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It was by accident that I became aware of Mission Smile . A friend casually mentioned how he was helping in bringing smiles to innocent faces. We saw the good work they were doing and I and two of my friends decided to lend our support. Anupam informed me about plans for the Kolkata mission and also informed me that they were short of sponsors for 60 children out of 100 surgeries that were planned. I spoke to my friends and we decided to sponsor 60 children for the Kolkata mission.
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No. 2003-254
Argued: February 5, 2004
Opinion Issued: April 16, 2004
Peter W. Heed, attorney general (Nicholas Cort, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.
Christopher M. Johnson, chief appellate defender, of Concord, on the brief and orally, for the defendant.
NADEAU, J. Following a jury trial, the defendant, Lawrence Sleeper, was convicted on two counts of felonious sexual assault, see RSA 632-A:3, II, III (1996), and four pattern counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, see RSA 632-A:2, III (1996). He appeals a decision by the Superior Court (Fitzgerald, J.) denying his pretrial motion to quash the four pattern indictments. We affirm.
The jury could have found the following relevant facts. In 1997, S.R. met the defendant. At that time, she was approximately ten or eleven years old. Soon after meeting him, she was invited to accompany him on a motorcycle ride to the White Mountains. With her fathers permission, S.R. went on the ride. During the return trip, the defendant stopped the motorcycle and touched S.R.s breasts beneath her shirt. She did not tell her father, because she "didnt think he would believe [her]." As a result of this incident, the defendant was charged with one count of felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:3, III.
Over time, S.R.s father became close friends with the defendant. S.R. began spending time with him and his mother at the home they shared. During her visits, S.R. sometimes brought along her friend, K.H.
Following the death of the defendants mother in January 2000, S.R. and K.H. began sleeping at the defendants home on weekends. In March, the defendant started performing oral sex on both girls during their visits. Except for a two-month period during the summer of 2000, the defendant continued performing oral sex on S.R. and K.H. at least every other weekend until the summer of 2001. These incidents resulted in two pattern counts of aggravated felonious sexual assaultone for the assaults committed against each girl. See RSA 632-A:2, III.
Approximately three months after the defendant began performing oral sex on the girls, he engaged in sexual intercourse with them. S.R. testified at trial that the defendant had sexual intercourse with her at least once each month, over the course of a year. K.H. testified that the defendant had sexual intercourse with her on one occasion. These events gave rise to one pattern count of aggravated felonious sexual assault for acts perpetrated against S.R., see RSA 632-A:2, III, and one count of felonious sexual assault for the act committed against K.H., see RSA 632-A:3, II. K.H. further testified that the defendant digitally penetrated her on multiple occasions. As a result, the defendant was charged with pattern aggravated felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2, III. He was ultimately convicted on all counts.
On appeal, the defendant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash the four pattern indictments for failure to identify at least two specific predicate offenses underlying the pattern of sexual assault. Specifically, he argues that the pattern indictments violated his State and Federal Constitutional rights to jury unanimity, as well as his federal due process rights.
We begin with the issue of jury unanimity. RSA 632-A:2, III provides, in relevant part, that "[a] person is guilty of aggravated felonious sexual assault when such person engages in a pattern of sexual assault against another person . . . who is less than 16 years of age." "Pattern of sexual assault" means "committing more than one act under RSA 632-A:2 . . . upon the same victim over a period of 2 months or more and within a period of 5 years." RSA 632-A:1 (Supp. 2003). Because the statute explicitly requires the underlying acts that comprise the pattern to occur within a precise period of time"over a period of 2 months or more and within a period of 5 years"the defendant argues that the jury must "agree[] unanimously as to the commission of two particular sexual assaults spaced far enough apart to satisfy the statutory definition of a pattern." The defendant contends that given that the indictments in this case failed to identify any two particular predicate offenses that would satisfy this temporal element, the indictments violated his right to jury unanimity guaranteed by both the State and Federal Constitutions.
We first address the defendants claims under the State Constitution, State v. Ball, 124 N.H. 226, 231 (1983), and cite federal opinions for guidance only. Id. at 232-33. In New Hampshire, both constitutional and statutory law afford criminal defendants the right to jury unanimity. See State v. Fortier, 146 N.H. 784, 789 (2001). Jurors must be unanimous about what constitutes the essential culpable act committed by the defendant and prohibited by the statute. State v. Greene, 137 N.H. 126, 129 (1993). Where discrete factual predicates provide alternative bases for finding an element of the offense to have been established, a defendant is entitled to jury unanimity as to the factual predicate supporting a finding of guilt. Id.
We have recognized, however, that a crime involving a continuous course of conduct does not require jury unanimity on any specific, discrete act, as that specific act itself is not criminalized. Fortier, 146 N.H. at 789. In those cases, "the actus reus is a series of acts occurring over a substantial period of time, generally on the same victim and generally resulting in cumulative injury." Id. (quotation omitted). The jury, then, "need only be unanimous in finding that a defendant engaged in a criminal course of conduct." Id. Because "the extent to which jury unanimity is required beginsand sometimes endswith the text of the statute," United States v. Lee, 317 F.3d 26, 37 (1st Cir. 2003), we must ask what conduct RSA 632-A:2, III prohibits, and, more specifically, what elements comprising the prohibited act must be included in the indictment. See State v. Davis, 149 N.H. 698, 704 (2003).
RSA 632-A:2, III criminalizes a continuing course of sexual assaults, not isolated instances. Fortier, 146 N.H. at 791. "The essential culpable act, the actus reus, is the pattern itself, that is, the occurrence of more than one sexual assault over a period of time, and not the specific assaults comprising the pattern." Id. As a result, to secure a conviction under the pattern statute while preserving a defendants right to a unanimous jury verdict, the jury must "unanimously agree that a defendant engaged in more than one act of sexual assault as described in RSA 632-A:2 . . . but need not agree on the particular acts, provided that they find the requisite number of acts occurred during the statutory time period." Id. (emphasis added). Thus, both the pattern itself and its temporal requirement constitute elements of the culpable act upon which jurors must unanimously agree. See Greene, 137 N.H. at 129.
The defendant argues that given the ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Richardson v. United States, 526 U.S. 813 (1999), we should overturn Fortier and hold that jurors must agree on at least two specific, predicate acts that comprise the pattern and satisfy the temporal requirement. We decline to do so, concluding that Richardson does not require us to alter our State constitutional analysis.
In Richardson, the Supreme Court vacated a conviction under the federal continuing criminal enterprise statute. See id. at 816; see also 21 U.S.C. § 848 (a)-(c). Citing the language of the statute, the Court held that the jury "must unanimously agree not only that the defendant committed some continuing series of violations but also that the defendant committed each of the individual violations necessary to make up that continuing series." Richardson, 526 U.S. at 815 (quoting from statute providing that a person "engages in a continuing criminal enterprise" if the person "violates" any federal drug law, and that "violation is a part of a continuing series of violations"). Based upon statutory interpretation, as well as an examination of history and the risk of unfairness, id. at 818-20; see also State v. Johnson, 627 N.W.2d 455, 462 (Wis. 2001), the Court concluded that to permit conviction without jury unanimity would "cover up wide disagreement among the jurors about just what the defendant did, or did not, do." Richardson, 526 U.S. at 819. Moreover, the Court found "that jurors, unless required to focus upon specific factual detail, will fail to do so, simply concluding from testimony . . . that where there is smoke there must be fire." Id.
Despite the defendants assertion, Richardson does not compel us to overturn Fortier. At the outset, we note that Richardson pre-dates Fortier, and in deciding Fortier, we considered the implications of Richardson. See Fortier, 146 N.H. at 789-90. Furthermore, Richardson is distinguishable.
First, the statute at issue in Richardson, unlike RSA 632-A:2, III, does not define the sole actus reus as the pattern, but criminalizes the individual violations underlying the pattern as well. See Richardson, 526 U.S. at 818 (holding that a "violation" is not simply an act or conduct, but an act or conduct that is contrary to law). Indeed, the Richardson Court expressly recognized the implications of this distinction on the question of unanimity: "If the statute creates a single element, a series, in . . . which [three] individual violations are but the means, then the jury need only agree that the defendant committed at least three of all the underlying crimes . . . . The jury need not agree about which three." Id. The Court further stated that if, on the other hand, "the statute makes each violation a separate element, then the jury must agree unanimously about which three crimes the defendant committed." Id. Overall, the jury unanimity requirement established in Richardson largely emanates from the statutory language that criminalizes the underlying acts; no such statutory language exists here.
Second, the Richardson Court explicitly noted that pattern sexual assault statutes present special circumstances regarding jury unanimity. Id. at 821-22. In examining various States pattern sexual assault statutes, the Court stated that, "[w]ith one exception, the statutes do not define the statutory crime in terms that require the commission of other predicate crimes by the defendant." Id. at 821 (citations omitted). With regard to these statutes, the Court further recognized that it "has not held that the Constitution imposes a jury-unanimity requirement. And their special subject matter indicates that they represent an exception; they do not represent a general tradition or a rule." Id. at 821-22 (citation omitted). That the Supreme Court specifically excluded pattern sexual assault statutes from its analysis in Richardson reinforces our conclusion in Fortier, see Johnson, 627 N.W.2d at 464, and we decline to depart from its holding.
The Federal Constitution offers the defendant no greater protection than does the State Constitution under these circumstances. See Fortier, 146 N.H. at 789; Lee, 317 F.3d at 36. Accordingly, we reach the same result under the Federal Constitution as we do under the State Constitution.
Having resolved the issue of jury unanimity, we next ask "whether dispensing with unanimity on the predicate acts that comprise the [pattern] element of this offense is consistent with federal due process." Johnson, 627 N.W.2d at 461. The defendant argues that allowing the jury to convict him without agreeing on two specific acts "risks serious unfairness and lacks substantial support in history and tradition," thereby violating fundamental fairness. See Schad v. Arizona, 501 U.S. 624, 637 (1991) (plurality opinion).
We are mindful that "the Constitution itself limits a States power to define crimes in ways that would permit juries to convict while disagreeing about means, at least where that definition risks serious unfairness and lacks support in history and tradition." Richardson, 526 U.S. at 820. Our ruling today, however, does not suffer from these infirmities.
In applying the test for fairness, "we look both to history and wide practice as guides to fundamental values," as instructed by the Court in Schad. Schad, 501 U.S. at 637. Because our pattern sexual assault crime is relatively new, however, history is a less important factor; "history will be less useful as a yardstick in cases dealing with modern statutory offenses lacking common-law roots." Id. at 640 n.7.
Turning to widespread use, we note that like other jurisdictions that have codified pattern sexual assault statutes, "our legislature created RSA 632-A:2, III to respond to the legitimate concern that many young victims, who have been subject to repeated, numerous incidents of sexual assault over a period of time by the same assailant, are unable to identify discrete acts of molestation." Fortier, 146 N.H. at 790 (citing cases from California, Colorado, and New York). As recognized in Richardson, when applying these statutes, State courts have "sometimes permitted jury disagreement about a specific underlying criminal incident insisting only upon proof of a continuing course of conduct." Richardson, 526 U.S. at 821 (citing cases from California, Illinois, Connecticut, and Alaska). That other States have adopted an approach similar to ours militates against concluding that to do so violates principles of fundamental fairness. See Schad, 501 U.S. at 642. Indeed, pattern sexual assault statutes "respond to special difficulties" and are unique. Richardson, 526 U.S. at 821.
The test for fundamental fairness further requires us to examine whether the means of committing the crime "are so disparate as to exemplify . . . inherently separate offenses." Schad, 501 U.S. at 643. That is to say, we must consider "the relative moral and conceptual equivalence of the alternate modes or means of committing the crime." Johnson, 627 N.W.2d at 460. The predicate acts that form the pattern in sexual assault cases "are basically morally and conceptually equivalent." Id. at 461. In the instant case, the sexual conduct comprising each pattern was virtually identical and was committed against the same victim in each pattern charge. Moreover, the underlying acts involve the sexual abuse of a child under the age of sixteen"crimes of the same or similar nature and level of culpability." Id. Any variation that may exist is "not of such a degree or nature as to call into question the basic moral and conceptual equivalence" of the underlying acts. Id. Consequently, "[i]t is . . . not unfair or irrational to lift the requirement of jury unanimity as to the specific underlying acts as long as unanimity is required regarding the existence of the [pattern]," defined by the temporal requirements set forth in the statute. Id.
In light of our holding, we conclude that the trial court did not err in denying the defendants motion to quash the pattern indictments. Accordingly, we affirm.
DALIANIS and DUGGAN, JJ., concurred; HORTON, J., retired, specially assigned under RSA 490:3, concurred.


