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Apple aired a new commercial for the iPod on Wednesday night, which was the first new iPod ad since November of last year, according to TBWA/Media Arts Lab, the agency behind it.
The commercial is the latest sign that Apple isn't giving up on the 11-year old product just yet. Apple announced a major refresh of the iPod line last month, updating the iPod Touch with a bigger screen and several new color offerings, and releasing a much thinner iPod Nano with built-in fitness features.
The iPod re-energized Apple's brand in the early 2000's and helped kick start its transformation from struggling has-been to the world's most valuable company. In recent years though, the iPod has taken a back seat behind Apple's two other hugely successful mobile i-Products, the iPhone and iPad. The ads showing silhouettes dancing to music on their iPods are a distant memory, replaced now by lonely celebrities yammering to Siri on the iPhone.
Even though the iPhone and iPad now account for far more of Apple's revenue than the iPod, the line of music players does still have a role to play in Apple's business.
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For the most part, iPod sales have declined year-over-year since 2008 — the year after Apple released the original iPhone — but the product still brings in more than $1 billion in revenue each quarter for the company.
Apple sold 6.8 million iPods in the June quarter of this year, resulting in $1.06 billion in revenue. That represents about 3% of Apple's overall $35 billion in revenue for the quarter, but it's still more than the company makes from software and peripherals.
However, those numbers don't give a complete picture about the value of the iPod.
Dominating the MP3 Player Market
As Apple pointed out in its last earnings call, the iPod continues to dominate the market for portable music players, making up more than 70% of the market in the U.S. Some might roll their eyes at the idea that Apple touts being the leader of a market that it itself is cannibalizing. That said, the iPod continues to be one of the leading ways that people consume music.
According to the most recent data from the NPD Group, 43% of online users 13 and older listen to music on portable music players, a category that does not include smartphones or tablets. The same percentage of those surveyed say they consume music through online radio services. So the iPod dominates a means of music consumption that is as popular as Pandora and Spotify.
Russ Crupnick, an analyst covering the entertainment and music industries for NPD Group, suggests that part of the reason for this is that many consumers continue to prefer to have a "dedicated music device" for specific use cases.
"Apple has usage situations that are unique to the form factor of the iPod," Crupnick told Mashable. For example, many consumers may be more comfortable taking the iPod Shuffle to the gym than their iPhone, for fear of losing or breaking the latter, not to mention the fact that the Shuffle is smaller.
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Perhaps the biggest reason that the iPod is still useful to Apple is that it serves as a gateway to its brand, and more importantly, its ecosystem of products.
Crupnick and NPD have found that the iPod and iPod Touch are far more popular among children 14 and younger than the iPhone, iPad or Android smartphones. In total, about 28% of U.S. households surveyed by NPD say their children use iPods and iPod Touches regularly, compared to 7.4% for iPhone and 7.5% for iPad. The iPod Touch is particularly popular among those at the upper end of that age bracket.
"When the kid starts to get older and deserves their own device, parents aren't spending the money on a full-blown tablet, or on a data plan, but an iPod Touch is a perfect compromise," Crupnick said. As a result, he says that the iPod gives Apple a way to reach younger consumers.
Children aren't the only demographic that Apple can reach with the iPod. As Crupnick points out, half of Americans still don't own smartphones. "There are lots of people who think the economics of a smartphone don't make sense, or they don't have a need for it, or else the kids are a little too young or the adults are a little too old," Crupnick says. For many of these consumers, an iPod — or more likely an iPod Touch — can serve as a substitute.
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Port Neches Council Woman Adds to Impressive Resume
It was a regular Thursday for Julie Gauthier and her family on May 19. Work, school and a dance recital for 4-year-old Claire in the evening were part of the day's festivities.
But Thursday also had something special in store for bot h the citizens of Port Neches and the Gauthier family as the 34-year-old Port Neches native was only the second woman in the 102-year history of the city to be sworn in to the city council. Former mayor and city council member Frances Monk was the first woman to join the council according to Jamie Louviere, Port Neches City Secretary.
