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Bluffton High School's bobcat mascot has been recovered.
BHS football coach Ken Cribb said that the school's resource officer received the 250-pound statue from a Hilton Head Island High School administrator Thursday morning. He said that the mascot had been found at the Hilton Head football stadium.
"I have not been contacted by anyone from Hilton Head, so that's all I know. That's what I've been told," Cribb said.
Bluffton athletic director Dave Adams also confirmed Thursday that the mascot had been recovered.
The bobcat statue, which was made by the parent of a football player, went missing from its perch atop the tunnel at Bobcat Stadium the night of May 9.
The school filed a police report last week, but officials said they hoped it was just a prank and asked that the statue be returned.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Google's Chrome OS-based laptops could now be on the shelves of a nearby Best Buy store.
At the Google I/O developer conference here today, the company announced that its Chromebook laptops are now available at 100 Best Buy stores in the U.S. and at an unspecified number of Dixon stores in the U.K.
This is the first time that the year-old Chromebooks have been made available at brick-and-mortar stores.
Sundar Pichai, Google's senior vice president of Chrome, said that new round of Chromebook models should be available from more manufactureres than just Samsung and Acer by the 2012 holiday shopping season.
"Selling the Chromebooks in Best Buy is meaningful because it allows potential users to get their hands on them before buying. That important," said Dan Olds, an analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group. "Chromebooks could certainly use a boost. Sales have been disappointing, to say the least."
Late last month, Samsung took the wraps off two new Chrome-based computers - a laptop and a desktop.
Olds noted that it's a good move for Google to expand the distribution channels of the Chromebooks.
"Google needed to do something more to support and push the platform," Olds said. "Simply putting the OS and a system specification out there didn't get it done. Now that they are getting it on shelves, they'll have a better chance to catch on with consumers."
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WEST CHESTER, PA. - September 11, 2013 --A suburban Philadelphia man has been convicted of two counts of cruelty to animals for shooting two of his neighbors' dogs in February.
A Chester County jury on Wednesday found 73-year-old Gabriel Pilotti guilty of two counts of animal cruelty for killing the Bernese mountain dogs - 2-year-old Angus and 1-year-old Fiona - after they had escaped the fenced yard of their owners, Mary and William Bock.
Judge Ronald Nagle, who presided over the three-day trial, set sentencing for Oct. 28. The animal cruelty counts are first-degree misdemeanors punishable by a maximum of 2½ to five years in prison.
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Superfund Lien Filed on Two Cumberland Rhode Island Properties
Release Date: 07/25/2008
Contact Information: Paula Ballentine, (617) 918-1027
Boston, Mass. – July 25, 2008) - EPA has filed a Superfund lien on property owned by John A. Nunes of Michael John Realty, Inc. and property owned by Linda Marszalkowski and J.M. Mills, Inc. All properties are otherwise known as part of the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site. The addresses for those properties are 44 Mendon Road, 120 Mendon Road and 140 Mendon Road.
A lien on the properties will allow EPA the opportunity to recover costs it has spent at the Site while responding to the release or threat of release of hazardous substances. The land owners were notified by EPA of their liability for the contamination on the Site. The owners were also given the opportunity to finance or perform remedial actions, which they either failed to respond to or denied.
Surrounded by industrial, residential and semi-rural properties, the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund site has soil and ground water contaminated with various hazardous substances such as trichloroethylene (TCE), benzene, chromium, nickel, lead, asbestos and so on. The site was placed on the National Priorities List in 1983.
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The Narly nineties was a pretty mint time for fans of unashamed American misery – from the sick, sticky angst of Hole's Pretty On The Inside through to the ornate, consumptive celebration of depression that was Red House Painters' Down Colorful Hill via the foot-on-the-neck, finger on self-destruction of The God Machine's matchless Scenes From The Second Storey, those with an inclination toward self-reflection, with a penchant for album length visits to the darker realms of the psyche were catered for in surfeit.
Come's Eleven: Eleven, released in 1993 on Matador and unavailable for many years now, is not, in some convenient journalistic happenstance, the sum of the three records mentioned above, but a parallel beast with claws of a sharper, more finely honed kind.
Come had already been tagged as a 'blues' band (albeit one that might appeal to those who'd maybe never heard a lick of Robert Johnson) and lavished with praise in the way only the Nineties UK press could lavish on the basis of their first couple of singles 'Car' and the monumental 'Fast Piss Blues' (see? It says 'blues' right there) but little could have prepared the listener, casual or otherwise, for the soaking deluge of black rain that would pour forth from Chris Brokaw and Thalia Zedek's first collaborative long player.
Written in a burst of bleak creativity and recorded fast and with few overdubs by Tim O'Heir and Carl Plaster, this is less a blues album, more a grey-black bruise left by the interlocking, alternately fierce and beaten guitars and voices of Brokaw and Zedek, a careening ship held on course by the lithe, pulsating rhythm section of Sean O'Brien, whose bass laps and rolls like a controlled storm, and Arthur Brien's walls-of-the-madhouse drums.
If the Afghan Whigs (a band Come sometimes bear a passing resemblance to) brought drug-love, sexual destruction and self-loathing out into the open, maybe even glamourised the role of the fucked fucker a little, then Come showed you here precisely and without censor what the true emotional cost of drugs, of love, of absolute untamable loss felt like.
Take 'Brand New Vein', a cousin to 'Cave In' by Codeine (a band Brokaw was still an integral part of at the time of this release). Zedek slurs and wails "Everything looks bad from your hospital bed" like a Ramone, like a poet, like Patti, her arching, bucking aches thrashing against the equally tortured Neil Young-isms being torn out of Brokaw's guitar. It's six minutes plus of absolute pain, packed with nihilistic assurances like frankly frightening "In the end there'll be no-one".
