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I disagree with this article. It is not Free to Play, which is killing anything, the dev teams themselves kill if any. Nearly all of the titles of the genre provided terrible service. Most players I know (substract some kids from this) are more than willing to pay a subscription fee for a good game with reasonable service and continued development.
The software game industry is the most customer ignoring industry in the world since some time in the 80s. The bigger the company the user unfriendly are service and product. Look at EA currently. They try to make profits on the back of us customers instead of looking us in the face. Most developers do is nothing more then copy/paste succussful game ideas and ignoring service issues. Some hotlines with ignorant underpaid folks is what they call service.
The free-to-play-model of online gaming is just a feature, not a problem at all. The developers themselves, the companies creating games are the one that decide to make it good or bad. Today, tomorrow and the day after. Perhaps ArenaNet can show how to do it right. They proclaim it at every corner, but I doubt they will be different. Surprise me ArenaNet
Originally posted by goemoe
I disagree with this article. It is not Free to Play, which is killing anything, the dev teams themselves kill if any. Nearly all of the titles of the genre provided terrible service. Most players I know (substract some kids from this) are more than willing to pay a subscription fee for a good game with reasonable service and continued development. The software game industry is the most customer ignoring industry in the world since some time in the 80s. The bigger the company the user unfriendly are service and product. Look at EA currently. They try to make profits on the back of us customers instead of looking us in the face. Most developers do is nothing more then copy/paste succussful game ideas and ignoring service issues. Some hotlines with ignorant underpaid folks is what they call service. The free-to-play-model of online gaming is just a feature, not a problem at all. The developers themselves, the companies creating games are the one that decide to make it good or bad. Today, tomorrow and the day after. Perhaps ArenaNet can show how to do it right. They proclaim it at every corner, but I doubt they will be different. Surprise me ArenaNet
They've been doing a good job so far. The Gem Store has nothing that is game breaking or changing, and the only thing that has a chance to do it is the Boosters which you can get from just playing the game. Monsters drop keys, storylines give keys, completition rewards give keys, and just playing the damn game gives keys. There's nothing in their Gem Store can remotely break the game, and as long as it continues to run that way they have shown everyone how it's done. They are certainly doing it now, and they did it with GW1 too. The same thing applies there too.
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Originally posted by SnarlingWolf
Originally posted by eddieg50
Free 2 Play is great for casual players or players that play more than one mmo
Cutting out commercials is great for people who want to watch a lot of TV shows too.
But the funny thing is it is bad for the person who wants to watch lots of TV shows. Because people are skipping the commercials, they get far less money from ad revenue. They get less money from ad revenue they can't fund as big and interesting shows as they did before. So in the end what you found convenient ends up hurting what you liked.
Does help to show when HBO and Showtime tend to do amazingly well at the emmys and they are a subscription service. You get what you pay for.
Everyone is looking at this as either a black or white style situation. Lets take this TV analogy a little farther. I like watching tv show X. I'm not a big fan of the commercials that interupt it. Your argument is that by me choosing to enjoy my show by cutting the commercials is going to punish me in the long run because the show I enjoy won't be able to continue to fund itself because ad revenue will decrease dramatically, or cease altogether.
There we have two extremes. In one instance you're saying hey, this show is free, but you're going to have to suffer some advertisements and possibly be convinced to purchase stuff. In the other, the show stays free and I have no bothers, but ultimately there's no resources for said show to continue to resume.
Let me tell you what I do here. First, I have a DVR and hell yes I blast thru the commercials and anticipate a day when they're in fact gone for good. Your theory is that television, or entertainment itself cannot function without some form of intrusive advertising, I say otherwise. I'm a HUGE battlestar Galactica fan, HUGE. I would take days off just to make sure I could watch a new ep back when it was on. This stopped about halfway thru season 2 because frankly the show was SO good that the ads became HUGE pains in the butt that flat out interupted my immersion into the show.
I didn't have a DVR at the time so I had only a few choices. 1: Suffer the ads. 2: Stop watching and wait for DVD. 3: Buy the eps for a buck on Itunes.
I chose Itunes at the time. Here I got everything I wanted out of the deal and they made some money.
Having options in everything is ideal. I used to be an avid hater of F2P games, claiming they would ruin the whole genre or whatever other overdramatic drivel anyone (Including you, OP) would care to come up with. I'm older and wiser and tend to understand the nature of not only myself but how certain things work now and frankly I'm a-ok with the situation.
A sub fee to me is rarely worth paying. Oh yes, I can definitely afford it but it's not worth the money they're asking. There was a time years ago when I believed my sub went to the development of better and frequent content. I no longer believe that. Companies took those fees and instead made sub-par games with sub-par expansions and meanwhile cashed checks on our sub fees which were buying us nothing.
F2P, TRUE f2p, has its own issues. I can download this game and play it to my hearts content without having to pay a dime. However I'll likely have to suffer intrusive ads or setbacks because I'm not willing to pay into a cash shop. Still, I can play and enjoy if I so choose. I do not, I would prefer to be able to get the full experience in one go and not bits at at ime.
B2P is another option. Here you pay your fee up front and get your game. In this case there are also likely cash shops to contend with but tend to be a lot less intrusive or make you feel like you NEED to spend into them. I like this route and right now am loving playing GW2.
Frankly, not a single one of them is killing the genre, merely filling a role. Some of you people want to go back to some magical good old day where you paid 15 bucks and all was right with the world, except that day never existed. There are now options, not only in payment methods but in games and styles as well. It used to be a limited genre in a limited market. Now it's a huge genre in a very huge market. This means that options are required to survive. If you don't like an option, don't pursue it.
As an aside, I'd like to note that the most profitable online game company is Zynga. Gaming isn't what it used to be, and never will be again. EVER..
Originally posted by Polantaris
Originally posted by Haradeas
Only took couple of years or so, but finally people start to realise that F2P kills mmorpgs in general. There is no kwality anymore... it has become a mass production clone fest.... WoW, Lineage, guildwars 1 everyone knows these in memories for good reasons. F2P = pay to win, only 1 game did NOT do this : Leaque of legends. Also the reason why it is the most played game atm ( xfire hours played ) F2P = lacks kwality, look at Aion, it couldnt deliver the kwality you normally get from P2P mmorpgs so it went F2P to sqeeze still something out of it. Yet I am certain this game will not make it another year Going to make a website with predictions ( 20 years gaming, wanna make it to good use ^^ )
What the hell is "kwality"?
LoL does do Pay-to-Win. "Spend a year to get what you need to be good at Ladder...or just buy it! You'll do better if you buy! Look, you can even buy boosters!" Very few people have gotten far on Ladder purely using the points you gain from playing matches without spending way too long grinding on a single game.
@Article: Blizzard gained popularity from Diablo 2? What? It wasn't that game before it...you know...that one called Starcraft? The game that practically invented E-Sports.
You cannot blame developers for maximizing on profits. If they see people are stupid enough to buy a couch for $5, or an outfit for $10 that only lasts a month, or any the other crap people bought, why exactly is it the developer's fault? Sure, maybe they shouldn't be so quick to cash in on stupidity, but that's what the players clearly showed they wanted. Take WoW for example. They released that paid mount that literally did nothing for you...and people ATE IT UP. They sold hundreds of thousands of units before the content was even released! Why would Blizzard NOT maximize on this? It clearly works, people are clearly stupid and will buy anything. Once some companies showed how easy it is to cash in on stupidity, are you really surprised that's the direction it went in?
