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L'Estrange to captain Eagles Select XVs against Uruguay
LANGFORD, British Columbia – The Eagles Select XVs will fight for second place at the 2013 IRB Americas Rugby Championship in Canada Saturday, Oct. 19, with their final match against Uruguay set to kick off at 6:00 P.M. ET from Westhills Stadium.
Cam Dolan and Phillip Thiel, who captained the Eagles in the previous matches against Argentina and Canada, respectively, return to the starting lineup, while Toby L'Estrange will wear the armband Saturday from the outside half position.
Shaun Davies will also make his third consecutive start of the tournament at scrumhalf. After missing the Eagles' 30-10 win against Canada Tuesday night, Adam Siddall returns to the lineup, but this time at center. Siddall kicked three penalty goals at fullback in the Eagles' 9-27 loss to Argentina in the tournament opener.
Tim Maupin will look to replicate his two-try performance from Tuesday on the wing with the number 14 jersey instead of his previous number 11. Joe Cowley will line up on the other wing. Cowley scored 15 points Tuesday with three penalty goals and three conversions at fullback.
John Cullen, who came on late in the second half in the match against Canada, earns a start at lock alongside Tai Tuisamoa. Maximo de Achaval will take on the fullback duties.
The match against Uruguay is a precursor to next year's Rugby World Cup Qualifier against the South Americans. The two-leg series will be played in March with locations to be determined. With an aggregate win across the two matches, the Eagles would be placed in Pool B with South Africa, Samoa, Scotland and the Asia 1 qualifier. With an aggregate loss, the Eagles would be placed in the repechage tournament.
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Eagles Select XV | v. Uruguay
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On the Street……Saint-Martin, Paris
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yeah, you can see where they end!
I agree. Plus you see that her leg is raised up higher therefore raising the jean skirt up higher. I'm sure we've been standing while in deep phone conversation in an awkward stance at one time or another. She looks fab.
Great photo and beautiful legs, but I don't like short so short, I think it's a little vulgar.
I completely agree.
A little vulgar, but a lot sexy. Actually I think its hot. It makes this shot so much more wow then if it was just a girl in a pair of shorts and nice shoes. This makes it like we are seeing something we shouldn't be seeing. I love it. Who says that vulgar is always bad. Here its good.
I agree – this is a little too short but I like everything else about this outfit.
The coat is gorgeous and the shoes and bag and pretty wacky!
absolutly agree and i think its so disgusting to sit down somewhere with your bare skin…
chacun a son gout :)
In that case, you would have to wear pants at least to the knees, as one doesn't sit on the edge of the butt. Unless you feel that the skin on your buttock is somehow more osmotic then that of your thigh.
Also agree …. this is a fabulous outfit, and interestingly, I could totally see this on the streets of the Japanese girls in Tokyo – many were doing the "sexy little girl Lolita" thing – hot pants and cute ruffled socks, with heels.
I really dislike any butt cheek hanging out, even with the bod to pull it off. Otherwise, the outfit's bold and sexy, worn by a woman with matching confidence.
the idea of 'sexy little girl' anything is deeply vulgar to me… far more vulgar than a bit of bum cheek.
What makes you think anything she is wearing is "sexy little girl"? I don't consider socks the property of kids as opposed to adults. If that is even what you are looking at. If you look at an adult woman and think "sexy little girl" the problem is in the beholder. You need to ask yourself why your mind went there when no one else's did. You must be really devoting a lot of thought to sexualized children to think such thoughts from a pair of white socks. I LOVE the socks, btw. They are lacy and feminine. No reason to read any more into it.
I think she was referring to LizPR who said that she could see this outfit as part of the "sexy little girl lolita" thing they do a lot of in Japan. Not that she thinks that this picture itself is "sexy little girl."
absolutely, thumbs down!
Bare midriff, butt cheeks and bare legs, with heels? too much!! Amazing legs though, no question. With brogues this would have been super super chic.
Compared to the photo above this one this is the opposite if chic, but I imagine this lady doesn't do brogues! Lol!
Thanks be to god for the socks because I cannot take the balony sandwich effect of toes over the edge if peep toe sandals
I don't like the fact that her but is showing in this shot. Looks a bit trashy, but the combination of colours is fantastic!
love the shoes with socks…I'm usually against that (with open shoes) but this works!
She definitely knows that her legs are beautiful! Gorgeous girl+beautiful style+perfect location= brilliant combination!!!!
I guess I'm an old fuddy-duddy: I disapprove of the ultra-mini skirt, even if she does look super hot; it makes my blood run cold.
I'm having a Geritol moment too. She is lovely, I appreciate bravery, and I'm not a prude, but this ensemble as a whole just seems to be trying way too hard. (Didn't like the ensemble worn by the blond in black a few photos back, either, for the same basic principle.)
Yes, it's not chic and elegant :-(
Oh snap.
cool..i like!
A bit too naked for me, but I like the coat and bag
I usually hate socks with open shoes like that, but with the top of her shoe creating a border for it, she actually rocks the look! I love how it almost looks like part of the shoe!
You can definitely see some cheek though, that is Not covered by her skirt(/shorts?)… ah well, win some; lose some.
Love everything but the fact that her butt is hanging out of her skirt. The socks and heels look really good though.
Amazing outfit, her legs seem to be never ending! And she has got kind of a pretty butt :D
Love, Melly
cool outfit and she has a nice body but the shorts are a bit risque for me.
Wow! It's great!
It's like a game of two halves. Great sexy pins and saucy heels. Then a ladylike coat and bag. Not really working for me…
Great style! Love the photo.
I like the general idea – too short though. It's unfortunate when people feel sexy has to be so obvious.
all things in moderation…
if I had her body, I would go by the streets in pants :D
i love how you find every kind of person and style to photograph. amazing.
Nice shot, very casual, great legs! Why should cheeks get a bad rap? She is fashionably comfortable and a bit of fresh air is good for all corners of the body…just so happens it's cheek day on that side of Paris.
I don't think this is a mini-skirt, they're very short shorts.
It takes a gutsy, confident woman to wear this outfit and I admire her for that (even if I don't like it !)
Very nice shoot, but those shorts???? It's showing too much! And the heels with the socks, didn't work!
Oh no she didn't.
I didn't think that socks would be so sexy! Great pose!
Is that Tolula being cheeky? ;-)
cool girl!
she would have caught my eye too. not a fan of showing ass cheek though.
Great photo, until you see the 'cheek' of it! I wonder how much shorter skirts and shorts can possibly become? If you've got it, you don't have to flaunt it !!
I feel I may be missing something but I don't like these high, high shoes and short, short skirts. I think they look vulgar, and cold, not 'hot' at all!
I think I'm in love.
Like the shoe and socks a lot , I may work that look too , beutiful legs ….. wish the but wasnt showing though.
She looks so effortlessly cool, love it!
love, Rebekka
I seriously don't get the socks with heels trend – looks ridiculous to me. She is definitely working her outfit, but I agree that her butt showing is a tad trashy.
The skirt is just too short for me but like the rest of her outfit!
WOW beautiful pic, beautiful leg
Daddy Lele
Amazing shoes. love it
I like this shot!!!
Gian Luca M
that's rad!
Smoking hot photo. Love it.
amazing photo :)
Very sexy, but she better make sure she's home after dark.
what does that mean?
Whoa there!
Really perfect pic and she look great.
Trashy!!! not classy.
Not classy, but certainly NOT trashy. The human body is nothing to be hidden, not any part of it.
SO wonderful legs !
Now, that's what I call a sexy shot!
Loving the coat but as for the short, i agree with most of the people here!
don┬┤t like those tiny shorts but her coat and shoes are awesome! xo, Alma
Love the shoes especially with the little socks, her legs are to die for………………..BUT, I'm afraid my first thought was street walker….My bad sorry :(
Cool girl!