Dig in to 'Off To One Side', a leftover from Zedek's days in Via, where an extended guitar conversation, all high wild pitches and shivering slides, notes ripped, pulled and prodded, finally shows its hand to reveal a furious, spit-in-the-face squall of wretchedness. "There's no-one left to come looking for me/There's no-one left to come looking for you" Zedek howls, the impossibility of safety, of comfort, of actual joy consistently denied, the 'message' never sweetened by the swerving instrumentation.
There's a minor disappointment here in 'Orbit' – something of a walk-through that lets you down only because for a moment you realize Come is a band, not an actual, elemental emotion – but this really is the only minor flaw among a murder of relentless, heart-picking crows.
'Sad Eyes' allows the most breathing space. It's no less damaged, intense or accusatory than anything else on the record – it just seems beaten to the point of resignation, it's fire smouldering rather than spraying up in great jets against the twilight. It's a ballad if you want, a sequential duet that catalogues sins, apportions blame and then falls face first into the gutter of a seemingly endless, filth-strewn road. It is, like it needed saying, annihilating and utterly brilliant.
The way the record connects, through screams, through truck-tough snarls, through mercurial yet scarily precise noise, is a rare achievement. It can feel like too much at times, like a teenage crush gone horribly wrong, like the sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach when you know you have to face the consequences of some terrible act. Nowhere is this truer than on the aforementioned 'Fast Piss Blues'. Omitted from the original vinyl pressing of Eleven:Eleven, it combines elements of jangle-pop with razor-cut geetar and Zedek's finest, hardest performance. "I don't remember being born" cries one of the great opening lines in hate-rock history. It lopes like the coolest, loosest pop, punches and pummels like a great metal song, it attacks you like great art. It's horrible and tuneful, fucked and perfect.
Which is a fairly reasonable way to describe the whole record. On this re-issue we get not only the band's gut-grating take on the Stones' 'I Got The Blues' but a whole live disc captured (in kinda ropey fashion it must be said) at Sub Pop's Vermonstress festival on October 10, 1992 where the band played alongside the likes of Codeine, Drop Nineteens and the terminally-underrated Sloan. It's a sweet document of the night and of a band viciously tearing the throat out of some of their best material. For geeks there's also the delight of hearing Zedek and Brokaw's guitar parts separated in the mix – you can almost pick out who did exactly what if that's the kinda party you wanna have. 'Car' is the highlight of this set, Zedek a monotone David Johanssen spitting "I don't have time for this shit" then soothing "there'll be no shame, don't be afraid" – it's sensualised, sexualised rock music that is gender-irrelevant and utterly unfettered.
Though Come went on to make three more extremely good records before calling it a day, it's Eleven:Eleven that makes their lasting statement - disturbing, uncool, and so fucking vital it'll make you punch yourself in the neck in a frenzy of self-loathing and musical ecstasy.
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the belief that we are building a better world for future generations."
- Joe Adachi, Chairman and CEO, Canon U.S.A., Inc.
In the spirit of our corporate philosophy of Kyosei – all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future – Canon is committed to an approach to business that is socially responsible and economically logical. Canon seeks to be a truly excellent global corporation. For our customers, we offer the best products possible. Simultaneously, we strive to improve our relationships with local communities and to increase our respect for the environment as we contribute to the prosperity of the world and the happiness of its people.
Our company's commitment and contribution to the environment and to the world community are an integral part of Canon's management structure, product design, manufacturing, and corporate culture. This commitment has inspired a variety of special corporate programs at both the global and regional level.
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A "Bit" About Silicon
by Stephen James O'Meara
The Information Superhighway has been the fast lane to success for many of today's youths. Ask anyone living in Silicon Valley, California (the Beverly Hills of high tech). The Valley cranks out 64 new millionaires every 24 hours. And they all owe their success to grains of sand.
Silicon Valley is the world's center of high technology. Its population of 2.3 million is larger than that of 32 states, and thousands of high-tech companies cram into the 3,900-square-kilometer area—some say, like "transistors on a chip."
In 1849, this same region was the frontier for America's Gold Rush. Today there is another gold rush going on here, but this one isn't about mining. It's about cyberspace…and about turning silicon into gold! What does silicon have to do with gold and cyberspace? Everything! So let me tell you a "bit" about silicon and how it has changed the way we live.
What Is Silicon? Code name "element 14" in the Periodic Table. Next to the air we breathe, silicon is the most abundant element found in nature. It forms about 28 percent of the Earth's crust; in rocks, silicon is the most abundant element. You walk over countless tons of it each day. Chemically, it is classified with carbon, the element found in all living matter. And, like carbon, silicon has the ability to enter into complicated combinations with other elements. In fact, you just don't find pure silicon on Earth; it's always mixed up with other elements, usually in the form of silicon oxides such as sand, quartz, and rock crystal.
How Do We Get Pure Silicon? The basic building block of materials like sand and quartz is the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron—a geometrical figure having four faces, like a pyramid. A silicon-oxygen tetrahedron is composed of one silicon atom at the center of a pyramid formed by four oxygen atoms. The oxygen atoms are negatively charged, so they attract positively charged atoms to the corners of the pyramid and form bonds. But bonds can be broken. Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius realized that in 1824 when he became the first to isolate silicon from its oxygen crypt. He did this basically by extracting it from sand under high temperature. Once silicon was extracted, it was used to make cast iron, bricks, pottery—it had all kinds of applications, from manufacturing to art.
How Is Silicon Used in Computers? The first modern computers didn't use silicon. They were horrendously large machines. One wouldn't have fit in your classroom! It consisted of more than 50,000 components. And at the heart of this monster machine were vacuum tubes—an electrical device created during 1911–1913 that looked like a large incandescent light bulb with wires, filaments, and other electrical parts inside. Also inside was a vacuum (which allowed electrons to move freely without interaction with other gases)—hence the name of the tube. An early computer used as many as 18,000 vacuum tubes! The tubes were big, brittle, hot as an oven, and quick to burn out (every few minutes). As one AT&T researcher said, "Nature abhors the vacuum tube."