Let's not forget that WoW is both P2P AND Cash Shop. It's both. Hell, your own main example is Sims, a game that is Buy to play, and then with a Cash Shop. It's not, "F2P is runing games!" It's, "Morons who buy anything are ruining games!"
I like what you're saying! I wont' call people moronic tho, if they want to buy it, let them buy it. Companies aren't here to please you anymore than it takes to make money. In some cases people will pay large amounts for almost nothing and in other cases demand a large amount of stuff for almost no cost. Consumerism at its finest in this industry frankly, the problem is people don't like it when something isn't the way THEY do it, or the way THEY like it. This goes for everything really but gaming, games, and gaming models and the industry is to us "gamers" almost as important as religious debates or political ones. Everyone has their opinion and their opinion is right, be damned with everyone elses eh?
No I like what you say, it rings true. Just..without the moron part, that's an opinion.
F2P is a cause for concern on eg iOS/Android app stores, not the top ranking games, but for other devs who want to develop an app for a sustainable profit, even 0.99$ is under threat. For mmorpgs, maybe it's not a bad thing, if it allows players to try more mmorpgs and stick with and spend on the ones that are good? Perhaps players will become innoculated to the nickel and dime approaches and "good forms" of F2P might develop/become more standard?
The author sounds like those who used to say "video tapes will kill movie industry". Let go and embrace the future, f2p is how games will survive. Without it game would suck even more then they suck now. I for sure don't want to live in world of WOW any more. Bring on f2p, bring on huge selection and let me have a choice.
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Originally posted by SnarlingWolfOriginally posted by GrumpyMel2
Originally posted by evolver1972
Originally posted by Yakamomoto
"F2P" is mostly a scam. (same goes for "B2P" with cash shop) If you read "FREE" on the internet, something smells fishy. I prefer the good old honest subscription model.
Honest subscription model. That's funny. Considering the costs of running a game are basically miniscule your honest sub model goes to one of two things: Marketing and Profit.
And with the right CS, B2P is not a scam. To me, that is the most honest and fair way to run a game. You buy the game (just like every other game), and you don't have to spend another dime to play if you don't want to. How is that a scam?
I also think that F2P, if done correctly, can also not be a scam, although I do admit that model leaves much more opportunity for scamming.
I personally think LotRO's F2P version was just fine. I didn't feel cheated, or pressured to spend any money at all.
I'm not sure where you got the impression that costs for running an online service (which is what MMO's basicaly are) are "miniscule" but I can assure you they are not. I just got done putting together the yearly budget for Operations of my companies online services (and no we are not an MMO, we're in business services) which doesn't even include customer service/tech support and I can assure you it counts for a rather significant chunk of our gross revenue....much larger then either marketing budget or proffits. MMO's can get by with a bit cheaper as they don't have to provide quite as high a level of service....but by no means is their operating costs miniscule..... unless you think it's acceptable to run your game out of someones garage.
Subscriptions ARE "honest" (or at least WERE before cash shops) in the sense that you know up front exactly what it will cost you to play the FULL game up front each month. I wouldn't neccesarly describe F2P as "dishonest", but a little bit more like "hidden fee's" based services. It's not until you actualy start playing until you learn how much it will actualy cost you to play the game at a level you are comfortable with...and this can change drasticaly as you progress...or even day to day as the Dev's tinker with items and prices in the cash shop.
Yeah, for some reason the "fact" that running an MMO is "cheap" has spread through the MMORPG forums pretty significantly.
Bandwidth at that level, for that many people, with backups, all housed in a major center, and the servers, and the IT, and the CS, adds up to a significant amount of money.
Some have swallowed the3 Arenanet "guide to promoting our MMO" handbook and then post it on here verbatim as if they are experts on the matter.
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F2P isn't killing the gaming industry, the industry itself and the greed with cost of games and subscriptions is killing the gaming industry. If I can find a free to play game that is just as well developed and as fun to play as one that costs, I'll play the free one.
Perhaps if they weren't so damn greedy and charge you 60 dollars and up for the game then a subscription each week people wouldn't be looking to another avenue to play games. Gamers love to play, I love to play, however, I don't see why I should pay so much money in order to play.
The article/OP was an excellent run-down of the history leading from the inception of MMOs to the current F2P environment, and I'm grateful for Derek's work on this. He brought an excellent point, with a forthcoming conclusion I immediately see as potentially misguided; the point made was about developers coming up with new ways to counter people taking advantage where they should not do so.
The conclusion is that the problem is not in the developers, it's in the people, in the communities. Here are my ideas of how to fix it.
A LOT of problems have arisen from the various communities, complainers, twitchers, about developers not doing this or not doing that, not developing all they said they would do, and much scorn can also be derived from multiple various articles and tutorials on this site, as well. If players don't get what they want, or get what they said they were going to get, many turn into stark-raving lunatics, bash the developers -bash being a very light term for what these monkey's do- and bash the game. This is true for in-game items, general requests for content, artwork, etc., and it's sad, because the community is responsible for not only the downfall of their own favorite or desired game, but for all of massively multiplayer gaming.
So, at the risk of sounding like I'm simply adding another step in the MMO development process, another means of staving off the miscreants who work so very hard to destroy the game through their lack of consideration for others, I offer the following:
Developers should go into a game, not have to change course necessarily in the middle of development, with the understanding they are only the first-half of the life of the game. The second-half is the community and they need to plan for them. How do they accomplish that?
A LOT of what's been stolen from developers has to do with content, whether it's adventures, gear, abilities, clothing, etc. Unfortunately, simultaneously, a lot of what's been ignored by developers is the ability of players to develop their own content for sale. It would take effort on the developer's part, post-game launch, to monitor content loaded into a server separate of the game servers, which holds the development tools, to review and ensure that content is viable and useful for the game, and to ensure 3rd party developers are not trying to charge an arm and a leg for that content. However, once the content is up in the cash shop -and make the shops a PART of the game, not an extra web page or a separate app or utility altogether, but part of the immersion of the game, if possible-, allow the 3PD to have 2/3rds of all "cash" sales, and the other 1/3rd goes to the developer.
If there are, truly, that many people who want to develop in-game goods, and there are that many people who want to purchase it, and the developers are willing to provide the development tools, then why not allow that to take place? It would be a win-win-win for everyone, giving the 1P developers, more or less, free income, the 3P developers a means of supplementing real income at home, and to build wealth and notoriety in the game, customers a large outlet for their non-gifted expressions, and would help cut back, at least, on the theft of those who would ruin the game, and bring MMORPGs to the ground solely for their real-world benefit.
I can't be the only one thinking this, guys.
I absolutely 100% agree with you. What we need is a return to Oblivion-style gaming, where there's a main quest, a meta-plot to move forward, and then several hundred side-tasks and full quests -real quests, not fetch me 10 bear skins and return- that allow for a sense of accomplishment, as it takes so much to get there, and takes more than the big three to do it, it actually requires some brain power and real cooperation between folks, not "You're the tank, I'm the healer, we need a...".
I had read somewhere, and I was coming to believe, that MMO developers were intent on re-introducing stories into MMOs, similar to those in Secret World, but all I read about, anymore, is how quickly folks do blow through the game. It's sad.
