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My good ol' 9600GT recently kicked the bucket and I figured it's time I replace my PC, especially with the prospect of holiday specials coming up. I'm hoping to replace it with a 'gaming' laptop. I don't have a rock solid budget yet, but I'm hoping to keep it somewhere in the $1000-$1500 range (maybe a bit higher to hit a sweet spot). So my main question is, is this a good time to splurge on one? Is there anything worth waiting for (CPU/GPU refresh, etc)?
The main use of the laptop is obviously for gaming. It'll most probably be plugged in when I'm using it so battery life isn't a huge concern, although I'd like to be able to squeeze a few hours of normal usage without being tethered down. I also want something with decent build quality.
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BELMONT � As Belmont Abbey College enters its first NCAA Division II national tournament appearance in 10 years, there�s a chance the Crusaders won�t have the full arsenal of their nationally-ranked offense.
While senior point guard Terrone Sheffey went through practice on Friday, there�s still some concern about the hamstring injury he suffered late in last Thursday�s Conference Carolinas� semifinal win at top-seeded Barton.
�He�s doing better,� said Miss, whose team plays host and top-seeded USC-Aiken Saturday at 5 p.m. in the third of four quarterfinals. �He was able to go through a full contact practice with us (Friday), so we�re cautiously optimistic that he�ll be available.�
Having Sheffey would add to an offense that averages 87.4 points per game (sixth in NCAA Division II) in addition to offering another option to defend USC-Aiken�s Peach Belt Conference player of the year Re�mon Nelson.
The Crusaders (22-9) won 67-55 at Limestone last Saturday without Sheffey in the Conference Carolinas tournament title game.
Should Sheffey not be able to go, juniors Justin Kuhlman and Ryan Conrad, who combined for 22 points in last Saturday�s win, would again fill in. Kuhlman averages 5.2 points and 24.1 minutes in 31 games (two starts). Conrad averages 2.3 points and 5.7 minutes in 21 games.
But Miss would certainly like to have his full deck of playing cards to deal with the talented Pacers (22-7), who won the Peach Belt regular season and tournament titles.
�Obviously, we would prefer to have Terrone Sheffey fully healthy and ready to go,� said Miss, who has guided the Abbey to its most wins since its last NCAA Division II tournament appearance (24-7 in 2003). �But J.J. Kuhlman and Ryan Conrad showed in our last game that we can be successful even if Terrone can�t go for us.�
In addition to Nelson, who averages 13.7 points, 6.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game, USC-Aiken features a pair of NCAA Division I transfers with local connections.
Junior forward Paul Larsen in 2010 led Lake Norman High in Mooresville to the N.C. 4A championship before going to Mercer. But he transferred to USC-Aiken this season and is averaging 13.2 points and a team-leading 9.0 rebounds.
Another junior forward, Santoine Butler, began his college career at Gardner-Webb, starting five times in 43 games played for the Bulldogs from 2009-11 before transferring. This season, he�s averaging 12.4 points and 6.7 rebounds.
The leading scorer for eighth-year coach Vince Alexander�s team is junior guard Ronald Zimmerman (16.2 scoring average).
�Nelson really runs their team,� Miss said. �He�s a very solid point guard. He�s able to score in multiple ways and he really runs that team.�
The Abbey will counter the Pacers� attack with the nation�s leading scorer � and recently named Southeast Region player of the year � Tyshawn Good. Good, a senior guard from Jamaica, N.Y., averages 27.0 points per game and enters Saturday�s game just 14 points shy of becoming Belmont Abbey�s fifth 2,000-point career scorer.
Good was joined on the All-Southeast Region team by Nelson and four other regional participants � 2013 Conference Carolinas player of the year Gerald Boston of Barton, UNC-Pembroke�s George Blakeney, Limestone�s Charles Blue and Montevallo State�s Troran Brown.
Other top scorers for Belmont Abbey are Sheffey (13.8), senior forward Jay Council (12.8), junior forward Chris Davis (11.6) and junior forward Darryl Durham (11.2). Durham is the leading rebounder at 8.3 per game.
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Saturday�s quarterfinals
No. 3 Barton (21-7) vs. No. 6 Montevallo (20-9), noon
No. 2 Lincoln Memorial (24-5) vs. No. 7 UNC-Pembroke (22-9), 2:30 p.m.
No. 1 USC-Aiken (22-7) vs. No. 8 Belmont Abbey (22-9), 5 p.m.
No. 4 Wingate (21-8) vs. No. 5 Limestone (21-8), 7:30 p.m.
Sunday�s semifinals
Barton-Montevello winner vs. LM-UNCP winner, 5 p.m.
USCA-BA winner vs. Wingate-Limestone winner, 7:30 p.m.
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Radiation for Equine Cancer Offered by Washington State
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During the past few years, the oncology team at Washington State University (WSU) has successfully treated several horses with cancer using radiation therapy. Previously, this type of treatment was considered an unrealistic option for horses with cancer.
But WSU's advantage is its linear accelerator. One of the most advanced machines in the world dedicated to animal cancer treatment, the linear accelerator in WSU's Veterinary Teaching Hospital uses either electron beams or high-energy X ray radiation to treat tumors with minimal impact to the surrounding healthy tissue. This tool delivers focused radiation therapy exactly like that used with human cancer patients, while being large enough to accommodate a horse.
WSU oncologist Janean Fidel, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVR, ACVIM, believes radiation therapy is a highly viable option for treating numerous equine tumors, including common skin tumors such as melanomas, sarcoids, and squamous cell carcinomas.
"Even though cancer is not as common in horses as dogs or cats, it does still occur and, just like in small animals, radiation therapy is a valuable tool in the treatment of our equine oncology patients," said Fidel, who works with WSU's equine team to treat horses that come to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Pullman.
Recently, Fidel presented her findings at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Forum, entitled, "Radiation Therapy in Horses: Something to Consider." (Read coverage of this presentation.)
Ghostbuster receiving radiation treatment in WSU�s linear accelerator under the care of the WSU equine surgical team.
According to Fidel, tumors located on extremities or the head are easier to position, but any body part that fits under the beam can be treated. After reviewing the biology of radiation therapy in dogs and cats, Fidel said the goal remains the same: Deliver the highest possible dose of radiation to the tumor while sparing the normal surrounding tissue. Under this model, she believes that only tumors that have not or do not have a tendency to metastasize should be considered.
Treating horses presents several challenges because of their size and the number of treatments required. But the WSU equine team and Patrick Gavin, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVR, a WSU radiation oncologist, developed a method of anesthetizing horses, and moving them to and from the linear accelerator in a safe and rapid manner. Gavin has since retired and Fidel now develops the protocols to be used for individual horses.
In one sterling example, WSU veterinarians were successful in treating a Clydesdale/Thoroughbred cross named Ghostbuster in 2005. At 1,400 pounds, Ghostbuster was the largest animal to be treated in WSU's linear accelerator.
"We used a protocol where we anesthetized (and treated) Ghostbuster twice a day for five days," said Kelly Farnsworth,MS, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, a WSU a professor and equine surgeon at WSU who was involved in the case. "This protocol had not been used in horses before. Typically the procedure from the time he was anesthetized to the time he was back in the recovery stall was around 12 to 13 minutes. The treatment in the linear accelerator lasted only about 25 to 30 seconds, and the rest of the time was transporting him to and from the linear accelerator. He came through the treatments without any problems at all."
Better yet, Ghostbuster's tumor completely regressed. Years later, the horse remains free of cancer.
"The results of this therapy in other species and certainly in this horse have been very encouraging," Farnsworth said.--Darin Watkins and Emmy Widman
Reprinted from the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine Equine News Fall 2008 issue.
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Curry Optimistic About Re-Signing With Warriors
Stephen Curry indicated Tuesday he'll likely re-sign with the Golden State Warriors after this season.
