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Woman wearing a red coat walks along on the back side of Notre Dame de Paris (Notre Dame Cathedral), France. October 2010.
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Woman wearing a red coat walks along on the back side of Notre Dame de Paris (Notre Dame Cathedral), France. October 2010.
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Woman lights candles in front of a reliquary that contains the chains of St. Peter at San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) church. Rome, Italy. October 2010.
A woman poses for a souvenir picture in the middle of a busy street. Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. October 2010.
Bronze statue of a young woman resting at a fountain. I didn't catch the name. French Quarter, New Orleans, LA. May 2009.
On a trip to San Francisco with friends, I visited Alcatraz. I saw this woman with her stroller in a pensive moment, and wanted to capture it.
This is a picture of a classmate at photography school. We were practising overexposure techniques this day.
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The following is an edited, translated transcript of a presentation by Eric Bruckert, MD, PhD, endocrinologist, summarizing his lecture at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2015 in London, United Kingdom.
Hello. My name is Eric Bruckert. I'm the chief of endocrinology and metabolism at La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris.
During the European Society of Cardiology Congress, there was a session devoted to managing patients on statins who experience muscle pain. I would like to summarize the highlights of that session.[1]
In clinical practice, when we see a patient who's on a statin and complains of muscle pain, four steps need to be considered:
- Assess whether it is probably a "true" statin intolerance.
- Look for modifiable risk factors for statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS).
- Assess the risk/benefit ratio—are the symptoms intolerable, and is statin therapy necessary?
- Consider the optimal statin and dose, combination therapy, or alternative strategies.
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I am the madman in the stands,
and the marksman at the show;
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and the roaring from within,
I am the desert full of rage,
I am storm bloated black
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I was the dark god on the throne,
the woven bones below the door,
I was the weak one lying dead,
I was the leper on the floor -
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the beaten bent on breaking more.
I will be waiting at the show,
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Zero Punctuation: Top 5 of 2012
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I'm here, friend. The unpopularity of the line just shows the state of the industry. The game is a mind fuckingly amazing, but people won't buy it, because the reviewers gave it an 8 and not a 9.
When game tells me "choose A or B" I want to see the consequence of choice B instead of "shut up, we're going with A anyway".
Good point of comparison (although executed way, WAY worse) is that godawful quest in act III of Dragon Age II, when you discover a group of Templars and Mages, that try to overthrow Meredith and Orsino, to create "No Prejudice" team. I thought that it was the best idea in the world, and I did everything so they could succeed... Only for Bioware, to tell me "no it won't work this way, for the most ridiculous reasons we can come up with (for example my character "working" with Meredith, despite me being a Mage and telling her to fuck off at every possible opportunity). We don't know why we put option to help them, if you couldn't actually do anything with it, but fuck off, and pick between hating Mages or Templars, no middle ground".
Don't get me wrong, TWD is my #3 on my "Best of 2012" list (after #2 XCOM and #1 Spec Ops, which marks one of those few moments when I totally agree with Yahtzee), because it was still a really powerful experience. It would be no doubt #1 though, if I would know that it would be my experience, and someone else, making different choices would get entirely DIFFERENT powerful experience. I know it's extremely difficult to pull it off, but the game that will actually do it correctly will be my favorite game of all time, because I'm waiting for it ever since I started caring for plot in games (IE since Baldurs Gate).
Modern military shooter takes top slot, indie-developed survival horror game is the game Yahtzee considers even worse than Kane and Lynch. The Mayans weren't predicting end times, they were predicting the year the game's industry went snooker loopy.
Yes, this is true. What happens in the game is roughly the same no matter what choices you make, BUT, I also kind of think that's the point. The Walking Dead game is extremely existential, in the sense that YOU - and only you - are responsible for your own choices as well as having to deal with the consequences of those choices. You can't make anyone else's choices for them, you can't change how they behave, and you can't change their fates. Whether a character dies in episode 1 or episode 3 -- it doesn't matter, their lives are their lives and you can't help how they turn out.
I think the game is purposely trying to show us that we DON'T have control over everything as we may think, just like in our own lives. We can choose what kind of people we are going to be, but the bottom line is, things are going to happen without our choosing anyway. The Walking Dead understands this, and so as you make Lee's decisions you're not meant to change the entire course of his life, you are only deciding what kind of human being he's going to be; what kind of principles he's going to live by; how he's going to relate to others in a bleak world, etc. And as others have said, these choices come full swing, particularly in episode 5.
It's a wonderful game, not because of the gameplay, which is very minimalistic, or even the story, which is excellent -- it's great because it makes us analyze ourselves and has us question what kind of people we want to be.
Blegh. I did a poor job of explaining that, but I hope it made sense.
I hate how he's constantly hating on shooters, it's so clear that he doesn't like shooters and I wish he would stop reviewing them if he only does so to complain about them.
Yes, that is sarcasm that comes out of my annoyance from all of those who complain on all his reviews of shooters.
As for the list I have been unable to play most of the games he mentioned (I'm staying away from bottom 5), but I have bought Spec Ops The Line because of his praise for it and I'm looking forward to the day I'll finally have time to play it. X-com was a game I wanted to buy on day 1, but my backlog was too big at the time (still is) so I am putting that on hold for a while.
You did make sense. And I think TWD it's a wonderfull game so far. But there is a big warning at the beginning of each episode that says more or less "This games changes to fit your gameplay" what is just not true. All I'm saying it's a promise that remains unfulfilled this far in the game (I'm on episode 3).
they say the story adapts to your choices they never said your actions completely change the story
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There is a seed of this kind of games in the Visual Novel genre (see Katawa Shoujo). If only someone could make it work in a smaller scale in a regular game...
I've officially become a wanker indie PC gaming hipster and my my top 5 games are all independents, roguelikes, mods and grand strategy games.
1) Hotline Miami. Damn this game's good. A masterful deconstruction of narrative vs. gameplay.
2) FTL. The simple mechanics of this game add together to create something really deep. Although I really wish it was about space trading rather than outrunning an all powerful enemy.
3) Don't Starve. Great rogue like with cutesy graphics. I've yet to survive more than 4 days. Really wish I know how to get manure.
4) Crusader Kings II. A marriage and succession simulator. Seriously. There's combat but you do far more pimping out of yours and other people's offspring and then inviting them over for dinner fighting. Nobody seems to try to marry into your dynasty without you asking though, like you're the only entity in the world with any agency.
5) DayZ. A zombie mod where people are infinitely more terrifying than the undead. The devs really need to turn up the impact of exposure, make the game more about building a zombie proof shelter. Make zombies more problematic, perhaps make slow them down but make them a one hit kill. Get rid of the more ridiculous guns and NGVs. Force people to play at night and use torches. Make food rarer. Add food/water poisoning. Have hunger make you weaker. Currently it's more about wide area team deathmatch than survival.
Games I found disappointing but get honorable mentions are:
Dishonored. Fascinating world with unfortunately no real depth to it. Really needs a DLC prequal that establishes what it is you exacly do for the Empreress Overall really good but just slightly anaemic and thus disappointing. Big hopes for the sequal though.
XCOM. Again really good but the lack of customisation for your squad members felt limiting. If I want to give the sniper a rocket launcher or the support squaddie a heavy machine-gun then why do you want to stop me? At least let me choose which skill tree I want to develop for each team-member. And learn how to procedurally generate maps. It feels likes there's 5 on rotation sometimes. Seriously. Randomised squad classes and set maps? That's a little backwards.
Civ5 Gods & Kings. Really didn't add much. The AI is better I guess but I've played this sort of game so many different ways that I've lost all interest. Somebody need to make a CIV with multiplayer slow realtime play.
The only thing this list did was to remind me how few games I have acutally played this year. I still have a lot of catching up to do.
Also, spunkgargleweewee is still a really stupid term.
Well Spec-Ops: The Line is mostly a left wing anti-war/anti-military wank dressed up as a game. It's really great if you happen to agree with it's message, then you can claim it's profound, needed commentary, on something people try and overlook. If you belong to the other 50% of the population then it's just a mediocre game with a misguided piece of political propaganda sewn in which it insists on constantly bludgeoning you over the head and shoulders with.
As a result, "Spec-Ops: The Line" is something a critic, like Yahtzee can praise on the merits of it's message, if they happen to agree (which you might guess Yahtzee does, given all of his anti-US military rants in various reviews), but something a person with more pretensions of being a reviewer can't in good conscience lionize because really aside from that "message" it has nothing going on, and really it's something not everyone is going to agree with.
It doesn't really surprise me as being on Yahtzee's list, given that I felt 2012 was really short on stand out games. Much like 2011 it seemed like a year in which everything that was supposed to be really huge fell flat, and anything that looks especially good is being pushed up. To be honest with most of the truely huge developments like whatever Blizzards "Project Titan" is planned for the end of 2013 at the earliest, I expect 2013 to largely be a dry year.
It seems like we're looking at a 3-4 year cycle of in terms of bunches of really good games coming out, with the intervening time largely filled by rush projects (no matter how long it's claimed they were in development), quick cash ins, and rubber stamped franchise sequels. Among these there are some relative gems, especially among the new IPs that come out as experiments, but for the most part it's differant variations on bland.
This is just my opinion.
For all my pretend sophistication I still laugh at raspberries as much as when I was two years old.
Rayman Origins came in 2011.
OT: Glad to see XCOM: Enemy Unknown up there on the top 5 best list.
Although I can't help but wonder what you would have thought of Journey, assuming you even played it.
Not trying to be confrontational, but did you play The Line? I was actually very surprised at how understated the explicit anti-war elements were. It's more focused on deconstructing the mindset of a shooter protagonist. There are a few bits where it brings up current events (surprise surprise the CIA is evil) but aside from that it's relatively apolitical. I liked it because it's a fairly convincing portrayal of a man's tragic fall mixed with a deconstruction of shooters.
As much as I liked the Resident Evil series, I wish they'd just stop.
Are you seriously arguing semantics?
Please don't.
Also, your comment doesn't really say anything about why you dislike The Walking Dead.
Probably because you copied the definition for "adapt" from some dictionary website and used it as a substitute for your own opinion.
I believe that's the point of the newfangled terminology.
"Propaganda"? At least it isn't totally historically revisionist like Black Ops. But all this really shows is that you missed Spec-Ops' real meaning.
It's is an indictment of unthinking jingoism but not an indictment of thoughtful muscular foreign policy. However it's more anti-military shooter and anti-violence porn than anti-war. A forth-wall breaking comment on how little the games we play as entertainment actually reflect on the massive amounts of violence that they allow us to perpetuate in their imaginary worlds.
Errant Signal probably analyzes this game best.
But it's typical of you that you think that because a military shooter isn't unashamedly pro-war you think that it must be propaganda. Military shooters represent none of the real effects of war, rather they fetishize combat into something that is completely imaginary.
Spec-Ops fetishizes the combat in the same way and then asks you why you're doing it. It has nothing to say about any real war or current military conflict (Really, the situation depicted in Spec-Ops is absurd.) apart from perhaps the fact that violence brutalizes everyone around it including it's perpetrators.
If you wanted a real anti-war game you'd probably have to make the protagonist a woman fleeing with small children from their village as it was hit by a sectarian murder patrol or a US military airstrike.
To be perfectly honest, anyone would've stood up for EA when Zeel was still running around.
If someone says something adapts to other thing, I expect that something CHANGES. So, yeah, semantics... It matters when some one says that something adapts but doesn't change.
About my opinion, you seem lazy, cause it's right there on your quote, so I'll give the short answer: I don't dislike it, I LOVE IT. I just feel that they don't deliver what is promised on the warning before the title screen.
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It feels even better for me who preps for night time and waits in the shadows before climbing up a steel container, stabbing one guy in the chest,hopping down to stab another and pull the pin and then stab another to throw a knife towards the second to last guy and finally pop the other in the head with a silenced SMG and all that while playing background MGS sneak music.
It's my first far Cry game but it's also a recent favourite of mine since we are rewarded just as well for using stealth tactics rather than most shooters these and sandboxes these days where it's best to go in guns blazing.
Plus I love watching my enemies freak out when they find one of their stabbed buddies only for the dead to serve as mere bait for another.
I don't get the fuss about Spec Ops. I played for about 2 hours and was just bored and didn't find it in the least bit interesting enough to continue. Maybe I'll push through to figure out what all the hype is about but honestly, it screamed "samey boring shooter" to me. Doesn't help that on PC they decided to just 1:1 convert gamepad buttons instead of giving things their own buttons like they're supposed to. Basically, the controls felt like I was driving a very large school bus full of fat children instead of a coupe.
But the bigger question is: Is Yahtzee still a banana?
No, I think it's more about the poor mechanics, and that playing it is exactly like hitting yourself in the face with the history book as illustrated in the video. Some people don't want to buy a game that's really, really not fun, and I can respect that. In fact, it's sort of wise to avoid it because you can't really stop playing it once you get into it like in that movie Saw where you have to cut your leg off to escape.
1. They made the beginning part of the game samey ON PURPOSE.
He actually wasn't THAT down on it.
What he didn't like was that not much has changed, not that it was utterly terrible.
Oh, and it was racist.
Didn't make it the "worst" as Warfighter is clearly worse.
It says its "tailored" to the choices you make. While character relations change, the story is yours regardless. Won't get into the end, but some choices pay off, and you're given more. Do one full playthrough blind, then go back and change some choices around.
It's like what people expected about Mass Effect. I only played the first 2 games mind you, but both followed a linear plot structure, and only character relationships - and some deaths - changing. But the plot? No, that seems to always remain the same. I don't know why people expected so many endings for ME3. It felt more binary as there were clear paragon and renegade choices. In TWD there are no good choices.
Don't know how far you got, but...(as non-spoilery as possible)
Black Ops 2 and the entire MMS genre (baring Spec Ops: The Line) was represented by Warfighter.
May I direct your attention to his Warfighter/Doom 3 Review? He loves shooters - he hates Spunkgargleweewee.
Honestly? Money. AND the episodic structure. Considering that, I think they do a good job. The game was a surprise hit, as their Jurassic Park game was a total flop.
Honestly, I think they did a better job than the Mass Effect series. All the decisions are clearly dilemmas. And characters clearly change around you as you make decisions. But the plot remains largely the same despite how many times they tell you otherwise.
You're teaching Clem. Do you have hints on? I played without hints on, and apparently I missed the whole "Clem will remember this..." dialog. Also, the hints really mess with you in later episodes. When I replay, I will with hints.
In this case, you end up at the same location, but you didn't choose it. This undermines you as a leader to the rest of the group. Also later, with the tractor, who you choose to save doesn't change who gets saved. However character reactions change toward you. I actually got annoyed about how many times Kenny tells me how he feels, but apparently others didn't understand that this actually had a lasting effect (and certainly effects his decisions later on in the game).
Playing XCom at the moment (got it yesterday) and it's brilliant. It's definitely in my top 5 of the year - though I haven't played Spec Ops or Dishonoured yet.
My top 5:
Hotline: Miami
I'm fairly certain that will shift around a bit, but this year was clearly the year for the small downloadable title.
I don't recall it being shit as much as astoundingly average from most reviewers. Even Yahtzee.
Not impossible. Costly. In this case it's voice acting and writing. Gary Whitta (writer) is a comic book writer and novelist with substantial credits. Even though this is an adaptation of a high profile comic (no, Whitta is not the comic's writer, though he works closely with Kirkman), it only became high profile after the TV show went as well as it did. The rights to the game were sold before the TV rights, and didn't have nearly enough money behind it. When Activision got rights to the TV Show, they had to rush it out even more in order to compete with what looks to be yet another zombie shooter.
Telltale's earlier efforts do okay, but not nearly as well as The Walking Dead did. Jurassic Park and Back to the Future should have been printing money as well, but they weren't. TWD was a surprise hit and no one knew it'd do as well as it did.
I think the answer is both. Spec Ops - btw - is technically a sequel to a long dead franchise. Sequels also tend to be not as fresh or interesting as their predecessors. THough as games stake their place as franchises and brand recognition, it'd be hard to review a year of fewer and fewer fresh IPs.
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2007 Season in Review
Dec. 6, 2007
BERKELEY - The California men's soccer team had a banner year in 2007, as the Golden Bears won their second straight Pac-10 title and made their seventh straight appearance in the NCAA College Cup, advancing to the second round. Head coach Kevin Grimes added to his legacy, capturing an unprecedented fourth and third consecutive Pac-10 Head Coach of the Year award. Cal wrapped up the campaign with a final record of (12-6-2, 6-3-1).
The veteran leadership paved the way for the Bears' success this season. Seniors Andrew Jacobson, Javier Ayala-Hil and Luke Sassano made their presence felt, as all three made the All-Pac-10 team, Jacobson and Sassano as first-team picks and Ayala-Hil as a second-team choice. Jacobson was also named the Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year. He tied for the team lead in shots with Ayala-Hil (44), collected 11 points (4 goals, 3 assists) and had 15 shots on goal. Ayala-Hil garnered Soccer America National Team of the Week honors after recording four points (1 goal, 2 assists) on Senior Day in Cal's 3-1 victory over UCLA. In conference games, Ayala-Hil's five assists led the league.
Among Cal's 16th-ranked recruiting class, freshman Andrew Wiedeman emerged as one of the team's top competitors. Wiedeman, an All-Pac-10 second-team choice, earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors and was selected to the Soccer America National Team of the Week and the College Soccer News' National Team of the Week on Oct. 9 for his six-point weekend against Washington on Oct. 5 and Oregon State on Oct. 7. Wiedeman ended the season as the team leader in points (20), goals (7) and assists (6). Not only did he rack up the points, but Wiedeman also proved to pull through in the clutch, as five of his goals were game winners.
Another key component to the team was sophomore keeper Stefan Frei. Frei had an outstanding season, garnering All-Pac-10 first-team honors and was selected the Pac-10 Player of the Week for his performances against Washington and Oregon State on Nov. 9 and 11. Frei earned his eighth and ninth shutouts of the season to guide Cal to the Pac-10 championship. It was also the third time Frei posted back-to-back shutouts. Earlier in the season, Frei recorded a career-best 12 saves when Cal tied Santa Clara, 0-0 He ended the year leading the conference in save percentage (.850), saves (91), saves per game (4.55) and shutouts (9). In Pac-10 contests, Frei also led all keepers in goals-against average (0.68).
The Bears had some tough matches in accumulating their 12 wins in 2007. In the final tune-up before starting conference play, Cal pulled out a double-overtime victory against 2006 NCAA participant Towson. Freshman Davis Paul headed in the game winner to increase the Bears' winning streak to three. When Cal squared off against Stanford in the first meeting of the year, it was junior Pat Marion who scored the game's only goal, as the defense shut down Stanford and recorded its sixth shutout of the season. On Senior Day against UCLA, all three seniors scored as the Bears beat the Bruins, 3-1. In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Cal won a hard-fought match against UC Davis, 2-1. Wiedeman sent the Bears into the second round with his goal in double overtime.
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Godless was a science fiction fanzine by Bruce D. Arthurs.
Godless was published in the U.S.A. in the 1970s. Issue 3 was released in Spring 973, and the last issue, 14, in September 1976.
Contributors of artwork included Bruce Townley.
Bruce D. Arthurs also published the fan anthology Fanthology 75.


