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Four miles south west of Wetherby, at the heart of the so-called golden triangle of Wetherby, Harrogate and Leeds is the idyllic location of the Lower Wharfedale village of East Keswick.
This ancient Domesday Book village lies on a quiet country lane which meanders between Collingham and Shadwell. The community comprises some 1146 people, two pubs, two churches, a twice a week post office, village hall, hairdressers, beauty salon and butchers.
The village is a conservation area surrounded by rich farmland and numerous attractive walks. Its history has been chronicled in a highly acclaimed Millennium Book and probably uniquely, it enjoys its own Wildlife Trust which manages large tracts of local land.
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In September 2001, it was awarded Best Village in North of England regional finals of the nationwide competition sponsored by Calor and the Daily Telegraph. Five years later, in the 'best of the best' competition, the village was the Northern Regional Winner.
On July 11th 2002, HM The Queen was driven through the village on her route from Harewood to Leeds and on St Valentine's Day 2003, HRH The Prince of Wales spent more than two hours visiting the village and meeting some of its residents. His Deputy Private Secretary wrote later 'The Prince of Wales has asked me to express to you just how much he enjoyed his visit to East Keswick. It is a remarkable village in every way and it gave him the greatest possible pleasure to visit it and to meet so many residents. The community spirit and sense of identity and belonging impressed him beyond measure'.
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Another date for your diary is the Annual Village Litter Pick, postponed from April. We now plan to run it on Saturday 20th September to tie in National Litter Week. If you can spare an hour just turn up at the Old Star Car Park and we'll give you a tabard, gloves, grippers and a bag and a route. Bring back the rubbish collected and Leeds will collect that and dispose of it later. It's a good bit of fun and all the family are welcome.
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Willie Nelson's publicist tells E! News the country legend is doing "fine" after suffering breathing problems on Saturday that prompted him to cancel a Saturday performance just outside of Denver, Colo.
"Willie's fine. His shows are gonna continue," said his rep, Elaine Shock. "This was the only one that was canceled. He's actually on the road to the next gig."
Willie Nelson's mellow weed deal goes up in smoke
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Nelson, 79, was supposed to play a benefit concert at Castle Pines Village, about 21 miles north of Denver, that would have raised money for the Dumb Friends League, an animal sheltering organization (the event was dubbed Lulu's Barkin' BBQ). But an organizer told the Denver Post that Willie "woke up and had trouble breathing, so he was taken to the hospital."
Nelson's rep couldn't confirm if he was actually hospitalized, but she noted the "Always on My Mind" singer has already made a speedy recovery and is scheduled to perform next at the House of Blues in Dallas Texas on Aug. 21.
"He's not going anywhere," she added. "It really was high altitude-related."
Check out Willie's collaboration with Snoog Dogg
This isn't the first time Nelson's lungs have failed him.
While on a family vacation in Hawaii in 1981, the country star and marijuana legalization activist suffered a collapsed lung while swimming that sent him to the hospital. The incident forced him to scrap 18 concerts while he recuperated.
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Upcoming Chapter Meeting: AAII Santa Barbara/Ventura
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2013
Topic: Smart Investing: Seeking Reward While Reducing Risk
Speaker: Charles Rotblut, CFA, Vice President, AAII; Editor, AAII Journal
Maximizing the potential for reward is about identifying attractive investments and prudently managing your portfolio. Reducing risk is about limiting behavioral errors and avoiding investments with a greater likelihood of decreasing in price. AAII Journal editor Charles Rotblut gives you actionable strategies for striking a prosperous balance between reward and risk.


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Appointed to the faculty in September 1979, Dr. Martin has served as Director of Freshman English and Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He has won several awards for excellence in teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences (1986, 1992, 2001), and was named Niagara University's Teacher of the Year in 1997.
Dr. Martin's published articles have appeared in various educational and literary journals, including Provocateur, English Journal, Michigan English Teacher, The English Record, Irish Times,and the International Journal of Languages and Literature, and he has also has presented papers at regional and national academic conferences and currently serves as a national adjudicator for the prestigious Fireside Scholarship, sponsored annually by the Fireside Press of Wichita, Kan. He has also served as an editorial consultant for The Collegiate Press of Alta Loma, Calif.
Dr. Martin teaches surveys and upper-level courses in British literature, including:
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Like many of his colleagues whose scholarship informs their teaching, Dr. Martin has published articles in refereed journals, chaired sessions and presented papers at scholarly conferences, and participated in academic workshops with colleagues on a broad range of literary and pedagogical topics. Much of his scholarly research reflects his enthusiasm for particular authors or individual works of literature that he has taught in various courses at Niagara University.
Dr. Martin's research interests have evolved over the years, from an early interest in Mary Wollstonecraft's use of gothic fiction as a vehicle for social criticism to include later Victorian novelists such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Thomas Hardy. He is also interested in the Romantic poets generally, and has presented papers at conferences on topics as diverse as John Keats's narrative poems and Lord Byron's collection of sacred lyrics, "Hebrew Melodies." Twentieth century English poets who have served as subjects of Dr. Martin's scholarship include W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin, while his penchant for Irish literature is reflected in a series of published articles dealing with the works of William Butler Yeats and a triumvirate of contemporary Irish authors: Frank McCourt, Alice Taylor, and M. K. Walsh. Dr. Martin's published research has appeared in numerous professional, scholarly, and online journals.
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- M.A., Niagara University
- B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo
Current Involvement
Since its inception in 1992, Dr. Martin has served as one of three national adjudicators for the prestigious Fireside Scholarship Essay Competition sponsored by Fireside Catholic Publishers of Wichita, Kan. In his local community, Dr. Martin has served as a member of the Lewiston Historic Preservation Committee, chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals, and as a member of the Lockport Irish Feis Commission.


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OREM, Utah (AP) — The offer seemed too good to be true: A four-year scholarship at Utah Valley University just for the asking.
Turns out, it was a mistake that disappointed hundreds of parents and students.
"I told my parents that I have this free ride to UVU, and even though it's not my top option, they're like, 'Well, you're going to UVU,'" recalled Sarah Payne, a high school senior.
Administrators at Utah Valley University apologized and blamed the confusion on a clerical error discovered after they had alerted 300 high school seniors they were eligible for a full tuition award worth $4,122 a year.
"I honestly was shocked because I hadn't even applied to UVU and I was like, 'Oh my gosh, they're offering me this scholarship to go to school for free," Lisa Schneider told the Deseret News in a story published Thursday.
She responded to the Jan. 11 offer from UVU President Matthew Holland by paying a $35 application fee.
"I put it on Facebook, of course, and on Twitter," Schneider said.
