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Hyatt Place hotel in Amherst clears zoning hurdle
A decision by the Amherst Zoning Board of Appeals to approve all nine variances for the controversial Hyatt Place hotel project at the Youngmann Highway-Main Street interchange has surprised some town officials and dramatically increased the chances that the $15 million, six-story hotel will receive final approval from the town next month.
The existing site plan for the project appears to comply with all town laws, and any exemptions needed by the developer were granted by the zoning board early Wednesday morning after a marathon meeting that ran more than five hours.
"They had more discretion over the site and scope of the project than the Planning Board [will]," said Assistant Planning Director Gary Black.
The hotel project will go before the Planning Board on March 21 for final site plan approval.
Supervisor Barry Weinstein said he spoke with all the zoning board members about his concerns about the project's height, given the strong opposition of nearby residents to a hotel that exceeds the town's 65-foot height limit for commercial properties.
"I told them my feelings, and most of them ignored me," he said.
More than 60 red-clad Snyder residents showed up at Town Hall Tuesday night to protest the proximity of the six-story hotel to their neighborhood.
Many residents said they were disgusted, angry and sorry to have to beg the board for consideration.
Several also said they were saddened that Iskalo Development, which has created attractive and context-sensitive projects elsewhere in Amherst, has refused to consider scaling back the Hyatt Place project despite repeated neighborhood pleas.
"Even one floor would be something," said Livingston Parkway resident James Reynolds. "Obviously, we would love a three-story – I would love a two-story – building. But every story less than that six is significant to us."
He urged the zoning board to deny Iskalo's variance requests so that neighborhood residents would have more leverage to negotiate for a smaller project.
Paul Bohdan Iskalo, head of Iskalo Development, told the board that the Hyatt Place project will strengthen the Main Street economy and save and restore the historic Lord Amherst Hotel.
The current project is more modest than what could have been built there, had his company decided to raze the Lord Amherst and build something larger, he said.
"I recognize that nothing I've stated here tonight will change the opinion opponents have about the project, or Iskalo Development for that matter," he said. "All we can do as an organization is put forth the best hospitality campus it can possibly be."
Though many of the variances were related to minor parking and signage issues, opponents strongly objected to raising the 65-foot building-height restriction and replacing natural berms at the edge of the property along the Youngmann with parking spaces and sound barriers.
The height variance requested would raise the height restriction to 77 feet, 4 inches, to accommodate a signature hotel roof line feature at the front of the building facing the Youngmann.
The zoning board approved all the variances with little comment or discussion and few, if any, follow-up questions for Iskalo. Only the building height variance request resulted in a split 3-2 vote, with Chairman Matthew Plunkett and board member David Pollack voting no.
The few dozen residents who hung on until nearly 12:30 a.m. to hear the final votes of the board left quietly, though a few muttered "shame on you" as they exited.
Livingston Parkway resident Michele Marconi called the board a "rubber stamp" group that chose to bypass any discussion of whether the project changes the community's character. Some of the homes within the line of sight of the proposed Hyatt Place hotel are worth half a million dollars or more.
Iskalo representatives pointed out that hotels already stand at many of the interchanges along the Youngmann. They also said the company is moving forward with a six-story building, as opposed to one with fewer stories, because that's the Hyatt Place prototype and a design supported by smart-growth models.
Green space, landscaping and setbacks for the hotel are already greater than what town laws require, Iskalo said, and the land has always been zoned for commercial business.
Plunkett, the zoning board chairman, said Wednesday he didn't poll any of the board members regarding their vote and defended their relative lack of public comment, questions and debate at the meeting.
"We had had volumes of information provided to us in advance," he said, adding, "Just because there's no discussion doesn't mean that board members didn't give careful thought to the issues that came before them."
As for the future, Marconi said residents may still seek a residential rezoning of the natural area known as Mike's Pond, which separates the Iskalo property from the homeowners on Livingston Parkway and could affect the setback requirements for the hotel.
Opponents also plan to appear again before the Planning Board to challenge the project. "One would hope they would give it a fair review," Marconi said. "I am not optimistic."
Weinstein said he will be interested to see whether Iskalo seeks any tax breaks for the hotel project from the Amherst Industrial Development Agency. He has forwarded all opposition letters that the board received to the agency.
"I anticipate that this is coming before the Amherst IDA," he said, "and I want them to see what's going on."
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Photographer's Note
The monk (at least I suppose he was a monk) allowed me to take a photo of him in the Imperial City in Hue. He looks fascinating and restful and the colours in the background are beautiful.
"In June 1802 Nguyễn Phúc Ánh took control of Vietnam and proclaimed himself Emperor Gia Long. His rule was recognized by China in 1804. Gia Long consulted with geomancers to decide which was the best place for a new palace and citadel to be built. After the geomancers had decided on a suitable site in Huế, building began in 1804. Thousands of workers were ordered to produce a wall and moat, 10 kilometers long. Initially the walls were earthen, but later these earthen walls were replaced by stone walls, 2 meters thick.
The citadel was oriented to face the Huong River to the east. This was different from the Forbidden City in Beijing, which faces south. The Emperor's palace is on the east side of the citadel, nearest the river. A second set of walls and a second moat was constructed around the Emperor's palace. Many more palaces and gates and courtyards and gardens were subsequently added. The rule of the last Vietnamese Emperor lasted until the mid-1900s. At the time, the Purple Forbidden City had many buildings and hundreds of rooms. It suffered from termite and cyclone damage, but was still very impressive. Many bullet holes left over from the war can be observed on the stone walls.