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Humanities Tennessee joins Mayor Karl Dean, Nashville Public Library, the Nashville Public Library Foundation and Parnassus Books to launch the third Nashville Reads campaign. The goal of the yearly initiative is to unite the entire city in reading a great piece of literature at the same time.
This year's Nashville Reads novel, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, tells the story of a middle-class American family that is ordinary in every way – except one.
Nearly 1,000 free copies of Fowler's book now blanket the city. They are on city buses, at city parks and community centers, in restaurants, gyms, shops and coffee houses across the county.
Marked with a "Take Me, Read Me, Leave Me" sticker, these books are available for people to pick up, read and leave for the next person to discover. Metro high schools across Davidson County also received copies of Fowler's book for their school library collections.
Other highlights of the Nashville Reads campaign include:
• "Drop Everything and Read Day" on Monday, March 3:
o At 2 p.m., Mayor Dean and a group of special guests will read excerpts from Fowler's book during a reception at the Main Library, 615 Church Street.
• Three contests: a 1200-word story contest, a six-word essay contest and an Instagram contest - details are available on the Nashville Reads website, www. nashvillereads.org.
• Free events scheduled over the next month, including book club discussions, book talks at local breweries and coffee shops, workshops and movie showings - visit www.nashvillereads.org for a full list of events.
• Salon@615: Nashville Reads Edition: Tuesday, April 1, at 6:15 p.m. at Main Library, 615 Church Street. Author Karen Joy Fowler will discuss and sign copies of her book. This is a free, ticketed event. Advance tickets are available for a $2.50 service fee per ticket and will be available two weeks prior to the event. Visit www.nashvillereads.org for details.
About Nashville Reads
Nashville Reads, now in its third year, is an annual collaboration of several organizations that champion literature and literacy in our city: Nashville Public Library, The Nashville Public Library Foundation, Parnassus Books, Humanities Tennessee, and the Mayor's Office of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. Past selections include "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood and "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel.


