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|2012-07-10, 06:22
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[Manga] Naruto Chapter 593 Discussion
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|2012-07-10, 06:32
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honestly i hate to say it but naruto has officially become ridiculous i mean the 2nd we finally think there's gonna be progress u bring back orochimaru who everyone assumed had died and we still have no clue about naruto vs tobi or the kages vs madara unless ur gonna tell me this is the last arc of naruto until the end i think we've offcially reached the point when things get annoying
|2012-07-10, 06:36
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Naruto has always been ridiculous. Besides, it seems like an Orochimaru thing to have the Cursed Seals to act as a conduit to revive him incase he's "killed/sealed" or doesn't get a new body in time.
So... That's where Orochimaru was hiding, eh? Poor Anko just can't escape her past.
Surprised he didn't kill Kabuto or Anko though I wonder if they'll be left behind. Kabuto seems likely to be dragged along, een with no more dragon/snake mode, but Anko though, she seems to have been used up. There's no reason to bring her since she no longer has a cused seal and Orochimaru is back but they didn't kill her so... Unless Orochimaru decides to keep her around I don't see what they can do with her since she's still passed out.
Also foreshadowing for Orochimaru, no arms is the only reason Sasuke/Itachi beat him. Will he finally be at full power? He did re-absorb all of his chakra that was stored in Anko and Kabuto without killing them.
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|2012-07-10, 06:52
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-Well, that was a thing. I mean I did not expect Orochimaru's revival to be so easy. Say what you will about his taste in...well everything, but the guy is crazy prepared. Well, if Anko is still alive after this then I personally have no problems with it. So, where could they be going? An undefended Konoha, yes?
|2012-07-10, 07:22
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wonder about the Sennin stuff, too. there better be a concise explanation up ahead. as I see it they are either headed for Konoha or maybe to the Uchiha tablet? OR - to some place alike the frog sage valley? who the hell are "THEY" ? ... to little answers this chap as I said in 2592(edit thx) thread earlier ...
still, Oro being around, however surprisingly fast he appeared is a good thing for tension as things are fairly unpredictable now ...
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|2012-07-10, 07:39
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|2012-07-10, 07:47
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so oro returns (awesome as he has always been my 2nd favorite character) and now they are going to the Uchiha hideout to revive even more Uchihas to answer questions he needs to know. probably revive his dad and ask him directly why he choose that time to plan a coup.
|2012-07-10, 07:57
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|2012-07-10, 08:04
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and @chapter how come kabuto did not know the way to revive orochimaru seeing that he wants orochimaru to be revived so bad
|2012-07-10, 08:13
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Pieces of his conscious kept in the cursed seals so that he may be revived..........does this remind anybody of a nose-less bald guy with slits for eyes from a certain book?
Anyway, as much as I don't like bringing back dead characters its probably better that Oro is back since it makes things a bit interesting.
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|2012-07-10, 08:32
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The scroll isn't about Orochimaru's revival, Sasuke decided to revive him because of what's written inside (I'm assuming the scroll is about Edo-Tensei).
The fact that Sasuke could do it doesn't mean Kabuto could, afterall Sasuke is in a unique position to understand the inner working of the Cursed Seal. He knows first hand how Orochimaru's consciousness, the CS and the White Snake power work together in order to create new version of himself. He reverse engineered the seal Kakashi used on him to stop the CS and created a new one for the exact opposite purpose. It's a rather impressive thing to do on the spot but then Sasuke is supposed to be a ridiculously talented ninja.
|2012-07-10, 08:34
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i got to read a naruto chapter earlier for this? i was expecting a more decent asspull than this. so let me get this straight, feel free to correct me if i'm wrong, the reason oro placed seals on anko and the others is to infuse a part of himself in them that can be used to revive him in case he doesn't get a new body and dies? well, i have heard of that before, it's called horcruxes! and of course, oro just have to go and propose to sasuke yet again.
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Fashion wholesalers sew up deals online
Since launching her women's clothing line in 1995, designer Trina Turk has relied on paper forms to handle millions of dollars' worth of orders. This summer, when Turk learned about Joor, a new website trying to streamline the process, she signed up, posting hundreds of photos and descriptions of her 50-employee Los Angeles company's sportswear, dresses and jewelry.
"We're trying to give up hand-writing purchase orders," says Turk's vice president of sales, Claudine Covolo, who estimates the site has resulted in more than $120,000 in orders. By being able easily to track what's selling, it helps designers keep in-demand items in stock and revise styles, she says. "With Joor, we have it all online."
Joor isn't another consumer fashion site such as Net-a-porter, Shopbop or Piperlime. Shoppers can't use it or similar sites like Nuorder or Modalyst to buy retail. These new online middlemen are limited to designers and retailers who want to find sales venues and clothes to carry - and manage ordering. They make money by charging designers a small percentage of each transaction. Buyers pay no fee.
Last year U.S. shoppers spent $141 billion on clothing in brick-and-mortar stores and more than $17 billion online, according to market research firm NPD Group. While handling the back end for the wholesale market isn't as sexy as selling directly to consumers, it's a significant innovation, says Roopal Patel, a former fashion director for Bergdorf Goodman who is now a fashion industry consultant in New York.
Joor and its ilk help designers "simplify their business and allow them to manage it at a much more strategic level," says Patel. "From the buying end, it helps organize crucial information."
Tradition remains
The traditional way of doing business via trade shows and showrooms isn't going away soon, says Vincent Quan, a former buyer for such brands as Saks Fifth Avenue and Perry Ellis who is now an associate professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. "In this business we gotta look, see and touch."
Last year Battery Ventures led a $2.25 million venture capital round in Joor, along with Bobbi Brown, Lerer Ventures and others. Battery led an additional $3.25 million round this July. In November, Nuorder grabbed $3.6 million from investors that included Greycroft, Creative Artists Agency and Rachel Zoe.
Joor's founder, Mona Bijoor, a 35-year-old former buyer for Chanel, Elie Tahari and Cynthia Rowley, acknowledges that her Manhattan business is "not a replacement channel but a complementary channel." A buyer may interact with a designer on her site and then visit their trade show booth or showroom, or vice versa, and that translates into an online order, she explains. And remote retailers who lack travel budgets can use it to find new brands. Trina Turk's sellers use Joor's iPad app to target boutiques when they're on the road.
Buyers have ordered $25 million worth of merchandise since Joor was launched in 2010, and its revenue was just shy of $250,000 last year, Bijoor says. Because the amount of merchandise sold on it has quadrupled, she expects $1.2 million in revenue this year.
Fewer mistakes
The site now has 500 designers and brands, including Diane von Furstenberg, Rachel Roy and VF Corp., and serves buyers from 10,000 stores, she says. Designers pay a one-time $3,500 subscription fee, and Joor takes 3 percent of each transaction.
Los Angeles' Nuorder, which was launched in 2011, started selling premium denim brands and has expanded to other types of clothing.
"It shows high-quality pictures with prices, and we place wholesale orders as you would if shopping for yourself," says James Hammonds, a senior buyer for American Rag. "And there are fewer mistakes because you're not transcribing over and over. At some point, we'll look back and say, 'I can't believe we used to do this.' It's changing the way we do business."
Nuorder's chief executive, Heath Wells, 32, says his system is crucial to making reorders more efficient, thereby increasing sales.
"Retailers in brick-and-mortar stores sell out hot styles quickly and then try to get them back in," he says. "By the time they call the rep on a Monday and fill out handwritten orders, they've lost the next weekend when they could have sold that product. As a customer walks out the door with that size 32 jean, don't worry, because you can jump on to our solution and reorder that style."