In the early morning hours of January 31, 1968, as part of the Tet Offensive a Division-sized force of North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong soldiers launched a coordinated attack on Huế seizing most of the city. During the initial phases of the Battle of Hue, due to Huế's religious and cultural status, Allied forces were ordered not to bomb or shell the city, for fear of destroying the historic structures; but as casualties mounted in the house-to-house fighting these restrictions were progressively lifted and the fighting caused substantial damage to the Imperial City. Out of 160 buildings only 10 major sites remain because of the battle, such as the Thái Hòa and Cần Thanh temples, Thế Miếu, and Hiển Lâm Các. The city was made a UNESCO site in 1993. The buildings that still remain are being restored and preserved. The latest and so far the largest restoration project is planned to conclude in 2015."
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Romano46 (18472) 2014-02-04 3:04
Ciao Kaisa
ancora una volta mi complimento per le tue splendide opere.
Riconosco la tua bravura nel paesaggio ma vedo che anche nel ritratto sei bravissima.
Ottimo il soggetto e molto ben realizzata la fotografia caratterizzata da una perfetta gestione della luce e da una eccellente nitidezza.
Ottima l'ambientazione
batalay (41261) 2014-02-04 6:11
Hello Kaisa,
Welcome to Trekearth, an unusually addictive site in cyberspace. I like very much photo you've taken of the young man in Vietnam. Isolating with his dark outfit against a virtually monochromatic background is very effective. One piece of constructive criticism I would offer is never to cut off the feet, unless you you crop much higher and make it a portrait.
Warm regards from Washington, DC.
tyro (27492) 2014-02-07 18:34
Hello Kaisa,
This is a beautiful photograph, so clear and sharp and with the young monk so wonderfully portrayed against a softly out of focus background. I see the sweet innocence of youth here, this young boy and his flute perfectly set in his surroundings and with wonderful eye contact with the camera (and you!).
Lovely light and colours, perfect exposure (in difficult lighting conditions) and excellent details and sharpness.
An interesting note too.
Kind Regards,
yquem46 (38752) 2014-02-09 4:42
Hej kaisa
a good portrait but i have a few critics or suggestions if you prefer
Personally I find the image too high since i have to scroll with my mouse to see it from bottom top, it's a bit disturbing
i understand that you wanted to include the window in your picture, but then i feel there's too much room above the head of the monk
But only my personal opinion, just to suggest other potential crops
Otherwise the portrait in itself is razor sharp and pleasant
best regards, have a nice sunday
Thanks for putting me in your favorites
Waylim (25436) 2014-02-25 19:06
Hi Kaisa,
It is a beautiful shot. I do think he is a young monk. As you said, he has that very easy and gentle personality with a timid smile. The background is perfect as it suggest the setting of temple with the architectural style of the area, a mixture of Chinese and European colonial style. the extra tall vertical format work very nice to include as much of the background and eccentuate the height of the temple. But our monitor are not made to view this type of image at one glance. It is a bit annoying to have to scroll down to see the rest. It also last that first impressio. As a print it will work better.
Very good quality and nice portrait of the young monk. It shows the friendliness of the people in the country.
A very nice encounter for you.
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- Copyright: Kaisa Alhanen (Kaisa71) (228)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2013-03-16
- Categories: Ruins
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Well, if she was hoping for some kind of epic redemption or career comeback, it doesn't look like she's going to get one any time soon, because Lindsay Lohan is being slammed for her Liz & Dick performance in just about every review out there. (Sad, but true. And not the least bit shocking.)
Even though you'd think playing Elizabeth Taylor could possibly be the one role that Lindsay could relate to and really get into character and blow us away with her portrayal -- she just couldn't seem to pull off a win with this one.
Actually, she didn't even come close to pulling off a tie. (She's really getting hammered, people. And it's so much worse than anyone expected.)
A reviewer at The Washington Post said:
At no point in this unenergetic revisiting of the legendarily volatile romance between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton does it actually feel like you're watching Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
And even though the reviewer said that Lohan "tried her best," she also added:
... she lacks Taylor's majesty and elegance. Even at her messiest, Taylor projected a sophistication and reserve of strength that Lohan simply cannot muster.
Wait -- it gets worse.
TIME calls Liz & Dick "possibly the worst TV movie of the year," and had this to say about Lindsay's performance:
When Lohan is made up and still—slinking in a doorway, glowering into a mirror—the illusion is nearly complete. But when she opens her mouth, it's all over. Lohan simply never becomes another person the length of the movie: whether she's meant to be showing spunk or pique or passion, she gives nearly every line the flat delivery of the first read-through of a high-school play. Even when she hurls a bottle at Bowler during a fight, it's lackadaisical, as if she expects the wall to catch it.
And the Chicago Sun-Times says that Lohan "lacks the charisma to be a convincing Elizabeth Taylor," and adds that many of the scenes in the flick "would be a better fit for Saturday Night Live."
Yeah, they brought out the big guns.
Sorry, Linds. Better luck next time.
Will you still watch Liz & Dick despite Lindsay's poor reviews?
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In the season finale of The Glass House the winner is revealed and awarded $250,000.
With 5 contestants left, things in the Glass House get heated up.
Two previously eliminated contestants return to the Glass House, offering the current players enticing offers to switch places with them.
Yet another player is voted off by the viewers, while the remaining contestants compete in a Skee-Ball ramp challenge.
After yet another elimination, the contestants compete to solve a series of picture puzzles in a game called "Spinner Code".
The remaining players compete in a game called "Choose Your Weapon," where each team has to defend its glass windmill. Two more players are placed into limbo to be voted on by the viewers.moreless
Another player is eliminated before the teams compete in a game called "Lab-A-Doodle". Two more contestants are sent into limbo.
After the second elimination, the players compete in "Triple Threat," where the two teams compete against each other as they perform tasks of America's choosing.
The remaining contestants compete in challenges set by viewers, but will Alex return to the house after he was voted out?
On the series premiere, 14 contestants begin their journey for a quarter of a million dollars as they live together and compete in weekly challenges. This weeks game is"Twist & Shout".


