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Brazil's painful World Cup finish Saturday is a national disaster only within its borders.
The obliteration of a mythological soccer giant is good for the sport, particularly for outliers such as the United States.
Now, can someone take apart this brilliant German program that doesn't understand the meaning of a down cycle.
The Netherlands completed the humiliation of a proud soccer country by walloping the Canarinho 3-0 in the third-place game in Brasilia. The Dutch started the tournament by dismantling Spain 5-1 to end one era. The result Saturday was a perfect bookend to a team that went through the monthlong tournament undefeated. (It lost a semifinal last weekend to Argentina on penalty kicks).
It's a reminder for up-and-coming programs in the United States, Colombia and Chile that they can equal the world's best by going their own way. Brazil's methods no longer apply. The more newcomers making deep World Cup runs the more interesting the event is for spectators.
No doubt, Brazil will regain its footing but not without some painful introspection in the coming years. Pundits have suggested Brazil's inexplicable 7-1 semifinal defeat to Germany, and now this 3-0 shutout, will cause a ripple effect in the October elections where President Dilma Rousseff is expected to face a serious challenge.
But high inflation, a stagnant economy and national discontent of the poor are going to have a more profound influence on voters than the disgrace of Brazil's soccer team.
The disastrous week of sport is nothing more than a serious dent to the national psyche and a reality check.
Soccer is culturally important to the South American giant that has an unprecedented five World Cup titles. This is the land of Pele, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, all magicians with a ball at their feet.
From 1994 through 2002, Brazil appeared in three finals, winning twice.
Since then, it has struggled while losing in the quarterfinals in the past two World Cups. The host nation was not going to be satisfied this summer without raising the Jules Rimet Trophy, adding tremendous pressure on players clearly not up to the task.
But getting outscored 10-1 in its final two games was unimaginable even in the eyes of the most skeptical fans.
What unfolded this week at least takes the heat off one Brazilian by the name of Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri. You might know him better as Dunga.
The former defensive midfielder coached the previous two "Selecao" to those quarterfinal defeats. Never mind his teams won Copa America and the Confederations Cup while compiling an enviable 40-6-11 record.
Brazilians expect more than good results. They want electric play with their victories. They want "futebol arte." Dunga gave them "futebol forca," an extension of his defensive mindset.
Coach Luis Felipe Scolari offered, well, what exactly? The world's only country to appear in all 20 World Cups, could not have been more lackluster this summer. Neymar Jr. certainly had his moments but none of his teammates showed much creativity or "samba-style" freelancing that embarrasses defenders.
Officials of the world's most successful soccer country must re-think player development and style.
The rebuilding begins today.
The third-place World Cup game is one of the least meaningful prizes in sports. It's not like a bronze medallion in an Olympics.
Anyone remember much about Germany's 3-2 victory over Uruguay in South Africa?
ESPN promoted it as often being the most entertaining game of the World Cup because so little is at stake.
Any chance of a spectacle evaporated the moment shellshocked Brazil stepped on the pitch. The Canarinho had an extra day to prepare for the game. The Dutch also had a gruelling 120-minute affair against Argentina in its semifinal. Yet Holland came out spirtly to try to give fans a good show.
The game, however, will be remembered for the subjugation of a soccer giant first and foremost.
Secondly, it shall be recalled for the dismal performance by Algerian referee Djamel Haimoudi, who handled the U.S.-Belgium knockout game.
Haimoudi seemed lost in the moment from the start.
In the third minute, Thiago Silva heedlessly brought down Arjen Robben just outside the area, meaning Holland should have received a free kick. Also, Silva desered a straight red card for his action.
In a head-scratching move, Haimoudi awarded a penalty kick and gave Silva a yellow caution card. Perhaps the referee wanted to save Brazil from another 7-1 blowout while playing a man down.
Robin van Persie converted the kick and 13 minutes later the capitulating Brazilian defense coughed up an easy goal to Daley Blind after a poor clearance by David Luiz.
In the 69th minute, Blind crushed a charging Oscar in the penalty area. Haimoudi, of course, had his own version of events. He gave the Brazilian a yellow card for diving when the Canarinho deserved a penalty kick — and the Dutch player a card.
But what the heck. The decision highlighted the kind of week Brazil endured.
Whatever possibly could go wrong, went horribly, painfully off the rails.


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Ohio to Florida.... in the cold... on a Monster....
Well, I know I'm new, but I figured i'd start with one of my previous trips.....
This past November I found a Monster S4 in Columbus, Ohio..... Yes, in November. Temperatures were a high of 45 and a low of 27. I was going to ride home on a motorcycle, with no windshield, and no wind protection.... All the way to St. Petersburg, FL.
I purchased the motorcycle from a premier Ducati aftermarket parts manufacturer. This company used the bike as a show bike, and outfitted it with all the latest and greatest parts and used it a model. Well, it was now time to sell it, so they took off all the goodies, and put it back to factory stock. It only had 226 miles on it, and the price was good considering it was from a very reputable company, so having just sold my old Ducati, I bought this one.
I decided I would buy a one way ticket to Ohio, and just ride the thing 1000 miles home. In the back of my mind I knew this was stupid, and everytime I told someone what I was doing, they would further re-enforce what the sensible part of my brain had been telling me all along. I didnt care though, I'm young and pretty much and idiot, so I was going to do it anyways.
The day before my departure, I brought together all I was going to take with me. As you guys know VERY well, riding a motorcycle in cold weather is NOTHING like being in a car. We riders must do without certain luxuries.... First of all, there is no radio, there is no heat, you cant put your foot up on the dashboard. You sit there, try to stay warm, and sing to yourself every song you know, over, and over, and over again. Well, instead of telling you what I wore, here are some pictures so you can see for yourself what is needed to ride across the country in November:
For my head and feet, I wore an Underarmor hood, with some thick socks and some sweet sock liners.
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for my Torso, I relied on years of eating more than I should, and the beauty and magic of having fat on you. On top of that, I wore an Underarmor shirt, some military thermals, and my waterproof Moto Jacket.
For my legs, I let my natural defense work for me. I started off with my set of hair pants. For those of you who dont know what hair pants are, here you go:
Busted, I know you looked at my system....
On top of my hair pants, I wore some underarmor underwear and I wore two pairs of hanes thermal undies, a pair of jeans, and some Gore-tex wind/waterproof pants.
