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Do you believe in instincts? I got a text from my best friend, Con asking me to swing by her place. When we get together, expect non-stop talking--mostly of her talking some sense out of me. I think there is such a thing as best friends instinct. No, she did not make me go over to her condo because she needed some consolation. I said, "Okay, let's talk about your problem. What is it?". "Wala, do you have a problem?" And that was it. I love her.
Last night, I have realized how lucky I am to have friends that care for me too much that they:
1. Would pass their fighting spirit unto me.
2. Would fund me credit.
3. Would kick a million asses for me.
I would do the same thing for them. After all, I am done with all the dramaschrama that life has given me. DONE.
I really enjoyed the car ride home with Toni. She is the best. I have so much to thank her for. We were kicking it Laguna Beach before we headed home.
This was at Ris' party at Magallanes last night. 151 has gotten the best of me. You see, I used to be one of the tallest kids in class.
Yesterday, Pop got me this:
I am a huge fan. I hope I my senses do not tweak after reading the book.
Cheerios, I am having Cheerios for breakfast tomorrow.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Do you believe in instincts? I got a text from my best friend, Con asking me to swing by her place. When we get together, expect non-stop talking--mostly of her talking some sense out of me. I think there is such a thing as best friends instinct. No, she did not make me go over to her condo because she needed some consolation. I said, "Okay, let's talk about your problem. What is it?". "Wala, do you have a problem?" And that was it. I love her.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
I have yet to share with you guys the photos from the KSK party. Maybe I'll just link you?
I woke up to a very bad dream this morning. Kind of like a reality check. I have not updated this as much as I usually do because I have been picking on my planner a whole lot lately. Things that pop into my mind--things I dare not share, but will take a photo of but make sure to blur some things.
It seems like my Barbie Pink lipstick is taking its toll on me. Here are some photos from Photobooth. Just thought of sharing since I have nothing decent to share, my mind is filled up with hazy.
Wore an oversized Zara shirt and a Darkwhite ultra-ripped jeans to Tito Davis' party while ago. I also Tweeted about how much I had fun with my cousins.
My tita suggested that I cut my hair short--she claims that my hair is too long and does not fit well with my face shape. Mom's thinking about it. What do I do?!
See my lips that is full of Barbie Pink?
Update real soon!
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I have spent the last ten minutes trying to remove the tiniest piece of paper that landed on my Mac's keyboard and through and in the G keyboard. I obsess over the smallest things--this previous one, having to check on Harley (the worlds cutest puppy) constantly, running around the dining table 14 times (which might have been mentioned one too many times in my back posts), and a whole lot more.
Just a random thought while I was brushing my teeth, staring at my reflection in the mirror. Glasses, check. Skin, ew. Pimples, nothing new to nurse. And then, I have the most brilliant question to ask you. Side note: I read your comments and questions forwarded in my email, thank you. I just do not know when I will be able to comment back.
Have you ever had this feeling? Something that when asked of you, there are no definite words that could best describe what you feel? And all you can give is this...
1. It's when you've bought a new alarm clock. Set the time for alarm at 5 am. You wake up to a call from your friend asking where you are, you're late for an appointment. It's 8am. You've overslept. The batteries died;
2. It's when you're excited for lunch. You're hungry. You haven't eaten breakfast. The line at the cafeteria is too long. You order a rice meal. There's free soup. You burn your tongue from too much excitement and hunger;
3. It's when you've won an award at the VMA's this year. You're up on stage--your moment. And someone grabs the mic from you;
4. Or it's when you've believed in something all your life. Everything goes well for you. You know it will happen. And then comes one instance. Just one instance that makes you believe otherwise and realize that the thing that you believed in all your life is just something close to fairytales. Fairytales are just make-believe.
Have you had any of those or at least close to the ones mentioned above? Share!
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Photo by my cousin. I just added the stamp. Forgive me for being so emotional, I blame the hormones, AND NOTHING ELSE.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
I am in my dining room like a tape rewinder as I try to look back a good 9 years of wonderful friendship. Ups and downs—happiness (to have found the perfect guy, to have seen the most ridiculous hidden talents of each one, to have finished highschool together, and most importantly, to have found each other and build a friendship that will last a lifetime and beyond) and mourning (over jerks and bastards who are also known as "ex-boyfriends", over caring grandmothers, over a brilliant father, over a loving mother, and over an awesome brother). These are the ups and downs that I could blurt out, in this case, type, in one hit.
I met Karla when I was in the third grade under Ms. Godoy's class. The good ole days of Chinese garter where I was the "baby" and she was the "mother"—this line can surely sum up my friendship with the very tall friend. She is straight to the point, never misguided. Opposites are what we are—I am the very perky one and she is very controlled, that is in terms of actions. Observe us one day and you will probably wonder how on earth do these two people remain friends? But I guess our differences, spoken, settled, accepted, or shrugged, are the secret recipe that make us stronger; to understand each other. And that, I would like to believe makes our friendship intact.
Triva: She never hangs up the phone without saying: I love you, Dude!
I met Shai freshmen year in highschool. The demure one. The silent one. Brush and mirror in hand, a perfect combination. These are the two objects that could symbolize the person that she is and our awesome friendship. You know when your hair gets tangled, you run a brush through it, but still have the ends tangled? That is when you need to separate the tangles with your hands; again, you run a brush and have the perfect stroke. I usually have my ends tangled; split, even. I tell Shai via Plurk or Twitter. The simple way of untangling with hands and the way Shai tells me that "it is gonna be okay" are of the same effect—simple but you get something deep out of it. Look in the mirror and you will see yourself; look harder and you will see a different person, someone incredible enough to conquer anything, someone talented yet humble, someone strong who has yet to realize that she is.
Trivia: She is the founder of MVID.
I met Kat the same time I met Shai. She was and still is the most responsible out of all us. Homeworks done the night it was given, projects done a day early. The usual jolly person greeting you, almost jumping up and down, as early as 7:30am. I get a little worried and always get fidgety when I know she is not her usual self. The cause is mine to keep, I choose not to disclose any information about the whereabouts of her heart. Fast forward to the time both of us have been waiting for. Driving to meet the rest of our friends, top down. Of course, we do not put the top down because neither of our cars have a top to begin with. I tell her something, she listens, I talk more, she tells me what to do, I process, she is quiet, I sigh, she smiles at me hopefully, I look up to the night sky, she looks at the rearview mirror. I agree silently when I look up to the sky. She watches out for me when she looks at the rearview mirror—no exchange of words needed.
Trivia: She is the head of the text brigade.
To their friends and loved ones: they're celebrating their birthdays in one night! PLEASE COME and show some love! I know they deserve it.
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Monday, September 07, 2009
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Sunday, September 06, 2009
For so many years, I have had a picture of me at 20 catching a movie, grabbing a late night dinner, on a picnic, even. With you.
No, I have not pictured what you look like when I was 15. No. It was a vague image. Too blurry enough for me to make out your eyes, nose, lips, and ears. But your hair, oh your hair, I have pictured and permanently scanned in my mind.
See, the problem with this dream is that it is perfectly planned out. I have momentarily gazed out the car window, spaced out while Oops! I Did It Again played on the radio.
I mapped out the routes and took notes of the good restaurants we would dine in. Laugh and smoke our hearts out. But then I never pictured you as a smoker. Neither myself. But I thought it would be cool if I pictured you and I as smokers. Downing red wine after our home cooked dinner. I burnt the steak. And you, with a sweet smile ate it as if it is the most delicious thing you have ever tasted. When we were stuffed, you say: "Oh, the steak was grilled the perfection." So was our future. We would sit in our green couch and I would make you listen to Cruisin' because I would then claim that this is our song. We listen to it for more than ten times in a row with no complaint from you. But when your favorite teams are playing for the championships, well, that is a different story.
Today, as I write, I am 21. I have never had that. My mom and I had a good talk about guys. I can never show one. Maybe tomorrow.
So, here I am listening to Interpol's Heinrich Maneuver for the 97th time. I am throwing away my maps and dreams and pictures of you in my mind. Maybe tomorrow.
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Saturday, September 05, 2009
You know how it feels when you are caught in a moment and then you blink. GONE.
I had fun pigging out this week. Wednesday lunch with Bea, whose birthday is today, Toni, and Eleu. And last night with my cousins, Michelle and Clara. 32 rolls, baby!
I have not been in the mood to write anything pleasant. I mean, I am usually not the type to just blog about my current activities--blogging every minute. Don't you think it ruins the very idea of blogging? Again, "I woke up today with... and I am thinking about doing this... My boyfriend said..." Of course, I do not have a boyfriend but you do get me.
Also, I have not been able to answer and thank you for the very kind (and some harsh) questions and comments forwarded in my email re: my posts here in my blog. I will sometime soon. It is just that I have not been able to find my niche in life that I would want to share to the cyber world.