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Virus writers are exploiting Sony's controversial anti-piracy software to hide their malicious creations. In late October Sony was found to be using stealth techniques to hide software that stopped some of its CDs being illegally copied. Now three virus variants have been found that use the Sony software to evade detection by anti-virus programs. The rootkit is also installed on Mac OS X systems.


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Caroline Estep came into this season wanting more.
Over her first three years in the Hoggard girls swimming and diving program, Estep had been the one to beat. She was a Mideastern Conference champion many times over. She'd won at regionals and advanced to the Class 4A state meet every year of high school.
So, for her senior swansong, it was all about maintaining excellence in the pool. And setting an example along the way.
"I'm very satisfied with the entire season, with myself and with my team. We did exactly what we wanted to do," Estep said. "It was a great year. It's probably my favorite year."
That statement should carry a lot of weight from someone who earned StarNews All-Area girls swimmer of the year honors for a third time.
Estep has been a model of consistency over her career. She capped it by remaining so.
She was first-team all-conference in the 50- and 100-yard freestyles, as well as a member of the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relay teams. She earned the MEC's top individual honor and helped the Vikings capture their 14th consecutive conference title.
And, of course, she did well enough at regionals to make states. Estep finished second in the 100 free (52.65 seconds) and fourth in the 50 free (24.31) at regionals. She took seventh in the state championships in the 100 free and won the consolation finals of the 50 free to place 10th.
Striving to be the best is always something that has pushed Estep. But this year, she had an extra piece to motivate her. Before the season started, Hoggard elected two captains. Senior Stephanie Smith was one. Estep was the other.
"The added expectation to be a leader definitely helped her increase her awareness of the total team effort and to be encouraged by it, but to also help lead the charge," Hoggard coach Tammy Pruden said.
In the past, Estep has been a good teammate, but she hasn't always been close with everyone on the roster. As a captain, that had to change.
She began getting to know her teammates better, both as athletes and people. She offered up advice when it was solicited and encouragement at all times.
Winning is always a good feeling. Being there for others' success was a similar feeling.
"Being a captain I got to really know everyone even more, and knowing they're looking up to me, added a little bit of pressure," Estep said. "But it helped reach out to all the other swimmers. I felt like I definitely grew a lot more this season."
Estep's preparing to swim at the college level next season and is weighing her offers. She hopes to have her decision finalized soon.
She leaves Hoggard a winner, one of its best swimmers ever. She continued to elevate the program's profile and kept the championships coming in.
More than that, she became a better swimmer, better teammate and better person. There isn't much more to accomplish than that.
"This is my last year so it's hard to say good bye and let it all go, because it has been fun with the amount of success we've had and being on the team for so long," Estep said.
"I hope that I've left my mark on Hoggard."
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First Team
Caroline Estep, senior, Hoggard (Player of Year)
The Mideastern Conference swimmer of the year was the first-team all-conference selection in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle and helped the 200 medley and free relays take first as well. At regionals, she took second in the 100 free and fourth in the 50 free. Her prep career ended with a seventh-place finish at the 4A state championships in the 100 free and a 10th-place finish in the 50 free.
Helen Duffy, sophomore, New Hanover
Duffy cracked the first-team All-MEC list in two different events (200 IM, 100 breaststroke) and was a second-team pick for the 200 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay. In regional action, she took fourth in the 200 IM and sixth in the 100 breast. At state, Duffy finished 10th in 100 breaststroke and 14th in the 200 medley.
Carter-Leigh High, sophomore, Hoggard
High earned four first-team all-MEC conference spots this year in 200 and 500 freestyle as well as the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. High's regional efforts put her at 20th in the 200 free.
Stephanie Smith, senior, Hoggard
Smith was the all-MEC pick for the 100 backstroke and was also on the 200 medley and free relays that were named all-conference. She was also a second-team pick for the MEC 100 free. At regionals, Smith finished 12th in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke. She swam on Hoggard's 200 and 400 free relays at state.
Sydney Westra, sophomore, Ashley
Westra was the other non-Hoggard swimmer to make the MEC first team, earning a spot in the 100 butterfly. She was a second team pick in the 100 breaststroke and a member of Ashley's 400 free relay team.
Honorable Mention
Ashley: Heather Keck. Hoggard: Abbey Narayan, Meghan Hannum, Clara Bay. New Hanover: Charlotte Jones
Mideastern Conference
Honors: Swimmer of the year–Caroline Estep, Hoggard. Coach of the Year–John Pellizzari, Ashley. Sportmanship–South Brunswick
First Team: 200 medley relay–Hoggard (Stephanie Smith, Sara Moore, Abbey Narayan, Caroline Estep); 200 Freestyle–Carter-Leigh High, Hoggard; 200 IM–Helen Duffy, New Hanover; 50 Free–Caroline Estep, Hoggard; 100 Butterfly–Sydeny Westra, Ashley; 100 Freestyle–Caroline Estep, Hoggard; 500 Freestyle–Carter-Leigh High, Hoggard; 200 Free Relay–Hoggard (Stephanie Smith, Abbey Narayan, Carter-Leigh High, Caroline Estep); 100 Backstroke–Stephanie Smith, Hoggard; 100 Breaststroke–Helen Duffy, New Hanover; 400 Free Relay–Hoggard (Carter-Leigh High, Clara Bay, Maggie McCullough, Meghan Hannum)
Second Team: 200 Medley Relay–New Hanover (Lilly Keys, Helen Duffy, Aleta Jewell, Charlotte Jones); 200 Free–Meghan Hannum, Hoggard; 200 IM–Abbey Narayan, Hoggard; 50 Free–Heather Keck, Ashley; 100 Butterfly–Abbey Narayan, Hoggard; 100 Free–Stephanie Smith, Hoggard; 500 Free–Clara Bay, Hoggard; 200 Free Relay–New Hanover (Ali Collins, Mary Leighton-Mannen, Charlotte Jones, Helen Duffy).; 100 Backstroke–Meghan Hannum, Hoggard; 100 Breaststroke–Sydney Westra, Ashley; 400 Free Relay–Ashley (Heather Keck, Colleen Keck, Meg Taylor, Sydney Westra).


