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The body's immune system helps protect against pathogens that cause infection. Most of the time, it's an efficient system. It either keeps microorganisms out or tracks them down and gets rid of them. However, some pathogens can overwhelm the immune system. When this happens, it can cause serious illness.
The pathogens most likely to cause problems are the ones the body doesn't recognize. Vaccination is a way to "teach" the immune system how to recognize and eliminate an organism. That way, your body is prepared if you are ever exposed.
Vaccinations are an important form of primary prevention. That means they can protect people from getting sick. Vaccinations have allowed us to control diseases that once threatened many lives, such as:
- measles
- polio
- tetanus
- whooping cough
It's important that as many people as possible get vaccinated. Vaccination doesn't just protect individuals. When enough people are vaccinated, it helps protect society. This occurs through herd immunity. Widespread vaccinations make it less likely that a susceptible person will come into contact with a disease.
A healthy immune system defends against invaders. The immune system is composed of several types of cells. These cells defend against and remove harmful pathogens. However, they have to recognize that an invader is dangerous.
Vaccination teaches the body to recognize new diseases. It stimulates the body to make antibodies. It also primes immune cells to remember the infection. That allows for a faster response to the disease in the future.
Vaccines work by exposing you to a safe version of a disease. This can take the form of:
- a protein or sugar from the surface of a pathogen
- a dead or inactivated bacterium
- a virus-like particle that is not infectious
- a weakened pathogen
When the body responds to the vaccine, it builds an adaptive immune response. This helps equip the body to fight off an actual infection.
Vaccines are usually given by injection. Most vaccines contain two parts. The first is the antigen. This is the piece of the disease your body must learn to recognize. The second is the adjuvant. The adjuvant sends a danger signal to your body. It tells it to respond to the antigen as an infection. This helps you develop immunity.
Antibodies help the body recognize diseases. Protection from antibodies can be achieved in two different ways.
Active immunization teaches the body to recognize a pathogen. It stimulates long-term protection against a disease. Active immunity can occur after an infection (natural immunity). It can also occur through vaccination (artificial immunity).
Passive immunization provides short-term protection against a disease. It occurs when someone receives antibodies instead of making their own. Passive immunity is transmitted naturally from mother to child during birth and breast-feeding. It can also be achieved artificially through the injection of immune globulins. These are antibody-containing blood products.
In recent years, vaccine opponents have challenged their safety and effectiveness. However, their arguments have generally been flawed. Vaccination is a very safe way to prevent disease. There is no good evidence that vaccination can cause autism. However, there is a lot of evidence that vaccines can prevent serious disease and death.
Not all people avoid vaccinations because of safety concerns. Some simply don't know that they should be vaccinated. For example, people should get the flu vaccine every winter. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 60 percent of Americans don't get the annual flu shot. Many have no idea they should.
It's important to talk to your doctor about what vaccines you need. Avoiding vaccination puts you at risk of serious disease. It can lead to costly doctor's visits and hospital fees.
Vaccines can reduce disease. For example, vaccination helped to eliminate polio from the Western hemisphere. According to the CDC, polio used to paralyze 13,000 to 20,000 people each year in the United States. Vaccination has also reduced the number of measles infections by more than 99 percent.
Ending vaccination could be very dangerous. Even today, around the world, many vaccine-preventable deaths still occur. This is because vaccines are not available to everyone. One of the missions of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to increase vaccine availability. The WHO estimates that, each year, over 1 million children die of diseases that could be preventable by vaccine.


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my heavily stained pizza stone
I need guidance here please. My oven stone is filthy. We baked a couple of apple pies on it and they spilled over a bit. I read about a method for using baking soda and a stiff brusg to clean the staines. After many trys i found absolutely no results.
A few folks said to adapt to the appearance of the baking stone. Just scrape off crust stuff etc.
I need guidance/suggestions/assurance or any information anyone cares to help me with.
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Maes says he's writing book to set record straight after facing "campaign terrorists"
Failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes says he has been busy lately trying his hand at a new vocation.
"I can't begin to tell you how many people have asked for me to get as much of the truth out about the 2010 governor's race as possible," Maes said in a recent email to his supporters. "Some even encouraged me writing a book about it. Sounded interesting but when would I get the time? Guess what…I did! That is why you have not seen anything from me in the last couple of weeks."
Maes said he wants people to know that during his campaign, there were plenty of "great times and history made before the arrival of the campaign terrorists after the primary." He said his book will reveal the details of "the smoke filled rooms, GOP manipulation, pressure to exit, and more" and will set the record straight on "who Dan Maes really is and not who talk show hosts and Post writers say Dan Maes is."
Maes said he's having a manuscript edited now and has a working title of "Running without Cowboy Boots," joking that he was one of the few candidates who never wore cowboy boots.
The book "will serve as a record for some and even some therapy for me," Maes said in the email.


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2014 Toyota Corolla Teased Ahead of June 6 Debut
Brace yourself, Corolla fans: The teasing has begun. Although the redesigned 2014 Toyota Corolla won't be officially unveiled until June 6 in Los Angeles, Toyota just couldn't resist letting this demure little photo leak out. It appeared on Toyota's official Facebook page on May 21 and, as of this writing, it remains the only photo of the production-ready 2014 Corolla.
The camera angle here is clearly no accident, as it puts the spotlight on that red "S," signifying the sportiest Corolla model. Garden-variety 2014 Corollas, it's safe to say, won't have rear spoilers. Still, we're encouraged to see that the taillights strongly resemble those of the in-your-face Toyota Furia concept from this year's Detroit Auto Show. Word in Detroit was that the overtly sporty Furia foreshadowed the new Corolla, and those taillights are enough to make us believers. Here's hoping other elements of the Furia's dynamic styling make it to production, as well.
Unfortunately, an earlier leak [http://blog.caranddriver.com/details-of-2014-toyota-corollas-order-guide-posted-on-dealer-website/] suggests the Corolla will continue to use a rudimentary 4-speed automatic transmission in base trims, but there's good news as well: Higher trims will likely receive a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT) that maximizes fuel economy and eliminates shift shock. If you prefer to shift for yourself, there also should be a 6-speed manual transmission in the mix. Power will continue to flow from a 1.8-liter 4-cylinder engine, but thanks to mechanical tweaks, modest output gains are expected.
In keeping with other recently redesigned Toyota products, we further expect a thoroughly revised interior with generous technology features.
The official debut of the 2014 Toyota Corolla on June 6 will be a pretty big deal. We'll have all the details for you as Toyota presents its overhauled global best-seller to journalists and Corolla enthusiasts in the city of Angels.


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BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Brunswick County Public Utilities issued a Boil Water Advisory for some customers who are experiencing water outages or pressure problems Wednesday.
The advisory includes customers from the intersection of US 17 and NC 87 and US 17 at Bell Swamp toward the county line near Leland. A utilities spokesman said customers in the areas of Northwest, Leland, Sandy Creek, Navassa, and Belville may also experience problems.