University officials said the scholarship is actually based on grades and academic achievement testing, but only the test scores were considered while sending the scholarship notices.
"This is an extremely rare occurrence, but due to an unfortunate, technical glitch in our system, some individuals received scholarship offer letters who did not qualify for the scholarship," university spokesman Chris Taylor said.
Schneider is now applying to nearby Brigham Young University in Provo but won't rule out UVU, which is offering all the disappointed students a chance at winning other scholarships and waiving a Feb. 1 deadline to apply for the awards.
Utah Valley University has more than 28,000 students, making it Utah's second-largest after the University of Utah. UVU boasts that its tuition is a bargain — "little more than half of the national average," according to the school's website.
Payne, however, said the school wasn't her top choice.
She has since been accepted at Utah State University with a scholarship, and BYU — the private school of choice for members of the Mormon church — remains near the top of her list.


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"American Idol" said good-bye to one of its strongest rock singers from Season 11 on Thursday night.
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"Weird. This is weird," remarked Elise Testone, after she learned that she was going home.
The 28-year-old won't be out of "Idol's" embrace any time soon. She's going on the "American Idol" tour this summer.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Lovely Ladies! 'American Idol's' Top 12 Women, Season 11
Now, just five singers remain in the competition – Phillip Phillips, Joshua Ledet, Jessica Sanchez, Skylar Laine and Hollie Cavanagh.
The Bottom 3 on Thursday included Elise, Hollie and Skylar. Hollie and Elise made up the Bottom 2.
"American Idol" returns next Wednesday on FOX.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Let's Hear It For The Boys! 'American Idol's' Top 13 Men, Season 11
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Curfew continued in Kashmir for the second day today following hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru in Delhi's Tihar jail.
The restrictions on the movement of people in the Valley were tightened this morning as there were many violations of the curfew yesterday, official sources said.
At least 36 people, including 23 policemen, were injured in clashes between protesters and law enforcing agencies across the Valley after Guru's hanging yesterday.
The sources said heavy deployment of police and paramilitary CRPF remained in place in all vulnerable areas of the Valley to maintain law and order.
Deployment of security forces has been strengthened in areas where protests took place yesterday, they said.
The sources said that there has been no fresh violence today in the Valley.
Meanwhile, mobile internet service remained down for the second day as a precautionary measure and news channels were also not being aired by cable TV operators. Newspapers also failed to hit stands this morning due to curfew.


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Happy Halloween
We're behind. So. Far. Behind. But it's Halloween and I couldn't resist skipping ahead to our latest adventures. And by that I mean, we had 15 kids plus parents and 1 million mini candy bars in our house this weekend.
It all started with a chicken costume. Last year I begged/coerced Paul's mom into making it for us. Naturally Phoebe refused to wear it. Ever. Not that it mattered because we didn't have anywhere to go. No Halloween festivities that we knew of, so… Cut to this year when our two-year old "big girl" is all about dressing up. She even put on last year's outfit for the invitation.
Then it was one garden gnome and one flower, ordered online in the US and delivered by Ben and Mary during their fall visit.
The party was fun, full of food, candy and of course, the Monster Mash. You can see more pictures on the new and improved Foodlets now!
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If we open our Bibles and begin reading on page one, we find after only twenty-five verses a reason God placed humans on earth: to do the work of God according to the will of God as revealed by the Word of God (Gen. 1:28). God tasked man and woman to work His garden together and to fill the earth as a means by which "the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord" (Hab. 2:14).
But only two chapters later we read of thorns, thistles, sweat, and pain (Gen. 3:18–19). Something has gone terribly wrong. The apostle Paul describes all creation as groaning (Rom. 8:22), because while we await our future hope, "thorns infest the ground." Consequently, our work comes with sweat, tears, blood, and gasps.
So when we think about work, it is far too easy to focus only on those thorns. We might even dream of a day when we no longer "have to work," envisioning a future state in which we cry no more and work no more. Yet the latter is not God's ideal for us. God made us for work, and our work, even for others, matters to Him.
The experience of Nelu Melancea, a third-year DTS student from Moldova, provides as an excellent example of what can happen when Christians understand that our labors matter to God and view our work as vocation, even as we await its full redemption:
"In the booming years of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev said, 'By the end of the 1980s, we'll show you the last Christian on television.'
"In my hometown in the 1950s the Soviet authorities took away our church building and demolished it. We had collective farms where people were working the fields, and Christians were sharing the gospel. So the authorities said, 'We have to do something. People are converting in the fields. So let's put the Christians in one group so they can't share with anybody. And we'll put with them all the alcoholics and prisoners so their productivity will be way low.'
"All those people became the most productive. They became Christian. And no one could say anything bad about the Christians. One company near our village was told, 'Fire the Christians. They are preaching too much.'
"But the director said, 'If you fire them, we will have only people who steal. And our company will have to close, because we rely on the Christians to do the work.'
"In those days when the church was persecuted, and they needed something done, they would go to the Christians, because they would do the job right."
Nelu's experiences remind us of a truth that is the focus for this issue of Kindred Spirit: "Faith at Work": Our work matters to God.
Dorothy L. Sayers, who has much to say on our topic, wrote, "The first Adam was cursed with labor and suffering; the redemption of labor and suffering is the triumph of the second Adam—the Carpenter nailed to the cross." Though all creation groans now, the Carpenter of Nazareth is the Lord of our efforts. When we work for others as if we were working for Him, we work for Him as we work for others. For whom are you working—your boss or your Master?


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A Collector's Dream
Thursday, January 27, 2011
We have an amazing opportunity for all you White Sox collectors! During the opening ceremony of last weekend's SoxFest, expressionist speed painter Elliott From of "Artbeat Live!"created a one-of-a-kind White Sox canvas art piece that is currently being auctioned off to benefit the Chicago White Sox Charities.
The original piece was signed by White Sox team members Paul Konerko, Mark Buehrle, Adam Dunn, Matt Thornton, Chris Sale, Sergio Santos, John Danks, Ramon Castro, Juan Pierre, Brent Morel, Alexei Ramirez, Jesse Crain, Harold Baines, Mark Salas and Ron Kittle.
You may remember Elliott from the Blackhawk's championship season when he created a Blackhawks logo on the WGN Midday News, or the giant Blackhawks mural he painted on the outside of Tribune Tower before and after the Stanley Cup Championship (Go Blackhawks!).
Other Artbeat Live creations are owned by Mike Ditka, Alfonso Soriano, Hotel Intercontinental, WGN Radio, and the Chicago Police Department. Most importantly, all the money goes towards Chicago White Sox Charities, which provides annual financial, in-kind and emotional support to hundreds of Chicago-based organizations, including those leading the fight against cancer, improving the lives of Chicago's youth through education and recreation, and supporting children and families in crisis.
