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|Ultimate Avengers Collection
Actors: Justin Gross, Grey DeLisle, Michael Massee, Olivia d'Abo, Marc Worden
Directors: Bob Richardson, Curt Geda, Steven E. Gordon
Genres: Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Animation
PG-13 2007 2hr 43min
ULTIMATE AVENGERS 1 - A world in crisis. Age-old enemies on the verge of attack. A mighty team is recruited, and Earth's ultimate hero is sought to lead them- Captain America. Unfortunately, he's been frozen in ice for ove... more »
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Do I like mega violence? Yes. Does the Hulk supply it. A tad
Ken Jensen | Kingston, NY | 04/02/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I tell you what...get this if you're a fan of the Hulk alone. That in itself is reason enough to see this movie. I have forever loved all that the Hulk represents and how he rolls. But he about lost his mind in this movie! I loved it!!! Beyond that, good plot, beautiful fantasy cartoon babes abound, and as a Marine, I appreciated how Captain America and the military were portrayed as they went into battle against Nazis and space aliens in WWII. C,mon...space aliens, dream babes, Nazis, and the Hulk...what're you waiting for? Relax the literary critic inside you and have some fun. Go. Rent."
Ultimate Avengers made better by Bluray
N. Becker | CT, US | 05/23/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Most agree that the story was bad for this animated release. I personally think part 1 was bearable, but 2 was close to unwatchable. What I DO however like about this release, is the quality Bluray brings. Those who tell you animation wont be enhanced by hi def? Show them this. Crisp lines, and solid colors all around. Very impressive to watch visually. And the sound was incredible. I only use the two speakers on my TV, but the sound that came out of this release was still pretty amazing, leaps and bounds over my regular DVDs."
Steven Beckmann | San Bernardino, CA USA | 04/27/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I grew up during the 70's and was an avid comic book junkie (as weere most kids my age). The kid in me still gets excited to heard about a new Marvel movie. That's probably why I liked this movie even though there were a few things that bugged me:
- Bruce Banner was potrayed as an whiney, little rat-faced man. He wasn't like this in the comic book, why now?
- Thor seemed more like a alchoholic hippie. Always drinking his mead and trying to save whales. A "Hero" not interested in the wars of man. What's with his hammer having a blade on one end? I know Marvel revamped most of it's characters quite a while back, but if I remember correctly it's referred to as the HAMMER of Thor, not the AXE of Thor. This makes me think of how DC ruined Aquaman.
- Henry Pym was about as arrogant and self-centered as they come. He blamed everyone else for his mistakes. While I remember him as being arrogant this was went overboard. I did though, like the part of the movie where he puts on his old Ant Man helmet.
Overall, it's worth getting if you do not expect it to strictly follow the comic books of your childhood."
A promising idea ruined by poor execution
Seteger | 02/28/2006
(2 out of 5 stars)
The Ultimates comic is an excellent revamp of the classic Marvel title. The Avengers was a favorite of mine throughout my childhood, but recently, with the popularity of the Justice League comic and cartoon, it was hard not to see the Avengers as a weaker JLA.
What the Ultimates comic did was resurrect the team with grittier, more cinematic, more realistic angles: Captain America as the tough-as-nails but assinine patriot, Iron Man as the frivolopus alcoholic, Thor as the possible schizophrenic merely pretending (perhaps) to be a Norse god, etc. It's interesting, it's dramatic, and the concept of creating a PG-13 version for a straight-to-DVD release is promising.
The promise goes unfulfilled. First of all, only the bare structure of the Ultimates is followed. I can accept that; it's an adaptation, after all. But what is most missing is what was most vital, and that's the gritty characterization. In the "Ultimate Avengers," Captain America is the same boring hero we've already seen a million times. Thor and Iron Man are themselves, no more and no less. We get no new insight in their lives, we see nothing new about them, and they do what generic Marvel characters seem to do best: punch people and get thrown around.
So what we get is the worst of both worlds. We get the generic characterizations of these Avengers, except without the comic book fantasy and flourishes that could possibly compensate. And then we get SOME realism, but without the full depths and subtleties that such realism requires to turn into actual drama. The result is a bland story filled with boring characters--when they're not being outright annoying, as is the case with Banner and Pym (why "annoying," and ONLY "annoying," passes as "realistic" to so many writers escapes me).
The art is ok, but not great. It's what you would expect from an Avengers TV cartoon, if they made one today for, say, Cartoon Network. The animation is ok, but not great; CG is used randomly, as has become the custom in most TV cartoons, and there are moments of "not bad" to moments of "oh my god, that's awful."
There was a time--when I was a teenager and when I was starved for comic book films and cartoons--when this movie might have appealed to me. Maybe there are 12-15 year olds who might get a kick out of it. But in an era of Justice League Unlimited, successful Spider-Man and X-Men and Batman movies, and even decent super-hero live-action TV shows like Smallville, this is no longer acceptable. They're going to pump these out now, probably twice a year, until the well runs dry. In the meantime, the results are uninspired.
In short: Don't buy this movie. At most, watch it on Cartoon Network when they show it one day (which is probably very soon, knowing their track record with straight-to-home-video movies)."


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I had on a brand new velvet top and held up a lit birthday cake too close to my top. The fabric did not get a hole burned in it, it just changed colors and you can see a round spot where it is lightly singed.
As long as the nap is not too damaged, you should be able to cover it with colour - ink, crayon, even paint. You may have to replace the colour frequently. Getting a match may be difficult - try combining colours; a bit like painting!
Can the nap on steam pressed velvet be restored?
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I have a pair of silk velvet pants that I adore. However, they are several years old and the backside and crotch areas have become matted and shiny.

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Rough GPS position Latitude. 39.7236°, Longitude. -75.6622° , Elevation. 27m
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- Thomas Mckean High School (1.2km)
- John Dickinson High School (1.3km)
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Accommodation around Mill Creek Shopping Center
Red Roof Inn Wilmington - Newark 415 Stanton Christiana Road, Newark
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Newark 1024 Old Churchmans Rd, Newark
Days Inn Newark Wilmington 900 Churchmans Rd, Newark
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Spirituality Can Relieve Stress And Slow Aging
Spirituality Can Relieve Stress And Slow Aging
Many of us lead very hectic and fast paced lives causing high levels of stress which we know is bad for us. But did you know that Spirituality can not only help with our stress issues, it can also be a real factor in the slowing things down mentally, and emotionally therefore helping to slow the aging process in all of those areas.
Stress should concern everyone in this hectic world because stress ages you like nothing else. Just ask any Medical Professional and they will tell you that stress is a killer, it is the cause of many internal and external conditions, just take a look and many of the top executives and managers over the age of fifty and it should be plain to see.
What does spirituality have to do with getting old? We know that stress affects the Aging Process? We also know that when you are affected by stress, as many of us are, the body produces more cortisol. Too much cortisol will damage the skin and this alone will make the person appear much older. Here are some self-care ideas that will help you.
Spirituality Can Help Fight Aging
When discussing spirituality, I am not talking about religion, because spirituality doesn't need to be linked solely with religion even though it could be. It could be situations that didn't work out for you but you hold some form of lingering resentment. So by releasing these feelings, you free yourself.
