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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Lawrence Summers withdrew his name from consideration Sunday to succeed outgoing U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Summers -- a former secretary of the treasury who also served as director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council -- had been widely regarded as a front-runner to succeed Bernanke, who is retiring at the end of the year. However, the prospect of Summers' nomination was not well received among many liberals in and outside of Congress.
He told Obama of his decision in a telephone call Sunday and followed it up with a letter in which he said he has "reluctantly concluded that any possible confirmation process for me would be acrimonious and would not serve the interest of the Federal Reserve, the Administration or, ultimately, the interests of the nation's ongoing economic recovery."
In a statement issued by the White House, Obama said he accepted Summers' decision.
"Larry was a critical member of my team as we faced down the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and it was in no small part because of his expertise, wisdom, and leadership that we wrestled the economy back to growth and made the kind of progress we are seeing today," the president said. "I will always be grateful to Larry for his tireless work and service on behalf of his country, and I look forward to continuing to seek his guidance and counsel in the future."
Fed Vice Chairman Janet Yellen and former Fed Vice Chairman Don Kohn remain as leading contenders to succeed Bernanke, The Washington Post said.
Obama had favored Summers, the newspaper said.
Citing a person close to the White House whose name it did not report, the Post said a Summers nomination would have run into "a perfect storm of bad timing" during Senate consideration of his nomination-- including not only pushback from liberals but also a series of difficult budget issues during the fall.
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anonymous on 10/07/2015
This building is disgusting! there are roaches in the hallways and bedbugs in every single apartment crawling in and out of the doors. Rosa does nothing about this,she brings exterminators in once a year,and it does not help. She thinks her solution is better which would be regular spray for roaches. We have switched out couches about 3 times. She obviously does not care because it's not coming out of her pocket. This building is infested and she does not play fair. She doesn't fix anything in t
he apartments,if something breaks it's on you. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole building filed a case against her.
Anonymous on 08/26/2012
In Chicago, bedbugs are everywhere. Just because people found them in their apartment doesn't mean it is a building problem.
I lived on the third floor of this apartment for a year (2011-2012), and during that time I did discover a bedbug infestation. Roza was very helpful, and within 2 days, a pest control guy was onsite. He steam treated (very important since chemicals DON'T kill eggs) all the furniture, and anything else that may have had bugs. Then he laid down a protective chemical spra
y around the room. Two weeks later, he returned for a follow up treatment. I haven't had a problem since. The problem was dealt with quickly and easily.
Many people who complain about a recurrent problem haven't taken the proper steps. An exterminator is NOT sufficient to solve the problem. Everything must be cleaned, all clothes put in a dryer on high heat, and bedbug covers placed on any mattresses and box springs. An important note: throwing a mattress away just wastes money. If the problem isn't solved in the first go, the bedbugs will just re-infest any new mattress that you get.
Anonymous on 10/12/2011
STAY AWAY FROM THIS BUILDING! We lived on the fourth floor for a year. I had seen a bed bug crawling in the lobby around 10/11, and after about 3 months, found one crawling in our living room. Within weeks we found blood spots on the bed, and I had bites on my arms, hands, and face. We had to insist on a professional to come in. The landlady, Roza Popovic of T&R Management, insisted the janitor's chemicals were "better." After 3 months and at least 4 visits from a pest company, we still had prob
lems. There was some rest between 04/11-07/11 mostly because we took the bed apart and treated/steamed/checked every space we could. We had moved into the apartment with an encased mattress and box spring, and even asked if the building was pest-free after we heard about Chicago's issues with bed bugs. We could only find bugs living in our bed frame but from time to time would see a hungry adult bug crawling around the living room- the last PCO guessed we were getting re-infested! The landlady will treat but uses the janitor to do it! She will call a pest company but not before you insist and quote your tenant's rights. She complained about money and did not seem to have sympathy for us. When questioned, the landlady admitted to a problem on EVERY SINGLE FLOOR (even the janitor's unit!), including the units above and below us but she NEVER informed us. She refused to inspect adjacent units and told us we were the only ones with a problem. We found out she tells that lie to other tenants as well. Unprofessional, illegal, inhumane. There's also roaches and we were visited by a mouse as well. This experience has changed me and I can't wait to forget about Roza, her lies, and her terrible property.
Anonymous on 09/09/2010
This location definitely has bedbugs. Lived there in 2009 and the infestation was so bad at 3:00 AM you could go floor to floor and watch bedbugs crawl down peoples front doors. Whoever posted that this location doesn't have bedbugs is lying. I lost everything I owned and had to move because their 'exterminations' were ineffective. Plus they wouldn't come spray until I had actually caught a bedbug to prove to them that they were there, even though I found out that they knew they'd had bedbug pro
blems for a long time. Managment (IBF) is extremely cheap, unprofessional, uncaring, and completely not understanding of what it is like to have to sleep in fear.
Anonymous on 09/25/2009
I live at 1616 W Farwell in Rogers Park, and my girlfriend and I have bed bugs. At first the landlord accused the people downstairs og bringing them in, but now she is accusing us because we want to break our lease. When we notified them a weak ago, they sent out a maintence man with a can of spray. That is not work. So I told the landlord, and she sent out professionals. There is a strict procedure for exterminatig bed bugs and no one is following it. My funiture wasn't isolated, we weren't giv
e directions or notfied of any follow-up vists. The problem is speading in Chicago because landlords and tenant are uninformed. I just want to warn anyone that lived in the Farwell building next to the alley, so you may avoid what I no longer can.
Anonymous on 09/04/2009
5730 N. Sheridan
This building is clean and free of bedbugs, There are routinely scheduled exterminations by a reputable extermination company which treats anything they find. It is very difficult to avoid pest problems when there are 84 apartments, with many many tenants living here, however we deal with what comes up and always keep the building very clean including stairwells and even mopping the garbage chutes to avoid pest problems, however we can only deal with what others have brought i
n after we have found out they have brought them in... We certainly don't bring pests in ourselves, however we do treat the building for any pests brought in. Once again, this building is free and clear of bed bugs, however, we continue to exterminate regardless of whether bugs are present or not
amd on 08/14/2009
My wife and I lived at this address for almost two years, in room 418. Around late August of 2008, we began getting small bites. We thought they were mosquitos or fleas. However, the bites spread, and our doctor told us about bed bugs. We told the landlord and the onsite man, and after a week, they brought out their exterminators: they sprayed and set off a bomb in our bedroom which, according to the can, was for roaches. The problem continued, and my wife and I started sleeping on our sectional
sofa. In December, on the fourth visit from the exterminators (and the bedbugs had spread to the sofa) they found bedbugs in the bedframe. The landlord offered to let me move to another room, one floor down, so they could remove the carpet and do more heavy-duty spraying, and then I COULD MOVE BACK TO MY OLD APARTMENT. I thought this was silly: pack everything to move downstairs for a few weeks, and then move back? I asked if we could break lease two months early because of the problem. She agreed. My wife and I found a new place, moved out, and when I went back to turn in my keys, the landlord just sneered and said she'd never agreed to let me leave and it was obvious to her that I had brought the bedbugs into the building. She kept my deposit, and we lost a Ralph Lauren bed and matching Ralph Lauren sectional sofa: $4000 dollars of wedding gifts from my family. If I had know about this site then, I might have been more willing to pursue legal action against her.
Anonymous on 07/04/2009
Have had bedbugs for the past several months. Didn't realize what the problem was at first, until I decided to flip our mattress over tonight. Low and behold, bedbugs of all sorts. I agree with Jeff, there are mattresses in our parking lot constantly. I never connected the two.
This is so creepy.
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Consider the basic axioms of planar incidence geometry, which allow us to speak of in-betweeness, collinearity and concurrency. These axioms per se are not complete, since for example, Desargues theorem may not always hold. in fact, Desargues theorem holds if and only if the model of incidence geometry can be coordinatized by a field, i.e. KP^2 serves as a model for some field K.
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Among the site's new features is a wider screen. The new Yahoo! Video supports a 16:9 player that's "far ahead of what most sites are offering," according to Yahoo. The site has upped its capacity, as well; filmmakers can now upload videos up to 150 MB. Yahoo! Video's content has also been expanded, featuring videos on topics including music, movies, TV, news, and sports.
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After Titans quarterback Jake Locker threw a game-sealing interception in Sunday's loss to the Texans, Houston defensive end Antonio Smith drilled Titans center Fernando Velasco with an illegal blindside block. The Titans were not pleased about it.
Velasco and Titans coach Mike Munchak both used the term "cheap shot" to describe Smith's block when talking to reporters today, and Smith said that Locker confronted him about it after the game, telling him there was no need for it.
"The little young whippersnapper tried to come and tell an old cat how to play football," Smith told the Houston Chronicle of his confrontation with Locker. "He just came up to me. He faked like he was gonna dap me up. And like grabbed my hand and said, 'I just want to tell you that was a [dirty] block.' I just told him . . . 'Are we playing football, or is this something else?'"
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has narrowed his choices to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to "some extraordinary candidates" and will announce his pick "over the next several months," he said in an interview with the New York Times.
In the interview, released on Saturday, Obama said he wanted a Fed leader who would focus on helping the economy grow and not just work abstractly to keep inflation in check and markets stable, the Times reported.
"The idea is to promote those things in service of the lives of ordinary Americans getting better," Obama said. "I want a Fed chairman that can step back and look at that objectively and say, 'Let's make sure that we're growing the economy,'" he said.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen are thought to be the two top candidates for the job.
Senior White House officials said earlier this week Obama had made no decision about who to nominate to replace Bernanke when his term expires on January 31. Bernanke, who has led the Fed since 2006, is widely believed not to want to stay on for a third four-year term.
The central bank plays a key role in guiding the world's largest economy and has taken on new financial oversight responsibilities following the worst U.S. financial crisis since the Great Depression.
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First, to understand my question, checkout this one:
Calculating percentages for taxes
Second, consider that I'm a layman in math.
So, after trying to understand the logic used to get the final result. I was wondering:
Why multiply $20,000 by 100 and then divide by 83? I know this is the rule of three, but, I can't understand the "internals" of this approach. It isn't intuitive as think in this way:
Say 100% of one value, is the same of divide this value by 100. In other words: I have 100 separeted parts of this integer.
It's intuitive think about the taxes like this:
$$\$20.000 = 83\%$$
For me, the most easy and compreensive way to solve this is:
$$\$20.000 / 83 = 240.96$$
It's the same as think, if 100% is 100 parts of one integer, 83% of that integer is the same of divide this integer by 83.
And finally to get the result:
$$\$20.000 + 17 * 240.96$$
My final question is:
How can I think intuitively like this using the Rule of Three? In other words, why multiply 20.000 by 100 and then divide by 83 is a shorcut to get the result?


