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The fight for the $5 donation
Just $5. Or $10.
That's all Barack Obama and Mitt Romney want from you today, knowing full well that wresting that paltry sum from your wallet could convert you into a larger-dollar donor, likely voter and potential swing-state volunteer, offering up your time and labor for nothing.
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Hence both candidates' relentless late-in-the-game plays for small-dollar donations, blasting out incessant emails, staging nonstop meet-the-candidate contests and peppering their campaign advertisements with pitches to contribute $10 via text message.
Open your email inbox and there's a message straight from the president: "While the other side leans on corporate donors and million-dollar checks, we're doing this the right way," Obama says, imploring you to donate $5 in exchange for entry in a decidedly fixed raffle to join him for dinner. "I want to win," Obama pleaded in another missive Sunday as September campaign finance books closed.
But wait: Mitt Romney's son Tagg emails you about "a unique opportunity" to join Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan on the trail and hopes you'll "throw in a few dollars for a chance." Perfect for those who missed Romney's recent offer to fly on his campaign plane. Or those who didn't heed Romney's Sunday night request to "donate $15 or more to make sure we have what it takes to defeat Barack Obama."
Obama fires back with a contest offer to meet not just one, but two presidents: Donate at least $5 and you'll be automatically entered to join him and former President Bill Clinton on the campaign trail. Clinton himself follows up to explain that a donation today could go "toward hiring an organizer in Akron, Ohio," who'd "have more time to do her job and reach more voters."
To be sure, the money from the small donors is easily matched by billionaires writing big checks. And, of course, the money itself is important: Someone who makes an initial donation of a few bucks will often donate exponentially more by the time an election is over.
But the greatest value of these late-stage contributions, which wouldn't have been factors during the era of publicly financed presidential elections, is arguably the personal information campaigns collect.
Campaigns may use it to call the donors, canvass their houses, urge them to volunteer, even target their Internet browsing with personalized ads.
This is particularly crucial in swing states such as Ohio, Virginia, Florida and Nevada, where Obama is banking on the strength of his ground game to catapult him to a second term.
"The money is not peanuts, but the email address and information is worth much more than the few bucks," said Michael Malbin, executive director of the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute, which published a study concluding that Obama's recent small-dollar donor efforts are trumping those of Romney.
Obama's campaign raised about $25 million in August from people contributing $200 or less. Romney's campaign? A comparatively anemic $9.4 million.


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Bare rolig - vi er ikke blevet venner privat, endnu, men Louis sender fra tid til anden en e-mail til tidligere kunder, med mindre selvfølgelig man har frabedt sig dette. Jeg har netop købt Tig Notaros audioshow som er det første han har sat til salg på sit site, som ikke er noget han selv har produceret. Jeg kendte ikke Tig Notaro i forvejen, og jeg har ikke hørt showet endnu. (jeg har dog lige fanget 6-7 YouTubevideoer med hende og hun er sjov) Men hvorfor fik jeg overhovedet lyst til at købe et audioshow med en komiker jeg aldrig har hørt? Læs selv Louis CKs email og overvej om ikke også du får lyst til at høre showet:
Greetings to the people and parts of people that are reading this. Hi. This is Louis. I'm a comedian and you bought a thing from me. Well, I'm writing to tell You that there is a new thing you can buy on my website louisck.com. It's an audio standup set by not me but another comedian named Tig Notaro. Why am I selling someone else's comedy on my website?
Well, Tig is a friend of mine and she is very funny. I love her voice on stage. One night I was performing at a club in LA called Largo. Tig was there. She was about to go on stage. I hadn't seen Tig in about a year and I said how are you? She replied "well I found out today that I have cancer in both breasts and that it has likely spread to my lymph nodes. My doctor says it looks real bad. ". She wasn't kidding. I said "uh. Jesus. Tig. Well. Do you… Have your family… Helping?". She said "well my mom was with me but a few weeks ago she fell down, hit her head and she died". She still wasn't kidding.
Now, I'm pretty stupid to begin with, and I sure didn't know what to say now. I opened my mouth and this came out. "jeez, Tig. I. Really value you. Highly.". She said "I value you highly too, Louie.". Then she held up a wad of note-paper in her hand and said "I'm gonna talk about all of it on stage now. It's probably going to be a mess". I said "wow". And with that, she went on stage.
I stood in the wings behind a leg of curtain, about 8 feet from her, and watched her tell a stunned audience "hi. I have cancer. Just found out today. I'm going to die soon". What followed was one of the greatest standup performances I ever saw. I can't really describe it but I was crying and laughing and listening like never in my life. Here was this small woman standing alone against death and simply reporting where her mind had been and what had happened and employing her gorgeously acute standup voice to her own death.
The show was an amazing example of what comedy can be. A way to visit your worst fears and laugh at them. Tig took us to a scary place and made us laugh there. Not by distracting us from the terror but by looking right at it and just turning to us and saying "wow. Right?". She proved that everything is funny. And has to be. And she could only do this by giving us her own death as an example. So generous.
After her set, I asked Mark Flanagan, the owner of Largo (great club, by the way) if he recorded the set. Largo is set up for excellent recordings. He said that he did. A few days later, I wrote Tig and asked her if I could release this set on my site. I wanted people to hear what I saw. What we all saw that night. She agreed. The show is on sale for the same 5 dollars I charge for my stuff. I'm only keeping 1. She gets the other 4. Tig has decided to give some of that to cancer research. Tig, by the way, has since undergone a double mastectomy. She is doing well. Her doctors say her chances of survival are excellent. So she went there and came back. Her report from the frontlines of life and death are here for you to… Enjoy.
Please go to my site louisck.com and buy her show. You can buy it here:
Thank you. Have a terrific afternoon.
Louis C.K.

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What a fantastic weekend of glorious sunshine, and even hotter bands, music, dancing, hot rods and Pin ups. All that and more at Greazefest which was staged in Brisbane for the 18th year running. I think, and many would agree with me, that this year's event was probably the best and biggest by far. With overseas acts supported by some of Australia's favourite rockabilly, blues and 1950's style roots bands it was more than what one could hope for or wish to see in a 1950's style music festival. All in all, a very enjoyable weekend and I 'm sure there were some very tired rockers come Sunday night after over-indulging from all the fun activities and dancing.