He says Nuorder has sold $40 million worth of merchandise since its launch and has signed 150 brands and 45,000 retailers. Brands pay $6,000 for the basic package, and buyers use the service for free.
Boost for boutiques
Planning to launch a beta version of its site in January, Modalyst, based in New York, showcases bag and jewelry designers. What's making its 80 designers and 200 boutique buyers "super excited," says co-founder and CEO Jill Sherman, is how the site is working on a way around designers' minimum-order requirements to ensure that small stores with limited capital can still carry their accessories.
"Boutiques in Austin, Boston and San Francisco may service a similar demographic or carry a similar brand, yet they don't know each other," says Sherman. "So we will match them to create buying circles, which allow them to 'cluster buy.' "
Entrenched habits remain the sites' biggest hurdle, says Wells, who estimates that 95 percent of brands are still considering whether to switch from paper or spreadsheets to sites like his.
"We want to get rid of pen and paper," he says. "It's stupid."
Karen A. Frenkel is a Bloomberg Businessweek contributor. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com

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|2012-12-23, 00:48
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The Hobbit - Awesome! I WAS hoping for a lot more action, but the plot was great nonetheless. The movie-style was more like The Fellowship of the Rings and a lot less like the other 2 LOTR movies.
Taken 2 - Awesome as well! Liam Neeson is an epic actor. The movie was WAY too short imo (1 hr 30min or so). It was not as good as the first one (what movie ever is haha). There was a lot of expected scenes and good guy always win, but with Liam Neeson, he makes me love the movie regardless x)
|2012-12-25, 19:11
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Les Miserables
I swear man, people were chopping a TON of onions in the movie theatre I was at. Not only once, but multiple times over the course of the film. The actors really sold it; Jackman, Crowe, and Hathaway delivered stellar performances.
I didn't like much of the younger main cast though, with the exception of the girl who did Eponine. A much more believable performance than say, Cosette or Marius, as it made me feel and heck even root for her character.
|2012-12-26, 01:59
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^ looking forward to it myself. Have read a number of respected critics pan the movie though. I recently saw Goldeneye again for the first time in a very long time. Still love the film.. With a bit of new trivia learned care of imdb!
Apparently the Canadian Admiral that Xenia sleeps with and murders for his ID was originally supposed to be American but this was changed at the request of the Pentagon..
|2012-12-26, 02:14
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I saw Resident Evil: Retribution (it was Retribution, right? Eh...) yesterday.
Um... Or was it a video game? I'm not quite sure, since it seemed like it was a movie of a Resident Evil video game. That is to say that it was bad.
The bloopers reel was freaking hilarious though, and made me feel a lot better about the movie. So I recommend you skip the movie, but watch the bloopers reel! Also, dat Li BingBing. I don't know who you are but you are an attractive lady.
|2012-12-26, 07:33
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New movies watched:
Skyfall: Very different then any other Bond film. I liked it.
Life of Pi: Very...interesting and original.
Movies rewatched over Christmas Eve/Day
A Bridge Too Far
The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Shrek Forever After
Kung Fu Panda
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|2012-12-26, 07:53
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Saw the Hobbit last week. Didn't particularly care much for it beforehand tbh. There was a woman next to me who reeked of wine and some jerks in the back talking loudly. All I can say is... mind blown. I didn't expect it would be this awesome. Imo it was better than Fellowship and Two Towers.
Anyone seen Cloud Atlas yet? I'm so anxious to see this but it's not out til Feb in the UK
|2012-12-26, 19:38
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Saw 'Silver Lining Playbook' last night. While the romance felt very unearned (and ultimately unneeded and a little uninteresting), and the ending was ridiculously cheesy, there are some truly great performances throughout. Of note, Bradly Cooper's bi-polar Pat Peoples Solitano is a wonderfully realized dysfunctional individual trying desperately to reestablish some control over his life. Additionally, Robert De Niro gives one of his best performances in years as Pat's gambling-addicted potentially OCD father. Also, Danny Elfman's music shines throughout (a more subdued score from one of my favourite composers). Jennifer Lawrence's Tiffany, the young women who helps Pat reestablish some control over his life, is also somewhat well done; Lawrence has little to work with in a script that arbitrarily forces her to become a romantic interest where none was needed (Lawrence had a similar role in Jodie Foster's much maligned The Beaver, only Lawrence's role in that film had the needed depth to be interesting). Still, the great performances help to alleviate much of the story problems and help to elevate the film to a very solid feature. 70/100.
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|2012-12-26, 19:56
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It's never a bad thing to watch something "magical" on Christmas, so I watched "The Slipper and the Rose". Again. It's one of the most charming movies I have ever watched. Granted, it's old (1976), so the quality is not exactly HD but I so love the costumes, the songs, and of course, Richard Chamberlain. I was a little infatuated with him when I watched Thorn Birds, because gahh, I was really blinded by his charisma. Perhaps I should not use past tense, but my feelings have faded away, though I still have lingering feelings of admiration for that man. Ok, back to the movie haha. Anyway, the plot may seem simple. I mean it is a fairy tale after all, so one might not expect much depth from it. This retelling of Cinderella is slightly different. There is more political feel to it than any other Cinderella films I have watched, so in a way, you can say it is both magical AND realistic (well, to a certain extent). The Cinderella in this version is not exactly the helpless female often found in other versions. A comparison can be drawn between this Cinderella and Drew Barrymore's portrayal in Ever After. They both fight for their happiness. The ending scene caught me off-guard.
The Slipper and the Rose is the perfect movie for one who wishes to take a step away from reality for just a few moments, one who is given to daydreaming, and one who is searching for her prince.
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COSTA MESA — There were fewer moving parts for the Orange Coast College men's basketball team Friday. But the margin for error in Coach Steve Spencer's organized mayhem remains unforgivingly small.
The result was a 76-64 loss to visiting Riverside in the Orange Empire Conference opener for both teams.
OCC, with a handful of players unavailable, including two key standouts, played only 11 players, about seven fewer than its typical rotation. And among the missing was leading scorer Marquis Ransom (14.2 points per game), who was dealing with the flu, and 6-foot-8 sophomore John Joyce, who could have come in handy against a long, quick, tenacious Riverside crew. Joyce, a Corona del Mar High product, is out with an Achilles problem.
The Pirates (9-7) were far from overwhelmed by the Tigers (11-5), who used a 13-0 run in the first half to turn a six-point deficit into a 29-22 advantage. During that stretch, OCC went 7:35 without a point. But the Pirates finished the half on a 7-2 run and were down, 31-29, entering the final 20 minutes.
OCC used its typically frenetic defensive pressure and some opportunistic offense to claim a 39-36 advantage with 16:17 left in the game. But a technical foul that came from some ruggedly physical play, helped Tigers convert six free throws to regain control.
OCC had one more surge in it, though, as the hosts reeled off five straight points, all from the foul line, to take a 43-42 lead with 12:53 left. But struggling to make shots consistently — the Pirates were 10 for 37 from the field in the second half (27%), including hitting just four of 17 from three-point range (23.5%) — prevented them from breaking a losing streak that is now three.
OCC went just shy of 11 minutes without a field goal in that second-half slump. It kept the margin respectable by draining four three-pointers and converting a traditional three-point play in the final 2:49.
"I think that the game was there for us to get, but we didn't execute, defensively in particular," Spencer said. "We gave up way too many layups. They're a physical inside team and we have to battle, but we didn't battle enough. Our rotations were slow and we didn't block out, so they just got layups and free throws. Our game plan was to make them beat us from the outside.
"We had wide-open shots and we didn't knock them down [finishing 22 for 66 from the field].
