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U mad?
Join Date: Apr 2012
216 is out.
Another incredible and funny chapter.
I think during Yui's conquest, Mio mentioned to Keima she and Yui knew each other since childhood, to think the author connected from there, very impressive.
That spaceship reminded me of the one Goku used to fly to Namek.
The alien setting reminded me of that story collaboration from Ch.128.
Love how Keima had stars in his eyes when it progressed as he wanted, until they turn to alien eyes.
|2013-01-18, 14:35
|Link #8122
ANEGO Worshiper
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: By the vending machine, drinking tea.
I'm just a bit disappointed that the relationship Keima had with Urara disappeared and this new one doesn't seem like it'll be as close (plus if she keeps thinking he's an alien when this is done, it'll be even worst).
Ah well, let's see how it goes...I still wanna see teenage Urara >_>
|2013-01-18, 15:37
|Link #8124
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Wichita
Maybe the flag for Keima's true end (true world line where Keima comes from) is re-conquest all of his target or atleast the one who hold the goddesses. Since goddess are attracted by love. And for the goddess to be able to host in human, they need a love catalyst. Here little Keima must play his role as a gamer who already know the ending. Putting the goddess to each of the host.
|2013-01-18, 15:39
|Link #8125
Custom User Title
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Ireland
Elsie's illusions are pretty useless huh? Even Keima's low expectations are too high
This is all getting complicated. It's possible that they won't recognize him as the alien and there will be no consequences to their relationships later on, otherwise Yui doing the transition to her manly personality won't work. And this is obviously really important.
|2013-01-18, 16:30
|Link #8126
ANEGO Worshiper
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: By the vending machine, drinking tea.
|2013-01-18, 16:51
|Link #8128
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Where the Sky Touches the Sea
Age: 25
That was a pretty entertaining chapter, didn't expect those two to show up kind of makes sense though I guess, they are all rich families so them all hanging out as children isn't that unrealistic.
Not positive, but this might not be the right world line either, since at the end we saw the orb glowing so if he isn't careful here he might get on the wrong path. Only time will tell I guess though.
|2013-01-18, 17:20
|Link #8129
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Wichita
The flag that maybe lead Keima to go back to his future:
- The camping trip
- Earthquake
- The demons freed
- Diana enters Tenri (small)
So, what if all of this events are the result of Keima's action, including the last.
All of flashback in previous Tenri's conquest arc is all planned by Keima:
Keima (small) befriend Tenri (small). Tenri (small) show some affection for Keima (small). The goddess sense this affection (in this case is Diana). Finally, Diana enter Tenri (small).
This also answer why Keima (big) has vague memory of this event when he meet Tenri (big) for the first time.
But, we already know that in the future, the one that send Keima (big) back to the past is not Diana alone. Diana need the help from all of the Jupiter sisters. So, Keima (small) also need to bring each goddess to their respective host. Hence the next flags is:
- Appolo enters Kanon (small)
- Vulcan enters Tsukiyo (small)
- Mars enters Yui (small)
- Minerva enters Shiori (small)
- Mercury enters Ayumi (small)
Here we will see Keima small version doing his conquest to the goddess candidate that coincidentally (or not) are the one that close to Keima.
|2013-01-18, 18:24
|Link #8131
Okuyasu the Bird
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
Age: 27
Oh wow. Keima's pretending to be an alien to secure Urara's friendship again? That's insane yet brilliant at the same time. Such a method could really only work on a young child after all.
The appearance of Mio and Yui may not be a good thing though. It could potentially mess up the present that Keima came from. Potential outcomes could be disastrous.
Kind of sucks Dokurou got cut-off on her explanation of things. The mystery deepens.~
|2013-01-18, 22:58
|Link #8138
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
if keima need to make sure that the goddesses enter each the respective host that mean each host will somehow know each other one way or the other right? directly or indirectly....
trully "six degree of separation"
so basically in the end it can be summed in several word "everyone know everyone"
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Interesting. So I wonder if you can simply treat the projected image as a monitor and profile it with any device, spyder, puck, or the EyeOne spectro - just run the monitor program and point the device at the screen?
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Obedience spawns holiness and, as a result, we produce the fruit of the Spirit. Even in the midst of disaster, trials and troubles, the full life of being loving, kind, patient, joyful, gentle and all the other aspects of abiding can be ours.
Never had I experienced anything so tough. I could hardly eat, had trouble sleeping and continually battled nausea. I felt at the absolute end of myself.
It was the summer of 2009, the low point in the most challenging and difficult year of my life. Thankfully, at the end of June, as we always did, our family left home to go on vacation for a couple of weeks. Never had I needed it more.
So Different
Just a few months earlier, I was riding high. The church we planted in 2003—New City Church, located just outside of my hometown of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.—merged with the well-known Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church 12 miles down the road. The merger process took many grueling months to finalize, but in March 2009, the elders from New City and Coral Ridge agreed unanimously on the merger plan that a joint team had drafted. After a congregational vote to approve the merger, the two churches became one new church on Easter 2009.
Though we all expected some tough times as two very different congregations merged into one, I had no idea how messy it would become.
Crescendo of Pain
With the merger and the leadership transition, a small but vocal group of long-time members immediately began voicing opposition to practically any and every change we initiated. Blogs were posted, letters were circulated—some anonymously—with false accusations about me. Just three months after I arrived, a vigorous petition drive was started to get me removed. Battle lines were drawn, rumors raced. There was a crescendo of misunderstandings, frustration and pain.
The virulence of opposition was more than I could bear. I was undergoing the shelling of my life and was ready to quit and escape elsewhere. It would be so easy just to walk away and never look back. Mercifully, vacation time rolled around in June.
On our first morning away, still saturated with the misery that had been intensifying for so many weeks, I opened up my Bible. In the reading plan I was following, that day's passages included the first chapter of Paul's letter to the Colossians.
Desperate for help from God, I read those verses and my eyes were opened to see the incredible sufficiency of Jesus with greater clarity than I had ever experienced.
In Full Color
In my misery, I told God that I wanted my old life back. The answer that I sensed from God that morning through Colossians was simple, but sobering: "It's not your old life you want back; it's your old idols you want back, and I love you too much to give them back to you."