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Worldwide Wi-Fi deployments reached a total of 4.2 million hotspots in 2013, and will continue to grow at a CAGR of 15.0% between 2013 and 2018, to exceed 10.5 million. Among the global Wi-Fi hotspots, 68.6% of Wi-Fi is in Asia-Pacific, followed by 12.3% in Latin America, 9.0% in Europe, 8.7% in North America, and 1.4% in Middle East and Africa. The number includes Wi-Fi hotspots deployed by mobile and fixed-line carriers as well as third party operators.
"The mobile data growth has boosted the build-out of Wi-Fi hotspots, as it is expected that the global mobile data traffic will grow to 190,000 petabytes in 2018, from 23,000 petabytes in 2013," comments Marina Lu, Research Analyst at ABI Research."Wi-Fi helps to offload 3G/4G mobile Internet users to Wi-Fi networks, which is a more cost-effective method for both mobile carriers and mobile users."
In Asia-Pacific, China alone has deployed 620,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, of which 420,000 have been built by China Mobile, followed by China Telecom with 128,000 hotspots, and China Unicom with 72,000. In Latin America, Brazil's carrier Oi has completed its target of 500,000 Wi-Fi hotspots by the end of 2013, ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Is Mediterranean becoming again a tropical sea?
Rome/Sabaudia [ENA] Bathing in the Mediterranean Sea brought about the maximum risk of squashing on a weeverfish, from now on, the risks are called pufferfish, porcupinefish, ocean sunfish, and triggerfish or new kinds of jellyfish. Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin. Its name derives from Tetraodontiformes, an order that includes pufferfish, porcupinefish, ocean sunfish, and triggerfish.
Several of these species transmit the toxin and are new entries in the Mediterranean Sea. Carybdea marsupialis, a small transparent jellyfish with a box-shaped bell with lethal filaments, Pterois miles (Devil firefish) just arrived from the Red Sea for example. The Mediterranean Sea alien species are giving essential information on biodiversity changes. Professor Adriano Madonna, marine biologist at the comparative endocrinology laboratory of the University Federico II in Naples and professor of biology and environmental sciences at I.T.S. Gaeta carried out longitudinal studies on the phenomenon of alien species in the Mediterranean Sea and in particular along the coasts of Lazio and Campania.
Adriano Madonna believes that Mediterranean is becoming again a tropical sea as it was millions of years ago. A new access door to the Mediterranean Sea has been opened: Suez Canal. Before the placement of dams on the river the yearly discharge varied by a factor of 15 at Aswan. Peak flows of over 8,212 m3/s (290,000 cu ft/s) occurred during late August and early September, and minimum flows of about 552 m3/s (19,500 cu ft/s) occurred during late April and early May. Before the second Aswan dam the discharge of the Nile was enormous and created a shield of fresh water in front of the Suez Canal which hindered the passage of Indo-Pacific species.
After the building of the Second Aswan dam fresh water has decreased and tropical fish are passing through the Mediterranean. Professor Madonna said that even the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), commonly known as the great white or the white shark, gave birth to a Tiny Puppy a few miles from Gaeta(Italy). The puppy was found in a fishing net. So, The thousands of migrants who are crossing from Libya to Greece and Italy, not only risk drowning, but being eaten alive if reports are to be believed. Talk of sightings of the fearsome Great White Shark within the sea that separates northern Africa from Europe are no longer a myth.
Alien species of Indo-Pacific and Atlantic origin are sorted from the trash catches obtained by trawlers operating along the Mediterranean coastal area of Egypt (El-Arish, Damietta, Balteem and Rashid) during summer 2013 and 2014. Three new alien species for example were found in the fisheries of Egyptian Mediterranean waters; namely, Ostorhinchus fasciatus, Apogon smithi and the Atlantic species Bregmaceros sp. There's the need to work out how the interactions between different species will change in a warming Mediterranean Sea.


