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Much has been made over the past month regarding Americans supposed sudden love affair with soccer, as the U.S. team escaped the "Group of Death" before losing to Belgium in the knockout stage. Ratings for have been off the charts with 25 million people watching the U.S. and Portugal battle to a draw during the group stage. Huge viewing parties took place in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and just about every other major city for the U.S. games. Gatherings will be widespread for the World Cup final Sunday between Germany and Argentina.
The U.S. is not about to be a soccer-crazed country like the rest of the world, but Brazil is not a one-year blip for soccer in America. The reality is that soccer's place in the U.S. sports landscape has been steadily gathering momentum for two decades since the World Cup took place on U.S. soil in 1994. MLS launched as a 10-team league in 1996 and boasts 19 teams this season, including heavyweights like the Seattle Sounders who draw more than 40,000 fans per game. unit NBCUniversal signed a three-year, $250 million deal in 2012 to show every English Premier League game on American TV. Ratings doubled this season compared to the prior year and greatly increased the exposure of the U.S. audience to top level soccer. EPL clubs Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United have ramped up their summer tours in the U.S. in recent years.
But one overlooked factor that has spurred interest in soccer among Americans is the incredible popularity of Electronic Arts' FIFA video game, which is the best-selling sports video game in the world and has sold more than 100 million copies since it launched in 1993. Credit Suisse forecasts unit sales of 11.3 million worldwide of FIFA 15 for the 12 months ending in March 2015. Sales of FIFA 16 are expected to hit 12.1 million. The game is the biggest annual release for $3.6 billion-in-sales Electronic Arts.
Youth soccer has been popular in the U.S. for decades, but FIFA exposes kids to the international game. Total unit sales of the series in the U.S. topped five million over the past two years, according to market research firm NPD. It still trails Madden NFL and NBA 2K among sports games in North America, but it is closing the gap quickly. Unit sales jumped 35% between 2010 and 2012 in the U.S. when they reached 2.6 million.
Most kids have been exposed to professional football or basketball on TV before they ever play one of those sports' video games. But FIFA creates soccer fans of the pro game. Gamers play FIFA and they begin to recognize the stars and identify the teams. They then seek out these players and clubs on TV or videos on the Internet. After watching a game, FIFA owners and their friends will go back to their Xbox to simulate what they just watched. EA ran a simulation of the 2014 World Cup before the event started and crowned Germany as the champion.
My teenage nephews and their friends are avid players of the game, building teams and trading players along the way. FIFA has made them fans of the real action on the pitch. They are able to rattle off the names of most players on nearly every team among the 32 teams that qualified for the World Cup. "FIFA is a way for people to learn about the sport on the international stage," says NPD gaming analyst Liam Callahan.
A 2012 ESPN Sports Poll found that soccer was the second most popular sport for those ages 12-24. FIFA video games were cited as a driving factor for the sport's popularity among the younger generation in the study. The age group overlaps nicely with FIFA's core audience which is 16-32, according to Nick Channon, a senior producer of the game at EA. These are the people that are fueling the interest in the sport and the nucleus of World Cup viewing parties. A recent survey of Americans by the Pew Research Center found that 24% of those 18-29 had a strong interest in the World Cup. It drops down to 16-17% for those 30-64 and only 9% for the 65+ crowd.
FIFA was not always a monster hit. It trailed 's Pro Evolution Soccer in the marketplace through much of the early 2000s before a total redesign of the game for the 2008 version. The game is now rated as the top sports game almost every year with a Metacritic rating that regularly tops 87 (it was 73 for FIFA 07). Recent versions of FIFA get updated once or twice a week to account for player moves. "The updates make the game incredible current, so what you seen on TV is what you see in the video game," says Channon.
Electronic Arts launched FIFA in 1993 and the 22nd annual version of the game, FIFA 15, will be released in September (check out a preview here). "FIFA 15 will bring emotion into the game," says Channon. The game will feature more than 600 emotional reactions by players as they respond to big moments how they would in real life. Channon says FIFA 15 will have improvements on ball physics, and the imprint of every footstep a player makes will appear on the pitch. The game is getting closer and closer to what you see on your TV or at the stadium for a match. The better the game gets, the more fans it attracts to the sport.
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Your touch is something that I crave;
every single morning of every single day.
Without it the day just doesn't go right;
and sometimes, yes, I need you at night.
Your touch can be soft and gentle;
relaxing me and mellowing me out.
Other times it is so much more intense;
invigorating me and awakening my senses.
When I am cold you know how to warm me'
make me feel all nice and toasty.
When I am hot you know how to cool me;
not too much but just enough.
I never want to be without you;
I always need you to be close by.
For if you were not there for me;
I think I surely would cry.
So until tomorrow morning my friend;
I will hang you back up in your cradle.
Safe in the knowledge that when I awake;
My lovely shower massage will for me await.
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Status: Finished
Genre: Poetry
lol ... love it Sherry when you said I inspired you and read this I was amazed and my ego boosted till reaching the last line :-)
But will your shower messager commit to you?
Shower massages are for life not just for showers. Very amusing, very witty! Had me going right to the end.