Originally posted by erictlewis
Originally posted by superniceguy
It is not Free to Play that is killing gaming, it is the way it is being implemented that is killing the games. The only things that should be purchaseable in the shop are content packs, which unlock loads more quest to do, which get you specail items. But the way they do it is put these items in the store so you can get them without playing the game. eg LOTRO - They bring in mounts in the store which last for a limited period of time. If I see one expiring within 24 hours I will not have time to level up a character to 20, and get the Riding Skill, so what do I do, play until level 5, buy the Riding Skill, buy the Mount, and then not play the game. What they should do, is create content, that you can buy, and then play whenever with no time limit, when you reach the appropriate level, and get that mount. Alternatively the items could be added to the crafting professions, and be able to be crafted. The other things that are OK being purchased, are extra inventory slots (although in SWTOR these can be increased with in game credits), charcter transfers, renames, extra char slots etc Basically devs are being lazy putting in items in the shop when best played to get instead of bought with real money to get. Even XP boosts can be acquired by playing game or within crafting items. Free to play is mostly stealing gameplay, because it gets companies more money when people can buy it without having to play the game, in effect it is cheating.
Seriously I could not have put it better. I agree it is the way free to play is being implemented, there are several games eq2, lotro and so forth.
What we wind up with is the dev staff is to bussy doing re-skins of the same product over and over, meanwhile we dying to have real playable content. I get so angry when I see soe on their facebook going hey take a look at the latest item we are offering in our item shop. Argggg, I don't want items I want content.
Oh well I totally agree with what you have said.
That is the answer! It's obvious for people who have common sense. Unfortunately, the editor who wrote this article has no clue what he is talking about. Trying to say that F2P started because of piracy is the biggest joke and so false.
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Let's be honest here, this article is not complaining about free to play. While yes, free to play does have DLC, cash shops, and all that, buy/pay to play also have all that too and can often be just as bad about it. So really, the arguement here should be "DLC and micro-transactions are killing gaming", not F2P. And those are two things that are a problem independent of the payment model of any given game.
Originally posted by TwiPhoenix
Let's be honest here, this article is not complaining about free to play. While yes, free to play does have DLC, cash shops, and all that, buy/pay to play also have all that too and can often be just as bad about it. So really, the arguement here should be "DLC and micro-transactions are killing gaming", not F2P. And those are two things that are a problem independent of the payment model of any given game.
Good points, TwiPhoenix; well-done.
My personal preference against RMT and Cash Shops is merely that I play to relax and a big part of relaxing means not having to reach for my wallet or think about if my game is complete or not.
That aside the main objection I have to the F2P/Cash Shop/RMT dynamic in MMO's is that it by it's very nature forces devs to focus development on how to get me into the shop rather, how to make me want to spend money, rather than how to keep me interested enough in the gameplay in keep subbed. And of course the way to get me into the shop, the way to make me want to buy stuff, generally means frustrating the player, keeping things just out of reach, creating a stark contrast between working hard for a reward (if possible) and getting it easily for money. This also negatively impacts the community because why should devs let players do things for each other when those things can be sold by the devs to the players.
I can see how that would be ok for other genre's of video games, but it's antithetical to a genre that is supposed to be a persistant shared world in which a community forms.
Originally posted by kitarad
While some sub games do have cash shops they are not nearly as bad as the f2p games.
True. For most games anyway, but I am after my breaking point for cash shops. I won't tolerate even vanity cash shop / gold selling / rmah.
Originally posted by megabuu
The F2P business model isn't a bad concept. I personally think it's a great one. The problems I see with the model are the P2W (which is thrown around way too much) and developers not caring enough about their players to make a quality product. Sure some companies have used it to save a dieing game, for the most part to great success. If the game doesn't hamper you from questing and leveling (LORTO is a great example of hampering the questing) that make the game more enjoyable. Quest packs shouldn't be sold on a cash shop. The entire game should be available for everyone to play. Love or hate the game, Star Trek Online is a great example of how F2P should be run. The entire game is there for EVERYONE to enjoy. But if you want more out of it, buying new ships with cash is nice. This business model also allows players that normally can't afford an MMO to casually play. I know some people feel that if someone can't afford to play a game they shouldn't be able to, but there are circumstances that make a sub not an option, such as having kids, going to school, and seasonal work. It also helps friends play together. Some can afford the extra sub and their friends can't, but they can all enjoy a F2P game. Do some companies do F2P specifically because they are greedy? Sure. But if people enjoy their games and are happy with the services or virtual goods they provide, then what does it matter. If you don't agree with the model then just don't support it.
STO wasn't created as F2P. Look at Perfect World if you want to talk about F2P. There is a big difference in quality between games that were a sub and went F2P and ones that were F2P to begin with. There is a reason why no one talks about Jade Dynasty, PWI and Forsaken World.
What today's so called "gamers" fail to realize is in MMO's, free is never free. Yes, you'll get the basics as will everyone else but unless you want to lag behind other players then you've no choice but to pay for the items the game will sell like gear, mounts and much more to keep up with them.
In 1992 the biggest browser in the world was Netscape, which cost money to purchase. Netscape often came with Internet service as a part of a bundle.
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Eh hem... video games will pull in $74 billion this year alone and are projected to rake in a staggering $115 billion a year by 2015.
NOTHING is killing gaming, simply put. lol
But seriously though am i the only one who sees it the other way around? How many sub mmo's would have gone the way of the dinosaur if it didn't go to f2p model... only problem is too many damn sub-par f2p games are out/comming out, but hey, let them keep makiing them, it's not charging me anything to play.
free to play games always gives to creator lesser money than a subed game. Also gives lesser content to players.
Its a good solution for the companies to keep alive their games.
With so many MMOs these days doesnt killing gaming.
In fact its good for the lovers of a game, without the f2p, they can't continue playing their favorite game.


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"Hail him who saves you by his grace,
and crown him Lord of all."
thank you,I'm looking right now
When it seems the magic slipped away...
We find it all again on Christmas Day.
*Seeing isn't believing.Believing is seeing.*
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Accidental double post!
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O un árbol mas elegante
y un poco dark-gotico


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By Sheena Barnett/NEMS Daily Journal
Civic Ballet's upcoming show will take its audience around the world.
The performance includes the third act of the Russian classic "Paquita," as well as Civic Ballet repertoire choreographed by artistic director Jan Dijkwel.
"The third act of 'Paquita' is a celebration, a wedding scene. It's very upbeat, very festive, and a wonderful complement to Valentine's Day," Dijkwel said. "The other act, we'll take the audience on a tour of different places in Europe."
The music and dance styles of Ireland, Hungary and Spain, to name a few, are highlighted, as well as a piece based on the music of Bach.
"I really tried to bring out the mathematical structure in Bach's music in dance," he said.
Dijkwel will also introduce each piece.
"I want to educate the audience, to help them understand the vision I have as an artist," he said. "It will be an interesting for the advanced and educated eye as well as the untrained eye."
Risa Nakagawa of Japan's Tottori City Ballet and Mikhail Ilyin of American Ballet Theatre are guest artists for the show.
For dancers Anna Avery Edwards, 16, and Caitlin Milne, 18, the set is some of the most fun and interesting ballet they've ever performed.
"It's usually more somber, but this is very upbeat music," Edwards said. "It's all very celebratory."
Ballet audiences will be in for a surprise, Milne said.
"(The audience) should expect the unexpected. It's not your traditional ballet that you're used to seeing in Tupelo," she said.
Edwards agreed.
"We've created a ballet for the people," she said. "There are a lot of styles incorporated into one show, so we're very excited."
On stage
What: Tupelo Civic Ballet presents "Paquita" and Civic Ballet repertoire
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Tupelo Civic Auditorium
Cost: $25, $12
Info: (662) 871-2315, civicballet.org


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A bonus-point win for Leicester Tigers confirmed their third-place finish after defeating a weakened Saracens outfit 31-27.
