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Who is Alan Keyes? Bill Kristol's college roommate, the stalking horse the neoconservatives put up to take the conservative vote away from Pat Buchanan, the zany who cried racism when, after failing to attract any significant support, he was not allowed into the Republican presidential debates, the senatorial candidate who scandalized some of his supporters by living off his own campaign, a good talker in love with the sound of his own voice but who has never accomplished a political objective, conceived an original idea, or written something worth reading. He is the quintessential representative of a political movement that prefers illusion to reality and must live off the sizzle because there is no steak to offer. ~ Thomas Fleming, The Race Is On
As someone who once regarded Alan Keyes very highly, I found the announcement that he was accepting the Illinois Republican Senate nomination to be perhaps even more embarrassing for him than his unprincipled defense of the Iraq war. His constant invocations of the wisdom of the Destroyer of the Republic (i.e., Lincoln) always sat very badly with me, and it soon occurred to me that someone who defines his political philosophy by the Declaration of Independence and regarded the Declaration as a kind of theoretical trump card over whatever the Constitution itself said was likely to come to some fairly poor conclusions about American history and government. Indeed he has.
The chief virtue that Keyes displayed during his campaigns was an ostensible commitment to restorting the constraints imposed on the government by the Constitution. He also made worthwhile arguments against the Kosovo war during the 2000 debates. But his defense of the Iraq war can only be described as unprincipled and partisan, because the Iraq war lacked both the constitutional, congressional mandate that he had insisted upon in 1999 for attacking Yugoslavia and it also failed to serve any demonstrable national interest. Above all, I remember very distinctly that in 2000 Alan Keyes argued in support of the long tradition of American nonaggression and supposedly feared the consequences of abandoning that tradition to engage in arbitrary warmaking. Obviously, he either never really believed this or abandoned this "conviction" when it became inconvenient to his party when 2003 came around.
With this latest stunt, Alan Keyes has shown that he apparently regards himself as just what he was supposed to not be: the token black Republican, to be wheeled out for special occasions to impress the crowds with his oratory. He will fare very badly in Chicago, and probably far worse in the suburbs than Republicans usually do. Say what you will about Mr. Obama, but he is evidently a much more able speaker and campaigner than Rick Lazio–no interloper, even if he had come in a year ago, could make much headway in this atmosphere.


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Saturday, 14 January 2017
It's been a while since I last sat down and wrote a blog post. Around this time last year I said that I want my blog to grow up with me and I feel like I haven't achieved that yet. I'm going to be turning 26 this year and I feel like my blog is still the voice of 19 year old me.
It needs to become more adult, it needs to become an adult with me.
I'm just bored of the content I've been writing. I want to be able to talk about the things that I talk to my friends about - money, having babies, weight, periods, not owning a house, saving for a house, love, sex, men, work, the list goes on. When I scan over my blog posts from the past year I just feel bored and uninspired.
I remember being younger and being brave enough to write a blog post about my depression and having bulimia. I was so brave to do that and I didn't write it for anyone else but me. That's what I need to do going forward. It's very easy to get caught up in numbers and compare yourselves to others and by doing this I've felt like I'm only blogging about things to stay "relevant" rather than write about what I actually want to.
Don't get me wrong, make up and skincare is my passion and I will continue to write about it. I just want to be able to write about things that are actually happening in my life.
Tea An Toast is my corner of the internet, it always has been and it will continue to be. I need to remember that it is mine and it's where I can talk about whatever I want. That is the reason I fell in love with blogging in the first place...
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After the madness of Black Friday , today we have Cyber Monday.
Another chance to bag a bargain before Christmas , the event has been steadily growing in popularity over the last few years.
As the name suggests, Cyber Monday is an online-only sales event - although some companies are continuing their Black Friday discounts in-store this week.
Here are some of the biggest bargains you can get today:
The retail giant Amazon is running a Cyber Deal Week from today until December 4 with offers currently including:
- Amazon Fire TV Stick - £24.99, was £34.99
- Echo dot - £39.99, was £49.99
- Amazon Echo - £119.99, £149.99
Continuing its sale from Black Friday weekend , there are huge savings on consoles, video games and accessories, including:
John Lewis
Another retailer continuing its Black Friday sale into Cyber Monday , John Lewis has discounts on electrical, kitchen and dining, toys, beauty and fragrance. Deals include:
- 20% off Le Creuset
- Up to 50% off pan sets
- Up to 50% off knife blocks
- Save £100 on selected Apple Mac
- Save £50 on Nutri Ninja Blender with Auto IQ
- Save up to £150 on selected KitchenAid mixer
- Save up to 60% on fragrance
Argos's sales event lasts until Wednesday with deals on technology, toys, health and beauty and more. Bargains include:
- LG Full HD Smart TV - was £429, now £295
- Fitbit Charge 2 Heart Rate + Fitness band - £109.99, was £129.99
- Philips Wireless Noise-Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones - £34.99 was £89.99
- LEGO Friends Adventure Camp Tree House Playset - £29.99 was £59.99
- Oral-B Genius 9000s Electric Toothbrush Powered by Braun - was £279.99, now £99.99
Currys and PC World
After a massive Black Friday weekend Currys has more deals in what it's calling its biggest Cyber Monday ever. Offers include:
- Save £130 on Hotpoint 8kg washing machine
- Save £200 on Dyson V6 Total Clean cordless vacuum
- £100 off marked price on all TVs £1000 and over
- 15% off the marked price on printers over £99
The department store has a large range of deals ending today, including:
- Up to half price discount on women's brands
- Half price on all women's designer dresses
- Half price on selected cookware
- 30% off men's brands
- Up to half price on electricals
- Up to half price on toys and games (online only)
The supermarket took part in Black Friday and continues its sale until December 1, with discounts on large appliances, clothing, toys, computing, furniture and more. Offers at Tesco include:
- Save from £539.40 on Silentnight Divan Bed, Miracoil Luxury Pillowtop
- Save £80 on Samsung 23 Litre Grill Microwave
- Save £124.50 on Jumpking 7 x 10 Foot Oval Combo Trampoline
- Up to 50% off selected F&F clothing and accessories
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Aneurysm screening programme set for roll-out
A screening programme that aims to spot men at risk of a potentially fatal condition is to be rolled out across Scotland.
Men aged 65 will be offered a scan for signs of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in an effort to cut death rates.
In Scotland about 5% of men aged between 65 and 75 are believed to be at risk.
Figures indicate that when an aneurysm ruptures, 50%-80% of patients die despite access to medical treatment.
Ministers said the programme could save 170 lives a year by finding and treating aneurysms early.
'Hidden killer'
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: "Abdominal aortic aneurysms are a hidden killer which affects one in 20 men in Scotland, most of whom will be unaware that they have the condition.
"Sadly, the first sign of a problem for many men will be when the aneurysm ruptures and, by that time, it's often too late - if left unscreened more than 8 in 10 ruptures can prove fatal.
"But a simple 10-minute scan can detect the aneurysm, enabling treatment to begin and saving hundreds of lives each year."
The programme's annual running cost will be about £2m a year, once roll-out is completed by December 2013.
The service is expected to be cost-neutral, as screening should mean fewer emergency operations will need to be performed.


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Australia and India are united by their passion for the colonial game, Cricket. The strength of this relationship stems from the long history of cooperation between the two countries, which goes well beyond Cricket and includes their shared experience in the trenches of World War I in Gallipoli. The Indian participation at Gallipoli is only now becoming apparent. The Indians fought alongside the ANZACs in the trenches and on the front line in the process thousands perished and several thousand more were either wounded or scarred for life.