That's a bit too micro ultra mini short/skirt? for me, especially with those high heels. She has great legs though, a pencil skirt would have been perfect! And I really like her jacket and bag-combo.
True: A pencil skirt would have been great. More elegant and sexier, in my opinion.
She reminds me of Rihanna!
wonderful shorts!
Clearly the sweater is meant to cover for the shortness of the skirt and this photo a simply a matter of unfortunate timing. I will not lay that on her.w
I ike the black and muted baby blue. Combo enough to use it for a bathroom. With the studs and jewelry, the sweater/bag provide a nice subtle softening.
And yes, those legs. Goodness.
Honestly, if she just pulled the skirt down to even barely cover her ass cheek…I'd like it.
Shorts are a little bit too short, but the look is great. Love specially these shoes with socks
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Give me a bit of mystery any day over a look like this. A big thumbs down.
Working girl or fashionista? Maybe not a question you want asked about yourself…
Brilliant response. It is very applicable in this case. I had to pause and think about that question when I first saw this photo.
love that socks with heels look!
The elegance is a concept which too much linked with our cultural codes to say if this young lady is vulgar or not. But it's interesting to see that this great picture tells different stories in our mind. It evokes sexuality for some of us and for other it's a part of very large styles which exist in the world.
xo Jennifer
I hate it
Sometimes you leave a comment with your photos. This is one where it would be great to know what it is that you like about this look. The socks with the shoes are okay, but as a whole, I don't get it.
Its Paris! love her outfit ans she pulls it off extremely well! and the butt if you have show it! :0
Lovely lady/lovely legs but I prefer to see contrasts. I'd like to see a longer or more conservative skirt with this type of shoe/sock combination … or super short skirt with flats.
what are those shoes!!! J'adore!
This is just incredible. I absolutely love that she dared to go that short. I wouldn't do it. But good for her. I think the very fact that she dares to be a rude and unconventional is what makes it elegant. Or at least that is for me.
And anybody that has to ask WHAT IT IS ABOUT THIS LOOK that caught a straight mans eye is either blind, dumb, or delusional. Even though I am a straight girl I know precisely how she caught Scotts eye. Whats more I approve. Viva!
I AGREE! She looks fabulous and can pull it off with confidence and class. she looks amazing!
I think the coat and the whole ensemble is taming the whole derri├Ęre scenario. It may be too short but I am sure her charisma can handly any too short.
It's funny you post this – I mostly stay silent on the comments but after reading some of the comments I thought maybe this creates an opportunity for me to ask what you think of the following observation.
I'm from Canada, I lived in Paris for many years; I had a great combination of both french and international friends there. We always joke about how when in Paris we always refrain from wearing certain clothes that are considered too "sexy" (for lack of a better word) by parisian standards. Not only because of being in a capital city but Paris itself seems to have certain dress codes that for example NYC or Milan do not have. I remember this "dress code" was so obvious to us that after a while we would amuse ourselves by guessing if someone was a tourist or not just by what they were wearing. It could be mostly because you'd get all kinds of creeps bothering you on the street or even normal people giving you looks for wearing a skirt too(relatively) short or a top with too (relatively) much cleavage (maybe because they are not used to it?). Something which i find i'm much more comfortable doing in NYC than in Paris – I still wonder why?
Some of your Paris pics, from fashion week http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/on-the-street-lace-legs-paris/ to this one often make me wonder if these girls actually managed to spend the whole day wearing what they are without getting looks or harassed on the street for the entire day.
After all parisian "sexy" has its own particularity in meaning, style and everything else! it's definitely not centred around showing too much skin which in my opinion is sometimes too "prude" even if they pull off sexy so effortlessly and beautifully and i find it great that they do so without necessarily showing too much skin.
This is of course my observation as an everyday girl in the city and not someone who hops in and out for fashion events; You and Garance probably have a different view on this…
Totally agree — one of the first things I noticed when I moved ot Paris is the lack of cleavage on display. I'm still trying to crack the code on French women's ability to be seductive while being completely covered up. My boyfriend would like me to wear high heels more often, and besides the fact that I never know how far we'll be walking, I tell him I get enough attention from men as it is mostly because I don't walk down the street scowling like most women here (probably to ward off the creeps).
yeah! and suprisingly before i moved to paris i thought i'll move there and wear heels everyday because as much as i love heels when i wore them as an everyday look in Canada, people would always ask me where i was going after and id feel a little self-concious consequently! Then i got to Paris all excited and after the first month i decided to lay lo on the heels there as well…(still the creeps do not win cause i tried to plan according to what part of the city and what hours i was going to be and wear outfits accordingly cause lets be honest the creeps do tend to hang in groups!)
I don't really like kind of visible butt + crop top + high high heels (and not even at a beach town but a cool-ish city).
Oh well still interesting textures and patterns ! [:
I love the fact that you publish different, singular outfits. Really, your blog keep getting better (and that is a big thing as it was already amazing).
Everyone keep asking what did you like in this look (as it's not "chic" for them), but for me this picture sounds like a "why not ?" – or an invitation to think about our definition of style, elegance and sexyness.
Plus she really have dreamy legs.
Wow, almost naked.. :P Like somebody above already said: "A little vulgar, but a lot sexy" :))
I find those shorts way too short, it looks vulgar and cheap.
I love the socks with shoes!!!
Like this style!
The grapes make me a bit dizzy, but the gal with the great legs looks like she's working, if you get my drift.
That's just too much if you ask me.
I understand that this pic is supposed to spur up a debate and this is the side I am on: Con
Looks like there is too much effort towards the opposite direction.
A big kiss from Greece!
I dunno, I've been living in Paris for the past 14 years, and I can't say Paris girls are any more daring than anywhere else in the world. Before that, I lived in NY and I find New Yorkers to be a lot more daring.
In any case, can't say I'm a fan of this girl's style.
I tend to think it's nicer to show less and let the eye of the beholder's imagination do the rest than leave little to the imagination as is the case here.
Nostalgic. Hot. Like someone from an old Donna Summer video.
So short!
A quick search shows that two commenters already used the word "cheeky". It's an adjective that dates from 1859, according to Webster's.
Not sure how anyone was showing cheek in 1859.
love it ..!!
A lot people have no taste in here, outfit is hot yea socks was little too much but the outfit is sexy, and she know she can wear that and it will look sexy
We are all entitled to our opinion. It is a little unnecessary to say that we "have no taste" if we disagree with your view. In fact, we could easily state that you are the one lacking in taste. It is all relative.
All I can say is "Praise Zeus that shot did not give us a frontal view….."!
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Ah ben non , là, c too much!
Alors the skirt is short, for sure extremely short e non va…..
But the worst, my opinion is the shoes tiny tiny and the foot not fitting in, a new version of cindirella ma no non e possibile!!!
C tellement dommage, such a shame, with those perfect legs! Comment dire, c pas chic quoi!
Mais comme Scott vous avez poste ces photos de ce monsieur si chic a Milan, I give you my absolution!
This outfit clearly requires a LOT of confidence – with her body and with her attitude to deal with the inevitable attention it will get her.
If she can handle it, good for her. It may not be to my taste, but I for one respect a confident women.
chris brown's ex does it in a stage… others in St Matin
by the way she owns a beautiful pair of legs!!!
Like others here, my first thought was also that she was "working". If she is, what does the style then signify?
C'├ętait sur autre rue, un peu plus loin, mais dans le m├¬me quartier, n'est-ce pas?
Hmmmm. That's cheeky!
Fur Coat and no knickers
I love shoes with socks, but her fingers are completely out of the shoe
ultra-short shorts are a NO-NO.