A bonus-point win for Leicester Tigers confirmed their third-place finish after defeating a weakened Saracens outfit 31-27.
Sarries took an early 8-3 lead through Ben Spencer's try and Charlie Hodgson's penalty, with Owen Williams responding via the boot for the Tigers.
But when Leicester were awarded a penalty try just before half-time, they never looked back.
Justin Melck was red carded for the London-based side and scores by Manu Tuilagi, Blaine Scully and Graham Kitchener sealed the win.
Saracens were awarded a penalty try themselves and Jack Wilson and Spencer also went over, but their indiscipline ultimately proved costly.
With both sides protecting players for their respective semi-final clashes, it was two much-changed line-ups that went head-to-head at Welford Road. It was the visitors, who have already secured top-spot in the Premiership, that opened the scoring in the first minute through Spencer's touchdown.
Leicester were struggling to get a grip on proceedings and, although Williams reduced the deficit via a penalty, Mark McCall's men were the ones who continued to threaten.
Hodgson made a break through the heart of the hosts' rearguard which led to a Tigers' infringement at the breakdown. The stand-off duly converted the resultant opportunity to give them an 8-3 advantage.
It went from bad to worse for the Midlands' outfit when David Mele, Owen Williams and Geoff Parling went off injured, but they regained their composure and a penalty try moved them ahead at the break.
That was the confidence booster Leicester needed as they came out with renewed vigour in the second period.
The pressure resulted in Michael Tagicakibau being yellow carded and the hosts immediately took advantage when Tuilagi powered over. Melck then saw red before Scully crossed the whitewash to extend their lead to 24-8.
Although Sarries were awarded a penalty try of their own to give them a glimmer of hope, Kitchener effectively ended the game as a contest when he touched down.
Wilson scored for Saracens with a quarter of the game to go and Spencer went over late on, but they were unable to overturn Tigers' lead.
The scorers:
For Leicester:
Tries: Penalty Try, Tuilagi, Scully, KItchener
Cons: Flood 3
Pen: Williams
For Saracens:
Tries: Spencer 2, Penalty Try, Wilson
Cons: Spencer 2
Pen: Hodgson
Yellow Card: Tagicakibau
Red Card: Melck
Leicester Tigers: 15 Mathew Tait, 14 Niall Morris, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Toby Flood, 11 Blaine Scully, 10 Owen Williams, 9 David Mele, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Pablo Matera, 6 Steve Mafi, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Louis Deacon (c), 3 Fraser Balmain, 2 Neil Briggs, 1 Boris Stankovich.
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Graham Kitchener, 20 Tom Croft, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Dan Bowden, 23 Adam Thompstone.
Saracens: 15 Ben Ransom, 14 Michael Tagicakibau, 13 Tim Streather, 12 Duncan Taylor, 11 Jack Wilson, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Nick Fenton-Wells, 7 Justin Melck, 6 Maro Itoje, 5 Hayden Smith, 4 Eoin Sheriff, 3 Petrus Du Plessis, 2 Jamie George (c), 1 Rhys Gill.
Replacements: 16 Scott Spurling, 17 Richard Barrington, 18 James Johnston, 19 Tom Jubb, 20 Hayden Thompson-Stringer, 21 Neil de Kock, 22 Nils Mordt, 23 Nick Tompkins
>Referee: Greg Garner


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The Waratahs kicked off their Super Rugby campaign with a maximum haul on Sunday, beating the Western Force 43-21 in Sydney.
The Waratahs kicked off their Super Rugby campaign with a maximum haul on Sunday, beating the Western Force 43-21 in an entertaining game in Sydney.
Full-back Israel Folau touched down three times for the hosts, who outscored their Aussie rivals six tries to two.
The Waratahs led 22-11 at the interval thanks to two tries from Folau and another from flying wing Alofa Alofa.
'Tahs lock Kane Douglas added his name to the scoresheet just before the hour mark before the dam wall broke as Folau added his third and Kurtley Beale cruised home for number six.
It won't go down as the best game of the year but the Waratahs won't complain about the five points.
Folau bagged his first Super Rugby brace inside the opening 25 minutes. It took less than two minutes for the Wallaby ace to score his first, linking with Alofa down the touchline to punish the disorganised Force defence.
Zack Holmes pulled a penalty back for the Force but Folau was soon to strike again, collecting Wycliff Palu's offload to ghost home after a patient build up from the 'Tahs.
The Force pulled a try back with half time approaching as Nick Cummins muscled his way over from short range but the Waratahs nailed a third try with the final play of the half as Alofa was rewarded for his good chasing – Bernard Foley hit the upright with a long-range penalty effort but it bounced kindly for Alofa, who sneaked between three defenders for a lucky try.
The Force dominated the opening ten minutes of the second half but only came away with just three points.
Douglas scored the bonus-point try after 57 minutes, cutting in off the wing to finish off good work from the 'Tahs backs.
The Force were still in the game thanks to a break-away try from Kyle Godwin on 63 minutes after an intercept by Cummins, but the home side would dominate the final quarter.
Matt Carraro made a huge impact off the bench, setting up tries for both Folau and Beale with breaks in the midfield as the 'Tahs cruised home.
The scorers:
For Waratahs:
Tries: Folau 3, Alofa, Douglas, Beale
Cons: Foley 5
Pens: Foley
Yellow card: Ryan
For Western Force:
Tries: Cummins, Godwin
Con: Holmes
Pens: Holmes 3
Waratahs: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Alofa Alofa, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Peter Betham, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Will Skelton, 3 Paddy Ryan, 2 Tatafu Polota Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Tola Latu, 17 Jeremy Tilse, 18 Sekope Kepu, 19 Jacques Potgieter, 20 Stephen Hoiles, 21 Brendan McKibbin, 22 Rob Horne, 23 Matt Carraro.
Western Force: 15 Luke Morahan, 14 Patrick Dellit, 13 Junior Rasolea, 12 Kyle Godwin, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 Zack Holmes, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Matt Hodgson (c), 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Kieran Longbottom, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Tetera Faulkner
Replacements: 16 Heath Tessmann, 17 Pek Cowan, 18 Ollie Hoskins, 19 Hugh McMeniman, 20 Chris Alcock, 21 Brynard Stander, 22 Ian Prior, 23 Sias Ebersohn
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Rohan Hoffmann (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Matt O'Brien (Australia), Ed Martin (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)


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Fact file:Chevrolet Aveo HB5
'Hot-hatch' style in small car segment
- Segment: Small
- Start of Sale: Summer 2011
The new Chevrolet Aveo has just made its world production debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. With the final production-ready model, Chevrolet has a car that looks every bit as good as the earlier concept, the Aveo RS show car, which was displayed at the Detroit and Geneva motor shows earlier in 2010.
Entering the highly competitive global small car segment, striking design elements of the new Chevrolet Aveo include the aggressive looking front with its exposed twin-headlamps and dual port grille, compact taut body panels with a rising shoulder line and short rear overhangs, the 'hidden' rear door handles which now feature in the c-pillar and a 'body in, wheels out' profile which is now very much part of the new Chevrolet design language.
Reminiscent of the recently introduced Spark, the new Aveo is unquestionably a car that will appeal to younger customers with its sporty hot-hatch look. A four-door sedan variant will launch alongside the hatch next summer. Both hatch and sedan are practical small cars with good interior space and Chevrolet expects the new Aveo also to appeal to families, for whom the current model has been a popular purchase.
