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Neck and neck: Remarkable moment a giraffe fells his rival in dramatic African desert duel for supremacy
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They live in the desert, surviving off the scantest of resources - and are famously bad-tempered.
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Two male desert giraffes prepare to fight in the Hoanib sand river, Namibia. Giraffe fights are not uncommon but most are nothing more than posturing
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These light bouts may only consist of rubbing necks and bumping each other. However, if the bulls do decide to really fight, they will spread their front legs to get a more stable stance.
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Julian Fennessy, a biologist at the Giraffe Conservation Foundation and Director of the Namibia Nature Foundation, said: 'Their necks are extremely powerful weapons.
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Three desert giraffes stretch for a better view in the Namib desert. They survive on the scantest of resources and will fight to defend their territories if challenged
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Footage from the show has also revealed how black rhinos enjoy regular night-time liaisons involving kisses, cuddles and a level of social interaction previously unknown in the species.
Thanks to the latest high definition night vision cameras, scientists are now able to observe the animals in the dark for the first time, and have observed a boisterous personality trait that rarely appears during the daytime.
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Aggressive: The programme also featured two African lions competing for dominance
Paul Brehem, who was the scientific adviser for the film crew, said: 'For us to see this happening at night is extraordinary. It seems to be happening every night and we could see different individuals coming and going each night.
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It's been 10 years since Lance Armstrong was first diagnosed with cancer, 10 years since doctors gave his life a sentence he refused to accept. And to celebrate, Armstrong is doing what any cancer survivor would do -- chasing down a life goal he has yet to attain.
On Sunday, Armstrong will join 40,000 people for the ING New York City Marathon. He's traded in his bicycle for a pair of running shoes, left behind the treacherous 2,241-mile climb up the French Alps for 26.2 miles of pounding his knees on the streets of New York City.
In an exclusive interview with ESPN.com this week, Armstrong declined to talk about doping or other issues in his former sport, but discussed why he's running the marathon, what his personal goals are for the world's most famous footrace and why this might not be the last time we'll see him in such an event.
ESPN.com: For most people, a marathon is a major hurdle, something that challenges the core of who they are but offers a tremendous sense of accomplishment when they're finished. As a world-class athlete, what's your motivation in doing this?
Lance Armstrong: Well, honestly, I don't think I'm that different than those people you've described. The perception is that I've done a marathon before because of the triathlons I used to run. People think "Ironman," and they think I've run a marathon. But I haven't done a marathon. The longest I've ever run is 16 miles and that was a week ago. This is a milestone for me as well. I'm nervous. It's something I always wanted to do. And it's something I considered doing again, but now we'll see.
ESPN.com: So the longest you have ever run is 16 miles?
Armstrong: A lot of people say 20 miles is the halfway mark, so yeah, I'm nervous. But at the same time, I'm hoping to rely on 20-plus years of endurance to get me through this.
ESPN.com: There are a handful of places you could have chosen to run -- Boston, Chicago, maybe a smaller event in your home state of Texas. Why New York?
Armstrong: Aside from the biggest and most prestigious marathon, it's arguably the greatest city in the world. New York has always been great to me. And then you get into the aspects you hear about later on, the support from the community, from the boroughs, the party atmosphere, that appealed to me. It's not the fastest or the easiest marathon, but it's such a great city.
ESPN.com: I know you said that time is not important to you, but you're also a competitor. And anybody who runs, whether it's 2 miles or 20, has a time in the back of his head. What's your goal?
Armstrong: I'm targeting 3 hours. I'll be happy if I finish in under 3.
ESPN.com: You've done 20 years of crazy amounts of training and strict dieting. Now that you're in your so-called "retirement," how have you balanced preparing for the race while, well, retiring?
Armstrong: That's a good point. I did spend 20 years dieting fanatically and training and studying and analyzing everything and that was really what defined my career. This is the antithesis of that. This is not that at all. Ironically enough, running is the most convenient thing because I travel so much now. Bikes are hard to carry when you don't know the roads. Carrying a bike is harder than carrying a set of running shoes on a plane. There's just not, there hasn't been a lot of planning besides consistent daily exercise. There's still time on the bike, in the gym, in the pool, a whole mix of cross training.
ESPN.com: I read where your travel schedule has made training a challenge. What are some of the stranger places you've been forced to run? And who are some of the more unique people you've come across in your training?
Armstrong: I run everywhere. In Iowa, in Central Park, in Miami, in L.A. I like to workout outside. If the weather is bad outside, I'll go to the gym. But if I can be outdoors, I'll be outside.
ESPN.com: And who are some unique people you've run into?
Armstrong: One day I was running in Central Park and catching this old boy, who was wearing a yellow band. I thought that was pretty cool. Well, it was [North Carolina Sen.] John Edwards, which definitely was pretty cool. He was surprised and we ran for a while and talked, but then he asked me to go on ahead. He wasn't quite interested in running that fast.
Also, in both of my last two times in the park, I've run with the Columbia [University] cross country team. It's pretty cool to see kids out there for their school. They see me coming and they start running the other way. We run together for a few miles and they ask me questions, I ask them questions. It's just a cool thing.
ESPN.com: There are a lot of people who physically can't handle the pounding that running takes on a body. They prefer swimming or cycling. How has your body responded during your training?