The auction ends February 1, 2011 – so bid now and be sure to check back to make sure you're still on top.
To watch Elliott create the piece click HERE
For more information on artist Elliott From click HERE
For more information on Chicago White Sox Charities click HERE
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I'm happy to report that I had the winning bid on the piece of art highlighted in Scott's blog. It is a fantastic addition to my White Sox "museum."
Now we know who the sneslibe one is here. Great post!


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Now that people have started to receive their JooJoo tablets, it was only a matter of time before someone tore it down and revealed its inner secrets. The question is, what did they find?
Well according to Engadget, it's pretty easy to crack into the JooJoo, as it only requires you to remove 10 screws. Once inside, you'll find a slots for RAM, 3G radio, SSD and an extra PCIe slot for kicks. As for notes on performance, apparently there was some glitching when it came to using Hotmail, and Netflix didn't work at all. But in all fairness, it's new. Maybe it needs a second to breathe. Check out more pics over at [Engadget] .


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Eminem and Kanye West are among the artists who have been named by Pepsi Pulse as "Hip Hop's Greatest Music Video Artists."
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Bottom Shelf Beer: Kingfisher, Taj Mahal, and Flying Horse
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
My friends Tim and Katey got engaged last week and hey, good for them. When I saw their online announcement I spent several seconds being legitimately and selflessly pleased for them. Then I finally got around to making the whole thing about me, and I got pissed all over again at some of the reactions to my own recent engagement to Bottom Shelf research director Emily.
Why do so many engagement well-wishers feel compelled to takes sides regarding who got lucky? Tim and Katey's announcement was met with the usual assortment of harmless "Yay"s and "Good going"s and "Katey has a boyfriend?"s, but also quite a few of the maddening pronouncements "Tim is sooo lucky" and "I guess Katey isn't necessarily UNlucky" and so on. I mean, if I had to marry one of them, I'd probably pick Katey, who is blonde and smart, but it's not as if Tim is without his charms. He provides her with discounted beer and sporting goods; she provides him with everything else. It's a fair trade, and their friends need to stop keeping score. I blame myself, though, because we share a lot of friends and I should have had the troublemakers put down in early January when they made good on their impromptu resolution to make me feel unworthy of my own fiancée.
We've spent a lot of time singing Emily's praises here on the Bottom Shelf; in fact, sometimes we get so caught up discussing her youth and beauty and stain-removal skills that there's no time left to address Indian beer (this won't be one of those times, though: Just another six or eight paragraphs to go). But that's no reason for all of our friends to keep telling me how lucky I am to be marrying her. She's great, but the woman is not without flaws. Did you know, for instance, that I am settling for a woman who has never made me a hamburger?
It's true. We've known each other for nearly three years, and in that time she has never so much as heated me up a frozen premade patty. Don't get me wrong, I love her anyway. But would I love her more if she cooked me a hamburger? Well, one would have to assume so, but I'm sure I'll never know. We don't even bother to fight about it anymore. I just get my hamburgers elsewhere.
On rare occasion, however, we reach the sort of perfect compromise upon which all successful relationships are built. These are the occasions when Emily procures hamburgers for me, and Sunday afternoon was a grand example of such procurement.
Emily has friends with a grill and a backyard, and one of these friends is my new best friend. Her name is Amy and she is the best person in the world. These are the things I know about her: She made me a great hamburger; she seems to be an engineer of some kind, and an aspiring boxer; she has tattoos on both forearms. One says "Odyssey" and I didn't get a good look at the other one, so let's assume it says "I Am Perfect In Every Way Or At Least The Only Way That Counts, i.e., The Way Of Making Will A Very Good Hamburger."
After this kind and gifted hamburgress made my lunch and saved my happy home, I rewarded Emily with a tour of some of Allston's filthier bars and then dinner at her favorite kind of ethnic restaurant, which is the Indian kind, which I like for the eating but not much for the drinking. To me, Indian food's best taken out or maybe buffeted at lunch, because if I'm having dinner at a restaurant, I would like to drink beer, and if I would like to drink beer, I would like it to not be shitty, and that's often a problem at restaurants featuring the cuisine of less-alcoholically inclined regions. I don't like Indian restaurant staples Heineken and Amstel, plus I'm way too worldly to get drunk on geographically mismatched booze anyway. I always order whatever seems most exotic and am almost always disappointed.
I was prepared this time, though, because a couple weeks ago I did an in-home taste test of the three Indian beers at my liquor store: Taj Mahal, Kingfisher (actually brewed in New York, but we'll call it Indian-inspired, since they sell it at most Indian restaurants), and Flying Horse.
Kingfisher was the worst of the bunch. It tasted like knockoff Heineken, which I realize might sound fine to a lot of people, but it's knocked off in an even mustier direction than the original. It was otherwise bland and simple, with little character other than a bitter metallic edge. Kingfisher tastes like your tongue got sprayed by a nickel-eating skunk.
Taj Mahal's not so bad. It starts with a sweet corny taste that marks it as a mass-produced cheapie, but it's not unpleasant. There's a nice light caramel malt note underneath the corn syrup, but it finishes up with a no-good vegetal blast that reminds me of bad tequila.
Flying Horse is the good stuff. It's crisp and serious, with a fruity-cidery essence that lingers over some nice yeast and malt. It tastes lighter than its 6% ABV, and it's your best choice the next time you're out celebrating a good hamburger.
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We are all born with a deep yearning to grow into the freedom and ease and richness of our lives. Yet that desire is thwarted by the values of our culture, which teach us to live in our heads. Divided from the breath, the present, and the profound intelligence of the body, we sit in our heads and strain to make sense of it all. This workshop shows you how to identify and undo the divisions that keep you from wholeness, and helps you experience the body as you never have before. The cornerstone of The Embodied Present Process™, this weekend is playfully experiential and provides you with new skills to last a lifetime.
For a more complete description of the workshop, click here.
Philip Shepherd has gained an international reputation as a teacher whose breadth of vision and original exercises enable people to escape the enclosed chatter of the head, and ground their thinking in the calm, deep-dwelling intelligence of the body. His workshop provides tools to last a lifetime, even as it gently opens the door to a radical experience of wholeness.
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Philip Shepherd is approved by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. His provider number is 282. This workshop provides 12 CEUs. A CEU credit PDF certificate is available for $15. The workshop is also approved by the International Coaches' Federation and provides 12 CEUs (2 Core Competency and 10 Resource Development). Click here to request a PDF certificate.
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Beat the Streak Report: Monday, May 23
While it appears the world did not end over the weekend, former leader buddycrise saw his 30-game streak raptured back to zero on Friday evening.
