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In Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. v. Perrigo Co., No. 10-1246 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 5, 2010), the Federal Circuit vacated the district court's claim construction and grant of SJ of noninfringement in favor of defendant Perrigo Company ("Perrigo").
Guaifenesin is an expectorant used to combat mucus that causes lung congestion. Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. ("Adams") filed an NDA for an extended release guaifenesin product, Mucinex®, containing both an immediate release ("IR") and extended release ("ER") portion for twice-daily dosing. Adams's NDA included pharmacokinetic data showing its product was bioequivalent to, and in particular had approximately the same maximum blood concentration (Cmax) of guaifenesin as, an IR-only product taken every four hours for twelve hours. In 2002, Adams obtained U.S. Patent No. 6,372,252 ("the '252 patent") covering its particular ER product, with claims reciting a Cmax that is "equivalent" to the multiple twelve-hour dosing schedule of the IR-only product.
Perrigo filed an ANDA containing a Paragraph IV Certification alleging that the '252 patent was invalid or not infringed, and with pharmacokinetic data showing its product was bioequivalent to, and had approximately the same Cmax as, Mucinex®. Adams filed suit against Perrigo for infringement of the '252 patent. After construing the claims, the district court granted SJ of noninfringement, and Adams appealed the claim construction and infringement determinations.
The parties disputed the meaning of the term "equivalent" Cmax. During a presuit ex parte reexamination of the '252 patent, Adams stated that "one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize 'equivalent' as being the FDA bioequivalence guidelines of 80-125%," along with an expert declaration supporting that definition. Slip op. at 3. Adams also submitted a copy of FDA guidelines regarding bioequivalence for ANDA applicants, which stated that 80-125% range but also required that the pharmacokinetic data "must show that a 90% confidence interval for the ratio of the mean response (usually AUC and Cmax) of its product to that of the innovator is within the limits of 0.8 to 1.25." Id. at 4. In light of Adams's statements, the district court interpreted "equivalent" as including both the 80-125% and the 90% confidence interval.
On appeal, Adams challenged the requirement of a 90% confidence interval, which only made sense in the context of drug approval. By including the confidential interval, Adams asserted that the district court required Adams to prove that Perrigo's product infringed 90% of the time, instead of merely showing that it was more likely than not that Perrigo's product would infringe. Perrigo countered that Adams's reference to FDA guidelines during reexamination meant that Adams adopted them entirely, including the confidence interval. The Federal Circuit agreed with Adams, finding that Adams referred specifically to the 80-125% range in the guidelines and that Adams never adopted or mentioned the confidence interval. Moreover, the Court opined that infringement does not require a strict finding of bioequivalence, and that including the confidence interval would "inappropriately raise the bar for establishing infringement." Id. at 8.
The Court also addressed Adams's evidence of equivalence. Adams presented evidence from Perrigo's ANDA showing that Perrigo's generic product would have a Cmax equivalent to Mucinex®, and additional evidence showing that Mucinex® was bioequivalent to an IR-only product. Or, as the district court put it, "Adams argue[d] that if A is equivalent to B, and B is equivalent to C, then A must be equivalent to C," id. (alteration in original) (citation omitted), and rejected that approach as improperly comparing the accused product to a commercial product instead of the claim language. The district court reasoned that only a two-way crossover study comparing Perrigo's ANDA product directly to the IR-only product mentioned in the '252 patent claims could establish "equivalence." The Federal Circuit rejected this approach, finding no blanket prohibition against comparing an accused product to a commercial embodiment, relying in part on Glaxo Group Ltd. v. Torpharm, 153 F.3d 1366 (Fed. Cir. 1998), and finding that "when a commercial product meets all of the claim limitations, then a comparison to that product may support a finding of infringement," slip op. at 11. The Court noted that reliance on the mere fact of bioequivalence would not be enough to survive SJ. Because bioequivalence indicates a range of values, the comparison of A to B and then B to C would not necessarily show that A is equivalent to C. However, Adams presented actual pharmacokinetic and Cmax data in addition to evidence of bioequivalence, which was sufficient to preclude grant of SJ of noninfringement.
The Federal Circuit also dealt with two other issues on appeal. First, Perrigo disputed the district court's construction of the claim term "immediate release form which becomes fully bioavailable in the subject's stomach" as meaning "a form intended to rapidly release in the stomach substantially all of the active pharmaceutical ingredient for absorption." Id. at 13-14. Perrigo argued that "bioavailable" is commonly understood by those of skill in the art to mean absorption, not merely release for absorption. The Federal Circuit stated that Perrigo's construction was reasonable in the abstract, but upheld the district court's definition, noting that "[a]lthough the specification never expressly defines bioavailable, it uses the term when describing the availability of the drug for absorption, not the actual absorption." Id. at 14. The Court also noted that Perrigo's construction, which would require absorption in the stomach, would exclude "the preferred embodiment and essentially all guaifenesin formulations, as the specification explains that absorption occurs in the intestinal tract." Id.
Second, the Court addressed Adams's argument that it should be permitted to establish infringement of the claim term "said product has an AUCinf of at least 3500 hr*ng/mL" under DOE. Id. at 15. The district court had interpreted "at least" to indicate the absolute lower limit, and found that allowing Adams to establish infringement by DOE would vitiate the express claim language. The Federal Circuit disagreed, noting prior cases such as U.S. Philips Corp. v. Iwasaki Co., 505 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2007), and Abbott Laboratories v. Dey, L.P., 287 F.3d 1097 (Fed. Cir. 2002), which held that DOE can apply to a range or numerical limitation in a claim. Thus, the Court vacated the grant of SJ of noninfringement so that the district court could consider under DOE whether Adams's evidence of an AUC value of 3493.38 hr*ng/mL in Perrigo's generic product was insubstantially different from the claimed 3500 hr*ng/mL.


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Seattle Mariners Payroll in 2013: And Contracts Moving Forward
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By Nicholas Rossoletti (MLB Reports Trade Correspondent): Follow @NRoss56
It has been over ten years since the Seattle Mariners found themselves as participants in the American League playoffs. Over the course of that time, the M's have had their ups and downs (quite obviously more downs), and they have come close to getting back to the post-season on several occasions. However, the last three years have been frustrating for Mariners' fans as the team has ended each season in last place in the AL West. Along with the post-season drought, the Mariners have made some poor contractual decisions. This seasons payroll will not be exceptionally high, but Seattle is far from a small market team. One of the benefits of this season is that the Mariners are not flooded with a lot of long term, massive contracts. The future for the Mariners can be bright, but they need to find some talented offensive pieces and a couple of arms to back their superstar ace, Felix Hernandez.
Without further ado, let's take a look at the big deals that make up the top end of the Mariners payroll in 2013. I think most Mariners fans will ultimately be pretty disappointed in which player is following up King Felix on the payroll for the upcoming season.
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Seattle Mariners fans must be pretty amazing, Felix Hernandez sticking with their team through recent times. The Mariners were established in 1977 and have made the playoffs just 4 times in their history. They were the AL West champs 3 times ('95, '97, '01) and winners of the Wild Card once ('00). They have never won a World Series, or even an AL Pennant, and in 2012 they shipped off a fan favorite, Ichiro Suzuki, to the Yankees. The AL West is a tough division. The Rangers and Athletics made the playoffs last year, and the Angels just landed the prize of the off-season in slugger Josh Hamilton. I guess one bright spot is the Astros are moving to the AL West, so the Mariners won't be rebuilding within the brutal division alone.
The Seattle Mariners hopes and dreams start where they have for years now, on the shoulders of King Felix. Felix Hernandez is no doubt an Ace. He has pitched 200+ innings every year since '08, and had a sub 4.00 ERA every year since '07. Hernandez won the AL Cy Young in 2010, and is a perennial contender for the award. Last year the Seattle fireballer threw his first Perfect Game. Hernandez will once again be atop the Mariners rotation, which as of now figures to include Hisashi Iwakuma, Blake Beavan, Erasmo Ramirez, and Hector Noesi.