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City unveil latest recipe for success… getting Jamie Oliver to do the cooking!
Paul Collins
15:53 GMT, 10 January 2013
18:16 GMT, 10 January 2013
What a turkey: TV chef Jamie Oliver
Manchester City have been linked with every star player around the world but a celebrity chef has become their latest big-name signing.
TV chef Jamie Oliver has signed a five-year deal with the club to provide matchday food for supporters at the Etihad Stadium.
The 37-year-old, whose 30-minute meals are known to take about 90 minutes to prepare, will provide food for all public concession stands, as well as the hospitality areas and the City Square fan zone.
The deal will begin for the start of next season — so it's good old pies, pasties and pints until then.
Tom Glick, chief commercial and operating officer, told the Manchester Evening News: 'It is our ambition to create a world-class customer experience for everybody who visits the Etihad Stadium. We are looking forward to working with these two leading brands as we continue to develop our stadium to achieve this aim.'
Nigel Harris, managing director of Jamie Oliver's Fabulous Feasts added: 'Fabulous Feasts has proven over the last couple of years that we can deliver world class food on a grand scale.
'Our passion for providing tasty food to the public is second to none and so we're enormously excited to be working with Manchester City to offer what we believe will be the best stadium catering in the Premier League.
'We've been in discussions with the club for many months and we now have a dedicated team in place to ensure that the hospitality at the Etihad Stadium is truly something special.'
Tucking in: City fans' options are about to soar at the Etihad Stadium
Hungry for more City are defending their Premier League crown this season
Meanwhile, Gareth Barry is determined to ensure that Arsenal are shocked by more than just Mario Balotelli's new hairstyle this weekend as Manchester City aim for a first league win at the Gunners since 1975.
'I wasn't aware it had been so long,' the England midfielder told. 'Football is like that sometimes but 37 years is extraordinary. Records like that are rare but are there to be broken.
'We have to go to the Emirates, play as well as we know we are capable of and see if we can put an end to our poor run of league results on their ground.'
Tony Book was in charge when City secured a 3-2 triumph at Highbury in 1975. They did win a League Cup quarter-final at the Emirates last season but have not actually scored a league goal at Arsenal since DaMarcus Beasley's effort in the 3-1 defeat in 2007.
Bogey team: City have not won at Arsenal since 1975
Arsenal impressed at the Etihad Stadium earlier this season when they were unfortunate to find themselves held to a 1-1 draw.
'They surprised me just how good they were that day,' said Barry.
'They will be disappointed they've not played as well as that more often this season.
'We know there is a need for us to keep winning games because seven points (to leaders Manchester United) is not a small gap and we can't allow that to increase.
'But sometimes the pressure can actually flip around to the team in front and the one chasing can go into games more relaxed.
'We're not going to let it overly worry us at this point.'