Deepest condolences to you, buddy, although a share of the season lead is plenty to hang your cowboy hat on these days. Not quite as substantial as a $5.6 million hat rack in your foyer, but a point of pride nonetheless.
It was also good to see buddy get right back on the horse with a two-game run on Saturday and Sunday. We bet things are looking downright Bautisterrific on his season stats page.
Anyway, a new week has dawned, and unless the subway preachers were just off by a couple days in their apocalypse calculations, that means seven more chances to roll with any of …
Monday's picks:
(Make a BTS pick)
Oh, hello there …
Ryan Braun: .476 (10-for-21) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Tom Gorzelanny
Elvis Andrus: .625 (5-for-8) since '06 vs. White Sox starter John Danks
Russell Martin: .800 (4-for-5) since '06 vs. Blue Jays starter Carlos Villanueva
Will Venable: .800 (4-for-5) since '06 vs. Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse
Carlos Lee: .500 (4-for-8) since '06 vs. Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw
Feeling kinda spicy?
Orlando Cabrera: .500 (4-for-8) since '06 vs. Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz
Ryan Sweeney: .350 (7-for-20) since '06 vs. Angels starter Jered Weaver
You'll thank me later …
Brandon Phillips: .091 (2-for-22) since '06 vs. Phillies starter Cole Hamels
Corey Hart: .185 (5-for-27) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Tom Gorzelanny
Rickie Weeks: .182 (4-for-22) since '06 vs. Nationals starter Tom Gorzelanny
Michael Young: .133 (2-for-15) since '06 vs. White Sox starter John Danks
Leaderboard time!
Our new leader, checking in at No. 28 on the streak counter and No. 1 in your hearts, is wyocathy. Why, oh Cathy, can't anyone top 30 games this season? Will you be the first?
Top MLB streakers
Ryan Braun: 12 games
Buster Posey: 11 games
Ryan Ludwick: 10 games
Kevin Youkilis: 10 games
(Make a BTS pick)
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Monday's Top Picks of the current Top2500,
116 Batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Ryan Braun 402 16.24
Ichiro Suzuki 259 10.46
Howard Kendrick 144 5.82
Adrian Gonzalez 142 5.74
Elvis Andrus 131 5.29
Jacoby Ellsbury 86 3.47 (1rst)
Matt Kemp 78 3.15
Placido Polanco 73 2.95
Andre Ethier 70 2.83
Michael Young 62 2.51 (2nd)
Robinson Cano 58 2.34
Jose Bautista 57 2.3
Matt Joyce 20 0.81 (3rd)
No Selection 36 1.45
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 16 with streak of 13 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was % with reseting the most.
There was also % PPD due to players not playing. These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
I'll update these later tonight.
Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 1 AB or More)
I'll update these later tonight.
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Rank, Pick
trixiewright, 7, pg 80, 1829, Michael Bourn (PICKED 1X)
00liber, 7, pg 88, 1829, Elvis Andrus (PICKED 131X)
gpearson17, 7, pg 77, 1829, Jon Jay (PICKED 2X)
kenfucious, 7, pg 100+, 1829, Matt Holliday (PICKED 39X)
ttrebnivel, 7, pg 100+, 1829, Asdrubal Cabrera (PICKED 23X)
Bloggers Reset Yesterday
Nyy4life42, 7 RESET BY Mark Teixeira
GL to all
Jon Jay should be out of the lineup today since Lance Berkman is back healthy and there is no DH slot tonight.
Pretty cool that trixie had the ONLY Bourn pick in the entire Top 2500!
Joyce normally sits against lefties.
Boom. Jose Bautista just homered to move me to 3 in HR.
Kemp gets me on the HRBTS board
I had Granderson in HRBTS and changed him to Howard. I had thought about Bautista too, but didn't pick him. Here's hopin.
I thought I had Batista too but it turns out I got Howard. I also have Kemp for Beat the Streak and he has hit! 🙂
I went with Ryan Ludwick today.
Welcome back Josh Hamilton. 1st AB home run. Gonna see him in the Top2500 picks Tues or Wed.
Hamilton will be up there again but I don't think that soon. Maybe but we will see. I knew he was coming back but he wasn't available to pick in HR BTS earlier today.
No because as of this afternoon he was still listed on the DL. Utley came off DL yesterday so he was available.
Actually he was listed before it locked and I was so tempted but decided against it, partly due to the fact that he had no HRs to date.
Could be that soon, look who TEX is playing against 😉
Esp with Texas at home all this week, and Josh playing DH.
Oh well, looks like I bombed out on both BTS games. I never thought I'd even get to 1 in HRBTS, and I got to 2. So I think I did OK.
Well 7 was nice while it lasted. Unless the sox can put up 4 runs here, I've got a slight chance with Elvis due up 5th.
And to make me feel worse A Gonzalez(my original pick) just singled.
Kinda bites when your HRBTS streak is better than your BTS streak, huh? I know. On the brighter side… new leader tomorrow as Ellsbury takes down wyocathy
The Top2500 is all yours this week. I'm a bit burned out & taking the next several days off; just making picks & checking box scores & injury reports the next day. Until the weekend…
No problemo.
Highest "No Selection" 😛 pg# 16 with streak of 13 back to zero.
Yesterday's Top2500 Reset rate was 35.96% with RICKIE WEEKS reseting the most.
There was also 10.6% PPD due to players not playing. These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
Got Pinched OR 1 AB Wonders
TOP2500 saved or reset by PHA (going to include any pinch hitters and/or double switch, 1 AB or More)
D Span MIN, RESET 6, highest was 14 gamer
S Fuld TB, RESET 1, Def Switch (1ab) was 12 gamer
J Giambi COL, RESET 1, 10 gamer
R Sweeney OAK, SAVED 1 was 12 gamer


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Michael E. Addis, Ph.D.
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Dr. Addis received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1987 and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1995. He has been at Clark since 1995.
Current Research
Dr. Addis is currently interested in theory and research related to men's mental health. In his work he focuses on links between the social learning and social construction of masculinity, and the way men experience, express, and respond to problems in their lives. Dr. Addis' current research is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and seeks to understand psychosocial barriers to men's use of mental health services. Dr. Addis is a past recipient of the New Researcher Award from the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy and the David Shakow Early Career Award for Contributions to the Science and Practice of Clinical Psychology from the American Psychological Association. He is past President-Elect of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, Division 51 of the American Psychological Association.
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Berger, J.L., Addis, M.L., Green, J.D., Mackowiak, C., & Goldberg, V. (in press). Men's reactions to mental health labels, forms of help-seeking, and sources of help-seeking advice. Psychology of Men and Masculinity.
