. Trying to use case law regarding domestic violence below to justify why a prosecutor would move forward on this is so ignorant of the realities of law enforcement and the justice system I can't see this going anywhere with you, though.
|4 years 43 weeks ago
|Having worked security at
Having worked security at horrible night clubs in my less fruitful years, I've probably seen this same incident play out about 5000 times. Hyde and the girl both acted like immature youths at a night club, mood altered by alcohol. She should not have slapped at him, and he should not have slapped back. I would think Hyde deserves some sort of punishment by their coaching staff, but police would not waste time with an issue like this at any club I worked at. It's not excuseable to strike at someone, but people acting like a real violent crime was committed here or, "THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN SW MICHIGAN" sound like a bunch of neck beards who haven't left mom's basement much. And this certainly didn't deserve the media attention it has received.
|4 years 43 weeks ago
|Tom Herman, who pretty much
Tom Herman, who pretty much everyone including Buckeye sites believe will be gone for a HC role next year.
|4 years 44 weeks ago
|FWIW, the alleged victim in
FWIW, the alleged victim in this case left the country on Sunday for vacation. Columbus police are saying they will release the video and any charges after they interview her upon her return. Apparently her absence has been what's keeping this thing from reaching a conclusion.
|4 years 44 weeks ago
|Do you really think someone
Do you really think someone should be kicked off of a team and lose their scholarship for being named a person of interest? I wouldn't want our coaches handling it differently. Suspend them from team activities until the facts are worked out.
|4 years 46 weeks ago
|I really hope half the people
I really hope half the people in these threads are Ohio/MSU trolls trying to make Michgian fans look like half-wit butt hurt morons.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|I can tell how many people
I can tell how many people here have never worked with youths from the communities that college football recruits often come from.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|Carlos Hyde is the best
Carlos Hyde is the best player on Ohio's offense. Great size and speed and he hits the hole like a dump truck. He'd be a monster in a pro-style offense.
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|Ohio produces well over twice
Ohio produces well over twice as many D1 recruits as Michigan year in year out, and the state is recruited heavily by all the national players. The 2/3 star players that Cincinnatti can pull in aren't guys who wind up at Ohio State. We always have been and always will be the biggest threat to pluck top Ohio recruits.
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|Interesting stuff in there.
Interesting stuff in there. I'm sure everyone will feign outrage, but Gee didn't say anything that every sports writer and commentator has acknowledged as truth. The B1G isn't going to take schools of low academic standards, Maryland and Rutgers was a TV money grab, Ohio can't lock down Cinncinnatti, etc.
The only controversy is that everyone in the NCAA lives a lie that somehow college athletics are an amateur sport.
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|Gordon Gee for Governor of
Gordon Gee for Governor of Ohio.
|5 years 2 weeks ago
|Everybody kills people,
Everybody kills people, everybody steals, everybody has 22 drinks. You, me, everybody.
|5 years 3 weeks ago
|And as others have mentioned,
And as others have mentioned, LinkedIn has been the only social media platform I can say successfully helped my career. Facebook and Twitter are just too unprofessional by nature.
|5 years 3 weeks ago
|I'm an engineer and this
I'm an engineer and this question made me feel really old.
BACK IN MY DAY (10 years ago) college sponsored career fairs are where I had the best luck picking up internships and making connections with potential employers. I work in the engineering department of a very large utility company now, and can say that 95% of the interns we hire are interviewed at college career fairs, and most of them are offered full time positions once they graduate. So really use to the full extent possible the resources at school. You're paying them, after all, for it.
|5 years 6 weeks ago
|TIL that some people still
TIL that some people still think that modern university presidents are anything other than glorified sales people and fund raisers. Wealthy donors love sports as much as the rest of us.
|5 years 6 weeks ago
|I blame Al Borges. Should
I blame Al Borges. Should have ran it in.
|5 years 9 weeks ago
|He's wearing a single ply
He's wearing a single ply bench press shirt. I'm no gear expert but it looks like a Katana. Depending on how much you train in the gear, you can probably get 150-250 pounds out of one, especially if you are able to touch the bar below your sternum as he did.
