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18th Aug 2012, 12:41 PM #21
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Kids education vida, +1 +2 ku school change panra koduma than inga jasthi.
My Aunt is a Vice Princi in one school. Avanga solra stories lam keta padikave vaika vendam nu thonum. Ellam Management Decide panrathu than. Teachers-ke anga proper respect kidaikrathu illa.
18th Aug 2012, 02:28 PM #22
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correct thaan sidhu brother... niraiya schools la ithu irukku... under qualified teachers appoint panrathum irukku... proper qualification irunthaalum very poor salary thara schools um irukku... management ku yethapadi dance aadunaa thaan job confirm aagum ngara nilamai kooda irukku... ithukku ellaam enna solution nu thaan yaarukkume theriyale..
18th Aug 2012, 03:52 PM #23
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Well qualified Teachers, private schools la work panrapa anda students romba active-a irunthatha nan pathruken. BUt antha teachers govt Posting kidachu ponathum, students avlo depress aidranga.(The same teachers, govt schools la avanga best-a kodukrathu ila)
Avanga posting ku freshers dan immediate-a appoint panranga and they are blended to management. Ethu panalum management ku news poidum. So Students tuition nu veliya oodranga. Reputed institutions la fees-um Pay pani, veliya tuition-kum 1000s la pay pana evlo pera mudium??
18th Aug 2012, 04:00 PM #24
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payment is the second matter... school teachers kittaiye compulsory aa tution padikkanum ngara indirect compulsion ellaam irukku... double income but the quality is the same... nobody is there to question this... but recent aa private tutions koodaathu nu govt. la law pass panna porathaa pesunaanga... apply aayiduchaa illaiyaannu theriyala.... online tutions vera edukkaraanga...
18th Aug 2012, 05:03 PM #25
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Ithu oru Business-a Aiduchu sis. DEO level-um apdidan iruku. Apdi teachers vita vera path ilanu namalum onum solrathu ila.
Na padikrapa, oru student oppose pani ketantu ava ears-la hole potutanga.
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Gud question suga.... who is going to bring the reforms???...
gud infrastructures kaaga school fees pathi kavalapadavendiyathilla thaan...aana intha infrastructures naala ippo safety problem um irukku...
nammalaam sr.kg la afternoon nalla thoonguvom...
ippo en sis ponnu sr.kg thaan... avalukku school tym 9-4... athuvum full day class... no thookkam... yenna syllabus intha yr niraiya irukkaam... epdi full day avangalaala concentrate panna mudiyum???...
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3 weeks a go, Curly went outside before we went to bed, like every other day, but this time there was a Coyote waiting for him, so he got hurt really bad, luckily Mr. Poodle heard the struggling outside, because the coyote got Curly in a way he could not make a sound. We ran outside and the Coyote ran away, we rush to the Vet and they did surgery closed everything and put drain tubes on his neck, chest, and both sides. it took about a week for him to be pain free and able to sleep normally. But now he's soo much better, since we wanted to leave that incident behind, we decide to cut all of his hair and even him out.
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MOVICE, the National Victims' Movement has reported the arbitrary detention of Luis Alfredo Fernandez, treasurer of CPDH (Permanent Committee of Human Rights) in Algeciras. His arrest comes alongside the accusations made against other leaders of CPDH, Diego Martinez and Jairo Ramirez.
Luis Alfredo is a survivor of the Patriotic Union, a political party set up in the 1980s which was destroyed with over 3,000 members killed, and is a peasant and community leader, and former member of FENSUAGRO, the agricultural workers' union. On the 2nd October Luis Alfredo was at work in the CPDH office in Algeciras when armed police surrounded the entire block. He was led away and transferred immediately to Bogota.
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The 18-year-old Kang, from Westlake Village, Calif., holed a 9-iron shot for eagle on the par-4 14th to finish off 17-year-old Emma Talley of Princeton, Ky., 6 and 4, then beat 14-year-old Cindy Ha of Demarest, N.J., 2 and 1.
In the third round, Kang made a 3-foot birdie putt on the 15th and an 8-footer on the 16th to take a 2-up lead. She hit her tee shot within 2 feet on the par-3 17th, and Ha onceded the putt and the match.
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Eladio Ceferino del Valle aka "Lado" has been of great interest to some JFK students because he died on or about the day David Ferrie died. He is a former Cuban congressman, gun runner, militant anti-Castro personality who claimed to form the first anti-Castro group in exile, and who is named as one of the conspirators by Cuba in the assassination of JFK. His death has been of great concern to many. The cause of his death has been given in a number of different ways, by machete, torture, ax, shooting, etc. Here will contain the official records from different sources on his activities and death. You can draw your own conclusions as to his connections to the conspiracy to kill the President.
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Research faculty have access to the same procedures as do the teaching faculty for reviewing decisions not to reappoint or promote, unless the decision is related to the termination of funding or non-renewal of a grant.
Research appointees who are paid from grants should be informed by the principal investigator of any change in the status of the grant as soon as possible after the information becomes available.
Associate Research ScientistThis appointment is given to persons who are engaged in scholarly research in association with a faculty member or as a member of a research group. Such person will normally have at least two years of research experience following a Ph.D. (or equivalent), will have demonstrated professional ability in fields related to the work or program of the department or area concerned, and will be expected to contribute to it as a colleague. The initial term of appointment in this rank is normally one year and is renewable. There is no limit on the number of terms to which an associate research scientist may be reappointed. However, reappointment will depend on the continued need for the position, the availability of resources for the position, and the performance of the individual.
Research ScientistThis appointment is given to persons who are engaged in scholarly or scientific research as advanced scholars or as senior members of a research group. The term of appointment in this rank may be up to three years, conditional upon the availability of salary support, and is renewable in successive terms of up to three years. The incumbent must be reviewed for promotion to senior research scientist at intervals of no longer than five years. Nominations for the rank of research scientist are submitted for approval by the department chair to the Term Appointments and Promotion Committee. For research scientists who have served at least three years in that rank, non-reappointment for reasons not relating to the absence of salary support normally requires six-month's notice.
Senior Research ScientistThis appointment is appropriate for persons of high professional attainment, outstanding ability, and critical importance to a major research program. The term of appointment in this rank may be up to five years, conditional upon the availability of salary support, and is renewable in successive terms of up to five years, conditional upon the availability of salary support. Nominations for this rank are submitted for approval by the department chair and sent to the Term Appointments and Committee. For senior research scientists who have served at least five years at that rank, non-reappointment for reasons not relating to the absence of salary support requires one year's notice.
Voluntary Ranks
Voluntary faculty are typically clinicians or others who are employed outside of the School but make significant contributions to department programs at the medical center or at affiliated institutions. Each department has established guidelines for the nature of required participation, such as the relative importance of teaching students, supervising residents, engaging in scholarly activity, participating in department administration, and other activities.
Voluntary faculty typically do not receive compensation or benefits from the School.
With the approval of the chair, voluntary clinical faculty may become principal investigators of grants. Voluntary faculty are expected to be board eligible, licensed, or certified in their specialties.
Clinical InstructorPhysicians or other health professionals who have completed clinical training will be eligible for this rank. Clinical Instructors participate in academic activities and interact with students (medical or physician assistants), house staff, and or fellows in teaching programs. Appointments are made for renewable one-year terms.
Assistant Clinical ProfessorThis rank is for persons who have made academic contributions documented in at least one of the following ways: (1) publication or other evidence of substantial contribution to their disciplines; (2) exemplary teaching; (3) well-recognized clinical expertise. Appointments are made for renewable terms of up to three years.
Associate Clinical ProfessorThis rank is for those persons who have achieved recognition for their outstanding scholarship and sustained contribution to academic life documented in at least one of the following ways: (1) publication or substantial contribution to their respective disciplines; (2) exemplary teaching activities and well-recognized clinical expertise. Appointments are made for renewable five-year terms.
Clinical ProfessorThis rank is reserved for those few persons who have achieved national or international recognition for their exceptional scholarship and sustained contribution to academic life documented in both of the following ways: (1) publication or substantial contribution to their respective disciplines; (2) exemplary teaching activities and well-recognized clinical expertise. Appointments are made for renewable five-year terms.
This faculty employment category is designed to assist in advancing the School's clinical mission and enhance capabilities of the Yale Medical Group. Appointments are given for up to five years, on a full- or part-time basis. An approved Request for Faculty Position and an approved offer letter are required.
Clinicians are eligible for benefits (See Faculty Handbook, Section VIII, D).
Clinicians may coterminously hold appointments as Voluntary Faculty, subject to the provisions of the University, School and departmental policies and guidelines for those ranks.
Other Non-Ladder Ranks
Adjunct Ranks - Professor Adjunct, Associate Professor Adjunct, and Assistant Professor Adjunct
These ranks are intended for the appointment of persons whose interests, as well as the interests of the University, are served by their continuing in a professional capacity outside the University while teaching less than full time. Adjunct faculty members do not serve as the principal advisers of dissertations or vote on faculty appointments. With the approval of the chair and the Dean or the Dean's designate, they may become principal investigators of grants.
Appointments are made for terms of up to three years at the rank of assistant professor and five years at the rank of associate professor or professor.
LecturerA lecturer must make contributions to the academic program through approved educational activities. Appointments at this rank are normally on a one-year basis.
This rank is available for individuals who have recently completed professional training and who wish to embark on a full-time academic career. It has a one-year term, renewable for a maximum of three years.
This rank is also available for trainees in clinical fellowship programs who are qualified by prior training to provide independent clinical services and serve as teachers in fields of medicine. For such individuals the term of appointment is one year but it may be renewed for the length of the fellowship.