See, this is one of the many posts and promises that I have swore over. Thank you, boring me.
Excuse me for saying this, but I am kind of giddy because I can already smell the Christmas air. Maybe later, I will post photos of my day trip to wonderful Quezon, Wednesday lunch, and Friday dinner.
Meanwhile, I am left alone in the house, while the rest of the family tire their feet from roaming around and shopping for stuff--hopefully, they get me at least 2 items.
I am writing this in one blow, like a punch in the head courtesy a cruel enemy.
What else is there to talk about?
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The title of this entry is copied and taken out from a spread in a magazine that is flopped open. I dare speak.
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
This morning, I woke up to several texts from friends saying that Mr. Alexis Tioseco died of gunshot wounds last night. And so we then again think, another good man has passed away to escape this cruel world. God has spared him from all the evil worldly cares and brought him back home.
He was everyone's favorite film teacher at the University of Asia and the Pacific.
We all hope for justice. Click HERE to know the full story.
Rest in peace, Sir Tioseco.
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Maryland's second-leading rusher from 2012, Wes Brown, finds himself in some legal trouble that could affect his ability to play for the Terps this fall.
Per multiple outlets and citing the College Park Police Department, Brown has been arrested and charged with second-degree assault of a police officer*, theft of under $1,000, and illegal use of wiretapping. A preliminary hearing for Brown has been scheduled for July 31.
(*He swung and missed. No joke.)
TestudoTimes.com, which to our knowledge was the first site to have the story, reports the following:
University of Maryland police spokesperson Sgt. Aaron Davis said College Park police received a call from the Baltimore Police Department, asking for help in locating Brown. Davis said they found Brown Wednesday night on Knox Road, and said Brown assaulted a police officer before running away. Davis also said the wiretapping charge came from recording police officers with his cell phone without their knowledge. Davis declined to comment on why the Baltimore Police Department wanted Brown, saying that it is an open investigation.
Jeff Barker of the Baltimore Sun adds that Brown is a person of interest for the Baltimore police in a non-fatal shooting investigation. Details of that shooting as well as Brown's possible involvement, are unknown. What is known is that Brown has been suspended by Maryland for the time being. Brown was originally being held on $7,500 bond, which has since been lowered to $2,500,
"We are extremely concerned that one of our student-athletes, Wes Brown, was arrested Wednesday evening. This is a matter that we take very seriously. We have been in contact with the local authorities and will continue to cooperate throughout the entire process," the statement from UM reads. "The University of Maryland has suspended Brown, and he is not permitted to participate in any athletic-related activities. Since this is a pending investigation, we will refrain from having any further comment at this time."
The Sun adds that Brown is facing an "unlawful interception of an oral conversation" using a stolen cell phone — a possible update from the wiretapping charge Brown was reportedly facing earlier.
Brown was the second-leading rusher on the Terps last season, finishing with 90 carries for 382 yards and two touchdowns.

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Being a person that lives in San Francisco, we're reliably informed, is one of the best ways to spend lots of money, while simultaneously competing with other persons for very limited living space. The situation is much the same for cars, apparently, because one clever San Franciscan developed a Raspberry Pi-based gadget to help him hold onto parking spaces for as long as possible.
The resident parking spaces near developer John Naulty's home in the Castro have a two-hour limit, but he realized that those two hours didn't start until San Francisco's parking enforcement interceptors – distinctive little vehicles that monitor parked cars – drove past and noted his position.
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So, using a Raspberry Pi as the local brains, a Pi camera as an eyeball, and AWS, EC2 and the TensorFlow open-source machine learning framework to recognize parking interceptors, Naulty developed a system that would alert him when his car's position had been noted and start the two-hour countdown to the next move.
This being San Francisco, Naulty will doubtless develop this system into a startup that makes populist promises about parking for the people, and ultimately sell it to the city for more efficient enforcement.
Having a dedicated camera is mostly the preserve of the professional, these days, since everybody's got a pretty spiffy camera baked into the smartphone that they're carrying with them at all times. But what are they doing on those smartphones? Mostly looking at .gifs. What can't most smartphone cameras do? Shoot their own gifs!
Thankfully, Hackaday reports that designer Nick Brewer has created a Raspberry Pi Zero-based standalone camera that can be used to capture gifs directly. Our long national nightmare of not being able to instantaneously gif the world around us is over.
It's pretty neat-looking, with what Brewer aptly describes as a 90s-disposable-camera-esque cover. He's got instructions here, if you want to make one yourself – you'll need to do some work with a soldering iron, hot glue and some 3D-printed parts, but the software side looks easy enough.
Robotics combined with Legos are nothing new these days, a fact which would have astonished and delighted the author's 10-year-old self to no small degree. Lego's in-house Mindstorms products are the usual way to animate your creations, but the IEEE's Spectrum publication has news here of a project that can let you do it for a lot less money.
The idea is to combine MIT's Scratch programming environment – a graphical front-end designed for use by kids – with the Raspberry Pi and a homemade infrared link to interface with the motile components and actually get stuff to move. For $40, a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is a heck of a lot cheaper than a $190 Lego-branded Intelligent Brick.
Technology and art have gone well together ever since someone realized that a burnt stick could be used to draw pictures of buffalo and naked people on the walls of caves. A slightly more sophisticated application of technology, however, can be seen here, thanks to Bruce Shapiro's Sisyphus, a sand-table installation that procedurally generates some really fascinating patterns:
The guts of it, of course, are a Raspberry Pi, and the system uses a magnet to pull a ball around the table, making trails in the sand. It can even be programmed, and Shapiro said on his Kickstarter page that he thinks of Sisyphus as almost a musical instrument, and that part of the idea is to "inspire a community of composers to 'write' for it."
A Sisyphus table isn't cheap – $795 for an end table is the least expensive option at the moment – but these are undeniably cool.


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Millions of borrowers with crushing student loan debt could benefit from an executive order President Barack Obama signed at the White House June 9. The order broadens eligibility for the administration's Pay As You Earn program, and will allow up to 5 million borrowers to cap monthly student loan repayments at 10 percent of their discretionary income, forgiving any unpaid debt after 20 years.
The new plan folds in borrowers who took out loans before 2007, such as Federal Family Education Loans, or who stopped borrowing by October 2011. These borrowers had been excluded under a 2010 law. (See a White House fact sheet on the changes.)
Thousands of AFT members could benefit under the plan, says AFT President Randi Weingarten, who was at the White House for the announcement. Four of those members stood by and beamed as the president delivered his remarks in the East Room and signed the executive order.
Yvette Levy is a pre-K teacher in the St. Louis Public Schools who has two master's degrees in education and $66,000 in debt. Robert Geremia is a high school teacher in Washington, D.C., who earned his master's degree during three consecutive summers in New York City at Columbia University's Teachers College and owes $37,000. Tenelle Chambers, a paraprofessional working in Baltimore, took out loans for every year of her undergraduate education and struggles to make her repayments, which will total $60,634 when she is done. Melanie Zinn, from Vernon, Vt., attended numerous colleges from 2000 to 2009, finding her way to her calling of teaching, only to lose her teaching job three months after completing her master's. Now she runs her own education business and faces a total education debt of $93,117.
Together, they owe $256,751.
"At a time when higher education has never been more important, it's also never been more expensive," Obama observed, speaking of his passion on the topic, fed by his own mother's sacrifice for the dream of sending her children to college and his experience paying for undergraduate and law school. He stressed his conviction that the U.S. government must do more to help low-income and middle-class families take advantage of the opportunities available to their parents' generation.
"I just came back from Normandy, where we celebrated D-Day. When that generation of young people came back from World War II, at least the men, my grandfather was able to go to college on the GI Bill. And that helped build the greatest middle class the world has ever known.
"… Neither Michelle nor I came from a lot of money, but with hard work, and help from scholarships and student loans, we got to go to great schools. We did not have this kind of burden that we're seeing, at least at the undergraduate stages. Because of law school, we only finished paying off our own student loans just 10 years ago. So we know what many of you are going through or look forward—or don't look forward—to."
We are dedicated to fight forward with @BarackObama and @SenWarren on student loan reform http://t.co/w9gO6vFNOv
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) June 9, 2014
Also present at the announcement were members of Congress, most notably Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who has just introduced a bill on the floor of the Senate, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act. The bill would allow those with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the lower interest rates currently offered to new borrowers. (See related story.)
"No student should have to face the triple threat of skyrocketing higher education cost, high interest rates and crushing student loan payments," Weingarten said.
"This action is just one step in the right direction. Now is the time for lawmakers in Washington to join the president in pushing for more student loan reform, including the passage of Sen. Warren's bill allowing students to refinance their federal and private loans. We must reclaim the promise of higher education by making college affordable and accessible to all Americans."
To cap the White House's focus on higher education, President Obama did his first-ever Tumblr event on June 10, and the topic was student loans.