Not bad for something you came up with at 4:30 in the morning
A good piece of pondering done, good job girl x
This is what I like about certain pieces of poetry: they bring you around with their sentimental language and then suddenly snaps at you with something unexpected. I agree with every word of this poem though; there really is nothing quite like a good shower. :) It was a lovely, goofy piece! :)
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* Copper set to finish first quarter almost 5 percent lower * Cyprus, Italy remain a drag on metals market * LME closed on Friday and Monday for Easter holiday By Susan Thomas LONDON, March 28 Copper hit a one-week low on Thursday, on course to end the quarter down almost 5 percent as fallout from a rescue deal for Cyprus and continuing political problems in Italy kept investors wary of risk. Prices were set to finish the week with losses of almost 1.5 percent and a first-quarter fall of 4.9 percent, extending a 3 percent drop seen in the last quarter of 2012. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange ended kerb trading down at $7,540 a tonne, from $7,608 at the close on Wednesday, having earlier hit a low of $7,522. BNP Paribas analyst Stephen Briggs said events in Europe continued to be a major driver of the base metals market, not least via the impact on the euro. "It's not just Cyprus, it's Italy and the continued deadlock about forming a government, and generally speaking pretty poor data out of Europe. So I think that's still the main story." Cyprus opened its banks on Thursday with tight controls in place to prevent a bank run. The dollar fell from a recent four-month high against the euro but that trend was seen as tenuous with investors continuing to fret about ramifications of the Cyprus bailout and political concerns in Italy. A strong dollar makes dollar-priced metals costly for European and other non-U.S. investors. In another restraint on copper, output on the world's biggest producer Chile rose 2.8 percent in February on improved ore grades and higher output at some deposits that operated irregularly last year. In the United States, the number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week, but probably not enough to suggest the laboor market recovery was taking a step back. Separately, recent data suggests that the housing market recovery is still on track, helping to underpin copper, which is used extensively in housing. But the United States accounted for just 9 percent of global primary copper consumption last year, compared with China's 40 percent. And industry sources say orders from Chinese buyers have been very modest. Traders in Asia noted firming premiums for bonded copper stock in Shanghai, but said consumer appetite remained weaker than last year. "For consumption, it is not very encouraging news. Seasonally it's slightly better but not fundamentally," said one trader in Shanghai. In other metals, aluminium ended down at $1,904 a tonne from $1,916, lead closed down at $2,112 a tonne from $2,118, having earlier hit a 5-1/2 month low of $2,093; while tin closed up at $23,230 a tonne from $23,000. Zinc ended down at $1,897 a tonne from $1,908, having earlier hit an 5-1/2 month low of $1,875. Nickel closed down at $16,660 a tonne from $16,850. The LME will be closed on Friday and Monday for the Easter weekend holiday. Metal Prices at 1728 GMT Comex copper in cents/lb, LME prices in $/T and SHFE prices in yuan/T Metal Last Change Pct Move End 2009 Ytd Pct move COMEX Cu 340.40 -3.95 -1.15 334.65 1.72 LME Alum 1904.00 -8.00 -0.42 2230.00 -14.62 LME Cu 7539.50 -68.50 -0.90 7375.00 2.23 LME Lead 2111.50 -6.50 -0.31 2432.00 -13.18 LME Nickel 16660.00 -190.00 -1.13 18525.00 -10.07 LME Tin 23225.00 225.00 +0.98 16950.00 37.02 LME Zinc 1896.50 -11.50 -0.60 2560.00 -25.92 SHFE Alu 14620.00 -45.00 -0.31 17160.00 -14.80 SHFE Cu* 55340.00 -320.00 -0.57 59900.00 -7.61 SHFE Zin 14800.00 -60.00 -0.40 21195.00 -30.17 ** Benchmark month for COMEX copper * 3rd contract month for SHFE AL, CU and ZN SHFE ZN began trading on 26/3/07
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Biarritz took a massive step towards avoiding Top 14 relegation on Saturday with a crucial 15-14 victory over high-flying Clermont.
Biarritz took a massive step towards avoiding Top 14 relegation on Saturday with a crucial 15-14 victory over high-flying Clermont.
Toulouse maintained their lead in the standings with a narrow win over Stade Français in Paris.
Bayonne were the big losers of Round 22 as all of their rivals in the relegation battle claimed victory while they lost heavily in Perpignan.
Brive upset a star-studded Toulon side while Lyon kept their survival hopes alive with victory at home to Bordeaux-Bègles.
Elsewhere, Montpellier moved closer to a home play-off by dominating Agen.
Racing Métro 27-16 Castres
Biarritz 15-14 Clermont
Brive 14-9 Toulon
Lyon 24-13 Bordeaux-Bègles
Montpellier 44-18 Agen
Perpignan 47-9 Bayonne
Stade Français 18-22 Toulouse
Biarritz Olympique 15-14 ASM Clermont Auvergne
Parc des Sports d'Aguilera, Biarritz
An enormous victory for Biarritz – their fourth on the trot – as the Basques leap up to tenth in the standings, eight points clear of the drop zone.
That man Dimitri Yachvili was once again the architect of victory for BO, kicking all of his team's points and generally running the show.
The hosts seldom threatened to cross the whitewash but instead looked to occupy territory via the boot.
Clermont led 14-6 at half thanks to tries from Alexandre Lapandry and Benjamin Kayser, but les Jaunards were unable to add to their score in a second period littered by mistakes from both sides.
The scorers:
For Biarritz :
Pens: Yachvili 5
For Clermont:
Tries: Lapandry, Kayser
Cons: James 2
Yellow cards: Buttin (Clermont – 55th min)
Biarritz: 15 Iain Balshaw, 14 Taku Ngwenya, 13 Charles Gimenez, 12 Dane Haylett-Petty, 11 Benoit Baby, 10 Julien Peyrelongue, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Benoit Guyot, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Pelu Taele-Pavihi, 4 Jerome Thion, 3 Eugene van Staden, 2 Eusebio Guinazu, 1 Yvan Watremez.
