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The Romance system in Mass Effect 3 is different than in previous games. When you successfully woo a romanceable character in Mass Effect 3 you will unlock a cutscene, like in previous games, but unlike previous games the cutscene may not involve sex. Viewing a romantic cutscene will get you the Paramour Achievement / Trophy.
List of Romanceable Characters
There are 11 characters you can start a romance with -- or rekindle a romance with if you imported a save -- in Mass Effect 3. Diana Allers, Ashley Williams, Kaidan Alenko, Liara T'soni, Steve Cortez and Samantha Traynor can be romanced by new characters, while Garrus Vakarian, Miranda Lawson, Tali'Zorah vas Normandy, Thane Krios, and Jack can only be romanced by imported characters who have already started a romance with said character in Mass Effect 2.
James Vega and EDI are not romanceable, however you can encourage EDI to begin a relationship with Joker.
| Diana Allers
|Ashley Williams
|Garrus Vakarian
|Kaidan Alenko
| Liara T'Soni
|Tali'Zorah vas Normandy
Romance Guide
The following sections include mini-walkthroughs for every romanceable character in Mass Effect 3.
Here is a general outline of how individual romance sequences work:
- Talk to a character on the Normandy, or in the case of Kaidan and Ashley, visit them in the hospital. Visit them if Traynor tells you they want to see you.
- After Citadel 2, each character will email you to meet them somewhere on the Citadel. It is here that you choose to commit or not. Unlike Mass Effect 2, once you've made your choice, all other options are rescinded. You will only see the platonic version of every encounter after that.
Ashley Williams
Only Male Shepard can romance Ashley Williams. The romance can be started in Mass Effect (1) and rekindled, or started anew. If you rekindle a relationship with Ashley, but had a second relationship in Mass Effect 2, you must make a choice to rekindle the relationship early on in the hospital.
- Visit Ashley in the Huerta Memorial Hospital after Priority: Mars. Before visiting her you can buy her a Tennyson book to cheer her up and help spark romance. It is avaible for purchase at the Sirta Supplies terminal in the hospital lobby
- Visit Ashley again after Priority: Palaven.
- She will email you about 3 times. You can talk to her after each email.
- when you start Priority: Tuchanka it will immediatly be followed with Priority: Citadel 2. at the end of Citadel 2 there will be a short cutscene with Ashley
(Note: there will also be a renegade quick time event which you can choose to do. choosing to do the renegade action won't hurt your relationship with her.)
- After Priority: Geth Dreadnought you will get 2 Rannoch side missions. after completing both Samantha Traynor will advice you to visit Ashley in her room. which will trigger a short conversation with Ashley. (Finish these side missions BEFORE Priority: Rannoch)
- After that conversation Ashley will offer to meet you on the Presidium Commons. If you have made the correct dialogue choices, Ashley will bring up a relationship, or Shepard can push for it.
Diana Allers
Male or female Shepard can romance Diana Allers.
- You can meet Diana Allers on the first visit to the Citadel. She is in the Normandy docking area. You must invite her to board the Normandy.
- Visit Allers in her room on the Engineering deck to speak with her.
- After Priority: Citadel 2, Allers will request to meet Shepard in his room. You can invite her up at this point, and then make a pass at her.
Only male Shepard can romance Jack. The romance must be started in Mass Effect 2.
- Do Grissom Academy: Emergency Evacuation (Specialist Traynor starts it).
- While on the mission, use polite responses when talking to Jack.
- After the mission, in the shuttle, when the students start cheering, click the Paragon prompt that appears.
- After the mission, watch for an e-mail from Jack inviting you to Purgatory on Citadel.
- Meet with Jack in Purgatory and use polite responses (tell her you still want her). After you commit to her in this scene, other romances will not be available.
Kaidan Alenko
Male and Female (see the note below) Shepard can romance Kaidan Alenko. The romance can be started in Mass Effect (1) and rekindled, or started anew.
- Male Shepherd, don't want to romance Kaidan? Don't buy the Whiskey.
- Visit Kaidan in the Huerta Memorial Hospital after Priority: Mars. He will email you about his recovery and potential visiting times. You can bring him a bottle of TM-88 Peruvian Whiskey to cheer him up and help spark romance. Purchase it at the kiosk in the hospital lobby.
- Visit Kaidan again after Priority: Palaven.
- Kaidan will then offer to meet you on the Presidium Commons via a private message on your personal terminal. If you have made the correct dialogue choices, Kaidan will bring up a relationship, or Shepard can push for it.
- It is possible for FemShep to romance Kaidan if you did not romance him in Mass Effect 1
(note) Kaidan DOES make a pass at Male Shepard in the Presidium Commons after Priority: Citadel 1, with no prior relationship from Mass Effect 1 or 2. This, however, does not indicate or lead to a relationship by itself; rather, visiting Kaidan after Priority: Citadel 1 and bringing him a Bottle of TM-88 Peruvian Whiskey, then visiting him after Priority: Palaven followed by accepting his invitation for lunch on the Presidium are what will grant you the opportunity to romance Kaidan.
