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|2012-03-10, 16:18
|Link #321
Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
|2012-03-10, 17:51
|Link #322
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
Dropped it already.
Anyways, i finished episode 4 of Mirai nikki, and this anime is freaking me out: i thought it would have been some "let's fuck with the future" anime, but it's rather turning in some mad game.
As long as it plays with my mind, it's fine. That Yuno... is fucking scary. Really, i can't get myself to trust/like her at all. The whole plot is a bit confusing, and i currently have some question marks in my head, but i guess it'll be explained later on, like any other anime concerning past/future does.
Btw, if you can answer these few little questions, i would be grateful. Oh, if i'll get the answers later on, don't spoil then:
Spoiler for plot:
Also, i always have to replay some scene, because the text messages scrolling is fucking fast. Wth, slow down, i can't read ;_;
However, so far, it was enough dark and mindfucking to pick up my interest. I just hope it clears out my confusion about it. Don't spoil anything about Yuno, because it's probably the most interest thing in this anime: she keeps freaking me out, haha, too weird.
Forgot to ask: how the hell works the "DEAD END" thingie? I didn't really understand it. Care to explain?
|2012-03-10, 18:59
|Link #323
The only thing that I don't get it is the choices of so called "offerings" which I find wierd (e.g. happiness, coins, food, "jumping months on the calendar" etc.). The prayers and dance are valid for me to be offered to a "holographic deity (?)
Oh is AQUARION EVOL been mention? The romance is good.
|2012-03-10, 21:21
|Link #324
Cross Game - I need more
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: I've moved around the American West. I've lived in Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Oklahoma
Age: 38
Spoiler for No real spoilers if you've seen 4 episodes:
|2012-03-11, 05:12
|Link #325
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
Ah, that was a good enough explanation.
Anyways, i finished watching the first 12 episodes of Mirai nikki but... where is the rest of the series? How long is it? 24 episodes? I did some research, and found up to the 20th episode; does this mean that it hasn't finished airing yet? That sucks D:
Anyways, the whole series is so dark, filled with suspense and surprise, and an horrific feeling all the way. You don't know who to trust in there, everyone playing his own game, and Yuno... just picked up my interest too much. Actually, that isn't even love; i'd call it obsession. However, this character is so much screwed and freak, haha, definitely interesting.
I liked it so far, but if i knew before that it hadn't finished airing, i'd have waited. Now all the tension accumulated in these 12 episodes will be tore apart. That sucks hard. For all the 12 episodes i've been put on spikes: everyone plotting and attacking you, a freak girl obsessed with you, noone to trust and just no idea about what's going on, being dragged in the worst situations ever and surviving by you don't know what. The growing tension, with not even a second of pause to relax out... it's that what kept me watching it without making me fall asleep. But now that we have come to this, i hereby proclaim once again: this sucks. I want it now ;_;
Spoiler for story:
If the remaining episodes are going to take too much time before they get aired, i'll might want to continue the story on the manga, but i would like to know:
1) Are there big differences between the manga and the anime?
2) Does the anime skip TOO MANY IMPORTANT informations, compared to the manga?
3) How much of the manga does the anime cover? If i wanted to continue the story after episode 12, from which manga chapter should i start? Do you suggest me to start the manga from the beginning anyways, even tho i already know the story up to now?
I hope you can answer these 3 questions, at least. Thank you for suggesting me this title: it's really freaking me out, and i like when my mind is being played with.
|2012-03-11, 20:19
|Link #326
Cross Game - I need more
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: I've moved around the American West. I've lived in Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Oklahoma
Age: 38
My understanding is that there are expected to be between 24 and 26 episodes, probably closer to 24 considering how far they've gotten by episode 20. I comes out every Sunday, so it will probably be done first week of April?
So far the anime has proven to be a very faithful adaptation of the manga. Several scenes I thought were even an improvement (especially at fixing plot holes). The anime also includes some supplemental material from the spin-offs that focused on Akise and 9th.
If you do decide to read the manga I would go ahead and start at the beginning anyway. Although the manga ending was really unpopular, and that has been some hope that the anime will turn our different.
I won't spoil the Yuno reveals, except to say that they are pretty big twists, and should be covered by the story later.
|2012-03-11, 20:20
|Link #327
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
Finished reading Mirai Nikki manga:
This is what i call a mindfuck: the whole story was fucking crazy, it turned darker and darker and darker... my mind was blown away. It had countless twists, new discoveries.... I really appreciate the dude who wrote this manga, for playing with my mind the whole time, and making up this story. I like things that entertain my mind and make me exercise my thoughts.
This is the darkest thing i've ever seen, so dark that it even screws up the concept of dark. Madoka, compared to this, is pure white.
As i thought, Yuno was indeed the most interesting character, and i liked all that messing up with time, parallel worlds, other selves and all that shit. This title fits the definition of mindfuck, even tho i do not understand how they will cover the remaining story in 12 episodes, since it's just too long.
Thank you for suggesting me this title. It was a plain success. I would consider it too much dark for my tastes, but since there was much mindfucking, the concept of dark fell apart while reading the manga.
Tomorrow i have uni, i'll have access to my laptop friday.
|2012-03-11, 23:13
|Link #328
this is how its done
Join Date: Mar 2012
hey classified seems like your taste in anime recently have been psychological,horror,thriller,mystery type anime. if you want I can give you more of those ? I think it would be best to create another thread like with those genres so that way if you're not in the mood for romance anime you can try the other genres a try. I also think it would be good Idea to post a link to that thread in this threads front page so that way it's much easier going back and forth and it keeps both threads alive.
here are more of those type of anime
death note
Ergo Proxy
Aoi Bungaku Series
I dont know about another but the rest of the titles I mentioned due include some love interest but dont expect it to be the most important part of the anime or the most exciting. I mentioned these titles because the ts seems to like stuff that messes with his mind or gives him the feeling of mindfuck.
I would replace ergo proxy with Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom since ergo is a lot slower and a bit confusing.don't expect kissing scenes but there is relationship between the characters.
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|2012-03-12, 23:29
|Link #329
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
If you truly enjoy a mindfuck I would recommend Serial Experiments Lain
Synopsis:Lain Iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl, with almost no experience with computers. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate, and a number of strange occurrences, conspire to pull Lain into the world of the Wired, where she gradually learns that nothing is what it seems to be... not even Lain herself.
|2012-03-13, 01:55
|Link #330
this is how its done
Join Date: Mar 2012
If I would have to choose one of the mentioned titles that would fit most of classifieds requirements it would be death note.I found it more enjoyable
1.does it have a kiss scene?yes
2.is the male smart and rational?yes
3.does it have an interesting plot?yes
4.is the anime made after 2003?yes 2006
5.is there mecha?no
6. is the setting in school?yes a little bit
this title is the most popular out of the bunch
|2012-03-13, 05:54
|Link #331
Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
I just want you to watch The Sacred Blacksmith : this anime is targeted towards you (= males from older teens to young adults), so it has some fanservice (including pantyshots and bare breasts) and has lot of female characters, including the protagonist. And the male lead is a total badass. It's better to read the light novel (or its manga adaptation) because the protagonist (Cecily) is more likeable and less aggressive than her anime counterpart. All three versions (novel, manga and anime) has likeable characters, good fight scenes and a greatly developped romance. The only con about the anime is the terrible ending which might dissapoints you, but it's still great.
EDIT : Also, you might create two new suggestion threads, as suggested by tolido : the romance manga/novel-only thread and the mindf*ck dark anime thread (with or without romance between the titles).
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|2012-03-15, 21:59
|Link #332
Damned Basterd
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Brazil
I am new here but im going to give some opinions on some manga/animes some people already told you about:
The Sacred Blacksmith
The anime is good, but the ending let me down.
The manga follows the LN faithfully and it blows the anime away.
-protag is badass, serious personality, dark past.
-female protag becomes badass, matures along the story
-fights are amazing.
ano natsu de matteru
You WILL enjoy this. I guarantee.
-nah, dont wanna spoil it. it has most of what you want. A lot.
Zero no Tsukaima f
Well, what can i say. it has the same feeling as the others, and both protagonists relation becomes very cute and funny (well it already was).
-You know the drill. since you saw the others.
Highschool DxD
I'm not watching the anime, due to the excessiveness of bouncing boobs.
Sorry i'd rather get a good plot (well it does follow the LN and the story IS good. and it's not that i don't like boobs, just... Damn. YOU might enjoy it alot.)
-Bouncing Boob Paradise
-Weak protag gets strong, has a secret and a personality wich later makes the girls fall for him (for a reason).
Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!!
uh... it is good. it's fun, but the end was... kinda weak.
VN is heaps better, and it has a group translating it (route per route, has 4/5 main routes done and some side routes)
-protag is a genius badass hentai. and That's GOOD.
-one of the girls has a different personality from the origial (VN)
-it's fun.