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It's one of the craziest weeks in music now. It's South By Southwest (SXSW) week in Austin, Texas where many known and unknown bands play for the thousands that spend the week there.
What's exciting is Spin Magazine has named the Saratoga Springs band, Phantogram, one of the "50 Must Hear Bands at SXSW."
Phantogram definitely keeps it local and if you want to check out their music- go here.


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One of the primary coverages provided by a general liability policy is Bodily Injury and Property Damage Liability. The latter is often designated Coverage A. It protects your firm against claims for bodily injury or property damage caused by an occurrence. What is an occurrence? This article will explain the meaning of the term.

Most liability policies define occurrence in the same manner as the standard ISO liability policy. In the ISO policy occurrence means an accident, including continuous or repeated exposure the substantially the same general harmful conditions. Note that this definition consists of two parts. First, an occurrence means an accident. Secondly, an occurrence includes continuous or repeated exposure the same general harmful conditions.

Meaning of Accident

The word accident generally means a fortuitous event. It is something that occurs unexpectedly or by chance. Many events are clearly accidental. Here are some examples:

A branch breaks off a tree on your property and clunks a customer in the head.

Apples are displayed in a pile at a grocery store. One rolls onto the floor, causing a customer to trip and fall. The customer sustains a broken ankle.

A plumber installs a pipe in a motel but fails to weld the pipe properly. The pipe bursts the following day, causing serious water damage to a motel room.

Expected or Intended Injury

While some events are obviously accidental, others can be difficult to categorize. An example is an intentional act that results in bodily injury or property damage. The act may be intentional, but the injury or damage that results may unintended. If the person that committed the act did not intend to cause harm, then the injury or damage may be considered accidental.

In most liability policies, Coverage A does not exclude intentional acts. (Some types of intentional acts are specifically covered under Personal and Advertising Injury Coverage, but they don't qualify as occurrences.) However, Coverage A does exclude bodily injury or property damage that is expected or intended from the standpoint of the insured. "The insured" typically means the insured that is the subject of a claim or suit. If that person committed an act by which he or she intended to cause injury or damage, any claim or suit that results may be excluded. Here is an example.

Bill and Joe are working at a construction site. Bill is an employee of Earth Movers, an excavation contractor. Joe is employed by a plumbing contractor. Bill has discovered that Joe is having an affair with Bill's wife. Bill is angry and wants to hurt Joe. When Joe asks Bill to pass him a hammer Bill throws one at Joe's head, causing severe injuries. Bill threw the hammer with the intent of injuring Joe. If Joe sues Bill for bodily injury, Earth Mover's liability policy is unlikely to cover the claim.

Now suppose that Bill admits that his actions (throwing the hammer) were intentional. However, he claims that the resulting injury was accidental. Bill says he never intended to harm Joe. Rather, he was simply tossing the hammer to Joe in response to Joe's request. In this case, Bill's intentional act may have resulted in an unintentional injury. Thus, Bill may be covered for the claim under Earth Mover's liability insurance.

Continuous Injury

As noted above, an occurrence includes continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same general harmful conditions. This means that multiple events may constitute a single occurrence if they result from the same harmful circumstances.

For example, suppose that a contractor installs a window in a commercial building. During the installation process, the contractor negligently fails to properly fasten the flashing to the window sill. The work is completed. Over the following two months four separate rainstorms occur. The window leaks during each storm, causing water damage to the building. The building owner sues the contractor for property damage.

The water damage arose out of repeated exposure to the same harmful conditions (water leakage due to faulty flashing). Thus, the four events will be considered one occurrence under the contractor's liability policy. All damages awarded to the property owner in the suit will be subject to one Each Occurrence limit in the contractor's liability policy, not four separate limits.