Liara T'Soni
Male or female Shepard can romance Liara T'Soni. You can rekindle a relationship from Mass Effect 1 even if you've chosen a different partner in Mass Effect 2 -- but you have to make a choice early on in the game. To start a new romance with Liara, or rekindle an old one follow these steps.
- Talk to Liara in her room after every mission. The first time you board Normandy, imported characters can offer to rekindle the relationship. You will not be locked into the relationship at this point.
- Talk to Liara on the Presidium Commons before Priority: Citadel 2.
- Check your Personal Terminal and, when you receive a message from Liara about a special project, go to the Captain's Quarters. Use your Terminal in your room to invite Liara up. In the ensuing cutscene with Liara, she'll show you her preservation capsule idea and the article on Shepard. Choose polite options and say you want to be more than friends.
- Check your Terminal after this and Liara will invite you to join her on the Citadel. She is in the Presidium Commons, on the bottom level on the opposite side of the entrance. Talk to her here and choose the "more than friends" options again and she and Shepard will kiss.
The Paramour Achivement/Trophy will unlock at this point.
- Note: If you didn't choose Liara as a romantic interest in Mass Effect, or you were not loyal in Mass Effect 2, when she comes to your room to discuss her special project, you do not get the option to become more than friends at that point. The chance for romance doesn't come until you complete Priority: Citadel 2 and at least one other mission.
- Before starting Priority: Cerberus Headquarters, you will get to view Liara's romance scene in the cutscenes before the mission.
- In the Priority: Earth 2 Mission, you can talk to Liara before Anderson for an additional romance scene.
- Important note: If you choose to have a fling with Specialist Traynor or Allers, Liara will notice this and will break off the relationship the next time you visit her in her room.
Miranda Lawson
Only Male Shepard can romance Miranda Lawson. The romance must be started in Mass Effect 2. Miranda never appears on the Normandy, and your relationship with her will remain long-distance.
- Miranda will contact you after the first few missions. Meet her Before Priority: Citadel 2 on the Normandy dock.
- After Priority Citadel 2, Miranda will contact you via your personal terminal again.
- Following this (probably after doing another mission), she will contact you again and asks for a meeting in person. Meet her in the apartments of the Presidium Commons and you can choose to rekindle your relationship.
Garrus Vakarian
Only Female Shepard can romance Garrus. The romance must be started/continued in Mass Effect 2.
- After Priority: Palaven, talk to Garrus in the Normandy's main gun battery on the Crew Quarters level. Here you can recommit to Garrus or cancel the relationship. Even after this you can pursue another romance if you wish.
- After Priority: Tuchanka 2, you can talk to Garrus by Joker in the cockpit of the CIC.
- Garrus will eventually offer to meet Shepard on the Citadel. Here you can make a true commitment, precluding other relationships.
- There is a humorous romantic scene involving Tali and Garrus in the Main Battery before heading to Earth should you choose to commit to another partner.
Samantha Traynor
Only Female Shepard can romance Specialist Traynor. Traynor never appears anywhere but the Normandy, but you'll have to remember to talk to her as much as possible to open up the option to romance her.
- Talk to Traynor every time you visit the Galaxy Map area of the CIC on the Normandy after a mission.
- Traynor will mention liking strategy games in passing after Priority: Citadel 2. After this you will receive a private terminal message about playing a game. Go to your quarters and invite her up. You can make a pass at Traynor at this time. If you've played your cards right, you can let Traynor use your hi-tech shower. You can then join her.
Steve Cortez
Only Male Shepard can romance Steve Cortez.
- You can talk to Lieutenant Cortez in the Shuttle Bay the first time you board Normandy.
- Talk to Cortez later when he's upset and reviewing a log of a friend dying. Tell him to take some personal time on the Citadel.
- Talk to Cortez in the docking bay of the Citadel.
- Later, talk to Cortez in the lower docking area refugee camp, once it becomes available.
- After talking to Cortez in both Citadel locations, he will then appear in the Purgatory dance club on the Citadel. Shepard can commit to Cortez at this point.
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Tali'Zorah vas Normandy
Only Male Shepard can romance Tali. The romance must be started in Mass Effect 2.
- When Tali first boards the Normandy after Priority: Geth Dreadnought, you can talk to Tali about rekindling a relationship. This does not commit you to a relationship as of yet.
- During the Side Missions but BEFORE Priority: Rannoch, Tali will send you a message. Invite her to your quarters and, in the cutscene, you can recommit to Tali. If you miss this moment, Tali will no longer be romanceable.
- Talk to Tali on the Citadel before Priority: Rannoch to choose her side in an argument. She returns to the Citadel after Rannoch as well as a diplomat.