Hisashi Iwakuma was a pleasant surprise for the Mariners in 2012. He wasn't a greatly sought after oversees free agent last year, overshadowed greatly by fellow Japanese hurler Yu Darvish, but proved to be a great signing. Iwakuma started 2012 in the bullpen until he later earned a spot in the team's rotation. Iwakuma managed a very respectable 3.16 ERA in the 125.1 innings he split between the rotation and the pen. This success is part of the reason the Mariners resigned the pitcher to a 2YR/14 Million Dollar deal this past November. He figures to hold down the 2nd spot in the rotation and should do just fine if 2012 was a sign of things to come.
Blake Beavan is still just 23 Years Old, but he already has 41 Major League Starts under his belt which gives the club hope he can hold down the 3rd or 4th slot in the rotation. Beavan clearly has the talent which is what made him a 1st Round draft pick out of high school for the Rangers, and the reason the Mariners made sure he was a part of the package they received in return for Cliff Lee in 2010. Beavan's 2012 stats won't impress a lot of people, but they were a good start for a young player like himself to build and improve upon.
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Holden Beach Police charged the following people and investigated the following incidents last week.
•Police charged Archie Maurice Bullard Jr., 41, of 2405 Amigo Drive, Fayetteville, with assault on a female. He was taken to the Brunswick County Detention Center.
•Police charged Dana Hagins Wright, 39, of 110 Lake Clair, Fayetteville, with simple physical assault.
The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is a support unit, whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county. The ACE team conducts driving while impaired and driver's license checkpoints, as well as street-level investigations on controlled substances.
The ACE team works with the sheriff's office K-9 Enforcement Team and Drug Enforcement Unit to apprehend narcotics suspects as well as saturating hot spots where criminal activity is reported.
Brunswick County Sheriff's deputies investigated the following incidents last week, which are taken directly from sheriff's office incident reports:
•Larceny on Lincoln Road in Leland; suspect stole a GPS unit from victim's residence.
•Larceny on Post Office Road in Leland; suspect stole victim's Ford E-150 van from residence.
•Larceny on Highland Drive in Bolivia; suspect stole victim's mail, including a check and Medicaid cards.
The K-9 enforcement team answers calls, conducts driver's license checkpoints and assists with other agencies when K-9s are needed.
From June 29-July 5, deputies with the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office K-9 Enforcement Team answered 30 calls and made three drug arrests.
K-9 deputies patrolled the following communities: Waterford, Palmetto Creek, Southport, Village Point, Shallotte Point and Compass Point.
The Ocean Isle Beach Police Department recovered a $12,000 ring from a Shallotte residence on June 29 with the help of the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office. According to Ocean Isle Beach Police, charges are pending.
A Wilmington police officer living in Leland has been charged with assault.
According to Brunswick County Sheriff's Office Detectives Capt. Gene Caison, James Rashad Eldridge, 32, of 8529 Glasgow Road NE, Leland, has been charged with assault on a female and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Caison said the contributing to the delinquency of juvenile charges were issued because Eldridge allegedly assaulted his wife in front of three children. All three charges are misdemeanors.
A Leland man and his teenage son have been arrested on cocaine trafficking charges and are in custody at the New Hanover County Detention Center.
According to a New Hanover County Sheriff's Office press release, Luis Hernandez and his son Oscar Hernandez were arrested Friday on various drug charges.
The following cases were adjudicated over two days of District Criminal Court on June 29 and 30 in Bolivia.
Monday, June 29
Judge Marion R. Warren presided over the following cases with prosecutor Cathi Radford and courtroom clerk Michelle Warth:
Katherine Allen, simple assault, prayer for judgment continued and costs.
James Lindsey Arthur, operate vehicle no insurance, fail to yield stopsign/flashing red light, drive/allow motor vehicle no registration, give/lend/borrow license plate, all voluntarily dismissed, complies with all.
An Ash man has confessed to the June 30 shooting death of a Columbus County man in Little River, S.C.
Thomas Edward Shipplett, 57, of 2046 Ash Little River Road, is charged with murder and is in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Conway, S.C. As of Monday, bond for Shipplett had not yet been set, said Sgt. Robert Kegler of the Horry County, S.C., Police Department.
The victim was identified as Dale McDuffie Hammond, 56, of Cerro Gordo.
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Square-Enix Tidbits - Chrono Zero
Well, what have we got today. Here's a hint: It's not a new Chrono series game. I misled you for funsies. What we DO have are several versions of Chrono Trigger being released on various platforms almost simultaneously. We've got the Playstation Network Version, which is a port of the Playstation version. This, however, will probably not be seen until next month. There's the WiiWare version, which is a port of the original SNES version. Finally, there's a shiny new version for iMode mobile phones, which is an upgraded version of the DS port. The mobile version will be split into two parts, which must be bought separately in order to get the whole game. It also features (apparently) updated visuals and a more relevant control scheme.
In Final Fantasy news, there's some interesting stuff on the Type-0 front. You know how we've had moogles since Final Fantasy V, and that's their name? Well, in Type 0, it would seem that "Moogle" is actually an acronym for a miltary position. Oh, and they're part of a group called "Cranberry Knights", too. For more details on the upcoming PSP game, check here for a summary of the story, batlle system and characters, and here for details on the missions and summons. Also more character details. Gotta love Famitsu.
And what else have Square-Enix been up to recently? Well, they've just released an app for the iPhone that teahces the English language to the user. Useful!
That's all for now, folks. You can return to playing Final Fantasy IV Complete.
Source: Andriasang, Siliconera
Posted in: Chrono Trigger, Square-Enix News
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More News on Nintendo's New Console
Since our last post on the Wii 2, there has been a considerable amount of new information to hit the interwebs. So let's break it down!
First of all, Nintendo pretty quickly confirmed the rumors that were going about: yes, there is in fact a new console well in the works, codenamed "Project Cafe." Because, you know, you gotta have a codename. As initially supposed, the console will receive its first public unveiling at E3 2011.
We also have a few notable details about the system's capabilities. Its processing power will be greater than what is currently boasted by the PS3 and Xbox 360. Apparently, Project Cafe will be able to achieve resolutions of 1080p. I don't really know what that means, but another source says that it will be capable of HD resolutions, so I'll just assume the terms are synonymous. In addition, it has been stated that the new system will be fully backwards compatible with the Wii.
Perhaps the most interesting info currently available concerns the new control. Nintendo appears to be returning to a more classic style with this control, which will feature analog sticks and a pretty standard layout. Oh, plus a 6-inch touch screen right in the middle. Think Dreamcast appearance. This touch screen controller will allow for additional interaction with the game, but it will also be able to stream content from the console to be played on the control exclusively. Sources have said that the touch screen will also be HD resolution, leading to some serious cost speculations. In addition to the already-existing usefulness speculations. (Check the first link below for more information and an image.)
Most recently, information has come out suggesting a system price in the range of $350 to $400. The console will apparently be ready to ship as early as this October, though Nintendo may very well hold off on that date. "Stream" is rumored to be one potential name for the new system; and we'd only just gotten used to Project Cafe.
Nintendo also intends to make a pre-announcement (it's kinda like LeBron, just go with it) in the relatively near future.
Source: IGN, IGN, IGN
Posted in: Gaming Industry News
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Final Fantasy VI & Chrono Trigger as American DLC
Related to laszlow's recent newspost, Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger have been confirmed for released in North America. FFVI will be released both on the Playstation Network and the Wii Virtual Console, whereas CT will be solely on the PSN. This information was leaked by the ESRB recently. No date has been specified for their release, nor any information about European releases.
FFVI and CT? Two of the board at large's favorite games. Squenix knows what they're doing here, and all you old fogeys who remember when these games came out first are gonna get the chance to relive all that without resorting to emulation (or handhelds). I can't wait either!