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Financial-services firm Intuit extended its buying spree today with the announcement that it purchasing PaySuite, a U.K.-based provider of self-service online-payroll services.
Terms of the deal are not public. In early April, PaySuite announced its integration with the QuickBooks Online accounting system "to give small businesses access to their accounts and payroll in one place." The integration enabled PaySuite's payroll system to work from within QuickBooks.
"Payroll is core to QuickBooks Online's global growth," Intuit VP and U.K. managing director Rich Preece told VentureBeat. "PaySuite's technology and compliance expertise will accelerate and strengthen Intuit's reach in the UK and help immediately hasten QuickBooks Online conversion in the region, and over time, increase the lifetime value of Intuit's ecosystem."
Once Inuit integrates the PaySuite team and U.K. users, "We'll look at the potential to reach additional regions," Preece said.
"The partnership has been a great success and now we've decided to join with Intuit so we can continue to develop and improve the lives of small businesses, accountants and bookkeepers across the U.K. and around the world," PaySuite said in a post on its blog.
With PaySuite, a small-business owner inputs hours for each worker, and the system calculates taxes, creates an electronic payslip, and sends the info to the U.K. tax authority.
In the fiscal year ending in July, the Mountain View, Calif.-based Intuit scooped up nine small companies: KDK Softwares, Check, Lettuce, CustomerLink, Docstoc, Good April, Full Slate, Level Up Analytics, and Prestwick Services.
Intuit's products include the Quicken and TurboTax personal-finance programs and small-business accounting product QuickBooks.


