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Official: Sony Ericsson X10 has no multi-touch hardware
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A Sony Ericsson staffer has admitted that the company's eagerly awaited Android-based touchscreen smartphone, the Xperia X10, lacks hardware support for multi-touch operation, dashing hopes that the feature's absence might be remedied by a firmware update.
The X10 is due to go on sale next month through Vodafone, Virgin Media and Orange, to name but three operators. It sports a 4in, 480 x 854 touchscreen and runs Android 1.6.
Sony Ericsson's X10: no multi-touch operation
It's been known that, unlike many other touchscreen handsets, the X10 won't do multi-touch, but it has been assumed that this was a result of the phone's software.
However, in a posting on the quasi-official Sony Ericsson Product Blog, staffer Rikard Skogberg said: "As said earlier, there's no multitouch in [the] X10 – and I also can confirm that it's not only related to [software] but also to [hardware]."
In short, updating the X10's OS to a version with full multi-touch support - Android 2.0 or up, basically - will not add the feature to the phone.
That said, Skogberg did indicate that some multi-touch features may be added to the handset: "For future updates of X10 we are of course working on other solutions for e.g. zooming."
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Like many Americans, Memorial Day never ceases to move me. Rivaled only by Christmas and Easter, it's the most poignant time of the year for me, maybe because, like Christmas and Easter, it's about life, death, and remembrance.
This Memorial Day, several images stick with me:
Recently, I was sitting at the waiting room at the nearby hospital, alternately reading something and checking email on my BlackBerry, consumed by my own little modern, technological world. Over to my left, I heard an elderly gentleman saying to another elderly gentleman, "Yes, I got there in 1943, ready to deploy to Italy…."
I looked over at the two of them. They were chatting amicably, calmly, quietly, un-ostentatiously. When the one finished a thought about the Italian campaign, the other picked up with his story about boarding a plane for Europe nearly 70 years ago.
The two men sat a few feet apart, two chairs between them. I was struck by how similar they looked. Each was probably late 80s, about 5'9", 160 pounds, apparent good shape, minds sharp as tacks, wearing trousers on a very hot day, baseball caps, legs crossed, arms bent atop the back of a chair. They looked like farmers, and probably were farmers in their youth before they headed off to World War II. They were mirror images physically, could be mistaken for brothers, but their resemblance was more than that: each possessed a sort of serenity, a peace. You had the sense that if the doctor told them they had just weeks to live, they'd shrug their shoulders and say, "Well, that's a tough break, Doc. But I can't complain."
When the one man was fetched by an attractive young nurse, he got up, smiled, and said to her, "Nice day outside, eh?"
Both had the comportment of the gentleman American farmer, the guys who, when called to duty, did their duty–a long time ago.
Like many of you reading this article, I've encountered these men frequently in my life, but increasingly less so. I'm in my mid-40s. I came across them much more often 20 years ago.
I recall another such instance in the early 1990s. I pulled off I-95 in rural Virginia, early in the morning. It was only my fiancé and I–before all the kids we have now. We stopped at a McDonald's. Sitting there was a group of old men. They were talking about "The Big One," about "W-W-Two." One was describing what it was like at the Battle of the Bulge, as the others listened intently.
I wonder about those men at that McDonald's in Virginia. Are they still alive? Perhaps half of them are, at best.
I'm struggling here to provide a picture of what I regrettably know is a dying breed, a special American that my kids will not encounter in their mid-40s. What a loss that will be. These WWII vets are the essence of Americana. Norman Rockwell would have painted them for the Saturday Evening Post. And they are nearing extinction. Two decades from now, a handful will be left, and they won't be shooting the breeze in the hospital waiting room or local McDonald's.
That brings me to another image that sticks with me:
Speaking of Norman Rockwell, I live in a quintessential American small-town: the main street with the flags, trees, barber shops, old movie theatre, churches, and people who know your name. After you cross the railroad tracks to leave town, drive about three miles, you come to a cemetery. Whizzing past that cemetery on Memorial Day literally gives pause. It looks like every second or third tombstone is festooned with a tiny American flag. Could that be possible?
Sure, it could. My town (probably like yours) was founded in the 19th century. From then on, America's men went to war. From the Civil War to World War I to World War II to Korea to Vietnam, among other conflicts, each generation served and died. Most died years after getting home and starting families with their sweethearts. The flags at the cemetery bear witness.
Sadly, we're currently amid a period when we'll observe a palpable increase in the flags at the cemetery, and a corresponding decrease in the gentlemen talking about the war at the hospital or McDonald's. It's a process that's irreversible. There's nothing we mere mortals can do about it. It's in God's hands.
But there is something you can do. When you see these men, talk to them. Don't miss a golden, fleeting opportunity that your children and grandchildren will not get. Listen to them, enjoy them, and remember them.
– Dr. Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College, executive director of The Center for Vision Values, and author of the book, "The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis, The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mentor." His other books include "The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism" and "Dupes: How America's Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century."
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I recently received a post prompt asking "What kind of music are your listening to these days?" It's funny that you should ask. I recently stumbled upon an artist whose voice has depth beyond her years. While listening to her sing there is a strangely familiar feeling mixed in with her soft sultry style.
It is almost as though her voice stirs memories of a forgotten time. Maybe my Mother listened to music similar to this when I was growing up. I am not exactly sure how to explain it except that it feels like HOME.
Madeleine Peyroux began performing on the streets of Paris. Then she spent several years traveling and performing around Europe. Her first CD Dreamland was released in 1996. And almost immediately she gained widespread attention and was compared to the likes of Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith.
Her hauntingly familiar style of music is soothing to my soul…


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When you are doing a lot of punching, blocking, kicking, or whatever, the count can seem to go on forever.
Counting to 100 seems to take a long time. It is easier to count to 10 ten times. Even 15 can seem like a lot (if you are doing something hard). Counting to 5 three times can make it easier.
When you are doing 10 things, the number 8 means that you only have 2 to go. It is easy to do only 2 more things.
If you are doing 1,000 punches, the number 500 means that you are half way there!
Doing 1,000 punches sounds like a lot, but at least it is not 5,000!
The reason I am writing about this is because numbers are a mental thing. As humans, we count things: 1, 2, 3, 10, 100, 1,000. Since counting is a mental process, you can trick your mind into "thinking" that something is a lot or a little, hard or easy, etc.
I used to like puzzles, particularly when I was young. I would do 1,000 piece puzzles. That's a lot of pieces, but each one you fit together means that there is one less to chose from. That makes it easier to find the next piece.
When you do kata, you usually do not count the movements (unless you are doing the kata in a group). Moving on you own internal count, there are no numbers. There is no real feeling of a beginning, middle, and end to the kata. Of course, you might bow at the beginning and the end.
Have you ever started with one kata but ended with another? I used to do that with Pinan Yondan and Godan. I would start out with Pinan Yondan and end up with Pinan Godan. There was no "count" in my mind. I was just feeling the kata. Afterwards, I would just laugh about it. One kata is as good as another.
Done a certain way, kata have a count. Done another way, they have no count at all.
When you count, your mind is moving in a linear way. Time moves slowly. When you do not count -- do not verbalize or number the movement process -- time seems to move differently.
One of the secrets of Karate (a secret is just something you realize through training) is to learn to switch your mind into the verbal or nonverbal, numeric or non-numeric mode. When someone punches you, there is no time to think. If you try to think you will surely be hit. But if you can switch into the nonverbal mode, things seem to move slowly and you move without thinking. It is as if your body makes the decisions and you realize it after the fact.
I will tell you one of my tricks. When I take the ready position for a kata, that switches my mind off. In a non-kata context, if I put my index finger and thumb together (of either hand), that does the trick. You mind will obey physical commands if you train it to do so.
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Promoting parochial messages, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday announced ad campaigns in 10 competitive House races and two Senate campaigns to help candidates whom the nation's largest business lobbying group see as pro-business.
Promoting parochial messages, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday announced ad campaigns in 10 competitive House races and two Senate campaigns to help candidates whom the nation's largest business lobbying group see as pro-business.
Stretching from Massachusetts to California, the House ads are tailored to voters' district-specific interests, such as immigration, water policy and bridge repair. The ads are designed to help House Republicans maintain — and expand — their majority with the backing of one of Washington's most potent political groups. The ads also look to defend Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and keep Colorado's Senate race competitive.
