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Now, the whole idea of being us able to step back and forth across those timelines, into an infinite number of worlds, where the infinite dragonflight can interfere...
Billy Mays will sell us his big city slider station.
The parallel time line method is the most intellectually lazy way of preventing paradoxes.
As I elluded to in this or some other time travel thread; the better and more compelling solution is having only one controller of time travel who does so with both omniscience and intention. Nozdormu's split personality rules out this possibility unless Aman'Thul is aware of everything he will do and has the ability to revoke his power across all time, including when and where he goes bad.
If this is the next expansion, I'd play it...because it's WoW, but I'd be so massively disappointed, time travel is a load of bs, I want new zones and worlds to explore, not cataclysm or CoT, time travel feels disjointed, exactly what Blizzard said feedback that cataclysm fucked up on, so I don't think they'd do it now.
I also don't think they'd not add a new class or race because it's basically become a mandatory selling point now.
Scalable raids would be amazing, as seen on the front page, but most of the ideas from this thread I don't like, so gems in there though.
The key would be finding zones that are different enough in the past, or the future or whatever that they could make them seem fresh.
"I wouldn't anticipate seeing much of doctor boom" - Trump 2014"I myself am not too hopeful about the Grim Patron deck" - Trump 2015"(Secret Paladin) didn't work out and I don't think Mysterious Challenger will change that." - Trump 2015"(Darkshire Councilman) takes a bit too long to get set up...bad" - Trump 2016
Basically, Cata has soured people to any revamping whatsoever, even though it wasn't the concept of revamping itself that was the problem, but how it was handled. Revamped zones could be handled well. I mean Cata was the most hyped expansion ever - there was clearly a lot of love for the idea of going back to old zones to begin with. Why can't it be done well in a time travel expansion, and bring back some of that love?
"I wouldn't anticipate seeing much of doctor boom" - Trump 2014"I myself am not too hopeful about the Grim Patron deck" - Trump 2015"(Secret Paladin) didn't work out and I don't think Mysterious Challenger will change that." - Trump 2015"(Darkshire Councilman) takes a bit too long to get set up...bad" - Trump 2016
This post is great, full of nostalgia, I would love to see an "Infinite" expansion.
no new class no new race... good luck with that
Killing Deathwing is very much irrelevent to him being there as he's hiding out. We simply met him there and killed him.
His Dungeon journal entry:
Now living outside of time, Murozond was once the great Dragon Aspect Nozdormu the Timeless One. After the titans showed him his own death, the tormented Nozdormu was tricked by the Old Gods into trying to subvert his mortality. As a result, Nozdormu shattered the timeways and created the infinite dragonflight... jeopardizing the very future of Azeroth.
Blizzard already stated there is something horrible under tirisfal but it's not an old god. Fan creation or not, at least get your facts straight before trying to create something.
If what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. Then I should be a god by now.
a well written expansion idea, Kudos
although i would be sad if we got no new races or new classes.
When someone asks you if you're a god, YOU SAY 'YES'!
I'm sure someone already mentioned this, but...
Whatever is below Tirisfal has already been confirmed to NOT be an Old God. We don't know what it is, as we've only been told we shouldn't "go digging through the Glades", but there has been confirmation that there is NOT an old god under Tirisfal.Throughout the zone the player also hears whispers from an ancient Old God, awakened and unchained from its ancient Titan Prison below tirisfal.
Source: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/6489940501
Q: Is there truly an Old God underneath the Tirisfal Glade?
A: Nope! There's something incredibly unsettling there, but it's not an Old God. It isn't recommended to go digging through the Glades, though.
Ive said it before that an expansion where we'd be able to go back in time would be cool.
But one thing I dont like is the "Trial of the Timewalkers"
Anything that would just skip levels is stupid. Leveling is easy enough. And I really feel that actually leveling your character is what a role playing game is all about. Not just skipping to lvl 90.
The problem with new players is that trial is too short. You cant really test the game when you can level only in two zones per race. And to pay for the game just to see if you like it isnt really atrractive. 1-60 should be the minimum for the free trial next expansion.
And besides, if you are a new player it would be kinda hard to do the Trial of the Timewalkers. You said it was for new players. Skipping 10 levels and then trying to learn your shit by soloing in an arena seems hard and like I said it wouldnt even be leveling.
I dunno, I think I could see a lot of this stuff being very plausible.
Why? 'cause I highly doubt we're going to be tackling the Legion head-on next expansion. Plus Wrathion would be the type to abuse timestreams and bring people like Illidan over to help fight the Legion once they actually arrive. And it gives us an expansion to basically redirect our focus towards the Burning Legion by looking into alternate realities...
Plus there's evidence that scalable raids/dungeons is going to be very real. The devs mentioned sometime in August that the scaling technology had basically been finished, and sometime last week someone discovered a glitch/bug while in Stratholme where he was suddenly scaled down stats-wise (at level 90) to iLvl 43 gear and was easily destroyed by a bunch of level 40ish mobs.
As for the Infinite stuff in general, we already know from the Timeless Isle questline that there is indeed a traitor amongst 'em... Mal'Ganis, though? Seems a bit far-fetched, but it is plausible since in WotLK it was revealed that he's alive and all we did was force him to flee to some other realm or whatever.
With Illidan's "revival" of sorts, and bringing him back to our timeline... beyond Wrathion being the guy who'll stop at nothing to defeat the Legion and protect the planet he loves so much (and presumably the people, even though he uses us as weapons and tools for his plans to beat away the Legion), I can actually see it being plausible as well. 'cause Metzen mentioned back in 2010's Blizzcon that he'd like to bring Illidan back since he's a sucker for a good redemption story. In 2011's Blizzcon lore Q&A, he said that they would work on figuring out a way to bring Illidan back. So going back in time would make sense to retrieve him, though I really don't think it would work to retrieve him from the Black Temple... it'd probably need to be earlier, like maybe even before he absorbs the Skull of Gul'dan. 'cause in Burning Crusade he was pretty much mad, since he went to ridiculous lengths to try and stop the Legion, and for some reason became our enemy rather than working with us to stop the Legion.
The alternate leveling path for 1-90 would be huge and IMO great for those who don't want to go through the fairly long leveling process otherwise. And it seems like it would be something Blizzard would do to help people get up to the expansion faster.
Overall, most of the ideas Murozond presented sound like they could make for good expansion material and most of the stuff sounds very plausible. And it somewhat fits in with the supposed leaks from that Chinese site which also talks about an expansion focused more on tackling the Infinite Dragonflight and investigating at least one alternate timeline.
Plus having alternate timelines could set the stage for a Warcraft 4 RTS, which could simply continue off of a different timeline where there might not have been so many heroes willingly ready to tackle the world's threats.
Also, alternate timelines are pretty much already existent. Rhonin, Krasus, and Broxigar going back in time during the War of the Ancients is a good example of this, 'cause that happened in a book trilogy and yet in the War of the Ancients instance in Cataclysm they were never seen there; Blizzard probably did that on purpose for some reason or another. And the Timeless Isle quest chain shows an alternate timeline where Garrosh is killed. And End Time shows an alternate timeline where things go to hell if Deathwing isn't stopped. So it's not like these alternate timelines aren't visitable, since they clearly are, and they can alter future outcomes which is why the Infinite Dragonflight has been messing with the timelines so much. Plus with the Bronze Dragonflight unable to really do much now, that allows the Infinites to potentially screw with the timelines quite a bit and make several alternate realities.
So if you simply made all of that up, kudos for creativity. If that's actually a leak, then I can't wait for them to reveal it at Blizzcon.
Less than two weeks... >.<
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AUCKLAND - Fullback Gareth Anscombe and New Zealand lock Brodie Retallick return from injury to be among six changes to reigning Super Rugby champions the Chiefs' starting 15 to face the Stormers in Hamilton tomorrow.
Anscombe, who replaces former All Black Mils Muliaina, will make his first Super Rugby appearance of the year, having had double shoulder surgery after the Chiefs won their second Super Rugby title last August.
Retallick has been cleared to play after head clash in the season-opening win over the Crusaders, with last weekend's bye giving him extra time for recovery.
In other changes, Jamie Mackintosh is back at loosehead prop, Liam Squire gets the No.8 jersey after impressing off the bench, James Lowe wins promotion at left wing and former Crusader Tom Marshall makes his Chiefs' debut at inside centre.
