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Forgive the late (mid-season) arrival, some copy got lost in translation. And if you buy that, Juan Pablo's public image has a shot.
So last week, amid all the real news (Chris Christie things, GOP things, Obama-NSA things, Sochi things) and amid all the Bieber news (eggs, DUI's, Jeremy Bieber's existence, shiny shorts, smiling mugshots) there was a bad piece of Bachelor news.
Juan Pablo, the current Bachelor, decided to share his feelings on a matter he was totally unqualified to address, he did so in a socially tone-deaf manner and is now dealing with that fallout.
But because The Bachelor was filmed awhile ago, we got to travel back to the vacuum that was Episode 4, and Episode 4 was filmed before this question undoubtedly (and justly) ruined Juan Pablo in front of cameras for forever. If you're still reading, you know the deets, but before we go for some fish pedicures, let's dive into the events in a totally chronological fashion:
It opens with Juan Pablo wishing his daughter goodbye, which a week ago would've been super-sweet or whatever. Not this week, JP! Meanwhile, Chris Harrison shows up to the girls' house and lets the girls know that they're going to South Korea.
Clare, who's a hairstylist from Sacramento, cries because no one else is crying. She then let's the viewers know that she's never been anywhere before. Anywhere. It turns out that Clare doesn't count Sacramento as a place. Shots fired, Clare, shots fired.
Juan Pablo starts the South Korean expedition with a group date. The date's clue: Pop! Onomatopoetic, JP, onomatopoetic. Also, very vague. But details emerge. Those details? Again, murky.
The girls ride to the date in a van. They talk about how awesome South Korea is. Chelsie, the Science Educator, displays a poor knowledge of how to wear seat belts by wearing it below her chest, and no one else seems to make this mistake. The girls meet Juan Pablo outside a giant building, which, he so kindly informs us, is a K-Pop recording studio. Juan Pablo tells the girls that, "All the K-Pop is made here." Hear that girls? ALL OF IT.
The girls go inside to meet… 2NE1!
2NE1, we are told, is the biggest K-Pop group in all of South Korea. They're like the "Spice Girls of South Korea," Juan Pablo says. Maybe Juan Pablo, but the Spice Girls without Scary, Baby, Ginger, or Posh, soooo…
The girls get their date task from what appears to be the front woman of the uber-famous band, 2NE1. How do we know that she is the front woman? We don't, but she certainly is assertive. The task she assigns them is dancing.
Nikki, the pediatric nurse from Missouri, hates dancing. But Kat, the medical sales rep from Scottsdale, loves it. Kat loves everything, it would seem, but she especially loves dancing. And she is incredible at it, she doesn't mind telling us. "I was made for this," she says.
(For whatever reason, Cassandra, the NBA Dancer, is neither offended by this comment nor is she interviewed. She is either the most boring person ever or the producers are as confused about the girls' identities as Juan Pablo is.)
Back to the dancing. Nikki is really bad. Kat announces once again that she's really good. Because this is a newspaper blog, that claim was investigated. The findings? Inconclusive. When the camera shows Kat dancing, only Kat is shown dancing. So, in regards to its validity, the statement is difficult to assess.
2NE1, a group that, in case you forgot, is really famous in South Korea, teaches them dance steps, then leaves the room. The girls learn these dance steps. 2NE1, a really famous K-Pop group (they really drove this point home, so I feel I should too), comes back into the dance studio with big news: The girls will be backup dancers at their show that may or may not take place in a few hours.
Nikki is pissed. She hates dancing, after all. Kat, on the other hand, besides possessing a generally unpleasant demeanor, is thrilled.
Kat decides that the crowd is here to see her. Again, no mention of Cassandra's profession.
*Pause.* BACKUP DANCING IS HER PROFESSION, ABC, HER PROFESSION. IT WOULD BE LIKE JUAN PABLO GOING TO A SOCCER FIELD ON THE BACHELORETTE (WHICH HE DID) AND FAILING TO MENTION THAT HE USED TO DO THAT FOR MONEY (WHICH THEY DIDN'T. PS: SORRY FOR THE DOUBLE NEGATIVES AND FOR THE CAPSLOCK). *Play.*
Back to the show. The girls perform inside a mall, which means only one thing: South Korea has very few limitations when it comes to choosing concert venues.
After the date, the girls do the awkward group dinner date thing, and Nikki ends up with a rose, much to the chagrin of the rest of the girls. They think she's a downer — which she totally is — and they don't understand why she got the rose. This, for those wondering, is standard practice on The Bachelor.
Meanwhile, at Bachelor Mansion: South Korea, Sharleen gets the one-on-one date card, and proceeds to look unenthused. The date is thankfully not one that involves a private concert featuring a marginally known country-pop star singing to an audience of two. Those are the worst.
Instead, JP asks Sharleen to sing on their date. Sharleen does not, however, ask JP to perform his profession afterwards, which is a good thing. We know plenty about Juan Pablo, but we have no idea what he does to make money in real life. He is listed as a "Sports Consultant" on the Bachelor website, which is only slightly more specific than the title of "Government Person."
Anyways, back to the date. JP and Sharleen kiss. It's way less awkward than their Episode 3 kiss and far more private. They stop kissing and start talking, which means an awkward transition from one of Juan Pablo's strengths to one of his weaknesses. He wants kids, she doesn't. Doesn't seem to faze either one. Cross that bridge when we get there, I suppose.
A bridge Sharleen doesn't need to worry about crossing? The Rose Ceremony Bridge, which doesn't really exist, but whatever. Why? She got a rose, because she always gets a rose. Juan Pablo thinks she has "mundo," like Atlas, or something.
Moving on. The rest of the girls get the clue for their group date. They are going to be eating street-food and exploring Seoul, Seoul style. On their date, we learn that Clare is petrified of eating octopus. Andi, the lawyer, reminds us that octopus is widely available outside South Korea, and its presence shouldn't alarm anyone. Kelly, the Dog Lover from Atlanta (real title), makes a fellatio joke, which is funny, but in a you-had-to-be-there kind of way. And, to be clear, it was a you-had-to-be-there-while-we-were-filming-in-South-Korea kind of way.
After the tasting fiasco, the group goes to an establishment offering fish pedicures. For the uninitiated out there, a fish pedicure is when you stick your feet in a plastic tub filled with fish that snack on your dead foot-flesh. It looked about as comfortable as it sounds. Post-fish feeding, JP takes the girls to sing karaoke, because all Juan Pablo likes to do is sing and dance, we're learning.
After the Octopus-Fishicure-Karaoke date, the girls get their alone time with Juan Pablo.
But there's a M. Night twist coming at the girls: Juan Pablo won't kiss any of them on this Seoul-ful evening. His reasoning? He has a daughter, who he doesn't want to set a bad example for. At this time, it's important to note that this fact has neither stopped him from making out with "six" other girls since this thing has started, nor does it explain his motives for coming onto the show in the first place.
(And after host Chris Harrison's "27 Girls" shenanigans and JP's secret pact with himself, the only fitting ending to this season of The Bachelor would be an "After the Rose" revelation that Harrison has, in fact, been dead this whole time and we, America, are now all blessed with the gift/curse of Young (aka Best) Haley Joel Osment. I can see no other alternative, regardless of what Reality Steve says.)
But I digress… Andi gets time with Juan Pablo. She wants a kiss, but JP's made that personal pact. Impasse, folks, impasse. What does Andi do? Busts ol' JP's balls for being both a bad dancer and a dude who is more clearly a dancer than he is a professional. In any field. That second part was made up, but she was thinking it. She was totally thinking it. JP likes the ball-busting, though, and seems smitten. Still no kiss for Andi, though.
Then Lauren, the accomplished pianist, gets her one-on-one time, and she is worried about the connection between her and the Venezuelan dancing machine. Juan Pablo reassures her that everything is fine, but he refuses to kiss her when she directly propositions him for such, because of his whole sabbatical from kissing thing. Weird rationale, Juan Pablo, weird rationale.
Anyway, she's visibly crushed, and he then goes on to explain to the poor girl that even sans kiss he is still super into her and that he really wants to get to know her more, which is sort of like the Bachelor equivalent of George telling Lenny how awesome their farm is going to be. Message to Lauren: You're an accomplished pianist, you'll be fine. You don't want to live in Miami. You're not named Pitbull. Back to the action!
After the JP-Lauren awk-fest, Clare, the hairstylist from Sacramento who has already cried this episode, gets more screen time, which we can file in the Non-Octopus Related folder. Clare is a piece of work, behavior-wise, but Juan Pablo is absolutely unabashed about how "hot" he thinks she is. Juan Pablo calls himself helpless. They kiss. Juan Pablo apparently forgets he has a daughter whom he may or may not be disappointing.
After the kiss, he awards Andi with the date rose. Yes, Andi. To recap (within the recap): He's admittedly helpless around Clare, won't kiss Andi, Lauren or anyone else on the second group date, but he then awarded the date rose to someone other than Clare. Makes total sense.
Following a necessary commercial break, the Episode 4 Rose Ceremony gets underway. The three girls who already got roses — Sharleen, Nikki and Andi — agree to let the other girls have the precious one-on-one time with JP, because they already got their roses. Who says the Bachelor is all about girl-on-girl crime?
Whoever it was is totally right. Nikki, who is potentially the human manifestation of a rain cloud, decided that she didn't agree to this rule and that she wanted her one-on-one time with JP regardless of rose acquiescence. She interrupts Clare, who was in the process of talking smack on Nikki. (The timing on this show makes NASA look like amateurs, BTW.) Nikki, oblivious to the smack talk, asks for time. Clare is displeased. Juan Pablo asks Nikki awkward questions about her relationship with the rest of the girls in the house. Nikki throws Clare under the bus. It all happens very fast.
After Girl, Interrupted: Bachelor concludes, Nikki seeks out Kelly for moral support-venting camaraderie. Some righteous talk is dropped regarding Clare, neither of them like her attitude, but… But!!! BUTTTT… Clare emerges from around a corner and walks up to the clandestine-ish meeting. Kelly changes the subject remarkably well. She should consider changing her profession from Dog Lover to Subject Switcher.
BUT! Kelly can't handle the awkwardness and spills the beans that she and Nikki were talking about Clare. Sort of. Again, this season is vague. Clare and Nikki talk about barely anything, and then the Rose Ceremony begins (Note: The events might not have proceeded that quickly, but this is a two-hour show, folks. Latitude is requested.)
The roses, in order, go to Renee, Chelsie, Kelly, Danielle, Cassandra, Alli, Clare and Kat, the Dancing Queen. Lauren was predictably sent packing, and so was Elise, a girl whose existance I was unaware of until she didn't get a rose. It's down to 11. Here's to hoping Juan Pablo gets interviewed some more this week.
Episode Grade: B.*
*Justification for Episode Grade: None. But, to be more specific, only an episode featuring either, a) real violence, b) real, deserved tears, c) an ambulance or d) a hot tub/paddle boat combo can earn an A from this particular grader.