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An exploratory study into the association between Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) coping styles, Posttraumatic Stress, and Posttraumatic Growth in working age adults who have experienced a traumatic life event
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Although recent research and theory indicates that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment might benefit from the utilisation of coping styles facilitated by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), there has been little research exploring the relationships between these coping styles, posttraumatic cognitions, and PTSD symptomology. Furthermore, the ACT model (Hayes, Strosahl & Wilson, 1999) suggests that ACT-consistent coping styles may be associated with increased positive outcome after trauma, such as posttraumatic growth (PTG). The present study aimed to explore individual differences in ACT coping styles in individuals with a history of psychological trauma. A total of 112 participants completed online self-report measures of PTSD symptom severity, posttraumatic cognitions, ACT coping styles and PTG. Regression analyses revealed that higher ACT coping styles (specifically experiential acceptance) are associated with lower PTSD symptom severity and lower posttraumatic cognitions. Furthermore, the effect of ACT coping styles on PTSD severity was partially mediated by posttraumatic cognitions, indicating that ACT coping styles act on PTSD directly and indirectly. There was no evidence that higher ACT coping styles were significantly associated with higher levels of posttraumatic growth (PTG). The findings suggest that effective treatment for trauma survivors could facilitate ACT-consistent coping styles.
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Over the years, writers and musicians have praised Chuck Berry's music. Here are some quotes about the rock 'n roll visionary, who died Saturday at age 90:
"If rock 'n' roll has a patron saint, it is — arguably — not Elvis or Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis but Chuck Berry. While he may not have created rock 'n' roll with 'Maybelline,' his first recording in 1955, with it and the string of hits that followed, he introduced melodies and rhythms that became an essential part of the music. Moreover, Berry codified the genre, defining its subject matter: cars and the open road; boys and guitars; girls sought after, lost and, occasionally, won; the urge towards freedom from parents and other authority." — The Washington Post, 1987.
"What an amazing thing it must have been to see Berry for the first time, with his pencil-thin mustache and elaborately curled hair, his full drape jacket and tight slacks, take his guitar (slung at crotch level, as all the rhythm-and-blues guitarists had been doing...), point it at a right angle to his body, and, while he played a tricky but repetitive riff, execute a strange walk across the Paramount stage, bobbing his head and squatting, looking for all the world like a duck!" — "Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll."
"From the (Beatles') earliest efforts, Chuck Berry songs had been a staple of their repertoire. John always considered Berry 'one of the all-time great poets, a rock poet .... I've loved everything he's done, ever.'" — "The Beatles: The Biography," by Bob Spitz.
"The villain of the evening was the influence of rock 'n' roll. ... Another singer, Chuck Berry, reduced the (Newport Jazz) festival to a tawdry low point with a group of outright rock 'n' roll selections. There was no more reason to have Mr. Berry at a jazz festival than there would, to go to the opposite extreme, to have Mantovani." — New York Times, July 1958. (Berry's appearance was immortalized in the acclaimed documentary "Jazz on a Summer's Day.")
"Of all the early breakthrough rock 'n' roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers. Quite simply, without him, there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, nor a myriad others." — Cub Koda, "All Music Guide to Rock."
To this day, the cream of Berry's repertoire — which includes 'Johnny B. Goode,' 'Sweet Little Sixteen,' 'Rock and Roll Music' and 'Roll Over Beethoven' — is required listening for any serious rock fan and required learning for any serious rock musician." — Citation from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1986.
"Adapting Louis Jordan's jump blues for electrified instruments, Berry created the definitive architecture for the rock and roll band, and shifted the spotlight to the guitar. Most significant was Berry's writing, which placed country-style storytelling in a youth-oriented context that perfectly captured the lives, thoughts and dreams of baby boomer teens." — Time magazine; the All-TIME 100 Albums.
"All the Chuck Berry songs you ever heard always had things like 'Birmingham, Alabama!' shouted out, these American places like 'Tallahassee!' But you couldn't put the English ones in. It always sounded daft to us. 'Scunthorpe!' 'Warrington!' It doesn't sound as funky." — Paul McCartney in "Rock Lives: Profiles and Interviews," by Timothy White.