The new Chevrolet Aveo has benefited from an extensive development program, resulting in a small car that will meet European drivers' tastes both in terms of design and dynamics. Final specifications of the new Aveo will be carefully tailored to each European market.
Wayne Brannon, president and managing director of Chevrolet Europe says: "In Aveo we have a car which is ready to compete against the best in the small car segment, which is also Europe's largest segment."
The new Aveo is longer and wider than the current model, giving it a spacious interior and cargo volume that is among best in class. The interior design perhaps holds even more surprises than the outside, in particular the motorcycle-inspired instrument binnacle which features an analogue tachometer combined with a digital speedo and warning lights.
Up-market blue backlighting features on the center console while the whole of the front cabin is enveloped in a wrap-round fascia. This can be color-coded and flows from the dash into both the driver's and front passenger's doors. Aveo customers will appreciate the quality materials used in the interior as well as multiple storage spaces in the center stack and the modern audio system with USB, aux-in and Bluetooth functionality.
Reflecting the little Chevrolet's sporty personality, Aveo has been engineered to provide involving handling, a characteristic which stems partly from its tight body frame integral (BFI) structure where high torsional rigidity has been achieved - among the stiffest in the small car segment.
The new Aveo's chassis has been fine tuned to satisfy European tastes with a ride and handling ratio that combines comfort with responsiveness. Electronic power steering (EPS), Electronic stability control (ESC) and ABS brakes will be standard.
A comprehensive range of four cylinder petrol and diesel engines will be available in the new Chevrolet Aveo, incorporating the latest technologies such as variable valve timing, double continuous variable cam phasing and common rail fuel injection for the diesels.
The petrol engine range includes two 1.2 liter versions (at 70 hp and at 86hp), a 1.4 liter unit (100 hp) and a 1.6 liter (115hp). For the first time, Aveo will be offered with two versions of a 1.3 liter diesel engine (at 75 hp and at 95 hp) featuring Start/Stop technology.
Chevrolet's first 6-speed automatic transmission on a small car will feature on the Aveo 1.4 and 1.6 as an option in most markets; manual transmissions are of 5 or 6 speed depending on engine choice.
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It is that time of the week again when 'Orrible Punt sits in the Planet Rugby hot-seat to give his calls. Get ready for some Super Rugby.
It is that time of the week again when 'Orrible Punt sits down in the Planet Rugby hot-seat to give you his calls. We give you some Super Rugby.
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Jake White's side have won 34/39 home games against South African sides and 7/8 against the Bulls by an average score of 36-20. They may have lost last week but will feel they pushed the Stormers in the second-half and that is definitely a period of the game they dominate at home, only conceding twelve points combined in their last six games there. They are returning from tour, so there will always be questions of fatigue. The Bulls themselves end their four-match trip and interestingly have lost the final away game in such circumstances every season. They've conceded an average of sixteen points in the second-half this term and been outscored then in six of their last seven away games by an average of five – enough evidence for me to take the Brumbies -4 on the second-half handicap.
Before last week, the Cheetahs hadn't ever won three away games in a season before, much less in a row. The last time they won four consecutive matches was 2011, with the fourth being at home to the Rebels. They have beaten the Melbourne side on both previous encounters by an average score of 37-24 and won their last five home games against Australian opposition by an average of 34-24. The hosts have scored first and the Rebels conceded first in every match so far, so the 1.57 for that to occur again may prove popular. The visitors have been outscored heavily second-half in the last four games by an average of 20 points. They've lost 16/18 away games, only beating the Force and their average score outside of Australia is 18-45. The Rebels have also trailed at half-time in all five games in SA, by at least fourteen points. I will back Willie le Roux, (everybody loves Raymond) Rhule and the gang to pile on more misery on the visitors and take Cheetahs -7 on the second-half handicap. There have been eight cards in five Rebels games this season, which is high by Super Rugby standards and suggests looking out for an away card may prove lucrative.
The Crusaders have an excellent record against the Stormers, winning ten of the last twelve games and 5/7 matches played in South Africa by 29-19. However looking at their last 22 matches, they've had at least one of the influential trio Kieran Read, Dan Carter or Richie McCaw on the pitch, for all but 55 minutes. They did beat the Stormers last season with Tom Taylor at fly-half, but he had the reassurance of Carter alongside him at centre and Read at eight. The hosts have beaten in-form teams Chiefs and Brumbies at home, scoring 71 points in the process. The last time they scored over 30+ points in three consecutive games was 1998 but they've only scored that amount in 3/18 matches against this opposition. I'm not sure if they will manage that many this weekend, but will be happy to take -4 on the handicap and will be looking to take on the visitors on all their away legs this season. For anytime try scorers, Gio Aplon at 2.88 and Israel Dagg at 4.0 are both reasonable prices.
The Waratahs may have won 6/9 games against the Force but five of those victories have occurred in the away fixture. They've won just one of the four home games by an average score of 18-17. The Force have led at half-time in four of their five matches so far and been outscored after the break in the same number. The 'Tahs have trailed at the break in 4/5 games and scored more than their opposition in 3/5 second-halves. It's a reversal of last season's trends for both sides but may point towards backing the Force HT / Waratahs FT at a tasty 7.5. However, I do think that a motivated Michael Foley is going to have his side fired up for this game and the 5.5 for a win, +5 on HT handicap and +10 on the main handicap are generous and where the value can be found. It's tended to be a low scoring fixture and giving the visitors a ten-point head start would have been covered in 7/9 games against the Waratahs and in 15/18 games against all Australian rivals going back to 2011.
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On June 22, Villa il Salviatino opened its gates to Stanford Alumni who were in town celebrating their 50th year of a study center in Florence. Approximately 400 people attended the official reunion, and about 150 of those came to the reception at Il Salviatino, by far the largest group to attend any of the optional activities planned for the celebration. Of course, most of the crowd attending the reception had lived at il Salviatino and were curious to see their former living and study quarters.
The first official symposium of the reunion was held in the Salone dei Cinquecento at the Palazzo Vecchio with a greeting from Florence's mayor, Matteo Renzi, a key-note address by former university president, Gerhard Casper, and a panel discussion among former students at Stanford-in-Italy.
Among a number of Stanford Alumni who stayed at il Salviatino were former Ambassador Ron Spogli and attorney Susan Adamson. Both were part of the first day's panel discussion at the Palazzo Vecchio.
Thanks to the generous invitation by Michael Brod, president of Club Tornabuoni, a select group of Stanford Alumni attendees were treated to a cocktail party and performance of operatic arias in the very room of the Palazzo Tornabuoni in Florence where the world's first opera was written and performed in 1598. The acoustics were fantastic, the singing superb, and all of us in attendance experienced goose-bumps.
The reception at il Salviatino on the evening of June 22, was a memory-filled event for most of those in attendance. Wine was served on the villa's terrace along with Chef Sbaragli's incomparable hors d'oeuvres, and everyone was able to enjoy tours of the villa.
The experience led many to recall their lives at il Salviatino. I had a long conversation with former president of Stanford, Gerhard Casper, who relaxed at the villa all afternoon, and the trips down memory lane with Professors David Kennedy and Philip Zimbardo gave life to old photos of the villa, and some fun guessing which rooms had been occupied by Professor Kennedy – even which closet had been the "room" of his daughter Bess when she was 4 or 5 years old.
Professor Kennedy was also a member of the group that hung the BEAT CAL banner from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and John Chladek's group "borrowed" an Olympic banner and an Austrian flag from the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck to adorn the front of il Salviatino.