[Barbara McKenna, Nicole Hochsprung, AFT press release]


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I have a dream Presidential ticket for 2016. What's yours?
CPAC brought to the front the ideological war Ted Cruz, a committed Tea Party conservative, and Rand Paul, a libertarian conservative, are waging against each other. I think both have many virtues and serve the constitution very well in Congress. Indeed, I thought Ted Cruz did a good thing when he took his stand against Obamacare last fall. Nevertheless, I don't want either one as a presidential candidate. Both are provocateurs and, while that's important for getting messages across and rallying the troops, being a provocateur is not the same as being a leader.
So, what is my current dream ticket for the 2016 Presidential election? Scott Walker for President and Allen West for Vice President.
Scott Walker's travails and triumphs in Wisconsin told us a great deal about the man: He's a principled conservative; he can stand the heat without getting ruffled; he's stalwart; and he's an extremely good manager, especially economically. In other words, absent such further evidence as may develop in the next two years, he's perfect chief executive material. Moreover, to date, the worst that the media has been able to discover about him is that, in college, he started campaigning for student office one day early. I think the American people will forgive that.
As for Allen West, there are two reasons I like him. First, I just do. It's the same way I like Keanu Reeves. It happens at a visceral level that I can't articulate. But the other reason I like West is because he's got what it takes to be a Veep preparing to be a president: He's a principled conservative; he's a fiery fighter; he's stalwart; and he understands command. If he'd also had a successful term as a governor, I'd readily put him on the top of the ticket. We've learned the hard way, though, that being president is not a good place for on-the-job training in political management.
So, here's my dream ticket, based on information available today (subject to change as new information becomes available):
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In Mario Power Tennis, the stars of the Mushroom Kingdom are gathering for a tennis tournament, and the competition is going to be fierce. Using the Wii Remote, players actually become their Mushroom Kingdom heroes on the tennis courts. Every lob and smash a player makes is translated into motions by their characters on the court. Play multiplayer games with friends or progress through tougher and tougher tournaments in singles and doubles play. As players win tournaments, clear minigames or challenge Gimmick Courts, they unlock new characters, courts and challenges. With simple swing movements, players can hit topspin, backspin and smashes, and by charging up, they can hit with varying degrees of power or perform other character-specific moves that make even crazier things happen on the court.
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Since Wii has been making a huge success over the gaming world, Nintendo had decided to blend some of their masterpieces with them. With that collaboration, they came up with another masterpiece – Mario Power Tennis. This game features a very nice Play control design and visuals that are very much in detail – from the Mushroom Kingdoms' characters to the tennis play.
The addition of motion control to the classic game of Mario was pretty much ingenious and rare. With this game, people will still have fun – young or old because of its comic visuals and the exercise brought about by the Wii Controller. This game requires precision, timing and a bit of force just like the real game, so every time you win a match, you would feel like you can make it through the big leagues.
As mentioned earlier, due to the advancements to this game brought about by the Wii controller, you can easily maneuver your shots or services. The system quickly responds to all your commands and actions during gameplay. It's got a much enhanced visual effect that makes the tennis environment very vibrant and clear. Also, a ball trail can also be viewed every time you toss a ball for a serve – this gives you the opportunity to view the way you serve the ball and make necessary adjustments for a perfect serve.
Ever since Nintendo joined forces with Camelot Software Planning, Mario Tennis has been earning great reviews over the gaming world. Its pretty much an excellent multiplayer game. In fact, it is branded as one of the best tennis videogames at present. The game still remains addictive, fun-filled and it also a good number of game modes to ensure that boredom will not come in mind when playing the game. Overall it entertained me enough.
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What Is Church? Life In The Trinity Ministries, where Brian McLaren is the "Resident Theologian," proposed this question as their conference theme this past weekend here in Fort Worth. In the latest episode of Outlaw Theology, Brian pontificates his musings as he answers the question, "What Is Church?"
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There's so much more to Austria than Vienna, though.
Salzburg to the north, best known as Mozart's birthplace, is crowned by the Hohensalzburg Fortress, one of the best-preserved medieval castles in all of Europe. Salzburg provides an ideal base for day trips to the great skiing centers of the Kitzbühel and Tyrolean Alps.
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The stretch of the Danube Valley between Melk and Krems, called the Wachau, is such a lyrical bucolic landscape that UNESCO has chosen to preserve it as a Cultural Heritage Site. Here you'll find a rural setting that has survived its transformation from medieval times to the present day virtually unspoiled. Visit the vineyards found here, and sample the famous Rieslings and Grüner Veltliners. The granite rocks underlying the steep Danube terraces bestow a singular terroir on these unique wines that make them famous all over the world.
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The Rise of the Young Luxury Home Buyer
A new generation is skipping the "starter home" and betting heavily on high-end real estate. Lauren Schuker Blum reports on Lunch Break. Photo: Alexia Fodere for The Wall Street Journal.
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Bicyclist killed after colliding with tractor-trailer near Boston University campus
Christopher Weigl was graduate student pursuing Photojournalism masters degree
A Boston University cyclist was killed Thursday in a collision with a tractor-trailer in Boston's Brighton neighborhood.
The cyclist, identified as 23-year-old Christopher Weigl, was struck at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Paul Street.
Weigl was pronounced dead at the scene. No additional information on the victim was released.
Weigl was a Boston University graduate student who was pursuing a master's in photojournalism at the College of Communication. Witnesses say Weigl and the truck both were traveling east on Comm Ave and collided when the truck made a wide right turn onto St. Paul Street.
The truck driver remained at the scene and was cooperating. No citations were issued. A section of Commonwealth Avenue was closed during the investigation.
According to Boston University, Weigl had expressed interest in working for a wire service such as the Associated Press or Reuters, or for Getty Images. He also wanted to spend more time working overseas.
Weigl is the second BU cyclist to die in a collision with a vehicle in less than a month. A student riding his bicycle was killed in Allston last month.


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Most covers listed here contain the original lyrics. Some lyrics include stage banter from particular live performances. Notes and band comments are included where available.
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Although HD DVD appears to be in dire straits, the format battle between it and Blu-ray has had at least one positive ramification: pricing on players has fallen at a rapid rate, and sales are eclipsing those seen in the early years of DVD.
The market seems to have spoken on HD DVD. In the week after Warner's defection to the Blu-ray camp, weekly HD DVD player sales according to NDP sank from a healthy 14,558 the week previous to a paltry 1,758. Blu-ray saw a reverse trend, climbing from 15,257 to 21,770. Blu-ray captured approximately 93 percent of the market that week.
Paul Erickson, DisplaySearch director of DVD and HD Market Research, told Video Business that the competition has resulted in price drops coming at previously unseen speeds. The result has been an explosion of sales that puts the next-gen players ahead of DVD, if you compare their first couple of years. "There is a much larger spike at the end of the year for next-generation DVD due to strong performances by both formats for November and December, as well as heavy competition-driven promotions for both Black Friday and the December holiday season," Erickson said.
Be that as it may, $300 for a Blu-ray player is still too rich for many. Depending on which models you focus on, Blu-ray players dropped an average of 40 percent in price over the year. Now that Blu-ray has a commanding lead among the studios, you might think that a decline in player pricing will slow. The Blu-ray Disc Association has every reason to keep the momentum going, however, even if HD DVD were vanquished tomorrow. Blu-ray still need to compete with both standard DVD and download services.
Indeed, Blu-ray may have lost a challenger only to gain one, two, or three. Apple's new movie rental service is a challenger, if you ask Steve Jobs. The turtlenecked Jobs told CNBC after Macworld that Blu-ray may have beaten HD DVD, but that it will lose the HD content war to download services like that offered by Apple. Truth be told, it's a game plenty of players are in, including Amazon, Netflix, and BitTorrent. Jobs may be right: all of these companies have a real shot at making Blu-ray sweat.
Still, we won't predict the demise of Blu-ray on account of download services. While there will be healthy competition, download speeds, storage, and the much-discussed PC-to-TV problem will conspire against a total victory for downloads anytime soon.