Armstrong: I'm one of them. It's been up and down. When I first got into it seriously, I had hip flexor issues. They have gone away, but they've been replaced with shin splints, about the worst thing you can have for running. But I'm icing them, getting massaged, taking ibuprofen -- just trying to keep it together for Sunday.
ESPN.com: You started running when you were in grade school. That led to joining the track team, then swimming and then to the bike. Right now, if you had to quench your thirst for adrenaline and had no training requirements, which of those three physical challenges would you pursue? Why?
Armstrong: Hands down, it's not even close I still much prefer a bike. When I get back to the bike, even now with the shin splints I've been riding every day, you just can't replace that feeling. A run is great and all, but a good bike ride is and always will be my favorite.
ESPN.com: Speaking of your love for cycling -- you were always known as a fierce competitor. Do you miss competition? How do you quench the desire to compete?
Armstrong: I don't need to win anything here. I know I'm not going to win. But I have little competitions with myself. The other day I ran a mile as fast as I could. I wanted to see how fast I could run. I had a time in mind, maybe 5:00, 5:05 and I ended up beating that by quite a lot. I ran in 4:51. That was a victory for me.
ESPN.com: Unlike the Tour de France, where you're competing against the world's greatest cyclists, in this event, you'll be running alongside the everyday 35-year-old stock trader. What do you anticipate that's going to be like for you?
Armstrong: Well, that's sort of the beauty of this, isn't it? I didn't want to, after so many years of professional and competitive sports, not to name names, but I didn't want to be the typical professional athlete, where the tendency is to get lazy and sedentary and not doing anything. Especially those first couple years. I didn't want that for my life. It's not good for my health and I don't want to be a 40-year-old 50 pounds over weight. Now, on Sunday, I'll be like every other 35-year-old guy in the field who has an hour a day to exercise, has kids to tend to, business to take care of and drinks a beer or two every night. My publicist is giving me the finger, joking that maybe I should add a zero to that. In many ways, I'm just an average dude, like so many of the other runners out there.
ESPN.com: You mentioned the shape that most professional athletes grow into post their playing days. Beyond the marathon, what sort of long-term fitness goals do you have for yourself?
Armstrong: I don't know. After this, I won't rule out another marathon. I wouldn't rule out a triathlon or an adventure race either. There are other events in cycling I'd like to do, like the Leadville 100, an extreme mountain bike race in some of the highest parts of Colorado. I don't think people have to worry -- I'll find something to keep myself motivated.
Wayne Drehs is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Research Review: Genetic vulnerability or differential susceptibility in child development: the case of attachment
Version of Record online: 12 DEC 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01801.x
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 12, pages 1160–1173, December 2007
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Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. and Van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2007), Research Review: Genetic vulnerability or differential susceptibility in child development: the case of attachment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48: 1160–1173. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01801.x
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- gene–environment interaction;
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Gene–environment interactions interpreted in terms of differential susceptibility may play a large part in the explanation of individual differences in human development. Reviewing studies on the behavioral and molecular genetics of attachment, we present evidence for interactions between genetic and environmental factors explaining individual differences in attachment security and disorganization. In particular, the DRD4 7-repeat polymorphism seems associated with an increased risk for disorganized attachment, but only when combined with environmental risk. Gene–environment (G × E) interactions may be interpreted as genetic vulnerability or differential susceptibility. We found support for the differential susceptibility hypothesis predicting not only more negative outcomes for susceptible children in unfavorable environments, but also positive outcomes for susceptible children in favorable environments.


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You are already safe to deliver. If you want to drain the bile acids that are causing you so much pain (my feet are still screwed up 21 months later!) start doing small coffee enemas. The caffeine stimulates the liver to dump excess bile directly to the colon for removal, not keep sticking it into your hands and feet to try to sweat out (bigger pores there and toxins are sequestered in the extremities). 3T coffee, organic if you can, in 1 qt boiling water, reduce to simmer for 15 minutes with a tight fitting lid. Retain a cup or so at a time if you can. The longer the caffeine is there, it is stimulating the dump of bile. The blood goes through your liver every 3 minutes.
My coffee enemas helped for about 48 hours at a time. If you can't bring those bile levels down with whatever you have on hand today, schedule the induction for baby's safety.
After the baby comes, if you still have issues, take a look at yahoo's gallstones board. You'll learn a lot that you can use before another pregnancy to reduce your risk of further ICP issues. GL!
You know what's right for you and baby, don't give up, advocate for yourself and make sure you have support from a family or friend!
Yeah it's most definitely NOT a part of normal pregnancy. I agree with the above ladies - advocate for yourself, get a blood test on your own if you have to, and basically do whatever necessary to either get on urso asap or find out what your bile acid levels are. I was induced at 37wks with no complications to my baby - so I would say you're better off pushing for an early delivery if you can. Good luck!!!
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Itchy with no rash? Google cholestasis and get your bile acid levels tested!
I would also be wary of the caffeine enemas as previously suggested, caffeine can be taxing on a pregnant woman's liver and even more so on a fetus.


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From Herrenberg, the city of Frankfurt is approximately 110 miles (177 kilometers) to the north.