With her husband of 10 years, Blake, their two children, Jake, 8 and Claire watching in the first row of the council chambers and her parents, the honorable Leonard Giblin and wife Diane also witnessing their daughter make history; Gauthier added another achievement to an already sterling resume.
"I'm not surprised at all, she's always been very task-oriented, and when she's says she's going to do something, she gets it done ahead of time," said Dr. Lani Randall, a former superintendent of the Port Neches-Groves school district who has known Gauthier for more than a decade.
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A newcomer to the political arena, Gauthier stressed during her campaign that sitting on city council wasn't a career choice but an opportunity to serve the citizens of Port Neches. So, with 12 years under her belt of serving students and their parents in the Port Neches-Groves school district, Gauthier, whose father Leonard Giblin served as a county and state district judge for more than 25 years, got the political itch to reach out to all Port Neches residents and announced she'd oppose Matt Vincent, a 12-year veteran of the city council who had never faced an opponent.
"I told her to go for it," said Blake of his advice to his wife when she suggested the idea of running for council.
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Her answer was simple – "you did it" – referring to the times he ran for both county and state judge positions – and that was enough to convince Giblin that his daughter was ready to jump into politics.
But before his daughter embarked on her political journey, Giblin offered her some crucial advice.
"Do everything you can while you're campaigning," said the retired judge, "do all the stuff you're supposed to do, contact as many people as you can. Work as hard as you can on the election, and then whatever happens; you've done all you could do. Don't wake up after the election and say 'I wish I would've done one more thing."
And according to the results on Election Day, where Gauthier enjoyed a decisive 936 vote to 506 vote advantage over Vincent, it was evident that the Gauthier campaign took her dad's advice.
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But she credits a lot of her success to those around her in her campaign.
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"It takes a lot of work and organization, and you've got to have a lot of people you can depend on to help you through it," Gauthier said. "But I had a great time doing it, met lots of great people and it was interesting to get out and learn more about your city and what the thoughts are of the residents of the city and where they want the city to go."
With the campaign over, her first election under her belt and even her first council meeting out of the way, the tireless Gauthier said she's going to have no trouble balancing her busy life between work, family and now the city of Port Neches.
"I've always been good at balancing and multi-tasking in my life," said Gauthier, "I'm a very organized person, so I know how to keep things in perspective and use my time wisely. I have a lot of support from my husband; my parents and in-laws are huge supporters, so we get it done."
As for what the future holds for Gauthier, who holds the distinction of being an educator and politician, she's taking a measured approach.
"I haven't really thought that far yet," she said, "I'm taking it one step at a time, and where I'm at now, we'll re-evaluate three years from now and see where I want to go. If the city still wants me to represent them as their councilwoman, then I'll be more than happy to do that."


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A profile of staff members at the Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County, which handles child sexual abuse cases in the Greater Taunton and Fall River regions.
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Michelle Loranger
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"I joke that I do janitorial work and board development and everything in between," Loranger said.
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Whiskey Wednesday: WhiskyLive 2010
Last week was the second annual WhiskyLive Los Angeles, sponsored by the good folks at Whisky Magazine. This year, the festival moved from the Santa Monica Civic Center to the more centrally located (and much more posh) Beverly Wilshire Hotel. While it lacked some of the more casual atmosphere of last year's event, the whisky was good and there was a wide variety of it to be had.
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As usual, apart from the tasting floor, there were masterclasses dedicated to specific distilleries. For the true whiskey geek, there was the class by High West's David Perkins (bottles pictured above). Perkins not only offered tastings of two of his newest whiskeys which aren't on the market yet, but ran a "virtual distillery," in which he provided samples from the various phases of distillation, including the heads, heart and tails, and explained how distillers make the all important cut that creates good whiskey. It was a fascinating experience and went far beyond the basic brand promotion that is the norm for most masterclasses.