Also by forgiving the things that have gone before, you are able to break the bond which holds you and ties you to these emotional situations. If you manage to do this you will discover positive changes in your life and this can only be good for you leaving you feeling and looking much younger in appearance.
Spirituality and Peace are often linked together for good reason, especially the kind of peace which provides freedom, freedom you deserve which in turn relieves stress and gets you started on the road to profound happiness, contentment which then radiates from inside.
Everyone has a link between their spirit, emotions and their body, so if the spirit is free, the body will heal and so will their emotions. This state is often referred to as their higher self.
When you align your body with your higher self, you gain empowerment. You will be able to accept the grace, the peace and the happiness which will flow to you and from within you.
You will be able to gain clarity and a connection which will enable you to place stress in its own place within your life and you will learn to put everything in its proper place, both good and bad, enabling you to continue to grow as a person without previous baggage.
Also referred to as mindfulness. It means that you make sure you remain in the present. You no longer worry about the future or what it might bring, leaving you to focus on the now, especially to enjoy what is happening right now.
This has also been referred to as keeping negativity at bay. By maintaining a positive mental attitude, you can go a long way toward preventing stress and aging, proving that attitude and spirituality go hand in hand.


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Commercial lending: keeping a good thing going
- Although lower loan maturity volumes have resulted in less originations this year, the commercial mortgage market remains in good shape overall. Loan credit spreads remain tight and underwriting standards are stable.
- With an additional short-term policy rate increase by the Federal Reserve in June, the yield curve has continued to flatten. As of mid-July, the spread between 10-year and two-year Treasury bonds was only 25 bps—the tightest level since before the 2008 recession, when the yield curve inverted.
- Q2 lending volume, as measured by the CBRE Lending Momentum Index, was even with Q1 levels. Compared to a year ago, however, the index is down 10.6%.
- Total CMBS issuance for H1 2018 was $40.5 billion, up from $37.9 billion a year ago. The favorable issuance activity is supported by pricing. Spreads on new-issue, 10-year, AAA-rated paper have been trading in the swaps+ 75-to-85-bps range since April after reaching lows in early February. Many industry analysts appear upbeat about the second half of the year, and expect spreads to remain close to current levels.
- Agency multifamily lending is quite active. Year-to-date through May, combined Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily loan purchase volume totaled $43 billion, not far off the record-setting pace of $44.6 billion for the same period in 2017.
- Overall debt service coverage and LTV ratios in Q2 were consistent with the prior quarter. The percentage of loans carrying interest-only terms was 61%, down 5 percentage points from Q1. There has been no substantial deterioration in loan underwriting measures over the past several quarters.
- Despite financial market volatility and heightened trade tensions, the commercial mortgage lending market should remain favorable to borrowers for the balance of the year. With the flattening of the yield curve, borrowers with a settled capital structure and long-term horizon may want to take advantage of long-term financing. With the flat curve, borrowers can add significantly to loan terms for little additional expense.


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Some national chains that offer rewards points programs in all of their stores include Nordstrom, JCPenney, Gap, Best Buy and Macy's. Most of the major grocery and pharmacy chains also have some sort of a rewards program that tracks purchases.
Nordstrom's "Fashion Rewards" program requires the use of a Nordstrom credit card. Two points are given for every dollar spent in Nordstrom stores and one point for every dollar spent elsewhere. Every 2,000 points earns a $20 gift certificate, and there are a range of other perks.
JCPenney's "JCP Rewards" program does not require a store credit card, but there are extra perks for having one. For every $100 spent in a calendar month, cardholders get a $10 gift certificate.
Gap's rewards program gives five points for every dollar spent at Gap and sister stores such as Old Navy and Piperlime. Rewards vary depending on what store they are used at.
Best Buy gives one reward point for every dollar spent in their stores. Use of a store credit card boosts this to two and a half points per dollar spent, and 250 points can be redeemed for a $5 gift certificate.
Macy's "Star Rewards" program requires signing up for a store credit card. Varying discounts and coupons are given for use of the card.


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A New Theory on Why Straight Men Love Breasts
What are breasts but bags of flesh and fat with some tissue and glands? When you think of it in biological terms, it's quite silly to think of some men's obsession with them.
But the allure of breasts is a fact of life and now Professor Larry Young at Emory University, who studies the neurological basis of complex social behaviors, has a new theory on we love breasts.
You might have attributed our love of breasts to breastfeeding. It is logical that breasts once meant bonding and nutrition to us when we were infants. Larger breasts can mean more milk — something desirable in a mate. Just like how many women prefer tall men, we have the desire to reproduce with the best specimens. But Young thinks further than that — and more sexual. "When a woman's nipples are stimulated during breast-feeding, the neurochemical oxytocin, otherwise known as the 'love drug', floods her brain, helping to focus her attention and affection on her baby," says Live Science.
Those of us who are lucky know that nipple play can be arousing. Young says that man's brain has evolved to subconsciously recognize this stimulation. In other words, men know about oxytocin and that it will make women focus their attention on their sexual partner just like with the nursing baby. "Evolution has selected for this brain organization in men that makes them attracted to the breasts in a sexual context, because the outcome is that it activates the female bonding circuit, making women feel more bonded with him. It's a behavior that males have evolved in order to stimulate the female's maternal bonding circuitry," Young says.
This science doesn't mean you can stare away and blame your biology, though. Respect the breast.
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Deadline: December 15, 2017
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Create the ideas, concepts and solutions that will drive future development. Use your curiosity, imagination and individual thinking to explore new possibilities and opportunities. Welcome to Baillie Gifford – and a group of people who think like you. A team of just over 100 investors, based in Edinburgh, who shape the future of this leading global investment management firm. Join our Investment Management graduate programme and shape your future too.
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At Baillie Gifford, your intellectual curiosity and individual thinking are two qualities that will be highly valued. After all, you'll be imagining what the future of the world will look like - and which companies will take us there.
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For us, it's about building the detailed picture we need to ascertain the long-term value of a potential investment. For you, it's about using your creativity, imagination and inquisitive nature to unearth new discoveries and insights.
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You'll spend your first year with a single team, learning about its specialism, before rotating to another team. During this time, you'll also start to work towards CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Level 1 and IMC (Investment Management Certificate) qualifications with full support from us, including registration payment, materials and time to study.
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The Kid loves his dummy. Hardly ever lets his dummy go. Except when he goes to daycare, or I take it away from him when he's playing. But if he needs to sleep, he needs his dummy. If we need to take him with us shopping, he needs his dummy. It keeps his mouth shut and keeps him relatively quiet.
He's going on 2 now, and I'm thinking it might be time to ditch the dummy. Which might prove difficult, because he asks for his dummy if I take it away. And he knows where the dummies are kept, and sometimes helps himself to more than just one.
I need help. How does one go about ditching the dummy? Kicking the habit and keeping it kicked?
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A new patent application shows that Apple may be planning on rewriting the rules for ranking map search results through the use of anonymous crowd sourcing techniques. The patent application, titled, "Relevancy Ranking for Map-Related Search," was filed in March of 2010, and it describes a method of ranking search results for, say, a restaurant according to how many customers that restaurant gets.
The Method
In the patent application, which was first noticed by AppleInsider, Apple makes the case directly for why its method is deserving of a patent by calling all of the existing methods for ranking search results flawed.