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Name: Jimmy Richard Clausen
Nickname: Phallus Impudicus
Likes: Bros
Dislikes: Haters
Resembles: Beaker crossbred with an emu.
Previously Stated Goals: To win four national championships at Notre Dame.
Actual Accomplishments: 16-18 record as a starter, co-MVP of the famed Hawaii Bowl.
Words Most Commonly Associated With Player: Cocky, cockish, cockeyed, cocksure, half-cocked, cold-cocked, cockled, cockroach, cockatiel, and…uh…cock.
Mainstream Media Comparison: Some sort of John Elway/Tom Brady/Joe Namath hybrid (note: may be outdated).
KSK Comparison: Some sort of Brady Quinn/Jeff George/Alex Smith hybrid.
Reason He Repeated the 6th Grade (Mom's Version): "To gain maturity."
Reasons He Repeated the 6th Grade (Real Version): Couldn't name the antagonist from Treasure Island, failed like George Washington at Fort Necessity.
Story ESPN Will Shove Down Your Throat: His parents hired a professional quarterback coach to work with him when he was in eighth grade. Apparently that was his reward for being so mature.
Combine Revelations: Possesses tiny hands.
Who Wants Him: The marketing departments at Abercrombie & Fitch and Burger King.
Who Will Take Him: The Redskins, because God is either dead or an asshole.


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If you're wondering what Young Living essential oils and oil infused products are good options for pregnant mamas and babies, this is the blog post for you!
One of the top complaints during pregnancy is being nauseous. One of the things that can help keep this at bay is snacking regularly. Young Living's Pure Protein Complete can be a great choice as it's a clean and comprehensive protein supplement. It comes in two flavors, Vanilla Spice or Chocolate Deluxe. Both flavors taste super yummy in a smoothie or mixed with vanilla almond milk! Ginger Vitality essential oil can also help settle your stomach (just as ginger gum can). Try adding a drop of Ginger Vitality to a capsule with carrier oil or to a glass of water. If you don't want to ingest it, try applying 1-2 drops of Ginger essential oil to the stomach and abdomen.
When your baby bump starts growing, your skin can get a little itchy from stretching. Rather than using some of the other moisturizing products on the market that don't necessarily have the best ingredients, you can make your own (for a lot less)! Below you'll find a recipe for a DIY body butter that contains shea butter, coconut oil, almond oil, and Lavender and Frankincense essential oil (two of the top skin supporting oils).
Another common complaint during pregnancy is trouble sleeping at night. Incorporating essential oils into your routine can help you relax before bed and promote a good nights rest. Tranquil Roll-on and Peace & Calming (I and II) are two favorites. Both can be applied topically to the wrists, back of neck, behind the ears, and/or on the bottom of the feet. Peace & Calming can also be diffused.
Sometimes pregnant moms and new moms need a little mood lifter and citrus oils are some of the best ones to use. A combo of Tangerine, Grapefruit, Lemon, and Bergamot essential oil make a great diffuser blend. You may also want to make your own happy roll-on with Joy, Grapefruit, and Bergamot essential oil in a 10-ml roller bottle with carrier oil (which can be rolled onto the wrists, back of neck, behind the ears, and/or on the bottom of the feet). *Note: All of these oils are photosensitive and should be applied at night or to areas that will not be exposed when outside during the day.
Staying active during pregnancy is important, but it can become difficult as the baby gets bigger. An Epsom salt bath with oils like Frankincense and Copaiba can really help ease muscle tension and relax your body. You may also want to make your own muscle roll-on with Frankincense, Copaiba, and Idaho Balsam Fir essential oil in a 10-ml roller bottle with carrier oil. Simply roll your blend on tired muscles as needed.
There are a few oily products you may want to keep handy in your diaper bag. Thieves Waterless Hand Purifier, KidScents Tender Tush (use to moisturize and soothe baby's bottom), and Thieves Spray and Thieves Wipes (use to quickly clean changing tables, shopping carts, restaurant tables and chairs, etc) are some favorites.
Some popular baby products (*sigh…) have been in the news lately because of their harmful ingredients (seriously, look them up on the Think Dirty app). Instead of gifting yourself or a new mom with those dangerous conventional products, you may want to consider safe alternatives like Thieves Waterless Hand Purifier, KidScents Tender Tush, KidScents Bath Gel and Lotion, and Gentle Baby essential oil. Gentle Baby supports the skin (many moms use it daily on their stomachs with carrier oil or a natural lotion after birth). Gentle Baby can also be diffused and applied topically to mom and/or baby to help calm, relax, and promote bonding.
The most important thing to be aware of when using oils on a baby is that you will need to greatly dilute that essential oil (far more than what the label says) before applying it to their skin. Aromatherapists, reference guides, and essential oil users often have different opinions on topical dilution ratios to use. Below are some suggested ratios, which include diluting an essential oil in 10-ml (or 2 teaspoons) of carrier oil and then applying a small amount of that dilution to your baby. For even more conservative dilution ratios (as well as other very conservative safety recommendations), check out my safety and usage section. Some additional essential oil safety guidelines for babies from Young Living can be found HERE. *Note: Young Living's KidScents line of essential oils are pre-diluted for ages 2+. The KidScents essential oils should be diluted further for use on babies or for use on children with sensitive skin.
Every new mom wants their baby to sleep at night, right?! Lavender and KidScents SleepyIze essential oil can be used to help calm your baby down before bed. Either can be applied to mom's skin before snuggle time. Additionally, when diluted properly (as noted above), one of these can be applied to the bottom of your baby's feet at bedtime.
Soothing a crying baby is rarely an easy task. Peace & Calming (I or II) and Stress Away are some great oils to calm baby and mamma (remember, your baby picks up on your emotions and energy). Both oils can be diffused, but if you don't have a diffuser, a few drops of essential oil can be added to warm water and inhaled. Many moms like to massage the back of their neck with Stress Away after a hard day. You can make your own calm mamma roll-on by adding 20 drops of Stress Away to a 10-ml roller bottle with carrier oil.
Calming a baby's tummy can be challenging at times. Ginger and KidScents TummyGize essential oil can really help. Add one or a combo of these oils to a 10-ml roller bottle using the dilution ratios above and roll on your baby's tummy as needed.
Lavender and Melrose are great essential oils to support your baby's skin. Try adding a drop of either essential oils to a container of natural lotion or body butter for some skin soothing and cleansing properties.
Diffusers are one of the best additions to a baby's room. Diffusing 1-3 drops of Myrtle or KidScents SniffleEase essential oil can cleanse the air and help keep your baby healthy.
Teething can be a very challenging time for babies. Frankincense and Copaiba essential oil can help soothe a baby's gums during this time. One to three drops of either of these vitality oils can be diluted in 1 tablespoon of coconut oil and then a small dab of that dilution can be applied to a baby's gums (*hint, Copaiba tastes better). A more conservative approach (as some may view this as controversial) is to dilute and apply a small amount to the baby's jaw line (instead of the gums).
I know I mentioned KidScents Tender Tush above, but this stuff is so awesome that it deserves a special shout out! Tender Tush can replace a traditional diaper balm, which may not contain the safest ingredients.
If you have kids, you know that things can get dirty, quickly and often, right?! Thieves Household Cleaner is an all-purpose cleaner that is safe to use around everyone in your family, including children and pets. To use, add 1 ounce of Thieves Household Cleaner to 30 ounces of water in a spray bottle, and clean any surface of your home. One bottle of Thieves Household Cleaner makes 14 spray bottles of ready to use cleaner (at just $1.50 each)! This stuff is safe, more affordable, and just as (if not more effective) than your store-bought cleaner. Plus it smells amazing! Another cleaning tip is to add 1-3 drops of Purification essential oil to a cotton ball and place in the bottom of the garbage can or diaper pail to help eliminate odors.
A diffuser as well as a lot of the essential oils mentioned above (Frankincense, Copaiba, Purification, Lavender, and Stress Away) come in the Premium Starter Kit. If you have this kit, you are already in a really great place to start using oils on yourself and your baby! If you don't have your own kit, but you would like to learn more, click HERE or on the graphic below.
Essential oil usage is a personal choice. You will never find hard-and-fast rules. Aromatherapists, reference guides, and essential oil users often have different opinions on if and which essential oils are safe to use during pregnancy and on babies and young children (as well as the topical dilution ratios to use). Start slow, only do what you are comfortable with, and consider consulting a professional and/or doctor if you plan to use essential oils during pregnancy or on babies and young children.
DISCLAIMER: The information on this website is based upon my research and personal use of Young Living essential oils. The statements made and the products mentioned on this website have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Please read the full disclaimer here.
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Things to do in Downtown Vancouver
With a bustling business district, an internationally renowned shopping experience, stunning parks and greenbelts, a pedestrian-friendly entertainment core and so much more, downtown Vancouver offers something for everyone. Put on your walking shoes during the day for leisurely waterfront strolls and shopping marathons, and slip into your heels (or hip casuals) for an evening on the town at the theatre, the clubs or the restaurants.
For an incredible sight-seeing experience, head over to Canada Place for a virtual flight ride at FlyOver Canada. With 4-D effects like wind, mist, and scents, and stunning visuals, you can transport yourself to this country's greatest sights without ever leaving the West Coast.
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Amazon Instant Video and A&E have uploaded a content licensing deal that brings to the streaming service reality series from the A&E, Bio, History and Lifetime channels.
The pact includes prior seasons of the reality shows "Pawn Stars" (History) "Storage Wars" (A&E) and "Dance Moms" (Lifetime).
Content chief Brad Beale said that in a year Amazon more than doubled the Prime Instant Video offerings, to about 33,000 movies and TV episodes. The Amazon streaming video catalog remains dwarfed by rival Netflix, but the content deals keep coming for the web retail titan.
The A+E Networks shows will be available on the Amazon Prime service.
Prime Instant Video is the tag used for streaming video titles available at no extra charge to Amazon Prime subscribers. The Prime online video service requires a once-a-year payment of $79 that also covers "free" two-day shipping on products sold by Amazon (no minimum order).
Amazon Prime also rents and sells premium fare such as recent studio films and top TV shows. That catalog numbers north of 140,000 titles, Amazon says.
The streaming videos can be viewed on Kindle Fire as well as on the usual assortment of devices, including the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Roku box, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the Wii U.