Next up in the fall tasting lineup is the Scotch Malt Whisky Society's Extravaganza on November 18.
Labels: Drinks, Tastings, Whiskey, Whisky Live
3 comments:
I've been pretty impressed with both High West's sourced whiskeys and their own-made products. The Silver Oat may be the most unique white dog I've ever experienced (I mean that in a good way!), and I wish them all the best. I'm glad they gave you a good experience, too.
- October 25, 2010 at 6:27 PM
Whoops! Got too busy and totally missed out this year on this. Thanks for the report Sku. Interesting to see more American Whiskey this time, because last year it was sparse. This will give me extra incentive to make it next year!
I'm also a fan of the Silver Oat! Tastes like bananas!
- November 7, 2010 at 1:02 PM
- sku said...
Hey Fussy, sorry you missed it. You could still make the Scotch Malt Whisky Extravaganza on November 18.
- November 8, 2010 at 8:01 PM
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Additionally, Xmarks supports profile synchronization, so you can have one set of bookmarks for home and another for the office. This way you can keep all of your time-wasting games in your home profile, and keep your company intranet in your work profile.
All of these features are useful, but many of them are duplicated in Foxmarks, even if they're not integrated to the experience. Where Xmarks really shines is in its newest features: the ability to synchronize bookmarks across multiple browsers and platforms (including mobile devices), its site information tool, and its search enhancements.
Similar to StumbleUpon, Xmarks provides detailed information on any site you visit and suggests similar sites that you might enjoy based on the content of the sites you're browsing. Where Xmarks beats StumbleUpon however is that this information is built into the Xmarks browser plug-in, and Xmarks makes recommendations based on other user's bookmarks, tags, and ratings. You can participate by tagging your bookmarked sites and rating them; Xmarks then adds your preferences to its database and uses the collective wisdom to target its suggestions.
For example, if you're a fan of AppScout, Xmarks thinks you might also like Gearlog, Extremetech, and DownloadSquad; all good suggestions. If you're passionate about a site, you can even write a review of it for others to see when they click the Xmarks icon in their location bar. The Xmarks icon brings down a pane that shows you all of the site information for a specific URL, including reviews, tags, ratings, and an indicator of how many people have the site bookmarked. Xmarks uses the bookmarks of other Xmarks and Foxmarks users to power its suggestion engine.
Finally, when you perform Google searches, Xmarks marks your top three search results with Xmarks icons that you can click to see site information before you visit the site. This way you can tell which of your results are sites people actually find useful.
Xmarks could be a significant turning point for Foxmarks. Stretching out into multiple browsers and adding a wealth of features could make the utility more than just a bookmark backup and sync tool. The smart search and site info features are compelling enough on their own, but the fact that the suggestions are made based on a database of real user reviews, ratings, and bookmarks makes it even more accurate and useful. Additionally, all of these features are duplicated on the mobile and Web versions of the Xmarks site. If you're a Firefox user, you can grab the Xmarks extension now and give it a try. IE and Safari users will have to wait a bit until plug-ins are ready.


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BMW adds a new 1-Series in 128i or 135i coupe and convertible versions for 2008.
After selling about 335,000 cars in the U.S. last year, BMW is counting on the 1-Series to help it break the 400,000 barrier—and the sooner the better.
Some see the 1-Series as the low-priced initiation into the BMW performance club. Others see it as just another high-performance member of the family, only smaller than the compact 3-Series, with wheelbase shorter by 4 inches, length by 8 and width by 2.
The 128i has the same 3-liter, 230-horsepower inline 6 cylinder as the larger 328i coupe, and the 135i boasts the 3-liter, 300-h.p. twin-turbo inline 6 from the 335i coupe.
We tested the 135i, which comes dressed with rear spoiler and side skirts. Its sticker is also shorter: roughly $8,000 less than a comparably equipped 335i.
Top speed is electronically limited to 149 m.p.h.. Where you can do 149 m.p.h., of course, is even more limited than that.