Spencer refused to use his limited roster as an excuse.
"It's just an intensity thing with us," Spencer said. "If we don't play hard and we don't play together, then we're not any good. We've got to play with a collective energy and it has got to be harder and higher than anybody. If we do that, we can compete with anybody. We didn't do that the last three games."
Freshman Spencer Poston led OCC with 16 points, connecting on six of 12 field-goal attempts, including his only three-point try. He also matched Jordan Pellum for the team rebounding lead with seven.
Freshman Chris Nelson added 11 points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists , while sophomore Robert Grepo had 11 points. Grepo was three for three from three-point range.
OCC was outrebounded, 47-33, as Riverside's 6-8 freshman Shannon Fowler had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Fowler made seven of 10 from the field, most of which were within arms length of the bucket.
OCC did win the turnover battle, forcing 21 and committing 15. Riverside made 25 of 37 free-throw attempts, while OCC was 13 of 19 from the line.
Orange Empire Conference
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Can we draw more children, especially girls, to engineering?
Unless you've been living on Mars, you know that demographic changes are not helping our profession. Engineers are getting older and there aren't enough new ones coming up through the ranks. There is much talk of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education in high school, but there are efforts to get kids engaged at even earlier ages.
One new toy line that has been making the rounds recently is Goldie Blox, which is billed as "Engineering toys for girls—meet Goldie, the girl inventor who loves to build." This is the brainchild of Debbie Sterling, who is an engineering grad from Stanford. As she says on her website: "Engineers are solving some of the biggest challenges our society faces. They are critical to the world economy, earn higher salaries, and have greater job security. And they are 89% male. We believe engineers can't responsibly build our world's future without the female perspective. We are here to bring the female voice into engineering."
Hmmm…no agenda there, although she's probably right.
Anyhow, along those same lines, if you've read any cyber security articles in Control Engineering, you've probably seen the name Matt Luallen. He is a trainer and consultant and writes for us regularly. What you might not know is that he is also interested in kids and engineering, and has even created Secret Agent Technology Training Camp. You can send your kids to his camp, or host your own using his materials. Here's the description: "Today's secret agents have so many tools at their fingertips, but need the right training to determine when to use which one! Learn how to run your own training camp using CYBATI's free secret agent materials. Agents receive an overview of several spy tools and then use media production tools and a green screen to transform their identity. Next agents receive additional training in circuits, electronics, robotics, automation, and spy satellites with hands-on activities using Elenco snap-circuits, Lego Mindstorms and rockets! The week concludes with a final mission and debrief…whew!"
You can watch a video from one of his sessions. So much energy, I get tired just watching it, but lots of hands-on participation in technology.
Personally, I stand by my Erector Set. A.C. Gilbert had the right idea back in the day. An advertisement from in the 1920's said, "Thousands of young men from 20 to 30 years old, who are today making great strides in engineering, chemistry, and other sciences were Gilbert Toy boys just a few years ago. I have watched their progress with intense interest and I will tell you that I am mighty proud that my engineering toys have started these boys on the road to success."
Debbie Sterling will have done well if she can make a similar statement in a few years, except about girls.
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Orlando Bloom takes his newborn son Flynn for a walk in the park on Sunday (January 23) in Los Angeles.
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Orlando recently talked to WWD about his ad campaign for Hugo Boss' Orange Man fragrance, which is due in stores on February 1st!
"I never really thought about doing it before," he said. "I guess because I probably took myself too seriously and thought, I'm an actor, I'm not a model."
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Madden NFL 13 Review
If last year's Madden were an NFL Team, it would have been one of those "rebuilding years." They would have fired their head coach, if not their entire coaching staff and spent a significant amount of time snagging up free-agents and investing in the draft. The result of all of this off-season work is Madden NFL 13 -- far from a mere roster update, this year's game adds a ton of new features including a brand new physics engine, new commentary system and an innovative (if not somewhat misguided) interface that blends all of the franchise's signature modes together. Thanks to a may not be ready for a Superbowl run, but in one year Madden has gone from running joke to serious contender.
The star of this year's game is the new Infinity Physics Engine, which adds an incredible amount of realism to the game. In short, physics and contact matters for the first time in a Madden game -- and it's very cool to watch. Playing as my beloved Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers heaved a burner of a pass over the middle to fullback John Kuhn, who leaped up -- caught it and used his falling momentum to knock over and drag a defender a few extra yards. There are plenty of new animations that give the game a much more authentic feel and create plenty of moments that are sure to make you jump out of your chair -- especially when you're playing your friends.
"...from pursuit angles to distance of course, mass matter that much more."
The Infinity Engine adds a much more emphasized sense of weight to the Madden formula. Players no longer feel like mere game pieces on a board and instead everything from pursuit angles to distance of course, mass matter that much more. One of my favorite moments came when Aaron Rodgers fought his way out of the pocket and a pursuing Jared Allen, almost falling down twice in the process. The Infinity Engine adds a bit of an unpredictable element to the game (not to mention the fact that it lessens the amount of tackles animations you'll see repeated) but it's not perfect. There were plenty of times when players would be near each other and the game would trigger an animation that would result in a wonky animation or play.
Year after year, one of the biggest complaints about the Madden franchise is the fact that the game always looks the same. Sure, the game still features the same basic graphics package as years before, but Madden 13 has a slew of small touches that add up to a big jump in production values. The first is the inclusion of the inclusion of CBS Sports' A-Team, Jim Nantz and Phil Simms on commentary. The duo's natural chemistry and conversational tone are a good fit for Madden, and a welcome change from the "Oh My God Everything is so exciting!" tone of Gus Johnston from last year's game. Simms and Nantz discuss team's and happenings around the league very naturally and they rarely seem like they're just sitting in a booth recording lines.
Along with the new commentary system, the game's visuals have been given a remarkable update that provides the most realistic visuals in recent memory. Games now feature much more dramatic intros and CBS style overlays and a new dramatic lighting system makes for a very realistic version of our favorite Sunday afternoon pastime. Even the sound of on-field chatter sounds better. Of course, there are still those weird Madden-isms that include strange animations and weird visual disappearances but they're not quite as noticeable this year.
The biggest gameplay change this year is the addition of Connected Careers, which takes the place of franchise, online and superstar modes. Essentially, Connected Careers is your one-stop-shop for all-things not exhibition play. You'll start out as either a coach or a player -- either choice lets you choose either a current player or coach, a legend or one that you've created. Selecting a coach essentially puts you into the franchise mode of old. You're given your season goals and have full control over the team, and selecting a player puts you into the superstar mode of old and your goal is to become a starter and then eventually make it into the Hall of Fame as one of the most successful players of all time.
"...you gain experience points and allot them as you see fit."
Where connected careers sets itself apart is that it plays out less like sport's game and more like a RPG. For each task you complete, you gain experience points and allot them as you see fit to make your player or coach that much better. In a nice touch, the game gives you some of the most experience points for running drills in practice, allowing for younger players who may not be starting to get the experience points they need. The virtual Twitter feeds of ESPN personalities like Trey Wingo and Skip Bayless are a nice touch as well.
If there was a complaint about Connected Careers, it would be that it gives the player all of these options - -without explaining them all that well. Connected Careers is one of the biggest changes the franchise has seen in recent years, and comes with a slew of different options that fans have never seen, and changes to some options that they've come to know and as a result, I found myself searching for certain things in the (much improved) menu system. To the game's credit though, once you get into the mode and spend some time with it, it's easy to navigate.