Did Silicon Replace Vacuum Tubes? Yes! And it did so in the form of a transistor. A transistor is an electronic device like the vacuum tube, but it is solid, smaller, cooler, and more reliable. Transistors use much less power than vacuum tubes and have a much longer life. This development alone was responsible for the improved machines called second-generation computers. Today, millions of tiny transistors with interconnecting wires can fit on a wafer-thin slice of silicon the size of your fingernail. This electronic city on a "chip" is called an integrated circuit. In time, integrated circuits were used not only to control the "brains" of a computer, but also its memory. An integrated circuit that controls computer memory is called a "memory chip."
But Why Silicon? Silicon is a semiconductor. That means it can both insulate electric current (like glass) and conduct it (like copper). But if you take silicon in its ultra-pure form, then chemically add small but measured amounts of certain impurities (a process called "doping"), you can alter silicon's atomic structure—in effect, change its electrical charge. By doping silicon, scientists can make it act as either a conductor or an insulator. That's why silicon is called a "semiconductor." A transistor, then, is nothing but a semiconductor device. It can be used in two ways. Ever hear of a transistor radio? Well in a radio, a transistor amplifies a signal plucked out of the air by an antenna and makes it strong enough to boom out of a speaker. In a computer, however, a transistor is a semiconductor device that acts as an on-off switch to regulate the flow of information—bit by bit.
What's a Bit? A bit is your basic unit of computer information, represented as either a 1 or a 0. Eight bits makes one byte. It takes one byte of information, for example, to tell your computer to execute a command. And the way a chip of silicon is designed (thickness, size, etc.) determines how fast a transistor can toggle back and forth from one bit to another.
Did Silicon Change the Computer Industry? Absolutely! The use of silicon in computers has allowed researchers to devise new ways to make integrated circuits ever smaller, making them much less expensive to build. On the consumer end, integrated circuits brought about the minicomputer revolution, making computers smaller, faster, cheaper, and better. And the trend continues. Today the chips have become so small that the components look like angels dancing on the head of a pin. Computer chips are being used today in everything from space shuttles to coffee makers. If you see a device that's programmable, there's a chip inside. Of course, the most amazing creation is the microprocessor—the world's most sophisticated chip—whose transistors can execute hundreds of millions of instructions per second. A microprocessor is the most complex manufactured product on Earth. How big are the transistors in a microprocessor? About 1/5000 of a millimeter, or about one thousand times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. It's not too early to start your own dreams about how to use silicon in cyberspace. Who knows, maybe you'll become one of those Silicon Valley millionaires someday! Or will a new Silicon Valley be your own back yard?
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- How is silicon treated to alter its electrical charge? What happens when silicon's electrical charge is altered?
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- What is an integrated circuit?
[anno: An integrated circuit consists of millions of transistors with interconnecting wires.]
- Where else could you find a structure that operates like an integrated circuit? Think of an example of something that functions like an integrated circuit. Write a few sentences that describe how that structure functions in the same way.
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Going Rogue: An American Life – the autobiography by Sarah Palin – has taken the number one spots on Amazon and Barnes & Nobles' websites thanks to advanced sales.
The memoir from the former Republican vice-presidential candidate is already the best selling book despite the fact it does not go on sale for a month and a half – on November 17.
The book's title, Going Rogue, is a reference to allegations that Sarah was something of a loose canon while partnering John McCain in last year's presidential elections.
After resigning as Alaska's governor in July this year, the mum-of-five has been working full-time for nearly four months to finish the book.
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Rhode Island Transit Authority wins EPA Clean Air Excellence Award
Release Date: 09/20/2012
Contact Information: Dave Deegan, 617-918-1017
(Boston, Mass.—September 20, 2012) The public transportation agency in Rhode Island was one of 11 organizations and companies nationwide recognized recently by the US Environmental Protection Agency for an innovative clean air initiative.
The Free Zoo & Trolley Too! initiative of the RI Public Transit Authority was among the projects recognized at the 12th annual Clean Air Excellence Awards in Washington DC. The Rhode Island program offered residents free rides to the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence on clean, alternative transportation.
"The 42-year-old Clean Air Act challenges communities to help protect the public health, our communities and the economy through innovative initiatives," said Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA's New England office. "The Rhode Island project fit the bill with its innovative approach to transportation. Free Zoo and Trolley Too! gave passengers a positive transit experience at the same time it reduced air pollution."
"RIPTA is most excited to be nationally recognized for our innovative 'Free Zoo and Trolley too' marketing campaign," said Cristy Raposo, Marketing Coordinator. "While our primary mission is to provide safe and efficient transportation to our riders, we recognize and value the importance of preserving and protecting our environment. Through programs like this, we will continue to demonstrate our commitment to improving air quality for all Rhode Islanders."
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, known as RIPTA, offered Rhode Islanders a free and environmentally-friendly way to travel to the local zoo. From May to September 2011, the program ran free hybrid/diesel red trolleys to the zoo the first Saturday of the month. These new vehicles run quieter and cleaner and are expected to help RIPTA save some 20 percent on fuel costs.
The program, done in partnership with the Roger Williams Park Zoo, encouraged city residents to leave their cars at home and try transit at no cost. Ridership doubled on the first day of this promotion. Other forms of encouragement were flyers that were distributed throughout the local Providence school system and at local community events. In addition to online advertising, bus shelters ads, in both English and Spanish, spread the message.
From providing better access to electric vehicles and charging stations to creating a classroom toolkit promoting strategies to improve air quality to developing a real-time air monitoring notification system, award winners across the nation demonstrated a commitment to improving air quality in their communities.