BMW boasts zero- to 60-m.p.h. acceleration of 5.1 seconds. We were unable to verify the claim despite several attempts. It seems the the speedo needle had crossed the 80 or 90 m.p.h. mark whenever we tried to check on 60. Oops.
Credit acceleration that's so smooth and quiet, so shake and shudder free in a rock-solid, rear-wheel-drive sports subcompact that it takes a moment to realize just how quickly the trees are passing in the opposite direction.
It's obvious the 135i isn't an entry-level car, and best BMW not try to promote it as such. Several years ago Porsche added a low-cost 924 to get more folks into the sports car family. But that put Porsche owners' skivvies in a knot and protesting the cheapo version, saying if anyone could afford one why not just call it a Chevy. The 924 didn't last long.
This is a car for enthusiasts. Not just quick on straightaways, but also agile in corners thanks to the sports-tuned suspension and 18-inch performance tires. Those "summer tires," however, better be replaced with all-season or snow tires in the winter unless you answer the phone "Aloha." All-seasons are a no-cost option, but we suspect many enthusiasts will take the summer treads and buy a set of winter tires on their own.
Also gluing the 1-Series to the pavement is the sports suspension. Stability control with traction control ensures you go where pointed. Those who envision serpentine travel around bright orange pylons at competitive events will be pleased. No free lunch, of course, because ride is a little stiff and counting tar marks you cross in the road will become a pastime.
The 135i seats four, in theory. But when you give up 8 inches in length and 2 in width, a sacrifice has to be made and the 1-Series makes it in the back seat. When granddaughters Ashley and Haylie were asked to slip into steerage on the way home from school, the two noted the mission was nearly impossible. The engineers, it seems, had forgotten to allow legroom—for second and third graders. That explains why the front seats don't slide far enough forward to create an aisle to even let you get in back.
Yet the trunk is huge and will devour all the luggage you can feed it.
Luggage 1, Legs 0.
Nice touches include free oil changes, brake pads, wiper-blade inserts and other wear-and-tear items for four years or 50,000 miles and BMW Assist, an emergency satellite tracking and response system like GM's OnStar, that's optional at $750 for four years or included in the $3,300 premium package.
A gripe, other than rear seat snugness, is the single cupholder on a stalk sticking out the right side of the center console. It's too big, too bulky and too high. But BMW offers a solution: "Give it a hard yank" to remove it.
The 135i starts at $34,900, versus $28,600 for the 128i. Standard equipment includes AM/FM stereo with CD/MP3 player audio, adaptive headlamps with automatic leveling and cornering, head-lamp washers, power moonroof/locks/windows/mirrors/seats, four-wheel anti-lock brakes and side-curtain air bags.
Besides the stigma of entry-level, options quickly wipe out any pretenses, with $3,300 for a premium package in which the most "premium" feature is heated front seats. Then there's $2,100 for a navi system, $1,275 for the automatic trans, $1,000 for the sports suspension and bolstered seats, and $400 for an iPod/USB adapter. Though a $34,900 base, when the options were all added, the sticker neared the $46,000 mark.
This baby should come with a silver spoon.
The 1-Series went on sale in mid-March and sold 1,500 copies in the first 10 days.
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Jason Kottke blogs at Kottke.org and every once in awhile he shows up on Bullseye to tell us about the best stuff on the web. This week Kottke points us toward some of his all-time favorites: The Wire Bible and Survival Tips for the Middle Ages.
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Bob Newhart is an actor, stand-up and legend of American comedy. A pioneer comedian in every sense, Bob began his comedy career when he and a friend improvised over-the-phone comedy routines to kill boredom at work, and subsequently sold the bits to radio stations. The "phone sketch" would be a schtick that would last throughout Newhart's career, and featured quite prominently in the release of his 1960 comedy album debut Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart. The album was an unprecedented hit as a comedy recording, outselling Elvis Presley and winning the Grammy for Album of the Year. Its success eventually led Newhart to television, first with a variety sketch show in the early '60s, and then a pair of sitcoms: The Bob Newhart Show in the 1970s, and Newhart in the early '80s.