Who knew a butt cheek could be this controversial? Lost in the cultural translation of fashion *shrugs*
She looks absolutely stunning, rocking every piece with unrivaled fierceness. A++++++
On celebs or models this is brilliant but on this woman it's vulgar and I think I know why. You know why too and it's a shame that certain women can't celebrate their sexiness the way others can tsk tsk. shame on those who cry vulgar. This is what fashion is all about! LOVE
one of your best shots -and I love the freedom and the boldness of this lady-
I adore every single detail. The ugly cardigan with super sexy microshorts, socks with beautiful shoes and especially her red nails paired with purple phone. May be a little too short, but that's why she has that cardigan on! Like someone said, feels like we're seeing something we shouldn't see. Rocking it
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SPENCER � The Spencer-East Brookfield Teachers Association has filed a complaint with the state Department of Labor Relations after a school committee member chastised the teachers for filing grievances during a fiscal crisis.
According to the complaint, the union believes the school district has "clearly and patently refused to honor" part of its collective bargaining agreement that relates to salary "lane" movements that would result in pay increases based on education and years of service.
The teachers also charged that comments by Vincent P. Cloutier related to the filing of grievances were "inflammatory" and stirred "public sentiment against the union members." The comments also affected the ability of the union to exercise "their rights to enforce a collective bargaining agreement" and violate state law.
Mr. Cloutier, angered that the union has filed several grievances, at least one of which related to increased salaries, said the action was like "spitting on the voters," who had rejected an override and would later approve a compromise budget at a regional meeting.
He told the union there would be a war as a result of the grievances.
The state is now poised to take over the district's finances and could set the school budget as early as next week.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. — Parsons The New School of Design in New York City has cancelled a four-day workshop by the controversial fashion designer John Galliano.
Galliano was creative director at Christian Dior when he was fired in 2011 for an anti-Semitic rant. He's currently involved in a lawsuit against his former employer.
The school said in a statement that his appearance was to include "a candid discussion about the connection between his professional work and his actions in the world at large." It said it cancelled the workshop after the two sides couldn't reach consensus on the conditions of the conversation.
A spokesman for Galliano didn't immediately return a request for comment Wednesday.
Earlier this year, the designer began a temporary artist residency at the studio of Oscar de la Renta in New York.


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Ok, before anything else , I'd love to see it in shops as does everyone else. I also suggested a rework at some point, based on potential difficulties with gathering enough debuffs for it to make a significant impact.
But I've been experimenting with it a bit and found out it was heavily bugged in it's presentation - the % boost it displays in the inventory is not always right, and mousing over a potion doesn't even display the modified value (allthough it does add it once you drink a potion).
All this has made it really difficult to even begin contemplating its uses. For example - I'm not even sure which debuffs it counts, so I'm not sure how much of a bonus can be acquired/shot for. And even then, I'm not sure how increasing the effectiveness of HP and MP potions really affects established tactics in tangible ways.
Here's what I've found out, and it would really help with testing this thing if the dev's came out with the exact list of debuffs it counts.
What I know:
It doesn't seem to affect thieves.
It counts weakening, corrosion, poison, mana burn, curse and slow. It may also count vampire's exaustion.
Mana Burn and Poison "fall off" through potion use, but either can be leveraged in a boss fight if you focus on one type of potions only, and either can be reaplied with various degrees of effort. In an either/or scenario, were talking a possibly/guaranteed 25% here.
Weakening is hard to inflict upon yourself, but hard to shake off, corrosion is a statistically a bit easier to gain because of EM. Theoreticaly, you could ensure weakening by a TT desecration, but it's a bit suicidal and situational. Both can be easily "prepped" by prepping JJ's altar and simply not taking Chaos Avatar. If you're prepping cauldron, you wan't to get bang for your buck, so in the ideal case (JJ prep) were talking another 10% here.
Curse is easy to come by, and if you pay attention not to shake it is pretty stable. 5%
Slow can be acquired through either platemail purchase, or prepping a RBS, for another 5%. Prepping a RBS means little to a spellcaster and costs an item slot, which coupled with the item slot lost through prepping JJ, and an item slot lost to the cauldron itself makes the strat ludicrously inefficent compared to almost anything else, but since slow is so hard to come by, and I can't think of any other debuffs, it's pretty much necessary.
So, the total seems to be a 30% increese. It's highly unprobable that poison and mana burn can both be maintained (there have been exceptions), so 25% is a more likely total. This would bring the totals to 65%. The priest has 100% on Health potions and is still my least played and least appealing class (he can be strong, but meh), while the Bloodmage has 80% + sanguine boost on his MP and that is his least talked about feature.
Now, there seems to be 2 cases where a % increase on the potions might be worth it - very high health and mana pools, such as those of dvarwes and elves, and specific MP thresholds such as Warlords CYDSTEPP and ??? (and what this would be I can't figure out).
The big health pool guys may have better tools at their disposal in form of all the % based regen boons - bloodswells, and protections, and refreshments. Furthermore, their acess to potions is limited to 5 each, so a big Cauldron setup to get the most out of it would only yield limited benefits. The halflings and the gnomes could reap much, much bigger rewards if there were any to reap, because of having more potions at their disposal. So far only one thing has come to my attention:
The Gnome Warlord can get one Cydstepp per mana potion in a way that is almost wholly preppable, and includes the RBS (which is good on Warlords), and doesn't tie up his gold.
Method is - Prep Cauldron, JJ, Extra Mana and RBS. Get a level of weakening and corrosion from JJ, then pick petition up. INstead of Chaos Avatar, pick up one level of Boost mana and collect both of your extra mana boosters. Get cursed or poisoned. Slow + Weak + Corr + Curse/Poison = 20%, 60% per potion, and 60% of 18 mana should be 10 (55% isn't). Alternatively, you don't have to prep extra mana boosters, but you have to take 2 helpings of mana boost from JJ. Or you can take both and only need 2 debuffs on yourself to make it work.
Anyway, 4 preps, a bit of exploration and 2 easily taken boons from a prepped deity, convert all your other stuff into mana potions and CYDSTEPP away. It was allready possible by a more convoluted way, and didn't really need any more help.
What I hope to learn is -
1) Are there any other "debuffs" of any kind that the Cauldron takes into account?
2) Is there any other interesting threshold that prepping the cauldron with up to 25% boost might help with?
3) Is there any way at all to make it work with Health based strats?
4) Does it actually boost anything that isn't allready powerfull (Warlords, B2P)


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Today at gamescom 2010 in Germany, Microsoft premiered the first wave of Xbox LIVE games launching on Windows Phone 7 this holiday season.
"We believe that no matter where life takes you, the best in gaming and entertainment should follow," said Marc Whitten, corporate vice president of Xbox LIVE at Microsoft. "Windows Phone 7 takes a different approach to handheld gaming, utilizing Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Game Studios, leading game publishers, and innovative indie developers, to create powerful, shared experiences for everyone."
Windows Phone 7 will have a Games hub featuring Xbox LIVE, with try-before-you-buy demos, Xbox LIVE leaderboards, turn-based multiplayer, and more. Windows Phone 7 also will be supported by content from Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), providing first-party gaming titles and intellectual property for the phone. For Xbox fans, this means that Windows Phone 7 will offer companion titles to familiar names, such as "Halo: Waypoint," and "Crackdown 2," extending the experience of their favorite Xbox 360 franchises.
"Windows Phone 7 is the launch of a major gaming platform for Microsoft," said Matt Booty, general manager of mobile gaming for MGS. "Just like we've done with Xbox 360, our charter is to push the envelope and deliver definitive games that maximize the platform. We will have an incredible lineup of MGS titles, and that's just the beginning."