It's impressive; no doubt, but the open age single ply bench press record for his weight class is north of 800. Only two people have ever bench pressed 700 pounds without a shirt in competition, Big James Henderson and Scot Mendelson. And Scot has done north of 1000 pounds with a shirt on.
|5 years 10 weeks ago
|Yes, all gay people are child
Yes, all gay people are child molesters.
|5 years 10 weeks ago
|The ABC story was horribly
The ABC story was horribly written (which I assume is why they redacted it), but let's get this straight: Of the three people involved, the one who is accused of committing sexual assault is no longer on their team, one is currently on the team but appears to only be listed on the warrant to have his cell phone confiscated for evidence at this time, and the third was a recruit who did not commit to Ohio.
|5 years 10 weeks ago
|There were a lot of rumors on
There were a lot of rumors on Ohio boards that Pittman was leaving due to some off the field troubles that hadn't fully surfaced yet. It's pretty easy to connect the dots back to him. Hopefully this isn't true.


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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) -- A sentencing hearing has been postponed for a suburban Detroit woman in the bathtub drowning of her 4-year-old grandson.
Terry Borgia was scheduled for sentencing Wednesday, but Macomb County Circuit Judge Peter Maceroni adjourned the case after defense attorney Mark Haddad filed a motion for a new trial.
Maceroni ordered the parties to return May 29 to argue the motion and for Borgia's possible sentencing.
Borgia was convicted last month in the 2010 death of DeAngelo Tobia. Borgia stood trial three earlier times before she was found guilty of first-degree murder in her fourth trial.
DeAngelo drowned at a Clinton Township apartment the 63-year-old Borgia shared with her adult daughter, who's the boy's aunt.
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The president of your group was clearly rude -- people shouldn't propose their own birthday gifts in that kind of situation, let alone hound others about contributing.The club should do something similar to whatever has been done for other members, price-wise, and collect from members in whatever way has been customary.
I apologize if this is confusing, it was written in a hurry. I will gladly clarify anything thats unclear.Background: Im the treasurer of a small costume club, with five or six members that meets once a month. The president, lets call him James, has always been the first to contribute money and ideas for gifts when birthdays and Christmas roll around. He even had a baby shower for one of our members. He isnt what Id call a gimme pig, but I think this incident crosses the boundaries of good taste.
What would the group usually do for James' birthday? -snip-James has been incredibly rude to a) expect a gift from the group, b) tell the group what to give him and c) demand an expensive gift. I completely do not understand the "contributing to his own gift" part of the deal.
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TMNT Walkthrough :
This walkthrough for TMNT [PC] has been posted at 02 May 2010 by theshadow and is called "Shell Locations". If walkthrough is usable don't forgot thumbs up theshadow and share this with your freinds. And most important we have 2 other walkthroughs for TMNT, read them all!