I never realized how dependent I'd become on the endorsement of others to validate me—to make me feel like I mattered—until it was taken away. Now, for the first time, I found myself in the uncomfortable position of being deeply disliked and distrusted. In and of themselves, human approval and acceptance are not bad things. They are, in fact, gifts from God. But I had turned them into idols by making them my primary source of meaning, value, worth and significance, so that without them I was miserable and depressed.
God began rescuing me from my slavery by forcing me to more fully understand exactly what I already had in Christ. His Good News met me in my dark place, at my deepest need. His liberating Word was transforming and refreshing me.
The verses that set me free, specifically, were Colossians 1:9-14. In that passage, the Apostle Paul says, in summary: You will grow in your understanding of God's will, be filled with spiritual wisdom and understanding, increase in your knowledge of God, and be strengthened with God's power, which will produce joy-filled patience and endurance as you come to a greater realization that you've already been qualified, delivered, transferred, redeemed and forgiven.
What those verses liberatingly taught me was that because of Jesus' finished work for me, I already had the justification, approval, acceptance, security, freedom, affection, cleansing, new beginning, righteousness and rescue I was longing for. I started to see the multifaceted dimensions of the Gospel in a more rich and vibrant way. The now-power of the Gospel doesn't simply rescue us from the past and rescue us for the future, it also rescues us in the present from being enslaved to things like fear, insecurity, anger, self-reliance, bitterness, entitlement and insignificance.
Learning Anew the Power of the Gospel
That June morning was when Jesus plus nothing equals everything became for me more than a preachable tagline. It became my functional lifeline!
It was rediscovering the Gospel that enabled me to see that:
Because Jesus is strong for me, I am free to be weak;
Because Jesus wins for me, I am free to lose;
Because Jesus is Someone, I am free to be no one;
Because Jesus is extraordinary, I am free to be ordinary;
Because Jesus succeeds for me, I am free to fail.
On Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, as a result of the petition drive to force my ouster from our church, a congregational vote was being taken after the service. I was there to preach before that vote was to take place. To say the least, it was an awkward environment. Pockets of people were there to take me down. They stared at me with looks that could kill.
I preached my guts out—it was the freest I've ever been in the pulpit. Drawing my text from Matthew 5:11-12—the tail end of the Beatitudes about persecution—I wanted our congregation to understand and to grasp what a Gospel-defined life looks like. At that moment, no one in the room could take away anything I had received from Jesus, which was everything. I was completely free!
The congregational vote that day was overwhelmingly in favor of keeping me as the church's pastor. And since that time, God has launched a "Gospel riot" at Coral Ridge. The everything of God's Gospel is setting people free, creating great joy and reaching our needy city.
But what was far more important that day than any "victory at the polls" was the ever-freeing, presently empowering dynamics of the Gospel I had rediscovered through the Book of Colossians.
©2011 Tullian Tchividjian
Tullian Tchividjian, a grandson of Billy Graham, is pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He is speaking Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at The Cove on "Jesus + Nothing = Everything," which is the title of his latest book.


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ANGELS CAMP - In his front office just north of Angels Camp, Rocky Cozzo straightens out customers. He's a chiropractor.
ANGELS CAMP - In his front office just north of Angels Camp, Rocky Cozzo straightens out customers. He's a chiropractor.
The product he produces in the back rooms get customers twisted, although Cozzo doesn't think of it that way.
"It's so they can relax," he says of the premium vodka he brews from scratch and then distills.
Cozzo, 48, says his extensive travels helped him perfect vodka-assisted relaxation and decide to found the Cal-Czech Distillery. During a vacation to the Ukraine in 2002, he was pleasantly surprised to find he could spend the night drinking local vodka and not have any hangover the next day.
"And I should have, given the quantities over there," Cozzo said.
The clean drunk inspired him to do research. He found that carefully distilled, high-quality vodka was free of the contaminants that caused hangovers.
He made another trip, this time to the Czech Republic, and visited distilleries large and small.
"Everybody makes brandy there in their basement," Cozzo said. "That trip was fun."
And it turned out that Cozzo's life had taught him the skills to build and manage a micro distillery. After growing up in the Bay Area, he initially went into construction and became a contractor.
Cozzo eventually built a home in Pine Grove and moved to the Mother Lode.
"But then the economy took a dive in the early '90s. That's what made me go to chiropractic school," he said.
Later, he returned to contracting, specializing in installing solar electric systems such as the one that powers his office and distillery. He says solar electric contracting, rather than chiropractic, pays most of his bills.
In 2012, he launched his distillery with hopes that the business would eventually grow to the point that he could retire from contracting and chiropractic work.
Despite winning international awards for the quality of his vodkas, he admits his progress in making the business profitable so far has been slow. His Morava Vodka and Vista Vodka sell in a few groceries in the region for about $27 per 750 milliliter bottle.
Morava is made mostly with a sugar mash. Vista uses a corn mash. The difference is flavor.
Which does Cozzo prefer?
"It depends on my mood," he said. "For drinking straight, I like the Morava. For mixing, I like the Vista."
The mash begins with sugar or corn, water, and "a real clean Swedish yeast."
After letting the mash ferment for several days in a 200-gallon vat, it reaches a concentration of about 15 percent alcohol. Next, he pumps that liquid one 50-gallon batch at a time to his still.
The still is a model of ecological design. Solar power on his business' rooftop fuels the pumps. A 120-foot pipe brings cool water from a pond nearby to cool and condense out the distillate.
"That way I don't have to power a great big chiller."
Temperature gauges allow him to control the distillation. The first components to come off are undesirable compounds like acetone and methanol. Those are removed and stored for disposal.
Finally comes the ethanol, the particular form of alcohol that humans like to drink. After the ethanol boils off at 172 degrees and is condensed in the coil, the remaining water and other compounds are disposed.
Cozzo says when he's finished, the distillate is 95 percent ethanol. Then, he uses distilled water to lean the mix back down to 40 percent alcohol (80 proof) before it is bottled.
If the vodka brands succeed, Cozzo said he may eventually also distill other premium liquors such as gin, brandy or whiskey.
Cozzo admits his quest to become a boutique booze baron is a gamble.
"Trying to get the big distributor is the hard part," Cozzo said.