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Jimmy Martinez of Moreno Valley huddled in the electronic section of the Toys"R"Us store in Ontario on Friday, looking for a MobiGo for his 4-year-old son.
The handheld game console, loaded with educational games, cost $30 -- half off the usual price. Martinez, 23, said his son would be able to use the game to learn and play at the same time.
"Everything is all about technology these days," Martinez said.
He said he started his shopping at 6:30 a.m. (standing in long lines, he said, is not for him), and that he expects to spend about $500 this year on Christmas gifts, the same as last year. He left with a MobiGo and a Toy Story 3 game.
Nearby, Beverly Gillett and Carol Kerr of Fontana were on the hunt for the Vtech InnoTab 2, an interactive tablet for children. The device, normally $129, was selling for $79.


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Puppies become hyperactive for plenty of reasons, but in many cases the behavior is related to a lack of adequate physical or mental stimulation. Providing outlets for pent-up energy often effectively calms your puppy. Other tricks may help, as well. If you're unable to easily manage your dog's excessive energy or stress, consult your vet or a professional behaviorist.
How to Calm a Hyperactive Puppy
Ensure that your puppy gets lots of exercise. She'll be more calm if she doesn't have pent-up energy, so let her burn it off and tucker herself out. In many cases this is all it takes to make a young dog calmer. Take your puppy for leashed walks in a variety of places and free runs at the dog park, play fetch and tug-of-war, hide treats around the house for her to sniff out, hide from her and let her find you, and incorporate other fun ways to get her moving in your daily routine. Supply your puppy with toys inside and out, too, to give her sources of physical and mental stimulation, preventing boredom that leads to stress or hyperactivity.
Accidental Reinforcement
One hindrance to calming your puppy is inadvertently reinforcing her hyperactive behavior. Her running, jumping, barking, whining, nipping and other behaviors are intended to get your attention. When you pay attention to your pet when she acts like that, you reinforce that the behavior you'd like to stop. This is true even if you're scolding her, because negative attention is still attention. Don't talk to, play with, make eye contact with, yell at, punish or otherwise pay any attention to your puppy when she's not acting calm. If possible, leave the room immediately, without any fuss, and close yourself in another room for a little while.
Your puppy's keen sense of smell is essential to her interaction with the world. Aromatherapy can have a powerful calming effect on your canine companion. Consult your vet or a reputable veterinary herbalist for instructions on how to safely and effectively use essential oils for puppy aromatherapy. Lavender, for instance, works well for calming many individual dogs, so it's a good scent to try first. Chamomile is famous for its soothing properties for humans, and it can have the same effect on your puppy. Aromatherapy with peppermint may be worth a try.
Reduce Stress
A stressed puppy is not a calm puppy. Isolation can be stressful. Don't leave your puppy home alone, locked away or tied up outside by herself for hours at a time. Crate-training can help reduce stress, but it can create stress if you rely on it too much. Crate-training is a process; generally, you'll start placing puppies 8 to 10 weeks old in a suitable and furnished crate for up to 60 minutes daily, puppies 11 to 14 weeks old for one to three hours, puppies 15 to 16 weeks up to four hours and older dogs for a maximum of five hours daily, not counting nighttime sleeping. Make sure other pets and young children don't harass or play inappropriately with your puppy. Educate yourself on proper training techniques -- which don't include yelling, punishment and other negative consequences -- to ensure you aren't putting undue stress on your puppy while trying to mold her behavior.
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The Internet is always termed as a big revolution in human life. It brought the world near to us. You can talk with anyone in the world using just a mouse click with a use of the internet. We all need internet for daily communication, research work, office work and entertainment.
The low speed and weak internet connection is kind of frustrating as well as costly. As we are surrounded by many devices which run on internet connection it is important to have a good speed internet at work and home.
We often use a simple trick to increase the speed of the internet. This simple trick is 'reset'! Yes, that's what we do. We just turn our router for some time and restart it. We login to the internet connection from our computer after the reset and do find that the internet is working faster. But unfortunately, this trick does not work all the time.
So, if you want a fast internet connection so that you can chat or watch a video without interruption then here are some simple steps you should follow.
- Where not to keep the router?
You might feel that you can place a router in any corner of your room. But it is a wrong approach. You should not place your router next to refrigerators, microwaves or metal objects. These objects can weaken and slow down the signal.
Also, don't keep router near your cell phone, laptop or computer as well.
- Where you should keep the router?
- Get a micro- filter
Your modem or router should be placed at a higher level. Let's say keep it 2-3 meters high. Keep it clean and make sure that dust does not go inside. The dust particles are also responsible for slower internet connection.Clean the modem at least twice a week. Don't keep the router where too many people are seating or keep roaming around. As human body consist of 60% of the water, it can interfere with the signal. It is scientifically proven that Wi-Fi networks become slower at the places where plenty of water is around.
Micro filters are important to keep a fast speed of your internet. Make sure that you have new micro filters. Replace the micro filters at least twice a year.
So, there you go. Follow these simple tricks and your internet connection will be 3 times faster. Share this information with your friends and family members who are struggling with a low-speed internet. Enjoy the full speed internet connection without interruption.