Sword Art Online
Yes i am a fanboy. It's EXCELENT. (the LN. the manga doesn't seems good. but i am waiting for the anime)
-Badass protag. smart, lonewolf, thinks fast, kind of lazy. the girls like him for a reason. and he develops a relationship with one.
-female protag(s) all badass in their own way. They are not the "weak omg protect me" or "excessive tsundere". They have very good personalities.
-Story goes dark very often, but it's not depressive. It's still a kickass plot, but not thaaaaat original( awesome though)
-it tries to be realistic by giving small explanations about some aspects of the game they play/the fights/ the tecnology of the world they live.
Darker Than Black
Almost perfect. all it needed is... not to end.
the romance is VERY LIGHT, but it exists.
-protag. is kinda... the definition of black coat badass.
-plot is kinda complex and original.
-the fights and powers. Are amazing.
-The story is based on logic. If something happens, if someone does something, expect a goooood reason for it to happen.
These are MY opinions, but after reading your request i found myself similar to you in SOME points (not that strong romance, but i like it, like mature-not-stupid protag and smart-girl-who-doesnt-fall-in-love-for-no-reason and a developing relationship. But i like lots of realistic serious action and plot.
These ones i talked about dont fully represent my taste. but i know them.
|2012-03-16, 09:28
|Link #333
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
SOrry for the wait, i just got back from university;
Ok, i have to make myself clear: the romance is a must. There must be an undergoing relation, some kind of "love" tension, anything hinting a love interest and the kind.
Mirai nikki started as a "normal" story with some fantasy elements:
Spoiler for plot:
So, in the end, Mirai nikki had the romance in it, there were kisses and much more, but for the ones knowing the story, you understand that that kind of romance is screwed. What made me like it was the mindfuck within, but it was only that. I was put into a situation where i had started a romance, and i was happy, but then that "romance" turned dark, and i'd have better dropped it; however, i couldn't do the latter, because the story was too much mysterious and interesting, and i had to continue it.
So don't get me wrong when i say that this show entertained me: it was just because i took the "romance" bait and was thrown in this crazy story. I may have interest in this kind of fucked up things, but that isn't the main purpose of this topic. I'm mainly looking for stories having some romance in it.
If the anime is very good, then I can accept the kind of romance that can be found in Welcome to the NHK, but only if the anime is objectively good.
As i stated before, i really wanted to watch Death Note, and i actually have it on my computer, but i never really started it because, some time ago, when it finished airing, everyone was spreading the word about
Spoiler for end:
Tonight i'll probably start Samurai girls. Always thanks for your suggestions, they are very appreciated.
|2012-03-16, 16:39
|Link #335
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
Ye, that's already on the list, and is actually the title that got the most chance of getting in my top10.
Anyways, finished watching Samurai Girls, and i found it pretty similar to Sekirei, but i liked more the latter probably because there was more... feeling? I don't know, but i still felt like the characters were somehow "distant" in this anime, no matter how many kisses and boobs they put in there. It was nonetheless enjoyable and had hugeloads of fanservice.
I'll now start Special A
I noticed that i'm missing Mirai Nikki; at the beginning i thought i was just disturbed by how the story evolved, but now that i think about it, i really liked it and was interested in it. If you find any other manga like Mirai Nikki, with romance and much mindfuck, i would really be grateful.
|2012-03-16, 17:04
|Link #336
Black Steel Knight
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Indonesia
Ok, seriously now. If you're looking for romance and mindfuck manga, go for Neon Genesis Evangelion manga. If you like what you read in that manga, go for the TV series, then The End of Evangelion movie (the true ending of the TV series). When you're done with that, go watch Rebuild of Evangelion movies starting from Evangelion 1.0: You are (not) Alone then Evangelion 2.0: You can (not) Advance. Have a nice journey .
|2012-03-16, 17:20
|Link #337
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
I like the mindfuck as long as it doesn't get too sad like in school days; i mean, Mirai nikki was bloody and all, but the story was interesting, you had to deal with this crazy girl hiding corpses and doing weird stuff, and the protagonist wasn't a dick like makoto. I didn't like school days because the protagonist was disturbing and a douchebag, that was it.
Anyways, beside evangelion, isn't there anything else settled in the present and not some futuristic/past era with monster tecnologies and stuff?
Btw, i finished watching the first episode of Special A, but i'm getting the feeling of Kaicho wa maid sama, and i confirmed a thing: i truly can't enjoy an anime as long as the girl is the protagonist. I just fail at empathizing with the protagonist for obvious reasons. Also, why is every character so long legged ._., they rather look like stick figures or something.
I'll drop it for the moment, and start Karin. Let me know if i really should take SA back.
|2012-03-16, 17:45
|Link #338
this is how its done
Join Date: Mar 2012
The closest thing to Nirai Nikki is probably Deadman wonderland the romance is there but you have to wait for it. everything else is pretty much the same except the setting.
the spoiler you put up for death note happens but is not the real ending.with Karin you have to be patient for 5 episodes after that it gets interesting.
|2012-03-16, 21:34
|Link #339
Cross Game - I need more
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: I've moved around the American West. I've lived in Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Oklahoma
Age: 38
Neon Genesis Evangelion is the only thing other one I can think of that is romance and mindscrew. Don't read the manga first. It was an anime original, so watch the original anime series.
Wait... there is one show... I guess maybe FLCL (Fooly Cooly), but that's just insane. Human beings cannot withstand the mindblender of FLCL without permanent damage. I only saw three episodes and I was in a coma for two days.
Dororon Enma-kun Meera Meera would be a better place to start.
PS: Crap! I just had to think of FLCL again- Now I'm having flashbacks to that nightmare about the crazy pink haired girl charging at me on her scooter while wielding her gas powered guitar as my head explodes.
I should have left the memories buried!
Last edited by Sackett; 2012-03-16 at 21:55.
|2012-03-17, 02:49
|Link #340
Black Steel Knight
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Indonesia
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Psychology professor to explain eye movement in 'Where's Waldo?' lecture
DANBURY, CONN. — Western Connecticut State University Assistant Professor of Psychology Dr. Bernard P. Gee will discuss the role of retinal cells in humans' ability to search and navigate efficiently through our surroundings during a research lecture at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in Room 125 of the Science Building on the university's Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The talk will address the previously unanswered question of how eye movements are affected by brain circuits when a human is looking for something, such as in the book, "Where's Waldo?" The event is free and open to the public. There will be a reception to follow.
Gee earned bachelor's degrees in psychology and biological sciences from San Jose State University, and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Rochester. His research has focused on brain circuits involved in visual perception, learning and memory.
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Marijuana industry gets a little help from its friends in Congress
Add marijuana to the list of home-state businesses that members of Congress are trying to protect.
Today, House members from the states of Colorado, Washington, Oregon and California held a press conference outside the Capitol to advocate legislation that would allow marijuana businesses that are legal in their states, such as medical marijuana dispensaries, to take standard business deductions when they file their federal taxes.
These members of Congress also want to change federal banking laws so that marijuana businesses don't have to operate as cash-only enterprises. Legislation also has been introduced to protect the property of medical marijuana dispensaries from being seized by the Justice Department through civil forfeiture proceedings.
All three bills are critical to the marijuana industry, which has emerged as a legitimate business opportunity now that 20 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana for medical purposes, and two states, Washington and Colorado, have legalized recreational use of the drug.
The growth of this industry, however, could be nipped in the bud if federal laws don't catch up with what's happening on the state level.
That's why 35 marijuana entrepreneurs, all of whom are members of the National Cannabis Industry Association, stood with members of Congress at this press conference. They looked just like other business owners visiting Capitol Hill -- the men were dressed in coats and ties, and the women wore business suits. There was only one ponytail in the crowd.
All his members want, said association Executive Director Aaron Smith, is for the federal government to "essentially treat our industry like any other."
They face an uphill battle -- only a few Republicans, notably Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., back this effort so far.
Here's a closer look at the issues the marijuana industry wants Congress to address:
Unlike other businesses, legal marijuana growers and retail outlets aren't eligible for a host of deductions, including rent and wages, when computing their federal taxes.
"They cannot claim the work opportunity tax credit if they hire a veteran, depreciate their American-made irrigation equipment or utilize the deductions for the expenses associated with their operating costs," said Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., sponsor of the Small Business Tax Equity Act. "As a result, those small businesses are paying federal income taxes that are often double or triple the effective tax rate of most businesses."
That's a real problem for Travis Howard, a business attorney who has started a marijuana business in Denver. He's been liquidating his 401(k) in order to stay in business until the tax laws change.
"I don't know how many years I'll be able to do it," he said.
All Howard can deduct is the cost of goods sold. He said this creates an incentive for him to expand production -- just the opposite of what the federal government wants.
