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One would be hard pressed to recall an Irish line-up as injury-hit as the one that will tackle South Africa at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
One would be hard pressed to recall an Ireland side as injury-hit as the one that will tackle the Springboks at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday.
Missing Brian O'Driscoll, Paul O'Connell, Rob Kearney, Sean O'Brien, Rory Best and Stephen Ferris means their depth is seriously tested. Many home fans would have that sextet as being the Irish's first names down on the sheet, so there lies the concern for coach and supporters alike.
It is therefore unsurprising that the Boks enter this game as favourites – and as some believe a touch lacking in respect for their wounded opponents.
Everyone remembers the one out of the coaching manual that states "do not do your opposition's teamtalk for them". But at a press conference this week, Bok JP Pietersen definitely put his foot in it. Asked about the backline he is set to face this week, his words went a little like this: "I've played against Tommy Bowe and I think the other winger is David Skrela or something, he plays for Ulster." He meant Andrew Trimble in a blunder of note.
Granted many have leapt on this as being an act of cockiness over not researching their respective rival but it's worth noting that South Africa does struggle with their broadcasting of northern rugby, particularly the PRO12. Whether that's an excuse is a grey area to debate.
Ireland coach Declan Kidney may well use that gem before kick-off as he looks around a dressing room that's almost unrecognisable from their first XV. Simon Zebo starts the match at full-back in the absence of Kearney, Keith Earls replaces O'Driscoll, Chris Henry and Peter O'Mahony come in for Sean O'Brien and Stephen Ferris while Mike McCarthy and Richardt Strauss – the latter facing his cousin – replace the crocked O'Connell and Best.
So are they set for something like the hiding they received from the All Blacks in the third Test at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton earlier this year? It shouldn't be that bad but the notion that Ireland are severely under-strength and underdone coinciding with the Boks improving and looking ready to click at any moment does suggest the visitors have a big edge.
Teams news sees Jaco Taute rightly retained in the number thirteen jersey while the performance of just-turned 21-year-old Eben Etzebeth in the recent Currie Cup final in Durban was a sight to behold in terms of carries and workrate. If the northern hemisphere does not know about what the Western Province forward is about, they will by December.
Heyneke Meyer's outfit is definitely stronger on paper and the back-row is a well-balanced trio of Francois Louw, Willem Alberts and Duane Vermeulen, who are likely to cause the Irish a lot of problems in defence, with Etzebeth and hooker Adriaan Strauss assisting.
Further back there remains some gripes over the non-selection of Juan de Jongh at outside centre, which would allow Taute to slot into the full-back shirt he performed so well in during Super Rugby for the Lions. But it seems that Meyer is set on Taute's future position – and that of Zane Kircher – whilst JP Pietersen returns in place of recently crowned South African Rugby Player of the Year, Bryan Habana, for his wing battle with Ireland's…say it with me.
Ones to watch:
For Ireland: Declan Kidney will hope Cian Healy backs up his June form against what looks to be a formidable Springbok eight. Elsewhere, and it will be interesting to see how Simon Zebo goes at the back in the absence of Rob Kearney. A strong performance could see him cement his position in the matchday 22 for the long-term while the leadership of Jamie Heaslip will also have to be strong alongside the organiser of the backs, Jonathan Sexton. Unlike Heaslip, Sexton has some familiarity around him and if he wants to nail down that British & Irish Lions jersey, Saturday against the Springboks is a great place to start.
For South Africa: Much to the delight of those in Durban and also a large segment of Springbok supporters, Pat Lambie has been given the fly-half reins for this opener. In the absence of injury victim Johan Goosen and ahead of Morne Steyn and Elton Jantjies, Lambie will offer more of a running threat than we saw from Steyn in the recent Rugby Championship. Also worth watching will be Jaco Taute, who is given a second chance in the 13 jersey – it won't be against Brian O'Driscoll which would've been a good watch – so expect the stocky back to push on to bigger and better things in Dublin this weekend.
Head-to-head: It will be a family affair at hooker in Dublin as Richardt and Adriaan Strauss pack down in respective number two shirts. For a long time they were team-mates in the Free State with the Cheetahs before the former was called over by Leinster and Ireland. Both hard workers – with Adriaan one of the busiest carriers in the business – their battle is one that the television commentators are sure to mention before the national anthems.
Recent results:
2010: South Africa won 23-21 at Lansdowne Road
2009: Ireland won 15-10 at Croke Park
2006: Ireland won 32-15 at Lansdowne Road
2004: Ireland won 17-12 at Lansdowne Road
2004: South Africa won 26-17 at Newlands
2004: South Africa won 31-17 at Free State Stadium
Prediction: Injuries are a massive problem for Ireland and with the Boks having recently been in camp for the Rugby Championship, there is that feeling that if they click it could be long evening for a home outfit that is unfamiliar in terms of partnerships. We expect replacement hooker Schalk Brits and flank Marcell Coetzee to cause some problems late in the piece and if the Springboks can build a lead, it could mean a margin of at least 15.
The teams:
Ireland: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Chris Henry, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Mike McCarthy, 4 Donnacha Ryan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Richardt Strauss, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Michael Bent, 19 Donncha O'Callaghan, 20 Iain Henderson, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ronan O'Gara, 23 Fergus McFadden.
South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaco Taute, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Pat Cilliers, 19 Flip van der Merwe, 20 Marcell Coetzee, 21 Morné Steyn, 22 Juan de Jongh, 23 Lwazi Mvovo.
Date: Saturday, November 10
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
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Horizon: Zero Dawn is locked to 30 FPS on the PS4 Pro, gameplay 'feels much like' The Last of Us
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With the launch of Blizzard's Starcraft II, millions of gamers have been hitting Battle.net to challenge one another in a heated match of space marines versus aliens and it couldn't be any more awesome. However, for those of you who are new to the franchise and playing it for the first time, did you know that the game has had a profound effect on the gaming industry? From establishing professional leagues in Korea to being used in military training, scary thought to be honest, it's been a huge boon for Blizzard and it doesn't show any signs of slowing down anytime soon. Especially with two more expansions on the horizon for the franchise.

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Let's head back to April 28, 2012.
The tenth overall selection was here, the Buffalo Bills logo was on screen during whichever broadcast you were watching, and many fans were intently watching to see which young player would be designated as the one to help out the team almost immediately.
The pick came through and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced South Carolina cornerback Stephon Gilmore as the selection. The broadcast cued up the shot of the green room, presenting Gilmore slowly getting up and hugging his family.
Except, something was off. Normally you see an immense amount of jubilation from a player as their childhood dream has come true right before their very ears and eyes. But the poker face look on Gilmore remained throughout. It cause many fans to think that he wasn't happy about Buffalo.
Heck, it even surprised quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick a bit as he was watching the draft unfold. But since he's got a chance to work with Gilmore in person, he says he comprehends why the young cornerback reacted the way he did.
"Well I can tell you my opinion of him has changed since draft day, when I saw him get drafted and have no emotion or expression on his face. Now I understand why, knowing him," Fitzpatrick explained. "It wasn't that he was upset to be in Buffalo, he just has a quiet confidence about him. He's genuinely a great guy, and he wants to get better each and every day. I can do nothing but respect that -- the way that he works out here and how he's trying to get better in asking questions and doing all that. There's a lot that's been talked about him but he's got to go out and do it on Sunday's and he knows that. I think he's excited for the challenge and he'll be up for it."