Unlike many other states, California does not allow tasting rooms to serve as retail outlets for distilled liquors. Right now, those wishing to try Cozzo's vodka need to buy it at one of six groceries in the immediate region.
Because of California's laws, Cozzo said most micro distillers he knows of are choosing to open their businesses in states such as Oregon and Washington.
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HTC roadmap 'leak' signals Muse music phone revival?
Shame it all looks so fake...
Rumours of the demise of HTC's 'Muse' music phone - the one equipped with 4GB of on-board NAND Flash storage, just like an MP3 player - may have been greatly exaggerated: the device is simply being renamed and rescheduled for a Q4 2006 launch. And it's no longer a 3G device.
Well, that's if an allegedly leaked HTC roadmap is to be believed. Upcoming handsets listed include HTC's integrated GPS device, 'Artemis'; the company's low-end candybar smart phone, 'Oxygen'; 'Trinity', an HSDPA PDA phone; and 'Excalibur', the company's alleged BlackBerry beater.
Before continuing, we should say that the quality of of the slides is poor and even includes pictures clearly taken from a variety of websites. Why HTC would included pictures taken from leaked copies of internal documents rather than official shots, we can't say, and it calls into question the validity of the alleged leak. So does the poor, inconsistent typography. Read what follows with a pinch of salt.
According to the leaked slides, Muse is now known as Melody. As before, it's got a 2.8in, 240 x 320 display, 64MB of RAM, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Past leaks suggested it was a 3G device, possibly with HSDPA, but the latest report only mentions quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity.
Melody's due in Q4. The current quarter will see the arrival of Excalibur, with its QWERTY microkeyboard, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and quad-band EDGE connectivity. It will be joined by Oxygen, which is already known to form the basis for Orange's upcoming SPV C100. Oxygen is down as a quad-band EDGE phone with Wi-Fi, a 1.3 megapixel camea and a 2in, 176 x 220 display.
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Lucie's valentines this year are made with an Instagram photo I took of her a few weeks back. She came home from preschool with this red heart that she'd drawn for me, so I snapped a pic of her holding it. I'm trying to figure out how to finish the valentines off. We may paste them into the middle of a construction paper heart, or make an envelope for them, or truthfully, most likely nothing at all. I thought about glittering the heart, but I love the detail of her scribble, with the dark line around the outside edge. I used sort of a tacky font, because I knew she would love it.
I'm loving Instagram and another app called Snapseed for picture taking. If you haven't tried out either, the main difference is that Instagram has a sharing aspect, sort of like Flickr, and Snapseed just allows you to edit your photos and choose whether or not to share them. Also, I think Snapseed allows for more sophisticated processing. Either way, I think it's great to have a way to improve the quality of my photos coming out of my iPhone. I often don't want to carry around my DSLR, so this is the perfect solution for me. If you're on Instagram, my username is courtrussell. You can still follow people on Instagram even if you're not using it at Followgram. You can find me here. I post photos at least a few times a week.


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The player that the Ravens spent all week trying to devise a way to contain was finally stopped. Robert Griffin III wasn't on the field after the Washington Redskins' rookie took one more punishing hit in an afternoon filled with them, the last by Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, injuring Griffin's knee and knocking him out of the game.
All the Ravens' defense had to do was get one stop against a rookie backup quarterback and a victory and a playoff berth would have been theirs. That stop never came and the Ravens were again forced to watch an opposing kicker split the uprights to seal their fate.
A week after Pittsburgh Steelers' third-string quarterback Charlie Batch beat them, Redskins rookie backup Kirk Cousins tied the game with a touchdown pass and two-point conversion with 29 seconds left in regulation. The Redskins then won it in overtime as Richard Crawford's 64-yard punt return set up Kai Forbath's game-winning 34-yard field goal in the Ravens' 31-28 loss in front of an announced 81,178 at FedEx Field.
For the second straight week, the Ravens blew a fourth-quarter lead and were denied a chance to lock up a playoff berth. The Ravens are now 9-4 and losers of consecutive games for the first time since October of 2009
"It was tough to watch," said running back Ray Rice, who gave the Ravens a 28-20 lead with a 7-yard touchdown run with 4:47 left in the game. "I firmly believed that we had the game won but we didn't."
With Griffin on the sideline after leading his team inside the Ravens' 20, Cousins, a fourth-round pick out of Michigan State, hit Leonard Hankerson for 16 yards and then found Pierre Garcon alone in the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown. The Redskins needed a two-point conversion to tie, but even with several Ravens' defenders, including Ed Reed, calling out the quarterback draw, Cousins was able to take the snap and run it up the middle for the conversion.
The Ravens didn't get a first down on the first possession of overtime and then couldn't contain Crawford, who caught Sam Koch's 56-yard punt and sprinted around defenders until he ran out of gas and was tackled by Koch at the Ravens' 24. Three plays later, Forbath ended a grueling back-and-forth game played in wet and sloppy conditions.
"They came in at a crucial time and made those plays at the end with the backup QB making those throws," Reed said. "We knew [Cousins' quarterback draw] was coming, which was crazy, but we have to execute at the end of the day. … It came down to one play executing. That's all that mattered."
While the loss may have been deflating for the Ravens, they did not lose any ground in the standings. The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals were both beaten Sunday , meaning that the Ravens still have a two-game lead with three to play in the AFC North. However, the Ravens' chances for a first-round bye continue to fade. Depending on what happens Monday night between the New England Patriots and Houston Texans — the top two seeds in the AFC — the Ravens could be seeded as low as fourth in the conference by late Monday night.
The Denver Broncos, who are 10-3 and will be at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday, have passed the Ravens and now they share the same record as the Indianapolis Colts.
"I don't know if people want me to be [ticked] off or [what]," said Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin who caught two touchdowns in the first half. "We're still going to be a playoff team. We're still going to win the [AFC] North. What else can I say? We let one get away today."
In the process, the Ravens may have also lost a couple of key performers. Right guard Marshal Yanda, the team's best offensive lineman, sprained his right ankle in overtime and left the stadium in a walking boot and on crutches. Inside linebacker Jameel McClain left the game in the third quarter with a neck injury, leaving undrafted free agents Albert McClellan and Josh Bynes to man the middle down the stretch. Rice (hip pointer) and fullback Vonta Leach (sprained ankle) were also banged up.