The match at Westpac Stadium night will be flanker Tanerau Latimer's 100th in Super Rugby and his 95th for the Chiefs.
The four-Test All Black made his debut in the competition with the Crusaders. Chiefs coach Dave Rennie says the Stormers again showed in their 14-13 defeat in Christchurch last Saturday they will be difficult to break down.
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|2007-09-15, 16:55
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[Manga] Yin and Yang chakra
So in chapter 370 we learn that Minato split the Kyuubi's chakra into two halves, yin and yang. We know he gave Naruto the yang chakra and sealed the yin part.
But there is something that wasn't really answered. Can Naruto access the yin chakra? One of two things has to be true.
1. The yang chakra has been sealed into Naruto and the yin chakra was sealed with Shiki Fuujin(death god jutsu). This means Naruto can't have access to it.
2. Or the yang chakra has been mixed into Naruto's chakra and the yin chakra remains in the seal on the navel. Naruto might be able to access it.
Now onto yin and yang chakra. For a while, I thought yin and yang were just referring to spirit and body energy. As we learned at the beginning of the manga, a jutsu is the release from combining your body(yin) and spirit(yang) energy. Note the yin and and yang symbol in the picture.
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But the entire fuuton training arc seemed to complicate the nature of chakra and jutsu. We were now introduced into concepts like element affinities. Then in chapter 316...
Spoiler for Chapter 316:
So the physical recomposition of yin and yang chakra seems to have something to do with the secret clan techniques, genjutsu, and medical ninjutsu. The old way of explaining how jutsus are created is too simple to explain them. Too bad Kakashi couldn't get into it, but I guess Kishimoto is saving that.
So what role will yin and yang chakra play and what explanation will Kishimoto give to it? One thing I know for sure is that yin and yang chakra is not good and evil. There is no bad or good side. Yondy didn't seal the good(yang) side into Naruto and leave the bad(yin) side out. If Shikamaru taps into his yin chakra for the kagemane, it doesn't mean he is using "evil" chakra.
|2007-09-15, 17:56
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I dont think you should hurt ur brains with this question -.- cuz u should make it how u feel its rights I understand myway of what jiraiya ment and anyway it will be revealed very soon if the chapters will reveal as much as they did in the last chapters
|2007-09-15, 19:32
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Jiraiya messed with the Four Elephant seal, you see when the scroll frog came out the way I understood it is he was about to tell Jiraiya the combination of Naruto's key, "You already know Naruto's combination is . . ." Jiraiya stops him and says no this is not about training. Most likely the way Jiraiya was able to mess with the Four Elephant seal (which I would imagine is the inner layer of the seal, and the eight trigrams is the outer layer) using the combination to "alter" or "move" the four elephant seal toward one direction (left or right) to create more of an opening then there already was.
Imagine as if you will there is a circle with lots of water (the water represents yang Kyuubi chakra) this circle has four holes or four gates (this circle is the four elephant seal), now imagine a bigger circle outside the circle with four gates that has eight gates (representing the eight trigrams seal) however the position of this circle is either to the left or the right just enough where only a very little amount of that water is being let out, what would happen if I were to turn that inner circle to the right or left enough where all four gates of the inner circle meet up with four of the eight gates of the outer circle causing them to be perfectly aligned and wide open?
That is when all the water from the center would gush out (chakra) and, we would have a full 9 tails Kyuubi, I believe Jiraiya used the combination / key to alter the inner circle (the four elephant seal) in such a manner that let out more of the Yang Kyuubi chakra then it was originally designed for (to mix slowly over time) causing Naruto to hit 4 tails almost killing Jiraiya in the process.
By the way, this is just a very crude representation of how I believe the process of the two seals placed upon Naruto's stomach work's. This is not a fact, so don't bother to challenge me on this and I will say that it could be 100 % wrong however, it works more then perfectly in my book. Here is a small / very crude illustration I created on MS Paint to explain what I mean.
However, Kishimoto's explanation seems to be more dead on, in terms of what Yin and Yang is. To me It is obviously more of a philosophy, the good and evil ordeal is just a medium Yin and Yang seems to stand for "two halves of a whole" meaning, the picture depicts Body and Sprite which are two halves of a whole the whole would be the Chakra, if I were to use a different medium a crude example is Water and Flower two halves of a whole the whole would be dough. Hence, I believe Yin and Yang is obviously applicable in anything and that picture just shows one way. Body 1 half, Spirit 1 half, Chakra the whole.
|2007-09-16, 05:38
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Just taking this as a direct lift from the information here.
Yin and Yang does not really represent Good/evil its represents the ever flowing balance. If the 1st image is correct by saying its body and spirit. The Naruto has the Spirit but not the body sealed within him. The Justus is probably then the summoning of the nine-tail's body.
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|2007-09-16, 10:46
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I just had a thought. Maybe the seal itself seals the yin chakra and the yang is the one mixing with Naruto's. Or maybe it is Naruto's chakra.
It's just a thought but it would explain Yin & Yang. Kyuubi is the Yin and Naruto the Yang. When combined they become unstopable.
|2007-09-16, 19:00
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possilby monster rancher styles? the kyuubi soul is in naruto and its chakra is somewhere else....
i have absolutly no idea what this splitting of the kyuubi chakra has to do wit hanything, nor to i comprehend it atall i hope it is explained in the next chapter =/
|2008-01-03, 22:36
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I was thinking,
Wouldn't it make sence if the Yin-Yang properties are actually the enhancement of of nature abilities.
Kiba enhances his nose with chakra to make it super sensitive(which isn't always a good thing)
Sakura enhances her fists to be super-strong(which can hurt)
Shikamaru can "manipulate" his shadow to do all sorts of things
Chouji makes his body expand and stuff like that
Kimimaro can make his bones grow and stuff like that
All those things are, put simply, the modification of the user's natural abilities
If we assume that people can inhance their nature, then we can assume that someone could grow extra arms or place chakra in their legs to make them move really fast.
Just imagine, all the things someone could do if they knew just what to do with it.
|2008-01-04, 00:37
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|2008-01-04, 06:22
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|2008-01-04, 09:27
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We still have to presume that that yin chakra has a different effect. Naruto might have access only to yang half. It seams to have some effect on Naruto, like making him stronger or more stamina. Yang is associated with good after all.
If he ever has access to the yin half, then something completly unexpected might happen.
|2008-01-04, 11:43
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That would totally amp up his jutsus and all that crap.
But of course, there has to be a side effect; like if he used it to much, he would be seriously drained and it would cause the Yin Chakra to become more and more dominant.
|2008-01-06, 14:15
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This is why my friend waits untill the series is over before he started to read it...That way he doesn't have to wait to find out...If you don't read it, you don't get into it, so it wont be tempting....But he's an idiot...so yea
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|Rest In Peace - Brother Charles Levin (right) officiating at the 160th year of Lasallian Education in Asia at St Xavier's Penang.
GEORGE TOWN: Datuk Brother Charles Levin, a former brother director of St. Xaviers Institution here, has passed away. He was 85. He died [apparently after a fall] of sepsis [the presence in tissues of harmful bacteria and their toxins, typically through infection of a wound] at the Penang Adventist Hospital at 4.14am Sunday.Levin, whose real name is Karl Henry Theodor Wolff, was born in Germany on [Sat] May 21, 1927. [Levin had lived a total of 31,193 days on Earth.]
His body has been placed at the school chapel of SXI in Farquhar Street for the people to pay their last respects.The wake will be held nightly on 14 and 15 October.
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However, in the European Union the free access runs from 10:00 on February 22 to 23:59 on February 26?
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I take Donald Trump at his word that he is not an anti-Semite. "What can you do to deter that?" the reporter pressed. Instead of answering a timely and legitimate question, the president chose instead to besmirch the reporter.
Sony has revealed that you won't need PlayStation Plus to play PlayStation 4 games online starting tomorrow, the 17th February, in North America. The week long freebie event will commence on February 17, and includes popular titles like For Honor and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, amongst others. Do you have any particular games you are going to try during the Free Multiplayer Week? You don't need to provide a credit card or anything to take advantage of this free online time - you merely need to boot up a multiplayer game and you'll be able to take it online.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Kerron Johnson scored 19 points to lead five in double figures for Belmont in an 88-79 win over South Carolina Upstate on Monday night, keeping the Bruins atop the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Drew Hanlen added 18 points, both Mick Hedgepeth and Blake Jenkins had 11 apiece and Ian Clark added 10 for Belmont (22-7, 14-2). The Bruins extended their season-high winning streak to nine games - a stretch that began after a Jan. 21st loss to S.C. Upstate in the teams' only other meeting this season.
