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Question: What are the new abalone regulations that will go into effect this year?
Answer: When the abalone harvest season opens on April 1, the following new abalone regulations are going into effect:
1) The Fort Ross area will be closed for the first two month so abalone in this area may be taken only during the months of June, August, September, October and November (CCR Title 14, section 29.15(b)(1)). A map showing the abalone closure area around Fort Ross can be found at http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=42101&inline=true
2) Individuals taking abalone shall maintain separate possession of their abalone. Abalone may not be commingled in a float tube, dive board, dive bag, or any other container or device, until properly tagged. Only after abalones are properly tagged (as described in CCR Title 14, section 29.16 (b)), may they be commingled with other abalone taken by another person (CCR Title 14, section 29.15(g)(1)).
Becoming a federal trapper?
Question: I have a friend who lost some livestock to either coyotes or a mountain lion. He wants to protect the rest of his animals and was advised to contact the local government trapper. How can a person become a licensed trapper authorized to track down and remove these problem predatory animals?
Answer: Contact the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The mission of this agency is to provide federal leadership and expertise to resolve wildlife conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist. For more information, please go to www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/.
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It has been a very busy time for me in the last 3 weeks having received 8 sightings of CUMPSTONs – all sent to me by their descendants. Many thanks to you all and by now you will be able to view the new page for your ancestors on my website at www.cumpston.org.uk
One of those who wrote was Lt Col G. W. Cumpston USMC (RET) email@example.com
He told me of his father William Roscoe Cumpston.
I am the son of W,R. Cumpston, born in 1895 in Greene County Pa. Served as a musician in the US Army in WW I died in 1966. He had 10 siblings. He had a Teaching Certificate from Waynesburg Normal School which later became Waynesburg College. I became a career Officer in USMC and retired in 1984. I hold a BS degree from Chaminade U in Honolulu Hi and MA in education from Pepperdine U with 2 sons William Russell Cumpston born 1961 and Andrew M Cumpston born 1963. For your interest, a Cumpston from Ohio won a Medal of Honor while serving for the North in the Civil War. My son William aka "Rusty" graduated from UNC Chapel Hill and son Andrew graduated from NC State.
Warm regards. George W Cumpston
He now has a new page on my website at
You can see it at http://www.cumpston.org.uk/#/wr-cumpston/4563695778 where you will see his WWI and WW2 registration cards. You can also see details of other family members in the 1920 United States Federal Census:
Goldie M CUMPSTON 33
Barney M Cumpston 31
Earl J Cumpston 29
Annie M Cumpston 18
Roscoe W Cumpston 26
Ray C Cumpston 24
Ora E Cumpston 21
Nannie A Cumpston 19
Harry M Cumpston 17
Edward C Cumpston 15
Many thanks George for this information which helped me put together a new family tree.
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- CUMPSTON, JAMES M. – Medal of Honor Recipient (cumpstonresearch.wordpress.com)

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The Kuang Si Falls, sometimes spelled Kuang Xi, is a three tier waterfall about 29 kilometres (18 miles) south of Luang Prabang in Laos. These waterfalls are a favourite side trip for tourists in Luang Prabang. The falls begin in shallow pools atop a steep hillside. These lead to the main fall with a 50 m cascade. The water collects in numerous turquoise blue pools as it flows downstream. The many cascades that result are typical of travertine waterfalls.
Asia is the biggest continent on Earth, a darling little gem floating around in space.Hm, what is Asia? Who's in on it?China and India are safe bets for Asian nations. Korea, Japan, Thailand, you're fine.Europe? No. Europe would sort of be on the "Asian continent" if not for those pesky Ural mountains dividing things up in the middle, and then also the whole lineage of kings and wealth and nations and the EU and all that "give me my respect" stuff.Russia would probably be happiest as its own continent, so for now we'll leave it in "Eurasia" and just hope the natural gas supplies keep flowing.Pakistan and Afghanistan are dang close to Asia, but politically they show up in "Middle East" news stories an awful lot. Verdict: Eurasia.I guess we'll actually have to consider everything from Turkey on eastward to be "Eurasian", although the moniker seems overlappitory of the territory.The Asian economy is now officially raging like a wild furnace of lava that consumes everything in its path. Japan has had the largest individual economy in Asia for decades, but it is forecast that both India and China will outstrip Japan within twenty years.China is the largest holder of United States debt and is positioned to become the world's next superpower, provided that Godzilla doesn't return and decide to stomp everybody back into the Shang Dynasty.Text by Steve Smith.


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MEDINA, Ohio, Jan. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) today announced that it has acquired two businesses, a manufacturer of commercial floor cleaning equipment and chemicals, and a manufacturer of specialty chemical raw materials. The companies have combined annual net sales of approximately $42 million. Terms of the transactions, which are expected to be accretive to earnings within one year, were not disclosed.
RPM's Legend Brands business has acquired the Prochem business from the Kärcher North America Company, Inc. Prochem is a manufacturer of professional equipment and chemicals for cleaning and restoring carpet, upholstery and hard flooring surfaces. Based in Chandler, Arizona, Prochem has annual net sales of approximately $22 million.
Prochem's equipment line includes truck-mounted and portable carpet, upholstery and hard surface cleaning machines, as well as a complete line of accessories. Prochem also manufactures professional-grade cleaning chemicals, including detergents, shampoos, spot and stain removers, and deodorizers. Its products are sold by distributors to professional cleaning contractors, primarily in North America.
"We expect the addition of Prochem, which will be integrated into Legend Brands' current offering of professional cleaning products, to propel us into the leadership position in the professional cleaning market," stated Frank C. Sullivan, RPM chairman and chief executive officer. "There are a number of efficiencies to be gained by the combined businesses that we can leverage to the bottom line. Plus, we will be able to better serve customers as we now have cleaning chemical blending facilities on both the east and west coasts of the U.S."
In addition, RPM acquired 80 percent of Arnette Polymers, LLC, a manufacturer of specialty chemical raw materials. Excluding sales to the several RPM subsidiaries it currently serves, Arnette Polymers has annual net sales of nearly $20 million. It will operate as part of the RPM Performance Coatings Group.
Located in Richmond, Missouri, Arnette Polymers specializes in resins, hardeners, curing agents and other intermediates for use in epoxy and polyurethane materials. The company is a key supplier to major chemical producers, distributors and end-user formulators. It will continue to be run by company founders Jim and Micky Arnette and the existing management team.
"Arnette's flexibility and ability to produce from pilot to large scale batches of both standard and niche materials has made it a key supplier for RPM subsidiaries over the last several years," stated Sullivan. "With a good working relationship already in place, we intend to leverage this acquisition to further expand advantages in cost, supply and product development within the RPM supply chain."