The physical toll added to the frustration in the postgame locker room as reality had set in that the Ravens did virtually everything that they wanted to do against the Redskins (7-6) and they still lost.
"I think we should have won this game," said Ravens linebacker Paul Kruger who had 1.5 of the Ravens' three sacks. "It's just a killer to come down here, play hard, play a full game and lose the way we did. It's just rough. We have to do everything we can to get back this coming week and play a good game. We really need it."
On offense, Flacco broke from his struggles to complete 16-of-21 passes for three touchdowns, 182 yards and a 121.5 quarterback rating. Against the NFL's fourth-ranked rushing defense, the Ravens revived their running game to the tune of 186 yards. Rice had 121 of them, eclipsing the 100-yard mark for the first time since Week 5.
On defense, the Ravens were gouged for 186 yards — a league-high this year for any team — and two touchdowns in the first quarter. But after that, the Ravens, playing without Terrell Suggs, mostly controlled Griffin and hit him at every opportunity.
Still, the Ravens made too many mistakes. Flacco committed two turnovers — a fumble and an interception — in the third quarter and both led to Forbath field goals. On the interception, the Ravens had the ball at the Redskins' 11 and at least figured to have a field goal before Flacco was hit by Ryan Kerrigan and then fluttered a pass up the middle in the arms of Washington's London Fletcher.
For as well as the Ravens played defensively, they allowed the Redskins to drive 85 yards on 13 plays to get the tying touchdown and conversion. Redskins' receivers ran free in the secondary throughout the drive with the final miscue coming when Chris Johnson lost Pierre Garcon in the back of the end zone.
Cousins went 2-for-2 for 26 yards on the final drive and also got a pass interference call on Johnson.
"Obviously, it's a frustrating situation, especially to allow a backup rookie to come in and make plays the way he did," cornerback Cary Williams said. "It's frustrating, but we got to find a way to win. Good teams find a way, and we didn't."


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We bought a 03 Plate Mk2.5 three weeks ago, its a Cerrion Silver
Nevada. We bought it as a weekend/fun car but didn't realise that we would
only have it for the weekends! Since purchasing the car it has gone back
to the (non-Mazda) dealer every Monday. The engine warning light keeps
on coming on! The error codes include P0012,P1345 and P1631. The latter
code is indicating alternator malfunction, a new alternator has been
fitted. The other two codes indicate Camshaft Angle Sensor (i) Bank 1
Timing too late and (ii) No signal from sensor. The dealer has since
fitted a new Crankshaft sensor?? and reckoned this would cure the problem -
When they delivered the car back to me they insisted that they have fixed
the car and no warning light is on. We then drive the car, for in some
instances, only a few hundred yards and hey presto the light is back on.
I have a few observations about the problem. IMO the car is sluggish
to start which is consistent with the CAS error codes and the fuel
economy is not as good as I would expect and one further curious instance in
that when the car is parked uphill the warning light will come on and
stay on but when parked downhill and left with iginition off for a
period of time say 5 to 10 minutes the light will stay off until a steep
hill is encountered. Strange mmmmmmm?? Stll waiting on this week's
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Marathon Oil banking more on Eagle Ford
Marathon Oil plans to make a big push in its liquid-rich Eagle Ford Shale play next year with more than a third of its $5.2 billion capital budget for 2013 devoted to the South Texas operation.
CEO Clarence Cazalot said Tuesday the Houston-based exploration and production company is making the Eagle Ford a focal point of its growth strategy.
Other key regions for the firm are the Bakken Shale in North Dakota and the Oklahoma resource basin.
Morningstar analyst Allen Good said there's little surprise in Marathon's plans to continue to put an emphasis on its Eagle Ford operations.
"Eagle Ford has clearly been a positive story for Marathon," Good said.
He added that the overall increase in 2013 capital spending is in line with his firm's expectations.
Marathon shares fell 76 cents, or 2.5 percent, to close at $30.04 in Tuesday trading.
Good said all the majors are cutting rigs and shifting to liquid-rich plays. He cited Exxon Mobil, Shell and Occidental Petroleum as other examples.
Low natural gas prices in the U.S. have hurt firms that rely too heavily on domestic production of natural gas in dry form. Liquids include oil, condensate and natural gas derivatives such as ethane and propane.
Marathon's spending plan, which translates to a roughly 4 percent increase over the company's projected capital spending for this year, is expected to generate a 6 percent to 8 percent year-over-year increase in total company production, Marathon said.
Some $1.9 billion of the budget is being set aside for Marathon's Eagle Ford operations.
Its 2013 production target there is 85,000 net barrels of oil equivalent per day. Plans call for drilling 215 to 250 net wells there in 2013.
Output from the Eagle Ford Shale nearly doubled during the third quarter of this year, to 40,000 net barrels of oil equivalent per day from 21,000 in the second quarter.
About 65 percent of the volume was crude oil and condensate, which command higher prices than dry natural gas.
Marathon also will spend money next year building up other assets across North America, Africa and Europe, while seeking to reduce costs where it can. Overseas efforts are key to its overall financial picture.
The company's base exploration and production assets include production operations in Norway, the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. conventional oil and gas plays, Equatorial Guinea, Britain and Libya. Marathon's spending plan for 2013 includes $870 million for those assets.
For this year, Marathon continues to project total capital spending of roughly $5 billion. That is the figure it has stuck with since August, when it said rig count reductions would be offset by increased spending from outside-operated projects and for infrastructure costs to facilitate the continuing ramp-up of Eagle Ford volumes over the next five years.
The Eagle Ford and Bakken plays have become fields of riches for oil and natural gas producers who are able to keep costs in check and weather price volatility. Marathon, along with Houston-based EOG Resources, have benefited from the right mix of operations.
Last month, both companies posted solid third-quarter results. Marathon Oil reported an 11 percent jump in profit for the third quarter. The company cited its Eagle Ford Shale operations as a factor.


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Howard, Byrd homer as Phillies beat Yankees 6-0
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Ryan Howard and Marlon Byrd hit consecutive solo homers in the third inning to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past the New York Yankees 6-0 on Tuesday night.