Gilmore has been atop the cornerback depth chart since the very first session of Organized Team Activities. He's continued to impress in the four days of training camp the team has endured thus far.
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Connecting Baltic Jews at Thriving Summer Camp
Aleksey Dolgov doesn't have to think twice before telling you what he likes best about JDC's annual Olameinu summer camp for Jews in the Baltics:
Aleksey Dolgov doesn't have to think twice before telling you what he likes best about JDC's annual Olameinu summer camp for Jews in the Baltics:
For 11-year-old Alisa Kukla of Riga, Latvia, participation in Jewish community programs offers a dual treat — the chance to meet people "as crazy as I am and as Jewish as I am."
Oleg Jonelis first attended JDC's Olameinu summer camp in the Baltics in 2002, when his father sent him to enrich his Jewish cultural education. Eleven years later, Jonelis is the camp's director, and he said supervising more than 200 kids aged seven to 12 each summer from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania couldn't be more rewarding.
Liora, 15, first came to the Ilan Youth Club at Vilnius's Jewish Community Center (JCC) when she was only 7 years old, and initially she felt completely lost. She observed a circle of people passing a box full of spices, praying over wine, and putting their hands up to a candle while staring at their fingertips. Liora had no idea she was witnessing her first Havdallah ceremony.
For Konstantin, 25, and his family, the global financial crisis isn't a newspaper headline. It's a chapter in their tumultuous story, which has been playing out in Riga, Latvia for decades.
This summer, hundreds of kids are celebrating Jewish traditions and making new friends at JDC-supported camps in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Find out how Olameinu camp director Irina O. will make their experience unforgettable.
When Oleg's long-time employer laid him off, his family spiraled below the poverty line. Learn how JDC's Ariel Job Center got this father back on his feet and brought him closer to the Jewish community.


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The team from Funcom has agreed to answer some questions from the MMORPG.com audience about their upcoming MMORPG, The Secret World. Today, we ask for your help in gathering them.
The Secret World has been generating a lot of buzz ever since it was announced by Funcom, the company behind Anarchy Online and Age of Conan. That buzz increased significantly after this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco where the team unveiled their first substantive information about the game and its mechanics.TSW differs pretty significantly from its nearest Funcom sibling, Age of Conan, offering players an advancement system without levels in a modern "shadow world" type of setting where creatures of darkness are very much a real thing, and secret factions band together to fight them.
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Ragner Tornquist, and others, have said that the world of TSW will change after some period of time; and in a way directed by how the players (as a group) have succeeded or failed in their objectives. Will this mean that some servers will be very different after a couple of years, with some servers presenting the evil run amuck; and others with it still contained?
I wonder if the fact that the Game Director is stuck in Bejing has anything to do wtih Funcom deciding to open the floor for questions:
Stranded in Beijing and outlook bleak for return before 30th unless seats open up. Car pool, anyone?"
Funcom has done the initial hype-building with mysteries and puzzles - intellectually stimulating material. Will the game itself have any sort of mechanics that's supposed to be intellectually engaging and challenging like this, or are we going to have the usual MMO mechanics where the only part you can utilize your intelligence is number-crunching?
Namely, will it be your usual combat, crafting and character customization, or will there be a place for any sort of detective work?
My question has to do with accessability. Having played AoC off and on since launch, I still find I have to tweak the graphics just to get a decent framerate, even after upgrading my video card. Will the graphics engine be such a processor hog or will it be optimized to make use of my video card so I don't have to worry about tweaking the settings just to enjoy the game in any remote way?
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Originally posted by elocke
My question has to do with accessability. Having played AoC off and on since launch, I still find I have to tweak the graphics just to get a decent framerate, even after upgrading my video card. Will the graphics engine be such a processor hog or will it be optimized to make use of my video card so I don't have to worry about tweaking the settings just to enjoy the game in any remote way?
Ahh the DirectX 10 issue. Good point. I would think that this time around they will include the option to turn off the more graphically demanding effects like reflective water, weather, etc. Of course, with the lovecraftian feel to the game they could go the route of games like Silent Hill with the use of fog as an effect and a way to get around limitations of hardware.
Its an interesting conundrum, to market a game to the most people, you must adhere to certain factors of life, including the cost of certain video cards, cpus, etc. With the economy in the US the way it is, as well as other areas, I would hope that Funcom would give a bit of leeway when it comes to system requirements. That said, to add my two cents to the questions pertaining to the game...
With the various demands of quests in games that involve kill x of y or kill x until z drops, what can be done to further remedy this tired system of quests? Can you more specifically give other ways to gain experience in the game other than purely fighting? Since it does take place in modern times, the real point is can you be a pacificist and still "level up" by dealing with information, solving mysteries or by some other convienance like crafting?
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In that it takes place in the modern world I am wondering about the character generator. Seems there are already Europeans and Orientals as in Conan (with Godslayer). Will you be able to do Africans,Indians,Native Americans,Polonesians,'Esquimau'(as Lovecraft called them),etc.? As with Ninjajaucer I would like to see solving mysteries and such 'Miskatonic professor/Sherlock Holmes' type of things.
My question is about teamplay.
How is grouping going to play out? Will the game offfer a good grouping challenge for all of the game or will adding more people to your group just make it easier to complete task that are already able to be done solo?
My question involves character customization.
I've seen a lot of impressive shots and concept drawings of some of the outfits/costumes that are in the game, are you going to be able to customize your own outfits at the start or are they going to be loot drops/crafted 'armor' pieces?
Several questions come to mind but i will stick to these:
1. as this is a "secret world" how will the interaction with the normal world *(in game) be done ?
(will there be missions to hide info and or do you have to be aware of people that are running around in the game that do not know what is going on.)
(this is of course assuming there is a "normal" world around )
2. Will there be headquarters of all the factions and or the subfactions ( guilds ?) in the game ?
3. As this is in a world that is akin to this one can we get missions over a PDA or cellphone ?
(would be cool to get sub objectives as you are doing the missions )
4. will there be a division in skill ( talents, powers ?) as stealth skills ( those that are not that odd like a gun ) and verry visible skills (fireball ) ?
As i said i have a ton more but these will do to start with as there will be others that would like to ask some questions.
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What is with the symbol underneath enemies in the trailer. I thought this game was based on twitch combat and aim instead of tabbing?
Ever think of including a survival/horde mode a la Gears of War 2? I think it could work for this kind of game.
will there be massive same map,instance,phaze,jita, watchemacallit!
like silkroad or aika massive on the same map.
or will it be a casual mmo ! a la wow or guild wars ,small giga instanced game!
second :if this game is indead a mmo ?will it be global non-ipblocked!
or will each contry have their own silly ipblocked version to make sure no player interact with other player like we can do in silkroad or to a lesser extent perfect world!
My question would be how does RT think that a Game Director who has never made an MMO, and is better known for adventure games is adapting to having to cope with players and all our eccentricities. Many MMO players don't really care, when pushed, for story, if it interferes with our gameplay and getting our rewards. How is he planning to balance the story elements (which I am sure will be cool, I loved TLJ) with actually having the good repeatable content that is required of an MMO.