There are of course a few other tweaks and additions under the hood -- like the addition of NCAA 13's passing system (read: you're going to get picked off a lot if you play like previous games). If you're playing on the Xbox 360, you can use Kinect for a number of different things, but they never go past gimmicky. You can scan in your face to use in the created player suite, as well as calling plays or audibles at the line with your voice. While that may seem fun, all you're really doing is navigating through menus in a different -- less efficient way.
By now we've all heard the complaints about Madden. It's never more than just a roster update, it's the same game every year -- all of these are now no longer valid. Madden NFL 13 adds a slew of new features that make a genuine difference in between franchise iterations. The commentary? Better. The gameplay? Miles ahead of last year. It may have its quirks, but Madden NFL 13 is how to silence critics and rebuild an aging sport's franchise.
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BATON ROUGE — Texas Brine Co. said today that it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a 15-acre sinkhole.
The company operated a collapsed salt dome that authorities say caused the sinkhole.
Texas Brine spokesman Sonny Cranch said 23 settlement offers were ready and officials were contacting those residents Friday afternoon and Saturday.
"We are scheduling appointments," Cranch said. "They will come to our office, at the facilities we've maintained at the command center, and we will give them the offer."
Cranch said residents could make counter-offers and if needed, Texas Brine would pay the cost for a third-party mediator. However, the mediation would be non-binding, he said.
The sinkhole, discovered in August, is in the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou area of Assumption Parish, about 40 miles south of Baton Rouge. It has resulted in an ongoing evacuation order for about 150 homes in the area.
The news of settlement offers comes just days after Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an executive order telling state officials to review all of Texas Brine's permits in Louisiana with the possibility of revocation, because of the company's slow response on buyouts.
Company officials blamed the delay on their insurance carriers.
Cranch didn't answer directly when asked whether Jindal's executive order on Monday played a role in Friday's settlement announcement, instead praising Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon for calling Texas Brine's insurance carriers.
Jindal remained cautious today about the company's announcement.
"Texas Brine's long overdue decision to finally offer buyouts is welcome news. However, the proof will be in the results. We will continue to hold Texas Brine accountable to make sure they clean up their mess and to ensure they make this situation right for homeowners," the governor said in a statement.
The offers come nine months after the sinkhole was discovered in a swampy area of Assumption Parish. Residents have not been given the all-clear to return home because of continued safety concerns.
The cavern failure released oil and natural gas, which authorities are continuing to monitor. A concentration of explosive gas was found under two houses and a shed in April.
A salt dome is a large, naturally occurring underground salt deposit. Companies drill on the dome's outskirts to create caverns to extract brine used in the petrochemical refining process, or for storage of such things as hydrocarbons, which the age-harden salt prevents from seeping into the ground.
Texas Brine's vice president of operations, Bruce Martin, empathized with residents in a written statement.
"We understand the frustration of the community and appreciate their patience as we worked through the unexpected delays in this process," Martin said. "While not every resident has chosen to participate in the settlement process, Texas Brine is committed to offering fair and reasonable settlement offers to those who may wish to move."
Martin said the settlement offers will start with residents who have completed the inspection and appraisal process.
Cranch said 102 property owners submitted completed forms and all of those properties have been inspected. However, he said several properties still must be appraised.
Texas Brine offers settlements for sinkhole
BATON ROUGE — Texas Brine Co. said today that it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a 15-acre sinkhole.


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Nice looking pies Jordan. How did they eat? How was the texture compared to your long bulked pies?
Jordan,Very nice. From the looks of the third picture, it appears the middle of the pizza stayed very soft and tender. What was your bake time?Grazie,Salvatore
Jordan - Your pies keep getting better and better. Very nice broiler work. So how was the crumb, texture and flavor on these?
Your starter, if taken care of properly, will be very stable in much less time than a month. Figure out a schedule and ratio that it likes best and just stick to it. I feed mine first thing every morning and keep it at 100%. Along with pizza, I use it for most of my breads, so I would never think of refrigerating it. It stays at room temperature.
Jordan - If you are keeping your starter out at room temp, you do not need to keep such a large amount. I discard all but one large tablespoon, then add two heaping tablespoons of flour and enough water to get it to a stiff levain consistency. If you wanted to, you could even use teaspoon measures instead.
I try to maintain approximately 100g of starter. Each morning I discard 80g, and replace it with 40g Flour and 40g H20. Of course, on days where I use the starter, I increase the amounts the following day to get back up to my 100g. I generally try to take a portion for baking (which is, of course, very small) around 3 hours after feeding. I also use AP flour for my feedings. For a long time I was feeding with 00, but find the AP to be much more to my liking.I truly hope you can continue to keep it at room temperature. I separated mine at one point and refrigerated a portion. I would occasionally pull it out to compare with my room temp culture, and I never cared for the refrigerated version as much. Also, as I said, I use it quite often, so for me to refrigerate it would be counter-productive. I have frozen a small, dried-out sample, however, for "doomsday" situations!
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Usman M. Bajwa 6/30/2009 2:41:06 AMA beautiful capture, Joao!
Carolyn J. Connolly 6/30/2009 2:44:14 AMWow, Joao - this is just stunning!! A really fabulous scenic capture!! :o) #7691896
Michelle Alton 6/30/2009 2:49:03 AMNever have I seen a photo (of Santorini?) looking more beautiful. Truly awesome work, Joao. #7691907
Sirsendu Gayen 6/30/2009 2:53:07 AMBeautiful pov and composition. #7691922
Brett Dolsen 6/30/2009 2:53:26 AMStraight from a travel photography magazine Joao!!Wonderfully composed and captured!!Brett #7691924
Randy D. Dinkins 6/30/2009 3:13:12 AMBeautiful color, contrast and comp. Well seen. #7691965
Erin Appelbaum 6/30/2009 3:16:50 AMGorgeous!!! Joao. Peter #7691981
Joyce Baldassarre 6/30/2009 3:26:19 AMOh, I wish I were there!!! Beautiful shot. #7692007
Colette M. Metcalf 6/30/2009 3:47:46 AMBeautiful!!! #7692102
Ujjwal Mukherjee 6/30/2009 5:43:29 AMMust be in Greece! dying to go there!!
Fabulous composition and capture here!! #7692558
Janet Daniel 6/30/2009 7:16:47 AMGorgeous, Joao! #7692801
Marisol Pastor 7/1/2009 10:24:11 AMBeautiful color, clarity and composition. You can smell the sea breeze! #7697600
Max Aureli 7/1/2009 7:22:19 PMJust gorgeous!!! #7699001
Becky J. Parkinson 7/2/2009 2:36:57 PMSimply stunning!! #7701711
Joni Earley 7/4/2009 8:04:08 AMI want to walk right through that door and soak in the beauty of what you've captured here...so very lovely... #7703404
Susan Gallagher 7/6/2009 3:39:28 PMLovely intense colour and great texture in the wall. Very beautiful. #7711787
Stuart Dahne 7/15/2009 7:16:07 PMI have a friend who has a house on Sinfos and I always love the colors in his work, the blues are always so beautiful!!! Thanks,
Becky J. Parkinson 7/21/2009 4:30:09 PMCongratulations on this beautiful finalist!!! #7763842
Max Aureli 7/21/2009 4:34:37 PMGreat finalist capture Joao!!! Congratulations!!! #7763879
Sherran Andersen 7/21/2009 5:24:38 PMLooks so peaceful... congrats Joao. Sherran #7764402
Bojan Bencic 7/21/2009 10:28:02 PMCongratulations on your finalist, Joao. Fantastic capture. #7766557
Maria Coulson 7/21/2009 10:47:09 PMCongratulations!! This is just beautiful. #7766603
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Ujjwal Mukherjee 7/22/2009 1:28:51 AMCongratulations on your wonderful Finalist,Joao!!