The Bruins led from wire to wire this time, though, opening the game on a 21-9 run and leading by 12 points at the break. The Spartans outscored Belmont 44-41 in the second half, even pulling within three with less than six minutes to play, but it wasn't enough.
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Historical Romance published by Avon 30 Aug 16
Ah faithful reader, it's hard to be a woman in today's world, amirite? So imagine the difficulties for women two hundred-ish years ago! No real rights, always under the control of some dude – who probably has zero interest in her health and well-being – just a hostessing, baby-making machine (if you're lucky!). Bleh.
In Sarah MacLean's latest, A Scot in the Dark, we see what happens to an unmarried woman when she is caught in a compromising situation and has no manly-man to lend any support or defend her from the wolves of the press (and the wolves of society, either). Intrigued??
Miss Lillian Hargrove has been alone most of her life. She was orphaned as a little girl and became a ward to the Dukes of Warnick. I say dukes because there have been several – they've had a run of bad luck, recently. Neglected but well cared for, Lillian never really had her society debut because no one cared enough to bother. She has no real friends and exists almost ghost-like in one of the dukedom's many houses. So, when she meets Derek Hawkins, a popular artist and performer, and he shows an interest in her, Lily is overwhelmed. As their relationship progresses, she agrees to pose nude for him – she is under the impression they are to be married. Obviously, he's a weasel who has no intention of marrying her – but he does decide to debut the portrait at the huge royal exhibition. When Lily discovers his plan, she is heartbroken and trapped. Her only hope is to take the inheritance she is supposed to get on her next birthday (conveniently the same day the portrait is to be shown) and flee. Her only obstacle is…
Alec Stuart, who is the current Duke of Warnick. Alec has no interest in being a duke. He lives in Scotland and has holdings to take care of there. He also has a long-held, deep loathing for England. When his English solicitor arrives on his doorstep to tell him of the scandal brewing around his ward – the ward no one told him existed – he reluctantly agrees to go to London and deal with the situation. Alec does not expect his ward to be an adult – and especially doesn't expect her to be beautiful and intelligent. All he wants to is to resolve the situation and get back to Scotland. And she should appreciate his efforts and be grateful. Right?
Both Lillian and Alec have issues that keep them from believing they are relationship material and those issues are dealt with in a realistic way, over the course of the story, as they work separately and together to find a way out of Lillian's situation. Also, we see that crazy tabloid journalism has been a thing for a very long time – people love scandal and they always have. And things that ruin women don't even impact the lives of the men in the same situation…if anything, it might enhance their reputations (at least with a certain crowd).
I enjoyed this book. The characters are a bit different than those we usually find in a historical. It isn't so unusual to find a Scot who loathes England, but the reasoning behind the loathing is different. And it isn't unusual to find a ward trapped by circumstances, but Lillian's reactions to the situations she finds herself in are different. Those of you who have read Ms. MacLean's other books know what I'm talking about. She tends to give characters an interesting spin.
So, does this book stand alone? It mostly does! Sure, I encourage you to read the series, but if you don't want to, you won't be completely lost. (I'll just be over in my corner, weeping. But don't mind me.)
Lonesome Lily Turned Scandalous Siren
Miss Lillian Hargrove has lived much of her life alone in a gilded cage, longing for love and companionship. When an artist offers her pretty promises and begs her to pose for a scandalous portrait, Lily doesn't hesitate…until the lying libertine leaves her in disgrace. With the painting now public, Lily has no choice but to turn to the one man who might save her from ruin.
Highland Devil turned Halfhearted Duke
The Duke of Warnick loathes all things English, none more so than the aristocracy. It does not matter that the imposing Scotsman has inherited one of the most venerable dukedoms in Britain—he wants nothing to do with it, especially when he discovers that the unwanted title comes with a troublesome ward, one who is far too old and far too beautiful to be his problem.
Tartan Comes to Town
Warnick arrives in London with a single goal: get the chit married and see her become someone else's problem, then return to a normal, quiet life in Scotland. It's the perfect plan, until Lily declares she'll only marry for love…and the Scot finds that there is one thing in England he likes far too much…
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Michael Clayton
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Something happened to George Clooney while we were staring directly at him. At no point did any of us glance away; the camera's been on him nonstop since 1994, when he and his nodding head first turned up on ER.
But sometime between then and now — somewhere between Batman's nipple suit and the corporate-gray mufti of Michael Clayton — he has undergone a mind-blowing transmutation. He has become, and I mean this sincerely, one of the best and most dexterous American movie actors working today.
He's still the same old George. He hasn't ceased being handsome or witty or charming, or any of those snappy studio-era qualities that so endear him to fans of classic cinema. Despite the occasional Oscar-winning weight gain (Syriana) or dapper Gable mustache (O Brother, Where Art Thou?), he has never been one to go all Method on a part. The biggest adjustment he's made to his craft, over the years, was that blessed moment in the late-1990s when he stood up and stopped bobbing his head.
But there's this strange thing about art: It isn't always arty. If Clooney delivers the performance of his life as a morally blurry New York lawyer, if the slump to his posture and sag to his eyes speak more eloquently than any other work he's ever done, then the role is a triumph of stardom.
This isn't a character turn; he's not hiding under anything but the sorrow in his own exhausted face.
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He's also the man in charge of handling Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson, delivering the performance of his life), a manic-depressive litigator with the firm. In a precipitous swoop of conscience or craziness, Edens disrobes during talks between a toxin-spewing agribusiness (represented by a creepily androidal Tilda Swinton) and families shattered by cancer. He represents the company but feels for its victims — plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit — and laments his role in the case. "I am Shiva," he exclaims to Michael, "the god of death!"
The script turns mortal, as you might expect, but understand me when I say it's not a thriller. A thinker, maybe. A brooder. But a thriller? The biggest thrill is the pure aesthetic pleasure of watching a smartly measured film unfold in perfectly acted scenes. This is neither some glam Grisham plot-grinder nor one of those shaky-cam Bournes, which bear no visual resemblance to the subtle, steady-handed drama that plays out in Michael Clayton.
Call it a dark night of the soul: a crisis of conscience cast in black and blue. Gilroy shows a painter's eye for shading and a theologian's feel for moral tipping points — those either-or moments on the fulcrum between right and wrong. Among the film's most delicate and effective scenes are drive-time vignettes between Michael and his young son, Henry (Austin Williams), who's trying in vain to get his dad to read a heroic fantasy novel.
You can see it there, in Clooney's gaze — the accumulated regret and bone-deep fatigue of a man who's no hero but wishes he were. And in that gaze, he scores a victory.


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View makes trip up Windy Hill worthwhile
Updated 10:48 pm, Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Each day brings a new canvas for nature's artwork at the Peninsula's Windy Hill Open Space Preserve.
It's like watching the face of someone you care for, always changing, but always provocative: some days electric, others pensive; some days mysterious, others full of surprise.
It can make each visit to Windy Hill stand apart - and worth seeing no matter where you live, no matter what the weather.
For most, the big thing is the view from the top. The ridge rises above oak woodlands, and from the grasslands across the hilltops. On clear days you have unobstructed views to the east across the South Bay, East Bay hills and to Mount Diablo on the horizon. In winter, an inversion layer at roughly 800- to 1,000-foot elevation, like a lid, and at other times, low-lying stratus, are common across the South Bay. In each case, you can peer over the top as if a foggy sea.
It's one facet of the preserve's mercurial temperament.
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Windy Hill is in the foothills of Portola Valley. It's called Windy Hill because in the spring, the winds out of the northwest can howl across the ridge in late afternoon. Yet winds have been calm this week, typical for winter between fronts.
The park spans 1,335 acres from the foothills (elevation 600 feet) and up the slope to Skyline (1,200 feet), with staging areas both at the foot of the preserve near Portola Valley and on top along Skyline. Its location creates both a microclimate and a procession of habitats across its landscape: oak woodlands, gulches with conifers and riparian zones, wetlands and a pond, and ridge-top grasslands.