The Cricket Connects exhibition, drawing on a range of archival sources, images, documentary, visual and audio, supplemented with touch screen and interactive multimedia, quizzes, will highlights the distinctive value of cricket in illuminating this long standing relationship between India and Australia. The exhibition, under 10 distinct sections including sections on Cricket during the age of Empire, the first Australian tour to India and India's tour to Australia in 1947-48 and Bradman's unique distinction of scoring 100 hundreds and back to back centuries, the Pinnacle of Success, the Forgettable and unforgettable moments, the Cricket Gods, Bilateral ties, the IPL, the cricketing heroes from both sides, will highlight the passion and love for cricket in both India and Australia.
The Bradman Foundation is a not for profit charitable trust supported by Sir Donald Bradman to honour and strengthen the game. The Foundation seeks to ensure that Bradman's name is forever synonymous with cricket, as a cultural institution promoting his legacy through the Museum's collection, youth education and university scholarship programs and other philanthropic endeavours.
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These are a few character ideas I'd had. Because they are toys I liked the idea of using simple shapes. I see them as made from wood, quite elegant with painted faces. Their clothes would be very bland at the beginning of the story, but as the characters change, I imagined their outfits more flowing and colourful and made from fabric, rather than painted onto the body of the toy as they are at the start.
Quick environment sketch to show the inside of the factory. Needs more work.
For a bit of research and something to springboard from, I gathered some images together of how I imagined the style and look of aspects of the animation. I went with a Russian theme as this is something the group have dipped in and out of throughout our discussions.
|Russian costume, once the characters have transformed during their dance. I see this kind of style with patterns which could be mirrored in the environment once the mood of the story changes.
|Some quick reference material for factories. These show both men and women at work, what they would have worn and the working conditions they would have been subject to. Lots of monotonous lines of machinery, lots of repetition.


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By Salleh Said Keruak
Initially, the criticism against 1MDB was supposed to be because of the lack of transparency in how the organisation is being managed. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak then ordered an investigation into the affairs of 1MDB but still the attacks would not stop.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has launched a road show to carry his message all over Malaysia that Najib has to be ousted because of how 1MDB is being managed and because of the lack of information about what is happening in 1MDB.
Is Dr Mahathir really interested in knowing more about 1MDB or he is just using 1MDB as the excuse to oust Najib? If he wants to know more about 1MDB then why does he not want to wait for the investigation report to be released and decide after he sees the report whether all the allegations are true or not?
When anyone raises the issue about how he managed the country in the 22 years that he was Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir replies that there is no proof of any wrongdoing and he challenges his critics to show proof if there are any. But when he criticises Najib he does not need proof and suspicion alone is proof enough that there are wrongdoings.
First he says RM42 billion disappeared. Then the figure is reduced and then later is reduced yet again. And now he says he did not say that RM42 billion disappeared into thin air and what he said was that 1MDB had borrowed RM42 billion and they must account for what happened to the money.
That is what Najib is trying to do. And that is why he ordered the investigation. But Dr Mahathir is not interested in the investigation. He has already made up his mind that Najib has to go, never mind what the investigation is going to reveal.
It is clear that the issue is not 1MDB any longer. Dr Mahathir just wants Najib to go and the 1MBD issue is being used as the excuse to oust him. Dr Mahathir does not care if 1MDB can account for the money or even if it can show it had made a profit. In fact, Dr Mahathir wants Najib out now before the investigation is concluded in case the investigation proves Dr Mahathir wrong and he can no longer use this issue as an excuse to demand Najib's resignation.
Is Dr Mahathir really concerned about 1MDB or is he more concerned about replacing Najib with a new Prime Minister who is prepared to kowtow to whatever he wants? Maybe Dr Mahathir would like Najib to call off the investigation since he is not interested to see the report.


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Haitian Foods and Recipes
Haitian Recipes - Griot - Fried Pork
Traditional Haitian dish served with Fried Plantains
3 lbs shoulder of pork, cut into 1 to 2 inch cubes
½ cup of chopped shallots
1 cup of bitter orange juice
½ cup of vegetable oil
salt, pepper and hot pepper to taste 1 teaspoon thyme
1 chopped large onion
1. Put all ingredients except the oil in a large pot and marinate overnight in the refrigerator.
2. Place the marinated pork on the stove, add water to cover all ingredients and boil on medium heat for 45 minutes.
3. Once cooked, drain the mixture, add oil and fry the pork in the pot until brown and crusty on the outside but tender on the inside. As another option, bake in the oven in large baking pan until tender.
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News 4's Brittany Noble talked to MoDOT about the projects, and how long construction is expected to last. Click the video above to hear what drivers had to say about the construction.
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1. Devon County Council is pleased to be
invited to submit evidence to this Committee. It will be represented
at the hearing by its Chief Executive, Philip Jenkinson. Although
Devon County Council no longer has administrative responsibility
for Torbay and Plymouth, both created unitary authorities in 1998,
the visitor makes no such distinction and therefore the content
of this memorandum applies across the whole of Devon, including
Torbay and Plymouth.
2. Devon is well known as a tourist destination
in the South West of England. The county provides a mix of coastal
resorts, historic cities and towns, quaint villages, a wide range
of attractions and warm hospitality. Its links with agriculture
are epitomised by its famous Devonshire Cream. Moreover agriculture
has helped shape the countryside which visitors find so attractive.
The impact of foot and mouth disease is therefore crippling not
just to agriculture, ancillary industries and rural communities,
but also to the tourist industry and the various businesses which
exist as a result of the tourist industry.
3. So concerned was the County Council about
the economic impact foot and mouth disease would have and the
need to quantify this, its Executive Committee on 6 March 2001
commissioned a report from the Agricultural Economics Unit of
the University of Exeter. This report, which assessed the position
as at 19 March 2001 estimated that over the next 12 months 1,200
jobs would be lost in agriculture and ancillary industries whilst
over Devon as a whole, 8,700 jobs could be lost in the tourism
sector and allied businesses. The reduction in income was estimated
at £84 million in the agricultural sector and £196 million
in the tourism sector. The loss in GDP represents 3.52 per cent
of the total.
4. It is estimated that tourism accounts
for approximately 10 per cent of GDP, but what has been evident
in recent weeks is the extent to which other businesses depend
on the holiday trade. Restaurants and pubs may be an obvious area
but less obvious are businesses such as dry cleaners, one of the
support businesses to the hotel trade. We need to remind ourselves
that tourism is everyone's business.
5. Yet the foot and mouth outbreak has led
not just to the loss of visitors coming to the county on holiday,
but also valuable conference business. For example, the Lord Haldon
Hotel near Exeter but which is outside the infected area reports
that nine large conference bookings were cancelled as a result
of the foot and mouth outbreak and the news of its spread. These
events were planned before the outbreak was known but would have
covered the weeks immediately following the first news of the
disease. In addition, few business enquiries were being received
and leisure bookings were also poor compared to previous years.
6. Farm tourism has been hit particularly
badly. Robin Head, Public Relations Officer for Devon Farmsa
private sector farm tourism sector marketing consortiumprovided
the following up-to-date report to the County Council's Executive
Committee Foot-and-Mouth Task Group on 19 April:
7. In 1999, Devon (including Plymouth and
Torbay) had just under 33 million tourist nights.
Promotion of the UK as a Destination for Overseas
8. The organisation which has the prime
responsibility for the promotion of the UK as a destination for
overseas visitors is the British Tourist Authority. Its remit
is to encourage overseas visitors to the UK as a whole.
9. Devon, and for that matter Cornwall,
has tended in the past to rely on visitors from within the UK
to whom the main attraction was a long stay holiday at a coastal
resort. With the decline in the long stay holiday market, both
counties have sought to compensate for this by diversification
into other markets. One of these markets is the overseas visitor
10. In 1995, Devon County Council, Cornwall
County Council (Tourist Board), together with the 16 district
authorities in the two counties, established the Devon and Cornwall
Overseas Marketing Consortium (DACOM). The objective of the partnership
was (and continues to be) to increase the number of visitors and
visitor spend from overseas markets to the sub-region, to create
sustainable employment opportunities through increased tourism
spend and to raise the quality of Devon and Cornwall's tourism
sector. This has been achieved through the development of an annual
programme of product development, business support, promotion
and marketing activity.