"Yes. Yes," Curry replied to questions about whether he's optimistic about returning to the Warriors. Next offseason will be the two-time reigning NBA MVP's first time as an unrestricted free agent.
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Kawhi Leonard Out Indefinitely Due to Lingering Pain from Quadriceps Injury
The San Antonio Spurs will hold All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard out indefinitely due to lingering pain from a quadriceps injury that caused him to miss the first 27 games of the season.
"He didn't re-injure it or anything. But you know he was having pain, not right after games but maybe the next day," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Wednesday. "… The pain wasn't dissipating; it wasn't going in the right direction, it was going the other way."
Popovich quickly dismissed the idea that Leonard could be out for the remainder of the season due to the tendinopathy in his right quadriceps. Popovich described the Spurs' decision to sit Leonard as "conservative."
"You've got to be confident in your body to go out there and play at the level that he's expected to play," the coach said. "… We didn't feel he was ready; his confidence level wasn't there, so we just decided to give it some more time."
The Spurs initially announced during training camp that Leonard would miss the preseason because of the quadriceps issue, but the recovery process lingered into December, with Popovich admitting in November that the forward was "coming along more slowly" in rehabilitation than the club had hoped.
The two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year has appeared in just nine games this season, as the Spurs have restricted his playing time to ensure a full recovery from the condition that causes pain and weakness in the knee.
Report: Trevor Ariza, Gerald Green Suspended Two Games
Trevor Ariza said nothing happened. The NBA strongly disagreed.
Ariza and Gerald Green will both be suspended for Houston's next two games, with the NBA coming down hard on both players Wednesday for what the league said was their "hostile, verbal altercation" in the Los Angeles Clippers' locker room earlier this week.
No other players were disciplined, including Rockets guards James Harden and Chris Paul – both of whom left the Houston locker room with hopes of defusing the situation, the league said.
"You guys had a lot of different stories about what happened, none of them which were true," Ariza said Wednesday in Houston, before the league announced the suspensions. "Everybody's entitled to their own opinion. The people that were there know exactly what happened and know exactly what did not happen.
Ariza and Green will miss games against two of the best teams in the Western Conference – Minnesota on Thursday and Golden State on Saturday. Ariza has started all 40 of his appearances with Houston this season, and Green has played in 10 games with the team as a reserve.
The league said the investigation included more than 20 interviews with executives, staff, coaches and players from both teams, as well as arena personnel.
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What Do New-Keynesian Phillips Curves Imply for Price-Level Targeting? (ICPSR 1221)
Principal Investigator(s): Gavin, William, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Dittmar, Robert, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
This article extends the analysis of price-level targeting to a model including the New-Keynesian Phillips Curve. The authors examine inflation-output variability tradeoffs implied by optimal inflation and price-level rules. In previous work with the Neoclassical Phillips Curve, the authors found that the choice between inflation targeting and price-level targeting depended on the amount of persistence in the output gap. That is, if the output gap was not too persistent, or if lagged output did not enter the aggregate supply function, then inflation targets were preferred to price-level targets. When one starts with a New-Keynesian Phillips Curve, the amount of persistence in the output gap still affects the relative placement of the inflation-output variability tradeoff. But, contrary to the Neoclassical case, even where the persistence of the output gap in the aggregate supply function is small or nonexistent, the price-level targeting regime still results in a more favorable tradeoff between output and inflation variability than does an inflation-targeting regime.
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"Awe-inspiring history"
I have been enthralled by listening to all four parts of this inspiring story of the Second World War of which this is the final book. Christian Rodska's fine narration has added to the experience. This last part high-lighted for me how history can be changed by individuals for good or ill. The duplicity of Stalin, once a cherished ally; the premature death of Roosevelt; the surprise result of the 1945 General Election ousting Churchill: all had ramifications that coloured the rest of the 20th century. By the end of these books I felt a great sadness over the huge waste of lives, but also inspired by the peoples' bravery and tenacity. We owe a great debt of gratitude to Churchill who worked tirelessly for five years against the odds. Not only was he a great leader, but also a great writer able to convey in such a riveting way the fears, triumphs and tragedies of war.
"Worth the read"
Winston Churchill is a great writer besides being a great Prime Minister. Really good to hear it form his point of view rather than from others writing about him or the war. You definitely realise this was a man ahead of his time, and one of the few to really get Hitler.
"Two brief comments from a spaniard"
I would not dream to say anything new on this fascinating work of Mr. Churchill's. However, two topics in the book might be worth underlining at the present moment. On one hand, the scaring and astonishing similarities between the finacial crisis we are enduring and the 1929 crisis, as explained in the book. And, on the other, Mr Churchill's analysis on the causes and motives for the nationalists uprising in july 1936 against the Spanish republican goverment who, as the author states, had lost its legitimacy through its atack on the same republic they nominaly represented, trying to establish a communist totalitarian regime through revolutionary means. His short, but nevertheless clarifying comments, will surely be embraced with enthusiasm by the politicians and intelectuals who, after decades of peace and reconciliation among spaniards are trying to revive, via what they call \"Memoria hist?rica\" (Historic Memory,)past and happily forgotten tragedies.
"Essential reading"
This should be essential reading (listening) for all. Fascinating read and I learnt much I did not know before.
"A bucket list listen"
No history lesson is complete without its makers adding their footnotes. Few history lessons are so completely recalled by their maker as this one is
"Always good, occasionally great"
This is the concluding volume in Winston Churchill's incomparable history of World War II. As in his previous three volumes it provides remarkable insight and an unparalleled "you are there" view of the events. It is an absolute must-read for anyone that has had the pleasure of completing the previous books.
However, it suffers in comparison to the other books. This first-person view of history worked incredibly well in the first three volumes because Churchill was, quite literally, in the middle of much of the significant action and decisions from 1938 to 1942. His insight, speeches, decisions, and influence on diplomacy literally made history and changed the course of the war. Having a front-row seat to that power and thought process is a treat.
However, starting in 1943 and certainly in 1944 the United States and the Soviet Union became the primary players on the Allied side and Great Britain (and thus Churchill), exhausted and smaller than the others, became a junior partner. Churchill had less and less influence in the conduct of the war and it is not surprising he was greatly frustrated by it, though he certainly knew that only through the combined efforts of the USA and USSR could complete victory be achieved.
In this volume he spends most of his time on things he had direct impact over (which were smaller scale) or talking about his frustrations about not being able to prosecute the war as he saw fit. For example, we hear much more about a small invasion of Italy he tried to coordinate than we do about D-Day. And we hear practically nothing about the treatment of Jews or concentration camps.
But Churchill really comes through in the end as he chronicles the Soviet transformation in 1944/5 from ally to adversary. And there is an epilogue where he discusses the transformations of the geopolitical situation from 1945 to 1957 that is remarkable in its anticipation of many of the issues we continue to face.
"Winston Churchill knew more about WW2 than anyone."
And he wrote about it with an excellence no one else has equalled. I would certainly listen to it again. I am amazed at how candid yet diplomatic Churchill is, and how beautifully he writes. Imagine a great world leader, also a brilliant journalist, who knows first hand the course of the most important war in history describing events and the personalities of the principal world rulers with penetrating insight and great humor. There is so much to be learned by this book, listening to it twice would only be good for starters.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is a brilliant book and I loved it. However, the account of a journalist who lived through the war and observed it first hand pales in comparison with Churchills authority and intimate knowledge of events.
I thought of him as Churchill. I felt Churchill was telling me about the war.
Triumph and Tragedy. The birth of the world today.
This is one book I am going to get a hard copy and take notes.
"Intensely interesting not just for history buffs"
You should definitely listen to the whole series to understand this tragic period of history. It is true what others wrote before that the book is a little bit self serving, but nonetheless it's a great listen.