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So, your team is 0-2. But don't worry, your team is not out of it. Well, they are out of it for the Super Bowl. Teams do not typically start 0-2 and win the Super Bowl with just a few exceptions. There is no chance of that this time around.
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The Giants are a darkhorse candidate for the top overall pick, but really hurt themselves by beating St. Louis on Monday night. A loss would have put them in a commanding lead for the No. 1 choice, but are clearly in a must-lose situation in the coming weeks. With Eli Manning at quarterback, anything is possible.
The Vikings have a very good chance of being truly inept, but the thing that hurts them here is that the NFC North is going to be really good, meaning that their strength of schedule is going to hurt them in tie-breaking scenarios. And besides, with Christian Ponder in the mix, it might not be a Godsend to have the first pick.
The Dolphins were one of my picks to be a surprise team in the AFC, turns out I had the right division, wrong team. With Chad Henne's performance against the Patriots, it looked like Miami had a chance to be good, but Henne rallied in Week 2 to put his team back in contention for the top pick.
The Colts were eliminated from the playoffs during the first half of Week 1, which is generous to say because many would contend they were eliminated when Peyton Manning went under the knife. But the Colts have way too many offensive weapons to be pathetic enough to really challenge for the top spot. And if Manning comes back, would this really be lucky for them?
The Eagles were celebrated for making moves to make a Super Bowl run. But where is the admiration for what the Seahawks did to take a run at No. 1? The team could have kept Matt Hasselbeck and been content with being wildly mediocre -- which is enough to win the NFC West. Instead, the team went to Tarvaris Jackson. Pete Carroll knows what he is doing.
Not only are the Chiefs in the driver's seat, but there is a chance that this team could make a bid at the Lions' 0-16 mark in 2008. Funny thing about the Chiefs, the new-fangled passing rules have seemed to benefit every quarterback in the NFL -- except for Matt Cassel. And then things got worse in Kansas City when Jamaal Charles went down with a season-ending knee injury. If Charles is lucky enough to return in 2012, he could be playing with a new quarterback.
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City of Loveland parks specialist Andrew Fierros uses a mini excavator to dig in a trench at Fairgrounds Park on Thursday while he and parks worker Kevin Ferguson, back, prepare the area for a compaction test prior to installing new electircal cables and transformers.
Gift boxes for Operation Christmas Child await shipment Thursday at Lifespring Covenant Church.
Operation Christmas Child volunteers Taryn McCaughey and Brooke Duncan help box up gift boxes for Operation Christmas Child on Thursday at Lifespring Covenant Church.
Saddle bronc rider Eddie Schmidt holds a trophy belt buckle from one of his three Championships. Schmidt knows his body can only hold out for another year or two but the 55 year old is proud of his accomplishments.
Three time senior champion saddle bronc rider Eddie Schmidt works out in his Loveland home with his Jack Russell terrier Edie on Monday. The 55 year old works out five times a week and mountain bikes to stay in shape for his sport. "I love it. It's what I do" says Schmidt. "Every day you make a good ride, you're the hero for that day. The next day you're a nobody."
Outgoing Board of Education members Bill McCreary, left, and Marcia Venzke talk with a crowd of well-wishers at the Thompson School District building at 800 South Taft Avenue on Wednesday evening.
Matt Egan of Loveland fishes for shad at the Lake Loveland inlet on Monday.
Third graders in Leslie Hyland's classroom at Big Thompson Elementary School raise their hands to answer a question while going over the requirements for a writing assignment to make an "I'm Thankful" booklet during class on Monday.
Mayor Cecil Gutierrez, right, thanks outgoing Mayor Gene Pielin, left, and outgoing City Councilors Dave Clark, second from left, and Glenn Rousey after a swearing in ceremony in the City Council Chambers on Tuesday night. Outgoing City Council member Walt Skowron was not at the event.
Big Thompson Elementary School third grader Caleb Johnson, 8, works on a vocabulary assignment Monday at school.
Members of Loveland Fire and Rescue and paramedics with Thompson Valley EMS work to free a woman after the car she was in plunged down the bank of the Big Thompson river on Monday evening near mile marker 79 on US 34. The woman and another person were in the car when it slid off the road and rolled to where it rested near the river. Emergency crews rushed to the scene after receiving a call after 3 p.m. According to crews on scene, the two were not in serious condition but were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Traffic was stopped in both directions while the crews worked to free the woman.
Jeremiah Mattson, 8, of Loveland launches off of a jump on the sledding hill at First Street Southwest and Tyler Avenue on Sunday.
Torsten Eckstein announces his candidacy for State Senate on Sunday at Conrad Ball Middle School. Eckstein, a native of East Berlin during the height of Communism, felt drawn to the United States as a land of opportunity.
Twelve-year-old Landon Rankin rears back to throw a pass Saturday while playing football with friends near the endzone at Patterson Stadium as the snow begins to fall. Rankin and the other boys were taking a break from watching Mountain View High School's football playoff game against Pueblo Centennial which the Mountain Lions won, 40-7.
Drew Kline, 11, left, Makenzie Fancher, 11, and Cassidy Fancher, 8, try on snow gear during the Ski and Sports Swap on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 in the main gymnasium at the Chilson Recreation Center.
Loveland resident Linda Sullivan makes a variety of homemade items that she sells at craft fairs and also gives as gifts. From left are Coffee Bean Foot Scrub, Chocolate Milk Bath, Oatmeal Milk Bath, Chamomile Astringent and Perfect Nails nail strengthener.
Jasmine Mint Bath Tea is one of the homemade items Linda Sullivan makes.
Loveland resident Linda Sullivan packages some Jasmine Mint Bath Tea into a tiny canvas bag while demonstrating how to make various homemade gifts in her kitchen on Thursday.
Loveland High School football fans cheer on the team during their Class 4A first-round playoff game against Fountain-Fort Carson on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 at Patterson Field. The Indians won, 28-21, and will face Monarch in next week's game.
Nick Armstrong, left, talks with Kixie Daly, left, of Dixie Home Services and Lori Gama of DaGama Web Studio during a meeting about social media and business at the Best Western on Thursday.
John Metcalf of JM Designs talks with people gathered Thursday night at the Best Western for a meeting of business people interested in using social networking to increase business.
Julie Skeffington, left, and her daughter and newly crowned Miss Loveland Valentine, Hillary, walk back to the car after the judging at the former Hewlett-Packard building on Thursday.
Hillary Skeffington, 17, right, reacts after being chosen Miss Loveland Valentine on Thursday at the former location of Hewlett-Packard at Southeast Third Street and South Jefferson Avenue.
Rocky Padden hangs a 100-percent cotton robe on Friday in her new store called Body Shop, 133 E. Fourth St. in downtown Loveland in preparation for the store's grand opening on Friday. The store will carry items like bamboo and 100-percent cotton robes, towels and linens and also a variety of soaps, shampoos, lotions and theraputic skin creams.
A shelf near the front window at Body Shop, 133 E. Fourth St. displays some of the items that will be available to purchase including soaps, incense, wash cloths and artwork.