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Addis, M.E. & Schwab, J.R. (2013). Theory and Research on Gender is Always Precarious. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 14, 114-116.
Berger, J.L., Addis, M.E., Reilly, E.D., Syzdek, M.R., & Green, J.D. (2012). Effects of gender, diagnostic labels, and causal theories on willingness to report symptoms of depression. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31(5), 439-457.
Addis, M.E. (2011). Invisible Men: Men's Inner Lives and the Consequences of Silence. New York: Times Books. (Also published in Korean, German, and Italian).


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T.J. earned his slot on the leaner, meaner Team Usher with his take on Chaka Khan and Rufus' "Tell Me Something Good," while Bria secured hers with a cover of the Rolling Stones' shambling, country-tinged ballad "Wild Horses" that showed, perhaps for the first time, a more vulnerable, nuanced side.
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Josh, though, who as a recent Team Adam steal was perhaps the least secure on Team Usher, was the night's biggest hit. He dispelled his coach's concerns in rehearsals about the tall task he'd taken on with singing Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain" with a desperate-sounding, gospel-infused rendition that showed the ordinarily low-key soul singer's range.
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How Does Anthem Windshield Replacement Work?
Auto Glass Repairs Explained:
Broken windshields can be a major pain in Anthem. From chips and cracks to complete spiderwebs, damaged auto glass is a serious issue no matter the extent of the problem. That's because even tiny dings and splits in your windshield can grow into vision-obscuring messes. However, windshield replacement in Anthem isn't the only solution when you have damaged auto glass. Smaller flaws can actually be repaired invisibly to restore both strength and an unobstructed view to your windshield. Here's how it works.
The first step to any windshield repair is an evaluation of the damage. The chip or crack should be examined for size and depth as well as location to determine whether it is a candidate for repair. Most flaws up to 6 inches long can be fixed with the typical resin auto glass repair. However in Anthem, keep in mind that this type of solution only works when just the top layer of glass is fractured. Modern windshields are composed of two layers of glass with a rubber membrane laminated in between; the repair can only resolve issues with the first layer of glass, so if both layers are damaged, or you have a hole that goes all the way through, it's time to start learning about windshield replacement, not repairs. Also, some cracks that are around the perimeter of the windscreen can be difficult or impossible to correct, so make sure that the damage is located in a repairable place.
Once you've determined that the window glass can be repaired, the fix itself is relatively easy. Taking approximately 30 minutes, windshield chip repair is both simple and affordable. Using a special, sunlight-cured resin, the auto glass shop technician will inject the epoxy directly into the chip or crack using specialized tools. This completely fills the damage and ensures a smooth finish. The resin dries completely clear, helping the repair blend in to the surrounding windshield and almost totally hiding where the problem was. Natural sunlight dries the windshield crack repair to a waterproof, strong state that reinforces the windscreen and dependably prevents the crack or chip from ever spreading. Windshield replacement offers a reliable solution for both sturdiness and aesthetics.
Windshield repairs are also super convenient, as most auto glass shops can actually come to you. Because the resin cures in sunlight and the special tools used to apply it are quite portable, you won't have to take your car or truck into the shop to have it fixed. Instead, technicians can be sent to you for mobile glass repair right in your driveway or even your workplace's parking lot.
The best time to get a cracked windshield repaired is right now. Substantial research data shows that warm temperatures, cold temperatures, temperature shifts, and even rough road surfaces and speed bumps are all likely to exacerbate your car window glass's damage. Remember, windshield crack repair only works for fissures up to 6 inches long, so if you put off calling the auto glass shop, the crack may grow to the point where windshield replacement is your only option. Save yourself the hassle and the money by bringing in an auto glass repair pro today to take a look. Providing structural support and practically invisible performance, resin car window repairs can help get your windshield back to first-class condition quickly and affordably.
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One of the most intimidating things for a car owner to do is to deal with auto glass or windshield replacement. This is something extremely different from the movies, where people who drive without windows and windshields to be funny and significantly entertaining. In the real world, having a broken windshield will most likely be the reason for car related accidents, which take the lives of many people every day. These accidents have become a global concern, which is why the automobile industry has focused on safety innovation over the years. What most people do not realize, however, is that windshields are safety and precautionary measures by themselves.
They are designed to compress air inside a car in order for the vehicle's restraining systems to be effective. For example, an airbag system needs a strong and properly bonded windshield to work efficiently. If the windshield pops out because of unstable air deployment, the airbag will not be able to provide the protection needed to keep the driver alive in cases of accidents. These shields also account for 20% of a car's overall strength. Perhaps this is the reason why many governments around the world require car manufacturers to have all their models certified and meet a high threshold of strength and durability.
Selecting the best adhesive is the next step. Make sure that the ones bought are being used by manufacturers themselves in order to be assured of its quality. After these things, the new shield can now be installed. It is advised for everyone to be familiar with the procedures that the Auto Glass Replacement Safety standards Council have set, in order to ensure maximum safety. These include allowing the adhesive to set before the car can be driven again. See, cars are important parts of people's lives, and for it to be successful, a windshield replacement process requires patience and must be treated like how a sick family member is to be attended to.
Windshield Repair
Automotive window replacement can be done by the novice if he or she takes their time and has some instruction. It doesn't require any special knowledge or expensive tools to replace car glass, but it does take patience! Here we will talk about replacing a fixed car glass that is bonded to the car body instead of being set into a removable frame.
If you are going to replace car glass that is not set in a frame, then you will basically have to "cut" the old glass out of the car. This procedure requires a few inexpensive tools that are often not in a common tool collection. You need a piece of piano wire to use as a saw, and a couple of inexpensive suction cup handles to lift out the old glass (if it is still in one piece) and to place the new glass into position without touching the edges of the glass.
The first step is to remove any molding that goes around the window. Molding can be attached in several different ways. It may be attached with some sort of clips, glued on, or may be just pushed onto a lip on the car body. This is one place where factory service information comes in handy! Some glass is flush-mounted with the exterior surface of the body and does not have any molding to remove. You also may need to remove one or more trim panels inside the car. Before starting to cut out the broken car window, apply tape to the car body all the way around the window to protect the paint. Next, use an awl to create a hole through the adhesive between the glass and the body. Then push a piece of piano wire through the hole, grab a helper to work the other end of the wire, and use a sawing motion to cut the adhesive all the way around the window. Once you have completely sawn all the way around the broken car window, use the suction cup handles to pull the glass out of the car body.
After the new adhesive has been applied and any recommended curing times have been observed, use the suction cup handles to install the new glass into position. Evenly press the glass into the adhesive until it is fully seated all the way around. Do not disturb the vehicle for several hours according to the adhesive instructions, and then be careful not to slam the doors and or drive on any excessively rough roads for several days until the adhesive has had time to fully bond with both surfaces.