Bankers are leery of letting marijuana businesses open accounts at their institutions because of fear of retribution from banking regulators or prosecution by the Justice Department. As a result, most marijuana businesses are forced to operate as cash-only businesses.
That leaves these businesses prime targets for thieves, and might tempt some businesses to cheat on their taxes.
Forcing the marijuana industry to be a cash-only business also is "putting up the welcome mat for organized crime," said Rep. Denny Heck, D-Wash.
Heck and Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., are working on legislation to make it safe for banks to let marijuana businesses open bank accounts.
Perlmutter said Congress needs "to provide financial institutions assurance that they can make their own business decisions related to legal, financial transactions without fear of regulatory penalties or criminal prosecution."
Civil forfeiture
The twilight zone occupied by marijuana businesses was highlighted May 2, when the Justice Department sued the landlord of Berkeley Patients Group, a medical marijuana dispensary that has been operating legally in California since 1999. The federal government is threatening to seize the property since selling marijuana, even for medical purposes, is illegal under federal law.
Sean Luse, chief operating officer of the collective, said it's time for the Justice Department to "stop these senseless attacks" on patients who use marijuana to control pain or fight the nausea caused by cancer treatments.
"We have no intentions of closing our doors," he said.
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., has introduced legislation that would exempt real property from civil forfeiture under the Controlled Substances Act if the property is being used for medical marijuana purposes authorized by state law.
"Members of Congress need to hear directly from those who are caught in the middle of the conflict between state and federal law," Luse said.


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By now, the debate is old and tired.
Either you believe, or you do not. Either you buy the argument that the Tampa Bay Rays should be looking at stadium sites in Hillsborough County, or you loathe the idea of giving an inch.
So why, after all this time, are we still arguing about it?
Better yet, what's it going to take to end this impasse?
The answers are both fascinating and frustrating. For what you have is a mayor preparing for a worst-case scenario, and an owner angling for the best possible deal.
The result is two sides with unrealistic expectations and, I would suspect, no hope for compromise in the next half-dozen years.
Here's the problem:
St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster, a lawyer by profession, is proceeding as if this matter will eventually end up in court. That means all of his decisions today are based on future legal arguments.
Giving the team permission to explore sites in Hillsborough, for instance, weakens the potential argument that breaking the lease at Tropicana Field would cause St. Petersburg irreparable harm. And that could hurt the city's claim for major damages.
From a legal standpoint, Foster's position might make sense. From a real-world perspective, it is a losing battle.
Because the Rays have no intention of breaking that stadium use agreement in 2014. Or 2015. Or anytime in the foreseeable future. And that means Foster could be basing his entire strategy on a lawsuit that may never come.
Rather than risk losing millions in court, Rays owner Stuart Sternberg has to know he is better off staying at Tropicana Field as the lease winds down.
He won't be happy about it. And his frustration may spill over onto the field, where he could lower the payroll and turn a greater profit with a losing team.
That potentially means everyone else suffers because the team will not be as successful, attendance will dwindle, and St. Petersburg's reputation as a big league city will take a miserable beating.
So what are the chances of finding middle ground before that happens?
At this point, pretty bleak.
Foster insists on viewing the stadium use agreement as if the calendar will forever remain in 2013, and thus the Rays should pay hundreds of millions of dollars to leave.
The Rays insist on viewing the agreement as if 2027 will be here next week, and thus they shouldn't have to pay a hefty exit fee.
In other words, neither side is being realistic.
Foster has the upper hand today, but he has to realize that won't last forever. And by playing defense instead of offense, he is doing more harm than good for St. Pete.
For their part, the Rays must acknowledge that ignoring the final 15 years of a lease is a pretty big deal. They have to bring more to the table than suggesting the city would benefit from the Rays relocating because the land where Tropicana now sits is ripe for redevelopment.
That argument is akin to the Kansas City Royals saying the Rays have a surplus of starting pitching and Tampa Bay would be better off in the long run without James Shields' big contract, so the Royals shouldn't have to offer much value in a trade.
The Rays, rightfully, would have laughed at that deal.
Likewise, St. Petersburg has every right to expect more than the argument that the city might be better off without the team it spent decades and tax dollars wooing.
One possible solution:
The Rays guarantee St. Petersburg earns minimum tax revenues from that Trop redevelopment through 2027. If the numbers fall short, the Rays are on the hook.
That gives the Rays incentive to help with the redevelopment, and it gives St. Pete a guaranteed cash flow.
Whether that idea is sensible or idiotic is not the point. The bigger issue is the people in charge need to be talking. That includes the Rays, and that includes the mayor.
It is exceedingly rare for a team to get a new stadium while still in the middle of a lease, but it has been done.
In 1996, the Philadelphia Phillies had 15 years remaining on their lease at Veterans Stadium but then-Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell made it a priority to get a new stadium deal completed before the end of his second term.
Rendell's rationale was that a stadium was eventually going to be built, and the city's leverage would weaken with each passing year.
"It's unfair to have the next mayor deal with that a little bit under the gun,'' Rendell told the Philadelphia Daily News at the time.
Philadelphia got the deal done, and the Phillies became a top-drawing team, winning their first World Series in nearly 30 years by beating the Rays in 2008.
That doesn't mean Tampa Bay will have similar success. It doesn't even mean a new stadium is the right decision.
What it suggests is that there are solutions out there if we can only agree to be reasonable.


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Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is hoping his former club can defeat rivals Real Madrid when the two sides meet in the Champions League.
Manchester United face Los Blancos in the last 16 of the competition, with the first leg taking place on Wednesday night at the Santiago Bernabeu.
And the Spanish international, who left Old Trafford in 2008, wants his former employers to win the game and reach the last eight of the competition.
"I would like Manchester United to make it to the next round," Pique told reporters.
"I would like them to progress because of my time at the club. However, Madrid have been in good form in recent weeks. It promises to be an interesting tie."
Pique was in action this weekend as Barcelona increased their lead at the top of La Liga to 12 points with a 6-1 thrashing of Getafe, while second-place Athletico Madrid went down 2-1 to Rayo Vallecano.
After grabbing a goal in the victory, the 26-year-old praised the strength and depth within the squad, as Tito Vilanova's side continue their march towards the title.
"We have a very complete team. A few players who don't usually enjoy a lot of minutes [on the pitch] got to play on Sunday and they proved that they are at a good level. This gives us tranquility," he said.
Pique made only 12 appearances during his time at Old Trafford, but since joining Barcelona has picked up two Champions League titles.
Barcelona will also be in European action next week, as they travel to the San Siro to face AC Milan.
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It was an unexpected find for the young French alpinist as he approached the summit of Mont Blanc. Poking out of the ice and snow on the shoulder of western Europe's highest mountain was a metal box containing precious gems — including emeralds, rubies and sapphires — worth hundreds of thousands of euros that had lain hidden for about 50 years.
The precious stones, about 100 in total, were neatly packed into sachets, some marked with "Made in India."
It soon became clear that the historic haul, which has since been valued by jewelers at up 246,000 euros (US$332,600), had belonged to someone on one of two Air India flights that crashed in 1950 and 1966, killing a total of more than 100 people.
The climber carried the treasure down the mountain and straight to local police. The prefect's office is now contacting Indian authorities to see if it is possible to trace the owner or their relatives.
"You can say the climber who made this find is someone very honest," local gendarme chief Sylvain Merly said.
"He saw very well that what he had in his hands was something very valuable, realizing straight away that it was precious stones that had been very carefully wrapped," Merly said.
"He was a mountaineer, he knew the history of the two plane crashes here and realized that this find was likely linked to those crashes," Merly said.
"Maybe he didn't want to keep something that had belonged to someone who died. So he handed it in," the gendarme said.
Merly said the find was made on the Bossons glacier, which had often spewed to the surface "all sorts of remnants" from the Air India crashes. These have included newspapers from the flights, letters, shoes, cables and fragments of the planes, or even human remains.
Last year, two climbers on the glacier discovered a well-preserved bag of Indian diplomatic mail neatly marked "Ministry of External Affairs" that had been on the Boeing 707 flight from Mumbai to New York that crashed near the summit of Mont Blanc on a January morning in 1966 .
That crash killed all 11 crew and 106 passengers, including the pioneer of India's nuclear program, Homi Jehangir Bhaba.
The plane hit the mountain just below the summit after its experienced pilot had radioed confirming everything was okay, and was expected to land at Geneva airport in Switzerland to refuel.
The cause of the crash was never fully established. The mail bag, found 46 years later by a mountain rescue worker and a fellow climber, was handed back to the Indian government.
In 1950, another Air India flight, a four-motor propeller plane, crashed near the same spot killing 48 passengers and crew as it was expected to land at Geneva.
The prefect's office of Savoie will now contact the Indian authorities to try to return the jewels to the family of the original owner. It is thought that the jewels are more likely to have come from the 1966 crash.