A main line rupture near the Northwest Water Treatment Plant caused the issues. Brunswick County Public Utilities and the Division of Water Resources is asking that consumers boil all water used for human consumption.
A Brunswick County Schools spokeswoman said some schools were also seeing problems, including North Brunswick High School, Leland Middle School, Town Creek Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, and Belville Elementary.
According to H2Go, which also serves parts of northern Brunswick County, only its customers in Compass Pointe are affected by the advisory.


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I will be going to Ohayocon this Jan 30th through Feb 1st in Columbus Ohio, and have decided I'm going to put on my pirate outfit and pass out FSM pamphlets there on the first day, which just happens to be a Friday. Anyone who seems interested will be getting a package of ramen noodles so that they may partake in a wholesome pastafarian communion that evening.
And for those of you unfamiliar with Ohayocon, it is an anime convention. I have actually done this once before at the Anime Punch convention last year, pretty much everyone I spoke to there was very receptive to the idea of the FSM. I even got a warm welcome from the scores of people there dressed as ninjas (keep in mind that ninja's and pirates have an age old rivalry), after they heard I was giving out free ramen to anyone who would listen to me anyhow - LOL.
I would greatly encourage anyone else here who is planning on attending Ohayocon to bring their holy pirate regalia and join me in spreading the word of his noodly goodness, just be sure to bring pamphlets and ramen (anime convention goers absolutely love free stuff - especially free ramen).
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You KNEW it was a Friday and you handed out leaflets? shame on you, Friday is a day of relaxation and Grog-consumption.
You KNEW it was a Friday and you handed out leaflets? shame on you, Friday is a day of relaxation and Grog-consumption.
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But I will also be handing out packs of ramen noodles so that others may enjoy the communion of his noodly goodness.
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Gethsemane wrote:YOU IDIOT!
You KNEW it was a Friday and you handed out leaflets? shame on you, Friday is a day of relaxation and Grog-consumption.
Yeah but one of the basic tenets of FSM-ism is lax moral standards, so I don't think giving leaflets out on a Friday is a hell-worthy effect.
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'Starlet' Exclusive Clip: Surprise! 'Strip-Joint' Fabulous
Starlet had its premiere at AFI Fest this week and is set for a limited theatrical release beginning this weekend. Movieline picked up an exclusive clip from the film, which stars model-turned-actress Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve (The Runaways) and James Ransone (Red Hook Summer).
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The Alternate Universe worlds in which Harry Potter is raised by Remus Lupin, Danger Granger Lupin, Aletha Freeman Black, and Sirius. His siblings and pack-mates are as follows: Draco Reggie Black, Hermione 'Neenie' Granger Lupin, Meghan Lily Black, Luna Lovegood, Ron and Ginny Weasley, and Neville Longbottom. It is characterized by a mostly wonderful, occasionally evil style in which there are happy endings, cute songfics, intellectual intrigue, and epic battles. Oh, and DB/LL as well as MB/NL.
The Dangerverse has a story where one version of Harry Potter sings Christmas songs while another fights Voldemort. Don't you just love crossover fics?
by Bibliofool22 March 23, 2010
An increasingly popular name for the post-apocalyptic world in which the events of the My Chemical Romance 2010 album "Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys" take place. The year is 2019 or thereabouts, and an unknown, but likely nuclear disaster, has turned the world into a place similar to the setting of the Fallout series.
Term never officially used by the band, but coined by a fan in a popular tumblr blog very early in the album's history.
Term never officially used by the band, but coined by a fan in a popular tumblr blog very early in the album's history.
There's been Dangerverse fanfiction ever since the first Danger Days single was released, but it's really ballooned after the full album release.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
* Mom's Homeroom Anatomy of a Craft Project Body Maps!
This summer, we got to film a segment for the
We spent a whole morning and part of an afternoon
shooting footage of the girls and two of their friends
making Life-Sized Body Maps.
The kids made wonderful projects
and were naturals on camera.
The film crew was wonderful and I made some new facebook friends too!
We had two awesome cameramen, a very funny sound guy,
a talented working mama director, our lovely and warm hostess Alba (and myself)
along with 4 kids crammed into my art studio!
My hubby was in charge of snacks and candid photos.
Yesterday, the video premiered on their website!
You can check it out by clicking here, it's called
If you want to hear what my voice sounds like
(it sounds weird to me!) and see my kiddos in action
crafting, learning, and creating go check it out!
Giggle monsters on the rug for a final take.
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Directed at HVAC business's.
You could be contacted by e-mail, the "person" usually depicted as a female with hearing problems will inquire about the purchase of equipment. In this case 3 mini-splits for a friend or orphanage.
They will supply you with credit card number(s) that will initially work, and arrange to pick the equipment up at your shop. As this progresses the purchaser will suddenly have a family emergency and ask you to arrange shipment thru a nationally known shipping company that will not accept credit cards. You will be asked to write a check for payment to the shipping company and again charge the fees to a credit card.
They of course are being shipped overseas, in this case Ghana.
In this case the scam was found out well before the loss of any equipment or dollars...don't let yourself become a success for them, these people are very good actors and will try and get your emotions to lead you into doing something that you will regret!


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Need UI-UX Lead for adhoc basis
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Understand, analyze & client requirement & business domain
Create complex user interfaces for a variety of applications & websites for both new and existing Web applications by considering client requirement & business domain.
Cross browser/platform understanding
Ability to create responsive web design
Should also create UI Design Guideline for team member using best practice
Knowledge of Mobile application user interface design
Design integration with CMS
Responsible for Social Media Designing
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Creating and converting design to HTML with cross browser compatibility
Co-ordinating with developers while implementing the design
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To provide guidance & support to team and review performance of team on regular basis
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Learn all new techniques required in the project
Should participate in learning & development of self & others
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Awareness of latest design trends
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Give actionable feedback to Team Members on monthly basis
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There was an ominous-sounding buzzword floating about this year's Beltwide Cotton Production Conference.
It was "white crisis." However, it was music to the ears of Western cotton producers, particularly SJV growers.
Weather and delivery problems in areas producing high quality cotton — Africa, Central Asia and Australia — as well as weather problems in many areas of the U.S. Cotton Belt has created a world shortage of high quality now that only promises to tighten for cotton types produced in the irrigated West.
While wet harvesttime weather in many areas of the U.S. Cotton Belt jeopardized quality, weather conditions season-long, especially at harvest, were ideal in the West resulting in significantly better length and strength than the average both in California and Arizona, where micronaire levels were well below average.
Economists reporting on future cotton prices all reported at Beltwide that cotton prices are improving. March futures were trading at 14 cents higher than they were year ago when cotton merchant William B. Dunavant Jr. gave his economic projections for the cotton crops ahead.
Marketing analyst O.A. Cleveland, speaking at a Bayer CropScience breakfast, predicted overall July, May and December will be four to six cents higher than they are now as overall cotton supplies tighten.
Supply to drop
World textile mills have adequate cotton supplies for now, but will be poorly covered from March on, he said.