"Each [of the existing methods for ranking search results] has certain limitations associated with it," the company wrote. "Search results ordered by proximity do not account for quality of the search result relative to the query. Search results ordered by average-user-ranking are based upon opinions of relatively few people whom take the time to review the location. Search results that are ordered based on advertising dollars also do not take into account quality or desirability and sometimes broaden the criteria for relevance beyond a desirable measure."
Apple argues that it can rank search results better by collecting anonymous user location data, and then collecting that data into what it called a "location popularity index."
"The location popularity index can be used to rank search results by making various assumptions based on the data," the company wrote. "For example, it can be assumed that a person who visited a restaurant for over an hour ate at the restaurant. Based on these and other assumptions, search results can be ranked according to the locations having the most visitors. Accordingly, in a search for restaurants, the location that had the most number of visitors can be ranked the highest."
Apple also said it could then use this data to recommend other established based correlating where these anonymous users go. If two people eat at the same restaurant, they must have overlapping tastes in restaurants. Add in more users to the mix and Apple can make sophisticated recommendations based on those overlapping tastes.
While the application doesn't say so, this part of the company's method sounds similar to the way online music service Pandora makes recommendations for new music.
A figure from Apple's patent application showing the flow chart for its method
As noted above, this application was filed in March of 2010, long before concerns over the way that Apple, Google, and other mobile platform providers were collecting user location data. Even still, the application plainly spells out that the method involved is based on collecting anonymous data that can not be attached to the actual user.
"Importantly," Apple wrote, "no user information is sent from the handheld communication device and the system cannot associate the received data with the user."
The Big Picture
Such a method would give Apple a way to differentiate its search results from Google Maps and other competing services, and just in case it needs to be spelled out, if the company is granted the patent, it would prohibit other companies from using that method.
Apple has been working on developing its own mapping resources for several years. Two of the company's extraordinarily limited acquisitions were map-related companies Placebase (purchased in 2009) and Poly9 (purchased in 2010). Apple has also posted job listings for map-related positions, and even the company's purchase of artificial intelligence firm (or "mobile assistant: firm) Siri (purchased in 2010) could involve location searches in one way or another.
As with all of the many patents and patent applications The Mac Observer covers, that Apple filed for the patent doesn't necessarily mean that the company plans or even can bring the related technology to market. This one, however, makes a compelling argument for how Apple might differentiate its own service from Google's.
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To open the field, Coke is offering $1 million to a fan catching or retrieving the first home-run ball hit into Sky Field. Earlier this week, Coke Senior VP-Chief Marketing Officer Sergio Zyman promised more such interactive experiences with the brand through non-advertising venues such as the Sky Field attraction and the company's ad placement on a wall at Boston's Fenway Park.
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text: Using elements of boxing, hip-hop, martial arts, and modern dance, The Opulence of Integrity celebrates the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali. Christal Brown's company INSPIRIT examines the universal struggle for identity as men of color experience it in the United States. This production provides an intimate look at the historical, political, social, and economic factors and pitfalls that continually restrict freedoms.


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When El Al Israel Airlines decided on Oct. 28 to purchase a handful of planes from both Seattle-based Boeing and its European rival, Airbus, Washington grumbled.
The Clinton administration had lobbied Israel heavily in a protracted bidding war between Boeing and Airbus. Several of President Clinton's Cabinet secretaries raised the issue with Israeli counterparts. Mr. Clinton himself made a plea to Prime Minister Ehud Barak to do his utmost to ensure that El Al - which is 99 percent state owned - buy American.
"There were calls at all levels. All levels," says one US official. The subtext was clear: Israel, as the recipient of more than $3 billion a year in US aid, enjoys a bigger portion of the foreign-aid budget than any other country. As such, America has been Israel's largest donor for the past two decades.
Though the commercial planes do not fall into the category of defense expenditures - the $1.86 billion-portion of the aid which Israel must spend primarily on US products - American officials expect Israel to give preference to its superpower patron and peace broker whenever possible.
The El Al decision couldn't have come at a worse time. Clinton was in the thick of fighting Congress for approval of another $1.9 billion - $1.2 billion for Israel and $700,000 for the Palestinians - as a reward for implementing the Wye River accord.
Moreover, last week Pentagon officials said they had serious reservations about Israel's plans to sell a sophisticated radar system to China. The officials said they were concerned that secret US military technology could be transferred to China in the course of the sale, but then backpedaled on that, saying late last week that Israeli officials had allayed those concerns. But doubts remain over whether the radar system could enhance China's ability to threaten Taiwan, a US ally, and whether Israel's increasing interest in cultivating China as a weapons client could contravene US interests.
On top of this, foreign aid has become an increasingly favorite target on Capitol Hill. It all means that US policymakers and the allies they try to sway with financial incentives may have to begin rethinking the foreign aid game.
That is particularly so at a time when the Middle East stands at the dawn of a new era of peacemaking that may find Israel reaching a "final status" deal with the Palestinians and mending fences with Syria - and by default, Lebanon - all within the next year or two. But with this great optimism for what could mean a virtual end to 50 years of Israeli-Arab conflict come major price tags for making the necessary concessions.
As political observers take note of the changing climate in Washington, they say Israel and the surrounding Middle East players will have to start lowering expectations, or hope the United States will continue to enlist other economic powers to help foot the bill.
"One thing that's needed is a reality check among the parties in the Middle East that the big inducements la Camp David are not going to happen. The people who think so are fooling themselves," says Scott Lasensky, a research fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, referring to the 1979 peace deal the US forged between Israel and Egypt.
This time around, according to unconfirmed reports cited by several analysts interviewed, Mr. Barak is planning to ask for as much as $20 billion in return for a peace deal with Syria. Such an accord will probably require Israel to give up much or almost all of the Golan Heights it seized in the 1967 Middle East war - a concession Israel wants to be compensated for by security reinforcements.
"Now they're dropping hints of $10 [billion] or $20 billion for a Syrian deal, and they're missing the boat. There's just no political will for that in America," adds Mr. Lasensky. "They're lucky that they're maintaining the base line."
But the Israeli military establishment says it hardly is. Twenty years of inflation have made American products increasingly more expensive, but the amount of yearly aid has remained level since the mid-1980s. Defense Ministry officials say that the $1.86 billion earmarked for military aid has about half the purchasing power it did when the aid was first instituted two decades ago.
"We're talking about something that's disappearing," says Ira Sharkansky, an expert in Israel's political economy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "The purchasing value of this aid is less than half of what it used to be, given the past 15 years of American inflation."
But that drop also points to growth in the Israeli economy. The Israel of the 1990s, with its signs of increasing affluence and a thriving high-tech sector, is a clear contrast from the Israel of the 1970s, with its hyperinflation and instability. With living standards on a par with some European countries, Israel has come under pressure to reduce its civilian-aid package.
When then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a joint session of Congress in 1996 that he would do just that, he received a standing ovation. An agreement has been worked out whereby Israel's civilian aid is being cut by 10 percent each year, with half of that being converted to military aid. (See fact box, right.)
The US commitment to supporting Israel - and particularly in ensuring that it maintains a qualitative military edge over its Arab neighbors - has always been based on a school of thought that considers the Jewish state a key strategic ally in the primarily Islamic Middle East. Spanning back to President Harry Truman, Israel has been viewed as a small, endangered light for democracy and Western values in an unstable region.