- After Priority: Cerberus Headquarters, you can talk to Tali in the bar-like lounge in the Normandy's Crew Quarters. She will be very drunk. She also appears talking to Garrus.
- After Rannoch, if you have successfully rekindled a relationship, you can talk to Tali in Engineering of the Normandy to receive a picture of her with her mask off. It appears by your bed. Note: The picture is an edit of a stock-photo. Some fans are angered that more effort wasn't put into the Quarian race/the payoff wasn't worth it.
- There is a humorous romantic scene involving Tali and Garrus in the Main Battery before heading to Earth should you choose to commit to another partner.


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MONOCHRON - open source retro clock from adafruit industries on Vimeo.
They call it something else (for understandable reasons), but it still satisfies our grumpy old geek rant: "When we were kids, video games had two lines and a dot, and we LIKED IT THAT WAY!"
Hardware hacker "Ladyada" has released an open source retro arcade style table tennis for two clock called the MONOCHRON. According to MONCHRON project page they "wanted to make a clock that was ultra-hackable, from adding a separate battery-backed RTC to designing the enclosure so you could program the clock once its assembled." It includes a ATmega328 processor (with'Arduino' stk500 bootloader for easy hacking). It's completely open source hardware, all firmware, layout and CAD files are yours to mess with.


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Yamaha is reporting its first quarterly loss in over 4 years, with a fourth-quarter loss of $467 million (compare that to its profit of $41 million in the fourth-quarter of 2007). Since Yamaha gets nearly 90% of its revenue outside of Japan, the strong yen doesn't help matters much either. The yen gained 17% against the U.S. dollar in the fourth quarter, thus eroding the value of overseas sales from their usually fat margins.
It should shock few people at that is point that in 2008, Yamaha lost customers in North America and Europe as would-be buyers cut recreational toys like motorcycles out of their budgets due to the…you guessed it…credit crisis and falling home values. In response to this, Yamaha is expected to cut the salaries of its executives by as much as 20% from February to December in order to hedge cut-costs and as a sign of unification within the corporation (a common act in Japanese corporations, GM take note).
Despite this litany of bad news, Yamaha's shares were seemingly unaffected, and closed at 880 yen at the end of trading yesterday. Also, the stock has only dropped 5.6%t so far this year. Investors are either hopefully of Yamaha's ability to weather the financial storm or saw this coming a mile away. We're guessing the latter.


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The Israeli army is continuing its campaign of collective punishment against the Palestinian people in retribution for the disappearance of three Israeli teens, Mustafa Barghouti told Palestine Monitor on Satuday in an exclusive statement to the press.
"These are attacks against the entire Palestinian population, not just Hamas," said Barghouti.
"The disappearance of the three settler boys has given Netanyahu an excuse to conduct a massive pre-planned campaign of collective punishment against the Palestinian people," he said.
Barghouti said that over the past few days of raids, Israeli armed forces have raided three Palestinian universities: Birzeit Univerity near Ramallah, Polytechnic University in Hebron, and the Arab American University in Jenin.
In addition to its violation of the integrity of academic campuses, Barghouti said, the Israeli military has also laid complete economic siege to the districts of Hebron and Nablus. Approximately one million people are locked in their sealed within their own districts, he said, and are prevented from reaching any other points in the West Bank. Experts estimate the siege on Hebron alone costs its residents about $12 million every day, Barghouti said.
The Israeli army is also attacking peaceful demonstrators with live ammunition, Barghouti told Palestine Monitor. Since Israel's crackdown throughout the West Bank began last Friday, members of the Israeli military have killed four Palestinian citizens.
Israeli forces shot and killed 14-year-old Mahmoud Jihad Muhammad Dudeen early Friday morning during a raid on the southern West Bank village of Dura, near Hebron. The boy was reportedly struck in the chest with live bullets. He died shortly after arriving to the hospital.
Mustafa Aslan, 22, was shot in the head with live ammunition by Israeli forces during a pre-dawn raid on the Qalandiya refugee camp, just outside Ramallah, on Friday.
Early Saturday morning, an elderly man from the village of Haris in the salfit district of the West Bank reportedly died of a heart attack during a heated argument with Israeli soldiers as they raided his home.
Ahamd Sabarin, 20, was shot directly in the chest with live ammunition during a night raid on Sunday in the Jalazone refugee camp, near Ramallah.
Israeli troops have conducted a severe crackdown on Palestinian media as well, said Barghouti, including a massive incursion into the PALMEDIA offices in Ramallah, in addition to a variety of other media offices in Hebron and Nablus.
The army has ransacked approximately 30 charitable associations across the West Bank, Barghouti told Palestine Monitor.
Since Israel's campaign of mass raids and arrests began last week, more than 400 Palestinians have been detained, which brings the total number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails to about 5,500, including 20 popularly elected members of the Palestinian parliament, Barghouti said.
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When the "Evolution of BoB" illustration came up recently, I wanted to see if it could work as part of a desktop image/wallpaper. What started as an exercise in enlarging an image while preserving its quality turned into its own composition, using some well-known images of BoB.