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Chase DeJong on Wednesday had one of those moments every pitcher dreams about. DeJong (3-2) tossed a no-hitter and struck out 12 to lead visiting Wilson High to a 10-0 victory over Jordan in a Moore League game.
Sean Buckle had two hits, two runs and two stolen bases for the Bruins (10-3, 4-0) and Stefan Miladinovich hit a two-run home run.
Millikan 9, Cabrillo 2: Christian Ybarra went 3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs to lead the visiting Rams (4-10, 1-3) in Moore League action.
Senior Christian Magallanes and junior Louie Terrazas led the Jaguars (5-7, 1-3) with a hit and a RBI apiece.
Los Alamitos 5, Huntington Beach 4: Patrick Ivison hit a single past the first baseman to drive in Sam Lorenzini with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the host Griffins (5-7-1, 2-3-1) in Sunset League play. Lorenzini led off the inning with a double, then advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Troy Rallings did a terrific job in relief, pitching the final 5<MD+,%30,%55,%70>2/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>3 innings while not allowing a hit.
Poly 13, Riverside Poly 0: Jeremiah Gordon threw a five-hitter to lift the Jackrabbits over visiting Riverside Poly in the OC Nissan Invitational.
The Jackrabbits got two hits and two RBIs by Thomas Walker. Henry Severson, Jeff Turley and James Harvey banged out three hits apiece.
Bellflower 11, Cerritos 0: Senior Sebastian Frutos pitched a complete game and allowed just three hits to the visiting Dons in Suburban League play. Frutos is now 6-0. Anthony Barboza had two hits and two RBIs for the Buccaneers (10-3, 4-1).
Jenevie Rivas pitched all five innings for the host Matadores (9-4, 5-0) in a 23-0 mercy-rule Suburban League victory over Artesia. Rivas also hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs.
Boys volleyball
Erik Reed had 12 kills and 16 assists to lead Wilson (11-8, 2-1) to a 3-0 victory over visiting Jordan in Moore League play. Scores were 25-17, 26-24, 25-16.
Norwalk 3, Bellflower 0: Jonathan Cifra had six kills, seven digs, two aces and a block for the host Buccaneers (7-9, 3-3), who came out on the short end of this Suburban League match. Scores were 25-23, 25-18, 25-17. Jovani Rojo contributed six kills and six digs to the Bellflower cause.
Boys tennis
Joshua Echevarria went 3-0 in singles play and the doubles team of Tomas Mora/Danny Mendez swept to lead the host Pirates (15-1, 8-0) to a 15-3 victory over Downey in San Gabriel Valley League action.
Cerritos 18, La Mirada 0: Singles players Pilki Min, Ganesh Alagappan and Curtis Yu all went 3-0 for the Dons (12-2) in this Suburban League match at Cerritos.
Boys track
Dorian Dawson won the shot put with a toss of 50 feet, 2 inches and the discus with a heave of 144-1 to lead visiting St. John Bosco to a 94-41 Trinity League victory over Santa Margarita.
Men's volleyball
Long Beach City College saw its 10-match winning streak snapped by visiting Santa Barbara City College in Western State Conference action. Scores were 17-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-12, 15-13.
The second-set loss for the Vikings was crucial. Long Beach led, 20-17, after a kill by Parker Del Re. But Santa Barbara (9-6, 6-2) took advantage of five Vikings errors and outscored Long Beach, 8-3, down the stretch to steal the set and even the score.
Max Wechsung led Long Beach (11-3, 6-1) with 14 kills and four blocks. Del Re and Kris Johnson had 13 kills apiece.
A victory would have clinched the conference title for the Vikings.


