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This terrific dip was a late comer to the top ten list. Pinterest moved it out of limbo and gave it the recognition it deserved. Whether we get together in the summer or the winter, you can count on this dish being served at least once. As you might guess, the kids love this one, one so much I think we should issue mittens to slow him down. He hasn't yet grasped the concept of sharing. Do try this.It is next to no work to make and they will sing praises to your name. Guaranteed.
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I love to make this dip for Friday movie nights or watching weekend games. It's one of those dishes that everyone seems to love and you'll never have to worry about leftovers when you serve it. It is really easy to make and involves little more than opening cans and thawing vegetables. It can be made in advance and then baked just before you want to serve it. Serve it with warm tortilla chips and your guests will follow you anywhere. To warm chips, spread them in a single layer on a cookie sheet or baking pan and bake in a 350 degree F. oven for about 5 minutes. Dump them into a bowl and serve, repeating as often as is necessary. The recipe was developed by Tony Rosenfeld for Fine Cooking magazine. I have made only minor changes to his creation. Specifically, I use less vinegar than he calls for. Here's the recipe.
Warm Black Bean Dip...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Tony Rosenfeld
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil + more for baking dish
2 medium tomatoes, cored and cut into medium dice
2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided use
1 large yellow onion, finely diced
3 large cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chili powder
2 (15.5-oz.) cans black beans, rinsed and drained well
2 canned chipotles en adobo, minced (about 1 tablespoon), plus 3 tablespoons adobo sauce from can
1 to 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
1-1/2 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels (if frozen, thaw first)
1-1/2 cups (6 oz.) grated sharp cheddar cheese
1-1/2 cups (6 oz.) grated Monterey Jack cheese
3/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Freshly ground black pepper
Tortilla chips for serving
1) Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease a 1-1/2 qt. baking dish with oil and line a baking sheet with foil. Set the tomatoes in a colander over the sink and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt.
2) Heat oil in a large (12-inch) skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering hot. Reduce heat to medium, add onion, sprinkle with reserved 1 teaspoon salt, and cook, stirring, until softened and translucent, about 4 to 6 minutes. Add garlic and chili powder and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add half of black beans, chipotles and adobo sauce, and 3/4 cup water and bring to a boil. Cook until liquid reduces by about half, 2 to 3 minutes.
3) Transfer bean mixture to a food processor, add vinegar (I used only 1 tablespoon), and process until smooth. Let cool for a couple of minutes and then transfer to a large bowl. Add rest of beans, tomatoes, corn, half of each of cheeses, and 1/2 cup of cilantro. Mix well and season to taste with salt and pepper.
4) Transfer to baking dish and sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake on a foil-lined baking sheet (to catch drips) until cheese melts and browns around edges, about 15 minutes (longer if refrigerated). Sprinkle with remaining cilantro and serve with warm tortilla chips for dipping.
Yield: 10 to 12 servings.


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SET 1: Limb By Limb[1], Dogs Stole Things[1] > Poor Heart[1], Stash[1], Billy Breathes[1], Cars Trucks Buses[1], Dirt[1], You Enjoy Myself[2] -> Izabella[1]
SET 2: Timber (Jerry The Mule)[1] > David Bowie[1], Harry Hood[3] -> Blister in the Sun Jam[1] -> Harry Hood[1] -> Free[1], Waste[1] > Johnny B. Goode[1]
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Warfield Theatre
Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Reba, My Friend, My Friend[1], Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, I Didn't Know[2], David Bowie[3]
Set 2: Buried Alive > Halley's Comet > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Poor Heart > Golgi Apparatus
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I've known NPS Historian Scott Hartwig of Gettysburg National Military Park for about a decade, and every time I've met up with him over the years I've asked him the same question: "How's the Antietam book coming?" Well, I guess I'll need to come up with a new greeting, because his massive work To Antietam Creek: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862, has been published by Johns Hopkins. This is the first of two planned volumes, and takes the reader to the eve of the Battle of Antietam. Scott took a little time to answer a few questions about this, probably the most important Civil War book of 2012.
BR: While I'm sure many readers know you from visits to Gettysburg or from dozens of PCN Anniversary Battle Walks, can you tell those less familiar a little bit about yourself?
SH: I am a supervisory historian in the division of Interpretation at Gettysburg National Military Park. What this means is I do public history and manage the park's day to day interpretive program. I grew up in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, but had the itch to live out west and went to University of Wyoming. By pure luck I stumbled onto a Civil War historian teaching there named E. B. Long. For those today who don't know him, E. B., or "Pete," as his friends called him, was the research editor for Bruce Catton's magnificent three-volume centennial history of the Civil War. E. B. knew more about the Civil War than anyone I have ever known and could talk about the people who lived the war as if he had known them. I ended up taking nine credit hours from him on the Civil War and he was a major influence on my decision to seek a career at a Civil War park in the National Park Service. I have worked 33 years for the NPS, almost all of it at Gettysburg. I can honestly say that I have never been bored there a single day. In fact, some days I wish things would be a little more boring. There is never enough time to get everything done. I have written a number of essays and articles for magazines and books, and seminar proceedings, and back in the 90's appeared in a number of History Channel documentaries relating to Gettysburg, some of which still show but only really late at night.
BR: Who or what were your early Civil War influences?
SH: The earliest influence was the Time-Life magazines in the early 1960's that followed the course of the war and featured original art of battles, which was the sort of thing that excited a 7-year-old. Next was probably Hugh O'Donnell, my 8th grade history teacher, who encouraged critical thinking not just about the Civil War, but about history in general. Bruce Catton was also a major influence. I read everything he wrote. My parents also always actively encouraged my interest in history.
BR: Why did you decide to study the Maryland Campaign?