About RPMRPM International Inc. owns subsidiaries that are world leaders in specialty coatings, sealants, building materials and related services across three segments. RPM's industrial products include roofing systems, sealants, corrosion control coatings, flooring coatings and other construction chemicals. Industrial companies include Stonhard, Tremco, illbruck, Carboline, Flowcrete, Euclid Chemical and RPM Belgium Vandex. RPM's consumer products are used by professionals and do-it-yourselfers for home maintenance and improvement and by hobbyists. Consumer brands include Rust-Oleum, DAP, Zinsser, Varathane and Testors. RPM's specialty products include industrial cleaners, colorants, exterior finishes, specialty OEM coatings, edible coatings, restoration services equipment and specialty glazes for the pharmaceutical and food industries. Specialty segment companies include Day-Glo, Dryvit, RPM Wood Finishes, Mantrose-Haeuser, Legend Brands, Kop-Coat and TCI. Additional details can be found at www.rpminc.com and by following RPM on Twitter at www.twitter.com/RPMintl.
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Compensation for chief executives at AIG, Ally Financial and GM -- all of which received exceptional TARP assistance during the financial meltdown -- is being frozen at last year's levels, the Treasury Department said.
The ruling from Patricia Geoghegan, acting special master for executive compensation under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, also notes that the government has recovered 75% of the funds it invested in American International Group Inc.
General Motors Co. has reduced its obligations by nearly half, while Ally Financial Inc. (formerly GMAC) has returned nearly a third of its TARP funds. The companies are all still partly owned by the government; four others have since exited the program.
This year, 83% of the compensation given to the 25 top-paid executives at each company will be in the form of stock, which is tied to company performance, the Treasury Department said. Bonuses will be subject to claw-backs. Cash salaries are largely limited to $500,000 or less.
Overall direct compensation, according to the ruling, will be down 10%.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated in December that TARP losses will amount to $34 billion, while the Obama administration projects a $68-billion loss.
At GM, total direct compensation for the top 23 executives will decline $8.8 million, or 12%, from 2011, the Treasury Department said. The highest-paid employee, identified only by a number in the report, will pull in $9 million this year through a cash-and-stock-based salary and long-term restricted stock.
At Ally, overall direct compensation will fall 3.3%, or $2.6 million, while the top-paid employee will earn $9.5 million. At AIG, direct compensation will slip 12.2%, or $14.8 million, with $10.5 million going to the top earner.
By comparison, Morgan Stanley Chief Executive James Gorman made $13 million last year after taking a 15% pay cut. Bank of America's head, Brian Moynihan, watched his compensation package quadruple to nearly $8.1 million.
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In addition to adding and editing text on your web pages, you can also add images. Images are a great way to illustrate a point or add color and variety to your pages. You can add, modify, and remove images in Contributor. The image can be in the JPEG, GIF, or PNG format, and it must be checked into the content server.
You generally perform the following tasks with images:
Before you can add an image to the Web site, the image must be checked into the content server. As is the case with native documents (see Chapter 10, "Working With Native Documents"), you can use one of the various methods available on the content server to check the image in.
Please note the following when checking in an image:
The image must be in the JPEG, GIF, or PNG format. Contact your site designer or site manager if you have questions regarding these files.
The image should be checked in using the appropriate Site Studio metadata so that it is recognized as belonging to the Web site. In particular, you should specify the correct value for Web Sites and Website Object Type. Otherwise, your images may get lost if the site is ever moved to another server.
The image may need to follow certain company style guidelines, like file type, size, and aspect ratio. Contact your site designer or site manager if you have questions regarding these policies.
Note:For more information on checking content into the content server, see the Oracle WebCenter Content User's Guide for Content Server.
You can add images in Contributor using the editing toolbar. Once you add the image, you can resize it, change its properties, and more.
Place your cursor where you would like to add the image.
Click the Insert Image icon (Figure 5-1) in the editing toolbar.
A window opens displaying the search results page in the content server. Click Select beside the image that you would like to use. If you do not see the image you want to add, you may not have checked it into the content server correctly. See "Checking Images Into Content Server" for more information.
If the content server has Digital Asset Management, then the Actions column in the results page shows the blue information icon, and a Digital Asset Management icon (Figure 5-2). Click the icon and multiple renderings of the image to use on the Web site are listed. Each rendering is a version of an image created by the content server when the image is checked in. The renderings available depend on how the content server is set up, but will typically include a thumbnail version, a preview version, and similar smaller-sized versions of the image ready to use on a Web site.
Click Select beside the specific rendering of the image that you would like to use.
The search results page closes, and you return to Contributor, where you see your image on the page.
You can easily replace an image that you (or another contributor) previously added in Contributor.
To replace an existing image, perform one of these tasks:
Click anywhere on the image to select it. The image shows it has been selected when it displays a frame (Figure 5-3). Now you simply add the image, which replaces the old image. For more information, see "Adding Images".
Click anywhere on the image to select it. The image shows it has been selected when it displays a frame. Right-click and choose Image Properties. You can now click Browse Server to select a different image on the server.
Click anywhere on the image to select it. Delete the existing image (by pressing the Delete key on your keyboard) and then insert an image. For more information, see "Adding Images".
You can resize an image in Contributor using your mouse or using the image properties dialog.
To resize an image, perform these tasks:
Select the image so that it is displayed in a frame (Figure 5-4).
Click and drag any of the boxes of the frame to resize the image.
Resizing Using the Image Properties Dialog
You can also change the size of an image in the Image Properties dialog. See "Changing the Properties of an Image".
Before you can add an image, the image must be checked into the content server (see "Checking Images Into Content Server").
Although you can view BMP files in the content server, you cannot add these to your web pages. You can use only GIF, JPEG, or PNG files.
Only the images with the file extension .gif, .jpg, or .png, and those checked in with Image as their "Website Object Type" appear on the search results page.
The Insert Image option may be the only available option in Contributor, depending on how the site was set up.
Alternatively, you could resize the image by changing its height and width in the Image Properties dialog (see "Changing the Properties of an Image").
If you use any drag handles other than the ones on corners, the aspect ratio of your image changes. You can use the icons to the right of the width and height fields on the image properties dialog to lock the aspect ratio of the image or reset the image to its original size (width and height).
You can change the properties of an image, including its height, width, and border using the image properties dialog in Contributor.
To change the properties of an image, perform these tasks:
Place your mouse cursor anywhere on the image.
Right-click, and select Image Properties from the menu.
The Image Properties dialog is displayed (Figure 5-5).
Specify or edit each image property as required:
Image Info tab:
URL: This is the URL of the image on the content server. You can use the Browse Server button to select a different image to replace the current one.
Alternative Text: This is the alternative text of the image (that is, the value of the
Alt attribute value of the
IMG tag). The default is the title of the image on the content server. (See the notes below for typical uses of alternate text.)
Width: Specifies the width of the image (in pixels). The default is the actual image width.