"As the son of immigrants, he knows that our system is broken and he is working to fix the many problems with immigration," one of the 30-second ads says in support of Rep. David Valadao, who is running for a second term in California's Central Valley. "Valadeo wants to grow our economy and keep families together."
Another ad, running in Minnesota, promotes candidate Stewart Mills as "a job creator for Congress."
"Washington's a mess. We need new leaders with experience creating jobs," the narrator says in the ad backing Mills, whose family founded a chain of outdoors stores in the upper Midwest. The ad also notes Mills' support for "responsible Minnesota mining for good jobs."
In New York's Hudson Valley, the Chamber is calling two-term Rep. Chris Gibson "an independent voice for Upstate New York."
"He's fighting for it, bringing people together to grow jobs, upgrade our transportation infrastructure, rebuild our roads and bridges," the ad says to help Gibson, who is expected to face wealthy Democratic rival Sean Eldridge in November.
For Senate races, the Chamber is running ads to help McConnell, who faces both a primary challenge and a strong Democratic challenger come November. "He fights Washington for Kentucky," a small business owner says in the pro-McConnell ad.
In Colorado, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has recorded ads in English and Spanish for Rep. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican who is running for the Senate and is among the national GOP's top recruits. Rubio, a potential 2016 presidential contender, tells voters: "America needs principled leaders like Cory Gardner in the Senate. That's how we'll end gridlock, that's how we'll turn this country around."
In all, the ads ignore the Democrats these candidates are likely to face. It is still early in the election calendar and many of these candidates are not widely known at home. The deep-pocketed Chamber, however, does not shy from negatives ads and could shift its tone as November's elections draw closer.
"This is the reward House Republicans get for devoting themselves to stacking the deck for their special interest backers at the expense of the middle class," said Rep. Steve Israel, who runs House Democrats' campaign committee.
The ads are set to help Rep. Dan Benishek, who was elected in the tea party wave of 2010 and barely won a second term in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Benishek ran his first campaign pledging to challenge Washington's establishment and now is getting a hand from Washington's biggest business lobbying group.
"In Congress, he's been a champion of economic growth," the narrator in that ad says over rock music. "Dr. Dan understands small-town Michiganders. He's been listening to us. He's fighting for rural economies."
The Chamber is also running ads for Doug Ose, who is looking to return to Congress to represent California, and Bob Dold, who is trying to do the same in Illinois. Rep. Mike Coffman, who won his third term in 2012 with just 48 percent of the vote, and Rep. Mike Simpson in Idaho and Rep. Andy Barr in Kentucky are also getting help.
Richard Tisei, who is challenging nine-term Democratic Rep. John Tierney in Massachusetts, and Nevada Rep. Joe Heck also are in races where the Chamber is spending.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Jim, Lowe's reported solid earnings this morning. They even raised sales guidance. Now I know there was a little benefit from Sandy in there, but was their restructured pricing strategy to be credited? Jim Cramer: You know they've been operating in turn-around mode for a long time. The housing boom is so great that everybody wins. It's a rising tide. Existing home sales are terrific. Also I think that Sandy is underestimated. Let me just tell you why. If you are to go in...let's say in a normal situation you have a catastrophic storm. What happens is on day one you get the storm, day two you pick up the pieces, and day three you call the contractor, and say okay listen, I want to get this done. You're not allowed into a lot of the homes. Individual homeowners are not allowed into a lot of the homes in New Jersey because the infrastructure is so destroyed, the roads are destroyed, and the houses are destroyed. The National Guard won't let you there. They won't even let in contractors. They're letting in the contractor plus one employee, that's it. So we don't really know the size of the damage, but the people I know who are down there are saying that it is just unfathomable how much business will be generated by this, in the wallboard business, in the tool business. I'd say that Sandy is going to be, beginning in December, a huge wind at the back of Lowe's, as well as Home Depot. Lindsey Bell: So does this benefit GDP then too? Jim Cramer: I think so. I think so. Now, I mean, the federal government's going to have to do what we don't, as a taxpayer don't want them to do, which is support the infrastructure in all these places that, under the Stafford Act, where you could just basically say okay look, maybe you shouldn't rebuild these areas. I interviewed Governor Christie Whitman recently, a former governor, and she said look, we were always debating whether to allow the construction where it is. But I think that one of the things that is the American way is you can't stop building. So I just think that Lowe's has got a lot of things going for it. I think Home Depot does too. I think that these are excellent stocks. Lindsey Bell: Do you prefer one over the other here, I mean, Lowe's is a little bit cheaper? Jim Cramer: I like Home Depot more, just because I think that the stock reported a great quarter, but it happened to have taken place during the fiscal cliff negotiations.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (Jan, 17, 2012) – U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that EPA and USDA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the state of Minnesota to develop a new state program for farmers designed to increase the voluntary adoption of conservation practices that protect local rivers, streams and other waters by reducing fertilizer run-off and soil erosion. Through this partnership, producers who undertake a substantial level of conservation activities to reduce nutrient run-off and erosion will receive assurance from the state that their farms will meet Minnesota's water quality standards and goals during the life of the agreement.
"Clean, healthy waters are essential to the health of our people and to our nation's farmers", said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "I believe that local conservation efforts, like those supported through this MOU, are among the most effective means for improving water quality in our nation."
"Establishment of this program will protect our water resources by providing assurances and incentives to participating farmers that their good deeds – their strong commitment to conservation – will be recognized," Vilsack said.
USDA and EPA will offer support to Minnesota in developing its certainty process for water quality improvements on private agricultural lands and eligible tribal lands in high priority watersheds. While this idea is new to protection of water quality, "certainty agreements" have been successful for encouraging private landowners to conserve wildlife habitat. For example, USDA already has helped 11 Western states establish a certainty process to protect the sage-grouse, a candidate species for the Endangered Species List. The sage-grouse effort has been successfully, resulting in an increase in the bird's habitat on ranch land in the west. Eventually, USDA and its partners hope to duplicate this success in addressing water quality on agricultural lands across the nation.
Jackson, Vilsack and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed the MOU during a ceremony in the Minnesota Capitol.
"Water and food are two of society's essential resources," Governor Mark Dayton said. "Today, we are taking a bold step for a program, which keeps agriculture a cornerstone of our economy and also protects the health of our rivers, lakes and streams. It is vital that we have both."
"I also want to thank President Obama, Secretary Vilsack, and Administrator Jackson for their outstanding leadership in advancing this initiative. We look forward to a strong working partnership."
The MOU signing is the first step toward developing the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program (AWQCP), designed to increase the adoption of recommended conservation practices to improve water quality on agricultural land. The MOU signing formalizes the state-federal partnership and confirms a joint commitment to developing and implementing the program.
After the MOU signing, Minnesota and its partners will establish a Technical Advisory Committee to develop the certification program that will support the state's water quality standards and goals. The committee will solicit input from stakeholders in designing criteria to provide certainty for producers who have voluntarily attained or maintained a certain level of water quality improvements on their agricultural land. Minnesota will test the program in several pilot watersheds.
The Minnesota AWQCP is a state-federal partnership that includes EPA, USDA, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
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I came across Theodore Roosevelt's autobiography in Google Books this weekend, and as I was looking through the table of contents, the chapter titled "In Cowboy Land" caught my eye.
The eloquence of the descriptive paragraphs that open the chapter surprised me.
It was a land of vast silent spaces, of lonely rivers, and of plains where the wild game stared at the passing horseman. It was a land of scattered ranches, of herds of long-horned cattle, and of reckless riders who unmoved looked in the eyes of life or of death. In that land we led a free and hardy life, with horse and with rifle. We worked under the scorching midsummer sun, when the wide plains shimmered and wavered in the heat; and we knew the freezing misery of riding night guard round the cattle in the late fall round-up. In the soft springtime the stars were glorious in our eyes each night before we fell asleep; and in the winter we rode through blinding blizzards, when the driven snow-dust burnt our faces. (From page 103)
If you like stories of the Old West, I think you'll enjoy this true account of real-life adventures. The chapter relates some of Teddy Roosevelt's experiences as a rancher in what is now southwestern North Dakota. He remembered the region and its people with great affection.
As I read, I realized that Teddy Roosevelt had a good sense of humor. I can imagine this scene very well, and his dry remark at the end of the anecdote amuses me.