SH: I think Catton's Mr. Lincoln's Army was the initial catalyst. His chapter on Antietam was unforgettable. The other reason was, when I first started contemplating this, the only two books on the Maryland Campaign were Jim Murfin's Gleam of Bayonets and Francis Palfrey's The Antietam and Fredericksburg, which had been written in the 1880's. I thought the campaign could use a thorough study that employed the wealth of sources that had come to light since Murfin's book.
BR: Besides the scale (652 pages of text, plus appendices and an online bibliography available here), what does To Antietam Creek contribute to the existing literature?
SH: This volume gives focus to several aspects of the campaign that have only really been brush stroked to this point. I spend two chapters carefully assessing the two armies so the reader can understand their strengths and weaknesses. This part of military campaigns is often overlooked, but when we know the character of an army it helps us understand why it performed well, or poorly, or was mediocre. The bulk of the book examines the Harper's Ferry operation and battles of South Mountain in detail, but also in the context of the larger campaign. South Mountain has been studied by others but there is no in-depth study of Harper's Ferry existing. So this volume gives needed attention to what precedes Antietam, which was quite significant, since this encompassed the largest surrender of U.S. troops until World War II, and Robert E. Lee's first defeat as an army commander, at South Mountain.
BR: Your book has been in the works a long time – as long as I've known you. Can you describe how long it took, what the stumbling blocks were, and what you discovered along the way?
SH: It took at least twenty years. A big reason it took so long is working a full-time job and raising three kids is not conducive to writing. But I was very disciplined and pecked away at it. There were certainly times that I despaired I would ever finish it, but there was also something about the learning and writing process that I really enjoyed which always pulled me back. Much as I enjoy writing it does not come easily to me. There were many nights I would sit staring at the computer screen and never write a word, and more times that I would struggle to find the right words to describe something. It was like getting stuck in the mud. You had to keep pushing and eventually you broke free and started moving again.
There were plenty of stumbling blocks along the way. Many have faded from memory but George McClellan was one. He was not so much a stumbling block as much as he was a conundrum. The first chapter of the book is his story from his arrival in Washington after First Bull Run to his return to command after Second Manassas. I tried to avoid that chapter at first. Everyone analyzes McClellan. I thought I could avoid his controversial personality and history and just focus on the campaign but that proved a foolish thought. You cannot separate the McClellan of the Maryland Campaign from his history before that campaign. To understand the campaign the reader had to know McClellan's history. I also wrestled with how to treat McClellan. My initial approach was to follow the lead of a host of writers and historians and bash him as a weak and vacillating commander with a monumental ego. McClellan is easy to bash, but the more I studied him, his campaigns and his relationships with the Lincoln administration, I felt my initial treatment too critical and I re-wrote the chapter, this time taking a more sympathetic perspective. I let this re-write sit and when I read it again decided that it too failed to achieve a balanced assessment. I had strayed too far in the other direction. This lead to more research and a third re-write, which is what ended up in the book. My final analysis of McClellan is critical but I think it is honest and evaluates him in the context of the circumstances and conditions he faced both politically and on the military front.
When you work on a project of this size and for this long you are constantly encountering things you did not know, or uncovering evidence that challenges convention. Two examples are the Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia. The legend is that the Army of the Potomac was an immense host that failed to win a decisive victory at Antietam because McClellan was too cautious and inept and the Army of Northern Virginia, vastly outnumbered and reduced by the summer's fighting to a hard-core of less than 40,000 men, simply outfought them. I discovered the reality was considerably different. The Confederates fought well in every engagement in the campaign, but the reason they ended up with an army of 40,000 or less at Antietam was the result of straggling on a scale the army would not experience again until the Appomattox Campaign. Confederate logistics utterly failed their soldiers, and when combined with the arduous marching required during the campaign, men broke down by the thousands sick or exhausted. During the Battle of South Mountain some of Longstreet's brigades lost far more men to straggling on the march from Hagerstown to Boonsboro than they did in the battle. If you don't believe the Confederates experienced a crisis in straggling then read Lee's correspondence immediately after the Maryland Campaign. As for the Army of the Potomac, it was not as large as is commonly believed, and was beset by numerous organizational and logistical issues the impaired its effectiveness.
BR: Can you describe your research and writing process? What sources did you rely on most?
SH: I typically like to assemble my research for a chapter before I start writing. The research also guides the story the chapter needs to tell. But I sometimes was so eager to write – because I really enjoy the process – that I would get started before I finished the research. I don't recommend this method as it leads to an excessive amount of re-writing when you discover evidence that contradicts something you have already written.
The U.S. Army Heritage Education Center, Dartmouth College, the National Archives and Library of Congress were four of the most important archives among many I accessed for this project. USAHEC houses the finest collection of Union related manuscript material in the country and it is an absolutely first class resource to use. Besides all the official documents, correspondence, regimental books, etc., that the National Archives houses they had an obscure collection called Antietam Studies, which contained dozens of letters from veterans of the battle mainly to Ezra Carman, a veteran of the battle, and its historian in the late 19th Century, documenting in great detail their unit's part in the battle, and sometimes, in the entire campaign. The Library of Congress had Ezra Carman's massive unpublished manuscript of the Maryland Campaign, which is indispensable to any study of the campaign. Thankfully, Tom Clemens did a masterful job of editing this manuscript and it has been published by Savas Beatie. Dartmouth College housed the John Gould Collection. Gould was an officer in the 10th Maine Infantry at Antietam who in the 1890's initially set out to determine where General Joseph K. Mansfield fell at Antietam, but the project expanded until Gould was receiving correspondence from dozens of Union and Confederate veterans who fought in the cornfield and East Woods. Although there is a great deal of correspondence from Confederate soldiers in the Antietam Studies and Gould Collection, for wartime manuscript material the Southern Historical Collection at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the largest.