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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) � Gas prices have stayed the same in New Hampshire over the past week.
The average retail price for a gallon of gas averaged $3.40 on Sunday.
The national average has fallen slightly, to $3.26 a gallon.
The website Gasbuddy.com says prices in New Hampshire were 3.5 cents per gallon higher than the same day a year ago, and 4.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago.
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Washington D.C., Jun 19, 2014 / 06:19 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The redefinition of marriage and movement from its focus on children affects not only families but entire communities and all of society, religious leaders warn.
"People see marriage as a relationship between adults rather than a man and a woman coming together to bond and produce children. Rather than being a child-centered institution, it's an adult-centered institution," Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco told CNA at the March for Marriage June 19.
This focus on adults rather than children leads to "broken families" and a host of other social struggles, the head of the U.S. bishops' defense and promotion of marriage committee continued.
"We've known this because the problem of fatherlessness for decades."
The march, which was the second national demonstration recognizing marriage's unique role as an institution that unites a man and a woman, was held in Washington. D.C.
Participants in the march met in front of the U.S. Capitol building for a rally, and then walked three quarters of a mile to the Supreme Court building, where the group gathered in prayer and song.
Those who could not physically attend the march were invited to join in prayer and fasting, along with a live webstream of the event.
The first March for Marriage was held in March 2013, as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that eventually ordered the federal government to accept redefinitions of marriage in states that choose to redefine the institution.
In its June 2013 decisions, the high court also discarded a case defending a California amendment approved by voters to defend the definition of marriage on procedural grounds. Because it was discarded by the high court, a lower court's ruling that the amendment was unconstitutional to stand."For the black poor, no issue is more central" than marriage because "it's a foundation of our society" Eugene Rivers, pastor of Azusa Christian Community, told CNA.
Pointing to the societal fallout of the destruction of marriage he sees in his ministry, Rivers said to "look to inner cities" to see those who are at risk if marriage is redefined.
"Men are not substitutes for mother because men can't have babies," adding that "the roles are not interchangeable" between men and women.
In situations where mothers and fathers are not both present, "children grow up without direction," Rivers said. "Where there are not stable mothers and fathers the society is on the road to destruction."
Rivers' wife Jackie, who also spoke at the march, told CNA, "marriage is falling among the poor" in large part because "the natural complementarity of man and woman is being denied."
"Raising children is so demanding," she said, adding "you need the mother and the father" to raise a child. "Children need that balance."
"The solution is not to give a child two fathers and no father, or a second mother and no father," said Archbishop Cordileone, but instead to restore the true understanding of marriage as an institution between a man and a woman.
The archbishop encouraged supporters of marriage to "be not afraid to proclaim the truth of marriage."
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That's a good article in Kitplanes as it has some real numbers. My superstol build is well on the way and with an aircraft friend we have come up with something we hope will work. Until we test it, probably a couple months??.....there isn't much point in talking about it.
A photo of the outside, obviously it's all in the internals and exit cowl doors. I want those few extra knots AND I want to increase my cooling effciency here in an often hot climate.
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Tired of Roof Pizzas, Breaking Bad House Takes Drastic Step
By Michael Harthorne
October 12, 2017
Breaking Bad fans can be a pushy bunch.
"They feel the need to tell us to close our garage, get out of the picture, you know, tell us what to do on our own property," Joanne Quintana tells KOB. Quintana's mother owns the home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that was used as the exterior of Walter White's house in the hit show.
The attention that has brought has not been a blessing. Quintana says she can't count how many Breaking Badfans turn up outside the house every week. She says it was in the hundreds on one busy weekend, and KOB counted nearly 10 tourists in just 15 minutes of observing the house.
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MorphOS 2.0 got an official release date estimation now. According to the news section at the official MorphOS site a public release is estimated for Q2/2008. This release will support at least all computers by Genesi, such as the Pegasos 1 & 2, as well as the Efika.


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Spider-man: Friend or Foe is a a simple game. In fact, your foes are such a non-threat that you'll wonder if their hearts are really in it. Over the course of the 5-6 hour story you'll fight some of Spidey's most feared enemies, including Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, Sandman and more, but there's never really a challenge, leaving you with a feeling that these guys were never that bad to begin with.
The premise is simple, if rather silly. An evil doer - whose identity is unknown at the start of the game - has got his hands on shards of a meteorite, which can be used to brain wash people to do his bidding. This evil mastermind naturally uses his new-found power to control the many enemies in the Spider-man universe, placing them in various locations across the world. Of course, it's up to Spider-man to save the day, setting off on missions from the safety of the S.H.I.E.L.D. sky base.
Of course, the "Friend of Foe" part of the game's title must mean something. You always fight alongside another character (optionally controlled by a real friend), with the big twist coming from who that character is. As you beat the various boss characters, they'll be so thankful that you've freed them from their controlled state that they'll choose to join you, effectively becoming selectable characters from the S.H.I.E.L.D. base.
So, that's it. Over the course of 20 levels, set over five locations, you fight off enemies - holographic enemies named phantoms, quite bizarrely - until you reach a boss. Beat the boss and he becomes your best mate. You can switch between playing as Spidey and whoever you've selected as the second character, but in truth Spidey's move set is far more advanced, making the repetitive combat at least bearable.
New moves can be bought using tech tokens that are dropped by all defeated enemies, but you could quite easily use the same combos you start with to button-bash your way through to the game's conclusion. Special abilities can be activated if you have picked up certain items and you can even tag-team with your partner to perform amazing combo attacks that wipe out all the enemies on the screen. It's all very basic though, and is unlikely to impress anyone over the age of 10.