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- "I've dropped some protection at the multistory car park. Pick it up..."
- ―Juan Cortez to Tommy Vercetti.
The Kruger (or Ruger in the original PS2 version) is a Assault Rifle featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It was also meant to appear in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, but was cut from the game.
The Ruger replaces the AK-47 from former and future titles. The rifle becomes available to buy at Ammu-Nation after the mission "Guardian Angels". Being an assault rifle, there is no auto-aim but can be manually aimed. Its performance is similar to that of the more expensive M4, the main difference being that it has a significantly slower rate of fire (400 RPM for the Ruger versus 600 RPM for the M4). The weapon is based on the real life Ruger Mini-14F, the folding stock variant of the Mini-14 rife.
GTA Vice City
- Vice Point - On top of the roof behind El Swanko Casa.
- The Ruger/Kruger can be auto-aimed at pedestrians by setting yourself on fire and holding the targeting button. This can also be done with the M4 and the M60. It is best used after completion of Firefighter side-mission to gain fire-proofing of Tommy.
In-game model
HUD icons
- The Ruger was going to be included in GTA Liberty City Stories but was removed for unknown reasons. The HUD icon for the weapon can still be found in the game files on PS2.
- Originally, The Ruger was going to have wooden finish, which was removed. PS2 version still uses the wooden skin.
- The Ruger appears in GTA San Andreas; inside Ammu-Nation, located in Downtown Los Santos. However, it's only a prop seen on the wall and can't be used by the player.
- According to beta preview clips, The Ruger's firing sound had the same firing sound of the Pump Action Shotgun/Stubby Shotgun.
See Also
- Marksman Rifle - A weapon in GTA V based on a similar design.