When I started this project the web as we know it did not exist yet, but in the last few years I used it quite a bit. The best on-line source for the Maryland Campaign is [Brian Downey's] Antietam on the Web. It is an excellent resource.
BR: What's next for you?
SH: Next is volume 2, which will cover the Battle of Antietam, the end of the campaign and the aftermath of Antietam, both in the battlefield area and nationally. My guess is it will take three years.
We're all looking forward to that – but good luck with that three year schedule!


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El33tonline writes:
"The launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was expected to set new records for unit sales and generated revenue, and while toppling the records of 2011's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was always going to be a tall order, Activision and Treyarch's latest title is on track to do just that."
I know...Where I work its a small electronics department in a grocery store (not walmart) and it isn't that well known.
This is how it went:
We got 40 copies of halo 4, sold 21.
We got 40 copies each of Black Ops 2 for the PS3 and Xbox 360, all sold out an hour after we opened.
Was quite surprised.
Wow, thanks for that info - final day one (and week one) sales for Black Ops 2 are going to be very interesting...
Console gamers.. cant get enough of COD. MW 1.15 is amazing.
I usually don't buy call of duty games the first day but I did with this one and I'm truly enjoying it. It's the true sequel to modern warfare.
"Console gamers.. cant get enough of COD. MW 1.15 is amazing."
Haters can't get enough trashing a game they don't like (though never played) and don't understand differing tastes.
people are going to hate on cod but the fact is no other games compare to it, its 60fps gameplay on a console is unmatched. if another better game came along people would play it, but it doesn't happen. battlefield 3? after the hype has died the clunky gameplay and 25fps will of course drive people back to the better game, COD.
(I don't even play COD i play pc games, but i can objectively give u guys the facts on the situation)
He explained in his msg why he feels it stifles sales...you may or may not agree, but he gave you his opinion.
It sure looks like it! BF3 didn't seem to do much to MW3, and now Black Ops 2 is doing even better despite all the hate.
Go figure!
Can't wait for my copy in the mail....
True blops will sell tons. I dont know of i will pick it up yet. Im still waiting on the weres wally movie staring jim carrey
or waldo
Im not suprised, like i always say for every 10 internet fanboys who hate this game they are 100 people in the real world ready to buy it. Hate it or love it you just gotta give it to COD,no matter how much you hate it people still love it.
agreed im not a fan myself, havent bought a cod since world at war but i dont understand the hate either. i may not like it but they are solid games every year and still one of the best shooters on the market. but for most internet fanboys its always one or the other, your not allowed to like halo, cod and battlefield or any combination of them just like your not allowed to like all 3 consoles or any combination of them lol. one or none
The reason people hate COD (myself included) is because it stifles sales of other games. Think about previous consoles. Although one game might have "ruled" when it came to multiplayer (Goldeneye, Halo 2, etc.) people still bought tons of games. They didn't play these games exclusively.
Go to today and there are literally millions of gamers who buy COD every year and either play only that game or a very small handful of others. I have several people in my friends list from the COD4 days who when I log on are always playing COD. Always. As in they play nothing else. I have friends who used to buy tons of games, and now that they play COD, they only buy 2-4 a year.
It's their right to play the game and only that game. I don't begrudge them. But it makes me sad that high quality games often struggle to sell, and a lot of that has to do with people who buy 3 games a year: COD, Madden, and whatever hot game is out that year (Halo, GTA, Gears, Uncharted, God of War, etc.).
Thats mainly because call of duty brought in a ton of people who wouldnt usually buy games at all.
For instance my uncle never plays games at all however when CoD mw2 or w.e came out and the press was all over it, it was on the radio etc, he had to try it out and so he bought a console for taht game.
Also alot of people play that game cause all their friends play it and so even if they dont like games per say they can keep with the trends if they play CoD.. ya get me?
"because it stifles sales of other games"
Please explain, how does CoD stifle other games sales. If the people who play CoD and CoD only then how would they affect other games since they never had the intention EVER of buying anything else.
Maybe your friends and the other people who don't buy many games anymore is because games are 60 bux a pop. And their are a lot of high quality games this gen during the CoD craze that did sell a lot.
People have this strange idea that CoD is keeping all other games down and this is not true at all. There is always going to be a game that's on top, same thing with all entertainment media. There will always be a number 1 franchise, it's unfortunate that the hate and bitterness that comes with it cause people to believe ridiculous assumptions.
I hate kids, this game is trash, can't wait for this fad to finally die.
I doubt this is a fad,this game has been going on for more than 6 years and it still breaks records,they most be doing something right for people to keep coming back. Im a 23years old UNI student and i still love COD,im far from a kid. That stero type about only kids play COD is a hypocrite saying.
Im 31 and i still play CoD this is by far the best one for a long time tho.
'I know...Where I work its a small electronics department in a grocery store (not walmart) and it isn't that well known'
Why would you be suprised abouty the sales of video games in a small unknown grocery story for sales of a game that people are going to get pre-order bonuses, promotional incentives, and trade-in vslue for other games towrds the purchase. Plus the fact that you had the game in your hands at midnight. Clearly your grocery store didn't have a midnight launch.
There were Gamestops averaging 300+ preorders of Halo with well over 50% of the sales done in the first hour on a midnight launch in the area I got mine.
With that said, you could almost double that number when you add in Call of Duty. Plus, there may have been even more locations that ran the game. COD is a retail beast on both consoles.
More fans get the game earlier and earlier each year, despite the thoughts that popularity for the brand.
Games that come out yearly have little to no added value; majority is reused assets and code.
Why pay full price for reused stuff?
SKIP ANNUALS, just like COD.
Why do you think the best games never come out yearly? Good games require time, while annuals require paying off reviewers.