Winners from other regions included:
Clean Air Technology
- ReNew Air Scrubber Technology, Diversey Incorporated, Racine, WI.
Community Action
- Frazier Courtyard Homes, Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, Dallas, Texas
- Electric Vehicle Ecosystem Pilot Project, City and County of Greenville, S.C.
Education Outreach
- Conservation and Climate Change Challenge, Broward County, Fla.
- InnerTribal Beat, Spokane Tribal Air Quality Program and KYRS Community Radio, Spokane, Wash.
Regulation/Policy Innovations
- Rapid Response Notification System, Maricopa County Air Quality Department, Maricopa County, Ariz.
- GHG Emissions Reduction Projects, Frito-Lay, Incorporated-Beloit, Beloit, Wis.
Transportation Efficiency Innovations
- Leadership in Reducing Ocean-going vessel Emissions, Maersk Line/Maersk Agency USA, Charlotte, N.C.
- Climate Initiatives Program, Metropolitan Transportation Commission of San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco, Calif.
Gregg Cooke Visionary Program Award
- SC Johnson Global Sustainability Program, SC Johnson, Racine, Wis.
The awards program, established in 2000 at the recommendation of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, annually recognizes entries that help reduce air pollution, provide a model for others to follow and offer innovative, sustainable outcomes. Entries are judged by EPA and the Clean Air Act Advisory committee, and winners are recognized with a certificate at an awards ceremony in Washington D.C.
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A cosplayer poses for the cameras during the Comic Market 90 (Comiket) event in Tokyo Big Sight on August 12, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. Many manga and anime fans wearing cosplay lined up in the sun for the first day of Comiket. Comiket was established in 1975 and focuses on manga, anime, gaming and cosplay. Organizers expect more than 500,000 visitors to attend this year's summer event which runs for three days until August 14. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)


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Project Natal, Microsoft's upcoming no-controller-needed motion sensing camera for the Xbox 360 has finally got its ready for market name, Xbox Kinect. Kinda sounds like the Kin, eh? Those clever marketeers. The name was revealed Sunday night at a pre-E3 event featuring Cirque du Soleil with plenty of fanfare. The whole event should turn up on MTV and Nickelodeon in the near future, but until then we'll have to content ourselves with this.


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RoboCop (UK - BD RB)
Chris takes an early look at the Blu-ray release of the recent RoboCop remake
I didn't begin this review with the intention of comparing this remake to the original RoboCop, but the 1987 feature is such an iconic piece of work comparisons were inevitable. With that said, despite being firmly in the camp of those who wondered why we even needed a remake to begin with, I tried to go in with an open mind. Long story short, I didn't hate it, but beyond the flashy special effects - pretty much de rigour for a film these days - I struggled to see exactly what this version brought to the table.
The core elements of the original are here - hero cop critically injured in the line of duty, resurrected as a crime-fighting cyborg, faces off against a corrupt corporation while trying to bring those responsible for his 'accident' to justice - but there are significant differences in the execution. The original was a darkly satirical commentary on corporate greed, and while elements of that are retained for the remake the primary target here appears to be America's foreign policy (and it's not subtle). The characters also undergo some radical changes, not least Murphy himself, who is given significantly more pre-transformation screen-time with a greater emphasis on his family life (something only seen in flashbacks in the original film). Others are re-imagined (different genders, races, or both), distilled into multiple characters, or eliminated entirely.
This distillation of traits from some of the original's most memorable characters is perhaps the film's biggest weakness (alongside the lackadaisical pacing), because those characters served as the primary antagonists in the first film. Anyone who's watched the original RoboCop can attest to the sadistically twisted nature of villains Clarence Boddicker and Dick Jones, who must rank as two of the most despicable 'bad guys' in cinematic history. Boddicker was pure evil; a conscienceless psychopath who made the perfect adversary for the machine with a soul. If anything Jones was even worse, representing everything that was wrong with corporate greed. While outwardly respectable he was just as sick and twisted as Boddicker; the devil in a three-piece suit, if you will. Unfortunately the remake lacks villains of their calibre, replacing them with three (or is it four?) antagonists who are neither as evil nor memorable (Antoine Vallon, anyone?). As well all know, a hero is only as good as his villain(s)...
Curiously for a film trying to distance itself from the original, there are numerous explicit references to scenes from the earlier film. I'm sure they were thrown in as a playful nod to the fans, but serve only to remind of superior moments from Verhoeven's film (the 'I'd buy that for a dollar' riff is a painfully forced throwaway). The action is also a pale imitation of the '87 film, no doubt hindered by its family-friendly rating, but also surprisingly boring when compared even to other 'PG-13' type movies. Murphy's death is impersonal, lacking the visceral violence that made the original so memorable, and action set-pieces such as the warehouse raid and the storming of the Omnicorp building are also remarkably dull CGI-fests, with much of the action cloaked in darkness. It's also a decidedly humourless affair, with only Sam Jackson's lampooning of A-hole political commentators of Bill O'Reilly's ilk raising a hint of a smile.
On the positive side the principal cast deliver decent performances across the board, with Joel Kinnaman rising above the material to emerge relatively unscathed. As you'd expect, there are reliable turns from the likes of Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton and Jackie Earle Haley, and the aforementioned Jackson steals every scene he's in. The effects are also pretty decent on the whole (although the CGI does occasionally lack weight), and the decision to have Murphy be aware of his transformation from the beginning does at least differentiate the remake from the original (if not entirely successfully). As I said at the beginning of the review, there's nothing particularly offensive about this remake, but neither is there anything particularly memorable. It's the cinematic equivalent of beige.