The local French paper, the Dauphine Libere reported that if an owner is not found, under French law, the jewels could be given back to the climber, who has not been named.
Mont Blanc, hailed as one of the world's most beautiful mountains, also has a deadly history of dangerous storms and fatal avalanches.
Arnaud Christmann, one of the men who found the diplomatic mail last year, warned it could spark a "gold rush."
He said he was worried inexperienced climbers might be tempted to try to seek their fortune on the glacier, which is easy to access, but dangerous.


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LONDON - Coastal Carolina University track and field alumnus Amber Campbellretained her title as the top U.S. women's hammer athlete; however, that was not enough to advance to the medal round of the women's hammer at the XXX Olympiad in London on Wednesday.
Campbell, a 2004 graduate of Coast Carolina, needed to finish in the top 12 after the qualifying round and she just missed the cut by a mere 21 inches, coming in 13th with a final distance of 69.93m (229-05).
The top U.S. qualifier entering the Games, Campbell finished sixth in Group A despite fouling on her first attempt before posting her best effort of the day on her second throw. She then had to wait for the 19 competitors in Group B to throw before she learned her fate.
Campbell was moved down the standings to 12th after the Group B's first attempts. She remained in 12th through Group B's second attempts and looked as though she advance through with four throwers left to complete their final attempts. However, it was not to be as Belarus' Aksana Miankova unleashed a throw of 73.10m (239-10) to knock Campbell out of the medal round.
Campbell placed 21st in the hammer at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing -- her first Olympics.


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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Secretary of State Hope Andrade announced Tuesday she is stepping down after four years as the chief elections officer in Texas and the first Hispanic woman to hold the office.
Andrade was the fourth-longest serving secretary of state in Texas history. In her resignation letter to Gov. Rick Perry, who appointed he in 2008, she said the "time has come for me to step down" but did not elaborate.
Rich Parsons, spokesman for the secretary of state's office, reiterated that Andrade felt it was time to leave but would not comment further.
"As the first Latina secretary of state, Hope has a permanent place in our state's history books and her personal commitment to making Texas a place of unlimited opportunity will leave a lasting impression on our state's future," Perry said in a statement.
Andrade's last day is Friday.
Her final weeks in office were not uneventful. The run-up to Election Day found Andrade's office at the center of controversies surrounding the purging of nearly 70,000 presumably dead people from voter rolls and an international group of voting monitors who Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott threatened to arrest.
The first dust-up began in September, when dozens of Texas residents received letters from local elections officials instructing them to basically prove they're alive in order to remain registered voters. Their names had been wrongly flagged based on a Social Security Administration master death index, which is known to have errors.
That raised worries about disenfranchising voters, and when a handful of counties refused to continue purging names, Andrade's office threatened to cut off state funding. Civil rights attorneys sued the state on behalf of four voters who received the "dead" letters, and Andrade's office eventually agreed to drop the requirement that they prove they're alive.
Andrade argued that her office was merely following a new voter integrity law passed by the Legislature last year.
A month later, the Texas secretary of state's office was caught up in another dispute, albeit less directly this time. That one happened when Abbott questioned the intentions of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe, which had sent voting monitors to Texas and other states.
Abbott said he was concerned because of the group's interactions with opponents of voter ID laws like those Texas has tried implementing.
Even the U.S. State Department was dragged into the fray, and Andrade's office sought reassurance from OSCE that the group would follow state elections laws that barred its monitors from coming within 100 feet of polling sites.
In her resignation letter, Andrade thanked Perry for the "history-making appointment" and said she spent her time in office committed to the state's prosperity.
"I remain dedicated to doing all I can to make sure Texas is a place where we encourage innovation, cultivate entrepreneurial success and reward hard work," Andrade said.
Andrade, who is from San Antonio, is a former Perry appointee to the Texas Transportation Commission.


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In 2010, America's national parks hosted 280 million travelers and in the past year tallied 398 million page views at their websites, a seemingly popular alternative to hitting the road.
That digital reality has not eluded the historians and rangers at the National Park Service, who've labored more than a decade to populate their Web pages with in-depth histories, photography, reproductions of artifacts and agency studies.
It's a massive undertaking, requiring coordination among 400 park sites that during the past century have produced more than 100,000 reports. And that tall order recently grew taller with the June 30 retirement of historian and Web manager Harry Butowsky, who has logged 35 years of experience and written a dozen scholarly works.
"The Park Service is like a university with 400 branch campuses with libraries that have never been indexed," Butowsky says. The far-flung collection of brochures, booklets, maps, books and articles "is like wealth capital in a bank—you can use the capital only if you know about it and can access it."
But with rumors of Interior Department budget cuts approaching 10 percent, there is an uncertain future for the role Butowsky played, a one-man band uploading content from his perch at NPS' National Register, History and Education office. Reminiscing from a cubicle and clearing out a lovingly created paper trail from all stages of his career, Butowsky says he drew the assignment in the late 1990s because he was an accomplished historian who was Internet-savvy. Even more important, he knew the parks, the literature and where much of the gray material in old reports might be hibernating in crannies across the country.
"The greatest thing about the job is it's self-directed," he says. Assembling the collection meant tapping his personal contacts at museums, stations and cabins of the nation's historic parks, many of which lack staff for the task. Eventually word circulated to produce a steady flow of submissions. But flying solo also meant Butowsky received no dedicated funds and had to do his own scanning of aging paper reports—some of which topped 1,000 pages. There are now more than 4,500 documents online, mostly internal studies dealing with such topics such as land management that, "if not for the Web, would be unobtainable," he says. "I'd like to say I've read all 4,500, but not so."
The bulk of the e-library collections were written by NPS historians, geologists or archaeologists, including 130 studies by star historian and battlefield tour guide Ed Bearss, who retired in 1995 but remains emeritus and continues to lead battlefield tours.
Complicating the collecting is the fact that the publications go back a century or more with multiple editions. A booklet featuring picturesque images of Oregon's Crater Lake, for example, was first published in 1912, but the Park Service released more than two dozen updates in subsequent decades. There was no convention requiring authors at each park to submit a copy to a central repository.
Some publications, like Butowsky's first paper on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Civil War headquarters in City Point, Va., now known as Hopewell, were not printed but simply typewritten and photocopied in quantities as low as a half-dozen. Today's brochures have a press run of at least 50, he says, but budget cuts have forced parks to charge fees or give them out sparingly.
Other materials have been lost, lent out or exist only on microfilm. After former Park Service director Roger Kennedy died in 2011, his widow found an array of brochures in the attic, part of a collection of 2,000 publications Butowsky thinks is now complete.
"Some I had to buy on the open market, on eBay," he says, routinely paying $5 to $10, but going up to $45 or $50 for rare editions. Astonishingly, the Park Service for decades did not own, and hence could not post, a copy of what's called the McMillan Plan, the basic blueprint for Washington's National Mall created in 1902. Butowsky finally located a copy on Amazon that was owned by a used bookstore in Arlington, Va. He paid $500 and sent it to the Park Service's technical facility in Denver for scanning and safekeeping in a vault.
Another snag in enriching the portal is concern about photos that might be copyrighted. The Park Service's Interpretive Design Center at Harpers Ferry, W.Va., won't allow their posting on the Web without new permission. Publishers are wary, fearing loss of profits if their book covers are reproduced. Even some parks have resisted. Many on the East Coast Civil War battlefield staff, he says, were worried no one would visit the physical sites if too much material was available on the Internet. But to their surprise, publication sales actually rose.
Parks generally update brochures every three to five years, Butowsky says. Many operate on the edge financially and might have to choose between hiring a visual manager for updates or keeping the grass mowed. "Back in the salad days, we had a whole stable of historians as employees, who did good work in the regional offices," he says. But 20 to 30 years ago, the agency moved toward contracting the writing to academics and organizations. Still, "the NPS person monitoring the contractors needs to know how to do the work," he adds.
Butowsky will continue teaching history at George Mason University and adding to the Park Service's e-library as a part-time volunteer. "Once things are up on the Web, they have to be maintained," he notes. "Collections disappear and errors are found."
He delayed his retirement out of worry the endeavor might be abandoned, begging his boss to hire someone who's been on staff for at least 15 years. Yes, park knowledge and technical skills count, Butowsky says. But mostly, he says, "it
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Looking for a survival Horror group? I was as well. Looking to reminisce about such classics as Eternal darkness, Resident Evil and Silent Hill? Why am I asking so many questions? Well then this is the group for you my friend!
Hi all! Seems to be like a long time since I posted a topic here. But since there is no such information about horror games lately, I might as well post something interesting while I have the time. Because after right now, I won't be free until further notice.
I'm starting to get the hang of the videogame industry, where I already have connected with various developers and designers. And also thanks to Full Sail, I also managed to learn a few other things that I didn't know about. And while I do have some privileges on working with a few people, I also have the privilege to access certain sites full of resources. But enough of that. To the games!