According to Greg Sullivan, senior product manager with Microsoft's Mobile Communications Marketing Group. "Depending on how you measure it, games are one of the biggest application categories in the smartphone space," Sullivan said. "That's one reason we're so excited about the Game hub broadly and the Xbox LIVE integration in particular."
Windows Phone 7 will have plenty of room for non-Xbox LIVE titles, and consumers can still have a great gaming experience on the phone even if they never plan on owning a console, he added.
Microsoft expects game developers to take advantage of Windows Phone 7's gaming capacity in a way that extends the Xbox LIVE network and creates powerful new scenarios, Sullivan said. "I think folks are starting to think this through and consider the realm of the possible with gaming when you start to extend the leading gaming network of Xbox LIVE out to potentially millions of mobile devices and you have a platform that lets developers create great experiences that span the Xbox and the phone," he said.


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We're down in Los Angeles right now, and I'm blogging it up on a full stomach from our room service cheese burger. Ugh...
A few days before we left, we went down to Thee Parkside to see Raymond Pettibon's band play... I had a shot with Rick Marr whom you'll be seeing more of.
He doesn't sing... He mumbles some words over somewhat awkward music.
Listen for yourself
Had some flare.
We drank beers.
Working late before heading down to LA the next morning, we heard some commotion to find our building was on fire.
It was the restaurant's kitchen whose grills caught fire and shot up the grill exhaust... A nice oil fire.
They cut in the shaft.
And all was well. Urich's work didn't catch fire. The gallery is a-ok.
Off to LA, we had to swing by the boat to get our sleeping bags... So hard not to go sailing as the weather was amazing.
Los Angeles bound
To the campsite to find that it's full.
They squeezed us in the group spot.
Not exactly our favorite type of camping... Don't stay at carpinteria state beach unless the water is warm enough for swimming.
Our lovely site had views of a strip mall and sat next to the Amtrack train tracks. Our own backward is cozier.
Who snacks on bananas?
Hungover and with not enough sleep, we complete the drive from Santa Barbara to LA.
And make it to the hotel... and then to Travis Millard's and Mel Kadel's studio SEE PHOTOS.
Travis and Mel pointed us to Phillipe's which apparently is the birth place of the French dipped sandwich and 100 years old.
The fucker tasted amazing, but the fucker was also inundated with MSG.
Woke this morning to watch Obama become our 44th president!
A nice part was watching Bush leave.
Doesn't he look like he should have some hairless cat on his evil lap or something?!
Bye bye, Bush.
Anyway, we're off to visit some more studios. Stay tuned.
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Bull Dancer
The story takes place in 1938 BC. Kira, a bull dancer in Crete, is injured in the ring and sent back to her home island. When she learns she will never be allowed to dance with the bulls again, she teams up with her brother Niko to expand the family's trading business. They sail to many exotic lands where they find adventure around every corner....


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Brand new Neon Gold release out now, y'all. The Crown Jewels EP drops on 7" and download today from Marina & The Diamonds and we couldn't be happier. We've already waxed poetic on its treasures and offered ace AA-side track "Seventeen" up for download, but we've also commissioned a few top notch remixes this time around as well. Never ones to skimp you on the remix front, we've got some primetime mixes in from French cool kids The Shoes and up and coming London producer The Aspirins For My Children, the latter of whom comes through with another great Marina rework hot on the heels of his incredible take on "Obsessions". Our favorite of the bunch, however, comes courtesy of Starsmith, whose 24 Carat mix shimmers and shines as it slowly builds to an epic, synth-drenched climax. Already beloved around Neon Gold HQ for his amazing work with Ellie Goulding, he's recently turned his sights on remixing, and guess what - he's pretty fucking good at that too. The Crown Jewels is available for purchase in the US from the Neon Gold Shop or in the UK from Puregroove. Make it happen.
MP3: "I Am Not A Robot" (Starsmith's 24 Carat Remix) - Marina & The Diamonds
Monday, June 1, 2009
6 comments:
- frostiblack said...
Sooooo, where can we download the EP in Canada?! I'm so stoked... ordered the 7" today but need those HQ MP3s!
- June 1, 2009 at 1:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
love love the remix!
- June 2, 2009 at 7:37 AM
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wow...solid. first time hearing of them. definitely saving your site in my RSS feeds!
- June 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM
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Penguin Prison?
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- June 4, 2009 at 6:59 AM
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Solid track!
Any chance that you'll post the Starsmith remix of Archeo Prince-Mr General?
- June 4, 2009 at 6:00 PM
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We will be performing all the tracks from our EP at the shows this week. EP will be available starting Friday at the LA show.
Wednesday – Soda Bar in San Diego
Friday – The Roxy w/ She Wants Revenge
Tuesday – Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco w/ Io echo (Official Gliss EP Release Party)
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CRL now invites nominations for this year's voting. All CRL libraries may propose collections for purchase under this program. Last year's voting resulted in the purchase of 12 new sets [4] with a total with a total list price value of $181,848, including the Japanese-American newspaper Rafu Shimpo (right).
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The deadline for FY2014 Purchase Proposal nominations is September 30, 2013.
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KTM Ignites Moto3 Engine To Signal Return To MotoGP
KTM 'M32' Moto3 Engine
When KTM fired up its new Moto3 engine on the benches of one of the KTM Racing test benches at 9:27 a.m. on August 26 it signaled that the company that is always 'Ready to Race' is on track and on time for its return to top level MotoGP road racing.
This pure bred KTM engine draws all on the power and experience of the company's proven research and development expertise and the extensive experience of the KTM Racing Department.
KTM's return to the new MotoGP Moto3 class and the development of the new engine by KTM engineer Wolfgang Felber and his team is also characterized by an intense partnership with KALEX Engineering of Southern Germany, the company that will be the exclusive chassis manufacturer for the KTM engine. The constructor of the newly unveiled M32 racing motor is Kurt Trieb, a very experienced engineer, who among other important tasks was responsible for the construction of the KTM MotoGP V4 motor.
KTM's exclusive partnership with KALEX Engineering represents a joint combination of skills and passion to develop two different, but parallel concepts for the 250 cc single cylinder four-stroke bike: the KTM racing machine, 100% developed at the company's headquarters in Mattighofen, Upper Austria, and the KALEX-KTM bike concept. The fully in Mattighofen developed KTM machine with an innovative KTM frame concept will be in the hands of Ajo Motorsport headed by experienced Finn Aki Ajo while the KALEX-KTM machine is being offered to various customer teams.
Wolfgang Felber, technician Heinz Payreder, designer Kurt Trieb
The 'made in Austria' road racing bikes are no strangers to the MotoGP paddock. KTM competed in the 125 cc and 250 cc classes until these categories were phased out in favour of Moto2 - and subsequently from 2012 - the Moto3 classes. In fact KTM has continued a presence in the paddock through its ongoing commitment to the highly successful Red Bull Rookies MotoGP Cup Competition. KTM supplies the 125 RR bikes for the youngest competitors in international level road racing as they launch their careers. This activity also represents KTM's passion for the development of products for the younger rider, best illustrated by the launch of the KTM 125 Duke entry level street bike in the early summer of 2011. The 125 Duke immediately became Europe's top selling 125 bike in the first quarter of its release.
KTM already has proven capacity in the smaller classes of MotoGP. The company not only has a Manufacturer's World title to its credit in the small bike category; it is also proud to have played an important role in nurturing young riders of the caliber of Casey Stoner, Mika Kallio, Hiroshi Aoama and Marc Marquez who all competed for the KTM factory team. By returning to competition in Moto3, KTM also signals its passion to continue to support talented young riders, a core value of the company's philosophy.
KTM CEO Stefan Pierer: "We are pleased to return to the MotoGP paddock with a product that reflects the all engineering and technological development expertise that has earned our brand 203 world titles. But we are also passionate about supporting talented young riders - not only because of KTM's racing DNA but also because they represent the future of top level motorsports."