For all its problems - of which there are many - Friend or Foe does have some charm. The visuals are basic in the extreme but at least resemble the comics these characters originated from; the voice work is also rather good, but again falls in the "for 10-year-olds" section. The whole game is very much like an interactive cartoon, complete with a plot that only a child could love - or make sense of.
Differences between the various versions are minimal, but the Xbox 360 game does look the best, albeit only slightly and only if you're running the game on an HD TV. The simple cartoon-like visuals work well on all systems, although the PS2 game suffers from a few frame rate issues. The Wii game actually doesn't use the motion controllers all that much, with grab modifiers and player selection being its main use - all the main character controls use standard buttons.
With no online play the only other difference comes from the Achievement points found in the 360 game. These must rank as some of the most lazily thought out of any Xbox 360 game, with most being awarded for finishing a chapter with every item and secret found. This isn't hard to do if you set out to do it from the start, but surely it wouldn't have been hard to hand a few points out for finishing levels without having collected everything.
Spider-man: Friend or Foe is another title that clearly isn't made for experienced gamers, and certainly won't please anyone aged in their teens or older. The visuals are basic, the storyline is laughable and the gameplay is overly simplistic. Kids may well find some simple pleasure in repeating the same combos over and over again, but everyone else will be looking ahead to whatever Spider-man game arrives next.


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DOVER — In a final pretrial conference Monday, a former Farmington fugitive charged with assaulting a juvenile victim known to him entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge false imprisonment.
Jason Henderson, 34, now of 6B Silver St., Rochester, was arrested last October on an outstanding warrant after he did not appear before court in the spring for charges related to an attack on a child. Henderson was tracked down by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and featured in their "Fugitive of the Week" program at that time, before he was found and arrested several months later.
Henderson, formerly of 37 Grove St., Apt. C, in Farmington, was indicted on two counts of second-degree assault against a juvenile known to him last April. But before Strafford County Superior Court this week in Dover he entered a guilty plea for false imprisonment, for confining the juvenile victim's mother at the scene to her power wheelchair during the incident.
The Strafford County Attorney's office informed the court they would "nol pros," or not prosecute, the other charges pending against him.
The victim approached the court and sobbed into the microphone, stating she had been "hurt" by Henderson and she wished to move past the incident. The victim is not being named to protect her identity as well the juveniles involved in the incident.
Judge John M. Lewis ordered Henderson to have no contact with the woman, except for in some specific instances, which the woman agreed to.
Henderson was sentenced to serve 90 days in the House of Corrections, to be suspended for one year, though Assistant Strafford County Attorney Matthew Zahn noted he already served 82 days in the Strafford County House of Corrections. Henderson's bail order, converted from $10,000 cash to personal recognizance, was also dropped with the sentencing.
The indictments previously filed against Henderson alleged he gripped a young boy's throat in an attempt to strangle him in Farmington, and also pressed his knee to the boy's throat and neck, in attempt to choke him as well. The false imprisonment indictment charge read Henderson "interfered substantially" with the female victim's physical movement by turning her power wheelchair to "manual control."


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When Alzheimer's disease attacks a person's brain and, over time, increasingly impairs memory, thinking and behavior, it presents many difficulties for victims and their loved ones. A number of treatment options are available, and it is important to ensure that those afflicted receive the best care possible.
Georgia law (O.C.G.A. Section 31-8-180 et seq.) requires most nursing homes, assisted living centers, home health care services and hospices to submit a Disclosure of Treatment form for their Alzheimer's patients or residents. While hospitals and physicians (as well as their employees) are themselves directly exempt from the disclosure requirement, the form must be submitted on behalf of any nursing home, personal care home, hospice, respite care service, adult day program or home health agency they own or operate.
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Pre-owned games block on PS4 is "a publisher decision"
Will the PS4 limit the functionality of pre-owned games?
It looked yesterday as if the answer was a resolute no". Then this morning that had softened into a hmm, no, probably not". Now that seems to have become a hugely indistinct who knows?".
GameSpot asked Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida in a quickfire Q&A not if PS4 would block used games but whether second hand games will require an activation code on the console.
His answer: It's a publisher decision. We are not talking about it. Sorry."
Now, this could mean two things. One, that publishers are obviously free to step up their existing online pass strategies to block more – or possibly all – game content from those who buy a pre-owned game without a code.
The second option is that Sony HAS incorporated tech into the PS4 that allows publishers to distinguish between new and pre-owned games. It's then up to them if they choose to utilise it.
While seemingly denying the idea of a pre-owned block, Yoshida has certainly been seemingly elusive on the subject. In fact, the only direct evidence that such tech is definitely not included comes from an unsubstantiated comment from an anonymous Sony source on Eurogamer.
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Nonresidential building construction spending rose a modest 0.8% in August following a 1.2% decline in July, according to Bernard M. Markstein, Reed Construction Data's U.S. chief economist. The increase left nonresidential construction spending at its second highest level since September 2010.
However, on a year-to-date basis, the measure is down 1.0% compared to the same period a year ago, writes Markstein. For lease private projects fell 1.8% following a 0.1% decline in July. The two months of decreased expenditures follows four months of increase. Meanwhile, spending for institutional projects jumped 2.2% in August following a 0.7% decline in July and leaving the level of spending at its highest level since September of last year.
Concern over the economic outlook is acting as a drag on nonresidential construction spending, according to Markstein. Nonetheless, spending totals will hold their own in the fourth quarter of this year and strengthen throughout 2012 and 2013. Construction activity in the near term will be limited to some extent by commercial developers who will slow construction on some projects already started and delay some projects scheduled to start because of dimmer prospects for profit when buildings are completed. Offsetting this will be lower long-term interest rates due to the Federal Reserve's Operation Twist for those who can obtain funding.
For 2011, nonresidential spending is projected to decline 4.5%. Improvement occurs in 2012 with 5.0% growth forecast and accelerating into 2013 with 8.5% growth.Read Markstein's full report here.