Most ranchmen at that time never had milk. I knew more than one ranch with ten thousand head of cattle where there was not a cow that could be milked. We made up our minds that we would be more enterprising. Accordingly, we started to domesticate some of the cows. Our first effort was not successful, chiefly because we did not devote the needed time and patience to the matter. And we found that to race a cow two miles at full speed on horseback, then rope her, throw her, and turn her upside down to milk her, while exhilarating as a pastime, was not productive of results. (From page 107)
Roosevelt wrote that, compared to many of the men he worked with, he was not a good roper or an exceptional horseman. However, he didn't mind laughing at himself.
When the camp was only just across the river, two of the calves positively refused to go any further. [George Meyer] took one of them in his arms, and after some hazardous maneuvering managed to get on his horse, in spite of the objections of the latter, and rode into the river. My calf was too big for such treatment, so in despair I roped it, intending to drag it over. However, as soon as I roped it, the calf started bouncing and bleating, and, owing to some lack of dexterity on my part, suddenly swung round the rear of the horse, bringing the rope under his tail. Down went the tail tight, and the horse "went into figures," as the cow-puncher phrase of that day was. There was a cut bank about four feet high on the hither side of the river, and over this the horse bucked. We went into the water with a splash. With a "pluck" the calf followed, described a parabola in the air, and landed beside us. Fortunately, this took the rope out from under the horse's tail, but left him thoroughly frightened. He could not do much bucking in the stream, for there were one or two places where we had to swim, and the shallows were either sandy or muddy; but across we went, at speed, and the calf made a wake like Pharaoh's army in the Red Sea. (From page 120)
Roosevelt's years as a Dakota rancher (1884-1886) followed a great tragedy in his life -- the deaths of his wife and mother on the same day (February 14, 1884).
After Teddy Roosevelt lost many of his cattle in the winter of 1886, he went back east, remarried, fought with his Rough Riders in the Spanish American War, served as governor of New York, served as Vice President under McKinley, and then became President after McKinley died in 1901. He followed up the Presidency with an African safari.
A detailed and interesting timeline of his life can be read at the Theodore Roosevelt Association's website.


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From soup-filled to soup-simmered, I have never met a dumpling I did not like. So it was with great excitement that I flipped open From A Polish Country House Kitchen to find not one, not two, but three different recipes for pierogi.
Pierogi are boiled and then pan fried half-moon dumplings usually filled with some kind of meat, cheese, or potato filling. Pierogi are usually made en masse as a celebratory meal, since all of the kneading, rolling, filling, and boiling can take the better part of a day. Anne Applebaum and Danielle Crittenden's recipe, however, is scaled back to make just enough pierogi for four people, so the challenge is a little less formidable. Their classic "Ruskie" filling of potatoes, ricotta, bacon, and peas is a humble one, but it is nonetheless delightful.
Why I picked this recipe: Just like barszcz, pierogi are a classic Polish recipe not to be missed.
What worked: The final pierogi made for a satisfying winter's meal next to a steaming bowl of barszcz, but the real winner here was the dough recipe itself. Stretchy, supple, and super easy to work with, this will be my go-to dumpling dough recipe in the future.
What didn't: The recipe doesn't state to salt water for the potatoes, or to season to the onion mixture as it sautes. For best results, season (generously) as you go. The potatoes can take it.
Suggested tweaks: Other piergoi recipes in the book include a mixture of shredded duck meat and cabbage as well as wild mushroom and sauerkraut. Both sound like excellent adaptations of the classic.
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Do you really think Vitoria, or any of the other to tubie manufacturers would use latex tubes if there wasn't a reason? If you worry about air loss, buy the cheap tires. I'll be out there on these and you'll wonder why you can't drop this fat old roadie.
Latex or butyl tubes?
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
The last Vittoria CX's I used were great tires except that they had latex tubes which do not hold pressure well. Losing significant pressure over the course of a few hours is very arguably (to be charitable) not worth the few grams of lesser weight. If these are still latex then I would not recommend them.
I hate seeing one person slam a product because of personal preference. Latex tubes have served me faithfully since 1980 or before. The loss in pressure over the length of an amateur race is insignificant but the added suppleness, speed, and puncture resistance more than make up for it. I've yet to hear the pros bitch and I sure won't. Latex has gotten me home many times where butyl would have left me on the side of the road picking my nose!
While I can't comment on these tires specifically, any nice riding tubular tire is going to have a latex tube since the ride quality is significantly higher. You can't get a supple ride out of a butyl tube. So, ya, it's not about saving weight at all, it's about ride quality.


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We all know GameStop. They're that company that will give you $20 for your week old copy of a game you just spent $60 on. Well, in a move that can only be characterized as out of character, they have increased the trade values for many titles, with some getting absurd bumps. - PSLS
It's almost as if they have a heart or something.
More like trade-ins must be slow affecting profits to a notable degree and they need a big boost for that looming sales report they have to present to the executives in charge after the holidays.
You have a wonderful sharp and cynical mind, I deeply appreciate it, and thank you for being you <3
More like Best Buy was whooping their @$$e$ when it came to trade-in value. With Best Buy trade-in prices would generally be $20 - $30 for a new game (similar to Gamestop's old prices), but Best Buy is ALWAYS running a +50% trade in value on used games meaning those games jumped up to $30 - $45, and if you're a gamer a gamer's club unlocked member you would get an extra 10% trade-in credit on top of that ($33 - $49.50). And there's even times when they have 100% trade-in credit although the most I've seen for those was $25 original $55 with 100% and 10% which blows Gamestop out of the water.
Now if people are buying used games from Gamestop (just had Buy 2 get 1 free), but selling used games to Best Buy then Gamestop's supply is going to be low. Therefore, to get more people trading in they have to up their trade-in values since Best Buy is back down to 50% trade-in credit.
Either that or Used game sales are up meaning they have more demand to keep used games in stock. That would coincide with what their CEO said a couple months ago on how they figure out trade in prices.
Higher prices also help get people into the store to hopefully buy games and stuff.
I noticed a lot of those great trade in offers from best buy, and what came to mind was that there was no way those prices could be sustainable for the long term. I mean some of those prices for buying the used game are higher than wholesale for a new one. Gamestop's trade-in values didn't hit rock bottom overnight, it's based on complex algorithms that determine supply vs. demand. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if Best Buy ends up having crappy prices in the future once they have a bigger part of the market. Even their pre-order bonus's aren't really sustainable since in theory they are losing money on each unit sold.
In the mean time though, might as well take advantage of them. Competition is great.
Abash and ABizzel are probably both right.
You sell it to them for $20-$25 then they resell it and call it pre-owned for more than twice the amount.
Best buy has a third party that gives them values and sets prices that's why they don't push used on people. Everytime a game is traded in at best buy it's shipped out then may be shipped back or sent somewhere else.
Damn...thought the end of the world Mayan thing was BS... but Gamestop giving $30 for Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse.. might just be something to it
*breathes in*
The 2012 apocalypse was true!
...LoL GameStop is that you,???
-I didn't recognize you with all these higher prices for traded in games...
Are you ok...? Are you sick or something.. because your not acting like yourself..
Remember your the company that would rob people blind for their trade-ins -did you forget ???
Oh my, come with me you don't look so good you probably have the flu or something? -I don't even recognize you GameStop! >_<
You know, I never DID get the hate for Gamestop. Yes, their trade in values usually suck but at the end of the day, it is the consumers choice to go there or not. I mean, all you hear is people bitch left and right about Gamestop YET most of those people still go there.
So yea, their practices usually do suck, and that is why I only go there to look for hard to find games, but since I hate how they do things, I basically NEVER shop there. At the end of the day, seeing as how they are still making money hand over fist, obviously they are doing something right because they get a lot of repeat business.
Finally, and this goes out to only a fewm uf you hate them, dont shop with them. I mean I know people that bitch and moan EVERYDAY about gamestop YET they still shop there.
If nothing else, you have to blame the consumers somewhat because if they wouldnt continue to shop there thene GS would change. Still, hate them all you want but, as long as people like getting rammed in the azz, they will keep doing it....
I find the people complaining about GS to be pretty much EXACTLY the same as those who always complain about COD games. It's actually funny when you stop and think about it!