From what I've been able to ascertain, RoboCop was predominantly shot digitally using a mixture of Arri Alexa and Red Epic cameras, the results of which make for an extremely impressive transfer to Blu-ray. Of course a pristine transfer from a digital source makes for fairly boring criticism, because there's really not much to criticise. I generally find it far more satisfying to write about poor transfers, or even newly-minted transfers of old films, where there's actually something to discuss about beyond 'it looks like it was shot last week'. In this case there isn't much else to say; it looks like it was shot recently, because it was. The move to Blu-ray is nigh-on flawless, with razor sharp detail, particularly in close-ups, spot-on brightness and contrast, and no obvious artefacts to report beyond a couple of instances of minor banding. To be honest I think it's easier to let the accompanying screen captures speak to the quality of the visuals, which actually look even better in motion, but I will say that this is one of the best looking discs I've seen this year.
The impressive visuals are supported by an (almost) equally impressive DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track that delivers strong action sequences, without compromising the subtleties of the quieter moments. Of course, said action sequences make for the most enjoyable moments, affording the track ample opportunity to flex its aural muscles by enveloping the listener in a three-hundred-and-sixty degree sound-field. Fidelity is superb throughout, and there are some very effective transitions between the various channels during the livelier moments. Bass is robust - Robo's footsteps elicit a very satisfying thud from the sub, as do the numerous explosions peppered throughout the film - and dialogue is always intelligible. For me the only weak element is the score, not because it's poorly mixed, but rather because it's utterly generic. It fails to establish its own identity, instead cribbing its best moments from the original film in the form of a reworked version of Basil Polidouris' iconic theme. A couple of the action sequences also utilise source music that is incongruous with the main score, to jarring effect. It's still a great soundtrack though, if not quite up there with the likes of Gravity and Pacific Rim.
On paper the disc would appear to include a fairly healthy collection of bonus material, but the reality is that much of what's on offer is pretty weak. This is immediately apparent from the insipid clutch of deleted scenes, none of which brings anything remotely interesting to the table. The trend continues with a bunch of faux commercials for Omnicorp products, such as ED-209 and RoboCop himself, which provide little insight into the various machines beyond some basic tech specs delivered by a female voice-over.
Things take a bit of an upturn when we get to the featurettes, of which there are three in total. 'The Illusion of Free Will' comes first and explores the genesis and making of the project, but at just seven-minutes it struggles to to do so with any real depth. Still, I like to think whoever named it was having a pop at director José Padilha's naivety with regards to studio politics... 'To Serve and Protect' is another seven-minuter that focuses on Robo's weaponry, while 'The Robocop Suit', at fourteen minutes, does at least provide a decent (if fluffy) look at the making of the new RoboCop suit. Bringing up the rear for this disappointing showing is the film's theatrical trailer.
That a film which makes such a song and dance about identity struggles so much to find one of its own is an amusing source of irony. It's not completely without merit, but for someone who grew up with the ultra-violent (and more intelligent) original it just doesn't cut the mustard. Although not much longer, it feels positively ponderous next to the earlier feature, and while I'm not one to insist on violence for violence's sake, the decision to deliver something that can be watched by relatively young children ultimately results in a rather toothless affair. Regardless of my feelings towards the film, fans (and I know the film has its share) should be delighted with the strong audio-visual presentation. The bonus material isn't anything to write home about, but that's about par for the course these days.
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Release Date: 9th June 2014
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, LPCM 2.0 Stereo English, DTS Audio Description 2.0 English
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4.2.2 Type 2 Segmentation Market Data 2012-2017
4.2.3 Type 2 Segmentation Market Data by Region 2012-2017
5 Main IC packaging factory Market Segmentation Analysis by Regions
5.1 Global IC packaging factory Market Data by Regions
5.1.2 Global IC packaging factory Market Data by Regions 2012-2017
5.1.3 Global IC packaging factory Market Data by Regions 2016 & 2022
5.2 North America IC packaging factory Market
5.2.2 Canada
5.3 Europe IC packaging factory Market
5.3.1 Germany
5.3.3 France
5.3.4 Italy
5.4 Asia Pacific IC packaging factory Market
5.4.1 China
5.4.2 Japan
5.4.3 India
5.5 Middle East & Africa IC packaging factory Market
6 Global IC packaging factory Market Analysis by Players 2012-2017
6.1 Global IC packaging factory Market share by Key Players 2016 & 2022
6.2 Global IC packaging factory Market Data by Players 2012-2017
7 Global IC packaging factory Market Competitive Landscape
7.1 Market Leadership Analysis
7.2 Competitive Leadership Mapping
7.2.1 Visionary Leaders
7.2.2 Innovators
7.2.3 Emerging Companies
7.2.4 Dynamic Differentiators
7.3 Competitive Benchmarking
7.3.1 Strength of Product Portfolio
7.3.2 Business Strategy Excellence
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8.1 Company 1
8.1.1 Company Profile
8.1.2 Product Analysis
8.1.3 Financial Performance
8.2 Company 2
8.2.1 Company Profile
8.2.2 Product Analysis
8.2.3 Financial Performance
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8.3.1 Company Profile
8.3.2 Product Analysis
8.3.3 Financial Performance
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8.4.1 Company Profile
8.4.2 Product Analysis
8.4.3 Financial Performance
8.5 Company 5
8.5.1 Company Profile
8.5.2 Product Analysis
8.5.3 Financial Performance
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9 Global IC packaging factory Market Forecast
9.1 Global IC packaging factory Market Data Forecast 2017-2022
9.2 Global IC packaging factory Market Data Forecast by Regions 2017-2022
9.3 Global IC packaging factory Market Data Forecast by Types 2017-2022
9.4 Global IC packaging factory Market Data Forecast by Applications 2017-2022
10 Research Method of the Global IC packaging factory Market Analysis & Forecast Report 2017-2022
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This group is designed for those of us over 30 yrs of age. We have a different TTC journey than our younger counterparts & many of us encounter challenges along the way to our coveted BFP. We invite all to join us as we offer advice, support & encouragement to each other thru these challenges, as well as celebrating those joyful BFPs.