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Developer Kairosoft has revealed that its wonderful iOS video game development sim, the appropriately titled Game Dev Story, is set to receive the sequel treatment on Apple devices - just don't expect it soon.
Game Dev Story received the translation treatment earlier this year and hit the App Store to much critical acclaim, yet it started life as a Japanese PC title in 1996. Its sequel arrived back in 2000 and it's this game that's likely to make its eventual way to iOS.
However, speaking to Touch Arcade, Kairosoft revealed it's already got its hands full developing other titles and noted we shouldn't expect to see Game Dev Story 2 on iOS "soon". There's good news though and Kairosoft is already considering possible iOS-specific features for its sequel: "We are thinking of improving the game by adding elements of networking in the sequel, such as sales score rankings and sending employees to a friend's company, etc."
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Totally uneven. One tiny pussy lip that almost didn't exist and one giant lip that unfurled liked 5 different times half way down her leg and could have been used to hoist the mainsail on a pirate ship.
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And you *still* couldn't find her clitoris with a road map.
Be lucky she let you see em! Pussy is pussy and they're all unique and beautiful lmao
different, yes....beautiful, certainly not all of them.
excuse me, I think you're missing a mudflap...
Hang like sleeve of wizard.
This is the type of situation where ye swab the poop deck, matey! Arr!
noh bro it IS the main sail of the pirate ship.
Bet she walks crooked, too.
RBD=Roast beef danglers
its a clown pussy
Best of both worlds.
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Posted by: Tomoe
If you have stayed at Sakura Hostel Asakusa, you've probably seen some illustration everywhere in the building.
Since I'm not good at doing computer work such as Excel, Word, or Photoshop..., instead of that, I've been drawing those pictures for the notice around the hostel.
I'm happy if you like them♪
Let me introduce some of my "works" ;)
Guest storage
Are you checking out?
Ramen Map
Bed making
Fridge cleaning
Noodles 200 yen!
Rental mobile phone (Jimmy-san)
Most visits from last month!
No smoking please! << This is my favorite :)
Hostel T-shirts
And my latest illustration is.. "I've safely arrived in Tokyo"
You can post a message on Facebook or Twitter from our PC to tell your safe arrival to your friends and family!
Hope you enjoy them ;)
Older Entry Report of Sumo Tour on Sep 22nd >>
Newer Entry << Citizen of Tokyo's Day
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It is going to be hard to top this headline… but that is the goal of today's ds106 Daily Create, a writing challenge:
Write a tabloid headline for ds106 and the opening sensational paragraph
Tabloids, oh yeah. My all time favorite headline was "Female Bigfoot Tried to Love Me" — but that's another story. Today's 'loids are bringing astonishing news
Pearson to Acquire Digital Storytelling Course for $106 Million
July 15, 2013 "" Pearson, the world's leading learning company, is today announcing the acquisition of Digital Storytelling aka ds106 from University of Mary Washington or $1o6 million in cash or equivalent in calculus textbooks.
Created in 2011, ds106 is now the world's leading example of open education in a form that is not the same old lecture and quiz format of competitors. It has enabled 3500 students, teachers, and other internet weirdos (including talking dolls and dead mountain men) to create, publish, and distribute, from a digital space they own, more than 30,000 blog posts, videos, animated GIFs on the open web and benefit from several powerful growth trends including user-generated content, social media and internet syndication technologies.
As with many things, I start with an example, by googling Pearson Acquisition News and landing on Pearson to acquire Author Solutions, Inc for $116m — and just riffing from there.
More quotes from this story:
New Pearson VP of Animated GiFs James Groom is quoted as saying, "This is the most logical extension of our hard work that it can only be truly world animated at a scale beyond our dreams"¦. Has anyone seen my Lear Jet? I am due on the set"¦"
with photographic coverage of the deal being made:
This photo was the work of a little editing of a flickr cc licensed image by thinkpanama with my own photo of the new VP
If you want to get on board with the Daily Create, and avoid being made a butt end of my future work, step right into the fray of the ds106 Daily Create Challenge:
Just see how my UMW student from Fall 2012, Melinda is in the mix:
@cogdog game on! #ds106 is #4life after all http://t.co/7jKyc32V06
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Now this is more like it.
We collectively disliked Eva Mendes' last look, which I would liken to a tiger wearing a kitten costume; however, the tigress was out to play when she arrived at the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City yesterday for a guest appearance on the 'Late Show with David Letterman'.
Eva wore a sexy Dolce & Gabbana animal-print long-sleeved dress with an embroidered neckline, which was accented with a green leather belt and styled with knee-high taupe boots.
Even behind those chic Thierry Lasry sunglasses, I can still feel her smouldering eyes.
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by Maya Chowdhry
Recently I attended the Bare Lit Festival at Toynbee Studios in the East End of London. It describes itself as "a new literature festival by and for writers of colour". #POC isn't my favourite term for us, but I decided to go along and challenge myself to find out why in 2017, when I've been writing professionally since 1989, we still need such a festival (I do actually know the answer to this, but for the purposes of this blog post imagine I don't).
Before the whole programme had been announced, I bought my ticket on their crowdfunder - something that wasn't around in the late-1980s when I attended my first Black writers festival in Sheffield (I just tried to google the exact year of this festival but the internet is not spitting it out…). So there's reason number one for attending a #POC writer's festival.
I attended sessions ranging from "Hope in Times of Hopelessness" to "New Print Cultures". New Print Cultures was one of my favourite panels of the festival - a discussion about the "new wave" of radical, activist and community print publications, such as Burnt Roti, Skin Deep, gal-dem and OOMK. It was a very dynamic discussion and fascinating exploration of how these publications came about and the role of the physical object in a world of digital media.
Reason number two: we need to be in print to be: archived / have a history / imprint ourselves and our culture.
I particularly wanted to attend "In Experts We Trust" - a session exploring writing about scientific topics and the role of the expert in communicating these to audiences, as I have been grappling with science topics, such as climate change and palaeontology, during the writing of Fossil. The panellists were Shirley Wang (The Wall Street Journal) Angela Saini (Inferior, 2017), Sam Wong (New Scientist) and Momtaza Mehri (Ten: Poets of the New Generation, 2017). As well as highlighting the racism and sexism that still prevails in science, the panel explored how to get the balance between being specific about your science topic or research and allowing understanding for an audience of non-scientists. Angela Saini spoke brilliantly on all these topics and more, and I'm particularly looking forward to reading her new book: Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story, (out in June 2017 from Fourth Estate in the UK and Beacon Press in the US).
Reason number three: "proponents of racial ideologies have tried to appropriate science to legitimise their ideas" (from "Racism, photography and DNA: can we right past wrongs?" NewScientist.com
There's more about the festivals' discussions and debate on my twitter moment and #Barelit17.
So one reason to attend #Barelit17 would be enough and there's definitely more than three (I haven't even got started on censorship).
My take-aways? Decolonize science, decolonize everything, and, as Rikki Beadle Blair said, "I am the gatekeeper I am the gate. I must include me, and them. Own the means of production. Make your own universe of creativity."
Maya Chowdhry, 1 May 2017


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Change starts with the individual
It's time for a change.
Hello, my name is Ian Thomas Healy, and I am the CEO of Local Hero Press, as well as the author of most (but not all) books published by LHP. Following a stressful election season and a result that has been to the detriment of anyone who is not a wealthy, white, Christian, American male, I have decided to take a stand.
First, some background. Local Hero Press has never shied away from stories that star women, or minorities, or religions besides Christianity. We haven't yet published a book with a purely gay main character, but they have been supporting characters and have been presented in a positive light, and that doesn't mean we won't have books starring gay characters in the future. Want a book that stars Jewish heroes? Try Blood on the Ice. Want one starring persons of color? Jackrabbit or The Neighborhood Watch. Starring female characters? Try The Guitarist, or almost all of the Just Cause Universe series. This has been by design. The world is a diverse place, and we want to publish stories by diverse authors about diverse characters.
You say you want a revolution?
So how am I going to implement positive change in my position here at a very tiny publisher? Tiny donations are all I can afford, but change must begin with individuals.
Local Hero Press will begin making monthly donations to the charities listed at the bottom of this post. They will be small, but they will be consistent. If at such time in the future, Local Hero Press has sufficient income to make larger donations, I will see to it that it will happen. How can you help? You can also start making regular monthly donations on your own. Or you can buy LHP books to allow me to make larger regular donations. You can share this post to get the word out.
This revolution will not be televised!
Change begins with the individual, and of enough individuals step up to force change, it will begin a movement that can never be stopped. Be the change the world needs. Be a hero.
The Wikimedia Foundation – because information should be free.
Planned Parenthood – protect the rights of women.
The Human Rights Campaign – protect LBGTQ rights.
The ACLU – protect the rights of minorities and the oppressed.
The Environmental Defense Fund – protect the Earth.