Greazefest is staged and promoted by local Brisbane rockabilly icon, Lori Lee along with her band of loyal supporters. It was staged at Cleveland Showgrounds in Brisbane's southern bayside suburb and well supported by the local Redlands council. The venue is just perfect for staging such an event with fashion shows, bands and music under cover and therefore ideal for any occasion including the possibility of an unlikely inclement weather. It has bar facilities and a large outdoor area for merchandise and food stores. Hot rods and kustom Classics cars display are out in the oval. Effectively, this means attendees have access to all areas and activities within walking distance.
Highlights for me has to be the overseas acts (Eddie Gazel from France and Pike Cavallero from Spain) and local favourites including Benny & the Flyby Niters, Detonators, Twang, Lincolns, Little Billie, Flattrackers, Koffin Rockers, Rusty Pinto and the Walters. It was great also to catch up with large contingent of inter-state visitors especially from Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. And the big turn out of general public attendees just love watching the bands and dancing and of course, they enjoy checking out the classic cars, hot rods and Pin Ups competition.
Greazefest Brisbane is definitely an Australian iconic 1950's style music, fashion and classic cars festival. Brisbane's sunny & warm weather is a great place to seek refuge in winter so do plan to attend next year's event if you are wanting a great time. Here are a selection of videos from this year's festival ......


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Ask Marilyn: How Much of the Known Universe Is Occupied by Matter?
K. Key, Moreno Valley, California, writes:
Marilyn: How much of the known universe is occupied by matter?
Marilyn responds:
Consider the vastness of the cosmos, readers. What portion of its mass is composed of familiar (atomic) matter?
(a) 1/1000 percent
(b) 1/100 percent
(c) 1/10 percent
(d) 1 percent
(e) 5 percent
Surprise: (e). While that's not much, the portion appears to be a fraction of that because we view the immensity of space in terms of distance. Outer space is thin but not empty.
Almost everything else—called "dark" matter and energy because we can't actually see any of it—is implied by the behavior of gravity. This means that the content of about 95 percent of the universe is inferred with our fertile minds and fevered imaginations.


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A Hendersonville man is facing three impaired driving charges racked up over a three-month period in three counties, and the incidents have incited a MADD volunteer to advocate for speedier case resolution.
A Hendersonville man is facing three impaired driving charges racked up over a three-month period in three counties. His latest charge came on the heels of a head-on collision that sent one of his passengers and another driver to the hospital.
The incidents have incited a MADD volunteer to advocate for speedier outcomes for cases that are now mired in a backlog of blood tests in the state's crime lab.
But a two-year wait on blood test results is "not unusual," said District Attorney Greg Newman, and the delay in blood analyses has forced some DWI cases across the state to be dismissed to avoid violating the state's speedy trial law. North Carolina has a two-year statute of limitations on misdemeanors, including DWIs.
Refusing a Breathalyzer test requires an automatic one-year suspension of a driver's license, Newman said, but a positive reading over the legal limit of 0.08 requires a suspension of 30 days.
In most cases, the court requires blood tests to show the blood alcohol content of a defendant before a ruling is made, according to Ellen Pitt, the Western N.C. chapter leader for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. She warns that longer waits can lead to greater casualties.
"I think a lot of people know that they can draw blood... but it takes a while to get it back," Newman said. "It's not much of a deterrent."
Three strikes
Christopher Robert Michael Hensley, 26, of Hendersonville was stopped in Mecklenburg County Nov. 5 and charged with driving while impaired. His license was suspended for 30 days.
He was cited again for DWI seven weeks later in Polk County.
Columbus Police Department Lt. Nicholas Stott said he recorded Hensley speeding 97 mph in a 65-mph zone near the Columbus exit on Interstate 26 at 4:05 a.m. Dec. 28. Hensley was charged with DWI and his license was suspended again for 30 days.
Five days before the suspension ended, Hensley was cited for DWI and driving with a revoked license after a head-on collision in Henderson County on Jan. 22.
State Highway Patrol Trooper A.S. Hill said Hensley was traveling south on North Rugby Road around 11 a.m. Jan. 22 when he entered a curve in the lane of oncoming traffic. Leonard John O'Connor Sr., who was traveling south, saw Hensley's vehicle and stopped in the roadway, Hill said.
"He hit him head on and it knocked Mr. O'Connor's 2010 Ford pickup truck 23 feet off the road," he said.
A female passenger in Hensley's car was taken to Mission Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. O'Connor was taken to Park Ridge Health with a broken sternum and broken wrist, according to Hill.
Hensley was taken into custody, but has since been released. He is set to appear in District Court again on Feb. 13 (Henderson County), March 26 (Mecklenburg County) and March 31 (Polk County).
The Times-News was unable to reach Hensley for comment.
If Hensley is convicted in all three cases and is charged with another DWI within the next 10 years, he could be tried as a habitual offender — a class F felony. Habitual offenders are required to serve no less than one year in prison.
"We're hoping to have some blood evidence hopefully back by then," Newman said of Hensley's Polk County District Court date. "What's concerning is that when we're waiting on the blood evidence, somebody can get their license back and drive."
"This is another case," Pitt said, "that points to our need for hospital DWI blood testing and a full-service crime lab in Western North Carolina."
Sticky fix
Plans are still being hammered out for the new Western Regional Crime Laboratory, slated to be housed at the Justice Training Academy campus in Edneyville. The $20.6 billion state budget, passed last year, approved nearly $1.5 million in recurring funds to plan the lab, but its construction may be years away.
Another allotment of $111,424 in one-time funds was also approved in the budget to cover the cost of equipment needed to analyze evidence and 19 toxicologists to test blood samples for alcohol and drugs.
Until the new facility can alleviate the backlog of blood and DNA tests trickling out of overworked labs, prosecutors have eyed the possibility of contracting with hospitals to test samples.
Although "that would be a huge help," Newman says that hospital administrators have pondered what the new service would require of them legally. Record requests and subpoenas for court appearances go hand-in-hand with court-ordered evidence analyses.
"The hospital takes on a significant responsibility," Newman said. "It's not an easy thing that we're asking them to do."
But if hospitals agree to offer the service, Newman said he doesn't doubt it could save lives.
Pitt suggests that another way to save lives and crack down on DWI cases would be to strengthen laws regarding vehicle seizures.