Then, as the cold war with the Soviet Union developed into a running tally of rival client states, Israel was seen as an important buffer to countries such as Syria, then armed and supported by the USSR.
The unraveling of the cold war some 10 years ago raised questions as to what extent that strategic consideration might be pass. But a history of what has been described by both sides as a "special relationship" between the two countries, which includes a strong pro-Israel lobby in the US and bipartisan support for Israel in Congress, has kept the level of aid to Israel the same.
To be sure, US aid to Israel has been a source of Arab resentment and accusations of favoritism, especially since the two Arab countries that have signed formal treaties with Israel - Egypt and Jordan - receive significantly less aid. And in addition to those in the US who question the size of Washington's financial commitments overseas, even in Israel there are arguments against long-term reliance on US aid. Among them are free-market proponents who argue that the money puffs up the state-run portion of Israel's economy at the expense of its private sector.
Still, with major changes on the horizon in the Middle East, some costs may be unavoidable. Israelis who may be forced to leave homes in the Golan or settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip will likely be compensated, as may some Palestinian refugees forced to flee in the 1948 and 1967 Middle East wars. Old military installations will have to be torn down and new ones put up.
The most likely solution may be increased reliance on other countries to help fund American initiatives, such as has been the case with calling donor conferences to support the fledgling Palestinian Authority and in addressing world crises from Kosovo to the Koreas.
"Domestically, there's no consensus here to support these unilateral American aid packages," says Lasensky, the Brookings fellow. "Some of that is OK, because we're getting the multiconsortium countries to fund our diplomacy."
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Turkish 'Arab Spring'?
IS Turkey on the road to the Arab Spring or is it that the riots which have spread quickly over tens of cities will force some kind of leadership change as happened in Britain, when the lieutenants of the Conservative Party forced the Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher to step down after a landmark decade of rule?
Gezi Park, a small rectangle of grass and trees just north of Taksim Square, in the center of European Istanbul, has suddenly become the focus of world attention. A mere municipal affair has turned into a national political crisis. The idea was to level Gezi Park to reconstruct artillery barracks that were built more than two centuries under Sultan Selim the Third.
Environmentalists took to the park to prevent the uprooting of trees. They were quickly joined by left wingers, secularists and even some more moderate Islamists, who think that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is an autocrat and that they have had enough of his 10-year reign. The tough crackdown on demonstrators simply fueled the demonstrations that continued through the weekend and up to last Monday, the beginning of the working week.
The three-day demonstrations led to the arrest of more than 1700 people in 67 cities including metros like Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and echoed far beyond its borders in big western metropolises like London, Barcelona, Amsterdam and even across the Atlantic in Boston. The slogan of 'Occupy Gezi' quickly turned to calls for Erdogan to resign.
But Erdogan was defiant as he appeared on TV to say that, "Taksim Square cannot be an area where extremists are running wild. If this is about staging a protest, about a social movement, I would … gather 200,000 where they gather 20, and where they gather 100,000, I would gather 1 million party supporters. Let's not go down that road."
It is strange that a leader, who managed to improve his country's international standing and economic performance during the past decade and had even registered a healthy 8 percent growth rate during the 2010/11 period, slashing public debt by more than 10 percent of the GDP to a healthy less than 3 percent is using such rhetoric.
During the (AKP) or Islamic Justice and Development Party's rule led by Erdogan, the per capita doubled to more than $10, 000. To signal its new economic buoyancy, Turkey managed last month to pay the last tranche of $412 million to the International Monetary Fund. As one analyst put it, "Turkey is a perfect example of the maturing emerging-market asset class." And that is why it was chosen to be among the G-20 group set up after the 2008 world financial crisis to look into ways of improving world economy.
Though these demonstrations came at a very critical time for Turkey given the regional uncertainty, and a slow-down in its economic performance for the first time in a decade, observers don't see Gezi turning into another Tahrir Square which ended in forcing the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to step down.
Many think the demonstrations are warnings of what might come and that the government's rule is not guaranteed because it has a majority in the Parliament.
And here lies the dilemma. How come a government that came to power through free, credible voting, enjoys a constitutional mandate and was doing well economically suddenly find itself besieged by questions about its legitimacy and even survival?
The answer could be found in the social media revolution that allowed Twitter to be a driving force. To Erdogan, "social media is the worst menace to society."
That could be true as there is no way to check the accuracy of the information disseminated through that medium, but on the other hand it shows that the conventional system whereby a party represents the people, who have to wait till next elections to change their government is getting increasingly outdated.
This is one of the great cracks in today's political systems, where existing institutions that administer society are becoming obsolete and less representative of the younger generations who are adapting more to social media and expanding the telecommunication revolution which has yet to write down its rules on the socio- economic and political book of today's world.


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Things are sweet at Big Sugar Creek State Park
One of the first white men to explore the rugged Ozark hills of the far southwest corner of Missouri described it well.
"A tall, thick and rank growth of wild grass covers the whole country, in which the oaks are standing interspersed, like fruit trees in some well-cultivated orchard, and giving to the scenery the most novel, pleasing and picturesque appearance."
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, who visited the area in 1819, was describing a landscape known as a savanna, where hardwood trees and pines are widely spaced, with wildflowers, shrubs and grasses growing beneath in a park-like setting. Pioneers drove their wagons under the big trees.
Savannas, which once covered 13 million acres of Missouri, have largely disappeared. Big Sugar Creek State Park, named for a tributary of the Elk River, was established in 1992 to preserve one of the best remaining examples of savanna in the state.
Because of its rarity, more than three-fourths of the park's 2,082 acres has been designated as the Elk River Breaks Woodland Natural Area by the Missouri Natural Areas Committee.
"Natural areas represent the best example of a specific type of landscape," said Dusty Reid, superintendent of Big Sugar Creek and nearby Roaring River state parks. "Big Sugar Creek State Park has the best example of upland oak savanna on public lands in the state."
Big Sugar Creek, a stream popular for floating and fishing, starts near the Arkansas state line and runs by the park's southern boundary. The creek flows south and west into the Elk River watershed. Most Ozark rivers drain north and east into the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
Because of its distinctive watershed, Big Sugar Creek and its tributaries contain aquatic species not found elsewhere in Missouri, including the Neosho Madtom and northern crayfish. The park boasts 345 types of plants and 134 species of birds in its unique landscape.
The mission of Missouri State Parks is to preserve rare natural resources like that found at Big Sugar State Park and also to provide recreation. The park does that with its 3.1-mile Ozark Chinquapin Trail, named for the Ozark Chinquapin tree, one of the park's notable species.
"It is one of our more remote parks," Reid said. "But I was at a conference that showed us as an urban park, because we're so close to the cities of northwest Arkansas, which contain more than a million people.
"We get more day use than some parks," Reid said. "Mostly it's hikers and nature photographers."
A big buck
Eighth Street in Pineville becomes a black-top road that runs along the creek to the park. Reid led the way on a hike on the Ozark Chinquapin Trail, which loops through the park's natural area. The trail's connector splits the middle and heads into the heart of the savanna.