Height: Specifies the height of the image (in pixels). The default is the actual image height.
Note:You can use the icons to the right of the field to lock the aspect ratio of the image or reset the image to its original size (width and height).
Border: Specifies the size of the border around the image (in pixels).
HSpace: Controls the horizontal spacing on the left and right sides of the image (in pixels).
VSpace: Controls the vertical spacing on the top and bottom sides of the image (in pixels)
Align: Aligns the image with other items on the page (left, middle, right, top, and so on). The preview area shows how the image aligns using the current settings.
Advanced tab (for advanced users):
Id: Specifies the ID of the image.
Language Direction: Sets the language direction of the image: left to right ( LTR ) or right to left ( RTL).
Language Code: Specifies the language code of the image (for example, 'en', 'de', 'fr').
Long Description URL: Specifies the description of the page.
Stylesheet Classes: Specifies the name of the CSS class for the image (that is, the
class attribute value of the
IMG tag).
Advisory Title: Specifies the description of the target object.
Style: Specifies the style.
Click OK to close the dialog.
Many of the settings in the image properties form (height, width, border, horizontal spacing, and vertical spacing) specify their values in pixels. (For more information about pixels, contact your site designer or site manager.)
The alternative text for an image can be quite useful. By using the "alt" attribute value, you can ensure that alternate text displays when you hover the mouse over the image or the image does not display properly on the web page. In addition, this works for most screen reader programs, which are used by the visually impaired.
You can easily delete an image that you (or another contributor) previously added in Contributor.
To delete an image, perform these tasks:
Click to select the image so that it is displayed in a frame (Figure 5-6).
Press the Delete key on your keyboard.
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Tuesday, Oct 20th, 2009
Wow, the Internet Tuff Guys are out in force on this one, leaving stupid comments all over the place—perfect for COINTEL purposes.
Via: Boston Globe:
The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government officials and reports, raising new questions about the 144-year-old agency's overall mission.
The Secret Service is tracking a far broader range of possible threats to the nation's leaders, the officials said, even as it also investigates financial crimes such as counterfeiting as part of its original mandate.
The new demands are leading some officials, both inside and outside the agency, to raise the possibility of the service curtailing or dropping its role in fighting financial crime to focus more on protecting leaders and their families from assassination attempts and thwarting terrorist plots aimed at high-profile events.
"If there were an evaluation of the service's two missions, it might be determined that it is ineffective . . . to conduct its protection mission and investigate financial crimes,'' according to a inter nal report issued in August by the Congressional Research Service.
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We also had a snow day yesterday, and what better to do on a snow day, than go play in the snow! Just like when my second oldest son came to visit, the kids went out to the backyard for some fun in the fluffy white stuff.
I took the youngest out first, and it wasn't long before big brother followed (while the rest of the house was content to see what they could see through the window of the warm house).
Big brother's more fun than mom.
Right away he started in with the 'cool' stuff, throwing snow, taking little man down the hill on his back:
|There's a little one on his back, lol!
Letting little man tackle him with brute force: ;)
And dancing... I think? lol
I always count my blessings, but any time the kids are around, my cup runneth over. :)
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Check out this comment from reader Scott W (thanks Scott):
"Madison sports talk this morning mentioned Rodgers angrily threw his towel into his locker when asked about the play calling. Finley also expressed his feelings comparable to Rodgers."
Maybe this is a bigger deal than I thought (or hoped) it is. Just read through Greg Bedard's updates at jsonline – here is what McCarthy had to say. Read here, for Rodgers comments.
Tough to know what's really going on here. My guess again is that it's probably pretty basic. Rodgers wants the offense to be super-explosive mostly because he just wants to win and he knows that our defense and special teams won't always be able to bail this team out. He knows that without a decent RB, the offense won't produce like he knows it can considering the overall talent level – so he wants to go back to that dink and dunk offense that moved the ball quite easily against the Bears.
Again, my lean here is with Rodgers. I think he's right – the offense hasn't crafted a strong identity yet and they haven't put together a solid game. But I can't help but wonder if at least part of this is Rodgers voicing sideways frustration at TT for not picking up another running back. I think the real thrust of his comments might have been aimed at our RBs – and by extension at McCarthy for putting these guys on the field when they aren't our "best players".
Maybe this is what needs to happen to force TT to make a move – Rodgers is his boy after all.


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Delbert McLain came by to have coffee with us the
other day. He's our chamber of commerce, you know. And he ties
fishing flies but he doesn't fish. Delbert's mission in life seems
to be to promote our little valley into becoming so important and
prosperous that we won't want to live here anymore.
"Got an idea, guys," he said. He swept his
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should play to our strengths here. You know, delve into our pluses,
put our minuses on a shelf somewhere, and show the world what we do
"Drink coffee?"
"Of course not, Steve! I mean, we need to hold a liar's contest!"
Dead silence. All eyes on Delbert.
He looked around at all the solemn faces.
"You know what I mean ..."
More solemnity.
"It could really draw crowds."
Then Doc, our unofficial spokesman because he has more degrees
than a thermometer, spoke up.
"And just who would the liars be?"
"Well ... you know, like Steve here. Remember, Steve, when you
said you once rode a bucking horse while sitting backwards on it?
Things like that."
"I did that, Delbert," Steve said.
"I saw him do that," Dud said.
[to top of second
"Oh. Well, Dewey once told me he'd put a cow into the branches of
a tree. We could start off with something like that."
"Three of us were there when Dewey did that," Steve said. "Ran
that cow off a little bluff. We had to cut the tree down."
Delbert sipped his coffee and ate a slice of toast. He'd
forgotten to put any jelly on it, too.
"Doc's squirrel?" Delbert said.
Now Doc's fictitious squirrel, Chipper, was a lie. But it was the
kind of lie that takes on a life of its own until ... well ...
"You talking about Chipper?" Dud asked.
"If that's his name," Delbert said.
"How is ol' Chip, anyway, Doc?" asked Steve.
"Doing OK. Sleeps a lot these days. Hibernation, you know."
Delbert left a tip and got up to go pay. They waited until he was
gone before laughing.
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Peter Ardito
Blue Burger with Zucchini Parmesan Wedges
- Mix together 4 ounces lean ground beef and 2 tablespoons blue cheese; form into a patty.
- Cook on a grill or grill pan 4 minutes on each side, or until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F.
- Serve on a toasted whole-grain sandwich thin with 2 romaine lettuce leaves.
- Preheat broiler.
- Cut 1 zucchini in half widthwise and cut each half into 4 wedges.
- Sprinkle with 4 tablespoons Parmesan and broil on a baking sheet 8 minutes, until cheese is melted and zucchini is tender-crisp.