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"Have A Good Time", the new video from KING KOBRA, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new studio album, "II", which was released on July 5 in Europe and July 9 in North America via Frontiers Records.
KING KOBRA's long-awaited self-titled reunion album, released on Frontiers Records in 2011, left no doubt that this was a band to be reckoned with. Even though nearly 25 years had passed since the original lineup recorded the landmark "Ready To Strike" and "Thrill Of A Lifetime" LPs, the energy and immediacy of the bands lightning attack had not diminished one iota and fans responded in kind.
"We chose to name this album 'II' because it is both the second album of our reformation with Frontiers Records as well as the second generation of the band with Paul Shortino as lead vocalist," says guitarist David Michael-Philips. "Paul's unique style gives the band a new feel apart from what we were in the 80s with original singer Mark/Marcie Free. I think the 're-boot' naming gives Paul the credit he deserves while paying homage to our original singer and sound."
The thick, soulful vocals of Paul Shortino, dual guitarists Mick Sweda and David Michael-Philips, and the thundering bass and drums of Johnny Rod and Carmine Appice delivered an album that, while easily carrying on the tradition of the first two releases, brought a contemporary twist to a signature melodic, hard rock style.
"The '70s' flavor of this new album was a conscious move to incorporate our influences into the music," says David Michael-Philips, while Carmine Appice adds "KING KOBRA was a band in the '80s with great players... and had roots in the '70s also.. We tried to make a cool combination of both, which I think we achieved with this new album."
Produced by David Henzerling with Carmine Appice and Paul Shortino, "II" digs into KING KOBRA hard rock roots to create an album that has all the swagger and swing of the classic '70s albums (think MONTROSE, BAD COMPANY, DEEP PURPLE and even Carmine's own legendary CACTUS) with a crystal clear sound that combines the best of both analogue and digital recording techniques. From the tight and punchy "Have A Good Time" to the 8-minute epic "Deep River", "II" shows a more mature band confident of its songwriting ability performing with the technical prowess garnered over years of experience.
"II" track listing:
01. Hell On Wheels
02. Knock 'Em Dead
03. Have A Good Time
04. The Ballad Of Johnny Rod
05. Take Me Back
06. When The Hammer Comes Down
07. Running Wild
08. The Crunch
09. Got It Comin'
10. Deep River
11. Don't Keep Me Waiting
12. We Go Round
A video presentation of the new album can be seen below.
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Amazon Launches Virtual Currency
Amazon launched its digital currency Amazon Coins on Monday that users can use to buy apps and games on the Kindle Fire. WSJ's Greg Bensinger reports. (Photo: Amazon)
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6 Ingredient Solution by America's Test Kitchen
There's something infinitely appealing about a six-ingredient recipe. It promises simplicity, ease, and speed. But six ingredients also feels like enough to actually make something. If this is the theory, then America's Test Kitchen prove it to be true. With 6 Ingredient Solution, the Test Kitchen cooks promise dishes that are not only easy to make, but that are also packed with flavor. As Chris Kimball says in his intro, "[T]he little known secret of the best cooks is simplicity."
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• Who wrote it: America's Test Kitchen
• Who published it: America's Test Kitchen
• Number of recipes: Over 175
• Recipes for right now: Feta-Dill Dip with Cucumber Chips, Sausage and Tortellini Florentine Soup, Lemon-Braised Chicken with Fennel, Kimchi Fried Rice with Beef, Lamb Pitas with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Crispy Potato-Crusted Salmon with Herb Salad, Easy Tortellini Gratin, Apple Turnovers
• Other highlights: It's easy to start thinking of a six-ingredient meal as a gimmick akin to the 30-minute meal or to assume that, lacking ingredients, these dishes will lack flavor as well. This is why the subtitle of this book feels just as important to me as the title: How to Coax More Flavor from Fewer Ingredients.
The book addresses this right away in the first chapter with descriptions of the Test Kitchen's favorite tricks for maximizing flavor — tricks like using the flavorful oil from a jar of sun-dried tomatoes to sauté vegetables, cooking over high heat to develop deeper flavors, and putting condiments and pickles to smart use. These are ideas that get at the heart of cooking — any cooking! — and we can apply them whenever we're in the kitchen.
The recipes reinforce these core flavor concepts by focusing on basic kitchen skills and showing us how to get the most out of our ingredients again and again. In trademark America's Test Kitchen fashion, the recipes are also accompanied by sidebars explaining ingredients and photos illustrating tricky steps.
The recipe writers definitely take some help from the grocery store, using things like spice blends, prepared pesto, and jars of sauce to stay within their six-ingredient limit. Some of these surprised me (the quality-obsessed cooks of America's Test Kitchen recommending we use commercial arrabbiata sauce?), but for the most part, I think taking some help from the grocery store now and then is a smart way to streamline our weeknight cooking.
Overall, I've got to say that this looks like a pretty darn tempting bunch of recipes! Some are appropriate for a last-minute weeknight meal while others could certainly be served on fancy china at a dinner party. I really appreciate the diversity of recipes, as well; they draw on the flavors and dishes of China, Italy, Thailand, Greece, South America, India, and many other places around the world. With so much focus on flavor, I honestly sometimes forgot that the recipe I was looking at had only six ingredients!
• Who would enjoy this book? Busy cooks looking for more weeknight meal inspiration, new cooks looking for approachable recipes.
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A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Hell and Back
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Publication Date: April 1, 2006
The unflinching true account of a teenage girl's descent into society's underbelly -- and her mother's desperate and ultimately successful attempts to bring her back.
How does an honor student at one of Los Angeles's finest prep schools -- a bright, beautiful girl from a loving home -- trade school uniforms and afternoons at the beach for shooting up in the back of a van in rural Indiana? How does her devoted mother emerge from the shock of finding that her daughter has not only disappeared but had been living a secret life for more than a year?