Goldenrod and prairie aster bloomed in the areas beneath the trees, which are kept open by prescribed burns that mimic the natural history of fires from lightning strikes and burns by Native Americans and early settlers.
"We've been having prescribed burns since the mid 1990s," Reid said. "The park has really responded well to the fires."
The trail went up and through the forest, then returned along a steep draw decorated with Christmas ferns on its north-facing slope. At the bottom, the trail followed a dry creekbed of bone-white stone slabs and ledges.
Reid had been pointing out the scratching in the leaf litter and the rubbings on saplings left by deer. A doe darted up the hillside, followed by a large buck that made a ruckus as it climbed a ledge and fled through the forest.
"Boy, that was a big rack," Reid said of the impressive antlers. "From what we've seen today, the big scrapes on the ground, you can tell they're in rut."
Fishing can be spectacular
After the hike, Reid led the hike across a large field that is park property to see the frontage on Big Sugar Creek. The park is in its planning stages, and Reid said it may add a river access.
The Elk River is popular with floaters, and can be crowded on summer weekends. Big Sugar Creek, Indian Creek and Little Sugar Creek are smaller tributaries that can provide a quieter experience when water levels are sufficient.
The rivers are the lifeblood of the area. In early days, mills were built along the creeks at towns like Cyclone, Jacket and Mountain. Many mills were burned during the Civil War. The quaint town of Jane is one of the best preserved today.
Private outfitters, some offering rental cabins and campgrounds, serve the visitors who show up for the water sports.
"Big Sugar Creek is easy to wade, so the fishing holes are easily accessible," Reid said. "The fishing, especially smallmouth bass, can be spectacular."
For more information, visit www.mostateparks.com or call Roaring River State Park at 847-2539.
Note: Big Sugar Creek State Park is located near Pineville. To visit the park, travel west on Highway 76/86 to Exeter and turn onto Highway 76 south of Wheaton. Travel through Rocky Comfort and Longview to Highway V. Travel south on Highway V to County Road Sev48 and turn right. At the T, turn left onto County Road Se7629 and at the next T turn right onto County Road Sew24, which leads into Big Sugar Creek State Park.


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Megan Baker, assistant shelter manager at the Wood County Humane Society in Bowling Green, walks Jammer, a bassett hound mix. Ms. Baker stayed overnight to take care of the animals.
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Among the people fighting their way through snowy streets Wednesday in spite of snow emergencies were staff and volunteers at area animal shelters.
Caring for animals in a shelter is necessary, regardless of holidays or weather.
"It's 365 days a year," said Megan Baker, assistant shelter manager at the Wood County Humane Society in Bowling Green. "Someone has to be here."
Julie Lyle, director of the Lucas County Canine Care & Control, said having kennel staff to care for animals is considered essential, exempting them from the Level 3 snow emergency declaration that bans all nonessential motorists from the streets.
Ms. Baker and Wood County animal care staff member April McCurdy stayed at the shelter overnight to ensure someone would be there on Wednesday.
"Whenever we have an impending threat of bad weather, we talk among ourselves and decide if someone wants to stay," she said. "It's not required, but it's something we do to make sure someone can be here for the animals."
During January's snowstorm, Ms. Baker and Cassie Williams, another animal care staff member, stayed for three days straight.
"We didn't plan on it being that long," Ms. Baker said. "We had only planned on the first night."
Staff members who volunteer to stay bring in supplies like sleeping bags, clothes, and food. They turn the shelter's office into a makeshift camp, using dog beds and comforters to cushion the floor. The organization also allows them to bring their personal pets to the office overnight if family and friends are unavailable to care for them.
The overnight stays have become a kind of tradition for the dedicated shelter staff.
"It's not every year we have weather like this, but in the past couple of years, I think there's been at least one time each year someone stays," Ms. Baker said.
At the Toledo Area Humane Society, Executive Director Gary Willoughby said staff and volunteers with four-wheel-drive vehicles have been known to pick up their coworkers to make sure the animals can be cared for. "We've had some tough mornings this year," he said.
The drive to the Maumee shelter isn't the only difficulty. Snow drifts piled in front of doors to the building also hamper access.
"We'll bring snow shovels from home because you have to shovel your way into the building," Mr. Willoughby said.
Whoever is able to make it there is put to work caring for animals by feeding and watering them, cleaning kennels and cages, or walking dogs and playing with cats.
"Everybody pitches in wherever we can," Mr. Willoughby said.
The story is the same at the Humane Society of Ottawa County in Port Clinton.
"We have quite a few people who live fairly close," Denny Hammond, shelter manager and humane officer, said. "And we have some fabulous volunteers. One of the dog walkers will show up no matter if she has to walk here."
Mr. Hammond said the effects of a severe snowstorm on shelter operations can vary, depending on the time of the week it hits, as most of the shelter's staff is part time.
"Some days we have more people who live farther out in the country who might not be able to make it in," he said. "Other days we have staff coming that lives pretty close. I have a four-wheel- drive vehicle so I come in anyhow."
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The Daily Wrap: September 5th
Hello Thursday, you're looking nice today. What's this, you have news? How very kind of you!
The TSA is Ridiculous
If you fly, even infrequently, you probably dislike taking off your belt and shoes for the TSA and handing over your shampoo and bottled water on the off chance you plan on using either to stage a mid-air coup. Well worry no longer because the TSA is willing to trust you with fluids and shoes again providing you pay for it.
Travelers are now able to join a Precheck program for the low price of $85 and your fingerprints. Once enrolled you get to bypass the lines the rest of the shlubs are in and take all the shampoo you can handle onto the plane with you. The service is now available at 100 airports across America.
Geraldo is Too Gross for Education
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Geraldo Rivera, a man who once had his nose broken on his Jerry-Springeresque talk show by a member of the KKK and who famously opened an empty vault on live TV hoping to find treasure, has been removed from a panel discussion at a conservative university thanks to his semi-nude selfie which the school felt clashed with their conservative image. Geraldo feels it's inappropriate censorship but it should be noted that, realistically, Geraldo had no particular expertise or relevance to the topic at hand – it was a panel discussion on JFK's assassination and Geraldo's contribution is that he was the host of a show that first aired the Zapruder film 10 years after the fact. He is also not an educator and is pretty much most famous for his contributions to trash TV and for making journalistic mistakes rather than having integrity. So maybe he shouldn't be so surprised. But of course he is, because he's Geraldo.
Food For Boston Kids
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Boston Public Schools are offering free meals, breakfast and lunch, to all students this year no matter the income of their parents. Is this news you should care about? Yes it is, because if one school board can find a way to make that happen, so could others. No one should be happy or proud to live in a country where kids have to go to school and be hungry all day, not when people are waving flags claiming to be in the greatest country on Earth. That's lip service to a misplaced and disgusting ego. Actually organizing a program to feed children who need to learn and grow and one day ensure the rest of us don't get taken over by the armies of Norway, that's how you make a great country.
Good for you, Boston.
Death in Detroit
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Someone needs to start offering tours of Detroit as a vacation option because this city keeps getting more insane and hilarious. Now that the city is bankrupt, turns out it's becoming increasingly difficult to die there there as paper vendors have refused to supply city hall with paper unless they get paid in cash while the city had been hoping to continue doing business on credit, apparently unaware of what bankrupt means to everyone else in the world.