Bob joins us to reflect on his comedy career, from how he honed his craft as a solo straightman -- leaving the wild responses on the other end of his phone conversations entirely in the minds of the audience -- to what keeps him going today when he's accomplished so much as a performer. Newhart still performs dozens of nights a year as a stand-up, while acting in both film and television. You can find him at BobNewhart.com. This interview originally aired April 3, 2012.
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Has the Almighty ever swayed athletic outcomes? Does He even care for sports at all? Get the straight truth from The Man Himself. The answer may surprise you.
This excerpt is from The Last Testament: A Memoir By God, with David Javerbaum.
David Javerbaum is an Emmy-winning comedy writer and former executive producer of The Daily Show. You can see more of his work with God on Twitter @TheTweetofGod.
Our voice of God is provided by comedian and Funny or Die writer Seth Morris, who is also on Twitter @SethISMorris. This segment originally aired April 3, 2012.
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Christofer and Benjamin Wagner are brothers and the co-directors of the documentary Mister Rogers & Me, about children's television personality Fred Rogers, and the effect he had on the lives of generations of kids. For Ben -- who moonlights as a documentarian between his day-job as an executive with MTV News -- it was a project that began more than ten years ago, when he discovered Mister Rogers really was his neighbor, living next door to him at a vacation home in Nantucket, MA. Rogers' heartfelt sincerity, and his ability to truly live in the moment, compelled Ben to learn more about the man and about the countless lives he'd forever changed.
The Wagner Brothers sit down with Jesse to discuss the film, the overwhelming experience of meeting Mr. Rogers in person, and the way he helped so many grow up in ways they might not even have noticed. Mister Rogers & Me is available now on DVD. This interview originally aired April 3, 2012.
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On The Outshot this week, Jesse looks back on the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and finds his favorite film of the fest is only now getting the theatrical release it so richly deserves. The film is Boy, from Māori writer/director/star Taika Waititi. It tells the story of a young Māori boy named, well... Boy. Boy is given the chance to reconnect with his deadbeat father (Waititi) after years apart, as Dad's been away in jail. You can see and hear our interview with Taika Waititi and James Rolleston here.
It's a story bursting with youthful optimism, while the darkness of adulthood creeps in around the edges. It's screening this summer in theaters around the country. This segment originally aired April 3, 2012.
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The Followers of Xukthalas - Watchers of Night -
Xukthalas is the large moon that rises in the nights after the brothers, Gotruis and Perteum, disappear and rest. He works and tries to undo both brother's plots for his own designs for rule. Where the two brothers see the people of Hewdamia as pawns on a chess board that are just there for their own designs and desires, Xukthalas looks down on them as children that need to be taken care of before they hurt themselves. While he is not overly kind to them, he sees what he does as a service to them and if one of them should die because of one of his actions then so be it. He did what he could, they brought it on themselves. They are only mortal after all and incapable of understand His concepts. Xukthalas normally would not choose a favorite among the mortals, but the Sslassti tend to get the most leniency from him most of all.
Xukthalas came around the time of Sethalis and the other new Gods. Because of his constant vigilance, his body hardened and he is now the moon that circles the world. He sits back and tries to leave all alone to the other Gods, but will sometimes play a hand at keeping the world the same as it was when he joined the celestial bodies. He sees the mortals below as children that need guidance and help through life. He does little to help them, that most people see, but he stands a constant vigil over the world and waits for the other Gods to change the world he sees as being perfect. He will act when something changes and attempt to return it to its natural order. He is neither good natured or evil, he is about as unopinionated as one of the Gods can get. He will act in whichever way will return the world to its supposed natural order. The time when He plays a part can be seen when He stands between the two brothers and the world of Hewdamia. He hides the world from their eyes and does his work in secret and comfort knowing that all is as it should be.