Mother and daughter tell their parallel stories in mesmerizing first-person accounts. Claire Fontaine's story is a parent's worst nightmare, a cautionary tale chronicling her daughter Mia's drug-fueled manipulation of everyone around her as she sought refuge in the seedy underworld of criminals and heroin addicts, the painful childhood secrets that led up to it, and the healing that followed. Her search for Mia was brutal for both mother and daughter, a dizzying series of dead ends, incredible coincidences and, at times, miracles. Ultimately, Mia was forced into harsh-but-loving boot camp schools on two continents while Claire entered a painful but life-changing program of her own. Mia's story includes the jarring culture shock of the extreme and controversial behavior modification school she was in for nearly two years, which helped her overcome depression and self-hatred to emerge a powerful young woman with self-esteem and courage.
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"They're just little tiny toys, like erasers, pencils, rulers," Denisse said.
The little girl said she and her classmates would get three passes at the beginning of the week to use the bathroom. Her teacher then laid out rules on a sign at the front of the classroom. If they still had passes at the end of the week, the students were rewarded.
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Demand disruption: Caused by a moderate reduction in load, this scenario is a result of the adoption of energy efficiency and distributed generation being possible without subsidies, leading to greater penetration from shifting consumer sentiment, falling technology costs and a moderate rise in electricity prices, especially across Europe.
Perfect storm: Perhaps closest to the industry phenomenon known as the "utilities death spiral," whereby an increasing number of consumers migrate off the grid or use it only as back up. This scenario assumes that subsidies continue to the early 2020s, technology costs plummet and electricity prices must rise significantly to cover the subsidy and integration costs, motivating customers to accelerate energy technology deployment. In all, the perfect storm scenario leads to significant load reduction and revenue losses.
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Yours Truly
Real Name: Lauren B.
Nicknames: Fern, Lady Greatsword, Inferna Greatsword, Witch Queen, Pteridophyta, Infernal Smokeknife, Tarnation Combustion Weapon, Fiction, and other assorted names
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Astrology Sign: Cancer
Astrology Element: Water
Zodiac Sign: Dog
Transformers Alignment: Decepticon
Current Location: WA, USA
Occupation: Author-in-progress, college student
Status: Engaged to Jayson/Akaku ^^
Dream Job: Professional author
Likes: Music (LP!), books, writing, good food, awesome people, Jewelry and Metals class, video games, pranks, archery, swordplay (really good swordplay), Transformers, role-playing, and Akaku ^^
Dislikes: Hypocrites, gum, math, shallow people, procrastination, overzealous fanpeeps (Twilight fangirls, for example), excessive cursing, lazy grammar, people that rip off of my work
Xbox Live Gamertag/Battletag/3DS Friendcode: Classified; PM me if you want any of them.
Enter Seneca's Keep if you dare. These halls ring with the laughter, screams, and sobs of those that enter our realms and listen to our words. Many leave in the end, but there are those that fall so under our spell that they never set foot in the outside world again.
They still haunt the Keep -- you may see them out of the corner of your eye, pale and wane from lack of proper sustance. They will not harm you, so long as you do not give them reason to, but take their tale as a warning. Delve into our otherworldly plots with caution -- immerse yourself too deeply, and even we Seneca will not be able to prevent you from becoming part of the Keep and our stories forever.
Join us at your own risk.
The Toa Seneca And Their Wares
Main Members (aka the founding members)
Inferna Firesword and her Library
Akaku: Master of Flight and his Comics
Repicheep XXII and his Library
Aych Ehn (Hewkiinuva) and his RPG
Japoro - Toa of Ice
Kagha and his Library
Kini Hawkeye and his Library
Honorary Members
Saya (Chibi Bahamut) and her Library
Lady Kopaka and her Library
Unofficial Honoraries
Youmu Konpaku (better known as Potu)
The Keep
Appearance: Dependant on viewer. Can appear as cottage, castle, or anything in-between
Property of: Toa Seneca; run by Inferna Firesword (assisted by Akaku)
Contains: 9 libraries/RPGs/collections, private chambers for all Toa Seneca, dragon room, 3 lounges, one large kitchen, studios, armories, dungeons, garages, shark tank, heated pool
Defenses: Six Transformer guards, Vuvuzela cannons, energy shields, comet callers, bazookas, dragons, halflings (Bionicle), Seneca powers, time stoppers, nuclear missles, grenade machine guns, watermelon cannons, sound-proof walls, Krakkan in the backyard lake, Ents on our front lawn, Balrogs in the garage, space slugs underground
Security Systems: Security cameras, ultrasonic sensors, thermal cameras, electricity sensors, laser alarms, security droids, Krakkan, Ents, Balrogs
~La Pantoufle Seule ~: OOC: ME TO THE RESCUE. -fanfare plays while I jump off building-
Kothra: OMG! BAD INFERNA.
Alex Humva: Zarry has the powers of prediction, guys. Listen to him, lest you become a fly on honeypaper thats on fire with a nuke aimed at it.
Shot by a PHYSICIST!: *Spittake* Three point five? That does it. I'm moving to Washington.
Japoro (in an arguement with Kagha about the possiblity of AeolusxAmph in H&H): You say she wants to dump me for some loser air toa?! I KILL YOU FOOL!
Akaku: I'm not scared of Inferna -- just fearfully surprised.
Sir Kohran: If your parents think you're too old for Lego, simply ask them what you should be into instead, then enjoy the bewildered silence that follows.
Me: On a weird scale we're all normal, but on a normal scale we're all weird.
Half-Dragon: Seems like everyone and their archnemesis has a legacy. Me? I don't even HAVE an archnemesis, let alone a legacy. Does that make me shallow or just really lucky?
Akaku: I like to pretend everything is going well whilest in reality its nothing short of the apocalypse.
AlchemyFox: All love is tragic... Unless you're Shakespeare. Then it's just plain "Whaaaaaat?"