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(Pocket-lint) - Talking to the Mazda team, it's interesting to hear how the company views itself, and even more interesting to hear how the firm is introducing some pretty interesting engineering techniques to make its cars better, and its production lines even more efficient.
The CX5 is the first in a line of many cars that have new engines, and a new way of thinking. The car, which sits in the "crossover" category - between a normal compact car and a full-blown SUV - is intended to appeal to drivers who love driving, rather than people who are content with a Eurobox laden with equipment and storage space, but devoid of driving personality.
The CX5 is a grower, thankfully. Our first glance at it was pleasing, but as we spent more time with the car we became more enamoured with its interesting looks. Front-on, it's striking. There's a big grille, which dominates, along with some stylish lights with a slightly pinched design.
Side-on, the car has a familiar SUV styling. The rear windows are smallish, but in the front there's a lot of glass, and as a result a very reasonable view of the road around you. The taillights are especially unusual, and from the side give the car a pretty funky look. This is no Nissan Juke, but you could argue that's no bad thing - it's certainly more conventional, and much less likely to scare children.
Inside, and we see a new approach for Mazda, which admits that it hasn't always had the most inspiring quality when it comes to the cabin. Things here are good, though. The dashboard is neatly designed. The rev counter and speedometer are traditional dials, while on the right is a digital display and graphical fuel gauge.
Things do fall apart a little when you come to the centre console. Here, there's a bit of a mix of old and new. In our test car, the TomTom gives a high-tech highlight with a multi-function touchscreen, which also doubles as a radio and CD player display. This works well, and is actually quite clearly laid out.
Below this though, there are the climate controls. There's nothing at all wrong here, but the colour of the displays - orange - doesn't fit at all with the darker and more modern style of the dashboard. We'd have like to have seen everything match, and it just doesn't. It all works fine, and the climate control is easier to use than Audi's dreadful "clicker" model used on the current A3. Here, you dial in the temperature you want and there's the option to turn dual-zone on, or off, at the press of a button. This is very useful, and it's missing on other cars.
Upholstery is well-designed too, there are cloth and leather options, and our car had a delightful red stitching that you possibly wouldn't expect to find on this sort of car. It might seem like a small thing, but we really liked it. The driver's seat of our car was also fully electric and allowed us to get into a comfortable driving position very easily. Once set up, we stayed comfortable all day. This car is incredibly pleasant to drive.
The height gives you a good vantage point, but the car never feels too big for British roads. The suspension is hard enough to make the car feel stable, but not so hard as to rattle your bones out through your mouth.
On-wheel controls mean easy access to cruise control and the stereo without having to reach over to play with the touchscreen interface. There is also a physical dial, set near the handbrake. This offers another navigation method, but it's pointless with the touchscreen and more likely to distract than an on-dash system.
Engine choices
Mazda offers a 2-litre petrol engine, and a 2.2-litre diesel in either two-wheel drive, or all-wheel drive configurations.
The more powerful AWD Sports version is a hoot. Low down the rev range, it's not all that inspiring, but drive it hard, up toward the red line, and it becomes a very different beast. There's loads of torque and while this is a large vehicle, it often feels more sprightly than a smaller car.
Even on tight, windy roads in the Scottish Highlands, the CX5 felt solid and well-planted. This is obviously not a sports car, but it also doesn't feel like an SUV when you're hurtling around at 60mph on single-track roads that stretch off into the mountains ahead.
The lower power 2.2 litre engine is, however, the one to chose. It's not significantly less fun than the bigger engine, and you still need to drive it high up the revs to have a good time, but it's cheaper to buy, gets better fuel economy when driven sensibly and comes in on a lower tax bracket.
You might prefer the security of the all-wheel-drive car too, but we'd suggest sticking to the two-wheel-drive model. You're unlikely to need the extra wheels driving, and it reduces fuel economy and won't help you actually to go off-road - this car really isn't designed for that.
Mazda is also proud of its short-shift gearbox, which it says pushes this car in the direction of the MX5. We have to say, its gearbox is actually very pleasant indeed to use, and when shifting around, it does feel responsive, and it's never too easy to flick the stick into the wrong gear. It's certainly more fun than you'll have in most vehicles in this class.
Plenty of technology
We really must insist, if you're buying a CX5, please make sure you take the TomTom option. it's very well integrated, gives you incredibly slick maps, with access to TomTom Live, if you're prepared to pay for it, and it has nice features such as lane guidance. If you get the CX5 now, Mazda is throwing the satnav in for free, but it's only £400 more if you miss this offer.
Other options include metallic paint for £500 and, on the AWD sport model, lane departure warning and rear vehicle monitoring. The sport model also has an improved Bose sound system, should music be your weapon of choice against screaming toddlers. Plus, there's a reversing camera too, which comes in handy when you consider that there's not a lot of rear visibility on this car.
One feature we do love, is the Smart City Breaking. Here, if you're moving at less than 20mph, and the car detects that you're about to crash into the back of someone, it will automatically apply the brakes, and bring you to an alarming, but swift halt. If you've ever had "that" accident at a junction, you'll, no doubt, be pleased by the inclusion of this feature.
There's also a lane departure warning, which sounds a loud and slightly flatulent noise if you stray from the lane in which you are supposed to be driving. This should stop drivers from falling asleep at the wheel, but it should also help those who sometimes drift out of their lane suddenly, and nearly cause an accident.
Skyactiv technology
While we usually avoid talk of engine design and spec here, we do want to mention Mazda's Skyactiv briefly.
These new engines are important to the company, which says that there is no point building hybrid cars, unless your underlying technology is as efficient as possible first. It is therefore making its engines lighter and simpler, and aiming to increase efficiency by 30 per cent over the next couple of years.
The net result of this is that the engine is 10 per cent lighter in this car, has 15 per cent better fuel consumption and 15 per cent more torque. Those are all just numbers, but in the time we spent with the car, it is certainly one of the most impressive diesel powered vehicles we've used.
And best of all, because the engines in the petrol and diesel models are so close to each other in size and weight, it's far easier for the cars to be assembled on the same lines. That means reduced costs, which can hopefully be passed on to us, the consumers.
The Mazda CX5 is certainly one of the more fun SUVs you can buy. It's very likely to appeal to parents who have a couple of ankle-biters, but still want a car that feels like it's driver-oriented, rather than family-oriented. It is, therefore, possible to have a lot of fun in the diesel CX5. Far more fun than you'd think actually.
When it comes to practicalities though, there are some issues. There aren't as many seats as you can get in some Euro SUVs from the likes of Citroen, Renault and VW. There are also not as many storage areas as the cubby-hole obsessed French cars offer. It has a decent-sized boot, but it's not enormous once you've chucked a pushchair and a suitcase in and if you're also ferrying a big dog too, it's not quite large enough.
But for day-to-day driving it's one of the most quiet and refined diesel engines we've seen. The new production method has produced a diesel engine that's far lighter than any which has gone before it. This brings all manner of cost savings, and helps this to achieve one of the best economy ratings of all its SUV brethren.
We didn't expect to be, but when it comes to the CX5, 2WD 2.2 diesel. We're utterly sold.