Source: RPGamer
Posted in: Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger
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Wii 2: Holiday 2012?
It really does seem like yesterday that the first trickles of news about the Revolution started showing up, even though in reality it's been very nearly seven years. Today, though, while Nintendo won't cop to it, gaming news outlets have begun to report that the Wii's successor will be out late next year.
It appears that Nintendo is willing to admit that they will no longer be able to survive on first-party console games, and that the new box will be better equipped to deal with, at the very least, the current competition. Of course, there's no way to know how Nintendo's next outing might cope against the next Xbox or Playstation, as there are just way too many variables way too off in the future. However, it does seem that the specs or even prototypes might already be in the hands of some third-party developers, which provides a nice bit of lead time into day-one titles for next Christmas.
Lending further credence to this still-not-official news is the fact that the current Wii is looking to get a price cut in May. This will be only the second price drop for the system, and the new price will settle in at $150.
For more information, it's probably going to be E3, which is in early June. However, it's all but certain that someone will break more concrete information sometime in the next eight weeks.
Source: Game Informer
Posted in: Gaming Industry News, News from Japan
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Final Fantasy VI Arrives on Japan's PS Network
Final Fantasy VI, one of the most beloved SNES games and the namesake for this very website, will hit the Japanese PlayStation Network on April 20th. This will be (perhaps obviously) the Playstation version of FF VI, which was released in the United States as part of Final Fantasy Anthology along with Final Fantasy V. There is no concrete information about a North American or European release on PSN available at this time.
When will this come to North America's PSN? Probably sometime after Final Fantasy V makes it; FFV was announced to be in the North American PSN pipeline one week ago. Before too long PS3 and PSP owners worldwide will be able to enjoy these two classics disc-free.
Source: Kotaku
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Details Emerge for Wii RPG Pandora's Tower
It may come as some surprise that there's a Wii RPG in the works; it might come as further surprise that now that the details have begun to emerge and a bit of gameplay video has surfaced, that it looks a bit promising.
The game is called "Pandora's Tower," and it's an action RPG. Despite having little experience with games like Devil May Cry, I have to say that my very first impression of the snippets of game play remind me of that sort of game. There are some large beasts, some rapid-fire combat, and fairly expansive environments in which to fight.
The storyline begins at the harvest festival of the nation of Elysium, where a young girl performing for the crowd falls stricken as monsters attack the festival. This girl, named Ceres, is rescued by her (considerably older) friend Ende and a merchant named Graiai. However, Ceres has been cursed by the monsters, and Ende must immediately begin some dungeon crawls in an effort to break the curse forever before Ceres is consumed.
The game's out in a little over a month in Japan, but no American or European release has been announced. With the dearth of RPGs for the Wii, though, it would seem like there's a decent chance it will make it over. To see more, check out the writeup and the video from andriasang.
Source: andriasang
Posted in: RPG News, News from Japan
CoN Quiz Update
While I usually put up a new set of quizzes each month, this month we decided to take a brief break to focus on bringing in new quiztakers. We're going to be working on a minor makeover to make sure that all of you reading this want to get in on the quizzes every month to compete against your fellow CoN members!
With that said, you all can look for the next new set of quizzes at the start of May!
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Square Enix and Sony Pair for Special Edition Controller
The April 2011 edition of Dengeki Playstation is out in Japan, and a sidebar article in it breaks the news of a new Sony Playstation 3 controller that seems to have remained under the radar until recently. The new controller, says the sidebar, is a joint effort between the two Japanese gaming giants, the first time a developer has worked with Sony directly on a custom controller.
The controller is called the DualShock3 SE (for "Square Enix", not "Special Edition"), and it is expected to list at about 5,500 Yen (currently about $67 US), about the same as a standard DualShock3, shares a lot of physical characteristics with the original PS3 pad. It will, at least for now, be offered only in black, just as the original DualShock3, with the standard general layout and handgrips. After that, though, the pad is departs wildly from the standard controller - the article quotes a Squenix source as saying "we determined that the best way to play games from the modern Final Fantasy series was to streamline the controller so that the most necessary buttons are always front and center." The development team for the new controller realized that most of the action in Final Fantasy games in the last decade results from either pressing the up arrow or tapping X, to either progress through the linear maps or dismiss repetitive dialogue or cutscenes, and as such they made those buttons the focus of the pad.
The team realizes that the new style of the pad is not for everyone, and suggests that gamers choose the pad that works best for them individually. "We know that this isn't what you'll want to use for Gran Turismo [or other games], but we think that our pad will make sense for those who love Final Fantasy games." The controller will be released in Japan concurrently with Final Fantasy Versus XIII; there's no indication yet whether it will come to the West, or if Square Enix are working with Microsoft or even Nintendo on a similar device.
Below is a scan from the issue of Dengeki, as well as a higher-resolution render also released by the magazine.
Source: Dengeki Playstation
Posted in: Square-Enix News, Gaming Industry News, News from Japan
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Square-Enix Tidbits: Box of Scrapped and Other Fun
This week's tidbits bring with them a wide array of fun stuff. We have a cancelled game, some unlockables confusion, a chart topper, a first look at a game and some Dissidia 012 costume DLCs, and some other Dissidia fun.
First up, we have a Shooter, dubbed Project Dropship that has been canned. Gameplay footage had been leaked, as had some concept art. The game had been scheduled as a top-down PlayStation Network and XBox Live shooter, but it was recently scrapped after development since possibly 2008.
However, as you may see from the links, the art and videos have been taken down by request from Square-Enix. This means unfortunately we will know even less about this game, but on the plus side, perhaps the request may indicate the game may not be as dead as it seems. It does seem unlikely, but stranger things have happened.
Second, we have some news that was bad, but turned good, about The 3rd Birthday. Unlocking Lightning's Costume was at first thought to be harder for North American players. However, it now appears that the balance has shifted and it is in fact easier to unlock it for those of you living in lands of stars and stripes, maple leaves, a flag I keep getting mixed up with Italy's when I don't pay attention to the coat of arms and the shade of green, and a lot of other countries I didn't know were parts of North America until I looked it up on Wikipedia.
[Alternative Mexico reference: being victimised by British car show pundits.]
This costume is a reciprocal Easter Egg for Lightning stealing Aya's threads in Duodecim. Quite why the pair swapped clothes is open to speculation that I sincerely hope does not show up in Fanfic Submissions.
Moving onwards, let's have a quick look at some other Duodecim fun. Some more DLC is on the way: A Kingdom Hearts version of Sephiroth is one of the new costumes, while Laguna gets to relive the horrors of being a movie star with his Knight of the Witch costume. Some new music packs on theme will be released too, an FF VII pack containing three FF VII favourites, including Elec de Chocobo, while the FF VIII pack has three more, adding Liberi Fatali which to be frightfully honest, I'm surprised wasn't already in the Dissidia music library.
Moving onwards into yet more Dissidia fanservice, a Character Model viewer using some sort of heathen iPhone magic I don't understand and fear. This witchcraft allows you to have tiny versions of Lightning and Cloud appear on a card, likely a demonic card, as well as view other characters and composite them into other images. This arcane engine of fear costs ¥600 on the Appstore, or about $7 US/£1200 by next Monday the way the Con-Dem government is running things.
Related to Lightning though, a development I find a little worrying. My Second Sphere co-worker, Kane, just posted this thread less than an hour before these tidbits of an accidental leak from Games Workshop, of all places, that has been quickly suppressed. The meat of the leak that concerned us Warhammer nerds was the new miniatures licensed, but the pressing worry for us here is that a singer called Rebecca Black has been signed by Square-Enix for FF XIII-2's theme song. We can hope that perhaps it's not this Rebecca Black but the odds of there being two singers by the same name are disturbingly slim.
