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Road collision expert slams dinghy driver
A road accident specialist has blasted the motorists filmed inflating a dinghy while driving a car as "reckless and irresponsible."
Joanna Bailey, a legal expert who for many years has represented victims injured in serious road collisions, said she was utterly dismayed by the footage which appeared to show the passenger in the Volkswagen Golf inflating the full-sized rubber dinghy as the vehicle cruised along a busy main road at 40mph.
"At first I thought it was a joke video," said Joanna, a partner with Fentons Solicitors LLP. "The passenger is clearly seen to wind down the window, hang the dinghy outside the car, then start blowing it up as the driver continues along the road," she said. "It is simply unbelievable to think that this actually happened."
According to reports, the dinghy was fully inflated before it began flapping in the wind, narrowly missing pedestrians walking along the pavement. A motorcyclist was so shocked that he filmed the incident - which happened on 22 May on the A5 in Llangollen, near Wrexham - using a video camera fitted to his helmet.
"As road collision specialists we encounter victims every day whose lives have been affected by motorists driving without the proper care and attention," said Joanna, "either by breaking speed limits, talking on their phones, drinking and driving or just not paying enough notice to the road and other road users.
"What this video footage shows is a total disregard for the rules of the road, and the safety of other motorists and pedestrians. The recklessness shown by the driver and their passenger is astonishing, and their behaviour was dangerously irresponsible."
Local police are understood to be currently examining the footage, and could pursue a prosecution for dangerous driving.
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Reflexology is the practice of applying pressure to the feet and hands utilizing specific thumb, finger and hand techniques without the use of oil, cream or lotion based on a system of zones and reflex areas that reflect an image of the body on the feet and hands with a premise that such work effects a physical change in the body.
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The Importance of Studying Ismailism
By Professor W. Ivanow
Should we study Ismailism, its history, its evolution, its influence upon Islamic civilization? Different answers may be received, but there are two varieties of these which will predominate.
The conservative people say: our fathers and grandfathers carried on their business, and were quite happy without special inquiries into what our ancestors did or said. Why should we waste our time and labor on all such studies which do not promise to bring us any practical advantage?
The "modernist" would say: all these old books and ideas were quite good, perhaps, at their own time when conditions in the world were quite different. Now they have become quite useless. What matters is prosperity, the rest is of secondary importance.
Both these trends, which exist not only amongst the Ismailis but also among the followers of other religions, are fundamentally wrong. They are based on personal and selfish standpoint, centered around ones own advantages, and are hopelessly shortsighted.
Man alone is nothing, that is why there are communities, organizations, nations, etc. The Ismaili community has attained prosperity only because they were an organized body guided by their Imams. This helped them to survive the terrible catastrophes which overtook them in the course of history.
Such organization, with such long tradition, is a priceless heritage, and it would be simply stupid to underestimate it, or speak about it slightingly. It is the duty of every intelligent member to guard it and to contribute to its strengthening.
The world as it is at present, with the untold hardships of economical and political strain, demands desperate struggle for survival. This can be achieved only by arming oneself with education. Specialization, intellectual superiority over ones competitors. The main stream of the worlds progress is technical advancement. Various religions which could withstand centuries of strain, now become finally powerless to exercise any influence upon the life of the society, nation, humanity. If they are still preserving some meaning, it is only in the backward strata of the nation, where religion is almost indistinguishable from bare superstition.
But, as it happens in many religions, education not only adds to qualifications but also greatly broadens the outlook of the individual. Questions inevitably arise in the minds of young educated men and women, about which their religious literature is unable to answer. This inevitably leads to its greater and greater depreciation, so that in the eyes of some it may become something quite useless and superfluous. Thus the situation automatically becomes createdthat exactly those better educated and therefore useful members, become the less steady in the community, and often simply abandon it.
This development is quite well-known and causes great anxiety to the responsible and thoughtful leaders. But in reality there is no sound reason that such an undesirable development should not be combated and even prevented, at least from taking the form of a regular process. And it seems that the best means would be exactly the proper, serious, honest study of Ismailism, its history and philosophy.
Ismailism, as it developed a thousand years ago was not only a religion, i.e., a system of organized inner life of an individual, but also an ideology, a system of social organization. Its great ideal was surprisingly modern: equality in what is now called a classless society, based on a thorough and effective system of cooperation. Stagnation which is inseparable from many great religions which preach eternity and unchangeability of their eternal principles, works as a powerful brake on every form of advance in all aspects of life. The priceless advantage of the Ismaili system is its doctrine of Imamat and tawil. Both these together imply an ample means of what resembles automatic regulation. The doctrine of the obligatoriness of the tawil authorized by the Imam removes the effect of obsolescing, of lagging behind the progressing life. In many other religions every innovation, however legitimate, is bound to be the source of fierce accusations of altering the eternal law given by God; this leads to dissensions, fights, hereticism, etc. In Ismaillsm, if properly used,the system of authorized tawil explains the application of the basic religious principles to the everchanging forms of life in the society, and guides the community in its attitude to all that is of advantage for its progress.
But the proper use of the organized functioning of the principle of tawil demands a broad religious education, of one being conscious of the life of his community in the course of its whole history. Only this may show that various changes which the Imam introduced through tawil are not incidental and haphazard, but form a part of a long tradition.
A proper guidance of the community depends on the Imam, but the Imam has to have suitable, reliable, responsible, dependable and intelligent assistants who could convey the Imams will and guidance to the community, who may assist it to apply the principle of tawil as authorized by the Imam. This demands well-trained and well-educated people. And these may be of great help in seeing that serious questions of educated members of the community may receive intelligent and honest answers, not merely consisting of sophisms and manipulations or misinterpretation of verses of the Quran or hadiths.
Ismaili philosophy did not develop in a vacuumthe student must also know the historical background of its evolution. Only this may give its study firm and solid foundation which would make it a reality, not a series of theorizings. Ismailism must be studied as a whole as regards time and also as regards its different schools and divisions.
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"Angeal. No." Genesis mentally counted to ten, staring at his lover in wonder. It had been bad enough when he had brought back a stray chocobo chick which had imprinted on him, but this... this was too far.
"Genesis. He doesn't have any family." Angeal sighed, looking down, knowing how stubborn Genesis could be. "I just want you to let him stay with us for a little while... he could be our cadet. We can train him together..."
Genesis sighed, wondering why on gaia he had permitted Angeal to go on his first solo mission. Now the other had got back, embraced him and then asked if a stray boy he had found could move in with them. He felt a bit jealous that Angeal had been focussed so totally on this kid when he had been away. Ever since he was little he had been the centre of Angeal's world and he didn't want to lose that.
Angeal seemed to begin to realise what the problem was.
"GenGen, he could have his own room." Genesis crossed his arms, glaring at the other's use of his nickname. Angeal walked over and wrapped an arm around Genesis's shoulder. "Please Gen... you're so kind, I know you are, that's part of what I love about you."
Genesis looked unimpressed, staring at the dark haired man. Angeal had picked this boy up in Gongaga of all places. Angeal grinned goofily back, seeming unperturbed by Genesis' stare. Genesis wanted people to be disturbed by his stare, that was why he did it.
"Where did you find it?"