Replacements: 16 Romain Terrain, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Erik Lund, 19 Jean-Baptiste Roidot, 20 Talalelei Gray, 21 Marcelo Bosch, 22 Jean Pascal Barraque, 23 Francisco Gomez Kodela.
Clermont: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Jean-Marcel Buttin, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Brock James, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 6 Julien Bardy, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Vincent Debaty, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Raphael Chaume.
Replacements: 16 Ti'i Paulo, 17 Lionel Faure, 18 Jamie Cudmore, 19 Elvis Vermeulen, 20 Ludovic Radosavljevic, 21 David Skrela, 22 Seru Nakaitaci, 23 Adrien Oleon.
USA Perpignan 47-9 Aviron Bayonnais
Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan
Perpignan's Welsh star James Hook masterminded a crucial 47-9 hammering of their relegation rivals Bayonne to give the 2009 champions some much-needed breathing space.
The 26-year-old was faultless with the boot, kicking four penalties and four conversions and adding a try for good measure for a haul of 25 points that saw the seven-time champions to victory.
Perpignan got off to the start they wanted, storming into a 10-0 lead after just 10 minutes of the game.
Hook contributed five of those points, a penalty and a conversion following the opening try by scrum-half Florian Cazenave, who picked the ball up 20 metres out and squeezed through a narrow gap to cross the line and touch down.
Hook was running the show and went close to scoring a try himself soon after. Having just pulled off a try-saving tackle on Bayonne's lively wing Marvin O'Connor, he chipped ahead and outstripped both compatriot Mike Phillips and former France international Cedric Heymans but the ball just eluded him and trickled over the dead-ball line.
The Welsh fly-half then added two more penalties – either side of a penalty by Bayonne's Jean-Jacques Potgieter – to put the hosts comfortably ahead against a side lacking several stars, including Australian lock Mark Chisholm.
Potgieter reduced the deficit to 16-6 near the half hour as he slotted over a penalty, which needed the aid of the post to go over, and added another shortly before the break to leave them only a converted try behind.
However, Hook made it five out of five successful kicks four minutes into the second half to make it 19-9.
The match swung inexorably Perpignan's way in the 54th minute when flanker Jean-Joseph Marmouyet was sin-binned and a minute later Damien Chouly burrowed over for their second try. Hook converted for 26-9.
Hook crowned a superlative performance by then going over himself and adding the conversion to boot for 33-9.
Perpignan did not let up and a minute after Marmouyet had returned to the action the hosts added another try as Bertrand Guiry touched down – Hook converting – and then South African wing Rudi Coetzee added their sixth try, which was converted by David Mele.
The scorers:
For Perpignan:
Tries: Cazenave, Chouly, Hook, Guiry, Coetzee
Cons: Hook 4, Coetzee
Pens: Hook 4
For Bayonne:
Pens: Potgieter 3
Yellow cards: Marmouyet (Bayonne)
Perpignan: 15 Joffrey Michel, 14 Rudi Coetzee 13 David Marty, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Adrien Plante, 10 James Hook, 9 Florian Cazenave, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Ovidiu Tonita, 6 Bertrand Guiry, 5 Romain Taofifenua, 4 Olivier Olibeau, 3 Nicolas Mas 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Kisi Pulu.
Replacements: 16 Charles Geli, 17 Perry Freshwater, 18 Robins Tchale Watchou, 19 Gerrie Britz, 20 David Mele, 21 Nicolas Laharrague, 22 Gregory le Corvec, 23 Benoit Bourrust,
Bayonne: 15 Cedric Heymans, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Joe Rokocoko, 12 Lionel Mazars, 11 Marvin O'Connor, 10 Jacques Louis Potgieter, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Marc Baget-Rabarou, 7 Julien Puricelli, 6 Jean Jo Marmouyet , 5 Abdellatif Boutaty, 4 Rob Linde, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Francois Da Ros, 1 Victor Manukula
Replacements: 16 David Roumieu, 17 Aretz Iguiniz, 18 Troy Flavell, 19 Guillaume Bernad, 20 Cedric Garcia, 21 Benjamin Boyet, 22 Thibault Lacroix, 23 Clément Baiocco.
CA Brive Corrèze 14-9 RC Toulon
Stade Amédée Domenech, Brive
Like Biarritz, victory for Brive could prove enough to retain their top-flight status.
Brive have built their season around their defence and once again kept a clean sheet.
South African number eight Antonie Claassen try at the end of the first quarter helped the home side to an 8-3 lead at the break.
Jonny Wilkinson's three penalties were the only reply from a lacklustre Toulon side as they searing heat took its toll.
The scorers:
For Brive:
Try: Claassen
Pens: Belie 3
For Toulon:
Pens: Wilkinson 3
Brive: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Jacques Boussuge, 13 Arnaud Mignardi, 12 Jamie Noon, 11Ronnie Cooke, 10 Mathieu Belie, 9


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We took a nice long walk alongside the waterfront and toward the end of the road we see this fortress on top of a mountain. And before we know it, we are climbing this gargantuan Fortress of Palamidi. At first we were just taking pictures from the bottom and trying to figure out how they built this thing until we came across the stone steps which eventually we figured that it took you to the top. Four times I tried to back down mentally ...