The other revelation, that of a Games Workshop licensed set of miniatures based on FF characters, does sound more fun though. Games Workshop produce a stunning range of 28mm wargaming figures, and these ones would promise to be just as impressive. It's just a shame the actual mini previews were in SE's hands, and not the butterfingers of Games Workshop.
Staying with Final Fantasy though, it would seem the recent Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection has repeated the success of FFIV's various remakes and re-releases and has once again proved every bit as popular as before. The updated PSP release swept up to first place in Media Create's weekly sales chart.
A large part of that success is likely based on two factors: It would seem that the fanbase can't have enough versions of FFIV, and the added bonus of a more portable version of The After Years must have drawn in the punters. It remains to be seen though, if Western games will be as receptive when the game launches April 19th in North America, and April 22nd in Europe.
And lastly, swinging over to another RPG series, we've got a first look at Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime 3DS. This world-journeying, pirate-blasting adventure is out Winter, and Square-Enix are teaming up with the magazine V Jump to promote the game, it seems, so more goodies on the game should be forthcoming.
Source: Silicon Era, Andriasang, Second Sphere
Posted in: Square-Enix News
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text: You need the $15 card more than the $1 cards because you already found/purchased the $1 cards, correct? I know nothing else about this scenario except that the $15 card has eluded you and may actually be slightly more rare/expensive. A $14 difference does seem extreme so there has got to be something at play. I've been blocking burbanksportscards and a few others in my daily search for well over a year now so I have no dog in this fight.


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In the next few years various companies will be offering commercial flights into Space. Tickets will cost around $200,000, give or take. For those with the necessary cosmic-credits, the lifetime dream of strapping in, lifting off and gazing down at our lovely planet for a few moments, is going to be a reality.
For the rest of us, there's another option. A start-up called I Dream of Space has been selling posters at $10 each, which come with a 25,000-to-one chance lottery ticket to win one seat on a sub-orbital flight.
Now, this would be only be of vague interest to IGN, but for one additional factor. I Dream of Space has teamed up with the very cool space-exploration PC game Kerbal Space Program to stage a contest, in which players can win up to 60 tickets to the lottery, significantly improving the odds to around 400:1. (Comments will no doubt refine this shaky calculation.)
The contest requires that entrants send in their best screenshots from within the game.
I Dream of Space's Reuben Metcalfe tells IGN, "It's a way of us getting the word out that there is a way for just about anyone to fulfil a lifetime's dream, and go to space." I Dream of Space has only sold a few hundred tickets so far, but Metcalfe says plenty of entries are coming in through the KSP promotion. "We don't have a lot of budget to spend on expensive marketing and promotions, so this is a good way to reach people who are already interested in space exploration."
The story of Kerbal Space Program is itself an exploration into the unknown. Mexican developer Squad launched an early alpha of the game two years ago, and sales have funded further development, with a final product launch loosely scheduled for some time later this year.
According to Squad's executive producer Adrian Goya, the game is currently attracting 20,000 players a day. A YouTube search finds no shortage of videos showing footage of fledging KSP flights into space, many of which end in disaster. The game is like SimCity, except with rockets and physics, engineering and 3D orbital schematics.
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Colin Campbell is a regular space cadet. Join him on a journey to the stars via Twitter @colincampbellx or right here on IGN.


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Probably most of the people in the chat have already heard them, but I'd like to write them here too, in the forum.
Experience #1 - Worms implanted. Matrix? September 29th
I do not remember now how I got in SP as I have not written many details about it, but I had 2 SP's. In the first SP I lost focus, but in the second one my vibrations turned into baby whispers that I could not understand. The vibrations were strong, loud, though. After a while, I felt like I was implanted something in my brain. I could feel something moving in my brain, in my head and then somewhere around my cheek. It felt like a worm, I could say. Although that was a bit weird and it kind of "nonphysically" hurt, I did not find it scary at all. In fact, never in oobes do I find anything scary, but interesting. I believe I got in this SP after I became lucid in a dream where there was one classmate in two places in the same time.
Experience #2 - Pure and subtle SP. Octomber 15th, I believe.
As usual, I am laying with my laptop in bed, talking in the astralviewers chat. I was a bit bored so I just put the laptop next to me and closed my eyes. I was thinking about recent things, nothing really important. Suddently, I found myself not moving and I just wanted to swim out of this un-movement. I imagined me swimming until I really felt like swimming. I was like out of an ocean then I fell back and went deeper. The water wasn't actually water, it was shiny "nothingness", an ocean is my best metaphor describing the place. I was seeing a few pentagrams and satanic things since I watched a docummentary about Illuminati. (boredom, don't ask me)
For some reason I felt like saying "go away, you demon". The deeper I was going in this "water", the more I tried to open my mouth. I could barely hear myself, but it felt like I was speaking physically. The more I was opening my mouth, the realer everything started to feel. Then, when I swam up, out of this "ocean" I found myself in another position, with my feet on the next wall. I was slowly rotating and feeling the wall while rotating.
I was all "OMG, not even a small detail is missing", but I should have normally hit my laptop, but I didnt feel it. Apparently, a big detail was missing, hehe. Then I said "so, this is MY world, the one I am used to, since my laptop is not there." My feet went through the wall and then I just jumped. I got through my neighbours wall, and I was hugging someone. Then, I asked for real clarity, not just shiny "nothingness".
I opened the window (even hear it opening), again small details were there, and I wanted to jump the window. Someone was looking at me like "wtf is he doing?". However, I don't remember what happened next. I just saw myself waking up, not moving. I tried to reenter but nothing happened so I just opened my eyes and wrote it.
I forgot to add that it was night and full moon after I'd gotten out of that "white void".
Experience #3 - Dual awareness. A very long time ago
I somehow got again in Sleep Paralysis and because I was having mental blocks I thought I'd try to fly as high as I could and perhaps get a better focus in the air. I remember I went though the wall behind me but then I got back in my body. However, I finally jumped, I could feel myself in the air, although I could not see anything. Then, because I could not see I decided to try opening my eyes. I forced them and I opened my right or left eye. I can't remember for sure, but it was the physical eye. The nice part here is that I could still feel myself in the air, getting higher while I was feeling myself still in bed, looking at the rest of the room. I can't explain it but by saying it was dual awareness. That's exactly what it felt like. I know it may have been an illusion, but it wasn't as I opened the other eye too and got back my physical senses and went to write the experience.
Experience #4 - Free your mind Sserg! October 29th
I was again the astralviewers chat, talking to people when Omkar randomly told me "You need to free your mind, Sserg!". I always knew that I was going through illusions in OOBEs, but this statement really helped me. Thanks Omkar for that.
I was somewhere, near where one friend lives, I have no idea why I got there, but I wanted to fly. I was lucid. I had been too skeptical and insecure in OOBEs and that's why I had so many movement problems. However, I started to fly, I went through a tree, I felt the branches and leaves while flying until at some point I became insecure again. I decided I'd raise my hand, hoping I would fly faster when I remembered what Omkar had told me. I said "No, I am not that limited, I can do it only with my mind." I just willed to fly faster and it happened. At some point I just looked down and I could see the city in a 2D view as I was soo high in the air. There even was a fog laying above the city. I guess what I wanted to do in Experience #3 has finally happened.
The last few nonphysical experiences
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Maybe the worm implanted something that will allow you to enter SP easilyExperience #1 - Worms implanted. Matrix? September 29th
Would you like to contact me via live chat? You can via Skype. Contact me ahead of time so we can arrange. Skype username: J.E.T.T.I.N.S
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I think I'd had a dry spell before that experience. Now I can experience stuff more easily, who knows. Maybe you are right.Jettins wrote:Maybe the worm implanted something that will allow you to enter SP easilyExperience #1 - Worms implanted. Matrix? September 29th
The last few nonphysical experiences
"baby wispers" =D!