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WARNING!!! - This post contains MAJOR SPOILERS for The Dark Knight Rises.
Prior to the release of Christopher Nolan's final Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, the rumor mill was running rampant on how Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character might fit into the superhero-villain-heroine mix created by appearances from Batman, Bane, and Catwoman, respectively. While there are plenty of "normal" people in the Nolan trilogy (Commissioner Gordon and Alfred, among others) casting an up-and-comer like Levitt as an everyman police officer raised a few eyebrows and caused plenty of fan speculation. Would Levitt make an appearance as an unannounced villain (such as The Riddler) or possibly a superhero sidekick (such as Robin)?
Now that the film is out, we know that Levitt's character, John Blake is Robin in both name and character, but as usual, Nolan wasn't going to spell anything out. Despite a lot of carefully constructed arguments from the fan community about Blake's post-Rises adventures, Joseph Gordon-Levitt recently confirmed that the filmmakers never talked about which "suit" (Batman, Nightwing, Robin, etc) the character would wear - when, and if, he actually took over for Bruce Wayne.
After the closing reveal of The Dark Knight Rises, many moviegoers (and media members), began hammering Levitt for answers about a possible sequel featuring the John Blake character. The actor quickly dismissed talk of a follow-up - claiming that the studio had not approached him about it and that, for him, reprising the role would be dependent on the quality of the script.
As mentioned in an interview with MTV, Levitt also dismissed the notion that Nolan had a particular alter-ego in mind for the character, asserting that they never talked about which "suit" the character might wear:
However, even if we never see Levitt fighting criminals on the streets of Gotham again, that doesn't mean that fans aren't interested in some closure about which fan-favorite Batman character he had been playing all along. Many enthusiasts argued that the reveal of the character's first name, Robin (as in Robin John Blake), was a dead giveaway for the boy wonder (Dick Grayson); others felt as if Nightwing, despite the obvious nod to Batman's most famous sidekick, would be a much better fit for Nolan's universe. In the comic storylines, Robin (still Grayson) becomes Nightwing - taking on the persona as he matures. Similarly, Blake could have easily just become the new Batman - just like Grayson did (again) in the DC universe.
As we've talked about on the Screen Rant Underground podcast, the John Blake character is mostly an amalgamation of various iterations of Bat-sidekicks, not one specific person - a point that ties into the franchise idea about becoming a symbol, rather than just a man. It's a theme that Levitt himself discussed when talking about a possible John Blake sequel on Jimmy Kimmel Live:
"I don't think [the ending of 'The Dark Knight Rises'] is necessarily a set-up. I think it is the great ending for that trilogy. Even if you go back to 'Batman Begins,' he's talking about how Batman is more than a man, it's a symbol, and a hero can be anybody and we all have heroes inside of us."
Levitt has shown gratitude and excitement to be part of The Dark Knight Rises experience, but doesn't have much to say about future Batman work. Screen Rant Managing Editor, Kofi Outlaw, had a chance to sit down with Levitt this week to discuss the actor's upcoming film Premium Rush, and Levitt flat-out denied (or at least isn't willing to talk about) any talks with Warner Bros. about post-TDKR plans - which would include the possibility of Blake appearing in DC's in-development Justice League film.
Screen Rant: Have you seen the Justice League script that Will Beall is working on, or had any meetings with WB about being a part of their supehero universe?"
Levitt: Nope. [Pauses] No - the answer's 'no.'
For the time being, it's probably best to let the subject of continuing Nolan's Batman trilogy rest. Nolan and star Christian Bale have both said they are done with the character - and the legacy torchbearer, Levitt, clearly doesn't have any new developments to report.
Of course, we'll keep you updated if something changes - since some version of Batman will need to be called into action for the Justice League movie.
Follow me on Twitter @benkendrick for more on The Dark Knight Rises as well as future movie, TV, and gaming news.
The Dark Knight Rises is now open in U.S. theaters (2D and IMAX).
Source: MTV


text: Tucked away in arguably Melbourne's most famous lane way, Hoboken keeps some good company. Not only with all the tourists, artists and vagrants that frequent Hosier Lane, it gets to rub shoulders with ("Oh My GoD! Lets Blog about") MoVida. Owner Hugh Thorn, of Von Haus fame, has now teamed up with baker Dan Younger, relentlessly working together to create a burger that is produced with products sourced as locally and organically as possible. Grinding the locally sourced meat in house, the team dishes out a limited amount of burgers each day – so be sure to get in and get your share. We managed to slip in one Sunday arvo and order the last burgers of the day. Before us arrived a glazed brioche bun with a thick freshly ground organic Cherry Tree Farm beef pattie, organic cheddar, Momo Fuku pickles, organic condiments, finely diced red onion and lettuce.


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This is not a funniest quote thread, as it can be cool, funny, tough, or whatever. So, what's your favorite quote?*Blasts the comm* It was a boring conversation anyway.
Edited: You can now choose "I have a bad feeling about this." (The reason I didn't want it originally is because I figured everyone would put it, but I decided it was a little cruel).


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Which film is this, which won Wayne an Academy Award?
John Wayne first essayed the role of US Marshal Rooster Cogburn in 1969's "True Grit," and again in the 1975 sequel entitled "Rooster Cogburn. "He won an Oscar for Best Actor in a Lead Role, the only Academy Award he has ever won in his entire career.


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Tim Stauffer has returned . . . again.
The Padres Friday promoted the veteran right-handed pitcher from Triple-A Tucson, triggering a series of moves that will resume Saturday when left fielder Carlos Quentin returns from paternity leave.
Stauffer, who made only one appearance for the Padres in 2012 before having season-ending surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his right elbow, was 2-2 with a 3.16 earned run average in eight starts for Tucson this season.
The Padres will employ Stauffer in the bullpen as both a long and short reliever. His addition gives the Padres three long relievers (Stauffer, Tyson Ross and Anthony Bass) with two of those (Stauffer and Bass) capable of working short relief.
Padres manager Bud Black said he sees Stauffer being deployed much the same way he was in 2010 when he worked both short and long relief before being added to the rotation late in the season.
Stauffer was 6-5 in 2010 with a 1.85 earned run average in 32 games, including seven starts. The following season, which was Stauffer's only full season in the major leagues, Stauffer went 9-12 with a 3.73 ERA in 31 starts.
Last season marked the second time in Stauffer's career that a season was wiped out by major surgery.
He missed all of 2008 following shoulder surgery. Last year, after being named the Opening Day starter, Stauffer suffered a right elbow strain near the end of spring training and made only one start for the Padres before having surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his elbow on Aug. 31.
Stauffer was waived by the Padres last winter and re-signed with the Padres as a minor league free agent on Jan. 29. He was still rehabbing from the surgery during spring training and was optioned to Tucson just before the start of the regular season.
"This feels a little bit like the first time I was promoted to the major leagues," Stauffer said Friday afternoon.
Black wasted no time deploying Stauffer, using him Friday night for 1 2/3 innings in relief of starter Burch Smith. Stauffer didn't allow a hit while striking out two and issuing a walk.
Stauffer, 30, is the senior playing member of the Padres organization. He was the club's first-round (fourth overall) in 2003 and has a major league record of 23-31 with a 3.94 ERA in 96 games (70 starts).
The Padres were facing a deadline with Stauffer. Were he not on the major league roster by June 1, Stauffer had the right to opt out of his minor league contract with the Padres and become a free agent.
The Padres made two corresponding moves to create roster space for Stauffer.
Left fielder Carlos Quentin was placed on paternity leave following Thursday's birth of his first son, Clark. That opened a spot on the 25-man roster for Stauffer.
And right-handed pitcher Thad Weber was designated for assignment to create opening on the 40-man roster for Stauffer. Weber, 28, had two earlier stints with the Padres this season and allowed two runs on five hits and five walks in nine innings over three appearances. He had six strikeouts. Weber was 4-1 with Tucson with a 3.93 ERA in six starts.
The Padres will likely make another move Saturday when Quentin is expected to rejoin the team.
May 17, 2012, marked the day that the Padres promoted infielders Everth Cabrera and Alexi Amarista from Tucson, released second baseman Orlando Hudson and placed shortstop Jason Bartlett was placed on the disabled list. Bartlett never returned.
Hudson was hitting .211 at the time with a .260 on-base percentage. Bartlett was hitting .133 with 27 strikeouts in 83 at-bats and five errors.
Cabrera hit .246 with a .324 on-base percentage and led the National League with 44 steals. Amarista hit .240 with five homers and 32 RBI in 275 at-bats.
The promotions of Cabrera and Amarista triggered a make-over of the Padres roster. Logan Forsythe and Yasmani Grandal followed them from Tucson and Quentin came off the disabled list at the end of May.
Since last May 17, the Padres have gone 80-84.