Walkthrough - Shell Locations
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Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/04/2007 � Initial release of the Shell Location Walkthrough 02/04/2007 - Locations added for levels 6 and 16 Miscelaneous information added 03/04/2007 - Locations added for levels 8, 11 and 14 General tips on how to get an A+ Locations added for level 15 04/04/2007 - Locations added for level 13 The FAQ is now complete. I don't think I will need to update it anymore. I will call it "Final" and hope all of you who are readind this FAQ enjoy the game and complete it (100%), like I did. First of all, I have to say that I am a big TMNT fan. I grew up watching them on TV, in comic books and on the big screen. My favourite turtle is Leonardo. I didn�t like the 2003 TV series and I sure didn�t enjoyed that much the recent games, based on those TV series. Thankfully, this game give the fans a new look at the franchise and present us with a much better gameplay than the Konami games. 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Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. If you find it anywhere else, please report it to me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Notes and Miscellaneous Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - You can only get the shells after you've completed the level at least one time. - The directions I give you in this walkthrough all refer to the position of the camera, not the position of the turtle, i.e., if I say �Go up� it may mean �to the right side of the turtle�. - If you find any spelling or grammar errors that you think will affect the understanding of this walkthrough, just contact me. - This FAQ refers to the PC version of the game. Since I do not own any console version of the game, I don�t know if the elements are the same or if there is a difference between the PC version and the console versions. - I may change/improve this FAQ with other suggestions or if people find some critical errors. - This FAQ is not final. I'm still missing a couple of shells, so if you find some shells that are not included in this FAQ, just e-mail me. Any help will be appreciated and, of course, you'll be given credit for it on the Credits section. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Shell Location Walkthrough ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 1: Mystical Jungle 1. Right after you learn the double-jump stunt. You'll get almost without noticing it. 2. After you learn how to jump from one edge to another. Once again, it will be on an obvious location. 3. After Splinter tells Leonardo to claim the medallion,you'll have to shimmy along, to reach the other side. You'll get the third shell in the process. 4. Right after you learn how to climb using the ability to jump from wall to wall. 5. After your first fight, just go ahead and collect the final shell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 2: Vigilantism (Credit to WestheCrayon) 1. Just before you jump into the basketball court where the second fight occurs, move right while clinging to the top of the fence. You should see the first shell above (just jump over the gate on that side to get it). 2. Right after that fight, towards the entrance of the park, there is a shell suspended in mid-air. Double-jump to get it. 3. After the fight in the dojo, when you grab onto the ledge and shimmy over onto the brick wall, look left before you jump into the area with the sparking generator. You should see a shell over there. Double-jump (once left to pick it up; once right to return to the platform) to grab it without falling to your death. 4. After the fight on the terrace and before you do your first wall climb, look between the hedges towards the rear of the area. You should see another shell. 5. At the very end, before you move towards the last coin and complete the level, check the right side of the rooftop. Voila! The fifth shell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 3: Techno Ninjutsu 1. In the second are of the level, when Donatello taks about doing some exercise, jump to the pipe on the left and wall-run the left wall to get the first shell. 2. After you reach the "secret clan head-quarters", you'll have to jump some edges and some poles. While you're making your way down, you'll see another shell (before you drop to the sewer and have your first fight). 3. After the second fight, you'll reach an area with some electrified water that you won't want to touch. Use the platforms to keep going and get the shell on your way through. 4. Right after that, you'll reach another area just like the one before. Collect the shell on your way through. 5. You'll find the last shell right after the boss fight. The shell will be on the second platform you jump to (the long one, on the right). You'll have to be fast, since the water will start rising and you won't want to die completely electrified, would you? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 4: Cowabunga Carl Getaway 1. Righ after Michaelangelo learns how to use his weapons to "fly", you'll have to use that abilitie to reach a platform. The shell will be on the wall on the right, between that platform and another platform. 2. Eventually, you'll reach the first series of balloons of the Parade. Jump from the turtle balloon and fly to get the shell (it's not as easy to get as it looks). 