Doctrine - All of Xukthalas's followers are neutral in their opinions. Waiting to see which side has the better claim or argument before they act. They will not act in anger or hatred, but sometimes their actions seem vile or evil. They are uncaring of their actions, only that in their eyes their actions are correct. They will never side with any one side in a conflict. They will wait and see which side of the balance is being disrupted and then act. If morality is in danger, they will act to save it. If diabolical intentions are being destroyed, they will act to preserve them. They choose no sides and harbor no ill will toward anyone. Whatever their God says to do, they act and do it.
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Breakdown of the religious Order - The priesthood is well organized; the exact balance between male and female is always even. The structure is broken down in a simple way compared to the other religions. There are no Covens to separate the followers. Everyone does everything. Whatever is required at the moment. They are all devoted to their God and will act in whichever manner He so chooses. It will be difficult to correctly play a member of this religion unless everyone is of this following. Therefore this religion is normally reserved for an NPC character, or someone that the G.O.D. seems fit enough to control them.
While they seem like the most disorganized group of any of the other religious followers, they are the exact opposite. Their view on religion and other aspects that cloud the mind of the other groups tends to be a little on the confusing side since they focus more on study and keeping the balance as they call it even.
They understand that should one side of the gods become more dominant the world will waiver and relity will shatter. They act to preserve this equality. They are viewed with suspician and have many rumors about their dark practices, however they do not worship evil or good.
Priests of this religion tend to have more advisors to kings than any other priest. Their view of a step back and overview is far different from the others. Even the usual indecisive advisor. While not indecisive, they do have a rather peculiar outlook and view of the world being that they feel they are here to stop the gods from wiping the slate clean and starting over. Hence why they try to keep the balance.
They feel their god is the mediator between the others. He is the older brother of sorts who steps in to calm and difuse quarrals before the escalate. They see him as the opinionated diety who wishes to protect the world from harm, but by doing so harm must be done to keep the eyes of the childish gods from paying to close attention to the others motives.
And while they do not choose sides, they have been known to start conflicts of mass porportions just to correct a wrong or a right. They care little for the populace of the world and only that by doing their gods bidding they keep the other gods from causing havoc on the world and tearing it appart.
While true neutral dieties (D&D.. .gasp…) believed in gods of neutrality I do not. I do not see them as being neutral but having a defined purpose that is to fold.


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RSGB News - UK
Jeremy Boot, G4NJH runs "The G4NJH Pages" in the UK, updated monthly at http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ and various other interest pages too: Robert Burns, Guy Fawkes, St George and the Dragon and Wollaton Park (all from the same URL). He lives in Nottingham UK, which is in the E Midlands, 130 miles north of London. He writes articles on Internet and Amateur Radio for a UK Publication, Ham Radio Today. Every week the RSGB produces a News Bulletin for Radio Amateurs and Short Wave listeners. They are read live on Sundays (usually) by a team of readers throughout the UK on HF, VHF and above. The text is available on the RSGB Site. This service in Real Audio allows you to hear the news at any time and even to download the files for future use. Many countries including the US, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand as well as Europe and the UK take part or whole bulletins for retransmission on their own services. For the last 4 years he has been reading these bulletins in Real Audio which has made them more widely heard than before. There have even been extracts on HCJB from Ecuador! Feel free to re-broadcast outside the UK, but as a courtesy please email to let him know.


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Was playing TS4 a week or so before I ended up in the hospital, and thought I'd upload him. The real Rob is a member of the group Home Free (https://www.youtube.com/user/HomeFreeVocalBand).
I was looking through the unplayed Sims in my Challengeville map, and found one that stopped me short, because he looked so much like Rob! So I took him into CaS, and here's the result.
Rob is a Young Adult, a Musical Genius, a Music Lover, Family-Oriented, and a Foodie.