So the next morning I wake up at 7:15 and call Todd to take me to the airport, He shows up looking like he just got shot out of a cannon, I was almost embarrassed to stand next to the guy. But anyways,we stop so he can get a breakfast burrito and a lottery card, and of course he uses this time wisely to complain about being up so early. We get to the airport shortly afterwards, and he flicks me off as I get out, and then peels out and leaves.
As I'm on the plane, walking to my seat, I see who I have to sit next to, these girls looked like trouble. They looked at me with evil smiles and I thought "oh shit, here we go" and sat down. Immediately they took my picture and asked me to take a group photo with them. As soon as the plane took off, they started with the drinks. In no time, they had tons of empty bottles. I brought out my camera, and this was the result:
After the madness of the flight ended, one of the guys from the shop picked me up from the airport and took me to see my bike. They were putting some finishing touches on it, and here is what I saw:
Pretty hot huh?! Well, other than the yellow of course, which isn't going to stay for very long. Well, I examined the bike, and found out that the drive-chain was not to my liking, it was cut too long, and wasn't right. I told them twice about it, and was told it was fine, and that it was a new chain. Who was I to argue? Otherwise, I was happy as a puppy chewing up valuables.
I paid them, and decided to get going on my way. One of the guys at the shop offered me to stay the night at his house, He's the president of the Ohio Ducati club, and that a bunch of guys were coming over to wrench on their bikes and drink some beer. He said it was wayyyyy too cold to ride out, and that I wouldn't make it. So what do you guys think I did? Yes, of course, you know exactly what I did, I said "Thanks, but I'm going to go!"
So I put on all my gear and I'm off. After 20 miles, I start to feel pain… after 30 miles, I'm suffering… shit is it cold… after 40 miles I'm so excruciatingly cold I can no long feel my hands, nor operate the controls. I pull over and hug my muffler for warmth. After 10 minutes, I continue on, but the suffering doesn't subside, I was in real pain. At the 50 mile mark, I mentally gave up, and pulled over to a hotel. I asked for a room, and it was expensive, $70 expensive! But I didn't care…. I got into my room, and sat there.
As I warmed up, I started to come to my senses. First of all, my bike was outside in the middle of nowhere, if it got stolen, I'd be so fucked it wouldn't be funny. Secondly, I had only made it 50 miles! I had planned on doing nearly 500. I put all my clothes back on, (which is seriously a full 10 minute project, but the worst part are my gloves which take up most of that time) and went to the front desk and told the lady that I decided to keep on going, and she gave me my monay back.
I got to my bike and snapped a shot of it while it sat there in the cold, in case you were curious, this is what my bike looks like in 20 degree weather:
I got on the bike and realized that I didn't put my earplugs on. This might not seem like a big deal, but when you go over long distances with no earplugs you will get a NASTY headache. (at least I do) Frustrated, I rode to the nearest gas station to do the task. This meant that I had to take off my gloves, take off my helmet, take off my hood, and put in my earplugs, and then put it all back on. This seriously took 10 minutes, No lie.
So I get back on the highway, and as soon as I'm on the highway, my gas light comes on… FUCK. Now I have to stop, take off my fucking gloves, and do it again. So the next exit comes along, and the whole ordeal takes place again. I was just at a gas station doing this!!!
So after I get gas and back on the highway again, the temperature is at the mid 20's That might not seem so bad, but try doing that at 65mph with no windshield, no fairings, no handguards, nothing…. It was unbearable. I tried to fight it, and tried to fight it, but the cold was seeping in from everywhere, I was shivering on the bike, and at the same time, I lost feeling in my hands. The throttle, brakes and clutch are all hand-operated on a motorcycle, so you can imagine how important it is to have your hands doing what your brain tells it to do.
Every 10 minutes, I pulled off on the side of the road, and re-warmed myself. I was moving at a snails pace and I had only just started. How was I going to do the full 1000 miles if I cant even go 10 miles without having to stop and heat up. After another 50 miles I could no longer withstand the cold, I was truly defeated. I saw a billboard for a $40 room at the next exit, and took it. I show up at the motel and ask how much a room is, and they tell me $60, so I tell them about the billboard, and they say "what billboard?" so I tell them again about the billboard on the highway, this time with my stink eye in full force, and they're like "ooooh, THAT billboard" so I got the price.
Still shivering from the cold, I walked into my room and collapsed near the heater and cried.
After 15 minutes of acting like a baby, I started to heat up this is how I looked:
At this point, I was getting warm, and starting to smile a little:
All that smiling caused me to wonder…. How do I look like when I'm serious? Well, I found out:
After running the full range of emotions in less than half an hour, I started to lose it:
After I regained my sanity, I realized that I hadn't eaten anything for 24 hours. I decided to treat myself to some Cracker Barrel, so I braved the cold and went down the street to the Barrel. It always has a warm fire, and on top of that, I can beat their crafty little game. I get so pleased with myself every time I do it, and i'm quite a snob about it.
Here is a picture the waitress took of me. I demanded she take a picture of me or i'd offend her sensibilities, and here was the result:
In case you guys were wondering, this is what my bike looks like when its parked in front of a Cracker Barrel:
After I got back to the hotel room, I parked the bike inside, Nobody was going to take my buddy!
The next morning, bright and early at 8am, I woke up, and took a hot shower. In case you guys are wondering what I look like when I shower, here you go:
Ummm.... I removed this picture..... Don't worry... I did you guys a favor!
After I was done, I put on my undies, and ran outside to take this picture for everyone:
After eating some continental breakfast, I put on my gear and I was off again! This time I would be ready to get this trip going. I went to a gas station to fill up before I left, I grabbed some poor kid to take a picture of me next to my bike:
Here's a picture of said kid. I don't think he likes yellow, I think it's a pretty nice color:
Here is where things get a bit blurry. Because the sun was now out, I was able to ride until I was out of gas. Lets get one thing straight though, It was still 30-40 degrees out, and while I wasn't in severe pain, I was still very, very cold. My next stop was somewhere in Kentucky, Here is me trying to get my temperature up again:
As I got back on the road, I saw some beautiful sights, and decided to stop on the side of the road to see one… I know you guys are dying to know how my bike looks like in Tennessee, so here you go:
Here is the view I was talking about:
At this point, the batteries of my camera were about to die, so I decided to save them. About an hour later, I saw a sign saying "scenic view, 1 mile" "well, damn, I wanna see a scenic view" I thought to myself. So the scenic view area was like a tiny rest stop, no facilities, just the view, So I pulled off. Enjoyed the beauty, it was gorgeous, way better than the picture shown above. I didn't wanna unpack everything for this picture, though I should have, so I decided to start up the bike and get going. I then fired up the bike. As I idled I thought to myself "its warmer now, the sun is out, and I haven't yet tested how fast this bike is, So instead of merging slowly into traffic like old people do, I twisted the throttle, and let her rip. As I sped up to about 80-90mph I heard a BANG! CRACK! And I suddenly lost power. Cars and trucks zoomed by me as I pulled off to the side of the road……
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Ok, now you are sucking at the internets less.