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Every month we take a look back at the top stories from Texas on the Potomac. Here are the most viewed stories from January:
1. Report: Sheila Jackson Lee is 'worst boss' on Capitol Hill. The Washington Times reports the Houston-area representative has a higher turnover rate than any other member of Congress over the past decade. Rick Dunham reports >>
2. Nancy Pelosi defends digitally altered photo that added a tardy Sheila Jackson Lee. The Democratic leader found herself on the defensive in response to charges that she altered a photo … to add four lawmakers who weren't there. Rick Dunham reports >>
3. Wolf Blitzer lectures Ted Cruz after Texas senator says he wouldn't have voted for ' fiscal cliff' deal. While appearing on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer this Thursday, Cruz insisted that like many of the Texas Republicans, he would not have voted for the 'fiscal cliff' deal. Jana Kasperkevic reports >>
4. Sheila Jackson Lee wants feds to collect data on local traffic stops. In an effort to collect information about racial profiling nationwide, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee introduced "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2013." Jana Kasperkevic reports >>
5. Greg Abbott: 'Media reveals location of gun owners in Texas'. The Texas Attorney General took a humorous approach to the number of gun owners in Texas. Rick Dunham reports >>
6. Poll: 67 percent of Texas Republicans want to impeach Obama. The President remains unpopular among Lone Star Republicans, perhaps because of recent gun legislation proposals. Rick Dunham Reports >>
7. Texas Democrats, after decades in the wilderness, find reason for hope at Obama inauguration. After winning five new seats for Democrats in Congress, Joaquin Castro and other Texas Democrats predict turning Texas blue in six to eight years. Rick Dunham reports >>
8. TexMessage: Poll shows Texans narrowly favor assault weapons ban. A Public Policy Polling survey showed Lone Star residents favored a ban by 49 to 41 percent. Corey Kane reports >>
9. TexMessage: Rick Perry may lose his fight against openly gay boy scouts. The Texas Governor opposes a move by the national organization to allow local chapters to decide whether or not to accept only gay scouts and leader. Joanna Raines reports
10. Steve Stockman threatens to seek impeachment if Obama takes executive action on guns. Prior to being sworn in for his second term as president of the United States, Obama was already threatened with impeachment. Stewart Powell reports >>


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Gabriele de Seta is a PhD student at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, currently researching digital folklore and media practices in mainland China. I met de Seta a few times in Hong Kong to discuss his research after following his research archives and reports on Tumblr and NewHive. While much has been written about the Chinese internet in terms of governance, censorship and contention, de Seta focuses instead on the complexity and nuance of the forms of vernacular creativity which characterize Chinese internet culture. This interview was conducted over email.
Ben Valentine: In your most recent NewHive post, you explore Chinese Internet culture (网络文化 or wangluo wenhua) through the visual vocabulary produced by image search results from Baidu, China's largest search engine. Could you share some indicative images and briefly describe their value for Chinese net culture?
Gabriele de Seta: I put together that short essay precisely to question certain assumptions that are almost automatic when talking about China and the internet. My hypothesis was that "internet culture" as a concept is itself part of a very specific Euro-American discourse around digital media—when I talk about internet culture, you know perfectly well that I am referring to multiple platform-specific repertoires of genres of interaction and user-generated content: you know I am talking about internet memes and YouTube celebrities, rickrolling and LOLcats, animated .GIFs and greentext stories. The idea of an internet culture, so to say, is itself part of our own internet culture—an idea rooted in the early communities of garage geeks and programmers, the aesthetics of the home computing era and the hacker ethics of the '90s. But is this the case everywhere?
Opening ceremony of "The first exhibition of Hubei network culture," photo retrieved via Baidu Image search from the Yantai Internet Culture Festival website


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Taste Epoisses, the "King of All Cheeses"
Napoleon loved it, and Jean Brillat-Savarin, a famous French epicurean, dubbed it the "king of all cheeses." Époisses de Bourgogne is a creamy, semisoft white cheese with a runny interior and a distinct wrinkled orange rind that was created in the 16th century by a group of Cistercian monks living in Époisses, France. Women in the region learned the unique method, and carried the tradition until World War II, when production of the cheese nearly died out.
Read how Époisses was rediscovered.
In 1956, Roberta and Simone Berthaut sought out to learn the method from surviving cheese makers and re-introduced the beloved Époisses cheese with the Fromagerie Berthaut branding. Today, Fromagerie Berthaut still produces the cheese, and if you have a good specialty cheese shop nearby, there's a high chance they'll carry Époisses Berthaut.
At room temperature, Époisses is runny like brie and smells very ripe and earthy. Because the cheese is initially washed in salt water, it's extremely salty and has a rich flavor profile that is reminiscent of beef broth. During the fermentation process, the wheels are regularly washed in Marc de Bourgogne, or a local pomace brandy, which gives the cheese its woody flavor and pungent aroma. Époisses has a creamy, buttery spreadability and pairs well with a sourdough baguette and Burgundy wine. Because of its runny consistency, rest the cheese on a bit of parchment paper to keep your board clean. During September and October, you can also enjoy Époisses with Concord grapes. Have you ever tried Époisses? What's your favorite French cheese?


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LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Momentum for the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system continues to build. Nintendo shared new information about upcoming Nintendo 3DS games that will launch in 2012, as well as downloadable content in the Nintendo eShop.
"Millions upon millions of people already know that the best portable gaming content is found on Nintendo systems," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Games from Nintendo and our third-party partners, plus the growing selection of downloadable titles in the Nintendo eShop, will help even more people discover the unique variety of entertainment available only on Nintendo 3DS in 2012 and beyond."
Game information revealed includes:
- New Super Mario Bros. 2: This new side-scrolling installment in the fan-favorite Super Mario Bros. franchise launches Aug. 19 as the Mushroom Kingdom bursts with more coins and gold than ever before. Players can transform into Gold Mario and Raccoon Mario, and challenge friends to beat their high scores in the new Coin Rush mode. Also, for the first time in a hand-held Mario title, players can enjoy a cooperative two-player mode for the entire game via a local wireless connection.
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (KONAMI): The classic action adventure franchise arrives on Nintendo 3DS this fall. Combining 3D graphics with timeless 2D game play, the game marks the return of fan-favorite character Alucard, the son of Dracula himself.
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon: This action-filled game starring Luigi launches for Nintendo 3DS this holiday season. Players can expect more haunted mansions to explore and new ways for Luigi to take on a wild assortment of ghosts in this new adventure. In addition to using the strobe function of his flashlight to stun ghosts, Luigi must solve puzzles and reveal hidden details in the environment to unlock new areas in the mansions.
- Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion (Disney Interactive): This new game combines classic Disney characters with rich, imaginative environments that players can experience in 3D for the first time. The game itself is inspired by the classic Castle of Illusion game and features new ways for Mickey Mouse to interact with the game world using paint and paint thinner.
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star: Launching this holiday season, this classic action role-playing franchise gets a fresh 3D look in its hand-held debut as Mario uses stickers found in the game to win battles and solve puzzles.
- Scribblenauts Unlimited (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment): In this new game, players help Maxwell, the game's hero, explore an unbound world and solve robust puzzles and challenges. The game continues the series' tradition of allowing players to create nearly any object they can think of.
- Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] (Square Enix, Inc.): Celebrating the franchise's 10th anniversary, the latest title from Disney Interactive and Square Enix launches July 31 with StreetPass features, AR Card compatibility and support for the Circle Pad Pro accessory. A demo version is coming soon to the Nintendo eShop.
Additional third-party games on the way for Nintendo 3DS this year include Transformers Prime from Activision, Rabbids Rumble from Ubisoft, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Heroes of Ruin from Square Enix, Inc.


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Emotiv Engine Client Library is posted at CodePlex
I finally got my act together and posted the code for my EmoEngineClientLibrary, which is a C# wrapper around the DotNetEmotivSDK.dll assembly that ships with the Emotiv SDK.
You may recall this code library from such blog posts as:
With this API, you can collect realtime neurodata from the EPOC headset in a managed application. The API simplifies databinding by exposing EmoEngine methods as CLR properties. Also, it provides a PropertyChanged event that notifies your code when new neurodata and other signals arrive. You also get a lightweight WPF visualization library that renders neurodata in realtime.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 26 (UPI) -- A Danish newspaper said its research suggests summer vacation habits in the country correspond with political affiliation.
The Copenhagen-based Urban newspaper said its research indicates nearly one in five members of the center-left Social Liberal party take six weeks or more off from work during the summer while one in four voters aligned with the right-wing Danish People's Party don't take any vacation time during the summer, the Copenhagen Post reported Tuesday.
Kenneth Thue Nielsen, research editor for public broadcaster DR, said Danish People's Party members are more likely to skip summer vacations because they tend to have less education than members of other parties and work unskilled labor jobs, which are plentiful in the summertime.
Nielsen said the trend of right-wing voters skipping their vacations holds true for Conservative People's Party voters, who tend to be wealthier than Danish People's Party voters, because many of them are small business owners who don't have time for vacations.
The newspaper said 58 percent of voters aligned with the left-wing Socialist People's Party take three or more weeks of summer vacation while 65 percent of center-left Social Democrats do the same.


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Hotter Swede: Volvo Australia Builds 325-hp S60 Show Car
Forget all stereotypes of safety and boring design: Volvo's Australian division is working on a go-fast, sporty version of the S60 T6 R Design sedan. Dubbed S60 Performance Project, the one-off car gets a smidge more performance and some visual upgrades.