Howard sent a 3-1 pitch from Vidal Nuno to deep right before Byrd drove an 0-2 offering over the center-field fence.
Nuno found out before the game that he, David Phelps and Adam Warren had lost out to Michael Pineda in the Yankees' fifth starter competition.
Derek Jeter had a hard single in three at-bats. The Yankees captain has struggled offensively, going 6 for 47 (.128) in 16 games.
Jeter was limited to 17 games last season after breaking his left ankle in the 2012 playoffs.
Phillies: Jeff Manship allowed five hits in four shutout innings.
Yankees: Warren gave up two walks and had one strikeout in a scoreless inning. Phelps pitched the second, allowing Bobby Abreu's RBI single after consecutive errors by third baseman Kelly Johnson.
Both Phelps and Warren are expected to work out the bullpen.
"Disappointing, but I still have a chance to help the team," Phelps said.
Phillies: Infielder Freddy Galvis has been released from the hospital after getting four days of treatment for a MRSA infection in his left knee. He will start the season on the disabled list.
Abreu returned after missing a couple days with left shoulder soreness.
Reliever Mike Adams allowed two hits during a scoreless fifth in his first big league spring training game. He is coming back from a shoulder injury.
Yankees: Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury went 1 for 4 with two walks as the designated hitter in a minor league intrasquad game. He had missed the past 1 1/2 weeks due to right calf tightness, and could play defense in a minor league game Wednesday.
"Today was the first step in the sense of just playing in the game," Ellsbury said. "I've been running, sprinting, doing all that stuff."
Ellsbury expects to be ready for opening day.
Infielder Brendan Ryan, out with upper back spasms, says he will start the season on the disabled list. Dean Anne and Yangervis Solarte could replace him in the backup infield role.
Phillies: Infielder Ronny Cedeno was released, leaving Cesar Hernandez and Reid Brignac as internal options to be backup infielders.
Infielder Kevin Frandsen, outrighted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley Sunday, opted for free agency.
Catchers Cameron Rupp and Sebastian Valle were sent to the minor league camp. Catcher Koyie Hall was reassigned to major league camp as a non-roster invitee.
Yankees: Catcher John Ryan Murphy was sent to the minor league camp. Francisco Cervelli has become the clear favorite to backup starting catcher Brian McCann.


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Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Jennifer Aniston were among the stars who turned out for the wedding of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel on Saturday (13Jul13).
The Jimmy Kimmel Live! presenter exchanged vows with partner Molly McNearney in Ojai, California, and several of his famous friends were in attendance.
Affleck's wife Jennifer Garner also attended, as did Damon's partner Luciana, and Aniston was escorted to the bash by her fiance Justin Theroux.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi, and Emily Blunt and John Krasinski were also there to toast the happy couple.
Kimmel and McNearney marked their impending nuptials on Friday with a star-studded rehearsal dinner, according to UsMagazine.com.
Kimmel was previously married for 14 years and has two children from the relationship.


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US Apologizes for Photos of Soldiers With Enemy Remains
(WASHINGTON) -- For the second time in three months, the most senior U.S. officials in Afghanistan have had to condemn images of soldiers disrespecting the bodies of their enemies.
On Wednesday, even before the Los Angeles Times had published photos it had obtained that appear to show American soldiers posing next to the mutilated remains of Taliban insurgents in 2010, America's top diplomat and military commander rebuked the soldiers in the photos and promised investigations.
The U.S.'s quick response Wednesday, and in January -- when video of U.S. Marines urinating on insurgents' bodies was called "inexplicable" -- appear to be attempts to convince an already skeptical Afghan public that not all Americans serving in Afghanistan treat dead bodies in ways that are forbidden by Islam.
But in this case, Afghan and American officials both said they did not expect that the new photos -- only two out of 18 given to the Los Angeles Times, according to the newspaper -- would incite widespread protest. Many Afghans shrug when they see evidence of U.S. mistreatment of Taliban fighters, and in the case of previous scandals, many Afghans have shown they are more incensed by mistreatment of religious texts, most notably the Quran, than they are of fellow Afghans.
Still, U.S. officials rushed to try and get ahead of the story, releasing almost simultaneous statements approved by senior officials in the State Department and the military.
"This behavior and these images are entirely inconsistent with the values of ISAF and all service members of the fifty ISAF countries serving in Afghanistan," said Gen. John Allen in a statement, referring to the U.S.-led coalition, the International Security Assistance Force. "These actions undermine the daily sacrifices of thousands of ISAF troops who continue to serve honorably in Afghanistan."
Added U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker: "Such actions are morally repugnant, dishonor the sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers and civilians who have served with distinction in Afghanistan, and do not represent the core values of the United States or our military."
The Los Angeles Times reported that the photos were taken in 2010, when members of the 1st brigade, 82nd airborne served in Zabul, a small province in southern Afghanistan.
The photographs depict two separate incidents, according to the newspaper. In one, the soldiers arrived at a police station to inspect body parts of a bomber who had blown himself up. As Afghan police officers are holding up the corpse's legs, two Americans pose for a photo, grinning with their thumbs up.
In the second incident, which the newspaper said occurred a few months later, the same platoon was called by Afghan police to take fingerprints of Taliban fighters who had mistakenly blown themselves up when a bomb they were burying in the road exploded early. One soldier places the dead bomber's hands on another soldier's shoulder as the photo is snapped.
The Los Angeles Times reported that a soldier from within the unit provided the photos on condition of anonymity. He told the newspaper that, in the second case, the soldiers in the photograph "were frustrated, just pissed off -- their buddies had been blown up by IEDs [improvised explosive devices]… so they sort of just celebrated" when they realized the insurgents had accidentally killed themselves.
U.S. officials did not dispute the authenticity of the photos, which they said the newspaper first showed them in the last few weeks.
"It needs to be fully investigated and that investigation is already underway," Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Wednesday in Brussels. "Wherever these facts lead we'll take the appropriate action."
The newspaper reported that seven soldiers appear in the photos, and the military has "identified almost all the individuals," according to Christopher Grey, spokesman for the Army's Criminal Investigative Command.