I have the feeling that Churchill himself is telling me the story. Rodska is a great narrator, he even paid attention to using slightly different voices and accents if the contents of a letter or telegram is related written by Roosevelt or Stalin.
Many films were already made no need for more.
"Class Dismissed"
I enjoyed listening to all 4 books. This one was the hardest. Mostly because I'm ADHD:-). But, also it was hard to hear some of history that was so sad & could've been prevented. Still glad I learned of so many things I've never heard before, though. Mr. Churchill was an excellent history teacher!
"interesting and enjoyable"
having read the original 6 volume unabridged version I found this abridged audio version enjoyable. An insight into the events that shaped the modern world from an active participant. Well read by Rodska, the feel that the author is speaking to you, without any over dramatization.
The historical, behind-the-scenes events revealed in this book helped me better understand the motivations behind the principle characters and nations.
His voice was stable, and expressive of controlled resolve and emotion which I found believable in replicating Winston Churchill. I was easily "absorbed" into the story as it was read and never felt like someone was just reading a story to me - I felt as if I were there, experiencing the saga as it unfolded.
The story and the delivery were outstanding. Kudos!
"Good book, but I got more than I expected."
I expected the book to be told from the British perspective, and it was. I was a bit surprised by Churchill's somewhat defensive posture throughout the narrative as on several occasions he emphasized the load that Great Britain assumed in the war was somewhat out of proportion as compared to the US. But I thought the detail that he supplied around the interface with Stalin was fascinating. It seems clear that Churchill, himself managed the relationship with the USSR from the time that Germany began their thrust to the East to the end of the conflict.
The book also provided unknown (to me) details about the relationship between the US and Great Britain during the years prior to the US being directly involved in the war.
There were times that I could hear Churchill's voice as Rodska provided his narriative.
"Incredible insight and detail"
To listen to the thoughts of ,(the greatest man of the 20th Century),Churchill is incredible. His foresight and opinion were almost never wrong, and when he was, it was not by much. He was an amazing man and leader.
"strange omissions"
This volume was least diverting of the lot but was not devoid of interest. The irony of Poland, whose invasion by Germany started the war losing its freedom anyway, had been lost on me. The absence of certain subjects in this and earlier volumes puzzled me. Operation Market Garden is one example. And how do you abridge the Holocaust?
this really is a terrific book. it is amazing how relevant it is 60 years later
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Remember being told "there is no such thing as a stupid question"? I think that is a pretty stupid statement. Of course there are stupid questions and we need to be asking more of them.
Think: If there were only intelligent questions asked and answered, and somebody like me comes along who takes twice as long as the average person to figure something out and I am too intimidated by all the know-it-alls out there to ask my stupid question. How stupid is that? And what if somebody comes along with the same problem as I have and sees that I am acting like everything is OK but it isn't really, and he/she doesn't ask either? You can see how all of this not asking stupid questions business gets out of hand.
And what does all this have to do with gardening and improving the urban and suburban landscape for all to appreciate? Let's ask some "Stupid Questions."
1. Why are there not cut flowers on everyone's dining-room table? We are in a cut-flower drought, I think caused by the California native-plant binge and boring design trends that have been going on for the last 30 years. Plant flowers, lots of flowers, all year round. Get in the habit of cutting fresh flowers every few days and putting them on the table.
2. What if I don't have time to go to the nursery and buy plants? There is a plant service that will deliver plants on a regular schedule. Check out the website http://crateandbloom.com. A longtime grower and supplier to nurseries, this company will deliver garden plants directly to your door on a regular schedule.
3. I have a black thumb and cannot seem to grow anything, how can I justify spending more money when my plants all die? Here I have to admit that I am really not very good with plumbing. It takes me twice as long as just about anybody else even with all the years of experience, college irrigation classes, workshops, seminars and plenty of practice. Anyway, I delegate plumbing to those who know how and can do it well. The same goes for growing a garden. If you really cannot grow plants, there are plenty of people who can.
4. Water is so expensive, how can I grow a lush garden and not go broke? There is plenty of water. There is not plenty of water to waste. If we are thinking in cups and gallons rather than hours on a timer we will use just what is needed and not more. Thousands of gallons are lost a year by not being conscious of how much is being wasted. Try hand watering once a month, digging down to see how deep the water went and noting how long it took to satisfy that need. Collect all the water from your roof. Learn about water reclamation by searching the web.
5. How much time does it take to garden? I don't have much time. There is an old lesson about meditation. If you don't have enough time to meditate for five minutes a day, then you need to meditate for 10 minutes a day. This is the same for gardening. You will find that gardening regularly, like meditation, exercise, reading and sleep will energize you and stimulate many unrelated areas of your life.
6. I don't like gardens, so why would I want to grow one? This is quite reasonable and a very good stupid question. Many of the gardens most of us see are quite uninteresting. We have not really grown culturally enough yet to be really good garden designers and growers. I think we are getting closer to realizing the importance of our surroundings but we haven't gotten there yet. Look at some of the classical gardens around like Filoli in Woodside, the San Francisco Botanical Gardens in Golden Gate Park, Hakone Japanese Garden in Saratoga and you will see some of what we need to learn. There are hints all over that we are getting there. For example, visit some of the community gardens on the Peninsula and you will see a few plots that are well-thought-out and managed. The traffic divider down the middle of Guerrero Street south in San Francisco has been planted intelligently with drought-tolerant succulents that look amazing. Few are California natives by the way.
7. Why is the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show emphasizing growing food rather than gardens lately? Granted there is a trend toward home-grown produce and Alice Waters made eating fresh and local famous. But there are great farmers markets all over now and the farmers are providing amazing variety, quality and prices that homeowners or home gardeners cannot reproduce. I think with the limited will for ornamental design in the private sector and the lack of inspiring designs we are all getting more interested in eating than growing. The passion is turning toward the kitchen rather than the garden. Again, growing flowers for the table will help this enormously.
8. Why don't boys bring flowers anymore? I have to say, this isn't really a stupid question. It is a tragic one. I don't know except that it would not hurt guys to try it and see what happens.
9. I loved eating outdoors in France, why don't we do this in California? Sunset Magazine and Books has been writing about outdoor living for more than a century. It has gone in and out of style and I would like to see it be more a custom here. One client of mine has made their back patio a real living space complete with electronics, phones, heat and dining area. I loved sitting out there with them talking about their fruit trees. The multimillion-dollar home seemed like a cave in comparison.
10. I don't know how to start, isn't it hard? Sometimes to start moving toward a goal is the hardest part of reaching it. The beginning of the momentum need not be great. A six pack of Johnny Jump Ups gave me the incentive to write this column. I hope this helps inspire new and colorful gardens.
Good gardening.
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**Robert was born 2 January 1930 to Thomas Josiah & Minnie (Brewer) Hall. They moved to Texarkana, Miller County, AR and he graduated in May 1947 at North Heights High School. **
He was in the Future Teachers of America, the Junior Play and was a member of the Debate Club for two years.
**After high school, Robert enlisted in the Army and when the Korean War started, he was one of the first to go. A PFC, he served in the 9th Inf, 2 Inf Div. **** He had barely been in Korea two weeks when he was killed. **
**Just less than one year after he died, his classmate, Cecil Wayne "Jitter" Groom was killed. **


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From press reports
CAMP SEMINOLE–Local Boy Scouts and their adult advisors, all members of the Pushmataha Area Council, departed Camp Seminole early Sunday morning for Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico for twelve days of hiking and low-impact camping in the Sangre de Cristo range of the Rocky Mountains.
The Scouts' families threw them a send off dinner on the grounds of the camp the night before.
In all, thirty-five Scouts and adult advisors from Starkville's Troops 14 and 27, West Point's Troop 15, Columbus's Troops 3 and 1, Ackerman's Troop 41 and Louisville's Troop 5 will traverse one of 55 camp trails along the 214 square mile ranch, hiking approximately 60 to 80 miles during their adventure in altitudes of 6,500 to 12,441 feet.
