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If the enemies roaming the surface of Pandora ever decided to take out life insurance all at once, my recent journey through the planet would have destroyed its economy when the claims came in. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of digital enemies were smited by my wrath as I laid my vengeance down upon those in Borderlands 2. And yet even after an army of slain digital ghosts haunted my dreams, I found myself constantly drawn back to the game. One more mission, one more level, one more new weapon. I was — and still am — hooked.
Borderlands 2 should come with a 1-800 hotline number that gamers can call to battle the addiction that it has the potential to create. It is positively fiendish. Gearbox Software and 2K Games have created a game that is almost perfectly balanced in its gentle drip of rewards. There are many, many accolades you can earn, and they are meted out in such a way that they are just difficult enough to make you feel content in earning them, but easy enough to achieve that you receive them often. And then there is the loot. Ye gods, the loot.
If you are the type of player that is constantly backtracking in games to find chests, boxes, treasure, etc., etc., then Borderlands 2 is the game for you. It is the mother of all shoot and loot titles. There is so much loot that you won't be able to keep up. It is a loot-spolsion.
But loot is simply the oil in the gears. You need more than that to make a successful game, and Gearbox was well aware of that. Along with being a loot aficionados' dream,Borderlands 2 also features tight controls, a clever mix of gameplay, and one of the best written game scripts in a long while. Combine all of that together and you have one of the top contenders for game of the year.
Welcome (back) to Pandora.
Borderlands 2 is a direct sequel to the events of the original, but retires the characters of that game in favor of a new selection so new players won't have any problems with the plot. The original characters all make appearances and play an important role, but five years have passed since the opening of the vault, and Pandora is a different place now.
Almost immediately after the vault opened at the end of the original game, the Hyperion Corporation, headed by the vile, charismatic, and consistently funny Handsome Jack, who have taken over and are searching for something known as "The Warrior." It is your job to stop Jack and his cronies. Of course, the main story is only a portion of the overall narrative, and a small one at that.
Pandora is massive, filled with numerous areas. Each area features a different look and feel, and they all contain several sidequests that will continue to appear based on where you are in the main plot. While the main plot is well crafted, it is the sidequests that are really going to be remembered.
The dialogue is scathing and often hilarious, even more so in missions that are absurd to begin with, like delivering a love letter from the smarmy town mechanic to the oblivious object of his attentions, or luring a bandit into an insane girl's psychotic tea party. These sidequests can range in length and difficulty. Some may be a series of individual missions working towards something like the defense of a town, while others may be as easy as talking to a few characters. One of the finest missions is roughly 5 seconds long, and it is best left spoiler-free.
Most of these quests are fairly traditional gather and/or kill missions, but Borderlands 2 hides it well and offers you a lot of variety. Even though the missions themselves may be similar in some ways, there is just enough to make them all feel unique. Two separate missions may have you collect something and kill a boss, but one of those missions may have you collect dynamite to destroy a structure in order to flush out that boss, while another may be to collect nudie magazines to leave them as a trap. In both you will still be gathering and killing, but Gearbox slants each sidequest in such a way that it constantly feels fresh, which is important in a game that should take you over 40 hours to fully complete before you even factor in the the online options.
Choose your weapon! And character, and shields, and skill points…
Of course, a game like this – a game that takes dozens of hours – needs some form of RPG elements to keep you playing. When you begin, you have the choice of four character classes: Gunzerker, Siren, Commando, or Assassin. A fifth character, the Mechromancer, will be released on October 16. There is no character customization, unfortunately, but there are several collectible outfits to try out that you find throughout the game. Each character has his/her own special ability, as well as a three tiered skill tree that you power up through points earned by leveling up. The trees are massive, so maxing them out isn't an option. That should create enough variety within the classes that even if you see your class being played by someone else, they may have a totally different approach and play completely differently. You can also reassign points at any time, so the characters will constantly be changing.
As you seek to level up, you will also begin to earn a "Badass" rank. This rank fills up when you complete certain in-game challenges like kill a specific type of enemy, or use your melee attack to finish someone off. There are dozens of ways to earn tokens, and these tokens can then be redeemed for a slight stat boost in one of five random categories you can choose from. Earning a "+.07%" reload bonus may not seem like much, but it adds up, and having the reward for doing things you were already doing anyway is a nicely addictive way to get you to keep grinding. There is no cap to the rank, so this alone may keep people playing for a long, long time.
Along with the weapons, you also have shields, artifacts, and mods, each of which is dominated by the stats they present. These stats are variable and very few — if any — items will have identical options. Some may share a damage number but differ in reload speeds, or they may have different attributes. There is always a chance to improve your gear, and finding a rare item is properly difficult, and therefore rewarding.