Partnerships have been essential and DACOM has
been supported by Prosper, the British Tourist Authority, South
West Tourism and appropriate carriers, eg P & O Stena Line.
DACOM has also benefited from European ERDF Objective 5b funding
and applications are currently being developed for Objective 1
funding in Cornwall and Objective 2 funding in Devon.
11. DACOM's annual marketing budget, including
European grant, amounted to in the region of £350,000. The
original project set a number of targets over the period 1995-1999,
which were:
Based on 1998 International Passenger Survey
figures the targets to that date were exceeded as follows:
To put into context how valuable overseas tourism
is for Devon (and Cornwall), the 1999 campaign specifically achieved
the following results, based on a spend of £380,000:
These results are for Devon and Cornwall and
it is not possible to split the economic benefits between the
two counties. However, overseas visitors to Cornwall account for
6 per cent of its tourist nights, compared with 11.8 per cent
for Devon.
12. The results for the calendar year 2000
have yet to be finalised but they are likely to see a decline,
due to the high value of sterling during the year. This accentuates
the impact on the tourism industry in two ways. First the overseas
visitor is dissuaded from coming due to the relatively high cost
and secondly the domestic visitor is attracted more to overseas
destinations as they are relatively cheaper.
13. In the context of overseas marketing
activity for the current year, much of this had already been committed
to prior to the outbreak of foot and mouth, in particular participation
in the appropriate British Tourist Authority (BTA) main market
campaigns, which are the basis of DACOM's marketing activity.
At the moment, responses to BTA's campaigns are down by in the
region of 50 per cent, which in turn is affecting the volume of
responses/requests for Devon and Cornwall information.
14. DACOM has reviewed other opportunities
and has put these on hold for the time being, including a major
proportion of its proactive public relations programme where,
instead of concentrating on generating press facility visits,
the emphasis will be on providing accurate consumer information
via the press. In the short term, DACOM is concentrating its efforts
on maintaining accurate and up-to-date information via its web
15. The BTA, world-wide, is developing a
recovery plan and DACOM is in close liaison with that organisation
to maximise opportunities when the time is right. In an information
update dated 2 April, 2001, BTA has stated that longer-term activity
will include image advertising campaigns, on-territory presentations
to trade and consumers, travel trade and press familiarisation
visits. Prominence will be given to rural Britain, especially
those areas most affected.
16. Overseas visitors to Devon account for
11.8 per cent of the total number of tourist nights and 13 per
cent of the total spend. The average spend per head for Devon
is £35 a night for a UK resident and £41 per night for
an overseas visitor. This higher average spend by the overseas
tourism visitor is particularly important in terms of its economic
Tourism Information to Domestic and Overseas Visitors
17. There is a distinction to be made between
tourism information given to those who are already in the county
and those who are thinking of visiting the county. For the former,
a network of some 40 local tourist information centres exists,
operated by District Councils and occasionally the private sector.
The County Council used to operate two "gateway" tourist
information centres but decided two years ago to replace these
with a computer based visitor information system. This provides
a networked system of tourist information delivered by self-help
touch screen kiosks. These are strategically located, one within
the main building of the Exeter M5 motorway services off junction
30 and the other within the restaurant facility at Junction 27
on the M5. The system allows automated booking of accommodation.
18. In order to maintain the provision of
a visitor information service on a county wide basisDevon
being a well identified destination in the mind of the consumerthe
County Council established, three years ago, a call centre facility.
This provides all the normal services of a tourist information
centre, save for ability to deal with "face to face"
enquiries. This facility is operated by a private sector company,
under contract to the County Council and with the exception of
Christmas Day and New Year's Day, is available 8 am to 10 pm Mondays
to Fridays and 8 am to 8 pm at weekends.
19. The call centre is able to deal with
individual enquiries and respond to requests for brochures. The
County Council no longer produces an accommodation guide itself
but signposts the brochures and guides prepared by District Councils.
The Devon Holiday Line service, as it is known, is also able to
effect accommodation bookings.
20. On 22 March 2001, the English Tourism
Council set up the national holiday line in response to the foot
and mouth crisis to provide advice and information to visitors.
Devon County Council supported this initiative by identifying
the Devon Holiday Line as part of a satellite network to facilitate
easy access to appropriate local information. This meant that
callers to the national line seeking information and advice about
Devon were re-routed automatically to the Devon Holiday Line call
centre. An analysis of usage of the Devon Holiday Line during
March this year shows:
21. Running parallel to the Devon Holiday
Line is the increasing use of the County Council's own web site.
Information on tourism is available through the County Council's
own web site (www.devon.gov.uk) but also through a dedicated web
site (www.devon4allseasons.co.uk) to which there is direct access.
This has enabled the County Council to give up-to-date advice
to the potential visitor in a positive way, in the context of
the public rights of way and attractions that are open. There
are also suggested ideas as to how to spend a holiday, all without
prejudicing the actions being taken to contain and eradicate foot
and mouth disease. Information is collated from the District Councils
and the web site updated each weekday.
22. Information about, and promotion of,
the web site and the Devon Holiday Line is achieved, in the main,
through distribution of press releases, regionally and nationally.
When press features are generated as a result of journalists'
visits, the web site address and Holiday Line telephone number
are promoted within a "fact box". During the foot and
mouth crisis, every opportunity has been taken to maximise opportunities
to further signpost the web site address and Holiday Line telephone
number, when commentary on the foot and mouth crisis and its impact
has been requested by the media, including radio.
23. In the normal course of events the web
site is linked to that of South West Tourism and to each of the
District Council/destination sites within the county. Over the
past seven weeks, more specific links have been put in place to
provide immediate access to foot and mouth visitor information.
Statistics for March from the North Devon Marketing Bureau show
that since the link from the Devon web site to the North Devon
foot and mouth information web site was set up, 686 user sessions
resulted in the first 14 daysa three-fold increase.
24. At this time of year, and particularly
in the context of the impact of foot and mouth on visits from
outside of the area, local, day visitors are vitally important,
especially to visitor attractions that are reliant on year round
business. Devon County Council has been working closely with South
West Tourism and has co-ordinated comprehensive information on
what is open and what activities are available; this is being
published in the form of a series of supplements distributed with
the regional newspaperthe first has already been produced
and circulated. The County Council has also contributed to the
first phase of the South West Tourism Recovery Plan which is concentrating
on ensuring that accurate "visitor information" is disseminated.
25. In an attempt to redress the negative
impact of foot and mouth on Devon's tourism industry, the County
Council placed a full page advertisement in the Sunday Mercury
(Birmingham) on Sunday 8 April 2001. Under the headline "Rediscover
the delights of Devon" the advertisement promoted the Easter
period, the fact that 90 per cent of attractions would be open
for business and provided specific examples of places to visit.
The "call to action" was to the Devon Holiday Line telephone
number and to the County Council's tourism web site. Disappointingly,
there were no calls to the Holiday Line as a result of this advertisement.
Partners in a South West Tourism initiative at the same time experienced
a similar negative response.
26. The foot and mouth crisis has had a
negative impact on Devon County Council's tourism public relations
programme. This activity includes the generation of journalists'
visits and consequently achieves editorial features with an average
per annum advertising value equivalent of £600,000. The last
journalist visit was on 1 March; subsequently three trips that
had been fully planned and booked have been cancelled for the
time being and it is estimated that the lost editorial value from
these is in the region of £54,000. In addition to its discrete
tourism public relations activity on behalf of the County Council,
the authority also supports the Exeter and the Heart of Devon
special interest short break initiative by promoting that product
through public relations. A scheduled group golf press trip has
been postponed and the estimated editorial value lost equates
to some £107,600.