As the light changes each day, and as the seasons transition every few months, so does your experience and what you see and feel.
The routes are a variety of trails, former ranch roads and active service roads that are open to hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding and leashed dog walking. In wet weather, some trails are closed to bikes and horses. The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District posts conditions at its website.
At the minimum, drive up to the Skyline access and walk the 0.7-mile Anniversary Trail for the big views - the panorama of the South Bay. In last year's photo contest run by the Open Space District, many entries came from this park, including winning photos by Ichiro Asao, Karl Gohl, Bob Clark, and my sister, Susan Vance.
A 7.5-mile loop can take you around most of the park, a bottom-to-top-to-bottom route that connects several trails (be sure to have a trail map with you).
From the Portola Gate, most take the Spring Ridge Trail past Sausal Pond, and with a few cut-offs, to the Hamms Gulch Trail. That climbs to the top, with switchbacks to make the 600-foot climb (over 2.6 miles) less of a challenge. At the ridge, you turn right on the Lost Trail/Anniversary Trail and enjoy the views en route 1.1 mile to the Spring Ridge Trail. Turn right and sail back down. All trail users are permitted on this route, so be nice and remember, "Share the Trail."
One thing you can count on: Every trip here provides a new look, and with it, a new payoff.
If you want to go
Where: Windy Hill Open Space Preserve
Location: Peninsula foothills from Skyline Ridge to Portola Valley.
Access: Trailheads near Portola Valley and Skyline/Highway 35.
Cost: Parking, access free.
Map/brochure: Map/brochure at trailheads; www.openspace.org.
Dogs: Leashed dogs permitted on most trails, designated on map. They include Spring Ridge, Hamms Gulch and Anniversary trails, which can be connected with other dog-friendly trails for full loop trek; bag and pack out waste.
Horses, mountain bikes: Allowed on designated trails; bikes must yield to horses, hikers, then pass at 5 mph.
How to get there
Portola Valley Trailhead: Drive to Interstate 280 on the Peninsula and continue on I-280 to the foothills west of Menlo Park and Stanford and the exit for Sand Hill Road. Take that exit 0.2 miles to Sand Hill Road. Turn west (right if coming from the north/San Francisco) on Sand Hill Road. Drive 2.1 miles (becomes Portola Road) and continue straight onto Portola Road for 2.5 miles to signed parking on right. Note: Additional parking 0.4 miles away at Portola Valley Town Center. Distances: 5 miles from Woodside, 9 miles from Palo Alto, 25 miles from San Bruno, 35 miles from Hayward, 36 miles from San Francisco, 43 miles from Sausalito.
Skyline Trailhead: Drive to Interstate 280 on the Peninsula, continue on I-280 to Woodside and the exit for Woodside Road/Highway 84. Take the exit to Woodside Road, turn west (right if coming from the north/San Francisco) and drive 6.5 miles through Woodside to Sky Londa and Skyline Boulevard/Highway 35. Turn left on Skyline and drive 2.3 miles to trailhead on left. Distances: 9 miles from Woodside, 12 miles from Palo Alto, 25 miles from San Bruno, 35 miles from Hayward, 37 miles from San Francisco, 44 miles from Sausalito.
Contacts: Windy Hill Open Space Preserve, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, (650) 691-1200, www.openspace.org.
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Polpetto, The French House, 49 Dean Street, London W1D 5BG
Contact: 020 7734 1969 www.polpetto.co.uk
Price: Four plates: £21.25
Rating: 9/10
The French House in Soho has always made a feature out of being slightly too small, to the extent that they'll only serve lager in half-pint glasses (or are they making a feature of being slightly too French?). Above the somewhat poky pub is an elbows-in dining-room, which used to do quite tasty things that mainly involved sausages, and has been taken over by Polpetto, an offshoot of Polpo in Beak Street.
You can only book for lunch, so at night it takes ages to get a table, and once in you're not so much seated as wedged, and the food is delicious. I tried to get round this by going on a Monday, but it was rammed. The clientele is on the young side, is the problem: there are no taboo evenings for them. During the period between being a child and functioning adult people lose all concept of 'school night'.
Like Polpo before it, this deals in cicchetti or, if you prefer, Italian tapas. The opening plates are really pretty tiny. I have known N for a lot of years, and I still can't work out whether she is (a) vegetarian, (b) pescatarian or (c) a vegetarian who will
eat both fish and sometimes chicken. I've got to the point in the friendship where I can't ask again. Most of what I ordered, it turned out, she couldn't eat. So it all worked out great for me.
A slither of smoked swordfish tucked round some lemon and dill ricotta (£2.50) packed the flavour punch of a dish thrice its size. I think the prices are a bit higher than Polpo, since this was a scant two mouthfuls; nothing looks expensive on the menu, but if you costed it per chew you'd blench a bit. A white-bean crostino (£1) had a perfect mushy, creamy consistency,
a delicacy beyond anything you'd expect from a simple bean, but a hearty flavour.
Out of respect for the establishment we had some polpetti (£3), preserved baby octopus; this was my least favourite dish, since with a creature so small the legs were too spindly to survive the curing process, and they ended up tough. But, sheesh, it was a teeny little plate and looked charming. My consciousness has re-imagined it as an edible logo.
N carried on with the crispy soft-shell crab in parmesan batter, over a fennel salad (£8), and also ordered the fennel, radish, mint and ricotta salad (£5). When they arrived I opined mildly that, if I'd been the waitress, I would have reminded us we were ordering fennel twice. N said she'd done it on purpose; she loves fennel, which, in both cases, was ribboned and very attractive and fresh. The crab was beyond excellent. It reinvented the whole genus of fish-in-batter: crispy not fatty, the crab meat of a perfect taste and texture for such rufty-tufty handling. All the vegetables looked as if they'd just stepped out of a Tuscan market. I had a medium-rare, very macho, deeply flavoured, grilled, sliced flank steak with white-truffle cream (£7), which looked like a thin salad cream and tasted like some kind of spiritual awakening. Oh, and I also had some nice broccoli, traditionally done with almonds and chilli (£5); it tasted so eventful. I love that; I'm totally over vegetables being left to speak for themselves.
Like some know-nothing wingnut, I chose cheese (£6.50). It was from Neal's Yard; of course it was going to be good. It travelled 500 yards, from the most respected cheeserie in the land. N had the panna cotta, blackberries and biscotti. The panna cotta was creamy, discreet and beautiful. The berries were big and fresh, with that characteristic, stemmy taste of the English countryside. The biscotti had been very thinly sliced, which was a small but welcome innovation; it made them easier to taste.
I'm enamoured of this place, I must admit. Probably with the passage of time their no-booking-for-dinner policy will start to be annoying, but at the moment it is all part of the nonchalant charm.
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Gary Love III, of Alexandria, was arrested Tuesday and charged with robbery, said Crystal Nosal, an Alexandria police department spokeswoman. She said the investigation into the incident is ongoing, and detectives are still working to identify and charge two others believed to be involved.
The incident occurred on Jan. 15 in the 700 block of Fayette Street, when the letter carrier was on his rounds. Police said that three masked males robbed him at gunpoint, taking mail and his cell phone.


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McDermott International Inc. MDR, -5.24% swung to a fourth-quarter quarter profit amid strong revenue growth, led by its Asia-Pacific business.
However, shares were down 3.7% at $12.25 in after-hours trading as the company's 2013 revenue estimate was below analysts' expectations. Through the close, the stock is up 15% this year.
"We expect to recognize $2.6 billion in revenue in 2013 from our existing backlog and recent awards," Chief Executive Stephen M. Johnson said. "With this revenue, combined with additional short-term work that we typically accrue throughout the year," Mr. Johnson said McDermott expects total revenue of about $3 billion. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters recently had been looking for $3.12 billion.
McDermott, which builds offshore-drilling platforms for oil and natural-gas producers, has been benefiting as high oil prices have led producers to step up drilling.
McDermott reported a profit of $40.5 million, or 17 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of from $10 million, or four cents share, a year earlier.
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Big Bear Fire Department Quickly Controls Spread of Fire
BIG BEAR LAKE, CA/June 15, 2017– A residential structure fire was reported at approximately 2:45 p.m., Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Lakeview Drive and Lagunita Lane in Big Bear Lake. Upon arrival, fire crews observed the approximately 1,000 square foot, single-story, single family residence was fully charged with smoke and some flames visible from the exterior. Crews made entry through the front door and took approximately 20 minutes to suppress the fire.