Key Facts and Figures about KTM's M32 Moto3 engine:
KTM's Moto3 engine has been designed strictly in accordance with the Moto3 regulations, which include the following:
· Engines may rev to a maximum of 14,000 rpm
· Bore is limited to 81 mm
· All motorcycles in Moto3, regardless of engine, must have the same engine electronics (ECU)
· Maximum wide range of performance and maximum top end power according to the limitations of the category
· Durability: one engine should last at least 2000 km before it needs to be rebuilt.
· The six-speed gearbox was designed to last the entire season
· Engine type: liquid cooled 4-stroke DOHC single cylinder
· Bore: 81
· Stroke: 48.5
· Displacement: 249.5
· Intake system: dual injector throttle body
· 1 x balancer shaft
· Anti hopping clutch
· Titanium valves in radial configuration


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The endorsed insurance administrator of Indiana State University Retiree Medical Program is AmWINS. The plan is available to qualifying retirees and their spouse who are age 65 or older, no longer working and enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B.
You become Medicare-eligible on the first day of the month in which you turn age 65. This retiree medical plan picks up where Medicare leaves off and is underwritten by Transamerica Life Insurance Company. This plan includes a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan underwritten by Stonebridge Life - Medicare Generations Rx. The Dental coverage is administrated by Delta Dental of Indiana and more information can be found under the Dental section.
To order prescriptions through the mail order pharmacy or if you have questions about the mail order procedure contact Postal Prescription Services (PPS) at 1-800-552-6694 or visit their web site at https://www.ppsrx.com .
Effective January 1,2013 a new comprehensive program to enhance the health and well-being of plan participants has been added. The new program, Manage My Health, is designed to offer greater assistance to our retirees and spouses by giving them easy, confidential access to extensive programs and services that can improve their physical and mental health. It includes 24 hour access to doctors on call, emergency identification cards, and extensive counseling for stress, depression, mental health, grief and bereavement. Manage My Health also includes programs for nutrition, wellness, and elder care planning for the caregivers of retirees.
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October 7, 2006
The father of a 1999 Wabash graduate was named an honorary alumnus of the College at Saturday's Homecoming Alumni Chapel. Jim Olberding, father of Ethan '99, chose to join his son's class as an honorary member of the Class of 1999.
Jay Fisher '66, president of the NAWM Board of Directors, presided over the Chapel, and read the following citation that made Olberding an alumnus.
Jim Olberding H'99 — Honorary Alumnus
Jim Olberding, from the moment we met you we knew you were so much more than the parent of a talented Wabash man. Surely your love of Wabash began in the fall of 1995 when Ethan enrolled, but your relationship with Wabash seems only to have grown stronger over the years. It is your work recruiting future Wabash men that merits this award, however. In fact, some of us think you ought to be on Dean Klein's payroll!
Your work on this College's behalf over the last ten years has been exemplary. You have recruited men from your home state of Iowa, but also from Nebraska and Kansas. You represent Wabash at about a dozen college fairs each year and there's no telling how many phone calls you make to follow up with recruits and their families.
Your real employer, Mass Mutual, has allowed you to fold your Wabash travel into your work schedule; never once have you asked Wabash to reimburse you for any of your expenses. To say that you identify prospective students is underselling your work; you find ideal Wabash men. Last spring Wabash graduated four of your recruits, two of whom were inducted in Phi Beta Kappa, one was Sphinx Club President, one was a fraternity president, and all four studied abroad as juniors!
If it's possible, the quality of your recruits might well improve, since you went out of your way to serve as a counselor at Iowa's Boy's State last summer as a way of identifying outstanding young men. In addition to all of your recruitment work, you model for all Wabash men a commitment to your new alma mater as a contributing member of numerous parents' panels and as a member of Wabash's leadership giving club, the 1832 Society. Jim Olberding, for all that you have done for Wabash — as parent, recruiter, donor, and volunteer — the National Association of Wabash Men is proud to call you one of its own as an honorary member of the Class of 1999. We now heap upon you the ultimate praise for a Wabash alumnus: Some Little Giant!


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Photochron for Android - Simple Time-Lapse Portraits
Whether it be a heart string-tugging commercial where a dad sends emails to his child, or a video where a guy gets interviewed by his younger self, everybody is looking for cool ways to chronicle their lives.
Photochron is a simple little app that lets users take portrait pictures of themselves or others over a time period and merges all those images into one time-lapse video. The idea came from a guy who just wanted to see his newborn son's growth progress "I wanted to start taking a photo of my son every week or so. Being a bit of a geek I thought I'd build an app to help me" stated Andy Dyer-Smith, Photochron's developer.
The app doesn't automatically take snapshots like a traditional time-lapse setup, but it does have a feature that you can set to remind you to take another image. Photochron then lets users align their photos with a guide that lets them either position their face in the right spot, or by lining up a new photo with a previous photo. The app also lets users pinch/zoom/rotate to edit the image after it has been taken.
The better aligned the images, the better quality of the finished product, which the app merges all the images into one time-lapse standard or HD video that users can share on social networks or via email. As a demo, Smith took the time to film his son's progress using Photochron to give us an idea of the finished product
Not a ton of bells and whistles (it would've been nice to add audio), but the app gets the job done if you have cute kids, or plastic/reconstructive surgery you want to document. I'm sure there are more uses for Photochron, so check it out for free (with ads) in Google Play, and let us know what you think.


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Joystiq - It was only four years ago that From Software's "Souls" series couldn't even find a publisher in the US. It was roundly dismissed by Sony Computer Entertainment America for being too difficult, seemingly dooming it to the status of import gem and not much more. Then Atlus got it at a pittance, saw it sell dozens of times more units than they could have ever expected, and the hounds descended upon what was suddenly a profitable property.
oh look, another "Dark Souls 2 might suck" article. *yawn*
I think all of us 'hardcore' Souls fans fear what this article speaks of. At the moment there is nothing we can do but wait, there will be decisions made we hate and ones we love. In the end we will more than likely get used to the changes like we did with Demon Souls to Dark Souls.


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Over the past several days, we've seen several arguments for why surging gasoline prices won't harm the economy.
They range from:
- We have more domestic production these days.
- Other commodities aren't surging, so the inflationary effects are more narrow.
- Plummeting Natural gas prices are saving people a ton of heating, offsetting gas.
- Gas prices aren't surging at a fast enough clip to freak consumers out.
And so on...
On the other hand, there seems to be a good history of gas prices harming the economy, and all of the above counter-arguments have a certain it's different this time feel to them.
The pseudonymous blogger New Deal Democrat has a great post looking at what he calls the current "duel" between initial claims, which are falling, and gas prices. He notes that the same duel took place in 2011, and that ultimately, gas prices choked off the recovery, preventing it from really gathering momentum.
So how to know that gas prices are winning this time?
He writes:
Last year I concluded my column by saying that I expected Oil to win its duel with initial jobless claims. It did as initial claims flattened and then rose in the summer. I expect the same result this year. While as I said yesterday I expect U-3 unemployment to decline to under 8% by May, that is a lagging indicator. Consumers are better able to handle $4 a gallon gasoline than they were in 2008, but depleted most of their savings since then last year. If an Oil shock is going to bring on more than a stall this spring and summer, watch the weekly same store retail sales comparisons. They held up well all last year. If their YoY readings start going under +2%, that will be a danger sign. If consumers also retrench further than they already have in terms of gasoline usage, i.e., a one week YoY usage decline of more than 10%, or a 4 week YoY decline of more than 7.5%, that would be another strong danger signal.
Here's the good news: At least there is a duel.