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A 50-year-old woman was taken to a hospital after an Everett police car hit her.
The incident happened just before 6 a.m. Tuesday in the 3000 block of Wetmore Avenue when an officer was responding to a 911 call. The woman was crossing the road in a marked crosswalk, and the officer stopped to help after he hit her.
Firefighters responded and transported the woman to Providence Medical Center's Colby Campus for non-life threatening injuries to her side and knee.
"Everett detectives are investigating the collision which occurred at a slow speed," Officer Aaron Snell said in a statement. "The officer was responding to assist another officer."


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To our dear readers, new and old
While we have enjoyed our time on the Blogger platform, we have come to realize that we have outgrown it's clunky ways and old school way of getting our images to you. While we thank it for it's many years of use, we have found a new home with the folks of Exposure. Please re-direct your browser bookmarks to our new, modern home! Thank you for always being with us, wherever we go! xo sam + dave
Winter Road Trip {Joshua Tree, White Sands, Grand Canyon} Arius Photo
Dave and I decided a few years ago that one of the best ways to get through a North East winter was go take a trip in February. This year we got lucky! We had a woman in Arizona contact us to book a lifestyle session and we both knew that this was a sign. At the same time a good friend of ours had bought a Jeep out west and was planning on driving it back to NY. Score!! So Dave and I packed up our gear and a couple changes of clothes and flew out to Tucson for our session and then drove the southern route back. We didn't have much time to stop and sight-see so we picked our places carefully. Joshua Tree and The Grand Canyon were on the must do list and we were fortunate enough to hit White Sands as well. We mainly took video but did remember to switch over into still mode and snap some shots here and there. This is a little snippet of our trip.
get out and explore!
xo sam+dave
Sunshine Daydream {Hudson Valley, NY} Lauren
Lauren and her husband Eric have a beautiful, big maple tree on the corner of their deck. If it wasn't so big I might actually try to pocket it and take it home. I love it so much and in the Fall it's leaves turn the most amazing shade of red. When Lauren confessed to me that she had always wanted to do a photo shoot in her wedding dress, I immediately scheduled our session for later that week. At 5:30 in the morning. And it happened to be about 35 degrees out. She was such a trooper! She even put on the coveted adult tu-tu and rocked it out! We sang, we danced, we laughed and we made some great images. They are now expecting their first child and I couldn't be happier for them! I know they will be the best parents. And the maple tree survived the newest plans for a garage/man den so I have big plans to have a part two with hubby and baby next fall! Stay tuned.
xo sam + dave
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ATLANTA – Pedro Martinez's return to the Mets was delayed indefinitely yesterday when his ailing father had a seizure at home in the Dominican Republic.
Martinez had just boarded a flight in Miami yesterday morning to throw a bullpen session here for the Mets' coaching staff when he was pulled off because of his father's setback.
Pablo Jaime, 78, is suffering from an inoperable brain tumor, and Martinez said recently that his father does not have long to live.
"His dad's not doing well and had a seizure," Willie Randolph said before the game. "We'll just see what happens when [Pedro] gets back [from the Dominican]. All the other stuff in terms of pitching is on hold."
Martinez has been sidelined since April 1 with a strained left hamstring suffered in Miami just four innings into his first start of the season.
Moises Alou is scheduled to return to New York this morning for an MRI exam after straining his left calf in last night's 11-4 loss here to the Braves and walking off the field in the bottom of the third inning.
The 41-year-old slugger, a disabled-list regular throughout his career, said he is steeling himself for another potentially long absence. Alou already has missed two months this season because of hernia surgery in early March.
"To tell the truth, and being realistic because I've had this before, I'm not very optimistic about it," Alou said of his latest ailment.
Alou said he thinks the injury developed from favoring an earlier injury to his right ankle. The calf problems developed over the weekend at Yankee Stadium, then flared up so intensely that he said he couldn't move while standing in the outfield in the third inning.
"One of the most embarrassing things is to walk off the field like I did, especially when you're a guy with a track record of being injured," Alou said.
Ryan Church was in much better shape after his latest concussion than he was after his first. The Mets' right fielder said he hopes to be back in the lineup by this weekend after his head collided with the knee of Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar on the final play of their Game 2 loss Tuesday night.