*Shrug* It's fan art. Maybe this is derivative tripe no one else will value. But I figure it'd be selfish and limit my opportunities to improve to go to the effort only to keep the image to myself.


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£27.1million bid for him this will please DITM as he is the kind of defensive midfield come playmaker he hopes we get....
Thu, 10/08/2017 - 19:30
if kouyates injury is much more serious than we are being told about and this is the reason behind this attempted transfer....if kouyate was fit we clearly need another midfielder but a playmaker more than a defensive player like this....
Wed, 23/08/2017 - 14:17
Just came back from a week in Valamoura and was talking to the locals who all rave about Carvalho apparently he reads the game brilliantly, can unlock defences, is strong and powerful can play the number 6 role or the number 8 a class act. So lets bloody sign him rapid!!!!!!!!!!!
Dicks is the man
Wed, 23/08/2017 - 15:58
yes but did they say he can play right back? uh oh......
Wed, 23/08/2017 - 17:29
No but he can play La Bamba on the xylophone..................
Thu, 10/08/2017 - 20:12
Kouyate too injury prone - Nobes legs going??? Makes sense to me if so!!
Dicks is the man
Thu, 10/08/2017 - 20:52
YEAH bikeman, get him signed up pronto.
Red Neck Iron
Thu, 10/08/2017 - 21:32
This transfer sounds positive to me. If it comes off it could see kouyate either off or at centre half. Wouldn't be surprised if it's the former. Also think we need to start with two dm, based on how I think bilic might want to play. Noble will need to up his game this season.
Dicks is the man
Fri, 11/08/2017 - 07:29
betty was saying the same but surely if the club is to push forwards i.e. top ten/top eight etc obiang, noble, kouyate and carvalho vying for two DM positions isn't too much? i can't see why one needs to go. all it takes is one to get some sort of injury and you left with just one other option each match. if you play with 2 strikers, then you would want at least 4 in your squad.
Betty Swollox
Fri, 11/08/2017 - 09:15
Yes but this is a one sided perspective. This is sort of the problem with the fantasy football mentality, that we only look at things from a detached point of view. Actually you've missed Obiang and Fernandes from that list so it would be 5. The problem is that any one of those players may want to play alll the time. I think Obiang was close to going last season, until he got a decent run in the team, for instance. There aren't many pleaders happy to just be a sub, waiting for someone to get injured. That's why Spurs can't sign anyone at the moment. If there was such a player he'd be crap, or old. It's all about players now, their moods, desires, wants. It's hard enough to manage these guys let alone when you've got 5 or 6 players for two positions.
Dicks is the man
Fri, 11/08/2017 - 09:56
i did mention obiang. fernandes for me is a fill in player anyway so I'm not counting him. however i totally disagree with your view to be honest. what you are saying is that clubs can't have squad players anymore…because everyone will be 'unhappy'. history though shows us this isn't true. its actually called 'competition for places'. when a player, say kouyate can't get in because carvalho and noble are playing too well, thats life for a footballer, but it goes hand in hand with the club doing well. all this stuff about you can't buy more than your starting 11 just makes no sense. spurs could easily buy the likes of dembele, carvalho etc. the problem for them is their first team is settled and good and pochettino is a manager that likes the same same each match, its not a case of players not wanting to go and give it a go to try and displace kane or ali, its a case of spurs thinking they don't need them and if you look at their squad its probably true. spurs are also known as low payers, they don't fork it out, as rose is saying. so its far more a case of just not paying than no one wanting to go there. its nothing to do with fantasy football that you keep referring to, basically you seem to think anyone who disagrees with the board or your perspective is a fantasist these days. maybe its a case of you not seeing things more generally? anyway, i think we need to accept that modern clubs have squads, not a first 11 and then some youngsters. also, imo obiang won't get into the first 11 of any clubs above us (i.e. top 10) so can't see what his beef would be if he wasnt a regular.
Red Neck Iron
Fri, 11/08/2017 - 11:23
I'd say the reason why spurs are not buying is as much down to needing the money for their new stadium than anything else. We need a squad not a team. That's been one of our problems. The top teams all have them and even the other teams leave decent players on the bench at times due to having a more inform or suitable player for that game. In all honest a West Ham manager now needs to embrace it's a squad thing and so use the squad not an 11 with subs if need be. People like kouyate can (and should) play at centre half where he can benefit us more if he won't I won't waste any sleep selling him for decent money. As for noble I'm sure most would agree he needs to up his game from last season, but that's how it should be. I'm sure he can see that anyway.
Betty Swollox
Fri, 11/08/2017 - 11:52
But you then have to accept that Obiang will leave. If Carvalho signs and is better then so be it. If you're theory is tight why didn't Randolph stay or Adrian wants to leave? Players know that if Carvalho comes in at €40m he's starting. They either do as you say or go, unfortunately the modern player isn't the roll your sleeves up type, so he'll go instead. We've also got Cullen who we've loaned out and Burke in CB role. In fact we currently have 5 cbs at the club all vying for a start. I bet you one will leave as they know 5 does not go into 2.