"I found him on the campaign." Angeal looked into his lover's eyes, not backing down. "He was injured, he's nearly lame. He'd been part of the guerrilla force. He could barely walk, but he'd still tried to sneak into our camp disguised as a cadet. He almost managed it. I couldn't just leave him there."
Genesis sighed.
"Angeal, we don't have room for a pet. You can't just keep it because it was cute." His arms were still crossed, but he was beginning to relent at seeing how much Angeal cared about this. He could also see that Angeal's honour meant that he couldn't just walk away. He didn't want his lover to be a man that could walk away from an injured child. "Anyway, it's not a puppy, it will have a family."
Angeal opened his mouth to explain that the boy's family was dead when he was interrupted by a rapid scratching at the door. It was accompanied by a child's voice, whining.
"Let me in..." Angeal smirked slightly, planning on showing his lover just how much of a puppy the boy was. He walked over and opened the door.
Even Genesis' SOLDIER reactions couldn't save him. The boy bounded in, beamed at the new man, and hugged him tightly and fiercely. So fiercely in fact that he knocked the general back onto the floor. The boy continued hugging him tightly, wiggling from side to side, giving the impression of wagging his tail. Angeal was smirking more broadly now, face split with a grin. This had been just what he had expected to happen.
"Genesis, this is puppy."
Genesis tried to regain his dignity, awkwardly clambering out from underneath the boy. He stood, dusting himself off, trying to look superior.
"I thought you said he was lame..." He spat, staring at his lover in a mixture of amusement and disgust.
Angeal nodded.
"He is...Puppy, show him your leg..." The boy nodded, amethyst eyes gazing up brightly at Genesis. He reached down, rolling up the leg of his borrowed trousers to reveal a nasty injury that would leave a deep scar. He had been sliced by a sword, but had somehow survived.
Genesis gazed at him sadly, reaching out to ruffle his hair. The little boy had been very brave, and had won Angeal's affections. He couldn't deny the boy that.
"Okay. We can keep him. The scientists won't be allowed near him."
The boy beamed, hugging Genesis tightly. Genesis was ready this time, so wasn't knocked over.
"What's your name puppy?"
"Zack!" The boy replied.
Genesis nodded.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Zack. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need the bathroom." He walked towards the room.
At the last second, Zack darted in front of him, cutting him off and closing the door. Genesis glared as the wood slammed shut, hitting his head against the wall in frustration. Angeal's arms wrapped around his waist, pulling him away from the door and stroking his hair. A gentle kiss was pushed against his lips.
"It's just part of being a real family Gen. That's what we can do now, we can be a real family." Genesis nodded. He knew about families, Angeal's mother had taught him that. He smiled, looking up as Zack came out of the bathroom, limping slightly, and cuddled close. Maybe, just maybe, they could make this work.


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artistic genius - The main focus of the site for me, this ever-growing shrine to the artist Masamune Shirow is my favorite pet project. It should give you some sense of scope to consider that I feel it's only around 60-70% complete, and it's only going to get bigger as he produces more art.
pixels 2 spare - This wallpapers/goodies site is a joint effort between myself and a longtime friend. You'll find mostly anime and videogame wallpapers here, along with some random others, a few Winamp skins, a pile of avatars for use on web forums, and very, very sporadic updates, much like the rest of the site.
sacrifices - A greatly neglected shrine to one of my favorite all-time characters, El-Hazard's Ifurita, that I really ought to finish up. As it stands, it's probably in the 50-60% range of completion, and given its much smaller size that artistic genius, that's not a whole lot of content. Ah well, I love the character, so the shrine gets to stay open.
red cross book - Neon Genesis Evangelion was a great series, and I wanted to do something to acknowledge that in some small way. Unfortunately, nothing specifically gripped me enough to send me on a shrine spree, so instead I've done up an XHTML-friendly version of the End of Evangelion promotional supplement given away at theaters.
beyond - My weblog, huzzah and such. If you're curious about events in my life, or items of interest to me, feel free to take a peek. Granted, I'm currently blogging on a rather sporadic basis, only slightly more often than pixels sees an update. Of course, whether or not anything I write about is of interest to you, well... that's a whole different story.
site information - Originally registered in late April of 2002, motorballer.org was my second domain, and was originally intended to serve as my collective for anime shrines. Unfortunately work burnt out my passion for really doing so, leaving what remains above as the core of my site. Additionally, ending my original domain, twitching-thoughts.net, sees my blog residing here as well, and soon perhaps a portfolio site. For a long time, this was also home to Razy's Ruby Eyes shrine, which she took over once more(though I can't seem to find at the moment). As I ever strive to keep things flexible, this site is coded to XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2 standards, which may cause some breakage in older browsers.
disclaimer, etc - Layout image from Gunnm, which is © Yukito Kishiro. All other graphics, coding, and content ©2005 Phillip Higgins. No sites within are trying to infringe on copyright in any way, but rather aim to promote the characters, artists, and/or series contained within, and I do not profit from any of the content within. I will not take kindly to people who just take images from the site and use them as their own, or even directly link images from the site. If you ask if you can use something, and it's something I made, go ahead and ask to use it. I try and get permission for everything I use as well, but in some cases, it wasn't possible or practical, if you happen to be the copyright holder, contact me and we can work something out.
Some of the content on the site is intended for mature audiences. There is foul language within, and while I do not display any nude imagery, quite a bit of the imagery does contain scantily or suggestively clad women. I suggest you be of legal age to view adult materials in your country/state and it probably wouldn't be the best idea to go through here at work or with your parents around either. Given this warning, enter at your own discrection, but keep in mind that I won't be held liable if you find the content offensive, after all, you're the one that chose to enter, I didn't force you to enter and browse around when you could have gone scurrying back to Google instead.


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Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday that President Obama must reach a deal on extending the Bush tax cuts by Monday if a nuclear arms treaty has a chance of passing the Senate by the end of the year.
"The deal on taxes has to be done very early next week, prescription like Monday," Kyl said.
Kyl said if negotiators don't reach a deal on the Bush taxes within a week "then you're not going to have time to do START," making a reference to the pending Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia. The Senate must ratify it with a two-thirds vote of the chamber.
The emerging conventional wisdom has been that Senate Republicans would agree to ratify START if Obama and Democratic leaders agreed to a temporary extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.
This legislative horse trade might not be possible because of the highly politicized debate surrounding the tax rates and the little time left in the lame-duck session.
"If the taxes all can't be resolved and voted on and completed and spending for the government for the next 10 months completed by, like, next Monday, I don't know how there's enough time to complete START," Kyl said.
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"They [LSU UREC] have significant sustainability initiatives already happening and one of the great ones is Clear Water, Green Heart, which is trying to get people not to bring disposable plastic bottles into the UREC," Meredith Sattler, Assistant Professor, LSU School of Architecture
Did you know the average person uses 167 bottles of water annually? Multiply that times the average $1.35 per bottle and you've already spent hundreds. Needless to say, investing a few bucks in a reusable water bottle saves the college student a good chunk of money while bettering our environment here at LSU. So, how exactly can you help? Quench your thirst and your friend's too with UREC's Clear Water, Green Heart initiative.