Shed of Horrors:
Shed of Horrors will be a 2D Horror Puzzle game. The inspiration came to me after playing games like The Witch's House and Mad Father. While the original release date was scheduled for July 10, the group and I had some issues with several things in the game. After many weeks of testing, we decided to pull back to redo several things and put it back into development.
Shed of Horrors is a 2D Puzzle Survival Horror game made in RPG Maker VX Ace (said that already). Story revolves around a guy named John, no last name is given. He arrives one day to his house early from work to surprise his family and take them out to a nice family dinner. Instead of surprising his family, he's the one that got a surprise. He finds his wife with another man in bed. After his rage kicking in, throwing the guy out and demanding an answer, he loses it and attacks his wife out of blind anger. So blind, he hits his 2 kids as hard as he can. Coming back to reality, he goes out for a walk to get some moments of peace.
He assumes his wife will call the cops on him for a violent behavior and domestic violence, but he gets attacked when he's walking through a forest that's besides their house. He gets lost, trapped in the forest and must find a way back. Only that... many don't expect the surprises that awaits John and the player. Stories will be told, riddles will be a player's worst nightmare and the outcome will probably touch emotional players.
-Will it be available on Steam? No, I will provide a link where you can download it.
-Why not console? Don't have the money to even do that.
-Do I plan to censor the game? Pirates don't CENSOR anything for anyone. We go as we like. Don't like it? Too bad, go play another game. We have a vision. We don't plan to change our vision.
I'm working on more information to post about Shed of Horrors as we speak, as well as a sneak peak of another project I'm working on in 3D. Here's a photo plus a video:
These games fall into the survival horror, horror and suspense games. Another game I'm working on, Lunar Trace, is not relevant at the moment but will talk about that one sometime soon.
Awesome! Keep us up to date! I would love to try it out sometime, as I happen to love RPG Maker Horror games. Recently I played Ib and the Witch's House. Both fantastic, and I would highly recommend them!
@Mike, that looks really intriguing! I've been off of SHG far too long (so long you probably don't know or remember who I am), so it's quite encouraging to come back and see something as awesome as this. I wish your projects all the best, and if they ever end up being for sale, I would be honored to purchase an original game created by a SHG member. That is just too legitimate.
Keep up the good work! o(^_-)b
I've been waiting for you to pop in. Can't wait to hear more about Lunar Trace.
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Let's see if I can post more today. I'm trying to finish a Full Sail assignment as well as read up in Videogame History.
The next post will be regarding to Shed of Horrors
Sorry that I haven't updated anything about the game lately. Have been studying hard lately, participating in developer events and such to stay connected while maintaining a high GPA and grades after last month's decline and low grades. I'll update as soon as I get my Toshiba back.


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Elma, WA……..Chase Goetz of Snohomish, Wash. won Saturday night's 25-lap USAC Washington HPD Midget race at Grays Harbor Raceway. The series point leader passed Chance Crum on lap eight and led the rest of the way to beao Crum, Dougie James, Tristin Thomas and Ariel Biggs. Race awards were distributed to Crum (Elma Lanes Pill Pick), Johanson (Elma Auto Racing Hall of Fame Fast Time), Goetz (SpeedMart Hard Charger), Tristin Thomas (HJOES Racing Move of the Night), Hartman (Highline Performance Random Pick) and James (K & N Sportsman).
HPD USAC WASHINGTON MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 24, 2014 – Alger, Washington - Skagit Speedway
HEAT #1: (8 laps) 1. Ariel Biggs (#2 DeBakker), 2. Chance Crum (#8 Crum), 3. Hannah Lindquist (#3H Lindquist), 4. Todd Hartman (#21 Hartman), 5. Annika Johanson (#27 Johanson). NT
HEAT #2: (8 laps) 1. Chase Goetz (#91 Goetz), 2. Dougie James (#29 James), 3. Tristin Thomas (#9T Stewart), 4. Jeremy Miller (#46 Miller), 5. Michael Vollbrecht (#4 Vollbrecht). NT
ALSO AT THE TRACK: (8 laps) 1. Garrett Thomas (#14 Thomas),
FEATURE: (25 Laps) 1. Chase Goetz, 2. Chance Crum, 3. Dougie James, 4. Tristin Thomas, 5. Ariel Biggs, 6. Hannah Lindquist, 7. Jeremy Miller, 8. Todd Hartman, 9. Michael Vollbrecht, 10. Annika Johanson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Crum, Laps 8-25 Goetz.
NEW USAC HPD WASHINGTON MIDGET POINTS: 1-Goetz-133, 2-Crum-123, 3-James-115, 4-Biggs-112, 5-T.Thomas-105, 6-Miller-102, 7-Vollbrecht-92, 8-Lindquist-51, 9-Hartman-44, 10-G.Thomas-44.
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Ted Lilly Best July Trade 2010August 21, 2010
Ted Lilly is shaping up to be the best July trade of 2010.
Since joining the Dodgers, Lilly is 4-0 with a 1.29 ERA through his first four starts.
Still a victim of the major's worst run support, Lilly has received two or fewer runs in three of his four outings. But unlike the Cubs, L.A. has found ways to win close ballgames behind the 34-year-old.
He tossed a two-hit shutout Thursday against Colorado, retiring 19-straight at one point, walked two and struck out a season-high 11.
Not since Kaz Ishii won his first six starts in 2002 has a Dodger pitcher won his first four starts with the club.
Despite Lilly's ace-form, the Dodgers are all but eliminated from the playoff race. They've lost seven of ten falling a distant eight-games back of both the West leading Padres and Wild Card leading Phillies.
Lilly, however, is positioning himself to be a top free agent this offseason, which makes it tougher financially on the Cubs to regain his services for 2011 and beyond.
But if Teddy is open to a return to the North Side, Tom Ricketts would be wise to open the purse strings to resign him.


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"You never expect something you trust to turn against you..."
That could be the start of a story trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. But nope, this is the story trailer for this year's Call of Duty: Ghosts. This new explosion-filled video explains how America could be threatened by such a massive military attack. Spoiler-alert: it involves spaceships.


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SAN DIEGO — Peter Robbins, an Oceanside resident who as a child actor was the voice of the animated "Charlie Brown" character of "Peanuts" fame, has been arrested and is scheduled to be arraigned in court on Wednesday in San Diego on five felony charges, authorities said.
Robbins, 56, is charged with four felony counts of making a threat to cause death or great bodily injury and one felony count of stalking, according to the San Diego County jail website.
He was booked into jail shortly before 4 a.m. Monday and was being held on $550,000 bail, according to the jail records.
His manager, Danielle Matthews, said Tuesday night that she could not discuss the arrest but would comment later Wednesday.
Robbins was arrested shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, said Angelica de Cima, spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He was driving a silver 2006 Mercedes-Benz C230 when a border officer referred him to an area for a more thorough examination, she said. He was the only person in the car at the time.
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MIDWAY | Midway officials continued discussion Monday night in regard to the funding of the Davidson County Economic Development Commission.
MIDWAY | Midway officials continued discussion Monday night in regard to the funding of the Davidson County Economic Development Commission.
No formal vote was taken as the issue resurfaced after the Midway Town Council agreed this past month in its 2013-14 fiscal-year budget to not fund the county's EDC. At its June meeting, the council voted 3-1, with councilman Todd Nifong not present, to not include an appropriation of $10,000 to the economic development agency. Nifong was not in attendance Monday as council members expressed their votes have not changed.
Council members Robin Moon, Sue Stephens and Mike McAlpine have voiced their desire to not continue the funding of the EDC. John Byrum, a Midway councilman and an EDC board member, expressed his continued displeasure Monday night of the council's decision to not continue the funding.
Moon said he based his decision to discontinue the EDC funding as a result of reading a series of articles in The Dispatch concerning the agency. He said he did not do his "due diligence at that point (this past month's council meeting) due to time constraints" and has since spoken with all but two members of the Davidson County Board of Commissioners. Moon also noted he had a conversation Monday with Steve Googe, executive director of the Davidson County Economic Development Commission.
"He (Googe) did give me some detailed information that I'm not ready to give out at this point in time," Moon said. "… But at this point, I could not change my vote with the information I have."
Moon said some of his information is confidential. He said he still has some people to talk with and told a reporter he could not disclose those people.
"Midway's development is directly connected to Davidson County's development, and I support both," Byrum said after Moon's comments. "It's not just because I sit on the board of directors and represent the town or the EDC. I would have a hard time agreeing with an argument that the town does not benefit from the EDC. I know we don't have an industrial park like most of the other towns, but we directly benefit from those who live in the town and work in other parts of the county that work at TIMCO (in Wallburg) or the Welcome Business Center just right outside of the town limits. We have a heavy population where our residents go to work and people pass through Midway to go to work as a result of jobs the EDC has helped recruit."