And, quality is playing a bigger role in cotton pricing. Strict low middling cottons are entering an era where they'll draw discounts while mills start demanding cottons 1 1/8 to 1 3/4 long with strengths of 30 grams per tex and higher.
Cottons fitting those parameters are FiberMax varieties, the Australian breed cottons now widely planted in most of the Belt. Mills, both domestically and internationally, are asking specifically for FiberMax fiber quotes. And they are being quoted 400 points on.
A nickel above that are SJV uplands, specifically Acala cottons.
"SJV growths are doing extremely well in the world market right now," said Cleveland, who projected that in the midst of this year's "white crisis" SJV cash prices during this marketing year should accelerate faster than the average price of cotton, which will continue to rise, according to Cleveland.
This premium on high quality upland will create a shift from Pima cottons to Acalas next season, said Cleveland.
"Over the last four months world prices based on the five cheapest growths has gone from 49.15 to 56.50, which reflects a shortage of 31 and better qualities in world markets," said Dunavant. "It will even get tighter in the spring of 2003."
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Music Freedom Or Holding Consumers Hostage? Letting ISPs Pick Winners And Losers Is A Problem
from the pushing-the-edges dept
AT&T has exploited this with its sponsored data efforts, in which service providers can pay AT&T so that their data doesn't apply towards the ridiculously low data caps they've placed on their mobile broadband offerings. T-Mobile has now done something similar, though it's not quite as nefarious. It's offering a program called Music Freedom, in which certain music streaming services (which can certainly eat up some bandwidth) don't count against the data cap. Now, unlike AT&T's sponsored data program, at least T-Mobile isn't charging the music services to be on the list -- but it is still a limited list of participants. T-Mobile is letting its users "vote" on other services to be exempted from the data cap limits.
Here's the nefarious bit about all of this: this is all promoted and spun as being for the consumer's benefit. And, in a way, it is. You get to listen to music streaming on your phone without any concern about it eating up your data cap. Consumers win! Except... not really. Think through the details here: consumers are "winning" only because some pre-selected services are being granted an exemption from the ridiculously low caps set by the mobile operators themselves. Now you see the problem? It's the mobile operator "saving" the consumer from the artificial limits the mobile operators themselves set up. And then the mobile operators themselves get to "pick" the winning services (T-Mobile) or see who will pay the most to be the winner (AT&T).
Saving a child from a burning building makes you a hero. Setting fire to the building to then save the child? Not so much.
And that's where the big problem lies. When the company that provides you access to the internet has the ability to pick the winners and losers for service providers, a key part of what makes the internet so powerful and useful... goes away. That they're spinning this as being for the consumer is particularly problematic. Down in Chile, they seem to recognize this. Just a few days ago, we wrote about how Chile has found that this kind of thing violates its net neutrality rules by giving preferential treatment. In that case, the issue may seem even trickier, because it banned so-called "zero-rated" social media apps. In many places where mobile data is paid for on a rate basis, Facebook (especially) and others have been able to better penetrate those markets by paying the local mobile operators for their users' access to those apps. On the one hand that seems great, as it offers up these services to users for free when otherwise they'd have to pay. But it also locks in the big companies with the money to pay.
Either way, what the T-Mobile program (especially) shows is that it is clearly artificially setting up very low data caps for no good reason. By offering Music Freedom, it is flat out admitting that the low data caps are not necessary because of any traffic issues, because it can easily handle much more data (for free, even). T-Mobile could have just said any music streaming service is automatically included -- but instead it chose to pick winners and losers -- meaning that consumers (and less popular or new music services) lose. That's a big problem. There are plenty of reasons why various internet services may succeed or fail, but adding in the end user's internet access provider/mobile operator to the equation just puts up another (very large) hurdle.


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After spending over 1 year working on a social network project for me using wordpress and buddypress, my programmer has disappeared, even though he got paid every single week, for the whole period. Yes, he's not dead as I used an email tracker to confirm and see he opens my emails but doesn't respond. Seems he got another job. I wonder why he just couldn't say so. And I even paid him advance salary for work he hasn't done.
Anyway, problem is that I never asked for full documentation for most of the functions he coded in. And there were MANY functions for this 1+ year period, and some of them have bugs that he still didn't fix. Now it seems all confusing.
My question - what's the first thing I should do now? How do I proceed?
I guess the first thing to do will be to get another programmer but I want to start on the right foot by having all the current codes documented so that any programmer can work on all the functions without issues.
Is that the first thing I should do? If yes, how do I go about it?
What's the standard type of documentation required for something like this? Can I get a programmer that will just do the documentation for all the codes and fix the bugs or documentation isn't really important?
Also, do you think getting another "individual" programmer is better or get a company that has programmers working for them, so that if the programmer assigned to my project disappears, another can replace him, without my involvement? I feel this is the approach I should have taken in the beginning. What do you think?
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This war rug depicts the reality of conflict-ridden Afghanistan. Over the past 30 years, weaponry replaced traditional Afghan floral designs. Look at the images of warfare: hand grenades, tanks, fighter jets, missiles and helicopters. Afghans weave such rugs during times of conflict but the individuals who make them are unknown, their stories forever hidden.
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Religion is like a virus and kids need to be innoculated as early as possible. I have frank and age appropriate discussions about atheism with my kids (age 8 and 5). This is what I say: God is an imaginary friend that many people have. You can NOT tell people that god isn't real they may get very upset.
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Within the past hour, the U.S. Federal Reserve has issued its Beige Book summation of economic activity across the country. This document is used by the nation's central bank to effect monetary policy decisions at its regular Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. The next such confab is scheduled to take place on January 29th and 30th.
In the aggregate, this compilation of reports from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts indicated that economic activity across the country had expanded since the last Beige Book report, which was issued November 28th. In sum, all 12 of the Districts said that economic growth was proceeding at either a modest or a moderate pace.
Moreover, since the last Beige Book, activity in the New York and Philadelphia Districts has rebounded from the tragic dislocations caused by Hurricane Sandy in late October and early November. Growth in the Boston, Richmond, and Atlanta Districts has also stepped up somewhat, with just the St. Louis District seeing some slowing in growth, but not a contraction.
In addition, all 12 of the Districts reported at least some growth in consumer spending, which is critical, as such spending accounts for the majority of aggregate U.S. business activity, or the nation's gross domestic product. Overall, holiday sales were modestly higher in 2012 than in 2011, although for many of the Districts, the gains were below expectations.
At the same time, the long and contentious fight over the budget, and the constant threat of going over the proverbial fiscal cliff, has taken a toll on consumer spending. Now, as we go forward to the hoped-for resolution of the needed debt-ceiling extension, there could be further fighting, and additional pressure coming to bear on the economy.
In addition to the consumer spending gains, we also are seeing better levels of activity in the real estate arena. Agriculture remains mixed, in the meantime, while trends in wages, prices, and employment were relatively unchanged since the late-November Beige Book. Further, reports had auto sales strengthening in 10 of the 12 Districts, while tourism was holding steady in all but one of the eight reporting Districts. Finally, manufacturing was mixed, with just six of the Districts reporting gains since the last report and with three Districts actually contracting along this front.