Last month, when one paper vendor refused to turn over the goods, the city was forced to put a stop on issuing things like death certificates, because they couldn't print them. The county is going to take over the death business for Detroit, but that little blip on the radar until everything gets sorted means anyone with a dead relative has to wait. Legally, without a death certificate, you are not dead. Any personal data – bank accounts, bills, insurance, none of that can be accessed or addressed without a certificate.
The morgue in Detroit is now closed on Sundays so if a relative dies you can just wait until Monday. The medical examiner's office is closed on holidays as well, should you try to die on one of those days. Probably in the future they'll go to a Tuesdays only sort of situation and then, maybe, just start ignoring the dead altogether.
The Fryscraper's Burning Reign Continues
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We told you yesterday about the Walkie Talkie building in the UK that melted some poor sucker's Jaguar. Now that everyone knows about it, reporters have converged on the area to cook eggs and otherwise make a scene. Affected parking places have been roped off, but local businesses are suffering warped floor tiles and scorched carpeting as temperatures apparently reach over 150 degrees in the direct sun, not to mention the blinding white light that everyone has to endure thanks to the parabolic shape of the building basically turning the mirrored windows into a death ray.


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Dusit Grows its Brand Family at ITB Berlin 2014
Dusit International reasserts its position as one of Asia's leading hospitality groups at the world's largest annual tourism exhibition, ITB Berlin, held in the German capital city from 5th – 9th March 2014.
At ITB, the company debuts its newest addition to the Dusit brand family, Dusit Devarana Hotels and Resorts. The brand is a significant niche offering that leverages Dusit's legendary hospitality and artistic heritage into a highly personalised experience, providing exceptional destinations for the exacting, well-travelled individual.
Dusit Devarana properties are premium hotels to be located in both leisure and urban destinations, providing a sanctuary of cultured refinement for those who seek a balance of tranquility, convenience and excellence. The brand complements the Dusit brand family with its unique perspective on the resort experience, marrying the very best of gracious Thai hospitality and destination appeal.
The first hotel to open its doors under the new brand is Dusit Devarana New Delhi, an exquisite 50-room urban boutique resort nestled between India's capital city and the corporate hub of Gurgaon.
Ensconced amidst a thousand mature trees and boasting amenities such as round-the-clock-personal butler service and the first Indian outpost of London's Michelin-starred Kai Restaurant, Dusit Devarana New Delhi is already making waves in the architecture and design worlds—most recently being named to Travel + Leisure USA's It List: The Best New Hotels of the Year 2014. It features amongst Asia's top 12 properties and India's only two hotels chosen for the honour.
The opening of the resort also signals the first foray of the Dusit chain in the Indian market. Upcoming properties to bear the Dusit Devarana brand name include: Dusit Devarana Baoting Hainan, China (2014); Dusit Devarana Dianchi Lake, Kunming, China (2016) and Dusit Devarana Hot Springs & Spa, Conghua, Guangzhou, China (2015).
The brand expansion news continues for Dusit with an astounding 9 hotels in the pipeline for its 'next generation' dusitD2 brand. Catering to the needs and desires of the millennial traveller, dusitD2 Hotels and Resorts offer a distinctive combination of chic design, forward thinking technology, convenience, comfort and smart service.
dusitD2 was the first of the Dusit brand family to enter the Chinese market with the dusitD2 Fudu Binhu Hotel, Changzhou, which opened its doors in July 2013. 2014 will see Dusit entering two new markets with the exciting additions of dusitD2 Nairobi, Kenya and dusitD2 Constance, Pasadena in California, USA.
"The dusitD2 brand offers a great opportunity for developers who would like to work with us," says Group Director of Development, Mr Rustom Vickers. "With the middle class in emerging countries engaging in more travel and aligning with aspirational brands they feel best represent them, dusitD2 allows us to meet market demand where a traditional Dusit Thani or an überluxurious Dusit Devarana may not be the right fit."
In April 2014, the brand will see another dusitD2 in Thailand, this time on Phuket Island. The dusitD2 Phuket Resort is only steps away from popular Patong Beach, also the island's entertainment and shopping district. Additional dusitD2 Hotels and Resorts are planned for: the Aerocity complex in New Delhi, India; Khao Yai in Thailand; the Gurgaon business district in India; Hongmei in China and Davao in the Philippines.


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- What: Lego Ninjago: The Video Game
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In this one you'll get to defeat dragons and the Skulkin using ninja weapons, provided you can find them first. Once you start upgrading your units they'll be able to cast spells at your enemies, which makes bringing them down a little bit easier. In addition to the game you'll also get a Lego Ninjago - Lego Ninjago Master Of Spinjitzu DVD that contains four never before seen episodes. Amazon are parting with copies of the game for £14.98, which is just over £3 cheaper than the next best offers out there. Thanks to ward1980 @ HUKD.


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Navistar Renews $500M Floorplan Facility
August 6, 2010 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Navistar Renews $500M Floorplan Facility
Navistar Financial Corp. (NFC), an affiliate of Navistar International Corp., has signed an agreement for a one-year renewal of a $500 million dealer floorplan funding facility, effective immediately. This conduit-based facility is funded through two of NFC's major relationship banks, according to a news release.
"This renewal, in conjunction with two recent 144-A transactions, ensures that we have appropriate liquidity to help International and IC Bus dealers purchase their floorplan inventory," said David Johanneson, president and CEO of NFC. "Despite the difficult economic climate, the credit quality of our portfolio and the health of our dealer network have remained strong, and we continue to be on track to support the profitable growth of Navistar."
Navistar Unit Sells Largest Retail Securitization
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Navistar Financial Corp. (NFC), an affiliate of Navistar International Corp. , has completed the sale of $881 million of asset-backed retail notes in a "144-A" transaction.
This is NFC's largest retail securitization ever and its first 144-A retail receivables transaction since 2005, according to a news release. During the interim period, NFC's retail portfolios were supported by asset sales into relationship banks' multi-seller conduit facilities.
"We continue to access diversified and competitive funding sources to support the sale of Navistar products," said David Johanneson, president and CEO of Navistar Financial. "Investors have confidence in our industry expertise, underwriting standards, and effectiveness in managing our credit portfolios."
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In 2012 we were lucky enough to host an evening concert by the internationally acclaimed world music band Sans.
Sans are a unique, dramatic new quartet comprising zither-playing multi-instrumentalist Andrew Cronshaw, Armenian duduk master Tigran Aleksanyan, multi-instrumental reeds-player Ian Blake and the great Finnish singer Sanna Kurki-Suonio.
Andrew Cronshaw (UK) – zither, marovantele, fujara, ba-wu etc.
Sanna Kurki-Suonio (Finland) – vocals
Tigran Aleksanyan (Armenia) – duduk
Ian Blake (UK/Australia) – bass clarinet, soprano sax etc.