As you level up, the world levels up with you. The items you find will be appropriate to your level, as will the enemies. There are stages to the enemies however, and you will sometimes find yourself far overmatched for the enemies, then you will hit a point when they are suddenly much more difficult. It keeps the combat interesting and ensures that areas don't become too easy, and even the earliest foes can occasionally be somewhat challenging. There is a slight irregularity with this though.
Whether it was an oversight, a bug, or just a weird choice, you may find yourself at a high level, fighting off enemies that aren't too tough but who have leveled up along with you and present something of a challenge. What doesn't always level up is the experience you earn.
If your goal to your next level is in the thousands of experience points, killing an enemy and earning a single XP point is a waste of ammo. When they are swarming and strong enough to put you into a fight for your life, and yet you triumph and earn absolutely nothing more than a few XP, it feels like a hollow victory. You expect an increase in a game's difficulty in order to level up, but if the enemies are much tougher, the experience should rise to match it. Taking that away takes away from the combat, but the issue is limited.
That Old, Familiar Feeling
The gameplay will be instantly familiar to those that played the original Borderlands, as well as anyone familiar with first person shooters in general. The controls are standard, but more than that, the game has a solid physics system at work that remains consistent throughout. You may often find yourself dying and respawning at a nearby cloning point, but you will have died fairly. Most enemies will feature body specific damage, so if a robot is shooting at you, you can always take its arms off to show it who's boss. You can wound most enemies as well, but the AI is smart enough to heal its comrades. They are also aggressive enough to constantly be pushing you and not just hiding behind boxes, with a few exceptions that fit the scenarios.
The game just moves smoothly throughout. The driving physics are also well handled, but there aren't many instances where you actually drive for any reason other than getting somewhere quickly. There are a handful of vehicular missions, but they are few and far between which is a bit of a missed opportunity. If there isn't a DLC that expands this, I will be surprised.
In general, Borderlands 2 takes its predecessor and builds on it in almost every way, while still retaining what made the original such a hit. The distinctive cell shaded art style also returns, and it looks better than ever. The locations are detailed and well designed, and the pacing is spot on. You may end up at the same area a few times, but it never feels like you are doing too much back tracking thanks to the huge number of locations at your disposal. The loading times are also excellent.
One minor area where Borderlands 2 suffers is with the occasional glitch. Glitches and bugs are almost a given with titles of this size, but to Gearbox's credit the glitches I came across were infrequent and never ended the game. Sometimes key targeted enemies would disappear, but running around for a while or leaving and reentering brought them back. More than once I found myself stuck in a crevice, unable to move, but these are minor issues that are worth pointing out, but don't detract much from the whole.
Four Times the Fun
There is a rich, fun, and engrossing single-player game in Borderlands 2, one that will take you dozens of hours to complete. But if you aren't playing this game online, you are missing out on what sets it apart from other FPS games with an RPG flair.
The online side features drop-in co-op for up to four players. There are open matches where you can join a random group, or you can see your friends' current position and invite them or join in. When you join, the game's difficulty increases exponentially to match. You share some things like Eridium– the in-game currency used to specifically buy upgrades – but items go to the first to grab them. You can always duel for the loot if both players are amenable. The strength of those items will also be determined by the level of the host, so if you are a high level joining someone much lower, expect to be disappointed with the loot. This is a definite downside, but a minor one.
The experience, however, is also shared, and if you want to build up your other characters so you can get a leg up before restarting the campaign, you can easily do so. If you complete a mission on someone else's game, when you reach that mission in your own campaign you have the option to play it or pass. It seems minor, but it is another example of Gearbox thinking about the details.
Using the sometimes elusive online gaming commodity known as "teamwork," your squad can work together brilliantly. Different weapons have different attributes, and using the correct combination of weapons can mash even tough enemies easily. Selecting a decent assortment of character classes – while thankfully not necessary – will also benefit your team. Some of the enemies are tough — very, very tough — so you'll need all the advantages you can get.
It all comes back to the variety. With so many missions in the game, each with their own slant, there is always something to do online, either with your friends or a random pairing. Add in five character classes (soon), nearly unlimited weapons and items, and skill trees that make for serious personalization in play, and the online of Borderlands 2 can swallow your life whole if you aren't careful.
There are a few minor issues with glitches, and the game doesn't really do anything completely revolutionary, but what it does it does nearly perfectly. It is a complete package, and it integrates everything smoothly. Fans of the original will find the changes all for the better, while those new to the series can jump in without missing a beat. There have been some criticisms about the heavy emphasis on DLC for this game, and maybe that is a fair point, but this is already one of the most content-rich games around and well worth the price tag as is. Although the fifth character class would have been nice, you don't have to worry about them holding anything back to force you purchase more. Buy the DLC or don't, but the game as is doesn't suffer from its absence.