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This blog it had a life so fine.
For travellers from yon distant lands
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Of tales of glory, lust and love—
Mayhap not always all the 'bove—
But stories, dreams and many a moan
Were heard, or read, by all of our own,
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When their outpourings were fun to read.
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But lo! a great Knight has come to hold sway
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(Pocket-lint) - The INQ Cloud Touch, the Facebook-centric Android phone has now been confirmed, putting to rest a rumour trail as long as Facebook's reach. Moving its new line of mobile phones over to Google's Android OS, the INQ Cloud Touch is what all the rumours have been about.
Facebook has been quick to stamp on any "official" Facebook phone rumours, but the Facebook experience on the INQ Cloud Touch is deeply integrated. Facebook isn't a side app, it's a thread woven through the whole device. The result is a quirky Android device that is customised in a way that makes it unique.
You'll find much of the existing Android Facebook connectivity in place, like the option to upload photos to Facebook from the album and contacts integration, but there is a whole lot more besides.
The homepages, which follow the normal Android arrangement of offering you a number of swipeable, customisable pages, come with familiar Facebook icons, giving you direct access to Facebook services offering People, Events, Notifications and Places. Other smaller services can also be directly accessed via smaller icons across the bottom of the screen. It means Facebook is much more immediate and prominent on the handset.
The default music player on the INQ Cloud Touch is Spotify, which is what opens when you press the music button on the side of the device. This doesn't give you an account for the streaming music player, but offers the media player functions that Spotify has in its app.
The INQ Cloud Touch uses the INQ Type keyboard from the guys that brought us SwiftKey, an app that we love. It will learn your language and predict your text entry meaning it is really fast to bang out messages -often you only need a couple of letters, sometimes none at all.
As a mid-level device, the INQ Cloud Touch isn't aiming to blow the competition out of the water in a spec showdown. It has a Qualcomm MSM 7227 600MHz processor, so there will be limitations to what the phone can do, but otherwise it is kitted out with the usual sensors and Wi-Fi, GPS, and HSPA connectivity.
The screen is a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 resolution capacitive display, that seemed responsive enough to our prodding. Around the back is a 5-megapixel autofocus camera and it offers VGA video capture.
INQ confirmed to us that Android 2.3 would be coming to the device in 2011, but no precise timeframe was given. The INQ Cloud Touch will be available in red, white and black. Ken Johnstone, co-founder of INQ, told us that they had sought design inspiration from Star Wars Stormtroopers and Eve, Wallee's love interest, to come up with the curvy design.
The INQ Cloud Touch is predicted to come in around £20 a month on contract and will be sold through Carphone Warehouse, hitting stores in April.
For more photos and all our thoughts, check out our INQ Cloud Touch First Look review.


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WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 – A modification in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System is expected to streamline personal records for better efficiency, the director of the Defense Manpower Data Center said here yesterday.
In an interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon Channel, Mary Dixon said information will now be entered into DEERS in personnel offices, rather than identification card offices.
DEERS is used for benefits determination in the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments. It includes active-duty service members, active reservists, retirees, and certain civilians and contractors, as well as members of the Coast Guard, Public Health Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The system comprises 44 million people, Dixon said.
Family members can continue to use the identification card office to change their vital information, Dixon added, and others will be referred to their personnel office when the change takes effect, expected to be by the end of this month.
The change is expected to increase accuracy of records, Dixon said, noting that any time data is moved around, there's the possibility of typing mistakes.
"It won't solve all the problems," she added. "Data quality is an issue that's a continuing journey and process."
While cost-saving figures are not yet available, Dixon said, the change will be a time-saver. In the past, she explained, the hope was that in addition to going to the ID card office to update DEERS information, people also went to the personnel office and changed the information in their personnel records so the records would match. When employees didn't go to both places, she said, it created "a lot of work" to figure out how to reconcile mismatched data.
Record accuracy in the DEERS system helps ensure eligibility for benefits and mitigates identity theft, fraud and abuse, Dixon said. Safeguards include vetting people who have access to the system and ensuring DEERS has a strong audit capability, she added.
Dixon encouraged people enrolled in DEERS to check their records at https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/milconnect/ to make sure their information is accurate and to report any errors they find to their personnel office.


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A local man was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle on Route 20 last night.
Police did not identify the victim, who was struck in the eastbound lane while trying to cross the street near the Edgemere Mobile Home Park at 151 Hartford Turnpike, just before 6 p.m. They said they were withholding his identity pending notification of family members.
Neighbors at the mobile home park said the man who was hit was probably in his 40s and took care of his brother, who is a severe diabetic.
Police said the 2010 Jeep Liberty that struck the man was driven by Joanne Breault of Jericho, Vt.
As an accident reconstruction team took photographs and measurements, residents of the mobile home park said cars routinely speed on Route 20 and rarely stop for pedestrians in the nearby crosswalk.
The neighbors said the victim's brother sent him to the nearby Dunkin' Donuts to get aspirin. When he didn't return, his brother came outside and discovered the accident. He recognized his brother's hat, the neighbors said. The victim is a nice man who enjoys walking his dog and bicycling, the neighbors said.
The victim's brother briefly spoke with police and then was driven to the hospital in a police cruiser.
The victim was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus in Worcester.
All eastbound traffic on Route 20 was initially blocked from the nearby Worcester line; police eventually allowed traffic through as they investigated.
The accident is under investigation by Officer Richard H. Fiske; the Central Mass. Law Enforcement Regional Reconstruction Team assisted police at the scene.