While this thread is not necessarily labeled as a "struggling TTC" thread, we do ask that if you choose to join us that you remain mindful of the challenges that many of our members are experiencing when posting about BFPs. We are excited to celebrate everyone's BFP, though it can often be a sensitive issue for those for whom it has not been so easy.
We hearing from our graduates & hope you are having a HH9M!!! But we ask that you please take the time to catch up on posts, taking note of current losses before posting your pregnancy updates. If any of our sweet mommas are experiencing a loss in the current thread, please consider posting your updates at a different time.
I'll try to update your status daily, but let me know if I missed you! If I don't hear from you for a few weeks I'll take you off the list. Just post with an update to be re-added.
Question of the week: What is your favorite food or kind of food?
Anyone can answer the question! And if you have suggestions for the QOTW send me a PM.
In RED, tell me:
Your handle (and your name and/or age if you'd like)
Where you are in your cycle or if you're waiting for AF to return
Whether you are actively TTC or waiting right now.
**I will look for a change in your status in red throughout the week.**
Mamatoabunch (Annabelle) age 38
Jubilee (Sarah) age 31
happymom (Beth) age 35
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mixed_chica (Purly) age 30
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JCPACandMommy (Carissa) age 31
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ardeur (Jessie) age 30
sweetgrace (Tawny) age 35
tedcgh (Tiffany) age 30
leviandgarettsmom (Deanna) age 40 BFP 11/5
Love4leon (Rebecca) age 37 BFP 11/9
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sasra_nu (Sarah) age 32
NewbieSAHM (Amber) age 31
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geetabean (Gina) age 32
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Alrighty...we got some catching up to do. Everyone update me with where you are & I'll get it fixed. I am also going to change the time span to 2 wks, but will take it back to one if it gets too long.
Sorry for the lapse in time. The past couple weeks have been crazy & I just wasn't in a good place, but life as slowed & I have really missed you guys.
AFM: DH started his new job & had training, then we packed him up & shipped him off to Ohio for 2 wks. on Monday. Which, of course, also happened to be the day I got my BFP. Yeah, totally wasn't expecting that as we were TTA. Guess I should've kept using OPKs, because there were NO signs of O til later in the week of Halloween & we only DTD the once the weekend before. Going to wait to tell him closer to Thanksgiving. There should hopefully be a heartbeat by then, & he's already stressed with his new job, so I don't want him to worry unnecessarily. Please continue to pray/send positive thoughts & send lots of sticky vibes my way. Oh, and this is kinda strange...because of when we DTD this bean was most likely conceived on my angel's dd & he/she is due on my DS's birthday.
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Thank you for posting a new thread! I was lost without you guys. Deanna I am still so excited for you. How cool about the possible conception date. Sorry for how bad last month was.
I am having trouble with getting to the full website on mobile. So the fake color coding will have to do. So RED- I am in the 2WW 8dpo. I POAS and swore I could see something but DH told me I was crazy. Now I am waiting. Really. Well maybe.
Green- I hate to admit it, but my absolutely fave foods is pizza and ice cream.
The kids and I have been sick this week. I am ready for it to be over. I hope DD is over this Dow her birthday. I am sure she will, but she has been planning her party for a long time. Plus my nephew should be born any day now and if we are sick, we won't be able to visit.
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Thanks Deanna for starting a new thread! And YAY! YAY! YAY! You so deserve this baby bean and I hope it stickers tight! Many for you, your DH and his training and for sticky baby bean!
AFM: I'm still spotting after my D&C on 10/25 and just WAITING.... My follow up appt isn't until 11/21! I'm just ready to get on with our TTC....
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Re: TTC 30+ Nov. 8-Nov. 18
Finally a new thread so hopefully will not be alone now. While waiting to Ovulate then after do my IUI may have so others to be buddies with. We're excited to finally get started once again...
Here is my updates.
Got great news from our RE about my surgeries. They found stage 1 of endo so it was removed, my tubes are all clear an one fibroid was found but the RE said it's nothing to worry about. So we got the green light to start TTC once again..
I'm CD6 already started taking 2.5mg femara 4-8 an we will finally be BD'ng this weekend orders from our RE. DH can not wait for that. I'll start opk testing on Tuesday an be giving our RE office a call Tuesday to let them know I'm opk testing .Then if I get my LH Surge before day 14 I call RE office an then go in for my ultrasound then IUI if ready. Our RE is guessing that I'll have my IUI on Friday. That is what just guessing but he has never missed a date yet. RE started me on new prenatal vitamin with xtra iron an stool softer
One more thing my 14yr old DD started AF today for her very first time. So I've been busy explaining a lot of stuff about AF an how she needs to keep track of it. At least a few years back I explained about AF about when she started not to be scared an today was the big day for her. I'm so glad she started her AF but now it scares the peas out of me knowing my baby girl is now a young lady. I've cried some knowing how her life is going to change more in certain ways.
To everyone else that is waiting to test for ovulation I'll be keeping my fx for all. The ones that waiting to test for a BFP. I''ll be praying for a BFP for you. If anyone already got a BFP Congrats an may you have a very HH9M.
God Bless All..
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Great!!! I'm glad we are back, I really missed you ladies
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Hi everybody
I think things are looking up for us all lots of different congrats are in order...
Deanna... leave me in TWW because I'll be there in a few days anyway!
yea! for sticky beans
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You have me in the right spot Deanna, BOOOORIIIIING CD2 here
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Lawmakers in the state House are set to take up anti-bullying legislation backed by Gov. Terry Branstad.
A House subcommittee is scheduled to debate the bill Tuesday. The legislation would strive to deal with so-called cyber-bullying by updating state guidelines for school districts to include bullying that occurs outside school on social media sites like Facebook.
Branstad convened a bullying prevention summit in Des Moines in November.