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Susan Gallagher 7/22/2009 3:42:34 PMWonderful colours and composition - as always. Good luck. #7770986
Carolyn J. Connolly 7/23/2009 8:43:00 AMBIG congrat's on your well-deserved Finalist award for this outstanding image, Joao!! BRAVO!! :o) #7774466
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Christine Lobsinger 9/26/2009 9:43:46 AMI love your set up, your pov of this beautiful scenic shot!!!
These colours are OUTSTANDING... and I know they truly look that way here - Spectacular piece of art... Joao, your shot should be in a Magazine!!!
COngratS to you and your lovely Finalist!!
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Mark Dodge 1/4/2010 11:28:16 AMSuch a beautiful scene, Joao. I would love to see this coast one day. Excellent work! #8269692
Thomas E. Hinds 2/4/2010 6:05:44 PMWonderful work, love the pov, the composition, the detail and color! Just amazing! #8357083
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Henia was born to parents living in the small predominantly Jewish town of Kaluszyn, 35 miles east of Warsaw. By the early 1930s, hundreds of Jewish workers were employed in the town, some in small craft shops, as tailors and carpenters, and others in larger enterprises, as prayer-shawl weavers and fur coat makers. When Henia was in her twenties, she and her husband, Welwel, moved to Warsaw.
1933-39: When war broke out three months ago, many Jews left Warsaw in a mass exodus towards the east. They were mostly young and middle-aged men who were afraid that the Germans would deport them as forced labor. Welwel has stayed here. I'm worried about his safety, but he wouldn't think about leaving me alone with our children, Miriam and Fiszel. We are continuing, as best we can, to run our small grocery store on Nowolipki Street.
1940-43: The Jewish ghetto, situated in the heart of the Jewish quarter, was sealed off a few weeks ago. Our house on Gesia Street is in the ghetto and so is our store. Only small quantities of food can legally be brought into the ghetto, so our stocks have shrunk. Most of our customers purchase the basic items that we are allowed on our ration of some 800 calories: bread, potatoes, and ersatz fat. Those of us who have the means complement our diet with black market goods.
Henia and her family did not survive the war. They are thought to have been deported to the Treblinka killing center in the summer of 1942 or early 1943.


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female knight & hero have shower after some spare workout oh yea hero see knight "exposed" wonder who is wife & the mistriss will be?
oh also dragon princess who have fire out of her mouth want hero tv give a quake happen when dragon princess grab the hero.
red queen show new plan a printer device give want hero too give talking & argue between red & yellow of who want hero til share the bed.
now red queen need to fix her license & oh white night kingdom gone crazy loco now want rid of winter land.
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There is already Female Knight fan art about this certain scene
And this has to be Mine personal favourite fan art about her so far.
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Verse 7: I'll Be Back Soon, We'll See Each Other Soon.
Ok. Right now I've learned this show will only last for a 12-episodes, one cour. Hopefully, we can pray that there would be a possible extra episode announced and released very later after this anime concludes.
The basic rundown is that the effects of implementing Maou's solutions on the economy are reaping benefits for the Southern nations. The produce outputs in agricultural crops, water work systems, and emancipation of serfs for equal rights is flourishing and on the rise. However, it'll take time for humans and demons to adjust into their newfound and uneasy co-existence at Eastern Gate City.
The printing press will grant Maou and her forces an unparalleled force never to be rivaled, if properly used to communicate and spread education and knowledge textbooks within days instead of the arduous and long-winded, archaic methods to literally write them down which at that time took months to years for the writers to finish. Let us not forget that at that time only the clergy, Church ministries, monks, and loyalty had access to books and manuscripts.
The printing press will also for ovewhelming release of scripted knowledge produced at thousands in order for al people to have access to written information and books, though Maou still needs to play her cards properly in order to obtain support both financial and political.
Now, the new troubles arising are that much has been shown and said about the human's side of their story, but the demons are still pending to be shown their own truth.
In Makai, wayward Demon tribes are rising to take control off from Maou and launched full scale invasions against the human world.
Let us not forget about those two bigots shown at the end of the seventh episode plotting from behind-the-scene nothing good against the Southern Nations, and first thing they'll do is to exert influence on the landlords and politicians from the Central Nations to support them in order for them to srike back with vengeance.
Now, let us be with the Golden moments of the episode:
. Two boys fighting over a girl that's a possible reality in our real world.
- Now Maou and Knight fighting each other over who gets to share the bed with Yuusha at night that's only possible within the anime laws of that world's universe. However, it's plain fun to watch and even funnier the one-sided proposals that Maou comes up with to hog Yuusha all over for herself much to Knight's chagrin and protesting.
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they forgot the Female Knight line "do you feel disappointed that my chest can be fully covered with a towel?" and the scene where they both cling to hero aim.
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Good episode. If the anime can stay at this level in terms of overall experience, then it's in my list of 'good anime series'.
Quite ironic, but the summary of the story in the credits seems to be written, and not printed.
In any case, I'm not sure of this, even as a manga and light novel reader, but I assume that Big Sister Maid is privy to the fact that the Crimson Scholar is, in fact, the Demon Queen, right? She didn't seem too surprised with the ring given to her by Maou. (Unless this was also part of the instructions given to her previously...)
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.....so is anything going to really happen in this? It looks like some country plans to invade the Winter Country...otherwise this was just basically Maou and the Lady Knight fighting over Hero...
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Week's Best Reads - Digital Media Biz, Transmedia & Higher Ed
This post looks at recent trends in three areas that I'm tracking, the overall digital media business, the impact of the internet on higher education, and storytelling forms (transmedia). Please share, and post your comments.
Readers of this blog will remember my post last year when Warner Bros bought Flixster in which I argued that the studios needed to use the data generated by audiences to create relationships that move beyond their historical "wholesale" business model. Instead, we learned, Flixster was turned into a storefront for the studios digital locker project, Ultra Violet, and clumsily at that.
Now, finally, Flixster is launching "Social Movies Targeting," an initiative that crunches user activity on its sites to predict future trends and to improve targeting for advertisers, according to this interesting Media Post report.
As the web world and the finance world (hell, the entire world) focuses upon the pending Facebook IPO and the enormous wealth being created, it's interesting to understand why. One factor is the ecosystem of startup companies creating apps for the FB platform, as this thorough article by Mike Swift of the Mercury News articulates.
Gunther Sonnenfeld examines what it means to distribute and scale stories across multiple platforms in a series on his blog that you'll find very thought-provoking. I know I did, in part because he positions today's "transmedia" storytelling paradigm within the history of distribution and story formats.
Legendary investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel teaches at Stanford. I stumbled across this summary of his lecture (by Stanford Law student Blake Masters) on "distribution" which is comprehensive and fascinating. This is dense, but may be worth the trouble if you want to understand the critical and changing role of distribution in the digital ecosystem.
Speaking of distribution, its dominance in the digital universe helps Ben Elowitz make the case for the "Chief Audience Officer" in a world where "Content is No Longer King."
As ISPs start restricting Internet band witch, this post asks, "Is Web TV's Free Ride Over?" Not if the trend towards original web programming continues to gain traction.
The rise of made-for-broadband video content also means an upsurge in M&A activity, exemplified by the acquisition of Revision3 by mainstream cable broadcaster Discovery Communications.
Two posts that look at crowd-funding trends from different perspectives: "Has Kickstarter become just a storefront?" in which the writer argues that the premiere crowd-funding site is star-struck. And "What does crowd funding mean for the VC business?" asks investor Fred Wilson, and then answers.