Divided into three crews, each crew selected its route before departure and spent the last eight months training by taking similar hikes and camping trips in Alabama.


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You guessed right: Square Enix's next release is Final Fantasy: All the Bravest, and you should see it on the App Store anytime now.
The game has already popped up on the New Zealand App Store, according to Kotaku, because of the time difference. It costs $4.19, which is about $3.50 in the U.S. — a modest price for a mobile game from the publisher.
All the Bravest uses an active time battle system (ATB), and every three hours you can activate the Fever option, which lets you deal as much damage as you can without waiting for the characters' ATB gauges to fill. You can attack relentlessly as long as the chocobo-themed music is playing.
The game features characters, enemies, and music (over 30 songs) from "throughout the Final Fantasy series." It also allows you to unlock over 20 jobs.
Players can visit the in-game shop to purchase any of the 35 classic characters from the series or additional stages from Final Fantasy 7, 10, and 13. The global leaderboards rank players according to how much damage they've inflicted during Fever streaks, and you can track progress with achievements or send updates to Facebook or Twitter. It sounds like this social networking integration works nicely — posting gets you more party member slots for battle.
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NEW DELHI — Coal is poised to become the most-used fuel for power generators through the rest of this decade, undermining targets for cutting greenhouse gases even as prices rebound from a four-year low.
About 434 gigawatts of coal-power capacity will be added globally by 2020, compared with 241 gigawatts for gas and 92 gigawatts of nuclear generation, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Though a Bloomberg survey shows prices may rise 15 percent by 2015, it won't be enough to stem demand in Asia and Europe, Singapore-based UOB Kay Hian says.
As more than 200 ministers and executives gather in South Korea for next week's World Energy Congress, the biggest economies are facing a resurgence in demand for coal, a fuel that emits twice as much pollution as natural gas, with international climate talks looming in Warsaw, Poland, next month. The world now has the highest concentrations of greenhouse gases in at least 800,000 years, according to the United Nations.
"Many people forgot about coal," Maria Van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency, said in Bangkok. "Coal is really emerging as a fuel of choice because of its abundance and affordability."
The price of Asian benchmark coal at the Australian port of Newcastle fell to $76.10 a metric ton on Wednesday, the lowest since November 2009, and traded at $79.10 on Oct. 4, according to McCloskey Group, a U.K.-based researcher. European coal for 2014 dropped to an all-time low of $80.85 a ton Friday and traded at $82 at 11:48 a.m. London time, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Utilities including Huaneng Power in Beijing and NTPC in New Delhi are among companies in 59 nations planning to build 1,401 gigawatts of new coal-fired stations, according to the World Resources Institute. China and India account for 76 percent of planned new generation, equal to the entire current capacity of the U.S., according to the institute.
Newcastle coal prices will rise to $91 a ton in 2015 and $95 in 2016, according to the median of analyst forecasts compiled by Bloomberg Oct. 7.
"Coal prices will be in an upward trend in the long term, supported by rising demand globally," said Helen Lau, an analyst with UOB Kay Hian. "Coal will remain economically competitive as a stable source of power."
New technology that cracks open shale rock has unleashed record amounts of natural gas in the U.S., freeing up coal for export to Europe. Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power, the largest coal consumer in the U.S., predicts the fuel will account for less than half its generation capacity in 2016, down from 60 percent this year.
The boom in U.S. gas production, which helped the nation surpass Russia as the world's biggest producer, drove futures prices in New York to a 10-year low of $1.902 per million British thermal units last year. The fuel, averaging $3.686 per million Btu this year, will climb above $4 by the end of 2013 as demand rises, according to Bank of America.
The U.S. shale-gas revolution can't be replicated elsewhere, according to Van der Hoeven. Geological and logistical constraints mean China's output won't be significant before 2020, she said.
The World Energy Congress, a triennial gathering that starts Oct. 14 in Daegu, South Korea, will be attended by government representatives including Alexander Novak, Russia's energy minister, and Jero Wacik, Indonesia's minister for energy and mineral resources. Russia holds the world's second-biggest gas reserves. Indonesia is the largest coal exporter.
Coal is the source for about three-quarters of capacity being built in Southeast Asia, where energy demand is forecast to almost double in the next two decades as coal consumption triples, the IEA said in an Oct. 2 report.
The 10 members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations will get 49 percent of their power from coal by 2035, up from 31 percent in 2011, while the share from gas will drop to 28 percent from 44 percent, it said.
Coal will be at least 30 percent cheaper than natural gas for electricity generators in Southeast Asia, assuming a price of $80 a ton versus gas at $10 per million Btu, the IEA said.
"Emerging economies will continue to drive demand growth in thermal coal for many years to come," National Australia Bank said Oct. 7. "Coal's abundance and affordability in the region give the fuel a clear advantage, and price differentials currently favor coal by a significant margin."
Indonesia plans to almost double output by 2035, the IEA said. Australia aims to triple export capacity to 900 million tons a year, according to the World Resources Institute.
China, the world's biggest energy user and consumer of coal, has introduced carbon pricing in seven of its biggest manufacturing areas to help cut emissions even as it drives economic growth. It may finally reverse decades of rising emissions by 2027 if it can use more nuclear and renewable energy to challenge coal, New Energy Finance projects.
"Across Asia, where coal is so much cheaper than gas, especially without a carbon price, there's no market-based reason for companies to build anything other than coal," said William Pearson, the London-based director for global energy and natural resources at the Eurasia Group. "That's going to be a big risk to climate change targets."
Envoys from about 200 nations will meet next month in Warsaw to work toward a global agreement by 2015 for emission reductions by 2020. The UN target is to limit the increase in the world's average temperature to 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels.
In Japan, demand for coal is rising as a replacement for nuclear reactors, closed in the wake of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi disaster of 2011. Kansai Electric Power's Ohi No. 3 and No. 4 units were shut for safety checks last month, leaving the nation without atomic power for the first time since July 2012.
Tokyo Electric, Japan's biggest power utility by generation capacity, used 711,000 tons of coal last month, almost quadruple the 184,000 tons a year earlier, the company said Tuesday.
Japanese utilities have cut back purchases of crude oil as "economically attractive" coal comes back into the mix, the IEA said Friday in its monthly report. "Power generation from coal was capacity-constrained in the aftermath of the Fukushima earthquake, but since then, several coal power plants damaged in the earthquake have been repaired and resumed operations," according to the report.
Record-low coal and carbon allowance prices in Europe are encouraging utilities to burn fuels that pollute more. Germany, the region's biggest economy, may produce higher greenhouse-gas emissions this year, following a 1.5 percent gain last year, according to the DIW economic institute, which advises the government. That will be the nation's first back-to-back increase since at least the 1980s, after Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to shut nuclear plants led utilities to burn more coal because of lower costs.
Utilities led by RWE and EON boosted hard coal imports 25 percent in the first quarter to 10 million tons, the nation's Coal Importers Association said.
Utilities in Germany have earned an average 8.4 euros per megawatt hour of electricity produced from coal this year compared with a 18.3 euro loss for power from gas, according Bloomberg Industries data.
"That's going to be the big challenge for climate," Eurasia's Pearson said. "For China, Korea, Japan, India and also in Germany, coal looks pretty good over the next decade just because there's going to be a clear cost advantage."


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National Active and Retired Federal Employees will meet at 10 a.m. Monday at the Pope County Senior Activity Center. The program will be given by Benita Drew on Potts Inn and their programs. All active and retired federal employees are invited to attend.
Quarterly Downtown Art Walk
The Downtown Art Walk has been moved to the second Friday in September this month to coincide with the Downtown Russellville Brand Reveal.