How will his storytelling adapt? How do you tell a story that thousands (and he hopes hundreds of thousands) of players all play through?
My only question would be, why are they ignoring the previous round of questions (which are unanswered to this day).
Originally posted by nethaniah Seriously Farmville? Yeah I think it's great. In a World where half our population is dying of hunger the more fortunate half is spending their time harvesting food that doesn't exist.
will it blend ?
Question: After the game releases will funcom continue with the real world websites that are hidden around the internet? Such as the Kingsmouth site?
On the economy: three questions.
Will there be traditional central "auction house" and mailbox system offered that will span all three cabals?
If it will not have a central AH, will there be a way to sell stuff to the opposing cabal?
Will the auction house have the ability to place a bid to buy something that's not currently offered, so someone can come and hit that bid and sell it to you?
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Funcom has done the initial hype-building with mysteries and puzzles - intellectually stimulating material. Will the game itself have any sort of mechanics that's supposed to be intellectually engaging and challenging like this, or are we going to have the usual MMO mechanics where the only part you can utilize your intelligence is number-crunching?
Namely, will it be your usual combat, crafting and character customization, or will there be a place for any sort of detective work?
I'm guessing that since Ragnar is a premiere master of adventure game storytelling (besides...he's actually said in interviews that the game will include this), that there will be many different types of quests including solving puzzles, riddles, and yes..."detective work."
One of the really good things about having Ragnar Tournquist at the helm here, in my opinion anyway, is that he isn't an "MMO developer" perse. Most of his creative genius is seen in action adventure games and adventure games that have supremely well done immersive environments, complex NPC roles, and plenty of detective-ish puzzle solving and mind bending stuff. I seriously DOUBT he would be able to stay true to his own creative leanings without including those sorts of things in his game.
That being said, however, he's also talked about character customization in interviews and it sounds like there will be a lot of FREEDOM in this area. There is a short glance at combat in a preview video you can find online too, and combat looks sort of like Fallen Earth to me. It didn't APPEAR to be auto attack centric, that is, but rather more active. Crafting...I haven't heard him talk about (that I can recall) but I sure hope it also has an integral part.
EDIT: DOH....lol....I just realized we're supposed to be ASKING questions here! Okay...color me stupid and poor me some more coffee please!
My QUESTION would be:
1) Will there be any type of player housing? If you expect me to make a "home" in your game world and play often....I want a "home" there to live in. For me, lack of any type of player housing, instanced even (doesn't matter)....comes very close to being a game breaker for me. I don't care about whether it's a tiny urban one bedroom apartment or what...just give me a place to "go" that my character can call "home."
2) And I too would like a sure answer on types of questing, puzzles, riddles, brain bending detective types of adventures within the game, etc. I would like to see something outside of the usual "kill ten rats" crap we've all had to deal with for years now. Most anything different here, in regard to quests, will probably be really welcomed and fresh.
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What kind of a rig are you going to need to run it? Will it support Windows Xp or is it going to need Vista Or Windows 7?. Asking becouse Aoc raised the bar for graphics in an mmorpg and in turn a lot of people couldn't play it on there systems at time of release. From the blurb about the game the graphics are going to be prity special. Not expecting full system requirements at this stage in a development but a little heads up would be apreciated.
How many months, and or years, will we need to wait after the game releases, before it is considered no longer a beta product.
It could be argued that AoC took a year after release before it was considered a playable game. Even now it's still a solo player game with online aspects.
Will TSW follow the same model? Released with little actually finished. Use the player base to , in effect, pay to beta for another year before the game is consider worth a "real" release.
Will the box and hype sites offer numerous abilites that will NOT exist in game?
How much on the box will actually be in the game at launch? 6 months after launch? 1 year after launch?
Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the evil strong. And never allow thoughts of gain to lead you into the pursuit of evil. Never back away from an enemy. Either fight or surrender. It is not enough to say I will not be evil. Evil must be fought wherever it is found.The Iron Code"
Not being a fan of heavily instanced, single-player shoe-box games like Star Trek Online, Tørnquist assured that the game can also be played in single-player mode, so if we choose to play it single-player as opposed to coop, are we still hit with a monthly multi-player fee?
Question: A game without levels sounds refreshing. But just like a level 10 player can't make much of a contribution to a level 30 boss fight in the average game, how will a less developed player in your levelless system be able to contribute to harder encounters? And if they can't contribute, what will encourage other players to group with them other than personal relationships?
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My question is this, what makes your game different from the rest of the already flooded MMO market? Keep in mind saying the "settings" doesn't count. I'm talking about gameplay and features. What makes this game stick out from the vast oceans of crap already out there? Is this going to be like playing a reskinned version of AoC? Sorry if my question sounds bitter but the MMO community in general has been thrown a lot of crap and / or half finished games over the past few years and really the only games trying to break the mold in which most MMO's are associated to are Mortal Online and Darkfall.
From what you've shown us I see nothing new, only reskinned. The MMO developers need to start taking risks... we don't need so many copies of virtually the same few games. We need a AAA developer to make a game like Darkfall, seriously guys there are a lot of people who want a GOOD sandbox PvP game, Darkfall is the best on the market for pvp even with it's major flaws.... and it's pathetic only indie companies are trying different styles of MMO. I'm not saying Darkfall does anything new, what it does do is use a different set of values.
Oh and for the love of god have the balls to create your own lore and world so you're not limmited by a writers vision.
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Being in a multi game guild that has alot of variety of players,
1.) can a guild have any faction in it? or will in game guilds have to be same faction.
2.)Also can differing factions still team up?
3.) Word is there will be other factions besides the big three and they are hinted at being opposing factions, will these opposing/evil factions be playable at start or a later release date?
As I am a passionate roleplayer I`d like to know if there any Plans to build and support a roleplaying community. Having things like a RP-Server simply isn`t enough as I have often seen.
And to which degree will the characters (and clothes, and weapons etc.) be customizable? And will there be rather "useless" things like different sets of clothes for nothing more than optical reasons?
Will there be vehicles/mounts? If yes to which dergee will it affect gameplay (e.g. troop transporters for an entire group)
Is a pet-system planned?
Will there be an extensive crafting system? Or will it end up in doing thousands of junk-pieces to get to the highest level in order to have the chance to creatte something usefull?(Fallen Earth`s crafting system was quite nice I think)
It was saied that the players will affect the world itself. Does that mean that things like the economy would be player driven too?
Will TSW be a free word where I can see people everywhere or do I have to live in an instanced cage? I would devinetly love to see a free world to live in and meet friendss etc.
And most important, are there allready thoughts about how to motivate the playerbase for a long time?
That would be everything I can think of that I hadn`t allready read here.