All in all, this was a decent report, but one that is unlikely to change many minds at the Federal Reserve as that body gets set for its next FOMC meeting and interest-rate decision later this month.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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By Clive Bernath: At the age of 48, having won world titles at three different weights and a guaranteed induction into the Boxing Hall of Fame the only aim now for Bernard Hopkins is to protect his Legacy. It is indeed an incredible achievement to even be fighting just two years short of reaching your half century but to actually be taking part in a world title fight and be in with a real shout of claiming the crown defies the realms of sensible logic.
On March 9, Hopkins, 52-6-2-(32),climbs back in into the ring for the sixty first time when he challenges the younger fresher, hungrier and far more aggressive Tavoris Cloud for his IBF light-heavyweight crown at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. And Hopkins will not only be looking to claim another world championship belt for his already overflowing trophy cabinet he will also be fiercely attempting to protect his legacy
"I get a chance to leave my legacy in Brooklyn. Not only am I honored, but I 've earned that," said Hopkins.
"I'm past the stage of breaking records. It's my legacy that I want to protect. It's important to me that in my last couple of fights I didn't put myself on the line by doing one third of the work that I've put in all of these years. I refuse to surrender to that kind of mentality.
"Anyone that can beat me, any one that can embarrass me, will become an instant star.
That said, Hopkins is under no illusions about the task ahead, he knows he will be facing the best 32 year-old Cloud he can possibly be but Hopkins believes his ability to adjust his fighting style and his years of experience will be enough to tame the aggression burning inside of Tavoris Cloud.
"Tavoris Cloud is an aggressive young fighter. I heard him at the press conference in New York City. He described himself as the Mike Tyson of this era," said Hopkins.
"I've been on a path that I keep my body on the right track and duck more punches than I take. I can fight until I'm 50 years old. The less you get hit, the more you can speak and count your money.
Hopkins added: "I believe that Cloud's aggressiveness will make this an action packed fight because he's thinking of himself as number one because he has the belt. He needs to come in and make adjustments to my style. If he can't make adjustments, you will see a repeat of the Kelly Pavlik fight.
"I don't expect Cloud to dance like Ali. I don't expect him to do anything to buy time. I expect him to come forward. That's what I would do if I was 30 fighting someone who is almost 50.
"I have to stay busy and I'll win every round. The cat is out of the bag because I'm not coming to get beaten up.
"There is no one saying that I am going to get blown out on March 9 when I step into that ring. There is no one saying that I'm going to lose the fight. They are saying that Tavoris Cloud's style is my forte. Cloud comes forward and throws bombs and anyone I've fought that comes forward, I've beaten. The only thing they are saying is that 'He is 48.'
The inevitable question of age is something that will always be asked when a man in his late 40's competes against a 32 year-old at the peak of his powers.
Anyone that knows Hopkins well is only too aware that he does not consider himself a normal 48 year-old
"People ask me, 'What does it feel like to be 48?", said Hopkins' I say that I don't know because if you ask most people in their late forties or even late thirties how they feel, they might say they're ready to die because they aren't healthy and don't have longevity like me. You can't put me in the same category as a regular guy."
Mr Hopkins is certainly not 'A regular guy' and his pipe and slippers are still firmly tucked away in the spare room along with his rocking chair, which is why I for one will not be surprised in the slightest if he once has his hand raised in victory.
February 20, 2013
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Tomlin strikes out 5 as Cleveland Indians beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-2
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Josh Tomlin struck out five in four scoreless innings, helping the Cleveland Indians beat a Milwaukee Brewers split squad 4-2 on Sunday.
Tomlin struck out the side in his last inning, continuing his strong bid for the fifth spot in Cleveland's rotation.
Brewers starter Wily Peralta struggled with his control, giving up three runs and four hits in 3 1-3 innings. In the second inning, he walked two batters in a row and then hit Matt Carson with a pitch.
The Brewers scored two runs in the ninth inning off Travis Banwart on a Garrett Cooper single and a Hainley Statia groundout that brought Cooper home.
Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera started for the second day in a row. He had two hits and scored a run.


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Who eats: Mostly businesspeople and a few tourists.
Why eat: This recently opened Near North outpost of the Dallas-based chain draws big crowds at lunchtime by serving up moderately priced, upscale Mexican food.
Ambience: Sleek and modern, the massive space at State and Illinois streets oozes hip. Walls of stone, brick, wood and marble create a bright if somewhat sterile atmosphere. Gas fireplaces sprinkled throughout add some much-needed warmth. Black booths and chairs surround polished wood tables. A bar in the middle serves mojitos, margaritas and all manner of tequila.
Dress code: There were plenty of folks clad in business wear on a recent Wednesday, but you won't feel out of place in jeans and a shirt.
Noise factor: It's a tad noisy, with jazzy music playing overhead and the din of conversation creating a bit of a buzz.
Overheard: "Someone just emailed me and said the executive producer … is terrible and needs to be let go."
Service: Our server was all business — in a good way. He was unabashed about what dishes were his favorites and promised that any item on the menu could be customized to our tastes. Food was delivered hot and fast, and the server was attentive but unobtrusive. He stopped by our table several times to check on us, but we never felt rushed, or that he was trying to make us order more.
Cellphone reception/Wi-Fi: Full cellphone reception and Wi-Fi.
Reservations: Can be made at 312-955-0014 or at opentable.com.
Menu: Mexican, ranging from the ordinary (fajitas, tacos, enchiladas) to the more adventurous (quail with apple-pecan stuffing topped with plum sauce, or homemade tamales filled with brisket, artichoke, sauteed spinach, red pepper and cheese).
Reliable options: The Top Shelf Guacamole ($9.99) is made at your table by a server wheeling around a guacamole cart. You decide what ingredients are included, and the server cuts the avocado, adds the vegetables, peppers and spices, and mixes it up while you watch. Ours was delicious and plentiful. The Carnitas ($13.99) included two large bone-in pork shanks, slow-cooked and extremely tender. They were topped with chipotle-wine sauce and served with rice and cooked zucchini. Other popular items include the Tacos De Pescado ($13.99) which included three mahi-mahi fish tacos, topped with marinated vegetables, queso fresco and chipotle aioli. The tacos were flavorful and had a slight kick. The Enchilada De Carmones ($11.99) was one large enchilada stuffed with shrimp, cheese and vegetables and topped with a sour cream poblano sauce. It looked almost too pretty to eat, but we did. For dessert, the Mango Tres Leches ($7.29) was delicious, but not as dense as many tres leches cakes.
Expect to pay: $40-$60 for two.
Contacts: 312-955-0014, or cantinalaredo.com.


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Getting Psyched
Posted on December 9, 2011 in Uncategorized by Susan
I've always been fascinated by psychology. I never formally studied it, but I like to consider myself somewhat of an amateur analyst – I love to observe people. Human behavior is endlessly interesting. And funny. And weird. And unpredictable.