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The Ghana Commercial Agricultural Project (GCAP) was established in 2012 under the auspices of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) with a total investment support of US $145 million. Of this amount, US$100 million is a credit from the World Bank – International Development Association (IDA), with the remaining US$ 45 million being a USAID grant.
Project Development Objective
GCAP aims to move farming from the present subsistence level to a commercial level that ensures wealth creation and food security in the country.
The objective of GCAP is to improve agricultural productivity and production of both smallholder and nucleus farms in selected project intervention areas with increased access to reliable water, land, finance, agricultural inputs and output markets.
GCAP is embarking on the rehabilitation and modernisation of existing public irrigation infrastructure, notably the Kpong Irrigation Scheme (KIS), the Kpong Left Bank Irrigation Project (KLBIP), all in the Eastern Region, and the Tono and Vea irrigation dams in the Upper East Region. The Project is restructuring and strengthening the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) and the Irrigation Company of the Upper Region (ICOUR) to provide improved oversight of irrigation schemes Private sector players will be introduced to the management of the irrigation schemes and support given to the participation of farmers in the management of irrigation and drainage assets.
Zones of influence
GCAP is working in the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone, simply referred to as SADA Zone, and in the Accra plains to:
- assist farmers to remove binding constraints.
- rehabilitate selected irrigation infrastructure.
- improve upon the management of irrigation infrastructure.
Some of the Project's Achievements
Some of the achievements of the project so far are the following:
1. Agribusiness Investment Promotion
GCAP is providing needed support to the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (CIPC) to develop a strategic plan for the agriculture sector, carry out research on the investment climate in agriculture, and develop the capacity of GIPC staff for commercial agriculture investments. The design and installation of an Investor Monitoring and Tracking System for GIPC are almost complete.
2. Pursuing Secure Access to Land
In compliance with the principles of responsible agricultural investments, GCAP has set up a mechanism for matching interested land-owning communities with interested investors. It has concluded a study into the Land Bank concept in Ghana, and will feed it into the creation of a database for land banks in the country. GCAP does not support the compulsory acquisition of lands. It has established a Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) that will enable a broad range of stakeholders – investors, smallholders, and host communities – to channel concerns, questions and complaints to the project.
3. Model Lease Agreement
For every project-supported investment, GCAP ascertains the existing rights in the proposed area to ensure that rights are respected, livelihoods are protected, and communities empowered to negotiate for beneficial agreements; and that investments rest upon a secure legal foundation. For that matter GCAP funded a study of various land lease concepts in Ghana in the SADA zone and Accra Plains. Out of this study, GCAP has published three reports on Model Land Lease Agreements to ensure easy and secure access to land for commercial farming purposes. The reports are: Model Commercial Agriculture Land Lease Agreement (MLA), Recommendations for Large-Scale Land-Based Investment in Ghana (LSLBI), and Community/Investor Guidelines for Large-Scale Land Transactions (Guidelines). The publications are the outcome of the recognition of significant risks that investment in agricultural land can pose for communities affected by land acquisition.
The LSLBI contains practical recommendations, examples of innovative practices, and concrete tools for improving commercial agricultural investment outcomes in a manner that results in social, economic, and environmental benefits for investors and beneficiary communities in which they operate.
The LSLBI provides a backdrop for the other two accompanying documents – the MLA and the Guidelines, which aim to facilitate socially responsible land investment practices in Ghana, offering information on building the capacity of local communities around commercial land investment processes and best practices. It is recommended that the three documents be used together.
4. National Framework for Outgrower Schemes and Contract Farming
GCAP has developed the "National Framework for Outgrower schemes/Contract Farming in Ghana" that reflects best practices, including international lessons adapted to the Ghanaian context.
5. Assisting Farmers with Matching Grants
There are 31 beneficiaries of a GCAP Matching Grants Scheme in the SADA Zone and the Accra Plains. Two-two (22) of them are in the SADA Zone and they are being supported with USD 5.9 million for the implementation of interventions such as training of smallholders, extension of electricity to irrigation systems or warehouse, installation of irrigation systems, construction of farm roads and warehouses. As at the end of December 2015, USD4.29 million (73%) of the approved funds for the SADA Zone had been disbursed to grantees for the implementation of these interventions. In the Accra Plains there are nine (9) grantees for whom USD2.75 million has been provided. As at the end December 2015, 75% of the approved funds had been disbursed to them.
Assisting smallholders in the SADA Zone
During the 2014-2015 cropping season, grantees in the SADA Zone supported a total of 5,832 smallholders, of whom 2,327 (40%) were women. The table below is a summary of their performance.
|Yield/ Productivity
|Gross Margin
6. Investing in Land Development
GCAP is working to attract investors into the Nasia-Nabogo Valley in the Northern Region. The exercise is being executed under two main categories:
(a). Improved Rain-fed Rice Production
A total of 3,000 hectares of watershed/ inland valley sites has been identified within the Nasia-Nabogo valley, and tests on the land suggest that it would be suitable for rice production. However, due to the occurrence of dry spells during the major rainy seasons, the risk in rice production is heightened.
GCAP is supporting interested investors to construct water management structures within the enclave to alleviate the impact of dry spells. Nine (9) investors have been selected, through an Expression of Interest that was advertised, as capable of engaging in commercial rice production within the valley. Contracts will be signed when all safeguards issues have been dealt with, to enable work to begin on water management structures and the development of the identified lands.
(b). Irrigated Agriculture for Large-Scale Commercial Farming
Another 10,000 hectares of land has been identified for large-scale PPP-style investor-driven commercial farming in the Nasia-Nabogo enclave. Three sites have been identified – Zoggo, Tamaligu and Bogdoo – for the construction of dams and primary canals. Further work is being done to produce info-packs to market the site to potential investors.


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My last card of today is one of my faves! This card is for Saturated Canary's Challenge #37 Love, F4A156 to use your favourite colours (mine at the minute are definitely any shade of pink with Pool Party) and for Lovefest Challenge D to use a fancy fold. Ok mine's not overly fancy, just an easel card, but it counts right?!
Stamps: Hugs n Kisses Digi Stamp from Saturated Canary, Hearts A Flutter from SU, Tag Its #11, Sending You both from PTI
Papers: Pool Party, Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla, More Amore DSP all from SU, Neenah Solar Crest
Inks: Pool Party, Primrose Petals, real red all from SU, Copic Markers
Accessories: Sycamore Street ribbon and Button Pack, Hearts A Flutter Framelit Dies both from SU, Large Frame Frilly #5 from Go Kreate, Paper Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, Paper Tulips from Magnolia


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Discussion in 'iPad Games' started by Animalistic, Apr 21, 2011.
15 seems a lot compare to other games in the app store so should I get this game?
Chaos Rings - by Square Enix (Retina Display) v1.1.1 Sound Bug fix - Touch Arcade
Lots of posts here.
Only buy if you like Final Fantasy type games. Btw its awesome
I didn't like it, seemed like a really stripped down ps1 FF game.