The Los Angeles Times reported that military officials requested they not to print the photos, but that it decided to go ahead in part because the soldier who gave the newspaper "expressed the hope that publication would help ensure that alleged security shortcomings at two U.S. bases in Afghanistan in 2010 were not repeated."
That seemed to suggest that the soldier objected to what his fellow soldiers had done and believed their actions and possibly those of his commanders helped reduce the unit's security. Around the time the photos were taken, two Taliban attacks on two of the brigade's bases killed half a dozen soldiers -- bases that the soldier who provided the photos told the newspaper were not sufficiently protected.
Los Angeles Times editor Davan Maharaj said that publication "would fulfill our obligation to readers to report vigorously and impartially on all aspects of the American mission in Afghanistan, including the allegation that the images reflect a breakdown in unit discipline that was endangering U.S. troops."
In Brussels, however, Panetta chastised the newspaper, saying its decision could endanger troops serving in Afghanistan.
"This is war and I know that war is ugly and it's violent. And I know that young people sometimes caught up in the moment make some very foolish decisions. I am not excusing… but neither do I want these images to bring further injury to our people or to our relationship with the Afghan people," Panetta said. "We had urged the L.A. Times not to run these photos and the reason for that is those kinds of photos have been used by the enemy to incite violence and lives have been lost as a result of the publication of similar photos in the past. So we regret that they were published."
The same brigade is now back in Afghanistan, although not the entire unit. U.S. officials Wednesday suggested that few, if any, of the soldiers in the photos had been redeployed.
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An American in "Paris"
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Bridges might be one of my favorite parts of DC too. I love the big bronze statues at Memorial Bridge. So so so cool!
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Very cute outfit and the shoes are beautiful, I'd be scared to walk in them though lol.ReplyDelete
I just found your blog through Pich and Roor and I am loving it. I also live in the DC area and I am so glad to meet another fashion blogger like myself. You have flawless style and I am looking forward t keeping in touch! Definitely following you on GFC and Bloglovin and I hope we can follow each other :)ReplyDelete
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Windows 10 Notepad Moving to Microsoft Store With 20H1 Upgrade
Notepad has been a well-loved text editor in Windows for over 30 years. Over the last few releases, we've been making a number of small improvements to Notepad based on your feedback (including expanded line ending support, wrap around search, and indicating when there's unsaved content.) Starting with this build, we're making a change so that future Notepad updates will be automatically available via the store. This will allow us the flexibility to respond to issues and feedback outside the bounds of Windows releases. As always, if you have any feedback for Notepad, we welcome it in the Feedback Hub under Apps > Notepad.
Other changes already made to Notepad include wrap around search, text zoom, search autofill, line numbers when using word wrap. search with Bing, and better UTF-8 support.
System backup tests
G4L, default options Lzop compression - took under 2 minutes but image was 16.3GB
fsarchiver, default options gzip standard compression - under 2 minutes, image 5.7GB
fsarchiver, bz2 compression - 20minutes, image 5.3GB
Redo Backup, default (not configurable) - 6 minutes, 6.1GB
Clonezilla, default, gzip - about 3.5 minutes including image verification, 6.1GB
I'm sure changing from default options would make a difference as all but Redo can use different compression.
For ease of use, Redo is the simplest as it has no options. Clonezilla and G4L are both a bit complicated but are quite configurable.
fsarchiver really impressed me though with it's easy to understand GUI while still having options for compression type, splitting, and even allocation of the number of CPU cores. I will be using it for my system backups in future.
Edit - it seems the GUI is called qt-fsarchiver which is currently not in Debian but available from Sourceforge and several distros. The .deb from SF won't install in siduction due to dependencies so I'll have to stick to running it from PartedMagic.
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Giant Eagle in Moon to begin selling alcoholic beverages
Moon supervisors on Monday approved a liquor license transfer that will permit the Giant Eagle along University Boulevard in the Moon Plaza to sell alcoholic beverages.
The liquor license transfer from the shuttered EJ's Lounge in Bethel Park will allow Giant Eagle to sell a maximum of 16 12-ounce beers per person, officials said.
The license will go hand-in-hand with renovations at the grocery store chain that will included expanded prepared foods, deli and bakery sections and a cafe with indoor and outdoor seating for up to 105 people.
Giant Eagle spokesman Dick Roberts said the store will begin selling alcohol once the renovations are complete, although the start and completion dates have not yet been determined.


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Elie Wiesel has known horrors none of us can imagine. Through his life's work and especially books such as Night, those of us born post-Holocaust can perhaps achieve some measure of understanding about that darkest moment in humankind's history. Wiesel, and his fellow survivor Primo Levi, bear un-silenceable witness to unspeakable crimes.
Another crime has just occured. Wiesel has lost his entire life's savings, and all the money of his Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Instead of investing his client's money, Madoff spent it in a Ponzi scheme. The money is gone.
Surely many of Madoff's clients are equally hurt, but the great injustice here is the loss of funds for the Foundation for Humanity. Their important work in Darfur is a necessary reminder for the world that genocide is happening right now, this very day, far away from the world's attention. Everyone who feels outrage over the possibility of the Foundation for Humanity closing because of the greed of one man should donate now, in order to demonstrate that Madoff's malice cannot snuff out Wiesel's good work.
Last year a mentally-disturbed Holocaust denier--a redundancy if ever there were one--attacked Wiesel at a hotel in San Francisco.
Yet I suspect that despite being physically attacked at an advanced age, despite being left penniless in the wake of Madoff's obscene betrayal, Elie Wiesel--winner of the Nobel Prize and one of the most influential persons of the 20th century--has a sense of perspective about these hardships that few of us will ever have. He knows just how bad things can really become.


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Published on January 17, 2012
Co-Authored by Robin Sax, Ross Ellis and Angela Rose
How shattering the silence stops abuse
Joe Paterno "broke his silence on the Sandusky case since being fired from Penn State University." Clearly not a tell-all nor a hard ball interview, Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post portrayed Paterno as a sympathetic, sick, frail old man who simply did the best he could. Do you feel sorry for him? Do you think he deserves a pass? Do you think his age, notoriety and illness is justification to the many victims who would not have been abused had Joe-Pa cared about him as much as he cared about himself, his team, and the school.