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London, UK, 08 Aug 2012 - Dr Garcia del Moral practices sports medicine in Valencia, Spain, and in that capacity has worked in the past with various tennis players.In July 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) imposed a lifetime ban on Dr Garcia del Moral for the following Anti-Doping Rule Violations:(1) Possession of prohibited substances and/or methods including EPO, blood transfusions and related equipment, testosterone, hGH, corticosteroids, and masking agents.(2) Trafficking of EPO, blood transfusions, testosterone, hGH, corticosteroids and masking agents to professional cyclists.(3) Administration and/or attempted administration of EPO, blood transfusions, testosterone, hGH, corticosteroids, and masking agents to professional cyclists.(4) Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, covering up and other complicity involving one or more Anti-Doping Rule Violations and/or attempted Anti-Doping Rule Violations in professional cycling.In accordance with Article 15.4 of the World Anti-Doping Code, and further to their longstanding commitment to protect the integrity of the sport of tennis and the health of all of the participants in the sport, the stakeholders to the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme recognise and respect USADA's decision, and will take all steps available to them to enforce and give effect to that decision in the sport of tennis, including (without limitation) not permitting Dr Garcia del Moral to participate in any capacity in, and denying him accreditation for or access to, any sanctioned tennis event or activity.Players are asked to take careful note of the above when considering who to seek treatment, guidance and advice from in the future.For further information, please contact the ITF Anti-Doping Department at: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Toys 'R' Us overtakes Disney in AdGooroo's new paid search report.
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Toys 'R' Us Inc. overtook the Disney Store USA LLC last year when it comes to paid search impressions for children's goods retailers, according to a new report from AdGooroo. The Kantar Media-owned research firm based its findings on data covering some $2.3 billion worth of U.S. paid search spending in 2012.
Toys 'R' Us, which dropped to No. 30 from No. 29 in the new Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, did not comment on the report's findings. The retail chain has been working to tie together its stores with its mobile and web sites and apps—a push often called "omnichannel retailing"—and last year hit $1 billion in annual web sales. Over the last several years, Toys 'R' Us also has purchased such web-only retailers as BabyUniverse.com and eToys.com. The retailer sells online at Toysrus.com, Babiesrus.com, eToys.com, FAO.com and BabyUniverse.com.
"Toys 'R' Us appears to have greatly enhanced its paid search efforts last year," says Jim Leichenko, AdGooroo's director of marketing. He says the chain increased its paid search impressions 47.8% last year to 201 million, from 136 million in 2011. Google defines a paid search impression as every time an ad is show to a consumer. The Disney Store dropped 9.6% in year-over-year paid search impressions to 188 million from 208 million. Disney is No. 83 in this year's Top 500—the 10th such annual e-commerce research guide—up from No. 79 last year. Disney offered no immediate comment.
Toys 'R' Us ranks No. 194 overall in paid search among the retailers included in Internet Retailer's 2013 Search Marketing Guide. According to the guide, the chain received 36.3% of its traffic from paid search in 2012, and spent on average $155,000 per month on pay-per-click advertising, down 14.8% from $182,000 in 2011. Disney, meanwhile, ranks No. 221 for paid search, having received 36.1% of its traffic from that marketing source in 2012, and spending $107,000 per month on pay per click, up 664.3% from $14,000 in 2011.


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A lightweight performance trainer with a bit of support and a responsive ride, the Asics Gel DS Trainer 18 tempts you to pick up the pace.
The DS Trainer is Asics' franchise performance support trainer, entering its 18th year (if you want to geek out on all the old models, check out the DS Trainer Photo History on our blog). Through its lineage we have seen a fluctuation in the weight and structure of the DS Trainer. The prior model was one of the heaviest, so it's great that the DS Trainer 18 returns to a more performance-oriented offering.
The feel of the DS Trainer 18 is a familiar one: a balanced ride with lots of rebound and responsiveness, but without feeling overly firm or lacking in cushioning. The new Dynamic DuoMax system delivers a seamless heel-to-toe transition, though more severe overpronators will want to note that testers felt a touch less support in the 18 than in prior models.
Across the board, our testers were pleased with the DS Trainer 18's fit. The overlays around the shoe hold the foot securely in place for faster paced running without being overly tight. The traditional heel cup design is snug and slippage is near non-existent.
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Toy company Hasbro has given Pocket-lint some playtime with a wide range of its Autumn and Winter line-ups - the products it's essentially pushing for the busy Christmas market.
We looked at a large range of games and toys for all ages, and while some of them stood out to us more than others - we are after all big kids over here - it must be said that there's something for everyone.
The games section caught our eye for re-imaginations of old classics, with some embracing technological enhancements. New versions of Boggle, Bop It!, Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly are on the horizon and looking particularly good.
Boggle Flash comprises of five electronic tiles that will each display a letter, you then have to make words by sliding them around. They know when you've made a word because of SmartLink technology and an internal dictionary, so will register each authorised word completed in the countdown time. At the end of a game, the tiles will tell you how many words you created, and the maximum number that was available.
That's it, cunningly simple and, because the tiles aren't huge and come with a natty little case, it's a game that can be played pretty much anywhere. It's £24.99 and will be in shops this Autumn.
The new version of Monopoly will come as a surprise to some as, to celebrate its 75th Anniversary, it comes with a round board.
Monopoly Revolution is essentially the same game as the original, with the same place names, house and hotels, etc, but all the money is handled by a circular electronic bank and individual in-game credit cards for the players. Now, that's not exactly new - the Here & Now Edition has something similar - however, this time, the banking device also handles all the Chance and Community Card action, and plays accompanying music.
Costing £29.99, it's actually in shops now, but we can see it flying off the shelves as we near December.
Bop It! Bounce is a version of the frenetic party game where the pull-me, twist-me sections have been replaced with a trampoline style bat. The toy will shout commands at you to make you bounce higher, faster, and such like, while you have to obey and try to keep up. It can get a bit extreme, we don't mind telling you.
It costs £19.99 and will also follow in the Autumn.
Another one that's already available, for £29.99, Trivial Pursuit: Bet You Know It is an update to the popular quiz boardgame that adds a betting element to the gameplay.
As well as the traditional pieces, players get chips to bet on whether opponents will get their answers right or not. Earn enough and they can buy wedges instead of having to earn them by answering questions. It's a way of levelling the playing field, preventing the brainiest from constantly winning.
The final game that caught our eye is Cuponk - a simple yet addictive game of throwing a ping pong ball into a cup. That really is all there is to it, but it does flash LEDs around the bottom when the ball goes in, and it's only £12.99 so no complaints from us. It is, also, much much harder than you actually think.
In terms of boys toys, those that stood out the most were the RC Walking Iron Man and the awesome Nerf N Strike Stampede.
The RC Walking Iron Man is brilliant! Remote controlled, obviously, it walks like the real thing and fires missiles from its shoulders. It also makes all manner of beeps, whoops and ftooms, and has lights in the centre of each hand to represent its repulsors.
It's not cheap, at £49.99, but, boy, is it cool! Expect it to hit shops in the Autumn.
Even cooler is the £54.99 Nerf N Strike Stampede ECS blaster. It's the first fully automatic Nerf Clip System blaster, and can hold extended clips containing 18 darts each.
The monster comes with with a pull out bipod, to stand it on a surface, which also doubles as a handle for extra leverage. It truly is the king of Nerf. And we soooo want one.
Also in the boys section, there's Star Wars goodies, such as the Boba Fett Helmet (£39.99) which talks into your ears via in-built speakers, and fits fully grown adults (oh yes). And the Clone Wars General Grievous Lightsaber (also £39.99) which is massive, spins around, lights up and can be split to make two individual 'sabers.
