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Today following the Xbox One reveal, Game Informer editor-in-chief Andy McNamara and executive editor Andrew Reiner sat down with Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg to talk about Call of Duty: Ghosts. The conversation covered changes to multiplayer, the next-generation engine, and the story behind this new branch of the mega-franchise.
He also tiptoes around our question about underwater segments appearing in multiplayer.
Game Informer: You announced that exclusive timed DLC is coming to Xbox One first. Are you looking at a similar timing window you used for Xbox 360.
Eric Hirshberg: Very similar. It's a continuation of that great relationship we had with Microsoft.
How has the process of building a new future for Call of Duty been with new hardware that is still in development?
It's been a white-knuckle ride, to be honest. First of all, there are the complexities of cross-generation development. Period. And then there is the fact that a lot of the capabilities of the next-gen hardware are still coming online and being polished by the first-parties. So, our teams have had their hands full. What you saw today, I think that's a really good reflection of what we trying to accomplish. I hope you agree it's a pretty big change from what we've been able to do with current-gen.
For a while there I thought there would be a period where people wouldn't be able to notice a difference.
That's why we did that side-by-side video. I think in your mind's eye, the current-gen looks great. Black Ops II is a great looking game, but it's not until you see it that you really go "that's a big improvement."
That's a big investment for Activision overall, considering Xbox One's install base will be smaller than the current-gen at launch.
Of course it's a big investment. We've left nothing to chance here. The cross-generational development on its own is big, but we're putting more manpower and technology and ideas into this game. We're interested in establishing the gold standard for the next-gen like we did the current gen. That's what we intend on doing. The size of the investment doesn't just apply to this year. We're looking at establishing that gold standard for next-gen for the next decade.
For the last game, you had a lot of leadership coming from Sledgehammer games. The messaging for this game seems to be just Infinity Ward.
Infinity Ward is leading development, but as is the case with pretty much all Call of Duty games, we'll have multiple development teams contributing. We'll have more on that later. Sledgehammer is not working on this game, but they are working on some other stuff we haven't announced yet. (Editor's note: Activision followed up to let us know that Raven and Neversoft are supporting the development of Call of Duty: Ghosts.)
Microsoft didn't announce a date today, but do you think you'll be ready for launch?
They haven't even announced their date yet, so I can't have a date for us. (laughs) We're planning to be there for the launch window for sure.
You said Ghosts offers a new story with new characters. Are you wiping the slate clean with no connection to the series' established fiction? The look of the game and setting certainly sings of the most recent games.
I agree with you that it has that big Call of Duty epic scale, but saying it's familiar to those games? I disagree. You just saw a little bit of the teaser and what we're doing for multiplayer in the behind-the-scenes video. The idea of dynamic maps is going to be a game changer for us.
The map impacting change on you and you impacting change on the map becomes a strategic weapon now that can be used against you or for you. The whole idea of learning the maps and learning the flow is going to take on a whole new level of strategy. I think that's a big change. The same goes for character customization.
For the story, this is the first time the enemy has more firepower and more manpower. You're a part of this ragtag, small group that is trying to fight their way back from being crippled or close to obliterated. I think this is going to be a very new experience. That said, it's a balancing act.
We have to continue to make the game people fell in love with and know so well and also have to continue to find new ways to innovate. I think this game will find the right balance. It's Infinity Ward. They started the Modern Warfare series. They set the standard for current gen. They do this better than anybody.
If you look at the trailer, there's an entire level that takes place underwater. We've had underwater scenes before where you scuba dive from here to there, but this is a whole new thing with underwater physics and underwater gameplay and underwater weapons.
Are you bringing that underwater gameplay to multiplayer?
Hmmmm... We'll have to wait and see.
I know EA seems to be hyped with the battle coming up. What's your stance on Call of Duty versus Battlefield for next-gen consoles? Is there something to that fight. Or is it something the press just likes to get behind?
I've been pretty consistent with these types of questions. We don't focus on our competitors. We've had strong competition with Call of Duty every single year on the current-gen systems. We don't focus on that. We focus on making the best game we can.
You put a lot of focus on the writer, Stephen Gaghan (Traffic, Syriana). What is his involvement with the game creation process?
We've had David Goyer helping out with the Treyarch games for years now. It's funny how people compare movies and games. It's almost impossible not to, as we're seeing more Hollywood talent In the writing standpoint, acting standpoint, and technology standpoint. They're getting involved in it.
The thing we've done with Stephen Gaghan is he's just imbedded in this game. The way we struck the deal, he has an office at Infinity Ward. He's there into the wee hours of the night. He there's with the team kicking around ideas. The story creation, the mythology creation, and character creation are happening simultaneously and are interwoven with the gameplay design.
Lots of times those two things are oddly disconnected in the creative process, where people think first about what's going to make a great gameplay experience. That's understandable. It's a game. That's where it should start, but lots of times the story is retrofitted into the game design. In this case, it's organically grown. We want to eliminate as many creative restrictions as possible. As wonderful as the Call of Duty games are, we wanted a clean slate.
For example, you roll with one squad throughout the entire game. If you played any past Call of Duty games, you know that we've been very fast and loose with those rules. We jump to different identities throughout levels, and sometimes within levels. In this case, this is what is happening to this squad. This is what is happening to these characters. You're going to develop a real relationship with those characters. I think that will be new for the franchise. One of them is your brother. One of them is your father. You've been through hell together. You're the underdogs.
Are you going 64-player or 100-player for multiplayer?
I think Call of Duty is the best multiplayer game in the world. It's hard to argue with the number of people that play it every day and every month. We have a winning formula. We always innovate within that. We always find new ways to keep it fresh and new.
Smartglass is becoming a big part of gaming. Are you adding new functionality to Ghosts outside of Elite?
You're going to see us take that to a whole new level. A seamless second screen experience will be integral to next gen.
The wii u's gpu is supposed to be a beast, its edram may give it a small advantage and nintendos upcoming exclusives may give it an edge. Especially if it releases a few of its exclusives before the xbox one and ps4 are released.
Also, most games don't use more then 2 cpu cores and a lot of the xbox ones ram will probably be distributed between the three operating systems. The most ram I could see its games using is about 3, which is around 1.5 times more then the wii u. So far im thinking that the ps4 and xbox one will be around 1.5 to 2 times more powerful then the wii u. Which is not too big of a jump, and because of diminishing returns the difference will probably be even less noticeable.
Totally predictable, but the way they dodged the question about players per match still made me giggle.
did they really talk about how the fish swim away from you in the presentation, how is that next gen at all, all you do is code the fish to swim when the player gets within 5 feet of the fish
Cod waw is already 50+ players on PC
I love how they never actually answered about 64 player battles. Which means it'll probably stick with like 16 player ones.
twisted metal 2 on playstation one had dynamic maps
Call of Money Ghost
Cant wait to get it in november this is going to have to be awsome!
Still waiting for World at War 2, here....
As an amateur game maker, I can see why using unfinished software and engines can be extremely difficult. But hats-off to Activision and Infinity Ward for releasing a game every year. Even with a HUGE development team, this is still pretty damn hard.
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Ahead of Tell Me More's Tuesday broadcast from Detroit, the program highlights one of the city's very own — singer and songwriter K'Jon. His 2009 song, 'On the Ocean,' set the record for the longest run on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. He speaks with host Michel Martin about his hometown, career and upcoming album.
Life's Common Things At Heart Of K'Jon's R&B Music
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Mesko!! NOOOO
Anytime a player goes immediately to the knee like that it is most often not good news.
To those confused, it looks like one of the Patriots' players went right into the right(?) knee of Mesko after the punt. He came up holding his knee in obvious pain.
his own player was blocked and falling backwards. hit his left, kicking knee from the side and it buckled inward. wont know what it is until an mri
I thought he decided to run another fake from near his own end zone.
and my heart shattered into a million pieces
I hope it isn't as bad as it looked
The trainer was moving the knee around a lot on the sideline and the Emperor of Space didn't flinch much. But then again, he is immortal, so he probably has channelled the pain to another lesser being.
So you're saying we'll learn who when Danny Hope releases their injury report this week?
Looks like MCL
Ugh, what a loss. One of the better punters in the league, and hit by one of his own players.
Get well, space emperor.
This won't end well for San Diego.
That better not be his business knee! He needs that one for business.
He was the holder on Gostkowski's extra point and he did not look very good. He barely got up afterwards and he was very ginger on his knee.
Get well my lord
That kicking knee really doesn't look well at all. Get well soon.
Is Zoltan related to the mysterious disappearance of Europe/Middle East from the Earth? That's pretty badass, actually.
If he IS injured, he'll just go back to dominating the universe via superior business skills for a while.