You can find Rob in-game, by going to the Gallery using my ID (lindawing), and looking for Rob Lundquist. Or you can find him by going to the online gallery, here: https://www.thesims.com/gallery/04C4B6C ... axis=false
He's not the most accurate, but he's not bad, either.


text: Show Hide image Politics 19 December 2012 Commons Confidential: Dave the party pooper The battle of the Christmas drinks parties. Sign-up "The Prime Minister requests the pleasure of the company of Kevin Maguire . . ." So read the invitation to Downing Street meeja drinks. Pleasure? I doubt it. More necessity when David Cameron's bidding was extended to the Westminster lobby, of which yours truly is a member. But Flashman must really hate Ed Balls. The hastily arranged No 10 reception coincided with festive drinks announced a fortnight earlier by the shadow chancellor. The Buller Boy hoped to lure hacks away from an opponent who constantly winds him up with hand signals. Downing Street's Mr Temper Tantrum is still furious he was rebuked by the Speaker for calling Balls a "muttering idiot". I gave George Osborne's kids' Christmas party at No 11 a wide berth. Osborne posing, all avuncular, with kids of political hacks while grabbing cash from hard-pressed families would've been too much to stomach. The joy of working in the Palace of Westminster is what you hear from bumping into people. This year's initiation ceremony to join the Bullingdon Club, disclosed an Oxford student who has a chum in that oafish society, was to burn a £50 note in front of a beggar. I wonder if Dave and George, Boris, too, swell with pride, recalling how they were all into this hooray henrying together before imposing austerity on low- and middle-earning Britons. The Tory Boy Andrew Griffiths, one of Cameron's arrogant young thrusters, sounded a tad delusional during the Christmas bash of the all-party Beer Group. Jonathan Neame, boss of family brewing firm Shepherd Neame, recalled with contentment how "James Bond now has a beer instead of a dry Martini" in Skyfall. Heineken poured a lot of money into that product placement. Immodest Griffiths responded with a statement of such superfluous conceit, it was more Johnny English than 007: "I want to quash the rumour that even though James Bond is a beer drinker I'm going to be the next James Bond." I'm sure Daniel Craig would like to end any idle speculation that he may stand for parliament in Burton. Demands from constituencies and charities for raffle prizes of bottles of whisky, often signed by the PM or a party leader, are an occupational hazard for MPs. The £30 cost is unclaimable on expenses and the annual bill runs into hundreds of pounds. Steve McCabe, the genial Birmingham Selly Oak MP with a burr unsmoothed by 35 years out of Port Glasgow, told a tale of a Scottish Labour comrade with a reputation for parsimony. The MP retired and his successor willingly supplied whisky for a fundraising draw. "Och, ah see they now dae full size bottles," observed the local worthy. The new MP asked: "Whit dae ye mean?" "Yer predecessor," answered the worthy, "said they only sauld miniatures in the Commons." Tories in Clacton voted for a five-year residency criterion before people moving into the area qualify for support. A case of The Only Way Isn't Essex? Most Clacton residents seem originally from London anyway. Kevin Maguire is associate editor (politics) of the Daily Mirror Kevin Maguire is Associate Editor (Politics) on the Daily Mirror and author of our Commons Confidential column on the high politics and low life in Westminster. An award-winning journalist, he is in frequent demand on television and radio and co-authored a book on great parliamentary scandals. He was formerly Chief Reporter on the Guardian and Labour Correspondent on the Daily Telegraph. Subscribe £1 per month This article first appeared in the 24 December 2012 issue of the New Statesman, Brian Cox and Robin Ince guest edit SUBSCRIBE More


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|Mathilde ter HeijnePerforming Change
Edited by Mathilde ter Heijne and Amy Patton
Contributions by Kristine Agergaard, Anke Bagma, Togbé Hounon Hounougbo Bahousou, Elke Bippus, Esma Boz, Sabeth Buchmann, Anselm Franke, Susan Greenwood, Mathilde ter Heijne, Mark Kremer, Christine Litz, Ulrich Meyerratken, Amy Patton, Mamissi Da Povi, Janne Schäfer, Sophia Trollman, Engin Yardımcı
Performing Change, a collection of interviews by artist Mathilde ter Heijne, explores the idea of open-ended, collaborative art processes and their transformative potential beyond the confines of art. Designed as an artist's book and published in conjunction with her exhibition at the Museum für Freie Kunst in Freiburg (November 8, 2014–February 22, 2015), the book shows handwritten revisions, annotations, and drawings from contributors including voodoo priest Togbé Hounon-Hounougbo Bahounsou and priestess Mamissi DaPovi, women from the Kartal Kadın Ürünleri Pazarı (Women's Products Market) in Istanbul, ayahuasca shaman and biologist Ulrich Meyerratken, ceremonial magic anthropologist Susan Greenwood and artists, curators and critics Sabeth Buchmann, Anselm Franke, Elke Bippus, Amy Patton, Mark Kremer, Janne Schäfer, and Kristine Agergaard, with a preface interview by Museum für Freie Kunst curators Christine Litz and Sophia Trollmann.