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EPL has books on a wide range of topics. Books designated as "Reference" do not circulate, but the rest of the books in the collection may be checked out. To see specific titles available at the Elkhart Public Library, search the on-line catalog.
Books Loan Information
- Circulate for 3 weeks
- Renewals are allowed
- Holds for specific titles can be placed
- No Limit (although we ask that you don't check out every book on a subject!)
Search for eBooks in our Digital Media Catalog.


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03 December 2013
The cooperation between the EPO and the patent office of China (SIPO) dates back almost 30 years, to the signing of the first cooperation agreement in 1985. The bilateral Heads meeting held last week in Beijing was a further example of the longstanding and excellent relations between our two Offices.
Reviewing our recent cooperation activities, we agreed that the picture was very positive, noting in particular the intensive use of the English-Chinese machine translation facility introduced in December 2012 as part of our Patent Translate service. More than 40 000 connections per month involve this language pair, with the combinations English to Chinese and Chinese to English accounting for equal proportions of the total. We signed a comprehensive work plan of cooperation activities for 2014, together with an agreement on the implementation of EPOQUE in the updated version launched last year. SIPO has been using EPOQUE for many years and will now be able to benefit from the new features of the EPO search engine. SIPO is also steadily implementing the new Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC), with completion scheduled for 2015. This is also excellent news, considering the growing volume and importance of Chinese patent applications in the global patent system (by 2015, national applications are expected to reach an annual total of 1 million).
By opting for the CPC and the new EPOQUE, SIPO has made some very clear choices in patent examination standards, and the EPO will continue to support its Chinese colleagues in their efforts to further improve the quality of the patent process.
My visit also provided an opportunity to meet the user community in China. I had the pleasure of hosting a meeting with a group of major Chinese applicants at the EPO, mainly in the fields of telecommunications, IT and digital equipment. A general message emerging from this meeting was that Chinese users have very positive expectations regarding the unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court, but very much hope that the new litigation system will be constructed in a way that avoids importing into Europe the patent troll practices encountered in other regions. In response to this, I re-stated my conviction that the experts on the Preparatory Committee are fully aware of the issue, remembering also that the frameworks of legal tradition and principle in Europe are quite different from those prevailing in the countries where such practices have arisen.
During a meeting at the EU Delegation, representatives of the European business community in China pointed to a need for clarification regarding the patent examination process in China, specifically in connection with the implementation of a new rule governing the treatment of non-Chinese prior art. The European patent system provides for very wide recognition of foreign prior art, whatever the region and language of the document. This, in our view, improves the overall quality of patent applications worldwide, which is vital to the flourishing of our increasingly globalised economies.
The honorary professorship awarded to me by Renmin University of China stands, in my view, as further testimony to the excellent relations between SIPO and the EPO. I was delighted to accept this honour on behalf of the Office as a whole.
The close relationship between our two Offices, sharing tools and best practices, has been further reinforced in recent years and will continue to be of strategic importance for both partners in addressing the common challenges of the patent system.
Benoît Battistelli
Categories: International co-operation


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Connect Your Store to Increase Revenue per Square Foot
The smartphone: shoppers today don't leave home without it. They're using them to compare prices and find product information. They're communicating with friends and family in your store. And they're expecting you to provide Wi-Fi to keep them connected.
You can look at all this as one more hassle for your business. Or, can see it for what it is: a new way to engage more deeply and profitably with your customers.
Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi can help you to operate your store more efficiently and to cash in on the connected consumer by influencing your customers at the point of purchase.
Increase Your Store's Productivity
Good things may come to those who wait, but your customers don't want to hear it—especially when it's time to check out. With secure and reliable wireless connectivity, you can provide faster, more personalized service and run your store more efficiently.
Use handheld devices instead of fixed registers to check inventory, place an online order, even complete a sale from anywhere in the store. Securely connect multiple devices (alarms, video cameras, thermostats, point-of-sale systems) to the Wi-Fi network, where you can control them centrally, and even remotely.
Deliver a Better Shopping Experience
Fast, engaging service demands a personal touch. But if you're an independent retailer, you know how hard it is to find the right staffing balance. Ruckus can help you use Wi-Fi to get more from your space and your people.
Empower shoppers to access product information and store services themselves, from their smartphones, when salespeople are working with other customers. Gather insights about shopper behaviour in real time to find out what's working and what isn't. Use footfall analytics to optimize your store layout and turn your venue into a must-visit destination.
Monetize the Wi-Fi Experience
Your customers are going to use their smartphones whether you like it or not—often to compare your prices with competitors. When they do it over cellular, you're cut out of the equation. But when they're using your Wi-Fi, you now have a captive audience that you can connect with and learn from.
Use your smart Wi-Fi network to better understand your customers: their identities, email addresses, social connections, even demographics information. Wi-Fi connections also provide opportunities to push targeted promotions—both inside the store and on an ongoing basis—to increase their basket and their loyalty.