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Happy April!
After the long winter that never actually arrived, but was cool enough to keep many of us tucked indoors in hibernation for a few months, I feel like spring has sprung and people are socializing again, which means we're slipping back into entertaining mode. For starters we had Easter, and following closely will be Mother's Day and Father's Day, not to mention the many birthdays, weddings, baby showers, wedding showers and graduations that sneak up on us. It's a fun season, and one that offers plenty of opportunity for family gatherings.
This year I'm smitten with the idea of brunch entertaining. In lieu of dinner and evening events, why not gather those you love for a fun mid-morning celebration? It's cost effective (no alcohol to purchase -- unless you're offering mimosas), family friendly, and fun and easy to put together.
Throughout the coming month I'm going to be offering recipes, party tips and helpful suggestions for pulling off the perfect brunch this spring. By the time your event comes around you'll be armed with everything you need for your sunrise soiree, and if you have nothing planned perhaps I'll inspire you to host your own morning affair. This is the perfect opportunity for me to don my party planner's hat and pass along what I've learned after four years of planning some of the city's most fun events.
One of my favourite brunch foods is quiche. Quiche is a baked tart usually filled with savoury items, and thickened with eggs. Easily put together, this is a hearty morning offering that can be made in advance and served at room temperature, leaving you more time to mingle with your guests and less time hovering stove-side watching your food.
Armed with a solid recipe, quiches can be made with a variety of fillings and any one of the following bases:
- Puff pastry (use one roll of frozen dough per quiche)
- Frozen pie crust (one per recipe)
- Phyllo dough (four sheets, as per package directions)
- Homemade pate brisee
- Shredded potatoes
I like to offer at least two varieties of quiche when I'm entertaining: one vegetarian and one protein-based option, and encourage creativity when it comes to the fillings. The swiss chard, sausage and feta combination (recipe below) isn't common, but it's certainly a crowd pleaser.
I usually get six servings with a quiche, instead of the typical eight and like to estimate 1 1/2 slices per guest.
Swiss Chard, Sausage and Feta Quiche
1 quiche base (see above)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
1 bunch swiss chard, trimmed and chopped
2/3 cup feta cheese, crumbled
4 eggs
1 1/3 cup cream or milk
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
Preheat the oven to 400 F.
Line your pie plate with your quiche base of choice. Set aside.
Place a skillet over medium-high heat, add the olive oil, and cook the sausage until browned. Add the Swiss chard and sauté until wilted. Remove from the heat and scatter over the base of the quiche. Set aside.
Whisk together the eggs, milk/cream, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Pour the egg mixture over the sausage and chard. Top with the crumbled feta and place the pie plate on a baking sheet.
Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until golden brown on the top and the egg mixture has set. Remove from the oven and allow it to rest for at least 10 minutes before serving.


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NASA's Kepler spacecraft hunting for Earth-like planets around other stars has found 706 candidates for potential alien worlds while gazing at more than 156,000 stars packed into a single patch of the sky.
If all 706 of these objects pass the stringent follow-up tests to determine if they are actually planets, and not false alarms, they could nearly triple the current number of known extrasolar planets. They were announced as part of a huge release of data from the mission's first 43 days by NASA's Kepler science team this week.
The Kepler space observatory monitors stars for subtle changes in their brightness, which could indicate the presence of alien planets passing in front of them as seen from Earth. Astronomers will use the newly-released data from Kepler to determine if orbiting planets are responsible for the variation in brightness of several hundred stars.
It's obvious we aren't alone in the universe. Tom Cruise has been trying to tell us for years.
This is the message I would send out into the cosmos…
I would also ask if they could take Lady Gaga back because she is seriously starting to freak us out down here.


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If Ruf's Rt12 is the answer for 911 Turbo enthusiasts who want close to 700 bhp in their ultimate autobahn stormers, then devotees of normally-aspirated 911s will find Ruf's interpretation of the 997 GT3 and its new RS derivative in the RGT.
The first 911 to wear those three letters on its decklid was based on the 2000 996 and was also the first normally-aspirated Ruf car to wear aggressive body styling. Based on the first-generation factory GT3, with power bumped from 360 bhp to 385 bhp, this car wore the R-GT label. 2004's Ruf R-GT RS was based on the 996 GT3 RS and was rated at 395 bhp. To differentiate the generations and fit in with Ruf's current nomenclature, the 997-based car is called RGT and is based on the current GT3 — with some RS in the mix.
Of course, just how much GT3, RS, or even Carrera flavoring is involved will be decided by each customer — because every Ruf car is built to order. In basic trim, the RGT starts off as a better appointed GT3-style car with more aggressive looks that reference the 993 GT2. The interior, however, is a different matter. We've seen some pretty wild colors used on the interiors of Ruf test cars in the past, but this 911's interior is subdued. Ruf's demonstrator features a lightweight interior trimmed in acres of blue leather. Unlike the GT3 RS, with its cockpit half-filled with a loud erector set of a rear cage, the RGT gets a Ruf Integrated Roll Cage as standard equipment, which mostly hides its bars inside of the pillar trim. You get the benefits in safety and stiffness without having to look at bars or worry about a helmetless head hitting them should the worst happen on the road — and bolt-in cages don't offer the same benefits to rigidity welded-in ones do.
Subdued isn't the word that comes to mind with regards to this RGT's exterior, however. That starts with its shimmering pearlescent finish, which changes from one color to the next depending on how the light falls onto its surfaces. After beating Porsche to the punch on crazy 1970s colors with his R-GT RS in 2004, Alois Ruf has now decided to try two new directions with paint offerings. The first is this multi-color "flip-flop" treatment, the second a re-interpretation of an old idea Alois Ruf made famous. Years ago, a Ruf prototype wore flat-green military drab and was quickly dubbed "the NATO car." People have been asking about that 911 ever since, says Alois. That's prompted him to make all current Ruf colors available in a matte finish. The Rt12 in the small showroom when we arrived wore a matte finish and reminded us of the nitro paint on early 356s.
Then there's the RGT's styling itself. Subtle it is not. Up until the debut of the CTR2, Alois was conservative in terms of body styling additions for his cars, appealing to like-minded clients. However, the success of Porsche tuners with extrovert styling meant the demand for show as well as go began to affect Ruf cars. From the 993 and 996 generation onward, Ruf cars have taken on distinctive front and rear bumper/spoiler designs. The RGT's nose has a built-in spoiler for aerodynamic stability and big intakes to provide the intakes for radiator cooling. On an equally practical level, its aggressive face is good for clearing the fast lane of the autobahn.


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In an interview with the New York Daily News, Clinton Brown said that while he understand CB's attraction to RiRi, they are better off on their own. He told the paper, "I personally really didn't want him and Rihanna back together."
The elder Brown, who split from CB's mom when he was 6, thinks the on-again/off-again couple does not have the proper balance to maintain a good relationship, explaining, "You have to have someone who is spontaneous and whimsical but you also have to have someone who is grounded and logical."
Clearly neither Chris nor Rihanna would be described as "grounded" or "logical."