That covers the general procedure for auto glass installation. Automotive window replacement can certainly be done by a driver that doesn't have any experience or training in this area, but some jobs are definitely easier than others! If this procedure doesn't sound like something you want to tackle yourself, there certainly isn't any shame in taking your car to an auto glass shop for a replacement, and most shops will even come to your home or workplace to do it for you.


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This drama examines the personal, political, and racial dilemmas facing a group of college freshmen as they begin their first semester at Columbus University. Malik (Omar Epps) is an African-American student attending on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge (Ice Cube), a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes friendly with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America, while Professor Phipps (Laurence Fishburne), a black man who teaches political science, firmly tells Malik that he will not be graded on a different standard either because of his race or his ability to run quickly. With Deja (Tyra Banks), Malik finds a girlfriend, a tutor, and a training partner all rolled into one. Meanwhile, Kristen (Kristy Swanson), a somewhat naive young woman from California, meets a boy named Billy (Jay R. Ferguson) after both have had too much to drink at a beer blast; Kristen soon becomes a victim of date rape and becomes involved with a campus feminist group to deal with the painful experience. While working with the women's group, Kristen gets to know Taryn (Jennifer Connelly), a strong but understanding woman who is also a lesbian, and she finds herself becoming attracted to her. And Remy (Michael Rappaport) is a confused young man from the Midwest who feels lost in the multi-cultural atmosphere of Columbus. He is approached by Scott (Cole Hauser), a member of a group of racist skinheads, who believe that Remy is a perfect candidate to help carry out his group's violent goals. Keep an eye peeled for Gwyneth Paltrow, who has a bit part as a student; rap stars Busta Rhymes, D-Knowledge and Mista Grimm also appear in supporting roles.
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On May 18, 1995, Jim Carrey was filming the sequel to his hit film 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,' titled 'Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.'
Carrey liked to joke around on the set a lot, keeping the film shoot very lighthearted and full of laughter. He most notably joked around with director Steve Oedekerk and in one instance said that he wouldn't leave his trailer unless Oedekerk wore a pink bow in his hair.
'Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls' made over $37 million on opening weekend and made over $200 million worldwide at the box office.
Check out this video to see a young Jim Carrey at work on one of his early films.
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A Meridian, Idaho man has been charged with malicious injury to property after allegedly causing $3,000 to an arcade machine at a local bar by punching it. The goal of the game? To punch it as hard as you can.
According to witnesses, an intoxicated 30-year-old Dustin Gooden was playing a 'test-your-strength' arcade game at the bar around 2AM Thursday night when he became enraged, taking out his frustrations on the cabinet's screen. He shattered the game's screen, cutting his hand and causing $3,000 in damage in the process.
This is why we don't put games that involve punching in places where copious amounts of alcohol are served.
Still, I suppose killing the punching game sort of equals winning, so good job, Mr. Gooden.
Meridian Man Charged for Beating up a Video Game [Fox 12 Idaho]


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The weekly newspaper being sued by former Vancouver Olympic organizing committee head John Furlong over abuse allegations denies its article was defamatory and claims the matter was fair comment and in the public's interest.
The Georgia Straight's response, filed in B.C. Supreme Court Monday, defends an article by reporter Laura Robinson that it published last fall.
The article included allegations by eight former native students that Furlong abused them while he was a 19-year-old gym teacher in Burns Lake in 1969 and 1970.
Furlong launched a civil suit against the newspaper in November, alleging Robinson wrote the story as part of a campaign to discredit him and that she ignored warnings from his lawyer that he would sue if she published anything defamatory.
In their 22-page response to Furlong's civil claim against them, The Straight's publisher Dan McLeod, editor Charlie Smith and Vancouver Free Press Publish Corp, say:
"The plaintiff refused to respond to specific questions concerning his life story and simply responded, through his lawyer Marvin Storrow, with a blanket denial of the allegations made in the eight statutory declarations."
The newspaper's response also says the defendants are protected by the common-law defences of fair comment, justification and consent.
It also defends the article as "responsible communication on matters of public interest," including "whether the plaintiff, a prominent public figure who was showered with awards, honours and accolades in connection with his role in the 2010 Winter Olympics, is uniquely qualified by his own life story to provide spiritual and moral guidance to other Canadians about the importance of values, honesty and integrity."
Robinson, an Ontario-based investigative journalist who has always defended her article's research, told The Sun Monday that she planned to file her response to Furlong's suit within the next 48 hours.
Furlong, the public face of the Vancouver 2010 Games, has repeatedly denied the allegations he physically and verbally abused native students.
Furlong previously told The Sun that Robinson's article, published on Sept. 27, was "humiliating" and "demeaning beyond anything my family and I have ever experienced."
In Monday's response to Furlong's civil suit, the newspaper defendants said Robinson conducted an "extensive investigation of the plaintiff's life story," interviewed numerous people and studied documents from a variety of sources.
Eight statutory declarations were produced during the investigation, which were presented to Furlong's lawyer seeking Furlong's response.
As well, the newspaper response said: "The plaintiff self-published the substance of the Georgia Straight article at his press conference on the afternoon of September 27, 2012 and he is therefore solely responsible for the re-publication which resulted. At the press conference, the plaintiff stated that he has been accused 'apparently within the past hour' of 'sexual abuse,' an accusation he does not allege was conveyed by the Georgia Straight article. If the plaintiff has suffered loss, damage and expense (which is not admitted but denied), it was caused by the plaintiff's self-publication of the inflammatory 'sexual abuse' accusation, and not by the allegedly defamatory meanings complained of in the (notice of civil claim)."


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West Virginia Penitentiary
818 Jefferson AvenueMoundsville, WV
History:The prison at Joliet provided the prototype for the West Virginia Penitentiary. It was an imposing stone structure fashioned in the castell...Read More »
Adaland Mansion And Historic Barn
324, 324 Mansion DrPhilippi, WV
About Us Restored Neo-Greek home of early county sheriff and bank president. The House is on the National Register and is furnished in the late Vi...Read More »
Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park
137 Juliana StParkersburg, WV
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Fairfax Stone State Park
U. S. Route 219 NDavis, WV
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10368 Savage River RoadSwanton, MD
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159 Horseshoe RdAppomattox, VA
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11576 Verdon RdDoswell, VA
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140 Rock Creek Church Road NorthWestWashington, DC
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Yesterday morning:
She has an appointment with her dentist at 10 am, so she leaves home at 9.20 which is ok if nothing unforeseen happens. Miss Doodle's secretary is almost always punctual but never early, time is measured:)
So: here she is, she just arrived at the bus station a minute ago and there is the Bus showing up! Lucky she is and she thinks: Oh thank you, heaven, for sending me this bus right now, I am always lucky, thank you, thank you...