Byrum said it would be "extremely unfortunate" for a qualified resident who lives in Midway to be overlooked when applying for a job because they live in a town that's withdrawn funding from the EDC. "If we make this vote about current leadership or former decisions that were made, whatever you could pick your topic to hang your hat on, if you cast your vote based off those things, I think then you are misdirected. I think we need to make the vote to be about jobs because that's what the EDC's sole purpose is to recruit business for the purpose of bringing jobs for its residents."
Byrum said the $10,000 is not going to make or break the EDC. He said the "hurt comes when there is disunity among the five municipalities in the county."
"I would at any time support reconsideration," Byrum said. "My vote has been and will continue to be for jobs and to support the EDC."
Stephens said she has not changed her mind in regard to the EDC funding. "It has nothing to do with personalities," she said. "I felt we could take that $10,000 and use it to really try to promote Midway and get more jobs for Midway with retail as opposed to industry. I think the EDC does a good job. I have nothing against it. I didn't read all the articles. I read some of them. I just felt it was time for a change and I really don't like the idea that a resident of our town not be hired because our town didn't pay $10,000 to the EDC."
"It's sad, isn't it?" Byrum responded to Stephens.
"It is sad, and I think that is kind of a misstatement," Stephens replied.
McAlpine explained there are businesses in Midway in the same business as others receiving incentives and have been passed up for EDC funds.
"I know it is a small amount of money, but it is taxpayer money," he said. "I think for the business people I talk to, they say, 'Where is our handout?'"
McAlpine concluded his comments by saying he feels like small-town people feel like it's time for Midway officials to "bow out" of EDC funding.
Mayor Norman Wilkes says he's had mixed emotions concerning the EDC.
"The EDC is big in Davidson County because all of the municipalities other than Midway participate in it," the mayor said. "I can see the good that comes out of it. I appreciate what each of you has said. If it comes back up again, I hope I will not have to vote and it will be up to the council."
The Midway Town Council has not set a date of when it will possibly reconsider the EDC funding.
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Will this allow me to finally clone my multiple V2 sim cards on a single super card so I won't have to carry multiple GSM cards when I travel abroad?
Because then you could copy the card and put it on another phone having effectively multiple phones with the same number. I don't know how the network handles that but I think at least chaos ensues.
I don't know how the network handles that but I think at least chaos ensues.
No, actually the network notices that the same phone number is in 2 (or more) different locations, recognizes that's a fraudulent scenario, and shuts them all down.
Then the legitimate owner of the number complains about being shut down, and is issued a new SIM.
Firefox menu > view > page style >no style
Sounds tempting !
Finds image intensifier.
Has second thoughts, borrows mask and apron from welder's workshop.
"Brace, brace, brace for impact!"
Didn't even make my eyeballs itch. [DISAPPOINTED, returns gear to welder and bridge.]
My PC at home is setup for games, so is bright with an enhanced contrast. that pink seared my eyes at home.
That's a PEBCAK class problem
Or you can pay for it and have it both ways. This is available in quite a few countries where cloned SIMs is a legitimate use case.
Depends on your locality. Around here it is not uncommon for companies to have one number, but several phones - or even people. So you can have the same number on your desktop phone, mobile phone and car phone without having to move sims around or do cumbersome bluetooth magic.
Maybe it just temnology
only one iccid can be active per imei
as for phone numbers you canhave more than one attached to a iccid - you just have to get your provider to assign the number(s)
There is a key value on the SIM. The same key value is also provisioned in your subscriber profile in your provider's main subscriber registry (aka an HLR - Home Location Register).
When you're connecting to a mobile network, the serving switch sends a request to your provider's HLR. The HLR sends a set of tokens and an "expected result" value to the serving switch. The serving switch then sends those tokens down to your mobile. Your mobile then sends those tokens to your SIM card and your SIM card sticks them into a function along with the key value and produces a result value. The result value is passed back to your phone and your phone passes it back to the serving switch. The serving switch then compares the result value from your phone with the "expected result" value from your provider's HLR and if they match up, you're good to go.
Only the SIM and the HLR know your individual key value. Your mobile and the serving network are never provided this value. That's why your phone can't simply replicate the function of your SIM, because it would need to know the key value.
I think the problem alot of people have is they think of the SIM as just a dumb piece of storage. It really is a separate little computer in it's own right that just so happens to live behind your phone battery.
and kindly refrain from ever posting on Slashdot again!
There is a limit of 1 informative post per user. And now you've made me use up mine explaining this to you.
This is not possible because the card contains secret keys that are used when the phone registers on the network and authenticates itself.
These keys cannot be read, think of them as private members of a class - they can be accessed by the class itself (i.e. the SIM), but they are not seen on the outside.
The difference is that smart cards (a SIM card is a smart card with a file system that contains data specified in a standard, such as GSM 11.11) are designed to be tamper proof, so reverse engineering them a
Release the Kraken!
Patch the Kraken! Update the Kraken!
I prefer to fork the Kraken . . . garlic sauce and fresh bread on the side . . .
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Uhm? No. The Goverment just has a copy of every conv shipped to them directly from exchange.
Does this lead to more wiretapping, or free cellular service?
TFA also points out that eavesdropping as 'easy' as making a fake tower, getting phones to connect to it, commanding them to drop encryption, and having enough disk space to save the conversations. Not very expensive, and not very difficult.
So this would work well if you brought a fake tower with you to an event, like a convention or even a press conference, and just gather conversations at will. Setting up a tower near the White House would not be impossible, unless they already understand this and have an onsite tower they can secure. The Secret Service is no doubt already working with this, if not already in place. If VZW or Sprint is their most common carrier, well, those are different standards so this is not the problem.
All said and done, it is not impractical to be able to eavesdrop on GSM phones, though it is nontrivial. Data intercept I don't know a lot about.
You do realize, that in order for a fake tower to work, it actually has to be part of the network right?
How do you intend to connect to the phone network with your fake tower?
Putting up a fake tower and getting phones to connect isn't hard, but its just about only useful for stop calls.
If you want to listen in on calls with a 'fake tower' it actually has to function as a tower and connect you to a phone network so you can have a conversation. Not much to record otherwise.
Still not impossible, but its not s
Forward (over wire or on a different frequency) to another tower elsewhere which pretends to be the phone?
Why would it be hard to connect the phone network?
You could for example use a phone line... or a voip service...
to receive and route calls TO mobile phone would be difficult or perhaps impossible but outbound calls would be trivially easy.
Couldn't the fake tower just connect to a real tower?
These have been sold in kits for a few years now. Google "micro cell". You can uplink them to a voip gateway and plop down your own tower on the cheap. Popular for conferences and things like that.
"Meanwhile, another Black Hat presenter, Chris Paget plans to demonstrate a completely different way to intercept GSM calls. He's setting up a fake cellular tower that masquerades as a legitimate GSM network.
According to Paget, using open-source tools and a US$1,500 USRP radio, he can assemble his fake tower, called an IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) catcher. In a controlled experiment, he's going to set one up at Black Hat and invite audience members to connect their mobile phones. Once a p
The majority of phones have the ability to display an icon when operating in an unencrypted mode, but the carriers turn the icon off.
I seriously doubt the secret service relies on the security of the cell phone network, regardless of who the carrier is.
Which is why I suspect the Secret Service either has towers on site, or has the carriers locate them onsite. After this article, I would expect that. Now how to prevent such a hack when the users get off the property.
Oh, wait, surely WH staffers have properly encrypted phones, not just carrier encryption. And those that don't, they must be told to discuss nothing on the phone. Nothing.
3G is referring to UMTS here.
My phone that gets 3G service in the US will get 3G service in most countries - European countries included. This is true for many AT&T phones.
From the GSM wikipedia page:
In 2010, threatpost.com reported that "A group of cryptographers has developed a new attack that has broken Kasumi, the encryption algorithm used to secure traffic on 3G GSM wireless networks. The technique enables them to recover a full key by using a tactic known as a related-key attack, but experts say it is not the end of the world for Kasumi."[17] Kasumi is the name for the A5/3 algorithm, used to secure most 3G traffic.
3G is GSM.
If you put a SIM card into your 3G phone, then it is GSM. The term 3G has become little more than marketing rubbish at this point.
That is incorrect. 3G is UMTS, but can seamlessly hand over calls to the 2G GSM.
Part of the issue... you have to remember how old the GSM standards are. The processing chips didn't have nearly as much oomph as they do today. Most more modern encryption schemes would not have been feasible to even put in a chip that would a) physically fit in a cell phone b) be low enough power to have any meaningful cell phone usage c) have costs low enough to be considered cheap enough to put into cell phones.
They don't need to. Diffie-Hellman is for key exchange, but the mobile company already has a copy of the key stored on your SIM card, so they don't need to do any key exchange.