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Madewell Fall 2011 Lookbook
Madewell Fall 2011 Bright pops of acid shades accent a autumn palette filled with stripes and dots. Nerdy chic styles — cardigans and ankle length trousers and smart oxfords. Chunky sweater coat and knit scarf for cooler days. Maxi and below the knee skirts. Wears to jazz up jeans — team it with a polka dot shirt, shirt dress + boots or navy blazer. Read More


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What's as light as smoke but strong as a brick?
The answer: aerogel.
Aerogel is the lightest solid on earth. It starts out as a kind of chemical Jello®. Then the gel is dried in a powerful pressure cooker and emerges as a very lightweight, dry, sponge- like material that looks like frozen smoke. Aerogel is also ninety-nine-point-eight percent air.
It's incredibly light–one thousand times less dense than glass. But it's also really strong and an excellent insulator. Scientists are using it to try to capture dust particles from the tail of a comet. When the particles slam into an aerogel panel aboard a space probe, they'll bury themselves inside and leave visible trails. Since aerogel is mostly air, it won't damage the particles.


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In the last 14 months or so, Canada's ETF providers have launched several funds based on low-volatility strategies. As we saw in my last post, the research suggests it may be possible to build a portfolio of stocks with lower volatility than the broad market without sacrificing expected returns. But exactly how do you select those stocks?
There are several ways to implement a low-volatility strategy, so before you consider any of the new ETFs, make sure you understand how they differ. Today we'll take a look at the methodologies used by BMO and PowerShares. Next week we'll look at the iShares strategy.
BMO looks at beta
Rather than tracking an index, the BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity (ZLB) simply uses a transparent set of rules. You start with the 100 largest stocks in Canada and rank them according to their beta over the previous 12 months. You then select the 40 with the lowest beta: the lower the beta, the greater the company's weight in the fund. No stock can make up more than 10%, sectors are capped at 35%, and the fund is rebalanced just once a year.
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Cube Edges
Date: 04/01/97 at 21:26:24 From: Tyler Hope Subject: Cube Edges How many edges does a cube have? My dad says that there are six edges on a cube, but I think there are twelve edges. I know that a cube has six sides, but edges and sides are not the same.
Date: 04/02/97 at 00:19:42 From: Doctor Steven Subject: Re: Cube Edges There are 8 vertices on a cube, and 6 faces, so there are 12 edges or lines connecting one vertex to another, on a cube. There are eight vertices because you have one square on the bottom and another square above it and you connect the two squares with edges to form a cube. Note that the bottom and top squares both have four edges, so to connect the squares you must add four more, one at each of the corners. This makes 12 edges in total. The top and bottom squares make two faces and when you add the four new lines you add 4 more faces, for a total of 6 faces. Hope this helps. -Doctor Steven, The Math Forum Check out our web site! http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Date: 04/16/97 at 00:19:42 From: Doctor Chuck It is often hard to see these problems in your mind. Whenever I have trouble visualizing a three-dimensional object, I find that the best thing I can do is grab some play-dough or clay and MAKE the object so that I can poke and prod at it. So, a good way to solve your problem is to find a box (like a shoebox or a cereal box, which is a stretched cube), take a marker pen, and number each of the edges. The beauty of this is that you don't just convince yourself that a box (like a cube) has 12 edges, you also can show this box to your father and convince him, too. -Doctor Chuck, The Math Forum Check out our web site! http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
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This Exists, Part 2
Character Assassination: Adam MalkovichSo, Adam's sitting in his booth, watching Samus talk to Madeline. He sees Samus heading to Sector Zero, but for whatever reason is unable to contact her. So he runs off to Sector Zero to stop her and enact his "plan," thus saving her from unfreezable Metroids. Note that the above is not speculation: at the very end of the game, the game gives us a flashback of this. He gets to Sector Zero first, and he has decided to hide and shoot Samus to stop her. OK. However, when Samus comes in, she encounters a Metroid. Adam himself believes that Sector Zero Metroids cannot be frozen. So, what does he do? He shoots Samus. First! He ignores the Metroid that he's not sure he can deal with in order to make sure that Samus is stopped. Even though this directly exposes her to attack from the Metroid, so you can't say that this is "saving" her or doing this solely for her protection. And Adam really took his fucking time about shooting that Metroid; it's a good 15 seconds after Samus is down that he finally decides to shoot the damn thing. What a dick! But wait; it gets even better. Let's say Adam screwed up; he didn't see the Metroid, because maybe he was standing such that Samus was in the way. Somehow. Or maybe there was some other visual obstruction. Who knows. The point is, Adam didn't know it was there. The Deleter is still around. Adam knows about him unquestionably at this point. I can say that because of Adam's part in the Ridley scene: we see someone walk in and take a shot at him. That person could only have been one of two people: the Deleter or a particular someone else. And if it was that someone else, then there's no way Adam would escape; it therefore must have been the Deleter. So he managed to fight off the Deleter, despite that guy getting a surprise attack. From behind. Adam knows that an assassin is walking the halls. But he still shoots Samus with his Mary Sue Cannon of Disabling +12. This knocks out her armor... when he knows there's an assassin around. He has just given the Deleter his best chance of taking out Samus (though if standard issue freeze pistols can one-shot Samus, it obviously wasn't that much of a problem). Now, you might say that Adam secured the room; he knew the Deleter wasn't present. Bullshit! He didn't even know there was a Metroid in the room (or else he's the biggest asshole in the galaxy). There's no way he secured that room. All he did was paint a giant target on Samus's back. Which is redundant because there's already a target on the back of the Zero Suit. And Adam shot her there first. Therefore, either Adam Malkovich, the "Perfect Military Mind," is an unutterable moron for unthinkingly disabling an ally in a potentially dangerous situation, or is a colossal jackass for deliberately endangering Samuss life. Which is it Other M? Asshole or retard? Take your pick. And then there's the decision to shoot her at all. Adam makes absolutely no effort to discuss this with Samus like two rational adults. Of course not; you only discuss things with your peers. He thinks of her as a child. Granted, she thinks of herself as a child (which might explain why she turned into one, but that's neither here nor there). So as far as Adam is concerned, there can be no discussion about this. No discussion, but what about orders? Nope, he didn't even bother to just give her orders; he went straight to the gunshot. Even