The car was built in partnership with longstanding Volvo partners Heico and Polestar. The latter helped reprogram the software for the turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six, increasing power from 300 hp to 325 hp, and torque from 325 lb-ft to 354 lb-ft.
German tuning house Heico also contributed a sporty exhaust and new 19-inch wheels shod in stickier Pirelli tires. Like the R Design model on which it is based, the S60 Performance Project rides 0.6 inch lower than stock S60s, with springs that are 15 percent stiffer than stock and dampers that are 20 percent firmer. Interior trimmings encompass bucket seats with larger side bolsters, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, blue-lit gauges, and aluminum pedals.
The Performance Project is primarily a show car that highlights the partnerships between Volvo, Heico, and Polestar. If enough customers show interest in the car, Volvo Car Australia may consider putting the model into limited-run production. It could be the first of many: New reports suggest Volvo will launch a dedicated performance wing with go-fast versions of all its models. The first such car to debut may be the C30 Performance Concept Prototype (which was inspired by the Volvo Polestar C30), but we can't help but think something like the S60 Performance Project would be a great follow-up.
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Planning a trip to London and you're looking for a "Mary Poppins" tour. Look no further…. Spend the day with everyone's favourite singing nanny! Mary Poppins is the magical creation of Australian author PL Travers. Her books were very popular and her life was quite interesting. In 1964, Mary Poppins jumped from page to the silver screen with the help of Walt Disney.
This tour is now in its 4th year and is the only 'Mary Poppins' walking tour in London! More than a tour, it is a fun-filled experience that will have you laughing all the way to the ceiling and recalling cherished childhood memories.
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This tour has it all! Whether or not you've read the books, seen the film or just want to revisit your childhood, you will want come along and reconnect with this lovable British nanny. Singing optional, but always encouraged! This walk has been inspired by the life and books by PL Travers, the Disney film, and the music of the Sherman brothers.
Come along and learn about the London known to the Banks family. Your walking tour begins when you meet your Qualified London Guide who will take you on an outing in The City. Explore places and spaces that gave inspiration to PL Travers and her famous books about that lovable British nanny Mary Poppins. Learn a little about the author's life, about the struggle to get Mary from the page to the screen, as well as behind the scenes gossip about the Walt Disney movie and Julie Andrews too! Join in as we walk and sing our way through the streets and onto rooftops. A great walk for adults, children, and those looking for a fun way to explore!


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By Paul Egan
A poll released to the Free Press on Tuesday suggests that support for Gov. Rick Snyder dropped sharply after he changed course in December and backed the speedy passage of controversial right-to-work legislation.
The poll by EPIC-MRA of Lansing, released exclusively to the Free Press and WXYZ-TV (Channel 7), found 61% of Michigan voters surveyed between Feb. 5 and Feb. 10 gave Snyder a negative job rating, while 36% gave him a positive rating.
Those numbers contrast sharply with the same firm's most recent previous poll, conducted at the end of November, when 51% gave Snyder a positive job rating and 48% gave him a negative rating.
Snyder's favorability numbers also dropped, to 42% favorable and 46% unfavorable in the recent poll from 55% favorable and 32% unfavorable at the end of November.
The live operator poll of 600 likely voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. It included 20% cell phone participation.
Bernie Porn, president of EPIC-MRA, said Snyder's fall from high approval numbers almost entirely can be attributed to the right-to-work issue, which Snyder came out in support of in December after saying for nearly two years the issue was too divisive and not on his agenda. Porn noted his November polling -- released in early December -- projected a drop in support for Snyder if he backed the legislation, which makes it illegal to require financial support of a union as a condition of employment. The latest poll shows that projected drop in support has come to pass, he said.
Sara Wurfel, a spokeswoman for Snyder, said it's not surprising polls will be affected "when you take on big, controversial issues," but "this is just a small snapshot in time," amid a large number of improving trends.
"The governor will continue to make the long overdue, tough decisions that will help move our state forward and build a strong future for all," Wurfel said.
Ron Bowman, 64, a semiretired homebuilder from Shelby Township who describes himself as an independent, said he went from neutral about Snyder to strongly opposed to him over the right-to-work issue.
"The right-to-work thing puts him in the toilet as far as I'm concerned," said Bowman, who participated in the poll.
He said he has not been a union member for 30 years but believes the labor movement helped build a strong middle class and that the right-to-work law will depress wages and hurt the middle class.
Bowman said he didn't like the tax on pensions Snyder pushed in 2011 and the narrowing of eligibility for the homestead property tax credit, but Snyder's backing of the right-to-work law was the first action by the governor that provoked a strong reaction from him.
Snyder, a Republican elected in 2010, saw his approval among independents fall from 59% favorable and 27% unfavorable in November to 40% favorable and 44% unfavorable this month.
The governor maintained a 61% favorable rating among Republicans, down from 78% in late November.
Beverly Ballew, a Grosse Pointe homemaker who writes grants for a nonprofit foundation and leans GOP, said Snyder's action on right-to-work legislation improved her impression of the governor.
"He was strong, and he stuck to his guns" in the face of strong opposition, said Ballew, who also participated in the survey.
"I am totally in support of unions; I think they are good things to have," she said. "But I think they've gotten carried away in their demands, and I think it's hurting Michigan."
Snyder's 2013-14 budget, which included calls for higher gas taxes and vehicle registration fees, was released Thursday, midway through the polling. Porn said the budget could have also been a factor in Snyder's declining numbers, though he does not think it was a significant one.
Snyder has not said definitively whether he will seek a second term in 2014, but has strongly suggested that he plans to do so. No clear Democratic challenger has emerged, with Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, recently announcing she will not run for governor.
Of those who participated in the poll, 42% described themselves as Democrats, 37% as Republicans and 18% as independents.
The EPIC-MRA poll is the third to examine Snyder's approval numbers in the wake of the right-to-work debate, which brought thousands of demonstrators to the Capitol controlled by large numbers of police in riot gear.
A January poll released by Mitchell Research and Communications of East Lansing, a Republican firm, pegged Snyder's approval at 50%, up 3 percentage points from a poll it conducted in December.
In contrast, a December poll by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling of North Carolina found 38% support for Snyder after the right-to-work debate, down 9 percentage points from an earlier PPP poll just before the Nov. 6 election.
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Super Heroes is a licensed theme introduced in January 2012, although, in reality, 2011. Certain promotional sets were available in the Summer and early December of 2011. It currently features a grand total of over thirty, based on the DC Universe and Marvel comic books and movies.
There were nine DC Universe sets (which focus on the Batman, Superman, and Green Lantern series with guest appearance by Wonder Woman and Flash) released in January 2012, with two promotional ones released in May. Twenty-three new minifigures were introduced in the DC Universe subtheme in January.[1][2]
The Marvel collection focuses on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, X-Men, and Ultimate Spider-Man.[3] Seven Marvel sets were released in April 2012, with the Spider-Man set released in July 2012. Nineteen minifigures were also introduced under the Marvel subtheme in April (and February for two of the promotional minifigures).[3]
In addition to regular System models, Super Heroes also features buildable action-figures, known as Ultrabuild sets. These use a building system similar to that used by Hero Factory theme, and feature three characters each from the DC and Marvel universes.
In addition to the DC sets, a video game based on the DC theme was released on June 19, 2012.[4]
The DC subtheme continued into 2013 with sets based on Man of Steel. Other DC minifigures released also resembled appearances in The Dark Knight Rises, as well as comic looks.
The Marvel subtheme continued into 2013 and expanded upon sets based on Ultimate Spider-Man with other characters featured in the show. There also were sets based on Iron Man 3.
There was also a video game based upon the Marvel line, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, which came on October 22, 2013.
The DC line continued into 2014 with five Batman-based sets, with the Batmobile and minifigure being inspired by Beware the Batman. In November 2014, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham was released.
The Marvel subtheme continued into 2014 with sets based on Ultimate Spider-Man with an updated Green Goblin and other characters featured in the show and two sets based on the Avengers Assemble TV series. Another set based on the X-Men franchise was released, while the movie subtheme of Marvel featured sets based on the film Guardians of the Galaxy. In 2015 sets based on the films Avengers Age of Ultron and Ant man were released. In 2016 LEGO Marvel's Avengers was released.
In 2015, sets based on the upcoming film Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice were planned for release, but when the film was pushed back to 2016. The sets based on the film will also be pushed back to 2016 with a different range of DC sets to be released in 2015. [1]
Super Heroes is made up of two separate universes, DC and Marvel. The DC Universe can be divided into two; comic book , which most of the sets are based on, and the movie verse with one set inspired by The Dark Knight Rises and sets based on the upcoming film Man of Steel. The Marvel Universe can actually be further broken up into three other universes; the comic book one, which includes a set based on the X-Men, the TV-verse, as the Spider-Man sets is based off of the Ultimate Spider-Man TV show and the "movie-verse" which is based on the Marvel Cinematic Universe and currently revolves around the movies The Avengers, Iron Man 3, and Guardians of the Galaxy. The Ultrabuild figures depict three DC characters and three Marvel characters as Hero Factory-styled action figures. So far, Marvel Ultrabuilds only focus on the Avengers movie universe.