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One of the most surprising developments in The Avengers, based on early reviews and reactions, is that the Incredible Hulk is finally awesome on the big screen. In fact, it has been said on more than one occasion that the Hulk steals the entire show.
Perhaps as a result of that success, Marvel's President of Consumer Products, Paul Glitter, recently talked about Guillermo del Toro's upcoming television adaptation of The Hulk and spinning it off as a major motion picture in 2015. Scroll down for details.
According to Paul Glitter, courtesy of Forbes:
"[After spinning 'Hulk'] off to a stand-alone [television] program next year, [Marvel will support said program with a big-budget feature film in 2015]."
Aside from the character being well-received in The Avengers, why has Marvel decided to move forward with a third Hulk film when the last two were tepid successes at best – and when Kevin Feige recently claimed they had no plans to do so?
Says Glitter:
"His sales are up in a major way. We repositioned him from where he was always misunderstood to now depicting him in a more heroic and aspirational manner."
Buh? His sales are up in a "major" way? What sales are those exactly? If he's referring to the comic books, The Incredible Hulk and The Hulk placed 37th and 87th, respectively, in March direct market sales. Now, direct sales are admittedly not the be-all, end-all in terms of comic book $$$, but they are indicative of demand for a title.
Sure, it's fair to say that both those books are up from where they were last year (marginally, in The Hulk's case), but if you compare them to where they were two years ago, they're down. Three years ago? Way down. Four years ago? Way, way, way down.
Perhaps the most telling statement from Glitter was one to do with branding:
"There are many opportunities for brands to align with the big commercial in the sky [Gitter's term for blockbuster movies], but we want to develop sustainable relationships [with our promotional partners]."
Of course, there's nothing wrong with making as much money as possible on these films, but I think it's fair to say that we're lucky Marvel chose Joss Whedon to bring The Avengers to the big screen – that is, someone who cares as much about the characters he's developing as he does the money he's receiving. Hopefully, the next Hulk film will be just as fortunate.
Do you want to see a third Hulk film, Screen Ranters? Are some of you still hoping to see The Leader? Let us know in the comments.
The Hulk 3, Incredible Hulk 2 (or whatever it'll be called) may hit theaters in 2015, if all goes well.
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Flabbergasted » May 9th, 2017, 2:17 pm wrote:patrix wrote:It's interesting to note how a controversial subject diet really is.
I don´t have problems with your observations on human diet (many of which are reasonable enough), nor do I reject the possibility that the WHO/FAO/WTO food pyramid is a scam. I was commenting on your fantastical evolutionary scenarios. After all, the thread is about Darwinism and other flawed origin stories.
I see. So "All that sushi you´ve been eating has spirited you into la-la land." was just your way of saying that you think is way to speculative to suggest that a seafood diet (rich in Omega 3 fatty acids) could promote brain growth over time? http://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2 ... me/page-01