3. Soon after the first fight, will will reach a part with a couple of vanes. You'll see a shell right in that area. 4. The fourth is located above the third pool of toxic waste. It's easier to spot if you cross the waste first and go back (the camera shifts slightly to provide a better view), but you can grab it by staying close to the right wall, jumping directly forward, and using the helicopter move. After you get it, you should be able to helicopter into the wall ahead, which you can use to wall-run and safely avoid the slime. - (Credit to WestheCrayon) 5. A long way after, you'll reach another area with a couple of vanes. You'll see the shell right in front of you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 5: Spirit of the Forest (Credit to WestheCrayon) 1. In the area where the pillar chases you, there's a shell in the corner. Perform wall-runs to stay ahead of the pillar and have enough time to grab it. If you're not high enough to snag it during the wall-runs, double-jump underneath it and then get the heck out of the way! 2. Just after the collapsing area of the stone bridge, there's a shell hidden on a small cliff on the side facing the camera. Tiptoe off to get it, then jump back up. 3. After the first fight, when you enter the cave, stay low instead of taking the high ground and shimmying along the wall. The third shell is hidden in the tunnel-like area below. 4. Just afterwards, wall-run on the left side of the cave wall, then jump to the right side and continue wall-running to reach a new platform. From there, double-jump to the leftmost wall to grab the crevice, shimmy to the end, and then jump onto the poles. Swinging along them will let you reach a platform above the enemy camp, which houses another shiny shell. 5. This last one is located just after the falling tree sequence. Before you reach the nook with the coin (where you can wall-jump upwards to reach the wooden platforms), check behind the tree farthest from the camera. Your fifth shell awaits! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 6: Ninja Tag Time 1. After your first fight you'll have to perform some jumps from balcony to balcony and even use a flag pole to reach other balconies. Anyway, soon after that, you'll have to wall-run to get to another rooftop. The shell will be along the wall you'll have to wall-run. 2. The second shell comes after you first encounter the steam and have to do a brother toss to reach the area with the billboard. You should see it suspended in the air - I recommend doing a double-jump followed by a team throw to grab it. - (Credit to WestheCrayon) 3. In the lightouse. 4. After the lighthouse, you'll have a fight. A little after that fight, you'll have to use a team-throw to jump rooftops, across the smoke. You should get the shell along the way, by doing that. 5. Soon you'll reach an area with some platforms that will move when you reach them. You'll see the Statue of Liberty too. Right after that, you'll have to perform another team-throw. You'll should get the shell by performing the stunt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 7: The Game is the Foot 1. Right at the start of the level, there will be a billboard (keep your eyes opened or you'll miss it). Run along that billboard to take the shell home. 2. There will be an area with moving platforms. While you jump those platforms, you see a shell (you can reach it while you're standing in the last moving platform. 3. After Leo says that the Yeti has got to be stopped, you'll have to shimmy along an edge. You'll get the shell in the process. 4. In the area with the electrified water, You'll find a shell along the fence on the left. 5. Right after the area mentioned before, you'll reach an area with running water. Keep going until you reach an area with a lot of platforms hang on the walls. On top of one of those platforms you'll find the last shell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 8: Foot Trail 1. Soon after the block that breaks a rooftop, you'll reach a rooftop with 3 silos (before you climb the wall using Raphael's sais). The shell will be on top of the second one. 2. After the second fight (the one that occurs in the park), climb up some platforms and swing from tree to tree, to get the secong shell. 3. There is an area where you have to run a billboard on the right to reach a HUGE billboard of Cowabanga Carl. You can find the shell under the "A" of "c-o-w-a...", in Cowabanga Carl's billboard. 4. On a brick wall that you'll have to run along to reach a rooftop. 5. Right after Raphael says something about going higher so he could see the truck, you should see a small fountain. The shell will be in it (right before you climb the wall using Raph sais). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 9: Tower Power 1. Once you go outside for the first time, you'll get to a point where you can use the poles of two flags to reach a platform. If you wall-run instead, you can get a shell. 2. Soon after you get in the building again, you'll have another fight. Raph will say something like "Good news, gays! The waiting is over!". After that fight, you can collect the shell in that room (to the right of the swords). 3. After you go out again, and after some climbing, you'll reach some platforms with some electric beams. Between the second and the third platform with the electric beams you can find a shell. 4. Once you go back into the building, after a fight and some climbing, you'll see three poles (with flags) that you can use to reach another platform. Above the second pole there is a shell. The easisest way to get it is to do some more climbing and when you reach a platform right above that pole, just drop down. 5. You'll find the last shell right when you get to the jungle part. The shell is right above the door you're coming from. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 10: When the Slime Comes 1. Right before the first fight of the level, in a room full of slime that you have to cross by jumping the platforms (seconf room of the level. If you look to the pipes on the right, you'll find the shell (above them). 2. After Raph makes a comment about roaches, you'll be on a room with falling platforms. You'll find a shell while you're jumping from platform to platform, but will need a team throw to get it. 3. "Time to work together, guys!" That said, you'll reach a room full of slime. Jump to a cube platform and then to the other platform. The second platform will start turning. Let it turn a little and then run to the right, performing a team-throw in the end, to reach another shell. You can also use Mickey's abilitie to fly to reach it. 4. Soon after Raph says that his shell stinks, you'll reach a room with a lot of bats. To leave that room you just have to go left, but be my guest to take the shell on the right, before you exit. 5. The final shell is directly after leaving the underground church in a very tall room in which you have to jump up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 11: O Brother Where Art Thou 1. There is an area where you'll have to jump some platforms (that will lean down when you're standing on them), around a building. Instead of jumping from the first one to the second, double jump and wall-run the wall on the right, to get the shell. 2. Right when you reach the area where Leo has to swing across three flagpoles, instead of swinging on them, walk up to the left corner of the rooftop and look ahead (you should see the shell suspended in mid-air off the edge of the building). To get it, double-jump off of the roof - you should be able to grab onto the next building, where, if you're not already far enough over, you can shimmy to the side and collect the shell. Conversely, if you use the flagpoles to get across, you can position yourself above the shell, tiptoe off of the edge, quickly press forward to grab onto the building. You can still get the shell if you fall, but nobody likes an undeserving leader! - (Credit to WestheCrayon) 3. Shortly after you meet up with Raph,you'll have to cross some rooftops with chimneys (one of which has steam issuing from it). Just after that, there's a shell hovering in the air in front of the billboard. Either wall-run on the billboard or jump and do a team throw to get it.- (Credit to WestheCrayon) 4. After you get to control Raphael you'll eventually reach an area with a dragon. There will be a shell right on the dragon's head. 5. After the turtles see the billboard of the zoo, just jump from the building you're on to the building with the billboard and use a team-throw while in the air (jump up and right at the same time), instead of using Raph's ability to climb the wall. This way you will get the shell in the process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 12: Bite Me! 1. After the first fight and just before you leave the sewer, you can find a shell along the left wall. 2. Soon after the fight in the "lava pit", the will be a rooftop with a lot of pipes. On top of some pipes you will see the shell. 3. After leaving the building that is on fire, jump the first fence and, before you jump the second fence, take the shell that you find along the wall on the right (before the fight in the parking lot). 4. After climbing the wall and using a pole to jump from one rooftop to another you'll find another shell. 5. Eventually, you'll get to an area where you have some poles and smoke between them. If you drop down there (or get hit by some smoke), you'll be on an area with a shell. Just collect it and use the ability to jump from wall to wall to climb again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 13: All is Forgiven 1. When you reach an area with 3 vanes, instead of going against the wind, just use one a plattform on the left of the turtle to jump and wall-run up so Leo grabs the edge. He will grab a shell, too. 2. After you jump over a billboard, you'll reach another area with vanes. This time, the wind will help you reach a shell. Just take advantage of the wind to reach a first platform and from that platform, jump to another platform (with broken glass). Then, just wall-run the wall on the right. 3. Just after you navigate the construction site and finish the first battle, you enter a room with waterwheels and pipes. The third shell is actually located high above the second waterwheel (that is, the one without the horizontal pipes that allow you to swing through it). To reach it, you have to stand on the leftmost edge of the platform just after the first large vertical pipe, double-jump, and run for a while along the wall. If you're high enough, you should be able to grab it. (Credit to WestheCrayon) 4. After the first fight of the level with the Nighwatcher/Raphael, you'll soon reach an are where you have to use your ability to jump from wall to wall to climb some platforms. On top of one of those platforms you can find a shell. 5. After climbing a couple of walls usind Raphael's sais, you'll jump over a billboard. Then, you'll have to jump from one rooftop to another. In the second rooftop you will see a balcony. The shell is on that balcony. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 14: Ninja's in the Crypt 1. After the first fight (in the elevator), you'll reach an area where you'll have to perform a team-throw to reach the opposite platform.You should get the shell while doing so. 2. After going past some serious fire trap, you'll have to grab a ledge on the left. just don't let go before grabing a shell (around the corner). 3. Soon after going past the swinging axes, you'll reach an area with a lot of wooden platforms. Use some jumps to reach the top and, before going down to the wooden elevator-platform, jump right to grab a shell. 4. Not very far from the previous shell, you'll have to use Raphael's sais to clim a wall. On top of that wall you'll collect another shell. 5. In the cave/mine, you'll have to use Don's bo to jump to another platform. You'll get the shell in the process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 15: The Mysterious Leader 1. Right after the first fight, go to the top of the cranes and then perform a jump and a team-throw to the cranes ahead. Luckily you'll get one more shell to add to your collection. 2. When you reach the lake area, instead of taking the bridge on the left side, perform a jump and a team-throw near the wall on the right, to grab one more shell. 3. Not far from the previous shell, there is another shell. Once again, instead of taking going through the platform on the left, double-jump and do a team-thow near the wall on the right to reach another shell. 4. Just after you fight the Foot soldiers in the room after the lake area, you'll come to a room with large vertical pipes. Look closely. The fourth shell is located slightly behind and to the right of the large first pipe. Double-jump and use a team throw to go behind the column and get it. Be careful, though. You'll still get the shell if you're not far enough against the wall, but you'll also collide with the pipe and fall to your death. - (Credit to WestheCrayon) 5. In the maze, you'll see a stone serpent. Jump on top of the lower head and perform a team-throw to reach a shell, above the statue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 16: Winter's Secret 1. On the area where you have to climb to the top using the platforms and protecting yourself from the laser attack, you'll eventually have to use Raph to climb a wall for a second time. You go past a shell. Just go up and then drop down right on the shell. 2. The first time you go outside, you'll be able to find a shell. Just take the turn and then, on the third platform, wall-run up to reach the shell. 3. While you're being followed by the laser robot, you'll have to jump over a pit, using a team-throw and getting a shell on your way. 4. In the room with all of the electrified water and cables, there's a part where you have to grab onto some partly-electrified ledges on the wall (after you use a pole with a flag and a team-throw to reach a platform). If you drop down (or get shocked by one), you should see the fourth shell. - (Credit to WestheCrayon) 5. On the jungle part of the level, on the last elevated platform before finding Winters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beat Challenge Maps: - Beat the challenge Maps in record times (see my Challenge Maps Walkthrough) to obtain a maximum of 3 shells per map and a total of 48 shells. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beat The Levels with A+: - If you beat a Level with an A+ grade, you'll get a bonus shell. If you want to unlock everythink and complete the game 100%, you'll have to get an A+ grade in all 16 levels (and have the corresponding 16 bonus shells). Beating most of the levels with A+ is not that hard. Just try to follow these advices: . Do not fall or get hit by environment menaces to often . Don't bother getting the shells on the way . Take each and every coin possible. In the levels where you can use more than one turtle, beat some enemies with a team-attack to gain some extra coins . Use the charge attack often (hold the attack button for a while). It's the easiest way to defeat your enemies without being it. Once you get ten stars or once you use the rage of Raphael, it is also the fastest way to defeat all the enemies in the area. Believe me: it will save you a lot of time Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThEMkXrPnl4 - (Credit to WestheCrayon) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. Credits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credit to http://www.sliderhome.nl/ascii.html for the ascii art. Credit to WestheCrayon for helping me find some shells and for giving the description to find the shells of levels 2 and 5, and for finding the last shell I was missing in Levels 4, 13 and 16 and for replaying some levels in order to add some descriptions that I was missing in this FAQ (levels 11 and 15). Really, it was a huge help in completing this FAQ and you should all be thankful for it... if you give any use to this FAQ, anyway! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Contact Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you find any errors or would like to help improve this FAQ in any way, just contact me: firstname.lastname@example.com If you wold like to contact Wes, you can find him at: http://www.scary-crayon.com/ firstname.lastname@example.com ___ ,, // \\ (_,\/ \_/ \ \_/_\_/>\ /_/ /_/ Copyright 2007 Timmyni a.k.a. Mister Teapot
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It has been a terrible year. Your investments got clobbered, and you have no idea where you stand in terms of your overall financial plan.