though Samus has shown herself to be completely loyal to him at all times in this game. Even though Samus has done everything he said. Even though Samus responded appropriately to just his death glare on their first meeting. Even though Samus ran through an active volcano without her Varia simply because he hadn't told her to turn it on. Oh yeah, she seems totally like the kind of person who'd rebel. Now, you might point out that she did in fact try to stop him, though the scene is still rather ambiguous as to what she's doing. OK, well, he has his Mary Sue Cannon of Disabling +12; if she tries to keep going, shoot her then. Indeed, this is generally how the scene plays out in works that have actual writers behind them. The two characters talk about the difficulty up ahead, one of them goes to make the sacrifice, and the other physically stops them. But not here. Adam is in control, at all times. He never gives Samus even the slightest opportunity to disobey him. And another data point on their relationship. Samus gets shot by someone; she doesn't know who. When she wakes up next to Adam, she immediately assumes he did it. She doesn't even consider the possibility that the Deleter got to her and Adam simply made the save in the nick of time. I mean, that might have made Adam not a controlling jackass and made the Deleter plot worthwhile. And nothing is allowed to be worthwhile in this pile of crap. The best part: Samus is 100% right about who shot her. That says something about their relationship that she knows him well enough that he'll attack her at the first excuse. Nothing particularly good, mind you, but something... And another thing about the decision to shoot her. Let's get some choice Adam quotes about the unfreezable Metroids (with emphasis added):
Sector Zero Metroids most likely can't be frozen.
There's a strong likelihood that the Metroid's mortal weakness, the vulnerability to cold, has been overcome...
If that's true, then there's no way you can destroy them.
My guess is that it was because it was still in a larval stage, but who can say?"Who can say?" Your "guess"? You fucking shot Samus Aran in the back! Adam Malkovich shot her based on nothing more than his speculation. And here's the thing: we never find out if he's right. There is never any definitive proof of unfreezable Metroids; nobody who actually knows the truth ever says it*. It's all just conjecture from Adam and Samus assuming he's right. The closest thing to evidence we have was that corpse in the Cyrosphere, but that body could have been moved there. Or maybe the cooling system was off when it was attacked. Who knows? There's nothing definitive. Personally, I like the idea of Adam going into Sector Zero, shooting stuff, accidentally freezing a Metroid in the process just as the sector detaches, and realizing that he's about to die due to his own deep, personal stupidity. But that doesn't matter. What matters is that Adam clearly doesn't know this for certain. You don't shoot people you care about over "strong likelihoods." Which again suggests that Adam sees her as something to be controlled rather than as a person. Shooting her is just another means of control. Given the myriad of ways that Adam could have avoided shooting her, the number of reasons he had to not do it, we must assume that Adam wanted to shoot her. That's the only way for it to make sense considering all of the alternatives. Especially considering that half-assed apology he gave her. He's going to go die to save her, but he wants to give her a parting shot, something to remind her who's in control. And while this interpretation might, when taken on its own, be somewhat over-the-top, when taken in aggregate with all of his prior behavior, it makes perfect sense. And then there's that Metroid report. He wrote it, which means he came to the BOTTLE SHIP knowing that they were conducting illegal bioweapon experiments. Hell, how exactly do you get commissioned to investigate doing something illegal anyway? So why didn't he tell anybody about that? I know he has that whole "outsider" think with Samus, but his men seemed rather unaware of the whole thing. And if you think you're going after Metroids, why would you take only a 6 man team? Anyway, he knows that a faction in the GF is behind this stuff, right? Or was that another of his "guesses"? If he knew that there was this rogue group within the GF, Adam should have suspected that they wouldn't just let him walk off with the secrets and expose them. He should have at least checked the backgrounds of his men for an assassin. Which means Adam got his whole team killed due to his own stupidity. Ladies and Gentlemen: The Perfect Military Mind. Also, if he knew about the illegal bioweapon research on the ship, why not, you know, contact the authorities? They can't all be corrupt. No, this entire Metroid report and the plot holes it creates are nothing more than a ham-fisted attempt to make you distrust Adam. Even though we already think he's dead at that point. But did you really expect coherency in this piece of shit? Adam's last warning is barely covered: "Madeline Bergman is no ally." The comment itself makes sense in context. She did just send Samus to go fight unfreezable Metroids (theoretically) without warning her. So either she's not really Madeline or she deliberately tried to get Samus killed. However, the line does strongly suggest that Adam has knowledge of things he's not sharing with Samus. Especially since he knows about a survivor in "Room MW." See, I'll let you in on a secret: the blond woman isn't actually Madeline; the real Director Bergman is in Room MW. His dialog about these two things suggests that he knows all this but was keeping it from Samus. But you could interpret it as him having simply stumbled across info about a survivor, probably the same way he did with the blond. So yes, the statement holds up. The confusing bit is this: as the author of the Metroid report, he ought to have at least a passing familiarity with the station and its director. Granted, it was just one report, but he could probably remember that Madeline was a redhead. And the scene where he sees Samus talking to the blond about Sector Zero suggests that he's reacting as much to her as to Sector Zero and the potentially unfreezable Metroids. So its possible to think that Adam actually knows more than he says. But there's a plausible alternate explanation for this, so the writers get to get away with one.
Character Assassination: Samus Aran