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GlaxoSmithKline Award for Research Excellence
A Prestigious Prize to test a controversial theory of Autoimmunity.
Professor Chris Goodnow the APF's Chief Scientific Officer has been awarded the prestigious GlaxoSmithKline Award for Research Excellence for his pioneering work into autoimmune disease.
Professor Goodnow has been awarded $80,000 to support his world leading research into causes of autoimmune disease. The award will allow Professor Goodnow to test his controversial theory that autoimmune disorders are a form of benign cancer.
"We've based our hypothesis on lots of circumstantial evidence, and now a path has opened that will allow us to see whether the genetic mutations that have recently been found to cause lymphoma also hasten the development of autoimmune disease. If we find this, it could open up opportunities for treatments for autoimmune diseases, which may include using the new drugs developed for treating lymphoma cancers."
Professor Goodnow was honored to receive the award and to be recognised for his work. He spoke about how his research is at a very exciting stage and that the award will not only allow him to test his controversial theory but also enable his research team to utilise new technology known as Massively Parallel sequencing to test his hypothesis.
The award was presented to Professor Goodnow by GSK Australian Medical Director Dr Andrew Yeates who acknowledged the significant contributions Professor Goodnow's research has made to advancements of health and medical research in Australia. He will now join a list of winners that include many of the country's most respected scientists.


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Modesty Blaise is a fictional young female character featured in a British comic strip created by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway. The comic pursues the exceptionally talented and criminal Modesty Blaise and her sidekick Willie Garvin through a series of enthralling and exhilarating events. Created in 1963, the comic was so successful it was later adapted into films in 1966, 1982 and 2003, followed by one graphic novel in 1990 and thirteen novels and short stories produced in 1965. The latest adaptation of the comic is a series of wall murals released in 2012 featuring the two characters.
The 1966 film adaptation was categorically placed as a comedic spy-fi motion picture taking inspiration from the surrealist comedy-adventure cinematic trend of that time. The film is loosely based on the comic strip and sees Modesty Blaise, a former crime boss, recruited by the British Intelligence to put a stop to a diamond theft operation. The recruitment brings about conflict with other characters and sees the protagonist reunited with her accomplice. The noticeable differences for dedicated fans, in comparison to the comic strip, are Modesty's hair colour, Willie's hair colour and their romantic relationship that develops into marriage. Their relationship is the most significant difference as Peter O'Donnell set out to never allow romance to blossom between the two characters. Interestingly, the film includes a metafictional detail where the Modesty Blaise comic strip is featured on several newspapers in a characters apartment suggesting that the comic and film adaptation existed in two different time periods. The film was recognised with great success and is now categorized as a camp-classic.


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WARRNAMBOOL rowing export Kathryn Ross will finalise her London Paralympics partner in the next few days, but it is not going to be as clear-cut as initially thought.
Up until about three weeks ago, Ross was expected to contest this year's Games with her fellow 2008 Beijing silver medallist John Maclean, but another rower has entered the mix.
Maclean will be vying with Victorian Gavin Bellis for a spot in the Australian boat for the trunk and arms double scull. The team will be finalised at the 2012 Rowing Australia National Selection Trials which start in Sydney today.
Ross, who is guaranteed a spot in the boat, said it was an unusual position to be in.
"I'll race with John on Friday and Gavin on Sunday," she said. "It's interesting and it's something I haven't had to do before.
"It's about assisting both of them.
"I need to have myself in the best body shape and best mind shape that I can be in for both of them.
"It's definitely a challenge but it's a good challenge."
National selectors will choose her partner at their discretion but the decision is mainly based on times from the national selection trials, which will be held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
Bellis came into contention to join Ross in the boat because he was recently reclassified.
"He's been rowing for a couple of years," Ross said.
"He was a sergeant in the army, so he's very disciplined."
The 30-year-old said she was in top shape.
"I'm trying not to peak for selections but I'm feeling pretty good," she said.
"I'm the strongest I've ever been and the fittest I've ever been, which is exciting and positive for me."
Ross will be aiming for a time of about four minutes and six seconds with both Maclean and Bellis.
After the trials, the successful male rower will switch his attention to the World Rowing Cup in Munich, Germany, which will be an important lead-up competition to the Paralympics.
Ross was looking forward to finalising her partner.
"It will be good when this is all finished so I know who I'll be working with, then it's full steam ahead towards London," she said.


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Updated 2:58 p.m.
A federal magistrate judge in Washington has ruled against federal energy regulators, saying J.P. Morgan doesn't have to produce 25 unredacted emails in an investigation about manipulation in power markets.
Lawyers for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission turned to Washington's federal trial court this summer to seek the enforcement of an administrative subpoena. The attorneys challenged J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corp.'s assertion of attorney-client privilege.
Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson said she inspected, in chambers, the redacted portions of the 25 emails in dispute. In a ruling published Thursday evening, Robinson said the attorney-client privilege shields the information from disclosure. Her ruling is here.
Lawyers from the firms Sutherland Asbill & Brennan and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom represent the bank. Skadden partners Michele Roberts and William Scherman are among the lawyers who represent the bank.
The redacted information includes messages between the bank and its counsel "with respect to legal advice relating to facts communicated confidentially to counsel" by J.P. Morgan, Robinson said.
FERC lawyers, including Thomas Olson, argued that the attorney-client claim was overbroad. The attorneys noted that J.P. Morgan cited the privilege to protect some documents only to later turn over some of that same information.
The "application of this proposition would effectively penalize counsel for voluntarily revisiting the basis for withholding documents sought pursuant to administrative subpoena," Robinson said in her decision.
FERC sued J.P. Morgan in July in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to enforce the agency's administrative subpoena.
The agency said in its petition that it's conducting a formal, nonpublic investigation of potential manipulation of the California and Midwest energy markets by J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy.
J.P. Morgan's attorneys said in response to the petition that the bank has "responded in good faith" to the commission's request for documents. The bank's lawyers said the "investigation remains in the fact-finding stage, and FERC has made no determination that respondent engaged in misconduct."
J.P. Morgan has turned over "nearly 500,000" pages of documents, Robinson noted in the decision.
Lawyers for the bank said in July that "as this case comes to this court, the only abusive litigation tactic supported by the record is the Enforcement Staff's decision to disclose its incomplete, non-public investigation by filing this petition" to enforce the administrative subpoena.
"The Enforcement Staff evidently hoped that its effort to publicize an ongoing investigation might cause Respondent to abandon the protection of the privilege, to which all other litigants are entitled," J.P. Morgan's attorneys wrote in court papers. "It has not."
Scherman, a partner in Skadden's energy department and a former general counsel for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, was not immediately reached for comment.