There's also an Iron Man 2 Helmet (£34.99) for kids, which lights up and speaks and stuff. Plus, the Transformers range has expanded with the enormous Battle Ops Bumblebee (£79.99), who can be set in either attack or defence mode, and the Combiners 5 Pack (£19.99), where you can add small vehicles to appendages in order to create a more impressive robot in disguise.
The Tonka range has also been tweaked, with a remote control Tonka Richochet (£99.99) which can be morphed between offroad and stunt vehicles easily.
There's also a new range of Tonka toy cars for very young children, with the introduction of Tonka Chuck and Friends - also soon to be a cartoon series.
Chuck's Stunt Park (£39.99) and Rumblin' Chuck (£39.99) are both cute, brightly coloured and make loud noises; ideal for kids then. The former is a track set up, that a battery operated Chuck can happily manoeuvre around, with a little help from little hands.
And Rumblin' Chuck is a much larger version that talks and makes funny facial expressions when played with. Much like Pocket-lint's features editor Dan.
There's a whole host of other pre-school toys, including updates to classic ranges such as Play-Doh (Puppies Playset - £14.99). And girls are certainly not left out, with a scarily realistic bouncing baby in the guise of Baby Alive Bouncing Babbles (£24.99) and a walking dog addition to the FurReal range, Go Go Walking Pup (£59.99), who really seems to has a life of its own.
But we'll leave you with a girl's toy that we can see being a big hit for adults, especially men: FurReal Lulu Cuddle Kitty.
Costing £49.99, she's a life-sized white cat that sits on your lap, purrs and likes to be stroked. Altogether now, "goodbye Mr Bond!"
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Nice find on the insignia though! I would love to see him being more "official" now so that Byakuya can't look down on him as a lowly substitute anymore, he will be legit!
Nice find on the insignia though! I would love to see him being more "official" now so that Byakuya can't look down on him as a lowly substitute anymore, he will be legit!
A pie in the sky?
We are told that Squad Zero exists to protect the Soul King, now we find that Squad Zero consists of 5 captains (only).
One is a Monk (who does, I don't know what), one is a healer who heals, I don't know who, one creates Zanpakutos...this I sorta gets, since he must be supplying Asauchis to SS somehow, but how does that enable squad Zero to protect the soul king? One makes food with reiatsu building properties, but who exactly is she feeding?, one is weird, tall, and looks like The android one paths of pain (naruto), and I just don't get her at all.
If there is an actual military purpose to squad zero, I haven't seen it yet. BUT...... BUT... Each Squad Zero Captain Runs a City, Right? Who inhabits those cities, soldiers?
Is Reikyouku like Valhalla, where dead Shinigamis go and live in one of these cities, waiting for a final battle of sorts? Is that what the SK does in his trance, I mean searching for souls of heroes to add to his pocket Valhala dimension?
BTW, Where is Kon?....that perv (just saying)!
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Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
For what it's worth, they all provide an aspect of Shinigami life that makes their place entirely self-sufficient. I guess they don't really protect in the main sense of the word, but make sure the Soul King is well taken care of without sacrificing the functions of SS.
LOL at MAngapanda.
........................Ichigo, here is a rice ball to eat if you get Angry. Ah! yes, I'll make sure to sneak away and eat if I get angry during a fight.
That's some riddiculous translation there.
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That's too funny, but I wonder, who was gathering the souls of the undead, before the Shinigami. 2000 Years ago... Humans were alive before that time.
While RG members are protecting the SK, it's quite obvious that SK himself protects the culture of SS, by gathering people who had immense impact on it's history. It might have something to do with the fact that the culture of the previous SS is almost non-existent, beside the Dog Clan (and maybe the Quincy ?), but we can't be really sure how many SS's and SK's away they have lived through.The Royal Guard is a special organization that performs services for the Royal Family. It has a considerable amount of fighting, organizational, and executive power compared to other organizations.[1]
They are also charged with slaying Menos Grande, though the circumstances under which they do so are unknown.[2]
Since serving the royal family is the primary purpose of the Royal Guard, they don't interfere in Gotei 13's affairs and the defense of Soul Society, as seen with major threats like Aizen and his Arrancar.[3] They are known to do whatever is required by order of the Soul King.[4]
The Royal Guards authority supersedes the authority of all within Soul Society.[5] Each member of the Royal Guard have had the power of the Ōken imparted onto their bones by the Soul King.[6] They also each have a city of their own at the Soul King Palace.[7]
The Royal Guard is known to promote former captains of the Gotei 13 to their ranks.[8] The Royal Guard has no soldiers, and it only has 5 members, all of which are former Captains. Their total power far surpasses the power of all the 13 Divisions together.[14]
Ichibei Hyōsube - "Monk of Perception", by his title alone one can guess that he is the SK's "eye/s". Basing on his demeanor and having a dojou-training hall, he quite likely created the Hand-to-Hand combat, Kenjutsu (before Zanpakutou appeared, they seemed to have normally trained swordmanship ?), or something along those line.
Tenjirō Kirinji - "Hot Spring Demon", well a medic, even if not used for the Royal Family (...?...), he can still be useful for people in the 5 cities, the Zero Squad and other critically wounded people.
Ōetsu Nimaiya - "God of the Sword", someone have to produce those weapons for the "Balancers" and maintain the swords for the RG and Royal Family.
Kirio Hikifune - "Ruler of Grain", I'm not sure how often or how much the SK and the Royal Family eats, but the RG certainly doesn't have a normal diet (it might also have something to do with the thing inside their bodies...).
Senjumaru Shutara - "Great Weave Guard", well she is quite likely the one that designed the standard Shinigami clothes (yeah, she is that old, which actually makes me wonder how old is Kurotsuchi, since his body was already heavily modified when Urahara came for him), also she is the one that keeps intruders from getting in (as she mentioned herself, when speaking to Mayuri, that when she was in Seireiter - Gotei 13, the security wasn't as lax as it is now). It's possible that the clothes she makes might have an actual purpose in maintaining the security, since for example those might act as transmitters of some sorts (well, she is closely associated with Mayuri, so she can't really be normal, right ;P ?).
@ Zero,
Obviously Kubo has not yet fleshed out the details of how Squad Zero, and / or the Reikyouku work. I mean for instance, that Squad zero has no soldiers, only the 5 Captains. No soldiers, will call into question who it may be that inhabits the 5 cities. Whoever they are, they are not soldiers. One could/might theorize that they are probably former inhabitants of SS who left with the SK when he moved to Reikyouku.
Hikifune is a very funny/amusing lady. She goes from Hot babe to Bouncing Boy..er..girl in the space of one session in the Kitchen. It makes you wonder whether the SK and everybody else starved to death before she was promoted to Cheif Chef at SKR. Reminds me of an episode of Kitchen Stadium at the Food Channel.
Senjumaru Shutara...how she even knows Kurotsuchi Mayuri, and how she had better security when she was in charge beats the flumox out of me, since there was no Squad 12 before Urahara Kisuke Made one.
I know squad 12 was not specifically mentioned, but the implication is there. It is also implied that Mayuri and Senjumaru know each other, makes you wonder why SS decided to throw Mayuri into the Maggot's nest and what insane science he was conducting (Orochimaru's Great Grand daddy?).