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Blogger tells me that this blog contains 999 posts, which must make this one the one-thousandth. When I started blogging almost four years ago back in February 2009 I had no idea that it would go on for so long.
Of course, the events of 18 months ago gave me every reason to believe I would never achieve such a total. Fortunately fate, having given me a metaphorical kick in the crotch, decided to smile on me after all and so I have defied the doctors' predictions. Slowly but surely I have been going from strength to strength, so that I think I have a fighting chance of going on for at least another 1,000.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my readers, especially those who comment or email, without whom the whole business of blogging would be a waste of time. I am particularly grateful to the many who sent messages of encouragement which were a great morale booster to both Olga and myself during a difficult time.
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I thought this may be an interesting subject to talk about playing fish and the styles of playing is used from angler to angler. I was thinking about people playing fish with the rod high in the air mostly and wondered why many carp anglers haven't adopted the rod low to the water when playing them?
I remember reading a piece of material by Ritchie McDonald explaining how he would bluff when playing a fish by pulling a fish towards a snag instead of away like many people would. The result was that the fish would often stay away from the snaggy area. I have actually used this myself and must say it can work!
Match anglers also play their fish low to the water and it appears it brings the fish up higher in the water. So it brings a question as to why we wouldn't do so in heavy Weed. Maybe some people already do, just food thought and it would be interesting to hear other people's opinions of the matter.


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Someone suggested making a novel of my screenplay that started out as this sitcom idea:
Sigmund Freud is reincarnated as a co-ed in rural Alabama. She remembers her past life as miserable, wants no part of psychology in this life but can't help talking depressed students off ledges.
The sitcom was for network TV, so the dumbed-down sales pitch ended: "It's 'My Favorite Martian,' except instead of Ray Walston, it's a super-hot girl!"
The networks loved it. And rejected it. Why? They didn't feel viewers would know who Freud was.
At that moment, pitching the show to Al-Jazeera seemed a good idea, but an executive said, "You should write it as a screenplay."
Two years later, director David O. Russell, actress Jessica Biel and producer Lynda Obst were "on-board" with the screenplay. "On-board" sounded positive in a nautical kind of way, but when the project blew up on dry land, an executive said, "You should write it as a novel."
That's when the insanity hit home: This was like failing at color-by-numbers and having someone suggest, as a fallback position, painting the Sistine Chapel.
Somewhere in the annals of American Letters, some very big forms of writing became interchangeable. The division of labor for novels, screenplays, sitcoms, hour dramas…gone. It doesn't matter that screenwriters turn out maybe eight full sentences in a year; or that novelists put more description onto Page 1 than you see in a decade of network pilots; or that sitcom writers don't actually write so much as shout jokes in a sugary room until their 22-minute personalities are paroled at 3 a.m. every night. "Huckleberry Finn," "Chinatown," "Two and a Half Men" … welcome to one-writer-fits-all.
Truthfully, this is all pretty embarrassing. When people with power and money tell writers they have the talent to write something — anything — most writers hug the flattery and jilt the truth.
In bouncing between movies, novels and sitcoms, there is some crossover in the required skill sets, but the bulges that don't intersect lead lots of writers to their real-estate licenses.
Look, blaming this modular view of writers on corporate suits is way too whiny, cheap and easy, but it's their fault. When the same company produces books, movies and TV shows, all writers blend together.
Lorrie Moore is funny. Can we vertically integrate her? Since these companies own record labels, too, "sampling" is bound to invade manuscripts. "Iron Man believed in the green light…"
Maybe, on the surface, this cross-pollination is old news. After all, adaptation was the afterbirth of film, and when it works it's a beautiful thing. Exhibit A: "M*A*S*H": A hit novel became a bigger hit movie and an even bigger hit TV show. (It's amazing there was no musical. What rhymes with viscera?)
But three different writers wrote the novel, screenplay and pilot. No one told Richard Hooker, "Delete those baggy paragraphs, keep the stuff in quotes and we got a movie." Just as no one told Ring Lardner Jr., "Punch up that tracheotomy and have Radar lose his virginity before page 30."
Just as no one told Larry Gelbart, "Bag the jokes and make it a little more like 'A Farewell to Arms.'" (Although, 'A Farewell to Arms' with a Venus de Milo joke might make a nice sitcom … Just kidding. Lighten up, baby.")
Historically, adaptation occurred after there was an original piece of work. Now the prevailing view is, when a writer gets a great idea for a story, Step 2 isn't research or plotting. Step 2 is choosing between Microsoft Word and Final Draft. (Software idea: Micro Draft Epic Poem Pro to clear the way for "Paradise Lost in Spaceballs.")
In a way, there's something sweetly un-snobby in bunching these varied writing talents in such ecumenical disrespect. Don DeLillo and Joan Didion may not love the grouping, but they're not pulling in adult dollars, so no one cares. Sorry, Salman, writing is writin g…
… Except when it comes to writers, who (down deep) know better.
On the DVD commentary for "The Wire," the writers often (justifiably) refer to the five-year arc of the show as "a novel." Implied is that The Wire transcended TV to a higher art form, namely the literary novels of someone like Richard Price who, not coincidentally, wrote several episodes of "The Wire."
In theory, it's understandable how a novelist could flow easily into script writing. The diminished need to come up with, say, adjectives must feel great. And yet, few job descriptions feature a slash beside novelist. Aside from Price, writers who elegantly flit between literary fiction and screenwriting are…
Wait a minute, there's …
Oh! You know what rhymes with viscera? Farbisseneh.
Actually, William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Parker and F. Scott Fitzgerald all wrote screenplays with varied results but common disdain: They stooped for the money. If they'd had access to book tours and lecture circuits, chances are they'd have never entered a studio lot.
It's possible Jonathan Franzen doesn't even know what's supposed to happen by page 30 of a screenplay, yet somehow he seems to get by.