The area around Herrenberg is crisscrossed with things to do and see, from perennial tourist favourites to still-undiscovered gems. If you have some extra time, head 10 miles (16 kilometers) to Sindelfingen. Here you can visit the Sindelfingen Swimming Center and Mercedes Benz Factory.
Stuttgart, is another good spot to explore. It is about 19 miles (31 kilometers) from Herrenberg and offers a diverse range of things to see and do, for example Daimler AG Corporate Headquarters, Stuttgart State Museum of the Natural Sciences and Wurttemberg Mausoleum. Loewentor Museum, Landtag and Liederhalle Concert and Convention Center are good places to visit.
When you ask the locals for their must-see places around Herrenberg, more often than not they'll point to Black Forest 's much-loved open-air exhibits, farms and open-air museums. History buffs will enjoy exploring the area's fine old ruins, fortresses and old towns.
This region also boasts a number of high-altitude experiences such as paragliding. The wider region offers plenty of activities for visitors with a love of water. Boating and swimming are some of the popular choices here.
As the sun sets on your adventures, spend what's left of your euros on last-minute keepsakes and bid a fond Tschüss (farewell) to the new friends you've made and the locations you've been.
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The National Sustainability Summit will be held on the 11th October in the Citywest Hotel, Dublin.
The event will provide an ideal platform to discuss and debate the parameters for COP21/CMP11 Conference of the Parties to the United Nationas Framework Convention on Climate Change, otherwise known as Paris 2015.
The event is taking place at a pivotal time – in the run-up to UN climate change summit in Paris this December. It's expected this climate conference will conclude a groundbreaking international agreement on emissions which, for the first time, will cover all nations of the world.
Given such a legally binding deal could be implemented as early as 2020, the National Sustainability Summit provides the ideal platform to discuss and debate what this will mean for Irish business, regulatory bodies and government.
It's clear that sustainability is no longer an optional add-on for business. In a commercial world of 5 and 10 year plans, adapting to climate change is now an imperative. Companies need to know that their supply chain is both secure AND sustainable. Shareholders and customers are increasingly demanding to know where their products are coming from. Market advantage will flow to those companies which can prove it.
EU emissions reduction targets are already influencing business planning in all sectors of the Irish economy: construction, manufacturing, IT, food, aviation, energy, water, retail, hospitality, logistics and supply chain. Innovations and entrepreneurial skills have all ready begun to create a more sustainable Ireland, and this will be reflected in the National Sustainability Summit.
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Strange comments by Ubisoft's boss reported by BBC.
He recommended that fans of the movie stick to the version for more established games consoles.
"When you play on an Xbox or a PlayStation 2, you start to see that it is beautiful," he said.
"Those quotes were taken out of context," said a Ubisoft spokesperson I contacted today; while Ubisoft is looking into the nature of the comments Guillmot made to BBC, the publisher stands firmly behind the quality of all versions of the game.
Indeed, without knowing whether Guillemot was referring to the PAL version of the game, or what models of television sets he's referring to, and at which settings the game was running on, it's difficult to understand these comments on a game that has gotten high marks from many game publications. We've played all versions of the game, and while some editors felt the 360 version could have taken more advantage of what the 360 has to offer, others maintain that the 360 game is the best-looking version of all.
With so many options for displaying your games these days it's getting harder and harder to make blanket generalizations about graphical quality. The best thing to do is try out various games at various settings on your home gaming rig and see what works for you. Still, it does impress upon us all that the so-called "HD era" is arriving selectively for many of us.
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The right thing to doPosted: Jan 07, 2006 12:00AM PST by Greggy-IGN
Does anyone else feel like this was the right thing to do?

Yeah, it's not something you see every day, but if something's screwed up the guy should get credit for warning us about it? Wasn't everyone flaming EA the other day because they let Madden on the PSP go with the Franchise bug in it?

It's about time someone cut the PR BS and shot straight with consumers.
I have the game for 360Posted: Dec 28, 2005 12:00AM PST by madmax28
and have absolutely no problems. I am running in on a samsung hdtv that has 780p but I set it to 1080i anyway. Doesn't do anything I know. To make a long story short my tv shows the game great and I have no problems. Bad luck for those that do...
i ran a comparison.Posted: Dec 24, 2005 12:00AM PST by an18
i was playing king kong on 360 for about a couple weeks now and just noticed how dark the game is. there are parts of the game that render it unplayable on my 360, im currently having trouble seeing the millipedes and scorpion-like enemies in the scene after the first king kong fight. i am running the game on a regular flat screen TV with component inputs. after numerous attempts, i decided to check out a copy of the game on ps2. to my surprise, the game is way brighter compared to the 360 version. there are many shadowy corners in the game where i saw extra spears i can pick up, where as in the 360 version i could not see them at all. shit, even the demo that runs on the interactive 360 units at retail stores looks dark, especially the kong vs. vrex fight. the vrex is sometimes hard to see underneath all the shadows, and the interactive units run on HDTVs. the only gripe i have about the ps2 version is that it has some framerate issues, but it is still way more playable than the 360. the old dood was right after all.
has any one.......Posted: Dec 16, 2005 12:00AM PST by jackrip5
has anyone played the game? i have played all the way through on a hi-def t.v. and there were several parts where i died not being able to see. there are no in game brightness settings, and adjusting my t.v. all the way to bright didi not help. the game is way too dark. at least on the 360 version. i have not seen the other versions.