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Peanut Noodle Bowl with Edamame
- Cook 1 1/2 ounces whole-grain angel hair pasta according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, to a medium skillet over medium heat, add 2 tablespoons chunky peanut butter, 1 tablespoon water, 1 tablespoon lime juice, 2 teaspoons brown sugar, and a pinch salt; heat 1 minute, stirring until smooth.
- Add 1 1/2 cups packaged shredded rainbow slaw and 1/2 cup frozen edamame, thawed and shelled; cook, stirring, 4 minutes.
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Bilbao, 15 November 2011
Yesterday afternoon, agents of the municipal police of Bilbao entered the office of the Association Pannagh and detained its president Martin Barriuso and two other members accusing them of drug trafficking.
At about 17.00 hs several police patrols showed up in Deusto and without any explanation started to search the premises and detain all persons present. Since then the detained have been kept in isolation, waiting to be interrogated. They have only been allowed to leave the police office in order to accompany the legal registration of Pannaghs premises and the confiscation of various materials.
This action seems to fit in a broader operation in which other associations, some of them of a less social and transparant character, have also been intervened. As Pannagh we have expressed ourselves since many years, denouncing blurry ways of working that have little to do with the social objective that we are trying to obtain. Therefore we have once again become involved in situations that do not correspond. In case any police force or legal institution should wish any information about us, it should be said that our association has always showed the will to co-operate. There is no need for detention or other acts of this kind.
Apart from the obvious damage that this police action is causing to the normal functioning of the association and its members, the detention of Martin Barriuso will also mean he is not able to appear in the UK parliament , where he was expected on Thursday to present the model of the Spanish clubs in the Drugs Commission.
As Executive Committee, we wish to denounce this new clumsy agression against the interests and rights of our association on behalf of the Municipal Police. Apparently, the continuous public steps that are taken by our association are not followed by some security forces that disturb the normal course of justice repeating actions that always end with acquittance. As Pannagh we have always shown transparency, participation and sensibilisation in meetings with local instiututions and administration. The association has never dedicated itself to drugs trafficking or deailing. We are a social movement fighting for a legal regulation of cannabis to end with the black market and the enormous benefits that some reciev thanks to current drug policies.
Pannagh is a real alternative for more than 300 cannabis users who have decided to disconnect totally from the practice of black market and a vital necessity for 120 people who use cannabis with a medical certificate as a palliative for the many illnesses that can be treated with cannabis, some of them as priority remedy according to the AICM.
For the moment and until our lawyers can give us more details on the events, we as pannagh demand the inmediate release of the detained and thank the many gestures of support that we received from many people.
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Mirror's Edgelessness
I don't post here often anymore, that's not only because I don't have all that much time for blogging, but also because I've barely played games this year. In the last half year I've probably played less than 20 hours in total. Just a couple of years ago that was probably about my weekly average. Now with this Christmas holiday I'm okay with gaming my time away a little bit more, especially after seeing the insane Steam Holiday sales. A new game like Mirror's Edge for less than 4 euros? Come on..! I got so many games already that I need to finish and for which I didn't take anytime this year, but I can't leave that kind of offer behind.
So, Mirror's Edge. You're probably heard of it. I installed it last Thursday in the afternoon and finished the game around 2 o'clock that night. I can't even remember the last time I've finished a singleplayer game, so that's a good sign and it felt surprisingly fulfilling. It's a beautiful AAA-title game in which you run from A to B, while trying to dodge your enemies, jumping from one building to the other similar to Parkour. The movement feels awesome, it looks great and just because of the colours you somehow intuitively know which way to go most of the time. It also seemed very well optimized for my pc (not just a sloppy console port). But it's by far not brilliant and has so much more potential…
I could focus on how the game weirdly forces you to ( gun-)combat and actually kill people half-way through, which is definitely a major weak point of the game. But I'm okay with that. What bugs me a lot more is the story and how much better it should have been.
I simply do not get it. They have this brilliant dystopian 'Brave New World'-vibe going on; an apparent clean beautiful city but under a totalitarian regime, where all communication is under complete surveillance, but where people are somewhat apathetic about it, mindlessly consume and live their lives in blissful ignorance. While it's not the most original anymore, I love this sort of thing. They've invested even some effort in it, they have these slick cartoon cut-scenes before and during the game. But it does not get further than this introductory trailer I just linked. At no point it is explained what bad things the City government actually does, or who the clients of the runners are. It's a brilliant setting, but the plot is just incredibly silly. The sister of the main-character is framed for the murder of a politician that threatens the established order (how and what we don't know), this plot then suddenly ends up being part of the major conspiracy to kill all the runners as they are the only remaining forces that are able dodge the surveillance system, this all abruptly ends with the main-character finally saving her sister and then suddenly the end credits rolling in… I got no idea what it was all about, I'm not even sure if I summarized it correctly, it's a paper-thin plotline that doesn't make any sense at all.
And this annoys me. The gameplay could have been better, sure, but I'm okay with it. To me it's just this silly plotline (if we can even claim it to be one) that makes this an 'okay' game rather than a brilliant game. Can someone explain why the hell AAA titles never fulfil this potential? It would only take such a small portion of those budgets to make the game so much better. These games could actually be thought-provoking rather than just mindless entertainment. Is it some weird attempt to stay political correct at all costs? To not shock or offend people, to not be labeled as a political game which might hurt the sales or something? I simply don't get it. There are several AAA titles that could have been oh-so brilliant. Assassin's Creed is a good example of a beautiful game being turned into a piece-of-shit I couldn't even play through, because I got so disgusted by its ridiculous time-travel plotline. Assassin's Creed is situated in the medieval Middle-East, so you have these beautifully designed and truly living cities as Jerusalem and Damascus. Awesome right? Right, but then you for example also have several Jewish, Islamic and Christian soapbox preachers in the streets all giving pretty much exactly the same shallow speech, plus several similar examples, they don't have the balls to touch upon any religious question. They avoid all the potentially sensitive issues while they could get so much more out this subject. Bah. And then with Call of Duty: MW2 you have developers that actually do have the balls to shock, but don't do anything with it and keep it at nothing more than empty bullshit.
It's just sad. Games have so much potential as a platform, but the big developers just don't seem to get it. Of course they have their commercial reasons, but even Hollywood does something right from time to time. Why not with games? Deus Ex is now almost 10 years old for fuck's sake. Mirror's Edge was good value for money with this steamsale, I'm happy I bought it, but it'd have been so much better if it would've maintained a more thought-provoking edge. Mirror's Edge is kinda edgeless, yeah, lets name it that way.
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I also recently played the game, and I indeed found that it screamed for more story. It's quite mysterious, but it looks like it's only the beginning of a larger story. Maybe we will hear more of this in the future.
I found that the best bit of the game was that you could actually do things that you cannot do normally in a game. For example crouch trough small places and jump-and-grab stuff. I really would like to see that in 'normal' games as well because it would stimulate creative thinking on how to get somewhere.