MGS, Uncharted, etc etc never would be so good if they came out yearly.
SKIP TRASH. Dont listen to reviews listen to reality.
They reuse assets and code, nearly everything for annual releases; why keep this terrible cycle going?
Um okay then
Halo 4 87% from 77 reviews (metacritic)
Black ops 2 (xbox 360) 85% from 38 reviews
Do the math mate
@B-radical i dont see why you have to post review scores in a topic about sales figures.
Halo 4 scored 2% higher then Blops2 with 39 more reviews?
How sad !
More CODs are coming then. Pathetic !
Lol, flip flop much?
This article -
'How sad !
More CODs are coming then. Pathetic ! '
Black Ops: Declassified PS Vita - Campaign Gameplay (First Mission) article -
'looks very cool and with Gravity Rush and Uncharted coming for free on PS+ next week i might be busy for quite some time. '
Haha this just show it's cool to hate on cod and praise anything PS related on N4G. If not you are not a "real" gamer.
Personally, I've been looking forward to BO2 and hating the BO Declassified(Nihilistic developing it and it looked crap) BUT after hearing so much positive things about it, I've changed my mind.
Now, I cant wait to play BO2 and BO Declassified :)
i never play COD check my trophies man. looks cool against what the machine is capable of, doesn't mean i'm buying it.
I was talking about the graphics i say "it looks".
Saying "it looks cool" heavily implies that you mean the game looks cool, not the graphics of that game...
Because the vita game is an exclusive, it hasto be good to the fanboys lol
wow he got owned. like I said on another thread, the two most common themes on N4g are:
1. Hate COD
2. Defend Sony products (lately been the Vita)
When those two things collide, I guess the blind love for Sony wins out. lol
Why is it sad that people like a game you dont like? The world dose not revolve around your opinion.
This article -
'How sad !
More CODs are coming then. Pathetic ! '
Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified PlayStation Vita Commercial article -
'looks hot !'
Industry is going to shit with these lazy ass sequels no need for new IP's when people just keep buying the same game with little improvement R.I.P to new IP's.
Only fps in 2012 that actually is fun and innovative is dishonored the others are just same old same old.
Dishonored was a great game but not sure if it fits in the fps category
its a first person shooter its just also an rpg..
People not buying new IPs was the death of new IPs. You can't blame the mass market for that, you can only blame people who don't bother buying the games they claim to want at launch.
Borderlands 2 says hello..... :/ (It's a fantastic game)
I STILL cannot see the hype behind a new cod every goddam year. must be something im missing.
Then Play CoD and you might figure it out :)
sorry i dont play shitty games that cost the same amount every year that are ruled by 12 y old little kids. will never play cod again
i dont understand all the hate for cod.i tried codmw2 and it was fun.the only reason i dont buy the cod series is because its priced way more than most ps3 games where i live,and by the time i can get my hand on a decently priced 2nd hand copy the next one arrives.lol
most of the people are bashing cod for being a product of lazy ass development but i like to rate a product for what it is,not what it could have been
Depends why you hate it. I love Call of Duty but MW3 deserved the hate it got and so does this. The maps are not bad in this and the create a class system is good but it all comes crumbling down when you start to play and nobody needs to aim.
It's like 80% accuracy with the SMG, say goodbye to good ol CoD and welcome to some noob haven.
so what if the accuracy is bad.. Every1 is on the same playing field however there will always be people who are better/worse than you..
So how are they better than you? Different tactics and gameplay are required in CoD than your more realistic take on the shooter...
and aiming is obv needed otherwise u cud look at the floor from spawn, shoot and ace the whole team..
and since the basics of CoD gameplay have been the same for around 2-4 years now saying "say goodbye to good ol CoD" is a terrible saying
Aiming down the sight is a vital part of Call of Duty. It separates the casuals from the regular skilled players with quicker reflexes and accuracy.
It's now become a natural instinct to aim down the sight at medium to long range to shoot people which means I am being punished because everybody is blind firing with stupidly good accuracy. Taking out the need to aim down the sight is making this game unbearable to those who can play and a haven for those who can't.
Aiming in the general direction is all you need to do well now. The last game I liked was MW2, after MW3, I figured I would give it another chance, no point going off the franchise because of one game. But after seeing this mess, I am saying my goodbye, the saying is relevant.
The hate is usually unjustified however there could be a few legitimate reasons why people are upset. The main reason is the power and influence behind the franchise. It can and does drown out other games because of its popularity. All that means to me is those other games need to try harder but the problem is most times they can't afford the same type of marketing. There are many diamonds in the rough that gamers often neglect or don't bother with.
Others reasons could be the reliability of the product. Games lagging, people glitching and cheating, acting like idiots online and so on. Each year they say they are going to crack down on these people so that everyone can enjoy the games online and each year we hear of problems.
What I don't agree with are those who rush out to Metacritic and rate it a low score for no apparent reason other than their dislike for the franchise as a whole (if that's the case then they should just ignore the games each year).
I do agree, the game should be viewed on its own merits, not stacked up against what it could have been.
its not even that its a big business its because its the same game over and ever again with just 1 or 2 new things.. its been running the same engine for 6 years? its not worth buying the only way id buy another cod game is if they actually put some time in to making the game playable..
New campaign,new guns and new maps not to mention zombies. It fun to play.
And for that you ready to giveaway 60 dollars?
Oh man, this world is truly going to hell.
I fully agree with you, someone buying a game is the most horrible thing ever. God have mercy on us all.
The humanity! We will surely die soon because people could not be convinced that playing COD will eventually destroy the world. Stupid, stupid sheeple, those CoD-players.
People buy Madden for a roster update every year.
Call of duty tries a lot harder then that, when they probably don't even have to /shrug
What exactly SHOULD they add then?