Last fall, UREC began this initiative, and refilled 830 bottles throughout the campaign. That's $1120.50 saved by our students and UREC members! With this project, UREC aims to continue to drastically cut down on the amount of water bottles discarded in the complex. It's as easy as drink, punch, repeat. First, grab a Clear Water, Green Heart punch card from the Operations Desk. UREC has five water bottle refilling stations where you can refill your own water bottle.
Whenever you refill your reusable water bottle, present your Clear Water, Green Heart punch card at the Operations Desk. There, you'll receive a punch. When you get ten punches, you'll be able to choose between a free guest pass or "Geaux Green" sustainability t-shirt. You may only get one punch per visit.
So, let's do the math. You can either pay about $225 over the next year, or you can spend $3 – $7 for a reusable bottle and get a prize that's priced over the amount you spent on the bottle. Sounds like a great way to help out, don't you think? The Clear Water, Green Heart campaign runs from June 9 – August 1.


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The other day I was trying to articulate why the kids' app marketplace is such a creative entrepreneurial outlet for parents. In hindsight, I wish I would have had this testimonial handy, because it illustrates the point so vividly. Thanks Melissa for sharing your story here at Moms With Apps!
From the time my daughter, Kate, was about six months old; we would spend hours at our local children's bookstore looking at all the wonderful books. I was so inspired by all of the fun and colorful illustrations and stories – I decided I wanted to write a children's picture book. I think many moms are inspired by their children as they have such a magical way of looking at the world!
Kate went through a period of loving anything yellow, so I think we looked through just about every book that featured yellow – yellow ducks, baby chickens, balloon's – if it had yellow on the cover, we looked at it! You know how kids can get fixated on certain things. Well, when she went through her period of loving pirates, my husband and I would come up with funny stories to tell her at night. One night, my husband was talking about Red Beard and his adventures across the high seas. It was in that moment I realized that I would write a story about a little redhead who has adventures with her friends. I wanted to create a strong and feisty character that is a bit of a tomboy – much like my daughter. That is how Penelope the Purple Pirate was born!
I went about finding out what I needed to do to make this a reality. I joined our local Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and attended several of their functions. I had my story critiqued by fellow writers and editors. I found a local writer's critique group who also helped me to fine tune my story. The whole while, I heard from other writers how difficult it is to get your book published.
I soon found out that most publishing houses only publish maybe twenty new picture books a year out of literally thousands of submissions. The odds were definitely not in my favor. The whole idea to do a storybook app came about from a conversation with a mom at my daughter's school. This mom was talking about her new app that she and her husband developed for children with learning disabilities. She thought it might be a good fit to make an app out of Penelope! I started doing some research into the industry – this was back in September 2009 and the market was really just opening up.
Luckily for me, my father-in-law had a friend whose husband is an illustrator. Paul Johnson is originally from England and had recently married and moved to the states. We spoke on the phone about the possibility of doing a storybook app together. We worked on getting Penelope just the way I had envisioned – which wasn't too tough as I sent him a picture of my three year old in pigtails… He did such a fantastic job of bringing out Penelope's personality in the illustrations!
In September of 2010, I decided to send Penelope to storybook app developer PicPocket Books. When I received an acceptance email from PicPocket Books, I was so excited to share Penelope as I felt she was a good role model for young children! Penelope the Purple Pirate was released January 2011 around my birthday. It was definitely one of the better birthday presents that year! The storybook app has gone on to be chosen as a Top 10 Must-Have eBook by lilsugar of Popsugar.com, a Top 10 Educational iPad App by Digital Storytime and last week was in the Top 25 iTunes Book Apps.
This is such a great time for writers and developers! There are nearly 200 million iPads, iPhone and iPod Touches in the market as of August 2011. Just this past January, Apple reached the 10 billion app download mark. This technology really has opened up the global marketplace. Imagine Penelope has been in the Top 100 in over 20 countries. She has fans in Turkey, Indonesia, Australia and even in Slovenia where she made it to #6 in the iTunes book store!
I wanted to share my story with other parents about going after your dreams. If you have a dream of making children's picture books, with this new technology at our fingertips, it can become a reality. Just do your homework, edit and fine-tune your story, and just go for it! I am so glad I did and that I didn't listen to the naysayers who said that the route I was taking wasn't the "usual" path to getting published. Well, I obviously didn't listen to them, and now we are working on Penelope's next adventure and have another storybook app Gerry the Giraffe, illustrated by Jennifer Mercede, coming out this fall with PicPocket Books. Just remember that anything is possible if you set your mind to it! Thanks for listening to one mom's story.
About the Author: Melissa Northway is a mom, writer and has her Masters in Human Nutrition. She enjoys writing and is a regular contributor to Mom It Forward. Please check out Penelope the Purple Pirate Facebook Page to see how you can enter to win some pirate booty in honor of September 19th Talk Like a Pirate Day! You can read more about Melissa and Penelope's TLAP Giveaway at: www.melissanorthway.com.
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Topic: Huh? (01/21/10)
TITLE: God's Calling
Our journey in life gives us experiences we can neither understand nor prepare for. One of these experiences is our calling from God. How many people readily jump up and follow God's calling? How many people try and ignore what they think God is calling them to do? How many people hear God's calling but answer with, huh?
"Huh?" can be confusing. If you ask someone to believe something and the say huh in reply what are they actually saying? Are they meaning, "I didn't hear you, please repeat what you just said?" Or are they meaning, "I don't believe you?"
I'm afraid I answer God's calling with huh. I believe God is calling me to write. I don't devote every second of every day to writing, but I often find myself reflecting on circumstances and tell myself this event will make a great story. I naturally make a story about events. It is an inclination I have had ever since I was a young boy. However, I am an electrical engineer. I chose my profession based on society's need for engineers and because I could raise a family on the income an engineering salary provides. How can anyone raise a family on the income of an average writer? No, most writers have other jobs and write on the side. Very few writers are successful enough to be able to support themselves just from their writing. Am I forecasting my own limits as a writer because I feel I can't make enough to support myself through writing?
God has great things in store for us if we would only follow him. Saint Peter, a chosen disciple of Jesus Christ, actually walked on water through his faith in Jesus Christ. Peter became the rock of the church through his faith in Jesus. Peter has been called the founder of the Catholic Church of Rome. How many of us have the faith of Peter? How many of us will answer God's calling as Peter did? Yet, in the beginning of Peter's journey, Peter denied even knowing Jesus.
A Pastor who I was talking to recently told me about a calling she had. She had a calling from God to move to another church. She was fairly content about where she was and really didn't take the calling seriously. Then when she was preaching about Peter who had the faith to walk on the water she realized she was preaching what God was asking of her. God was asking her to have the faith to move to another church, something she didn't want to do. She also got the inclination from other friends who thought this is what God wanted her to do. Peter, as you remember in the Bible, did walk on water. Seeing Jesus walking on the water, Peter went out from the boat and began walking toward Jesus. However, after awhile, Peter became afraid and began to sink below the waves. Jesus held his hand and rescued Peter from sinking below the waves and they both entered the boat safely. Finally, the Pastor, with Jesus' help, made her leap of faith and followed God's calling. The pastor seems to be doing extremely well.