Reunions always conjure up dormant feelings, and among the Stanford Alumni, everyone who saw the Villa il Salviatino was awe-struck. Club Salviatino was delighted to have participated in reigniting so many fond memories for so many people, and hopes that everyone feels welcome to return here again anytime.
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Canada headed to consolation round at men's world junior volleyball championships
Niterói, BRAZIL – Canada delivered its best match so far at the men's world junior volleyball championships on Wednesday but lost 25-17, 19-25, 25-15, 21-25, 15-4 to Serbia and is headed to the consolation round to fight for ninth place.
Serbia improved its record to 3-0 and secured first spot Pool D and will travel to Rio de Janeiro to compete in championship round. Canada, 0-3, will stay in Niteroi and play for ninth through 16th.
"We played with more energy and passion,'' said Canadian team captain TJ Sanders of London, Ont. ''I think this will take us a long way with gaining more experience."
Tristan Aubry of Edmonton and Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., led Canada with 16 points each. Aubry scored on 10 spikes, four blocks and his team's only two aces. Hoag scored on 15 spikes and one block. Lucas Van Berkel of Edmonton had eight blocks for Canada.
''I think this shows more of what we are able to do,'' said Canada's head coach Georges Laplante. 'We were playing more relaxed. We are hoping for a good result in the play down."
Serbia led in attacks, 59-47 and in service aces 8-2. Canada dominated in blocking 17-8. Canada granted 30 points in errors to Serbia, which committed 20.
Canada's men's national junior volleyball team sorted by province:
Alberta: Tristan Aubry, Edmonton; Jay Olmstead, Edmonton; Lucas VanBerkel, Edmonton; Branden Schmidt, Winton; Jarron Mueller, Calgary.
B.C.: Alex Davis, White Rock; Bradley Kufske, Abbotsford; Derek Thiessen, Coquitlam.
Manitoba: Brett Wiess, Winnipeg.
Ontario: Tyler (TJ) Sanders, London.
Quebec: Nicholas Hoag, Sherbrooke; Daniel Moreau, Sherbrooke; Tommy Bélisle, Quebec City.
Saskatchewan: Braden McLean, Birch Hills.
Head coach: Georges Laplante, Montreal
For more information: www.volleyball.ca and www.fivb.org


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OVA welcomes RBC as Beach Tour title sponsor
With the popularity of beach volleyball on the rise, the Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) is thrilled to announce that RBC Royal Bank of Canada will play a major role in supporting the largest beach volleyball tour in Canada as the premier title sponsor of the 2011 OVA Beach Tour season.
"The Tour has consistently experienced double digit growth each of the past five years, including 16% growth from 2009 to 2010 alone" says Kristine Drakich, President of the OVA. "We expect that trend to continue, and we're excited to partner in that growth with a company so well known for its long-term dedication and commitment to amateur sports."
Christian Redmann, an RBC Olympian who hopes to medal for Canada at the London 2012 Olympic Games is thrilled that his company is involved in this year's tour. "Being an OVA member and club coach, and having played in the Tour's Adult Elite division, I've seen incredible growth in the popularity of beach volleyball, but also the need for active corporate support to keep the momentum going," said Redmann. "And given RBC's commitment to amateur sport and a Blue Water environment, I can't think of a better fit."
As the largest beach volleyball tour in Canada, the OVA Beach Tour showcases the best male and female players in Canada across nine (9) divisional categories, including the Adult Elite division. In 2011, the OVA will host 22 events over 13 weekends from May to August.
Drakich and Redmann encourage everyone to check out the OVA Beach Tour schedule online and come out to support the local Ontario volleyball talent, as well as take advantage of RBC promotions on the beach!
About the OVA:
Established in 1929, the Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) is the official governing body and provides the organizational structure for the sport of volleyball in the province of Ontario. The OVA is involved in every facet of the sport and offers programs at all levels for both indoor and beach volleyball. The OVA strives to provide all Ontario residents with fair and equal access to participation and personal growth through recreational, competitive, elite, instructional, administrative, coaching and officiating volleyball programs.
About RBC:
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Former Ducks goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere made his retirement offical Thursday, bringing an end to a commendable 16-year career with moments that put him at the top of the NHL.
Giguere, 37, played nine seasons in Anaheim after being acquired from Calgary in a 2000 trade. He would set Ducks franchise records for most wins (206) and shutouts (32) as he reached the 30-win total four times.
"Jiggy was the consummate pro," Ducks general manager Bob Murray said. "Never complained no matter what salary he was making. He knew how to check his ego at the door.
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As you prepare to leave the hospital, your transplant team will teach you how and when to take your medicines, how to care for your incision and cover the details of the recovery process. They will also give you a variety of instructions about everyday life post-transplant and will schedule you for a variety of clinical follow-ups, which will occur several times a week at first and then slowly drop off until eventually you are visiting your transplant physician only bimonthly or when you have problems or questions. At these appointments, you will undergo chest x-rays, blood tests and walk tests, as well as lung biopsies to ensure that your body is not rejecting the new organ.
As with any major surgery, your body will be a bit fragile as it recovers from the transplant operation.
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Direct Brisbane-Cairns Flights. Virgin Blue Will Also Be Delivering Christmas Present To Darwin
Flights Brought Forward To December & Mt.Isa Schedule Extended To 30 March
Virgin Blue today made the long awaited announcement it will launch direct flights between Brisbane and Cairns following months of overwhelming demand and support for the service.
Direct flights from Cairns to Brisbane will commence from November 29, just in time to offer the people of Far North Queensland low fares and real competition for the busy Christmas/New Year holiday period.
The low fare carrier will start off with a one flight a day service to Cairns, one of Australia's premier tourist destinations, adding yet another Queensland centre to Virgin Blue's expanding route network.
The announcement comes just days after Virgin Blue launched its latest Brisbane-Mackay service.
Virgin Blue Chief Executive, Brett Godfrey, said, "It's no secret that Cairns is considered a key holiday destination and we are excited to soon be flying in to one of our home state's most popular centres. Its economy is clearly dependent on competitive air services and only Virgin Blue is able to ensure that competition will keep the air fair in the Tropical North."
He continued "The arrival of Virgin Blue will mean low fares are not only available to holiday makers who plan in advance, but also to the businesspeople and residents of Cairns who often have to pay high prices for making travel plans at the last minute."
Virgin Blue's everyday low fares will start from $149* one way, with Virgin Blue's Fully Flexible fare at $339*, 35% less than the competition's Fully Flexible fare of $502 one way.
Virgin Blue made this announcement in conjunction with the decision to bring Darwin services forward to before Christmas and to extend the Mt. Isa schedule up until the end of March 2002. This was done with the enthusiastic cooperation of both the Queensland and the Northern Territory Governments, the local tourism authorities as well as the Federal Government who has assisted by offering incentives on routes that would otherwise be subject to a high priced monopoly.
Brett Godfrey noted "The Federal support only allows us to make an early kick start to some services that we intended to operate in 2002. After the launch period it will be up to us to make these routes succeed in their own right. Given our track record to date, we believe that the vast majority of the assistance won't be necessary, but it will allow us to tackle an aggressive competitor who has a number of commercial advantages and is currently on many Australian routes.
Brisbane-Cairns will have daily services from 29 November. On December 20, Brisbane-Darwin daily services will start, in addition to a second Brisbane-Cairns service. Exact schedules will be announced shortly.