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Oh to watch her sleep
Oh to be the dream
In the eye of a dream
Oh to be her cancer
Her addiction, her disease
Oh to make her feel
How she makes me
Oh to lack taste without
And what does she bring about
But a broken back
And a dirty snout
From lying face down
But I've been kicking out
Yes I've been kicking out
All i'm asking is for an apology
For what you've done or are doing to me
Yes just a simple sorry
And I will leave.
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Status: Finished
Genre: Poetry
Definitely not love or romance :P More of angry... or perhaps disappointed? That I got from the last bit, sorry and leave. :) good poetry!
its not really a good poem the 2nd and 3rd stanza didnt jive with the 1st stanza..
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Ryan Lambert
October 16 2014 10:09AM
1. Learning a lot, quickly
The thing that's struck me over the first four games of the season (I'm writing this ahead of what's sure to be an ugly game in Chicago) has very little to do with Joe Colborne's production or Jiri Hudler continuing to be very solid in his role, or Sean Monahan's notable improvement — even if he's still being sheltered. Rather, it has been the Flames' defense.
At times, they look fairly respectable, but those times can almost exclusively be limited to "When Mark Giordano and TJ Brodie are on the ice together." Otherwise, things can get ugly in a hurry. I'd say it's reasonable to assume that Jonas Hiller's save percentage is a little lower than what most would have been able to reasonably expect in two games (seven goals against will do that) and you can say that a lot of his problem has been the play in front of him. But things have been a little more comprehensive overall when Karri Ramo has been in goal, as evidenced by his .934 save percentage. However, you must also consider the fact that he has really only been good in one game, against Edmonton. And everyone's good against Edmonton.
There is, obviously, danger in drawing too many conclusions from just four games. We all know that. But this is about what any reasonable person should have expected. So yeah, defense has been the problem. And the worry is whether the Flames will be able to find any sort of solution not only this year, but going forward. Having Patrick Sieloff, or whomever, in the lineup a year or three from now doesn't really pave over the issues at hand.
2. Giordano and Brodie still rule
And again, this team's defensive problems (tied for 29th in CF% before Wednesday's games began, at 41 percent, or minus-47) speaks to the overall issue pretty well. They're not generating a good number amount of shot attempts for per 60 (44.51, 26th in the league) and they're getting run over (64.06 per 60, also 26th) going the other way.
Which is why Giordano and Brodie being north of 58 and 55 percent, respectively, is so jarring. Giordano's numbers break down at +64/-46, while Brodie's is +63/-51. They eat the biggest minutes on the club by far, and against the toughest competition, and yet Giordano is sixth in terms of corsi events against (46, behind everyone but Rafa Diaz), and Brodie is for fifth (51, one back of Dennis Wideman, who's played one fewer game).
Were it not for these two, this team would be 0-4, and it's really that simple. An injury to one of them promotes someone — Wideman? Russell? — to the top pairing, and everything is going to fall apart. Look at a usage chart for defensemen with at least 60 minutes of even-strength ice time through Tuesday night, and you'll see the Flames Nos. 1 and 2 compare favorably with everyone in the league not-named Zdeno Chara. This is not a coincidence or an accident. They're going to be in the Norris conversation all year long, and especially Giordano, because he's the one who keeps putting up points.
3. Dennis Wideman can't be here
Hopefully one of the few times I'm ever going to find myself agreeing with Bob Hartley is that Dennis Wideman has to go. The contract is onerous, and the play isn't even to what most teams would consider third-pairing standards. His benching last week was seen, somehow, as controversial, but the guy has been pretty bad at everything for so long that you can't exactly hold the "coach's decision" against the coach.
It's generally agreed that something has to be done, but the question is pretty simple: What is it? Wideman has a no movement clause and has been given little reason to help the Flames out with any request they make of him. "You want to trade me where? All set," is a thing I'd expect to hear him say often even if trade talks do pop up. Which you can't legitimately expect.
Think of it from the other team's perspective: This old, bad, expensive defenseman isn't even playing well enough to crack the Flames' lineup every night, and he's beefing with his coach? Hard pass on that. Even if a lot of teams had room against the cap, you'd find this player to be a particularly difficult sell. And guess what? Without unloading several contracts that you might be able, in some circumstances, to consider even worse, even if you could find a taker, very few teams have the cap flexibility to bring Wideman into the fold. And the Flames would indeed need to take on bad deals, because jettisoning even half of $5.25 million in obligations would bring the Flames in danger of not meeting the cap floor.
Now, I know, it's not exactly revelatory to say, "The Wideman contract is bad and the Flames are stuck with it until it's over in 2017," (and by the way: 2017!?!?!?!?!) but the situation is only going to get worse and Brad Treliving, saddled though he is, has to figure out something. Keeping him around is simply not tenable.
Not that I have any bright ideas of how to handle it or anything, either. It's unfortunate that it's Treliving's mess to clean up, but here we are.
4. The Engelland contract is already awful
Speaking of bad deals, has there been a game yet (again, from the first four; he was thankfully out of the lineup last night) in which Deryk Engelland has looked like anything other than a No. 7 or even No. 8 defenseman on a National Hockey League team? He's still getting the second-best zone starts on the team, but Hartley has been deploying him as a No. 2 in terms of quality of competition, and boy is he ever getting slaughtered.
All that pap from the front office in the offseason about, "We've watched him a lot and we think he's underrated defensively," is already out the window, four games into the 246 for which he is contracted. This guy is bad, full stop, and probably worse than a lot of us expected he would be. No Flames defenseman has been on the ice for fewer shot attempts for, or more against, and that's really saying something. When you're making Smid look halfway decent, there's nothing to be said in your favor. He fights, does he? So does half the roster, and they don't get anywhere near as buried.