I think the hate has been brewing for years. I personally stopped shopping there for about 5 years because the clerk actually said I was stupid for owning a PS3 and not wanting an 360. One opened up near my house though and I went in there one day and they have some of the nicest people working there, and now I shop there enough the manager will go out of her way to get in a special game for me. She even sold me the only extra Wii U deluxe she got when all I could reserve was a basic.
Anyhow, for many people they are really the only choice for buying games at a retail specialty store. Places like target or Wal-Mart have a pretty crappy selection, Best Buy isn't bad but rarely do they have much that's over a year old. For all these big chains I found finding anyone knowledgeable to help you is not that easy. There are some mom n' pop places but they usually don't have the same selection that GameStop has.
The pushy sales tactics seem to be the biggest complaint about service, but it doesn't bother me because I just say no, and really at my job I have to do the same kind of thing even though I don't really want to or know that the customer doesn't want me to.
I would agree if only 1)it's a promo offer for "Power Up Rewards" members only and 2) it ends in a couple of weeks, i knew it was too good to be true.
Between this and 50% bonus credit the other weekend, I don't have any games left on my shelf.
Did you pick up anything good with all that credit?
I like amassing a lot of credit so I can get new hardware or try lots of new games.
People don't seem to realize that this is a special offer...
Exactly, now it this wasn't a special offer, then there is something to be excited about.
i bought alice for $10 from gamefly last week, i could make $10 on it, i bought LBP Karting for $25 brand new in the package from amazon, i could make $5 off that game
how long is gamestop doing this.... .makes me want to go check out some places with cheap games... and buy bulk and sell to gamestop ..
I refuse to do business with gamestop
I despise Gamestop/EB Games as well.
I only buy something there maybe once a year and only if I have to. Like for the PS AllStars preorder bonus, which the [email protected] clerks also gave me a hard time over, not knowing a thing about the promo and not guaranteeing me a voucher on release day. Funny how when I came back to pick up the game and check on the voucher, the manager was behind the desk and gave it to me no questions asked while one of the clerks who had given me a hard time stood silently beside her, lol.
Horrible trade-in value, poor customer service, few midnight openings, day-late sales compared to other chains, I'd rather shop at bestbuy or walmart where the clerks know nothing, but at least leave me alone and don't try to push their two cents on me that i never asked for. And for the 100th time, stop asking me if i wanna pay $5 for scratch insurance on a scratch resistant blu-ray disc. It's almost 2013. Get with the program.
Didn't know Blu-Ray discs were scratch-resistant. Thanks for the heads up.
F*** you Gamestop.
I still sell all my used games on Ebay. You'll bring in at least double, and you can save your lube for later.
Double win.
Devs will love this!! oh... Don't provoke used games being blocked next gen.
A lot of trading in at Gamestop is about knowing when to trade in. Yea the base values are somewhat low but they are constantly doing different promotions every couple of weeks.
Just save your crap you want to get rid of for when a good trade deal starts that way you won't be "ripped off"
No these are not unthinkable prices, these trade in values are what they should normally be offering. I dont buy anything at Gamestop anymore, I just buy off of Amazon, I can get the games way cheaper there and without tax. Pre-Orders come the day of release and without any tax either. Gamestop is the Walmart of video games and I dont shop at either of those places.
Short Answer: Best Buy's trade in program is wiping the floor with them so they have to compete.
love the 100% trade in bonus and they pay $40 for recent games compared to gamestop that pay $30.
just keep bitching about it when u do them surveys
almost a steady 50% of the games new.. Its better but i dont have anything i want to sell
People who live in Illinois or Indiana have no reason to go to GameStop anymore.
They had to in order from being shut down.
I'm sure their trade ins had reduced significantly during the past years. Not to mention competition with others who accept trade ins, like CeX.
GameStop is simply trying to stay afloat.
They're just trying to get a bunch of trade ins for the holiday season.
Those don't look increased at all. They look fairly standard.
Need to finish AC3L on the VITA and get Ragnarok :)
And the trade in prices are still garbage. I can't believe real people actually do this. Why buy something to lose $30 on it 2 months later? Stupidity.
Agreed. I've only traded in games that I already had duplicates of and was able to purchase cheaply and trade in for more than the purchase price.
I keep all of my games. Trading in for credit is a suckers bet and essentially you are just paying a grossly inflated price to rent your games.
this comment has nothing to do with gamestop
but if you buy a game new.... beat it .. and have no intention on playing it again.... i think its great that you can get some money back on it.. .. .otherwise its going to just sit there .. and devalue itself overtime.. and be worth nothing...
now if its a game with multiplayer and good replay value...then no need to trade it in .. because you will still be enjoying it... .and the value will stretch longer as well
No, not really a gamestop comment because you have to be an idiot to trade it in to them. Ebay or craigslist after you beat it. It doesn't take more than 1 day to beat any single player game today, that's a joke. And games don't devalue if you buy them for a good price any way. You're talking to a guy current sitting next to 500 NES games.
I use to work at gamestop and I know that every year this deal goes on sometimes a few times a year. it has nothing to do with gamestop losing money. its all marketing. you still get 20% less if you want cash.
Wow are you kidding me. I got a spare copy of Black Ops 2, traded it in YESTERDAY for 33 dollars.... I'm emailing them lol
I recently sold my copy of Madden NFL 13 for $45.99 on Ebay. You wanna give me 20 bucks for it or less? Awww, you're too kind Gamestop.
I remember they wanted to give me $4 dollars a while back for an extra copy of god of war 3. I then proceeded to sell it for around $30 on ebay :D
About ready to sell CoD9 and it will be through Craig's list. I got $50 for the last one I sold..
stop the presses!!!!
did i just hear what i thought i heard?
:O this is good
wat r u doing
Please continue.
an act of desperation is more likely than an act of kindness in this situation
This is a holiday grab for hit titles, which will turnaround in no time. They simply don't have enough used stock, and they know they will sell these titles quickly -- thus the special offer.
They will not continue the offer for long, because they do not wish to overstock these titles past the holidays. They will be back to shafting you for used games in no time. Simple business.
with christmas looming....in an ongoing recession....we were not at all surprised to find....
we can profit.You can articulate how and why.
Of course with every game having a online pass there is no reason to save the money just to turn around and spend it on the pass..
trading in my wwe 13 tomorow . but seriously $20 for hitman blood money thats impressive
Best Buy is always doing 100% back bonus trade in deals. say a game is worth 20 bucks, sometimes if they have the promotion running, they give you 40. right now they have a 60% bonus trade in running, and they have these all the time.
Many of you lead sad lives if you reserve your hate for a store. A store people. Also I love how people bitch that they get $20 for a game then they turn it around for $50. It's called profit people. GameStop or any other store isn't a charity. They need to make profit, not break even. Best buy sells more than games, and that's why you will see lower prices. Not to mention Best Buy is in big trouble right now. Probably due to lack of profits..... Wait until you trade in a vehicle. It's called depreciation kids.
This is great. I've been done w/ the Sly Collection for a while now and I think I even paid $20 for it, so a trade-in for $25 store credit is a no brainer.
Well I traded in Capcom vs Marvel 3 ultimate edition, and Hitman absolution and only got 20.00 dollers lol first trade in ive done in years. and my last.


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I did not want to do jury duty. I said a prayer to baby Jesus the night before, asking him to use his baby Jesus powers and to please Lord not let them pick me like they always do. I've been through the jury slog a few times, and the attorneys always pick me. If there are 423 New Yorkers stuffed like pickled herring in a room, the lawyers will scan the crowd and zero in on my jurisprudence. I must have a sign on me that says: "I'm really good at being judgmental."
The lawyers ask you some questions to find out if you are an assclown or otherwise unsuitable to judge the accused. I thought about saying something prejudicial or just plain bonkers in hopes it might eliminate me—like when they ask me what I think about cops, I'd just mewl like a cat in violent heat. I would be escorted like a JetBlue pilot out of the halls of justice.
But then I heard the excuses and felt embarrassed for the excuse-makers. The white woman near me clutching her Whole Foods sack claimed she had a boyfriend who was almost successfully mugged fourteen years ago by a black man on the street and (cue voice shake) she can still...remember...that day. She was dismissed. I think we all thought: Faker. More folks begged off, claiming they couldn't do their civic duty because they'd once been mugged, had their bikes and innocence stolen, or had an encounter with an odious cop and couldn't be a fair judge for the rest of their God-given lives. By the time they got to me, I was too ashamed to cough up a lame story.