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Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare!
William Shakespeare turns 453 on 23rd of April 2017. His birthday is celebrated in thousands of places around the world every year. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, along with the other major English Shakespeare institutions like the Globe Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre will of course be celebrating Shakespeare's birthday.
Strange to think of the big birthday celebrations that we honour Shakespeare with, considering that birthdays weren't celebrated during his time. In the Elizabethan era many people didn't even know the date of their birth and, indeed, we don't actually know Shakespeare's birth date. We make an inference from the date of his baptism, which was recorded in the parish register. There is no record of the date on which he was born.
Perhaps the aristocracy marked their birthdays back then, but there is very little of that recorded. I have unearthed one mention of an Elizabethan birthday party, however – that of thirteen year old Mall Sidney.
Mall grew up to become the famous writer, Lady Mary Wroth, Countess of Pembroke. She was the daughter of Robert Sidney, the brother of the illustrious poet and soldier, Sir Phillip Sidney. They were a very high ranking family. Lady Mary was the first English woman author to write a sustained work of prose fiction. Like Shakespeare she also wrote a sonnet cycle. The American biographer, Margaret Hannay, produced a biography of Mall in 2010: Mary Sidney, Lady Wroth. She reports: 'On 18 October 1600 Whyte came to Penshurst, no doubt along with other guests, to celebrate Mall's thirteenth birthday.' (p. 77) Unfortunately, Margaret Hannay doesn't describe the party so we still don't know how even those who did mark birthdays celebrated them.
There is no indication that even monarchs celebrated their birthdays. Everyone had a saint associated with their birth dates, though, and sometimes they would pay their respects to their saints on their birthday.
Perhaps the best confirmation of the lack of birthday celebrations is the fact that we don't find much mention of them in Shakespeare's works. There are references to a birthday only twice in his plays, although not in any way that indicates the kind of attitude that we have to birthdays today. For example, in Julius Caesar, a few moments before Cassius and Brutus engage in battle with Antony and Octavius Caesar, Cassius, feeling his imminent death upon him, says, 'this is my birthday; as this very day was Cassius born.' There is no more about it, just that wistful statement, that comes out of the blue.
In Antony and Cleopatra, though, we see Cleopatra grasping the opportunity for an unexpected celebration on her birthday. Antony has just had Caesar's messenger whipped. He's in a foul mood but somehow gets a new wind and calls for the servants to fill the bowls for some late night drinking. Cleopatra who has been feeling lonely and rejected is delighted with this change in mood. She says: 'It is my birthday. I had thought to have held it poor,' meaning that she had not expected anything for her birthday. But now she has something – not her birthday, though – to celebrate: Antony's change of mood. 'Since my lord is Antony again,' she says, I will be Cleopatra.'
It's doubtful whether Shakespeare gave a second thought to his own birthday, even if he knew what date it was. But we can imagine, on that day, John and Mary Shakespeare gazing down on the new member of their family, eyes tight shut, sleeping peacefully in the cradle at the foot of their bed. How could they know that the tiny creature they had just produced was going to be one of the greatest writers who had ever lived and was not to be outdone for at least four hundred and fifty years? It's a sublime thought, isn't it?


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The state will operate a hotline for New York residents who have trouble voting on Tuesday.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his Election Day hotline with help people facing language issues, polling place barriers and other potential civil rights problems.
Voters can report issues or problems at the polls to the attorney general's hotline at 800-771-7755. Polls will be open until 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Schneiderman says his Civil Rights Bureau has fielded hundreds of complaints from voters since the hotline was launched last year.


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WAG Offers Dinner at Storm Bistro and Tour of 100 Masters: Only in Canada
If you are looking for a change from another ho-hum dinner out, consider the Winnipeg Art Gallery's Art Eats. The evening begins with dinner at Storm Bistro on the WAG's penthouse level, followed by a private tour of 100 Masters: Only in Canada. The largest exhibition in the WAG's 100-year history features works by Rembrandt, Renoir, Van Gogh, Monet, Matisse, Picasso, among others.
Art Eats will take place from 6 to 9pm on Thursday May 30 and July 25, and Tuesday, August 6. Tickets are $60 for WAG members and $65 for non-members.
A special Art Eats will take place on Monday, June 3 when the tour will be led by Dr. Stephen Borys, WAG Director & CEO, who curated the exhibition. Tickets for that evening are $70 and $75.
Art Eat tickets are available at wag.ca, by calling 204.789.1290, or emailing email@example.com.
"Art Eats is a great way to experience the WAG and particularly the 100 Masters exhibition," says Anna Wiebe, Head of Education. "There are a limited number of tickets sold for each night so there is no overcrowding. Guests can easily view the works of art and feel comfortable asking questions and discussing amongst themselves and the guide. We expect that all four Art Eats evenings will sell out, so we recommend that people purchase their tickets well in advance."
Art Eats offers a fixed menu which is posted in advance at wag.ca. Anyone who has dietary issues or restrictions should contact Storm Bistro in advance at 204.948.0085.
BMO is the presenting sponsor for 100 Masters: Only in Canada.
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"Diaspora" tells the story of a contemporary Birthright trip visiting Masada, a Roman-era fortress and tourist attraction in the desert of Israel. While examining their identities and relationships to Israel and Jewishness, the trip share the stage with a retelling of the infamous events that took place on Masada, almost two thousand years ago. As the two dramas mix and interact, staying on Masada grows more and more contentious and dangerous. A no-holds-barred, fresh, contemporary look at American Jewish youth, how they see themselves, and their relation to an ever-changing world.