Denial, minimization, blame are the tenets of sexual abuse cover-ups and misunderstanding. While Joe-Pa may not have known what to do then, he should be able to say I know what to do now. The missing parts of the interview were the noticeably absent questions of:
- Did you ever confront Sandusky? If so, what did he say? What did you say?
- What would you do if this happened today?
- When you saw Sandusky as recently as September 2011 did you think it was strange that he was still courting kids on campus?
A hundred more questions come to mind.
The value of Paterno's silence breaker is that this gives us an opportunity to talk about sexual abuse– a subject that despite how progressed people think we are– is one that many would prefer to remain a silent subject.
On Tuesday, January 17 on Fox 11 KTTV's Good Day LA, Angela Rose shattered the silence of sexual violence by sharing her own story of overcoming being kidnapped when she was 17 years old and sexually assaulted by a repeat sexual offender who was on parole for murder. Although her case was perpetrated by a stranger, Angela stresses that sexual abuse is typically committed by someone who is known to the victim. The offenders prey on their victims using trust as well as silence and fear as a tool to continue to offend. Angela Rose founded the nonprofit PAVE: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment and she is partnering with other groups to tackle this societal problem.
Child sexual abuse is a worldwide pandemic and prevalence rates are known to be as high as 60 percent. Sexual abusers tend to choose occupations that put them in close contact with children. They can be found in every profession. They are heterosexual and homosexual — they don't discriminate.
While Penn State and Syracuse are now institutions that have been exposed, there are hundreds of other schools that work harder to cover up the abuse than simply expose it and deal with it. In all of these cases, the pattern is the same when a child reports sexual abuse and when confronted with the investigation process— a process designed to be a fact finding process—the child is the one who is disbelieved, penalized, and blamed. The children get victimized twice – once by the people they look up to and admire, and then again through the cover-ups of the perpetrators, and their colleagues.
Take a case that as not received the same attention as Sandusky or Fine. It is the case of Steven Noyes of Naples Florida. In April 2011, nine-year old Jane Doe reported that she was sexually and inappropriately touched by her fourth grade teacher Steven Noyes. Not surprisingly, he denied all allegations and hid in the joy of being the "beloved teacher." While the school initially suspended Noyes, it came out that he was doing report cards, continued official duties and even communicated with children and parents during his time on "admin leave." It smelled of a BS admin leave with no real intention of looking objectively into the facts of the allegations. The smell got worse when the school seemed to have conducted a shoddy (at best) internal investigation that resulted not only in Noyes returning to school but culminated in the ultimate blow when principal Ginger Sauter suggested that the child leave the school with zero justification. So, like these other high profile cases the school seemed to practice their same protection for themselves instead of saying "mea cupla, we screwed up, and we are sorry."
School and institutions have choices. They can choose to pick denial, minimization and blame and live being more concerned about the institution, the school, and the teacher – or they can stop blaming the victim and protect the victim.
When the institutions protect abusers, they not only are allowing for rampant prolific abuse to continue but are sending the message for victims to stay silent because the adult and institution will always win. Children are being taught that horrific, vile, and abusive behavior is acceptable and that their words do not matter.
We are here to say victim's words DO matter. Their disclosures are critical. The victim's voices must be heard and we the growns up cannot be silent. The fact that we even have to have laws of mandated reporting to order people in positions of trust to report is telling even and of itself. The fact that those who work with children have to be mandated to tell is just troubling. Do we really need a law to say "tell." Do we need to have laws to say do the right thing and don't kick the victim out of school too?
We can no longer be silent. We all have a responsibility to tell whether mandated by the law or not. We are the adults – and kids count on us to be vocal and stand up for our victims who will live with this pain for the rest of their lives. In New York City, buses and subways are covered with billboards that say "When you see something, Say something!" We urge you to REPORT IT! In workplaces and in the armed services there are hotlines given for anonymous reporting. Whether duty bound by mandated reporting laws, we the adults should retrain our default to tell and to tell until someone does something. The more silent you stay, the more children are hurt.
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I said that this one was rare because we are only making a handful of 26" frames these days, it's all gone 29er. Lest we lament the demise of the 26" wheeled MTB, raise a glass to this one, and to all of our Grassroots Racers out there flying the green and yellow flag.


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Our corporate headquarters in Seattle is a stone's throw from the University of Washington, and our office is packed with UW alums—however, this being a style blog, we have to touch on the University of Oregon's reputation as steeziest team in the league.
Thanks to Oregon-based Nike, the Jedi masters of sports design, the Oregon Ducks have a rotating, interchangeable lineup of helmets, jerseys and pants, which the team combines in different ways each week. Ducks fans love it; others might view it as unnecessary fashion theatrics. To each their own.
What's hard to dispute, though, is that the team backs up sartorial tricks with serious game. With standouts like a lightning-fast running back who played peewee football under coach Snoop Lion (aka Snoop Dogg—yes, really) and a freshman quarterback from Hawaii who's ice-cold under pressure, the Ducks are fun to watch on multiple levels.
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Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD 'probably' won't include original soundtrack
Tony Hawk's HD remix is unlikely to feature the original music from the first two games.
If Tony Hawk's newer games can't get fans excited, perhaps it's time to go back to what made them so popular? Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD is an upgraded remix of the first two Tony Hawk games. While the gameplay and tracks should remain largely intact from the PSone originals, one thing is unlikely to survive the transition: the soundtrack.
Activision's Dan Amrich explains that the HD re-release "probably" won't have the original soundtrack, for a myriad of reasons.
Writing on One of Swords, Amrich explains that THPS HD is "not a straight reissue; it's neither THPS1 or THPS2, but a new game based on the levels and gameplay from both of those games." Because it's two games and not one, it's not really appropriate to demand the "original" soundtrack for the game.
Of course, the more thorny issue is licensing. "Music licensing is a one-time deal," he explained. "The songs from the original games were only licensed for those specific games on those specific platforms at that specific time. Any other versions created later would need new licensing deals." While Activision could certainly attempt to re-license the original tracks, Amrich notes that "from a legal/licensing standpoint, they are back to square one."