Some reviews of Sans' work:
Delicate, haunting… glacial – Robin Denselow, The Guardian
Stunningly beautiful – Fiona Talkington, BBC Radio 3
Absolutely exquisite – Mary Ann Kennedy, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 3
Sublime – Max Reinhardt, BBC Radio 3
Music of snowflake-like singularity – Ken Hunt, fRoots
A palpable sense of space and peace – Norman Chalmers, Scotland on Sunday
Spacious, gracious, subtle, quietly surprising – Doug Spencer, ABC Australian national radio
Unfolds, seduces and ultimately mesmerises – Tony Hillier, The Australian
The music is sparse, glacial and utterly beautiful, with a wide, panoramic sense of infinite space; you will happily lose yourself again and again in the title track, a far northern wilderness transformed into sound – Tim Cumming, Songlines
Ochre was already a masterpiece, but The Unbroken Surface of Snow is a musical paradise on earth – Marius Roeting, New Folk Sounds, Netherlands
Deep, unfolding music… and, like snow itself, it falls silently and accumulates additional weight and resonance with repeated listening – Lee Blackstone, Rootsworld, USA
If the BBC ever make a sequel to Frozen Planet, here surely is its emotive soundtrack – David Quantick, Uncut
This remarkable, quiet, haunting piece of folk art… The 34-minute title track is a Finnish creation myth set to a musical landscape that is as close to silence as a heavy snowfall, and more beautiful – Tim Cumming, The Independent
Here is a great beauty that you may not notice right away; it took me several months. The music just came flowing towards me, as if I was on a summer meadow and looked up at the sky and saw white clouds drift past. Or a winter night out in the country with the Milky Way's glittering star ribbon. Such occasions when there is all the time in the world and no boundaries. A soundtrack for thought and feeling displaced – Lennart Wretlind. Swedish national radio P2
Andrew Cronshaw is a bravely experimental British composer and multi-instrumentalist who is also a journalist. His last album, the much-praised Ochre, released seven years ago, matched English folk melodies against Middle Eastern instrumentation. Here he is joined by three other musicians, including Tigran Aleksanyan, a master of the Armenian duduk, for drifting and mostly instrumental compositions that include echoes of British or Armenian traditional melodies. Three tracks are duets with Aleksanyan, with Cronshaw playing the gently chiming zither, whistles, pipes or the enormous Slovak fujara flute. There's a solo zither treatment of a stirring Scottish traditional melody, and the remarkable 34-minute title track, based on a Finnish creation myth, on which zither and duduk are joined by clarinet, saxophone and singer Sanna Kurki-Suonio, apparently improvising the melody that suddenly enlivens this delicate, haunting exercise in glacial mood music. – Robin Denselow, The Guardian


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I am working with DSP effects at the moment and trying to figure out how the whole system works. I have a few questions. First, are DSP effects instanced? If DSP effects are instanced, how do you find specific instances? There doesn't seem to be any convenience methods for doing this. Are they instanced through system::createDSP methods?
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you create dsp nodes with createDSP. You keep handles to them you shouldnt have to be 'finding them'.
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Microsoft France says the next Xbox will not be coming in 2012. French marketing director Cedrick Delmas says that despite several rumors about the system, it won't be released this year.
"We're in an industry that talks a lot, that likes telling stories," Delmas told French site Lepoint.fr. "I am not convinced that things will happen this year. The Xbox 360's cycle is not over at all. The proof is that we haven't price cut this year. Afterward, what will happen at E3, it's still too early to say. What's certain is that there will be nothing new in 2012."
Delmas also commented on the Wii U, which has already been confirmed to be coming this year. He says that Microsoft isn't looking to counter the Wii U directly.
"If we wanted to counter Nintendo, we would have to be in a position to release something immediately, and that is not at all the case," Delmas said. "We're not here to counter Nintendo and they're not here to fight the other manufacturers. Nintendo has put itself in a different cycle. It's going forward to its own rhythm, with success as we have seen with the Wii, and now it's their turn to present their innovation."
Rumors about the next Xbox have been popping up all over the place lately. Sony, meanwhile, says it's in no rush to reveal the PlayStation 4.
Source: Lepoint.fr (translation via Eurogamer)


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By Richard Clarke
As soon as the draw was made, many observers predicted Champions League Group H would be a stroll for Arsenal.
History will certainly portray it that way if Arsène Wenger's side beat AZ Alkmaar this evening at Emirates Stadium to reach the ten points normally requisite for the Knockout Stages. Getting the primary job done with two games to spare is some cushion these days.
However, as there have been significant stumbles along the way, that can hardly be classed as 'a given'. Conceding two goals in the opening five minutes at Liege and an equaliser in the last seconds in Holland have placed little question marks over their passage through. Meanwhile, tonight, they face a coach with a tremendous record against Arsenal.
Ronald Koeman was in charge of Ajax when they gleaned home and away draws in the Second Group Stage of 2003. More famously, his PSV outfit eliminated Arsenal in the Knockout Round in 2006/07. Neither side would have won prizes for entertainment but the former Dutch international would argue that is hardly the job of the underdogs in crucial ties.
There must be few managers that Wenger has failed to beat in his first five opportunities. However, ahead of the game, Wenger played down the emphasis on individuals.
"Personally I don't feel that I play against Ronald Koeman," he said. "I think I play against Alkmaar with my team and that is the most important thing. Ronald Koeman didn't score in the last minute when we played against Alkmaar over there.
"Credit to him though he organises his team, they fight well and he has always been a manager of good sides. But I have never in my life been obsessed by personal rivalries."
Ahead of the game in Holland, much was made of AZ's troubles. Since winning the Eredivisie last season, they have lost manager Louis van Gaal to Bayern Munich, chairman Dirk Scheringa to financial problems and a number of key players to covetous clubs.
Since the first game they have slipped from sixth to seventh in the table and needed extra time to beat a lower league side in the Dutch Cup. Wenger, however, is hardly seeing them as a soft touch.
"When, like Alkmaar, you come into your first year in the Champions League, you put so much mental investment into Europe that, for the game after, you are nearly dead," he said.
"When [like Arsenal] you are playing those sort of games regularly it's a normal game and you're not over-committed mentally so you have a chance in the next match.
"I still believe AZ have a substantial chance to go through [from Group H]. At Olympiacos I felt they were unlucky to lose the game.
"I watched this game carefully and they were a bit unlucky. They had the best chances, good possession and then, against Standard, they got caught back late in the game. So they have shown the potential to qualify.
"It will be very tight until the end. Olympiacos now go away twice to Standard and to Alkmaar. I feel these two games will make the decision on who goes through."
Wenger's injury news before the game was basically two out, two in. Gael Clichy (back) and Nicklas Bendtner (groin) will miss a month each but Tomas Rosicky returns after a knee problem and Samir Nasri continues his recovery from a broken leg by being named in the squad.
"Tomas had a small injury this time but you expect that," said Wenger. "He played three games in a week after he came back but he manages to resist now. As for Nasri, I'm not sure whether I will play him or not. It's his first game so I don't know."
While ten points should be enough, Arsenal will only ensure qualification if they win and Olympiacos get something in Liege. But, whatever happens, Wenger's ambitions will extend beyond Matchday Four.
"It is good to go through early," he said. "However we want to finish first in the group and that will not be done tonight. Yet we can make the first step - win and qualify.
"That will be a big leap but you know we were warned at Alkmaar that this team has quality and that, in my opinion, they focus highly on the Champions League.
"Maybe a bit too much if you look at their position in the league but they have won the League last year and from what I have seen in the last game I believe we want to go into the game focused 100 per cent.