The vehicle Hensley was driving in each incident was registered to Catherine Chavez Hensley, a woman he claimed was his mother, Stott said. The vehicle was seized in December, but was shortly released to its owner. Cars can be seized, but owners not charged in the DWI can petition the court for its release.
"We have to prove that they know that the person is driving their vehicle while intoxicated," Newman said, a claim that isn't always easy to prove.
Task force
The case of repeat offenders, Newman said, is "a real problem we're going to have to address." But, he said, a defendant racking up multiple charges in a short amount of time isn't the norm.
Newman was officially appointed to the state's DWI task force Dec. 20. He is one of two district attorneys to be appointed by Gov. Pat McCrory to serve on the 23-member board. The team is tasked with developing a "comprehensive strategy for preventing and reducing impaired driving behavior" in the state, according to an executive order from McCrory's office in July.
The task force held its first meeting during the Governor's Highway Safety Program's safety symposium earlier this month.
In addition to cases of alcohol-impaired driving, Newman suspects they will also study cases of other forms of impaired driving, involving drugs and distractions.
The task force, manned by a diverse group of professionals from law enforcement and legal officials to advocates and transportation officials, will make recommendations to the Governor's Office about possible changes to laws for the prevention and prosecution of impaired driving cases.
Becoming an advocate
Pitt was honored by the Governor's Highway Safety Program with a State Partner of the Year award at the safety symposium Jan. 16 for her work with MADD.
"I work with some wonderful district attorneys, officers and agencies," Pitt said, adding that a team effort makes a difference.
She was called into the role of advocate when she learned her granddaughter's mother and her boyfriend had been partying and had driven impaired with children in the car. One of the children was her granddaughter.
"I called everybody in the country," she said. "Nobody really acknowledged that as child abuse."
In search of help, Pitt said that she contacted MADD and with their support, was able to get custody of her granddaughter.
Pitt is now in her 11th year with the organization and serves as a court monitor, victim advocate and on various teams to combat the threats of impaired driving, especially cases involving children passengers.
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Quantification of Immune Cells in Women Using Contraception (CHIC II) (CHIC-II)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01873170
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 7, 2013
Last Update Posted : August 6, 2019
- Study Details
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- How to Read a Study Record
This study is being done to understand if using birth control causes changes in the immune cells within the reproductive tract (including the cervix and the lining of the uterus) of healthy women. Immune cells are important because they help prevent infections from starting and help fight infections that have started. Immune cells are also the type of cells that HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infects so understanding more about them will help to better understand how to prevent the spread of HIV.
Immune cells will be studied from the reproductive tract of women who want to start using one of the following contraceptives: an oral contraceptive pill (COC), Depo-Provera (DMPA), the levonorgestrel IUD (Mirena®), the copper IUD (ParaGard®), or the etonogestrel subdermal implant (Nexplanon®).Immune cells will also be studied from the reproductive tract of women who are not using birth control and who are not at risk of pregnancy for comparison.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Immune Cells (Mucosal and Systemic) Contraception
|Drug: levonorgestrel exposure Drug: DMPA exposure Drug: etonogestrel exposure Device: IUD insertion Device: subdermal contraceptive implant insertion
|Study Type :
|Estimated Enrollment :
|275 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Quantification of Immune Cells in Women Using Contraception
|Actual Study Start Date :
|August 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 20, 2017
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|June 2020
Combined Oral Contraceptive pills
Levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol 0.15mg/30mcg daily oral tabs x21 then 7 inert tabs
Drug: levonorgestrel exposure
Other Names:
depot medroxyprogesterone acetate
150mg DMPA intramuscular injection once every 3 months
Drug: DMPA exposure
Other Name: DMPA (Depo-Provera 150mg IM)
Levonorgestrel-intrauterine device
52mg levonorgestrel intrauterine device
Drug: levonorgestrel exposure
Other Names:
Device: IUD insertion
Other Names:
Copper intrauterine device
Copper T380A intrauterine device
Device: IUD insertion
Other Names:
Etonogestrel contraceptive implant
68mg etonogestrel subdermal implant
Drug: etonogestrel exposure
Other Name: ENG-implant (Nexplanon or Implanon)
Device: subdermal contraceptive implant insertion
Other Name: ENG-implant (Nexplanon or Implanon)
Low risk of pregnancy due to sterilization, heterosexual abstinence, or consistent condom use
- Quantification and characterization of immune cell populations and HIV-tropic receptor expression [ Time Frame: up to 6 months ]To quantify and characterize immune cell populations and HIV-tropic receptor expression in the upper and lower genital tract and blood at baseline and after 3 and 6 months of typical contraceptive use
- Assessing changes in the vaginal microflora within the first 6 months of contraceptive use [ Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months ]To describe the microflora of the upper and lower genital tracts of healthy asymptomatic women before and after 3 and 6 months of typical contraceptive use and to assess changes in the vaginal ecology within the first 6 months of contraceptive use.
- Reproductive tract Microenvironment [ Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months ]To assess if changes in the upper and lower genital tract microflora are correlated with alterations in immune cell populations
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 34 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 through 34 years (inclusive) at screening
- Non-pregnant women in general good health as determined by the site clinician
- Premenopausal with history of regular menstrual cycles (regular cycles defined as occurring every 21-35 days when not using hormones and with a variation of typical cycle length of no more than 5 days)
- Women enrolling into the control group only: Regular and consistent condom use, prior surgical sterilization by participant or sexual partner, or heterosexually abstinent for entire study participation
- Able and willing to provide written informed consent to be screened for and to take part in the study. Including willingness to undergo all study-related assessments and follow all study-related procedures
- Able and willing to provide adequate locator information
- HIV-uninfected based on testing performed by study staff at screening (per HIV testing algorithm in Appendices I)
- At screening and enrollment, agrees not to participate in other research studies involving drugs, medical devices, or vaginal products while enrolled in this trial
Exclusion Criteria:
- Use of any hormonal or intrauterine contraceptive method within 30 days of enrollment
- Use of DMPA within 10 months of enrollment
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding within 60 days of enrollment
- Surgical procedure involving the pelvis in the 30 days prior to enrollment (includes dilation and curettage, cryosurgery and biopsy of the vagina, vulva, cervix, and endometrium)
- Internal vaginal use of any device (includes sex toys, cervical caps, diaphragms, menstrual collection devices, and pessaries; excludes tampons and condoms) or product (includes N9, microbicide, douche, antifungal, steroid, or hormone) in the 30 days prior to enrollment
- New sexual partner within 90 days of enrollment
- Urogenital infection or suspected infection within 30 days of enrollment including: symptomatic candidiasis, trichomonas vaginalis, and symptomatic bacterial vaginosis; or cervical infection, including N. gonorrhea, C. trachomatis, or mucopurulent cervicitis; syphilis; HSV lesions, or other sores (Note: seropositive HSV without active lesions will not be excluded); acute pelvic inflammatory disease; urinary tract infection; recent exposure to a partner with GC, CT, Trichomonas, syphilis, or NGU
- Any history of immunosuppression (includes diabetes, HIV infection, and chronic steroid use)
- Antibiotic or antifungal therapy (vaginal or systemic) within 30 days of enrollment
- Menses or other vaginal bleeding at the time of Enrollment* (*Women who have vaginal bleeding at the scheduled Enrollment Visit may return at a different date to be re-examined and possibly enrolled provided they are still within the 90-day screening window and meet all criteria).