Seven Big Bear Fire Department crew members responded with three engines and two ambulances. Fire Chief Jeff Willis and Assistant Fire Chief Mike Maltby were on-scene along with Fire Prevention Officer Nick Bruinsma. Fire was confined to the interior with damage to the living room. The home was unoccupied at the time and there were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation by Big Bear Fire Department.
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During my 5-week culinary tour in Florence, Italy this summer, my aunt introduced me to a simple yet superbly yummy classic Italian (and naturally vegan!), dish: cecina. Translated to "made of chickpeas," the recipe contains only olive oil, chickpea flour, and water baked and served with a generous sprinkling of black pepper. I tasted my first cecina at a tiny restaurant in a quaint piazza on the Oltrarno called "5 e Cinque." (See my review on HappyCow.net here.)
Cecina originated in Genoa, a city in northern Italy, but quickly spread throughout southern France where it is known as "socca," which is also what the Pure 2 Raw twins refer to it as and they absolutely swear by this dish. Being the vegan and food experimenter that I am, I felt it absolutely necessary to attempt making my own cecina/socca in tribute to my summer in Florence and one of my favorite blogs. However, like the twins, I opted to tweak the standard chickpea flour/water/oil recipe by adding cooked quinoa to the batter and layering juicy grilled zucchini and eggplant between the cecina slices. So sue me for changing the recipe, but it turned out pretty darn well (a complete understatement, by the way.)
Quinoa Cecina Stack with Grilled Eggplant and Zucchini (Gluten Free, Soy Free, Nut Free)
Serves 2.
Cecina Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup garbanzo bean flour
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 1/2 cup cooked quinoa (linked to a how-to.)
Grilled Vegetable Ingredients:
- 2 medium zucchini
- 2 smallish eggplant
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 4 tsp fresh thyme
- Black pepper to taste
Pour 1 tbsp olive oil into a 9″ round glass, metal, or ceramic baking dish and stick into a preheating oven set to 400°F. Whisk the flour, water, and quinoa in a medium-sized bowl until very well mixed with absolutely no lumps. Once the oven is preheated, pour the batter into the pan and bake for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, slice the zucchini and eggplant into 1/4-inch rounds and toss well to coat with the olive oil and thyme (it may seem like you need more olive oil, but as long as you toss the vegetables in a large enough bowl, they will grill perfectly and save you a whole lot of calories in the fat department). Grill vegetable slices on a regular grill or a preheated stovetop grill pan for about 7-10 minutes on the first side, then flip and grill for another 5 minutes.
After baking the cecina for 30 minutes, check the texture by lightly pressing on the middle of the pancake. You're looking for a slightly springy touch. If it feels too soft, bake for another 5 minutes (mine felt perfect after 30 minutes, but my oven is also superb, sorry to have to brag). Wiggle the cecina in the pan and scrape around the edges with a knife if it looks particularly sticky, then invert the pan onto a cutting board.
Clearly, some of my cecina got left behind in the pan! No worries, I had a field day stealing bites of the messy, stuck-on cecina while assembling the rest of my dinner. Next time I make cecina, I plan on rubbing the entire baking dish with an oiled paper towel before pouring the tablespoon of oil in. Most recipes for cecina do call for up to four tablespoons of oil, but if I'm the only one eating the entire pan, I surely do not want an entire 1/4 cup of olive oil in there. If you're worried about the cecina sticking and don't mind more olive oil, go ahead and use two tablespoons instead of one which should suffice.
Cut the cecina into eight wedges. Lay a couple slices of eggplant and zucchini in a single layer on one cecina wedge and repeat until you have an eight-tiered stack of cecina, grilled veggies, cecina, grilled veggies, etc. with four layers of each. Repeat with remaining vegetables and four wedges of cecina.
Recipe featured on Finding Vegan.
Only two words can describe this: CRAZILY ORGASMIC. The cecina forms a crunchy outside crust while the inside remains soft and custardy. Paired with the smoky grilled eggplant and zucchini and the nutty quinoa addition, this meal inspired a vegan epiphany. The only way I could improve this recipe is by replacing the grilled eggplant with sundried tomato roasted eggplant spread slathered on each cecina wedge and adding sliced avocado to layer with the zucchini. I'm 100% positive that numerous more cecina creations will end up posted on my blog and devoured by me.
Meal Checklist: Protein–garbanzo bean flour and quinoa. Whole Grain–quinoa. Vegetable–zucchini, eggplant, and sungold tomatoes (tossed in side salad). Leafy Green–swiss chard (chiffonaded into side salad with tomatoes and liquid gold dressing).
Local Ingredients: Swiss chard from JenEhr Family Farm, sungold tomatoes from Snug Haven Farm, zucchini from Pleasant Springs Orchard, and eggplant from the Hilldale Farmer's Market.


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Fairy Tale of Enlightenment : Out of the Darkness and Into the Light
Dayna Lynne Lowe, Illustrated by Maya Kruger, By (photographer) Heather Callin
How important are you? What difference can you make? Are you able to figure out the everyday things in your life? No matter where you are on your lifes journey you are very important and what you do matters a great deal. There is information and compassionate assistance available to help you figure things out. Dayna shares her journey from personal darkness into a place of light and love and dispels the myth that enlightenment is just for the select few. She lays out sign posts to assist you on a path of self-discovery and a journey of enlightenment that involves personal evolution and spiritual expansion. This book contains practical, concrete examples and exercises to try. The author cheers you on your path and shares excerpts from the guides.
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The scarf is getting longer and longer, and I'm liking it better and better, though it's no longer scarf weather. My wife says it's a bit narrow, and it might be, but I'm making it long enough to compensate for that, I think.
I'm actually glad I'm using dpns instead of a cable needle because I don't have to worry about the gauge changing at the cables, and the dpn works just fine for holding the stitches.
I like this pattern better and better too, because it's reversible. The cables look the same front and back so there's no wrong side.
Want to make it a bit longer yet so I can wrap it around twice and still have plenty hanging down. I'm having fun now...
Lookin' real good, Michael.
Lookin' real good, Michael. The oldest soup kitchen in San Francisco has put out a call for 2,500 scarves for Christmas. I've been looking around for a scarf pattern that I could get interested in and I think I've just found it. Thanks!


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)-- Jeff Garcia threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Terrell Owens and made a 2-point conversion with 1 second left in regulation. Then the quarterback helped set up Jose Cortez's 26-yard field goal Sunday that lifted San Francisco to a 25-22 win over the Carolina Panthers.
It was the fourth time this season Garcia rallied San Francisco (7-2) to either win or tie a game in the waning moments of the fourth quarter. The 49ers are 3-1 in overtime in 2001.
And it gave the 49ers a season sweep over the Panthers (1-9), dropping Carolina coach George Seifert to 4-2 against the team he coached to two Super Bowl titles. It was Carolina's ninth straight loss this season.
Garcia finished 34-for-54 for 305 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.
Bears 27, Bucs 24
TAMPA, Fla. -- Jim Miller threw three touchdown passes to Marty Booker and the Bears held on when Martin Gramatica's 49-yard field goal bounced off the right upright as time expired.
The Bears (7-2) have won twice in overtime this season after wiping out double-digit deficits in the closing minutes of regulation. This time, they nearly let an 11-point lead slip away in the final seven minutes.
Tampa Bay pulled within three on Brad Johnson's quarterback sneak and 2-point conversion pass to Mike Alstott with 2:29 to go. The Bears were unable to run out the clock, and the Bucs (4-5) moved in position to tie, but Gramatica missed.
Johnson was 40-for-56 for 399 yards.
Rams 24, Patriots 17
FOXBORO, Mass. -- Despite injuries to five players, four on defense, the Rams (8-1) rode Kurt Warner's 401-yard passing effort. Warner overcame an injured right thumb that cut his practice time last week, and capitalized on three New England turnovers.
The Patriots (5-5) sputtered even though St. Louis' defense was missing first-round draft picks tackle Damione Lewis (broken right foot) and strong safety Adam Archuleta (concussion), plus linebacker Mark Fields (sparined ankle) and end Leonard Little (sprained knee). Wide receiver Az-Zahir Hakim left in the first quarter with a sprained left ankle.