Dicks is the man
Fri, 11/08/2017 - 12:41
don't have to accept one will leave, no. in obiang's case, he's signed a new contract, theres no guarantee you start every game. and why can't he play alongside carvalho? noble and him rotating? kouyate coming in for one or other along the way? theres 38 games a season plus cups. we keep hearing how players today can't play every game or even near it, so whats the problem? i think you are making problems that don't exist. obiang for example, if he doesnt be a starter every game…how does he just 'leave'? lets face it he's not going to have barcelona or psg throwing cash at him to go there….so its up to the club to sell him if they want. other than that, bit like randolph and adrian, they go when the club tells them they go. adrian for example, if he's on the bench he doesnt get up and leave the club. its only the big players, the payets, neymars, coutinhos who can 'force' the clubs hand, but even then neymar would not have been allowed to go if there wasnt a release clause written in his contract. i think people are going way over the top with this belief that players can just leave at will. why would obiang even want to? if he's still playing a part in the team which he no doubt would be, he's still being paid a fortune, so unless he fancies going to huddersfield or swansea or stoke for less money, why would he try to 'instigate a move?' and before we say 'he can just down tools' …well its a long season, if you have the likes of obiang playing rubbish in a huff or playing truant or whatever….there won't be many bids coming in at the end of the season will there?
Red Neck Iron
Fri, 11/08/2017 - 15:51
Surely a player can play over 25 games and be satisfied? Just because a player doesn't start a few games shouldn't mean he doesn't have a fair amount of game time if the squad is rotated properly. If a manager doesn't rotate his squad then he should go to a championship team. There are plenty of reasons a player shouldn't play and be ok about it. Injury, suspension, poor form, African nations cup, late arrival to pre season due to international duty, late back from a long trip after int duty. (Ie if Mexico were playing and Hernandez had a long flight and short recovery time) this idea of people getting out of their pram is more old school. Most players want big money and in a successful team. I think players would rather be getting 25 games in a good squad than 38 at Huddersfield. If they are not then they aren't worth keeping because they don't have the drive. To better themselves or the team. Obiang didn't leave on his first season with us. So as long as he gets 25 plus I'd bet he would be ok about it. Ditto noble and kouyate. Of course I maybe wrong but either of those three have shown themselves as unreasonable. Having said that I doubt carvalho will come anyway unless we have sold a big money player.
Dicks is the man
Fri, 11/08/2017 - 16:30
get it done or you're fired.
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Thu, 10/08/2017 - 22:56
Fri, 11/08/2017 - 06:41
This is worth more than Arnautovic. Club should stretch to £30M if needs must, but get him signed.
Tue, 15/08/2017 - 21:10
Looks like this move is not going to happen. Smoke and mirrors. Sold Feghouli for around £4M and brought in another decent chunk of cash. Net spend is very little for a supposedly ambition "top ten" side.
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Tue, 15/08/2017 - 21:55
sounded suspect when I heard his release clause was 40 mill but we were only offering 30.
Sat, 19/08/2017 - 22:24
Is this guy going to offer a lot more than Rice? Apparently he's a midfield engine but he couldn't shoot if his life depended on it? £30m+ and we are the only ones bidding so why are we bothering when we have a youth showing promise as a back up? Seems bloody pointless.......
Sat, 19/08/2017 - 22:39
He's a smaller version of Pogba, and yes, as you say, without the scoring ability. But we need someone who can split defences with a pass, someone with vision and someone (anyone) who can enforce discipline in our own half. If I had the money, I'd pay it. (Haven't seen enough of Rice, by the way, so can't comment on the comparison, but we could stand to have both players).
Sun, 20/08/2017 - 22:52
Whats to say he can't play the midfield role? quoted as beng one of our best players in the last 2 games in midfield so maybe his best position is actually there? how many youth players make the transition and on a like for like basis? Hardly any and this guy looked as comfortable in midfield as Peter Stringfellow and Hugh Hefner surrounded by jack and danny, so why not give the lad the chance?
Tue, 22/08/2017 - 02:01
But Sporting still haven't agreed the transfer fee. Let's hope this gets done; it would be absolutely HUGE for the club this season. It's not the one signing alone, but this would really be the piece in the puzzle that allows us to go forward with confidence. And if Slav can't get at least 8th with that team, he should walk.