Still too many unanswered questions.
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Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
The mangastream translation differs abit:
since she mentions "here" (where they are standing, thus this realm or city - Serieiter) instead of "there" which would suggest the 12th Division Laboratory.
Also, Hikifune created the Gikon/Mod Soul before Urahara came and created the science department, so obviously some people were doing some kinds of research and experiments, which Mayuri probably took too far.
Another thing worth mentioning is that Mayuri might be very well much older than he looks (sine he has modified/artificial/replaced body?). What's more, his current state might have been a necessity instead of a simple whim.
Oh right, as to Kon (someone was asking about it ?), it's possible that he currently receives, or already received, an upgrade from Hikifune (it's possible that she continued her research is SK's Realm ) ?
@ Zero,
I asked about Kon. To be honest I suspect he's hiding under Ichigo's new robes, but there is another posibility. Since Kon is a perv, he may have taken to Hikifune for her ample supply of food......and other things ahem!
Thinking About Ouetsu:
As far as I know, There is no other place or situation where Asauchis are freely materialized for anyone to see, other than Ouetsu's girls. Those girls are not Blanks or they are a different type of blank from the Asauchis that Ichigo and Renji fought, which can be moulded in the image of a shinigami's soul and reiatsu.
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Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
Then again, some Zans seem able to manifest themselves with their own power, like Zabimaru that manifested himself and told Renji that it is ready for battle... unless that was in Renji's mind, but it seemed like it really manifested itself (since the sword turned into another form, instead of a ghost form appearing beside it, like what Ichigo experienced in the fight with Kenpachi).
Those girls might be an abandoned Zanpakutous or they themselves slaughtered or took over their masters, since normally the Zan dies with it's wielder, so it's possible that something different happens when the Zan itself doesn't recognize it's wielder as it's master.


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Skip to comments.New Book Reveals "Long Lost" Holocaust Films
Posted on 07/18/2013 3:10:08 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Nearly a dozen long-lost, rarely seen Soviet films and scores of screenplays that were never produced about the persecution of Jews during World War II have been revived and are featured in The Phantom Holocaust: Soviet Cinema and Jewish Catastrophe, a new book released by Rutgers University Press this week.
Those films have been pretty much just erased from history, really, said the books author, Olga Gershenson, an associate professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Gershenson said that basically half of all the Holocaust victims, nearly three million people, were murdered on the territory of the Soviet Union and its just not part of the popular public imagination. Its just completely off the radar people dont think about what happened in the Soviet Union.
While the history of the death camps in Germany and Poland is well-documented in historical films and books, what happened in the Soviet territories was sometimes called the Holocaust by bullets, where Jewish people were simply executed on the spot, she added.
The films were banned in the Soviet Union and screenplays that depicted the Jewish fate during World War II were denied permission for production
All these years later, she told RIA Novosti, most of the filmmakers still living are in their 80s and 90s now. They had long given up hope of ever seeing the films made public, and were overjoyed to learn about her work. .....
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not sure but i think it's all on Youtube
I got it at the library.
The films were banned in the Soviet Union and screenplays that depicted the Jewish fate during World War II were denied permission for production
Visited Dachau in 1983. Intensely moving experience. I'll never forget it.
But it does not compare to the injustice of Trayvon Martin, who in a racist and homophobic rage attacked a community organizer and was killed.
i'm sure it was... so much death must leave something behind to mark it's passing
Probably some of the most chilling depictions of the Holocaust actually were from the Made-For-TV series "War and Remembrance".....the portrayal of Babi Yar was quite chilling.
We all agreed afterwards. When you walk through the gates ALL the joy that is in you dies. (one of the guys in our group made it about 10 feet inside the gates and turned and fled)
Does anyone know a link to the film with actual English subtitles? The only ones I can find on YouTube (four parts, each about 150 minutes in length) state the film is subtitled but it is not.
Thanks. BTTT.
Thank you!
I grew up around an old man who was there in the early years as a Polish Jewish national. Later came to England, where he was interned as an enemy alien, but was glad to be out. This was before they started on the final solution and made it into a death camp, so they just deported him.
The book Babi Yar tops everything. That was originally heavily sensored, but I have the now unexporgated English translation.
Shoah was an excellent production. I haven't seen it since the 80's but several scenes still stick in my mind.
Anatoly Kuznetsov, published in translation and uncensored 1970, available on Amazon.
Thank you for your post regarding the book, Babi Tar.
I just ordered it from Amazon. Can't wait to read it.
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When I flew to Pak in 2004, I had an overnight in London on the way home and found a book called, "Gulag," about the Russian prison camps, from inception to the time the book was written.
It is worth buying, reading and re-reading.
Thank you, Eleutheria5 for bringing this most urgent topic to the forefront.
At the same utube site as Shoah is at, on the right hand side, are a bunch of testimonials. I just finished watching the complete testimonial of Ernest Lobet.
This is very long, so if you watch it, probably do it in parts. I sat watching through the whole thing and it took about 4 hours. However, don't be scared off, just do it in sections. There is a Part 1 and a Part 2. Within that are about 10 sections, each broken by a list of one page credits on black background which is how you know you are going into the next section. You can find Part 2 to the right of the screen when all done with Part 1. You'll figure it out.
This is a walk through the early years of Hitler's rise, from about 1933 on in Germany, as seen thru the eyes of a holocaust survivor. He discusses his family life in Germany prior to Hitler, and then carries on into the primary part of his life's story. Ernest's (Ernst in German) testimony of his time in the concentration camps (primarily Buchenwald) is riveting and frightening. His tales of life in the camps, his stories after escaping from the last camp he was in, his ending up in France, and all the adventures, pathos, narrow escapes, friendships in between, are frankly amazing. I was riveted. If you watch this, you won't regret it. The period from 1930-1946 in Germany is a history lesson like you can't imagine, a first person testimony. Have at it:
Holocaust Survivor Ernest Lobet Testimony Part 1/2 - YouTube
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Ready to take you to your next PR, the Nike Zoom Streak LT is a lightweight racing shoe that offers minimal cushioning and a firm ride.
The Nike Zoom Streak LT is the update to the Streak XC 3, and though the name has changed, luckily not much else has. The midsole is low and light, perfect for racing and speedwork, and still has enough cushioning for the days you want to PR in comfort. The thin mesh upper keeps feet cool by allowing air to flow over the foot. With its simple design, the Streak LT is so light on your feet its like wearing nothing at all.
Sizing Note: Men's sizes only. Women should subtract 1 and a half sizes from their women's shoe size. Example: Women's 8.5 equals size 7.0 for this shoe.
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Weight: 5.3 oz (size 9)
Stack Height: Heel (22mm), Forefoot (18mm); non-removable insole
Available Widths: D=Medium
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The Zoom Streak LT is a minimum feature, minimum neutral shoe designed for racing.
Comments: I am sad to say I am returning these after 2 workouts. The mesh cut into the top of my foot, and the toebox was far shallower than any other racing flats. The fit was sloppy, as I had to re-lace my shoes multiple times a run. My foot felt like it was sliding and very unstable whenever I went around any corner. This shoe appeared very promising, but disappointed me big time in the end.