I said on the other thread, " Oh and I recognize your screen name, and your photobucket one too. Do you should Highpower?"
Also, good pic with the girls. Now, FINISH THE DAMNED STORY!!!
Oh, and now that I can actually see the pics, that "censored" one is uncalled for dude, no one wants to see that. Well, some folks here do, but I don't.
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Ahahahah, , thats one of the most entertaining ride reports I have ever read, ahaha. Damn where are women like that when I am flying, shit. I usually have some fat ass man beside me smelling like the sweat in his fat rolls have dissolved into some putrid form of rotten milk. Damn, what the hell were the other people doing when the women were going at it like that??
Keep up the posts man!!! WTF happened to the bike???
2007 F 650 GS - Sold
2006 KLX 250S - Gonna keep it.
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you are fucking killing me....
what happened to the bike?!?
"So what makes this protest different is that you're set to die, Bobby?"
--May well come to that.
"You start a hunger strike to protest for what you believe in. You don't start already determined to die or am I missing somethin' here?"
-- It's in their hands. Our message is clear. They're seeing our determination.
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Looks good, if not risqué... Crazy ride!! keep it comin' but remember, this is the family channel... and some of these pics might have to go..
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Oh.. sorry about the family channel part... should I tone down the language or cut out the pictures?
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Well, we LOVE the two girls kissing (but some here might be offended), we DON'T LOVE the naked guy in the shower (though some of the girls here might) but Jo Momma is where you put the risque stuff.
Who knows, it might slide here...I'll just keep looking at the girls and keep spinning the mouse ball really really fast past the guy in the shower, lol.
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so what happened to the bike?
what happend with the 2 chicks on the plane? any more pics? start a new thread about it in the basement (JM)
the shower picture can go.. it's just that people who surf at work, or at home with young children peeking over their shoulder.. it makes is uncomfortable for inmates to have to explain to their coworkers or children about some of the goings on in this asylum.. I'll let you do the editing. Thanks
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Oddometer: 198
well..... here it is!
As I pulled off the road, I thought I blew a timing belt and engine smashed itself into a lump of metal. As I got onto the shoulder and came to a stop, I noticed my engine was still running. I immediately knew what had then happened, my drive-chain broke. I got off the bike, and sure enough, no chain. I did have a broken rear fender caused by the chain flapping off and demolishing it.
At this point, what was I going to do? Its about 4:30 and I'm 15 miles north of Chattanooga, Tennessee for crying out loud, right in the middle of the Tennessee Mountains, yay…. My first reaction is to look at my bike and assess the damage, then I follow that up with 3-5 minutes of "Shit, Fuck" Sometimes I swapped it around with some "Fuck, Shit"….. You know what I'm talking about.
I called my friend Brian who happened to be in Tallahassee, FL visiting another friend of mine, Crissi-Lyn. I told him what happened, and he told me that they were on their way to get me. After I got off the phone I looked around…. man was I in a bad spot. I was right on a curve, and cars and trucks were flying right by me.
A few minutes later, one of the Tennessee road rangers showed up. I told him what happened and he called me a tow-truck. I then found the chain on the road. This is what I saw:
Then all I could do was wait:
At this point my camera batteries died. So there is a black spot in this part of the story. Basically what happened was the tow truck showed up. Out of the truck came this tall skinny lurch-looking guy. He was so tall and skinny that he had a slightly forward hunch to him. His face was the exact face you expect to find in the backwoods of Tennessee. From the very start this guy creeped me out. He wasn't a road-ranger, he was just a guy from a tow-truck company
We got the bike into the back of the truck, and we got in. As we drove to the next exit he leaned over and told me "by the way, I'm gonna hafta charge you for this". I was a little taken back because in Florida, it's free if a road ranger finds you. "Whatever" I thought to myself and opened up my wallet and pulled out a $50 to hand him.
"oh, its going to be one and a quarter" he said.
"Wha?!" was my reply, "Do you take credit cards?"
"No" said Lurch
"Well you better put me down now because I don't have that cash"
"Too late now" he replied.
As we pulled off the exit he told me he would take me to a hotel, because there was nothing open right now to fix the bike, and that even if my friends did come now, they wouldn't be here until late. I said "fine" and he took me to a hotel.
I noticed as we pulled up to the hotel, that there were 6 other hotels right in the immediate area. He stopped the truck and jumped right out, and sped walked into the hotel. I figured I might as well follow him so I walk into the lobby. They had already been talking a bit, and I paid for the room, and went to walk out. I noticed that he didn't follow, but that he was whispering to the lady behind the counter.
A few moments later he came out and said:
"So, how do you want to pay me?"
"I told you, I don't have that much cash" I replied, frustrated
"I'm going to have to take your bike then, and you wont be able to pick it up tomorrow because we're closed, so you'll have to get it on Monday" was the bastard's reply.
"oh, and we charge $15 a day storage fee as well" he added.
At this point I was weighing my options. I could knock the motherfucker out, and say "Oh god! Somebody call the…" and run off and get my bike down. But that probably wouldn't have gotten me too far in broad daylight, so I called my credit card company to get cash out it. They said it was possible and gave me a PIN# to use, and I was all set to go.
I ran over to the gas station across the street. I put my card and PIN# in the ATM to find out that they put a hold on my account because of fraud. Apparently It was suspicious that I did this out of state. So I called up the card company again, and told them the whole story again, and how the tow-truck driver was now impatient and about to just leave with my bike. They really didn't have too much sympathy, and said they would have to run a few security questions by me.