If a whole new story, a ton of new guns and maps, plus a whole new way of playing a hugely successful spin-off mode isn't enough for you, what the hell is? Do you ever actually buy any games?
By those standards I can't see how anything can live up to your expectations.
its the same game for 6 years with the same graphics.. just more noobish stuff.. they ruin the game play and the skill of players and its not skill to just run around spraying and pre-firing.. its just annoying
The graphics are noticeably improved over the last title so maybe stop talking out of your ass.
its different developers than mw.. it runs the same engine as waw, and bo1.. the only thing thats different is that its in the future. things are a little bit mor complex graphics wise.. but it doesnt live up to expectations and the honor its given to be the top fps.it doesnt have graphics like crysis and gunplay like cs
Best cod game i've played.
So you have only played This and Modern Warfare 3 then?
Just wait a few weeks. We will a record breaking amount of games being traded in.
Interesting... And still we see all these doom and gloom articles that say the gaming industry is dead.
""GameStop sold more than one million copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops II in one day. That's just one retailer. One day. CRAZY""
What? That's way too low.
""Correction on the GameStop data: The million units were sold during the midnight launch period.""
OK this makes more sense.
Congratz Black Ops 2 on your success! I have yet to play enough of the game to say whether the game is worth it. There's just so much stuff to play!
Played through the campaign. It's not a bad campaign, but it's certainly no COD, COD2, MW, or MW2. I don't think Treyarch has it in them to beat West and Zampella.
The Infinty ward games are boring. At least treyarch tries to add new things. MW3 was just copy / paste.
I had a feeling this COD was gonna be crazy big. I think the change to futuristic weapons was just enough of a tweak to get the masses crazed for the game again.
You know it really doesn't deserve the hate. At the core base yeah it's still cod but in reality you really need to play it. It's really really good and the pick ten system is awesome along with the giant zombie mode and the campaign with the strike force missions it's really good.
The fact that all they have to do is update the create a class system for people to claim its good is just sad


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This is a time when erudition is grossly underrated.
And so it becomes doubly refreshing, not to mention entertaining, when a star can not only string two words together but use them to craft an argument so eloquently especially on an extremely titillating subject you find yourself agreeing even if you don't agree.
Jack spoke to both Parade Magazine and the Times Online. The interviews are MUST READS – the man does not shy away from expression. And as a result, I can now understand. I can understand why women would want a piece. He might be old and flabby but his brain is sharp as sex. I totally would.
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The $3.5 million, state-funded segment of the Jones Falls Trail will start at Lee Street near the Baltimore Visitor Center, wrap around the Inner Harbor and follow the Fallsway to the train station. From there, riders can access Druid Hill Park and the Maryland Zoo.
"This segment of the trail will really solidify the backbone of the city trail system," said Nate Evans, the bike and pedestrian planner for Baltimore's Department of Transportation.
When completed, the trail also will supply "the missing link" in the city's portion of the East Coast Greenway, a 2,800-mile network of bike paths stretching from Maine to Florida, said Greg Hinchliffe, Maryland's greenway coordinator.
The 2.8-mile segment also "serves as a model" for building dedicated bike trails elsewhere in the city, Hinchliffe said.
Planning for the Jones Falls route started in the late 1990s, said David Nafisi, a city transportation engineer. Construction has come in fits and starts, depending on the availabilty of funding. The portion from Pennsylvania Station to Clipper Mill on the north side of Druid Hill Park opened first. The city received state funds last year for the segment between Cylburn Arboretum and the Mount Washington light rail station. Eventually, planners hope to extend the trail north into Baltimore County to Robert E. Lee Park.
But design issues concerning road crossings slowed the progress on the southern segment.
Once those were resolved and the money was appropriated, crews were ready to move. The recent spell of warm weather has helped speed construction.
The city estimates that about 250 cyclists use Guilford Avenue as their north-south commuting route each day. Last year's Bike to Work Day attracted some 1,320 people. Having a safe route that ties together existing trails will only encourage more commuters and might even get traffic on the weekend from tourists wanting to get from the Inner Harbor to the zoo, Evans said.
He said a dedicated bike path, called a cycle track, "really increases users' level of confidence and opens up riding to all level of ability. There's no fear of competing with vehicles."
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This Peregrine journey takes you to one of the world's most awe-inspiring destinations: Antarctica. Skip the often turbulent Drake Passage with return flights from Punta Arenas to King George Island. After making shore visits through the South Shetland Islands, arrive at the Antarctic Peninsula and be immediately dazzled by some of the most dramatic scenery to be found anywhere on earth. Sailing aboard your well-appointed expedition vessel, witness Antarctic nature in all its glory. These areas boast an extraordinary abundance of wildlife, including five species of seals and massive rookeries of gentoo, Adelie and chinstrap penguins. Observe magnificent whales in close proximity as they crest the surface of waves. Weather, ice and other mitigating factors may result in changes to your itinerary and alteration to certain shore excursions.
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Why you'll love this trip
Your adventure begins in the most populated city in Patagonia, Punta Arenas. There are plenty of museums, restaurants and shops to keep you entertained before embarkation
Flying from Punta Arenas to the South Shetland Islands is the fastest, most direct way of travelling to Antarctica, and the view over the Drake Passage is unforgettable
Witness penguins playing in their natural habitat at inland rookeries during daily Zodiac landings along the Antarctic Peninsula
On-board lectures by polar specialists provide great insight in to the history and geology of Antarctica
Whale spotting among icebergs is easy when you have your expedition team searching for wildlife. Daily Zodiac landings afford the group great flexibility and opportunity during your time in the Antarctic
Is this trip right for you?
Although our ice strengthened ships are big and sturdy, Antarctic waters can be unpredictable and rough. Some people may experience seasickness, especially through the Drake Passage and other open water crossings. Please be prepared with medications to combat this. There is also a doctor on-board should you need further assistance.