You were wrong when you were a girl, and you're wrong now.But that's child's play. Here, we see the actual death of Samus Aran's character. Oh, she's still got a good 40+ minutes left in theater mode, but believe me; she's dead. First, Samus all but freaks out at the sight of an infant Metroid. It's not as bad as the Ridley freakout, but it still flies in the face of the courage Samus has always effectively had. It's really unnecessary; all they had to do was show that Samus was reluctant to shoot it. She instantly reacts by raising her gun, but then hesitates and lowers it. Coupled with the flashback, it says everything we need to. Of course, what "we" need to is not what the makers of the game want to say, so they give her a mini-freakout complete with heavy breathing and so forth. To again make her a weaker character. And then she gets shot. The most badass being in all of the Metroid continuity, someone who's personally killed a 30 foot dragon 6 times, who's annihilated species and entire worlds, gets taken out in one shot. Like with the PTSD thing, it doesn't matter what kind of rationalizations you give to this; it's still complete bullshit from a character perspective. It completely destroys her credibility as a badass. It's one thing to have a powerful hero who has vulnerabilities; it's quite another when a powerful hero is shown to simply not be powerful. It would be like Superman getting taken out with a regular bullet, no Kryptonite around or anything. What's more, by doing this Adam robs Samus of all agency whatsoever. From the moment she gets shot, she becomes a non-entity in this cutscene. She's passive, weak, helpless, barely able to stand, can't even make her power armor work, and so forth. She does nothing but sit there in that skin-tight suit and pant breathlessly for 10 minutes while Adam walks off to be the hero. Consider what you're seeing. You are watching the protagonist of a videogame, stripped of her armor, made weak, frail, and helpless, while an NPC tells her that she can't go into the final level. An NPC literally walks off with (what ought to be) the final level of the game. I can't imagine what that would feel like as a player, but from a story perspective? It completely de-balls Samus. She is no longer an active participant in her own game! -_- But it gets worse. After Adam dies, Samus gets down on her knees and gives him the most intense, vigorous, and prolonged character fellatio that I have ever seen in any work of fiction. This surpasses even James T. Kirk being promoted from Cadet to Captain in Star Trek 2009* in the sheer audacity of daring the audience to buy it. She goes ball-deep on Adam's figurative cock and verbally blows him for a solid minute of screen-time. This bit of dialog is Godawful, so here are some choice lines:
—Slowbeef, Character Assassination: Authorized
- "My best friend": Bullshit! Forget the heaping helpings of abuse he inflicted on you. Forget the whole shooting-you-to-save-you thing. Just look at the story: what do they ever, ever do together to suggest friendship? At all?
- "the person who understood me best...": Bullshit! Again, besides the game simply declaring it to be true, where in this game is any evidence of this?
- "the closest thing to a father I had.": Bullshit! The Chozo raised you! Plus, the heapings of abuse and all that. If that's the best father you could get, you were better off raised by birds.
- "Thoughts swirled through my head-": Bullshit! If you ever had a thought, it died of loneliness. You don't think; Adam tells you what to think.
- "I think Adam granted me that eye-of-the-storm clarity-": Bullshit! There is no evidence of Samus being any different after this scene than before.
- "There was no time for me to grieve his death.": Bullshit! What the hell do you call this verbal cock-sucking?
General Adam MarySuovich
From the Deleter's point of view, Adam would represent the largest threat.Really, isn't that all the proof you need that Adam Malkovich is a Goddamn Mary Sue? When a writer shoves a line like that down the "protagonist's" throat, it's pretty obvious what we're dealing with. He is a classic Original Character Mary Sue. Yes, Fusion talked about him, and he guest starred as the computer to an extent. But the details could have been anything; he was never particularly fleshed out there. That's prime fodder for crappy fanfic authors; I'm sure that there were many fics pre-Other M written with Adam self-insert Mary Sues. But first, some definitions. Allow me to quote myself:
—Samus Aran
A Mary Sue, to my mind, is an audience reaction to a series of occurrences that do not otherwise make sense. It is an out-of-universe explanation for a specific and consistent pattern of contrived circumstances, personal idiocy, out-of-character behavior, and other things in a story that don't make logical sense. The particular pattern that indicates a Mary Sue is that the unexplained phenomenon all happen to aid some facet of a particular character.
No single incident, no matter how incredible or outrageous, can damn a character as a Mary Sue. It must be a consistent pattern, and to have a pattern, you need more than one incident.And that is what we have here: a consistent pattern, found throughout the work. First, there's the constant praises from Samus. She just goes on and on about how much Adam means to her and how close they are and so forth. Sure, Samus talked Adam up in Fusion, but he barely appeared in that game; she had to do that in order to describe him to us. Indeed, his appearance was a plot twist. Plus, nothing she ever said rose to the level of considering Adam a bigger threat to the Deleter than herself. Even more indicative of the problem is that her praises are not backed up by what actually happens in-story. She says that they're friends, but they do nothing even remotely friend-like with one another. Indeed, his abusive behavior towards her, both mentally and physically, suggests something quite different. She says that he knows her best, but again there is precious little evidence to back that up. Then, there are the action elements. The Deleter gets the drop on him and at least one shot is fired. Yet Adam is still alive. Adam managed to survive a fight with a man who caught him unawares and likely got the first shot off from a range of about 7-10 feet. And do we even need to mention his Mary Sue Cannon of Disabling +12? But it is his behavior towards Samus that is most indicative of the problem. Samus is completely de-protagonized in this story, all so that Adam can be the game's real hero. The abusive, controlling relationship that Adam has with Samus is the most powerful evidence of a Mary Sue infestation. Every independent thought that Samus has is systematically ground down. This happens from the first moment Adam exists to his very last action. In their first meeting, Samus uses her missiles, and all it takes is one look from the "hero" to stop her. In the last, she wants to go into Sector Zero, so out comes the Mary Sue gun. Oh, but all to save her life; because the only thing better than shooting the main character is shooting her and getting thanked for the trouble. Adam does nothing less than steal Samus's agency, and all she can do is thank him for it. Samus is reduced to a bit player in her own story. Even after Adam is dead, the story cannot help but shove more words of praise into Samus's mouth about him. Words that are, again, not backed up in story. The man who shot her without even trying to talk to her is someone that the viewpoint character thinks of as her best friend. In the end, none of Adam's dickishness is ever acknowledged. That's text-book Mary Sueism. Of course, this is the worst kind of Mary Sue: the intentional one. A-Sue-la was written into that episode by a well-meaning mistake: the writers wanted her to be a tough opponent and simply took things too far. Adam? Adam was very deliberate, and it's hard to argue that point. It's something we'll talk about more at the end, but it's clear that the writers meant to write him this way. So, let's get a final tally on the ways in which this scene has shat upon the Metroid franchise. Shitting on Metroid:
- #8: For having every Metroid enemy and villain outdone by a guy with a regulation GF pistol. They all tried their best to take out Samus, but what it really took was a Mary Sue wielding an ice gun.
- #9: For de-protagonizing the main character of the series, turning her from a badass bounty hunter into a fan-service girl in a skin-tight outfit who sits on the sidelines (when she isn't being forcibly benched) and doesn't actually accomplish anything during the story.
- #10: For completely annihilating the very idea of Adam Malkovich as presented in Fusion, reducing him from a stolid, heroic figure into an abusive, scene-stealing Mary Sue who literally walks off with the final level of the game.