27. Whereas Devon will ultimately recover
its tourism trade, this will take time, money and effort. Meanwhile,
there are businesses at risk and people being laid off. Devon
County Council is working on a recovery plan which, in conjunction
with partners, will help to limit the damage to existing tourism
businesses and those who provide the support services to the industry
within the county. However, it will need help from other sources.
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The 10 tracks included in FIFA FOOTBALL 2002 include: "Never Gonna Come Back Down, (Hybrid's Echoplex Dub)" by BT, "Energy Flow" by Vitae, "First Snow" by Issi Noho, "Tenshi," by Gouryella, "Overdrive" by Sandy v Housetrap, "Stop and Panic" by Cirrus, "Repeat the Sequence" by The Edison Factor, "Das Glockenspiel" by Schiller, "The Bells" by Terpsichord, and R4's "Revolution."
EA SPORTS FIFA Series has established itself as not only the all-time best selling sports interactive franchise in the world, but also as a vehicle for top artists to bring their music to a cutting edge medium. Past artists who have provided lead tracks in FIFA games are Moby and his "Bodyrock" remix from the hit album PLAY in FIFA 2001 ™, Robbie Williams' "It's Only Us" in FIFA 2000, Fat Boy Slim's "The Rockafeller Skank" in FIFA 99, Chumbawamba's "Tub Thumpin'" in World Cup 98, and Blur's "Song 2" in Road To World Cup.
"As a record company and music publisher, we are always looking for ways to get our music distributed, beyond the straight performance and sale of records," said Tony Moss, publishing manager of Ministry of Sound. "Video games give us an important platform for dance music to be heard across the globe. And, our producers and writers have consoles and love the idea of being involved!"
FIFA Football 2002, including licensed Ministry of Sound tracks and re-invented gameplay will be available for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system in November. Prior to that FIFA Football 2002 will be available for the PlayStation® console and PC-CD in late October. For more information about FIFA Football 2002 go HERE.
Ministry of Sound – the club – opened in London in September 1991 and has since established a cult following among clubbers worldwide. The club's success has been built on the very high quality of its music programming and promotion, its world-renowned custom-built sound system and the distinctive Ministry of Sound logo. Since clubbing has developed from an underground movement to a mainstream activity influencing the music preferences, style and attitudes of young people, Ministry of Sound has emerged as the unifier of this culture and is now an internationally recognised youth brand.
FIFA has fired its most powerful shot and created the most complete sports game ever – FIFA FOOTBALL 2002. FIFA Football 2002 enters a new era with major gameplay advances that include all new passing and tackling systems. Create your own leagues, teams and players– making it the most user-friendly FIFA ever. The world is watching — it's up to you to bring your team the prestige and glory as you attempt to qualify for the World Cup in World Cup Qualification mode. Keeping your team in championship form on the pitch won't be easy.
Electronic Arts, headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of more than $1.3 billion for fiscal 2001. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video game systems. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EA GAMESTM, EA SPORTS BIG™ and EA.COMSM. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet.


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RT: How important was the retail component of Trammell Crow to the deal?
Anthony Buono: I think it was very important. Trammell Crow provides us some new blood in our culture. There are some senior level people we expect to join us. The retail people have very good transaction management skills for corporate retailers. Clients want to buy us because we provide proper coverage.
RT: What is the strength of each company?
Buono: We do a good job regionally. Trammell Crow does a better job than us handling national multimarket accounts. For example, handling all of a corporate clients' acquisition business throughout the U.S. We can learn from that. It helps us get better.
RT: How will you leverage their strength within your retail operations?
Buono: For example, Texas is a major retail market in the U.S. Our overall share in Texas is No. 1 or No. 2. We want to be better. The Crow merger does that for us. Dallas post-merger we will have 20 people, whereas we have 10 now. Literally, we'll double our staff. That's a good thing. While they may not have as many brokers as we do nationally, they do have some senior people; and that will help us.
RT: How much growth is expected to result from the acquisition?
Buono: We're going to see our managed retail portfolio increase by 20 percent. Nine million square feet of new retail properties will come in. We're at 45 million square feet today.
RT: What is your goal?
Buono: Our goal is to have the best retail business within the Americas. Overall, we are three times larger than our closest competitor (Cushman & Wakefield). However, our share of the retail market is small. All we want is our fair share. The goal is to double our current share of business within three years. The Trammell Crow merger will help us.
RT: What portion of Trammell Crow's retail business don't you want?
Buono: There's nothing on the retail side that we don't want.
RT: How will you rationalize the absorption of all Trammell's people on the retail side?
Buono: In this case, one plus one doesn't equal two, it equals three or four. While we will grow the number of people by 10 percent, that 10 percent will make us better by much more than that. Our retail business will do better than 10 percent.
RT: What is your challenge?
Buono: As with any merger, to make sure the integration is done properly. We have two cultures coming together. On one side, it is to help Trammell Crow adopt our best practices. On the CBRE side, to make sure that we adopt all of their best practices. You can't come to the party with the attitude that one group's way of doing something is better than the other's.
RT: How do you envision the organization in 2010?
Buono: I would like nothing better than to be the best third-party retail company in the world for retailers and landlords alike.
RT: Where are you now?
Buono: I would consider us very good.
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South Africa has signed a $10bn (£6.1bn) deal to procure technology from Russia for up to 9.6GW of new nuclear power capacity.
The agreement has been announced from the sidelines of an International Atomic Energy conference in Vienna.
"This agreement opens up the door for South Africa to access Russian technologies, funding, infrastructure, and provides proper and solid platform for future extensive collaboration," South African energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said in the statement.
South Africa hopes the new plant, to start operating by 2030, will help solve the country's ongoing energy crises and frequent power outages caused by an earlier lack of investment.
Rosatom director-general Sergey Kirienko said the deal for up to eight nuclear power units could create thousands of jobs and create orders worth $10bn to "local industrial enterprises", although it was not clear if he was referring to Russia or South Africa.
Despite being Africa's strongest economy, South Africa has been struggling to find resources to fund new energy infrastructure.
State-owned power utility Eskom is scrambling to finish new power plants, including Medupi and Kusile, massive coal-fired outfits with a combined capacity of about 9,500MW that are far from complete.
The country operates only one nuclear power station, which provides around 5 per cent of the country's 42,000MW of installed generating capacity. Nearly all the rest comes from coal.
Other companies have previously shown interest to build nuclear power plants in South Africa including China's Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding, Japan's Toshiba and Korea Electric Power.
In a national energy assessment in December, South Africa said it might delay the construction of nuclear power plants and focus instead on coal, hydro and gas as alternative energy sources.


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John Legend performs on 'Ellen'
Thursday, 13 October 2016 22:42:00
Labels: John Legend , Performances , Promo
Labels: John Legend , Performances , Promo
John Legend needs to stop playing with all these singles and drop a bloody album! 'Darkness & Light' still doesn't have a release date. Not to say it hurts to perform lead single 'Love Me Now' on The Ellen DeGeneres show. Hopefully, the song will see him continue his adult contemporary reign. With distinctive rich vocals, Legend certainly didn't disappoint during the first televised performance. Check it out.


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Around 18% of all severely injured drivers had at least one over-the-counter, illicit, or prescription drug before the car accident.
Most people in the United States understand the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol, but many are seemingly unaware of the danger of driving under the influence of illicit drugs that affect the mind and brain function of the driver.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and several other national organizations, run a number of campaigns to raise awareness about the dangers of intoxicated driving. The organizations have spent a lot of money, effort, and time to educate people throughout the country about the need for driving safe without the influence of any drugs or alcohol.