How could you miss?Posted: Dec 16, 2005 12:00AM PST by Feelz_Good
How could you miss the fact that the screen is too dark on standard definition tv's? On a high definition display the game is beautiful, and a side by side comparison of King Kong on PC vs King Kong 360 will show that the 360 version is better.
I said same thingPosted: Dec 16, 2005 12:00AM PST by KhaoticKhaye
I played the demo on a 360 and feel the xbox demo was better and easier to see what you were doing.
360 version is beautiful, what a moron...Posted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by mandangsbelow69
atleast thats what I saw at Eb games what a moron, I hope he got fired, tarred and feathered outside of EA studios just to show Ubisoft means buisenes.
Even IF it was unplayable....Posted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by BillJr106
...it would still be the sole fault of the developer. So all you anti-360 people need to hush up. If anything, it's Ubisofts fault for making the game like that. Not the 360's fault for rendering the code. Anyway, I played the demo, and altho I did find it dark, and couldnt figure out what to do after distracting the T Rex, and found the beating up dinos as Kong a little boring (and I will bet repetitive if I owned the whole game)
oh yeah.....Posted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by mustang500e
dont comment that next gen and the whole HD era is "highley dissapointing" unless you have a 360 and a HD tv, if u havent expierienced it and all you do is read articles of complaint, youll come a vey wrong conclusion. I have a 360 and a nice 50 inch HD tv and its been beyond my expectations. by the way, if you have both a 360 and an HD tv and are not blown away, check the video cables were it plugs into the 360 because there a switch on it thats switches the 360 between normal tv and hd tv (its default is normal), my first 3 days i forgot to switch it and was wondering why HD wasnt as clear as i thought it would be, but the from moment i switched it, its been beyond my expecations. hint: buy Perfect Dark ZER0. doesnt look real on purpose but the graphics are amzingley detailed.
only negatives mske the mediaPosted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by mustang500e
i am a current owner of the 360. i hate to keep hearing complaints when all my expieriences with the 360 have been way beyond my expectations. sure, theres a couple of bad ports but you dont go out and buy a nextgen system and then buy a current gen game. any one who was stupid enough to purchase gun or tonyhawk was an idiot and king kong falls into the cheap current gen port for a next gen system catogory. any one who has bought call of duty 2, perfect dark zero, condemed, kameo, pgr3 or madden 06 (at least graphically for madden) has been shocked, awed and amazed. we need an article pointing out all the next gen bennifits, positives and improvements. that goes for ps3 also. i also have a bet that youll here no complaints about the ps3 on a website like this due to the byistness (i think i spelled that wrong). if one was to play gun on the 360, he/she would call it a rip off, then insert perfect dark zero and call it a steal (for the buyer). heres a hint, play current gen games on current gen systes. play next gen on next gen, if accsesible, in high-def.
it is beautifulPosted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by INVADERSCLUTCH
it is so good, graphics are great ubisoft did an astounding jobi would tell who ever started this to shove up thier *** i mean its a good game and great graphics its absolutely beautiful in HDTV some levels like when u have to fight and jane is in ur hand and u have to put her down its grizzly but can still see great game so back off
King Kong in HD - BeautifulPosted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by SlyOneil
I have played the King Kong on the Xbox-360 and I have no problems playing it on my 46in Samsung HD-Tv. Infact I'll go as far as saying it is very Beautiful. I played the game using the 'Movie Video' setting on my Tv and everything was visible for me to see. I'll call it the Best Movie-Game of the last few years. My only problem is no being able to play as Kong until the middle of the game. Awesome experience.
Yeah, "HD era" alright...Posted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by RocketShoes
..."Highly Disappointing" thus far...
adjust your TV settingsPosted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by $kyscraper_Antfarm
When it comes to getting the most out of your 360 games on whatever HDTV you have, I've found that you really need to spend some time adjusting the settings on your TV and 360. Play around with everything for awhile and turn the brightness level up a little for all your games. Dare I say it, even consult your TV's instruction manual. There's alot of stuff in there.
and oh yea.......Posted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by simbasa
i'm playing kong on my 'crappy, rushed to market' 360 and it looks a bit better than the ps2 and xbox. how can this be? i have had enough responding to idiot fanboys.if u wanna wait 'til next season to play alot of the awesome games that are coming out for the 360 this spring and summer..... go ahead. but i guarantee that the ps3 versions will be identical to the 360... no better and no worse. so go ahead and wait. i'll be busy playing instead of wasting my time here. adios......idiots!
he's french! what do u expect?Posted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by simbasa
they hate america. well, alot of 'em do. but the french have always been outspoken. most of the time they are wrong. so they should stick to making wines and good food and maybe keep their opinions to themselves. hell, they can't even control their own 'citizens'.
This is getting ridiculous...Posted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by Man_In_Black_77
Anti-Microsoft types will do anything to trash the 360 I guess. If anything I'd probably be in the anti-Microsoft camp before the other (WAY rushed system, weren't really prepared for the launch, ZERO quality control etc) but come on. I've played Kong on 360 demo units and it looks fine. If someone somewhere had a problem with it appearing too dark on their TV then fine. That hardly seems to make it a reason for national concern. If you've got issues with something then fine but we don't need to be making crap up.