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Beautiful, fifteen month old altered male is in need of permanent loving home through no fault of his own.He is currently being fostered where he is receiving plenty of exercise & socialization.
This neutered male is available as a rescue with the support from his breeder.
This dog would be best fit for a home where he will be accepted as part of the family while receiving regular exercise and proper socialization.
He has been exposed to birds and demonstrates the desire and drive neccessary to become a hunting companion.
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John Baird, Palestinian counterpart all smiles after face-to-face Ottawa talks
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and his Palestinian counterpart were all smiles Thursday as they attempted to put aside what have often been strained relations between their two governments in the name of Middle East peace.
The Harper government has long been accused of pursuing a one-sided, pro-Israeli approach to the Middle East that has at times put it at odds with the Palestinians and their cause as they seek an independent state.
Canada was one of only a handful of countries to have voted against upgrading the Palestinians' membership status at the United Nations last year, and to have maintained near silence on the issue of Israeli settlement construction on West Bank land the Palestinians say is theirs.
The Harper government has also changed the way it funds a key UN agency dedicated to supporting hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees in the region, while Baird broke international convention by meeting an Israeli minister in East Jerusalem this past April.
The Palestinian Authority's chief peace negotiator, Saeb Erekat, went so far as to declare last year the Harper government "more Israeli than the Israelis," and that Canada had "disqualified themselves from playing any role in the Middle East peace process."
Yet speaking to reporters following a face-to-face meeting in Ottawa, Baird and the Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki tried hard to show that any disagreements are a thing of the past, or at least so insignificant as to be unimportant.
"Of course, many words have been said last year (and) the year before by all of us," al-Maliki said. "If we want to see ourselves (held) hostage to these words, then you know we cannot really move anywhere.
"I don't really stop at words here or there," he added. "I really look at concrete actions, projects, co-operation and commitments, and I've seen a lot of it from Canada, and I'm very much encouraged with it. And this is really how I want to see the relationship."
Describing al-Maliki as "a good friend to me and a good friend to Canada," Baird pledged $5 million to help spur economic and social development in the Palestinian territories as U.S.-led peace talks continue between Palestinian and Israeli officials.
The money is on top of $25 million Canada committed to the Palestinians earlier this year.
Like al-Maliki, Baird also downplayed any disagreements between the Harper government and Palestinian Authority as nothing out of the ordinary.
"Canada doesn't agree with the United States on every issue, but they're a close friend and ally," Baird said. "We don't agree with the Palestinians on every issue, and they don't agree with us on every issue. But I think the ties that bind are stronger than those differences."
The warm exchange will be welcomed by some, particularly those who have been critical of the Harper government on the Middle East. But it remained unclear whether a new era in the Canada-Palestinian relationship was starting, or whether the two foreign ministers were simply on their best behaviour.
Al-Maliki, for example, said Canada has been "very honest in trying to help to build trust and to do their utmost to bring the parties together."
That contrasts directly with what Palestinian negotiator Erekat said after Canada voted against upgrading the Palestinians' status at the UN in November, and after Baird visited Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni in East Jerusalem in April.
East Jerusalem is among the territories captured by Israel in a war in 1967, and while Israel says it part of its territory, Canada and most of the rest of the world, including the United Nations, consider it occupied Palestinian land. As a result, foreign officials have avoided meeting Israeli counterparts in East Jerusalem to avoid lending legitimacy to Israel's claims of ownership until the issue is settled as part of peace talks between the Jewish state and Palestinians.
"Your recent meeting with Israeli officials in East Jerusalem has the effect of attempting to legitimize the illegal situation on the ground and may be deemed as aiding, abetting or otherwise assisting illegal Israeli policies," Erekat wrote in a letter to Baird in April.
"As such, Canada's actions are tantamount to complicity in ongoing Israeli violations of the international laws of war."
The Palestinian official in charge of American affairs, Hosni Abdul Wahid, also reportedly called Baird's meeting in East Jerusalem "a deplorable step."
But Al-Maliki chose to focus on Canadian contributions over the years, which have included helping build functional Palestinian institutions and security forces through financial and technical assistance. And the Palestinian minister indicated his hope the meeting with Baird will be "part of an ongoing effort by both of us to see how we could work to develop our bilateral relations further."
Baird voiced Canada's support for the peace talks, which were launched amid much fanfare last month following a five-year hiatus, but which have otherwise been met with low expectations and skepticism that a deal can be reached.
"These issues aren't going to be settled or tackled overnight," Baird said. "But I think we should celebrate the success that the two parties are talking and both meaningfully trying to seek an end to the conflict."


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http://mmajunkie.com While "Never leave it in the hands of the judges" has become an ever-present part of MMA vernacular, Nova Uniao product Marcos Galvao (10-4-1 MMA, 1-1 BFC) might as well have it tattooed on his arm.
In his Bellator Fighting Championships debut, Galvao lost a controversial decision to Joe Warren, and despite advancing into the company's season-five bantamweight tourney semifinals, "Loro" was still deemed the loser by one of the three cageside judges.
So as Galvao prepares to take on Alexis Vila (10-0 MMA, 1-0 BFC) at Saturday night's Bellator 55 event, you'll understand of he's a little wary of three officials bearing pen and paper.
"It should have been different when I fought Joe Warren," Galvao recently told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) in his native Portuguese. "But I don't understand how one judge gave my quarterfinal fight to Chase Beebe, either. I have no clue how he came to that conclusion.
"Even the owners of the promotion, they couldn't understand that. It was crazy. There are no judging rules to justify that. There's no way."
Ultimately, Galvao wasn't affected by the questionable call, as two judges scored the fight in his favor, and he advanced to Saturday's semifinal bout. But the thought of mistaken decision has been firmly cemented in the 30-year-old's head.
"When Beebe's mouthpiece fell out, the referee didn't even see it," Galvao said. "I was nice enough to hold back and let him know. If I was a dirty fighter I could have broken my opponent's teeth.
"I took an upkick when I was kneeling, and no points were taken. To tell you the truth, that was a very bad ref. Before the fight, we had a gathering with the ref and asked if elbows to the head were valid. The guy said he didn't know."
The loss to Warren was Galvao's lone blemish in his past five trips to the cage, and it looked as if he might have a chance to avenge the result against the featherweight champ. However, Vila ended that possibility with a stunning 64-second knockout of Warren in the opening round of Bellator's bantamweight bracket.
Now Galvao will take his crack at the undefeated Vila, a man he compares to another American Top Team product.
"It will be a very, very, very good fight," Galvao said. "Vila is an excellent athlete. Likewise, he's a great person. I like him very much. We get along great.
"We have the same job and now we have fight each other. It will be a good fight. His strength is wrestling, but the majority of his wins are by knockout or TKO. So in that sense he's like Hector Lombard."
Galvao – who currently lives in Astoria, N.Y., and trains at Vitor Shaolin's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – has been focusing on his wrestling game with former University of Michigan wrestler Rob Sulaver and believes he'll be prepared for Vila's Olympic pedigree. He'll need to avoid Vila's increasingly feared striking, as well.
And of course, he's likely hoping the four officials assigned to oversee his fight Saturday night in Cocopah, Ariz., are ready to do their job. Galvao has Bellator gold on his mind.
"Those bad decisions are in the past now," Galvao said. "I'm peaceful. I'm moving on towards my objective."
For more on Bellator 55, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
(Photo courtesy CombatLifestyle.com, where you can find more Marcos Galvao pictures)