Well, we'll see how a possible part 2 will be 🙂
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Lucchino has 'enormous' pride for turnaround
Red Sox CEO/president talks about club's leadership, 2012 trade
In an extensive conversation with MLB.com columnist Richard Justice, Red Sox CEO/president Larry Lucchino discusses among other things the club's remarkable turnaround this season, last year's blockbuster trade and his thoughts about baseball parks.
MLB.com: What's the pride you feel in this team and its accomplishments?
Larry Lucchino: It's enormous. I was talking to John Henry recently, and he offered that as extraordinary as '04 was in winning after 86 years, there was in some ways in his mind almost as much satisfaction in rebooting and building this team in 13 months after the aberration -- if that's what you want to call it. I really, obviously, feel good about it, because the season is a gigantic accomplishment even though we all focus on the postseason. They're both gigantic accomplishments.
There was a kind of internal harmony after being with a couple of different franchises, a couple of different ownership settings. There's a wonderful internal working relationship throughout the organization. It's nice to see that all coming together. Sometimes it's a chicken-and-egg issue. People will say, `Well, winning brings that out.' But it doesn't always.
I prefer to think that was the foundation on which this success is built, a wonderful collaboration between Ben Cherington and the baseball ops people, John Farrell, the clubhouse people, John Henry, Tom Werner, the ownership, the business side, the finance side. People worked together. There's not the silos that used to be here.
MLB.com: When you got to Spring Training, what struck you about this club, this leadership on the club? Did you start to get inklings that something good was going to happen?
Lucchino: We ran lots of different scenarios that the club would be better. I always thought we had a pretty good core of players that was misunderstood. I felt like they had something to prove. But early on, I got a great feeling from John Farrell in the offseason and a terrific feeling from the coaches. We had a dinner early on in Spring Training with all the coaches and several of us in the front office. It was clear to me that this was a group of people that liked each other, that brought different things to the table and there was something special about the people that were involved. But I would like to say I was smart enough to anticipate the worst-to-first. I hoped for it. We knew we'd be better. We just didn't know how much better.
MLB.com: A year ago, the Cardinals privately said their definition of success in 2012 might be different after losing Tony La Russa, Albert Pujols, Chris Carpenter? Did your definition of success change after 93 losses? Did you think you could have a good year and not make the postseason?
Lucchino: Our goal was still the postseason. That's year in and year out. We want to play October baseball. That's a phrase we use around here. That was the goal. I learned a lot from old-time baseball people. Gabe Paul once said to me, 'Son, it's not the size of your first step. It's the direction.' We wanted to take a step in the right direction. We looked at it like a 13-month thing, because you've gotta include September of '11. That was critical to the whole story. We had to go through that September and the tumult of the offseason and then the disappointment of '12. We had 13 months of pain, discomfort. We wanted to get it back to where the Red Sox are supposed to be. We wanted to win more than we lost.
We had a couple of different marketing themes that seem almost prophetic now. We had billboards all over town and on the back of our pocket schedules. Another was, "That which is broken can be fixed." Another was, "162 chances to restore the faith." In fact, The New Yorker did an article about the slogan, the first one I mentioned. It was called, 'Marketing by apology." We acknowledged that we'd gone off the tracks. We wanted to do enough that people understood we got it and that we knew we had to do something different and better.
MLB.com: Who are the guys that lead the clubhouse?
Lucchino: It's funny. Most clubs I've been connected to normally had one guy who was critical to the clubhouse. The guy that media go to. The guy the players look to. It was Tony Gwynn in San Diego. Most clubs have one guy who sets the tone. This club has several guys who set the tone. One of the things that's true about this team, and it took us awhile to realize it, was how mature it was.
People focus on the brotherhood, the band of brothers, the bonds that develop between them, the playfulness, the intensity, the sort of old-school baseball style and personality. They have all of that, too, but there's a maturity about the team. Enough guys have been around that several of them are leaders.
I'm talking about [Jonny] Gomes and [David] Ross, people like who brought a certain maturity and perspective. Gomes brought a fierceness. [Ryan] Dempster brought a comedic style and lightheartedness. Ross is the consummate professional who everyone likes and makes it fun. I'd say [Dustin] Pedroia and [David] Ortiz have to be listed first just because they've been here the longest and have the seniority issue going for them. But they share that leadership mantle with several of the new guys.
And the drink was mixed beautifully by John Farrell and the coaches. Coaches, by the way, get too little credit and too little blame in baseball in general. I hope the coaches get the recognition they deserve.
MLB.com: Are you able to enjoy it?
Lucchino: I've been determined to enjoy it more this year. I've always been wrapped a little tight and been a little intense. I've been trying to enjoy it. For example, recently, I started looking forward to the ALDS when I stopped worrying who was the better opponent and why.
We could play Cleveland, bringing the weaker pitching staff, but all of the baggage regarding past years here [when Indians manager Terry Francona led the Red Sox]. Then I thought about Tampa.
Finally, I said, 'To hell with it. I'm just going to enjoy it. We'll be here Friday ready to play. If they come to play us, they come to play us.' I suspect once the game starts today, I'll revert to old bad habits.
MLB.com: Your mentor, Edward Bennett Williams, once said you don't really own a team. You're a custodian, that the team is really a trust. That seems more true with the Red Sox than maybe any other club.
Lucchino: That's absolutely true. The whole phrase "owners" doesn't seem right. We sort of hold it for our time period. One of my goals -- and I think it applies to John Henry and Tom Werner as well -- is that when we leave here, for whatever reason, whether they carry us out or otherwise, you want the body of your work to be such that you've made a contribution to the wellbeing of the Red Sox.
There's something about the Red Sox. The Orioles were a great team and a great baseball town. The Padres kind of redefined themselves and became part of a very good baseball town. But Boston was always what John Farrell called the epicenter, the sort of gold standard for me as I was looking at franchises and ballparks. Making some kind of enduring contribution to the Red Sox is enormously satisfying.
That's true in '13. It's been a really sweet ride through the season. I'm trying to remind myself that no matter what happens in the roulette wheel that is the postseason, I'll still take some high degree of satisfaction from it. We all will.
MLB.com: It would seem from the outside looking in that your legacy will be that you instilled a winning culture. People have a different expectation of the Red Sox. That you engaged the fans like no ownership here has ever done. Maybe no ownership in baseball has ever done. And you took this cathedral and made it better without touching its magic.
Lucchino: This is interesting. We found out at about 8:30 on Dec. 20, 2001, that we were being selected [as Red Sox owners]. We didn't expect that we were going to win. Actually, we'd changed clothes and put on jeans and casual stuff to find a pizza place to go out and drown our misery while we were awaiting the word from [CEO] John Harrington. It was a few minutes after 8 when we were selected. We went from crying in our beer to being really ecstatic.