Gee, thats funny...Posted: Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM PST by ElMariachi003
My little "Wonder" from Microsoft hasn't been overheating, all three of my game discs still have a mirror finish, and Hard Drive space is the least of my worries; I mean, why bother putting music on it, when I can just stream it from my PC to the 360? :) Please excuse me... I need to get back to my game of PGR3.
Why is everyone going banana's!?!Posted: Dec 14, 2005 12:00AM PST by SailorRipley
I find it VERY a-peeling. HAHAHA
It's truePosted: Dec 14, 2005 12:00AM PST by Totallysweetninja
The game is too dark, even in high def. I played it for about three hours at the zero hour event, on a high definition tv mind you, and I got lost and disoriented by the games dark textures. The environment was too dark and it all looked the same so I got lost a couple of times. But hey, the game is still pretty sweet. You get to throw spears through friggin dinosaurs!!!!!
The game is pretty bloody dark.Posted: Dec 14, 2005 12:00AM PST by Riptwo
I rented the 360 version a few days ago, and yes, it is really dark to the point of being almost unplayable when my Samsung DLP HDTV is calibrated properly. Yeah, it's easy enough to fix by just cranking the brightness up fifteen points, but for the first section of the game I was stumbling around blind in the caves. If the game let you tweak the gamma in software instead of on the TV, there wouldn't be a problem at all.
RE: KenshinPosted: Dec 14, 2005 12:00AM PST by Kan_Yozakura
The reason why the 360 is getting bad press is because it DOESN'T do anything that this generation can't already do. A lot of people, including myself, just aren't willing to pay for/endorse/praise a $400+ system with stripped ports of current-gen games and bland exclusives, PDZ aside.
Nothing but bad publicity for the X360... Enough is Enough...Posted: Dec 14, 2005 12:00AM PST by Shau-Kenshin
Look, I have not much love for the 360 as I have not been too impressed with it. I guess what will impress me is Splinter Cell 4 and Ghost Recon AW, Too Human and a few others that are NOT out right now. I will also say that I have an Xbox and PS2 and some games JUST LOOK BETTER ON THE Xbox than the PS2, some the other way around, but I know that I have a bit of a bias with the PS2 as I have had it longer. That being said, I am certain that someone will paint me one way or the other. But I have about had it with the continued barrage of negative publicity that the X360 gets. I guess we understand that a rushed system will have issues. However the third series will have the issue resolved, and at that time, I will see what games are out then and may purchase the system. But Enough is Enough. Lets now start talking about what the 360 can do right, even if it is JUST one area, as gamers lets celebrate that.
HD era?Posted: Dec 14, 2005 12:00AM PST by charliekwalker
I think the HD era is more likely to begin when the proce for a decent sized HDTV is under $1000. until then, I think for most gamers, the computer monitor era is the way to go. If you already have a desktop computer, a big computer monitor is a far more reasonbly priced option.


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Cello C3298FR television
Most Freeview "PVR" TVs that can record - still a relatively rare occurrence - do so to built-in hard disks and use a single digital TV tuner.
This 32-incher takes things much further by offering not only two SD card slots, but also two tuners, making it possible to record one channel while watching - and even recording - a second channel.
Forget all about pre-loading SD cards with DivX files and suchlike - the Cello isn't at all interested - and instead revel in its nifty recording software.
Shove in an SD card, press the red button on the remote and the TV starts recording whatever you're watching. If you insert another SD card, you can change channel without interrupting the recording.
Select the SD card you've just used from the inputs menu, and you're presented with a simple list of recordings you've made. A preview box then plays whichever recording you scroll to, with an option to go full screen using the remote's blue button. Easy, and with scanning possible up to 20x, it's then just like any other personal video recorder, such as a Sky+ or Virgin V+ box.
A 30-minute recording takes around 750MB of space, so you're going to need as big as card as possible to make this unique feature worthwhile.
A 2GB SD card will record for around 1 hour 20 minutes, a 4GB for 2 hours 40 minutes and an 8GB for 5 hours 20 minutes.
The maximum size card this Cello can take is 32GB, buy two such SD cards and you'll squeeze on around 40 hours of recordings in total, though it will mean spending at least £100 on flash memory.
Impressive though SD card recording may be, the Cello's headline feature is surely archiving. If you need to clear some space or simply want to keep your recordings for posterity, simply remove the SD card and hook it up to your PC or Mac. The file is revealed as a MPEG file, which almost all video playback software will accept – and a format that can be easily converted into any video file you need (for an iPod, for example).
We actually had problems getting our Mac's native QuickTime software to play a MPEG recording of Sky News, but the versatile VLC software we downloaded had no problems playing it back.
The quality of the MPEG file is excellent, though scrolling news headlines do appear smudged, though still readable. Colours and brightness are top notch, and the sound was arguably far better when played on a Mac than from the TV itself.
Fat with features, this Cello is a chubby telly; its depth is really quite off-putting at first, though if you plan to use it on its desktop stand it's of little consequence.
The reward for putting up with a fat "flat" TV is, of course, the built-in DVD player. Running both PAL and NTSC discs – the latter very useful if you've lots of DVDs from the States – it also plays MP3 and WMA music files stored on a blank CD or DVD. What it doesn't do is play any digital video files, something that's probably the biggest surprise on this otherwise extraordinarily media-savvy set.