If the usage charts are any indication, I think we can safely get through the next three seasons calling him "Deryk the Red" with little concern that he'd prove the moniker inapt.
This is an embarrassment for Treliving and Burke. And yet Hartley's going to have to keep sending Engelland over the boards to justify the price tag.
5. Diaz needs more ice time
Given how bad literally everyone outside the top pairing has been for the Flames so far, then, the only reasonable solution is to give the last decent defenseman on the roster a greater role. I've said in the past that you'd need to use Rafa Diaz correctly — against middling talent, with semi-favorable zone starts — to get much out of him, but even if you put him out there across from the kinds of guys Engelland plays, he almost certainly couldn't be worse.
Yes, it's four games into the season and I'm advocating for Diaz to be the No. 3 defenseman. Largely because I don't see the harm in it compared with everyone else's contributions. The bottom four is so bad. So bad. We knew that going in, of course, but even minimal expectations have been defied here. This isn't a four-game aberration, some bump in the road being experienced collectively. This is what happens when you have four No. 5/6 guys on the roster and necessarily have to give them more time than that. Unfortunate circumstance, but here we are.
If this keeps up for much longer — and how can it not — this is already a lost season. They went into Chicago last night 2-2, yes, but a romp over the Oilers and a lucky shootout win over Nashville isn't a harbinger of future success. The fundamentals aren't there in this team's game to get them anything other than a Futile Five pick in the lottery, and even fifth from the bottom is starting to look like an unrealistic prospect.
Talk about demoralizing. Eichel here they come.
October 17 2014, 08:49AM
You have a tendency to be overly negative to be negative or play devil's advocate or whatever but I have to agree on everything here Ryan. Engelland has been horrific defensively since he was put against NHL caliber players (post pre-season). Wideman has been atrocious outside of being a powerplay specialist for the Flames. I feel you have to keep Smid on the 2nd pairing if you're going to put Diaz up there for 2 reasons: 1) Rafa and Russell are not particularly physical 2) You'd leave the 3rd pairing as raw meat for some hungry and rabid opponents with any 2 of Wideman, Smid and Engelland employed on the bottom pairing. No amount of Brodano can save the Flames from that level of slaughtering
The only upside to any of this is this is the year to plummet down the standings. My concern is when we need to start making a move towards the playoffs starting next year with anchors like Wideman and Engelland on the team. Hopefully by having Backlund and Brodie signed up long-term next year and maybe another free agent signing, we can bury Wideman and Engelland in the minors where they belong as their salaries won't be needed to keep us above the cap floor.


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"He owns you. Whatever he tells you to do, you do."
One year. No future. A past that won't go away.
Lennox "Nox" Demetri broke his own rule by making a deal. It may not have been directly with the devil, but that doesn't mean Satan himself isn't watching. Was it fate that brought Charli into his life and his bed? What will happen when rules are broken and secrets are revealed?
"New rules...my rules."
Alex "Charli" Collins found pleasure with Nox like she'd never known. That was before she knew his last name. Now that infidelity is involved and the rules have changed, what will result when real life and fantasy collide? Is it really cheating if you're doing it to yourself?
©2016 Romig Works, LLC (P)2016 Audible, Inc.
I love being swept away by a new romance and thankfully Audible's ever growing Library means I get to indulge myself over and over again
Charli didn't know what lay ahead for her now that she's the property of Nox for one whole year.... to do with her whatever he likes - but nothing could have prepared her for this very different version of Nox. Gone is the thoughtful kind lover from their time in Del Mar and in his place is a cold, ruthless and controlling version with many secrets and an untouchable and unspoken past. But just when Charli loses all hope of ever seeing the nice side of Nox again he surprises her yet again.... and continues to confuse and shock the ever lovin Hell out of her with his revelations.
There's some things Nox wants Charli to know however there's A LOT that he's keeping back from her..... partly for her own good and partly for his benefit. His ruthless Father comes into the story to further complicate things and throws a spanner in the works when he announces that, not only does he know exactly who Charli really is, but that he's also met her Mother. There's also a sub story told from her Mother's POV giving the backstory to her choices and life - which includes revelations, twists and a wicked plan that's centered around Charli's life and future.... a despicable plan that was brokered when Charli was just a child. The Chess pieces are starting to make their moves, lay their traps and sacrifice their pawns.... but who will be the victor, what will the cost be and when "check mate" is finally called which pieces will still be left on the Board???
I couldn't wait to jump right into this second instalment.... however N O T H I N G could have prepared me for the mind blowing revelations, the devious twists and the emotional roller coaster that this listen took me on. It's so well thought out with its tangled mixed up crazy web of a storyline... and, just when you think you're getting somewhere in the plot, AR throws in another spanner to toss things off course. You can't forecast or predict what'll happen next because this skilful Author has an endless supply of spanners that she randomly tosses into the mix and then you're, again, heading into the unknown.... holding on tight and praying for divine intervention.
Gripping storytelling at its very best, descriptive, addictive, explosive and scorching hot as well as being romantic, tender and touching at times too. There's a full cast of toxic, loveable and mysterious characters whose plans and destinies are yet to be revealed to us.... but whatever they are I know it's going to be a spectacular ride. Ends on another cliffhanger, dual POV's (but mainly Charli's), don't think of starting this book without first listening to book 1 and the narrators were pretty darn perfect.