DC Universe
Sets in the first wave of the DC Universe theme mostly revolve around Batman and his rogues gallery, but other heroes such as Superman, Aquaman, Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Cyborg, Shazam!, and Green Arrow have appeared.
Most of the original sets are very similar to sets from the previous Batman theme, but are now fully comic-based and have a more colourful and cartoony approach to the source material, as opposed to the darker colours used in the original theme, which was mostly based on Batman: The Animated Series (a popular Batman cartoon from the nineties). Many of the minifigures from the original theme which were based on their animated series counterparts (such as The Joker, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Two-Face), and have been changed to resemble a comic-inspired iteration. Characters who already were based on the comic books (such as Catwoman, Bane, and The Riddler) have changed the least, only being updated with new prints, and colours (and in Riddler's case, a new mould, the Small Clown's bowler hat).
In the Batman theme, henchmen were generic characters with only their torsos changing to match the villain they served. In Super Heroes, they are a more personalized, such as the Joker Henchman having his face painted and different clothes, and the Two-Face Henchman having different faces and clothes from the Joker Henchman.
Most characters colour schemes have remained the same, except for Two-Face's, which has drastically changed from white and black to orange and purple. Batman's vehicles frequently use black and yellow where the original ones would use black and gold; he also occasionally uses a light grey and dark blue coloured vehicle. While in the original Batman sets, many villains would carry guns, most of the villains in DC Universe don't have guns at all, the exception being The Joker who even then has his false "BANG" gun.
While many of the structures in Batman would use dark colours like grey, black, and brown, the three structures released in DC Universe; Joker, Riddler, and Harley Quinn's funhouse, a bank, and The Batcave, are generally more colourful; The Funhouse mixes the colour schemes of all three villains included together (this includes colours such as black, red, white, purple, green, and yellow), and the Batcave uses both of the colour schemes Batman has used on his vehicles throughout the first wave (black and yellow and dark blue and grey), and adds transparent light blue lights.
Only one System set revolving around a hero other than Batman was released in the first wave. 6862 Superman vs. Power Armour Lex depicts Superman fighting a large, purple and green, Kryptonite-powered mech piloted by his arch-nemesis, Lex Luthor, while trying to rescue Wonder Woman.
Even though the first wave of the DC sets are mostly comic based, two promotional items given away at the San Diego Comic-Con depict Batman and Green Lantern (who hasn't appeared as a minifigure elsewhere) in costumes based on their appearances in The Dark Knight Rises and Green Lantern movies, respectively.
At SDCC 2012, two promotional exclusive minfigures were released, both based on their comic book appearances. The super hero Shazam! and Bizzaro, another enemy of Superman.
In 2013, a set inspired by The Dark Knight Rises was released. It includes Batman, Bane, and Commissioner Gordon inspired by their appearances in The Dark Knight trilogy. Also included is The Bat, which is black with blue highlights, a redesigned Tumbler in a desert camouflage colour scheme and smaller than the original, and two yellow and black barricades.
10937 Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout, features a new model of Arkham Asylum, which featured dark colours such as dark grey, black, and dark red. It also brings back the dark and gothic feeling to the theme.
76000 Arctic Batman vs. Mr. Freeze: Aquaman on Ice features the Batboat in the same black and yellow color scheme as the pervious year's vehicles and a white, trans blue, and grey ice prison. It also features Batman in an exclusive Arctic suit and Aquaman , the only non-Batman character in the winter 2013 wave.
Guns are introduced to the DC subtheme and one is given to Gordon, the villains, however, for the most part still lack guns or weapons( the exceptions being Mr. Freeze, who has his freeze gun and The Penguin who has his umbrella)
The Penguin who was featured in the original theme based on his comic book appearance, is only updated with new prints and colours. The Scarecrow and Mr. Freeze, who were based on their appearances on Batman:The Animated Series, are updated with new prints and colours and with Freeze a new helmet and gun design.
Three sets based on the upcoming Superman movie, Man of Steel will be released to coincide with the release of the film. All minifigures in the Man of Steel -themed sets are based on their appearance in the film.
76002 Superman: Metropolis Showdown depicts a fight between Superman with a yellow and black sports car and General Zod with a black satellite on a grey and tan base, that has a feature to launch the car.
76003 Superman: Battle of Smallville features Superman and Colonel Hardy in a tan military Jeep, battling Zod, Faora and Tor-An in a grey spaceship.
76009 Superman: Black Zero Escape depicts Superman saving Lois Lane trapped in a black pod from Zod on a dark grey platform.
Unlike with DC, LEGO did not previously have a license with Marvel, so the sets are mostly unique, and do not currently bear any resemblance to the previous Spider-Man sets (which were licensed to SONY, not Marvel).
Most of the sets in the first wave of the theme are dedicated to the movie The Avengers, which pits a team of six super heroes; Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, against Thor's brother, Loki, and his allies, an army of Aliens. Most of the heroes vehicles, are owned by a branch of the United States military called S.H.I.E.L.D. which is run by Nick Fury, and develops and deploys superhuman operatives for large threats. The vehicles are mostly dark blue with at least one sticker which will say S.H.I.E.L.D. and have the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo, an eagle, but seem to have different color schemes for different vehicle types.
The armored vehicle driven by Hawkeye in 6867 Loki's Cosmic Cube Escape is dark blue with light grey accents, some black, and a transparent windshield.
An aircraft that appears in 6868 Hulk's Helicarrier Breakout, also driven by Hawkeye, is dark blue with some light grey accents, but also with yellow accents and a transparent brown windshield. The interior of the Helicarrier, also included, has a floor that is different shades of grey in different parts, transparent light blue screens, a large, transparent container for holding Loki in the center, and white, black, and different shades of blue at different areas.
Unlike the other vehicles, the Quinjet is dominantly grey with some dark blue and transparent brown windshields.
Captain America's motorcycle doesn't follow the S.H.I.E.L.D. colour scheme, and is instead dark red with blue and black.
The Aliens' vehicles are more consistent, with a colour scheme that always includes dark tan, gold, and purple.
All of the minifigures in the Avengers-themed sets are based on their appearance in the movie.
6866 Wolverine's Chopper Showdown is not movie-based, but instead comic-based like the DC sets and is focused on the X-Men. It pits Wolverine on his grey motorcycle against Deadpool and Magneto in their helicopter, which is dark red, black, and dark grey.
6873 Spider-Man's Doc Ock Ambush has Doc Ock's lab in it, and is based on the Ultimate Spider-Man TV series. It features the lab being bright blue, black, and grey and a getaway car. It features Spider-Man rescuing Iron Fist from Doc Ock.
Captain America, Iron Man, and The Hulk have also appeared in their comic book costumes in various promotions.
At SDCC 2012, two promotional exclusive minfigures were released,one based on the comics, Phoenix( a member of the X-Men) and the black suited Spider-Man, which is based on its appearance Ultimate Spider-Man.
In 2013, two more sets were released based on Ultimate Spider-Man.
76004 Spider-Man: Spider-Cycle Chase features Nick Fury in a green flying S.H.E.I.L.D. car and Spider-Man on his grey, black, and red Spider-Cycle pitted against Venom and some of the black symbiote globs.
76005 Spider-Man: Daily Bugle Showdown pits Nova and Spider-Man defending the beige DBC building and J. Jonah Jameson from Beetle and Dr. Doom in his black and grey Doomjet.
Three sets based off of Iron Man 3 were also released. All minifigures in the Iron Man 3 -themed sets are based on their appearance in the film.
76006 Iron Man: Extremis Sea Port Battle features Iron Man and War Machine chasing after Aldrich Killian in a dark green, yellow, and black speedboat. Also a red buoy on blue water is included.
76007 Iron Man: Malibu Mansion Attack pits Tony Stark/ Iron Man protecting Pepper Potts and their white and grey mansion from The Mandarin and an Extremis Soldier in a grey, dark green, and yellow helicopter.
76008 Iron Man vs. The Mandarin: Ultimate Battle pits Iron Man against The Mandarin in a flame throwing buggy in the same colour scheme as the boat and helicopter.
76022 X-Men vs. The Sentinel is also a new introduced non movie-based set. It includes more X-men like Cyclops, Storm and The Sentinel! It also got a jet in mainly blue and black!
The Ultrabuilds are constructable action figures based on a ball-and-socket building system. All of the figures are made of a black and grey TECHNIC-like skeleton, with armor of varying colours placed upon it, although they all feature unique, semi-realistic head moulds.