Next thing the bus rushes past, the secretary, aghast, raises her arm but the driver (a woman!) doesn't even look her way. By the way, Miss Doodle is in that bus.
Fuming, the secretary has to wait for the next bus. Which arrives 7 minutes later, which means that she'll be late.
Still quite pissed (sorry for the bad language) she asks the driver about why the previous busdriver hasn't stopped and he says: "But, my Lady, this is logical: you should have made a sign with your hand! By the way, this is written on the bus-stations and in the busses:
"Good bustaking practise n°1: make a sign with your hand when the bus arrives".
See? It is logical...."
Well, the secretary (somewhat stubborn) doesn't see the logic. She indeed admits having read these instructions, but hasn't she been standing at that bus station like a conspicuous tower and what could a person standing conspicuously at a bus station, want but a ride????
Luckily, the dentist was 7 minutes late:)
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Forgive me if this isn't the best forum for this question, but it seems more relevant to the kernel than to the programming itself.
I'm writing a script that queries the system for open ports so that we can graph and monitor the statistics. For this, I'm using the "ss" command from the iproute package. If you execute
ss -s|grep estab you will receive output similar to this:
TCP: 296 (estab 6, closed 238, orphaned 0, synrecv 0, timewait 238/0), ports 0
My question has to do with the timewait variable, which shows the computed sockets in TIME_WAIT state. When I tried to figure out what number was referenced after the slash, it became a whirlwind adventure of searching for source code which ultimately led me to find the following snippet:
printf("TCP: %d (estab %d, closed %d, orphaned %d, synrecv %d, timewait %d/%d), ports %d\n",
s.tcp_total + slabstat.tcp_syns + s.tcp_tws,
s.tcp_total - (s.tcp4_hashed+s.tcp6_hashed-s.tcp_tws),
s.tcp_tws, slabstat.tcp_tws,
I must admit, my searching for what "slabstat" was supposed to mean ultimately led to my learning about the slab caches and their reporting interface at /proc/slabinfo.
The question: What does the slabtable have to do with TIME_WAIT socket calculations? I'm failing to figure out why this number is reported, as every time I've run the command across every server I've tried it on, the number has always been zero.


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Gamespot Score: 8.0 (Great)
My Score: 8.2
(+) Pros: - Traditional turn based battle system with a few good tweaks, - Plenty of environmental and enemy variety make most battles feel fresh, - Challenging enough to constantly keep you on your toes, - Amazing boss fights, - Clever use of brave and default mechanics, - Multitude of different classes give you plenty of options to tackle battles, - Overall feels like the old "Final Fantasy" games that we all know and love, - Journal is filled with substantial information, more so than most in-game encyclopedias.
(-) Cons: - Story becomes lazy after the first half of the game, - Hilariously repetitive for the last 30% of the game.
Gameplay time: 40-50 Hours+
Ever wanted the OLD "Final Fantasy" styled games that we never really got in recent years (I believe the last one we got was "The Warriors Of Light", which came out quite a few years back)? Ever thought that the old "Square Enix" would go back to their roots with their RPGs? All of those who have had your doubt, fear not, for "Square" has finally decided not to f**k around any more with their now ever so popular "Bravely Default". Bringing players back to the past and helping us relive what it meant to enjoy "Final Fantasy" in the first place, "Bravely Default" is shocking faithful to the "Final Fantasy" games of old. It gives us a wonderful RPG experience that both gamers in the older and younger generation can enjoy. Sure, the game has its flaws for sure, but look past them and you get a stellar RPG experience that serves as a reminder: traditional JRPGs aren't quite done, not quite yet. Not as long as "Bravely Default" sticks around.
The story revolves around 4, fate bound individuals with very different backgrounds. Agnes, the vestal of wind, who is destined with guarding the wind crystal, one of the 4 elemental crystals in the world, which contain the power to retain balance in the world. Ringabel is a wandering amnesiac pretty playboy who wants to woo every possible woman in the world, while following a diary he has with him that predicts the prophecy of the world. Edea is the daughter of the grand Marshall of the anti-crystalism movement, who sets out to accomplish her father's dream and bring glory to her family name. Tiz is a regular farm boy, whose entire village got swallowed up in a massive chasm that appeared out of nowhere. Among those who were swallowed, was his brother. Tiz awakes in the local city inn, where he eventually meets Agnes, who says that by awakening all the crystals, the chasm will close and Tiz's village can return. Tiz, with nothing left in his life, devotes himself to Agnes's journey. Along the way they pick up Ringabel and Edea, the 4 will come to be known as the heroes who will save the world.
|The king of Ancheim sure is one whiny old man.
"Bravely Default" plays super similarly to "Final Fantasy" games of old. Roam the world, explore the various continents, awaken the 4 crystals to stop the calamity that would befall the world. In your way stand monsters and dastardly villains alike, that want to stop your plans for their own profits or other purposes. You fight plenty of battles with the old school, turn based style, but with some tweaks to make it more modern. You also walk the world in a very traditional style world map, where you walk over to icons representing cities or dungeons, while flying around in your trusty blimp or sailing on your ship. It all reminds you of the old days, and its sure fun as well exploring the world Luxendarc when you do things the hard way.
Before we touch on the battle system and new mechanics, let's talk about the world itself. Like many of the old school "Final Fantasy" titles, the game is filled with many nostalgic areas that you'd find in an old game. Forests, caves, deserts, volcanoes, icy plains and many more are included in your list of tourist hot spots in "Bravely Default". In each of these areas are monster inhabitants, which come in many various shapes and sizes, as well as some repeat pallet swaps here and there (you can't escape from the lazy JRPG copy paste traditions, not even here). Enemies attack in various ways, some trying to overpower you with brute strength, some burning you with powerful magic, others resorting to status ailments or cheap tactics like cloning themselves or calling for help. Its enough to keep you on your toes, and also enough to keep you interested to see what enemies inhabit new areas that you visit, because normal encounters in this game CAN kill you.
|Alright, I kid, who the hell dies to a slime and kobold?
I'm not joking, while the early game seems substantially easy, the game becomes quite tough, fast. With the lack of classes in the early segments, most enemies will seem to be needlessly tough, having tons of health and with you dealing almost no damage. Even later on, when you start dealing more damage, the enemies start hitting you with attacks that either do ridiculous damage, enough to one hit you, or have entire attacks dedicated to one hit kills themselves. Even normal encounters, monsters can hit you for half your health, some can do good AOE damage or inflict deadly status ailments like confusion. Encounter a horde of these guys in a surprise attack and suddenly you are dead, no questions asked (I'm looking at you, you book burning lantern bitches). While the auto save function might not fit old school hardcore JRPG veterans, its a life saver for most, and I appreciate it being in the game.