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For more information about the energy industry, please consult the following
Edison Electric Institute (EEI) -- the trade association for U.S. investor-owned
electric utility companies
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) -- a
non-profit energy research consortium for the benefit of utility members, their
customers, and society
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) --
a federal agency that regulates and oversees energy industries in the economic and
environmental interest of the American public
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) -- a Cabinet-level
federal agency entrusted with advancing national, economic, and energy security
of the United States
Energy Information Administration (EIA) --
the statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy, featuring comprehensive information
about the nation's energy habits
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- a
federal agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment
North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC)
-- ensures that the bulk electric system in North America is reliable, adequate,
and secure
PJM Interconnection -- a regional transmission
organization serving the Mid-Atlantic region
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) -- a regional transmission organization serving all or portions of nine central Southern U.S. states
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
-- administers the state's power grid
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) -- promotes
wind energy as a clean source of electricity for consumers around the world.
GridWise Alliance -- a consortium
of public and private stakeholders with a shared vision of an electric system that
integrates infrastructure, processes, devices, information and market structure
so that energy can be generated, distributed, and consumed more efficiently and
cost effectively.
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
(NARUC) --an association of agencies that regulate the activities of telecommunications,
energy, and water utilities across the U.S.
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Downloading an EBSCO Audiobook
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From the result list, click the Borrow link to check out the Audiobook.
If you are not already signed in, sign into My EBSCOhost with your personal user ID and password.
Note: If you do not have a user ID and password to borrow Audiobooks, please see your institution's administrator to learn how to get one.
Select a borrowing duration from the drop-down menu and click the Borrow button.
Next, you are prompted to download and install the EBSCO Audiobooks App to your Apple or Android device.
After installing the app on your device, open the app and log in with the My EBSCOhost user ID and password you used to check out the Audiobook on EBSCOhost.
Note: If your institution uses SSO authentication, click the Single Sign On link and enter the credentials provided by your institution.
Your borrowed Audiobook titles are displayed on the Library screen. Tap Download to download a title to your device.
Tap the cover image to view more detailed information. From this screen, you can choose to Download the title or Play a Sample prior to downloading.
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The Play Sample button is not available on the Apple version of the app at this time.
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"BURLESQUE ROYALE" SET TO BUMP AND GRIND ITS WAY AS AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST, MOST GLAMOROUS BURLESQUE EXTRAVAGANZA A Varie-tease of International Burlesque Stars to Descend on The Palms at Crown Melbourne, Australia. Australia. January 2011. 2011. Pulses will be racing in Melbourne this January as Burlesque Royale brings a stellar cast of international burlesque superstars to The Palms at Crown on Friday 28 January. With the 8pm show selling out in minutes, a second show has now gone on sale for 11.30pm that night with no further extension possible. With a role call of international award winning performers hailing from London to Las Vegas, Burlesque Royale finally brings the art-form of burlesque out of small clubs and onto the grand theatrical stage, recalling burlesque's Hollywood golden era of the 1950s. Burlesque Royale stars Immodesty Blaize, Europe's showgirl who won the 'Reigning Queen of Burlesque' title in 2007. Her bombshell looks and breathtaking performances are in demand internationally, across London, New York, Hollywood, Cannes and Las Vegas. A well known media personality she has graced magazines and TV shows the world over. Behind the camera she produced internationally acclaimed cinema documentary 'Burlesque Undressed' which was aired in over 30 countries. A bestselling novelist, her second novel 'Ambition' hit book shelves in October 2010. Also featuring for the first time in Australia, Kalani Kokonuts (US) – (Miss Exotic World 2009) Hailing from the bright lights and fabulous feathers of Las Vegas Nevada, this Polynesian Princess' is a true showgirl at heart. Michelle L'Amour (US) – (Miss Exotic World 2004) Known as 'The Ass That Goes Pow' she holds a special place in David Hasselhoffs heart after her Knight Rider Striptease on America's Got Talent. Perle Noire (US) – (New Orleans Queen of Burlesque 2009) She takes her cues for the legendary Josephine Baker, tearing up the stage in an onslaught of shimmies, high kicks, splits – and even a few flips! Also featuring Australian artists Danica Lee, Holly J'aDoll, Kelly Ann Doll, Lauren La Rouge, Mada Vs. Vegas – The Dueling Magicians. Hosted by the enigmatic Supergirly (LuLu McClatchy), Burlesque Royale is set to take its audience on a wild ride with tongues set firmly in cheek. $123.70 VIP tickets include a complimentary drink, gift bag and access to Burlesque Royale after party. Event: Location: Dates: Ticket price: Ticket sales: Burlesque Royale The Palms at Crown Friday 28 January 8pm SOLD OUT Friday 28 January 11.30pm Tickets range between $63.70 - $123.70 Contact Ticketek on 1300 795 012 or visit www.ticketek.com.au For further information please contact: Daniel Humphreys Media Relations Manager Crown Entertainment Complex 03 9292 8672 / 0418 625 167 [email protected] Ann Peacock General Manager – Public Relations Crown Entertainment Complex 03 9292 8607 / 0412 334 614 [email protected]
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I've been working hard on the sequel to "Becoming Queen." 25,000 words and counting! There are a lot of characters in the first book, although there is only on point of view (POV) character, Daneli. However, in the sequel, there are several POV characters, which is something I tend to do … Continue reading


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It has been said that our society has consumed more natural resources in the past 100 years than in all of man's previous existence combined. However, for 167 years and through five generations of family ownership, Harden Furniture has upheld a tradition of environmental stewardship. From harvesting trees on its company owned and managed 10,000 acre woodland in Upstate New York, to the maintenance of an on-site Forestry Division and adherence to environmentally sound principles and practices such as use of proven silviculture methods, Harden has been practicing a responsible environmental policy since before the Industrial Revolution and all of its impact on the environment. Not only is the Harden family five generations old, but many Harden employees have five generations of historical roots in the company. Why such loyalty? From the very beginning, founder Charles S. Harden Sr.'s concern for his employees and the village in which they lived was reflected in the construction of churches, a community house, and several homes for the employees – in a very distinct way, a sustainable community before it's time. That groundbreaking pioneer spirit was evident in the Harden family long before a single piece of furniture was ever produced.
The company's originator, Charles S. Harden, Sr., was born to a family who moved into the unbroken wilderness of Verona, N.Y. in the 1800s. Charles eventually headed west in search of adventure and gold. Finding none, Harden decided to move his family back to New York, settling in McConnellsville and purchasing a sawmill on Fish Creek. His life experience to that point was one of living off the land exclusively. As a result, Charles Harden had a strong sense of respect for the land, which became part of the Harden family "DNA."
As the family legacy endures, Harden Furniture continues to grow and change in order to best serve those customers who desire fine furniture from generation to generation...at just the right value. The story of Harden is much more than the history of a furniture company and a family... it reflects the history of our region and our country, and it has directly shaped the history of a community. From the very beginning, Frank's concern for his employees and the village in which they lived was reflected in the construction of churches, a community house, and several homes for the employees. This tradition has continued over the years, with the building of a fire department, a golf course, and a new post office completed in 1995.