From the crisp and witty writing to the wide variety of mission objectives, from the smooth gameplay to the packed rewards side of things, Borderlands 2 is simply one of the best games of the year.
Score: 9.5 out of 10
(This game was reviewed using an Xbox 360 copy provided by 2K Games)


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What's New in Thyroid Cancer Research?
Important research into thyroid cancer is being done right now in many university hospitals, medical centers, and other institutions around the country. Each year, scientists find out more about what causes the disease, how to prevent it, and how to improve treatment. In past years, for example, evidence has grown showing the benefits of combining surgery with radioactive iodine therapy and thyroid hormone therapy. The results include higher cure rates, lower recurrence rates, and longer survival.
The discovery of the genetic causes of familial (inherited) medullary thyroid cancer now makes it possible to identify family members carrying the abnormal RET gene and to remove the thyroid to prevent cancer from developing there.
Understanding the abnormal genes that cause sporadic (not inherited) thyroid cancer has led to better treatments as well. In fact, treatments that target some of these gene changes are already being used, and more are being developed (see below).
Most thyroid cancers can be treated successfully. But advanced cancers can be hard to treat, especially if they do not respond to radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy. Doctors and researchers are looking for new ways to treat thyroid cancer that are more effective and lead to fewer side effects.
Surgery is an effective treatment for most thyroid cancers, and it can usually be done without causing major side effects, especially when done by experienced surgeons.
Some people who have thyroid surgery are bothered by the scar it leaves on the neck. Newer approaches to surgery may help with this. For example, in endoscopic surgery, the surgeon operates on the thyroid by inserting, long, thin instruments through small incisions in the neck instead of making one larger incision.
In an even newer approach, the surgeon sits at a control panel and maneuvers robotic arms to do the surgery through an incision under the arm, so there is no scar in the neck. These approaches are much more likely to be used for thyroid conditions other than cancer at this time, but some doctors are now looking to see if they can be used for thyroid cancers as well.
Radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy
Doctors are looking for better ways to see which cancers are likely to come back after surgery. Patients with these cancers may be helped by getting RAI therapy after surgery. Recent studies have shown that patients with very low thyroglobulin levels 3 months after surgery have a very low risk of recurrence even without RAI. More research in this area is still needed.
Researchers are also looking for ways to make RAI effective against more thyroid cancers. For example, in some thyroid cancers, the cells have changes in the BRAF gene, which may make them less likely to respond to RAI therapy. Researchers are studying whether new drugs that target the BRAF pathway can be used to make thyroid cancer cells more likely to take up radioactive iodine. These types of drugs might be useful for people who have advanced cancer that is no longer responding to RAI therapy.
Some studies are testing the value of chemotherapy drugs such as paclitaxel (Taxol®) and other drugs, as well as combined chemotherapy and radiation in treating anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Targeted therapies
In general, thyroid cancers do not respond well to chemotherapy. But exciting data are emerging about some newer targeted drugs. Unlike standard chemotherapy drugs, which work by attacking rapidly growing cells (including cancer cells), these drugs attack specific targets on cancer cells. Targeted drugs may work in some cases when standard chemotherapy drugs do not, and they often have different (and less severe) side effects.
Kinase inhibitors: A class of targeted drugs known as kinase inhibitors may help treat thyroid cancer cells with mutations in certain genes, such as BRAF and RET/PTC. Many of these drugs also affect tumor blood vessel growth (see below).
In many papillary thyroid cancers, the cells have changes in the BRAF gene, which helps them grow. Drugs that target cells with BRAF gene changes, such as vemurafenib (Zelboraf®), dabrafenib (Tafinlar®), and selumetinib, are now being studied in thyroid cancers with this gene change.
In one study, giving selumetinib to patients with thyroid cancers that had stopped responding to radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment helped make some patients' tumors respond to treatment with RAI again. It helped patients not only with BRAF mutations, but also with mutations in a different gene called NRAS.
Other kinase inhibitors that have shown early promise against thyroid cancer in clinical trials include sorafenib (Nexavar®), sunitinib (Sutent®), pazopanib (Votrient®), motesanib (AMG 706), and axitinib (Inlyta®).
Some of these other drugs, such as sunitinib, sorafenib, and pazopanib, are already approved to treat other types of cancer, and might be useful against MTC and differentiated thyroid cancers if other treatments are no longer working.
Anti-angiogenesis drugs: As tumors grow, they need a larger blood supply to get enough nutrients. They get it by causing new blood vessels to form (a process called angiogenesis). Anti-angiogenesis drugs work by disrupting these new blood vessels. Some of the drugs listed above, such as axitinib, motesanib, sunitinib, and sorafenib, have anti-angiogenic properties.