At this point, I notice a man who was standing beside me and the ATM. I say to him: "you can use the ATM if you need it"
"how much do you need?" he replies
"I have to get another $100 out of the ATM somehow"
He then opened up his wallet and gave me $100. I was floored. Who does that? Who gives a complete stranger that kind of money?! I didn't know what to say for a minute. The credit card lady on the phone was saying "SIR… SIR… SIR!!" and I promptly hung up on the bitch and thanked the man a million times. He said "just send it to me when you get home." At that very moment the tow truck driver walked in, and I spun around with cash in hand, and gave it to the cocksucker. I again thanked the man, and told the tow truck driver how there's still good in the world, and we walked out together. Then I heard this filth from his mouth:
"Oh, I was going to do that too, I was going to pay for the bill with my own money, and when your friends go here, You could have paid me back"
My head snapped towards him, and I squinted my eyes as I looked at him. I didn't say it, but I thought "Fuck you".
Anyways, we walked to the truck, and he took me right in front my room. For some reason, my room was at the back, in the corner, with nobody else at all in the back. He lowered my bike, and I pushed it inside the room. He then left. I sat in the room, and the first thing that came to me was "he'll be back". I remembered him and the lady behind the counter whispering, and I remember him saying how nice the bike was. I had nothing to defend myself with, no knife, no gun and I was in the back of the hotel with nobody around. Fuck this, I thought to myself, I'm not staying here, so I took my bike out of the room, and pushed it to the front desk. I demanded my money back, and you could tell that it stunned her. "uhh… uhhh…. Uhh…. Ok" she replied. I got it back.
I pushed the bike several blocks over, and had to stop to take a breather. Let me tell you, its easier to ride a bike than it is to push one uphill. I stopped at one point and this is what I looked like:
I pushed the bike to a hotel, and pushed it up near the front door so I could watch the bike from the lobby. I asked the foreign guy behind the counter if I could hang out there until my friends showed up, and he waved his hand in a "Shoo" fashion, and told me to scram. Well I wanted to punch him in his ugly ass face, but I just turned around and left.
Shit, it was now 7pm and I had nowhere to go….I then pushed my bike to the hotel next door, and I walked in, and asked the girl behind the counter if I could hang out for a while. She said "Oh sugar, of course you can". I then walked outside and camoflauged my bike. If someone was after my bike, they would be looking for yellow, so I used some of my clothes to break up the outline of the bike, and to cover the yellow:
I walked back into the hotel and me and the girl watched T.V. in the lobby on the couch. I charged up my camera batteries, and my phone. This is what my camera saw:
Hours later, she began to setup the continental breakfast station:
I had only eaten one meal since Thursday night. It was now Saturday night. I was starving. I didn't ask to gobble up the food because I was grateful enough to be able to hang out there and didn't want to ruin the status-quo.
Me and the girl hung out for almost 4hrs before she had to close the lobby down. They closed at 11p.m. So I thanked her, and walked outside to wait. It was 30 degrees, and while that doesn't sound all that cold, it is below freezing, and you are just sitting on the floor not moving. Then again, cold was the theme of this trip, so I just had to accept it. This is what that image looked like:
At this point, the only thing I could do was wait. When will my friends get here?
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Damn man, this is excellent!!! You could make a movie out of this thing. Girls kissing each other, crazy bike rider (you of course), Banjo playing hill billy in tow truck, a guy who pops out of no where to give you money while you are in need, it has all the goods of the next labowsky!!!
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My name is Travis Rodgers. I teach philosophy and humanities at Valencia College in Orlando, FL. I earned my BA in Philosophy at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, an MA in Philosophy at Texas Tech, an MA in Classics at Texas Tech, and a PhD in Philosophy at Florida State. My concentration was Ancient Philosophy and Ethics. I wrote a dissertation on character (a gripping read). I write fiction. I enjoy (playing and watching) sports and crunching sports numbers. This site is the home base for all of my creative and pedagogical endeavors.
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ELIZABETHTON — Despite the cold temperatures and fewer hours of daylight, the work has progressed smoothly on the $16 million consolidation project at the Tennessee Technology Center — Elizabethton. The work is being done to consolidate all of the classes at the main campus in the Watauga Industrial Park and moving out of the Herman Robinson campus.
Work is being done on the construction of two new buildings. The new Administration Building will house administrative offices, as well as classrooms for business systems technology, computer information technology and electricity/electronics.
The second building under construction is the Skills Building, which will house welding, pipefitting and plumbing, millwright skills and air conditioning and refrigeration.
A third building to be constructed will house the diesel-powered equipment and automotive technology classes.
Once the new buildings are constructed, the present building will be renovated to provide classrooms for practical nursing, certified nurse aide, an industry training lab and classrooms.
When construction is completed, there will be 95,000 square feet of training space that will allow 10 full-time training programs to be taught at one location.
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wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend (APAD)Posted by izadd in A Photo A Day, Photography
we were just crossing the road towards bugis junction when i sighted a man on top of the shophouses.
i was really inspired by the movie "yes man" as i clicked away. i really dunno what the uncle was doing on top of the shophouse, hopefully not contemplating on ending his life, maybe just checking out the babes crossing the road :)
anyway, the song by third eye blind, jumper, is really appropriate.
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From The Sports Network
By Gregg Xenakes, CFL Editor
DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 9, 7:00 p.m. (et).
GAME NOTES: The top team in the East Division of the CFL matches up with the last place club over in the West Division on Thursday night, as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats entertain the Calgary Stampeders in week 7 action at Ivor Wynne Stadium.
In just a few short weeks the Tiger-Cats have gone from a winless team after two games to taking control of the division thanks to a three-game win streak. Since dropping the season opener to Saskatchewan, 43-16, the offense for Hamilton has been on a tear, the team scoring no less than 35 points in any one outing. Because of that, the Ticats are currently the top scoring team in the league with an average of 32.4 ppg.
During the first month of the season, Calgary was also scoring at an alarming rate, putting up at least 32 points in each of the first four contests, but even then the team was just 2-2. In the most recent outing, the squad went from posting a season-best 41 points in an overtime victory against Saskatchewan on July 19 at home, to tallying a season-low 8 points in a 26-point setback versus British Columbia nine days later.
Even with the lackluster effort the last time out, Calgary is still second in scoring with 31.0 ppg.
More than anything against BC in Week 5 action, it was the defense of the Stamps that let them down, allowing the Lions to produce 161 yards on the ground and another 315 yards through the air.