For some, to refuse God is not an option. Pastor Charles Stanley, minister of First Baptist Church of Atlanta, once recalled in a sermon how he went to a seminary school in North Carolina where he met many older men who had disregarded God's calling to preach early in life. After years of misery, unfulfilled dreams, and broken families, these men, in their 40's and 50's, went back to seminary school trying to live up to God's calling and become ministers.
I have tried to reason with God. I tell God, "I'm not good enough. I'm not creative enough. I have nothing to say. Who will buy my work?"
Yet, God only says, "Write".
It makes no sense. But, then this world we live doesn't make much sense to me, except Jesus. So, I go forth.
How can we discern God's grace? How are we to decide to stay our course through significant hardships or change our course to something more reasonable? When do we know God's calling is real and when do we fall to our own inclinations?
I answer with prayer.
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Having a hobby is a good way of relieving the stress that we build up in due course of our profession. It will engage you meaningfully in a useful endeavor. Some hobbies can be weird and often they reflect the personality traits of the individual in a particular hobby. There are hobbies that a very paying as well. If you are an antique collector for example your collections are the legacy that you will be leaving behind for your off springs. In fact a hobby can turn into a profession and bring in lots of money for you. It can be educative too and give a glimpse of the world outside.
A good way to spend your free time is reading books. Truly, this is one of the amazing hobbies where you can enjoy and have a blast of a time. This hobby will be fruitful for you as you can improve your reading and grammar skills. Besides that you can also develop your imagination. Reading books take you to an entirely different world, which is filled with enchanted places and characters. It takes you away from the rigorous monotony of life. In short you can say that to just throw away your boredom, reading books is a good hobby which you will never regret.
The aroma of spices… the fine cut of vegetables… the incredible smell of baking filling the air… the sizzling sound of sautéing.. There are so many who not only cook as a hobby but also feel these sensations and enjoy doing them. Who doesn't like to toss vegetables together and make a crunchy salad? Mix together some tasty ingredients and make some incredible cakes? Make a mean sandwich that is filled with fat? Make the best omelets? Cooking as a hobby is not restricted to making exotic dishes but also making simple every day dishes. Making anything that makes people enjoy what they do and when it is relaxing can be called as a passion for cooking!
Stamps can help us to know about the culture and customs of a country. So we can say a stamp is a window through which we can view the country and its culture. Collecting stamps is one of the hobbies and is an easy activity. When you decide to collect stamps, you have to plan about the topic on which you are going to collect stamps. It is recommended to start with general but choosing a specific theme for your stamps will be more exciting. One benefit of stamp collection is that you don't have to spend much money for the hobby. When you have a good stamp collection, you can even think about conducting your own exhibition in the future.
Coin collecting has been a popular hobby since medieval times. Collecting coins from the ancient past, from various countries is pleasurable to most. When you arrive at a good collection, you can auction it of Macy's or other auction houses in your locality and receive enormous amounts of money as a reward. At a recent auction to be held in March 19, the coin The 2012 Infantry Soldier Silver Dollar is supposed to score around $50 and all that for a single coin. But coin prices are cyclic and are based only on supply and demand. The common collection types are: Variety collections, Country collections and Mint mark collections.
Looking at the above mentioned points we know that there are various kinds of people. Through definitions we understand that, these are different kinds of practices people adopt for filling up their free time. These are cultivated out of their interests. Hobbies have helped people to be stress-buster as well. While great people say an idle mind is devil's workshop, hobbies help people to keep their minds occupied.
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Laguna Shines Among 'Savages' and 'Kings of Cool'
Get ready for Laguna Beach's next wild ride in the national spotlight.
The film version of author Don Winslow's novel "Savages," about volleyball-playing pot growers in a Laguna Beach love triangle who go up against Mexican drug lords, opens in theaters July 6. And last month Simon & Schuster released "The Kings of Cool," also set in Laguna, which is a prequel to "Savages," the paperback edition of which was released in May, complete with movie scenes on the cover in anticipation of the movie release.
Directed by Oliver Stone, the film, which opens today downtown at Laguna's South Coast Regency Theater with showings at 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 10:15, stars Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Salma Hayek and John Travolta. [See sidebar for local film shoot locations.]
Impressed enough by "Savages," to put the best-selling crime novel on her list of top 10 books for 2010, New York Times critic Janet Maslin in turn bestowed high praise on "The Kings of Cool" in a rave review last month. "Mr. Winslow's keen attention to drug culture isn't going to keep readers away from him. He's too damn good to be polarizing. . . . His dialogue is tight, laconic and razor sharp; if Elmore Leonard or Lee Child discovered surfing, they might sound something like this…"
It is no surprise then that Winslow said he counts Leonard among the crime writers he admires, along with Robert Parker, Stephen Cannell, James Elroy, and his friend Jeff [T. Jefferson] Parker, whose "Laguna Heat" solidified his place in the genre.
In "The Kings of Cool," familiar references abound. The opening scene takes place at Main Beach. Hotel Laguna, the Montage, Coyote
Grill and Heidelberg Cafe all get hits within the first five pages, and the parade of local references never stops: an efficiency apartment on Glenneyre Street, a school in Laguna Canyon, views from Table Rock, a newsstand at the corner of Ocean Avenue, the Marine Room, Brooks Street, Bluebird Canyon, and shops on Forest, etc., etc.
Laguna stars in "Savages," too. The town serves as a backdrop for the dramatic, often violent predicaments of its main characters. But in "The Kings of Cool," in filling in their back stories, Winslow also gives Laguna itself a more prominent role as he recreates the zeitgeist of that earlier era.
Though Winslow's depictions of Laguna and its lore can be long on stereotypes, like most good send ups, they often hit quite close to home, and this juicy tale, which jumps between the Laguna of Timothy Leary days to the near-present Laguna of 2005, should reward most readers with at least one or two knowing chuckles of recognition.
Take this quote from "The Kings of Cool" describing the scene in 2005: "Back in those halcyon 'finance and flip' days…Everybody in the OC had a real estate license. Everybody. Every OC trophy wife who required a 'career' for her self-esteem got a license. Every surf bum who needed a source of income (i.e. all of them) got a license…"
Going back in time to the scene in 1967: "Suffice it to say that the Surfers met the Hippies in Laguna Beach. It had to happen. The difference between a Surfer and a Hippie? A board."
How closely the fictional representations of people and characters resemble the actual ones will be up to the interpretation of the reader. One dissonant note is the constant reference to what locals call "Coast Highway" or "PCH" as "the PCH." Who says that?
In his acknowledgements, Winslow credits his grasp of the old days in Laguna to a number of people who shared their stories, adding, "I can best express my appreciation by not naming them." He also cites as nonfiction references Nick Shou's well-received "Orange Sunshine and The Brotherhood of Eternal Love".
A transplant from the east coast, Winslow came by his knowledge of crime lore, and of the SoCal scene, experientially. He first came to this area as an investigator for criminal lawyers. "I was the lynchpin between investigation and trial," he said, helping the lawyers with jury consulting and shaping their cases to achieve successful results.