Cardinals 45, Lions 38
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Jake Plummer passed for 334 yards and four touchdowns, two to David Boston, as the Cardinals rallied from 10 points down to keep the Lions winless.
It was the sixth consecutive time Detroit (0-9) has lost by a touchdown or less.
Plummer led the Cardinals to a fourth-quarter comeback for the 14th time in his career and second time this season. Arizona (3-6) had just 13 touchdowns in its first eight games.
Redskins 17, Broncos 10
DENVER -- Kent Graham threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter as the Redskins won their fourth straight after opening the season with five losses.
Graham led the Redskins to all their points, replacing Tony Banks after he suffered a concussion and was carried off the field late in the first half.
Following a Denver fumble with the score 10-3, Graham capped a 50-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Michael Westbrook.
In the snow, Washington finished with six fumbles, three of which it lost, and seven dropped passes. Denver (5-5) had six fumbles, two of which were lost, and five drops.
Raiders 34, Chargers 24
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Jerry Rice caught three of Rich Gannon's four touchdown passes, including a 20-yard score with 2:46 to play.
Rice caught eight passes for 131 yards in his biggest game since joining the Raiders (7-2) in the offseason -- and his first 100-yard receiving game since the 1999 season finale with the 49ers.
Oakland won its 10th straight regular-season home game, the longest streak in the NFL.
Ronney Jenkins scored on a 93-yard kickoff return for the Chargers (5-5), who lost their third straight after a promising start. Jenkins also had a 67-yard return that set up a field goal.
Steelers 20, Jaguars 7
PITTSBURGH -- Kordell Stewart hit Hines Ward for a 28-yard score and also ran for a TD. Stewart, forced to carry the offense with Jerome Bettis held to minus yardage for much of the game, threw for 266 yards and ran for 51 for the Steelers (7-2).
Ward had nine catches for 112 yards, his first 100-yard game in the NFL.
With RB Fred Taylor injured and QB Mark Brunell unexpectedly sitting out with a strained right quadriceps, the Jaguars (3-7) got only Elvis Joseph's 95-yard kickoff return.
Falcons 23, Packers 20
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Green Bay melted down on an unseasonably warm day at Lambeau Field.
Needing about 15 yards to get in field-goal range, Brett Favre instead threw a deep pass that Ashley Ambrose intercepted at the 2 with 1:08 remaining. Ambrose also picked off Favre's first pass on a day when temperature at kickoff was 59 degrees -- more normal for Atlanta (5-4).
Favre lost for just the 12th time in 75 home games, was intercepted three times and fumbled twice, losing one. The Packers (6-3), winners of nine straight at home, also lost safety LeRoy Butler, who was making his 128th consecutive start, to a broken shoulder blade.
Chris Chandler, back after missing a game with bruised ribs, completed 29 of 50 passes for 352 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Saints 34, Colts 20
NEW ORLEANS ) -- Aided by an official's call that could have put Indianapolis (4-5) ahead at halftime, the Saints (5-4) held on as Aaron Brooks shook off a slow start and four sacks, throwing for 249 yards and two touchdowns.
Near the end of the first half, Peyton Manning ran in from the 33 after faking a spike. But officials appeared to be faked out as well, blowing their whistles to halt play. According to Jim Daopoulos, an NFL supervisor of officials, field officials ruled that whistles blew with a second left on the clock, although television replays showed no time remaining.
Mike Vanderjagt kicked a 52-yard field goal to make it 17-17 at the half.
The victory spoiled the homecoming of Manning, a New Orleans native, and Indianapolis coach Jim Mora, who coached the Saints for 10 1/2 years.
Jets 24, Dolphins 0
MIAMI -- New York's typically opportunistic defense scored on interception returns of 60 yards by Aaron Glenn and 63 yards by Victor Green, helping the Jets beat Miami for the eighth consecutive time.
The Dolphins (6-3) were shut out at home for the first time since 1970. The Jets (7-3) earned their fourth victory in a row and are 5-0 on the road.
By getting five takeaways for 33 on the season, the Jets now have a league-leading plus-22 turnover differential.
Seahawks 23, Bills 20
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Shaun Alexander rushed for 93 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown as the Seahawks (5-4) spoiled the day for Jim Kelly.
Kelly, who quarterbacked the Bills to four Super Bowl appearances, had his No. 12 retired and his name placed on Ralph Wilson Stadium's Wall of Fame at halftime.
The Bills (1-8) are off to their worst start in 16 years, and have lost seven straight at home going back to last season. It's Buffalo's longest home losing streak since dropping eight straight spanning the 1983-84 seasons.
Eagles 36, Cowboys 3
IRVING, Texas-- Jeremiah Trotter returned an interception 50 yards for a touchdown to close the first half. William Hampton returned Ryan Leaf's other interception 33 yards for a score with 2:51 left in the game.
David Akers had a career high with five field goals.
Emmitt Smith, back in the Cowboys' lineup after missing two games with a sprained right knee, fumbled early. Bobby Taylor recovered at the 25 and Donovan McNabb threw a 2-yard TD pass to Chad Lewis. The Eagles never were challenged after that.
Despite their 2-7 record, the Cowboys have only been blown out of two games -- both against the Eagles (6-3).
Browns 27, Ravens 17
BALTIMORE -- Anthony Henry had three of Cleveland's four interceptions against Elvis Grbac.
Grbac committed five turnovers, yet the Ravens (6-4) nearly overcame those miscues and a 17-0 deficit. But with Cleveland nursing a 20-17 lead, Tim Couch moved the Browns 58 yards in 12 plays for the clinching touchdown with 4:02 left.
Baltimore's eight-game run at home also came to an end as Devin Bush returned an interception 43 yards for a touchdown for Cleveland (5-4).
Baltimore's Shannon Sharpe, who had seven catches for 78 yards, set an NFL record for career receptions by a tight end. He has 669, seven more than Ravens senior vice president of football operations Ozzie Newsome amassed during his Hall of Fame career with the Cleveland Browns.
Titans 20, Bengals 7
CINCINNATI -- Derrick Mason returned the opening kickoff 101 yards, and Kevin Dyson caught a 28-yard touchdown pass for Tennessee (4-5), which was coming off a 16-10 loss to Baltimore that could have scuttled its season.
The Titans were jumping and hugging in celebration on the sideline as Mason returned the opening kickoff against the Bengals (4-5), who started badly and never recovered.
The Titans' defense clamped down on Corey Dillon, limiting him to 38 yards on 17 runs.
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Congratulations to all the athletes and helpers from last year! The team came 8th. However with three home fixtures this year we want promotion!
Please register yourself for 2018's First Match, you can do this by clicking on 'Athlete Registration' and filling out the short form.
If you or your family are able to help officiate on the day please let us know, help would be greatly appreciated!
Any issues or questions please visit the 'Contact Us' page for a list of ways to get in touch. Good luck with the rest of the 2018 season and we hope to see you at the last SAL competition.
U17's please be advised you are only eligible to compete in a maximum of 4 events, one of which must be a relay. Under 17's are defined by being at least 15 years old on 31st August 2017. Maximum distance allowed to run is 3000m in a senior competition
U20's please be advised you are only eligible to compete in a maximum of 5 events.
Competitors in the throwing and horizontal jumps shall have three attempts each with the top four scoring athletes having a further three attempts.
The opening height in the High Jump and Pole Vault will be the minimum height requested by the competitors or available with the equipment, but the second height will be:
High Jump: Match 1, 3, 5: Men 1.20m and Women 1.00m; Match 2, 4: Men 1.23m and Women 1.03m.
Pole Vault: Divisions 1&2: Match 1, 3, 5: Men 1.90m and Women 1.70m; Match 2, 4: Men 1.95m and Women 1.75m. Division 3: Match 1, 3, 5: Men 1.40m and Women 1.20m; Match 2, 4: Men 1.45m and Women 1.25m.
All heights will then be in increments of 5cm for High Jump and 20cm (men)/10cm (women) for Pole Vault until there are just 3 competitors remaining.


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One video is simply not enough to show off this incredible PR stunt by Sony Australia, so here's a little more detail.
This video details the process of getting the little guy up there in the first place, with on-location interviews with Juca Lopes (Creative Genius) and Damien Oliver (Tech Guru) as they set up the rig.