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Album Rating: 4.0I'm very much out of my element here with this one, I like my share fo trip-hop albums, but I really dont know much about he genre so this was a difficult album to talk about. I really want to get out of my comfort zones though, so I'm hoping to continue to explore different genres and styles.
Also please, if anyone has any advice or criticism to give, feel free to leave a comment. I'm very nervous about this one.
I think you did well. You avoided talking too much about genres so it just read like a review of an album you liked.
I still need to get to this, was listening to Maxinquaye earlier today
Album Rating: 4.0Thanks, Adrian. Yeah, I tried to avoid talking about things I didn't know (genre/terms), and just spoke about the album itself. We'll see what others think.
Here's a free stream:
In other words, rather than following along the increasingly erratic path of he's taken since Blowback,
Musically, False Idols was regarded, by Tricky's himself,
Album Rating: 4.0@Deviant.
Thanks for that, I need to proofread better. What did you think of it overall? Is it adequate?
Yeah dude, you had nothing to worry about. Like Aids said, you didn't spend any significant amount of the write-up trying to be technical about genre specifications etc (which, if you're not familiar with you should always avoid); you just talked about the atmosphere of the album more so than the atmosphere an album of this genre is supposed to have. You described it well man
Tricky's solo stuff has always struck me as perfect dinner party music. Is that just me? I feel like it could be a universal thing.
Album Rating: 4.0Awesome to see you stepping out of your comfort zone like this man. Review is
great, you've always had a real knack for describing trippy soundscapes with
intricate detail, and I feel you really showed with this review that you can apply that
trait when writing about a good variety of different music styles.
Album Rating: 4.0Thank you, Dev. That means a lot. I really wanted to see what you thought of it more as you're very familiar with the genre. I've begun to admire trip-hop and electronic music recently, and it's something I'd like to get into more than I have. This would be one of my first steps into it. I'm glad it was okay.
Album Rating: 4.0@Breaking
Thanks. some of my descriptions can be a little cheesy or tiring, so I've been slowly trying to be less adjective heavy and reading more to learn less wordy descriptions. Hopefully I hit good balance here.
I've heard people say that about trip-hop songs, and how they were used as 'dinner party' songs in the 90s. To me the music doesn't quite fit that kind of atmosphere- I could be wrong.
man it makes me wanna break open a nice Shiraz and have a three-course meal over some light-hearted banter
Album Rating: 3.5Great review. Although you might not know that much about trip hop, you enough about music in general to properly dissect the album. Trip hop is in essence an eclectic genre, so it can be approached from many directions. It's good to hear Tricky returns to his older style (although I really enjoyed Mixed Race, too), looking forward to hearing this.
False Idols was due of the way Tricky spoke about
*because of the way...
Cool review Hernan. I think the album's quite good.
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Album Rating: 4.0@Typ
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. And yeah, I liked Mixed Race too, a lot of catchy songs on that one.
Thanks, man. I really have to stop working on reviews at 4am, they're always filled with typos.
This has gotten some really mixed reviews already. Still have to check it out, but I think I'll like it.
Good review man!
Album Rating: 4.0I've seen that as well, but I honestly enjoyed it. I recommend "Parenthesis", "If Only I Knew", "Nothing's Changed", and "Passion Of The Christ" - those are I'd say the top 4 tracks.
I've never heard a Tricky album as enjoyable as Maxinquaye. Really hoping i can get something out of this release.
Summary's too hyperbolic considering the rating. Good review though.
Album Rating: 4.0Love me some Tricky, I hop I like it as much as you did. Maxinquaye is a classic of course but I thought Mixed Race was pretty damned good too.
Buying now
I feel like we really want this to be better than it is
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning's new position coach is Greg Knapp, a veteran of nearly two decades in the NFL.
A day after promoting quarterbacks coach Adam Gase, 34, to offensive coordinator, Broncos coach John Fox added some experience to his staff in Knapp, an 18-year veteran of the NFL.
Knapp, 49, was the Raiders' offensive coordinator last season, a position he also held from 2007-08, and also led the offensive staffs in Seattle (2009), Atlanta (2004-06) and San Francisco (2001-03).
He's also been QB coach in Houston (2010-11) and with the 49ers (1998-2000).
Fox called Knapp a "proven, experienced coach with a very impressive background working with quarterbacks. He's had success with Pro Bowlers and established players while also being instrumental in the development of younger quarterbacks."
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An Australian boxer's decision to wear a black T-shirt emblazoned with the black, red and yellow Australian Aboriginal flag as he entered the ring to compete in the London Olympics Monday, drew the ire of officials but won applause from some Canadian aboriginal athletes.
Boxer Damien Hooper, an aboriginal and Australia's best hope for a gold medal in boxing, won his bout against American Marcus Browne, but also apologized later for sporting the T-shirt, which he took off before the actual fight began. The Olympic charter prohibits "demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas" and, if disobeyed, can result in disqualification.
Hooper, 20, got a warning and a reprimand from Australian chef de mission Nick Green, who told reporters Tuesday that the boxer was "was extremely apologetic. He has confirmed with me that it was a 'one-off' and that he won't do it again."
But four-time Canadian Olympian Sharon Firth, a member of the Dene Nation who competed for Canada in the 1970s and 1980s, said Wednesday that she applauds Hooper for standing up for indigenous people worldwide.
"What's the big deal?" said Firth. "The IOC (International Olympic Committee) should examine themselves, broaden their horizons, and wake up."
"Sure, you shouldn't involve politics with sports," she said. "But in reality, all sports are political — even on the Olympic level."
She and her sister, Shirley Firth-Larsson, were the first two aboriginal females to be members of Canada's Women's National Cross-Country Ski Team. They went to the Olympics four times between 1970 and 1982.
"We came up against racism from the Canadian Olympic Committee – but that wasn't our problem. It was theirs," said Firth, who said she competed first as a Dene woman, and second for Canada.
"We were pioneers – out there creating political statements whether we liked it or not – because anywhere we show our face, it's political."
Firth said Hooper's display will resonate with First Nations, Inuit and Metis people in Canada because "when an indigenous person goes to the Olympics, they're representing all indigenous people.
"There are 370 million of us worldwide — we're not going down easy."
Historically, the IOC has allowed Olympians to make positive political statements at the games — as long as the person asks permission first, said Dr. Janice Forsyth, director of the University of Western Ontario's International Centre for Olympic Studies and a member of Fisher River First Nation in Manitoba.
"It was incredibly naïve to think that an industry as complex as the Olympics would allow someone to do that," said Forsyth of Hooper's gesture. "They have to let the world know they're going to enforce their own rules."
Mohawk sprint kayaker Alwyn Morris followed protocol in 1984, making sure to ask his teammates and the canoe association before famously raising an eagle feather over his head as he sported the gold medal in Los Angeles.
"It was to honour my grandfather and share my accomplishments with all aboriginal people and Canadians as a whole," he said Wednesday from his home in Kahnawake, Que. "I wanted to make sure they understood why I was doing it, where I was coming from." Morris declined to comment on Hooper's actions this week.
"The games are all about commercialism," said Forsyth. "Evocative images and stories are really what sell at the Olympics. So, if (Hooper) had been able to get approval to wear the T-shirt, there would have been far more media talking about who he is and where he comes from — and, on the other hand, if he had asked for permission, and then been denied, that would have been a far more interesting story."
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said Hooper is regarded as Australia's best chance at a boxing medal since 1988. He will fight Russia's Egor Mekhontcev in a second round on Saturday.


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This will reveal the pathetic state of #Indian #Food #Safety. Will India ban Ajinomoto now?
#Maggi row has made everyone talk about MSG aka Monosodium Glutamate.
But we people are so unaware / lethargic to be frank.
This MSG is also called as Ajinomoto. Which is widely used across India in most of the foods in many hotels and processed foods like noodles.
Last time when you ate fried rice, you consumed the same MSG for which Maggi is banned now.
On 2005 itself a gentleman called #DEEPANKAR #GANGULY wrote about MSG on a Kolkata newspaper The Telegraph.
That article was just an example, many newspapers media might have wrote about MSG. But what is the use when they gave voice and the govt. or #FSSAI not listening to it?
When you know some ingredient is harmful.. why it is given permission under permissible limits? It is insane to trust business-minded world. Are they going to check every time when a cook sprinkles a handful of ajinomoto on the food which children gonna eat? NO.
Now it is up to the GOVT and FSSAI to #BANajinomoto completely.
Here is the article published on The Telegraph before 10 years
"Think twice before you treat your child to a meal of chowmein and chilli chicken. It could impair his mental growth. A snack of potato chips is just as dangerous.
'Fast food, like rolls, potato chips and chowmein, contain a harmful, taste-enhancing chemical called monosodium glutamate, popularly known as ajinomoto. Unless checked, the effects of this chemical will be more widespread than smoking, since the consumers of fast food outnumber smokers,' warned Iva Bhattacharya, senior dietician in the state health department and wife of the mayor.
The nutrition division of the department is planning to organise an awareness campaign on the ill-effects of ajinomoto. It also has plans to pressure the state government for a law against use of ajinomoto in food.
Countries like China and Japan have banned the use of ajinomoto in eatables, but the chemical is still indiscriminately used in almost all fast food preparations available in Calcutta, from chanachur to soup.
'Unfortunately, most parents are not aware of the harm they're doing to their child by giving them food containing ajinomoto,' added Bhattacharya.
'There are other problems as well with fast food. For example, preparation of potato chips involves heating of oil above 400 degrees Centigrade. The high temperature decomposes fatty acids in potatoes. This impairs elasticity of blood vessels and raises blood pressure,' she said.
According to doctors, Ajinomoto is not only detrimental to the development of brain cells, but is also carcinogenic. It takes around seven to eight years for the harmful effects of the chemical to manifest in children." – Credits : The Telegraph, Kolkata
However, Ajinimoto is keen on starting it's own manufacturing unit in India and seeking to access one of the biggest market place in the world. Will India Ban Ajinomoto? or will our government try to risk our lives. We have to wait and watch.