Of course, I was the first juror picked. That doesn't always mean your case goes to trial, but this time it did. Eventually someone told me I was the foreman. I had no idea what this meant. It sounded like I had been drafted as a metalworker and would soon be laying pipe.
Next thing I know—there was hardly a pause—the trial begins, and I am immersed in the rabbit hole of a curiouser and curiouser case.
Just before Christmas 2010, a 36-year-old black man, Trevell Coleman, walks into a police station in Harlem and tells the cops that something's been troubling him. He was involved in a shooting many years ago, sixteen or seventeen years ago, and has information they might want to hear. At first the cops take his name and number, tell him to go home, we'll look into it, but that was a long time ago. They never call.
He goes back into the station a few weeks later. It is really eating him. He tells them he was the shooter. He doesn't know if the guy lived or died, and he needs to know. He wants to tell the whole story. He wants to "make right" with the victim's family. Incredibly, he waives his Miranda rights, does not ask for a lawyer, and begins to confess.
He was a teenager, out of work, living in the projects with his grandma. One day he bought a gun from another guy, a .40-caliber semiautomatic, and decided to use it to rob someone. Late, past midnight one night, he jumped on his bike and went scouting the neighborhood. He spotted a light-skinned man smoking underneath the elevated railroad tracks on Park Avenue and 114th Street, and figured he was easy prey. Walked up to the guy, told him to hand over his money. Instead, the man, who had six bucks in his pocket and PCP in his system, grabbed for the gun, and a brief struggle ensued. Trevell Coleman fired three shots. The man winced. Trevell managed to break free and flee on his bike—the guy was still lumbering after him but wilted in the middle of the road—and so Trevell, looking back, wondered: Did I get him? Bad? He would wonder that for seventeen years.
I never knew this until after the trial—the judge must have limited what we were told about the defendant, and I didn't recognize him—but Trevell Coleman, I later learned when I looked into the case, became a semifamous rapper in the years after the crime. He was called G. Dep. Ghetto Dependent. Signed with Sean "Puffy" Combs's Bad Boy Records. (You might remember the Harlem Shake dance from his "Let's Get It" video.) Later, his career stalled, and he slid into drug use. Got sober. Got married. Had kids. And then years after the cops had stopped asking questions about a 1993 cold case, he turned himself in and "made right" with his wrongs.
Once the D.A. matched him to the crime, we the jurors wrestled with a mess of things, but couldn't avoid the evidence. I sometimes wondered if I was fit to judge this man who was capable of acts of public violence and personal honor I couldn't even imagine having to wrestle with. And I'd think: Hasn't this man suffered enough? He's done twenty years in his head already. That's a slower, more infernal form of justice, the interior kind, isn't it?
And yeah, tell that to the guy he killed.
We found him guilty, because he was, and no one's excusing anything. (After the trial, he talked to MTV and, sounding like a man unburdened, thanked "everybody that was involved in the case.") Still, it's a heavy feeling: I helped put him away, and yet when I think of someone who did his duty, I think of Trevell Coleman.
Editor's note: Trevell Coleman will be sentenced on May 8.


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This is the perfect time of the year to preserve some lemons and limes for your North African cooking. These make great pantry presents (Christmas is coming) but if you're not giving any away you don't need vast quantities.
1 Sterilise some jars. They need to be wide-mouthed and have a good screw top.
2 Wipe over the limes or lemons; thin-skinned lemons are best.
3 Cut each citrus into a "flower". Quarter with a knife but leave the base connected so you can open out 4 "petals".
4 Get some plain salt, not iodised and not your expensive salt flakes. It will be sold as cooking salt, raw salt, unbleached salt or common salt. Pack the citrus "flower" with the salt and sit in the jar, packing in as many lemons or limes as you can. Pack more salt around them.
5 Cover and leave in a cool, dark place for a few days.
6 The fruit will have softened down and allow you to pack them tighter. Squeeze in fresh juice of whichever citrus you are using, enough too fill the jar and cover the contents. Cover and seal well. Put back in a cool dark place and leave a few weeks before using. Once you open the jar, store it in the fridge.
7 To use, rinse the citrus in cold water, remove the flesh, scrape of excess pith. Use slivers of the preserved skin to flavour braises, cous cous, rice dishes and roast chicken and tagines.
Herby salt
Use woody herbs to flavour salt, such as rosemary, thyme, bay leaf and even lemon verbena might work, or citrus zest.
1 Pack plain salt into jars, layering the herb sprigs amongst it.
You can use a finer salt for this as this seasoned salt is nice to offer on the table as well as using in your cooking.


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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Marcus Nidiffer released
Nidiffer was signed as an undrafted free agent following the 2010 June Draft, and hit .303/.393/.588 for Greeneville, then got bumped up to Tri-City for 21 games, where he hit .250/.326/.425.
Tauser notes Nidiffer has already been signed by the Angels.
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I can't believe what I just read...Is this some kind of joke???I am a huge KY fan and big Marcus Nidiffer supporter. I was really looking forward to seeing him in Lexington. I don't understand why Astros never gave him a chance at his natural position??? 3 year starter at UK, on Johnny Bench watch list and one of the top catcher at Cape Cod and SEC...Let me share what he accomplished in short season with Astros:
* Appy league All Star 1B
* 2nd in Appy League in OPS .981
* 3rd in Appy slugging % .588
* Averaged HR every 15 AB's
* Blugrass Baseball 2010 Rookie of the Year
* Selected by MiLB.com as Astros organizational All Star
* Led entire Astros organization in slugging % .535
* Led Astros short season in HR -14
two in playoffs for total of 16
* 2nd in entire Astros in OPS -.907
Doesn't this read like top prospect numbers??? He's a hitter...find a spot...What in the heck are the Astros thinking??? Who's making these decisions??? Do you think the Angels didn't know this when they grabbed him immediately since most teams are creating spots not filling them...Sounds like Angels know his potential of being a power hitting catcher??? Sorry for rambling but think Marcus deserves better and wish him the best with his new opportunity.
- March 29, 2011 at 3:04 PM
agreed...terrible move for a team with little minor league depth...let him devolop here...maybe we catch a star, maybe he's a dud...give him a shot after a year like that...if you make moves like that, then why do we still have guys like manzella still on our Major League team?
- March 29, 2011 at 4:08 PM
Are you guys seriously complaining about a 24 year old that's never played past rookie ball? He probably wasn't cutting it in minor league spring training and got the axe. If he was such a great talent don't you think he would have at least been drafted?
- March 29, 2011 at 7:15 PM
Are you saying that you base a major decision in spring training on the 20 or so AB's you get when most players are just getting their timing? I think not. Not much difference in an old 22 and a young 24 and he was a young 24. Good players slip thru the draft every year and would base my decision more on his proven performance regardless of the level. What would it have hurt to see if he could have repeated similar stats at a higher level? Are the Astros so loaded that an older 22 would have put up better numbers? He is a catcher and more tolerance on age should have been given.
- March 29, 2011 at 8:32 PM
I was unaware that the team could only evaluate the players during actual games. Pardon my ignorance.
- March 29, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Look, you are entitled to your own opinion of why he was let go. I just think we should have given him one more year of a long season based on what he did last year, that's all. I hate to see us losing what could have potentially been a good player for us. Angels aren't stupid.
- March 29, 2011 at 9:27 PM
This guy must be an Ohio State or North Carolina fan as he obviously doesn't like Kentucky.
- March 29, 2011 at 9:35 PM
Last ST game I saw nidiffer had 3 hits and nash had a mash. wates and hernandez look promising.
- March 30, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Maybe they think he is a low probability guy and he would only take playing time from someone who has a more promising future.
- March 30, 2011 at 9:22 PM
16 HR's in short season and leading Astros in slugging sounds very promising to me. 3% chance of minor leaguers making it to bigs is low probability to begin with. Numbers warrant another year. Sure is lot of fuss over a minor leaguer but agree it was a dumb move.
- March 31, 2011 at 8:59 AM
I think the biggest issue with Nidiffer is age. He slugged .588 in 48 games hitting against rookie ball pitchers. Rookie ball average age is 19.