The first one is simulier to my first obe where I could feel water squriting inside my brain and you can feel zaps of water hitting diffent parts of the brain
The first one is simulier to my first obe where I could feel water squriting inside my brain and you can feel zaps of water hitting diffent parts of the brain
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text: A thread I've already posted on this topic. http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/web-design/435645-how-would-i-build.html I need a person that can build the type of site that I've referenced in the thread above and keep it maintained. I already have prepared the domain/hosting and personally know the niche very well. I believe that with the right creative touch that it can become viral. The site that I linked in the example was pulling well over 200k uniques a month at its peak. I have already posted a project on freelancer and am prepared to pay them, however I thought I would give someone a shot for a JV first. The split will be profit - expenses with a even split. I will be using adsense but have plenty of CPA accounts to play with as well. I was going to use a wordpress base but will change to whatever the developer is interested in using, will offer full transparency with profits and webstats. There will be no payment until the site starts earning. PM me for questions/info/interest


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To my knowledge there has never been a television drama about bankruptcy lawyers (although there would certainly be a lot of possible story lines!). So, as a rule, most people do not know what bankruptcy lawyers do all day long.
Los Angeles bankruptcy lawyer Hale Antico answers this question accurately on his Los Angles Bankruptcy blog. Hale's experience, like mine, goes something like this:
- Preparing an Objection to Proof of Claim for a Chapter 13 case where the pro se creditor thinks they should be a priority debt compared to a general unsecured non-priority claim. Of course, I needed a Declaration to go along with this for my client, the debtor.
- Researching and negotiating a claim for a Chapter 13 bankruptcy where the Los Angeles Chapter 13 Trustee thinks that it might be unfair discrimination between claims in the same class to pay one nondischargeble claim 100% compared to the others.
- Responding to a letter from the United States Trustee questioning whether a client should be entitled to a Chapter 7 discharge based on prior income.
- Replying to a creditor who is very curious about massive credit card spending the debtor in another Chapter 7 case did prior to filing bankruptcy. There may be an adversary proceeding here on 11 USC 523.
- Answering a bunch of questions from existing clients who, after hiring me to let ther house go in foreclosure during the bankruptcy, are now suddenly prey to realtors and real estate agents who want to "help them" with a quick sale and why bankruptcy is better than a short sale.
- Personally reviewed a bankruptcy petition (you know, the simple bankruptcy forms) with a client before we both signed it and I file bankruptcy for him.
- Preparing for court on Tuesday where I'm helping three clients get their cases "confirmed" at their Confirmation Hearings at the bankruptcy court (do we have the mortgage declarations? the plan payments? did we satisfy the Chapter 13 trustee's requests for business expenses and short form?).
I can add to this list:
- responding to email from a self employed client who is currently in Chapter 13, and who wants a dramatic reduction in monthly plan payments
- responding to email from Chapter 13 client who now wants to convert to Chapter 7
- calling Chapter 7 client whose 341 hearing is later this week to remind him to bring his ID's
- responding to potential client emails
- replying to a blog or web site visitor who wants clarification of a point
- answering email questions from blog readers
I recently appeared before one of the bankruptcy judges in the northern district of Georgia to request a somewhat higher than normal fee for a Chapter 13. I found it somewhat cathartic to be able to explain to the judge that even "simple" Chapter 13 cases take up huge amounts of time because of the endless document requests and correspondence with the client, creditors and the trustee.


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With Earth to the Dandy Warhols, the self-released follow-up to 2005's overblown Odditorium or Warlords of Mars (poor sales of which earned them the boot from Capitol), these Portland psych-rock vets have fully exhausted their 15 minutes of mainstream renown. As on the latest from their Dig! pals/ nemeses in the Brian Jonestown Massacre, autonomy produces lots of jammy doodles that go nowhere not so fast.Still, singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor has an undeniable way with a sticky-sweet hook — too bad most of them are buried in self-indulgent sludge.


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Sorry to bust in on your website makers section, but i thought if anyone knows it will be one of you guys/gals ! !
To cut things short,,i am a musician and write, play and produce all my own material in my own small home recording studio.
I have now reached the point where i would like to put some of my songs on my own website so people i know and ork with can just visit and listen to the songs,,, spread the word etc,,,
I cant afford to set up my own site so have been looking at some of the free to build sites such as www.freewebs.com. I actually like one of the templates on this particular site and have been able to build a very basic site with a photo or two,, but when it comes to uploading a song file(wma/mp3) from my hardrive it doesnt like it at all and appears that its not capable of accepting the files in any format.
Can any of you website builders/experts out there offer me any advice on how to go forward with this simple project ???
I could use the utube/facebook/myspace type of arena, but want to steer clear until i have my own site set up properly,,then maybe i could provide links to these types of arenas in the future.
In a nutshell,, how does a novice like myself get to build their own simple website/webpage with a media player and a way of uploading wma/mp3s off my drive ? ? ?
Please help if you can folks,,, am desperate to get this up and running, and i am getting nowhere at the moment.
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School Board Approves Swimming Pool for Prince William's 12th High School
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — School officials on Wednesday night voted to approve Prince William County's controversial 12th high school.
The $97.9 million high school will be one of the costliest ever built in Virginia, and for the past year it has been the center of a debate on whether or not it should include a $10 million swimming and aquatics facility inside the school. The Prince William County School Board on Wednesday, during their last meeting of the year, voted to approve the school pool along with the new school construction at the future school site on Va. 234 near Hoadly Road..
"This has been probably the ugliest decision that I've seen during my 10 years on the Board," said Chairman Milton C. Johns, who noted many of his constituents would not support his decision and that he may catch political flack due to the overall construction cost to be paid by taxpayers.
Betty Covington was one of five of eight School Board members who voted to approve the school pool. She was thought to be a swing vote, she said.
"What better exercise is there than swimming… it's a life saving skill, and I can't think of a better skill to have" said Covington.
Three School Board members, Lisa Bell, Alyson Satterwhite, and Gil Trennum, tried unsuccessfully to persuade the School Board to table the school approval until next month.
"I am not against swimming, and I am not against the pool. There is no doubt there is a lack of [swimming] lane space in this county…I don't think it's the job of the Prince William County Schools to provide the pools," said Satterwhite.
It became clear Wednesday that a deal that was in the works to have the Prince William County Government pay the cost to build the school pool and have the school system maintain the pool never materialized.
"If the Board of County Supervisors wanted to build the pool at the site of the 12th high school, that is a partnership that we would have all liked to have been apart of, but they have other plans and that's their prerogative," she added.
The meeting hall was filled with supporters of the school pool. They wore stickers that read "pool the school," and many of them spoke of the benefits of having an aquatic facility at the new school.
"My son has had a lot of aqua therapy, and he's had a hard time walking, they told us he never would, and he hits the water and he flies," said Casey Burrows, of Woodbridge.
Burrows moved to Prince William County in 2005 from Tysons Corner. She said the pool will not only help her son and daughter in public schools, but the school pool will make Prince William a better overall community in which to live.
No one at the meeting spoke out against the decision to include a school pool, but Coles District School Board member Dr. Michael Otaigbe said he was prepared to have "his name dragged through the mud" on social media for his decision to approve the pool.
Re-interring the graves at the new high school
In November, school officials exhumed several graves found on the school site, which were located on land where the school's football stadium will sit. That sparked outrage among community residents, and from the Lynn family whose ancestors are believed to be buried there.
Members of the Lynn family, who can trace back their roots in the area of the new high school site to the turn of the 20th century, say the remains should be reburied on the same tract of land on which the high school will sit.
This evening, following a public meeting on Monday, Chairman Johns said his Board supports a plan to reinter the remains at the school site, in a new location other than where they were found. It should take six to eight months to get the proper permits for the work, he added.
According to school division documents, re-internment site would be relocated from the football stadium grounds to an area on school grounds closer to main school building.