So covering the Department of Psychology and getting an opportunity to work with the faculty researchers there is really a fun part of my job. Most of the time, the studies offer new insight and reveal some really cool, counterintuitive results.
But other times, the results, though perhaps not entirely counterintuitive, are still really cool because they offer comfort and validation that we humans are pretty nice, "normal" creatures.
Like Darcia Narvaez's work in the moral development of children. She's identified six parenting practices that appear to help children, well, be nice. These practices – like encouraging kids to play outside and cuddling your toddler, are pretty natural things for parents to do, so it's somehow comforting to know that they actually have long-lasting, positive implications. Clearly, other people found Darcia's work interesting as well, since her study appeared everywhere from MSNBC to Women's Day
Then there's Gabe Radvansky's study on walking through doorways causing forgetting. Talk about R-E-L-I-E-F! I've lost count of the number of times I've gotten up, walked purposefully into another room, then promptly forgotten what I was going to do. I suffered in silence and assumed it was just the beginning of old age. Not that I'm old yet or anything. Apparently, lots of people were equally relieved about their forgetting, and word of Gabe's study was picked up far and wide: CBS News, National Geographic and U.S. News and World Report are just a small sample of the interest in this one.
Most recently, Jill Lany published a study on how babies actually can identify nouns and verbs in spoken language even before they can speak. All that listening they do in the first year of life is actually priming them for speaking the following year.
All of it's so amazing when you really stop and think about it – that babies are born ready to communicate, that parents do have influence over whether or not their kids grow up to be nice adults, and that forgetting what you're doing in another room is a universal frustration.
We humans are cool creatures.


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Flyers trade Zolneirczyk to Ducks
The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired forward Jay Rosehill from the Anaheim Ducks for forward Harry Zolnierczyk.
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The teams announced the trade Monday.
Zolnierczyk played in 44 regular-season games over two years for the Flyers. He had three goals and seven points this season.
Rosehill has spent the season with the Ducks' AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, where he had four goals and eight points, and 90 penalty minutes in 33 games. He did not score a point in 31 career NHL games with Toronto.


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LA QUINTA, California (Reuters) - Brian Gay's quest to add length to his driving led to a frustrating 2012 campaign but his increased yardage off the tee helped him clinch his fourth PGA Tour victory at the Humana Challenge on Sunday.
Long known for his accuracy and relatively short hitting, American Gay had increasingly felt "handcuffed" by some of the longer PGA Tour courses and last year he began working with Grant Waite and Joe Mayo in a bid to gain distance.
Though the whole process has taken a while to gel, he was greatly encouraged by his fourth-place finish at the 2012 season-ending Disney Classic and all the hard work reaped rich reward on Sunday when he triumphed in a three-way playoff.
"Last year was a struggle," Gay, 41, told reporters after edging out fellow American Charles Howell III and Swede David Lingmerth for his first victory on the U.S. circuit since the 2009 St. Jude Classic.
"It was a long year, a lot of work. I actually started out decent but the summer was long and tough.
"Disney helped me a bunch. I played really good at Disney to end the year on a good note, and I just felt recharged and refocused to get off and have a great year this year."
Gay has established himself as one of the best putters in the game and, with the help of Waite and Majo, he has added more than 15 yards to his driving statistics since the start of last year.
"I've learned so much from those guys," he said. "I've always been a short hitter on the Tour and I felt like as I was getting older I'm only going to get shorter and shorter.
"The Tour, it's become a power game now the last number of years and I feel like a bit handcuffed at a lot of events. So I kind of went to Grant initially to get his thoughts ... thought it would help my game.
"And it was tough last year trying to play making those changes. But I feel like it's coming around. I just was trying to get more efficient with my driver numbers to kind of max out my distance."
Gay signed off with a nine-under-par 63 on a sun-drenched day in the Coachella Valley, coming from six strokes behind in the final round to join Howell and Lingmerth in a playoff.
However, he felt extremely fortunate that neither Howell nor overnight leader Scott Stallings birdied the final hole in regulation, the par-five 18th, to claim outright victory.
"Scott and Charles are long hitters, I knew they had a mid-iron into 18," he said, having finished his round a little earlier with a 25-under total of 263. "I figured at least one, if not both of them, would birdie 18."
As it happened, Howell three-putted for par after missing a five-footer for birdie while Stallings, who had been five strokes in front of the pack after the third round, bogeyed the hole after dumping his second shot into water.
"So I was fortunate for that not to happen and have another chance," smiled Gay. "And boom, there we go. And just felt like I kind of had a second life, another opportunity."
Lingmerth was eliminated at the first extra hole, where he bogeyed, and Gay clinched the title by sinking a five-foot birdie putt at the second extra hole, where Howell bogeyed after ending up in a greenside bunker with his approach.
"It feels amazing right now," Gay said of his win. "I'm still in a little bit of shock. It kind of happened so fast there at the end the way things went down."
(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Patrick Johnston)


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How U.N. treaty threatens U.S. gun rights
Expert: People need firearms to 'protect themselves from their own government'
Gun rights advocates successfully fended off efforts to expand background checks, limit magazine capacity and ban certain firearms weeks ago, but a United Nations treaty that President Obama vows to sign could have the same impact even if the Senate rejects it.
The United Nations Small Arms Trade treaty passed the U.N. General Assembly earlier this year. Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Obama would sign the treaty, noting it is an "important contribution to efforts to stem the illicit trade in conventional weapons, which fuels conflict, empowers violent extremists and contributes to violations of human rights."
Gun Owners of America Executive Director Larry Pratt said the impact of this treaty would be far more damaging than the relatively benign language suggests.
"First of all, it's probably helpful to understand who's the good guys and who's the bad guys at the U.N.," Pratt told WND. "Most of those governments are at best crooked and often dictatorial, tyrannical and just horrible to have anything to do with.
"When they talk about keeping guns out of the wrong hands, they're talking about keeping guns out of the hands of the people that might seek their freedom from these horrible governments. So for us to sign a treaty like that is for the United States to, in effect, sanitize, to approve of these governments, which we do anyway by being part of the U.N., and give them morally a stronger hand in oppressing their people," Pratt said.
Pratt also contends that the U.N. has a terrible track record in protecting human life. He said the horrors in Rwanda are a perfect example of why the U.N. has no business deciding who should and should not have access to guns.
"Among its other distinctions was to preside over the genocide that occurred in Rwanda, taking nearly a million people's lives. U.N. 'peacekeepers' would actually send the people fleeing the massacres back into the hands of those they were fleeing from. That's how horrible the U.N. is," Pratt said. "For us to be part of it means we don't have a problem with genocide. That's exactly why the peoples of the world need their guns, so that they can protect themselves from their own government. That's why we have a Second Amendment."
Pro-Second Amendment groups like Gun Owners of America are heartened to know the treaty will never be officially binding on the United States. Even with Obama's signature, the treaty must be ratified by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate. That has virtually no chance of happening. In fact, 53 senators rejected the treaty on a recent vote. Sixty-seven senators are needed for ratification.