As you'd expect, temperatures in the Antarctic are freezing. A warm parka will be provided along with waterproof boots and unlimited hot drinks. Please see the 'Packing' section of the Essential Trip Information for details on what you will need to bring with you.
Weather depending, you will be making regular excursions in a Zodiac boat to explore the local area and look for wildlife. It can get very cold and wet on the Zodiac, so make sure you are dressed appropriately and that you keep your camera safe and dry. Sturdy sea legs are needed as you make wet and dry landings from the boat, and on steep terrain, snow and other uneven surfaces. Some ships have a lot of stairs, so please hold on to the handrails if seas are rough.
The weather plays a pivotal part in this adventure and although there's an itinerary in place, there are no guarantees that you'll be able to do everything that is planned for. A level of flexibility and openness to embracing the unexpected are important in expedition travel, especially to such a remote area. There are nearly 200 recognised sites in the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetlands; the places mentioned in the itinerary may need to be changed to others (which are equally as interesting). We may also be confined to the ship during rough weather. The on-board library and educational lectures are ideal ways for keeping entertained.
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Special InformationPlease note, arrival transfers are included for clients arriving into Punta Arenas airport today. If you are arriving any earlier, you will need to make your own way to your hotel. Please arrive by 3.00pm so you can collect your parka and boots and you can take part in the welcome briefing that takes place at 6pm and is followed by dinner.
Notes: Luggage allowance for the charter flight is strictly limited to 15 kg for checked baggage and 5 kg for carry on.
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A gentoo penguin rookery is situated on the north end of the island on a rocky beach. Depending on the time of season you arrive, you may see them building nests or attending to their chicks. Giant petrels and kelp gulls breed on the island.
If you are lucky enough to mail a postcard in Antarctica, you'll likely pass through Damoy Point, the northern entrance to the harbour on which Port Lockroy is located.
This small island, one mile (1.6 km) in length, is easy to explore and home to gentoo penguins. You can visit the marker of a former British Antarctic Survey hut and watch for a variety of seabirds such as snowy sheathbills, kelp gulls and blue-eyed shags.
Located in Wilhelmina Bay, the island was used by whalers. A Zodiac cruise around the island passes a wrecked whaling ship.
This strait runs between Booth Island and the Antarctic Peninsula; you'll see that this is one of the most scenic locations on the western coast, especially during sunrise and sunset. The 6.8 mile-long (11 km) Channel may become
impassable when ice fills the narrow passageway, so we'll hope for clear waters.
A group of low islands in Dallmann Bay, on which you may see male fur seals haul-out at the end of the breeding season to recuperate from their battles for supremacy.
Little evidence remains that this bay was once used by the floating whale factory ship Neko. You might see some whale vertebrae used by resident gentoo penguins as shelter from the wind. There is an unmanned refuge hut here, erected by Argentina. Climb past the hut and up a steep slope for
spectacular views of the glacier-rimmed harbour.
Here, near the Lemaire Channel, you can stand ashore and see the southernmost breeding colony of gentoo penguins. The dome of the island rises 650 feet (200 meters) above the sea, offering a challenging hike for panoramic views. Adélie penguins, shags and south polar skuas also inhabit the island.
A 'fun' destination of sorts, we always strive to journey to Port Lockroy if weather permits. The harbour is on the west side of Wiencke Island. A secret base was built on the harbour during the Second World War as part of Operation Tabarin. It is now designated as a historic site, where Port Lockroy is a museum and post office. Proceeds from your purchases here support the preservation of historic sites from the Heroic Age of Exploration.
Of historic interest, you may venture to this unique point, which at low tide is connected to the Antarctic mainland. Zodiacs are used to explore the area when the tide is in. Two scientists studying penguin behavior lived in a water boat on the Point from 1921-22. The remains of their camp have been
designated an Antarctic historic site.
This is a group of small islands, some still unnamed, situated in the northern entrance of English Strait. You can often spot a great mix of wildlife here, with gentoo and chinstrap penguins having established rookeries. Southern elephant and fur seals are frequently hauled-out here too.
Also known as Rancho Point, this area is a rocky headland on the southeastern shore of Deception Island. Chinstrap penguins build nests on slopes leading to a high ridge that dominates the natural amphitheater and provides a superb setting for landscape photography.
This crescent-shaped island was known to sealers as early as 1821. Unlike sealers who liked to keep their best locations secret, we're happy to bring you ashore on this impressive island. Many Antarctic birds breed here including chinstrap penguins, shags, Wilson's storm-petrels, kelp gulls, snowy sheathbills, Antarctic terns and skua.
Macaroni, chinstrap and gentoo penguin rookeries are located on the point, which is on the south coast of Livingston Island. Due to the rather congested area available to the nesting penguins, you can only visit here from January 10 onwards.
Hot geothermal waters are found along the shoreline of this cove, named for observations made in 1829 by a British expedition. You may see yellow algae and boiled krill floating on the surface because of the scalding hot water!
Antarctica has two flowering plants, both of which you can find on Penguin Island: Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis. Chinstrap penguins, fur seals and southern elephant seals use the island for breeding purposes.
A nice spot for Zodiac cruising, this point was known to sealers as early as 1820. Chinstrap penguins, kelp gulls and pintado breed here, and whales may be seen in the surrounding waters.
Your Expedition Team will be happy to point out that it is here where the most recent evidence of volcanic eruption on Deception Island can be seen.
Chinstrap and Adélie penguin rookeries are found on this point, situated on the south coast of King George Island. The beaches here are often crowded with southern elephant, fur, and Weddell seals hauled-out on the rocks.