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Sour Cream-Topped Doughnuts and Decent Apple Strudel at Romanian Garden
Your daily dose of something sweet.
The savory offerings at Romanian Garden, grilled meats and vegetable dips, tend to taste like the blander, fattier versions of what you'll find at Sunnyside's better Turkish and Lebanese restaurants. But this cafe has some charming outdoor seating on a quiet stretch of 43rd Avenue, and it's a more than pleasant place to hit up for coffee and dessert. Case in point: doughnuts topped with sour cream and jam.
Papanasi ($4) are doughnuts made with a mild cheese; here they're freshly fried with a slight cultured tanginess. True, they could be a little lighter, a smidge less chewy, but I stopped nitpicking when I had my first bite of doughnut, loose sour cream, and cherry jam all on the same fork. The doughnuts are refreshingly light on sugar, an afternoon snack that won't set you out of sorts.
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Romanian Garden also makes a decent Apple Strudel ($3) with a crust that's less buttery than it could be but flaky all the same. The dense, sweet apple and cinnamon filling has surprising depth, with nubby bits of walnuts adding necessary crunch. Not a perfect apple strudel, but a very satisfying one.
That's how I think about Romanian Garden as a whole, actually. But for dessert it does just fine.


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It looks as though the 'TODAY' show is desperately grasping to regain the top morning show slot, and lucky for us they are doing it with a killer lineup for their annual Summer Concert Series.
The 'Today' concert series will kick off with fun. on May 24 and wrap up on Aug. 30 with Chris Brown. In the past, acts like Breezy and One Direction have brought record-breaking crowds into Rockefellar Plaza, so we can be sure to see much of the same this year if not more people! With One Direction really blowing up in the United States this year, we would imagine they have a chance to jam pack Directioners in the plaza like sardines! Anything to get a glimpse of Harry, Niall, Zayn, Louis, and Liam, right?
Maroon 5 and Fall Out Boy are seasoned 'Today' show veterans, having performed there in 2011 and 2009, respectively. But 2013's concert series is bringing with it some new faces, namely Ed Sheeran and 'American Idol' winner Phillip Phillips; both have performed on the show, but this is their first Summer Concert Series.
Pop music fans will also be treated to a triumvirate of boy bands when NKOTB, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men take the stage on May 31. Hold on to your hats, ladies!
If this concert series is any indication, this is going to be one heck of a summer!
2013 TODAY Summer Concert Series
May 24 – fun.
May 31 – New Kids On the Block / 98 Degrees / Boyz II Men
June 7 – Lionel Richie
June 14 – Maroon 5
June 21 – Hunter Hayes
June 28 – Phillip Phillips
July 5 – John Mayer
July 12 – Ed Sheeran
July 19 – Fall Out Boy
July 26 – Train
Aug. 2 – The Band Perry
Aug. 9 – Michael Buble
Aug. 16 – Luke Bryan
Aug. 23 – One Direction
Aug. 30 – Chris Brown
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Dec 04
iROC - Investigating Research on Campus
On December 4th, iROC will hold its final event of the spring semester: the student research poster symposium. Students in all majors will present their course-related, Honors, or independent research projects in poster form to the campus community. Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to view the posters and visit with our presenters from 4-6 p.m. in the Hudson Hall Auditorium
Light snacks and beverages will be provided. This event has been approved for College Connection FYE credit.
Please join us for this celebration of student achievement!
The North Wing of Kaplan Library includes areas on the 1st and 2nd floors where books, journals, dvd's, and other materials are housed, including the Curriculum Materials Center.
View the complete Spring Schedule
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Father Alberto Joan of the Custodia Terrae Sanctae looks at centuries old images from the Holy Land in the archive room of his order in the Jerusalem.
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Pilgrims seen in this photograph arrive to Bethlehem during Christmas to visit the Church of the Nativity during the 19th Century.
JERUSALEM – In the Custodia Terrae Sanctae - a Franciscan order in Jerusalem's Old City - Father Alberto Joan hunches over a large wooden table covered with hundreds of centuries-old black and white photos. Wearing white gloves, so not to damage them, he holds each one proudly to show the daily life in the Holy Land depicted in the pictures.
"Here is a photograph dated at the end of the 19th century," he said. "We can see pilgrims arriving to Bethlehem during Christmas on their way to visit the church of the Nativity."
Father Alberto is part of an historic effort by the Catholic Church to collect and preserve rare and unseen photographs documenting the Holy Land.
Khaldoon Eid / NBC News
Father Alberto Joan of the Custodia Terrae Sanctae holds an image of the Church of the Nativity in the archive room.
"With the use of these photos, we can see how pilgrims dressed back then, we can see exactly where to put the candles or how to prepare the alter for this coming Christmas," he said.
Recently the Custodia Terrae Sanctae, which also means the "guardians of the Holy Land," reached out to monasteries and convents throughout the region to submit photos from their own collections in order to create a more thorough record.
"The photos collected are a living proof of the daily life in the Holy Land and are a treasure with an historic importance that must be preserved," said Custos Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Guardian of The Holy Places, who heads the order.
Right now the photographs exist in a temperature controlled archive room which is guarded by locked doors, security cameras and an alarm system.
Very few people have the opportunity to explore the treasures hidden in leather bound photo albums found here. A goal of the 800-year-old Franciscan order is to change this and digitize all these rare photos so the public can view and enjoy them online.
"It is so important and interesting to see how people lived so many years ago," said Father Alberto.
Khaldoon Eid / NBC News
A view of Bethlehem from the 19th Century.