- Vaginal or anal intercourse within 36 hours prior to enrollment
- Heterosexual intercourse since last menses that places the participant at risk of pregnancy (without condom use or sterilization of at least one partner)
- History of hysterectomy
- History of malignancy within the pelvis (includes uterus, cervix, vagina, and vulva)
- Contraindication, allergy or intolerance to use of the contraceptive desired by the participant
- Any condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would preclude provision of consent, make participation in the study unsafe, complicate interpretation of study outcome data, or otherwise interfere with achieving the study objectives
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01873170
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Center for Family Planning Research
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
|Principal Investigator:
|Sharon Achilles, MD, PhD
|University of Pittsburgh
|Responsible Party:
|Sharon Achilles, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01873170 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|June 7, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 6, 2019
|Last Verified:
|August 2019
Keywords provided by Sharon Achilles, University of Pittsburgh:
immune cells
intrauterine device
subdermal implant
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Contraceptive Agents
Contraceptives, Oral
Contraceptives, Oral, Combined
Reproductive Control Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Contraceptive Agents, Female
Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic
Trace Elements
Growth Substances
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists


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Take a few minutes to track down any remaining password files that have not been imported to LastPass. If you still need the login or data, add it to LastPass before deleting or shredding the file.
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- In your browser password manager, typically located under the browser's Tools menu.
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- Scraps of paper pinned to message boards, or taped to the computer, keyboard, or mouse pad.
- Emails sent to you by the sites you use. A number of sites still email plain-text versions of your password and other account information. Once you've confirmed the site is stored in LastPass and the password is a generated one, delete the email.
- Notes made to Outlook "Contacts".
- In text messages, logs of chat conversations, and other digital correspondence. Consider the Share feature if you need to send login information to family, friends, or coworkers.
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In the data center or information factory, not everything is the sameJanuary 29, 2013 – 9:36 pm
Sometimes what should be understood, or that is common sense or that you think everybody should know needs to be stated. After all, there could be somebody who does not know what some assume as common sense or what others know for various reasons. At times, there is simply the need to restate or have a reminder of what should be known.
Consequently, in the data center or information factory, either traditional, virtual, converged, private, hybrid or public cloud, everything is not the same. When I say not everything is the same, is that different applications with various service level objectives (SLO's) and service level agreements (SLA's). These are based on different characteristics from performance, availability, reliability, responsiveness, cost, security, privacy among others. Likewise, there are different size and types of organizations with various requirements from enterprise to SMB, ROBO and SOHO, business or government, education or research.
There are also different threat risks for various applications or information services within in an organization, or across different industry sectors. Thus various needs for meeting availability SLA's, recovery time objectives (RTO's) and recovery point objectives (RPO's) for data protection ranging from backup/restore, to high-availability (HA), business continuance (BC), disaster recovery (DR) and archiving. Let us not forget about logical and physical security of information, assets and people, processes and intellectual property.
Some data centers or information factories are compute intensive while others are data centric, some are IO or activity intensive with a mix of compute and storage. On the other hand, some data centers such as a communications hub may be network centric with very little data sticking or being stored.
Even within in a data center or information factory, various applications will have different profiles, protection requirements for big data and little data. There can also be a mix of old legacy applications and new systems developed in-house, purchased, open-source based or accessed as a service. The servers and storage may be software defined (a new buzzword that has already jumped the shark), virtualized or operated in a private, hybrid or community cloud if not using a public service.
Here are some related posts tied to everything is not the same:
Optimize Data Storage for Performance and Capacity
Is SSD only for performance?
Cloud conversations: Gaining cloud confidence from insights into AWS outages
Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) and IRM
Saving Money with Green IT: Time To Invest In Information Factories
Everything Is Not Equal in the Datacenter, Part 1
Everything Is Not Equal in the Datacenter, Part 2
Everything Is Not Equal in the Datacenter, Part 3
Thus, not all things are the same in the data center, or information factories, both those under traditional management paradigms, as well as those supporting public, private, hybrid or community clouds.
Ok, nuff said.
Cheers gs
Greg Schulz – Author Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press, 2011), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press, 2009), and Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier, 2004)
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6-2-2010 PNC Park
Today's game would get off to a bad start before the gates even opened.
At around 4:15, the skies opened up, and it started to pour.
It washed out BP as the warning track was filled with water.
Game: 5 balls (2 thrown, 3 found)
Season: 164 balls (90 hit, 42 thrown, 11 device, 21 found)
Games: 26 games
Average: 6.31 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 742 balls
Streak: 122 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: *1 (denotes rainout)
6-1-10 PNC Park
Today was a little more difficult than yesterday, because far fewer balls were hit into the stands. Sometimes it just goes that way.
My first ball of the day was off the bat of Lastings Milledge. He hit a home run that popped out of my glove and I had to scoop up. I've had some bad luck the past few days with balls popping out. It might be time to get rid of the 40 feet of string that fills up the inside of my glove.
The second ball was another Milledge hit. This time it was a ground rule double that bounced over the fence. I ran to my right, and caught the ball barehanded as it bounced off a bleacher.
My third ball of the day was thrown by bullpen catcher Heberto Andrade. Someone on the Pirates hit a deep home run that hit off of the steel support of the general admission bleachers. Herbie looked at the ball for a minute, and then turned and fired the ball to me.