In 2006-2007, all the economic indicators were turning south at the same time gas prices were surging, meaning everything was clocking the economy at the same time.
SEE ALSO: Why this economy looks nothing like the last time we were going into a recession >


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LANSING, Mich. - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed bills banning so-called synthetic marijuana.
A signing ceremony was held Tuesday in Lansing.
The substance, sold under trade names like Spice and K2, has been available in stores as a mix of dried herbs and spices sprayed with chemicals. It has been blamed for health problems and violent behavior, especially among young people.
The bills crack down on synthetic cannabinoids and products sometimes referred to as bath salts. They also allow the Department of Community Health to declare health dangers when other synthetic drugs pop up. The bills were recently approved by the state Legislature.
Some counties and communities already have acted on their own to ban synthetic marijuana.
The National Conference of State Legislatures reports that at least 40 states have banned synthetic cannabinoids.
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A former English professor at Yale University turns on his former employer in the latest issue of The New Republic, claiming an Ivy League education turns students into zombies "content to color within the lines that their education had marked out for them."
Given that these days, as author William Deresiewicz suggests, many take the short cut of reading reviews, rather than the actual book being reviewed, here are five highlights that will save you from reading all 4,130 words in his essay yet still able to hold your own at a dinner party filled with Ivy Leaguers, when you, like me, aren't one of them.
The bottom line:
Our system of elite education manufactures young people who are smart and talented and driven, yes, but also anxious, timid, and lost, with little intellectual curiosity and a stunted sense of purpose: trapped in a bubble of privilege, heading meekly in the same direction, great at what they're doing but with no idea why they're doing it.
The students:
Look beneath the façade of seamless well-adjustment, and what you often find are toxic levels of fear, anxiety, and depression, of emptiness and aimlessness and isolation.
And a few sentences later:
The cost of falling short, even temporarily, becomes not merely practical, but existential. The result is a violent aversion to risk. You have no margin for error, so you avoid the possibility that you will ever make an error.
As for the professors:
(P)rofessors and students have largely entered into what one observer called a "nonaggression pact." Students are regarded by the institution as "customers," people to be pandered to instead of challenged. Professors are rewarded for research, so they want to spend as little time on their classes as they can. The profession's whole incentive structure is biased against teaching, and the more prestigious the school, the stronger the bias is likely to be.
Who does it better?
Elite schools like to boast that they teach their students how to think, but all they mean is that they train them in the analytic and rhetorical skills that are necessary for success in business and the professions. Everything is technocratic—the development of expertise—and everything is ultimately justified in technocratic terms.
Religious colleges—even obscure, regional schools that no one has ever heard of on the coasts—often do a much better job in that respect.
Finally, here's what he has to say about all those fancy "summer experiences" that high schoolers use for their college essays:
Why is it that people feel the need to go to places like Guatemala to do their projects of rescue or documentation, instead of Milwaukee or Arkansas? When students do stay in the States, why is it that so many head for New Orleans? Perhaps it's no surprise, when kids are trained to think of service as something they are ultimately doing for themselves—that is, for their résumés.
-- Silvia Ascarelli
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- "Call of Duty: Ghosts" will go on sale November 5
- We spoke to Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg about developing the game
- Game will be available for new PS4, Xbox One consoles and current consoles as well
While the gaming world is focused on the new Xbox One from Microsoft, Activision is deploying its most popular franchise, "Call of Duty," for its first assault on the next generation of consoles.
Developer Infinity Ward has designed new game-engine technology to take advantage of Sony's PlayStation 4 and the new Microsoft console, both due by year's end. Its "Call of Duty: Ghosts" will come to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gamers this November 5, with next-gen release dates coming later.
In a recent interview in Los Angeles, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg showed off what next-generation gaming will mean within the new "Call of Duty" game. Rather than continuing the "Modern Warfare" storyline, the development studio decided to start from scratch with a new story and new characters.
"Ghosts" sets players in an alternate-future America that's been crippled by a government in disarray. The Ghosts are remnants of the various branches of the Special Forces. They've adopted the best fighting techniques from these branches as they battle across an array of terrains and environments.
Also new to the franchise is an interactive dog, which the developers created with the latest performance-capture technology. The dog promises to be a loyal and important companion throughout the game's campaign.
This being a "Call of Duty" game, there will also be new multiplayer gameplay to entice players to log in and take on friends from around the world on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. "Call of Duty: Ghosts" adds dynamic maps, including natural events such as floods and earthquakes and player-activated obstacles such as doors and explosive traps.
We sat down with Hirshberg to talk about what opportunities next-gen consoles will open up for gamers. Here's an edited version of our interview:
CNN: What will define what next-generation gaming is this fall?
Hirshberg: It's interesting. If you look into what's happened in culture, not just in gaming but overall in culture over the last seven years that this current gen has represented, the way that we communicate, the way that we consume entertainment, the way that we connect socially through digital spheres has completely transformed during that exact time period.
The current-gen games like "Call of Duty" had something to do with that. They were the tip of the sword. Playing multiplayer in "Call of Duty" is probably one of the first mass things that people did together in a digital environment. Now we do almost everything together in a digital environment. All of those ways to connect with the devices in your pockets and being able to comment on everything, categorize everything and rank everything, hasn't really made its way into gaming yet.
We were ahead of the curve a little bit with "Call of Duty: Elite," which we came out with to try to create a more social experience. One of the things you're going to see with next gen is that with "Elite," we were working around the current-gen limitations in order to make a meaningful connection to the game itself. We had to find our way through an obstacle course technologically to make that happen.
Next gen is being designed with that in mind. There's really a baked-in connectivity to the next-gen hardware, the way it's being conceived, that I think will create many more opportunities for social connectivity surrounding video games.
CNN: What will that mean to the community of "Call of Duty" gamers out there?
Hirshberg: We're seeing 40 million people a month playing "Call of Duty." Six million people played today. This is 175 days after the launch of the last game. Anything that that many people do and care about, usually there's a whole ecosystem of content to service their interest in that hobby.
They don't just watch a football game. They have a fantasy sports league. They have their favorite highlight shows. They have blogs that they read. They have statistics that they view online. They're connecting with that thing on multiple devices, multiple times a day, seven days a week, not just when there's a football game on.
With gaming, it's pretty much either you're playing the game or you're not playing the game, and I think that with next gen you're going to see that ecosystem spread to different devices, different times a day, with a lot more supportive entertainment content for our franchises.
CNN: When you look at past transitions to new consoles, the focus has been on improved visual fidelity.
Hirshberg: You're going to see that, too. But to be fair, last time it wasn't just graphical fidelity. It was the introduction of connected machines. It was the introduction of multiplayer through Playstation Network and Xbox Live. Games like "Call of Duty" took that and ran with it, and there's a certain amount of humility we all need to have.
No one will see the future exactly accurately, but the creation of those connected networks with the last generation of hardware created an explosion of new games with multiplayer and that's become the primary way people are spending their hours gaming. Next gen is always a combination of hardware design and ... what developers and creative minds do with that hardware. I'm just looking at the main differences and theorizing that that's where you're going to see an explosion of new creativity.
CNN: What role do you feel "Call of Duty" will play in enticing gamers to upgrade to next gen?
Hirshberg: The game needs to be great, but when you have a brand of the scale of "Call of Duty" that's so popular and so massive that it has the capacity to be one of the things that people really want to see. If you look at the last console transition, the top franchises were the ones that bridged the gap between the last gen and the current gen, and I think that will happen again.
We can't take that for granted and assume that people will show up just because it's a "Call of Duty." It has to be a major game, and it has to be demonstrative and emblematic of everything that the next gen is capable of and that's why we're putting this level of investment against it.