This is a free community event that showcases some of the areas artists and merchandise or services of the hosting venues. The Art Walk will be from 5-8 p.m. Sept. 13.
Girl Scouts fishing derby
The Sisters Girl Scout Service Unit is hosting a Guys and Gals Fishing Derby from 9-11 a.m. Saturday at Merritt Park in Dardanelle. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Prizes will be awarded for the biggest fish, casting contest and more. All family members are welcome with a take home limit of three fish per girl or five per family.
The entry fee is a craft item or school supply per person registering for the derby. If you would like your daughter to join Girl Scouts, you will be able to complete paperwork at the tournament. For more information contact Tracey Whala at (479) 495-1336 or Debbie Davis at (479) 229-1757.
Benefit breakfast for JDRF
The Russellville Knights of Columbus will sponsor a benefit breakfast on Saturday in support of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF).
Knights of Columbus are donating all food, so every dollar donated will go directly to JDRF Central Arkansas Walk for the CURE. Russellville Lions Club will provide free vision screening for anyone age 6 months and above. ATU Student Nursing Association will provide free blood glucose screening.
Breakfast will be served from 8-11 a.m. at the Knights of Columbus hall, 990 State Hwy 247, Russellville.
Anyone who unable to attend and would like to make a contribution please go to : www.JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes, click on Donate to a Walker, enter Wayne Eastman, Arkansas or can send a check to Wayne Eastman 610 S. Vancouver, Russellville, AR 72801.
Barber Shop singing group
A Barber Shop singing group is forming in Russllville and is looking for members. The group is open to all ages. For more information call 293-3129 or 331-3546.


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Canadian Oscar nominees prepare to rub shoulders with A-listers
Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press
Published Friday, February 22, 2013 8:33AM EST
TORONTO -- Mychael Danna never planned on a career in film. And yet the Toronto-bred composer finds himself competing for two trophies at the Academy Awards on Sunday, a feat he says he never could have predicted when he started musing on how to make a living in music.
"I wasn't even that interested in film growing up. I kind of missed a lot of the iconic films," Danna admitted recently during a rare moment of downtime in Toronto.
"It was only when I came to the University of Toronto and was studying music composition (things changed). I started mixing with people at the university and I ended up working with people in theatre and I had a fabulous time. I loved the people and this whole idea of storytelling was so new to me and then it was there that I met (future director) Atom Egoyan, through theatre. And both of us kind of went into film together."
Danna is nominated for best song and best original score for his work on Ang Lee's 3D kaleidoscope "Life of Pi," an effects-laden adaptation of the bestselling novel by Saskatoon-based author Yann Martel.
The film is up for a staggering 11 nominations, including one for Vancouver-based visual effects artist Guillaume Rocheron.
Steven Spielberg's sweeping historical drama "Lincoln" leads the pack overall with 12 nods. That tally includes one for set decorator Jim Erickson of Salt Spring Island, B.C., who will compete for best production design.
But all eyes appear to be on the political thriller "Argo," considered a front-runner in the best picture race after nabbing best film and earning best director statues for Ben Affleck at the Golden Globes and British Academy Film Awards.
Canada's biggest shot at glory comes in the best foreign-language film category, where Montreal writer-director Kim Nguyen is the third Quebec filmmaker in as many years to vie for the prestigious honour.
That contest pits his searing child soldier drama "Rebelle" -- also known as "War Witch" -- against the heavily favoured "Amour" from Austria, which is also up for best picture. The other foreign-language contenders are: Norway's "Kon-Tiki," Chile's "No" and Denmark's "A Royal Affair."
Nguyen, who follows in the footsteps of last year's nominee Philippe Falardeau and Denis Villeneuve in 2011, says he's excited to be part of the star-studded affair and is stealing himself for some seriously surreal experiences.
"The part of organizing for the Oscars for us is like kind of a wedding ceremony -- you've got a certain number of tickets, you've got a certain number of people you can invite, everybody wants to come, you know. I want to go but everybody wants to go too," says Nguyen, adding that his film crew rented a house to serve as home base.
"We'll try to keep it as sane as possible but it's really insane. We're kind of like crossing to the other side in a way because when you get there and you're face-to-face and shaking hands with these people that you've respected for so long like Spielberg or Robert De Niro, there's something really eerie about those moments."
The best live action short category is laden with Canadian talent: the Somalian coming-of-age tale "Asad" is produced by Toronto-bred Mino Jarjoura, the Afghanistan-set "Buzkashi Boys" is produced by Montreal-based Ariel Nasr and the mystery tale "Henry" is written and directed by Montreal actor Yan England.
They compete against Shawn Christensen's "Curfew" and "Death of a Shadow," by Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele.
The affable Jarjoura says he expects "to party all night" whether he and his American director Bryan Buckley win or lose. He notes that pre-Oscar and post-Oscar activities will make for a very long day Sunday.
"It starts at around 3 (in the afternoon) for red carpet, I'm told, and then the awards show I think is at 5 (p.m.) and it sort of goes late," notes the L.A.-based Jarjoura.
"And then there's a ball afterwards to go to, and then there's parties if you win. You need to have your trophy to go to the parties."
Again, whether he wins or loses is not a concern, he jokes: "You haven't seen me crash a party."
Danna heads into the bash already having won best original score at the Golden Globe Awards last month.
He notes that the past several weeks have been marked by steady hobnobbing at star-studded bashes including the Critics' Choice Movie Awards and the British Academy Film Awards.
"It's been kind of 10 years of parties all crammed into two months. But it's amazing," says Danna, whose lengthy resume includes two other films by Lee and all of Egoyan's movies.
He says an especially moving moment came earlier this month at the annual Oscar luncheon, where all the nominees were invited to celebrate their achievements together.
Attendees included Ben Affleck, Denzel Washington, Sally Field, Hugh Jackman, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro.
"They call you up one by one and (you) stand on a big stage and have a big group photo and that was one of the very coolest moments, ever," he says. "It really makes you realize what an incredible honour and achievement it is to kind of be in this place."
Nevertheless, Danna says he's far more comfortable remaining out of the limelight.
"I am very much enjoying it but I'm enjoying it, I think, precisely because I know it's two months and that's it," he says.
Danna cut his teeth composing music for Egoyan's acclaimed arthouse films and it was through Egoyan that he caught the attention of celebrated director Mira Nair, who recruited him for 1996's "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love."
From there, he says he met Lee, who hired him for 1997's "The Ice Storm" and again for 1999's "Ride with the Devil."
When Lee signed on to tackle "Life of Pi," a spiritual tale about an Indian boy adrift on the Pacific with a Bengal tiger, the director was intent on involving Danna.
"(Lee) said 'Well, you're doing this film. You were born to do it,"' Danna recalls.
He admits that all the elements seemed to mesh well with his background and experience: The project was based on a Canadian novel, it was partly set in India where his wife was from and it demanded a deft mix of orchestral music, choirs and a broad range of instruments from around the world.
Danna marvels at the path his career has taken, admitting that much of his celebrated run was unplanned. He studied piano and sang in choirs as a kid and never dreamed it would one day put him in the company of the world's biggest celebrities.
"I wanted to be a composer and I had no idea how that was going to work out, I didn't really think it through," says Danna.
"I just followed what I wanted to do."
The Academy Awards will be handed out Sunday in Los Angeles and will air live on ABC and CTV.


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LGBT Film Series Continues Thurs. September 12 with "Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement"
Contributed by Luca Maurer on 09/09/13
When the love of Edie Windsor's life died, she was forced to pay additional estate taxes because the federal government did not recognize her marriage to Thea Spyer. Edie would become the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging the Defense of Marriage Act, resulting in the Supreme Court ruling in June that the federal ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The Out of the Closet and Onto the Screen series will show "Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement," a documentary capturing the story of these two women and how their simple love for one another changed history at 7 p.m. in Textor 101 on Thursday September 12, and it is free and open to the public.