Unfortunately some people still indulge in intoxicated driving. There are a number of instances where people do not understand that the consumption of any psychoactive drugs, even if they have been prescribed by a family physician, before driving will only increase the risk of getting involved in an accident. Given the high prevalence of using neuropharmaceutical drugs, it is time to educate people about the effects of these drugs on a person's driving capability and why it is important to avoid any such drugs while driving.
The Extent of the Problem
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) has made an attempt to find out the national and state level statistics on the use of illicit drugs. According to the latest NSDUH survey, around 4% of Americans said that they had indulged in driving under the influence of illicit drugs in the past year. The actual number of people who drove under the influence of drugs could be even higher, because people tend to hide the truth when taking a survey about something that might harm their reputation. The study also found that while many people understand the dangers of drunk driving, most of them overlook the importance of avoiding drugged driving.
Why Drugged Driving is Dangerous
The problem of drugged driving is far more complicated than that of drunk driving. It is difficult to set a legal limit for blood drug level because different people react differently to the same amount of drug.
Around 18% of all severely injured drivers had at least one over-the-counter, illicit, or prescription drug before the accident, according to a 2009 survey conducted by the NHTSA. The study also found that 50% of the injured drivers who had some kind of drug before the accident consumed Cannabis, 29.3% took Cocaine, and 14.8% had Opiates.
Some Safety Tips for You
Of course, you should not drive under the influence of any illicit or prescription drugs. If you are currently taking any prescription drugs, you may be a little confused about whether it is a psychoactive drug. The best way to clear up any such confusion is by talking to your doctor.
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A simple object-oriented and open-source model for scientific and policy analyses of the global climate system – Hector v1.0
Simple climate models play an integral role in the policy and scientific communities. They are used for climate mitigation scenarios within integrated assessment models, complex climate model emulation, and uncertainty analyses. Here we describe Hector v1.0, an open source, object-oriented, simple global climate carbon-cycle model. This model runs essentially instantaneously while still representing the most critical global-scale earth system processes. Hector has a three-part main carbon cycle: a one-pool atmosphere, land, and ocean. The model's terrestrial carbon cycle includes primary production and respiration fluxes, accommodating arbitrary geographic divisions into, e.g., ecological biomes or political units. Hector actively solves the inorganic carbon system in the surface ocean, directly calculating air–sea fluxes of carbon and ocean pH. Hector reproduces the global historical trends of atmospheric [CO 2], radiative forcing, and surface temperatures. The model simulates all four Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) with equivalent rates of change of key variables over time compared to current observations, MAGICC (a well-known simple climate model), and models from the 5th Coupled Model Intercomparison Project. Hector's flexibility, open-source nature, and modular design will facilitate a broad range of research in various areas.
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Journal ID: ISSN 1991-9603; KP1703030
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- Journal Name:
- Geoscientific Model Development (Online)
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- Journal Name: Geoscientific Model Development (Online); Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1991-9603
- Publisher:
- European Geosciences Union
- Research Org:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Integrated Assessment Research Program
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; carbon cycle; climate model; CMIP5; open source; modular architecture
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1 dead, 1 hurt in I-684 crash
State Police
said Sunday that
Valenci P. DeAndrade
, 23, of 28 Division Street, died from his injuries at
Westchester Medical Center
in Valhalla.
The driver of the car, Francisco Magalhaes , 24, also of 28 Division Street, remains in critical condition.
Police said Magalhaes was driving a 1994 Honda Civic northbound just north of Exit 4 during the afternoon rush hour. The car was traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit the rumble strips on the left side of the highway.
Magalhaes over-corrected and lost control of the vehicle, which ran through the center median, struck a guard rail, flipped over and landed on all four wheels facing south in the southbound lane.
The two men were taken to the hospital by STAT Flight helicopter.
Police said Magalhaes was driving without a license.
Sgt. Joseph Lutz said investigators initially had difficulty verifying the addresses of both men.
The address eventually provided by police is a multi-unit apartment building. Occupants of the several apartments were contacted by The News-Times on Sunday, but said they didn't know either man.


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Anyone who has experienced the joy of my presence at their Shabbos table will know that I am in the habit of gathering, deboning, and taking home food left on plates for Stuey and Dexxy. Indeed, so regular has this fowl, greasy habit become that I am convinced that my hairy housemates believe that I spend every Friday evening hunting poultry.
On occasion, I take them along, too. And having thrust the pair (uninvited) upon her for lunch at the weekend, my dear aunt's nerves were clearly becoming increasingly frayed by the longing stares, from beside her chair, for scraps from her plate.
"That is what they do," I said, as if believing that this would placate her. "In fact, I have heard that if someone dies alone, and a dog has no choice, it will even eat its owner."
"You see," snapped my aunt, suddenly Messi latching onto a mishit back pass, "that is why you need a wife!!"
Folk have had so long to come up with convincing arguments as to why I should get hitched (cast your own vote in my Marriage Poll). But all have failed miserably. And this latest one – to avoid being consumed by Stuey and Dexxy – was only marginally more bizarre than most of the others (which usually boil down to: "Why shouldn't you be miserable, too?")
I have more than one friend who just longs to come home and to wake up to a fraction of the love I receive "365". Accepted, it is not human. But neither is the mutual malevolence and contempt so seemingly common in more 'normal' relationships.
"If it happens, it happens," is what I continue to tell the noodgers (whilst assuring everyone that my Purim fancy dress – see inset [in the event you hadn't noticed] – was just that).
In the event that it doesn't, then, seeing as I will never muster the courage to cast off the shackles of my upbringing – cremation would be my end of choice – and it will be them or the worms, why shouldn't Stuey and Dexxy have one last good frenzy to remember me by?!


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One Goal In Mind Fundraiser
Join us for the 1st annual "One Goal in Mind Benefit & Bash" as we come together to raise funds for the DDYSC Wolves!
The evening will include a silent and live auction, live music, drinks and a Mexican food buffet provided by Sotolero's (a new restaurant by the owner of Mezcalito's in Oakhurst).
$35 per person (until 3/15 then $45). Only 200 Tickets available so buy your tickets NOW.
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Update: Eminent domain is "most likely next step." SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- City officials received a check late Thursday for $361,855 from a Hotel Syracuse lender that likely will block the plan to seize the property for back taxes and sell it to a developer.
A representative of Financitech Ltd., of Tel-Aviv, Israel, delivered a check to pay enough of the $515,000 delinquent tax bill to make the hotel ineligibe for tax foreclosure, said Ben Walsh, deputy commissioner of neighborhood and business development.
Walsh said city officials will double-check whether Financitech holds a valid lien against the property before accepting the payment. That review should be concluded later today. Assuming the payment is legitimate, it will block the city's plan to seize the property and sell it to developer Pyramid Hotel Group, of Boston.
The Syracuse Common Council is scheduled to vote Monday on the sale to Pyramid Hotel Group, which proposed a $60 million renovation of the historic hotel. The item has not yet been pulled from the agenda, Walsh said.
About 18 months ago, Financitech blocked a similar plan to sell the hotel. In December 2011, the lender paid $198,983 in back taxes, enough to prevent the city from foreclosing. The city had planned at that time to sell the Hotel Syracuse to Fundamental Advisors, a New York City company.
Financitech Ltd., which holds $5.2 million in mortgages on the property, recently began a foreclosure lawsuit against the owner, GML Syracuse LLC. Walsh said city officials will consider alternative options to take control of the hotel, including eminent domain.
The hotel, which is at the corner of South Warren and East Onondaga streets on downtown's southern edge, opened in 1924 with 612 rooms, but a few were combined to form suites over the years. It had 590 rooms when it closed in 2004 after years of financial troubles.
GML acquired the hotel in a bankruptcy sale in 2005. It began a renovation in 2007 but went bankrupt in 2008.
We will update this story as more information becomes available. Contact Tim Knauss at email@example.com or 315-470-3023.


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The Buzz Report
iPad 2 and a Xoom with blingThe tablet wars are ON, with Xoom hitting the streets and iPad 2 just around the corner. Place your bets now! Plus, breaking up on Facebook.