The models are based on both DC and Marvel. They are built similarly to recent Hero Factory sets. All of the ultrabuild figures have two friction joints, which do not appear in similarly sized Hero Factory sets, an exclusive head, and all feature either a printed chest or torso piece, except for The Hulk.
Three DC ultrabuilds have been released to date based on Batman, The Joker, and strangely, Green Lantern who has yet to appear in a system set. The Ultrabuild figures utilize different color schemes than their respective minifigures, and also have different weapons.
Batman is depicted as wearing blue boots, a blue cowl, blue sleeves, and blue over his chest, while everything else is gunmetal in colour, with the exception of his "cape" which is made of two long, curved pieces on either side of his back. Batman carries a sword, while in the sets he generally carries a Batarang.
Green Lantern, who has only been promotionally released in his movie based costume, has bright green boots, shoulder pads, and chest, while his upper legs and lower torso are gunmetal, and his arms are gunmetal and white. Unlike his minifigure, who had no accessories in the promotion, Green Lantern wields a construct which takes the form of a morning-star weapon.
The Joker is the most drastically different from his minifigure, who mostly wears purple. As an Ultrabuild, however, he wears little purple, only having it on his shoulders, coat tails, lower arms, and lower legs. His other parts are a large variety of colours including gunmetal, bright green, and orange. He also carries a ray gun which uses colours such as transparent orange, white, and transparent neon green.
- Marvel
The three Marvel characters who have appeared as Ultrabuilds, Iron Man, The Hulk, and Captain America, have colours closer to their respective minifigures, but still different.
Iron Man is bright red; rather than dark red, and gold, and has a large, shoulder mounted, golden gun.
The Hulk is lime green, rather than bright green. Other differences are that he has gunmetal armor on his shoulders and waist, and that his shorts are blue, rather than purple or tan.
Captain America's blue parts are a brighter shade than the minifigure's, and he has white comic eyes, rather than more realistic ones like the minifigure. He also has a white waist, and silver armor on his shoulders.
DC Universe
The DC Universe subtheme's continuity is based on no particular DC continuity, but instead follows the original one used in the Batman theme, which is based on the comic books and the DC Animated Universe. So far, the story has mostly been told through the comic books included in the DC sets.
In the first comic, The Joker and Harley Quinn team up with The Riddler, and capture Robin. They hang him over a barrel of a green substance until Batman arrives and triggers the traps at their hideout, using them against the villains. Batman then rescues Robin, and the three villains then escape on the roller coaster, leaving the ending open for play opportunities.
In the second, Catwoman steals a diamond and Batman gives chase to her.
The third issue depicts Batman and Robin capturing Poison Ivy, and bringing her back to The Batcave. Bane then enters on his drill to rescue Ivy. Bruce Wayne quickly changes into Batman, and uses the Batcycle to fight Bane's drill, before it is left at a cliff-hanger.
In the fourth, Lex Luthor has captured Wonder Woman and Superman proceeds to save her. Lex's mech is destroyed, but he escapes. Wonder Woman is then shown posed heroically, swinging her lasso, again leaving the end open.
In the next comic, The Joker returns, this time in his helicopter and with a henchman. He tries to drop a laughing gas bomb on Gotham City, but the Batwing almost destroys his helicopter. The Joker and the henchman are shown grasping on to the rotor, once again leaving the end open.
In the final comic, Two-Face is robbing a bank. Batman gives chase to him in the Batmobile, at which point the comic ends openly again.
In a three-part story in LEGO Magazine and on LEGO.com, Batcave Break-in, Lex Luthor creates the Injustice Gang, a team composed of himself, The Joker, Catwoman, Bane, Poison Ivy, and Two-Face. They manage to find the Batcave and defeat Batman and Robin, but fail to decide who gets to have their revenge first, which causes them to fight amongst themselves, and allows Batman and Robin to escape and capture them all at once. Strangely, Mr. Freeze and Harley Quinn appear on the cover of the first part of Batcave Break-in, but don't appear in the story. Mr. Freeze wasn't even included in any of the sets in the first wave of DC Super Heroes, but he made an updated appearance in the 2013 line of DC Super Heroes.
In the winter 2013, one comic was released featuring all three sets. Dr. Harleen Quinzel (as Harley Quinn) with the help of The Penguin breaks The Joker, Mr. Freeze, The Scarecrow, and Poison Ivy out of Arkham Asylum, while Batman arrives to stop it, but is frozen by Freeze. The other villiains leave Freeze behind, and Robin arrives and beats Freeze while Batman subdues the other villiains.Aquaman talks with a whale before arriving on a dock and frozen by Mr. Freeze with Batman coming to his rescue in the Batboat. Batman in The Bat and Commissioner Gordon work to stop Bane in a camoflague Tumbler and are successful.
Most of the Marvel sets are based on The Avengers. In The Avengers, Loki and his army of Chitauri threaten Earth. S.H.I.E.L.D. commander Nick Fury puts together a team of six super heroes, Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, to battle Loki and save the Earth.
In the first comic, the Alien General and a Alien Foot Soldier flew over a bridge, and then blasted some cars out of the way. Meanwhile, Captain America put on his suit and ran out of a military base. Then, he rode onto the bridge on his avenging cycle and saw the alien general shooting his gun. Captain America threw his shield and disarmed the general. The alien pilot fired at him, but he used his shield to block it. The ship flew away, and Captain America threw his shield to stop it. Like the DC set comics, it ends in a cliffhanger.
In the second comic, an "Artifact transport" was about to go into a tunnel, but Loki ambushed it. After blowing it up, the cosmic cube flies into his hand. However, Hawkeye comes out of the tunnel in his S.H.I.E.L.D. pickup truck. Loki turned around, noticed this, and hypnotized Hawkeye. Loki used his powers to lift the truck and threw it to the side. Iron Man noticed this and flew to the scene to stop Loki. Loki used the cosmic cube to blast Iron Man out the sky. Loki got away with Hawkeye on the truck, and Iron Man gave chase.
In the third comic, the SHIELD Jet was flying towards the Helicarrier. Inside of the Helicarrier, The Hulk tapped on Loki's prison cell. Thor noticed this. Hulk and Thor looked up to see the SHIELD jet smash through the side of the ship. Hulk charged at the jet and started smashing it, but looks puzzled to see Hawkeye (He is still hypnotized). Then, all four of them see Loki use his powers to summon his staff, smash through his cell, and escape.
In the fourth comic, Black Widow, Iron Man, and Thor noticed a disturbance in the streets. They flew in the Quinjet to check it out. Iron Man flew out of the Quinjet and saw Loki and an alien in their chariot-like ship. Iron Man fired a repulsor blast that blew up the first part of the chariot where an alien was driving. The alien and the bricks fell on the roof of a building, but the alien started to rebuild his half of the ship. Loki sent a blast of magic at Iron Man that knocked him out of the sky, but he landed on a rooftop. Loki and Thor stared at each other with hatred in their eyes. Thor jumped and slammed his hammer on the rest of the ship, destroying it. By this time Iron Man and the alien had rejoined the battle. Loki used his magic to retreat with the alien. Thor threw his hammer again at Loki and the alien, and the comic ends.
In the first X-Men comic, Deadpool entered an armoured fortress, but Wolverine attacked him. Deadpool ran away and jumped into a helicopter with Magneto. Wolverine saw a motorcycle, jumped on it, and pursued the helicopter. He used jumped a rock and flipped off the motorcycle. He then used his claws to slice off some of the helicopter. Magneto and Deadpool went flying off. They all fell, Wolverine disarmed Deadpool, and Magneto uses his power to raise both of them, where the comic ended.
The story behind the Spider-Man set is Doc Ock has Iron Fist hostage in his lab to steal his powers,Spider-Man comes to his rescue, and Doc Ock gets away on his car at a cliffhanger.
In the 2013 winter wave, one comic was released covering the two sets of the wave. Nick Fury arrives in his S.H.I.E.L.D. and informs Spider-Man that J. Jonah Jameson thinks he has deduced Spider-Man's identity and he must protect Jameson and the information. Beetle attacks Jameson in his office, and Venom attacks Beetle. Dr. Doom shows up in his Doomjet which Venom attacks and fights Beetle. The Doomjet crashes to the ground as Spider-Man swings to the fight, while Doom survives. Nova arrives to the fight and Spider-Man attacks Venom and disarms Beetle, while Nova slams Beetle into the ground. Dr. Doom blasts all four them away. Nova helps Spider-Man up, and is scared as they are outnumbered as Venom has teamed up with Beetle and Dr. Doom. Fury arrives in his car and launches a missile, Venom and Beetle attack the car and Venom has Fury hostage. Nova and Spidey aboard his Cycle race to his rescue. The comic leave at a cliffhanger as a battle starts between Nova, Fury, Spider-Man, Doom, Beetle, and Venom, with Jameson ensnared by Venom. Oddly, Iron Man shows up in the background of the final panel, possibly hinting at the summer Iron Man 3 sets.