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Batman: Arkham Origins North American Collector's Edition Confirmed and Detailed, Costs $119.99
Europe received details on their Batman: Arkham Origins Collector's Edition last week (check out the details here), and now the North American/New Zealand/Austrlaian Collector's Edition for $119.99 USD has been revealed, with pre-orders available at EB Games Canada and GameStop USA (other retailers should have them up soon).
Included for your $120 is everything you see below (click on the above image for a bigger view):
- Exclusive Arkham Origins premium statue featuring LED effects produced by TriForce. Measures approx. 9″ x 13″ x 11.5″
- 80-page, full-color hardcover artbook measuring approx. 7.5″ x 10.75″ x .5″
- Two key pieces of evidence taken directly from the Gotham City Police Department crime lab
- Batwing Prototype Schematic
- Anarky logo stencil
- Glow-In-The-Dark map of Gotham City
- Wayne Family Photo
- Assassin's Intel Dossier, which includes files on the 8 assassins as well as Black Mask's contract
- 1st Appearance Batman Skin: Look just like Batman did during his first appearance in Detective Comics #27, released in 1939.
- Deathstroke Challenge Pack – Unlock the ability to play as one of the world's deadliest assassins! Usable throughout all the Arkham Origins Challenge maps. Also includes two bonus challenge maps and two bonus Deathstroke Skins.
- Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics – This new feature-length documentary from DC Entertainment and Warner Bros Home Entertainment focuses on DC Comics' most terrifying villains. Legendary actor Christopher Lee narrates the film, which features exclusive interviews with Richard Donner, Guillermo del Toro, Zack Snyder and others.
- Knightfall pack (PS3 exclusive)
Batman: Arkham Origins releases on October 25th, with Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate coming to the PlayStation Vita and 3DS on the same day.
Are you going to spend the extra money on the collector's edition? Let us know in the comments below.
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DRESDEN, Germany - Once, twice, three times and then a fourth, Lauren Cheney launched a shot with her foot only to watch it go right into the hands of the North Korean goalkeeper.
DRESDEN, Germany - Once, twice, three times and then a fourth, Lauren Cheney launched a shot with her foot only to watch it go right into the hands of the North Korean goalkeeper.
Finally, she used her head. And just like that, the Americans looked more like a team that could contend for a third Women's World Cup title than the one that took a self-described "bumpy" road to Germany.
"I wasn't frustrated," said Cheney, whose goal in the 54th minute sparked a 2-0 win over North Korea yesterday. "I knew if I kept going, I'd get one. I'm pretty happy I did."
So were her teammates. After hearing about their inconsistency and shortcomings for months, the win in their tournament opener gave the Americans a needed dose of confidence. When the final whistle sounded, the U.S. reserves ran onto the field to celebrate while the North Koreans stood just beyond midfield, watching.
It was the fourth straight time the teams had met in group play at the World Cup, and the Americans have won all the games but one. The Americans will face Colombia, which lost 1-0 to Sweden, on Saturday in Sinsheim.
North Korean coach Kim Kwang Min blamed his team's failings in the second half on a June 8 lightning strike during training in Pyongyang that sent "more than five" players to the hospital. Goalkeeper Hong Myong Hui, four defenders and some of the midfielders were the players most affected, Kim said.
"The physicians actually said the players were not capable of playing in the tournament," Kim said through an interpreter. "They're not physically ready for this match, but they had a strong will."
The North Koreans didn't seem as if anything was amiss, nearly matching the Americans in possession (53 percent to 47 percent) and getting seven shots on goal. And the lightning strike seemed to catch everyone off-guard, with the FIFA media officer at the venue saying she had no knowledge of it until Kim's postgame news conference.
The young North Koreans - only two had played in a World Cup before - looked pretty good in the first half. The Americans started the game strong, controlling play with crisp passing and good speed. But the North Koreans gained confidence as time went on, shutting down the U.S. attack in the midfield and repeatedly pushing forward in the closing minutes before halftime.
Kim Su Gyong took a shot from close range in the 34th minute, but U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo punched it away. Four minutes later, Song Jung Sun slid a shot right in front of the goal that Solo couldn't reach. No other Americans were there to clear it away - neither were the North Koreans - and Ali Krieger finally booted the ball to safety.
"The opening to any game, emotions are going to be flying, players are going to be flying, it's going to be ugly sometimes," Solo said. "It was a little sloppy at the beginning, but we weathered the storm."
U.S. coach Pia Sundhage told her players at halftime to take the ball outside and make more use of the flanks. The improvement was clear immediately.
Cheney, making her first start since March, had two shots caught by Hong in the first five minutes of the half. In the 51st minute, Abby Wambach took a sliding shot from the edge of the 6-yard box, only to watch the ball sail over the net.
In the 54th minute, Wambach dribbled quickly up the left flank and took a step as if to move inside, spinning a North Korean defender around. Wambach dribbled a few more steps before chipping in a perfect cross that Cheney nodded past Hong.
"I'm actually not a very good header," Cheney said. "I just knew I wanted to redirect it back to the same place it came from."
It was Cheney's 14th goal in her 40th appearance for the United States.
The Americans have heard plenty of criticism about their uncharacteristic inconsistency these last few months. After going more than two years without a loss, the U.S. dropped three games in five months. The Americans were stunned in the semifinals of regional World Cup qualifying by Mexico, a team that had been 0-24-1 against its northern neighbor. The U.S. had to win a home-and-home playoff with Italy to get to Germany.


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Earlier today (Oct 5 Japan time), there was some sort of event held by Dengeki Bunko in Akihabara called the Dengeki Bunko Autumn Festival, a light novel publishing label (Shakugan no Shana, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Spice and Wolf, ToraDora, etc). There, Goodsmile Company (who recently completed their website migration to Danny's new platform) had set up a booth with goods based off of various titles published by Dengeki Bunko and then some. AkibaHobby has their report of the booth.
Continue reading '[Figures] Goodsmile goodies shown at Akihabara event'


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Habisreitinger v. Yarnell Ice Cream Company Inc
Filing 16
ORDER administratively terminating this action pending resolution of or relief from the bankruptcy proceeding. Signed by Chief Judge J. Leon Holmes on 8/30/11. (vjt)
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Volunteer for Lebanon
VOLUNTEER FOR LEBANON (تطوّعوا للبنان) is a non-profit organization registered with the Ministry of Interior (#2025) in 2015 serving as a national hub or focal point for volunteering with the mission "to promote, facilitate, and improve volunteering and community service throughout Lebanon." Volunteer for Lebanon is non-sectarian, non-governmental, with a comprehensive approach to volunteering that serves all the stakeholders in the volunteer eco-system.
Are you a VOLUNTEER?
Volunteer for Lebanon aims to help you:
- Learn more about volunteering.
- Learn how volunteering can benefit you while you contribute to your society.
- Find volunteer opportunities that are right for you.
- Have better volunteer experiences because you and the institutions you volunteer for understand your rights and responsibilities.
Are you a STUDENT required to complete a community service requirement?
Volunteer for Lebanon aims to help you:
- Benefit from all the points above for volunteers.
- Continue your service as true volunteers once you've completed your service hours.
Are you a SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY that has a community service requirement or volunteer program?
Volunteer for Lebanon aims to help you:
- Learn how to develop and manage more effective service programs.
- Learn how to train your students so that they fully benefit from their service experience.
- Have your students serve in organizations that are trained in volunteer management and understand their rights and responsibilities.
- Find enough service opportunities for your students.
Are you an NGO, SERVICE INSTITUTION, or GOVERNMENT AGENCY?
Volunteer for Lebanon aims to help you:
- Inform potential volunteers of your volunteer opportunities.
- Learn how to recruit and manage your volunteers better.
- Have better experiences with your volunteers because you both understand your rights and responsibilities.
- Expand your impact through your volunteers.
- Have better staff-volunteer relations.
- Learn about new approaches to volunteering:
Family volunteering
Corporate volunteering
Virtual volunteering
Volunteering of the elderly
Volunteering of those with disabilities
Are you a BUSINESS?
Volunteer for Lebanon aims to help you:
- Develop corporate volunteer programs that serve your needs while your employees serve society.
- Make corporate volunteering an important component of your CSR program.
- Find appropriate volunteer opportunities for your employees.
- Network with other companies that have corporate volunteer programs.
- Have greater opportunities for recognition of your exemplary volunteer programs.
Volunteer for Lebanon also aims to develop new resources, do research, and otherwise support the development of volunteering in Lebanon.
The organization not yet ready to do all those things, but we are developing our program and would welcome your ideas of how you can help us accomplish those aims as volunteers, partners, or donors. [email@example.com]