Edie and Thea became "engaged" shortly after they met in New York's West Village in the early 1960s, though the idea of a civil marriage for gay and lesbian couples was unthinkable at the time and would not come to pass for another four decades. In their 70s, with Thea's health in rapid decline, the two seized the opportunity to fulfill their dream after Canada legalized gay marriage. The film captures their inspiring journey to Toronto, where they were finally able to make their vows.
"Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement" was produced and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Susan Muska and Gréta Ólafsdóttir, whose other works include "The Brandon Teena Story" and "Women, the Forgotten Face of War." Its honors include the Audience Award for Best Documentary at OUTFEST, the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and Amsterdam's Roze Filmdagen.
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KEXP Reviews
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While still flashing this Austin-based band's Bakersfield influences, their latest album shows them continuing to expand their sound while also developing into first-rate songwriters. A rock-solid album with some of the band's most emotionally resonant work to date, Here Come the Derailers may be their finest work yet. 8/15/2001 - Don Yates
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Full Western Dress - 9/15/1999
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Nike Field General Free – Grey
The Nike SFB is one of Nike's most emphatic 'niche' shoes. Outside of being worn by the members of our nation's Armed Forces, the Special Forces Boot has been been appreciated by a select crowd of Nike-ites, with the quirky Tinker Hatfield himself drawing inspiration from the shoe and implementing it on the super high-top Air Jordan XX8. In a rather interesting development, Nike gives the SFB a lifestyle twang with the all new Nike Field General Free, which uses a Nike Free 5.0 base on a retro-styled upper that looks like a mix between the Air Force 1 High and Dynasty High. We suspect this Free-based lifestyle shoe to be one of these niche releases as well, so expect them only at select Nike Sportswear retailers this Saturday, as hanon in the UK will be one of the choice spots to have these available.


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United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Women in Development IV, 1983. ICPSR08155-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08155.v1
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Subject Terms: age, Agency for International Development, census data, demographic characteristics, developing nations, economic aid, fertility, foreign aid, gender roles, income, international development, occupations, rural areas, sex discrimination, social change, social roles, socioeconomic status, urban areas, women, women in development
Geographic Coverage: Afghanistan, Africa, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Asia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China (Peoples Republic), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Global, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Latin America, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Middle East, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North America, North Korea, Pacific Ocean, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South America, South Korea, Soviet Union, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam (Socialist Republic), Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- 1970--1983
- 1983
Universe: All persons covered by the 1970 round of censuses and/or the most recent census or survey in 120 countries in the following regions: Asia/Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Near East/North Africa, North America, Europe, and the Soviet Union.
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You have the ultimate device with the ultimate software. There's just one thing missing: something to which you'll connect once you get to that great wide information superhighway. We need services.
On a base level, a service is pretty much anything that feeds content to an application. That can be as simple as a Google log-in on a third party site, or as complex as a continuous client that's kept in sync across multiple devices in real time.
Where hardware makes things go and software makes things happen, by and large today the services are becoming the 'things' that need to go and happen. Services pipe our data to and from a server somewhere, something we're calling the cloud, as if bytes are raining down in a digital rain shower.
But does it have to be this way? Are these fancy smartphones and tablets really just portals to content that's being fetched from a server farm? Are there core services that every platform needs to support? And is there a place in our lives for the old USB sync cable?
Let's get the conversation started!


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If Keller were listed as a Slot WR instead of TE no one would give a crap about him. TEs that can catch are only worth a lot if they actually can perform the other duties required of TEs.
The good thing about the 1 year deal, is that if Egnew or Clay really step up, and I have a little more faith in Clay, I think he can be a solid and versitile weapon, and we can let Keller walk. But I wouldn't be surprised if Egnew was cut before the season. The only thing stopping that besides showing some signs would be the fact that he was a 3rd rounder just a year ago, but Ireland has shown he doesn't mind admitting when he made a mistakes.
I think Martin will slide over to the left, unless they draft one of the top 3 left tackles in the draft. And I think they will still go after an above average right tackle in free agency. If we do that, we should be set. It was smart not resigning Long. He has been injured every year he's been in the league, besides his rookie year. He hasn't missed many games because he's a tough SOB, and I love him for that, but his body is just breaking down it seems. I still think he will be above average and he does have potential to turn back into the All Pro LT he was his first few years, but we already gambled on Mike Wallace, I think Jake Long at about 9 million per year is just too much. I wish him luck though, great leader and a good player. I hope he does well.
I have very high hopes for Lamar Miller. I don't know about his blocking, but that guy can flat out fly. He has a solid build for a guy his speed. He was still nursing a shoulder injury that gave him problems his whole last season of college, and he still ran a 4.3 at the combine. The guy hits the hole hard and fast. Still, he was a 4th round pick, and didn't play much last year for a reason. A part of that was Reggie being ahead of him, and he's no chopped liver himself. And you're right that his blocking needs to improve. But I know just about every dolphins fan liked reggie, but has no problem letting him go so Lamar Miller gets more touches. He is the guy I'm most excited to see and have the highest hopes for. I remember on draft day Mel Kiper had him as the next best player from like the late 2nd round till he was drafted in the 4th by us. Not that Mel is the end all be all lol.
I conclusion, I don't know why the hell I went so crazy with this post haha. I guess it was just to tell you how great the dolphins are, just kidding, just kidding. Just wanted to correct you on Keller. He should become our starting tight end, depending on how they want to use him with his poor blocking. And he will be a nice weapon for Tannehill. I can't wait till next season.
Good luck to the Jets as well. I've been paying attention to just about every signing they have been making, and each one seems to be fairly low risk, and high reward. I say fairly low because a couple of them have some injury concerns, but nothing too major it seemed. If they were all completely healthy, and produced last season the way they had before, they wouldn't be bargins for you guys. I think Rex will have the defense playing tuff, that Dline should be fun to watch, and the offense can only improve. Should be interesting.
Also, getting Mike Wallace should help Keller as well. Wallace should open up room for everybody on offense, and that should help Keller as much as anyone. Tannehill seemed to like his tight ends, so I think he will look in his direction alot, and Wallace taking a safety with him wherever he goes will help open things up. Wallace is a big risk. We're paying him top 5 reciever money, and he just isn't a top 5 reciever. But he's still young, with room for improvement, and if he can continue to put up the numbers he did with the steelers, besides last year which was a mess for the whole team I think it will be worth it. And a big part of that is opening up the field for the offense. I think Ireland is going for speed which we now have with Wallace, Keller, and Miller. It's all about mismatches and we should have a good amount of those. That being said, I believe we will be fighting for a wildcard next year, but it may take a year or 2 for everything to gel, and it will depend on how Tannehill progresses. I like what I've seen so far, and I love that we've gotten him some more weapons, but until he proves it, it will remain a question mark and a concern.
according to pff from 2009-2012 dustin keller ranked in the top 5 in the league for dropped balls.
he may have been a decent reciever but he was anything but a shore handed play maker that deserved a big multi year contract.
edit: top 5 in the league for TE's that is
Maybe Idzik's reason to not get Keller back is because he's Sanchez's best friend on the team and it's his way of saying we aren't catering to your needs anymore Sanchy


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Overworked bullpen allows another good start to disappear in another disastrous eighth inning as the Phillies lose to the Cubs, 6-4.