One comic was released that coveedr the three sets in Iron Man 3.
The Ultrabuild sets depict the six figures in "Power Armour".
In the DC sets, Batman is attempting to foil The Joker's latest scheme, while Green Lantern protects a planet from meteors. In an issue of LEGO Magazine, the Ultrabuild Joker creates a device that he uses to absorb the forms of Batman and Green Lantern into himself, creating Lantern.
The story for the Marvel Ultrabuilds in the comics is that Captain America, Iron Man, and The Hulk are fighting as The Avengers to stop meteors from hitting Earth.
Promotional Releases
|Number of pieces
|Exclusive Batman Giveaway
|July 2011
|Exclusive Green Lantern Giveaway
|Green Lantern
|July 2011
|Exclusive Superman Giveaway
|October, 2011
|York Toy Fair Exclusive Captain America and Iron Man
|Captain America, Iron Man
|Lex Luthor
|Lex Luthor (Power Armour)
|June 2012
|The Hulk
|The Hulk
|May 16 2012
|Avengers Poster
|San Diego Comic-Con International Exclusive Limited Edition Print
|Exclusive Shazam! Giveaway
|July 2012
|Exclusive Bizarro Giveaway
|July 2012
|Exclusive Black Suit Spider-Man Giveaway
|Spider-Man (Black suit)
|July 2012
|Exclusive Phoenix Giveaway
|July 2012
DC Universe
DC Universe
|Number of pieces
|$14.99 / €14.99
|December 20, 2011/January2012
|The Joker
|$14.99 / €14.99
|December 20, 2011 (Latin America) 2012 (USA)
|Green Lantern
|$14.99 / €14.99
|December 20, 2011 (Latin America) / 2012 (USA)
|DC Universe Super Heroes Collection
- DC Combiner models
- Batman and Green Lantern Combiner Model
- Joker and Green Lantern Combiner Model Two
- Joker and Green Lantern Combiner Model One
- Lantern
- Super Heroes Combiner Model
|Number of pieces
|Iron Man
|$14.99 / €14.99
|April 2012 (UK)
|The Hulk
|$14.99 / €14.99
|April 2012
|Captain America
|$14.99 / €14.99
|April 2012
- Marvel Combiner models
Video Games
|Number of pieces
|Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
|$49.99 (Xbox 360 and PS3) / 39.99 (Wii, 3DS) / 29.99 (DS) / 19.99 (PC) / €49.99 (Xbox 360 and PS3) / 39.99 (Wii) / 29.99 (DS and PC)
|Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
|Marvel Super Heroes
|Number of pieces
|Batman: The Visual Dictionary
|Batman (Electro Suit)
|September 3, 2012
|Batman 2: DC Super Heroes: Prima Official Game Guide
|June 19, 2012
|No image
|DC: Batman 8x8 1
|June 1, 2013
|No image
|DC: Batman 8x8 2
|June 1, 2013
|No image
|DC Superheroes: Comic Reader 1
|June 1, 2013
|No image
|DC Superheroes: Comic Reader 2
|June 1, 2013
DC Universe
|Bane (Comic)
|Bane (The Dark Knight Rises)
|Batman (Comic-Con suit)
|Blue Batman
|Black Batman
|Black Batman (New Cowl)
|Blue Jet-pack Batman
|Electro Suit Batman
|Black Winged Batman
|Arctic Batman
|Batman (The Dark Knight Rises suit)
|Batman (Beware the Batman suit)
|Batman (Scuba Suit suit)
|Batman (Juniors)
|Batman (DUPLO)
|Batman (Batman Begins)
|Batman (New 52)
|Batman (New 52 with boots)
|Batman (Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice)
|Bruce Wayne
|Clark Kent
|Colonel Hardy
|Commissioner Gordon
|Dr. Harleen Quinzel
|Damian Wayne
|General Zod (Standard suit)
|General Zod (Combat Armour)
|Green Arrow (Film)
|Green Lantern (New 52)
|Harley Quinn
|Joker Goon (Demolition Uniform)
|Joker Henchman
|Lex Luthor (Suit)
|Lex Luthor (Warsuit)
|Lois Lane
|Martian Manhunter
|Mr. Freeze
|Penguin Minion
|Poison Ivy
|Robin (Hooded)
|Superman (Comics)
|Superman (Man of Steel)
|Superman (Black Suit)
|Captain Cold
|Gorilla Grodd
|The Joker
|The Joker (Inmate)
|The Joker (Gangster)
|The Joker (DUPLO)
|The Joker (The Dark Knight)
|The Penguin
|The Penguin (Fur Coat)
|The Riddler
|The Riddler (Racing Suit)
|The Scarecrow
|Two-Face Henchman
|Two-Face Henchman
|Wonder Woman
|Wonder Woman (New 52)
|Plastic Man
Non-physical characters
|Agent Coulson
|Agent 13
|Aldrich Killian
|Alien Foot Soldier
|Alien General
|Baby Groot
|Baron Mordo
|Baron von Strucker
|Black Panther
|Black Widow
|Black Widow (Age of Ultron)
|Captain America (Avengers)
|Captain America (Bucky Barnes)
|Captain America (Avengers Assemble)
|Captain America (Age of Ultron/Hoodless)
|Captain America (Age of Ultron)
|Captain America (Comics)
|Captain America (Pilot jacket)
|Captain America (Space Suit)
|Captain America (Scuba Suit)
|Captain America (Civil War)
|Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
|Doc Ock (Ultimate Spider-Man)
|Doc Ock (Comic)
|Doctor Strange
|Dr. Doom
|Drax (Vol. 2)
|Electro (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
|Extremis Soldier
|Falcon (Civil War)
|Gamora (Vol. 2)
|Giant Man
|Green Goblin
|Hank Pym
|Hawkeye (Avengers)
|Hawkeye (Age of Ultron)
|Hawkeye (Civil War)
|Hydra Henchman
|Hydra Henchman (Age of Ultron)
|Iron Fist
|Iron Legion Accomplice
|Iron Man (Comics)
|Iron Man (Mark 6)
|Iron Man (Mark 7)
|Iron Man (Mark 17)
|Iron Man (Mark 33)
|Iron Man (Mark 37)
|Iron Man (Mark 39)
|Iron Man (Mark 42)
|Iron Man (Mark 43)
|Iron Man (Mark 45)
|Iron Man (Mark 46)
|Iron Man (Hulkbuster)
|Iron Man (Heroic Age)
|Iron Patriot
|Iron Skull
|Iron Spider
|Justin Hammer
|J. Jonah Jameson
|Magneto (Headmaster)
|Maria Hill
|Mary Jane Watson
|Miles Morales
|Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
|Nebula (Vol. 2)
|Nick Fury
|Nick Fury (The Winter Soldier)
|Nova Corps Officer
|Pepper Potts
|Peter Quill
|Peter Quill (Vol. 2)
|Power Man
|Red Hulk
|Red She-Hulk
|Red Skull
|Rocket Raccoon
|Rocket Raccoon (Ravenger Suit)
|Rocket Raccoon (Vol. 2)
|Ronan the Accuser
|Sakaaran Soldier
|Scarlet Witch
|Scarlet Witch (Civil War)
|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent
|Spider-Man (Civil War)
|Spider-Man (Symbiote)
|Spider-Man(Amazing Spider-Man 2 Suit)
|Spider-Man (Juniors)
|Star-Lord (Vol. 2)
|Super Adaptoid
|Sub Ultron-Soldier
|Sub Ultron-Officer
|The Ancient One
|The Collector
|The Hulk (Avengers)
|The Hulk (Minifigure)
|The Hulk (Avengers Assemble)
|The Hulk (Age of Ultron)
|The Hulk (AoU Minifigure)
|The Hulk (2017)
|The Mandarin (Robes)
|The Mandarin (Robeless)
|Thor (Avengers Assemble)
|Thor (Age of Ultron)
|Tony Stark
|Truck Driver
|Ultron Prime
|Ultimate Ultron
|Venom (Juniors)
|War Machine
|War Machine (Civil War)
|Winter Soldier
|Winter Soldier(Civil War)
|Wolverine (Classic)
|Yellow Jacket
|Yondu Udonta
Non-physical characters
Other Merchandise
- LEGO Super Heroes Movie Maker (App for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod Touch (3rd and 4th Generations, and iPad))
- LEGO Super Heroes Shields
TV Shorts
See Also
References and sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 LEGO Press Room
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ICv2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LEGO Press Room
- ↑ LEGO Superheroes 2012 : Les images - Brick Heroes


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Year 4 Miss Stafford
Welcome to Year 4
Miss Stafford
Parents/carers will be able to follow their children's progress throughout the school year. Please follow our school blog which shows the brilliant work/activities we will be doing. The blog contains images and videos of work created by the students and teacher updates.