Hi, I'm Molly Wood, and welcome to the Buzz Report, the show about the tech news that e eryone's talking about. This week, it's the imminent new iPad, your brain on cell phones, and a really sad Facebook breakup story. But first, it's the Gadget of the Week. The Gadget of the Week is the Motorola XOOM. Not the regular one that you chumps get ... I mean, I know it launched this week and everything, and it's all exciting and $699 for the WiFi version and cool. But that's actually not the XOOM I mean. I mean the new, limited edition GOLD Motorola XOOM for the beautiful people. It's a special gold-plated tablet made ONLY for Oscar nominees and hosts. It'll be in their high-priced goodie bags on Sunday at the Academy Awards. Sadly, half the people who get these will probably drunkenly leave them on chairs at the Vanity Fair afterparty. And now for the news. Apple will hold an event March 2nd, to almost certainly announce iPad 2. The real questions now are whether Apple will also announce iPhone 5, and how soon the new iPad will come out, to counter the threat from the coming crush of Android tablets. There WERE some rumors this week that there might be iPad 2 production delays, but then other analysts and Apple blogs rushed to say there were absolutely NO delays, and don't even be THINKING Android was going to get a little window of opportunity, there, folks. No no no. iPad will RULE FOR EVA! In other news, a new medical study this week shows that cell phone radiation has a measurable effect on nearby cells in the brain. In fact, the study said areas of the brain near the phone's antenna showed "unusual" and "surprising" increases in activity during a call. But they also said they don't know whether the INCREASED ACTIVITY IN YOUR BRAIN is actually bad for you. Dude. It's bad. I guarantee you, it's bad. I am not saying cell phones cause cancer. I'm just saying they probably do. Also this week, developer Dan Loewenherz created a Facebook app that would email you any changes in relationship status of specified friends. So, you know, you could keep track of when your crush finally dumps that loser she's dating. OR, you know when those people get together and you know it's TOTALLY not going to work out? Then when they break up, you could send out your I Told You So cards! UNFORTUNATELY, even though the app racked up 3.6 MILLION users in just like, two days, Facebook came along and shut it down AND disabled Loewenherz's account. And Facebook won't even say why. And they won't give him his records and t-shirts back. Worst breakup ever! But hey, MySpace, I hear he's available! And now for a few other tech headlines of the week. Thursday the 24th was Steve Jobs' birthday, so ... happy birthday, Steve! Hope you're doing ok, buddy. Possibly as a little birthday present, Apple shareholders this week rejected a proposal to force Apple to reveal a succession plan in case Steve Jobs doesn't come back. Steve did not make an appearance at the shareholders meeting, though, so ... figure Tim Cook. Microsoft released its first Windows Phone 7 patch this week, and it's not going well. The update is causing some people major problems including BRICKING their phones. So, that's just the kind of press you need when you're up against iPhone and Android. Not good. A couple in Egypt just named their newborn daughter Facebook, in honor of the social networking site that sparked a regime-toppling revolution. They couldn't have just put it on their license plate? And finally, Wikileaks opened up a gift shop, selling shirts and bags and stuff to raise more money. Because if there's anyone I'm giving my credit card info to, it's Wikileaks. But I do kind of want a Julian Assange beach Towel. That's the Buzz Report for this week, everyone. I'm Molly Wood, and thanks for watching.


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December is always my favorite time of the year because it means it's time to make New Year's Resolutions!
Not just because it's the holiday season and things seem more relaxed, but because I absolutely looooove thinking about what New Year's resolutions!
I'm still working on that list, but I wanted to inspire you to start thinking about the new year, too!
What projects have you been wanting to do?
What things need to get done?
How can you make this year more creative and organized?
Well, if you've been struggling with thinking of resolutions for this year, here are 60 DIY New Year's resolutions in a list that you can pick from!
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60 New Year's Resolutions for the DIY'er
- Call in "sick" to work once per month or quarter and stay home and craft all day. (Don't do it on a Monday or Friday. Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursdays are best!)
- Paint or refinish 6 pieces of furniture for your house.
- Learn to use a power tool.
- Travel to one of the famous flea markets (Brimfield, Brooklyn Flea, etc.)
- Declutter a room.
- Learn to make sewing alternations to thrifted clothes.
- Make a list of all your unfinished DIY projects and commit to finishing each one at a time.
- Organize all your crafting supplies so you can actually find stuff.
- Paint your fireplace.
- Donate everything in your garage that you don't use.
- Repurpose the most odd thing from the thrift store.
- Start a garden.
- Donate half of the clothing that you don't wear and organize the rest by seasons and style.
- Make your own DIY pendant lamp.
- Hang a chandelier in your bedroom.
- Repurpose a piece of clothing from the thrift store into something for your home.
- Paint a chair and forget reupholstering it.
- Vow never buy paint again until you've used all your old paint.
- Learn to strip and stain furniture.
- Build a piece of furniture from scratch.
- Sew your own DIY curtains.
- Paint your kitchen cabinets.
- Rip out your old flooring and replace it yourself.
- Remove the old wallpaper from your house.
- Add a runner to your stairs.
- Paint a mural or stencil on your walls.
- Make your own DIY wall art instead of buying it.
- Convince your spouse to finally go thrift diving with you!
- Visit a new thrift store in a separate part of town.
- Paint your stairs and rail.
- Commit to finding more time to DIY'ing.
- Write an open letter to yourself telling yourself that it's okay not to have a perfect house.
- Visit another thrift store far from home. Buy something amazing, then ship it home.
- Open an Etsy shop and start selling your crafts.
- Do a project using an old pallet.
- Learn how to make your own candles from scratch.
- Commit to thrifting or making DIY gifts this year.
- Make a DIY gift basket for a friend or family member just for the heck of it.
- Polish your wood floors so they look brand new.
- Organize your bathroom closet or medicine cabinet, pitching everything you don't use anymore.
- Paint all your bedroom furniture to look brand new.
- Re-stuff your sofa cushions to make it look brand new.
- Create a car emergency kit in case your car breaks down.
- Make a giant chalkboard wall calendar.
- Throw a DIY birthday scavenger hunt for your kids at home instead of renting expensive bounce houses.
- Reupholster all the chairs of your dining room table.
- Commit to donating one item for each new item you bring in from a thrift store, yardsale, or roadside.
- Send your favorite blogger and email telling them how much they're blog has impacted your life.
- Organize all your paints by color.
- Learn to knit socks.
- Take a photography course at a local community college or learn online.
- Create something with mosaic tiles.
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Yes. However unbelievable it might seem, your friends can sometimes help you get better marks. They can help you identify the mistakes you did not find obvious enough, and you also get an outsider's opinion on your essays, and therefore on your points of view. Now, even though your friends might be untrained, or unaware of the GRE AWA grading system, having a second pair of eyes look at your writing can be really beneficial to finding your flaws. Plus, you receive feedback then and there, right on your face, and it is sometimes the easier way to learn.
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We joined up with the Stars of Correllon! What adventure awaits us? Will we find out why we were chosen to find the Horn of Heroes? What is this broken balance that we should fix?
Well, lets first get our bearings, here in the capital of Okmar..
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WASHINGTON — Justice Dept. antitrust chief Charles James said Thursday that there is no single matter gobbling up more resources and attention than the hotly debated EchoStar/DirecTV merger.
The comments came during testimony before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee concerned with ongoing consolidation in the entertainment and media biz.
The two big deals presently being reviewed by the DOJ and the Federal Communications Commission are the EchoStar/DirecTV satcasting union and the AT&T/Comcast cable hookup.
James assured the lawmakers that both are receiving due review. He said the DOJ had requested and received more paperwork from EchoStar and DirecTV as late as last week.