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Traditional marriage, between one man and one woman, has existed for millennia, and until recently, States always adhered to the traditional definition. But does this traditional practice violate the Constitution? The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides: "No State shall … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." And now, the Supreme Court is poised to answer the question of whether this Clause requires States to jettison the traditional definition and license marriages between two people of the same sex.
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Crytek's GM of games, Nick Button-Brown, has teased that the company will be announcing a "spectacular" new game in April, adding that he thinks it's "the best of that kind of project we've ever done."
Acknowledging Crytek's recent involvement with smaller, mobile titles and the free-to-play market, Button-Brown also stressed that Crytek were still committed to big-budget development as well.
"There are so many things I can't talk about," said Button-Brown to CVG at GDC.
"A big part of our business is big budget console and PC games. We are doing all these other things, but they're on top of that and we're doing them because they're interesting.
"We still want to deliver the highest quality that we can, wherever we go," he added. "You know about Homefront, you know about Ryse. We are working on another project... [laughs] all three of which are looking really good."
He noted that spirits are extremely high, suggesting that this would be a typically visually impressive title.
"The other project looks absolutely fantastic - I mean, genuinely the best of that kind of project we've ever done.
"It looks spectacular, the team are doing really, really well and it's just really nice to see the team really enthusiastic about what they're doing. They're really happy.
"We're going to carry on doing those games. We like doing mobile games, we like doing free-to-play, but we also like blowing things up in a visually stunning style."
What do think it could be? Crysis 3? Timesplitters 4? Or perhaps something completely new?


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The Project:
Perhaps you have never been gifted at drawing, or you don't have the time to do it yourself, so why not let a simple x-y plotter draw for you. This simple two axis device can accurately moves a pen to draw out anything.
The Device:
The x-y plotter has a two axis control and a special mechanism to raise and lower the pen. The plotter has a hole in its base where the pen goes through. It was designed to print on both paper or any surface such as a wall; simply place the plotter against the surface and the pen will draw away through the hole. Each axis is powered using a single stepper motor and belt. Pen control is achieved using a servo. All electronics are controlled by an Arduino and powered by a 12 volt wall adaptor.
DIY Robot Draw Bot Robotic Homemade Pen Plotter Drawing Art Engraving Arduino
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In an era when 300-yard drives are commonplace on the PGA Tour – as well as among better amateurs – and courses are being stretched longer and longer, often at prohibitive expense, it's nice to know some of the best tests in golf still can be among the shortest ones.
So says Ron Whitten, architecture expert for Golf Digest and Golf World, in the latter magazine's Architecture Issue. Whitten, whose credentials include co-designing highly-rated Erin Hills in Wisconsin, profiled seven of the best "Short and Stout" holes, and selected the par-3 ninth hole at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawleys Island as one of them.
"Golf architecture has succumbed to the long ball," Whitten writes in his introduction. "A one-shot hole that is a delicate pitch to a daunting target has been all but forgotten. … We're talking about truly short par-3s, ones no longer than a football field, end zones included, 120 yards more or less."
Calling great short par-3 holes "as rare as a Democrat on the PGA Tour," Whitten then lists his favorites. Some are known around the world, such as the "Postage Stamp," the eighth hole at Royal Troon in Scotland (114-123 yards), and Pebble Beach's oceanfront seventh hole (90-109 yards). Others – such as Caledonia's ninth (80-118 yards), called "The Start-Up" by Whitten – are lesser known but no less endearing.
"Ten years after he helped (Tom) Fazio build the third (hole) at Ventena Canyon (in Tucson, Ariz., and also on the list), Mike Strantz designed his own vest-pocket hole on his first solo design," Whitten writes. "Working on a tight site, he truncated the ninth to spare the removal of several ancient moss-draped live oaks in the clubhouse area.
"The hole was supposed to be 130 yards long, but a back tee on the far side of the entry road was soon abandoned. The wide, shallow green is shaped like an hourglass tipped on its side, all the sand pouring out to form a frontal bunker that is bigger than the green."
That doesn't make Caledonia's ninth any less difficult, as anyone who has played the first of Strantz's two Pawleys Island designs (True Blue is the other) can attest. Come up short off the tee, and prepare for a test out of the sand.
Of course, that's the point. Strantz, now deceased, believed in golf that is eye-catching as well as challenging, and Caledonia is a visual marvel – but also a course that forces players to hit good shots. Such as the tee shot at No. 9.
For more information on the ninth hole, Caledonia and True Blue, go to www.fishclub.com. To read Whitten's article and view photos of the holes, click here.
The Short and Stout lineup:
The Postage Stamp (No. 8), Royal Troon Golf Club, Scotland; Land's End (No. 7), Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links; The Mashie Niblick Sticky Wicket (No. 13), Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pa. (114-127 yards); The Wee Precipice (No. 13), The Links at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach (76-126 yards); Hole in the Wall (No. 3), Ventena Canyon (Mountain Course), Tucson (67-107); The Start-Up (No. 9), Caledonia; The Little 17th (Bye hole), Los Angeles Country Club (North Course), 121 yards.