From: JT, Rochester, New York, USA
Comments: I second David from Austin's comments. For me, perfect design for a racer. The mesh is so open yet retains some structure. I haven't had my flyknit racers steam - fitted but they do not come close to the Streak LT's ability in locking my foot down. This is a great shoe for someone looking for an ultra-light and airy, low-drop flat for speed work or 5k racing.
From: B, Maryland
Comments: I am a racewalker. This is my favorite shoe for races. I race in the 1500, 3K and 5K. The shoe is very comfortable. I have no issues with this shoe. I have been racing in it for the last three years. I bought enough shoes to stock up for the next 10 years. I love this shoe. I now use this shoe for races only. I use to do interval training in it, but the nubs were very worn at 100 miles on the track.
From: Alfred, Birmingham, Alabama
Comments: These are great shoes if you are looking for something very light weight and basic. If your form is not very good or if you rely on shoes that offer a lot of cushioning or support, then you will probably not enjoy these shoes. They are designed for one thing specifically: speed. Additionally, they will wear our fairly quickly; just look at the cushioning in the photo. I would suggest buying these for a specific race and using them as part of your training regime leading up to that race, if you are a fairly accomplished runner.
From: Bryan, San Antonio, TX, USA
Comments: This is an amazing racing flat for the money. I ran the 2012 Chicago Marathon in a PR of 2:50 and a half marathon PR of 1:19. It has the right amount of cushion and weight (lack of). :-) I'll definitely be wearing these for Boston. One small caveat: the upper mesh along the outside of the foot tends to breakdown around the 300 mile mark. However, just slap a little duct tape inside and you're good to go for more miles.
From: Eli, Chicago, IL
Comments: This is a fantastic flat. I struggle to figure out why Nike put so much R&D into their flyknit shoe when they already produce this flat for so cheap. This is such a wonderful basic setup - open mesh breathable upper, cushlon midsole, good traction, 4mm drop. No gimmicks, no air, no extra technology, just minimal upper sewn to a well cushioned sole. I wear it for everything up to a 1/2 marathon.
From: David, Austin, TX
Comments: The streaks are a great pair of shoes for intervals and racing, but I don't think you should do races much longer than a 10k in them, MAYBE a half. They do exactly what they are intended to do, very light and responsive. Very comfy, the fit was perfect for me. Unfortunately you cannot run barefoot in them because of one seam in the toebox that does not have felt over it. That is the only complaint i could possibly have.
From: Brad, AL
Comments: The Zoom Streak has a good amount of cushioning under the fore/mid foot, I find this great for training runs. Very light and comfy. The fit is good as well. I measure a 10.5D size and ordered the same. These fit the same as the rest of my flats.
From: Forest, BC, Canada
Comments: Have been rotating between two pairs for all speed-work and races over this past (marathon) training build. The idea was to break these in as my marathon flats. Raced 5K, 10K, 10M, and half-marathons in them and had no problems. However, as I increased my weekly mileage in them (cutting back from my more supportive trainers), problems began to emerge--less from the technology of the shoe and more from the inadequate long-distance support for my feet and legs. I wore them during a 24M progression which required an uncharacteristically long recovery (due to metatarsal tenderness). I highly recommend them for all speedwork and races 20K and below; Exceed these at the expense of your legs.
From: Patrick, Atlanta, GA, USA
Comments: Great flat. Fits narrow, you may need need to go up a size from your regular trainer. Used them for my intervals and my feet were not fatigued.
Ran my first 3 mile race this year and they felt great. Raced on a flat course, mostly grass and dirt. Can't wait to tackle the hills and my 5K race.
So far no wear and tear but I only use them for intervals and racing.
Yes, I will buy them again.
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Comfort and style are perfectly combined in the Barcelona boot from Pikolinos. With a soft suede upper and great underfoot cushioning, these lace-ups are great add to your casual attire.
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The super-lightweight Sunport sandal from KEEN was designed with outdoor fun in mind.
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Once you have your robot hand, you will need to add small servo motors......... To control the servos, you will need a hobbyist microprocessor board
Once the hand is assembled, adding the servo motors, connecting the microprocessor, and writing the code for the microprocessor will require familiarity with a hobbyist microprocessor board (like ones using ArduinoTM, PIC®, or similar). The student should be comfortable with connecting, programming, and testing projects on these boards.
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Add a pop of extra style to any outfit with the fun and fashionable BCBGeneration Bailey sequin covered clutch. Carry your essentials in this great mini bag, or stick it in a larger handbag when you need more space!
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Marc by Marc Jacobs is the perfect blend of timeless luxury and contemporary fashion. You can expect nothing less than luxurious perfection when you slip into this studded ballet flat.
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And the e-retailer's Android app now supports 10-inch tablets.
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Daily deals e-retailer Groupon used to have a few deals of the day for consumers to check out and that was that. Quite uncomplicated. But over the last year or so Groupon has been accumulating deals, changing its business model in the process. Today it offers 37,000 active deals, the e-retailer says. A consumer didn't need search functionality to go through a few deals, but with tens of thousands of deals, search became a necessity.
So Groupon has updated its mobile commerce apps, bringing search to the fore. A magnifying glass icon for the functionality now appears at the bottom right of pages in the app. When a consumer conducts a search, Groupon's search engine goes through not only the daily deals but also the Groupon Goods merchandise listings and the Groupon Getaways travel listings.
"Search is part of a big strategic shift at Groupon," says David Katz, vice president of mobile at Groupon. "We started out doing a handful of deals each day and now we've got thousands of deals running every day. That really transforms the experience for users. You can still go to Groupon to see the handful of cool deals of the day. But we can also address specific needs. If you specifically want deals on sushi you can now come to Groupon and search for sushi, and odds are you will find a couple of great deals. The ability to be that specific is new for us and transforms how you use Groupon."
Nearly 40% of North American transactions at Groupon were conducted on mobile devices in January 2013, an increase of 44% year over year.
Groupon made some other changes during this latest app update. On its iPhone app, Groupon added related deals to search results and the ability to sort search results by distance. It also linked deals promoted through push notifications to deals highlighted in featured view so app users who receive a push alert and go to the app can see the promoted deal immediately. Featured view is a prominent placement on the app home screen for current deals.
"We try to update the app every six to eight weeks; we are constantly doing little tweaks to make the experience smoother or improve the speed," Katz says. "We do regular updates both because we are very focused on the user experience and because we know when the app performs better it helps drive revenue for the company."
Groupon also has enabled its Android app to support 10-inch tablets. Even though the overwhelming majority of tablet traffic at Groupon continues to come from Apple Inc.'s iPad, the e-retailer has registered an increasing amount of traffic from Android tablets.
"We're starting to see some growth in Android tablets and we've seen great and growing performance from Android more broadly, so we're making an investment in that platform," Katz says.


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Microsoft will issue nine security bulletins as part of its Patch Tuesday update on July 10, including a fix that could be for a vulnerability in XML Core Services that is being actively exploited.
In its advanced notifications for the release, Microsoft lists the nine bulletins along with their severity -- three are critical and six are listed as important -- and what software is affected, but doesn't go into much more detail. All three of the critical fixes involve remote code execution.
The vulnerability in XML Core Services affects all supported versions of Windows and allows remote code execution. It has been identified as being exploited in attacks in Europe in June and in recent attacks using the Sykipot Trojan targeting the aerospace industry.