Education is yet one more industry in the throes of revolutionary change as the web and entrepreneurial innovation upend many of the historical institutional verities.
Last week Harvard and MIT announced edX, a platform for online courses, mostly lectures. This alone is nothing new, with similar initiatives dating all the way back to the first dot-com bubble days. (Here's some perspective in a smart post from BostInno.com.)
Could online learning, along with accelerator-style education and various web-based continuing education platforms spell the end of the MBA, a cash-cow for many universities? This is a well-reasoned case for just that.
While MIT, Harvard and other prestige universities are porting their lecture content to the web, Stanford is undertaking the real revolution in education, according to an interesting Tech Crunch post, by embracing the "flipped" classroom model pioneered by Khan Academy.
This surge in web-distributed college courses will only become significant, argues this provocative post, when we "jailbreak" consumers from the full degree. Why can't accreditation occur at the course level?
In another online education move, Washington University's Law School will offer a master's degree entirely online, in partnership with a commercial company 2tor.com, reports the NY Times.
Fourth Wall's interactive web series "Dirty Work" debuts with a lot of attention, and with a lot riding on it and the RIDES.tv platform (pun not intended).
Transmedia is on the rise in television, or more specifically in ad-supported television, according to this post from ad agency JWT.
StoryCode.org, the group that grew out of the NY Transmedia Meet-up, held a "story hack" a few weeks ago, stimulating a flurry of posts by the transmedia true believers (like this one from Queen Spade Creative). This Washington Post story does a nice job of contextualizing the event, and why it's ground-breaking.
Transmedia Storytelling Berlin interviews USC prof and transmedia theorist Henry Jenkins, who is now on a European tour. I would expect more as he makes his rounds.
"Prison Dancer" is a transmedia musical (and YouTube phenom) that launched back in 2007 with a video of prisoners jailed in the Phillipines dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller. Now you can interact with a 12-part web series, as described in this extensive post from KCET.org.
"Steampunk Holmes" is a new multi-platform fiction project from a group in Minneapolis that looks like a lot of fun, and which just raised $43K on Kickstarter. HT to @randyfinch


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Seems to me that once you've started smelling those aromas, they won't go back into the beer simply by putting a lid on the kettle. Hard to reverse that chemical process.
Two problems with this are that DMS is constantly being created when boiling wort - and you'll never boil 100% of it out. There is good info here.http://beersmith.com/blog/2012/04/10/dimethyl-sulfides-dms-in-home-brewed-beer/ I'd just move aroma additions later - even after flameout.


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By Los Angeles News Group editorial board
Say you want a lawmaker to support your point of view. If you wait to state your case until the office holder is voting on a specific bill, it might be too late. Better to secure the politician's commitment early — very early, by helping him or her get elected in the first place.
That's the strategy of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a Washington, D.C.-based group founded in 2009 by a pair of former MoveOn organizers seeking longer-term approaches to winning political friends and influencing powerful people.
As co-founder Adam Green explained over a vegetarian sandwich at a deli in Sherman Oaks one day this week, PCCC is always on the lookout for promising young politicians (progressive ones) to get behind.
Which prompts the question: Who are the most promising young politicians (of any ideology) in Southern California? If you wanted to back an up-and-comer who could fight the good fight — yours — for years to come in the state Legislature or Congress, or even the governor's office or White House, whom would you pick?
One hates to encourage the labeling of political "rising stars." That term seems to get affixed to everybody with a full head of hair who ever leads in a campaign poll and isn't under indictment. Still, it's fun to speculate on which of our region's elected officials and wannabe elected officials have the brightest futures.
And for people like Adam Green of the PCCC, it's more than fun. It's a key to putting in place public officials who will push their organization's agenda.
Green says Democrats are already "thinking beyond Obama," with whom many liberals are impatient. Green also isn't thrilled with Jerry Brown, considering how the California governor has tried to moderate the agenda of the state Legislature's Democratic supermajority.
So his group is scouting for the next generation of political stars. Sounds like a smart strategy for all sides.
Who are the next generation of political stars in Southern California? Readers, we'd like to hear your ideas.
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I understand the sentiment, but I have to admit I do care. More to the point, my son cares, and that's why we put the effort in. But, all the effort means more time together. Anyway, we're on the same page, but I do care if he wins or loses. I don't get upset if he loses, but I do want him to win.TXDerbyDad wrote: I don't care if my boys or I win or lose in our race, though we put a lot of effort into winning.
I'm not as concerned about eBay rollers as I am about parents buying pre-modified axles and wheels. One year our pack had a champion who did just that. He passed tech and since I'm the Cubmaster and not the race director, I didn't realize what was up until after the dust settled. Our pack states you must use what was provided in the kit. Now, if you buy extra kit nails, I don't see a problem with that (and we couldn't tech that anyway), but buying pro-polished nails is more than technically cheating. Buying lightened wheels that are matched and have the mold marks intact might pass most tech inspections, but is still cheating. Nothing was said. I hate the idea of disqualifying a kid based on the deeds of the dad. I think this year we may (change is a hard sell with my pack) add a Super Stock class for guest racers and cars that fail tech.


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Tuesday, 22 May 2007
A story about a polydactyl cat
Benj Arriola writes…
I'm back and was searching about the ostrich people, and found it on Wikipedia. And in my search for photos, I also found this site with a page on polydactyl cats. I remember my own cat having an extra useless "thumb." Useless because they were like dead and was just hanging there. But I think that cat was a real genetic disorder in many ways, since one paw had an extra "thumb." The other paw had two nails on one digit. The cat was pure white that his eyes were very noticeable. One was blue and the other was green.
But just a background on it... when it was still a kitten, it was a stray kitten that took a ride in our car, that seemed to climb under the car and ended it's way near an area near the car battery and was securely there until we got home from a bowling trip that was just about 1 kilometer away. He was kitten although he was big enough not to depend on his mother. For me he was the best cat I had. I had cats since 1978 up to today.
When ever we go back to the bowling alley we kept going to... I noticed by the side of the building, is a big trash can and some trash dumps near it where several stay cats go to. I am not surprised if my cat's mother was probably one of them feeding on all these trash while she was pregnant.
WOW! Is this the longest comment I made in history? Hahaha. This is good enough as a blog post. Haha. Well I guess there is no other place to share it but here.
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- Sukie Crandall said...
X-rays and photos of polydactyly in a ferret in the Netherlands can be found here:
We have not had a ferret with polydactyly but have had one with neural crest genetic variant markings who had syndactyly of one paw requiring 2 surgeries, and have heard of polydactyly, and a combination of polydactyly and syndactyly in ferrets with neural crest variants.
- 25 May 2007 at 01:29
- Gufo said...
if just by eating the remains of the bowling's restaurant the cat got genetic abnormalities... this makes me wonder whether the people who actually eat the burgers made in there do not have wings and flippers, or antennae... may be the cause wasn't that one? any nuclear plant close-by? just kidding.
- 25 May 2007 at 10:57
- Sivasothi said...
Hemingway cats tickled me no end when I found out. Bought the book since and a few more for presents: http://tinyurl.com/34wgvk
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Without middle linebacker Ray Lewis, the Ravens held Bengals running back Cedric Benson (left) mostly in check in the first meeting, limiting him to 41 yards on 15 carries. Benson did score two touchdowns, giving him four in seven career games against the Ravens. Benson has hit the 100-yard plateau three times this season, though only once in his last 10 games. The Cleveland Browns' Peyton Hillis became the third opposing running back to gain 100 yards against the Ravens last week, following Jacksonville's Maurice Jones-Drew and Seattle's Marshawn Lynch. Despite allowing 145 and 117 yards on the ground over the last two weeks, the Ravens' run defense is still ranked second in the NFL. It surrenders 91.8 yards per game and has given up nine rushing touchdowns. The Ravens could be without reserve linebacker Dannell Ellerbe (concussion) this week, which should mean an even bigger role for Brendon Ayanbadejo (right). Benson has fumbled five times over his past two games. His backup, Bernard Scott, has rushed for 346 yards and two touchdowns. EDGE: RAVENS
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· Substitutes allowed, but only when play is stopped.