But even if the Senate votes down the treaty, Pratt said Americans could still see their Second Amendment rights infringed.
"Once 50 countries have signed in a treaty, then it's considered to be part of international law. While it doesn't technically bind countries that have not signed it, it puts them under increased pressure. Some of these countries would, of course, welcome the opportunity to say, 'We've got to conform to international law.' I kind of suspect that the current government here in the United States would love to make such an argument," said Pratt, who notes two justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have cited international law in past rulings.
Sixty nations have already signed the treaty, so it will be recognized by the U.N. as international law. Pratt previewed how life could change for existing and future gun owners if the U.S. courts bow to the U.N. position.
"Our government, if it were to implement the terms of the treaty, would have to set up a national gun registration and licensing scheme so that it could make its due diligence in knowing where every gun is sold and bought. The idea being that if you lose track of them inside the country and who knows, they might end up in the hands of some poor Rwandan trying to save his life from his own government, and we can't have that," Pratt said.
"Our own government hasn't had a problem putting guns in the hands of the Mexican cartel, leading to the death, the murder, of at least 400 Mexicans," he said. "It seems to me that if there's any gun control that's needed, it's control of our own government by we the people."


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3 bullets on a slide. 1 slide per minute. Stand Still. Don't fidget, memorize your slides. Now get up in front of a 100 people and do what I just told you. If you have been to Presentation training, you have probably heard many of these "Rules" before. You've been given the "right" way to present; the ONLY way to present. Yet it somehow feels like an unnatural act.
Over the last 10 years we've worked with thousands of clients in a range of industries. All of them know that if you want to get ahead, you have to be good on your feet. They've been to presentation seminars, Toastmasters and Dale Carnegie programs. From the most experienced CEO's to the newest recruits, everyone's secret wish is to be a better presenter, to nail that pitch or persuade one more person. Yet — and you know this in your heart — the general standard of presenting is very poor. Why? Pretty much everyone preaches one way to do it. And that's just plain wrong.
There are 6 types of presenter. If you understand which one you are, if you understand where your strengths and weaknesses lie, you can get better. But the path forward is not the same for everyone.
Diagnose your presenter type. Take one minute to find your presenter type for fast-acting relief from PowerPoint pain.
1. The Coach
Is an energetic and personable speaker, who's great at connecting and engaging people by doing and role-playing. They are better live than remote or over the phone. They usually very passionate about the topic and let that shine through.
The Coach can quickly lose passion and enthusiasm with a low energy audience. They have a tendency to talk more than listen. May move too quickly for the audience, and not connect the dots for them.
The Coach will dive right into building a deck and start with the slides that come easily. To practice, they go to a quiet place, pace up and down with a script, talk to themself to commit what they want to say to memory.
Example: Rick Perry
2. The Inventor
Typically the last person to volunteer to make a public presentation, the Inventor is very good at connecting ideas for people and building logical sequences. They are usually much more comfortable once finished and working through a Q&A.
The Inventor has difficulty holding large quantities of information in their head. They can get stuck searching for just the right word and worry about forgetting something important.
The Inventor will start building a deck right away, by either writing a script or building slides. They start with key pieces. Building the deck gives them a firm grasp of the material so they tend not to practice much. They are very uncomfortable speaking off someone else's work.
3. The Counselor
An eloquent speaker who likes to talk about ideas. The Counselor has an accurate and organized talk track, and a relentless stream of logic that's easy to follow. They can move easily between big picture and detail.
The Counselor can make the same presentation to an empty room as a large audience. They may fail to connect to and engage with the audience. Can be very dry and clinical. They tend to use big words where they aren't required.
The counselor builds by pulling slides together from previous decks, sequencing and re-sequence slides to feel comfortable with the flow and structure.
Example: Barack Obama
4. The Storyteller
A natural storyteller who speaks with feeling and rhythm. They can win an audience over easily. They use powerful and emotive words typically organized around what needs to get done. They add depth and detail through story and experience.
By embellishing and adding detail to the story, the storyteller can lose the structure and flow for the audience. They tend not to track to slides, confusing the audience. Find it difficult to dry run well in front of empty rooms.
The Storyteller prefers someone else to build their slides. This process can have a lot of stops and starts as they sort in their own mind what they want to say. These short monologues and conversations with the mini-audience prior to the big show is the way the storyteller practices.
Examples: Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee.
5. The Teacher
Can easily get complex ideas across. They use a lot of figures of speech and metaphors. They are well structured speakers, who have the ability to carry a long talk-track in their head.
The Teacher cares more about their material than the people in the audience. They may inadvertently disconnect from their audience, missing non-verbal cues and become distant. Visuals they use may be overly complex "wiring diagrams."
The Teacher starts with an outline and builds a talk-track off it. They tend to builds decks in a logical order and use visuals to illustrate ideas and points.
Examples: Mitt Romney, Al Gore.
6. The Coordinator
Prefers to be in the audience rather than the presenter, they nevertheless give organized, well-structured presentations, moving and gesturing as they speak. Their slides are visually meticulous and trigger a well thought out talk-track.
The Coordinator is less comfortable speaking, but prefers working through their material than in a freeform Q&A environment. They are not comfortable working off others material.
The Coordinator starts with an outline and builds key points, usually reflecting personal experience. They then prepare and sequence their deck.
Everyone has natural strengths and weaknesses when it comes to presenting, yet most people use PowerPoint in a way that exaggerates their weaknesses instead of playing to their strengths. One size does not fit all, and following a set of "rules" that would work well for an inventor won't work for a storyteller. What are you?
Gavin is a founding partner at fassforward consulting group. He blogs about PowerPoint, Presenting, Communication and Message Discipline at makeapowerfulpoint.com. You can follow him on twitter @powerfulpoint.
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"Pentecost,� of Greek origin, simply means "fiftieth." Pentecost Sunday, the Sabbath day after a week's worth of weeks � 7 days times 7 weeks equals 49 � ended the Easter season.
"Pentecost,� of Greek origin, simply means "fiftieth." Pentecost Sunday, the Sabbath day after a week's worth of weeks � 7 days times 7 weeks equals 49 � ended the Easter season.
Pentecost grew from a festival marking the Middle Eastern year�s first grain harvest and a sacrifice to the gods.
In ancient Palestine, once called Canaan, this first-fruit sacrifice linked to religions of the gods of power in farming and fertility. As Jews decided to follow the one true God, they were instructed to bring the wheat harvest�s �first fruits� in thanksgiving to God.
As Jewish kings started the centuries-long process of centralizing religious activity in Jerusalem, they brought this pilgrimage and sacrifice there. To them, the 50-day period was the week's worth of weeks after Passover.
Passover, using unleavened bread, recalled God�s rescue from hard times. Pentecost, which celebrated a blessing of harvest, was symbolized by leavening the bread.