What isn't much of a surprise on this budget, feature-packed set is its rudimentary picture and sound quality. It's fine for a bedroom, but its soft, noisy and occasionally streaky pictures lack any punch – and certainly don't impress with Blu-ray, which lacks pure detail and is subject to some blur and judder. Sound, meanwhile, is rather basic and lacks clarity.
This Cello is sold in the Studio and Ace catalogues and is soon to be found in Littlewoods Direct and M&S under the Murphy brand. It's also on sale with a Soundwave badge from Freemans and Grattan.
From a purist's point of view this TV is below average in terms of picture quality – and is arguably loaded with extra features merely to attract your attention.
That said, it's dual SD card recording – and valuable archiving options – make this one-of-a-kind TV an excellent and affordable candidate for a bedroom. It's certainly a lot of fun to use.
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Our "luxury" tour stopped here for two nights. We were terribly disappointed. Had we known about this hotel, we would have not booked the tour. For us, there were two major problems: first, the bathroom was outdated and in disrepair. The shower drained very slowly and the shower door would not close. Several photos are attached showing the condition of the bathroom. The second problem was that the dining room has no air conditioning. It was extremely hot and humid in the dining room, which is an open large patio. Although the food was good, we could not enjoy our meals due to the heat. There is no comfortable, air conditioned lobby. It was so warm outside that we had no option but to sit in our room to take advantage of the AC.
The room was clean, the beds comfortable. The garden of the hotel is very nice, but to us, not worth the uncomfortable few days we were there.
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Green Olive Pesto
|Firmly packed drained pimiento stuffed green olives
|1 Cup (16 tbs), rinsed well and patted dry
|Pine nuts
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|1 Clove (5 gm), minced and mashed to a paste
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Extra virgin olive oil
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Freshly grated parmesan
|2 Tablespoon
In a food processor puree the olives with the pine nuts, the garlic paste, and the parsley, with the motor running add the oil in a stream and the Parmesan, and blend the mixture well.
Serve the pesto with 1 pound pasta, cooked and drained, reserving 3/4 cup of the pasta liquid to thin the pesto or serve the pesto as a spread with crackers.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1281 Calories from Fat 1104
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 121 g185.6%
Saturated Fat 11.5 g57.7%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 26.4 mg8.8%
Sodium 6393.7 mg266.4%
Total Carbohydrates 41 g13.7%
Dietary Fiber 9.7 g38.8%
Sugars 4 g
Protein 25 g50.3%
Vitamin A 407.3% Vitamin C 535.3%
Calcium 68% Iron 98.5%
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Balanga Wetland and Nature Park
Last Friday, we decided to go birding in a different place and drove out to Balanga Wetland and Nature Park in Balanga, Bataan. The park has been the site of the Philippine Bird Festival; the tenth one was held on December 9-11, 2015. The trip took us almost three hours because of the heavy traffic at the Mindanao Avenue toll plaza and random slowdowns throughout the journey, plus Waze made us go down another, more crowded and narrower road instead of Roman Expressway. Roman might have gotten us to the park more than a half hour earlier than we did, so we'll be sure to take that road next time.
The path heading to the park cuts through various neighborhoods, and the street gets narrower as you get closer to the place. When we arrived, we saw a modest beach area with a few huts and some structures where you can hang out and view the birds.
There were quite a number of birds, mostly terns, egrets, and other shorebirds. You just have to know where and how to spot them, and of course, you need binoculars and spotting scopes to really see them better. The viewing decks were located rather a bit too far from the shore, ideal for observing the birds from a distance, but not the best if you want to take good pictures.
The entire place itself is fairly modest. Don't expect any food and souvenir shops, or maybe we just got there a little late. Birders in particular will enjoy viewing all the shorebirds. Head over there with food, folding chairs, a book, music, and take a walk along the beach, and you could have yourself a good day.
Musings on Martial Law
Earlier this week, I briefly attended the book launch for Raissa Robles's book Marcos Martial Law: Never Again held at Balay Kalinaw in UP Diliman. Noel Cabangon performed "Bayan Ko" before the main discussion with the panel, which featured Robles, Roberto "Obet" Verzola, Senator Rene Saguisag, Pete Lacaba, Bonifacio Ilagan, and Dean Ronald Mendoza of the Ateneo School of Government, began.
The attendees, to my dismay, were mostly older people, with a smattering of younger ones, which to me only highlights the idea that younger people are becoming less and less interested and aware of what happened during the Martial Law years and why it all remains relevant today. Alan Robles moderated the discussion, and one of his first questions was about why people seem to have forgotten all about the atrocities during Martial Law and how it's possible that Bongbong Marcos has a very strong chance to become vice president. I think the panelists got it right when they said that no one was ever really held accountable for all the wrongdoings during Martial Law. Nobody was arrested, nobody was tried and jailed, and the Marcoses were allowed back in the country a mere handful of years after they were kicked out of power.