Ball #4 was glove tricked in front of the State Farm sign in left field.
Game: 7 balls (2 hit, 4 thrown, 1 device)
Season: 159 balls (90 hit, 40 thrown, 11 device, 18 found)
Games: 25 games
Average: 6.36 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 737 balls
Streak: 121 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
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Delas Cotes du Rhone Rouge St Espirit 2008
Winery: Delas Frères
Color: Red
Variety: Rhône Blend
Delas Frères:
It has become quite commonplace to remind everyone that the best wines are more the result of work in the vineyards than of the winemaker's talents, however impressive these may be. And those who work in the winery and cellars have humbly gone along with that. But 2008 has underscored the necessity for true balance and complementarity between vineyard and cellar work. The growing season ... Read more
It has become quite commonplace to remind everyone that the best wines are more the result of work in the vineyards than of the winemaker's talents, however impressive these may be. And those who work in the winery and cellars have humbly gone along with that. But 2008 has underscored the necessity for true balance and complementarity between vineyard and cellar work. The growing season was not an easy one this year. Exceptionally high rainfall (650 mm up to the end of August) made for a lot of work in the vineyards, and imposed some limits on what we could expect. Fungal diseases that we thought were now limited to less favourable climates than the northern Rhône valley returned to our hillsides, locally causing considerable losses in crop. This also slowed down the maturation process, and, in some parts of the DELAS FRERES estate, veraison of grapes only completed around August 20th. This was the case, for example, in plots like Combe Clos, part of Domaine des Grands Chemins, the firm's latest acquisition. The first week of September will be remembered by all. A series of sudden, violent storms caused considerable damage, with very heavy rainfall (350 mm in the week). About 1500 cubic metres of soil were washed off the Hermitage hill, and numerous retaining terrace walls crumbled on our Domaine des Tourettes. The grapes were thouroughly washed, but luckily were not damaged as there was no hail and the berries did not burst. The fear of more storms with heavy rain motivated some growers to harvest at minimal levels of potential alcohol. This is where the winemaker had to step in firmly in order to calm things down and encourage the growers who bring in the grapes to wait. The fact of waiting longer for harvest, coupled with severe sorting of grapes, further reduced yields that were already low. The quantities brought in were below 25 hectolitres per hectare in our Hermitage estate Domaine des Tourettes, and 32 hectolitres per hectare at our Domaine des Grands Chemins, producing Crozes Hermitage red. Winemaking techniques can correct a certain number of deficiencies in the raw material, but there is no way of compensating for insufficient maturity. So harvest was very late this year. The first grapes (for white Crozes Hermitage) were picked on September 17th, and the last (for Cornas, and the Saint-Pierre vineyard) went into the tanks on October 11th. Taking such risks enabled DELAS FRERES to obtain good natural levels of alcohol, around 12.5°. This will facilitate winemaking choices and the production of wines that show good balance and remain true to their origins. Inevitably, maturity levels reached their highest in the oldest vines of Domaine des Tourettes, on the part of the hillside called « Bessard ». Here our syrah grapes produced potential alcohol levels of over 13°. Wine-making and ageing will be aimed at preserving as much fruit flavours as possible, as well as encouraging suavity in the texture of the wines. Use of oak will be even more sparing than usual. Read less
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Toby McKenna didn't need to break into a house to steal prescription pills back when he was a teenager. He just swiped extras from his mom's cancer medications, then crushed the tablets and snorted them. And when his dad underwent knee surgery, McKenna picked up pain pills from a hospital pharmacy and pocketed half in an elevator on the way to his dad's room.
"I call myself kind of an arm's length drug user/alcoholic," said McKenna, a 28-year-old electronics salesman who has been sober for five years. "If it was within arm's length, I would try it and use it."
Teens and young adults are reaching for prescription drugs more often, sheriffs and therapists say, a trend underscored by last week's shootings of two Little Falls teenagers in a case linked to drug thefts.
Police and treatment officials across Minnesota report a growing number of similar burglaries -- in which thieves bypass expensive TV sets and silverware for pills -- and a burgeoning black market for unused painkillers and stimulants.
"Prescription drug abuse ... is at epidemic proportions," said Dr. Joseph Lee, director of youth services for the Hazelden addiction treatment program. "People would be surprised at the proportion of crimes that are committed, petty and otherwise, in our community, because of drugs."
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse in New York reported this summer that 44 percent of high school students know drug dealers in their schools. A quarter of those dealers peddle prescription pills, making them the second-most common illegal drugs for sale in schools behind marijuana.
In Minnesota, 8 percent of high school senior boys had tried painkillers to get high, and 6 percent had tried stimulants, according to the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey, a health questionnaire compiled by the Minnesota Department of Health.
Common in the suburbs
In a survey of 25,000 students across the metro area last year, the Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge found that pill use was up 5 percent over the previous year. Among students ages 11 to 18 who use illegal drugs, 32 percent said they use pills, second only to marijuana.
"It's increased each year," said Adam Pederson, a program manager with the organization. "I think our society is overmedicated. There's this misconception that it's safe because it's medicine."
In the Twin Cities, he said, prescription pill abuse is most common in wealthier western suburbs such as Wayzata and Minnetonka because more affluent families tend to have insurance and access to prescription medications. In the east metro area, he said, students tend to use alcohol and marijuana, while in south-metro suburbs such as Lakeville and Eagan, meth is more common.
Police Chief Dean Mooney in the western suburb of Mound said teens who can't get painkillers -- or have developed a tolerance -- are moving to heroin. Across Lake Minnetonka, police officers have seen a spike in burglaries by people seeking prescription pills or money to fund heroin addictions.
So far this year, the Hennepin Regional Poison Center has been notified of 2,825 instances of Minnesotans misusing prescription drugs. That is more than all of 2011 and an 86 percent increase from 2005. A quarter of the cases involved teens.
Links to heroin
Authorities in Morrison County have not said why Nick Brady, 17, and Haile Kifer, 18, broke into the home of 64-year-old Byron Smith, who is now charged with murdering them in his basement on Thanksgiving Day. But they do believe the teens took pills a day earlier from the home of 68-year-old Richard Johnson. Valuables were bypassed in Johnson's home for pills that treat cholesterol and diabetes. Police found six pill bottles from Johnson's home in Brady's car after the shootings.
Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek has been so concerned about the problem of prescription drug abuse that he has held drug disposal events since 2010 that have netted 9,000 pounds of medications. He has since refined the approach, conducting collections at senior centers and apartments because seniors tend to have numerous medications and are vulnerable to theft by relatives or strangers.
Tales from those events include a woman who said her granddaughter had been getting rid of drugs for her.
"Yeah, right," the skeptical sheriff said. "She's getting rid of them all right."
Stanek said an increase in prescription drug abuse is also fueling a rise in heroin and synthetic drug use. Drug dealers charge more for prescription opiates such as oxycodone, so addicts eventually switch to cheaper and more potent heroin.
"They are the gateway to heroin," Stanek said. "Pick any addict. Come to my jail" and ask them.
Living with the aftermath
McKenna, like his father and relatives before him, often abused alcohol. But in his high school days in Massachusetts, he stole his parents' pills or searched through medicine cabinets of his friends' homes.
"While I wasn't breaking into someone's home," he said, "I was stealing from loved ones."
His addictions led him to flunk out of college. Outpatient counseling didn't help, so in 2007 his parents sent him to Hazelden. In the waiting room for admission McKenna swallowed more than a dozen antidepressants. The resulting seizures dislocated his shoulders.
His month at Hazelden, followed by several months at a halfway house, led to sobriety. McKenna finished college, got a steady job and is engaged.
But someday he will face the dilemma of taking pain meds legitimately. He had surgeries on his injured shoulders during treatment -- with drug counselors doling out his pain meds -- but follow-up surgeries are likely, and then he'll be on his own to use drugs safely. He's hopeful, though; he says the drugs simply feel different when you need them for intended uses.
"You don't get high off them," he said. "They just take care of the pain. I had never experienced that before."
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The day you become an official member of the family by obtaining the rank of Lorgaire, you're able to start building your warlord rank. Within our family there are 10 warlord ranks. Each is obtainable through leading events for the family. By the time you are able to start leading you have proven you know how to claim participation for events and should have a clear understanding about the relationship between leader and follower. It is through this relationship that you will begin to lead, and grow your retinue. Please note, that your warlord rank is simply cosmetic and the only ability you gain is the ability to take on more complex objectives. It does not relate at all to your place in the Family Tree. You can be selected as an elder of the family without ever leading more than a single group.
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Wait, Investors Paid Germany To Hold Their Cash?
On Wednesday, investors paid Germany to hold on to their money for a couple years.
That's right: Germany got to borrow more than 4 billion euros (about $5 billion), and instead of Germany paying interest to its lenders, the lenders are paying Germany. This a lot like Citibank paying you a smidgen to carry a balance on your credit card or to take out a loan (without also charging you interest).
Germany is just the latest country to get what's called a "negative yield" on its debt. The phenomenon is still rare, but France, Belgium, Denmark and Finland are among countries that have been paid recently to borrow for shorter terms, six months, for example.
Still, selling two-year bonds at a negative yield is remarkable.
As so often happens with unusual economic developments, there are a few possible explanations, ranging from optimistic to pessimistic to scary.
First, the mechanics. National governments hold auctions periodically to borrow money from investors by selling bonds. Those bonds pay investors a given interest rate, or yield.
The precise process differs a little, but the gist is that the investors bid by saying what interest rate they're willing to receive as compensation for parking their money with the government.
In this case, as with the previous examples, investors told Germany they'd be willing to pay it a little bit to hold their money. They won't pay much: The yield is negative 0.06 percent, which means they're paying Germany a little less than many U.S. banks pay customers on savings accounts. But it's still a distinct difference from the normal scenario, where the government pays bond investors.
So what's happening? Three possible scenarios stand out. First, this could be what economists call a "flight to quality." With other European countries looking shakier — think not just Greece, but Spain, Portugal, Italy and more — investors are willing to take a lower return now for a greater likelihood that they'll be paid back in full later.
They could invest in U.S. Treasury bonds, and many people are doing so (pushing Treasury yields to historic lows). But if you make your money in euros, investing in dollars means taking on another kind of risk: The relationship between the euro and the dollar could change while you're holding the bonds, reducing your return.
To avoid that, invest your euros in the safest euro-denominated bonds you can find — like Germany's, perhaps, even if it costs a bit.
The flip side is that this could reflect what's called a "macro" bet on the European economy relative to the world's. If an investor feels that fears about the euro's undoing have become overblown, it might make sense to take U.S. dollars (or Japanese yen or funds in some other currency), and invest them in euro-denominated bonds.
Even if they pay a little bit for the privilege, they could win when they convert their euros back into dollars (or whatever) down the road, assuming the euro has strengthened again relative to the original currency.
In other words, under these two scenarios, Germany's negative yield could reflect growing fears about other European economies — better to pay Germany a little now than lose more later — or confidence in the euro and European economy generally, relative to countries outside the eurozone.
Investors act independently, of course, so Germany's lower yield could reflect a combination of these two strategies, by different investors.
But there's a third and potentially unsettling possibility: deflation. In a way, this is a bleaker version of the first, pessimistic scenario.
Deflation, of course, is the opposite of inflation: a destabilizing spiral of falling prices. Very roughly, everyone waits to buy things (cellphones, cars, houses) because they expect prices to fall. That can become a self-fulfilling prophecy if enough people do it. It sounds great, but it also means companies earn less and start to shed jobs, leaving consumers with less money and a renewed incentive to postpone purchases.
If investors think this is going to happen, the euro could start to get more valuable over time — falling prices mean each euro could buy more. Then, paying a little now to hold German bonds might not be so bad, because it's a way of holding euros safely while they rise in value because of deflation. The rise in the value of the currency could offset whatever interest the bondholders must pay in the meantime.
In other words, the "real" interest rate — the rate after inflation or deflation — is still positive, and investors still make money.
And sure enough, an International Monetary Fund report on Wednesday called the risk of deflation "significant" in the "periphery" of Europe (think: Italy).
The European Central Bank still has tools in its arsenal to fight deflation, chief among them printing money. And the IMF is encouraging the bank to buy huge amounts of government bonds, flooding the economy with euros in the process, which would tend to favor inflation (and thus counteract deflation).
It remains to be seen which of these scenarios is borne out.


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St. Germain Cocktail.
The Juice of 1/2 Lemon.