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Can you find images of objects related to these shapes?
Try to be the most original student looking for different forms which can remind us others. For example: Look at the moon...Don´t you think that is very similar to a banana ?
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YoRHa No.9 Type S (9S) is a playable character in NieR: Automata.
"We...we're sold..iers...We take pride in...our service..."
General Information
- He is the male protagonist of Route B.
- Member of YoRHa - the automated infantry squad. The S-type model specializes in scanning and investigative purposes.
- Begins the game wielding the Cruel Oath short sword.
- Programmed with an emotional but kind personality
- He also goes by the nickname "Nines".
- Can hack enemies to detonate them in combat. Press Triangle to start a hacking sequence. Enemies who does not notice you when you hack them can be subjugated or remote controlled (can only do this for one enemy at a time). Adding Hijack Boost chips will increase the level of remote-controlled enemies (max. +9).
- When you are in control of a hacked enemy, other machines will not notice you unless you attack them.
- When you subjugate/are in control of a hacked enemy press L3+R3 to detonate them.
- Hacking also grant 9S the ability to open special chests and certain doors.
- Pod cooldown will still be running even while you are hacking, allowing 9S to be more aggressive with Pod Programs.
- Unlike 2B and A2, 9S does not have a dedicated heavy attack button. He can perform them, but it requires you to delay the second hit of a light attack. You can also perform them by pressing R2 without any directional input and then attacking.
- The Forest Colosseum from DLC 3C3C1D119440927 allows 9S to fight in arena battles using remote-controlled machines. Hack into different types of enemies to gain access to their bodies in the arena.
- Height: 160 cm (with boots), Weight: 129.9 kg. His three sizes are B:61cm W: 53cm H:73 cm. (Taken from the Official Nier Automata World Guide).
YoRHa No.9 Type S (9S) Unit Data
"This unit's official title is Model S, Number 9. While this YoRHa member possessed offensive abilities, he specialized skilled at information gathering and hacking. While 9S normally had a kind personality, he began to exhibit hatred for A2 when she killed 2B-for whom he possessed an unusually deep affection. In a cruel twist, he also met end at the hands of A2."
(Summary of story and endings goes here)
Lore / Trivia
- Instead of a pat on the head, 9S will do a fist bump with Pod 153 if you rub the touch pad.
- Like 2B and A2, part of 9S's clothing will be destroyed after you initiate self-destruct (mostly his pants).
- The secret trophy: Not That I Mind... is unlocked by playing 1 hour as 9S without his pants.
- Unlike A2 and 2B, 9S is limited in close combat due to his Hacking ability. Though ironically, 9S might easily outdamage A2 and 2B due to his targets being subjugated or detonated after a successful hack.
- 9S does not hold his weapons but chooses to move them by levitation. This can result wide but slow attacks and occasional misses on smaller enemies.
- 9S is not the only YoRHa Scanner model seen in game, although they seem to be in the minority of YoRHa androids. 4S in the side quest: Reconnaissance Squad, and two nameless Scanner models are encountered (One in the Bunker maintenance shop, and the other in the side quest: Retrieve the Confidential Info). An 11S was also mentioned, during an audio transmission to 9S.
- 9S's hacking ability persists after remote controlling a foe. Most enemies tend to be passive unless engaged by the player. Players can take advantage of this ability to decimate groups of enemies by hacking alone.
- In the TGS 2016 trailer, the characters of Nier Automata were showcased along with a word/emotion that represents them the most. 9S's was 孤独 (Solitude).
- You can unlock the Young Man's Outfit for 9S by clearing arena battles in the Forest Colosseum from DLC 3C3C1D119440927. This is the outfit worn by young Nier from the Japanese version of the first game.
- 9S faces demise during his ending sequence, within his rage he kills A2 however impaling himself with 2B's original sword.
- Anonymous
14 Jul 2018 23:10
Kind of poetic really, he finally gets what he sees as revenge for 2B's death in his ending, only to die on 2B's sword... After forgetting the amount of times she's been forced to kill him in the past..
- Anonymous
08 Jun 2018 02:15
I love 9S!!ReplyReplies (0)
- Anonymous
07 Apr 2018 08:36
lose the shortsReplyReplies (0)
- Anonymous
13 Mar 2018 07:16
Beautiful child, too pure for this worldReplyReplies (0)
- Anonymous
17 Nov 2017 01:42
Weird that 9S's word/emotion that represented him is "solitude" and A2's is "revenge"
I'd think it'd have been the oppositeReplyReplies (2)
02 Jul 2017 19:46
Actually, 9S is an interesting character, at least plot-wise:
The fact that the emotion assigned to him is "Solitude" could be explained by a theory that the more knowledge you posses, the more you feel isolated because of the lack of a possibility to share and discuss said knowledge with someone else (in this case because it's confidential data). It drove him insane because of the knowledge he learned despite what he was designed for. The more delicate data he discovered (like the thing with 2B being 2E, E standing for Execute (play the game to understand it)), the more his mental state degraded.
It's a well thought and well conceived metaphor for real life and that's why 9S, despite being a bit boring with the hacking mini-games repetition, is one of the more fascinating characters in the game.ReplyReplies (1)
- Anonymous
30 Jun 2017 14:17
I hate this kid.ReplyReplies (0)
- Anonymous
26 Jun 2017 12:29
He becomes rather crazy when you understand how good his spear throw is, and that his hacking allows pod program cooldown to continue running, effectively making him an infinite pod program spam machine. I'd say a well-made crit build 9S with spear of the usurper is only rivalled by berserk mode A2, and both of them leave 2B far behind in terms of power.ReplyReplies (0)
- Anonymous
07 May 2017 16:40
Hacking without alerting enemies, red eyes, will open up 3 options: detonate, subjugate, remote control. Using remote control will disguise the player allowing to chain hack groups of enemies.ReplyReplies (0)
- Anonymous
07 May 2017 16:35
If you start a hack then do a perfect evade, the hack's progress bar will increase considerably. Just for those guys that you cant hack in one press.
- Anonymous
03 May 2017 03:51
seriously, playing 9S is nothing but a pain in the arse. his close combat skills are so lame and weak that it's rediculously dumb to even try to kill something with normal weapons. on the other hand, his hacking damage is so insane that you don't even want to use normal weapons. but honestly this is absolutely gamebreaking and lame. all this switching back and forth from normal game to this dumb hacking minigame gave me brain cancer, and the worst part is that you're forced to just hack and cheese through more than half of the game with this guy.. in the end i just equipped him for maximum mobility and avoided as many fights as possible so i just checked the map and stocked up on ressources with auto loot and loot scanner chips in hopes i'd get to play other characters more soon. sadly this didn't happen. A2's and 2B's playtime was way too short. but hey at least the plot was good..ReplyReplies (1)
- Anonymous
02 May 2017 07:02
Am I to assume that all Type S models are support models? If so, then what would be Type A and Type B labeled as? (Via. A2 and 2B). All I know is A2 is a wanted unit that severed her link to the bunker. This would make sense if it was like a form of rank.
If anyone has any info related to this, feel free to let me know. Thank you!ReplyReplies (2)
- Anonymous
23 Apr 2017 10:59
The "doesn't have heavy attacks" bit is incorrect. He can perform them but it requires you to delay the second hit. You can also perform them by pressing R2 without any directional input and then attacking. It'd be more correct to say, "9S has no dedicated heavy attack button."ReplyReplies (2)
- Anonymous
19 Apr 2017 19:46
By doing attacks after dash(Not run) or stopping a bit after normal combo and then contiuing it, 9S can do heavy combo. You can confirm it by looking at the number of attacks.
- Anonymous
19 Apr 2017 16:33
idiots...all of youReplyReplies (0)
- Anonymous
13 Apr 2017 07:35
YoRHa is KuRWa.