Is it time to fire your financial adviser?
Maybe. The following reality checks will help you decide:
- Focus. You want a full financial plan, but your adviser only talks about investing.
"For an adviser to truly provide comprehensive financial planning, they must have a clear understanding of your income, expenses, assets, liabilities, and goals," says Manisha Thakor, financial expert and author.
If not, it's time to have that conversation—or find someone who can.
- Payment. Your broker or planner should spell out whether they are charging you by commission only, a flat fee, a percentage of assets, or another method. If they haven't that's a red flag, Thakor adds.
- Performance. A good adviser or broker should send you regular (monthly or quarterly) statements so you know exactly where you stand. If they're not, that's also cause for concern.
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Drone phobia is upon us.
Two years after Arlington bought two battery-operated miniature helicopters, some folks are worried that Mayor Bob Cluck wants to fly them overhead for random begonia inspections.
For triggering this sudden panic about ordinary police surveillance, we can thank former Texan Rand Paul, who took to the U.S. Senate floor for half a day last week to frighten C-SPAN2's mostly older viewers about Evil Robot Spy Planes.
In Arlington, City Councilman Robert Rivera told our reporter that the 5-foot-long helicopters are not exactly stealth aircraft.
"This is visible to anyone who looks up," he said.
"It's flown at the same level as a kite."
Arlington police recently won the Federal Aviation Administration's OK to fly the mini-copters anywhere south of Interstate 30, but only on a specific mission, such as search-and-rescue or for a closer view of a crime or hostage scene.
The craft's operator must keep eye contact. Federal rules don't allow any sort of ammunition or weapon.
Except for less noise, it's not much different than having a police helicopter hovering overhead.
But this doesn't satisfy some Arlington residents, a few of whom have been railing against the copters for years.
In the 2011 City Council election, one of Rivera's challengers scraped political bottom.
"Do not allow City Hall to use the same tactics used to watch terrorists in the Middle East!" Zack Maxwell wrote in an email.
He wound up with 9 percent of the vote.
But the issue resurfaced this year, first when Time magazine headlined a February issue "Rise of the Drones" and added the ominous headline: "They are America's global fighting machines. What happens when they're unleashed at home?"
Then the Texas Legislature rushed in to help muddy the debate.
State Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Terrell, filed a bill outlawing the use of an unmanned vehicle (the "Google car") or aircraft for photos, except by police with a warrant or pursuing a felony suspect.
In other words, no Cowboys Stadium parking-lot security cam or searches for missing children.
Gooden said House Bill 912 was inspired by a voter with a rancher neighbor whose private cattle-herd surveillance drone was flying too far from the herd.
"Texans have a right to privacy on their own property," he said.
Gooden said he supports police surveillance, but only over public property or in emergencies.
He doesn't want officers "peeking in your back windows and filming your every move."
"I don't want them over my land," he said.
In the conspiracy-minded Twittersphere, they're called the "Obama Spy Drones."
In Arlington, they're just Two Drones Over Texas.
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Paris Saint-Germain have denied making an offer to David Beckham after he announced his decision to leave his current club, Los Angeles Galaxy.