Tue, 22/08/2017 - 05:00
i think DS is trying to get Snodgrass to Lisbon as part of the fee
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Sun, 27/08/2017 - 00:28
Its all down to the Huddsfield game bike if we get 3 shipped past us then its taxi for slav and after you've dropped him at the airport order another one for that so called goal kepper and then get on to interflora and send the biggest most expensive bunch of flowers round to Adrian' s house with the longest kiss arse apology in history
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Sat, 26/08/2017 - 05:06
Reports are conflicting, with some saying Slav is still optimistic, but Sky Sports have quoted club officials saying that they have abandoned this deal as too expensive. Maybe it is. £40M for a holding midfielder who doesn't score is indeed a lot of money! But West Ham badly need quality in that position. Money aside, he would have been a good signing.
Dicks is the man
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 09:01
I think thats the point a lot miss. they say it was too much money but wouldnt signing him be better than not signing him? its not like the money will,affect the club adversely. and the point is if we dont sign him but sign some cheapie from hull why is that better? saving money? I dont really understand the argument of him being too much money.
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 10:42
to calculate the value of a player. But if we did have Carvalho, I'd say we finish somewhere around 6th-8th. And that would be a fine season.
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 11:38
Never looked likely that he would sign for us, as we all know the Portugeuse negotiate a hard deal that we were never going to afford or agree to. As a earlier post says, Ndong may be a target, with Hugh Jarse at the back and his wife Norma Stitz as his agent may appeal to girlie mags tycoons.
Red Neck Iron
Sun, 03/09/2017 - 21:36
Sullivan is either incompetent or he thinks we are stupid. He says we had no time to give carvalho his medical, but we all know you can sign a player subject to a medical plus he says he isn't fit yet plays for Portugal a couple of days later. Inshort based on our fitness level, he is the equivalent of mo farah


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A relatively new local cultural expression comes to the Isaac Taylor Garden in New Bern on April 20 with the first Spoken Word Poetry Expo.
A relatively new local cultural expression comes to the Isaac Taylor Garden in New Bern on April 20 with the first Spoken Word Poetry Expo.
It features poets Meg Wethington, Kendal Turner, Tavis Brunson, C.P. Maze and Kevin Lewis.
Tickets for the 6 to 9 p.m. event are $20 and that includes complimentary beer and wine. Tickets will be available at the gate or can be bought in advance at a number of New Bern locations.
The Isaac Taylor Garden, which is at 228 Craven St. is the city�s newest entertainment venue.
Tickets are available at the Isaac Taylor Garden; Ratio Theatre, 901 Pollock St.; Surf, Wind, 230 Middle St.; and MJ�s Raw Bar & Grille, 216 Middle St.
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Organizer Wethington said the event is in celebration of National Poetry Month in April. Attendees are welcome to bring a chair or blanket.
First published at the age of 12, Wethington has enjoyed writing poetry her entire life.
Her first publications were in the Atlantic Baptist Association newsletters, and she was invited to Duke University�s Young Writer�s Camp in 1990.
While at Duke, she excelled in written poetry and was asked to read her work aloud for the first time. While attending Midlands Technical College in Columbia, S.C., she published an essay in 2001 titled �The Woman Chain: A Reflection of Women�s Roles.� It appeared in the literary textbook �The User�s Guide to College Writing: Reading, Analyzing, Writing.�
Her short story �Jock Itch� in 2002 was featured in the college creative literary publication Stylus.
She moved to New Bern in 2006. She works at MJ�s Raw Bar and Grille, where she works awarded the Sun Journal Reader�s Choice Award�s �Best Bartender 2011� and again in 2012.
She attended the New Bern-Craven County Public Library�s celebration of National Poetry Month in April 2011 and read her poetry to distinguished members of the North Carolina Poetry Society.
She can be found taking part in downtown New Bern�s ArtWalk as featured poet during Bohemian Night. She has also worked with Andrea Owens and Joey Infinito at Ratio Theatre where she participated in voicing her spoken words in celebration of the theatre�s first night dedicated to Poetry. Most recently, she has worked with Harbour Jazz quartet and is currently hosting Ratio Theatre�s first Spoken Word Poetry Expo.
Turner describes herself as an eternal optimist as well as a poet. She has been performing for more than 10 years, writing for two decades and has been published in a handful of journals. But that�s not important. What�s important is that she�s happy to be here, now, with you.
�Life is a beautiful chance to make mistakes and get things right,� she said. �Poetry is just one of the ways to open your eyes and, hopefully, to bring a smile.�
Brunson, known as �The Minister� is a native of Columbia, S.C.He began writing in high school around the age of 15, starting with raps of a secular nature and received high grades on English assignments when he exercised his poetic gift.
While attending college in Atlanta, he began writing on more Christian subjects. When he moved back to South Carolina, he turned his talents to songwriting for budding gospel group, Complete.
After that, he took a hiatus from writing for a few years, except for the occasional poem here and there.
He moved to Orlando, Fla., in 1999, and by 2002, his writing was re-born.
He was a three-time member of the nationally-ranked Columbia Poetry Slam Team, 2006 Southern Fried Champions.
He has a full length CD titled �Sanctuary� and DVD�Musings of a Concrete Minister.�
Houston-born C.P. Maze of Charlotte brings an arsenal of emotion from page to the stage, with an explosive delivery method honed over 20-plus years.