While working on various cases, Winslow lived in hotels for three years between Orange County, San Diego and Los Angeles. Staying in Costa Mesa once, he took a drive south and stopped at what is now The Cliffs in Laguna Beach. He was so impressed he called his wife. "We just fell in love with it," he said. Eventually they moved to Dana Point. Now they divide their time between Solano Beach and Julian, but Winslow still spends time in Laguna.
Winslow co-wrote the "Savages" screenplay with screenwriter Shane Salerno, to whom "The Kings of Cool" is dedicated.
Winslow decided to write the prequel because, "I discovered I just wasn't done with those characters yet." He loves the research that goes into their background. Often when movies have compelling characters that lead them on a tragic path, we wonder how they got to that point. Helpfully, Winslow provides the reading and movie-going audience of "Savages" with answers.
Scene Spotting:
Want to know which Laguna spots to keep an eye out for in the movie? Permits to film "Savages" were issued for the following locations:
Main Beach
Shaw's Cove
Crescent Bay
Coyote Grill
Papa's Tacos
Second Reef
Goko Cafe
Laguna Cyclery
Village Faire Shoppes
Table Rock
Victoria Beach
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Brooks Street Beach
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THEO WALCOTT is ready to follow Robin van Persie out of the Arsenal exit door.
The England star, 23, is devastated by Van Persie's decision not to renew his
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Winger Walcott is in an identical position to the Dutch striker, as he is
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Walcott has always maintained that he would refrain from committing his own
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The two players are extremely close, on and off the field.
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The idea of Europa's hidden reservoirs of liquid water — the essential element for life on Earth — emerged from information obtained on the Voyager and Galileo missions. These missions registered fractures and "chaotic" terrains, which are associated with the reddish materials. The red structures provide a stark contrast against the glacial white of the dominant water ice of the surface.
Observations made from various space missions suggest that these geological formations seem to be related to the rise of fluids coming from inside. The data also suggests that the red material is made up of hydrated salts - mainly magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) - and more volatile compounds like carbon dioxide (CO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
The research team used these theories and observations to develop an experiment that would explain how these fluids evolve in their way between the deep reservoirs and the moon's surface.
"Just like Earth's magma emerges to the surface, a similar phenomenon could occur in Europa. Although, in this case it would be a watery cryomagma that would evolve and emerge outwards from the interior of the icy moon," said Victoria Muñoz Iglesias.
The scientists simulated the extreme conditions of the fluid reservoirs in the crust in laboratory settings; especially the high pressure (reproducing up to 300 bars) and the low temperature (around -4 ºC). They then watched what happened to the aqueous solution with CO2 and MgSO4 from these conditions when it emerges from the surface and cools.
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"These crystallization processes are exothermic (they release energy); they also produce volume changes inside the crust, when the cryomagma solidifies," said Iglesias. "If in the final mineral assemblage the quantity of clathrates is less than that of hydrated salts, the volume increases causing positive topographical features and fracturation in the crust. However, if the proportion of clathrates is bigger than the rest of solids, or these phases are destroyed releasing the gas, volume decreases and the terrains above might collapse. Some of the chaotic terrains of Europa´s surface could have been produced in this way."
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Europa is considered one of the best candidates for life in our solar system. When President Obama presented NASA's budget for 2015, it included an item for 15 million dollars to search for signs of life on Europa in the next decade.
Plans are in the works for the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission in 2022. When JUICE arrives among the icy moons of Jupiter in 2030, it will fly over Europa twice to measure the thickness of its mysterious crust and explore its habitability.
Findings of this research are described in a recent issue of Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Image 2 (below): The scientists have simulated in the laboratory the extreme conditions of the fluid reservoirs in the crust of Europa. Credit: CAB (INTA-CSIC)


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MTV plays very little rock music these days, but the genre sure made a resurgence during the 2005 Video Music Awards, held Sunday at Miami's American Airlines Arena. Green Day won seven of the eight moonmen for which they were nominated for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." In accepting the Best Rock Video prize, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong summed up his thoughts about MTV playing primarily hip-hop and R&B videos. "Thanks a lot," he said. "It's great to know that rock music still has a place at MTV."
500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Green Day, 'American Idiot'
During the band's acceptance for Video of the Year, bassist Mike Dirnt shifted the focus to global concerns. "Outside of everyone who worked on the video, I think there's a lot of people to thank in this world . . . Here's to this [award], and let's bring the soldiers home safe."
Chicago's Fall Out Boy pulled out a surprise victory with the MTV 2 award for the rollicking pop hit, "Sugar, We're Going Down," a former TRL Number One video. Bassist/lyricist Pete Wentz modestly said he believed My Chemical Romance's somber, well-choreographed video for "Helena" should have won. My Chemical Romance, who arrived to the event via Brinks Security truck, were shut out of the five awards for which they were nominated.
The very dapper Killers, who performed "Mr. Brightside" from a Miami hotel, were honored in the Best New Artist category. "I think we just made history because Snoop Dogg just gave the Killers an award," lead singer Brandon Flowers said, curiously.
Album Review: Green Day, 'American Idiot'
A shocked Kelly Clarkson picked up the prizes for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video for "Since U Been Gone." "Oh God, I didn't have a posse, so I brought my friend Ashley. But thank you so much," the original American Idol champ said from the stage. "I didn't know I was going to win. My vote was for Gwen [Stefani]."
Nominated for six VMAs, Stefani won only Best Art Direction in a Video and Best Choreography in a Video, for "What U Waiting For" and "Hollaback Girl," respectively. She did, however, win the Diddy Fashion Challenge for being the best-dressed female. She earned $50,000 for her favorite charity, the Orange County Children's Hospital. Snoop Dogg was her male counterpart and is putting his $50,000 toward his Snoop Youth Football League.
Song Stories: Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day
Kanye West, who complained publicly after losing out to Gretchen Wilson for Favorite Breakthrough Artist at last year's American Music Awards, won Best Male Video for "Jesus Walks." "Well, well, I guess they say, 'We're gonna give us this award early so we don't have to worry about anything,'" he said referencing his reputation as a poor loser.
Hip-hop superstar Missy Elliott continued her winning ways from last year, earning two moonmen -- Best Hip Hop Video and Best Dance Video -- for her "Lose Control" with Ciara.
100 Best Songs of the 2000s: Green Day, 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'
Green Day also set the musical tone for the show, performing the opening number, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," to cascading green-lit smoke and bursts of flames. Other highlights included My Chemical Romance, whose performance of "Helena" featured audience members unfolding white umbrellas, and Bobby Valentino and Ludacris, who seasoned "Pimpin' All Over the World" with Caribbean steel drummers and dancers.
The lowpoint was R. Kelly's lip-synched performance -- without a mike, no less -- of his multisegmented "Trapped in the Closet." The R&B star managed to act out all the parts -- the wife, the husband, the lover -- even if he didn't quite mouth all the words. 50 Cent unleashed a profanity-laced tirade after his medley of "Disco Inferno," "Outta Control" and "So Seductive." Most of it was silenced, leaving in question what he actually said, but it was clear that the rapper was not happy.
Shortly after Green Day's set, host Diddy (formerly known as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy), promised a night of unexpected surprises. He handed an audience member a Jacob the Jeweler diamond-studded watch. Omarion and Uncle Luke from 2 Live Crew joined Diddy during a dance segment. Long-gone MC Hammer offered a remixed version of his Nineties hit, "U Can't Touch This." Donning a white jacket with tails, Diddy conducted an orchestra during a Biggie Smalls tribute of "Warning," on which Snoop Dogg guested.
Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx showed off his vocal chops, performing an a cappella opening to Kanye West's number, while Entourage actor Jeremy Piven made light of Lil Kim's forthcoming prison sentence by saying he could make a call and hook her up with a "ghetto fabulous" set-up.
The VMAs ended with surprise winner Clarkson's return to the stage to perform an intense rendition of "Since U Been Gone." Midway through her hit single, the singer was soaked by a downpour of water, with show-closing drama.
The 2005 Video Music Awards winners:
Video of the Year: Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Viewer's Choice: Green Day, "American Idiot"
Best Male Video: Kanye West, "Jesus Walks"
Best Female Video: Kelly Clarkson, "Since U Been Gone"
Best Group Video: Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Best Rap Video: Ludacris, "Number One Spot"
Best R&B Video: Alicia Keys, "Karma"
Best Hip Hop Video: Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop, "Lose Control"
Best Dance Video: Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fat Man Scoop, "Lose Control"
Best Rock Video: Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Best Pop Video: Kelly Clarkson, "Since U Been Gone"
Best New Artist: The Killers, "Mr. Brightside"
MTV 2 Award: Fall Out Boy, "Sugar, We're Going Down"
Breakthrough Video: Gorillaz, "Feel Good Inc."
Best Video Game Soundtrack: "Dance Dance Revolution Extreme"
Best Direction in a Video: Samuel Bayer, Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Best Choreography in a Video: Kishaya Dudley, Gwen Stefani, "Hollaback Girl"
Best Special Effects in a Video: Passion Pictures, Gorillaz, "Feel Good Inc."
Best Art Direction in a Video: Zach Matthewes, Gwen Stefani, "What You Waiting For?"
Best Editing in a Video: Tim Royes, Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Best Cinematography in a Video: Samuel Bayer, Green Day, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"


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Only a short ferry ride from Sydney's CBD, World-Heritage listed Cockatoo Island is Sydney Harbour's largest island. Accessible via ferry, water taxi or private vessel. Short stay private vessel berthing is available through the Cockatoo Island Marine Centre. A former convict prison and industrial shipyard, Cockatoo Island has been a Biennale venue since 2008. Please remember that bookings are essential for the Biennale Ferry.
Cockatoo Island has a range of options for when you're on the island – you can enjoy stunning views of Sydney Harbour while relaxing at one of the island's numerous eateries.
Societe Overboard Cafe
Marina Cafe
The Island Bar
Bamboo Dumpling Bar
Yering Station Wine Bar
You can also bring your own picnic. There are a limited number of BBQs available to hire from the campground office on 02 8898 9774.
Why limit your Biennale visit to only one day? Cockatoo Island is home to the world's first urban campground, surrounded by breathtaking views of Sydney Harbour. Accommodation options are available to suit all budgets and tastes, including Glamping (glam-camping), Camping, Harbour View Apartments and Heritage Holiday Houses. During the Biennale you can Camp or Glamp for two nights and receive 25% off. Find out more.
Find out more about accommodation on the Cockatoo Island website.
Cockatoo Island is a former industrial site. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Visitors are requested to wear appropriate enclosed footwear and comply with all signage on the island. We ask that you mind your step and beware of hazards. Please do not walk backwards – there are occasional uneven surfaces, voids, trip hazards and cliffs. A number of buildings are darkened and require extra vigilance. Please take care at all times. There is no smoking in buildings on Cockatoo Island and animals are not allowed on the island.


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But leave it to Kate Spade to make me say something I haven't said for a long time: I really want this diaper bag.
Maybe it's because this bag makes me think of a fancy party at the Hamptons that I'll never get invited to, but I have strong, covetous feelings for the East Meadow Stevie Baby Bag. Complete with loads of pockets, a wipeable lining (practical!), and that essential 14k light gold plated hardware that every mother needs, this preppy gingham printed bag is everything I would want in a non-diaper bag. So why not get it with all the other cool mom-friendly features too?
There's no way anyone would ever think that it's a diaper bag I'm carrying; just a swanky Kate Spade. Off to sell my first born (ha!). -Kristen
Purchase the Kate Spade diaper bag at KateSpade.com with free ground shipping on all orders.


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This example creates a virtual machine network using network interface cards (NICs) on the Oracle VM Servers discovered earlier. In this example we are using bonded Ethernet ports. Each Oracle VM Server should have a set of Ethernet ports to use for the virtual machine network. Oracle recommends at least two ports per Oracle VM Server, one for the management network, and one for a network with the Virtual Machine role. Replace the information in this example with that of your Oracle VM Servers and environment.
To create a virtual machine network:
Click the Networking tab, then the Networks subtab.
Click Create New Network... in the toolbar to start the Create Network wizard. Select the type of network to create, based on your network infrastructure. In this example we use the Ethernet ports on each Oracle VM Server to create a network for virtual machine traffic. Select Create a network with bonds/ports only and click Next.
At the Create Network step of the wizard, enter a name for the network and select the network functions. The Network Channels fields are where you decide which network functions are to be assigned to the network. Select Virtual Machine and click Next.
At the Select Servers step of the wizard, select the Oracle VM Servers to be included in the new network. Select them and move them to the Selected Servers field, and click Next.
At the Select Ports step of the wizard, the available Ethernet ports on each Oracle VM Server are displayed in the Available Ports field. Select a port from each Oracle VM Server to use for the virtual machine network and move the port(s) to the Select Ports field, then click Next.
At the Configure IP Addresses step of the wizard, you set up the network bonding. You can use static IP addresses, DHCP or have no IP addresses assigned to the network. In this example we do not need to use IP addresses as we are creating a network for use only by virtual machines, so set the Addressing to None. Click Finish to create the network.
The virtual machine network is created and listed in the table. This virtual machine network is ready to use when creating virtual machines.


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We meet again for another fun-filled evening of play reading! The play of the month is Finding Ananda by Vijay Padaki.
Synopsis: Vivek is a young Indian-American in Chicago, sent to India by his parents to discover his roots. They know the director of a Vivekananda theater project and request an internship for their son. Vivek arrives in India a skeptic, but will it be long before he changes his mind?
When: Saturday, May 18, at 4:00 pm
Where: Sara's place
Want to come, or learn more about our readings? Email Anjana at email@example.com.


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Dubai shocked investors on November 25, 2009 by asking investors for a debt standstill (including Nakheel's USD 3.5 billion bond maturing on December 14, 2009) for a period of six months at Dubai World – the holding company of Nakheel (Dubai's major real-estate developer), DP World etc. The move has shocked investors who were witnessing signs of a recovery in the economy. The news came in when two Abu Dhabi Government-controlled banks, National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC and Islamic lender, Al Hilal Bank bought USD 5.0 billion of bonds from Dubai Government. The bond yields reacted negatively with the Nakheel Dec 2009 bond dropping to 70.0 cents in one day from 110 cents. Moody's cut ratings on some government-related entities to junk status; while S&P cut ratings on some entities to one level above junk on the same day.