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Q: Can I run my .NET Application without .NET?
A: No you cannot. The .NET Framework must be installed in the Client machine, in order to run.
Q: Why Not?
A: The answer is quite simple really. All the .Net libraries you call within your code are not compiled into your assembly, and you need these assemblies in the destination machine, in order for it to run.
A program compiled in C# or VB is not a program in native code, it is a "pre" compilation in a Intermediate Language (MSIL). When you run this "program" the .NET Runtime, makes the final compilation to native code for the platform on which it is executed - this is called Just In Time compiling.
Q: Can I run my application which was built with a newer .NET Framework ( for example .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5 ) on a machine that has a lower .NET Framework ( for example .Net Framework 1.1 ) installed?
A: No, you cannot, you will need to install the latest .NET Framework
Q: Which Operating Systems have the .NET Framework installed already?
A: What version of the .NET Framework is included in what version of the OS?
Q: How can I install the particular .NET Framework on the Client Machine ?
A: You can find the Redistributable Packages here
Q: How can I install the .NET Framework along with my Application, at the same time?
A: Deploying the .NET Framework in a setup package
Q: Which .NET Framework will my application use, if multiple .NET Frameworks are present?
A: Because an application was built in a particular version of the .NET Framework, it will know to use that specific version. For example, if an application was built with .NET Framework 2.0, it knows it should use .NET Framework 2.0; if an application was built with .NET Framework 1.1, it knows it should utilise the .NET Framework 1.1


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'Sedimentary DNA from a submerged site reveals wheat in the British Isles 8000 years ago.'
"We analyzed a core obtained from sealed sediments, combining evidence from microgeomorphology and microfossils with sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) analyses to reconstruct floral and faunal changes during the occupation of this site, before it was submerged. In agreement with palynological analyses, the sedaDNA sequences suggest a mixed habitat of oak forest and herbaceous plants. However, they also provide evidence of wheat 2000 years earlier than mainland Britain and 400 years earlier than proximate European sites."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31648990 (news report)
Bouldnor Cliff - more a peat bog than a cliff apparently - is under 11 metres of water ie it would already have been flooded when Noah's Flood is said to have struck the planet and - though YECs would probably insist otherwise - since there has been no 'ice age' glaciation leading to lower sea levels in the last 4,000-5,000 years, it is likely to have remained underwater ever since the remains of wheat and so forth ended up in the strata. The paleosol in question having previously been dated to around 8,000 years old (by radiocarbon dating of pollen I gather). (And the Isle of Wight will have remained isolated from mainland Britain during the whole of the last 4,000-5,000 years as well.)
The wheat would have been grown slightly later than the palaeosol formed of course. But I think it would be difficult for a YEC to make a convincing case that this einkorn wheat cannot be more than 4,500 years old and ended up in this location during a 'post-flood rapid ice age' around 4,000 years ago. The real (last) ice age having ended more than 10,000 years ago - ending a lengthy period during which England was not separated from mainland Europe by the sea.
I'm slightly puzzled too. Are they assuming the wheat is only slightly younger than the paleosol ie less than 100 years younger. Because the headline in 'Science' suggests the wheat was already grown and in the Solent area 8,000 years ago, whereas the Abstract gives 8,000 years old as the date of the paleosol within which the remains were found (though a core was drilled so I suppose the wheat was below the surface of the peat bog; peat bogs can only form when the location is not under the sea incidentally).


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Why am I doing this? It's Eric Swain's fault, as usual.
11. Audiosurf
Okay, it's actually been out for three years now, so sue me. When I finally got a PC this year that could handle games, this was the first thing I bought through Steam. And it remains the most-played entry in my library.
Why? Well, Brendan Keogh put it best: "You don't just see your music in Audiosurf; you feel through a sensation less like listening and more like dancing."[1] Audiosurf takes music and transforms it into a complex visual index of signifiers to match the aural nuances of its source material. It's like semiotics synaesthesia.
10. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Skyrim's plot is pretty rank at best. The voice acting and incessantly recycled audio clips turn it into one long, unfunny Seth Rogan comedy. It's buggy, it's uninspired, and you need mods just to create a halfway decent avatar. But damn is it pretty. And damn, is it fun to hoard. I've lost the storyline completely under one of my floor-to-ceiling cheese piles and I can't be bothered to dig it out again.
09. LittleBigPlanet 2's soundtrack
I've given the game a lot of flack for being difficult to play on anything smaller than a gigantic HDTV[2] and for falling short on its pedagogical promises.[3] But its story mode and especially the soundtrack will always be among my most treasured, particularly its ending theme from Passion Pit.
08. Sequence
This is another game which earned a harsh score from me, perhaps undeservedly so. It's a unique experiment in genre hybridization– a music game RPG replete with Atlus-esque cutscenes and finger-on-the-pulse memetastic humor. I loved it more than my review[4] ever managed to let on and I do so look forward to the developers' next project.
07. Zeit2
Another quiet little entry which seemed to escape everyone's notice during end-of-year retrospectives, including yours truly when it came time for the Critical Distance Confab.[5] A traditional side-scrolling schmup with anything but traditional time manipulation and splitting mechanics, it looks the part of a luminous retro-futuristic arcade title and I'll bet it's the sort of thing Ender Wiggin would play.
06. Bastion
The game that's on everybody's list this year, and with good reason. Bastion is a luminous, candy-coated-bittersweet-center cutesy, magical and dreadful take on the American West. Even if you went in fully expecting its awesome narrator, it's less likely you knew to expect the multiple gutpunches that rustic voice manages to deliver over the course of the story. As I wrote in my review:[6]
"Bastion's truest beauty is in how dark it becomes, and how subtly it draws the player into that darkness. If the West had been won by nuclear war, this is how it might have played out in one's nightmares. And yet it is so charming, so colorful, so cute with its chibi character designs that we might sooner expect something on the level of Spirited Away, not Grave of the Fireflies. But grim it is, though the game is always careful to provide you with just a glimmer of hope."
Viciously smart in the execution and a real testament to what a small team and a distinct point of view can accomplish.
05. don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story
I read two works this year that seemed to perfectly capture the approaching social media singularity. One was Charles Stross's Rule 34.[7] The other was Christine Love's indie visual novel don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story, involving the lives of the youth in a generation that's grown up without conventional ideas of privacy.
There have been plenty of great readings of DTIPB, but as a mod for a kids' game frequently (and involuntarily) privy to the growing pains of adolescents, Love's work struck closer to home than I expected. Once again, my own remarks from earlier in the year capture the sentiment best.[8]
The mod in me envies John Rook's squandered opportunity to meaningfully interact with Arianna and Taylor about their priorities. The feminist in me sees such an action as treating the symptoms rather than the disease in which young women (and young men) sign up for their own exploitation. Ultimately, however, my anxieties seem to align with Goodwin's[9] description of "guilt-by-click-association": by involving ourselves in the digital lives of others, we become in some way accountable.
04. Minecraft 1.0
Few games have the distinction of showing up on GOTY lists for three straight years. I don't know if any blurb I could write about it here would adequately do it justice. It's not only probably the biggest indie game success story of all time, it's something of a new gaming lingua franca. Everyone has played Minecraft.
03. Child of Eden
I described this game recently as an atheist creation fable. It's a loving tribute to the sheer magical awe that is biology and the ascendency of life. Sure, the space whale is silly. So was the Buddhist meditation in The Fountain. At some point you either allow these missteps in visuality to kill the experience for you or you just embrace it for the childlike wonder it's trying to impart. Honestly, I don't find space whale any more ridiculous than a lot of the iconography the religious hold in such solemnity. But anyway, from my various rants on it:
"For all its frenetic energy and at times vicious difficulty, it is a game about positive emotion and spiritual transcendence. Your two weapons act as purifiers, while the stages you explore are a set of technorganic ballets."[10]
"There is a quality to its contained narrative and the role of the player as enactor thereof which is deeply moving, as in being witness to the birth and exaltation of mankind. This is a game in which human history from microorganism to vast neural networks spanning time and space takes shape."[11]
"If games are systems, and God (as natural order) is a system, then God is the game we are playing right now and have been since the dawn of time. It's the spin of electrons that as much give rise to life as computer games. And games are one of many ways in which we, the universe knows itself."[12]
02. Portal 2
As I mentioned on the Critical Distance Confab, I consider the Portal games to rank among the best of a generation. Rarely do you get a game like Portal 2 which really is the complete package. Great challenges, great writing, great performances, great design. But above all, Portal and Portal 2 are teachers. If you wanted to look to one instance of what digital pedagogy looks like in 3D simulation, Portal and its successor would be it.
And if you've been following along, you know which one I haven't mentioned yet, so let's get to that, shall we?
01. Dragon Age II
I am generally in favor of any game which inspires as much ongoing discussion as DA2 has engendered. I also enjoy any game which makes entitled straight guys uncomfortable.[13] And I will happily promote the work of writers with a social justice agenda, because damned if they aren't horribly rare in this industry.
But none of those reasons are why Dragon Age II is my Game of the Year.
This game has lodged itself into my heart the way it has because for the first time, I saw a glimmer of hope that games could be something more. That this hobby which so enticed and frightened me, which did its very best to alienate me at every given opportunity, yet entranced me again and again because it offered another world to plunge into that wasn't mine, could be all the provocative and ambitious things we adore about other media, could prove it can do one thing excellently which denies our shallow demands for design conformity.
In short, Dragon Age II is my Game of the Year for the exact opposite reason Portal 2 is my runner-up. DA2 is my Game of the Year because it dared to suck.
No, that's too simplistic. In terms of combat system, item management, map design and epic set pieces, all the things we've been programmed to believe are requirements of a good game of its genre, Dragon Age II doesn't deliver. I can see that as plainly as any of its detractors. But what it does well, it does better than any other game I've ever played.
I've compared Dragon Age II's limited locations and confined scope to The Wire, and maybe that analogy doesn't work for a lot of people. Try this one, then: Dragon Age II is to RPGs what Dead Man is to Westerns. Looked at under a conventional lens, without being aware that the creators are intending to subvert the genre, the thing is unforgivably broken. Looked at under its own terms, with the story it wanted to tell and the characters it wanted to share with the player, it is dead on with everything that it needs to be.
I would surely have not have complained if more time had been spent in development to release a more finessed game which delivered on mainstream expectations as well as providing the story it wanted to tell. But come right down to it, between a Dragon Age II with a perfected battle system and no heart, and a broken Dragon Age II with the most provocative narrative I've ever played out in a game, I know which one I'll take every time.