· Placing the ball, with downward pressure, on or behind the opponent's goal line.
· Ball carrier must remain on his/her feet when scoring.
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· Try scored on 5th flag will be disallowed and free pass awarded to defending side 7-metres out from goal line
· Minimum 7 minutes to a maximum of 15 each half.
· A Flag must be 38cm x 3.5cm.
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· Flags must be available and unobstructed – shirts tucked into shorts.
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· Play starts with a kick from the hand at the centre, beginning of each half and after each try (graduate to a drop kick)
· The team that scored or lost the toss at the start of the game is to kick to the apposing side and is to be uncontested
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· Player taking the free pass cannot run, but must pass.
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· Referee calls "PLAY".
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· Restart from a penalty (at referee's mark).
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· Flagee, having passed the ball, retrieves his/her flag from the flagger and reattaches flag.
· Both players may now rejoin play.
· Free pass to defending side on the 5th flag
· The ball can only be passed backwards or sideways through the air.
· The ball cannot be handed off to another player – free pass to non-offending side.
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· If player in an offside position interferes with the pass from the flagged player, then free pass to the attacking team.
· Players must not make deliberate contact with an opponent (but must make every effort to avoid the opponent).
· No fending off – ball carrier must not use hand or ball to shield his/her flags.
· A player must not spin to shield their flags
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There was already a tanned attempt of the much sought after Bergdorf Goodman Poppy Parker doll with Sweet Confection Poppy Parker (SEEN HERE). But the latest New York's World Fair India Poppy doll is a much better version. She doesn't look sunburnt like Sweet Confection, but rather "naturally" tanned. I also prefer the rich brown hair to the blonde. Overall, she's an awesome doll, probably better redressed too....And yet I still pine for the original Bergdorf that I'll probably only own in my dreams!


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IRIS BRAND, Amador Valley, Jr. — For a third consecutive season, Brand captured the 50 freestyle at the North Coast Section championships. She was also just 0.10 seconds off the winning time in the 100 freestyle in taking second place. Brand was the 100 freestyle champion at the East Bay Athletic League meet.
SAMANTHA COLOMA, Carondelet, So. — Carondelet has yet another 100 backstroke star in Coloma, who won the event at both the NCS and EBAL championships. Her time of 54.35 was a league meet record, and she then dropped a half-second off that time at the NCS meet.
GIANNA GARCIA, San Ramon Valley, So. — In addition to swimming on two winning relay teams, including the 200 freestyle team that broke an NCS record, Garcia earned third-place finishes in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke at NCS. She won the butterfly at the EBAL meet.
LAUREN HALL, Amador Valley, Sr. — Hall claimed first place in the 1-meter diving competition at the NCS championships with a score of 468.60. After 11 dives, she scored just better than second place Emelie Weiderman of Irvington, who scored a 467.00.
MADDIE MURPHY, Carondelet, So. — Murphy had great swims at the EBAL and NCS meets. She claimed firsts in both the 200 and 50 freestyle at the league meet before shifting to the 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly for NCS. She won the 100 free and was second in the butterfly there.
HEIDI POPPE, San Ramon Valley, Sr. — Poppe won the 100 breaststroke title for a third straight season, becoming only the second swimmer in NCS history to break a minute in the event. Poppe was also second in the 50 freestyle and was on two winning relay teams, including the 200 freestyle team that set an NCS meet record.
MORIAH SIMONDS, Granada, So. — Simonds took first place in the grueling 500 freestyle with an All-America automatic time of 4:47.21. In the 200 freestyle, she was third. She also did well at the EBAL meet with two second-place finishes in the same events.
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The pre-Thanksgiving Nor'easter still looks to be more of a rain event starting Tuesday night and lasting into Wednesday but will still cause travel problems for those flying and driving.
The storm today has brought a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain to parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Texas. It's been blamed for hundreds of accidents and at least 10 deaths, half of them in Texas.
Even with rain expected in the northeast, fliers from Newark, JFK, Laguardia and Philadelphia will likely be affected by delays.
The latest National Weather Service's briefing on the nor'easter is calling for 2-4 inches of rain from the storm to begin falling Tuesday afternoon and continue all day Wednesday with heavier rain falling closer to the coast that could flood roads in poor drainage areas.
The precipitation will begin as freezing rain and some snow that could coat roads in north Jersey and the Poconos before turning to rain as warmer moves in.
The Nor'easter will end with snow showers in all areas on Wednesday night which leave a quick coating.
There is also less of a threat of coastal flooding from the Nor'easter; no watches or warnings are posted.
Temperatures will moderate into the 40s on Tuesday when the effects of the nor'easter will begin to be felt here as travel begins for Thanksgiving.
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London: Tottenham gave their crowd something to cheer after their ordeal in Rome with a ruthless derby victory over West Ham as the visiting fans taunted their rivals over the stabbing of one of their supporters.
Jermain Defoe scored twice against his former club either side of the break to answer the chants from the West Ham fans, with Gareth Bale scoring in between to double the hosts' advantage as they cruised to a confidence-boosting victory.
Andy Carroll scored a header for the visitors in the 82nd minute, his first goal for the club providing some consolation for Hammers manager Sam Allardyce.
The result ends a run of three defeats in a row to lift the pressure off manager Andre Villas-Boas as Spurs climb above West Ham to seventh place in the Premier League table.
The derby atmosphere was typically fierce, although sections of the West Ham support let themselves down by continually singing 'Viva Lazio' in reference to the shocking scenes in Rome this week when Spurs fans were attacked with knives and racially abused.
On the pitch, however, Spurs started the game with far more purpose than they showed in midweek, attacking with pace and precision as they exploited space given to them too easily by West Ham.
In the sixth minute, West Ham were perhaps lucky not to be reduced to 10 men when Joey O'Brien was booked by referee Andre Marriner for a dangerous studs-up challenge on Gareth Bale.
The Welsh winger recovered, however, and nearly broke the deadlock in the 11th minute. After roaming off his left flank, Bale picked up the ball centrally and stormed past three Hammers defenders before smashing a shot against the underside of the crossbar from the edge of the penalty area.
Spurs continued to attack but West Ham appeared to have weathered the storm after Sam Allardyce made a tactical substitution on the half-hour mark, replacing the dreadful Modibo Maiga with Matt Jarvis.
But the visitors were caught out in the 44th minute as Defoe broke the deadlock. The striker wriggled out of a tight space on the right touchline, checked on to his right foot past Mark Noble and smashed a thunderous finish past Jussi Jaaskelainen from 25 yards.
West Ham looked more threatening in the early stages of the second-half but were denied by Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in the 56th minute when Kevin Nolan attempted to square for Jarvis.
A minute later, Clint Dempsey rattled a shot against the crossbar but it mattered little as the hosts doubled their advantage with their next attack.
Dempsey, who produced easily his best display since his summer transfer from Fulham, played a delightful chipped pass that caught out West Ham's static defence and allowed Bale to take a touch and finish into the far corner via the post.
In the 64th minute, the result was put beyond doubt as Defoe scored his sixth goal in seven Premier League appearances against his former club, whose supporters constantly barracked him throughout the game.