The whole thing was designed to get people excited about the brand in general, garnering over 1000 submissions for the Space Suit design via a social media campaign, but it's also being used to push next week's launch of LittleBigPlanet Karting.
Check out the 2 minute behind the scenes video below:
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ALBANY — Three University at Albany players scored in double figures and the Great Danes held off Duquesne 69-66, in their college basketball opener Friday night at SEFCU Arena in front of 3,278.
Senior guard Mike Black scored 15 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:14 left, junior center John Puk had a career high 14 points and Sam Rowley added 11 (also a career high) for the Danes. After the game, Black was not made available to the media as he was said to be suffering from dehydration.
After Black hit the 3-pointer to make the score 67-65, Duquesne freshman guard Derrick Colter was called for traveling with 1:24 left. That set the stage for UAlbany center John Puk, who had a career high 14 points to go along with eight rebounds, to clinch it with a rim rattling dunk with 51 seconds left.
Duquesne had one last chance but Colter missed a running 3-pointer from the right side as the clock expired.
Colter led all scorers with 17 points and Quevyn Winters added 15 points and 11 rebounds.
The Danes hit the road for their toughest test of the season when they play at No. 4 Ohio State on Sunday afternoon. The Buckeyes did not play Friday. Their scheduled game with Marquette was canceled because of a wet court on the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier in South Carolina.


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JUNEAU (AP) -- A man was arrested and charged with felony assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with a stabbing Friday, city police said.
George K. Shavers, 48, was charged with felony assault with a dangerous weapon for the alleged attack near Harris Harbor. A woman found the victim Saturday afternoon where he collapsed on the dock with multiple stab wounds and a fractured skull.
The victim, whose name was not released, had been stabbed more than six times. He was released Monday from a hospital where he was in fair condition.
Shavers was being held at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Rick Pitino became Louisville's basketball coach Wednesday, returning to the state where he won a national championship in 1996.
Several hundred Louisville fans, city officials and past and current players gathered for a pep rally where the former Kentucky coach was introduced.
''I know all of you were not fond of me when I was Kentucky's coach and I'll make no bones about it -- I'll always love UK and my players,'' Pitino said. ''Now it's my time to lead the Cardinals back to prominence.''
Pitino, who won the national title at Kentucky, resigned as coach and president of the Boston Celtics in January after 3 1/2 disappointing seasons.
His hiring at Louisville follows a bold, aggressive courtship by athletic director Tom Jurich, who acted as a one-man search committee. Jurich said two weeks ago that Pitino was his only candidate for the job.
''It's been the year from hell, but I see heaven on the horizon,'' Jurich said.
Pitino has not signed a contract, but Jurich said he's agreed to a six-year deal, worth about $1 million per year.
Pitino, who was courted by Michigan and other schools, said wife Joanne helped convince him to take the Louisville job.He said he almost decided to take the Michigan job Wednesday morning.
''She said, 'I think you love the state of Kentucky, you love the people you met at U of L I think you should go back to the place you love,''' Pitino said.
Jurich flew to Pitino's Miami home on March 9 and persuaded him to visit the Louisville campus last week.
Pitino left impressed, but said he wanted to consult his family before making a decision. He worked the NCAA Midwest Regional in Dayton, Ohio, as an analyst for CBS before flying to Boston to meet his family Sunday night.
Pitino replaces Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum, who retired after months of strained relations with Jurich. The 64-year-old Crum, who led Louisville to NCAA championships in 1980 and '86, had two seasons left on his contract, but accepted a $7 million buyout.
Speculation began immediately that Pitino was Jurich's top choice, and even former Louisville players voiced support.
''This was the guy we had to have,'' Jurich said. ''There was no other answer to fixing this program.''
Jurich called a news conference March 6 to confirm he was pursuing Pitino. When Pitino expressed interest, some Kentucky fans said they were angry that Pitino would even consider coaching the Wildcats' rival.
''When I took over (Kentucky), everyone was embarrassed,'' Pitino said. ''It had to be built back up with integrity. When I left, it was not only built up, but it was a model program.
''One game a year, we'll get it on. Outside of that, I'll always root for them.''
Pitino said the opinions of Kentucky fans factored into his decision but that his family mattered most. His 18-year-old son, Richard, accompanied him during his recent visit to the Louisville campus.
Pitino, 48, took the Celtics' job in 1997 after eight seasons at Kentucky that solidified his reputation as a master rebuilder. He previously turned around mediocre programs at Boston University and Providence, guiding both to the NCAA tournament. He also coached the New York Knicks from 1987-89.
The season before Pitino arrived at Kentucky, the team went 13-19 -- its first losing record in 62 years -- and was hit with NCAA probation. He inherits a Louisville program in similar disarray.
The Cardinals finished this season 12-19, capping the worst four-year run in Crum's 30 years. Louisville is 62-62 since reaching the NCAA regional finals in 1997 and was twice put on probation in the 1990s.
The school hopes Pitino can guide the Cardinals back to the national prominence they enjoyed in the 1980s.
''It doesn't happen with a coach arriving, it happens by recruiting good student-athletes, it happens by improving the current players,'' Pitino said. ''It's going to take some outstanding recruiting to turn things around. But it won't happen unless we turn around the players that are currently here. And that's what I fully intend to do.
''Tom said the current players know what's in store for them. No they don't. They have no concept of what's in store.''
It took Pitino three seasons to turn things around in Lexington. Kentucky went 14-14 in his first season and 22-6 in his second.
In his third, the Wildcats went 29-7, losing to Duke in the memorable 1992 East Regional final.
Kentucky reached the Final Four the following season and went 124-19 over the next four, winning the school's sixth national title in 1996. The Wildcats reached the title game in 1997, losing to Arizona, before Pitino accepted a 10-year, $50 million contract to coach the Celtics.
Pitino turned the Wildcats over to Tubby Smith, a former assistant. Smith congratulated Louisville from Philadelphia, where Kentucky is preparing to play Southern California on Thursday in the East Regional semifinals.
''They're getting one of the great coaches in basketball,'' Smith said. ''I'll welcome him back.''
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Revival Speaker Inspires, Challenges with God's Love
WILMORE, KY. — In the early 1980s, Jorge Acevedo came to Asbury just rescued from an alcohol and drug-filled life. This week, Acevedo '84 has addressed Asbury's student body from the Hughes Auditorium pulpit to share his message of "The Outrageous Love of God" during Fall Revival 2012.
His topics — God's love invites, accepts, forgives, heals, equips, never fails and sends us — stem from a desire to reach students who might have grown up in a Christian home, as well as those who have just started their spiritual journeys like he did at Asbury.
Dedicating his life to Christ at age 17, Acevedo said he was the only Christian in his family. His dad wanted him to join the Air Force, but he came to Asbury to study Bible.
"When I came here, I was hungry," he said. "Christianity was all brand new for me. It was an adventure. No one had made me go to Vacation Bible School. When I came to Asbury, it was the first time I was hearing biblical stories. I was sopping it up like biscuits and gravy. So I wanted to speak on something this year that would be inspiring and challenging at the same time."
His mission to inspire and challenge fits into Asbury's most renowned spiritual emphases during Chapel: Fall Revival. Started more than 100 years ago, this emphasis week focuses on the first part of John Wesley Hughes' initial vision for Asbury. He wanted to found a school that clearly spoke to "free salvation for all men, and full salvation from all sin," showing all people they can know Jesus.
"Jorge's theme is a perfect example of a Fall Revival theme," said Rev. Greg Haseloff, associate dean of campus ministries and campus chaplain. "It's an introductory. It speaks about salvation and re-grabs people who have already been in the Christian faith."
Falling in the first full month of school, Fall Revival serves as one of the first spiritual markers for the campus each school year. With seven services in one week, Fall Revival echoes its camp meeting-like past, and Acevedo is able to build upon his sermons while acquainting himself with the rest of campus.
"Because we have one speaker for a week and seven services, you have to be intentional about being there," said junior Caleb Wheat, vice president of spiritual life. "It makes you want to focus on God. Usually in a revival, you don't hear an invitation from the speaker till the end of the week, but Jorge's approached it right off the bat."
Acevedo pastors Grace Church in Southwest Florida. Grace Church's attendance has grown from 400 to more than 2,600 in the past 16 years. He was named the 2009 Distinguished Evangelist of the United Methodist Church and has also served as a delegate several times for the Jurisdiction Conference and the General Conference.