The festival began to take on another religious role around the time of the exile. Because Exodus 19:1 describes the Jewish people�s arrival at Sinai as being about that time of year, Pentecost marked the giving of the Torah at Sinai. Over time, the Torah became more prominent in Feast of Weeks celebrations.
Fast-forward to Jesus' time.
As Luke states in Acts 1 and 2, more than 100 believers gathered after Jesus returned to the Father.
They talked, remembered, prayed and wondered what was next. On the morning of Pentecost, they told the people they met about Jesus.
Each person heard the witnesses speak in their own language � if they carefully listened; otherwise, they heard babbling. They spread, for the first time in full form, the good news of Jesus.
However, it was more than words. The Holy Spirit, in the ears and the hearts of those who listened, carried the words with power and authority. About 3,000 new people joined believers' ranks.
Pentecost wasn�t the first time the Spirit was active. The Spirit had been working all along in humans who listened.
However, Pentecost was the first day that the Spirit took hold of Christ�s followers as a group or "body," and came to stay.
For the first time, the Spirit's raw power was there in anyone who followed Christ.
The Rev. Albert Corey is Oak Ridge Assembly of God's pastor.


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CHICAGO — Lakeshore Athletic Club (LAC) Streeterville hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate its grand opening on Thursday, Nov. 14.
LAC had been working on the $4 million renovation project to convert the former McClurg Court Sport & Tennis Club, which opened in 1972, into LAC Streeterville since June 2002.
"Lakeshore is excited to be able to expand its service within Chicago," said Mickey Sons, executive vice president, Lakeshore Management Group. "Our Streeterville members will now be able to take advantage of the high quality service that has been synonymous with our clubs for the past 30 years."
The club features a new fitness center, which includes an extensive free weight area and cardio floor. It also has new men and women's locker rooms complete with cherry wood lockers, new wet areas and lounges. The club also has a new lobby, pro shop, group exercise studio and spa treatment rooms.


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|View Poll Results: Death Note Episode 18 Rating
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|9 out of 10 : Excellent
|8 out of 10 : Very Good
|7 out of 10 : Good
|6 out of 10 : Average
|5 out of 10 : Below Average
|4 out of 10 : Poor
|3 out of 10 : Bad
|2 out of 10 : Very Bad
|1 out of 10 : Painful
|Voters: 69. You may not vote on this poll
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|2007-02-16, 09:41
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Not here anymore!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Age: 27
Average. Nothing happened, the whole "Anti-Kira HQ" idea is cheesy as hell, I'm not sure why anyone would care about Mogi out of sudden, the gaijins can provide a good entertainment Mission Impossible-style action inside Yotsuba's HQ, but I'm afraid they won't, L vs Light's fight was nicely animated but the dialogue was stupid, overall, Death Note will most probably be uninteresting until real Light comes back.
|2007-02-17, 16:40
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: 9th Temple
Age: 39
The thing that I liked the most about the chapter was L's face expresions when he was "depressed"
After that, the chapter was kind of slow for me, The fight was Ok, but I just dont picture L or Light doing that kind of stuffs.
|2007-02-18, 15:47
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Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 32
Well, i am not as disappointed with the recent developments as some of the people here seem to be, but i agree on one thing - this barely seems like the show that got me hooked.
The whole "lets build an anti-Kira skyscraper" seems like bullcrap to me. (not to mention they messed up the height beyound belief...23 ? seemed more like 123 to me)
I just hope that we get the old Light back soon. Not that it is that bad, it just is not what i singed up for in this case. It just does not give you the thrills you would normally get from a DN episode.
|2007-02-19, 16:34
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Join Date: Feb 2007
This episode was definitely slower than previous episodes, no huge plot twists, a few humerous and serious dialogues. However, one thing I noticed is that the animation of the main characters dramatically shifted, both in how they were drawn and in their movement. It still had the intensity that I love about this anime (when light and L were fighting compaired to previously when L was speaking on the 2 cell phones). Does anyone know if the change in the character's drawing and animation was done to represent a "lighter side" of light and misa-misa? or did they hire on some new artists who brought a new style to the drawingboard?
|2007-02-19, 22:43
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Monterrey, México
Age: 38
Nothing new or outstanding happened for this episode. In average the plot was generic, but it allowed to me to make a further insight on L.
And not only that but also to compare possibilities for a different outcome on Light, had he never came in contact with the Death Note.
What I learned in this episode?
This episode was about choices. Where to head on from now since the case has protrude different types of ramifications which in some or another forces each member of the investigation team to make a decision and then incur a sacrifice.
I suspect the writers already planned to develop upon Aizawa and Matsudas' characters to fill in the story, so as to make necessary cuts from the manga material to adapt them into the anime and in that way making the transition from manga to anime go smoothly without cramming too much stuff into episodes when a climax is about to peak.
|2007-02-20, 16:13
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Deepest layer of Hell
Something is bothering me, and perhaps it has been answered somewhere : why did Raito's personality change ?
Yes, he lost all memories related to the DN, which means he should be back to normal : distant, arrogant, and oblivious to his surroundings...
I don't remember DN can change people personality, or is it a new feature of the note ?
|2007-02-20, 16:44
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♪~ Daydreaming ~♪
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Italy
The DN departure has erased just the memories about DN's related events. Everything else was left untouched, so since he was already nice and cooperative with the police force when aware of being Kira, now it has to be believed that, with the dark personality gone, he's being like that even more.
And I think he's not even acting, since Kira discovery, other than a point for his honor, his also the only way to see the end of the tunnel, if there's one.
I gave this episode a 7. It really did bring few new happenings, and I think that in 20 minutes they could have also have moved the Yotsuba affair a bit more ahead. They focused a bit too much on the whole "in or out of the police" part, seeing how predictable was that L was just testing Aizawa. L to trust two criminals was actually surprising.
They showed how Matsuda feels useless in this episode, and not casually in the next one he'll likely be the protagonist (even the episode is titled "Matsuda"). With the Yotsuba arc, Light's loss of DN, no shinigamis on screen and focus on secondary characters the anime is living the first "down" phase of its whole, after a ton of "ups".
|2007-02-20, 16:45
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: New York
Age: 30
Hope this makes sense, writing ain't my strong point
|2007-02-20, 17:43
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Vancouver
The last two episodes were sort of too unrealistic. So far, I don't see the reason of the new headquarters. It's built in the middle of nowhere and it would only raise suspicions. And of course, they don't explain L's unlimited source of money. It seems like the creator was at a road block in the story and he needed to remove the road blocks in some unreasonable ways.
It also seems like losing the ownership of the death note controls Raito's personality or rather restricts him from doing certain things - ie manipulating Misa's emotions. I hope he returns to his old self because he is sounding rather stupid right now (especially the last scene in this episode =.= )
|2007-02-20, 18:02
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Deepest layer of Hell
Yes, I was referring to Raito as we saw him in the very first episode : gloomy, acting high and mighty, thinking, as he said himself, that the "world is rotten".
Besides, it's true he accepted Ls friendship, but to serve his own motive.