Neir: Automata was made by talentless children.ReplyReplies (2)
- Anonymous
23 Mar 2017 11:13
Just started this playthrough and I can't use the special for the pod does anyone know why?ReplyReplies (1)
- Anonymous
22 Mar 2017 00:35
•"9S is the not only YoRHa Scanner model seen in game" Jesus who wrote this failure of a sentence. "It should be 9S is not the only YoRHa Scanner seen in game".ReplyReplies (3)


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Badho Bahu 14th February 2017 Written Episode Update
Badho Bahu 14th February 2017 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
Teji is fixing the projector. Bharpayi and Pragya smile looking at him.
Kamla ji notices Pinki running. She takes her aside. People will doubt on us if you will run around so excitedly. Is anything that you are teaching Badho working on her? Pinki nods. I told her something because of which she will never stop wrestling. Kamla ji confirms with her if she is saying truth. Pinki nods.
Teji starts the video and takes a seat between Pragya and Bharpayi. He keeps each of his hand around Pragya and Bharpayi. He even feeds them popcorn. They see a reflection in the projector screen because of which they fail to see the video properly. Teji leans in to kiss Pragya on the cheek when Ahlawat ji tells him to stop the video. See what's happening. We cannot see anything. Teji pauses movie and
Malti ji walks up to Komal when Lucky calls out to her. Where is that jewellery she was wearing? Raghubir ji smiles thinking of what he had told Komal before leaving the room. Komal returns jewellery to Komal. Raghubir ji tells Lucky to come to the point. Tell your mother what you wanted to. Leave everything else. Lucky is bound by his promise to his father. He tells his mother Komal wont run wearing a veil from now onwards. Malti ji is shocked whereas Jamnuna ji smiles. Malti ji asks him what he is saying. Have you gone mad? Lucky says I have thought well about it. Badho wont wear a veil and run. There will be problem if she collides with someone. Malti ji says the DIL of my house wont run around without a veil. Lucky counters that he too has said something. If Komal is her DIL then she is also my wife! Komal gets emotional. Pinki smirks. Lucky says there is nothing to worry when I don't have any problem with it. Badho wont run wearing a veil. Payal is impressed by his deed. Jamuna ji sweetly tells her not to intervene. Lucky tells his mother he needs to talk to her and goes. Raghubir ji tells Malti ji even she cannot change her decision now. He too leaves from there. Payal and Jamuna ji smile. Komal thinks Lucky worries so much for her. He argued with Ma ji for my sake. I too should do something for him as he took such a big step for me.
Komal walks up to her MIL and returns jewellery to her. I am really grateful to you for whatever you have done for me but I don't need this jewellery now. Someone told me that my simplicity is my biggest jewel. Forgive me if possible. Malti ji is very much upset but still accepts it. Komal folds hands before her and then leaves from there. Kamla ji says we sat to see movie but saw a drama. What can we do anyways? This is the story of every house. Everyone should go home now. Everyone leaves one by one. Malti ji looks upset.
Komal thanks Bholenath. You stopped me from swaying from my path. Keep Lucky ji happy. He is a really nice guy. He dint listen to even his mother today for me. He sorted my problem. You know how important that is for me. Stay with me like this always. Keep blessing Lucky ji always. She smiles with folded hands.
Raghubir ji has gathered everyone in the living room. Haryana Wrestling Federation wants to organize Dangal this time in Haryana. They want Rana and Lucky to be the chief guests there. This will be really good. Rana agrees to go. Ahlawat ji proposes to send the DIL's too. They haven't gone anywhere since marriage. Raghubir ji seconds him. But it can happen only when their MIL's will allow them. Kamla ji gives permission. They must be fed up seeing their Khadus MIL's. Ahlawat ji laughs hearing it. Bang on! Everyone smiles.
Malti ji is disturbed by whatever happened. Raghubir ji comes in and looks at her but she looks away. She tries going but he stops her. You look really beautiful when you are angry. Why you did that? I saw you upset even during dinner. Are you upset with Komal that she does not listen to you? She isn't listening to whatever you say. She even refused what you offered to her. Malti ji says I am sure she would have told you everything. She cannot digest anything. Raghubir ji denies. She does not have such habit. You are misunderstanding her. Malti ji says she isn't poor girl. I am poor as no one listens to me, including my husband. Raghubir ji says Komal never complains about anyone. I gave her my swear. I always know whatever you have to say. I also understand whatever you wish to do. Malti ji says I am the devil of the house. Everyone else is good. She tries leaving but he holds her hand. You are not the villain but heroine. I know you have no wrong intention. There is always a reason behind your actions. But there is one thing, you cannot see what I can see right now. I am sure you will be really proud of Komal's wrestling one day. You will become Komal's strength and will encourage her. I am only waiting for that day. Don't get angry. Malti ji looks away. Raghubir ji leaves. Malti ji is still very much angry.
Next morning, everyone is out for a jog / run. The same guys, who made video yesterday, wait for Bulldozer (Komal). They smile seeing her. Komal recognizes them to be the same guys who made the video. She confronts them but they feign innocence. She asks them if this is how they use their smart phones. Is this what you learn in school / college? She beats them. They apologize to her calling her Didi. She warns them not to come before her again. I will not spare you if you come in front of me again. Will you make videos again? Will you respect women? They agree and run away!
Precap: Kamla ji instigates Malti ji to punish Komal. Malti ji vows to do it. Both the couples are on their way to the competition. Inspector stops Lucky's car. He talks cheaply to the couples. Lucky tells him to be careful. We are husband and wife. Inspector says we only see two guys roaming with two women right now. He handcuffs both the couples.
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I was all set to take over the Henderson account at the office, but that hotshot Jones big boyed me out of it!
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The on-again, off-again semifinal matches in the current World Championship series are on again - this time in London. The matches, both of which were apparently forfeited last summer when the Soviet Union refused to accept the original sites, have been rescheduled to run concurrently, beginning Nov. 19. As before, it will be perennial challenger Viktor Korchnoi vs. young Soviet star Gari Kasparov in one contest, and former world titlist Vassily Smyslov of the Soviet Union vs. Hungarian grandmaster Zoltan Ribli in the other, with the winners meeting later for the right to play a title match against World Champion Anatoly Karpov.
Korchnoi, who will be trying for his third crack at Karpov's title, will likely meet an insurmountable obstacle in Kasparov. After Kasparov's impressive recent victory at Niksic, Yugoslavia, it is estimated that his rating will approximate that of Karpov.
During the Niksic tournament a blitz championship was arranged (each player having five minutes on his clock to complete all his moves), with a $1,000 first prize. Korchnoi, who was a visitor at the tournament, was allowed to participate in the double round-robin blitz event. Kasparov won both of their head-to-head games and dominated the tournament as a whole with 13 1/2 points. Korchnoi was next with 10 1/2, followed by Tal, 9 1/2; Ljubojevic, 8 1/2; Spassky and Timman, 7; Sax, 6; Larsen, 5 1/2; and Ivanovic, 3 1/2.
Korchnoi's prediction about the tournament was correct. He said he and Kasparov would capture the top two places.
One of the Kasparov-Korchnoi games follows. Most of us would be proud to play such a game under tournament conditions and time control; that young Kasparov could produce it in less than five minutes of cerebration is indeed impressive.
Nimzo-Indian Defense Kasparov Korchnoi 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-K3 3 N-QB3 (a) B-N5 4. P-K3 O-O 5. P-QR3 BxN ch 6. PxB P-Q3 7. B-Q3 P-K4 8. P-K4 P-B4 9. N-K2 N-B3 10. O-O B-N5 (b) 11. P-B3 B-R4 12. P-Q5 (c) N-R4 13. P-N4 B-N3 14. P-KR4 NxNP (d) 15. PxN QxP 16. R-B2 QxP ch 17. R-N2 Q-Q2 18. N-N3 P-B3 19. QR-R2 P-N4 20. PxP P-B5 21. B-K2 QxP 22. B-N4 N-N2 23. B-K6 ch K-R1 24. R(R)-N2 Q-B4 ch 25. K-R1 Q-B2 26. N-B5 N-B4 27. RxB NxB (e) 28. R-KR2 K-N1 29. RxRP (f) KxR 30. Q-R5 ch K-N1 31. PxN R(B)-K1 32. B-R6 R-K2 33. NxR ch QxN 34. RxP ch Black resigns
A. In tournament games Kasparov usually plays 3. N-KB3 to avoid the Nimzo-Indian Defense and to opt for the Queen's Indian, of which he is the acknowledged master.