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Monster (novel)
Monster is a 2005 horror novel written by Christian author Frank E. Peretti. The novel deals with Christian views on random mutations, natural selection and the theory of evolution. The book's treatment of evolution is through the terrible consequences of a scientist's experiments on chimpanzees in an attempt to prove that apes could evolve into humans.
Plot summary
The novel begins with a couple, Reed and Beck Shelton, who, along with some friends, are camping in the Idaho wilderness. Reed is very excited about the trip, but Beck would much rather stay home in the comforts of daily life. Reed is trying to get her to broaden her horizons by taking her into the wilderness for a week.
As the couple approach the cabin that they are going to be staying at, they find it trashed and partially destroyed. Reed suspects a bear, so he and Beck stay up on a knoll overlooking the cabin for the night. However, that night the two are awakened by the sound of something rummaging through the cabin's remains, followed by a series of eerie howls. Finally, in a panic, the two run back down the trail they came on but Beck falls over a waterfall and is knocked unconscious at the bottom. Reed sees a giant creature carry her off into the night. He tries searching for her, but eventually gives up and falls asleep in a meadow.
Meanwhile, their two friends, Michael "Cap" Capella and his wife Sing are on their way to the campsite, unaware of the carnage that has taken place. They stop at Abney, a small alpine village on the edge of the Idaho wilderness, where they spend the night at a small hotel. The owner, Arlen Peak, tells them of some strange occurrences that have been taking place. Herds of elk have been running through the area when it isn't migrating season, and some high-pitches howls have been heard in the woods at night. Arlen believes that it is a bigfoot.
The next morning, Cap and Sing find Reed in the meadow. He tells them about the awful events that had taken place the night before, and they take him back to the hotel with them. Soon afterwards, a search party is organized the try to find Beck.
Beck wakes up to find herself in the arms of a gigantic gorilla-like animal, which seems to be trying to feed her serviceberries. Beck refuses at first (because she can't swallow the amount that is being forced into her mouth), but concedes shortly after realizing that it may be all she will eat for a while. The animal is alerted to the sounds of hunters coming through the woods, and runs off with Beck in its arms. They eventually end up with several other of the creatures, who turn out to be actual sasquatches. At first Beck only sees her abductor's rival and her single offspring, but then later meets the alpha male, who is none too pleased to see her. Nonetheless, she is accepted as one of the group. She even comes up with names for them: the big red one, her abductor, is named Rachel (after the biblical Rachel who was Laben's daughter), Leah (after Laben's other daughter), her son Rueben (after Leah's firstborn son), and Jacob (after Isaac's son and the husband of the two), the alpha male.
Reed tries to convince the party that it was no bear that did the damage, but most of them refuse to believe and proceed to set out bear stands in an attempt to capture one. Arlen seems to be the only one who will believe Reed, as no bear would have simply picked up a person and carried it. Cap, on the other hand, wishes to find out for himself what it was, and soon has his opportunity as another attack is reported not far away, by a young couple by the name of Ted and Melanie Brooks. Cap takes the saliva and dung samples left by the beast and attempts to get them analyzed at the university that he used to work at as a professor, before being fired because he was repeatedly finding problems with Darwinism. The samples do not match any known creature, as they seem to contain the DNA of a chimpanzee, that has been contaminated with human DNA. Soon he meets up with several of his former co-workers, who seem to be trying to cover something up. This becomes apparent when Cap begins investigating the office of his former co-worker, Adam Burkhardt. He finds several jars, with preserved specimens of various mutated animals, none of which have survived.
Beck gradually adapts to the ways of her new "family", but it soon becomes apparent that the sasquatches are running from something. Beck thinks it may simply be hunters, and she soon discovers that several of them are indeed out, looking for her. They are anything but successful, however, as the sasquatches are extremely adept at hiding and blending in with their surroundings. However, one man, by putting out fruit as bait, manages to capture some footprints.
Cap soon discovers that Burkhardt has moved out, and manages to convince his friend, Nick, to tell him where his former colleague went. It turns out that the professor has moved his lab to the wilderness, so that he can study and experiment alone, "without probing eyes". As Cap tours the lab, he finds several of Adam's accomplishments, which are either dead or deformed chimpanzee embryos. Finally, entering the back room, he finds several monstrous creatures that have been created. One of them has escaped from its cage and into the wilderness, and now Cap knows what has been doing all the killing. As he prepares to exit the lab, he is caught by one of the professors at the university, Phillip Merril, and two campus policemen. Cap, using the hideous, deformed creatures in Burkhardt's lab, demonstrates how mutations cannot work to produce a higher form of life, even controlled, purposeful mutations. Finally, he manages to get out and goes back to get the police.
Reed is further convinced that the creature that has been doing the killings was not a bear, when it kills his boss, Sheriff Mills, by wringing his neck, the same way as it had killed all the others. The others continue to search, but when Reed finds a piece of his wife's bloodied buckskin jacket, he is convinced that she is dead and gives up. However, upon investigation he finds that it is several days old, and continues. Soon, a conspiracy is apparent, as Sing is nearly killed by a member of the team, and the head of the search party, Pete, is murdered by another. Reed is nearly killed, but manages to kill his foe before he can try again.
The sasquatches are running again, this time from something that is definitely not human. Rachel suddenly decides to take a small side-trip, apparently smelling something familiar. In the brush, Beck sees the mostly-eaten corpse of a sasquatch child, with some reddish-brown hairs still on it. Beck realizes that Rachel must have lost her child to the brutal killer that fateful night when Beck and Reed were camped on the knoll, and that Rachel mistook Beck for her own child. As she howls mournfully, she is hurried off by Jacob, leaving Beck alone in the woods. Making her way down the mountain slope, Beck hears something behind her. She turns and soon sees a creature coming through the trees; a hideous, deformed chimpanzee-like beast. It tries to kill her, but then it is killed by a shotgun. A hunter steps into the clearing, and introduces himself to Beck as Adam Burkhardt. He tells her that the monster is the result of "an experiment gone horribly awry", and that it has been doing the killings. Finally, he reveals that he is here to kill her, so that no one will find out about his experiments. However, just as he is about to, Jacob appears in the clearing and knocks him away.
Reed soon finds Beck in the clearing, and after managing to convince Rachel that he is not a threat, she reunites with him. However, soon they are confronted by Adam Burkhardt, who Reed identifies as Max Johnson, a member of the search party. Burkhardt had been in the party all along, under an alias. He tells them that he "must survive" and kill them, but Reed finally puts some sense into his head by telling him that he will end up like his monster if he does so. Adam surrenders and is placed under arrest as Cap arrives with the police.
Through Monster, Frank Peretti shows the flaws of evolutionary thinking, through the ever-popular science fiction genre. Adam Burkhardt had tried to prove that evolution was true by producing a stronger, more dominant creature through viral transfers. However, he proved nothing other than the exact opposite: mutations cannot produce a higher form of life, and all they are able to do is cause deformities, disabilities and death. Burkhardt had intended the animal to be dominant, but had instead produced a deranged killer.


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Surprise drop in home loan approvals
Weak housing finance data for November suggests recent interest rate cuts from the central bank have done little to stimulate activity in the property market, economists say.
The number of home loans approvals fell 0.5 per cent to 46,199 in November, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said on Monday.
The result was well below market expectations of a half per cent improvement in the month.
Loans to buy new properties fell a seasonally adjusted 10.3 per cent, while loans to build new homes fell 1.8 per cent.
On a brighter note, loans to buy existing houses edged 0.3 per cent higher in November, the ABS said.
JP Morgan economist Tom Kennedy said data was very soft ''across the board'' and showed the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) interest rate cuts had not given the property market the boost many had been hoping for.
''By simply lowering the cash rate I don't think that's really solving too much at this stage,'' Mr Kennedy said.
''The broad-based weakness is going to continue for a little while longer until the structural changes that are occurring in the economy continue to play out.''
Mr Kennedy said cautious households were continuing to pay down debt, rather than take on new debt.
''Before you can see any sort of broad-based pickup in the housing sector across the board you are going to have to see that deleveraging out process continue for some time yet,'' Mr Kennedy said.
The RBA cut the cash rate by 25 basis points to three per cent in December, levels not seen since the global financial crisis.
The central bank has delivered 175 basis points of rate cuts since November 2011.
The RBA traditionally does not meet in January and is due to hand down its next interest rate decision on at 1430 AEDT on Tuesday, February 5.
JP Morgan expected the RBA to drop the cash rate to 2.75 per cent at its February meeting.
The local currency reacted negatively to the data.
At 1141 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at $US1.0424 down from $US1.0540 at 1103 AEDT, shortly before the data was released.


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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Saturday warned the top American military commander in South Korea that if the United States pressed ahead with joint military exercises with South Korea scheduled to begin next month, it could set off a war in which American forces would "meet a miserable destruction."
The warning came as the United States and South Korean militaries planned to kick off their Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint war games, beginning early next month. The allies regularly conduct such joint military drills, and whenever they happen, North Korea warns of war and threatens to deliver a devastating blow to American and South Korean troops.
North Korea's harsh reaction, though not unusual, came amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula after the North's third nuclear test, on Feb. 12. Washington and its allies are pushing for more sanctions against North Korea while the North vows to take unspecified steps to retaliate against such sanctions.
"If your side ignites a war of aggression by staging the reckless joint military exercises Key Resolve and Foal Eagle again under the cover of 'defensive and annual ones' at this dangerous time, from that moment your fate will be hung by a thread with every hour," Pak Rim-su, chief delegate of the North Korean military mission to the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom, said Saturday in a message to Gen. James D. Thurman, the American commander in South Korea.
It continued, "You had better bear in mind that those igniting a war are destined to meet a miserable destruction."
The text of the message, dictated through the telephone at Panmunjom, was carried by the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency. There was no immediate reaction from the United States military.
Panmunjom, a village straddling the western border between the Koreas, remains the sole contact point between North Korea and the United States military. The United States fought on South Korea's side during the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, leaving the peninsula technically at war. About 28,500 American troops are stationed in South Korea.
North Korea and the United States military exchange messages through Panmunjom, established at the time of the Korean War armistice.
The United States military uses the Panmunjom channel to inform North Korea of its planned annual military drills with South Korea, which it says are for defensive purposes.
Although North Korea's state-run news media have always carried official statements condemning the exercises as rehearsals for invasion, it was unclear how often the North has also responded directly through Panmunjom. The last time it did so was in August, when the United States and South Korea conducted a joint military exercise.
After its December satellite launching and its subsequent nuclear test, North Korea has stepped up its bellicose language. In the past three days, North Korean news media have reported that the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, has been making a round of visits to military units. During one of those visits, Mr. Kim vowed that if war broke out, his troops would "blow away the bastion of aggression without a trace," K.C.N.A. reported Saturday.
When the United States and South Korea conduct joint military drills, North Korea counters with its own military exercises. Anti-American messages, already daily fare in the North, increase at those times as the leadership uses a sense of crisis to strengthen popular support.