Virgin Blue operates the most modern, technologically advanced aircraft in Australia today, with an average age of less than 4 years, compared with Ansett's average fleet age of 11.7 years and Qantas with an average fleet age of 10.8 years (Salomon Smith Barney 2001 Fleet handbook).
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Dennis Gaxiola and his wife experiment with role-play, Noe Gonzalez uses his height to help others, and Thea Vidale promotes legalizing marijuana.
Everything is great.
Only they wanted meto wear a tie, homey.
What?!That's what I said.
A tie?
Who the hell we gonna tie up?
You need a porno, bro.
I think we got enough moneyfor...
Well, for you,you're...
I think you could makea porno, bro.
I'm down, bro.With, like,a Flip cam.
You imagine Martin with a porno?
Freaking Martin walkingin the room, you know.
Porno, right?
I'm down.
O-Ozo, can we get...can we get, like,
a little pornomusic for Martin?Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah,we can do that.
(playing funky tune)
Two minutes later.
(trumpet playsdescending notes)
(Iglesias cackling)
Two minutes?
Hey, that includes foreplayand walking you to the car.
Man, that was freakingcool, man.
You got into it, bro.
You got...
Hey, that was Ozo putting mein the mood, bro.
And see, Ozo puts youin the mood, right?
Hey, can I try toget some of that?
What if I dida porno? Huh?
(playing slow funk)♪ Yeah, baby
♪ Are you down for me, baby?
♪ Get down with the Fluff
♪ I'm gonna get downwith you, baby ♪
♪ Yeah
♪ Mm-hmm
♪ Ay!
♪ Yeah, baby
♪ Yeah. IGLESIAS:Yeah, yeah...
Sorry. Sorry.(music stops)
Yeah. Short people,we're always getting nicknames.
"Hey, come here, squirt!
Hey, little man, come here."
I go to the gym,I always get that one.
"Hey, little man,give me a spot. Give me a spot."
What the hell?What am I, a superhero?
It's Little Man!
Able to do thingstall people can't.
"I lost my contact."
"Here it is!"
"Oh, thanks, Little Man."
I know that's not right to say'cause everybody--
if you're married,that's your trophy,
but I'm, I'm just saying
not everybody gota first-place trophy.
Some people end upwith a plaque.
You marrythe neighborhood hoochie,
you get a participation ribbon.
one of us wins on the lottery.
(imitates droning static)
All right, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome back to The Big Spin.
Let's see if wecan't find ourselves
another lucky contestant fortheir big chance at $1 million.
Who do we have next?
All the wayfrom Goodyear, Arizona,
ladies and gentlemen,give it up for our good friend,
Mr. Armando Cosillo!
(cheering and applause)
How are you doing,Mr. Cosillo?
You... you the...the TV guy.
That's right.
I'm the TV guy.I am Phil Stevens,
and you're liveon The Big Spin.
Yes, sir, everywhere.
This television showis nationwide.
In... in Guadalupe, too?
Yes, sir,in Guadalupe, too.
Vieja, I'm on The Big Spin!
(shouting indistinctly)
Yes! Yes!
And, uh...and-and-and...
and Jim...Jim, my boss...
Jim, I'm sorry.
I sorry. I can't do the...the overtime today.
and-and mi... mi suegra.
That's my mother-in-law.
Uh, mi suegra, dios me la bendiga. Yes.
God bless my... my mama...my mother-in-law.
Oh, okay. Well, Mr. Cosillo,yeah, bless your mother-in-law.
Uh, Mr. Cosillo, can you pleasetell our viewing audience,
what do you dofor a living?
Uh, I'm a professional boxer.
I'm sorry, Mr. Cosillo.
Did you say youare a professional boxer?
Sí. Yes.
No, my whole family--we professional boxers.
We... we box, uh,
onions, lettuce,uh, tomatoes.
Uh, uvas...
(cheering and applause)
All right, Mr. Cosillo.
All the way fromGoodyear, Arizona, coming...
What... whatare you doing?
I'll... I... oh.
Ladies and gentlemen,apparently it's some type
of Latino ritual,which may explain
why they continue to winthe lottery here in Arizona.
All the way from Good...Hey! Hey!
That's for the... the good luck.
All right, well, good luckto you, too, Mr. Cosillo.
Give this wheel a spin
and let's see if wecan make you a millionaire.
(imitates rattling)
(rapid clicking)
(zany music playing)
(clicking slows down)
$1 million!
(cheering and applause)
Mr. Cosillo,what do you got to say?
Vieja, we'removing to Nogales!
Hey, Jim, Jim...
aqui está tu(bleep) overtime!
Y mi suegra... la chingare!
Ladies and gentlemen,Mr. Armando Cosillo!
It doesn't matterhow old you are.
I still play video games-- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
on PlayStation 3.
And my ex-girlfriendthought I was going crazy
'cause I was playingall the time.
She thought it was affectingmy brain, you know.
She goes,"Are you going to kill me?
"'Cause that's all you dois play the game.
"You wake up, and you play it.
Are you going to shootsomebody?"
I'm like,"What are you talking about?
"You watch the Cooking Channelall the time.
You don't cook anything."
(laughter, applause)
She was like, "Oh, yeah?You watch porn all the time,
and you still don't knowhow to have sex."
(laughter, cheering)
"I'm sorry, babe!"
That's when yougot to be nice, huh?
"I'm sorry, babe. I'm sorry!
"I'm sorry!
Could you make me a sandwich?"
"I don't know how to cook.Remember?"
Everybody's tryingto look tougher with tattoos.
People are gettingthe slave tattoos.
Guys, right?That's what guys get.
Look at that man, I got itall the way to my... right there
to my wrist, bro.
And, ladies,you're doing that, too.
Is that sexy, ladies?Is that really...
(women shouting)Yeah, you like that? All right.
Yeah, it's sexy!Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Right? I don't know, man,'cause it's kind of weird,
you know what I mean?Guys, we're kissing women
and kissing on the skinright here, skin,
all of sudden it's a cemetery,all of a sudden it's...
a pirate ship."Why'd you stop?"
"I didn't want to giveJack Sparrow a hickey."
And I just got a little dog.
I haven't named him yet.
I like the waywhite people name their pets.
You name 'em after real people.
You're like,"This is my dog Benjamin."
Latinos-- we don't carewhat we name our pet.
We'll name it after any object.
I went overto my cousin's house.
"Hey, bro, I just got a new dog,he's right over here.
"Spark Plug!
Black people-- you always getbig old tough dogs, huh?
Rottweilers, pit bullsright there...
I've never seen a black guywith a cat.
I've never seen a black guyin the street
in the middle of the nightlooking for his cat.
"Where'd you go, kitty kitty?!
"Come on, kitty kitty!
(laughter and applause)
(cheering and applause)
"Where's my little pussy at?
"Here, kitty kitty, here,kitty kitty kitty!
Aw, kitty kitty."
"Here you go, sir,I found your cat."
"Oh, thanks, Little Man."
(cheering and applause)
They sayblack makes you look thinner.
Ladies know that secret, right,black makes you look thinner?
I think it's true 'causeI always see fat white women
with black boyfriends.
Maybe not in Arizona, but, uh...
I-I... so I've been married21 years.
(cheering and applause)
Three wives, three wives, but...
Every year countstowards the pension, man.
I just hit the ten-year markwith my wife, man,
and we hada little anniversary weekend.
She pulled a new one on me.
She said, "Let's role-play."
I've never done anything kinkylike this.
I said, "What do you mean,role-play?"
She said, "You tell mewhat you want me to be
and I'll tell youwhat I want you to be."