In terms of talent levels, going from sitcoms to screenplays seems like a slightly inclined lateral move. One of the bigger differences between the two comes down to culture: If writers are cows, the movie business is America and TV is India. Nevertheless, movie studios woo top sitcom writers who make the move because, well, the screen is so much bigger.
It's all so heady. but with the inevitable doubts about quintupling one's usual page count, it's hard to escape feeling like someone who's been accepted into law school on an athletic scholarship.
One sitcom writer friend was fired off a romantic comedy because his script had too many jokes. Another because his dialogue was "too sitcomy." Apparently, sitcoms and movies are not only different forms, they're different dialects. And yet, even though winning a sitcom-writing Emmy is often like being named valedictorian at a reform school, the award will almost assuredly lead to a romantic comedy script offer on one of the next 75 Kate Hudson movies.
When the writer drearily slinks back to sitcoms, it becomes clear that Hollywood is the one place where you can have absolutely no expectations and still wind up disappointed.
Not that the move never works: Charlie Kaufman wrote on some blah sitcoms for a while. But he's such a brilliant screenwriter, he should have just started out there. OK, Alan Ball did it with "American Beauty." Fine, you can throw in James L. Brooks. Then again, they wrote screenplays on their own. As far as naming successful screenwriters recruited from sitcoms, there's…
And then there's …
In hopscotching between writing forms, the kazoo-to-philharmonic leap from scripts to literary fiction is where gravity kills. Even genius screenwriters like Robert Towne and Pedro Almodovar rarely make the move to full sentences. Paul Thomas Anderson is young; maybe (or maybe not) he'll take a crack at a novel someday.
Then there's Woody Allen. It's possible Allen has had the greatest career in American history. Not just in entertainment — the greatest career, period. He's a four-field Hall of Famer: stand-up comedy, TV sketch comedy, filmmaking and humor essays. By the time he finished "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (top two screenplays ever? top one?), it was easily assumed a novel was right around the corner.
That was 22 years ago, and you get the feeling Allen would trade "Annie Hall" for having written any one of 10 Philip Roth novels. He might even throw in "Broadway Danny Rose" and a "Zelig" to be named later. And maybe, knowing how difficult both forms are, both writers would think they got a great deal.


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Not every visitor to Costa Rica's secluded Finca Bella Vista is a twenty-something backpacker looking for a new adventure. "We have a large retiree contingency," founder Erica Hogan says. "We have (a lot of couples) with kids who are looking at this as being their summer escape and something they can retire into later."


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In search of shiny, metal object branded "San Jose Earthquakes 4.0." Item weighs several ounces and can be worn as a pin. Has gone missing on May 29, June 2, July 3 and July 31 at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
Following every home win, the San Jose Earthquakes give fans a commemorative pin accompanied by a coupon to a local restaurant. After winning three of their first four at Buck Shaw, fans grew accustomed to receiving their post-game gift. For the last three months, however, Win Pin 4.0 has proven quite elusive.
On Saturday against the Kansas City Wizards, the Earthquakes will look for their first home victory since May 8, a 4-0 drubbing of the New York Red Bulls. Since then, the Earthquakes have lost to Toronto FC (3-1), tied the Columbus Crew (2-2) and D.C. United (1-1), and lost to Seattle Sounders FC (1-0).
"That's something that we've kind of been talking about," Earthquakes forward Arturo Alvarez said. "We just don't seem to put it together at home, which is weird because it seems that we've been playing better away. Obviously the most important place to win is at home, so I think we definitely have to change that."
As Alvarez noted, the Earthquakes have been playing well on the road so far this season. With an away record of 3-3-3, the Earthquakes have as many wins on the road as the team did in 2008 and 2009 combined.
The problem has been playing consistently at home.
"I know the home fans want us to always do well at home, as do we, but every game's important to us, home or away," midfielder Sam Cronin said. "But for sure the home ones you have to at least get a point and you're shooting for three every time. That should be the goal."
Cronin added that in recent home games the team simply has not had the correct mentality, citing the 1-0 loss to Seattle on July 31 as a prime example of not showing up ready to play.
"It's good to have that mentality and working hard and getting points out on the road, but you really have to take advantage of your home games and make the most of those," Cronin said.
If there were any opponent the Earthquakes would welcome to Buck Shaw Stadium, it would be the Kansas City Wizards. The Earthquakes have not lost to the Wizards in San Jose since falling 3-0 on August 16, 2000 at Spartan Stadium. Since then the Earthquakes are unbeaten in 11 consecutive regular season home matches against the Wizards (7-0-4), not including two wins in the postseason.
The 13-match overall unbeaten streak at home against Kansas City is the longest streak against any team at home in franchise history.
Should the Earthquakes win or draw on Saturday, they would tie for the second-longest streak without a loss against one opponent in MLS history. The Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, Los Angeles Galaxy and New York Red Bulls have all had 12-match unbeaten streaks at home against a single team, the Galaxy and Red Bulls also achieving theirs at the expense of the Wizards.
Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop is treating Saturday's game as a must-win for his team fighting to stay alive in the playoff race, despite a rash of injuries that have left the roster depleted.
"The guys who are going to play on Saturday are going to play well," Yallop said. "They have to play well because we have to win."
Following Saturday's match against Kansas City, the Earthquakes host in-state rival Los Angeles Galaxy to Buck Shaw Stadium on August 21. With two consecutive home games on the schedule, the team will be looking to not only get Win Pin 4.0, but 5.0 as well.
"I think the best way to break our slump is to come out and win those two games, get six points out of that and obviously turn things around and have a good run towards the playoffs."
San Jose still searching for Win Pin 4.0
In search of shiny, metal object branded "San Jose Earthquakes 4.0." Item weighs several ounces and can be worn as a pin. Has gone missing on May 29, June 2, July 3 and July 31 at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.