Worth a credit? This is a 10 star listen that cost only 1 credit so Hell YEAH it was soooo worth using one on this absolutely awesome and addictive book.
I love books! Audiobooks take stories to the next level. I'm obsessed with Audible and will try to rate all of my books. Happy Listening! ;)
"It pulls you in deeper..."
I binged listed to this book in one day. It was that good. It feels like a version of Fifty Shades of Grey but with an actual plot and storyline besides sex. At this point in the story I'm not even sure who's the bad guy and who's good. The only thing I didn't like is the huge cliffhanger ending.
"on the edge of paradise"
I loved this book except for the cliff hanger that has me salivating for the next book. Knox and Charlie are seriously an amazing pairing and what is happening to them has me crazy. This book has them deeply in love but both still have secrets which could ruin them. In this book some of them come out but not enough. I also want to strangle some of the additional characters and hug some as well. Great book but I hate hanging. Going to read the next one NOW
"Better and better"
This storty just keeps getting better and better! Her best work yet. On to the next one in the series.
"Delves Deeper"
In this second installment of the Infidelity series the author unveils more of the deep, dark secrets from the past. I enjoy the jumps from past to present, and the introduction of POVs from different characters. The plot twists just don't stop coming, and there were points when I'm sure I actually gaped in surprise. However, I am disappointed with the development of Charli and Nox's relationship. They profess to be crazy about each other, but won't trust each other enough to confide. And there seems to be a lot of unnecessary drama surrounding this. I am also not a fan of the controlling, dominant that Nox becomes in this book. He claims to be teaching Charli a lesson for her lack of judgement in signing up with Infidelity, but he just seems to come off as a possessive jerk. And I am not opposed to BDSM in stories, but all of the talk of "punishing" and "spanking" just irritated me. I guess I was hoping for more of how they were in the first book, with the intimacy, and kink, growing from there. Even with my complaints, I still enjoyed this book and feel compelled to find out what happens next. And it looks like Nox and Charli are headed in the right direction, so looks like my next credit will go to book 3. I'm still not a fan of Brian Pallino's angry narration, but Samantha Prescott has grown on me. She does a great job switching between POVs.
"On to book 3..."
Absolutely enthralling as usual. I am very anxious to continue Knox and Charli's story. :)
"Queen of twists and turns "
Wow, hot.hot.hot!
Nothing like steamy and suspenseful. AR has another fabulous series to keep us wanting more.
Loved the narrators...the emotions are off the charts.
"Nox is my Batman!"
Yes, yes and yes! I loved Betrayal the first time I read it, but Cunning was the book that made me go crazy over Nox and Charli and the whole Infidelity series. All the details, the suspense, the ploting and the cliffhanger in this book were the fuel to my obsession to this series. So, of course I'd listen to it again. This is the second time I read/listen to it and I am sure I will repeat it later, because everything is adding up as the story goes on.
Only the books within the series could compare to this. But I was talking about how details are important in this series and only a series like Original Sinners by Tiffany Reisz would compare because the details from book 1 are important in book 8 and I'm sure the same will happen in this series.
Samantha was the narrator in Betrayal and I loved it. Her voice is stunning and goes perfectly with the personality of Charli's. But what sold me on her performance were Laide's chapters! Oh. My. God. The inflexion changed so much it really looked like it was another person talking. The souther accent was so marked and her posh attitude was accurately translated in Samantha's narration.
As for Brian, this was my "second" audiobook narrated by him. My first was Betrayal but his chapter was so short in it I couldnt experience the strength of his voice. But in Cunning, I had the full package with him. His performance for Nox was just perfection. He has a stong voice and sexy and smooth, just like Nox is. I couldnt think of anyone other than him to do Nox' performance.
YES!! Sadly it's too long so I couldnt but If I had the chance, I would totally do that. When the series is over I will relisten to all the audios one after the other and I'm sure I'll love it even more.
I loved Cunning from benning to end. I experience so many feelings while reading it: anger, love, desperation, disgust, fear and more. When I thought Charli was lost but when Nox' chapter started I could breath a little, but the tension while reading/listening to Cunning remained the whole book and that cliffy was so good but at the same time so bad!! I LOVED IT ANYWAY!! That made the wait for the next book so worth it.
100% recommended
Let those who you love know today, tomorrow is not promised! Life experience, Mishawn
"Agh! Nail biting!"
I don't want to sound like a Child but I want the next book now! Alexandra's story is captivating. The different twists and turns throughout each book is mind-boggling yet hard to stop listening to.
It makes me want to know, do things like this really happen in family situations and in business? If so tell me more.
I've listen to other Aleatha's books and they all are as equally good. She really is an amazing author.
"good read"
yes, it is a good read with a good narrator.
the tone and set of their voices bring a real feeling of raw emotions to the listener.
love this, read betrayal first then this. also have read others by Aleatha Romig
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Calories 99
Fat 7.1 g
Satfat 3.8 g
Sodium 225 mg
4 ounces 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
4 ounces light sour cream
2 tablespoons fresh dill
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
4 ounces chopped smoked salmon
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* I've always been a fan of the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' series, but looking back on the series, I came to a realization that (while almost certainly unintentional on Goodkind's part), adds a new dimension that the [[HateDom bashers]] might find interesting. As has been bandied about (and without getting into an argument about it), Richard's broad rationale for doing things like killing noncombatants is because they are either evil and deserve it, or are supporting evil by doing nothing to stop it. Then, we get ''Pillars Of Creation'', and a good look at what makes Jagang tick, and it turns out... ''he has the exact same rationale''. He's acting on very, ''very'' similar justification to Richard, except Jagang believes he answers to God rather than "moral clarity." While this won't erase the really dumb moments, it makes Jagang and Richard NotSoDifferent, and I think it puts a good spin on the whole thing. - MrDeath
** The problem is, the [[HateDom bashers]] ''know'' this; it's discussed on every chatroom where the HateDom gathers. That's one of the reasons we hate it: the author ''doesn't realize what he's written.'' Goodkind is perfectly fine with torture and random acts of killing and mind control, but ''only when Objectivists do it.'' Well, it's all for the (real) greater good, I guess.