Maze is classical trained, yet still writes raw form material canvassing life lessons from staggering family dynamics of urban life upbringing, midlife Marine Corps memories and adulthood years as an artist.


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Ex "Teen Mom" star Amber Portwood is savoring every moment after 17 months behind bars -- reuniting with her 4-year-old daughter on Monday -- and TMZ has the photos.
As we reported, Amber was originally sentenced to 5 years in an Indiana prison for violating probation in her drug possession case, but she was released early for good behavior and time served.
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There are a lot of famous turns — Eau Rouge, the Corkscrew, Parabolica —, but watch this one rally jump and you'll understand why it might be sketchier than all of those put together.
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On his website, butterfly expert Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis, calls the pipevine swallowtail "the signature riparian butterfly of our region, occurring along streams in foothill canyons and on the Central Valley floor, essentially everywhere where its only host plant, California pipevine or Dutchman's pipe, Aristolochia californica, occurs."
If you head out to the Storer Garden in the UC Davis Arboretum, you might see a pipevine swallowtail catching the breeze, stopping here and there to nectar a plant.
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The new generation of heart rate monitors, wrist top computers or other monitoring devices can drive your members to better results, increase your revenues and allow you to provide more frequent and personal "touch" on your members. They also can help you increase sales of traditional and non-traditional services.
While the accuracy or efficacy of heart rate monitoring has been debated, one study shows that more than 87 percent of fitness professionals believe that monitoring workout intensity through heart rate is one of the top three "must haves" in a well-rounded program. The bottom line is that heart rate monitoring of any kind, when used correctly, provides an excellent tool for trainers and clients to monitor progress and improve adherence to exercise.
Around for more than 20 years, heart rate monitoring devices are now so ubiquitous that hardly a bike, treadmill or elliptical trainer in your club is without some type of heart-rated monitoring interface.
Monitoring heart rate is a valuable and simple way to measure progress, maintain motivation and provide feedback whether for a member looking to know how many calories a workout has burned or a triathelete wanting to fine-tune his or her program. The real value in these new devices is the variety, sophistication and ability that they provide using a multitude of feedback measures.
However, technology for the sake of technology is not useful for your members. A high percentage of your members have limited time and patience for processing more information. Exercise frequency, intensity and time are critical and should be made simple. Using a heart rate monitor should not be an exercise in patience or in one's ability to memorize an owner's manual.
We asked exercisers (our clients) from around the country what they liked and disliked about the process of using heart rate monitoring devices. Here is what they had to say:
First and foremost help me set up my monitor quickly so that it can give me the information I need to reach my goals. I can't do it alone.
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I want functions that I can use when I'm not in the health club but outdoors, e.g. temperature, distance ran, biked, etc. and an altimeter in some cases. (Nearly half of those surveyed preferred a wristop computer/monitor that was sporty looking enough to be able to wear outside of the gym.)
I want chest receiver straps that are anatomically correct and comfortable to use.
Overwhelmingly, the clients we interviewed had some knowledge of heart rate and its importance, but not enough that they were able to translate this knowledge into useful adherence or actionable progress. Interestingly, this was the case even with clients who were familiar with sophisticated personal technology devices such as handheld computers, multi-use phones and other devices. Manufacturers of monitoring devices tend to create feature-rich models that, although helping to drive sales, are difficult to program and use, and are often misunderstood. This creates an opportunity for trainers and group instructors to educate and lead clients through the proper use of heart rate monitors. This adds value and also the ability to provide more opportunities for additional services.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony confirmed the club made an offer to left-hander Johan Santana, who ultimately decided to sign with the Orioles on Tuesday.
Santana, who pitched for the Twins from 2000-07 and won the AL Cy Young Award in 2004 and '06, signed with Baltimore on a contract that will earn him a base salary of $3 million if he is on the Major League roster for Opening Day. Santana, who is coming off shoulder surgery, could also receive up to $5 million in performance bonuses.
Antony said the Twins had good conversations with Santana's agent, Peter Greenberg, but the Orioles simply made a better offer.
"We had conversations, but they had to make their decision on what they were looking for and what they wanted to do," Antony said. "We had some interest, and we expressed our interest and talked to him. He clearly got more money. I can tell you that much."
A reunion seemed to make sense for Santana, who is familiar with the Twins' coaching staff and lives in Fort Myers, but it did not pan out. Santana met with Baltimore reporters on Wednesday, and he said one of the main reasons he signed with the Orioles was because he wanted to pitch for a contender.
"It's unique when you're dealing with somebody who has accomplished a lot in the game like he has," Antony said. "But you just go with what you feel is comfortable and make an offer, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, it doesn't."
Antony added that the Twins viewed Santana as a starter but that he would not have been ready to pitch in the Majors until June. The Orioles had not decided on Wednesday whether Santana would be a starter or reliever this season.