The problem is that they used weak encryption, not that they used symmetric encryption.
Erm, it is. They just cracked the encryption algorithm.
I never said you could. You seem confused. There is no need for key exchange in thhis case. They just needed to use a better encryption method, e.g. AES.
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"me too!"
I can only imagine "Absolutely!" said in Moria Browns' voice!
In fact, it is deprecated, and no one is supposed to even test whether a phone can handle it, anymore. At least according to the last PTRCB Bulletin entries that I read, on my old account of 4 years ago.
Using it is actually WORSE than broadcasting in clear, apparently.
I know I will probably be called troll or something, but here it goes anyway...
I worked as a consultant for the defense ministry of certain latin american country (which routinely uses its military for police purposes). While being there I befriended some people who had access to complex eavesdropping systems. They showed me how they had the ability to almost instantly intercept any mobile phone call. They even did it with one of my phone calls for amusement. There were 4 cell phone operators in the country
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Welcome to The Sandbox - a 2D Minecraft-style build-'em-up in which you combine elements to create a variety of different products.
You unlock these elements as you progress through the game and complete tasks, but you can't actually use them until you splash a one-off mana payment on each of them.
Mana, which is the game's premium currency, can be earned in small amounts by completing goals in Story and Free mode - the latter of which is unlocked after reaching level 8 in the former.
Free mode goals generally require you to play for days on end, while others task you with using a set amount of a certain element. To complete the latter type quickly, just head into Free mode, enlarge your brush in your 'tools' menu (this is the important part), and rub your finger over your screen. They'll be unlocked in a matter of seconds.
Alternatively, you can grab mana through in-app purchases.
The walkthrough
The Sandbox isn't really a difficult game, but it can be tricky if you don't know what elements to use and when. There are several in-game hints to help you progress, but these cost mana to unlock, so we suggest you find other methods.
Y'know, like Pocket Gamer's complete walkthrough, which is - conveniently - located below this paragraph.
Day 1
Your first mission in The Sandbox is to create both mud and sand, which is relatively easy. Firstly, head into your 'elements' menu (top-left icon), select the soil element, and drag your finger along your device's screen to dump some into the water to create mud.
Next, select the stone element and repeat the above process. Wait for a couple of seconds, and you'll unlock the sand element.
Day 2
Day 2 is another easy one, since you don't have to mess with any elements. Simply tap the weather tab at the top of your device's screen (the one to the right of the magnifying glass) and turn the sun on.
Once a few flowers have grown and a pop-up tells you that the task is complete, hit the magnifying glass icon and tap anywhere on your screen to zoom in and complete Day 2.
Day 3
To complete Day 3, you have to head back into the menu where you turned the sun on. This time, though, hit the weather switch instead, which will unlock the steam element.
Head into your 'elements' menu and purchase steam with your mana. Once you've purchased it, you just have to wave your finger around a bit until you see a pop-up and complete Day 3.
Day 4
Really simple. Head to the top of your device's screen and tap the tab that looks like a picture of Earth. You have to visit this spot three times in order to hit the save, reset, and load buttons.
Day 5
Day 5 tasks you with creating oil. To begin with, head into the 'weather' menu (next to the magnifying glass) and change the game's temperature from normal to hot.
Once the trees have all burnt and you can see a black substance on the ground, cover it with your stone element and wait a few moments to create oil.
Day 6
Start Day 6 by selecting your recently acquired pickaxe tool from your 'tool' menu, which is situated just to the right of your 'elements' menu, and dragging your finger across the on-screen mountain a few times. Next (if you haven't already), use your mana to purchase seeds, oil, and fire from the 'elements' menu.
Spread some seeds on one side of your environment and spread oil on the other. Select your fire element and rub your finger over your oil until it turns orange to complete this day.
Day 7
Another easy stage. Unlock the metal element you've recently acquired using your mana and simply trace the green on-screen box outline with your finger to complete the first part of this stage.
Next, grab your electro element and apply it to your metal box to move on to Day 8.
Day 8
Day 8 is really simple if you know what you're doing. Firstly, zoom into the top area of the on-screen lighthouse. Secondly, select the bulb element from your 'elements' menu and place one in the available gap.
Day 9
Use your mana to unlock the power element and use it to draw a line on your device's screen where indicated. Then, head into the 'weather' menu and flick the light switch to progress on to the next stage.
Day 10
To finish this stage, simply use your power and water elements in the areas indicated by on-screen arrows. It's extremely difficult to mess this one up.
Day 11
This level is somewhat tricky. Start by using your fire element to clear the trees on the left side of the volcano. Next, lay down a substantial amount of metal before applying both the electro and heater elements to it. Dump a bunch of water on top of all of that and that's task one complete.
To overcome task two, simply dig out a small recess at the top of the volcano using your pickaxe tool and then deposit a little lava inside of it. Wait a few moments and hey presto.
Day 12
Begin Day 12 by building a metal structure in the small pool of water. Apply both the electro and the cooler elements to this to create ice and complete one of this stage's tasks.
To complete the other two, simply head into your 'weather' menu and crank the temperature up to "very hot".
Day 13
This is another case of simply following the on-screen arrows. Apply your power, heater, and cooler elements to the indicated areas as shown in the screenshot above.
Then, unlock the snow element and drop a load into the hot side of the distillery. Stage over.
Stage 14
Simply fill the lamp with oil until it reaches the dotted line and then flick the temperature switch to "very hot".
Day 15
Just select the fill tool from your 'tools' menu, grab any element of your choice, and tap the on-screen shapes to fill them.
Day 16
Grab your fill tool, select your acid element, and fill the battery on the left of your screen with it. Wait a minute or so for the battery to power the lamp and the heater, and you can move on to the next stage.
Day 17
Your aim on Day 17 is to make a waterfall. Start by unlocking the multi element with your mana and using it to complete the dotted line in the top left of your device's screen.
Now, select your water element and pour a substantial amount over the line you've just drawn. A pop-up will, well, pop up to tell you that you've completed your task, meaning you can move on to the next stage.
Day 18
Two of Day 18's tasks will be completed automatically upon beginning the stage, leaving you with just one to polish off: Virus Maze.
To bypass this task really quickly, just grab your virus element and your fill tool, and tap the brown background that surrounds the on-screen maze. Be patient for a few moments, and you'll be allowed to progress.
Day 19
Use your fill tool to load the small black rectangle at the bottom of your device's screen with your electro element. That's all there is to it.
Day 20
Use your power element where directed by the on-screen arrow and it should leave you with a completely empty tank. All you have to do then is fill said tank with both water and acid, and wait for them to react.
Day 21
This stage shouldn't take you more than ten seconds. Just select the replace tool from your 'tools' menu and tap anywhere on your device's screen. Job done.
Day 22
During this stage, you're in charge of colouring in a monochrome picture of Earth. So, you have to grab your fill tool (again) and use your water element to colour the planet's oceans blue.
You can use either mud or acid to colour the land masses. Note: it's probably best to zoom in during this level.
Day 23
Use your acid element to remove the black blocks that are preventing the water from flowing throughout the factory. This is another ten-second job.
Day 24
This is a little tricky. Basically, you have to replace the oil in all four glass jars with other elements in order to produce glass, a solidified "airborn" element, ashes, and an explosion.
Using your fill tool, move from left to right switching the oil with sand, steam, wood, and gas. Once you've filled all four containers, grab your metal element and complete the circuit that's situated underneath the jars. This will allow the electric current to reach them.


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What happened to this country? What is with this sore-loser syndrome and opposition-to-anything-new mentality that has taken effect in this country?
In 2000, we had a president who, let's just say, did not win under the most ideal circumstances, yet the nation rallied around him after it became clear he would be the next president.
When we were attacked on Sept. 11, the nation rallied around him.
Now in 2013, we have a president who has legitimately won two landslide elections, yet a small fringe extremist section of a party is determined to go to new lows to do anything to oppose this president.
Republicans accused the Democrats of being unwilling to negotiate on Obamacare; this independent voter believes that the Democrats shouldn't have to negotiate on Obamacare.
Obamacare has gone through all the legal challenges our democracy has to offer. It was debated in Congress; it was upheld by a conservative majority Supreme Court; and finally, the American people spoke loudly and clearly in 2012.
The Republicans believe that a majority of people don't want Obamacare. Then how come President Obama was re-elected with landslide numbers? How come the Democrats kept control of the Senate? How come Republicans actually lost seats in the House of Representatives?
Sen. George McGovern once called on Americans to come home to the idea that we still have a dream. Today it is time to call Americans back to reality.
"Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell on the right." – Sen. John McCain


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I got this recipe from an old friend. It combines two holiday favorites— eggnog and fruit-and-nut bread. My children look forward to me making it each Christmas, plus I give loaves as gifts to my co-workers.