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A friend forwarded this to me (I love my friends!) and I just finished watching it and have a couple of things I'd like to note.
Firstly – the kids from both families get an A+ in my book for being complete rock stars. Despite being from two very obviously different families, they all seemed to really encompass some of the values I think those of us in education have really been trying to instill in their generation, particularly respect. They met moms very different than their own, and when time came for the moms to call the shots, the kids pretty much rolled with it. Love it. Gives me lots of hope for the future.
And then, secondly. There's a moment at about 16:20 where the oldest child of the polyamorous family, Brooke, is answering the religious and political family mother, Gina's, questions about how she feels about her family. The conversation goes like this:
Gina: How do you feel about having a family that's kinda different? A dad, kinda two moms?
Brooke: It's good to be different.
Gina: So what do you think about my different way?
Brooke: It's fine.
(Cut away to Gina, alone, being interviewed separately.)
Gina: Brooke has had a lot of challenges in her life, and I just hate that she has to live in that defensive shell.
(Cut back to Gina and Brooke sitting together.)
Gina: Do you give your biological mom kind of, like, a little closer? Do you give her like, a special place, over Ashley?
Brooke: No, they're both the same.
Gina: Interesting.
I literally gave a little cheer when Brooke said, "It's good to be different." I mean, again, I work in education, and that is exactly the kind of thing we try to help our students realize: differences are okay; celebrate them, accept them, respect them. Brooke voiced it, and the other kids showed that they could do it. And then, as if to drive the point home, when Gina asks about her own "different way," referring to her religious, political, conservative family, Brooke tells her the truth: "It's fine." Yes, it's fine! No, it's not that my family is right and yours is wrong, or the other way around, it's that our families are different, and that's absolutely fine! hashtag-winning
I don't know if the cutaway was taken out of context; there's no way to know. For the producers of the show, though, to have an adult voice cut in right after such a great statement from Brooke, to say that those kinds of things represent a "defensive shell" …ugh. I hate that such a wonderful revelation of intelligence in a young person was so quickly dismissed. And if she was being defensive at some point during the exchange – I'm not surprised! Gina's plastic smile puts up my defenses, and I'm looking at it through a computer screen!
As with these shows, we all know they're extremely edited and never a true representation. Even without considering that, no one polyamorous or conservative family should be seen as a representative for all families of that kind. And yet, though you and I, dear reader, may know these things, I often worry about the average viewer, who does not, and the impression given them of both sides.
At least the kids were awesome.


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June 8, 2010
NBA Logos On Pizza
Photo Credit: Pizza Fest
Tonight the Boston Celtics will take on the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. For the first time ever, I'll be cheering for the Lakers. I've switched over to the dark side. So what does this have to do with food, you might ask? Well, it has a lot to do with pizza. I'm talking about pizza that has the Boston Celtics logo ON IT. You don't believe me? Check this out.
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A friend had posted on my Facebook page last week a fun drink called The Grinch. I saved it because I knew it would be perfect to serve at party. I bought all the ingredients the day I saw the post. It's like a punch. It has juice and sprite in it. It was soooo delicious!
Here's the recipe from Pinterest.
My friend Diana and my cousin Jadona both have birthdays this week and so I bought a red velvet birthday cake and grabbed 2 candles for them each to blow out. They were very surprised that I included their birthday celebration with my Christmas party. Everyone was happy and thanked the girls for having a birthday so they could have yummy cake.
I had 8 friends make it so there was 9 including me.
I made them all a gift bag that included a mason jar with lid that I put 2 Christmas fortune cookies ( they are red or green and I ordered from oriental trading co), a gingerbread twix candy bar, a cute decorative Christmas kitchen towel , and a small bottle of booze. I bought the cute airline travel bottles of various kinds and I had some that were in shape of round Christmas balls that were martinis.
As I looked around the room with all these ladies around me, I couldn't help getting choked up because I'm so very blessed. These gals are so special to me. Some I've known for over 25 years and some I've only known for 2 years but I love them all.
Since it was a work night, everyone was gone but one person by 8:30 pm. It was a perfect night with friends and laughs and still able to be home at a decent hour. It's a huge compliment when my friends texted me yesterday and loved all the rest of the gals. Some of my friends didn't know each other but they all enjoyed each other.
Everyone got to meet Lila for the first time. Most have already met Jax. He was in someone's lap somewhere when I took this pic. They are rotten!
Not sure I'm going to post tomorrow. I have a very busy day. A friend of mine is moving tomorrow and Saturday and I'm helping her tomorrow. Then tomorrow evening, I am volunteering at Metro Relief Toys for the community. I'm not sure what I will be doing but they needed volunteers from 5 to 8. I already addressed 100 invitations and mailed them out this week for them.
Have a wonderful weekend and be safe! Spread JOY when you can.


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Drawing the Line
by Bill Hayes
In Drawing the Line, the New Yorker reviews Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy by David Daley.
The Constitution had left it to state lawmakers to determine how elections should be held, and in Virginia the Anti-Federalists controlled the legislature. Knowing that his enemy Madison was planning a run for the House of Representatives, Henry set to work. First, he and his confederates resolved that Virginia's congressmen would be elected from districts. (Several other states had chosen to elect their representatives on a statewide basis, a practice that persisted until Congress intervened, in 1842.) Next, they stipulated that each representative from Virginia would have to run from the district where he resided. Finally, they stuck in the shiv. They drew the Fifth District, around Madison's home in the town of Orange, to include as many Anti-Federalists as possible.
An ally of Madison's who attended the session in Richmond wrote to him that while it was unusual for the legislature to "bend its utmost efforts" against a single individual, this was, indeed, what had happened: "The object of the majority of today has been to prevent yr. Election in the house of Representatives." Another friend reported, "The Counties annexed to yours are arranged so, as to render your Election, I fear, extremely doubtful." George Washington, too, was pessimistic; Madison's defeat seemed to him "not at all improbable."
Henry's maneuver represents the first instance of congressional gerrymandering, which is impressive considering that Congress did not yet exist. (One of his biographers has observed that Henry was fortunate that "the wits of Virginia" weren't quick enough to invent the word "henrymandering.") Since then, every party out of power has railed against the tactic. Meanwhile, every party in power has deployed it. The Federalists, when they got their turn, gerrymandered just as energetically as the Anti-Federalists. So did the Whigs, the Democrats, and, once the Whigs collapsed, the Republicans. In the eighteen-thirties, the Anti-Masonic Party briefly came to power in Pennsylvania. The Party used its hour upon the stage to push through a round of gerrymandering.
In contrast to our union, gerrymandering actually has grown more perfect with time. Henry had only his gut to go on, and his gut, it turned out, wasn't that reliable. In spite of his machinations, the Fifth District elected Madison. Today, when party functionaries draw district lines, they have at their disposal detailed census results, precinct-level voter tallies, and a cloud's worth of consumer choices. [more]


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You got some big bucks there!!! I hunted pheasant near Iowa Falls. I was there in the winter too.... It's the coldest place my feet ever walked on. lol!
The Turbo GT is nocking the socks off people, nothing but great reviews.
Congratulations, you're going to love it.
Nothing better than a Tenpoint.