While the offense has been putting up solid numbers more often than not for Calgary, the defense has been slacking, giving up 30.8 ppg and that, on average is simply cutting it too close.
Also a key issue for the Stampeders has been their turnover margin, which currently stands at minus-seven due to being tied for the second-most giveaways in the league with 14.
Going up against his former team in this meeting will be Calgary quarterback Kevin Glenn, who had been on the Hamilton roster since 2009 before being traded in the offseason. Glenn, who threw for more than 12,000 yards and 70 touchdowns in three years with the Tiger-cats, has the best completion percentage (.703) of any active starter in the CFL heading into the seventh week of action.
Making Glenn look good has been Nic Lewis as he ranks third in the league with 444 yards receiving on 38 catches, and he is easily first in the CFL in receiving touchdowns with 6.
While he may not get as much press as some of his teammates, having caught just 6 passes for 73 yards and a single major, Larry Taylor is making a huge statement of his own with 1,132 combined yards which is second only to Toronto's Chad Owens who has played an additional game.
A bit further down on the list for the most combined yards in the league is Hamilton's Chris Williams, who has delivered 906 yards through five games as well. An import from New Mexico State, Williams already has 30 catches for 387 yards and 3 touchdowns which isn't bad considering he finished last season with 70 grabs for 1,064 yards and just 6 majors through the air.
As part of the deal that sent Glenn to the Stamps, Hamilton quarterback Henry Burris also has good reason to be pumped up for this meeting against his former club. A league MVP while on the Calgary roster a few years back, Burris has thrown for more than 700 yards and a total of 8 touchdowns, without a single interception over the last two games. Burris is also now the CFL leader in passing scores with 15, all of them coming in the last four outings after being shut out in the opener against Saskatchewan.
During the first week of August last season Calgary delivered a 32-20 triumph at home over the Ticats, and then in late September Hamilton returned the favor with a lopsided 55-36 final in Moncton.
The Stamps have now won 4 of the last 5 in the series and 6 of the last 8, leading them to a 51-30 edge over Hamilton dating back to the 1950 campaign and taking into account only regular-season meetings.
The squads are set to clash once more during the 2012 regular season on October 20 in Calgary.
The incentive for Burris to play well against his former team is more than enough to propel him and the 'Cats into the win column once more this week, and having the home crowd backing him certainly won't hurt either.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Hamilton 39, Calgary 27


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TANZANIA'S 51st independence anniversary was supposed to be a low key celebration after having the real lavish one last year, dubbed as the golden jubilee.
This year's celebrations were special particularly on the very day of 9th December at the National Stadium. For those who were lucky to be at the Uhuru stadium could see the gallant march of our extra active soldiers indicative of their readiness for anything. But far from that, the presence of twelve regional leaders mostly from the SADC countries was something spectacular.
It was by coincidence that their presence on a summit of peace missions in our country gave them an opportunity to witness our celebrations. Out of that President Kikwete was forced to say something at the presence of his brother presidents. Apart from introducing them to the crowd, he adroitly chose the opportunity to highlight the peace and harmony enjoyed by Tanzanians over the fifty years of our independence.
We may take this peace for granted but it should be noted that countries like DRC has never known peace since independence. Angola, Rwanda, Mozambique, all had tasted the bitter side of the war. The presence of these regional heads took me back to those liberation days when Tanzania was the hub of African liberation particularly for the Southern part of Africa.
It was not by accident when President Kikwete invited the Namibian leader, Lucas Hifikepunye Pohamba, to take the floor to greet the people. Undoubtedly, a Pan Africanist, a diehard guerrilla fighter, President Pohamba despite of those long past years, he still recalled his arrival at Dar es Salaam on that day of 9th December 1961 during the dark days of his country's history by then, South West Africa.
He came through Sumbawanga, Mpanda, Tabora to Dar es Salaam by the train! Ironically Namibia was the last country to get independence in Africa after protracted negotiations with Western countries, Boers, Cuba, Frontline countries following the decisive war of Cuito Cuanavalle in Angola. It was a nice music to our ears to hear from none other than Pohamba himself mentioning Dodoma, Kongwa where they lived and trained to liberate their country.
It is from here a group of People's Liberation Army (PLAN), Namibian liberation fighters led by John Ya Otto marched on foot up to the Northern part of Namibia, Ongulumbashi and fired the first bullet to start the war on August 26, 1966 that saw Namibia become independent on March 21, 1990.
There are so many things to remember of the two countries including that Strategic Tanga Consultative SWAPO Conference of 1970 that worked a strategic plan to liberate their country. The liberation struggle ecstasy emanating from Pohamba's short speech at the Stadium was enough to remind some of us the veterans of the old times in early years of the Tanganyika's independence when Pohamba and the retired founder of the Namibian Nation, Dr Sam Nujoma, landed for the first time in Tanganyika in December 1961.
Since then South West People's Organisation (SWAPO) veterans and other freedom fighters from other countries streamed to Dar es Salaam in their big numbers in readiness to liberate their countries. They found a home away from home in Dar es Salaam and would now like to make Dar es Salaam the Headquarters in preservation of the African heritage of the Liberation Struggle.
Dar es Salaam is as well known as Mecca for the freedom fighters involved in the liberation of Africa. The liberation war veterans from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, and South Africa with their old time host once met in Windhoek, Namibia with a common purpose of rewriting the African history of liberation struggle in a better term as African liberation heritage.
It was Chama Cha Mapinduzi(CCM) and SWAPO with the support of UNESCO offices in Dar es Salaam and Windhoek that some few years ago thought of identifying and documenting the liberation struggle in particular the Southern Africa region. Unlike the Mbita project that was charged with the responsibility of writing the liberation struggle history for those countries under SADC, but this one goes further in building museums, monuments and historic features.
It will be involved in building research centres and other academic related issues pertaining to liberation struggle. At one time the Namibian government through her High Commission in Tanzania had shown interest in refurbishing the SWAPO structures both in Dar es Salaam and Kongwa. However, the former SWAPO office in Dar es Salaam has been developed into something else but they would prefer to put a plaque as an indication that once SWAPO was housed there.
This organization, African liberation heritage programme was supposed to build a strong foundation that would enable to show the Roads to independence in Africa: the African liberation heritage. This involved the gathering of information and mobilizing resourceful persons who could provide the necessary information.