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I'm thinking of retiring from Blue team and switching to Red team. Spartans are the Red team in Reach, I like Target a lot more than Walmart, and for some reason I'm getting a good feeling about Red lately. Can you guys think of any drawbacks?
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Started By Jironimo, Jul 07 2011 09:57 AMHalo: Reach
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Posted 07 July 2011 - 10:14 AM
In terms of practical, in-game considerations, Blue Team is harder to see on dark maps like Derelict. Or any map on Forge World where the sky is visible (and don't even get me started on that reticle color choice). That said, we would've "won" a lot more of our ties in the early Halo 2 days if you'd come to this conclusion sooner. In terms of the fiction, are you really comparing Red Team's Spartan IIIs to Blue Team's Spartan IIs? Ha. Not in M CHEIFS HOUSE. I'm gonna add a poll to help you out though.
Edited by Syracuse022, 07 July 2011 - 10:15 AM.
Posted 07 July 2011 - 10:56 AM
Wasn't MC on the Red Team also at some point though? I thought it was this thing where like one mission he could be on Blue, but for another he could be on Red? You're right about Blue team on certain maps, although the blue now is more like a bright hyper blue instead of the dark blue in H2. What was the reticle color before Reach?
Posted 07 July 2011 - 11:10 AM
I went with Blue, because some things just aren't meant to change.
Posted 07 July 2011 - 11:19 AM
Red Team have the best side during Highlands games.
Posted 07 July 2011 - 06:20 PM
Blue is my favorite color.
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The best method for providing overcurrent protection for most circuits is to use a circuit breaker that combines overcurrent protection with short-circuit and ground-fault protection. However, this isn't usually the best choice for motors. With rare exceptions, the best method for providing overcurrent protection in these cases is to separate the overload protection devices from the short-circuit and ground-fault protection devices (Fig. 1).
Motor overload protection devices like heaters protect the motor, the motor control equipment, and the branch-circuit conductors from motor overload and the resultant excessive heating (430.31). They don't provide protection against short-circuits or ground-fault currents. That's the job of the branch and feeder breakers, which don't provide motor overload protection. This arrangement makes motor calculations different from those used for other types of loads. Let's look at how to apply Art. 430, starting at the motor.
Overload protection. Motor overload devices are often integrated into the motor starter. But you can use a separate overload device like a dual-element fuse, which is usually located near the motor starter, not the supply breaker.
If you use fuses, you must provide one for each ungrounded conductor (430.36 and 430.55). Thus, a 3-phase motor requires three fuses. Keep in mind that these devices are at the load end of the branch circuit and that they don't provide short-circuit or ground-fault protection.
Motors rated more than 1 hp without integral thermal protection and motors rated 1 hp or less that are automatically started [430.32(C)] must have an overload device sized per the motor nameplate current rating [430.6(A)]. You must size the overload devices no larger than the requirements of 430.32. Motors with a nameplate service factor (SF) rating of 1.15 or more must have an overload protection device sized no more than 125% of the motor nameplate current rating.
Let's look at Fig. 2 and work through a sample calculation.
Example No. 1: Suppose you use a dual-element fuse for overload protection. What size fuse do you need for a 5-hp, 230V, single-phase motor with a service factor of 1.16 if the motor nameplate current rating is 28A?
(a) 25A
(c) 35A
(b) 30A
(d) 40A
The overload protection shall be sized according to the motor nameplate current rating [430.6(A), 430.32(A)(1), and 430.55].
You also have to consider another factor: nameplate temperature rise. For motors with a nameplate temperature rise rating not over 40°C, size the overload protection device no more than 125% of the motor nameplate current rating. Thus, 28A×1.25=35A [240.6(A)]
Let's look at Fig. 3 and work through another example problem.
Example No. 2: Again, suppose you're using a dual-element fuse for the overload protection. What size fuse do you need for a 50-hp, 460V, 3-phase motor that has a temperature rise of 39°C and motor nameplate current rating of 60A (FLA)?
(a) 40A
(c) 60A
(b) 50A
(d) 70A
The overload protection is sized per the motor nameplate current rating, not the motor full load current (FLC) rating. Thus, 60A×1.25=75A. Overload protection shall not exceed 75A, so you need to use a 70A dual-element fuse [240.6(A) and 430.32(A)(1)].
Motors that don't have a service factor rating of 1.15 or higher or a temperature rise rating of 40°C and less must have an overload protection device sized at not more than 115% of the motor nameplate ampere rating (430.37).
Sizing branch-circuit conductors. Branch-circuit conductors that serve a single motor must have an ampacity of not less than 125% of the motor's FLC as listed in Tables 430.147 through 430.150 [430.6(A)]. You must select the conductor size from Table 310.16 according to the terminal temperature rating (60°C or 75°C) of the equipment [110.14(C)]. Let's reinforce this concept by working through a sample calculation. Refer to Fig. 4.
Example No. 3: What size THHN conductor do you need for a 2-hp, 230V, single-phase motor?
(a) 14 AWG
(c) 10 AWG
(b) 12 AWG
(d) 8 AWG
Let's walk through the solution:
Step 1: Conductor sized no less than 125% of motor FLC
Step 2: Table 430.148 shows the FLC of 2-hp, 230V, single-phase as 12A
Step 3: 12A × 1.25 = 15A
Step 4: Per Table 310.16, you need to use 14 AWG THHN rated 20A at 60°C
The minimum size conductor the NEC permits for building wiring is 14 AWG [310.5]. However, local codes and many industrial facilities have requirements that 12 AWG be used as the smallest branch-circuit wire. So in this example you might need to use 12 AWG instead of 14 AWG.
Branch-circuit protection for short-circuits and ground-faults. Branch-circuit short-circuit and ground-fault protection devices protect the motor, motor control apparatus, and conductors against short circuits or ground faults. They don't protect against an overload (430.51) (Fig. 5).
The short-circuit and ground-fault protection device required for motor circuits isn't the type required for personnel (210.8), feeders (215.9 and 240.13), services (230.95), or temporary wiring for receptacles (527.6).
Per 430.52(C), you must size the short-circuit and ground-fault protection for the motor branch circuit — except those that serve torque motors — so they're no greater than the percentages listed in Table 430.52.
When the short-circuit and ground-fault protection device value that you find in Table 430.52 doesn't correspond to the standard rating or setting of overcurrent protection devices as listed in 240.6(A), use the next higher protection device size [430.52(C)(1) Ex. 1].
Did that statement stop you? Does it strike you as incorrect? That's a common response, but remember, motors are different than other system components. Motor overload protection devices, such as heaters and fuses, protect the motor and other items from overload. The short-circuit and ground-fault protection doesn't need to perform this function. Therefore, oversizing won't compromise protection. Undersizing will prevent the motor from starting.
Use the following two-step process to determine what percentage from Table 430.52 you should use to size the motor branch-circuit short-circuit ground-fault protection device.
Step 1: Locate the motor type on Table 430.52.
Step 2: Select the percentage from Table 430.52 according to the type of protection device, such as non-time delay (one-time), dual-element fuse, or inverse-time circuit breaker. Don't forget to use the next higher protection device size when necessary.
Let's see if you have this concept down with a short quiz. Of the following statements, which one is true? Use Table 430.52 to look up the numbers.
The branch-circuit short-circuit protection (non-time delay fuse) for a 3-hp, 115V, single-phase motor shall not exceed 110A.
The branch-circuit short-circuit protection (dual-element fuse) for a 5-hp, 230V, single-phase motor shall not exceed 50A.
The branch-circuit short-circuit protection (inverse-time breaker) for a 25-hp, 460V, 3-phase synchronous motor shall not exceed 70A.
Let's address each question individually. We'll be referring to 430.53(C)(1) Ex. 1 and Table 430.52.
Per Table 430.148, 34A×3.00=102A. The next size up is 110A. So this is true.
Per Table 430.148, 28A×1.75=49A. The next size up is 50A. So, this is also true.
Per Table 430.150, 26A×2.50=65A. The next size up is 70A. This is also true.
Remember the following important principles:
You must size the conductors at 125% of the motor FLC [430.22(A)].
You must size the overloads no more than 115% to 125% of the motor nameplate current rating, depending on the conditions [430.32(A)(1)].
You must size the short-circuit ground-fault protection device from 150% to 300% of the motor FLC [Table 430.52].
If you put all three of these together, you can see the branch-circuit conductor ampacity (125%) and the short-circuit ground-fault protection device (150% to 300%) aren't related.
This final example should help you see if you've been paying attention.
Example No. 4: Are any of the following statements true for a 1-hp, 120V motor, nameplate current rating of 14A? Refer to Fig. 6.
(a) The branch-circuit conductors can be 14 AWG THHN.
(b) Overload protection is from 16.1A.
(c) Short-circuit and ground-fault protection is permitted to be a 40A circuit breaker.
(d) All of these are true.
Walking through each of these, you can see:
(a) The conductors are sized per 430.22(A): 16A×1.25=20A; Table 310.16 requires 14 AWG at 60°C.
(b) Per 430.32(A)(1), overload protection is sized as follows: 14A (nameplate)×1.15=16.1A.
(c) Short-circuit and ground-fault protection is determined based on 430.52(C)(1): 16A×2.50=40A circuit breaker.
Therefore all three statements are true.
The 16A overload protection device protects the 14 AWG conductors from overcurrent, while the 40A short-circuit protection device protects them from short circuits. This example illustrates the sometimes confusing fact that when you're doing motor calculations, you're actually calculating overcurrent and short-circuit protection separately.
Motor calculations have long been a source of confusion and errors for many people. Understanding what makes these calculations different should help you do your motor calculations correctly every time. Next month we'll look at sizing motor feeders in Part 2.