That's why we're not taking the easy route in doing a sequel to "Modern Warfare." That's why we're opening up the franchise and removing the restrictions and doing all new characters and an all new world and taking a whole new approach to the game. We want to set the standard for the next gen.
CNN: What are the challenges when it comes to this transition? "Call of Duty: Ghosts" is also coming out on next gen, but the majority of gamers will be playing on current generation of consoles.
Hirshberg: One of the decisions we made early on, which was not a simple decision, but we think it was the right one, is that we have the same exact team developing the game for the current gen as is developing for the next gen. Some publishers have a lead developer doing the next-gen game and then some outsourcing for the current gen.
We felt like it was really important to deliver what I think will be the best current-gen "Call of Duty" ever because that game's going to benefit from all of the new thinking and all of the new ideas that are going into the next gen.
Some of the things from a technological standpoint won't be executable on the current gen, like the Sub D and the texture mapping and that stuff, but all of the gameplay ideas like dynamic maps, character customization, the new story, the new world; the current gen will be the beneficiary of all of those new ideas. I think it's going to be the best current-gen game we've ever made.
CNN: Traditionally, with new hardware comes lower price points for current gen. How much life there is in the current-gen systems moving forward, given that PlayStation 2 had a very long tail?
Hirshberg: I try to not predict these things. What I know is we're going to have great games on every platform wherever our audience is. This has been Activision's philosophy for a long time. We've always been platform agnostic.
Wherever there are gamers that want to have a great experience, we're going to have a great "Call of Duty" game for them; we're going to have a great "Skylanders" game for them.
Even if the next gen is off to the races on Day One, there will still be a lot of people who either are waiting to see or saving their money and who aren't going to dive in right away, and we want them to have a great experience, too.


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My New Year Resolutions : Hopes for 2012
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Great blog post! I love your passion for genealogy.
It is great you collect postcards. I have a small postcard collection, which I must blog about one day.
All the best with your genealogy, writing et all during 2012.
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LONDON — New research has nearly doubled the number of genetic variations implicated in breast, prostate and ovarian cancer, offering fresh avenues for screening at-risk patients and, potentially, developing better drugs.
The bumper haul of 74 gene changes that can increase risks for the three hormone-related cancers, announced by scientists on Wednesday, is the result of the largest ever study of its kind.
It follows an international project to analyse the DNA of more than 200,000 people – half of them with cancer and half from the general population – to find alterations that are more common in individuals with the disease.
Although each gene variation increases cancer risk by only a small amount, scientists calculate that the one percent of men carrying lots of the alterations could have a 50 percent increased risk of developing prostate cancer.
Women with multiple variants could see their risk of breast cancer increase by 30 percent.
Doug Easton of the University of Cambridge, one of the cancer researchers who led the work, said the batch of new genetic discoveries meant medical experts would be able to develop new cancer screening programs.
This will take time, since more research is needed to develop diagnostic tools.
"I would think that within five to 10 years this might be being used commonly, if not in a very widespread population base," said Paul Pharoah, also of the University of Cambridge.
Initially, the additional screening is likely to be targeted at patients with established cancer risk factors, such as carriers of BRCA gene faults. Women with BRCA faults are known to be at greater risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.
New Drugs
Ros Eeles of Britain's Institute of Cancer Research, an expert in prostate cancer, said the new findings were the biggest leap forward yet in understanding the genetic basis of the disease.
"They allow us, for the first time, to identify men who have a very high risk of developing prostate cancer during their lifetime through inheritance of multiple risk genetic variants," she said.
In the case of prostate cancer, scientists found 23 new genetic variations – known as single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs – taking the total to 78. Significantly, 16 were linked with the more aggressive forms of the disease.
For breast cancer the researchers found 49 new SNPs, more than doubling the number previously identified, and in ovarian cancer the tally was 11.
A few of the variations were common to more than one cancer type, suggesting there may be common mechanisms of action that could be targeted by new drugs.
Developing medicines using the insight gained by the latest research will take many years, even assuming that drugmakers can produce compounds that work effectively. Encouragingly, though, companies such as Roche, the market leader in cancer, are getting better at making drugs that apply biochemical brakes" to tumor cells.
The scientists stressed that genes, while important, were just one side of a complex mix of factors leading to cancer.
"Lifestyle and environmental risks act in concert with the genetics. It is not one or the other – it is always both together," Pharoah told reporters.
The new research was published in a series of papers in Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, PLOS Genetics, and the American Journal of Human Genetics and Human Molecular Genetics.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. Yale got a pair of well-pitched games, but still dropped an Ivy League doubleheader to Harvard at Dewitt Family Field. Lauren Murphy's solo home run in the third inning snapped a 1-1 tie and lifted the Crimson to a 2-1 victory in the first game. Harvard scored four unearned runs in the first inning of the second game en route to a 5-2 victory.
In the opener, Harvard's Shelly Madick outdueled Yale's Rebecca Wojciak. Madick pitched a three-hitter and struck out five. Wojciak was almost as stingy. She scattered seven hits and struck out four.
The Crimson (17-11, 6-4 Ivy) scored first in the second inning on Bailey Vertovez's RBI single.
The Bulldogs (17-11, 2-8 Ivy) tied it in the bottom of the second when Katie Edwards walked and scored on Kyli Hanson's double to centerfield.
Murphy, though, broke the tie in the third when she homered to centerfield.
Yale had runners on base in both the third and fourth. Ashley Sloan singled in the third, and Megan Enyeart led off the fourth with a double, but both were left stranded. Madick retired the last 12 batters she faced to post her eighth win of the season.
In the second game, Harvard took advantage of three Yale errors in the first inning to score four runs. The Crimson nearly scored five times. Already leading 2-0, Harvard had runners on first and third when Susie Winkeller hit what appeared to be a three-run homer just over the left-field fence. Thinking the ball might be caught, Danielle Kerper didn't wander too far off of first and Winkeller inadvertently passed her and was called out. Kerper and Murphy still both scored.
The Bulldogs got on the board in the third. Sloan singled, moved to second on Christina Guerland's ground out and scored on Hanson's single to center.
Kerper homered to right-center in the seventh to make it 5-1.
Yale mounted a comeback in the bottom of the seventh and got the tying run to the plate. With one out, Sloan reached on an error before Hanson drew a two-out walk. Holly Gutterud followed with an RBI single down the right field line. Harvard pitcher Amanda Watkins, though, worked her way out of the jam.
KR Ling pitched the first three innings for the Bulldogs and did not allow an earned run. She was replaced by Gutterud in the fourth. Yale had five hits and drew five walks but left nine runners on base.
The same two teams will play another doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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When it comes to passing, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is having a great year.
When it comes to running, he's not. (Then again, given that he has the physique of the pre-oil-can Tin Man, when has he?)
As explained by Lindsay H. Jones of USA Today, Manning has been taking flak the past few days for an awkward attempt at a slide against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
"It's not even worth explaining what happened. It looked bad, and the fact that my knee brace got caught, nobody wants to hear that," Manning said Wednesday, via Jones. "It is what it is, as they say, and it's right there on film. I'm very aware that it's fair game for criticism and ridicule."
The only player who isn't allowed to join in the reindeer games is receiver Eric Decker, because Decker opted to slide after catching a pass. That's something receivers aren't supposed to do.


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Presenters: __Siobhan Mannion, M.D.
Reason for Presentation: (diagnosis, therapy, interest) Diagnosis & Therapy
Chief Complaint: Flare of eczematous dermatitis
Pertinent History: 69 y/o female with longstanding h/o atopic dermatitis with severe flares, most pronounced on face and neck
Lab Data/Histopathology: 2006 ANA + 1:80 speckled. Negative anti Ro and La Ab.