Aside from justice not being served, I believe another key factor is that Martial Law was never really discussed in depth in schools. I don't remember any detailed information being taught about those years, only that Marcos was in power for a very long time. In fact, I only learned the truth about Martial Law when I was in college through a very excellent documentary entitled Batas Militar. I can't say for sure whether history isn't taught properly to children because people don't think children will understand or that such details are too much (too disturbing) to handle. And then there's the perpetual refrain that learning history isn't necessary and the all-too-common attitude of brushing unpleasant things under the rug and pretending they never happened. As a result, you have people who never learn from their mistakes.
Yet another factor is what is now called "EDSA fatigue," which is being used to describe how people feel about People Power nowadays. What was once a celebrated event is now either widely mocked or ignored. It may be related to the fact that People Power and EDSA are always associated with the Aquinos and not with the Filipino people anymore. Nobody is saying that Ninoy Aquino didn't play his part or that Corazon Aquino was an inspiring figure at the time. But recognition of their roles has reached the point of reverence that it's difficult for some people to view People Power and the Aquinos as separate entities. Therefore, anyone who's unhappy with the Aquinos, be it Noynoy or Kris, tends to become annoyed with the family and, by extension, People Power. The discussion has become nothing more than red versus yellow, Marcos versus Aquino, Martial Law versus People Power.
And because many people don't know what happened during Martial Law, even those who lived through it and saw nothing more than carefully planned order and progress that masked the grimy truth, you now have a nation that is fondly looking back on that time. Now you have people who are confusing truth for propaganda and who don't realize that their criticisms against the government would have gotten them imprisoned and/or tortured during the Martial Law era they praise and long for today.
Fire at the UP Diliman Faculty Center
Fire hit the UP Diliman Faculty Center on the morning of April 1, reaching Task Force Alpha or just one level above the fifth alarm. The fire was eventually put out and no one was physically injured, thankfully. But it left behind structural damage and the loss of countless resources, research, artifacts, mementoes, and other valuable items.
The Faculty Center was something of a refuge for me back in college, in that I spent a lot of time there just writing and reading between classes. I sat in the hallway on the second floor for an agonizing period of time waiting to find out if I was accepted into the History program. I enjoyed informative consultations with my professors. I'm not mourning the memories; they're not going anywhere. I feel much worse about the loss of all the materials and resources. The good thing is that people are pitching in to gather as many materials as they could and rebuild what they can. I have no resources to contribute myself, given that any relevant materials I have were also torched by a fire in 2008, but I'll nevertheless find a way to contribute (books for DECL, office equipment and cash donations to CSSP come to mind), and I hope everyone else will, too.
The futility of signing up to BIR's eFPS
I've been trying to enroll to the eFPS of the BIR and I keep getting this message: "The TIN and/or Branch Code you entered does not exist in the eFPS Registration database." So I e-mailed them asking for help, and this is part of their response:
Stated hereunder are the requisites for availment of the eFPS system:
• Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) should be registered in our BIR Integrated Tax System (ITS) (please be informed that the BIR- ITS is a system internal to the Bureau of Internal Revenue and access thereto is only allowed to BIR personnel)
• Certification authorizing any of the two (2) officers designated to file the return under Section 52 (A) of the Tax Code (President or other principal officer, and Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation) who shall enroll for the system usage;
• Enrollment to eFPS;
• Enrollment to eFPS Authorized Agent Bank (AAB);
Um. How can I avail the eFPS if I can't enroll to the eFPS to begin with? This is just completely useless information. What's more, I'm also not the only person who encounters this particular difficulty. I can't figure out why the BIR claims to want to make filing taxes easy and yet it's making registering to the system so hard.
Thoughts on the AlDub phenomenon
Let me start by saying that I'm neither an AlDub nor an Eat Bulaga fan. I first heard of "Yaya Dub" when I was considering applying for a website management job, which entails updating a news site every day, and didn't think much of what or who Yaya Dub was. During a work meeting, one of my coworkers said that she was a proud member of AlDub Nation. After a while, I heard that Alden Richards was a part of it, and I thought, "Cool." I had admired Alden Richards for a couple of years and I'd been wondering when his popularity was going to explode on a much bigger scale.
Apparently, his time has come, and this year is his year, along with Maine Mendoza, who initially rose to fame via her Dubsmash videos and then as Yaya Dub on Eat Bulaga's Juan for All, All for Juan segment. I'm not going to try to retell the story of how the AlDub phenomenon began and how it has progressed since then. Their Wikipedia page can give all details you'll ever need.
There have been some harsh comments about people's obsession with AlDub. In sum, some people say that this nation is careening towards disaster because people are shallow and obsessed with a fictional love story on a noontime show. Some bring up how our national heroes died for the country at a young age 1 and yet young people today are heavily into things that critics perceive as worthless and silly rather than think about serious issues. Some would call this a reflection of Filipino society and how we like to escape into fantasy and deny the bad things that are happening around us.
This kind of thinking is snooty and narrow, and it reduces AlDub fans to nothing but a squealing mass of giddiness. People are capable of liking and being interested in multiple things. AlDub fans come from all walks of life. Being AlDub fans does not mean that those people are stupid. More likely than not, they are also painfully aware of what is wrong with the Philippines and are doing their own part in helping society, but they are nevertheless still able to enjoy something fairly harmless 2. Nobody wants to be judged based only on the things they enjoy 3, and nobody should be judging people based on what they like. If you don't approve of something that other people like, there's no need to get in their faces, condemn them, and say that they're causing this country's downfall. There are bigger fish that are responsible for whatever mess this country is in, and the critics who think they're smarter than AlDub fans should know that.