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I desperately need a beta for a story that I've written called "Dark Side of the Moon". The original is at my fanfiction.net link in my signature, but I've also been trying to get it approved at Twilighted, and thus I have revised copies stored on my hard drive. It's been rejected a couple of times for differing reasons, and I'm thinking of giving up on it if it doesn't get accepted soon. I have ideas for other stories that I've been writing that I'd like to post there, but until I can get DSotM accpeted, I can't do too much else.
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Does the iphone 4 recharge itself when u turn it off even if u dont plug in your charger?
Does the iphone 4 recharge itself when u turn it off even if u dont plug in your charger?
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Only if you put it in the freezer.
Only if you put it in the toaster
Iphone forgot to program to Icharge itself. Do cars use their alternators to charge the battery when the car is just in your garage while the engine is not running?
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This is going to be moved to the Computer/Video Game/Support forum.
But the answer is no.
Think long and hard about why you respond to nonsense. Please!
Or even just bury it in snow.
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Well my phone was at 26% and i shut my phone off. But when i turned it back on it was at 41% and i didnt have my charger in it. So idk, but no need for the stupid *** answers, i was just asking.
Well, you could have told us that on your first post. Since you seemed baffled, we were too by reading your post.Originally Posted by KW93KB24:24943624
Maybe someone charged it for you, then took back the charger?
Maybe a bug?
Maybe you thought it was on 26% when it 46%?
Most likely, it is a bug though.
Are you using some type of app to monitor your battery usage? How long did the "charged" last until it drain back to 26% or less?
These guys are being very immature about this..
I have found that if you simply take a hammer to the display screen it increases your battery by 45%.
Sometimes phones do that.
Has it ever happened that your phone died. A few minutes later, you try to turn on the phone, and alas! It turn on!
The reason being is that you must have placed your phone in a cold environment; like a freezer.
The negative ions found in the freezer counter-act all of the positive ions in the phone. Every 30 minutes of being in contact with the negative ions in the freezer can raise the battery by 10%. That means 300 minutes in the freezer would fully charge your phone.
And by the way, those pants, they belong to my dad.And they're not really pants,
they're Lederhosen
OP I JUST not 30 minutes ago had a similar discussion with my girlfriend about something like that with my iphone 4. I have a light/lamp thing on the table next to my bed, I have noticed several times now, that I have put my phone under it when I go to bed and it says less than 20% battery remaining and in the morning I have over 3/4 of my battery, or it will completely die and I put it by or under the lamp, and the next morning would let me turn it on and only after playing on it for 15 minutes would I get the less than 20% message, and my iphone NEVER turns back on once it has died. She said I was nuts and am making it up, Im telling you somehow its real.
R.I.P. Dad
Probably a glitch in the battery or the sensor.
I'm not sure but this could be a sign of faulty hardware.
Think long and hard about why you respond to nonsense. Please!
See, people keep giving some nonsense answers, but I believe him that its getting some kind of charge on its own. There's some kind of Tesla free energy thing going on.
R.I.P. Dad
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Unlike profiteroles, the process of dropping the quenelle-shaped gnocchi into simmering water before baking creates dense, not hollow, but pillowy-soft gnocchi. We now have another form of gnocchi in our gnocchi-loving household!
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The U.S. national team captain will join Fulham for a two-month loan from the Seattle Sounders, the clubs confirmed Tuesday. Fulham manager Rene Meulensteen last week said Dempsey had undergone a medical in anticipation of the move, which will see the midfielder play for the Cottagers through January and February before returning to Seattle for the start of the MLS season in March.
Dempsey, 30, joined the Sounders in August after one season with Tottenham. From 2007 to 2012, the Texan notched 52 goals and 18 assists in 184 appearances for Fulham, including 17 goals in the 2011-12 campaign.
Fulham finds itself in danger of relegation, sitting in 19th in the 20-team Premier League with a 4-12-1 record.
"This has always kind of felt like my home in Europe," Dempsey told FulhamFC.com. "I just wanted to get back to playing at the highest level, get back to top form, getting back and helping the team in a situation where they're not where they want to be in the table. But yeah, going into a World Cup year you want to get that top form and carry that forward so hopefully you can have a good showing."