The Phillies' bullpen would blow yet another game in the eighth inning as Chad Durbin gives up a grand slam home run to Aramis Ramirez, as the Phillies lose the opener of their four games series with the Major League leading Cubs, 6-4. The Phillies would take the lead in the first inning, as, with runners on the corners and two outs, Shane Victorino would hit a RBI single, scoring Chase Utley, who has earlier singled, and sending Ryan Howard, who has walked, to third. After Jayson Werth worked a walk off of Cubs' starter Ryan Dempster to load the bases, Dempster would end the inning by getting Pedro Feliz to strike out swinging. The game would then become a pitchers' duel between Phillies' starter Cole Hamels and Dempster, as Hamels would refuse to give up hits to the Cubs while Dempster would get out of trouble in the fourth and fifth innings. In the Cubs' half of the fifth, they would tie the game at one all, as, with one out, Mark DeRosa would hit a RBI triple, scoring Kosuke Fukudome, who has gotten on base with an infield single. Hamels would then end the threat by first striking out Dempster for out number two, and then getting Alfonso Soriano to pop up to the shortstop for the inning's final out. The Phillies would then regain the lead in the sixth. Werth would start the inning off with a double. Feliz would then walk, putting runners on first and second. Carlos Ruiz would then hit a RBI single, scoring Werth, giving the Phillies a 2-1 lead, while sending Feliz to second. Hamels would then sacrifice the runners over to third and second, respectively, for the inning's first out. Jimmy Rollins would then hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Feliz, to make it a 3-1 Phillies' lead, while sending Ruiz to third. The Cubs then decided to pitch to Utley, instead of going after a slumping Pat Burrell, and Utley would make them pay for it as he would hit a RBI single, knocking in Ruiz, to give the Phillies a 4-1 lead. Burrell would end the inning by flying out to left. Hamels would then proceed to keep the Cubs silent in both the sixth and seventh innings, before handing the ball over to the bullpen. Unfortunatley, the bullpen would not be able to preserve the win in the eighth. Ryan Madson would give up a lead-off pinch hit home run to pinch hitter Mike Fontenot, his ninth home run of the year, cutting the Phillies' lead down to 4-2. Soriano would follow with a double. Ryan Theriot would then single, sending Soriano to third, with no one out. Charlie Manuel would immediately take out Madson and replace him with Chad Durbin. Durbin would then walk Derrick Lee, loading up the bases. Then, on a 1-0 fastball, Aramis Ramirez would hit a grand slam home run, his twenty-fourth home run of the year, scoring Soriano, Theriot and Lee, giving the Cubs a 6-4 lead. That would end up being the final score as the Phillies would be turned back in the ninth, with Kerry Wood recording his twenty-eight save of the year.
Cole Hamels would get another no-decision, as he pitched seven strong innings, giving up only one run on five hits and striking out six. Ryan Madson would face only three batters, giving up three earned runs on three hits. Chad Durbin would get the lost as he received his fifth blown save of the year, as he pitches a third of an inning, giving up two earned runs on two hits and a walk. His record is now 5-3 with a 2.19 ERA. J.C. Romero would pitch two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs and no hits. Ryan Dempster would also get a no-decision as he goes six innings, giving up four earned runs on eight hits and four walks, while striking out seven. Sean Marshall would pitch a scoreless inning, giving up no hits. Bob Howry would get the win as he pitched a scoreless inning, giving up no hits. His record is now 6-4 with a 5.31 ERA. Kerry Wood would get the save, his twenty-eighth of the year, as he pitched a scoreless inning, giving up only one hit.
For the second straight night, the Phillies' bullpen would blow a lead in the eighth inning, now showing itself to maybe getting overworked. It would seem that one or two of the starter(s) might have to go eight full innings if they want to avoid any more eight innings blow ups like in the last two games. Either that, or Charlie Manuel is going to have to find someone who is fresh enough to act as the eighth inning bridge to Brad Lidge. Scott Eyre maybe? Just a suggestion, Chuck.
The Phillies (73-61) will continue their four games series with the Cubs (84-50, 1st National League Central). The game will be played in Wrigley Field and will start at 2:20 pm Eastern (1:20 pm Central). The Phillies' starter will be Joe Blanton (6-12 (1-0), 4.75), who is coming off a no-decision against the Dodgers on August 24, as he went six innings, giving up just one earned run on six hits, in the Phillies' 5-2 extra-inning win. He has never pitched against the Cubs and will be trying to pitched his fourth quality start since his trade to the Phils and his second win, while trying to end the Phillies' present two games slide. The Cubs will counter with Rich Harden (9-2 (4-1), 2.00), who is coming off a win against the Nationals on August 24, as he went seven innings, giving up only an earned run on two hits and striking out eleven, in the Cubs' 6-1 win. He has faced the Phillies once before on June 26 as a member of the A's, giving up no runs on two hits and striking out eleven in eight innings of work, in the A's 5-0 win. He will be trying for his tenth win, while hoping to once again defeat the Phils.
With the lost, the Phillies trail the Mets by a full game, and are ahead of the Marlins by five games, as the Mets prepare to meet the Marlins for three games in Miami. The Phillies will be trying to recover from their last two loses while trying to see if they can regain first place during the series between the Mets and the Marlins.


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Is minimally invasive surgery right for you?
Is minimally invasive surgery right for you? Great question!
Having been a gynecological physician/surgeon for over 17 years (five years in training and more than 12 years in practice) I have seen numerous changes in the field. Without a doubt, the biggest change has been the advancement of minimally invasive surgical options in women's healthcare.
What is minimally invasive surgery? It is surgery that attempts to minimize the size of the scars. In a procedure such as hysterectomy, this means much smaller incisions on the abdomen. This usually implies a vaginal procedure or a laparoscopic one (often with da Vinci robotic assistance).
What are the benefits of minimally invasive surgery?
- Shorter hospital stays with many procedures now being performed as an outpatient
- Less pain medication required
- Lower infection risk
- Smaller scars
- Faster recovery and return to normal life
- Fewer complications, especially blood loss
With all the benefits listed, why did it take so long to make the vast majority of gynecological procedures minimally invasive? Many of the major procedures such as hysterectomy and myomectomy (removal of fibroids) required extensive skill and extra training beyond the scope of most gynecologists.
In the last three years, there has been a progression of advancement at Mount Nittany Health:
- 2010: Laparoscopic hysterectomy program began
- 2011: The da Vinci robotic minimally invasive program began
- 2012: The robotic program took off with great success
- 2013: The program is continuing to advance
Mount Nittany Health has transformed itself from a health system that did the vast majority (81 percent in 2009) of its hysterectomies abdominally (large incision, non-minimally invasive) to one where more than 90 percent of the hysterectomies and other major gynecological procedures are done minimally invasive.
So how do you know if a minimally invasive gynecological procedure is right for you? I would suggest that you talk with your doctor to see if it is recommended for you. Your physician may not recommend minimally invasive surgery due to the type of procedure required and/or your medical history.
In my opinion, the vast majority of gynecological procedures can be done this way, and if you follow the national trends, this is precisely the way gynecological surgery is moving in the United States.
For more information on minimally invasive gynecological procedures, visit mountnittany.org.


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"Allyson proves a master of mise en scène, staging 11 playlets that
shimmer with tender vibrancy. As always, her playlist is as intriguing as it is discerning
. Particularly stunning among this grand portrait gallery of wistfulness is Bill Evans' gently evocative 'Turn Out the Stars,' with its gorgeously poignant Gene Lees lyric, and Anthony Newley's underappreciated gem 'There's No Such Thing as Love'."Jazz Times
"A jazz singer's jazz singer. As such she is well-studied in jazz outside of the vocal realm. This particular tool in her considerable skill set is responsible for her command of even demanding material
. Allyson's breezy, confident approach melds well with the impressionistic potential of the music."All About Jazz


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Like Eliot's "East Coker," the second part of this dumpster dive ended in its beginning. In Part 2 of "Garbage Picking in Eliot's Waste Land" I resolved the mystery of "The Waste Land" with such ferocity and acuity that the fan-mail I've received for my accomplishment has been rather demeaning. In fact, I've received no fan-mail at all. No one has even mentioned this study to me, and so I've been forced to write myself several letters, letting me know how I am coming along, and how I am faring. Here are three examples:
1. "It does not seem like you believe what you are asserting about 'The Waste Land.' Part 1: Eliot is the most American poet? The poetics of nerd-dom? These arguments are sweeping gestures and are unsubstantiated, if they can be proven at all. Part 2: You begin you assessment of the poem itself by attempting to solve its entirety, and although your declaration that the 'The Waste Land' is a fundamentally personal pursuit of Eliot's is fairly convincing, you must admit that you have abandoned the reader, and good sense by beginning where you do. Other that, you mutter truisms of academic work and the methods of symbolism, and conclude with another unfounded slip of reasoning in regard prophets and arts and such. Slow down, Tom, and appreciate his work and your own, by god."