This extraordinary gathering of twelve regional leaders mainly of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) could have been described as a reunion which really was missing, probably the emerging programme dubbed as the African Liberation Heritage would bring about the genuine liberation history which is slowly fading away. In Central and Southern African countries, Kiswahili could be singled out as the liberation language.
Look at Uganda how Swahili has caught up with them after the Iddi Amin War. DRC after Mobutu, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia, all speak and understand Kiswahili. And President Pohamba had in so many occasions championed the usage of Kiswahili in these countries.
Unfortunately there was no follow up from the concerned people as Pohamba was prepared to include in the Namibian University the Kiswahili language as a lesson to be taught including getting some of the lecturers of Kiswahili from Tanzania. Let us exploit all these avenues which are likely to enhance our PanAfricanism against the onslaught of globalisation.


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Please pardon her appearance while she?s under construction: Britney?s new website is in the works. While she plots a way out of the unmitigated disaster her life has become, the once-great pop idol?s Internet staff has placed an image of a tiger on her site?s homepage, which morphs into Britney. The worst part? The audio, which also morphs – from a guttural Shere Khan growl to a huffle-puffy noise that recalls Tigger suffering an asthma attack.
OK, web-workers, go ahead and laugh at Britney?s expense, but hasn?t she
suffered enough? Wouldn?t it be better to just play something pointed,
like, say, ?Eye of the Tiger?? What about ?Tiger Lily?? Or how about
?Paper Tiger?? Tell us what song you think would best epitomize
Britney?s comeback. Just don?t say ?I Will Survive.? ?Man in the
Mirror,? however, is perfectly acceptable.
Unrelated: If you?re into big cats, you might want to check out T.I.G.E.R.S. (The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species).
In addition to photos of tigers, lions and pumas, the site also
includes a section on ligers (yes, like the beast mentioned in Napolean Dynamite) and audio clips of the animals expressing themselves.


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1. Cosmed (field-based metabolic measures ~ to metabolic cart, GPS)
2. EKG (2 Quinton Stress Test Systems)
3. Exercise modes (Lode cycle ergometer, multiple types of Monark cycle ergometers, Quinton treadmills, arm/upper body ergometer, Concept II rowing erg)
4. Metabolic carts (2 Parvo Medics) and canopy for resting measures
5. Lactate analyzers (blood lab and portable)
6. Automated BP unit (2 Suntech Tango)
7. Ambulatory BP units (7 Suntech Oscar units)
8. Body comp measures (bioimpedance analysis), air plethysmography (Bod Pod), underwater weighing with residual volume)
9. Spirometers (lung volumes/capacities)
10. Oximeter (SaO2)
11. Advanced capability Polar HR monitors (e.g., R-R measurement capabilities for autonomic function assessment)
12. Pedometers
13. Diet Analysis software
14. Biopac (= multifunction physiograph for things like: HR variability, cardiac output, galvanic skin response, lung volumes/capacities) (we have multiple units)
15. Vertec (vertical jump)
16. Force plate
17. Portable force platform
18. 6 camera digital 3-D motion capture (1000 frames/sec)
19. 16-channel EMG (wireless) with foot switches
20. 4-channel EMG (wired)
21. Accelerometer (telemetry) (tri-axial)
**Cameras and forces together enable measures of joint torques and power output at each joint
22. Electrogoniometry
23. Hand dynamometer (0.25 – 80 lbs)
24. S-beam force transducer for force measurement (10-200 lbs)
25. Dartfish software– video motion capture with digitizing
26. KA Video- 2-D and 3-D video motion capture with digitizing
27. Matlab software for custom data analysis
28. Polygon software for integrated (kinematics, forces, torques, power) reporting and analysis
29. EMGworks- for basic EMG analysis
30. Accugait software- for gait and balance collection and analysis
31. Weight support device
32. Super lab software- for reaction time and other neuro-cognitive/motor control tasks (e.g., Stroop test)
33. IMPACT neuro-cognitive test (for concussion, etc.)


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Let the light of Jesus encompass you. Love others even when they dont love you back. Do you know what God's plan is for your life? The plain teachings of Scripture is for us to give glory to The Lord, & to be a witness to a lost & dying world. Finding God's plan for your life is realizing how to be a witness, as we all have different gifts. The fruit of the Righteous is a tree of life, & he who is wise wins souls.
Proverbs 11:30 -- Let the hope of Christ return fill your heart, & start by praying to the Lord that he come into your heart to reign supreme, to forgive you of your sins, confess that you believe Jesus lived, died, & rose again that you would be freed from the bondage of sin & believe with all of your heart that he is now King of your life. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer & believe it with all of soul, you are now a new creature, start by going to a Gospel believing church & reading the Holy Bible.


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CHEROKEE CAPITAL CHAPTERTahlequah, Oklahoma
Our History
|On December 29, 1939, Mrs. Kate Fite
Smullins formed our organization as theTahlequah Chapter. Our name was
later changed to Cherokee Capital Chapter, to better represent the city of
Tahlequah. Our Chapter includes members from many of the surrounding
Tahlequah is one of the most historically significant cities west of
the Mississippi. Our region boasts of sparkling lakes and rivers, with
beautiful hills and valleys. We have historic attractions such as the Old
Cherokee Capital Building; Cherokee National Prison; Murrell Home;
Thompson House; Carnegie Public Library, and Northeastern State
University. The Cherokee Heritage Center consists of Cherokee National
Museum; Adam's Corner Rural Village; and Tsa-La-Gi Trail of Tears Drama;
and Ancient Village. The scenic beauty of Lake Tenkiller, Fort Gibson
Lake, and the Illinois River is unsurpassed. NSU hosts many events of
cultural interest for all ages, young and old.
Every Chapter meeting promotes DAR objectives; i.e. historical, educational, patriotic, and the values of our United States Constitution and ROTC Award NSU.
Chapter meetings are held the third Tuesday of each
month, September through June. Cherokee Capital Chapter takes an
active roll in the high school ROTC Award Program, providing recognition
for outstanding ROTC seniors. We are honored to present DAR Good Citizen
Essay medals to an outstanding high school senior; and DAR awards to the
winners of the American History Essay Contest each year.