The former England captain has been linked with a move to the mega-rich French side and apparently intends to make a decision on his future by mid-December.
But manager Carlo Ancelotti has denied interest in Beckham.
"We haven't made an offer, good luck to him," the Daily Mail quoted Ancelotti, as saying.
According to the paper, Ancelotti, who worked with Beckham at AC Milan in 2009, was thought to be keen to reignite a bid for the midfielder's services after he turned down a move to the French capital last year.
Beckham has also received offers from Russia, China, Australia and Brazil.
The 37-year-old said he had a number of "exciting opportunities" available to him but would only make a decision after discussing it with his family.
"Retirement is something I'm not thinking about yet. I still feel I can take on another challenge, what that will be I don't know," the BBC quoted the former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder, as saying.
The former England captain reportedly intends to use the time between now and the end of his contract with Galaxy to weigh up his many options, the report said. (ANI)


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Houston Texans owner Bob McNair announced the firing of seven year team head coach Gary Kubiak on Friday morning, just hours after the team's disappointing 27-20 defeat at division rivals Jacksonville Jaguars.
This result extended the team's losing streak to 11 consecutive games, which is the longest in franchise's history.
Kubiak said in a statement to the media on Friday: "We had a great run here and we will never forget our back-to-back AFC South championships."
Coach Kubiak exits with a 61-64 regular season record as the Texans' head coach. Owner McNair also announced that undrafted rookie quarterback Case Keenum will start the rest of the season after veteran former starter Matt Schaub has struggled this year - and has even come under threat and public scrutiny from frustrated Texans fans.
In the eventful conference McNair announced that current Texans' defensive coordinator and former Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips will take control of the team as interim head coach for the remaining three games of the 2013 NFL season.
McNair was happy to explain the reason for firing Kubiak before the end of the season by stating: "Taking action now instead of waiting allows us the process of finding a new coach.
"That process is under way, and those prospects who are not under contract in the NFL are people we can visit with, so we'll start the process.
"It's been horrible, a nightmare. It's not what I'm accustomed to or the organization's accustomed to."
McNair is not exaggerating, considering what was expected of this Texans team back in August.
Kubiak had just three losing seasons, including this one, and winning two division championships including one last season with the team going a staggering 12-4.
Instead injury issues have depleted and plagued the team, with veteran quarterback Schaub struggling throughout the season, pro bowl running back Arian Foster was lost for the season after suffering a serious back injury in week nine, while star middle linebacker Brian Crushing tore his LCL and fractured his fibula back in week seven, during the team's loss to Kansas City.
Houston are clearly building for the future and early reports indicate that the Texans may be looking for an outsider to get them back to winning ways next year.
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To all those who are comparing yearly salaries (just on the Jets), do you think that's a yearly figure? Harris makes 3.8 million on one of his years, yet he's put forth here making a billion dollars to make a point.
Use the average for the year to make a point, instead of the highest yearly figure.
Revis' average is 16 for his proposed. That means is 16 per year. Even if it goes down to 13, that's per year. Some years it may be 8, while others 18 or more.
Skewing the statistics to make your point isn't fair.
But, at the time, Harris' play was very good. What's to say that this won't happen when we re-sign Revis after the injury? Probably not, Revis will still be elite, IMO, but look forward from here, not second guess everything. Should we put all this money into one player who is NOT a premium position when we have glaring holes everywhere else, and are already crippled by our salaries?
The problem is that you cannot keep all of your players. We tried to keep our entire core (Brick, Mangold, Revis and Harris) while paying them all handsomely. In hindsight paying Harris might have cost us Revis. I think part of the reason Tanny gave Revis a front-loaded "band aid" contract was so we would have room for Harris. That was a mistake.
You have to build through the draft but you also have to replenish through the draft. You have to let some of the guys you draft go. We tried to keep them all and it will end up costing us our best chip.
You can't keep them all AND pay them all top dollar.