The Dubai Debt Debacle – All That Glitters Is Definitely Not Gold!Author: Devendra
16th Dec '09
Google Chrome Operating System – Too Much Hype?Author: Devendra
27th Nov '09
After much frenzy and fanfare surrounding Google's plans to develop a new Operating System (OS), the Chrome OS preview was finally released on November 19, 2009. The preview was eagerly awaited by millions of tech enthusiasts as it would have provided a new alternative to Microsoft's stranglehold over the OS markets.


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If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Somebody must have scribbled that cheesy old catchphrase on the wall at Visual Concepts sometime in the past year, because the developer has made Major League Baseball 2K10 look and feel a lot like recent entries in the Sony-only MLB: The Show series. Ripping off the competition seems to have been a great idea, too. The result of this copycat-itis is the most fully featured and realistic entry in the decade-long history of 2K Sports' baseball franchise. Gameplay isn't as clean as it could be, especially in the new My Player career option that lets you guide a rookie from the minors to the majors and with some wide-ranging glitches that make the PC port a much more troublesome game than its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 cousins. Still, this remains a passable re-creation of the national pastime that--bugs aside--stands head, shoulders, and batting helmet above its predecessors.
Where MLB 2K10 most resembles its crosstown rival The Show is in the addition of My Player mode, an option that lets you create a rookie and take him to the bright lights and big cities of the Major Leagues. You create a rookie phenom, pick a fave franchise to be drafted into, and then set off to try to become an MLB legend. Skill points are awarded just about every time you slip into your spikes. Hit a single, and you get points for hitting. Make a putout or record an assist, and you get points for fielding. Cross home plate with a run, and you get points for baserunning. Strike out the side, and you get points for pitching. And so on. Special objectives and clutch situations provide additional points. You might be called upon to record an out in under five pitches, for example, or work a hit-and-run when standing on first. You take part only in the plays that your player is involved in, which allows you to zip through entire seasons while manually playing nearly every game on the schedule.
How much action you see depends on the position you choose, of course. If you play a pitcher, you're right in there with every toss from the mound, and you can even get called up to the majors after making a measly five starts in AA. If you assume the role of a third baseman, you just take your at-bats and step into the field every now and then to snag liners or catch pop-ups at the hot corner. So it can be a little dull playing a position player, unless you're totally committed. Still, the role-playing aspect is superb, and you'll find yourself feeling a real team vibe, cheering for your buddies when they're at the plate while you're on base, and being satisfied however you contribute to a win. You know you're in a special baseball place when you get a thrill just laying down a bunt to move a runner into scoring position.
Addictive doesn't even begin to describe how compelling My Player can be. Getting hooked is unavoidable if you're any sort of a baseball fan. Games unfold as though you're recording turns in an RPG or a strategy game, so you find yourself stuck playing just one more over and over again as the time flies by. Trying to get your Cooperstown wannabe buffed with the skill points and striving for his success at the plate, in the field, or on the rubber becomes a total compulsion. You can see yourself getting better with every game, improving both manually as you become more adept with the controls and automatically as your skills improve.
That said, My Player is a grind at first for non-pitchers. This is a freshman effort that needs some tweaking. Player progression for anybody who doesn't spend half of a game playing with a rosin bag is tedious. Criteria for being called up to the big leagues is set in stone, so you need to hit targets for things like average, slugging percentage, and games started, as well as reach plateaus in skill ratings such as contact hitting and speed on the basepaths. This presents a problem, because these standards don't account for what sort of player you're trying to build. There is a serious issue with how skill points are awarded to position players for baserunning. For example, to get that phone call from your favorite GM, you need to clock a speed rating of 65, which is all fine and dandy, because Major Leaguers need to move better than the average couch potato. But what if you want to create a lumbering power hitter who might swipe a dozen bases in his career? It's also tough to earn running points no matter what kind of player you're trying to build. Skill points for running are handed out only for things like successfully taking second on hit-and-run plays called by the computer or crossing home plate, all of which is random. It can take a couple of minor league seasons to get up to speed with your running skills, even if you're trying to develop a lead-off Rickey Henderson type.
Another potential issue with My Player is the starting ratings for hitters when it comes to contact and power. Getting good wood on the ball and muscling it into the outfield is not easy during the first two or three years of your career. Rookies are woeful, even for AA ball, with very little pop. You need to time a swing just about perfectly to hit the ball with some authority, and even then your efforts are typically wimpy dribblers that barely make it to an outfielder before dying. If anything, you feel like you're overmatched in the minors, not some future phenom everybody is talking about. Skilled twitch gamers might not have a gripe here. But players who aren't as talented will find themselves either dropping down to rookie difficulty or tweaking the slider settings that determine things like hit power and contact on the default pro difficulty to allow for more oomph at the plate. Neither is a great option, however. Rookie jacks up offense to near-stupid levels (if you don't hit .750 here, check your pulse), and dialing down pro shuts off the ability to unlock player cards in games. It would be great to see this issue addressed with a patch that adjusts the initial hitting contact and power ratings in pro. Even a slight boost to power would make things a lot better.
Other aspects of MLB 2K10 are more traditional, yet still greatly improved over last year's edition of the game. The primary modes of play, such as Franchise, Play Now, Home-Run Derby, online ranked matches, and online league play, return largely unchanged. The only significant addition is the MLB Today option that lets you play through the real 2010 Major League season as it takes place, starting with Grapefruit League action. Both the visuals and audio have been thoroughly overhauled, which is most notable on the PC. This is easily the best-looking version of the game. All of the fine details seen on the consoles, such as the scruffy wannabe beard sported by Roy Halladay, are given extra sharpness here with increased resolution and the ability to use advanced antialiasing settings to smooth out jaggies. But with that said, there are some visual glitches. Hallucinogenic colors and strobe-light flashing is a regular occurrence on start-up that can only be cleared by exiting the game. Odd graphical effects are also common, from wild shaking when batters approach the plate to serious strangeness like transparent stadiums that make it look like fans are sitting midair.
Audio is also something of a mess. Stadium sound effects go in and out, taking you from dead silence and a few yells to nothing but the cheers and jeers of a few yahoos in the stands. It's kind of spooky because you know you should be hearing the roar of thousands of fans. At least this problem doesn't seem to affect the delivery of the broadcast-booth trio Gary Thorne, Steve Phillips, and John Kruk. They offer insights into the games being played, as well as baseball as a whole. They also list stats like Bill James and even call created players by name if you've got a moniker reasonably common in North America. The soundtrack, however, is all over the place and annoying. Does anyone enjoy hearing Pearl Jam and the Sugarhill Gang back-to-back?
Much more attention has been paid to realism this year, which shows up in a vastly enhanced pitcher-hitter duel…if you can get to it. At-bats are more organic now, whether you're on the rubber or in the batter's box. Everything has been dialed back offensively to make things more realistic than the slugfests that characterized previous games in the series, but the PC version of the game has issues with gamepads. Three different pads from Microsoft, Saitek, and Philips were tried, but none functioned properly. All were acknowledged within the control settings, right down to their proper names and button layouts, but each had different issues. Some worked reasonably well during games but refused to work at all during drills. Some worked with some menus but not others, causing problems when you try to access key screens like the ones where you assign skill points in My Player. And all needed to be tweaked in the control configuration menu. This is a widespread problem, and an unfortunate one given that using the keyboard is a much less enjoyable experience. The right-stick pitching interface where you twirl the stick circularly to mimic motions for individual pitch types is clunky and annoying when mapped over to the number pad on a keyboard. You also lose the great pitcher-pressure features where the pad rumbles whenever you get into a tough spot against a big hitter or with runners on base. And guiding runners along the basepaths while taking cuts in the box is about as confusing as flying in a flight simulator, with your hands roaming all over the keyboard.