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Sykipot variant, exploiting Microsoft vulnerability, targets aerospace industry
State-sponsored attacks targeting Microsoft zero-day?
Microsoft issued a warning about the vulnerability on June 12 and directed users to a Fix-it workaround, but has not yet issued an automated patch.
The XML vulnerability has been tied to state-sponsored attacks that Google warned its users about in early June. And Alienvault Labs, which identified the recent Sykipot attacks, said there was evidence, though no proof, that those attacks are coming from China.
Microsoft will release more information on this month's patches on July 10.
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During this week's trip to Europe, President Obama will speak with more than a dozen allies about one very specific rival: Russia.
The president will attend a string of high-profile events — the 25th anniversary of free elections in Poland, a G-7 summit in Brussels and the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France — but his travels will be shadowed by what aides have called Russia's land grab in Ukraine.
"We generally will have a focus on our support for the people and government of Ukraine," said Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser for strategic communication.
Other topics, Rhodes said, include strengthening NATO and improving European energy security, both issues related to Russia and Ukraine. Obama is likely to discuss his new climate change plan and to follow up on last week's foreign policy address stressing the importance of allies.
There will be a face-to-face meeting between Obama and the new president-elect of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, as well as a group discussion with other leaders from Eastern Europe, who are worried about Russia's next moves in Ukraine and throughout the region.
The trip "comes at a very important time in the trans-Atlantic relationship, as we seek to reaffirm our commitments to our European allies," Rhodes said.
The United States and European allies agreed to slap sanctions on individuals and businesses in Russia after it annexed the Crimean region of Ukraine. Europe — much of which depends on gas supplies from Russia — is divided over the prospect of more aggressive sanctions that target entire sectors of the Russian economy.
The scheduling of the G-7 summit itself is a poke at Russia. The Brussels get-together replaces a meeting that had been set for Sochi, Russia, back when the group was known as the G-8. The United States and allies booted Russia out after it annexed Crimea.
The president's Europe schedule:
•Poland. Obama will leave Washington Monday evening for Warsaw, where he'll have meetings with President Bronislaw Komorowski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Obama will speak with a group of American and Polish F-16 pilots, highlighting joint training missions that began after Russia's incursion into Ukraine. Some Polish officials have requested that more NATO troops be stationed in Poland.
Worries about Russia's territorial ambitions underscore Obama's meetings with counterparts from Poland and other Eastern European nations that broke away from the Soviet Union a quarter-century ago. Officials in some of these countries fear that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to reassert his nation's influence throughout the region.
Obama will probably speak about Russia during a ceremony Wednesday to honor the 25th anniversary of Polish Freedom Day, which commemorates the elections in 1989 that heralded the end of the Cold War. He is likely to reaffirm U.S. support for the young democracies of Eastern Europe.
Wednesday will bring Obama's one-on-one meeting with Poroshenko, the chocolate business magnate who easily won Ukraine's election late last month. Poroshenko wants Ukraine to have stronger ties to Europe and the West, something Russia opposes.
•Belgium. Obama will leave Poland on Wednesday for Brussels and a ceremonial meeting with King Philippe at the Royal Palace. The president will head to a working dinner with G-7 colleagues from Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Japan.
Though Russia is the focus of the G-7 summit, world leaders are in something of a holding pattern in the wake of Ukraine's elections last month. Officials are concerned that Russia may be instigating separatist violence in southern and eastern Ukraine, but they're waiting to see if it tries to interfere with the new government.
In his foreign policy speech last week at West Point, N.Y., Obama said that although the outcome remains uncertain, "standing with our allies" in confronting Russia with sanctions "has given a chance for the Ukrainian people to choose their future without us firing shot."
Obama will have more G-7 meetings Thursday, the topics of which include trade and climate change. The United States hopes to get European allies to develop new sources of energy, thereby becoming less dependent on Russian gas.
Also on the Brussels schedule Thursday: a one-on-one meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
•France. Air Force One will ferry Obama on Thursday afternoon to Paris, where he'll have a private dinner with French President Francois Hollande.
The next morning, Obama will head to the beaches of Normandy to join other world leaders for the 70th commemoration of the D-Day invasion that began the liberation of Europe during World War II.
In his remarks, Obama is likely to link the U.S.-European alliance that planned D-Day to the "9/11 generation" that has confronted terrorism and made sacrifices in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Even in Normandy, Russia will hover. Among others invited to D-Day ceremonies: Putin.
Rhodes said, "We don't have any plans for a bilateral meeting with President Putin."


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What a community this game has. Every time I log into the game, someone complains about something, and others tell them to go back to WoW if they don't like it.
First conversation I see in chat on this stream:
P1: "This event is disappointing."
P2: "This event is awesome. Go play WoW."
P3: "Yeah go play WoW."
The word "lag" is not applicable here, it's such a massive understatement that it cannot be considered an understatement.
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I was watching it - it didn't look laggy but the stream is. Did anyone think about htat?
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The ancillary accommodation above the yacht storage space in this hybrid building has full width bi-folding doors to allow an uninterrupted wide view of the horizon over the sea and to allow the interior living spaces to feel like shaded outdoor spaces.
Accommodation units benefit from private balconies and terraces which are all offset from each other to allow for privacy and varied views. A rooftop terrace allows 360 degree views of both the sea and the mountains behind, which rise more than 1,000m above sea level. Glass railings all round allow full height sea views.
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Her's what i think, Naruto x Hinata, Sakura x Sasuke. I think we should ignore all the red herrings pointing to Sakura xNaruto. Whilst I want Sakura to be with Naruto I don't think that will happen. Kishi is merely mocking us with red herrings and implicit suggestions that mean nothing.
As much as naruto likes sakura, they'll never be together. I cant see why kishi would make them together... It would be good to see naruto to get what he wants, but i dout this very much because as soon as sasuke comes back into the picture, she'll just disown naruto again lol
~Hatake kakashi, The leagendary copy ninja
Ok the conversation that Sai had with Naruto when he asked if he liked Sakura was, I'm assuming, before Pain arrived in the village, which therefore means it was before Hinata confessed and Sai was never there to witness that. With that fact in mind we don't know how Naruto feels right now. The fact is his feelings could have wavered because of that confession. Is there a chance for Hinata? I don't know, but she definitely has a better chance then before. Will Naruto and Sakura end up together? I don't know about that either, but I will say this, I hope this time Sakura does get hit for trying to get in between a full-powered Rasengan and a full-powered Chidori. And hopefully dies. *crosses fingers*
It's hard to say what will happen next, but I think Sakura also has feelings for Naruto, this has been hinted already by Yamato. It might be that Hinata will have to find someone else.
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I'm hoping Hinata gets Naruto. I mean she stuck up for him and almost got killed and in the middle of that confessed. Sakura never did anything, but cry and pick on naruto about sasgay. Now that naruto knows about Hinata and Sakura knows about Naruto. I'm sure Naruto should at know how hinata feels considering he felt the same way when Sakura would deny him. So hopefully naruto makes the right choice(rather kishi puts naruto with hinata). Hinata > Sakura
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actually i dont see sakura getting together by how the translation went... her realization was more like she wont be pestering naruto anymore.