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Schools IT biz RM back in black after caning from UK gov
Mega-cuts taught supplier a lesson it won't forget
RM is back in the black following the recent cost-cutting activity that saw it offload multiple business units and axe 17 per cent of its workforce.
The education IT supplier made profit before tax of £600,000 in the six months to 31 March compared to a loss of £1.4m in the same first half year period a year earlier.
Turnover from retained operations edged up 3.7 per cent to £122m – after benefiting from the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme – but total revenues including those from exited units was £124.7m, down from £133m.
The completed disposal programme included the sale of ISIS Concepts, AMI Education Solutions, Dacto, Computrac and RM's stake in LEGO Education, all of which netted £6.1m in cash.
RM is also some 467 heads lighter than before the overhaul began.
The Education Technology Division was at the sharp end of "public sector budgetary constraints" in H1 fiscal 2012 as sales fell 3.6 per cent to £49.3m. Tech and implementation services dipped but network and internet hosting was flat.
The unit did return to adjusted operating profit of £900,000 and though the "competitive environment remains challenging", RM claims to have bagged 25-30 per cent of new Academies and Free Schools contracts.
The Managed Services arm reported sales of £29.9m, up 35 per cent but saw operating profit fall from £3m to £1m, which RM said reflected the "strong performance" a year earlier. It said the top line growth mirrored the increased BSF activity.
The Education Resources unit now comprises TTS (distribution of curriculum products and materials to schools) and RM SpaceKraft (supplies and installation services for special needs children). Sales grew 1.6 per cent to £28.6m.
Sales at the Education Software unit fell 10.9 per cent to £15.9m, Assessment (e-marking and e-testing) grew by a fifth, but School Management Systems fell by 8 per cent and Learning Software revenues sunk 50 per cent.
RM said there is a trend away from large, integrated applications which are costly to deploy and maintain.
Nevertheless, the supplier will launch RM Unify from 2013, a cloud-based platform providing a 'launchpad' and secure single sign-on to a number of applications.
It will also unveil RM Books, cloud-based electronic texts.
RM said fiscal 2012 will be the "most significant" for BSF after which revenues are forecast to decline as the programme is phased out.
"Furthermore, the education sector remains challenging with continued budgetary pressure and uncertainty due to government policy changes (including School Funding Reform andy Curriculum and Examination changes)," it said.
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LITTLE ROCK New this week Easy Money 88 R A lower-class Swedish business student (Joel Kinnaman) falls in love with a sexy heiress who's lured into a world of crime in order to maintain his high-living facade so he can continue mingling with Stockholm's wealthy elite. With Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic, Dejan Cukic; directed by Daniel Espinosa. (124 minutes) In Swedish, Serbian, Spanish, German and English with English subtitles. See review at
Skyfall 88 PG-13 Craig, Daniel Craig is back as Bond, James Bond, this time finding his loyalty to M (Dame Judi Dench) tested as her past comes back to haunt her. And as MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. With Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney; directed by Sam Mendes. (143 minutes)Stolen 75 R Nicolas Cage plays a master thief trying to rebuild a relationship with his daughter after being double-crossed in a heist gone awry and spending eight years in prison; then he's forced to rescue her from a former partner who has kidnapped her in an attempt to claim the entire loot from the robbery. With Josh Lucas, Malin Akerman, Danny Huston; directed by Simon West.
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Recently, my best friend and I were driving through the village when we decided to get a bite to eat at O'Rourke's. It was Friday and I had clam chowder on my mind, so we walked in from the side. As soon as you walk in, you are immediately conscious of how clean the place is, with the beautiful light streaming in the back of the pub.
Once sitting, you get a very relaxed feeling with the Ryder Cup on the flat screens – it only gets better!
Menus in front of us, and a cold beverage in hand, we started with the chowder. The last time I had chowder that was half as good as O'Rourke's was in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. I was going to go through all the food but that would be like going to a great movie then telling you all about it, spoiling it. If you get a chance and you're hungry, go to O'Rourke's in Pawtuxet Village; you will be back, I promise. The service was fantastic with Darcy and Kailey O'Rourke, the best and prettiest barkeeps this side of County Cork. How could anyone go wrong? A+!
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Tonight on
The Bachelor,
Ben and his final six travel to Belize -- the most beautiful place to fall in love. Or, in the case of Courtney, the most beautiful place for Ben to finally get a glimpse of her profound inner ugliness. WE HOPE!
But seeing that Ben is wearing this tank top to
start off the week
, I'd say don't hold your breath that his decisions are going to improve:
I like turtles
Kacie claims that she's "as in love with Ben as she could get," which sounds like an insult, considering that they've never been exclusive or even spent two consecutive days together. And she's
bottoming out!
Chris Harrison shows up to explain that on this week's dates, all of Ben's brain power must go to deciding whose families he wants to meet, and therefore he'll only be handing out one rose before the rose ceremony, on the group date. Then Chris hands off the first date card, which reads,
"Lindzi, two halves make a whole. - Ben"
So, a statement that is not romantic nor helpful nor special in any way. With poetry like that, it's no wonder Nicki instantly starts crying about how "really real" her love is for Ben.
Date #1: Diving into the Big Blue Hole with Lindzi
Ben stops by to pick up Lindzi, and Emily compares the experience to someone stealing her cheesecake. Her "cheesecake in swim trunks." I'm starting to worry about her sanity.
Wow, what a surprise -- Ben and Lindzi immediately get into a helicopter, and the high altitude immediately starts Lindzi in on talking wistfully about Ben. He makes her realize that she wants "kids and marriage and forever." Before Ben, all she wanted was horses and eyeliner and more horses. And self-tanner. And more eyeliner.
To symbolize how Lindzi wants to dive into the Big Blue Hole of Monogamy with Ben, he takes her to the Big Blue Hole of Belize. Beautiful, round and terrifying, it's like a big fat wedding ring in the middle of the ocean!!!!!!!!
They dive into the hole (shh, hush now, you gross little children) and then make out a whole bunch on a yacht. Her brain too flooded with adrenaline to really think about what she's saying, Lindzi says, "After today, I
know that I'm falling in love with Ben."
Meanwhile, back at the hotel:
The second date card arrives, and it's for Emily.
"Do you Belize in love?"
the card asks. Courtney laments how it's "not fair" because
wanted a date, and now she wants to kill herself. I don't want to say "go ahead," buuuuuuut ...
Back on the date, it's time for dinner, and Lindzi makes the first of what are sure to be many barf-worthy metaphors tonight, comparing their Big Blue Hole "leap of faith" to the "leap of faith" she wants to take in her heart with Ben. She says that she wants him to meet her family, and he's like, "Cool." Then he distracts her from his complete lack of investment by suggesting that they write a message, stick it in their wine bottle and send it out into the ocean. But not just ANY message. Ben and Lindzi compose a cheesy fairy tale about themselves as lovestruck prince and princess that has no bearing on reality, is full of empty promises and will never exist outside of the liquor-soaked container in which it was created. EXACTLY LIKE THEIR RELATIONSHIP!
Date #2: Stabbin' Crabs with Emily
Emily gets sent off in a private plane to meet Ben in Caye Caulker, Belize. Whereas the other women are like, "Oooooh I love Ben, I want to have ALL of his babies until my uterus falls out," Emily very clearly thinks that Ben secretly hates her ever since she ratted out Courtney twice, and I think
secretly hates
a little bit for that. But Emily's an over-achiever and a perfectionist. Her desire to win him over (and win in general) and fix what was never working in the first place is pushing her forward. It's sad, but understandable. Who wouldn't want to at
outlast Courtney, even if it's in a competition for a guy who's dumb enough to like Courtney?
While Ben and Emily go diving for feisty crabs that could easily serve as metaphors for how their relationship might be delicious but isn't really worth the trouble, back at the hotel, Courtney's having a mini-meltdown -- as much as her monotone, dust-filled heart will allow, anyway. She wants a real boyfriend who's "in her corner." Or who's at least not making plans with a bunch of
girls' corners while he's inside of
corner. And now she's not sure she wants Ben to go home and meet her Addams family?!?! She says that if Ben doesn't offer her a one-on-one this week, she's going to reject his next rose.
Horns still intact? Yep!
"It sucks," she says as she wipes away icicles from her slowly thawing tearducts,
"I really liked him."
him? Watch out, Ben! If Courtney's referring to you in the past tense, you may soon
past tense.
Back on the date:
Ben asks Emily if she feels ready for him to meet her family, and after a meandering explanation that recalls their Courtney-shaped bumps in the road, she says yes. In the most backhanded champagne toast in the world, Ben says that "smart people don't like to be called smart all the time," so he toasts to how beautiful she is instead. ("But I still mostly think of you as smart, not beautiful.") Emily says that she's falling in love with Ben and that this was the greatest date of her life. So I guess she's not THAT smart.
Back at the hotel:
Courtney tells the group that she's really banking on the one-on-one, or else. Unfortunately, we don't get to find out what her "or else" nutso rampage would have been like, because the next card is addressed to her.
"Let's take the next steps in our relationship,"
it reads, and Courtney brags to the group that Ben's a good boy who listened to what he was told. Ewww. "It took every fiber of my being not to sprint across the room and punch her in the face," says Kacie, who only takes off her cuteness when she's talking about Courtney. "It's not because I'm jealous of her. It's because she's the sh*ttiest piece of person I've ever seen in my life."
Date #3: Ruining the Mayan Ruins with Courtney
Courtney definitely wasn't getting enough screentime or attention or opportunities to use her baby-voice, so a one-on-one is just what she needs. She worries that the spark is gone since she allowed Ben into her Big Black Hole when they went skinny dipping in Puerto Rico. But the sight of where the Mayans conducted their human sacrifices really gets her juices flowing. They climb up the temple and lay down their blanket RIGHT where they think the sacrifices must have taken place. Roooomaaaantiiiiic!
Sitting where so many ancient innocents had their heads chopped off makes Courtney feel comfortable and secure enough to present Ben with her latest piece of emotional blackmail. She tells him that their "spark" is fizzling, and this whole experience has been "harder for her than the other girls."
Back at the hotel:
The other girls tell Emily that Courtney was playing the victim and bragging about having Ben under her thumb during Emily's date. "You were right about her ALL ALONG," they say. Emily knew this, she was just trying to pretend she didn't. Kacie's still feeling REAL dramatic and calls Courtney a "black widow who sucks the life out of everything." I like her style when she's jealous. Nicki hopes that Courtney will finally dig her own grave on the one-on-one -- but Nicki has a lot more hope in Ben than she should.
Back on the date, Ben comforts Courtney by saying that he "wants a woman with a little bit of edge," who's "a little bit weird," and that he likes how much she seems to care. I wish that Ben would just propose to his edgy, weird, malicious model-monster NOW and get this all over with. Instead, they climb to the top of the temple and we have to sit through some romantic Spanish guitar and Ben missing his dad and the two of them declaring, "We found the spark again!" As if that's some sort of accomplishment on their SECOND one-on-one date? And as if Courtney ever lost her "spark" for winning in the first place? And as if we're supposed to be rooting for her now? AS IF. AS IF TO
At dinner, Courtney can't do anything wrong in Ben's eyes. He even likes that she's unsure if she wants him to meet her family! He's like, "I really like how you're not sure if you like me." But she eventually talks herself into it, and says that her parents (one of whom has been quoted in a tabloid as saying that Ben "isn't hot enough" for her daughter) are the epitome of
. Could Ben be HER soul(less)mate? "I'm kinda high on love right now," Courtney says, which immediately makes her feel high on homicide: "It's over, girls. You can all pack your bags, KILL SHOT," she says as she smiles and points her finger-guns at the camera. That's gonna look
so sweet
set to David Gray's "This Year's Love" when she and Ben get engaged at the end of this.
Back at the hotel:
The group date card comes. It reads,
"Rachel, Nicki and Kacie, Let's sea whose family I will meet..."
which sounds an awful lot like a threat.
Back on the date, Ben asks Courtney why this has all been
so hard for her,
which kicks off her most glorious speech yet. First, she claims that she's been trying since day one to win over the other girls (lie!), but she's "bored by them" and their "vanilla," self-absorbed ways (hypocrisy!). She then tells Ben that it's not that she's bad at making friends (another lie!), because she "has some good friends ... a lot of
guy friends
" at home (RED FLAG!). Ben questions her ability to connect with others, and she says the most self-righteous, self-absorbed thing EVER about how it's her "job" (haha) as a model to be "the talent" (HAHA) and make everyone happy. Ben nods. She's pretty and people like taking her picture, therefore she must be a good person.
. It all adds up.
But in his head, Ben finally starts to have doubts. Maybe he
want to marry this cold, heartless mannequin who was brought to life under the curse of an evil witch.
But ... but ... he's already seen her naked.
Decisions are so HARD!
Date #4: Swimming with Sharks with Rachel, Nicki and Kacie
Ben breaks in and ambushes the girls at 4am. When they're wearing NO makeup! AHHHH, too soon, Ben! They want you to meet their
, NOT their real faces. Rachel and Nicki scurry into the bathroom to shave off any stray body hair because no girl ever got a rose with a little stubble in her pits!
And I'M shaving my back in the pool!!!!! Hahahahah so alone.
They get on a boat and Ben announces that they're going shark diving. Rachel is so scared that she starts being a real bitch about the whole thing, making fart-smell faces and crossing her arms like a baby. Atta girl. Eye on the prize.
It's a good thing that sharks can't smell insecurities, because all of these girls would get eaten. Rachel's scared of the sharks. Nicki's scared of everything, especially her feelings. And Kacie is scared of how Rachel is "monopolizing" Ben with her
phobia. If Rachel wasn't constantly holding Ben's hand, Kacie would probably sneak some chum into her bikini bottom and let nature take its course. NOT THAT KACIE'S A JEALOUS PERSON OR ANYTHING.
After forcing Ben to protect her from those toothless child-sized sharks, Rachel thinks she's getting the rose, but she's totally not getting the rose. I mean, obviously. Each of the girls gets a chance to give her "Why You Should Meet My Family" speech, and Nicki's and Kacie's are WAY more convincing. And by "convincing," I mean emotional. Nicki's so passionate that she even wants to tell
the palm trees
that she's in love with Ben. And Kacie wants that rose so bad that she's stuck its bastard cousin -- the red hibiscus -- behind her ear as a shoddy facsimile until she can get her paws on the real thing.
Kacie tells Ben that she loves him (but WHY?), and he smiles and kisses her in exchange, which Kacie thinks "says more than words can," but I THINK THE WORDS WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER. Still, for "wearing her heart on her sleeve," Ben gives Kacie the rose, which is
as good as verbal validation of her feelings, given the circumstances. She screeches with girlish delight that Ben's going to meet her family.
Then things get awkward. Nicki and Kacie have decided that it's time for another Ben-tervention. For the sake of his happiness, they tell Ben "to be cautious about Courtney" and "tread lightly," because Courtney's not "here for the right reasons." Meanwhile, Courtney's up on her balcony, gazing into her crystal ball, saying that Kacie is a "little girl in a little boy's body" and complaining about how the
women are the catty ones. If only we could trust Ben to make that the last obnoxious, hypocritical thing we had to hear her say.
The Canceled
Cocktail Party
Five girls and only three roses to give out. The stakes are almost UNFATHOMABLY high, and everyone is feeling nervous and somber. Except Courtney, who's feeling happy and confident and gloaty. "Let's get this party started!" she says while sloshing around her pina colada. As usual, her words of "comfort" to the women who are about to get dumped are disturbing and insensitive: "Cheer up. Ben's not the only guy in the world!"
It's not true, Ben IS the only man in the world! (Because that's the only way all these women would want him, right? If he was the last man on Earth?) Courtney just broke the rules and the fourth wall and all of our hearts
all at once
, so it's no surprise that Ben felt her betrayal in his heart and immediately canceled the cocktail party. Chris Harrison comes in and breaks the news, saying that Ben knows what he needs to do, so "there's no reason to delay the inevitable." But isn't that what this show is all about?
"I'm ready to get ridda some gerls!" Courtney drunkenly tells the camera while pretending to pull out her hair. "I'm one step closer to calling Ben my fiance!
See ya! Wouldn't wanna be ya!"
I hope it's not too late to ask for
another autotune
Rose Ceremony
OK, so get this: Ben canceled the cocktail party because he was sure of what he wanted to do. But then, when he walks into the rose ceremony, he immediately pulls Courtney aside, because he's
not sure about what to do!
He starts by once again apologizing about how hard all of this has been on poor, dear, fragile Courtney, and then says he "wants to make sure that she's in this" for the right reasons. A reality TV veteran, Courtney gives the classic "I'm not here to make friends" defense. Then: "I don't want you to question me at all, I've been nothing but honest and open." Well a liar would never
she was honest, so
case closed!
We don't see Ben's response, but I'm sure it was perfectly superficial, idiotic and glib. On to the roses.
's got hers, and the rest go to:
I mean, duh. After Emily said, "Goodbye Courtney, it's been nice knowing you and my condolences to whatever man you end up with," didn't we all know that man was going to be Ben? Courtney gets the rose. Ben gets what he deserves. AND WE GET TO MEET THE PEOPLE WHO SPAWNED HER!
Rachel and Emily,
the last two struggling blondes in a race built for brunettes, say their sniffly goodbyes. Courtney whispers "see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya," again. Thank God she bestows those catchphrases on us over and over. They are just TOO cute and clever to hear merely once.
Next Week:
It's time for Ben to meet the parents! In between trying to convince each of their parents that he's worthy, that meets getting straddled by Kacie, wearing cowboy hats with Nicki, riding horses with Lindzi, and stumbling upon an outdoor wedding set-up with Courtney. What are the odds?
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Favorite sons: Native plants personalize gardens
If your knowledge of local flora begins and ends with the dogwood, then the Virginia Native Plant Society has something to teach you. Actually, the local Jefferson Chapter of the VNPS will be doing more than educating Sunday, April 27, at the 5th annual Natural History Day at the Ivy Creek Natural Area.
As those who've been showing up early each year to get first dibs on difficult to find natives like Columbine, Maidenhair ferns, and Purple Coneflower know well, the highlight of this springtime celebration is the sale of potted wildflowers, trees, and shrubs orchestrated by the members of the local VNPS and the Ivy Creek Foundation. Several local environmental organizations will also be on hand with info and activities focusing on everything from butterflies to animal tracks to summer nature camps.
As the name suggests, the VNPS is dedicated to the worthwhile cause of preserving Virginia's wildflowers and other native plants.
"We'd like to see Virginia look more like Virginia," Jefferson Chapter President Phil Stokes says. The 120 members gladly expend time and energy potting plants (grown primarily in their own gardens) for this sale, their only fundraising event.
Of special interest in this year's sale are dozens of specimens rescued from the G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area-– Jack-in-the-pulpit, Trillium, White wood Aster and Solomon's Seal, to name a few. All in all, you can expect to find about 700 plants and 50 different varieties.
In addition to wildflowers, there will also be trees and shrubs such as Spice Bush and Flowering Dogwood. And if you're into grass (ornamental, that is) like I am, you'll want to find out more about native grasses like Big Bluestem and Indian Grass. Expect some surprises, too.
I didn't realize until my conversation with Phil Stokes that the omnipresent, quick-growing Leyland Cypress is actually foreign to this area. Or that I could grow wild ginger or persimmons in my very own backyard.
Now I have native plant fever. If you care to join me on Sunday, Phil and the other VNPS members will surely share tips on transforming our gardens into Virginia gardens. Why not start with some Virginia Blue Bells for $4? Early bird gets the... well, you know.
Natural History Day takes place at the Ivy Creek Natural Area on Sunday, April 27, from 1-3pm. Ivy Creek is located off Earlysville Road, 1.2 miles from the Albemarle High School. Free, unless you plan on bringing home a truckload of trillium. Call 973-3337 for more info. E-mail Phil Stokes for info on joining the local chapter of the VNPS – firstname.lastname@example.com.