The Juice of 1/4 Grapefruit.
The White or 1 Egg.
1 Liqueur Glass Green Chartreuse. (1 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Woo! On to the "S" Cocktails! I may actually finish this damn Stomp Through the Savoy Cocktail Book, afterall!
The odd thing about the St. Germain cocktail, is the Green Chartreuse is so high proof that it really doesn't get much foam. The egg white contributes body, but very little else.
If you like Green Chartreuse, this is a nice sour. If you don't like Green Chartreuse, this may not be a cocktail for you. It's no Last Word, not a cocktail to convert anyone.
Tasty, though.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Al Mansfeld, Architect (1912–2004)
Born in St. Petersburg in 1912, Alfred Mansfeld came to Germany as a child, trained as an architect in Berlin and Paris, and moved to Palestine in 1935. While teaching at the Technion in Haifa, he also maintained an active architectural practice and invented his own language of international modernism for the region, of which the Israel Museum is perhaps the finest example. When the idea of building a new national museum in Jerusalem was realized in the early 1960s, Mansfeld was awarded the commission, together with interior designer Dora Gad, and the first buildings of the Israel Museum were inaugurated on May 11, 1965; a year later, the two were awarded the Israel Prize for Architecture for their design of the Museum.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Top: General View with Crusader's Monastery.
Bottom: View from South, Al Mansfeld, 1975.
Replicating in modular modernism a design system that would relate to the way in which a Mediterranean village might grow organically on the Museum's site atop Neveh Sha'anan, the Hill of Tranquility, Mansfeld devised a modular unit, 11.2 meters square, that could be constructed independently or in combination with additional units. The roof of each module floats on a single central column, enabling a clerestory of light to separate the seemingly levitated roof slab from the free-standing walls of each modular enclosure, constructed of form-cast concrete clad with Jerusalem stone.
The renewed Upper Entrance Hall at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem,
featuring highlights from the Contemporary and Israeli Art collections.
Photo © Tim Hursley, courtesy of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
The Museum's Upper Entrance Hall – originally the main entrance to the galleries and today preserved as a tribute to Mansfeld's architectural achievement – combines four such modules, the largest massing of these forms on the campus. Its roof floats above four columns; light enters from above on the east, south, and west, and through a full-height glass curtain wall on the north, facing the Knesset on the adjacent hill. The conservation of this space recognizes and celebrates the lasting power of Mansfeld's vision for a Mediterranean modernist language – a language linking the Museum to the period in which it was created, while also reflecting the universal and timeless nature of its encyclopedic mission.
Building upon the achievement of Mansfeld's opus, the 2010 renewal of the Museum's campus was designed by James Carpenter Design Associates, New York, and Efrat-Kowalsky Architects, Tel Aviv, with A. Lerman Architects, Tel Aviv, to reinforce and resonate with the character of Mansfeld's original plan.


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Chinese characters representing "Dàishǔ", which translates as 'Kangaroo'.
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, THQ and SCi announced today that they have secured the Constantine movie talent to be featured in the game, based on the upcoming film from Warner Bros. Pictures.
Keanu Reeves, Tilda Swinton, Gavin Rossdale and Max Baker have their likenesses recreated, and players will be able to assume the title role of the film's protagonist John Constantine (Reeves) in the game.
Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo Hellblazer graphic novels and Warner Bros. feature film, the supernatural thriller Constantine tells the story of John Constantine, a man who has literally been to hell and back. When he teams up with skeptical policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists just beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.
Constantine is a third-person action game taking you to the dregs of "Hell L.A." and the depths of its demonic world, with bullets flying and no mercy given as you seek answers to this mystery. Closely following the movie script, Constantine will move between the planes of Earth and "Hell L.A." where you will fend off monsters from the movie, as well as all new creatures exclusive to the game. Players will encounter an arsenal of horrific artifacts including The Crucifier, the Holy Shotgun, and the Shroud of Moses.
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The One Centime coin was the smallest circulating denomination of the Swiss Franc from its inception in 1850 until it was demonetised at the end of 2006. Given that Switzerland has four official languages, the sub-unit of the Franc has four different names; it is centime (c.) in French, Rappen (Rp.) in German, centesimo (ct.) in Italian and rap (rp.) in Romansh. Some English-language catalogues call the coin a "1 Rappen" coin, but the English-language publications of the Swiss National Bank and Swissmint prefer the word "1 centime".
Swissmint states that the first version of the coin was designed by Alexander Hutter and engraved by Jean-Jacques Barre of Monnaie de Paris (the Paris Mint), where Swiss coins were struck for the first couple of years after their introduction. This was used for almost a century until, in November 1947, the Swiss Federal Mint (now Swissmint) put out a call for new designs of the one and two centime coins, for which Josef Tannheimer won the first prize. Starting in 1948, these coins were minted with his designs, until they were discontinued in 2006 and 1974 respectively. Coins carrying the first design were demonetised on 1st February 1952.
The 1-centime coin was still produced until 2006, albeit in ever decreasing quantities, but its importance declined. Those who could justify the use of 1-centime coins for monetary purposes could obtain them at face value; any other user (such as collectors) had to pay an additional four centimes per coin to cover the production costs, which had exceeded the actual face value of the coin for many years. The coin fell into disuse in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but was only officially fully withdrawn from circulation and declared to be no longer legal tender on 1 January 2007.
Thus, coins issued in 1987 circulated for 19 years.
The obverse features at its centre the Swiss cross only. The legend · HELVETIA · (larger than on earlier coins) is around above, separated by dots from the date 1987 around below.
The reverse features at its centre the numeral 1 representing the value, partly overlaid on an ear of wheat. The mint mark B of Swissmint (previously known as the Bern / Berne Mint or the Federal Mint of Switzerland) is under the value.
The Swissmint report lists mintage of 1,028,000 and also lists 19,100 "Stempelglanz" (brilliant uncirculated) coins in the year's mint sets plus 8,800 "Polierte Platte" (proofs) in the year's proof sets. It is not clear if coins in sets have been calculated into the main figure of 1,028,000, but it seems probable that this is the case (and the total is rounded to the nearest 1,000).