Necro: A lie is just a great story that someone ruined with the truth.
Varderan: Violence makes the world go around.
Along with pretzels and assorted hair products.
Kagha (about something I told him from LST): ... DEATH?
Amph's gonna die?
*runs into basement, pulls out hammer, and runs after Inferna*
Kagha in KG: Anyway, curse you all and your stupid fast-moving RPG. ><
Mangai (in my profile): CARKITALL
Me (in his profile): Actually, that quote came from a MMO trailer that follows KOTOR II. =P
Mangai (in my profile): @ Personal statement: Oh, yeah! HK RULEZ
(My personal statement) "Interjection: Silence, meatbags!" - HK-47
Too bad I never played KotOR, or its sequel XP
Oh, well, now I have proof that I am unawesome for Zar. Thanks!
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Alex (in KG): YAY-*Choughhackwheeze*
Necro: Wait.
If guitars are universes, and I play with and own multiple guitars, does that make me a God?
King of Shadows (in Starscape): BEST ERA OF ANYONE'S HISTORY ANYWHERE
Alex (in Starscape): an era when Natsirt claimed to be guns
Peach 00 (in PM): Always loved the Song of Double Time on Majora's Mask. Watch, we'll figure out somebody on the planet has an ocarina and is the source of why the year is going by so fast.
Myself (in an AIMRPG; as Toa of Psionics Kalima): "Who's he?"
Akaku (in the AIMPRG; as Toa of Undeath Akuji): "He ... He is part of everything ... He is the age in a being, the disease in a society, the bullet in a gun... He is what gives this world balance. He is the one who looks after the fallen, and either sends them to the pit or the realm of the great beings ... He is among all of us, even now, especially in my kingdom ... especially in me."
Why Inferna Shouldn't Play Rpgs
Rockhound (in the BZProvince Discussion Topic, fighting Xom and Kagha over my character): We really should get all three of us together and brawl it out. Winner-date-'Ferna.
Xomeron (in KG): If by "So Many" you mean Infinity. In BZProvince, she had four people chasing after her character at once! My character included.Rockhound (in KG): Says who, Kagha?
Kagha (in KG): Lol, Xom, Inferna can only have so many romantically involved characters. XD
Me (in KG): OOC: Thanks for the ideaaaa.[/singsongvoice]
HN (in KG): OOC: Inferna, I am not going to IC six guards all fighting two people. xD
And Inferna, wouldn't that mean that you're fighting Mark? o_o; Do you want me to take Mark.
-i didnt give Inferna an idea I DIDNT I DIDNT-
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HN (in KG): OOC: ZOMFISH I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS INFERNA
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Smoking, head injury, pesticide exposure, farming and less education may be risk factors for a rare sleep disorder that causes people to kick or punch during sleep, according to a study published in the June 27, 2012, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
People with the disorder, called REM sleep behavior disorder, do not have the normal lack of muscle tone that occurs during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, causing them to act out their dreams. The movements can sometimes be violent, causing injury to the person or their bed partner. The disorder is estimated to occur in 0.5 percent of adults.
"Until now, we didn't know much about the risk factors for this disorder, except that it was more common in men and in older people," said study author Ronald B. Postuma, MD, MSc, with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal and a member of the American Academy of Neurology. "Because it is a rare disorder, it was difficult to gather information about enough patients for a full study. For this study, we worked with 13 institutions in 10 countries to get a full picture of the disorder."
The disorder can also be a precursor to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and a type of dementia. Studies have shown that more than 50 percent of people with REM sleep behavior disorder go on to develop a neurodegenerative disorder years or even decades later.
"Due to this connection, we wanted to investigate whether the risk factors for REM sleep behavior disorder were similar to those for Parkinson's disease or dementia," Postuma said.
The results were mixed. While smoking has found to be a protective factor for Parkinson's disease, people who smoked were found to be more likely to develop REM sleep behavior disorder. Pesticide use, on the other hand, is a risk factor for both disorders. Studies have shown that people who drink coffee are less likely to develop Parkinson's, but this study found no relationship between coffee drinking and REM sleep behavior disorder.
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The Trump administration wants to get tougher on crime and is calling for stronger charges and sentences against suspects.
"Going forward I have empowered our prosecutors to charge and pursue the most serious readily provable offense," said U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a speech at the Department of Justice last Friday.
The move reverses Obama administration policies overhauling the criminal justice system which urged prosecutors not to seek mandatory minimum sentences for low-level, non-violent drug offenders.
"You don't arrest your way out of drug problems," Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who is leading the fight against the opioid epidemic in Ohio.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who served under President Obama, blasted the policy change writing in a statement: "This is dumb on crime."
"Families don't want their addict, their sister, their mother, their brother thrown into jail," said Sen. Brown. "They want treatment, that's where the effort should be, not building more jails and sounding like a tough guy and saying' we are going to throw them all in jail that doesn't make any sense."
But Republicans say the new directives gives prosecutors more options since they are no longer handcuffed by the policies under the Obama administration.
"We need to give the federal prosecutors as many tools in their toolbox as necessary. Certainly, one tool is to say we are willing to prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law," said Rep. Andy Harris (R-Maryland). "That doesn't mean everyone is going to get the full sentence, but we certainly shouldn't take it off the table right up front when someone is charged and when we're considering what charges to pursue."
President Trump and Attorney General Sessions have repeatedly said there is an uptick in violent crimes in big cities across the U.S. In 2015, the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice found violent crime increased by 2.9% nationally and preliminary data for 2016 shows violent crime is up 6.3 percent. However, overall crime trends have fallen over the last two decades.
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Laiou, Elpiniki and Clutton-Brock, Thomas H and Lilford, Richard J and Taylor, Celia A (2011) The effects of laryngeal mask airway passage simulation training on the acquisition of undergraduate clinical skills: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Education, 11 (1). p. 57. ISSN 1472-6920