The bosses in this game are GENIUS. Throughout the game you'll be fighting plenty of big, boss monsters. While these guys are plenty strong (wtf that early game turtle boss was uncalled for, Square) and require some strategy to beat, its the asterisk holder boss fights that strike me as phenomenal. You'll be getting tons of job asterisks in this game, and these serve as the entry point for your characters getting new classes. To get a new class, you must first beat a villain who holds that class asterisk, meaning that to get a ninja class, you need to beat the boss holding the ninja asterisk. These guys are a blast to fight, most giving you a taste of what their class can do before conceding the asterisk to you after defeating them. They play around different strategies revolving around their class, and its going to be hard to see what's coming every time you fight a new boss. Most of them are great, and for sure, every battle is a new experience, that counts for a lot (I f**king hate battling against Kamiizumi and Derossa though, those guys suck balls).
|Behold, over world exploration!
Now, let's talk about why this game calls itself "Bravely Default". While the game incorporates old school turn by turn based combat, it includes two new mechanics of its own, Brave, and Default. While individually on their own, these aren't revolutionary, they change how you take on the different battles in this game in many different ways. In this game, to act, you need BP. One action demands 1 BP, and at the end of every turn, each character gains 1 BP, so in the end, moving once a turn resets the BP counter to 0. Braving allows you to consume more than one BP per turn, up to 4 in a single turn, to act multiple times. Default is the game's standard guard option, and while it lets your character do nothing for a single turn and take reduced damage, you also save BP for future brave bursts. Its a simple system that's used correctly, and encourages some strategic play especially since most bosses play around the brave and default quite well too, meaning that YOU need to manage your BP well, or things go to shit really quickly.
Another thing that makes "Bravely Default" enjoyable: its class system. Sure, this is present in old "Final Fantasy" games, but its done SO well here. Defeating asterisk holders grant you their specific job, and you'll be raking these in throughout the game's rather long play through. There are only 4 characters, and over 20 classes in the game, meaning that you'll need to pick wisely, and see which class/class combination can go well with your team. There are A TON of possibilities, and while most of these don't matter too much in the early-late game, it makes a massive difference later on. Some classes are meant for supporting, some for offensive, some for utility, so on and so forth. A knight helps soak damage for the back line, a black mage uses elemental magic on his/her foes, a pirate deals out massive amounts of physical damage, while a sword master plays defensively and looks for openings to counter enemies.
|Pick your poison, this THE most important decision before entering a boss fight.
With so many to choose from, you'll be spoiled for choice. Also, since this game is HARD, this really works well. After running a class combination and losing to a boss badly, your only options is to switch classes and try different strategies. Trial and error, certain combinations work better than others in certain fights, and looking for this insanely powerful combinations makes discovering the class system so wonderful. Late game you'll probably get to the point where you can exploit some of the insanely powerful class/subclass combinations to make your team of unholy badasses (freelance + dancer for infinite BP, Pirate/Black Mage/Time Mage + Blademaster for free lunch abuse, Dark Knight + Spell fencer for infinite drain dark bane), and by that point, you'll be using that team for the whole game, but until you reach that point, trust me, you'll have fun experimenting.
The game also packs a content heavy encyclopedia known as the D journal, which contains all the information that you've came across in the game, be it item or monster information. There's a lot of back story here, and while the game elaborates plenty on the back stories on some of its characters, the D Journal packs some of the most in depth text based EXTRA story content I've ever seen. Before beating the game, I spent almost a good 30-45 minutes reading through Ringabel's back story, and hell, it was so absorbing, like a mini storybook. It also notes down everything you need to know about the characters and their encounters, but you already knew that. Oh yeah, also, it lets you review cut scenes, once again, not anything special, but still worth noting.
|Yes Edea, beat those whores down!
The gripes I have about this game are about the same as everyone else. I mean, the story is pretty decent for the most part. Straightforward, sure, but decent. Things just go downhill from the second half of the game, where the story feels like a gigantic roundabout, and writing just gets SO lazy, especially during the world revisits. It just goes into a complete sleeper until the final arc, where it steps up for a little bit for the finale. Also, yeah, the revisits. The game becomes super repetitive at its 70% mark, where you just do the same thing over and over....for god knows how long. I take it as separate arcs for you to build on your other jobs and explore opportunities, but some people absolutely loathe those chapters. Don't get me wrong, its definitely a con, but to me, its not so horrendously bad that I'd slander it so horribly.
"Bravely Default" sets up a wonderful first step in this new IP/franchise that "Square" is willing to take. Honestly, I'm glad they are expanding on this. I loved the game, and I felt that my time on "Bravely Default" was overall well spent. While this first game was great, I can't wait to see what else "Square" has in store for us in "Bravely Second". "Bravely Default" is truly a comeback calling for JRPG fans of old, and also acts as a shining beacon for newcomers, showcasing that this genre is not yet dead.
Happy Gaming!


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Austin Techno-Rant The Austin, Texas area is growing like some crazy monster from a Japanese horror flick. The whole area is going to undergo future/culture shock at once. Particularly menacing is the area of North Austin, Pflugerville, and Round Rock. Massive amounts of medication are going to be required to keep the natives sane or at least numb enough to survive the … [Read more...]
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Super-fast prawn noodles
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Nutrition: per serving
- kcal277
- fat4g
- saturates0g
- carbs33g
- sugars6g
- fibre2g
- protein29g
- salt3.82g
- 1l chicken stock (we used Knorr Touch-of-taste)
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
Fish sauce
A seasoning often used in Vietnamese and Thai cooking. In Vietnam it is usually made from shrimp…
- large piece fresh root ginger, shredded into thin matchsticks
- 300g peeled king prawns (raw would be better, but cooked are fine)
- 4 bok choi, each cut into quarters
- 2 sachets straight-to-wok noodles
- 4 spring onions, finely sliced
Spring onionsp-ring un-yun
Also known as scallions or green onions, spring onions are in fact very young onions, harvested…
In a wok or large saucepan, bring the stock to the boil. Stir the sauces into the stock, then add the ginger. Simmer for a moment, then add the prawns: if raw, simmer for 2 mins until they turn pink; if cooked, add together with the bok choi, then cook for 2 mins more until just wilted.
Slip all the noodles into the broth, then gently stir to loosen them. Bring the liquid back to a simmer, then cook for 2 mins more to warm them through. Scatter with spring onions and serve straight from the wok, using tongs for the noodles and a ladle for the broth.
Recipe Tip
TipIf you've got leftover roast chicken, shred it and use it instead of the prawns.