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The New Norwegian Breakaway Waterfrontby Paul Motter | 03.14.12
The new "Waterfront" Promenade Deck on Norwegian Breakaway brings a new level of interaction with the sea
Norwegian Cruise Line just announced a new feature known as "The Waterfront" for the new class of ships they are currently building at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany. The idea is insightful and represents a major leap forward in the realm of cruise ship design in what has previously only been done in baby steps.
The idea is to open up the Promenade Deck (number 8) to restaurants and lounges by adding open air entry ways and seating areas for the venues on this relatively close to the sea and often under-utilized strolling deck - lending the ship an enhanced connection to the sea.
On Breakaway, the first of two new NCL ships set to debut in April of 2013 and April of 2014, the Waterfront will feature eight outdoor venues, including the traditional Brazilian eatery called Moderno Churrascaria, the signature Cagney's Steakhouse, the Italian trattoria La Cucina, Shaker's Cocktail Bar, Malting's Beer & Whiskey Bar and two new additions, Ocean Blu on The Waterfront for sea food, including a "raw bar" with outdoor seating and a special takeaway menu and another first for Norwegian - a gelato bar serving a selection of flavors.
All of these restaurants and bars will have open air seating, where one can dine in outside seating on the deck in the tropical weather or dine indoors but still have exposure to fresh air from outside. These open air Waterfront venues are located on deck eight - so while it is not quite as low as the typical promenade deck, it is closer to the water than most cruise ships that only have open air restaurants on the top deck; often deck 12.
The promenade deck is a full wrap-around deck, meaning one can walk completely around the ship. There is a "yet-to-be-announced" entertainment venue that will also be on the Waterfront with an outdoor entrance and seating. My guess is that this will be the Bliss Nightclub.
This is an evolutionary design, where Breakaway will offer a unique and inspiring connection to the sea, although it wouldn't be right to say Breakaway is the first ship ever built with this concept.
Carnival Cruise Line built a similar concept into the Carnival Dream class introduced three years ago, with its Ocean Plaza Lanai restaurant and entertainment venue on the promenade deck. This was the first modern cruise ship to have indoor-outdoor seating on the Promenade deck, and the Carnival ships even have cantilevered hot tubs on the deck outside the restaurant to further engage people who want to mingle outside on this lower deck.
However, the Waterfront on Breakaway appears to offer a far more extensive indoor-outdoor connection with a larger number of venues opening to the outside Promenade deck, each with extensive seating and a separate entrance. While the Carnival ships have just one spot that opens up to the Promenade deck, the Breakaway will have a "waterfront" that feels like strolling along a boardwalk.
In many ways, it is also reminiscent of a long gone but once very popular ship from Norwegian; the Norway which was retired in 2003. That ship (built as the ocean liner SS France in 1961 and converted to a cruise ship by NCL in 1979) also had a full wrap-around promenade deck lined with shops, restaurants and access to various nightclubs along the way. The difference is the Norway's Promenade deck had been fully enclosed in glass, so while it seemed as if one was walking along a waterfront promenade deck (and one was) there wasn't the same level of beneficial exposure to the outdoors.
The 678 Atrium
While the Waterfront is the outdoor connection for these dining and drinking venues on deck 8, the interior connecting point is a three-deck atrium with a grand chandelier called "678," the numbers 6,7 and 8 representing the three decks the atrium will encompass. These restaurants will open up on the inside to the top deck of the atrium.
Deck 7 will have the Breakaway Casino, spanning more than 18,000 square feet with over 300 slot machines and 26 gaming tables. Deck 6 will be the floor of the atrium where guests will find the signature video wall with the Café and Bar at The Atrium offering special coffees and fresh baked pastries and other food as the seating area for watching the video screen. The Bar at The Atrium will feature mixed drinks, along with a self-service wine bar. The Shore Excursion Desk, Internet Café and Art Gallery will be nearby, along with two meeting rooms, card room and library. The location of O'Sheehan's Pub, one of the best features on Norwegian Epic, has not yet been announced but it is likely it will also be situated near the video screen, as it is on Epic.
In fact, the Breakaway series appears to have many similarities to Norwegian Epic in terms of public rooms, especially the three-story atrium, the video wall and the dining rooms. The Manhattan Dining Room at the stern of the ship appears to be almost identical to Norwegian Epic. But more remains to be revealed about this new class of ship between now and its debut in April, 2013.The La Cucina Italian Restaurant The same restaurant with the view from the terrace (promenade deck) The general look of "The Waterfront" on Breakaway


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The results of a government stress test will not be kind to Bank of America, sources say. The bank will likely need another $34 billion worth of capital to stave off a budget shortfall, according the The New York Times.
They're not alone.
Early estimates suggest that 10 of the 19 banks being stress-tested are expected to need a cash infusion.
Bank of America could raise the capital on its own by selling assets or stock, otherwise they will have to rely on government money. The company has already received $45 billion in capital from the government through the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
With $79 billion invested in the company, the U.S. government would become the largest shareholder in the troubled lender.
The bank's chief administrative officer, J. Steele Alphin, told The Times that the company would have plenty of time to raise the capital, perhaps by selling its First Republic Bank Business or its China Construction Bank, before a government infusion is necessary. He also believes the $34 billion estimate is a bit high.
"We're not happy about it because it's still a big number," Alphin said. "We think it should be a bit less at the end of the day."
The government has been working on the stress tests for the past three months trying to determine if 19 of the country's biggest banks are in a position to withstand further deterioration of the economy.
Treasury officials plan to release the results of the tests Thursday. Most of the 19 banks involved in the stress test plan to hold press conferences on Friday to explain the results of the government's assessments.