Chapter Officers 2014-2016
Ancestors of Members
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Both underweight and overweight among boys and girls in Tlokwe Local Municipality exist, and their effects on physical fitness performances were also noticed. As such, strategic physical activity interventions, or follow–up studies recognizing this relationship particularly in the overweight adolescents are needed. In addition, authorities in health and education departments dealing with adolescents should make use of this evidence base information in policies development.
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This is the Hyundai's all-new SUV, the ix35.
Previewed by the ix-onic concept, the ix35 will be unveiled in Frankfurt next month before going on sale in the UK early next year as a rival to the Nissan Qashqai.
Yes, like Nissan's unpronounceable soft-roader, the ix35 is being pitched as a genre-busting crossover, offering a 'stylish alternative to conventional cars' within a small footprint - it'll take up less road space, says Hyundai, than a Focus or Golf.
Also like the Qashqai, the ix35 will be offered in front- and four-wheel drive. Hyundai expects the cheaper, more economical front-drive cars to account for 95 per cent of sales.
Engines, though yet to be announced, should follow the lead of the i30 hatch, with 1.4- and 1.6-litre petrols, and 1.6- and 2.0-litre turbodiesels.
The ix35 may not be quite the genre-buster Hyundai believes it to be, but it's a decent looking thing, isn't it? The Koreans say the ix35 previews the future styling of the brand. Expect to see that six-point grille and, er, creasier styling rolling out across the range over the next few years.
When it reaches UK roads next spring, the ix35 will replace the outgoing Tucson. Who's going to miss the beloved little Tuc'? No one? Anyone?
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Korean 'genre-busting' ix35 has Nissan's Qashqai crossover in its headlights
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This basic free knitting pattern can be adapted to fit a variety of styles. Get your knitting needles ready to make a scarf that's perfect for fall and easy to knit.
- 1 small skein of any worsted (or thicker) yarn
- 2 knitting needles that are the correct size for your yarn choice
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- Use your measuring tool to figure out how wide to make your scarf. Cast on some stiches and keep measuring until it is as wide as you want it to be.
- Work in stockinette stitch (knit 1 row, purl 1 row), for 2-3 inches. These first few rows are called the spacing rows in this pattern.
- Now it is time to start the decorative rows. To do this, choose a special stitch from below or one that you already know and do 1-2 inches in that stitch. Then, repeat the spacing rows.
- Repeat row 3 then row 2 in that order until the scarf is desired length. Cast off and you're done!
- You can block the scarf to relax the stitches like this:
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Lay a damp bath towel on top of the scarf making sure not to stretch the scarf but lay it to its proposed shape.
Let them sit undisturbed until they are both completely dry.
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Dr Bayati at first was very sure of herself to what she could offer me and sold me on her plan to reconstruct my scared nipple. She was suppose to do nipple reconstruction/scar revision and location. Right before my surgery she had me sign a consent to remove the nipple which was never discussed at any other time. I asked questions as I always did but once again she gets irritated by any questions. She basically said don't worry about it I won't take your nipple unless it is gonna die.I didn't really understand why this was being handled minutes before my surgery when it was never a option prior to this. Her plan to save my nipple is why I paid her the money or I wouldn't of done it.Well I woke up without a nipple and she said it was because she didn't think I would of liked the results. I have lived with my scared nipple for twenty five years now and if I knew she was just gonna cut it off I wouldn't of had her do the surgery. I am very unhappy and warn everyone not to trust her
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Camillo Cardinal Ruini (born February 19, 1931) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome from 1991 to 2008 He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991.
He was very active in the mass media and was one of the cardinals who most often appeared on Italian television, newspapers and magazines. On February 14, 2006, he was confirmed as president of the Italian Episcopal Conference by Pope Benedict XVI a post at which he served until March 2007.
He was ordained to the priesthood on December 8, 1954, by Archbishop Luigi Traglia. In 1957 he returned to Reggio Emilia and taught philosophy at the diocesan seminary until 1968. From 1958 to 1966 he served as chaplain to university graduates and from 1966 to 1970 he served as a delegate for Azione Cattolica.
Among his teaching posts, from 1968 until 1986 he taught dogmatic theology at the Studio Teologico Interdiocesano of Modena-Reggio Emilia-Carpi-Guastalla, where he was also headmaster from 1968 to 1977.
On May 16, 1983, he was named auxiliary bishop of Reggio Emilia and titular bishop of Nepte , and was consecrated a bishop by Bishop Gilberto Baroni the following June 29. As vice president of the Preparatory Committee, he contributed to the realization of the Ecclesial Convention of Loreto (1985), which has become a reference point in the dialogue between the Church and Italian society following the wounds of the 1960s and 1970s.
In June 1986 the Pope named him secretary-general of the Italian bishops' conference. Since 1988 he has been a consultor of the Congregation for Bishops. In January 1991 he was named auxiliary bishop and pro-vicar general for the Diocese of Rome. In March 1991 he became president of the Italian bishops' conference. He was elevated to Cardinal Priest of the Title of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura in June 1991, and was named vicar general of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome and archpriest of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano in July 1991. He is also grand chancellor of the Lateran University and Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family.
In addition to serving as the Cardinal Vicar, Cardinal Ruini served in the Roman Curia as a member of the Congregation for Bishops, the Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, and the Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organizational and Economic Affairs of the Holy See.
Ruini was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI. Ruini remains eligible to participate in any future papal conclaves that begin before his 80th birthday on February 19, 2011.
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SOME of you might still remember 'Chimes of Freedom' by Bob Dylan. In the song Dylan pays tribute to the dispossessed, the lonely, and the lost.
The chimes of freedom toll for silent seekers of truth and love, and for each un-harmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail.
That song is still relevant today as it was during the 20th century because there are still people around the world who are dispossessed and who are seeking truth and love and, I would add, people who are yearning for self determination. The 21st century didn't quite live up to its promise. It was to be a great new century that would usher in greater freedom, equality, liberty, fraternity and, above all, justice.
Many people around the world still have to experience those values even in countries that have been independent for decades or even countries that were never colonised at all. And this has to do with the kind of political and economic systems that have been put in place. My immediate concern here is about people who in one way or the other still have to endure the wrath of powerful states – the colonisers who can't let go. I have in mind here the cases of Tibet and Palestine.