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FREDERICK, MD -- (Marketwire) -- 11/08/12 -- Bechtel announced today that construction is underway on a 758-megawatt natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plant in Sherman, Texas. The company, along with Siemens, is designing and building the project for Panda Sherman Power, LLC, an affiliate of Panda Power Funds. Today representatives from the three companies joined dignitaries from across the state for a groundbreaking ceremony.
Engineering, procurement, and manufacturing activities for the project are already underway. The project will support up to 800 jobs during peak construction and will use local companies to provide services such as surveying, concrete pumping, and earthwork.
"Bechtel is proud to be calling on the expertise of local workers and suppliers to help support this important project," said Jeff Brightman, president of Bechtel's fossil business line.
Using the most advanced emissions-control technology, the generating station will be one of the most efficient natural gas-fueled power plants in the nation and is expected to power approximately 750,000 homes. Commercial operations of the plant are expected to begin in 2014.
Bechtel and Siemens are also the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for Panda Power Funds' Panda Temple Generating Station. The 758-megawatt natural gas-fueled combined-cycle plant is being built in Temple, Texas, and commercial operations are expected to begin in 2014.
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JB's offensive set which is basic standard man set:
It's a lot to take on, but it's not a difficult concept to comprehend. However, it requires a player with high basketball IQ and can shoot. Some struggled to pick it up because you have to read off the defense as opposed to just running the set.