To reach Whaler's Bay it is necessary to sail through a narrow passage called Neptune's Bellows. The bay was used by whalers from 1906 to 1931 and is part of a protected harbour created by a circular flooded caldera, known as Deception Island. Along with waddling penguins and lounging seals, you'll see rusting remains of whaling operations on the beach. Watch for steam that may rise from geothermally heated water springs along the shoreline.
Gentoo penguins have established a rookery on this harbour, situated on the southwest side of Greenwich Island. Here you can see an abandoned Argentine refuge hut and a large glacier that stretches along the east and north sides of the bay. An abandoned sealing try pot is all that remains of the
activity that brought men thousands of miles in tall ships to seek their fortune.
The following Optional Activities are available to participate in, on some or all of the departures of this itinerary. These must be booked in advance (additional costs apply) and space is limited.
KAYAKING – Our kayaking adventures are the best way to feel at one with the sea. Taken in small groups of maximum 16 people, multiple times per voyage, kayaking adventures are only conducted during calm weather conditions. Kayaking is open to all levels of experience, however kayaking in the polar waters is not suitable for novice kayakers. Beginners interested in kayaking should first take an introductory course prior to the voyage which includes how to do a wet exit. In addition regardless of your experience, we recommend you take part in some kayaking practise prior to the voyage to ensure that you are comfortable on the water in the icy conditions.
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- Lunch (4)
- Dinner (4)
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Meals Included
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Special InformationNo departure transfer is included, please make your own way to the airport for your onward travels.
Meals7 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 6 dinners
TransportExpedition cruise ship, Plane, Zodiac
AccommodationExpedition Voyage, Hotel
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Kayaking is available to book on all Antarctic voyages. Some voyages also offer other activities such as camping, stand up paddle boarding, cross country skiing and mountaineering. All of these activities must be booked prior to departure and incur an additional cost. Spaces are limited so please enquire at time of booking. For kayaking, previous, recent experience is essential and a good level of fitness is required for cross country skiing and mountaineering. See the itinerary for Adventure options available on this voyage.
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Citigroup, Morgan Stanley Agree to Merge Brokerages
Citigroup has agreed to merge its Smith Barney brokerage unit into Morgan Stanely's brokerage operations, the first step in ultimately shedding Smith Barney and a move away from the financial supermarket model that Citigroup has followed for the past decade.
The boards of both Citigroup (NYSE: c) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: ms) have approved the joint venture, CNBC has learned.
Under the agreement, Morgan Stanely will control 51% of the joint venture with the right to increase its share in future years. In effect, the deal will give Morgan Stanley control the nation's largest brokerage firm, with 18,000 financial advisers, compared to the 16,000 at the Merrill Lynch subsidiary of Bank of America (NYSE: bac).
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The deal would provide a capital boost for Citigroup, but it will also be the first step toward the break up of the massive investment bank, which is under pressure to raise capital to stem losses. Citigroup is expected to announce another massive loss for its fourth quarter.
As reported earlier Tuesday, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit plans to announce in the coming days a major shift away from the "financial supermarket" model that has guided the bank for the last decade.
Video: CNBC's Charlie Gasparino discusses Citi's plan to focus on its core business.
The breakup of the supermarket model—in which a bank handled a client's every financial need, from investing to insurance—would mean that Citigroup would become more of a traditional bank like JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: jpm).
The core of the remaining company would be a global wholesale bank with some investment banking capability and include private and regional banking.
Citigroup's former CEO Sandy Weill developed the financial supermarket model in 1998 when he fought successfully to allow the merger of Travelers with Citibank.
The merger circumvented the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act that separated commercial and investment banking and helped pave the way for the banking behemoths that have been crumbling during the credit crisis. Glass Steagall was repealed in 1999.
The dismantling of Citigroup's supermarket model is being made under pressure from the federal government, which has loaned Citigroup $45 billion in recent months and agreed to absorb the losses on a huge pool of mortgages and other assets.
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"It's the power of what follows here, the frank and often profound reflections of those who have been there, of those who have lost. In their words, often philosophical and poetic, they move us to see what they see and to hear what they hear. They make us all feel less alone."
—Alex Kotlowitz, bestselling author of There Are No Children Here and co-producer of the award-winning film The Interrupters


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Since I have been submitting lessons on the characters from the new Cartoon Network series Young Justice, I thought I would make a tutorial of the entire cast from the show. Of course there is a couple of figures missing, but at least I've included the five main characters like Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Miss Martian, and Superboy. The other superhero that I'm missing is Artemis the niece to Green Arrow. The superhero series is about a group of teenagers that are also heroes. Each member of Young Justice is related to the original superheroes of DC Comics. For instance, Robin is Batman's protege'. Robin offers skills of being an expert with computers making him a genius hacker. He is also good at martial arts, and Robin is also an incredible acrobat. Now Kid Flash is the partner of The Flash, and even though they look very similar in appearance, there is a couple of things that he is good at and that is his super speed, and his telescopic goggles. Aqualad is one of my favorite characters because he has some awesome tattoos. Aqualad is an apprentice to the well known Aquaman, and under his hand Aqualad is a confident young superhero that has abilities like electric eel tattoos, water-bearers, and amphibious. Miss Martian is the niece of Martian Manhunter and even though some of you may not be familiar with his name, he is a popular figure in DC Comics. She has abilities like shape shifting, telekinesis, and telepathy. Finally, Superboy is a clone created from the very DNA of Superman. He has a lot of the same superpowers as his cloned father, like super strength, infrared vision, and he can even leap tall buildings in a single bond. Anyways, I hope you guys have fun with this tutorial on ""how to draw Young Justice". You may find it difficult to draw five superheroes at once, but then again you might not. Thanks for joining me guys, and be sure to come back real soon. Peace out folks!