When he got moved to low-A (A-), his slash line got crushed:
Saying that 24 is not much different than 22 is fool-hardy, at best. Nidiffer is a 24-yr-old struggling at the plate in A ball. Given that AA ball is usually reserved for 23-yr-olds, Nidiffer is two or three seasons behind normal progression in terms of age.
Even Ryan Howard (who was considered "old" for his progression pace) was in AAA by the end of his age 24 season.
It's possible that the Angels picked up Nidiffer to fill a hole. It's also possible that they see him as a reserve catcher to fill in for Conger's days off. Whichever it is, it's not that they see him as a superstar prospect in the making.
Let me correct some of your "accomplishments" for Nidiffer:
4th in OPS, not 2nd.
4th in SLG, not 3rd.
11 HR, not 14.
5th in HR, not mentioned.
BTW, he was 23, while the Appalachian HR leader (who hit at a better HR/AB clip, as well) was 20.
Nidiffer's stats, when taken out of context, make him look like a top-prospect, but when you consider his age and the level of talent he was up against, it becomes evident that the Astros saw what everyone does, as well:
A marginally talented player picking on kids.
- June 30, 2011 at 4:05 PM


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Volume 18 Issue 7 | July 8-14, 2005
Illegal comic book inspires play
Tallahassee teen ordered by court to stop drawing
Access Theater
380 Broadway, north of White Street
July 13 Aug. 3
By JERRY TALLMER
The score today, children, is United States Supreme Court 2, First Amendment 0.
When the Supremes take no action, that is an action. Just ask Judith Miller of the New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine, whose pleas for relief from a wacko prosecution and jail-brandishing special prosecutor were last week turned down, blank-faced, without comment, by the High Nine.
Or ask Mike Diana, if you can find him. He was turned down, blank-faced, without comment, by the same U.S. Supreme Court eight years ago last week.
Diana, whose whereabouts are at the moment unclear, was then an 18- or 19-year-old kid in Tallahassee, Florida. His crime: Drawing dirty Xeroxed comic books. The sentence: three years probation, during which entire period, according to the non-profit Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, he was by court order under threat of immediate jailing to (a) have no contact with anyone under the age of 18, (b) undergo psychological testing, (c) enroll in a journalistic ethics course, (d) pay a $3,000 fine, (e) perform 1,248 hours of community service.
And oh yes: Stop drawing dirty. In fact, stop drawing. To which end, his place of residence was to be open to inspection by the police, without warning or warrant, at any time whatsoever.
All of which has comprised the grist of a swift-moving Off-Broadway play called Busted Jesus Comix that starts previews July 13 toward a July 16 opening as a Blue Coyote production at the Access Theater on lower Broadway. The piece is in itself a sort of written comic book, unillustrated until fleshed out by actors, and the writer is a large, soft-spoken, agreeable rebel (well, hes from Richmond, Virginia) named David Johnston.
The basics, he says, are drawn from the Mike Diana case, mostly meaning the sentence as detailed above. The rest is fiction, imagination, out of David Johnstons head. Heres a smattering:
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY: How many copies of this issue were printed?
MARCO [the young defendant]: They werent printed. We ran em off at Kinkos
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY; Why Busted Jesus Comix, Marco?
MARCO: What do you mean?
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY: The title
Why did you find it necessary to insult the faith of millions of Americans in the title of your comic book?
MARCO: Its a comic book. Its not meant to do anything
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY: Crack. Crack cocaine. In this issue, you have drawn two teenage boys smoking crack cocaine and then proceeding to have sexual intercourse with an infant. A baby. They perform this act, which you draw in great detail, to the point that the baby explodes. You have a picture of the baby exploding.
MARCO: Yeah, its not realistic.
Playwright Johnston has brought Marco up to New York, looking for a job. He has given him a past as a grievously abused child, complete with a jolting denouement. He has given him a not very pleasant brother. And the Marco in this play is a casual, unemphatic homosexual.
Why so, Mr. Johnston?
You know, Im not really sure. Pause. I dont remember making a conscious choice. It was just something I could write about.
No, none of the events in the play are autobiographical. And no, Johnston has never met Mike Diana, never tried to, doesnt know where he is today. I havent heard anything. He must be like 35 now. Is putting Diana in New York City also fiction? Far as I know.
Johnston himself hits 41 this coming July 19. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, bred in Richmond, hes the son of a retired college-professor father, a retired trained-nurse mother. Everybody in my family sort of switches back and forth between Methodist and Baptist. I grew up in the South and read a lot of comic books.
It was seven or eight years ago that he tore out of a newspaper a story about the Mike Diana trial. Then when I was writing another play and got blocked, Johnston says, I did what I usually do switched horses, pulled out that seven- or eight-year-old clipping and let something new grow from there.
Whatever became of the play on which hed been blocked?
I went back and finished it. Its called Candy & Dorothy, for Candy Darling [transvestite Andy Warhol superstar] and Dorothy Day [someday-to-be-sainted guiding light of the Catholic Workers], who were both around the Lower East Side in the 1960s.
The leading actors of Busted Jesus Comix are Vince Gatton as Marco, R. Jane Casserly as the Dazzle Cups coffee-chain manager where hes seeking New York employment, Paul Caiola and Joseph C. Yeargin as a couple of young spiked-out comic-strip characters. In various support are Bruce Barton, Michael Bell, Brian Fuqua, Tracey Gilbert, John Koprowski, and David Lapkin.
The director, now as two years ago, when the play was done by Blue Coyote at the Abingdon Playhouse, is Gary Shrader. On an associated bill then was A Bush Carol, or George Dubya and the Xmas of Evil, words by David Johnston, music by Stephen Speights.
It had Bush as Scrooge and Karla Faye Tucker [the woman over whose execution Governor George W. had presided], as Jacob Marley. We keep talking about bringing it back. The problem is, says Johnston, I get too depressed thinking about rewriting it. That was the winter of 2003 1,700 U.S. combat deaths ago. Its hard to make it funny now.
The Tallahassee upshot made Mike Diana a consequential presence on the Internet. Yes, Johnston has looked at Mike Dianas Boiled Angel comic-strip pornography on the Web. I remember thinking these were very, very shocking things. The play doesnt have any steam behind it otherwise any reason for them to go after him like they did.
Shock is in the eye and mind of the beholder. Or not.
My boyfriends mother Johnstons boyfriend is songwriter Tim Mathis; they live up near Columbia University came to see the show. Shes a little old lady from Indianapolis. I was very nervous. But she was absolutely fine. Her answer to everything was: Well, its a comic book, thats very clear.
Trouble is, the joke only goes so far. In the halls of justice, said Lenny Bruce, the only justice is in the halls. Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper would surely agree.
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A pituitary tumor is an abnormal growth in the pituitary gland. This is the part of the brain that regulates the bodys balance of many hormones.
Alternative Names
Tumor - pituitary; Pituitary adenoma
Most pituitary tumors are noncancerous (benign). Up to 20% of people have pituitary tumors. Many of these tumors do not cause symptoms and are never diagnosed during the persons lifetime.
The pituitary gland is a pea-sized
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
- Growth hormone (GH)
- Prolactin
- Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
- Luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
As a pituitary tumor grows, the normal hormone-releasing cells of the pituitary may be damaged. This results in the pituitary gland not producing enough of its hormones. This condition is called
The causes of pituitary tumors are unknown. Some tumors are part of a hereditary disorder called
The pituitary gland can be affected by brain tumors that develop in the same part of the brain, resulting in symptoms.
Some pituitary tumors produce too much of one or more hormones. As a result, symptoms of one or more of the following conditions can occur:
Hyperthyroidism(extremely rare) Cushing syndrome Gigantismor acromegaly Nipple dischargeand irregular or absent menstrual periods in women
- Decreased sexual function in men
Symptoms caused by pressure from a larger pituitary tumor may include:
- Changes in vision such as double vision, visual field loss, drooping eyelids
- Headache
- Lethargy
- Nasal drainage of clear fluid
- Nausea and vomiting
- Problems with the sense of smell
- In rare cases, these symptoms occur suddenly and can be severe (
pituitary infarction).
Exams and Tests
Your health care provider will perform a physical examination. The provider will note any problems with double vision and visual field, such as a loss of side (peripheral) vision or the ability to see in certain areas.