- Young for us today, that is. ↩
- Although given that the Kalyeserye cast is primarily composed of men, some problematic issues can arise. ↩
- Unless they enjoy something truly reprehensible and illegal, in which case, JUDGE THEM LIKE HELL and throw them in prison if necessary. ↩
Some things still haven't changed
I'll be renewing my passport later this month, so I was reading an old post I wrote about the passport renewal process here. It's amusing to see that there were "technical difficulties that cause a delay in the processing of passport applications" back then, which I heard remains true today, five years later. Why technical problems still exist today, I'll never know.
Birding in La Mesa Ecopark, again
And by again, I mean this is another post about birding in La Mesa Ecopark, not that it's our second time there. I don't know how many times we've gone there to bird, but it's definitely way way way more than two times. We've met quite a few birders already, like a group that came from Singapore, another one from Bulacan, and another one from Manila. It only just occurred to me that La Mesa Ecopark is quite a long trip if you're coming from Manila.
I'm going to try to start writing in this blog again, and I figured posting bird photos is a good way to get the ball rolling. These are just some of the birds we've seen in the park, and hopefully one of these days, we can see a guaiabero.
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Unpopular opinion: Bench did not need to apologize for "The Naked Truth"
I've had some time to chew on the issue, and I think I've finally sorted out what I think about the whole thing. Basically, people here are raising hell about the recently concluded fashion show by Bench, a Philippine clothing company. The show mainly features underwear and denim, but naturally, the underwear bit gets many people excited. How many chances do they get to see their favorite celebrities in nothing but underwear, after all?
Prior to the show, the Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines has already expressed outrage over the taglines on the billboards announcing the event, like "Come play" or "Bare your soul," prompting the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to make the rounds of all such billboards to cover the "offensive" lines in red.
There were some comments about the show expressing dismay that the celebs and models were baring their bodies, which I find laughable. The show is mostly an underwear fashion show, after all, and I don't know how effective it would be if the celebs and models who were modeling underwear were fully clothed.
The part of the show that really had people shaking with rage was the one where actor Coco Martin was leading a woman onstage on a leash. Women's groups, among others, condemned this as demeaning, dehumanizing, and objectifying. In the face of such outrage, Bench issued an apology and promise to do better and be sensitive next time.
Personally, the only thing I think they should apologize for are the more or less homogeneous body types during the show, poorly designed clothing, and for thinking it was a good idea to have Coco Martin pretend to be a dom.
Years ago, I would have joined in the condemnation of Bench for their show and that specific portion with Coco. Today, I just find it mildly amusing, as I'm aware that all it has are mere inexpertly applied tones of BDSM, as the real thing would most likely shock people. (And if someone tells me that that sort of thing should not have been done because we're a good, conservative, Catholic country, please do me a favor and shut up. For a good, conservative, Catholic country, people are strangely unafraid of committing abuse and being unfaithful, and our politicians are perfectly happy to rob us and kill their opponents).
And if people really want to get angry about the objectification of women, get mad at car shows where women are needlessly put on display alongside cars. Get mad at the annual FHM 100 Sexiest event, where a lot of the models look stunned and slightly afraid in the spotlight, and where they engage in many acts specifically geared to satisfy the male audience. Get mad at beauty pageants for still forcing women to compete on the basis of their looks, and stop calling the candidates role models and stunning examples of what Filipinas should be like.
But let's not stop there. Get mad at commercials too for telling women that their underarms are too dark, that their hair isn't long, black, and straight enough, that their skin is too dark and they should have a rosy white glow. A brief moment of onstage dom/sub play-acting–or indeed an underwear show that lasted less than three hours–is less dangerous than the messages being forced down our throats every day.
So. The Fault in Our Stars.
I gave the book to my friend as a gift a few years ago, and I've had a digital copy since forever, but I only started reading it a couple of days ago and just finished it tonight. It's not a bad book. Not extremely well-written; its strength lies in its subject and the characters, although I felt that there were such a lot of lines that you don't really think would ever come out of people's mouths, and a lot seem quite like wishful thinking. But then again, this is a book after all. I'm not familiar with John Green's work, so perhaps that's just his thing.
This line is particularly stellar, though:
…the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.


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Great concept, poor execution against WP3.8
Worked great while editing post - I noticed that I used more screenshots than usual and was willing to redo them for less-than-critical reasons - perfect!
Then I saved the post and saw lost image icons all over my post. Including a couple images that I had uploaded before installing this plugin. That's why the very low rating - high cost of fail. Support is a series of tubes/signups - no thanks.
I checked the URLs to the mssing image icons and they all started with a weird prefix in front of my URL: http://i2.wp.com huh?
I deactivated the plugin and the images now show up. They have names that are generated so if you want to find them you will have to do some work. Will be looking for a different solution.


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Shakes or Wobbles problem
1987 Other Mazda Models 4 cyl Two Wheel Drive Manual 300000 miles
my car all of a sudden started vibrating from starting right up to 70 kilms and started to ease off closer to the 100 mark. Whats wrong.
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 AT 5:03 AM