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Maxwell's 12th-inning HR lifts Royals over Mets
Greg Holland gets save
Pinch-hitter Justin Maxwell homered deep into the left-field seats leading off the 12th inning, and the Kansas City Royals overcame a late blown lead and got back to their winning ways with a 4-3 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday.
Kansas City, which had a nine-game winning streak snapped Friday night with a loss in the 11th, improved to 8-2 in extra innings.
Maxwell, acquired Wednesday in a trade with Houston, hit a 3-2 pitch from David Aardsma for his fifth career pinch-homer and first overall with the Royals. The New York bullpen had been perfect after starter Jeremy Hefner left after six innings, but Aardsma couldn't retire the first batter he faced.
The Mets lost hours after putting All-Star third baseman David Wright on the disabled list with a hamstring injury. Wright hurt himself running out an infield hit Friday night.
Kelvin Herrera (4-5) earned the win with three innings of relief in which he walked one and struck out three without giving up a hit.
Greg Holland got the final three outs in the 12th for his 29th save in 31 chances and 22nd straight.
Aardsma (2-1), filling in while closer Bobby Parnell is sidelined with a sore neck, blew the save in the ninth inning Friday night before the Mets came back to win on Eric Young Jr.'s homer.
The Mets, 9-3 in interleague play, provided the comeback Saturday by scoring two runs in the eighth on Josh Satin's two-run single against Aaron Crow.
Bruce Chen put the Royals in position to win, pitching six strong innings. He gave up four hits, struck out eight and didn't walk anyone in his fourth start of the season -- all since July 12 -- to lower his ERA to 2.03. He is 1-0 with three no-decisions as a starter and has gone exactly six innings in each outing.
Chen's only blemish was Daniel Murphy's home run leading off the second inning.
George Kottaras got that run back to start the Royals' three-run third by homering off Jeremy Hefner, who was originally scheduled to pitch Sunday. Because of bullpen injuries, the Mets are going back to a five-man rotation until Jonathon Niese returns from a shoulder injury.
Hefner also worked six innings, allowing three runs, eight hits - including the 20th homer of the season. He walked no one and struck out six.
Hefner is 0-3 with two no-decisions in his past five starts. He gave up a total of 21 runs in his previous three outings.
After Murphy gave the Mets a 1-0 lead in the second with his ninth homer, the Royals came right back to grab the lead.
Kottaras' fifth homer just eluded leaping Marlon Byrd in right field. Chen, Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer followed with singles to load the bases, bringing up usual designated hitter Billy Butler, who made a rare start at first base.
Hefner struck out Butler, but Alex Gordon gave the Royals their first lead of the series with a sacrifice fly to deep right. Miguel Tejada added an RBI single, the second of his three hits.
NOTES: The Mets recalled OF Mike Baxter from Triple-A Las Vegas to replace Wright on the roster. He flied out as a pinch-hitter in the 10th. ... Hosmer moved from first base for Butler and started in right field for the first time this season. Butler made his seventh start at first. Hosmer replaced him in the seventh. ... Hefner is 0 for 30 batting this season. He was 2 for 20 last season with a home run.


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A four-week year-vs.-year losing streak that began Labor Day weekend sunk the third quarter domestic box office by 7.2% — but looking at the bigger picture, there's reason for optimism, with overall totals still ahead of last year, and a fourth-quarter that's already off to a solid start.
Third-quarter domestic B.O. (July 1-Sept. 30) came in at $2.69 billion, compared with $2.9 billion for the same period last year, according to stats provided by the National Assn. of Theater Owners. But Stateside year-to-date totals are ahead of last year by more than 3% through Oct. 14, with admissions (at roughly 1.05 billion) also up, by 2.6%.
Domestic 2011 box office rang in at $10.17 billion, below the 2009 all-time high of $10.6 billion.
The summer's usual clutch of tentpoles helped prop up this year's third-quarter B.O., most notably Warner Bros.' "The Dark Knight Rises," which led the pack, grossing $444 million through Sept. 30. Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man" followed, with $262 million domestically. Fox toon "Ice Age: Continental Drift," which topped several overseas territories, was third, with $159 million. Including Universal's "The Bourne Legacy" ($112 million), there were four $100 million-plus grossers this summer vs. seven during third-quarter 2011.
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When the summer season folded up its tentpoles, though, third-quarter box office began to struggle — even more so than the usual early-fall dip. The weekend following Labor Day saw one of the lowest three-day totals in more than a decade, and the slump continued for two more weekends until Sony launchedanimated pic "Hotel Transylvania," which opened to $42 million domestically, and has cumed $103 million, and counting.
Fourth quarter box office meanwhile, has been promising.
Boosted by pics like "Hotel Transylvania" and "Taken 2" (a $49.5 million bow), October 2012 is outpacing the same period last year by a whopping 27%, setting the pace for a potentially record-breaking month.
And there's plenty of October product to keep things ahead of the curve: Paramount's "Paranormal Activity 4" bowed Oct. 19, with each new entry in the franchise having opened at better numbers than its predecessor. Warner Bros.' epic ensembler "Cloud Atlas" comes a week later.
Leading up to Thanksgiving, Sony-MGM launches its newest James Bond pic, "Skyfall," on Nov. 9, followed by Summit's "Twilight" finale, "Breaking Dawn — Part 2" on Nov. 16. Thanksgiving weekend, meanwhile, will have Paramount's last DreamWorks Animation pic, "Rise of the Guardians," along with Fox's "Life of Pi," the Weinstein Co.'s "Silver Linings Playbook" and FilmDistrict's "Red Dawn."
Christmastime entries include such highlights as "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (Dec. 14), from Warner Bros. and New Line; Sony's "Zero Dark Thirty" (Dec. 19); and TWC's "Django Unchained" and Universal's "Les Miserables," both of which bow Dec. 25.
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