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Against all expectations, there's some material that really grabs your attention in "Scary Movie 5." Nope, not the comedy — the baffling question of how the devil the franchise's spoofmeisters managed to send up "Evil Dead" just a week after it hit multiplexes. Too bad there isn't some documentary detailing whatever zany behind-the-scenes logistics figured into it all. That might be a "Scary" movie that's actually worth watching.
"Paranormal Activity," naturally, and January's Jessica Chastain chiller "Mama" are the big targets (never mind that original "Scary Movie" alum Marlon Wayans did his own weak "Paranormal" goof, "A Haunted House," about five minutes ago). A stand-alone opener with Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan cameoing as themselves offers a ho-hum wink at their tabloid troubles and sets up screen-Charlie's kids as orphans who've been looked after by a maternal ghost. Enter their guardians by default, Jody (Disney Channel princess Ashley Tisdale) and Dan (series vet Simon Rex, in a new role), who just can't figure out why so many strange things are happening around their new makeshift-family home. Maybe that's because they're too preoccupied with squeezing in additional parodies of "Black Swan," "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," "Inception," and "Fifty Shades of Grey."
Not that there's all manner of comedy craftsmanship demanding study here, but the movie does seem to be a funny jumble of contradictory impulses. You can practically hear some of them: We need oven-fresh gags!"How 'bout 'Evil Dead'?" Perfect! " 'Black Swan'?" Perfect! (Huh?) Director Malcolm D. Lee ("Soul Men") does generic work trading in bodily-function jokes too tired to elicit even a groan. But here and there, the classic, silly sensibility of writer David Zucker (director of the previous two entries) and his old "Naked Gun" partner Pat Proft shines through. "Just unraveling the old hose," Sheen leers brightly, as we cut to . . . his gardener. Oh, to have more of that.
We'd have to guess that vanity, ultimately, is the secret behind the filmmakers' intermittently surprising timing — that legit horror producers are happy to offer them early peeks at their work, because a "Scary Movie" shout-out means you've arrived. More like arrived way too late, by this point in the franchise.Tom Russo can be reached at email@example.com.


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8-1-05 - Funeral plans have been set for 52-year-old David Estes of Sherman, who was killed Saturday afternoon when the small plane he was piloting crashed into the waters of Lake Texoma.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2pm at the Wynne Chapel on the Austin College campus.
DPS investigators say David Estes died on impact around 3:15 p.m. Saturday. Estes is a well-known businessman and the owner of Sherman's 'Tactical Tanks.' The company opened about a year ago and specializes in leadership and team-building activities.
Witnesses say there was a sputter of the engine, then a puff of smoke before the plane went down. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman John Clabes says Estes' body was pulled from the lake by witnesses in boats after his aircraft lost power and fell into the water. Clabes says the crash, which occurred near a marina, was
videotaped by several people in and around the lake.
Clabes says Estes did what's known as a hammerhead stall and nosed over. He had performed one maneuver successfully but the engine sputtered on the second attempt and he did not recover.
Estes leaves behind a wife and two daughters.
State patrol and FAA investigators are investigating the crash.


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Sunday, May 13, 2007
Of Catherine's recommendations, I was able to get "1776" at the library yesterday but had to request the others through interlibrary loan or a hold on one as it was checked out. Needless to say, the resources of the GPL must be much greater than the small DPL! Anyone else have suggestions? Did Sid get any audio books at the Surprise Library last week for his iPod? Ginny and Christian sure have gotten LOTS and LOTS of good use out of their iPods and take them everywhere with them. Christian even goes to sleep with his on at night! Happy Mother's Day to all, especially Luscious....
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- Catherine said...
Mary, hope you like 1776! Does your library have a good selection of audio books? I'm much more likely to make it through a non-fiction book if I can listen. Happy Reading!
- Mon May 14, 09:32:00 AM 2007
- Mary Uible Crowson said...
I'll have to check on the audio book tonight...I'm about 75 pages into it and very ready for something to happen other than descriptions of people and how pitiful the rebel army is. Thankfully I came across some pictures!
- Tue May 15, 11:18:00 PM 2007
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Sen. Leahy Holds Judiciary Committee Hearing at UVM on Net Neutrality
Panel of four witnesses testify at Davis Center event
- 07-01-2014
- By Jon Reidel
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy brought the United States Judiciary Committee that he chairs to the University of Vermont on July 1 for a field hearing on the hotly debated topic of "Preserving an Open Internet: Rules to Promote Competition and Protect Main Street Consumers."
The hearing, hosted by Leahy and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, focused on the need to restore open rules to replace FCC rules that were struck down earlier in the year by the D.C Circuit Court. Leahy recently introduced legislation known as the "Online Competition and Consumer Act" requiring the FCC to ban so-called "paid prioritization" agreements between broadband providers and content providers to help prevent the creation of a two-tiered internet system.
Leahy says the legislation would ensure that starts-ups, entrepreneurs and small businesses like the Vermont Country Store and Logic Supply, whose owners testified at the hearing, have equal access to the marketplace and aren't disadvantaged by so-called "fast lanes" created by internet providers for content providers who could afford it.
"I don't want to see an internet that is divided into the haves and have-nots," Leahy told about 200 people at the Davis Center. "I don't want to see an internet where those who can afford to pay can muzzle the voices of those who cannot. Our little state has spoken clearly, and it doesn't want the internet to be dominated by big corporations."
A panel of four witnesses testified at the hearing, including Michael Copps, a former commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission; Martha Reid, Vermont state librarian; Cabot Orton, co-owner of the Vermont Country Store; and Lisa Groeneveld, co-owner and chief operating officer of Logic Supply Inc., in South Burlington.
"Our success depends on providing an exceptional online experience for our customers to enjoy and trust," said Orton, whose grandparents relied on the U.S. Postal Service to fill orders when they started the Vermont Country Store in 1945. "We believe that the new rules proposed by the Federal Communication Commission would change all this for the Vermont Country Store and countless small businesses. We don't want to imagine an America with two internets: a fast one for giant corporations and a slow one for everyone else. In our view, the proposed FCC rules would turn what is now a level playing field for businesses of all sizes into one where the biggest companies with the deepest pockets can get their website content to their customers faster than everyone else…. All the small business community asks is simply to preserve and protect internet commerce as it exists today, which we think has served all businesses remarkably well… just keep the playing field level and let free enterprise do what it does best: enrich the human condition."
Groeneveld, whose company designs and manufactures industrial computers, said Logic Supply relies on its website for 100 percent of its revenue stream and that the creation of fast lanes violates two of her company's core values: openess and fairness.
"Without an open and fair internet based on equal access, our business might not exists today," said Groeneveld, adding that if the FCC rules are passed, her company might be forced to pay for fast lanes or become extinct. "We want an internet where all companies and organizations have an opportunity to compete on the merit of their product, services, knowledge base and talent. We therefore support any efforts that prohibit fast lanes."
Reid said Vermont's 183 public libraries -- the most per capita in America -- are often the only place in small towns to offer free internet access and are go-to places for entrepreneurs, job seekers, independent learners and researchers. "I have spent my entire professional life working in libraries to ensure that information resources are freely available to all citizens on an equal basis," she said. "All Americans including the most disenfranchised citizens, those who would have no way to access the internet without the library, need to be able to use internet resources on an equal footing."
Copps said we have to find a way back to a more competitive broadband environment by saying no to the endless number of mergers and acquisitions that are distorting not just our communications, but democracy. "An internet-control advantage for the benefit of 'haves' discriminates against our rights not just as consumers, but more importantly, as citizens."


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Deep Information Sciences Nabs $10 Million
CEO: Kurt Dobbins
Deep Information Sciences (http://deep.is/information-science) raised $10 million in Series A funding in April from Stage 1 Ventures, as well as Robert Davoli and other angel investors.
Portsmouth, N.H.-based Deep developed DeepDB, a new general-purpose database the company described as being engineered specifically for big data and cloud computing. The technology is capable of handling realtime transactions and analytics in the same data set -- a task that traditional relational database systems find difficult to do.