Tests to check endocrine function may be ordered, including:
- Cortisol levels:
dexamethasone suppression test, urine cortisoltest
- Follicle-stimulating hormone (
FSH) levels
- Insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels
- Luteinizing hormone (
LH) levels Serum prolactin levels
- Testosterone/estradiol levels
- Thyroid hormone levels:
Free T4 test, TSH test
- Tests that help confirm the diagnosis include the following:
- Visual field MRI of head
Surgery to remove the tumor is often needed, especially if the tumor is pressing on the optic nerves (nerves that control vision).
Most of the time, pituitary tumors can be removed surgically through the nose and sinuses. If the tumor cannot be removed this way, it is removed through the skull (transcranial).
In some cases, medicines are prescribed to shrink certain types of tumors.
Support Groups
The Pituitary Network Association --
Outlook (Prognosis)
If the tumor can be surgically removed, the outlook is fair to good, depending upon whether the entire tumor is removed.
Possible Complications
The most serious complication is blindness. This can occur if the optic nerve is seriously damaged.
The tumor or its removal may cause permanent hormone imbalances. The affected hormones may need to be replaced, and you may need to take medicine for the rest of your life.
Surgery can sometimes damage the posterior pituitary (back part of the gland). This can lead to
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you develop any symptoms of a pituitary tumor.
Melmed S, Kleinberg D. Pituitary masses and tumors. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 9.
Molitch ME. Anterior pituitary. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldmans Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 231.
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A friend of mine found this on the internet. I thought you might like as little different version of this Bible story.
Uncle Steve
Feeling footloose and frisky, a featherbrained fellow forced his father to fork over his farthings. Fast he flew to foreign fields and frittered his family's fortune, feasting fabulously with floozies and faithless friends. Flooded with flattery, he financed a full-fledged fling of "funny foam" and fast food.
Fleeced by his fellows in folly, facing famine and feeling faintly fuzzy, he found himself a feed-flinger in a filthy foreign farmyard. Feeling frail and fairly famished, he fain would have filled his frame with foraged food from the fodder fragments.
"Fooey," he figured, "my father's flunkies fare far fancier," the frazzled fugitive fumed feverishly, facing the facts. Finally, frustrated from failure and filled with foreboding (but following his feelings) he fled fairly fast from the filthy foreign farmyard.
Far away, the father focused on the fretful familiar form in the field and flew to him and fondly flung his forearms around the fatigued fugitive. Falling at his father's feet, the fugitive floundered forlornly, "Father, I have flunked and fruitlessly forfeited family favor."


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Tour up to a maximum of 4 people
The Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD flooded with lava all the little Vesuvius towns in the nearby. Oplontis?s excavations belong to the Archaeological Park of Torre Annunziata: it was a residential town for people of the highest rank, all buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Excavations and archaeological researches have recovered lots of jewels of great quality and fine workmanship. All these remains with the other ones unearthed at Pompeii and Herculaneum, form a unique collection of priceless evidence testifying the existence of a genuine school of goldsmiths. The Villa of Poppea, Nero's wife, is of great interest. It is preserved in excellent condition and at the time of the eruption, it was uninhabited for the sustained damage occurred during the earthquake of 63s A.D. For this reason, there are no ornaments of all kinds but just lot of rich frescoes and they are visible all its spacious and luxurious environments: its entrance and peristyle; its spa and reception room; its garden, the master bedrooms and rooms for the servants; its porch and finally its lararium with a large swimming pool.. Herculaneum was destroyed by a 25 m thick layer of mud and lava. It is merely the mud that preserved all the rests without any great changements thanks to its seal function. The beauty of Herculaneum villas is amazing. If we look at their villas, all built just in front of the sea we will understand how lots of rich Romans enjoyed to spend their holidays over there. Walking along Decumani of Herculaneum is like walking through the time: their houses, their baths and temples, have saved their former colours. The archaeological site of Herculaneum is one of the most beautiful in the world. Vesuvius is certainly the most famous and dangerous volcano in the world. Indeed it is not the highest volcano in the world but certainly the most monitored (all together with all the volcanoes in the Phlegraean Fields and Ischia). its history has inextricably linked to the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum with all the rest of the Vesuvius little towns such as Stabia and Oplontis. Vesuvius is the only active volcano of mainland Europe and its shape inspires the curiosity and fear of all people living on its slopes, or just walking at his sight. One thing is sure: the scenario of the Gulf of Naples and Mount Vesuvius dominating on the sea is probably one of the most beautiful natural wonders of our planet! Climbing up to the crater means to relax, to have a best moment of real trek and to breath the real history of this volcano. Its destructive power has earned since ancient times the respect of the local and passing people.
This tour starts and ends at the Neapolis Hotel.
The departure is scheduled at about 9 am
The tour lasts approximately 6/8 hours.
You will visit: Oplontis, Ercolano e Vesuvio
The timetable for each visit is linked to the importance and the huge of things to see. However, you can define some different time staying by an agreement with your guide or driver.
The price does not include any entrance ticket to monuments.
The price does not include any lunch
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Calling it "unlawful" under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a majority of the Supreme Court June 30 struck down a portion of the regulation (the HHS mandate) issued by the Department of Health and Human Services requiring employers to cover contraceptives, sterilizations and abortifacients. The court's opinion is a major milestone in the saga of the mandate, which began in July 2011, but it is by no means the last word.
Some quick history: The new health care law contains a provision requiring some employers to provide women certain "preventive health care services" with no co-pay. HHS was authorized to issue the relevant regulation and required employers to provide "all FDA-approved" contraceptives. This category includes morning-after drugs and IUDs that, as HHS concedes, can act to destroy human embryos.
Objecting to the part of the mandate requiring insurance coverage of the potentially abortifacient drugs and devices, two for-profit corporations, Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods, claimed that the mandate violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
In order to win their cases, the corporations had to clear several hurdles.
First, it had to establish that the RFRA — a federal law protecting "persons" from federal laws that "substantially burden" their religious freedom — included for-profit corporations in its definition of "persons."
Second, Hobby Lobby had to establish that its religious freedom was "substantially burdened." On this point, HHS had proposed a frightening test: the government, not religious actors, gets to decide if citizens' religious freedom is burdened. Because Hobby Lobby's management was not forced to use abortifacient drugs, the government argued that their religious freedom was not burdened. The majority rejected this analysis' root and branch, concluding that it was no business of the state's to determine whether a person's religious freedom was burdened or how substantially.
While the court did not establish a threshold level of scrutiny in this part of its opinion, it's worth noting that it suggested that it could accept Hobby Lobby's contentions about substantial burden because the matter of moral cooperation is a well-known question involving moral and religious analysis and is the subject of scholarly articles in the relevant fields.
Third, HHS had to show that its interests in imposing the mandate were "compelling" and that the mandate served its interests in a manner "least restrictive" of religious freedom. This is the part of the opinion most likely to come under close scrutiny, and it has tremendous significance for the claims made by the Little Sisters of the Poor and other nonprofits in outstanding mandate cases.
The majority concluded that it did not have to decide whether the state possessed a compelling interest because the state failed the "least restrictive means" test. It is worth noting, however, that the court accompanied the former conclusion with several paragraphs acknowledging the arguments on both sides of this question.
It pointed out that HHS had offered only broad defenses of the mandate (women's health and public health) and allowed millions of exceptions from the mandate for smaller employers and "grandfathered" plans. At the same time, it recited women's constitutional right of access to contraception and the HHS' claims about the negative relationship between contraceptive cost and access
Justice Anthony Kennedy's concurrence tried to interpret Justice Alito's opinion as a substantive affirmation of the state's compelling interest, but this does not accurately reflect Alito's words. Alito's opinion concluded that HHS had failed to demonstrate that it could not serve its stated goals by means less restrictive of religious freedom. The opinion thereafter suggested that either the government could pay for contraception directly or extend to for-profit corporations the same accommodation it was offering religious nonprofit institutions (i.e., for the insurer to provide the drugs and devices directly to employees).