- #11: For making it hard to play Fusion again without thinking of Samus and Adam's reunion at the end as the horrific reuniting of an abuse victim with her abuser.
Consider what you're seeing. You are watching the protagonist of a videogame, stripped of her armor, made weak, frail, and helpless, while an NPC tells her that she can't go into the final level. An NPC literally walks off with (what ought to be) the final level of the game. I can't imagine what that would feel like as a player, but from a story perspective? It completely de-balls Samus. She is no longer an active participant in her own game! Not only that, but it carries over that insult to the player, who gets robbed of the chance to go to Sector 0, the big area, the one that's been hyped up! Nah you bitch. You can't handle it. The PERFECT MILITARY MIND Adam Malkovich will take care of it for you. As a person who is taking classes on Games Development, this is insulting on countless levels from that perspective ALONE. #11: For making it hard to play Fusion again without thinking of Samus and Adam's reunion at the end as the horrific reuniting of an abuse victim with her abuser. No, see this is my theory, one that I made to stop me losing faith in the Metriod Series. When Samus brought up Adam Malkovich to the AI, he looked through the Dossier on him, went through reports, and gathered footage from the Bottle Ship to see who this man was. The sheer paradox of Samus' praise being give to such an inept, useless, condescending, dickhead was so volatile, that the AI spontaneously gained emotions through said Paradox alone. It was then that the AI decided that if he was to be given the identity of Adam Malkovich, he would do everything in his power to defy his legacy, by being a genuinely insightful, respectful an intelligent commander, to steer Samus in the right path, to become the person she was truly meant to be (Let's still assume this is Other M's take on Cannon, and not the one where Samus is an independent, strong character). It's kind of a psudo-semi Martin Guerre situation when you think about it.
Personally, I prefer the theory that Other M is an in-universe propaganda film created by the GF to discredit Samus Aran after the Fusion incident. It has fewer plot holes than thinking that Other M is actually canon.
No, see this is my theory, one that I made to stop me losing faith in the Metriod Series. When Samus brought up Adam Malkovich to the AI, he looked through the Dossier on him, went through reports, and gathered footage from the Bottle Ship to see who this man was. The sheer paradox of Samus' praise being give to such an inept, useless, condescending, dickhead was so volatile, that the AI spontaneously gained emotions through said Paradox alone. It was then that the AI decided that if he was to be given the identity of Adam Malkovich, he would do everything in his power to defy his legacy, by being a genuinely insightful, respectful an intelligent commander, to steer Samus in the right path, to become the person she was truly meant to be (Let's still assume this is Other M's take on Cannon, and not the one where Samus is an independent, strong character). It's kind of a psudo-semi Martin Guerre situation when you think about it. You know what? If Other M has to be canon, this is the only fan theory that can make me enjoy Fusion. So thank God for that AI Adam; he's certainly preferable to the real version.
Jeez, I always thought Adam was bad, but by the end of this page, my jaw was on the floor as I was exposed to the truth of Adams character. I'm stuck with this one thought in my head: BETRAAAAYAL!! BETRAYAL!! BETRAYED ME!! THIS GAME SUUUUUUUUCKS!!!
What if Adam Malkovich was a woman instead of a man and did all these things to Samus? Would Fem!Adam still be considered a total jerkwad for stealing the spotlight and taking the final glory and all that?
What if Adam Malkovich was a woman instead of a man and did all these things to Samus? Would Fem!Adam still be considered a total jerkwad for stealing the spotlight and taking the final glory and all that?Yes. It wouldn't have the misogynistic tones it does now, but Fem!Adam would still be just as much of an over-controlling Mary Sue Jackass as Male!Adam. The character steals the last level of the game. Male or female, that's not kosher in a videogame. Kind of a sad attempt at playing gender politics though.
Sector Zero Metroids being freezable makes sense, actually. Samus' cutscene thoughts were confirmed as being hypotheticals ever since we saw the "military blows up the Bottle Ship" scenario. Just because Adam Dragovich would invent weapons with no weak spot doesn't mean others wouldn't. Besides, guns that shoot ice should be pretty rare to find unless they were fighting a bunch of ice beings like Noxus. In Fusion, Adam says that the GF had made the Ice Missiles because they saw that trying to give Samus her Ice Beam back would clash with her part-Metroid DNA, and would either cause the power-up to be rejected by her immune aystem, or just kill her. It should be seventeen times harder to do the same with actual Metroids.
If Samus were to spend an entire Metroid game in her skin-tight fan service zero suit and be the badass bounty hunter we all know an love, taking shit from no-one, that would be a very defendable portrayal of Samus.
Hmm. Going off on a bit of a tangent, it makes me wonder if Fem!Adam would be named "Ada"... or "Eve".
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Idiocy of tour bus rivals hurts Belfast's image, says judge
Staff from rival bus tour companies caused "immeasurable" damage to Belfast's reputation by their behaviour in touting for trade, a judge has warned.
Deputy District Judge Peter King said representatives had engaged in "puerile, juvenile and stupid" acts which involved shoving, pushing, amateur dramatics and camera-pointing.
"Times are difficult enough and tourism is meant to be our economic salvation," he said.
"To have key providers acting in this way, I cannot imagine any other city in the world where this sort of idiocy would be tolerated."
The judge's scathing assessment came as a member of staff at Allen's Tours was convicted of a minor assault on a Belfast City Sightseeing manager.
Darren Gray (32), of Maryville Court, Belfast, was fined £150 for shoving Mark Kelly at their shared stop on Castle Place in the city centre in November 2011.
Belfast Magistrates Court heard allegations of sectarian abuse on both sides, and claims of surveillance being used as part of wider tensions between the two companies.
The incident happened during the weekend of the MTV Europe music awards being staged in the city.
Mr Kelly claimed Gray pushed him, forcing him to stumble back onto his bus, during attempts to get an Egyptian customer for a trip to the Giant's Causeway.
He told the court the defendant then stood over him laughing in his face "hysterically".
He added: "I believe I should be free to carry out my job without being shoved, barged into, shouted at and belittled."
But Gray claimed he only acted in self-defence after Mr Kelly first barged into him.
Judge King said the licensing authorities would be in two minds about renewing sightseeing tour permits if they had seen the CCTV footage of the incident and had heard the evidence given in the case.
The judge stressed that the behaviour happened during the MTV awards weekend, when Belfast was supposed to be showcased to tourists.
He added: "The damage this sort of behaviour is doing when carried out in front of visitors to our city is immeasurable."
Belfast Telegraph