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UW-Madison freshman class reaches record number
Percentage of students from Wisconsin also highest in 7 years
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison reports its entering 2012 freshman class is its largest to date, with 6,279 students enrolled. UW-Madison said in a release Tuesday that total applications have increased by more than 4,000 compared to five years ago.
UW-Madison received 29,034 applications for freshman admission, a record for the school.
The university stated new students from Wisconsin make a new record this year with 3,515 students or 56 percent of the entering class, the largest resident enrollment since 2005.
Other enrollment numbers include modest increases: Undergraduate enrollment at the university is up minimally from 2011 at 29,119 and total student enrollment is also up slightly at 42,818 — 377 more students than last year.


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Inseok Chun
This petition closed 7 months ago
Jindo Dogs are South Korea's national dogs and they are officially designated as South Korea's "Natural Monument No. 53". This though is a meaningless travesty! The Jindo Dog promotion project...
Jindo Dogs are South Korea's national dogs and they are officially designated as South Korea's "Natural Monument No. 53". This though is a meaningless travesty! The Jindo Dog promotion project launched by government only serves to drive numerous Jindo dogs into the horrendous dog meat industry. According to the investigation by an animal welfare organization in South Korea (http://koreandogs.org/?p=4519), dogs that do not meet the breed standards set by the government, conducted biannually at Jindo county(the supposed Jindo dog protection area) are being sold to dog meat traders! The national monument ends up as dog meat soup. In the summer when the dog meat consumption reaches its peak, dog traders can drive by these villages as often as every 3-4 days collecting unwanted and rejected Jindo dogs. Their investigation reveals that the screening process for Jindo dogs is vague and subjective making the screening meaningless. The Kennel Clubs of the world stand by and allow this to continue. In a society where 2 million dogs are being eaten each year, this type of promotion only serves to line the pockets of certain people and drive the so called "ugly" Jindo dogs into dog meat markets. Most of all, their taxpayer's money is being spent in this process.
This is a shame and disgrace of South Korea. We ask the new president of South Korea, Honorable Geun-Hye Park, to put an end to this Jindo Dog registration program immediately and end the dog meat trade in South Korea once and for all. This will be the only way to restore the tarnished image of South Korea as an inhumane and cruel nation of animal abusers.
Get more info: http://koreandogs.org/
[2/26/2013 Update]
Petition letter with signature list was emailed to 15 South Korean government officials including the President Geun-Hye Park (http://koreandogs.org/?page_id=217) with CC to 3 Korean newspapers, various officials at UN FAO (United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization) and OIE (World Organization for Animal Health).
However, keep signing & sharing as we will send the signature list again later this year. We will not stop advocating for the Jindo dogs and against the dog meat consumption in South Korea until this cruel practice comes to an end. Thank you!
"개고기 식습관은 현대에는 걸맞지 않는 폐풍이오, 국민들의 정신 건강에 아주 좋지 않은 영향을 끼치는 악습이다." ~법정스님 "Dog meat consumption is an evil custom that doesn't belong in a modern society as well as a vice harmful to the mental health of our citizens." ~Beopjeong Buddhist Priest (South Korea)


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Hark, the Church proclaims her honor,
And her strength is only this:
God hath laid His choice upon her,
And the work she doth is His.
He His Church hath firmly founded,
He will guard what He began;
We, by sin and foes surrounded,
Build her bulwarks as we can.
Frail and fleeting are our powers,
Short our days, our foresight dim,
And we own the choice not ours,
We are chosen first by Him.
Onward, then! For naught despairing,
Calm we follow at His word,
Thus through joy and sorrow bearing
Faithful witness to our Lord.
Tho' we here must strive in weakness,
Though in tears we often bend,
What His might began in meekness
Shall achieve a glorious end.