"We are moving to bring this investigation to a prompt conclusion," James said. "We are very serious about this transaction."
Across Washington, the prospect of the country's two largest satcasters being allowed to merge has caused alarm. Of the various media deals proposed in recent years, EchoStar/DirecTV may be the one that gets held up because of antitrust concerns.
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), chair of the Antitrust Subcommittee, said he was surprised by this week's news that AT&T/Comcast had cleared the DOJ by default.
"How can such a giant merger be allowed to go by without a whisper of concern? Certainly this deal, too, poses some antitrust concerns."
On Tuesday, AT&T and Comcast announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act had expired with no requests by Justice for additional information. Hence, the act therefore "no longer prohibits the parties from closing the proposed transaction," companies said.
James said review of the AT&T/Comcast deal is not over, contrary to what the companies said. "Lest there be any confusion, the investigation is ongoing."
Kohl and Rep. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), ranking Democrat on the Antitrust Subcommittee, announced they will hold a hearing on media and entertainment consolidation early next year.
"Consolidation of the entertainment, media and news industries raises special concerns, because we are talking about the marketplace of ideas," Kohl said.


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Universe: Metroid
Element Alignment: Lightning
Affinity: Good
Reasons for Fighting: Revenge
Zero Suit Samus makes an appearance as Samus' alter ego after using her Final Smash. As before, you can access this form through taunting or the character select screen. Zero Suit Samus focuses on speed and electrocuting her opponents with her gun. Her Stun Gun stuns longer and does more damage but she still retains her aerial skills and speed that was from SSBB.
Changes from SSBB to SSB4
Zero Suit Samus' jab attack can now connect on all characters. As well. Zero Suit Samus' stun gun does more damage on her Forward and Down Smash and stuns longer (5 frames longer), her dash attack is much faster, and her down tilt does 3% more damage.
Zero Suit Samus Special B Move Set
- Neutral B – Paralyzer
- Side B – Plasma Whip
- Up B – Plasma Wire
- Down B – Flip Jump
The Final Trio
- Final Smash – Power Suit Samus
- Final Melee – Partial Suit
- Final Brawl – Deadly Hunter
Power Suit Samus is Zero Suit Samus' Final Smash. This retains the same properties and transforms Zero Suit Samus back into Power Suit Samus.
- Beginning Cinematic: Zero Suit Samus flips up and lands. Electricity begins to move about her. She then swipes her hand in the air dramatically.
Partial Suit is Zero Suit Samus' Final Melee. The armor that was previous shed begins to peace itself around Zero Suit Samus. The back of her helmet, the armored back portion, parts of her arm, her arm cannon, one large shoulder pad, and parts of her legs fit over her body. Zero Suit Samus retains her speed and aerial finesse while still controlling the power of the Power Suit. All of Zero Suit Samus' attacks are increased by half and have very high knock back. She still retains her speed and has 10% Super Armor. She can fire the Arm Cannon but her Side B is Plasma Whip, her Down B is Flip Jump, and her up B is Screw Attack. After the attack is finished, the armor falls back off and can be used again.
- Beginning Cinematic: Zero Suit Samus lens back and spreads out her arms. Electricity flows around her body and the armor pieces begin to piece themselves around her body.
Deadly Hunter is Zero Suit Samus' Final Brawl. Zero Suit Samus rushes forward and kicks the opponent. She then jumps and uses her Plasma Whip to grab the opponent and throws them up while in mid-air. She then jumps up and does a high kick to send them up into the sky. It has extremely good KO ability and does very high vertical damage. It does 65% Damage.
- Beginning Cinematic: Zero Suit Samus brings out her pistol and the plasma whip shoots out. She cracks it (much like in the SSBB debut trailer) and then rushes forward.
Proposed Stage – Skytown, Elyssia
New Taunt(s)
- Right Side – Zero Suit Samus stands up straight, brushes back her hair, and says "Time to go!"
Palette Swap
Light Zero Suit Samus – Resembles the PED Palette Swap
DLC Costumes
Military Samus
- Attributes: 5% Speed Increase, 4% dodge speed increase, 6% jump increase, 2% fall speed increase, 2% strength decrease, 7% defense decrease, and 5% shield decrease.
Current Zero Suit Samus Move Set (taken from the SmashWikia)
Changes are in BOLD
Ground Attacks
- Neutral Attack – Palm Strike, Pistol Whip, Hip Thrust. Hits for 2%, 2%, 3%, respectively, for a total of 7% damage. Links properly for all characters.
- Dash Attack – Leaps off of the ground, with a leg extended horizontally, traveling forward a bit. Similar in appearance to Fox's. Can easily be followed with tilts at low to mid percents, and can lock if buffered properly. 7% damage. Is faster than before with little lag.
- Forward Tilt – An around-the-body kick 45 degrees from horizontal (when tilted upward). Can also be angled closer to horizontal (with forward held) or a quick, short ranged low leg sweep (when tilted down). Very low knockback. 6% damage.
- Down Tilt – Similar in appearance to Sheik's Down Tilt, a prone leg-sweep. Knocks upwards. Can combine with other attacks well. 9% damage.
- Up Tilt – Does handstand-splits while spinning in place, legs moving up vertically. Two hits for 5% then 6%, totaling 11% damage. Pretty good knockback at higher percents, and at low percents it sets up combos well. Replaces her Down Smash as a semi-effective means of hitting opponents on both sides.
Smash Attacks
- Forward Smash – Slashes forward with the whip. Good disjointed range, but poor knockback, and high starting and ending lag. Hits slightly behind her as well. 12%-18% damage in front, 6% damage behind.
- Down Smash – Aims down and shoots Paralyzer at the ground in front of her, creating a lightning effect. Only hits in front. Low damage and delayed knockback, but stuns the target in place for a much longer time than before in SSBB. A rather unique attack, and it can be followed up by a Side Smash. Double Down Smash followed by Up Smash (or whatever is appropriate at the time) is an effective combo. Also moves Zero Suit Samus forward a little. Can infinite Fox at mid percents and other fast fallers to a lesser extent. 13–16% damage.
- Up Smash – Samus spins, extending the Plasma whip up above her head in a swirl. Hits multiple times, long vertical disjointed range and decent horizontal range. Only the tip of the plasma whip does knockback. 12-16% damage.
Aerial Attacks
- Neutral Aerial – Samus spins the whip around her body. Fairly good knockback and long range. Always deals 10% damage, regardless of decay, and does not refresh decay on other moves.
- Forward Aerial – Two forward kicks, each slightly faster and only slightly weaker than Samus's Back Aerial. The second kick is stronger than the first. Because of the knockback of the first kick, it such a pain to hit with both kicks unless taking advantage of upward and forward momentum from a jump. 6% then 11%, for a total of 17% damage.
- Back Aerial – Backward kick, similar in appearance to Samus's Back Aerial, but is a bit faster and has a larger hitbox. High knockback, and arguably her best KO move in the air. 13%
- Up Aerial – Flipkicks both legs above her head, similar to Fox's Up Aerial. High KO potential on lighter characters at as little as 60%, especially if they are near the upper blast line. Sweetspot is directly in front of Samus. 10% sweetspotted, 7% otherwise.
- Down Aerial – A Stall-Then-Fall. Samus stalls momentarily in midair, and then shoots down diagonally, similar to Sonic's or Sheik's Down Aerial. If it hits in midair, the first hit knocks the target into the second hit. Upon hitting the ground, it hits a second time, knocking anyone close away a fair bit. Like most Stall-Then-Fall moves, this can be used to cancel some vertical knockback if used while being knocked back. This move can Meteor Smash, but it is very dangerous when not over land as it will not stop until it is used at very high altitudes, similar to Toon Link's Down Aerial. Extremely fast vertical descent speed makes for an effective solution to her falling speed. 4% on contact, 5% landing, total of 9% damage possible.