But the point I want to make is that the next morning, there was our first press conference. We did two things that I think in retrospect were intelligent. One is, on the way to the press conference, we stopped to see Mayor [Tom] Menino in his office at 8:30 on Saturday morning. We would not be able to do all that we did with Fenway Park if we had not enlisted his support and got him behind the preservation and improvement efforts.
But the second thing is that we said at the press conference we had four or five basic commitments. I've said 'em over and over. One was to field a team worthy of the fan support. Two, we were going to preserve, protect and improve and keep Fenway Park if that could possibly be done. Third, we were going to market aggressively, not just in Boston, but throughout the region and the nation, and if we had the opportunity, internationally. And the fourth was that we were going to be active participants in the community.
The fifth, I'm not sure it's a commitment. It's kind of a promise, a goal. That's that we would eradicate the Curse of the Bambino. It sounds Namath-like in retrospect. I guess anybody who bought the team would have said the fifth one.
But as I look back, we take pride in doing everything we said we would. We've given away over $66 million. We created something called the Red Sox Foundation. We put one in Baltimore. We created the Orioles Foundation. We created the San Diego Padres Foundation.
This one is the biggest and most active of them all. In 12 years, we've given away over $66 million to charity. So if we were politicians, someone would go back to what did we campaign on and what have we done after 12 years. Getting back this year was important to fulfilling the first obligation. I'm not sure people would think we fielded a team worthy of the fan support the last couple of years.
MLB.com: The big trade of 2012 looks remarkable now.
Lucchino: The trade seems to have worked for both sides. The Dodgers have a juggernaut going for them. It all starts with that trade. That's a perfect illustration. I get the first call from Stan [Kasten, Dodgers executive] about making a deal for some of our higher-priced players. He said, "I've never phoned anybody with this kind of question. But would you be willing to move some of your well-established, higher-priced players?" Then John Henry got involved and Tom Werner and Ben Cherington, of course. It was a grand collaboration between their ownership and their baseball operations and ours. We're talking about a quarter of a billion dollars, a seismic shift.
MLB.com: What was your goal in making the trade?
Lucchino: My goal in every trade is to get some pitching arms. In that one, we wanted the kind of financial flexibility that would last for sometime so we could reboot. We were in the doldrums, and there was no easy way out the way the team was structured with long-term commitments at big bucks.
MLB.com: When you did the deal, was it painful or were you excited to do it, because it leads you into an unknown area?
Lucchino: Both. Their insistence on Adrian Gonzalez kept us from getting it done on the 31st of July. When we finally bit that bullet, we were able to make the deal a couple of weeks later. We were all nervous about it. But we knew objectively speaking we were saving $262.7 million, or whatever it was. We now had a way to find our way out of the darkness.
MLB.com: It's a long time from now, but I guess your emotions would be swirling at a Red Sox-Dodgers World Series.
Lucchino: It would be a special kind of World Series, but I'm too superstitious to think about it. If we can get there, I don't care who we play. We'll take anyone that comes up.
MLB.com: Embracing the past while moving forward is a tricky business. It seems you've done it splendidly.
Lucchino: You have to do that here.
MLB.com: You can get trapped by it.
Lucchino: Yeah, you can get trapped by it. You can get stodgy and stuffed and not want to make any change. But that's not in our DNA. We come with a more activist, ambitious approach to things. Janet Marie [Smith, architect, now working for the Dodgers], Charles [Steinberg, club executive]. No one has a more sincere love of the game and its traditions than Charles. He's certainly willing to do and urge new things. Janet Marie is a classic preservationist with an eye toward the future.
John Henry is as pure a baseball fan as any owner in baseball. I'd put him in the Bud Selig camp in terms of intensity and love for the game. But he was willing to do new things, take advantage of the opportunity we had here. There'd been one-family ownership for 68 years, so there was a special opportunity to do something here when that transformation took place.
MLB.com: When you look at ballparks now, all of them, Coors Field, [AT&T Park], all of 'em, what do you think? This generation of ballparks came from your original idea to build Camden Yards with an old park feel with modern amenities. It was yours.
Lucchino: I say this without a false sense of humility. I've had one really good creative idea. I've had a lot of good ideas, but one really creative idea in all the years I've been in baseball. That was to build a traditional old-fashioned ballpark with modern amenities. If I said that phrase one time, I've said it 10,000 times.
MLB.com: I remember the books of old ballparks on your desk. Ebbets Field.
Lucchino: We looked at Forbes Field where I grew up and what happened there. That's part of what motivated me. Forbes Field was the bucolic little place in a park in a city to Three Rivers, a concrete donut that had no real distinguishing characteristic. Cincinnati, Atlanta, Philadelphia, all the same. We wanted a ballpark that felt like Baltimore. I remember Bowie Kuhn said he never understood why people didn't build something like that earlier. He never understood why all the dimensions had to be the same in new ballparks.
MLB.com: So what's the pride you take when you look at this entire generation of parks? This idea changed the game.
Lucchino: It's a lot of pride. George Will said something in his book in the mid-'90s. He said the three big changes in baseball in the second half of the 20th century were Jackie Robinson, free agency and Camden Yards. That's pretty damn good company.


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Alicia Silverstone has admitted that she often finds herself getting distracted from her acting career.
The Clueless star said she would sometimes realise a lot of time had gone by without working on any acting projects because she had lost her focus.
She told Collider: "I've always been very distracted, sometimes to my detriment. I've always been very distracted by changing the world and having the best relationships. Now, I'm at a place where I feel like I can really try to balance it all.
"When I do theatre, I feel so inspired and so absolutely like it's where I belong, and it made me fall in love with acting, all over again. Now, I'm at a place where I can see that I can be that, and I can also be an author of books that help people, and I can also be an amazing mommy and a healthy person. It's trying to find the balance in all of that.
"At other times, I've been distracted and not really focused on my acting, at all. And then, I turn around and go, 'Oops, what happened? Where was I? All this time went by'."
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1967 Chevy C10 - Half A Million Strong
After 500,000 Miles, This Car is Just Getting Warmed Up
The truck was only 2 years old when Fred Jones bought it in 1969. If you had told Fred that he would still be driving it half a century and half a million miles later, he probably would've laughed. Today, the fact that that's exactly what has happened might not make him laugh, but it certainly brings a smile to his face.
Fred purchased the 1967 C10 as a work truck. The first upgrade was a quick Camaro orange paintjob, which gave it its nickname: the Red Truck. He drove it for about 11 years, sharing it with his daughters while they were in high school. In the early 1980s, Fred lent the truck to his father to drive from Fred's home in Vista, California, to his own home in Arkansas. After a year had passed, Fred called his father to see if he'd forgotten to return the truck. His father said he'd rather keep it and Fred said OK (what would you have said?). Vernon Jones put a camper shell on it—and sometimes hitched an Airstream trailer to the rear—and drove the Red Truck all over, racking up hundreds of thousands of miles on trips from Arkansas to Alaska and practically every other point in the U.S.