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- 4-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2-3/4 cups eggnog
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup chopped dried apricots
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon eggnog
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. In a small bowl, combine the eggnog, eggs and oil; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened. Fold in apricots and pecans. Pour into two greased 8x4-in. or four greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans.
- Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Combine icing ingredients until smooth; spread over bread. Yield: 2 regular loaves or 4 mini loaves.
Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with commercially prepared eggnog.
Originally published as Eggnog Bread in Country Woman Christmas Annual 1997, p19
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Liverpool edged out Leeds 1-0, Arsenal prevailed 2-0 against West Brom, Sunderland beat Birmingham by the same scoreline and Bolton overcame West Ham after extra time.
Stoke saw off Blackpool in a seven-goal thriller, Blackburn won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest and Portsmouth saw off Carlisle.
Burnley provided the main story of last season's competition with a giant-killing run to the semi-finals but the roles were reversed for their clash against Championship strugglers Barnsley as they started the night firm favourites to progress to round four but ultimately came unstuck.
The Clarets, who lost Brian Jensen and Martin Paterson to injury, took the lead through Steven Fletcher but they were trailing 2-1 by half-time after goals from Jon Macken and Anderson De Silva.
Chris Eagles drew Burnley level at 2-2 in the 52nd minute but Barnsley were not to be denied and Hugo Colace popped up with the winner 15 minutes from time.
Jermaine Beckford had a goal controversially disallowed for offside early on as Leeds made a bright start at Elland Road against a Liverpool side showing nine changes from the weekend clash with West Ham.
Beckford then missed a couple of good chances in the second half before David Ngog's neat finish in the 66th minute silenced the home crowd and Liverpool held on for a hard-fought victory.
Arsene Wenger trumped Rafa Benitez by changing his entire starting XI and Arsenal's youngsters, who so often earn rave reviews for their Carling Cup performances, saw off Championship leaders West Brom at Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners' class of 2009/10 were made to work hard for their success despite West Brom being reduced to ten men when Jerome Thomas was sent off in the first half.
The highly-rated Sanchez Watt scored the crucial opening goal on 68 minutes and Carlos Vela struck again moments later as Arsenal moved into the next round.
Stoke have turned the Britannia Stadium into a formidable fortress in the Premier League but they had to dig deep after Blackpool had produced a superb first-half performance to open up a 2-0 lead.
David Vaughan and Billy Clarke found the target either side of half-time to put the Seasiders in control before Liam Lawrence missed a glorious chance to reduce Stoke's arrears as Matthew Gilks kept out his penalty.
The Potters stormed back with a three-goal blitz in the space of five minutes thanks to Danny Higginbotham, Matthew Etherington and Ricardo Fuller but there was more drama still to come.
Ben Burgess scored to draw Blackpool level at 3-3 but Stoke responded again through Andy Griffin to seal a remarkable 4-3 victory.
Portsmouth made the long journey to Brunton Park desperate to avoid more disappointment following their torrid start to the Premier League season but they had to come from behind to beat League One outfit Carlisle 3-1.
Ian Harte fired the Cumbrians ahead from the penalty spot on three minutes before Aruna Dindane, Danny Webber and Anthony Vanden Borre scored their first goals for Pompey to turn the game around.
Sunderland came out on top against Birmingham in an all-Premier League affair at the Stadium of Light, with the damage done by early goals from Jordan Henderson and Fraizer Campbell.
West Ham bowed out of the competition following a 3-1 extra time defeat to Bolton at the Reebok Stadium.
Herita Ilunga opened the scoring for The Hammers on 59 minutes but Kevin Davies levelled with just four minutes of normal time remaining.
Gary Cahill then gave the Trotters an advantage early in extra time and Johan Elmander stuck again in the 119th minute to clinch victory.
Benni McCarthy's 37th minute free-kick proved decisive for Blackburn at the City Ground as Nottingham Forest slipped to a 1-0 defeat.
Forest earned a penalty in the second half but Dexter Blackstock was unable to beat Jason Brown as Rovers held on.
In the only all-Championship tie of the night, Peterborough proved too strong for Newcastle with a 2-0 victory at London Road.
Craig Mackail-Smith opened the scoring for Posh after 20 minutes and Tom Williams doubled their advantage 11 minutes later, while Danny Guthrie was sent off for the Magpies.
League Two side Port Vale, the lowest ranked team left in the competition, were knocked out by Scunthorpe after extra time at Glanford Park.
The scoreline was goalless after 90 minutes but Scunthorpe improved in extra time and ran out 2-0 winners courtesy of goals from Paul Hayes and Grant McCann.
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Southview 36, Napoleon 28
NAPOLEON -- Six Southview players scored at least four points -- and none more than six -- in the Cougars' balanced road victory.
Maria Pappas, Emily Westphal and Sarah Kleizia all finished with a team-high six points for Southview. Kayla Gerken led Napoleon with eight points while Lindsay Ferguson added nine.
Northview 59, Springfield 31
Winning at home, the Wildcats advance to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the NLL.
Kendall McCoy led 10 Northview scorers with 21 points.
Sydney Powhida led Springfield (3-4, 0-3) with 12 points.
Wauseon 65, Bryan 36
WAUSEON -- Alyssa Reed poured in a game-high 22 points and Annette Stidham added 16 as Wauseon relied on a 24-2 second-quarter run to run away at home.
Makayla Dennis led Bryan with 12 points. Hannah Schimmoeller added 11.
Anthony Wayne 61, Maumee 33
Sara Zankl scored 15 points to lead Anthony Wayne to a road victory. Lauren Cardinal added 12 and Jasmine Bonivel scored 10.
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To our local representatives in Springfield, the nomination of former Rep. Bob Flider to head the Illinois Department of Agriculture smells like a cow pasture on a warm day.
Flider, a Democrat who served eight years in the Illinois House before losing in 2010, was one of the 12 lame-duck legislators who voted in favor of the 67 percent income tax increase. He is the fourth since then to be in line for a state job – or the sixth, if you count two who got jobs with Cook County.
His hiring for the position, with its $133,273 salary, must first go through the Senate Executive Appointments Committee, then to the full Senate for a vote. Dan Duffy, one of McHenry County's two senators, said he has no intention of approving Flider.
"This is the latest example of the 'Quinn pro quo' mentality. Our governor has no shame – do him a favor and he'll give you a generous reward, paid for by the Illinois taxpayers," said Duffy, R-Lake Barrington.
Sen. Pam Althoff, R-McHenry, said she would not make a decision until she weighed Flider's experience and history. But the nomination raised questions for Althoff, for more reasons than Flider's tax hike vote.
"Obviously, I'm not pleased with the apparent proclivity of the governor to select former legislators to the highest positions in state government," Althoff said.
Quinn's office, which denies Republican allegations of political payback, said the decision announced Wednesday is based on Flider's years of working on agricultural issues in House committees. He was named a "Friend of Agriculture" by the Illinois Farm Bureau in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
Flider, D-Mount Zion, and Rep. Careen Gordon, D-Morris, both campaigned against the tax increase in their 2010 election campaigns, but changed their minds on their last day as legislators. The tax increase, passed by one vote with no Republican support, raised the income tax 67 percent on individuals and 46 percent on businesses.
Three days after the vote, Quinn recommended Gordon to an $86,000-a-year seat on the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. She withdrew her name before the confirmation process began in response to the Republican-led backlash, but Quinn later appointed her as associate general counsel to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which pays $84,000.
Outgoing Democratic state Reps. Mike Smith and David Miller, who also voted for the tax increase, later landed jobs with the Educational Labor Relations Board and the Illinois Department of Public Health. Two others – John O'Sullivan and Michael Carberry – landed government jobs with Cook County.
The Illinois House does not have a vote on Quinn's Cabinet appointment, but local legislators weighed in on Flider's nomination as well.
Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, said the nomination "doesn't look good," but said that questions regarding a political quid pro quo are best answered by the governor and his nominee.
He shared Althoff's concern about how Quinn fills such vacancies, citing last year's appointment of Dan Seals as assistant director of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Seals ran three times for Congress as a Democrat against Republicans Mark Kirk and Robert Dold.
"The governor tends to put people on the payroll who have lost elections," Franks said. "I don't know that that's a good way to choose who is going to be in the upper echelons of our government."
While Rep. Mike Tryon, R-Crystal Lake, praised Flider's ability to work with other people, he said that Flider will face tough questions, but questions that need to be asked.
"You lose your election and then you win the grand prize if you vote for the tax increase. This question is on everybody's mind, and will come up during the confirmation process," Tryon said.
An incensed Duffy brought up the fact that Quinn made the official announcement the same day that the University of Illinois of Chicago released a report naming Illinois the third most corrupt state by convictions in the U.S., and Chicago the most corrupt city.
"One hundred and thirty thousand dollars a year, plus a full pension, because he voted for that tax increase," Duffy said.