Tibet is a territory that has always been contested between India and China. However, China incorporated Tibet in 1950 and negotiated the Seventeen Point Agreement with the newly installed Dalai Lama's government, affirming the People's Republic of China's sovereignty but granting the area some autonomy. But the Dalai Lama completely repudiated the agreement, which led to the Dalai Lama to flee into exile in 1959 to India.
It is estimated that during the Great Leap Forward between 200,000 and 1,000,000 Tibetans died at the hands of the Chinese government and approximately 6,000 monasteries were destroyed around the Cultural Revolution.
However, analogously to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, monks started protesting for Tibetan independence and China started a fierce anti-separatist campaign just as they cracked down on those, mainly young, protesters at Tiananmen Square. Human rights groups have been critical of the Beijing approach to human rights in the region when cracking down on separatist outbursts that have occurred around monasteries and cities.
But most governments, especially in Africa, have been quiet on China's own human rights record but above all China continuing occupation of Tibet. For many, what counts are the business deals they have with China and the hand-outs they get in bribe money. A case in point here is the South African government's refusal to grant the exiled Dalai Lama a visa on two different occasions. I was surprised that a person like Nelson Mandela did not even intervene there. With Namibia, don't even try because China is said to be a Swapo 'super-friend'. Thus many leaders in Africa would conveniently drag China's human rights record and its continuing occupation of Tibet under their state house carpets.
But nothing would parallel the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. The brutality there has been unrelenting. It doesn't even come close to apartheid South Africa's occupation of Namibia or even the brutality that used to be unleashed against black South Africans in their country.
Israel is at the same time an occupying force and also at war with the Palestinians judging by the amount of excessive force that is unleashed on Palestinian towns and settlements almost on a daily basis. They have used bulldozers, fighter planes and even missiles to destroy homes and kill people. What the Israeli government wants is more of the Palestinian land for Israeli settlements.
But the Palestinians aren't just resisting and fighting the Israelis; they are also indirectly fighting the most powerful country in the world – the United States of America. The USA is the main supplier of weapons and money to the Israeli government. And just as in the case of Tibet many people around the world have decided to basically take the Palestinian cause lightly. Let me be parochial here. My own government and that of South Africa maintain diplomatic relations with the state of Israel. We have simply forgotten that Israel helped apartheid South Africa to develop their nuclear weapons capacity. We also have forgotten that we used to campaign so vigorously to de-list companies that used to do business with South Africa at that time.
Thus, what we are doing now is celebrating apartheid in Palestine that we said we were fighting against in our countries. The two cases that we are dealing with here might be intractable but are not necessarily un-resolvable. The international community has to think laterally and see how the shame of the 21st century can be resolved. The promise of the new great century must be realised. The chimes of freedom, in Bob Dylan's words, must ring out now. My country, even as a small nation on the international platform, can still stand up and speak out on behalf of the oppressed. It is time we speak up on the issue of Tibet and Palestine.


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Though the PlayStation Move was only unveiled hours ago, companies are already beginning to pile onto the PlayStation motion-control bandwagon. The first publisher to jump aboard post briefing was Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which announced Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest would support the LED controller- and camera-based system when it launches in the fall. The game was previously announced for the Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP, and DS.
Though it is based on director Peter Jackson's 2001-2003 live-action Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Aragorn's Quest is closer in spirit to the 1977 Rankin-Bass animated version of The Hobbit. According to WBIE, the title will be "the first Lord of the Rings game created specifically for kids and their families."
The game sees players taking control of the titular hero during his journeys to protect the Hobbit ringbearers on their quest to destroy the soul-corrupting One Ring and vanquish the evil Dark Lord Sauron. The cheerfully hued game will feature "a friendly, colorful rendition of Middle-Earth" and see players engaging in sword fights, lancing, and archery.
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On a balance of considerations, we recommend to the Government that it introduces arrangements for graduates in work to make a flat rate contribution of around 25 per cent of the average cost of higher education tuition, through an income contingent mechanism, and that it ensures that the proportion of tuition costs to be met by the contribution cannot be increased without an independent review and an affirmative resolution of both Houses of Parliament. The contributions made by graduates in work in this way should be reserved for meeting the needs of higher education.
10.5 In its initial response to the Committee's report on 23 July 1997, the Government accepted the Committee's guiding principle that the costs of higher education should be shared between those who benefit. Compared with those without degrees, graduates on average see their earnings rise by as much as Ł4,000 for every Ł20,000 of earnings. As graduates benefit, so the Government believes that it is right that they should share the cost.
10.6 The Committee recommended that students should pay a tuition fee of Ł1,000 – a sum which represents around a quarter of the average cost of a course – with the other three quarters being met from public funds. The Government supported this principle. The investment of the nation must be balanced by the commitment of the individual.
10.7 The Government has built on the Committee's proposal, together with the proposal for replacing grants by loans in the Labour Party's pre-election policy statement Lifelong Learning. The Committee recommended a flat rate fee; and its preferred option kept support for living costs in its current form. In building on the Committee's proposal, the Government has however built in two safeguards. First, in line with its commitment to secure access to higher education, the Government is determined to ensure free higher education for the least well off. Students from lower-income families who would have been eligible for a maximum maintenance grant under existing arrangements will pay no fee at all. This means that in England and Wales around one in three (in Scotland over 40%) of all students whose parental income is assessed will receive free tuition and another third will not have to pay the full Ł1,000. Second, additional maintenance loans are being provided in order to ensure that no student, parent or family need be worse off than under the present arrangements. The expected parental contribution towards fees and maintenance will be no more in real terms than the expected contribution to maintenance costs for students at present. The Government will monitor the impact of the new arrangements on participation in higher education to ensure that its policies for increasing participation and widening access are working.
10.8 Students on courses of initial teacher training (other than BEd, BA or BSc degree courses) will continue to receive free tuition, in recognition of the Government's key interest in the supply and effective training of teachers. Special arrangements will apply to students on nursing and midwifery courses, courses leading to qualifications required by professions allied to medicine and to new full-time medical and dental students when they reach their fifth and later years.
10.9 The Government accepts the Committee's recommendation that there should be safeguards against increases in the proportion of tuition costs to be met by private contributions. The Teaching and Higher Education Bill currently before Parliament provides that an affirmative resolution of both Houses would be needed before the level of the contribution could be increased above the rate of inflation. The need for Parliamentary approval in this way will provide an important safeguard and the Government does not see the need also for an independent review.
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