Sandro won the ball in midfield before Dempsey played in Lennon, who raced through on goal only to unselfishly pass for Defoe to tap in to an empty net.
Carroll then rose high in the 82nd minute to send a looping header into the corner from O'Brien's cross. The barely audible cheers from the West Ham fans told the story of a bad day for the Hammers as Spurs saw the game out with ease.


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Question: I used to get fairly good rates, but the price of my auto policy has been on the rise since I turned 70. Why? Can you tell me about senior citizen discounts for car insurance and ways to help bring down my premium?
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Answer: Even if you've been an excellent driver for years, once you've reach a certain age, auto insurance rates start to rise. The age at which rates begin to increase varies by auto insurer, but typically it's between 65 and 70. (See "The cheapest age for car insurance")
Insurance companies base rates on their own claims experiences; yours is probably paying out more claims for drivers over a certain age. Research tends to back them up:
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes older drivers have age-related declines in cognitive functioning and vision that along with physical ailments (such as arthritis) that may affect their driving abilities.
- Statistics show that the older drivers are more susceptible to injury and injuries are more severe when sustained in a car accident due to physical frailty and existing medical conditions.
- A report on older drivers by TRIP (a national nonprofit transportation research group) found that although overall fatality rates have decreased in recent years, the number of older drivers killed or involved in fatal crashes remains disproportionately high. Drivers age 65 and older account for eight percent of all miles driven in the nation, but account for 17 percent of all traffic fatalities.
- Estimates say that, on average, 15 older adults are killed and 500 are injured in car crashes every day.
There are, however, ways in which you can reduce your total premium and help balance out the base rates increase that comes with the title of a "mature" driver. Ways to save include:
- Get a mature driver discount. Many states require that car insurance companies offer a discount if a senior-aged driver completes an approved accident prevention course. The discount typically can be up to 15 percent and last for three years. (See "Defensive driving class discounts")
- Drive a safe car. Car insurance company give discounts for items such as anti-lock brakes, airbags and other manufacturer installed safety equipment. (See "Vehicle and safety feature discounts")
- Drive less -- and let your insurer know. The fewer miles you drive annually, the less possibility there is you will be in an accident. Many insurance companies will offer reduced rates if you limit your driving to, say, less than 10,000 miles each year.
- Try out a telematics device in your car to get a discount. Mature drivers can benefit from these pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) or usage-based (UBI) auto insurance programs, such as Progressive's Snapshot, since they typically not only drive less, but aren't on the roads during "peak" hours. (See "Pay-as-you-drive insurance plans" for a roundup of available PAYD offerings)
- Change your coverages. If you have a vehicle that is older, think about dropping down to liability-only coverage. (See "Is it time to drop comp and collision") If you keep comprehensive and collision, then see about raising your deductibles to save money. (See "Will higher deductibles save you money?")
- Exclude drivers. If you have someone that is in your household that no longer drives, such as an older relative who has relinquished his or her license, see if you can exclude that person from your policy and if that will drop your rates down.
Depending upon your situation, there may be other discounts that you are eligible for. Review our "Guide to car insurance discounts" for more possible ways to obtain the cheapest insurance rates possible. Then comparison shop for your next auto insurance policy. Insurance companies rating system vary, so you could save hundreds - if not thousands - a year just by shopping around for the best deal.
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Using Creative Fiction To Increase Value Of Trinkets On eBay
from the using-infinite-goods... dept
Parker writes in to point out a fascinating example. Apparently a group of fiction writers are experimenting with selling physical goods on eBay with fictional stories given away "free" in the description. The project is called Significant Objects, and involves a bunch of fiction writers purchasing random trinkets, and then coming up with a neat story to go with them. The post at io9 notes that some stories seem better than others at increasing the auction bids, but points out that: "If Rosenfeld's success is any indication, these authors may actually get paid more for short fiction on eBay than they would at most publications."
Again, some will incorrectly claim that we're saying that fiction writers should start selling crap on eBay, but that's not it at all. This is just one (fun) example of many of content creators smartly using infinite goods (the stories) to make a scarce good (the trinket) more valuable, and putting in place a business model to profit from it. Once again, we learn that creativity knows no bounds, not just in creating content, but in playing around with new business models.


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PITTSBURGH, USA: Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) is in the mainstream. While changing the way that we interact with the world around us, MEMS also presents promising new investment opportunities in consumer electronics and mobile communications, biomedical/healthcare, automotive and energy.
That's the topic of Karen Lightman's presentation to attendees of the 7th annual Livingston Nanotechnology Conference, which brings together blue-chip corporations, promising startups and leading investors to discuss investment and business trends in micro- and nanotechnology.
"Small tech is alive and well," said Karen Lightman, managing director of MEMS Industry Group, the trade association advancing MEMS across global markets. "And while the scale of MEMS and nanotech differs by an order of magnitude, both are advanced technologies which allow us to interact with the world around us in new and exciting ways. I am delighted to share perspectives on the MEMS marketplace with attendees of the Livingston Nanotechnology Conference. Slated for double-digit growth through 2015 in diverse markets worldwide, MEMS is one of the technology industry's most fertile growth areas."
Scott Livingston, chairman and CEO of Livingston Securities, expanded on the relationship between his firm and the MEMS industry: "Livingston Securities is dedicated to changing the way that innovation is financed on Wall Street. Our focus on the nanotechnology revolution has helped us build a strong investment bank and broker/dealer with a growing franchise in a variety of industries, including energy, electronics, healthcare, infrastructure and others. Karen Lightman is a leader in the MEMS field, which is a growing area of interest to our clients. We are honored to have her present at our flagship year-end event."
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"We are gathered here at this memorial site and memorial sites all across America to remember that we are one nation with one flag. We are all proud to be Americans that live in a free society made up of many people, many races, from many walks of life. The freedoms we enjoy today have not come without a price," said Cadet Captain Greggor Hines of the Glenn L. Martin Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol at the hosted at the Wreaths Across America service held at the Lamky, Luther, Whitehead Veterans Memorial on Saturday, Dec. 16.
Over 200 residents, officials, service people, and organization members showed up at the Holly Hills Memorial Garden to honor those who lost their lives protecting our country's freedom. By the end of the event, 220 wreaths were laid on 220 graves on Valor Hill, including one of the grave of resident and community activist Al Clasing who founded the Lamky, Luther, Whitehead Veterans Memorial.
Del. Ric Metzgar (R-6) lead the invocation at the ceremony, encouraging the audience to show their respect and appreciation for the people buried on that hill.
"This is truly the reason for the season," he said, gesturing to the fields monument behind him.
Wreaths Across America services were held all over the country during that chilly Saturday morning. The purpose is to show "front of national unity as we remember the fallen," said Hines. The event's goals are to remember fallen U.S. veterans while honoring those who serve, and teaching children the value of freedom.
Nadine Hartman, who organized the service, encouraged everybody to write down a soldier's name from a grave and research them and learn about their lives. She said every soldier buried at the gardens was a real person with a family and loved ones who miss them.
"They are more than just a statistic," she said.
Active members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard all stepped forward individually, laying down a wreath at the foot of the monument.
The final wreath laid was one honoring the 93,129 United States serviceman from all branches that were either prisoner of war or missing in action and never returned home.
Local organizations that supported, attended and sponsored the event were the Civil Air Patrol, Maryland Wing, Civil Air Patrol, Group II, MDWG, Civil Air Patrol, Wreaths Across America, Trail Life USA - Northeast Region, White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company, and Gunpowder VFW Post 10067.
For more information on Wreaths Across America, visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
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