After about 15 years, Vernon moved to Vista, bringing the Red Truck with him. By that time, the old work truck had acquired some wear and tear, a fair amount of rust, and about half a million miles. Some primary repairs were made to "un-Arkansas" the truck (as Fred puts it) while Fred waited for the time and money to do a full rebuild the right way. The right way took approximately three years and help from a lot of family and a few close friends, including Ernesto Torres, who provided assistance from start to finish, and Andy Walters who deserves special thanks.
Working with builder Ross Zie, Fred pulled the C10 body off the frame to have a go at the undercarriage. The stock Chevy chassis was modified with shorter custom shocks and springs to improve the profile and the ride. The truck's raring-to-go rake was enhanced with shortened front coils and pair of 2-inch drop spindles from Classic Performance Products. CPP also provided the power steering box as well as the front disc brakes; stocks drums are used in the rear. The rearend is the stock GM 12-bolt with 3.73:1 gearing.
Fred's choice of rollers started with a full set of 17-inch Intro billet wheels. The Twisted Vista II five-spokes are from the Exposed 5 Series, and were wrapped with Nitto NT450 radials measuring 225/50R17 in the front with 275/50R17s in back.
The Stepside body required a lot of attention to return it to the factory-fresh condition you see here. Picking the color for the Red Truck was easy. Fred heard about a skilled bodyman/painter named Luis through a friend. Luis replaced the rear fenders with '68 parts and added a new tailgate, and repaired every other piece of original steel by hand. After the sheetmetal was finished as straight as could be, Luis painted it, shooting the two-stage PPG Viper Red in Fred's barn.
Andy Felix at Andy's Auto Glass in Vista provided the new tinted glass. Larry Wilson, a cabinetmaker, recommended the Brazilian jarrah wood used for the bed floor, and cut each plank to make sure the grain was matching and consistent.
After four decades of service, the six-cylinder engine that had faithfully powered the truck was retired. In its place is a 383ci Chevy small-block built by Larry Godfrey. Not only does the engine provide plenty of power, it's dressed to impress, from the pulleys, master cylinder and booster to the billet air cleaner and valve covers. Air and fuel enter via a 670-cfm Holley Street Avenger on an Edelbrock manifold, and the exhaust departs through Sanderson cast headers. Zie added the steering system, radiator, and A/C. The factory three-speed was swapped for a column-shifted 700-R4 built by Kirk Tealy at Tri-City Transmission in Vista.
When it was ready for some attention to the interior, the Chevy was delivered to upholsterer Javier Ferrer, who used two-tone leather, a combination of tan and taupe, to cover the stock bench seat. Wilton wool carpeting was used on the cab floor. Replacement gauges from LMC Truck were installed in a 1972 Chevy dash by Ross Zie. An aftermarket tilt column is topped with a wooden Lecarra steering wheel. The dash houses the controls for the Vintage Air A/C and the Alpine head unit for the iPod compatible sound system, which includes JBL amps and Polk Audio speakers.
Fred's dad, Vernon, passed away before seeing the Red Truck rebuilt. Undoubtedly, he would have been impressed by the finished 1967 C10. Maybe he would have asked about borrowing it for a few hundred thousand more miles. Instead it's up to Fred to keep the odometer rolling, a responsibility he seems happy to fulfill.


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The Big Picture Street Photographer of the Year winners
We're proud to announce the result of our wonderful competition that attracted thousands of participants from around the world. Thanks to The-Latest.Com, the Citizen Journalism Educational Trust, Time Out and Olympus.
It is the first time ever that the title "Street Photographer of the Year" has been awarded in the UK to a citizen journalist using a mobile phone. The winner is young tech whizz Kheoh Yee Wei, who lives in Leeds. His prize, on top of the street photographer title, is the state of the art Olympus LS-20M camcorder. Kheoh's winning photo is pictured, above.
One of the judges, Eamonn McCabe, the renowned and award-winning press photographer, said: "The quality of entrants was surprisingly so good it was really hard to choose a winner. Kheoh's entry stood out as a result of the wonderful characters he cleverly captured with his mobile phone.
Read more about the competition winners and view their photos on The-Latest.Com: http://www.the-latest.com/cjet-photography-winners.


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A list of book releases compiled by Dr. Dobb's to keep you up-to-date on parallel programming and multicore technology.
The Practice of Parallel Programming
by Sergey A. Babkin
This book discusses the theory of parallelism using many examples based on POSIX and Microsoft Windows APIs, with occasional Java or C#. Most of the algorithms discussed are general and may be implemented in any language. Babkin has worked on the multithreaded programs for over 10 years, and even longer if the coprograms and the classic Unix in-kernel synchronization are included. his past employers and clients include SCO, Caldera, Interactive Data, Microsoft and Aleri/Sybase.
Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing for Engineering
edited by B. H. V. Topping and P. Ivanyi
This collection of lectures presented at the First International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing for Engineering -- held at the University of Pecs in Hungary -- addresses both pure computer-science aspects and their applications in computational mechanics and science. This unique record covers a wide range of theories related to high-performance computing, and topics include parallel environments, next-generation processors, architectures and methods for HPC, grids and cloud portals, domain decomposition methods, solver technology, and preconditioned iterative methods and hybrid time domain methods.
LINQ to Objects Using C# 4.0: Using and Extending LINQ to Objects and Parallel LINQ (PLINQ)
by Troy Magennis
This paperback edition covers writing basic LINQ queries with C# and filtering, projecting, and sorting data from in-memory collections; mastering advanced techniques for grouping and joining data and understanding the performance implications of each technique; creating custom query operators that follow best practices for coding patterns and error handling; writing more fluent, readable LINQ queries with C# 4.0's language enhancements, including the new dynamic features; and using Parallel LINQ to Objects (PLINQ) to optimize queries for multicore processors, and how to build custom parallel query operators.


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Check out the latest RPG news | Podcasts | Twitch Streams
Dragon's Crown is a new 2D Action RPG from Vanillaware, the developer that's also working on PSP's Grand Knights History for Marvelous Entertainment. Ignition is handling the worldwide publishing on this one. The official site says that it's the second Japan-produced title from Ignition (the first was El Shaddai).Although the game appeared in Sony's PS Vita trailer reel, the official site reveals it to be in development for both PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. The game will see release in Spring 2012 and features support for 1 to 4 players.George Kamitani is directing the game. Ignition's Kashow Oda is serving as producer.As detailed at the official site, Dragon's Crown offers "red-hot multiplayer 2D action." Up to four players can team up via online play to work through dungeons, clearing quests and progressing through the game's story.The lets players build up their character as they collect items, treasure and weapons from the dungeons. You'll need to build up your character to face off agains the screen-filling dragons.The official site isn't totally clear about this, but it seems that the game's PS3 and Vita version will have cross console play. The official site says "Up to four players work together via PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita."