Now, I thought it was a trap.
I was like, "Baby, I like youjust the way you are."
She got mad, she was like,"Stop being a punk."
So she convinced me.
I said, "All right."
I've spent three weekendsa month on the road in hotels.
I'm a traveling man.
Every traveling man's fantasyis what?
I said, "Baby, I want youto be housekeeping.
Knock on the door, come in,and surprise me."
She liked that one, so I said,"What you want me to be?"
She goes, "A black guy."
(audience exclaiming)
You're lucky I don't thinkI'm R. Kelly right now."
I got a trophy wife, too, man,I got a trophy wife.
I know that's not right to say'cause everybody--
if you're married,that's your trophy,
but I'm, I'm just saying
not everybody gota first-place trophy.
Some people end upwith a plaque.
You marrythe neighborhood hoochie,
you get a participation ribbon.
'Cause pot smokersdon't hurt nobody.
We dial Domino's Pizza,get the pizza, we're in heaven.
I've been smoking weedsince I was 15 years old.
I'm 54 now,so it's safe to assume
I'll be smokingwhen Jesus come back.
(cheering and applause)
Hell, I done smokeso much weed,
I thought I was smokingwith Jesus.
And ain't nothing wrongwith smoking with Jesus.
Any man that could turn an ounceinto a pound
is all right with me.
(cheering and applause)
You smoke weed,your reality is different.
You don't even feel like messingwith your kids when you high.
You be like...
(breathy):"Quit it.
"I'm not playing with you.
Give Mommy a biteof your cookie."
And there's some stuff that onlyreal Buddha heads understand.
But have you ever been downto the last of your good stuff?
The lastof your good, good stuff?
You know, the stuff that's
to-dry-it-out-so-you-can-roll-it-up good stuff?
And for those of youthat do not partake
in the herbage experience,
(voice breaking):when...
I'm sorry.It's hard to talk about it.
(crying):When you roll your last joint...
...it's like a ceremony.
WOMAN:Oh, yeah...
You know how you do.WOMAN:Yup.
(humming "Taps")
(humming faster)
(humming continues)
(laughter and applause)
(humming continues)
(applause and cheering)
And you get downto that last little doobie,
and you just high.
You ain't messing with nobody.
Don't want nobody messingwith you.
All you want to do is be high
and watch South Park.
And you sitting up here
having the best giggly gigglyof your life,
'cause you know they finnakill Kenny.
And some old messed-up personcome to your house,
like your mama.
And she start asking youa whole lot of questions,
so now you got to think.
Oh, she asks you hard questions,too, like,
"How come you eatingCool Whip and cornbread?"
And if you a true pot smoker,you know
the best food commercialscome on late at night.
And the best food commercialin the world is Red Lobster.
Have you ever been so high,when they squeeze that lemon,
you actually grab your eyelike they got you?


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Senior Associate Marketing Specialist
- Employer
- Thermo Fisher
- Location
- Moscow, Russia
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- Posted
- Apr 06, 2012
- Closes
- May 04, 2012
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- Discipline
- Operations, Marketing
- Result Type
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- Position Type
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- Hours
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Senior Associate Marketing Specialist, Moscow
Main objectives :
Responsible for support of Life Technologies marketing activities for customers for all product lines in all customer segments in Russia and CIS countries and maintaining necessary administrative and documentation work, regulatory filings and actions directed to customers by acting as a point of contact in Russia and CIS, in interaction with HQ and on line with Company guidelines.
Key tasks:
- Prepare contracts to participate in exhibitions and conferences, placing advertisements, registration of products and other marketing activities. Keep track of payments and reporting documentation.
- Collect the sets of documents for registration of LT products in Russian Ministry of Health. Contact with corresponding people in EMEA and US to get the documents.
- Prepare participation in events: negotiate the size and location of stand, organize delivery of literature and showpieces, provide to the Contractor with company logo, requisits etc.
- Monitor the presence of sales literature in Russian. If necessary, to order prints of brochures.
- Follow-up changes in web site, arrange and check translations of texts into Russian (web content, brochures, manuals etc.)
Experience Required:
- Experience in administration and paperwork is preferred.
- Strong initiative and willingness to drive projects to completion.
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to a complex environment and to build effective relationships.
- High degree of initiative, personal responsibility and accuracy
- Strong interpersonal skills, working as a team member with internal and external partners.
- Good communication skills (both written and oral).
- Possible need to participate in congresses over weekends.
Language Requirements:
- English and Russian
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When it comes to the vision of shaping discovery and improving life, no other company can match the breadth of products and services in the life sciences field to meet this vision than Life Technologies. Created through the combination of biotechnology leaders Applied Biosystems and Invitrogen, Life Technologies' systems, consumables and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific exploration, driving to discoveries and developments that improve the human condition and the world around us. Our customers do their work across the biological spectrum, working to advance personalized medicine, regenerative science, molecular diagnostics, agricultural and environmental research, and 21st century forensics. With historical sales of approximately $3.5 billion, a presence in more than 100 countries, and a rapidly growing intellectual property estate of over 3,600 patents and exclusive licenses, we are poised to truly shape the world of science. Join a team of more than 9,500 employees around the world who are engaged, curious, insightful, responsible and driven to make life even better.
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Spoiler Pic折姫起きる。顔洗う。リルカ部屋に入って朝ごはんおいてく。
Orihime wakes up and washes her face. Riruka enters the room, bringing breakfast.
Ichigo does pushups while complaining.
煽る銀城 もうフルブリングできるだろー
Ginjou tells Ichigo there's still more fullbring he can do.
Ichigo gives it a try.
He does a transformation.
部屋に行くと 月島が久しぶり!
As he enters the room there's Tsukishima.
The end.
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The Life of an Object
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I am an Attending Physician on the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Service, and Director of the GI Endoscopy unit at Memorial Hospital. I am also a Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. My areas of interest include the precancerous condition Barrett's esophagus, endoscopic methods of screening for and early detection of cancer, and endoscopic approaches to palliating symptoms of advanced cancer.
I have conducted research in endoscopic ultrasonography for the staging of upper and lower gastrointestinal cancers and pancreatic cancer. I have also conducted clinical trials in methods of treating the symptoms of gastrointestinal cancers, including laser and photodynamic therapy, feeding and drainage gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, and the use of stents to alleviate the symptoms associated with cancers obstructing the esophagus, stomach, bile duct, small and large intestine.
I graduated from Cornell University Medical College and subsequently did a residency in internal medicine at The New York Hospital, followed by specialty training in gastroenterology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I am board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.
- Clinical Expertise: Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal Cancers; Endoscopic Ultrasound; Endoscopic Laser Therapy; Biliary Tract and Pancreas Endoscopy; Endoscopic Gastrostomy and Jejunostomy; Photodynamic Therapy
- Awards and Honors: New York Magazine Top Doctors (2007-2016)
- Languages Spoken: English
- Education: MD, Cornell University Medical College
- Residencies: The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center
- Fellowships: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Gastroenterology
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Clinical Trials
As home to one of the world's top cancer research centers, Memorial Sloan Kettering is typically involved in more than 900 clinical trials at a given time. Currently, clinical trials focused on the conditions I treat are enrolling new patients. If you're interested in joining a clinical trial, click to learn about the trial's purpose, eligibility criteria, and how to get more information.Learn more
Most major health insurers offer plans that include MSK as one of their in-network providers. If MSK is in-network, it means all our doctors are too. Medicaid and New York State Medicare also provide benefits for care at MSK.Learn more


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