B. A dubious idea, since it results in the Bishop's being ''off side,'' as opposed to its normal development on the Queenside in this type of opening.No doubt Korchnoi hoped his opponent would overextend.
C. Even under blitz conditions Kasparov follows the sound principle of securing the center before attacking on the Kingside.
D. Korchnoi, aware that passive defense offers few prospects, sacrifices a piece for three pawns. Normally this is a fair exchange; here this strategy is doomed to failure, since White's good development, open files, and extra piece result in an irresistible attack.
E. Naturally if 27. . . . PxR, 28.R-R2, mate.
F. The coup de gracem that effectively puts an end to Black's resistance.


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Most Americans have heard of human rights abuses occurring in other countries around the world, but many do not realize that human rights are being violated in the U.S. as well. In an effort to increase awareness of human rights in the U.S., The Advocates for Human Rights has created a series of toolkits that examine important human rights issues and that offer tools to help Americans advocate for positive social change.
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Mildly spiced Kerala mutton stew is made by simmering morsels of mutton and potato in coconut milk. Here is a simple, pressure-cooker version of this hearty delicacy.
My name is Arun. I am a marketing professional during the day, and love spending time in the kitchen during weekends cooking the food that I like to eat.


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Lil Rounds
Bottom Two:
Anoop Desai
Allison Iraheta
Anoop Desai
Tonight no time is wasted. No extraneous filler, unless you consider the regularly scheduled features filler, as we do. Everyone we know would prefer a 30-minute results show. Everyone. We once again have the opening collage sequence of snippets of judges opinions and comments from the contestants.
Watch video of Opening Sequence
Paula Abdul choreographed the group number, set to Michael Jackson's "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)." We first view a video of La Abdul putting her students through their paces. During the live number, the kids totally lip-sync as they try to reproduce the most difficult choreography to date in a group number. They make the "Dancing With the Stars" celebs look like masterful pros. For a bunch of kids, very few of them have any dancing chops.
Ryan Seacrest has La Abdul take the stage. She's wearing a ridiculously short and shiny mini dress that barely -- just barely -- covers her genitalia. Plus, the scoop neck is cut down to there. Nearly 47, she's still got the hot body for this number, but is about 20 years past her prime for wearing it. Ryan and the kids present her with a big bouquet of flowers. The kids all say, "Love you Paula," as they kiss her. Sounds totally insincere and rehearsed, heh. Anoop doesn't come down to kiss her quickly enough, so she summons him with her finger. Paula gives the audience the royal wave holding her bouquet. She is totally smiling. Nothing makes Paula happier than moments that are all about her. She tells Ryan she had so little time to work with the kids, they must be mad at her for working them so hard. She asks "Were you mad at me?" Oh course, there's a chorus of "no's." Maybe Lil and Anoop would have yelled "yes" if they knew what was coming.
Watch video of Group Number "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
The Ford commercial is set to Lykke Li's ironically titled "I'm Good, I'm Gone," a little inside producers' joke perhaps?
Watch video of Ford commercial "I'm Good, I'm Gone"
And the eliminations begin. Ryan asks Lil to stand, then tells her he can see it in her eyes how badly she wants this. At this point, does she really? She knows she can't win and she gets hammered each week with how she hasn't shown them what kind of artist she wants to be. Isn't it just easier to go home to your family and wait out the tour? Ryan then says, "We need someone like you in this competition," followed by telling her to walk to the far side of the stage. Guess they don't need her that badly if she's in the Bottom 3. Ryan says Lil has three kids and is one of the most courageous contestants, never afraid to speak her mind, and then, in the blink of an eye, Ryan tells her that her journey is over. No Bottom 3. Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am. It was so brutally quick, it was almost worse than the torture games, which leave you a smidgen of hope that you're safe. Ryan: "Ladies and gentlemen, that is it for her." Lil sings, then Ryan asks Randy Jackson what advice he would give her. It's the standard "It's just the beginning, baby" blather. Next Ryan goes to Simon Cowell, who has a revealing slip of the tongue: "Well, you know, I was a huge, I still am actually, a massive fan of you." Uh-huh.
Watch video of Lil Rounds being eliminated
After that punch to the gut, it's time for some happy disco music! First up is guest performer Freda Payne, who takes the stage to sing "Band of Gold" (1970), a song that technically preceded the disco era, which most people agree started in 1973. It is a painful performance to watch. Payne looks OK in her slightly too tight gold glittery gown, but her 66-year-old voice is shot and she has trouble with breath control while singing. She even looks like she's going to fall a couple of times. We loved this song in its day, but, please
Watch video of Freda Payne singing "Band of Gold"; Thelma Houston singing "Don't Leave Me This Way"; KC singing "Get Down Tonight"
Whew! It's time for more bloodletting. Ryan goes back to the couches. Kris Allen stands and is safe, likewise Adam Lambert, and, of course, Danny Gokey, though Ryan lets Danny sweat a little before letting him off the hook. Remember, Lil came in No. 1 on DialIdol.com, yet was eliminated, so no one is feeling absolutely safe. Ryan goes to the back row and asks Anoop to stand. Ryan gets right to the point -- Anoop is taking the now-familiar death walk to the stools yet again. Only Allison and Matt Giraud are left. One is in the Bottom 2/3, the other safe. Most everyone we know thinks Matt should be eliminated, but how would that look after the judges wasted the save on him last week? So, it really comes as no surprise -- except to Matt -- when he is told he is safe. Allison joins Anoop onstage. As she the approaches the stools and Anoop, she sings, "Here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again." At least she has a sense of humor about it.
Watch video of Anoop Desai and Allison Iraheta in the Bottom 2/3
It's time for another breather, so last season's runner-up, David Archuleta, takes the stage to perform -- still with his eyes closed -- "Touch My Hand." It's not his best song and is it just us? Or does he not sound too terrific? We seem to remember him having a much richer voice last year. Maybe it's just exhaustion. Afterwards, he chats with Ryan and gives encouragement to Anoop and Allison.
Watch video of David Archuleta singing "Touch My Hand"
Finally, it's what the "Idol" producers like to (loosely) call "The Moment of Truth." Anyone who still believes that Anoop is safe at this point is totally deluding themselves. No way the producers are going to dump both remaining girls and have an all-male Top 5. Jeez, even Anoop knows that. So, of course, Allison is safe and Anoop sings his swan song. The producers don't even give Lil and Anoop separate journey videos -- they have to share one. So much for their personal archives. Anoop thanks the vocal coaches and Lil, graciously, thanks the judges. It's a wrap.
Watch video of Anoop Desai being eliminated
On Tuesday, the Top 5 perform standards made famous by members of the original Rat Pack, which included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Wow, that's our kind of music. We're going to loving on that theme. It seems tailor made for Matt (and his Sinatra hat), even though he would seem to be the most likely to be eliminated next.
And speaking of tailor, er, Taylor made, on Wednesday, Season 5 winner (and a personal favorite of ours) Taylor Hicks returns to "Idol" to sing his latest release, "Seven Mile Breakdown" from his new CD The Distance.
One final thought: Next week, will each contestant, as has been done in previous seasons, sing one song or two? Can they fit 10 songs into the scheduled 1 hr. 1 min. show? It's going to be interesting.
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