"For our part, we have to show that we can focus every three days, we can play for each other all along the season and we can prepare every game with the same kind of conscientious attitude.
"That's a lot of things to accomplish. But it is all in front of us and, for example, in this game we have to show that we can go into the game with the same seriousness that we have done on Saturday."
While the North London derby was about passion, this evening is one for professionalism. Both will play their part this season.
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Pastor Jerry was born and raised in Michigan graduating from Manistique High School in 1972. After high school he spent four years in the U.S. Coast Guard and in the summer of 1977 he began studying for the ministry at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. (Hear Pastor Jerry's testimony in Revelation Series Part 25—Saved by Grace.)
That fall he met and became engaged to Karen Horner from Indianapolis, Indiana; four months later, they married in February 1978. (In the sermon Parable of the Wedding Garment you can hear how they met.) Karen is an occupational therapist working in the Bradley County Schools in Tennessee.
Their daughter Hannah married Mickey Ortel; their son Jeremy married Laurel Towles and their youngest son Joshua married Amanda Hayes. They have six grandchildren.
Jerry has a BA in theology from Andrews University an MA in religion (homiletics and soul-winning) from Southern Adventist University and completed a Doctor of Ministry in Expository Preaching from Andrews University in 2008. His hobbies include reading, golfing, skeetshooting and cheering on the Colts. His greatest delight is spending time with Karen and their family.
Pastor Brad was born and raised in Indiana. He graduated from Jennings County High School in 1986 and immediately entered the United States Marine Corps. In the Marine Corps Brad served as an engineer in the electrical supply and distribution areas. After the Marine Corps Brad joined the US Army and served as a medic. After the military service, Brad began to work as an industrial electrician. Brad met Angie in 1993, and they have been happily married ever since. It wouldn't be until the summer of 1998 that Brad would even hear of a Seventh-day Adventist.
Brad went to study for the ministry at Southern Adventist University and graduated with a BA in Theology December 2002. A little known fact about Brad is his inventiveness that has led to a patent and the creation of his own label of hot sauce.
Brad's hobbies are weight training, golf, cooking, and most anything geeky.
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Pastor Stephanie Whitley-Ferguson was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia. She graduated High School from Georgia Cumberland Academy in 1988, completed her B.S. in Dental Hygiene degree in 1992 from Medical College of Georgia (now GRU) in Augusta, and worked as a dental hygienist until 2011 when she finally answered God's persistent call to ministry upon her life. In that year she moved to Berrien Springs, MI to attend Andrews University SDA Theological Seminary where she earned her M.Div degree in 2014.
During her time at seminary she served as an Associate Pastor of Highland Ave SDA church in Benton Harbor, MI, as the president of the Women's Clergy Network of Andrews University, and taught Religion and Health at Andrews Academy.
She's also earned 1 Unit of Clinical Pastoral Education during an Internship at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta-Scottish Rite hospital in Atlanta, Georgia in 2009 and had the opportunity to work with the Breath of Life ministry during the "NY-13" evangelism initiative under the leadership of Dr. Carlton Byrd and Dr. Donnieval Walker at the North Bronx SDA church in Bronx, NY, May 2013.
Stephanie loves to write and has authored several published articles and in 2005 published her first book entitled The Sweetness of A Bitter Cup. She also enjoys hiking, camping, good laughs with family and friends, and cozy evenings at home with good movies, and good food.
She's the mother of two bright teenagers and just recently married Mr. Tony Ferguson, Captain of a Fire Dept. in Atlanta, Ga. Together Stephanie & Tony love football, music, travelling, exploring new places & things, being with family, quiet evenings at home…and pretty much whatever they can do together!
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Four of my brother's friends were killed on Friday in Isla Vista (Santa Barbara) Ca. Our mother informed me in an email.
We used to be close but we don't have a good relationship now. He took my other siblings' side when they pulled an emotionally abusive prank on me at our grandfather's funeral over a year ago(he wasn't part of it, but he left with them after they were done bullying me). We only texted once a month or so after that. He was on my phone plan and wasn't paying his share, so last fall I signed up under my SO's plan and informed my brother he would no longer be on my phone plan as I was terminating it. We haven't communicated since then. Our mother included his new phone number in the email she sent.
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The 85-page Green Mountain Health Care bill now before the Vermont Senate is quite possibly the most ambitious, complicated, and portentous piece of legislation ever to come before that body.
A trip through the lengthy bill reveals not only enormous tasks assigned to bureaucrats to make the plan move forward, but also an astonishing collection of boards and advisory committees obviously designed to keep all the "stakeholders" on board for what could be a long, bumpy and expensive ride.
As passed by the House, the bill declares that Vermont shall have a fully government controlled and taxpayer financed health delivery system.
This was formerly known as "single payer", until that term became a political liability as more and more Vermonters discovered what it stood for. Now we'll get a "public-private universal health care program" making "single payments" and enforcing its "global budgets" on health care providers.
The creation and management of this megasystem will be directed by a five member Green Mountain Care Board appointed by Gov. Shumlin. Once the Board establishes the roster of eligible patients, the package of approved benefits, and the schedule for what all medical providers will be paid, the cost of the plan can be calculated. The state will then call upon the taxpayers to foot the bill.
This bill of course doesn't specify how the state is going to extract the billions of tax dollars needed to pay those bills. The legislature's consultant Dr. Hsaio strongly advocated a new state payroll tax, at least 9.4 percent on employers and 3.1 percent on employees, to finance his plan, but higher income and sales taxes are still on the table.
The 2013 legislature will presumably have a say over which taxes are to be raised for Green Mountain Care. They will not, however, have any vote on the benefits or the eligibility or the costs of the grand plan. A major sales pitch for the Green Mountain Care Board, now being called the "Jedi Council", is that it is "independent" of such annoying political considerations.
It's useful here to contrast Green Mountain Health Care with the state's land use and development law, Act 250 of 1970. That act (14 pages as enacted) established a nine member Environmental Board appointed by the governor. It supervised enforcement of the permit criteria (air, water, traffic, etc.) applied by district environmental commissions. Only people engaged in "development" were directly affected, a very small percentage of the population.
But the Board was also directed to develop a state Land Use Plan to designate the appropriate and allowable uses for every square inch of Vermont. The legislature directed that the Environmental Board bring its proposed Land Use Plan back for legislative approval. That proved to be a death sentence. Three times the legislature rejected increasingly weaker Land Use Plans. The by then embarrassing requirement that there be a Land Use Plan was quietly repealed in 1984.
Compare this experience with Green Mountain Care. Same appointed board, similar sweeping mandate. But the all-powerful Green Mountain Care Board will be completely unaccountable to the people once its five members are confirmed by the Senate. After that, elected legislators can only vote on which taxes to raise to finance its ambitions.
The Land Use Plan would have affected the rights and economic interests of every property owner in the state. The Green Mountain Care plan will affect everyone who lives and breathes in the state (plus whatever new "residents" suddenly appear to enjoy "free" health care).
If Vermonters believe that the officers of government are "the trustees and servants" of the people and "in a legal way accountable to them" (Ch. I Art 6th Vermont Constitution), they should now insist that their representatives require that the far reaching and costly plans of the Green Mountain Care Board go forward only after majorities in the House and Senate have voted to approve them.