Dragonââ¬â¢s Crown is a 4-player online cooperative gameGod DAMMIT. Even the Japanese are throwing in bullshit online now.
Quote from: Lard on June 08, 2011, 02:15:13 AMDragonââ¬â¢s Crown is a 4-player online cooperative gameGod DAMMIT. Even the Japanese are throwing in bullshit online now. Having more than one player in a sidescroller beat`em up is not exactly unheard of. Games of this genre have been like this since forever. And it`s not like it`s co-op only, so I don`t see the problem.


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Munich, Germany - Healthy behaviours regarding alcohol, physical activity, vegetable intake and body weight reduce the risk of hypertension by two thirds, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today. The findings were presented by Professor Pekka Jousilahti from National Institute for Health and Welfare.
According to the World Health Organization, hypertension is the leading cause of mortality in the world, contributing annually to over 7 million deaths (about 15% of all deaths). Therefore, prevention of hypertension is essential to improving health and preventing morbidity and mortality, both in developing and developed countries.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether five major cardiovascular disease related lifestyle factors - smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, obesity and consumption of vegetables - predict the future increase of blood pressure and development of clinical hypertension, and need for antihypertensive drug treatment.
This large prospective population-based cohort study included 9,637 Finnish men and 11,430 women who were 25 to 74 years of age and free of hypertension during the baseline measurements (1982-2002). Healthy lifestyle factors were defined as: (1) not smoking, (2) alcohol consumption less than 50g per week, (3) leisure time physical activity at least 3 times per week, (4) daily consumption of vegetables, and (5) normal weight (BMI<25kg/m2).
Data on the development of hypertension during the follow-up period were obtained from the Social Insurance Institution of Finland register of people entitled to special reimbursement for antihypertensive drugs. During a mean follow-up of 16 years, 709 men and 890 women developed hypertension.
Smoking was omitted from the final analysis. Professor Jousilahti said: "Even though smoking is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, it was not associated with the development of hypertension in our analyses, which is in accordance with previous studies."
The four remaining healthy lifestyle factors were included in the analysis. Hazard ratios for hypertension associated with adherence to 0 (the reference group), 1, 2, 3, and 4 healthy lifestyle factors were calculated after adjusting for age, year of entering the study, education, and smoking.
The hazard ratios for hypertension associated with adherence to 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 healthy lifestyle factors were 1.00, 0.74, 0.51, 0.34, and 0.33 for men, and 1.00, 0.89, 0.68, 0.41, and 0.37 for women. "The risk of hypertension was only one third among those having all four healthy lifestyle factors compared to those having none," said Professor Jousilahti. "Even having one to three healthy lifestyle factors reduced the risk of hypertension remarkably. For example having two healthy lifestyle factors reduced the risk of hypertension by nearly 50% in men and by more than 30% in women."
"Our analysis suggests that adherence to healthy lifestyle factors may have more of an impact on risk of hypertension in men than women," he added. "This could be because of the stronger association of obesity and alcohol consumption with the risk of hypertension in men than in women."
"Four modifiable lifestyle factors: alcohol consumption, physical activity, consumption of vegetables and keeping normal weight have a remarkable effect on the development of hypertension," said Professor Jousilahti. "Lifestyle modification has a huge public health potential to prevent hypertension. While our research suggests that lifestyle modification may produce greater reductions in hypertension in men than women, it also shows large benefits in women, and adherence to all four healthy lifestyle factors had a nearly similar effect in both sexes. Both men and women should take steps towards a healthier lifestyle to decrease their risk of hypertension."
He concluded: "Our study was focused on prevention of hypertension and therefore included subjects who did not have hypertension at baseline. But the results should apply to the treatment of patients with hypertension, who can reduce their blood pressure by modifying the four lifestyle factors alone, or by making these modifications while taking blood pressure lowering medication."
Dr Yujie Wang1; Professor Gang Hu1; Professor Jaakko Tuomilehto2; Professor Riitta Antikainen2; Professor Pekka Jousilahti2 1Pennington Biomedical Research Centre, Batton Rouge, USA 2National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
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About the European Society of Cardiology www.escardio.org
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) represents more than 75,000 cardiology professionals across Europe and the Mediterranean. Its mission is to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in Europe.
About ESC Congress 2012
The ESC Congress is currently the world's premier conference on the science, management and prevention of cardiovascular disease. ESC Congress 2012 takes place 25-29 August at the Messe München in Munich. The scientific programme is available at: http://spo.
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Jessica Peake
Jessica Peake is the Director of the International and Comparative Law Program at UCLA School of Law. She earned her LL.M. with distinction from Penn Law in 2010 as a Thouron Scholar and also holds an LL.M. in Public International Law from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. Jessica received her LL.B. in European, International and Comparative Law from the University of Sheffield in 2007, and also spent time at the University of Hong Kong. Previously, she worked in the Defense Services Section of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and was an intern in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
- International criminal law
- International criminal procedure
- Comparative criminal procedure
- Human Rights
- Public International Law
- International Humanitarian Law
- Comparative Law
- Immigrant Detention Conditions: Law, Policy and Practice in the Asia Pacific Region, Working-Paper, Third Asia Pacific Conference on Refugee Rights, Bangkok, November 2010; Advocacy Position Paper, UNHCR Asia Pacific Detention Conference, Malaysia, November 2011
- Diplomatic Protection of Dual Nationals: Effective Nationality or Non-Responsibility, Trinity College Law Review, Ireland, February 2007
A Spectrum of International Criminal Procedure: Shifting Patterns of Power Distribution in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals, 26 Pace Int'l L. Rev. 182 (2014)
Available at: http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/pilr/vol26/iss2/6
- Visiting Researcher, UCLA School of Law 2012-2013
- Thouron Scholar 2009


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E Ink isn't just for e-book readers, you know. Phosphor watches uses the low-power screen tech in its range of timepieces - which today got a new family member.
The World Time based around an "ultra-slim" - it's just 9.3mm thick - curved casing made possible by E Ink's Surf flexible display panel and which gives the watch a very high-contrast readout and a 180°-wide viewing angle.
As a chronometer, the World Time lets you display two times - home and away, for example - both taken from a selection of 24 timezones around the globe.
The twin-timezone display can also be set to simply show the time of day or both the date and time in either over-sized or conventional-size readouts.
The curved World Time is available with a choice of white or black plastic, black leather or stainless steep straps. Prices range from $150 to $195 (£94-122) in the US - the Phosphor Watches website has a list of UK retailers from whom you can order the watches. ®