** The first book makes a big deal out of how Richard believes he's on the right side, but so does Darken Rahl. Richard takes a long time to accept this. However, once he does, like Kahlan his approach to dealing with the enemy who stands on the opposite side of 'the line' is... messy.
* Why does Nicci never become pregnant, even when she's depicted having sex (consensual [[RapeAsDrama or not]]) with multiple men, and no mention of a charm like Kahlan is given to [[FantasyContraception prevent conception]]? Because, though she had remained young in the Palace of the Prophets, a woman only a limited number of eggs, and presumably she still went through menopause, becoming infertile long ago naturally.


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A VOID is an online exhibition designed by Ping Kwan and inspired by his collaboration with a Brooklyn-based choreographer. This "virtual" installation is on view from December 13, 2008 onward at http://www.superfront.org/AVOID.htm. ARCHEOGRAPHY II A VOID is the second of a series of Archeography Projects curated by SUPERFRONT, which will present the combined work of architects and choreographers through May 2009.
Due to a severe accident, the planned choreography could not be developed or performed. Thus, the performance is twice displaced, first away from the body of the performer and second away from materiality itself. A series of images delineate shimmering walls that ricochet, twist, and collapse, dividing (a representation of) the gallery space into an unpredictable series of events. Various sound collages float on- and offline, just as the sounds they are composed of float in and out of earshot. As in Georges Perec's lipogrammatic novel A Void, written without using the letter "E," the absence of what is gone heightens the experience of what remains.


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Circled is the "boat-shaped anomaly" atop Mt. Ararat. Remains of Noah's Ark or geological structure? You be the judge!
Animals are shown running into Noah's Ark, as depicted by Paramount Pictures "Noah." Despite the depiction of the ark as a rectangular structure in the film, research has suggested the ark could have been round in structure.
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This 3,700-year-old clay tablet, consisting of 60 lines in cuneiform, has been dubbed a prototype of Noah's ark described in the Bible. The tablet contains a detailed construction manual for building an ark with palm-fiber ropes, wooden ribs and coated in hot bitumen to make it waterproof. It also contains the first description of the ark's shape -- surprisingly, it's a massive round vessel.
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About two-thirds the size of a soccer field, the ark was "a giant version of the type of coracle that they actually used on the rivers," Irving Finkel, curator of the British Museum's 130,000 Mesopotamian clay tablet collection who translated the cuneiform script, told Discovery News.
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The concept of a round ark emerges from this late 14th-century illustration. But according to Finkel, the picture is not significant. "The roundness of the ark had faded from memory before the Bible was written," he said.
Noah's Ark, oil on canvas painting by Edward Hicks, 1846 Philadelphia Museum of Art/Wikimedia Commons
Over the centuries, the ark has been depicted in many ways. Biblical creationists imagined Noah's ark like a large, box-like vessel, similar to the version shown in Aronofksy's $130 million epic. Other designs added a sloping roof.
Illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493)/ Wikimedia Commons
In many cases the shape matched the ships of the days. Designs ranged from square-rigged caravels to long vessels with pointy bows.
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This reconstructed medieval mural of the Noah's Ark from Saint Teilo church in Wales represents the idea of the ark in popular imagination and children's story books. There, the ark is often depicted as a large house on a boat, with animals sticking out.
Moviegoers were recently treated to "Noah," an epic story of bravery and sacrifice from the Old Testament, a saga in which the titular character takes on the divine mission to build an ark to save creation from an apocalyptic deluge.
Outside the big screen, speculation has swirled for decades that the leftovers of Noah's Ark hug the heights of Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey — at a spot known as the Ararat anomaly. In true detective jargon, call it an "anomaly of interest."
Satellite imagery and analysis may make it possible to resolve the mystery. [Satellite Quiz: How Well Do You Know What's Orbiting Earth?]
Noah's Ark: Did Hollywood Get It Right?
Credible rumors
Porcher Taylor, a professor of paralegal studies in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies at the University of Richmond, has led the search into the Mt. Ararat anomaly. Taylor's quest began long ago, he said.
"The cognitive genesis of my journey began in 1973, some 41 years ago, in my junior year as a cadet at West Point," he told Space.com. Back then, Taylor came across "credible rumors" ricocheting off the walls of the academy that a CIA spy satellite had accidentally imaged "what appeared to be the bow of a ship sticking up out of the ice cap on Mt. Ararat," Taylor said.
A couple of decades later, Taylor launched his own satellite declassification initiative investigating the Mt. Ararat anomaly imagery.
Drawing on his 21 years of arm-chair sleuthing, Taylor has given unclassified presentations at the Pentagon and the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center.