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Sable Hunt Package
- ALL INCLUSIVE (no daily fees)
- 3 days/ 2 nights
- $1,000 deposit booking fee
- Lodging
- Meals
- Stocked bar for after the hunt
- 1 on 1 guide service
- Ranch transportation
- Complete trophy care (field dressing, caping, and quartering of meat for transportation)
- Trophy Bass Fishing
- Rifle and archery range
Not Included
- Texas hunting license/permits
- Gratuities for guides and staff
About the MPR Sable Hunt
The Salbe's native habitat can be found in East to Southeast Asia. An antelope with black fur and underbelly stripes and long, ringed and curved-back horns, a Texas Sable hunt is the perfect addition to your Texas hunting experience. At MPR, we offer several approaches to hunting this exotic game. Whether safari style, spot and stalk, or sitting patiently in a blind, you'll experience the ultimate exotic game hunt right here in Texas.
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Freshman Missy Franklin won three events as the top-ranked Cal women's swimming and diving team cruised 229-69 over Arizona State on Friday at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
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10 Best Video Game Endings Ever
Here we have a list of the 10 best video game endings. They made you laugh, they made you cry, and they made you think twice about trading in that disk.
Endings are the most important part of any story. Some people will say the beginning and the middle are just as important, but they all write crap stories. The end is the culmination of the beginning and the middle, so of course it has to be more exciting and enlightening than anything that has come before. Video games become more of a storytelling medium with each year. Each new title holds the promise of a grand interactive movie capable of acrobatic feats of storytelling.
Here's our list for the 10 best video game endings:
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Gears of War 3
What else could be said about an incredible trilogy of games. Gears of War 3 wraps up the engaging story of a group of marines defending against the onslaught of marauding aliens. But, Gears did it with a sense of heavy handed grace and solemnity. It ends on a reflective note after Adam fades to dust and Marcus reflects on the sacrifices of comrades. Just becuase an ending is somber does not mean that it doesn't belong on the list of 10 Best Video Game endings. A good tragedy is just as good as a good comedy.
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Final Fantasy X
After an amazing journey through Spira in the quest to defeat the beastly Sin, Tidus and his crew come to find what is at the root of the endless cycle of death and rebirth of the terrible being. Obviously our heroes defeat Yu Yevon and the Zanarkand that was being dreamed fades away with Auron who had died many years before. That also means that Tidus may never have existed. But, post credits, you're treated to the vision of the famous Blitzball player swimming. So maybe the boy with the terrible laugh survived after all.
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Mass Effect 2
Sometimes an ending isn't an ending. Sometimes it is just the beginning. With the conclusion of the epic Mass Effect 2, Shepherd doesn't get a chance to relax at home aboard the Normandy. Instead, he has to prepare to defend humanity, the newest target of the the Collectors. The Reapers have awakened in Dark Space and are heading for the galaxy. This ending only sets the stage for higher stakes and leaves you with a sense of excitement. If only that could be said for Mass Effect 3, which will not be making our 10 best video game endings list.
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Chrono Trigger
After dozens of hours spent with Crono, Marle, and Lucca, you've become a little bit attached to them. What better way to end a game than with a festival where a time portal opens and Crono's mother wanders in. Who wouldn't be ready for anothe adventure? But, if you used the Epoch in the end, you'll be treated to Crono and Marle floating off into the moonlight. Come on, who doesn't like a sappy ending to a good RPG?
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Portal 2
The fantastic sequel to Portal has one of the 10 Best Video Game Endings. After reuniting with GLaDOS who now resides in a potato at the end of your portal gun, you get to send that dithering, backstabbing British AI core blasting into the cold of space where he belongs. Once again GLaDOS is in charge, and you're serenaded by a few dozen adorable little turrets on your way up to the wheat fields that have grown above the disused lab. Wheat fields... Wheatley... I get what you did Valve, very clever.
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Besides being one of the best puzzle games ever concieved, Portal had an amazing ending to it's simple story. You get to dismember that rude AI bit by bit and watch her fall apart. You finally escape Aperature out into the light of the world only to be knocked down and dragged back under for more testing. This might seem a bit unsatisfying, but who wouldn't want to delve back into the labs for some more testing. But, it wouldn't be the same with that silky voice hurling insults at you. I would also be remiss if I didn't touch on the greatest credits song ever conceived. Go on, sing along.
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Whichever ending you get in Bioshock, you are sure to be satisfied. Once Atlas reveals his true self and you make your way to finally end Fontaine's reign over Rapture, you can really bask in the end of your incredible journey through corrption and philosophy. It was also awesome to see all the Little Sisters you saved come to your aid with their foot long needles. For multiple endings each as good as the other, Bioshock lands a spot on our 10 best video game endings list list.
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Uncharted 2
The Uncharted games are known for their grand and adventurous stories, but the second in the series really hits home as an almost perfect ending. The final reveal of the city of Shambala and the resting place of the Cintamani Stone are incredible eye candy. As with any great adventure story, the crazed warlord is defeated, the magic relic too powerful for man is lost, and the city where it resided is destroyed in a way that the hero can leap to safety within seconds of the last bit of road falling away. Reunited with his one and only companion Elena, Drake make the required witty adventure hero remark and the credits roll. Uncharted 2 is what Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of the Crystal Skull should have been.
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Shadow of the Colossus
No other game makes you feel more horrible about yourself as you ride through the barren landscape in search of giant wandering animals to stab to death. A piece of you dies with each giant beast in your quest to save the girl. This strange feeling of conflict comes to a very stage culmination, when you find out that you are not in fact the hero, but the villain. Upon returning to the temple after killing the final living mountain, you are transformed into a giant shadow beast looking to wreak destruction on the newly arrived heroes. It all culminates in you being sucked into a vortex. This turn of character polarity may seem unfulfilling, but like the rest of this unconventional game, it serves to heighten the sparse and brilliant story.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Quite possibly the best game ever created and bestowed upon gamers of any age, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has one of the most satisfying conclusions ever played. After making your way through the castle to defeat Ganondorf, you then have to run your little green booties all the way through the crumbling castle only to have to destroy his final form. Once Ganon is vanquished, only then are the sages safe and balance restored to Hyrule. All throughout the credits, you're treated to the denizens of the land all rejoicing. But, the most satisfying part comes after the credits. Link returns the Master Sword to its home in the Temple of Time and becomes a child once again. You're left with a retread of the iconic moment of Link meeting Zelda for the first time. Only this time, the've seen themselves old but can now make up for lost time and share a childhood together.