2. "Are we ever going to see a close reading of the poem, or will you prattle about design forever?"
3. "You are neither cute nor charming when you rail against yourself as you do. Please, save the phony self-abasement for your extracurriculars. Besides, it only seems you enjoy yourself the more you pile lashings against your own work."
Fine criticisms indeed. Truly, I have the most eloquent of readers. I will defend some of my methods in a moment. But first I will answer these remarks by proceeding with a more calculated decorum.
It is a mistake to think of Eliot as having totally rejected what might be regarded as the American tradition of "immediacy." I'm speaking, of course, about Whitman, W.C. Williams, Ginsberg, and now Ashbery. (Ashbery's great accomplishment, it might be noted, is that he mediates Whitman's poetry of the moment with Eliot's style of collage.) These great white sharks are marked by urgency (see W.C. Williams' "Of Asphodel That Greeny Flower": "It is difficult to get the news from poems/yet men die miserablely everyday/for lack of what is found there"), formal flux, and, in varied degrees of intensity, a championing of the personal.
Eliot is all of the above. Yet because he is abstract, dense and because his significant poems are relatively long, we assume that he is not urgent. His formal flux is more apparent than any of the aforementioned because it happens from within poems, and less so between them. "The Waste Land" itself contains blank verse, free verse, couplets, ballad meter, and a sonnet. This third category, that American immediacy is indefatigably personal and, if you take Eliot at the word of Eliot, not a characteristic of Eliot's poetry. Famously, from Tradition and The Individual Talent (published in The Sacred Wood in 1920):
It is not in his personal emotions, the emotions provoked by particular events in his life, that the poet is in any way remarkable or interesting. His particular emotions may be simple, or crude, or flat. . . . In fact, the bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious. Both errors tend to make him "personal." Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things. . . . But very few know when there is expression of significant emotion, emotion which has its life in the poem and not in the history of the poet. The emotion of art is impersonal. And the poet cannot reach this impersonality without surrendering himself wholly to the work to be done.
Yes, Eliot attempts make poetry into something of a social science. (We're also reminded of "The Fire Sermon.") "Emotion which has a life in the poem and not in the history of the poet," begins to sound like something a sociologist may be able to survey, analyze, and report. And what are these emotions that live in the text? To this, we turn again to The Sacred Wood, this time to "Hamlet and His Problems":
The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an 'objective correlative'; in other words, a set of objects, a situation, a chain of events which shall be the formula of that particular emotion; such that when the external facts, which must terminate in sensory experience, are given, the emotion is immediately evoked.
So the task of the poet is not to present emotion as the poet experiences emotion, but to create emotion; to make emotion a viable experience, a veritable object–a thing that exists regardless of the reader's attention or intention.
It is not a coincidence that Eliot's reputation has survived more powerfully (with the exception of the Quartets) in his criticism than in his poetry. Unlike Prufrock, Eliot dares. He speaks with an infamous tone of objectivity; a psychologist whose brain is both the tool of implementation and the case study. Funnily enough, this is exactly Eliot's criticism's intention. When asked about his criticism, his response was that it was "merely a by-product of his private poetry workshop." Note the trajectory of Eliot's career: Prufrock and Other Observations (1917), Poems (1920), The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism (1920), and "The Waste Land" (1922).
I'm already receiving the next batch of fan-mail: Thomas, get to your point! Fine, fine.
I have two objections here:
1. Eliot the Victorian is alive and well in Prufrock. Yes, he has disdain for the chatter of the art rooms, but he is there, among them. Poems is a collection of bad poetry, striving for something new, mainly an effort to synthesize his style more fully with the power of allusion. Then, ta-da, The Sacred Wood, a collection of wonderful essays that, by Eliot's admission, carve a vision, and lay blueprints for "The Waste Land." Two very interesting essays that are not often read are "Ben Jonson" and "Blake." "Ben Jonson" is remarks on a poetry of 'the surface,' where characters purposely lack a third dimension but populate an accurate vision of the poet's world. Also, Eliot attends to Jonson's reputation for having failed as a poet precisely because he was scholarly. But look at what happens if we combine "Ben Jonson" with "Hamlet and His Problems":
Every creator is also a critic; Jonson was a conscious critic, but he was also conscious in his creations. The critic with a mind which is naturally of the creative order, but which through some weakness in creative power conforms, or attempts to conform, to conventions; not to the conventions of antiquity, which he had exquisitely under control, but to the conventions of tragico-historical drama of his time. These minds often find in Hamlet a vicarious existence for their own artistic realization.
Eliot might not have used Hamlet as a vicarious existence for his own creations, but he did use Jonson. Look at how he universalize Jonson's malady of conformity! How is this impersonal? It isn't! It's a suture for the failure of poems, that "The Waste Land" might have been the scar. True, this is not the poetry. But first admit that Eliot's impersonal poetics were said to extend to the criticism, and indeed, his criticism is highly personal; we will see more of this in "Blake." But also, what is to be made of Eliot's own inability to synthesize the creative and critical work?
In "Blake" Eliot's personal movement is less a matter of my own performance. His entire analysis rests in a reading of Blake's personal biography:
The question about Blake the man is the question of the circumstances that concurred to permit this honesty in his work, and what circumstances define its limitations. The favouring conditions probably include these two: that, being early apprenticed to a manual occupation, he was not compelled to acquire any other education in literature than he wanted, or to acquire it for any other reason than that he wanted it; and that, being a humble engraver, he had no journalistic-social career open to him. There was, that is to say, nothing to distract him from his interests or to corrupt these interests: neither the ambitions of parents or wife, nor the standards of society, nor the temptations of success; nor was he exposed to imitation of himself or of anyone else. These circumstances—not his supposed inspired and untaught spontaneity—are what make him innocent.
Eliot, of course, also had a "real job" as "The Waste Land" was composed.
In sum, a highly personal string of criticism directly before an "impersonal poem" is a bunk idea, firstly because Eliot's TWL, if it is personal, rests in the ideas generated by his very personal criticism. Criticism where he not only universalizes the processes involved in the creation of poetry, but also universalizes the predicaments of both scholarly and working individuals. That his criticism and his poetry are irreconcilable are only one of his examples of the fragments in 20th century poetics.
2. My other concern, which is implicit in the first, is that this divorce of poetry and poetics exposed a weakness in "The Waste Land" that Eliot tried to buttress, but could not. In writing this "impersonal" poem, Eliot had camouflaged its meaning so deeply that he was it's only possible reader, it's only attendee. In lab of poetical sciences he'd created a Frankenstein of composite parts he'd dug up, baring his own name–in effect, the most personal poem! And besides, any avid reader will tell you that nothing is more personal than what you choose to read. (Pair this with Part 2–"The Waste Land" asks us to, for a moment, become T. S. Eliot himself.)
His remedy was to attach a reading list. Thus the footnotes. Thus, the text is now fragmented between two texts. And in these footnotes, the personal remarks from Eliot, the notes that position Eliot the person in various locales, should be read as a concession from Eliot. The impersonal poetry in impossible.