A few aspects of gameplay feel off whether you're using a gamepad or not. At the default slider settings, everything in the field is too zippy and frantic when you're out there, which comes as a shock when contrasted with the stoic duel between pitchers and batters. Speed isn't so extreme that you can't make plays, but ball and player movements have been accelerated so that catches and throws often look unrealistic. Weird animations make this effect worse. Players often catch pops contorted like they're doing yoga, and first basemen casually take throws flipping down their gloves instead of stretching properly for the ball. Strange movements take place at the end of innings. If you make an inning-ending catch at third, for example, you often start trotting into right field or do a roundabout jog that looks like an unenthusiastic victory lap. Baserunning is probably the most serious issue. It's just about impossible to steal a base with anyone but the best speedsters in the majors. You have to get off to a perfect jump. Go a split-second early, and you get picked off. Go a split-second late, and you're gunned down by a throw that always seems to be dead on and finished off with a flawless tag. It's immensely frustrating, particularly when you're doing baserunning drills early on with a My Player prospect.
Other problems afflict the online multiplayer modes of play on the PC. It's nigh impossible to get hooked up with a random quick match. The game eternally gets stuck in the creating and finding match stages. It will eventually dump you back to the choose-teams screen, saying that a compatible game cannot be found. Trying to arrange a custom game is every bit as frustrating because while you can see how many other players are online, you can't actually identify or connect with them. It's entirely possible that you might be able to get into PC games online, but after numerous attempts and after trying suggestions from 2K tech support, we've still been unable to do so.
Even though MLB 2K10 is a very good baseball game at its heart and is light years beyond the mess that was MLB 2K9, bugs on the PC version keep it from knocking the ball out of the park. You need to either deal with the headaches or ignore them. Neither choice is a particularly good one, but because this is the only game in town when it comes to arcade baseball on the PC, you have to either like it or lump it in this case.


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When you start Catherine you're not really sure what's going on. What you do know is that you are looking at Vincent. Vincent is in his underwear. He has horns on his head. Vincent is surrounded by sheep and standing at the base of strange wall. Suddenly you are forced to climb as the floor beneath you begins to crumble away. Oddly if it was any other way it just wouldn't feel as right.
Catherine: Controls
Controls are a vital part of any game (hey there Captain Obvious!). If they are not spot on the game becomes infuriating and frustrating. This, more often than not, is the case with Catherine. While I'm not ruling out that this is by design to add a new element of difficulty to the game, it did seem that I felt a very frequent and overwhelming urge to break my controller in half and throw it into a wood chipper because Vincent either moved or didn't move how I instructed him to.
The controls for Catherine were, however, delightfully simple. This was a fantastic boon for the game since there was a very present time limit that is chasing after you, in some instances very literally and also while screaming. There were few simple options during the game: move in a direction, grab a block, use whatever power up you have and from time to time you get to talk or to text. Very simple. But it was the movement that became a little fuzzy. It's this level of "fuzz" that takes away from Catherine's delightfully simple controls. When precise movements mean the difference between life and death it's the precision that needs to be in place before the simplicity.
Catherine's controls get a 3 out of 5.
Catherine: Gameplay
Catherine is a game that is quite unlike any other. Right from the onset you are are thrust into a wonderfully realized world that is full of confusion and chaotic fear. More often than not you will be asking yourself, "What is the correct answer? What is the correct course of action?" With no clear choice of right and wrong you are literally forced to make a choice between two possible answers. Sometimes you may not even agree with these answers. For example the question was posed "Do you believe that life begins or ends at marriage?" You literally have to answer this question in order to progress the game. It does not matter if you agree with either of the decisions, but you do have to answer. It's these answers that will ultimately determine the outcome of the game.
In both the dream world and the real world time always flows. There are certain things you can do to stop it like check your phone or play a video game (within the video game) but other than that time keeps on moving. In the real world there are people you can talk to and learn interesting bits of information about the denizens of the world. However you have to act quick because if you don't talk to them quick enough, they wind up moving on with their evening and you may not be able to help them.
Then there is the difficulty. Catherine is not what you would call easy. It is hard. It's hard because of this always moving time frame. Once you start to work with the puzzles the dropping floor comes up faster than you expect it to. This is without the bosses. You throw them into the mix and you have a confusing puzzle that is quickly getting smaller and smaller while something tries the falcon kick you, chop you, or crush you into paste. Each time you die you see one more continue go away, and with it…a small piece of your pride.
The ability to base a game on your decisions is not something new or unique to a video game anymore. However the always moving, always flowing time frame that takes place in Catherine adds a wonderfully finite dynamic that is something I wish more games carried through. It's this sense of constant urgency that gives Catherine a special edge.
Catherine's gameplay gets a 4 out of 5
Catherine: Graphics
Catherine is an exquisitely beautiful game. This is no secret. The pre-rendered anime cutscenes are definitely well drawn. While the anime style may not be for everyone it is certainly something that I enjoyed. But what struck me was how well the rest of the game lived up to this style.
There is little else to say other than it is so beautifully crafted and rendered that it absolutely deserves recognition
Catherine's Graphics get a 5 out of 5
Catherine: Story
This is a game that will automatically default you to the easy setting. It's not that Catherine doesn't believe in you, it just knows precisely how frustrating it is and it wants you to enjoy it's story. It's the story that will carry you through the game. As you climb you interact with other people. As you interact you begin to learn more and more about them. Learning about their problems you begin to know them. When you see them at each landing between climbs you are happy to see they made it. When they perish you are met with a sense of grief.
Then there is the real world and your friends and bar patrons. Their struggles and stories keep you gripped to the world. The game ceases to be the standalone tale of Vincent and his peccadilloes. The game becomes a living breathing world with surprisingly deep and rich characters who's lives and problems you begin to genuinely care about. The time in between climbs becomes treasured moments of dialogue and depth that is rarely seen in a game these days.
While the game itself is short I find myself wishing that I could have spent more time in the Stray Sheep talking to friends. It's the calm and subtle down time of alcohol and conversation that ultimately keeps you gripped to the game and wanting more. It's the brief interludes on the landings between climbs that somehow manage to be small but powerful.
Catherine's Story gets a 5 out of 5
Catherine: Overall
Overall Catherine is a solid and well put together video game. While the controls were the biggest point of contention they should in no way, shape, or form detract anyone from purchase. With multiple possible endings to both Catherine and (surprisingly) the in-game video game the replayability is sure to keep fans coming back for more. Atlus has absolutely just delivered a winner with this one.
Catherine gets an overall score of 4 out of 5.
Now, first person to answer the name of the game within the game and it's endings gets the first ever Ass Stamp of Approval.