Jorge spoke at Asbury's baccalaureate last spring, and that's when he was asked to speak in Chapel this semester.
"At Baccalaureate, he left such an impact that we wanted the rest of campus to hear him," Haseloff said. "He's been an active alumni, and his ministry has had such a great impact on the church. We wanted him on campus and students to be under his preaching and teaching."
Despite his influential position in church leadership, Acevedo remains accessible to students and grounded in the realities of every-day student life that can make it difficult to set aside time for another speaker or lecture.
"Fall Revival is all about an opportunity to meet with God and with fellow students," Acevedo said. "It's not, 'Oh, he's one of those speakers I like.' And I'm not one of those guys who wants to guilt people into going. But who knows what you might miss? You should show up and see what God might do."
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July 29, 2009
E-Noses and Testing Their Mettle Against Fly Noses
"Although e-noses already have many uses "" such as detecting spoilage in the food industry and monitoring air quality "" they are not as discriminating as biological noses," according to CSIRO scientist, Dr Stephen Trowell.
"Our efforts to improve e-noses recently received a boost following our development of a new system which enables us to compare technical sensors with biological sensors.
"We looked at how the most common type of e-nose sensors "" metal oxide or "ËMOx' receptors "" sample the air around them. This is a critical factor in the performance of all noses. We then compared it with the performance of odorant receptors from the common house fly, Drosophila.
"We already know that fly receptors, unlike most other bioreceptors, are not very specific. Even so, it really surprised us how much narrower the responses of the MOx sensors were than the biological ones. We also found that the fly bioreceptors outperformed the MOx sensors in their levels of independence. The fly seems to make a range of broadly tuned receptors that are independent of each other and human engineers haven't yet worked out how to do this.
"These results, published today in the science journal PLoS ONE, will help in the design of better e-noses and help us understand better how biological systems work," Dr Trowell said.
Bio-benchmarking approaches such as this could also be applied to other classes of electronic nose sensors. The CSIRO research team is looking to collaborate with developers of solid-state chemical sensors in the search for more effective devices.
This research is part of a much larger project developing an improved electronic nose, the Cybernoseî, for use in the wine industry. Using insect receptors, the Cybernose will detect volatiles and contaminants in grapes and wine, thus allowing winemakers to improve their wines. When completed, the Cybernose will have wide application for detecting ripeness and spoilage in a range of foods as well as other applications such as detecting explosives.
The comparisons between the fly's receptors and those of the e-nose were made possible by recent descriptions of how odorant receptors function in Drosophila, which was the first insect to have its genome described. It was this new knowledge of the fly's genome that made the fly odorant receptor work possible.
Image Drosophila melanogaster "" the fly whose olfactory receptors were used to benchmark the electronic nose.
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Saturday, May 31, 2014
Andrea's Project Life- the beginning
Friday, May 30, 2014
A flower basket for you!
Thursday, May 29, 2014
My love, my heart and my soul
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Your Sale Your Way is Here!!
Be sure to check out what's new - Oodles arriving!!
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
A Layout by Scrappin' Sheila!
Here is an adorable layout that Scrappin' Sheila designed at the Spring Weekend Retreat – featuring Hannah's 7th birthday party held at SGDs! How cute is that Hannah??!!!!
Sheila used so many new products including: Jillibean Soup Birthday Bisque, Faber Castell Glitter Glass Beads, Kaisercraft 12x12 Filmstrip overlay (cut in several pieces), inked with Tim Holtz Pink Rasperberry Ink.
Monday, May 26, 2014
We're BACK!!!!
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Hello from Oakwood
We have been having a great time this weekend at Grand Bend's Oakwood Inn. The service has been way beyond our expectations. What a great bunch of ladies we have here. It has been a weekend of eating, creating, eating and so on. This is one of the cards that I made and it will be our Wonderful Wednesday card. I used the Arched Poppies from Memory Box. I can't take all the credit for this card. I saw this card being done on Ellen Hutson Classroom. I thought this is card we should make. What a great way to use up your scraps.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Day 2 at Oakwood Inn!
Friday, May 23, 2014
Colourful birthday!
Thursday, May 22, 2014
The trouble with packing ...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
It's Tool Time at SGD's!!
Yee-ha!!! A customer favourite is back!! That's right ladies, jump on over to our massive Tool Gallery & save 22%!! Includes Memory Box, Spellbinders, Cheery Lynn, Impression Obsession, CottageCutz and sooooo many MORE! This special promotion is applicable for regular-priced, in-stock items featured in our Tool Gallery. (Excluded: pre-orders, clearance, backorders, special orders). Please allow extra time for order processing for this very popular event. Two Days Only!! Hurry, ends Thursday, May 22, 2014 @ midnight. Cannot be combined with any other discounts/coupons.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Lakefront Layout Class
There is now a class booked for my Lakefront layout, that features 7 Gypsies and their Maritime collection!! I hope you can join me on Thursday, May 29, starting at 6pm!! More details can be found on the Class Registration website! Just Click HERE!!
Only Three more sleeps until our Spring Retreat at the Oakwood Inn!! So exciting!!
Monday, May 19, 2014
Time Traveller Sympathy Cards
On one hand, I'm not a fan of creating Sympathy Cards. On the other, it's nice to create a handmade card to acknowledge in a special way one's empathy with regard to the loss of a loved one.
I really like the TIme Traveller collection and thought the prints and patterns would be perfect for just this occasion.
In addition to the Time Traveller Paper, I also used Time Traveller Tags and Tickets and 3x4 ATC Cards, Typewriter Keys and Flowers from the Time Traveller Collection.
On the top card, I used a gorgeous Paintable, colouring in my flower with a Gelato.
I created a few cards, as it's good to have them on hand. Sadly, my parents are at the age where they are losing friends much too often. It's comforting to them to send a special card
Sentiments for each card is from Impression Obsession.
You can find the Time Traveller Collection in the Store now!
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Project Life and Oakwood Inn Retreat
What a beautiful day, hope you are enjoying it. This morning I want to share with you one of the kits that we will have available to purchase on line or at the retreat. I am sure many of you have heard of project life, well this is my take on project life. I have a lot of family pictures that are not like the pictures we take now. They are not pictures that I want to use on 2 page layouts but they are important enough for me to put them in an album. So Lynn and I came up with our own project life kits.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Art Journal fun through the ages
Friday, May 16, 2014
Elegant Birthday!
Thursday, May 15, 2014
A memory box for Mom
Viva Decor - Inka Gold - Old Gold Paint.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Save $5 For Every $25 Spent!
Save $5 For Every $25 Spent!
Applies to regular priced, in-stock items
Excluded: crops, classes, pre-orders, diva-made kits, clearance, backordered items, retreats.
Hurry, ends Thursday, May 15, 2014 @ midnight Be sure to check out what's new!!
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
This Friday is Art Journal Night!!!!
Join our media-crazed Divas, Lori & Kim, as they continue to explore the world of mixed media!! This art-form is all the rave and our Divas simply LOVE it!! Together we will play and experiment with different mediums, masks, stamps, techniques and so much more!! New techniques and media are explored every month and there is no need to worry if you missed a class, as you can start your journal at any time!!
Come and play with sprays, inks, gels, pastes, stencils, textures, stamps & soooo much more! Don't forget your Art Journaling Book (suitable for mixed media). We recommend Dyan Reaveley Dylusions Art Journal. Come prepared to get messy!! Each student will receive a 20% in-store discount during the workshop. Register today & discover Mixed Media for yourself!!
Friday, May 16 starting at 7pm Ideal for all levels of crafters aged 15+
Monday, May 12, 2014
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Mod Flower Die Part 2
Last week I posted a card using the Mod Flower Die, so this is another card I did using the same die. But this time I made a stencil by cutting it out with scrap paper. You could use stencil paper but it is a little thick and you don't get all the details that is in this die. I placed the stencil over my Bristol Smooth card stock and sprayed with Prima's Bloom Spray, Sunshine. Don't know if you can see in the picture that there is a nice shimmer to the spray. I also used Thanks Cloud from Memory Box for my sentiment. You get a 2 for one with this die. You can use the cut outs together or separately. I used both. I popped up the cloud part. If you come out to Scrappin' Great Deals this Wednesday you will be able to make this card. Just remember to bring your basic tool kit and food donation for the food bank.