It appears that Activision is unlikely to go after all those original songs. A new soundtrack, updated for the modern era, seems like an inevitability--and Amrich argues that's not necessarily a bad thing. "The THPS series was famous helping break new bands on its soundtracks; the reason a lot of these songs are such a strong part of people's memories — beyond sheer repetition during gameplay! — is that THPS is the game that introduced you to that song or that artist."
If, for some reason, Activision decides to exclusively license Ke$ha and Justin Bieber tunes for the entirety of the game, Amrich does offer a solution: "Create a playlist and play the old songs while you play the new game."
Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD 'probably' won't include original soundtrack.
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Hi all, I recently just got back into the game and recently picked up an older gamma stringer (6000 I think?) for 200 bucks!! So my question is, can someone recommend me a good string? It's kinda overwhelming how many different types of strings are out there. Strings that I have played recently are head's sonic pro, fxp, and syn gut. I liked the fxp but popped the srings in less than two hrs. The sonic pro had a great pocket feel for me but a tad bit pricey. I have also used goosen's og sheep 17, which is ok at best.
I am a hard hitting baseliner with heavy top spin. Thanks in advance guys!
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Just go to bigttennis.com. They have German strings, Pro's Pro, which are remakes of all the highly popular brands at $35 a REEL. That is like $2 a set. And they ship for free too. I like Hexaspin Twist: http://www.bigttennis.com/product_p/pphxt200m.htm
From my experience, Pro's Pro strings, although good, loose tension very fast. Your best bet is buying some Kirschbaum Super Smash orange from Tennis Plaza for $16 for 4 sets on sale and free shipping.
It's a 3rd gen poly and is pre stretched so it won't loose tension fast like your Pro's Pro strings from Big T
Finally got a chance to play with the super smash yesterday and I like how it played. I used the SS for the mains and used goosen for the crosses. I wished I wouldn't have strung it at a lower tension though. Why do peeps recommend this? I strung it 55lbs which is 3-5 lbs less than usual and man it jumps off the racket. I'll have to play around with the tension more but thanks for the recommendation.
I used to string my polys at 59-61 with an Head Pro Tour 280. I had to swing very hard to get power in the first place, so my polys had to be in there tight.
But I found with a stiffer racquet, I can ease off hitting through the ball and relax my swing more and end up getting more effortless power. So I am now at 53-54 lbs with a Tecnifibre TFight 325 or a Head IG Prestige Pro.
Man, I'm the complete opposite. I'm hitting with the kfactor 6.1 (which my buddies tell me is too heavy and stiff for them) and if I don't hit out on the ball, I lose control and the ball just seems to sail out. My game is so inconsistent that if I ease up on my swing I lose all my "rhythm" . Maybe the Pro Line 2 will solve that, LOL.
The KFactor, you must swing out or there is no shot. Even more than the BLX successors.This frame is string sensitive. You are best off with a strong linear response poly.
Pro Line 2 will definitely work, maybe at 59 up to 61, if you are a flatter hitter. I used to put it at 61 in my Head Youtek Prestige Mids. I definitely was swing hard and flat at the time.
I have also strung them with Red Code at 59 lbs for my friends who used them. They were always happy with them.
I had them try my special hybrid, Becker Bomber copoly in the mains (59), Alu smooth (57) in the cross. Pretty soon, that's what they preferred.
My other friend, who is in his fifties used Lux Original at 52. But he has alot of control over his wiper and tremendous forearm strength. He likes more pocketing.
What do you mean by a "strong linear response poly"? Does that have something to do with how much the strings move? I know that the Gosen strings I have been using move a lot compared to the SS.
Has to do with the deflection angle of the strings, their stiffness rating, and its construction, whether it is a monofilament, textured or round, etc..
Gosen OG Micro is a synthetic gut. The Super Smash is a poly with less deflection angle, so it will go straighter. A textured poly will have a higher deflection angle, which is suited to spin.
Actually, recent string science has shown that much of spin occurs due to the ability of strings to snap back into place. Gosen og micro is a relatively stiff syn gut and has a decent snap back ratio.
A textured poly of a specific brand has been proven to have only an insignificantly higher spin potential that same poly with out texture.
When you say "snap back" do you mean their ability to "not move or stay in place"? I know that when I have the gosen as the mains, I am constantly having to readjust/straighten the strings all the time as opposed to the super smash or the head sonic pro, where the strings always remain in place. Thanks again for all the info!
Also, the string stiffness along with this snap back effect allow for bigger swipes with less power. This contributes to spin. Open string pattern ect....
Yea, old tennis string hypothesis vs recent string science that has been proven over and over for the last 5 years.
Not a new topic of conversation, just am tired of long explanations and for that I apologize.
Tension loss, as in major. Obviously, once that happens, you lose control.
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Boots No. 17 seems to have been rather creative this time round for Spring because I found myself lusting after a few of the items, so I thought I'd share the images with you.
Launched on the 28th of January 2011 is the Vintage Loves collection, which has these two pretty eyeshadow palettes (Limited Edition) in Metallic Nude and Pretty Pastels £5.49 each:
As soon as I saw this palette I though Integrate – completely reminds me of a drugstore Japanese eyeshadow palette (although one of those would have a sparkly base and a gel eyeliner in there too!). Definitely worth a swatch to see if the pigment matches the look of it.
Then we have polishes…Priced at £2.99 each I have to say I have a couple of 17 Lasting Fix polishes and they are EXCELLENT, easy to apply and long lasting but these pastely shades are pretty dull to me. If you like it then you'll like these:
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Looks almost like a perfect soft pink and these three Va Va Voom lip glosses:
Then the products I am the most interested in the No 17 Photo Flawless products! The mascara is already out, the primer and foundation are out on the 28th January.
Consisting of a primer (8ml for £4.99), Photo Ready Foundation (30ml £6.49 in Natural, Fair, Biscuit, Ivory, Honey and Caramel) and Photo Flawless Mascara (9ml £5.99) comes in black/blue, black/copper, black/green (the mascara is black with a twist of pearlescent colour):
I'm all about the primer and foundations so these are the 2 I want to try the most. I don't have much luck with cheap foundation so let's see – everything is about the 'photo' finish these days isn't it?! How often do we actually have our photo taken?!
Anything here you're gunning to try?