Grabs and Throws
- Grab – Reaches forward with Plasma Whip. Very long range, especially her pivot grab, but is extremely laggy if misses. All of Zero Suit Samus's grabs have a start-up of 16 frames.
- Pummel – Knees her victim. 2% damage.
- Forward Throw – Hits opponent forward with gun. Can chain grab most characters at low percents. Deals 2%, then 7%, for a total of 9% damage.
- Back Throw – Kicks opponent. Deals 2%, then 4%, for a total of 6% damage.
- Up Throw – Flips into the air and kicks the opponent. Deals 2%, then 8%, for a total of 10% damage.
- Down Throw – Slams opponent on ground and stomps on them. Appearance similar to Captain Falcon's Up Tilt. Ideal for combos. Deals 2%, then 5%, for a total of 7% damage.
- Up: Throws her gun into the air, spins and catches it behind her and says "Is that all?".
- Left Side: Activates her whip, flicks it and says "Try me".
- Down: Samus spins multiple times quickly on one foot, twirling her plasma whip around her waist like a rhythmic gymnast and says teasingly and seductively, "You're mine".
Stage Entrance
- Appears and the armor falls off from her (allowing it to be thrown).
My Thoughts
Zero Suit Samus was a solid character with a few weaknesses that are addressed in SSB4. Her Stun Gun should do more damage than before. With those changes to her play style, she can become a powerful character.


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Judi Dench Fans, Rejoice! Even The Year That Will Bring Her 80th Birthday And May Bring Her First Best Actress Oscar Isn't Slowing This Late-Blooming Film Acting Legend Down. She's Just Getting Started
Jan 07, 2014, 11:51 EST
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- With awards, nominations and some of the best reviews of her storied career already pouring in for Dame Judi Dench's title performance in the multiply-nominated and awarded film, "Philomena," a portrayal which may bring about public and religious policies protecting young mothers from enduring forced adoption of their children, the acting icon is making it clear that she's just getting started. Or at least that she has no plans to slow down the run of awarded film performance which she began at the ripe young age of 63.
Even a recent knee replacement will not cause her to replace her passion for work in films of great meaning for directors of great accomplishment. "Philomena" director Stephen Frears' list of awarded motion pictures includes "The Grifters," "Dangerous Liaisons," "My Beautiful Launderette" and "The Queen" which recently earned Helen Mirren the Best Actress Academy Award. Dench points out that great direction doesn't always involve detailed or stern directives. "I love working with Stephen. He hardly says anything, but he subtly helps you get the drift of it."
A culminating performance like "Philomena," a new high in a fifteen year film acting career which already includes six Academy Award nominations and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar (for "Shakespeare In Love,") promises more culmination to come. Her non-stop schedule has Dench on the way to India to film the sequel to "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," once more under the direction of John Madden who also piloted "Shakespeare In Love."
Another key figure in the unstoppable crescendo of Dench's film successes, and a reason for her unabating appetite for more films of significant public impact, is Harvey Weinstein. As the influential film industry trade paper, The Hollywood Reporter, recently noted of Dench, "the 79-year-old British legend, who has scored six Oscar noms since turning 63 -- five for Weinstein-distributed films -- might well nab a seventh nod on Jan. 16."
The respected trade journal went on to say, "It would be an understatement to describe Dench and Weinstein as a Hollywood 'odd couple.' Dench, 79, is the elegant British actress who has performed Shakespeare on stage, conquered TV and, since turning 63, scored six Oscar noms." In observing that "the critically-acclaimed Weinstein Co. film 'Philomena' has received a Golden Globe nom for best picture and garnered Dench best actress Critics' Choice, Globe and SAG," it quoted the actress as saying, "It's because of Harvey that I've got a film career." Weinstein began Dench's film eminence when he saw a British film headed to television, "Mrs. Brown," gave it an enthusiastic film release and secured the actress' first Best Actress Oscar nomination.
Weinstein, backing up Dench's assurance that "neither charging youthfully up to eighty or replaced knee or even joining the ranks of other legends who have won the Best Actress Oscar will move her one step toward retirement. She says she feels like 43. Eighty is just the speed she's driving."
The Hollywood Reporter's story also speculated that "The duo's latest collaboration, 'Philomena,' might well be their most moving yet." Judging from the attention it has brought to the issue of forced adoptions (and also the theme of the manner in which American politicians have had to adhere to don't-ask-don't-tell regarding gender orientation), the film already is the most impactful of their joint ventures. Dench plays the real-life Philomena Lee, an Irish mother who, after 50 years, set out to find the son she had as a girl been bullied into giving up for adoption. Her co-star, Steve Coogan, obtained the rights to the best-selling book, "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee" by Martin Sixsmith. Coogan, who adapted the script with Jeff Pope, portrays Sixsmith who aided Mrs. Lee in her spiritually triumphant and emotionally charged quest.
"Philomena" begins its wide US national release January 10.
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is a multimedia production and distribution company launched in October 2005 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films in 1979. TWC also encompasses Dimension Films, the genre label founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, which has released such popular franchises as SCREAM, SPY KIDS and SCARY MOVIE. Together TWC and Dimension Films have released a broad range of mainstream, genre and specialty films that have been commercial and critical successes. TWC releases took home eight 2012 Academy Awards®, the most wins in the studio's history. The tally included Best Picture for Michel Hazanavicius's THE ARTIST and Best Documentary Feature for TJ Martin and Dan Lindsay's UNDEFEATED. THE ARTIST brought TWC its second consecutive Best Picture statuette following the 2011 win for Tom Hooper's THE KING'S SPEECH.
Since 2005, TWC and Dimension Films have released such films as GRINDHOUSE; 1408; I'M NOT THERE; THE GREAT DEBATERS; VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA; THE READER; THE ROAD; HALLOWEEN; THE PAT TILLMAN STORY; PIRANHA 3D; INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS; A SINGLE MAN; BLUE VALENTINE; THE COMPANY MEN; MIRAL; SCRE4M; SUBMARINE; DIRTY GIRL; APOLLO 18; OUR IDIOT BROTHER; I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT; SARAH'S KEY; SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D; MY WEEK WITH MARILYN; THE IRON LADY; W.E.; CORIOLANUS; UNDEFEATED; THE ARTIST; BULLY; THE INTOUCHABLES; LAWLESS; KILLING THEM SOFTLY; THE MASTER; SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK; DJANGO UNCHAINED; QUARTET; ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH; DARK SKIES; THE SAPPHIRES; SCARY MOVIE 5; and KON-TIKI. Currently in release are UNFINISHED SONG and FRUITVALE STATION, LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER, THE GRANDMASTER, SALINGER, and 12-12-12, PHILOMENA, MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM and AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY. Upcoming releases include ONE CHANCE and VAMPIRE ACADEMY.
TWC is active in television production, led by former Miramax Films President of Production Meryl Poster. TWC is the studio behind such hit television series as the Emmy® nominated and Peabody Award winning reality series PROJECT RUNWAY and its spin-off series PROJECT RUNWAY ALL STARS and PROJECT ACCESSORY; the VH1 reality series MOB WIVES and its spin-off series MOB WIVES CHICAGO and BIG ANG; and the critically acclaimed scripted HBO comedy/crime series THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY which also received a Peabody Award. The company is in production on the upcoming TLC series WELCOME TO MYRTLE MANOR, the A&E series RODEO QUEENS, and the Lifetime reality competition show SUPERMARKET SUPERSTAR hosted by Stacy Keibler. Among TWC's other projects in development for television are the martial-arts epic MARCO POLO for Starz, an untitled private eye procedural for FX, and THE NANNY DIARIES developed by ABC with a pilot by Amy Sherman Palladino.
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Oni final
Calling this done. Probably could keep noodling, but it's time to move on. Didn't turn out quite the way I wanted as I wanted this to be a different style to my usual doodlings...
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