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Reviews for The Higher Power of Lucky
by Susan Patron
School Library Journal
(c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Gr 4-6-When Lucky's mother is electrocuted and dies after a storm, Lucky's absentee father calls his ex-wife, Brigitte, to fly over from France to take care of the child. Two years later, the 10-year-old worries that Brigitte is tired of being her guardian and of their life in Hard Pan (pop. 42) in the middle of the California desert. While Lucky's best friend ties intricate knots and the little boy down the road cries for attention, she tries to get some control over her life by restocking her survival kit backpack and searching for her "Higher Power." This character-driven novel has an unusually complicated backstory, and a fair amount of exposition. Yet, its quirky cast and local color help to balance this fact, and the desert setting is fascinating. Lucky's tendency to jump to conclusions is frustrating, but her struggle to come to terms with her mother's death and with her new life ring true. Phelan's cover and line drawings are simple and evocative, a perfect complement to the text. Fans of novels by Deborah Wiles and Katherine Hannigan will be happy to meet Lucky.-Adrienne Furness, Webster Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Lucky, age 10, lives in tiny Hard Pan, California (population 43), with her dog and the young French woman who is her guardian. With a personality that may remind some readers of Ramona Quimby, Lucky, who is totally contemporary, teeters between bravado--gathering insect specimens, scaring away snakes from the laundry--and fear that her guardian will leave her to return to France. Looking for solace, Lucky eavesdrops on the various 12-step meetings held in Hard Pan (of which there are plenty), hoping to suss out a higher power that will see her through her difficulties. Her best friend, Lincoln, is a taciturn boy with a fixation for tying knots; another acquaintance, Miles, seems a tiresome pest until Lucky discovers a secret about his mother. Patron's plotting is as tight as her characters are endearing. Lucky is a true heroine, especially because she's not perfect: she does some cowardly things, but she takes pains to put them to rights. --Francisca Goldsmith Copyright 2006 Booklist


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Nick sees Sharon with Adam, Jill deals with the music box mystery, and Billy questions Adam.
At the Club, Adam passes by Sharon's table. She invites him to join her. He says he had a real family Christmas with Chelsea and Connor and marvels that you can put awful things behind you. Sharon is very happy for him. Nick watches moodily from across the room. He approaches and tells Adam that Sharon doesn't need him drawing her back in. Adam says Sharon doesn't need Nick to talk for her. Sharon tells Nick that Adam was just talking about starting over with Chelsea. Adam suggests that Nick go elsewhere - doesn't he have another new brother to hate? Nick mutters that he's showing his true colors.
Esther and Jill bicker in the Chancellor living room. Katherine's name comes up. Jill muses that she really missed her yesterday. As they're disagreeing about when to take the decorations down, Chloe enters. She tells them not to stop talking on her account - she knows how depressing yesterday was. Jill and Esther debate about the music box. Esther insists Katherine did nothing without an intention, and really loved Jill. Jill walks out. Chloe tells Esther that being with Chelsea and Connor helped her get through Christmas.
At Chancellor Park, Noah talks to Courtney about the pressure of his pitch for Victor. She thinks it's hot that he's so enthusiastic. They talk about how they spent time with his family yesterday and Noah tells Courtney he has fun with her. He brings up her mystery family. Courtney says she has parents and an older sister - they were close when she was young. Noah mentions his own issues and then asks about her sister. Courtney gets a text. Noah asks, "Zack?" He explains Summer told him. Courtney assures Noah he's the only guy for her.
At Crimson Lights, Gloria tells Kevin about her trip to Bora Bora. Alex joins them as talk turns to Michael and Fen. Gloria tries to push Alex to use Kevin's talents to find Delia's killer. Kevin shouts at her. Alex smirks as Gloria goes on about Kevin's sensitive skin. Gloria grills Alex about the cases. Alex replies in Spanish. She assumes he insulted her, but he tells her he said she was passionate and has the mouth of a fiery angel. Gloria swoons and mutters about turning down the heat. Kevin asks Alex what he really said. Alex laughs and exits. Chloe arrives and Gloria says her Christmas must have been horrible. Kevin and Chloe talk about Delia. Gloria claps - she thinks they're back together. They say they're just friends. Gloria notices a onesie in Chloe's purse. Kevin asks why she has Connor's clothing. Chloe says it got there accidentally but realizes Kevin doesn't believe her. She stalks off with him following.
At home, Billy reads the forum message about 'balancing the karmic scales'. He angrily types a reply. Jill arrives and asks about the puzzle she got Johnny. Billy wryly says he realizes it was to keep him busy. He mentions Jack's visit. Jill says they're trying to help. They talk about Katherine and the music box. She thinks Katherine was telling her to stop hoping for a windfall and earn it herself. "I'm going to be a player again." She reassures Billy that he'll survive his grief.
Billy runs into Adam in the Club foyer. He asks him to thank Chelsea for the Christmas present she sent Johnny. Adam tells Billy they're back together and that Connor is doing well. He says the universe is allowing him to balance the karmic scales. Billy recognizes the phrase from the forum. Adam says it's a common expression. Billy says, "Not that common." Adam wonders why it's a big deal. They part awkwardly and Billy looks grim.
At the Chancellor estate, Jill tells Esther that Billy seemed a little better. She spots a gift and opens it to find the music box. Jill curses - she just threw it out! Esther insists she had nothing to do with it. Later, Jill talks to Katherine. She tells her Christmas wasn't the same without her and asks for help understanding what the music box means. Jill makes it her New Year's resolution to find out.
Nick apologizes to Sharon at her place, for his overzealous behavior. Sharon says Adam's reconciliation with Chelsea gives her hope. They are about to kiss when Noah enters. They caution him about giving advice. He tells them things are getting serious with Courtney.
Courtney looks up at a man in the park. "Hi Zack." It's Alex.
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Devon tells Jill there's been a mistake. She says, "Starting with the day Katherine left all her money to you."
Adam tells Jack he has to bow out. Jack says, "I thought you wanted payback?" Adam says there's something he wants even more.
Vikki tells Billy it's good to have things back to normal and kisses him. He looks uncomfortable.
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January 31, 2012 > Severin named President of East Bay Regional Park District Board
Carol Severin is the new president of the East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors for the year 2012. A resident of Castro Valley, Carol is a San Francisco State University professor emeritus of recreation. She has been on the Park District board since 1994, representing: Castro Valley, Hayward, Union City, and portions of Fremont, Pleasanton and Dublin. Prior to that, she served 14 years as a board member of the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District.Carol has held statewide positions with the California Association of Recreation and Park Districts, and is currently on the Board of Directors of that organization. She has been a board member of California Special Districts Association and treasurer and director of the California Park and Recreation Society. Carol Severin succeeds Beverly Lane of Danville, who served as board president during 2011.


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Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Stone Soup Films' Lights! Camera! Fashion! First Dibs Kickoff Party
3330 Cady's Alley NW
Lights! Camera! Fashion! is back for a second year. Shop designer clothes donated by DC's stylish women (yes, they really exist—this town isn't quite the bastion of ill-fitting Ann Taylor like the rest of the world might believe it is) and feel good about spending: Stone Soup Films does pro-bono production work on promotional films for DC nonprofits. Meaning: looking good never felt so good.
Deal nearby: Billy Martin's Tavern
Friday, March 7, 6 p.m.
Oskar Blues Brewery Beer Dinner
RFD, 810 7th St. NW
Five courses from RFD's super-solid kitchen, known for its elevated bar food, will be paired with five tastings from Colorado's Oskar Blues Brewery. Cheese and charcuterie, melon and prosciutto salad, crawfish and andouille gumbo, burgers, and a flourless chocolate torte will meet their match in longstanding favorites (Dale's Pale Ale, Ten Fidy Russian Imperial Stout) and lesser-known suds (G'Knight Imperial Red Ale, Gubna Imperial IPA). Pro-tip: Be sure to savor the flavors – none of the offered beverages will be below six percent ABV.
Deal nearby: Irish Channel
Saturday, March 8, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Smudge! Comics Expo
Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington
The sometimes-embattled Artisphere might find its reinvention in comics and illustration. It's hosted the DC Conspiracy comics collective, and is today home to the inaugural Smudge! Expo, a "new comics arts expo meant to showcase independent comics and inspire attendees to become storytellers themselves." The national heavy-hitters of SPX, Smudge exhibitors are not, but the several dozen displaying their work include the well-respected Matt Dembicki, the dreamy G.E. Gallas, and the utterly charming Rachel Comics.
Deal nearby: Joe's Place Pizza and Pasta
Sunday, March 9th, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
VideoFreex With Portapaks
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and F streets NW
The National Gallery of Art's routine Sunday repertory screenings gets a little throwback-weird today, when it will show selections of videos produced by the Videofreex collective. Active between 1969 and 1978, the Freex used Portapaks— battery-powered, self-contained, single-operator analog videotape recording systems with instantaneous playback—to pioneer the recording of images and sound for community television, activist causes, and other alternative channels (think pirate TV stations). This screening includes Videofreex-conducted interviews with Fred Hampton of the Black Panthers and Youth International Party organizer Abbie Hoffman, and Freex members Parry Tesdale and Skip Blumberg will be present for discussion.
Deal nearby: Mehak Indian Cuisine
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