Alito's opinion explicitly declared that it wasn't deciding in advance that this accommodation would be an acceptable least restrictive means for every religious employer, but Kennedy's concurring opinion moved in the direction of suggesting it might be. The court was also careful to draw lines answering the "worst case scenarios" suggested by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dissent. In short, the majority asserted that its decision was limited to the law at issue and did not extend to medical procedures generally (e.g., immunizations and blood transfusions). Furthermore, the majority forcefully stated that the decision was no barrier to requiring corporations to obey employment nondiscrimination respecting race, for example, given the strength of governmental interests in these.
Presently, the Little Sisters of the Poor, a religious order that provides care to the elderly poor, is before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to vindicate its religious freedom rights not to comply with the mandate's "accommodation." The Hobby Lobby decision clearly indicates that the sisters will have no trouble defining themselves as "persons" protected by RFRA. It also appears that they should be able to declare themselves "substantially burdened" by the accommodation's requirement that they cooperate in directing their insurer to provide the disputed coverage to their employees, although this is not perfectly certain.
Most in play are the court's conclusions about whether or not the state has a compelling interest in assuring free contraception to women and girls insured by the Little Sisters and whether the accommodation is the least restrictive means of serving any such compelling interest.
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'Let's be honest — the country doesn't care about the US Senate rules. It does care about gridlock & inability to get anything done."
That's a Thursday tweet from a longtime observer of Ohio and national politics. He's absolutely right. Say "filibuster" to most people, and you'll get a yawn in return.
But there is a connection between that hallowed Senate tradition and the government paralysis that drives Americans crazy.
And unfortunately, both Democratic and Republican leaders are right about the impact of the Senate's vote Thursday to weaken the filibuster — the long-threatened "nuclear option."
The majority Democrats voted Thursday to allow all of the president's nominees except Supreme Court justices to be approved with a simple majority — 51 votes — instead of the 60 that are needed to end filibusters.
If you've seen Jimmy Stewart as a green senator in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," you know that filibusters give senators in the minority a chance to be heard and to block action for as long as they keep talking.
Changing the rules will end a certain amount of gridlock. The Republican minority in the Senate goaded the Democrats into pushing the N-button, finally. (Both parties have threatened to do this in the past.)
GOP senators filibustered dozens of President Obama's nominees, including a fair number who even GOP senators admit are qualified. It's the president's responsibility to fill executive-branch jobs, but Republican senators have declared an endless filibuster that creates vacancies indefinitely, sometimes for years.
That said, what Democrats did Thursday will open the floodgates to even more partisan divisiveness and will give this president and all future
presidents a blank check for almost all of their nominees.
You can bet that majorities in both parties will take advantage of this newly created ability to let most nominees sail to confirmation.
In fact, this will fire up both parties even more to win control of the Senate next year because now there's so much more power at stake.
Given the GOP's obstructionism, Democrats are right in saying it's about time the logjam on presidential appointments was broken.
But the Republicans are right that weakening the filibuster is a terrible mistake.
It won't take long for a broken confirmation process to make gridlock look golden by comparison.


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The measurement of body temperature may be helpful for monitoring whether a person is ill, or whether treatment is working. Ahigh temperature is a
How the test is performed
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends against using glass thermometers with mercury. The glass can break, and mercury is a poison.
Electronic thermometers are the most recommended type. The temperature is seen on an easy-to-read display. A probe can be placed in the mouth, rectum, or armpit.
- Mouth -- place the probe under the tongue and close the mouth. Breathe through the nose, and use the lips to hold the thermometer tightly in place. Leave the thermometer in the mouth for 3 minutes or until the device beeps.
- Rectum -- this method is for infants and small children who are not able to hold a thermometer safely in their mouth. Place petroleum jelly on the bulb of a rectal thermometer. Place the small child face down on a flat surface or lap. Spread the buttocks and insert the bulb end about 1/2 to 1 inch into the anal canal. Be careful not to insert it too far. Struggling can push the thermometer in further. Remove after 3 minutes or when the device beeps.
- Armpit -- place the thermometer in the armpit, with the arm pressed against the body.Waitfor 5 minutes before reading.
Plastic strip thermometers change color toshow the temperature. This method is the least accurate.
- Place the strip on the forehead and read it after 1 minute while the strip is in place.
- Plastic strip thermometers for the mouth are also available.
Always clean the thermometer before and after using. You can use cool, soapy water or rubbing alcohol.
Electronic ear thermometers are common and easy to use. However, some users report that the results are lessaccurate than probe thermometers.
How to prepare for the test
Wait at least 1 hour afterintense exercise or a hot bath before measuring body temperature. Wait for 20 to 30 minutes after smoking, eating, or drinking a hot or cold liquid.
Normal Values
The average normal body temperature is 98.6F (37C). The normal temperaturecan varyby:
- Age (in children over 6 months, daily temperature can vary by 1 to 2 degrees)
- Person
- Time of day (often highest in the evening)
- Where on the body the temperature was taken
Body temperature can be raised by:
- Being active
- Being in a high temperature or high humidity
- Eating
- Feeling strong emotions
- Menstruating (in women)
- Taking certain medicines
- Teething (in a young child -- but no higher than 100F)
- Wearing heavy clothing
What abnormal results mean
If the reading on the thermometer is more than 1 to 1.5 degrees above your normal temperature, you have a fever. Fevers may be a sign of:
- Blood clots
- Cancer
- Certain types of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus
- Diseases in the intestines, such as Crohns diseaseor ulcerative colitis
- Infection (both serious and non-serious)
- Many other medical problems
Fevers that are too high or too low can be serious, and you should consult a health care provider.
Often, older people do not run a high temperature, even if they are sick.
See also:
How to treat a fever, especially in infants When to call a health care provider for a fever
Mackowiak PA. Temperature regulation and pathogenesis of fever. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 50.
Nield LS, Kamat D. Fever. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 169.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After capturing the 2012 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference championship in the fall, the MIT's women's tennis team will start its spring season with a national ranking. After finishing the fall season at No. 21, the Engineers have been dropped one spot to No. 22 in the latest spring rankings released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association this week.
Junior Lauren Quisenberry (Corpus Christy, Texas), the 2012 NEWMAC Player of the Year, and sophomore Vynnie Kong (Cupertino, Calif.) have both reached double figures in singles wins so far this season, with Kong leading the squad with 12 wins (12-2 overall) and Quisenberry totaling 11 victories (11-1 overall). The pair, playing in the top two flights this season, has led MIT to an overall 70-18 record in singles matches this season.
Sophomore Michelle Dutt (Gurnee, Ill.) and freshman Sunnie Lampl (Bluemont, Va.) have led the way for the Engineers in doubles play, posting a 13-2 record. Quisenberry teamed with freshman Victoria Tam (Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.), the 2012 NEWMAC Freshman of the Year, to finish 9-2 in doubles in the fall to rank second on the squad in doubles victories along with the pairing of senior Candace Wu (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and junior Julia Hsu (Knoxville, Tenn.).
MIT will begin its spring schedule in a little more than a week when the Engineers will travel to California for a Spring Break trip that will begin with a March 24 match against Wisconsin-Whitewater that will be played at the Claremont Tennis Center in Claremont, California.


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"Wind Resistance Loop" is a recording of wind noise against a fast-moving vehicle. This sample would be useful for videos, games and other multimedia projects looking for looping sound effects to pair with imagery of racing vehicles or characters that may need to meet a variable timeline.
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MACON, Ga. (Oct. 9, 2013) – Following a first round score of 5-under-par 67 and helping lead the ETSU women's golf team to its first tournament victory of the season at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate earlier this week, sophomore Vivienne Chin (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia) was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Golfer of the Week on Wednesday.
The 2012 A-Sun Freshman of the Year, Chin posted a total of 220 (67-77-76=220, +4), tallied nine birdies, and placed as high as third before finishing in a tie for fifth. Her teammate and last week's Player of the Week, Gabriella Wahl (Heidenheim, Germany), joined her in the tournament's top 10.
The Bucs faced a solid 16-team field, and Chin led No. 43 ETSU ahead of several top-90 teams such as host and No. 48 East Carolina, No. 64 Middle Tennessee State, No. 68 Chattanooga, No. 75 Penn State, No. 84 Georgia State, No. 86 Maryland and No. 90 Old Dominion.
This marks the third A-Sun weekly honor for Chin.
The Buccaneers will return to action for their final tournament of the fall season on Oct. 27 at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate in Kiawah Island, S.C. For more on ETSU women's golf throughout the 2013-14 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's golf link.


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