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Oh my what a summer it has been! We've been busy working our basement project (the concrete walls are now painted, yay!), having a much needed patio installed, tending to the vegetable garden (which is growing crazy amounts of vegetables!), swimming at Grandma's, sunning, seeing friends, shopping, and sneaking in a project here and there. My latest involved painting a pine bookshelf that once sat in the kitchen of our previous home. It held cookbooks, food related magazines, and craft projects in progress. However, when we moved, I had no need for a bookshelf in the kitchen and so it has sat in our basement patiently waiting for a new life.
Aside from no longer needing it my new kitchen, I really didn't want to use it anywhere else in our house due to all the scratches our dog put on it as a puppy years ago. Then an idea popped up – why not paint it and use it in our oldest daughters room? The kids could really make it feel wanted by storing their books and toys. So I got out the paint, decoupage, brushes, and some fabric. Here is how it came out…
You should have seen the amazed look on my 3 year old daughters face when she saw it in her room! Hey, she impresses easily – I'll take what I can get.
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When do you think I'll get a nationally-mandated minimum wage for being a committed stay-at-home parent who engages my children and exposes them to enrichment opportunities and cooks them nourishing meals and constantly strives to do better by them? Cause I'd really like to stop moonlighting with these college students--they'd rather be moonlighting somewhere else as well, anyway.
In other news, my own happy kids are rockin' their own school, as usual. One of the sweeter traditions, in a classroom full of sweet rituals and traditions (don't take my word for it--the Montessori birthday ritual is gorgeous everywhere), is to have each child draw a self-portrait twice a year, just before the fall and spring parent/teacher conferences. The work table has a mirror set up in front of it, and blank paper and colored pencils, and the older children (and even the youngest ones, by the spring self-portrait), add a sort of handwriting sampler at the bottom. It's a fascinating look at how a child sees herself, and fascinating how that perception evolves over the months and the years.
I posted Willow's self-portrait at four years and ten months, and so here is her self-portrait at five years and nearly four months: Such an evolution in that kid!
Now, it's possible that Sydney didn't quite understand the purpose of the self-portrait work, since this is her first time, but frankly, I think she understood it quite well, and thus I think that her self-portrait is a pretty clear reflection of who my kid is inside:Yep, that's my kid. Her sister is introspective, socially cautious, and very concerned with understanding the social script of any situation. Sydney, however, is an extrovert who craves attention, and is extremely socially clever, particularly in regards to manipulating situations to achieve an optimum outcome. At the parent/teacher conferences Matt discovered, through shrewd questioning, that the two sub-teachers in the girls' classroom have apparently been unwittingly letting Sydney basically do nothing in the classroom except wander around and hang out. One teacher tells Sydney to hang up her coat. Sydney looks at her blankly, so the teacher demonstrates the activity, in the process hanging up her coat for her. This happens every single day. The other teacher demonstrates a new work to Sydney, and then asks if she'd like to try it. She says no. This happens every single time.
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"Observant, my butt. A Montessori classroom is not a cocktail party. It's an experiential education lab, and it's very expensive. Get the kid playing with something."
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Jacob Kaiser: "The Shawshank Redemption. I like the great escape scenes and the idea of beating out the law."
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Schlossberg v. Solesbee, 2012 WL 141741 (D.Or. January 18, 2012)
Plaintiff was being questioned by defendant police officer when defendant noticed plaintiff was using a digital camera to capture the exchange. The cop got enraged and took the camera away. He arrested plaintiff and looked through the files on the camera without getting a warrant.
So plaintiff filed a civil rights lawsuit. Before trial, the court asked the parties to file briefs on whether plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights were violated. The court found that the warrantless search of the camera was an unlawful search incident to an arrest, thereby violating the Fourth Amendment.
In its decision, the court noted that cases which have allowed warrantless searches of electronic devices incident to arrest established a dangerous new rule, namely, that any citizen committing even the most minor arrestable offense is at risk of having his or her most intimate information viewed by an arresting officer. The court recounted the case of some cops who, in a warrantless search of a drunk driving suspect's cell phone, found and shared some naked photos of the suspect's girlfriend. See Newhard v. Borders, 649 F.Supp.2d 440 (W.D. Va 2009).
The court disagreed with the rationale of previous cases that held electronic devices such as phones and cameras were like "closed containers" and were thereby subject to warrantless searches. It found that warrantless searches of electronic devices are not reasonable when they are incident to a valid arrest absent a showing that the search is necessary to:
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The court further found that all electronic devices should be subject to this broad protection — police should not have to distinguish between laptops, traditional cell phones, smart phones and cameras before deciding whether to proceed with a search of the device incident to arrest.
In sum, the court found that because plaintiff had a high expectation of privacy in his camera's contents, defendant should not have reviewed its contents in a search incident to the arrest. He should have gotten a warrant instead.
So what do you think? Did the court get this one right?