Fact-Checking the Bible
Along the way, he declared victory in convincing the Defense Intelligence Agency in 1995 to declassify five 1949 U.S. Air Force aerial photos of Mt. Ararat. Additionally, thanks to Taylor's invitations, a number of experts over the years have "performed analyses of the satellite imagery, which thankfully tempered my zeal as an amateur," Taylor said.
Biblical proportions
So in this day and age, why continue the journey? The wealth of information provided by DigitalGlobe's satellite imagery keeps Taylor going, he said.
"My ultimate goal has always been that my acquisition over the years of progressively higher- and higher-resolution satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe of the anomaly might definitively change the anomaly into a known entity, either something geological or perhaps something of Biblical proportions," Taylor said.
DigitalGlobe's new and powerful WorldView-3 spacecraft is slated for launch from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base in summer 2014. Among its customer-provided attributes, the satellite will yield 31-centimeter (12 inches) panchromatic resolution, making it the highest-resolution commercial satellite in the world.
"DigitalGlobe's constellation of satellites would be the envy of Indiana Jones," Taylor told Space.com. "I'm grateful and humbled that Digital Globe has flown numerous gratis missions for me over Mt. Ararat over the past decade, especially the QuickBird satellite mission of February 2003 that captured the boat-like form of the anomaly at 15,000 feet, without excessive amounts of snow and ice cover." [See images from Digital Globe]
Precise view
Similar technology has already secured valuable scientific data for other purposes. Satellite imagery has proven to be a valuable tool for providing accurate information about the changing planet, said Kumar Navulur, senior director at DigitalGlobe's Product Development & Labs in Longmont, Colorado.
"State-of-the-art remote-sensing technology and analytics are now so advanced, we can not only view detailed information about man-made features, but also monitor the wonders of some of Mother Nature's hidden treasures," Navulur told Space.com. "For example, we have mapped polar bear patterns in the Arctic and penguin populations in the Antarctic," he said.
Navulur said that satellite imagery provides such a precise view from space "that we are able to proactively observe environmental changes which unravel human footprints from thousands of years ago, such as the Ararat anomaly, and contribute to space archeology in a real and meaningful manner."
Taylor hopes that a future DigitalGlobe satellite image might catalyze a scientific organization like National Geographic to launch an expedition to explore up under the ice cap on Mt. Ararat's Western Plateau at the 15,000-foot level.
The "game-changing" WorldView-3 satellite, Taylor said, "might just accomplish that goal, as that will be the world's first commercial satellite to have that skill set … a quantum leap in satellite technology!"
Noah's Ark -- as depicted in the recent Paramount movie "Noah" by Darren Aronofsky.Paramount
Dogged determination
Additional analytical techniques have aided Taylor in his mission. He recently made use of a panchromatic texture uniqueness analysis of the anomaly, provided by remote sensing researcher and Ph.D. candidate Francois Luus from the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and Luus' research supervisor, Sunil Maharaj.
Imagery used in the work was gleaned by the QuickBird satellite mission at 61 centimeters resolution in 2003. All the details of that recent analysis of the Mt. Ararat anomaly can be found in the following six-page report at: http://goo.gl/f8O3gs
Luus told Space.com that Taylor displays the tenacity and dogged determination characteristic of a successful investigator.
3,000-Year-Old Text May Reveal Biblical History
"His ability to rally support and repeatedly obtain specially commandeered satellite imagery of the Ararat anomaly is inspiring," Luus said.
Solving the riddle
Luus' texture analysis completed will help Taylor and others determine the anomaly's identity, Luus said.
"The texture uniqueness analysis we performed provides a more objective artificial intelligence perspective that shows us the parts of the anomaly that have novel textures and warrant further investigation," Luus said. "As a remote-sensing researcher, every pixel is given its due consideration, and good imagery is invaluable," he said.
Further study may consider the locations pinpointed by the uniqueness search to find clues about an artifact underlying the anomaly, Luus said.
"We are very excited about the new DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 satellite, which can truly shed some new light on the anomaly with its very high panchromatic and multispectral resolutions," Luus said. "Imagery of this quality may finally solve the riddle of the Ararat anomaly, or at least become the subject of a very satisfying remote sensing analysis," he said.
Leonard David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. He is former director of research for the National Commission on Space and is co-author of Buzz Aldrin's new book "Mission to Mars – My Vision for Space Exploration," published by National Geographic.Original article on Space.com.
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Leading Role: Terrence Howard,Bryshere Y. Gray,Jussie Smollett,Trai Byers,Grace Gealey,Malik Yoba,Kaitlin Doubleday,Taraji P. Henson
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Chris Rock, Lenny Kravitz and Alicia Keys were originally slated to guest star as themselves,but it was later revealed that Rock would play Frank Gathers. Adam Rodriguez will recur as Laz Delgado, a smooth promoter and a potential love interest for Cookie.On June 11, 2015, Empire Seasons 1-2 DVD was announced that the producers were casting the new breakout role of Betty Barz, a "moody, outspoken" teenage rapper who will first appear in the season premiere. Description of the character was that she was an African-American, "unapologetically butch," and something of a hometown hero in her "Brownsville-Never-Ran-Never-Will, Brooklyn" neighborhood.
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- 2[singular] the measurements and relationships of lines, angles, etc. in a particular object or shape the geometry of a spider's web Wordfinderalgebra, arithmetic, calculus, equation, geometry, logarithm, maths, numeracy, problem, trigonometry Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin geometria, from Greek, from gē
BrE BrE//dʒiˈɒmətri//; NAmE NAmE//dʒiˈɑːmətri//Types of mathematics, Mathematical terminology
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