As Antonik said, I think Raito's personality is changing with the flow of events, since he's not the main actor (Kira) anymore, but the pursuer.
The doppelganger situation, to sum it up.
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I have this theory about people losing memory of the Death Note. It first came to me when thinking about Misa's character, sure she isn't the smartest character, but she certainly loses a few brain cells after having her memory wiped of everything that happened. Now she's just a girl in love, so of course she's going to be acting this way - but she was just a girl in love while having the Death Note. She didn't care about killing people or what not, she just wanted Light to love her, the same way without having a Death Note. The Death Note must leave some kind of scare on the person, or it wouldn't be that easy to just 'throw it away'.
Light's attitude is much easier to understand. He comes to while being locked up, and he deep down understands that he isn't Kira - of course he would, he has no idea about what happened. So its that part right there that drives his reason for wanting to find Kira now, well.. most of it anyway.
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The show has definitely toned down after all the last couple of what i would call extreme episodes. Its like riding on a train at 300mph then some just slams on the breaks. Im sure the story will pick up again but my mind has just been so screwed up with trying to figure out everything that has happened and trying to predict what will happen.
The introduction of 2 new character that are pretty shady might make things interesting. God L is loaded with the new headquarters and being able to take care of the members financial needs for life for the love jebes L needs to drop me some cash.
Best part of this ep Light and L kicking the shit out of each other while Misa Misa watches.
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Before Thursday, there has never been a female Cavalry Scout in the U.S. Army until Sergeant Kayci Landes' name was called.
As a newly graduated Cavalry scout, not only was she breaking ground on a new responsibility in the Armed Forces but she was also breaking down barriers, and stepping into territory no woman has been before.
Sergeant Landes was the first woman in the nation's history to graduate as a 19D Cavalry Scout, an accomplishment she said has dreamed of since she was a little girl.
"I've wanted to be in the armed forces since I was seven and I was never allowed to, so it's nice to now be able to achieve my goals," Landes said.
The Cavalry Scouts have been around since 1775 and a 241 year tradition that had been carried on by only men.
Sergeant Landes said she waited five years for this opportunity and it was only when the army announced in March they would allow women to serve in all Military occupation specialty roles that she realized her dream could become a reality.
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Landes said she's not focused on her historic achievement, rather she just wants to excel at her job.
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Austerity-hit Italy chooses new leader
Austerity-hit Italy chooses new leader
Austerity-hit Italy chooses new leader
Austerity-hit Italy chooses new leader
- Bersani wins he may be forced to form a coalition with incumbent PM Mario Monti
- Center-left leader Bersani says he plans to make the property tax "more progressive"
- Berlusconi is using his showman charm to mount a comeback for his PDL party
London (CNN) -- Italy's electoral run-off between an ex-communist and a former cruise ship singer threatens to throw the country back into the spotlight of the European debt crisis.
The enigmatic leader of the center-left Democratic Party, Pier Luigi Bersani, goes head-to-head with scandal-laden former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi -- back from the political grave following his resignation in November 2011.
Incumbent technocrat premier and eurozone darling Mario Monti, meanwhile, is lagging behind in the polls.
The cigar-chomping Bersani is favorite for Italy's top job and proposes to steer the country's battered economy through a debt crisis that is still plaguing the eurozone three years on.
Following six consecutive quarters of recession and with unemployment at 11.2%, Bersani is pursuing the euro area's latest fad to revive Italy's ailing economy; a pro-growth agenda.
Read more: Can the anti-Berlusconi pull Italy out of the mire?
Such policies are a stark contrast to Monti's cocktail of cuts and taxes served up to woo policymakers in Brussels and Frankfurt.
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Growth will be the "golden rule" to attract foreign investment, according to Democratic Party number two Enrico Letta. A similar sentiment was key in sweeping socialist French President Francois Hollande into the Elysee Palace in 2012.
But Letta stresses that Bersani will not follow Hollande's lead by proposing a 75% income tax for the country's wealthiest residents.
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Speaking to CNN, Letta said: "It will be different, we already have a very high level of taxation...the main point is not to increase taxes."
Bersani -- who promises to stick to the outgoing government's plans for pension and labor market reform -- will also keep Monti's reviled property tax, known as IMU. It's a policy that Berlusconi pledges to scrap if elected.
In an interview with CNN, Bersani says he plans to make the tax "more progressive" and focus on the owners of large properties if his party wins.
But for all Bersani's talk of change, bond strategist Nicholas Spiro dismisses the 71-year-old as no reformer and says he is "not up to the task" of hauling the Italian economy out of a "knee deep" recession.
Spiro, managing director of Spiro Sovereign Strategy, says "Bersani could very well go for taxes on the rich, but Italy has a massive tax evasion and compliance problem, that could be difficult."
Can a political marriage survive?
Politics in Italy is complicated and outright victory for any party is unlikely. If Bersani wins he may be forced to form a coalition.
An alliance with the flamboyant center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi is unthinkable -- which leaves Monti the most likely candidate to support a Bersani-lead government.
But Monti is viewed with suspicion Bersani's far-left partners, Left Ecology Freedom, who believe the technocrat would pull a left government too far to the economic right.
If the parties can strike a deal Monti would be offered "an important role" to be discussed "Monday afternoon," Letta told CNN. He refused to say if the technocrat would be appointed finance minister.
Monti, a former European Commissioner in financial services, wields the power to reassure European leaders that Italy is on the right track and can act as a counterbalance to a leftist government.
Bersani, by contrast, is a mystery on the international stage, according to Paola Subacchi, an economist at London-based think tank Chatham House.
"He is not known abroad and he doesn't speak English... But his whole agenda is pro-Europe and pro-euro."
A Bersani-Monti marriage is unlikely to be smooth. The two could clash over unpopular austerity measures implemented by Monti as part of a European agreement.
Filippo Cavazzuti, former Italian senator and economist at the University of Bologna, believes Bersani will be forced to maintain Monti's policies under the European fiscal compact.
He said: "Otherwise Monti leaves [the coalition], the spread [on bond yields] rises and the credibility with the eurozone will immediately disappear."
A coalition agreement is crucial to stifling a power-grab by Italy's political bad boy, Berlusconi, is gaining on Bersani's seemingly unassailable lead in the polls.
Berlusconi is using his showman charm to mount a comeback for his People of Freedom party and holds key regions in Veneto and Lombardy that could prove crucial, particularly in the battle for the Senate.
The election will hand down a "damning verdict" to the policymakers of northern Europe that Italians are fed up with austerity, according to Spiro.
The electoral campaign, Spiro added, has been: "Very ugly, devoid of substance and purely based on personalities."
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Those who received the help last year have already received the form from the Department of Human Services but�those forms�must be in the mail by Sunday, too.
The program, funded by federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program grants, target seniors on fixed incomes and other lower-income residents.
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The 2012 amount may be larger or smaller for those who have received the credit in the past, as the amount of money Michigan receives from this grant varies every year.
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Can I Take Too Much Of A Water-Soluble Mineral?
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