PATH REPORT 4/17/08 punch biopsy right upper forehead & right posterior neck:
Rt upper forehead - perivascular and spongiotic dermatitis with lymphocytic infiltrate and scattered eosinophils
Rt posterior neck - changes are those of a subacute dermatitis, suggestive of a hypersensitivity reaction to drug, insect bite or other agents. An eczematous process is also possible
Past Therapies: Elidel, topical cortiosteroids, emollients
Pertinent Physical Exam: Diffuse eczematous dermatitis of face with ectropion. History of eczematous dermatitis on chest, hands, and antecubital fossa.
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New Sentara Albemarle Medical Center president named
Coleen Santa Ana, MHA, has been named the new president of Sentara Albemarle Medical Center in Elizabeth City, N.C. Santa Ana is an experienced hospital administrator currently serving as a senior strategist with Norfolk, Va. based Sentara Healthcare. She helped draft the Sentara proposal to lease the hospital and has been helping lead the integration initiative since Sentara took over operations in March 2014. She will replace interim president Kenneth W. Wood, who plans to retire.
"Ken and I have worked closely together for the last nine months and his leadership of our dedicated team has put Sentara Albemarle on a positive path," said Santa Ana. "I'm excited to relieve Ken after such a great start and I see a bright future."
Santa Ana recently completed a strategic plan for Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, approved by the local advisory board, which lays out a multi-year vision for capital spending, physician recruitment and program development.
"Coleen has developed a wealth of knowledge about Sentara Albemarle Medical Center and the community," said Sentara corporate vice president Mary Blunt, to whom Santa Ana will report. "Her experience in administration and strategic planning will help her keep up our positive momentum."
Santa Ana holds a master's degree in Healthcare Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelors Degree in Health Administration from James Madison University with minors in Business and Psychology. She worked for Sentara from 1999 to 2003 and went on to executive leadership roles at hospitals in Colorado and Nevada before returning to Sentara as a senior strategist in 2012.
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In its second game back in the English Premier League after a relegation stint in the Division 1 hinterlands, Queens Park Rangers got its first victory today, defeating Everton 1-0.
Tommy Smith's goal marked the first for QPR in the EPL in a decade and a half. It was also Everton's first home loss since December. Everton/USMNT goalkeeper Tim Howard is probably very happy about both of these fun facts.
Smith adds to Everton's woes [Super Sport]
Everton 0-1 QPR: Smith seals first win for promoted side [Mirror Football]


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Also note that the slope has clearly been already used...so this is not the first batch.
And, about the Roadblock... I thi I will not like it. So,ething tells me that a racer cannot get ahead another one. I have the feeling that because of the cliffhanging thing, racers have no space to overtake other contestants? That is the feeling I get. I would not rather see Wynona delaying some teams because of that.
Speaking of the likely roadblock, I was trying to make out who the other people doing the cliffhanger challenge are, besides Wynona in the last preview put out. I see a female with a green helmet, long hair, dark top and grey pants (Caroline/Jennifer?), someone wearing a blue coat with gloves that say "CAMP" on them (from the 1st person perspective shot), and a guy with green helmet, dark top, khaki pants and blue shoes. Can't make em out any better than that though
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It's fashionable for new "hardcore" anime fans to decry Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z as too mainstream to be cool. However, this viewpoint disregards the popularity that both series enjoyed in Japan. Indeed, Goku is (still) iconic in Japan. Despite the loathing of newbie fans, (and to the delight of casual and obsessed Dragon Ball fans) Viz has released the first volume of the original Dragon Ball manga in the U.S.
However, the manga you'll find in stores now is significantly different from Viz's first run of Dragon Ball: the more recent releases of volume one are presented in the right-to-left format that all Japanese manga is created in and is largely unedited. The more Americanized first run Dragon Ball has been discontinued and is something of a collector's item now. The newer version is, for the most part, manga done right in America.
As the first volume of Dragon Ball, this manga features Akira Toriyama's more "chubby" art style. Throughout Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z Toriyama's art gets more refined, the characters leaner and more muscular, but this volume starts off at the genesis of Goku and company. The characters are cute and the art is clean. The manga mirrors the anime closely, but Viz's manga trumps FUNimation's anime in one important respect: unlike the cartoon, the manga is unedited. Yes, that's right, Dragon Ball's trademark lowbrow humor, which made it a fan favorite in Japan, makes its debut in the pages of Viz's release. Much of the dirty humor, boobs, butts, and even Goku's penis (he is a hillbilly, of sorts) grace the manga. In the English broadcast of Dragon Ball, one scene features Bulma fishing for Uulong with dollars (leading to the terrible pun of a "Fish full of Dollars") but the manga recreates the scene correctly, with Bulma using panties as bait.
Viz decided to mix and match the Dragon Ball names, however: P'war keeps his name (more or less), but Yamacha is renamed "Yamcha" (as in FUNimation's dub) and Buruma (the Japanese rendition of bloomers, or girl's gym shorts) is changed to the FUNimation style Bulma. However, Viz does mention Bulma's relation to bloomers by having Goku ask "Bulma? Doesn't that mean bloomers," which comes off as rather artificial.
Viz does a lot of things right in the Dragon Ball manga, but there are still one slight problem. In addition to the above line and a few others like it, the translation uses a very informal language (in an attempt to capture Goku's country accent) and it does sound rather similar to FUNimation's dub of Dragon Ball. However, the language sounds forced and odd on the page.
Volume one of the series covers Goku's first encounter with Bulma, who is searching for magical Dragon Balls. The seven Dragon Balls, when gathered together, summon the Dragon god Shenron, who can grant any wish. After meeting each other, the two kids take off and stumble across Kame Sennin, the turtle hermit. From there, Bulma and Goku find a village terrorized by Uulong, a shape shifting pig. After Goku defeats him, Bulma forces Uulong along on their travels. Along the way to Fry Pan Mountain, the hiding place of one of the Dragon Balls, the trio is ambushed by Yamcha and his sidekick P'war. Yamcha plans on stealing everything the company has, but Goku beats him back. After a thrashing, Yamcha decides to tail Goku and friends to Fry Pan Mountain, where they all meet the Ox king.
With all that adventure, fans of manga and of Dragon Ball are sure to enjoy Viz's release of the seminal series. I myself prefer the manga versions of Dragon Ball to their animated counterparts, as there is far less pointless filler in the manga than there is in the anime series. Toriyama's manga moves much more quickly and is a much more satisfying experience than the slower-paced TV series can be. Whether it's the great fights or the lowbrow humor, fans will enjoy the beginning of Goku's adventures.


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Duke explores the pain, privilege and prejudice of light-skinned women in the new documentary, "Light Girls," which is a spin-off of "Dark Girls."
[FLASHBACK: The Shade Debate: Are 'Dark Girls' Treated Differently? (WATCH FULL VIDEO)]
The Black community once again addressed 'colorism,' and Life Coach Iyanla Vanzant was there to lead the way as she detailed how hurtful words and name calling affects younger people as they move into their adulthood.
Diahann Carroll, Kym Whitley, Essence Atkins, Raven-Symone (who once proclaimed to Oprah her desire to not be 'labeled' any color) and more opened up about their harsh experiences as light-skinned black women.
"When I had my own show, I used to tan three or four times a week in a tanning bed to get darker. I did," Raven-Symone revealed in the new doc in reference to her show, "That's So Raven."
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Quilt Magazine Giveaway - Closed
I tried my hand at quilting. I did alright but crochet is my passion. These books also fall under the category of not being used in well over a year so I am giving them away too. There are 9 magazines and 1 book from the 1990's time frame. If this is something that you are interested in, please comment and leave a way to contact you or unique way of identifying yourself if you are the winner. The blog is open for anyone to comment and participate. E-mail entries are accepted with "Quilt Magazine Giveaway" in the subject. I will draw on Monday March 30, 2009.