Other anti-angiogenesis drugs being studied for use against thyroid cancer include bevacizumab (Avastin®) and lenalidomide (Revlimid®).
Other targeted drugs: A recent early study found the combination of the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel (Taxol) with the targeted drug efatutazone could be helpful in patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer. Efatutazone targets a receptor called PPAR-gamma.
The chance of being diagnosed with thyroid cancer has risen rapidly in the US in recent years. Much of this rise appears to be the result of the increased use of thyroid ultrasound, which can detect small thyroid nodules that might not otherwise have been found in the past.
Recent international studies have suggested that some of these newly found, very small thyroid cancers (known as micro-papillary thyroid cancers) may not need to be treated right away but instead can be safely observed. Ongoing clinical trials in the US are now looking to confirm the results of these international studies.
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You'd probably groan if you had to memorize long portions of a complicated document as punishment for cutting up in class.
The young Thurgood Marshall wasn't too happy, either, when teasing his classmates and joking around got him sent to the school basement to learn huge chunks of the US Constitution.
But when Mr. Marshall grew up, he could laugh about the experience. By the time he left that school, he said, he knew the whole Constitution by heart.
It's a good thing he did, because he became a very influential person in US history – as a famous civil rights lawyer and later the first African-American justice on the US Supreme Court – and the Constitution was a major inspiration in his life and career.
Civil rights lawyers specialize in protecting the freedoms that the Constitution guarantees to American citizens. Civil rights law focuses especially on the rights provided by the 13th and 14th Amendments.
Mr. Marshall's most famous civil rights case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kan. (the "v." stands for "versus," the Latin word for "against"), was tried before the US Supreme Court.
It was actually a combination of five cases that originated in lawsuits by black students and their parents challenging legal segregation, or separation by race. In the 1950s, when these cases began, some states still had laws requiring black kids and white kids to attend separate schools.
Although these states claimed that their laws followed a doctrine known as "separate but equal," which the court had approved in an 1896 case, anyone could see that the education black children received was really not equal but second-rate. They often had to walk miles to get to ramshackle school buildings where the outdated books were falling apart, while white students generally rode comfortable buses to their well-equipped schools.
Mr. Marshall and the other attorneys representing the parents and students in the lawsuits wanted the Supreme Court to declare that the state segregation laws were unconstitutional.
They argued that the laws violated a clause in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution requiring "equal protection of the laws."
They also tried to convince the court that forcing black children to attend segregated schools made them feel inferior and denied them the opportunity to reach their full potential.
Growing up in the early 20th century, Mr. Marshall knew firsthand how it felt to experience segregation and discrimination.
Born July 2, 1908, in Baltimore, he was named Thoroughgood after his paternal grandfather, but in second grade he shortened it to Thurgood because he thought it took too long to spell a name with so many letters.
Four years before Mr. Marshall was born, many black people in Baltimore held a boycott of local trains and steamships to protest new Maryland laws requiring segregation of "white" and "colored" passengers. (To boycott something means to refuse to use or buy it.)
The protesters didn't succeed in changing the law, but they did get a morale boost when big shipping lines took out ads apologizing to black patrons for having to enforce the law.
Mr. Marshall's father, William, was a dining-car waiter for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. His mother, Norma, was a schoolteacher. When he was 2 years old, Mr. Marshall, his parents, and his older brother, William Aubrey, moved to Harlem in New York City. They returned to Baltimore when Mr. Marshall was 6, and he was sent to the elementary school where his mother worked so she could keep an eye on him.
William Marshall had a big influence on his son's choice of a legal career. Speaking of his father, Thurgood Marshall once told a reporter: "He never told me to become a lawyer, but he turned me into one. He did it by teaching me to argue, by challenging my logic on every point, by making me prove every statement I made."
After high school, Mr. Marshall attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, the nation's oldest black university. One day he went with some of his college friends to see a cowboy movie in a nearby town. They were forbidden to sit on the main floor of the movie theater and instead were told to move to the "colored" balcony.
Angry at the way they were being treated, the students asked for refunds of the 25 cents they had each paid for their tickets, but the usher refused. "So we had a disturbance ... pulled down curtains, broke the front door," Mr. Marshall's pal Monroe Dowling later recalled, "I don't know who chased us. They didn't catch anybody."
When Mr. Marshall received his college degree in 1930, he wanted to enroll in law school at the University of Maryland. But the all-white school, which had never accepted a black student, rejected his application. He was accepted into the law school at Howard University, a black institution that was founded in 1867 in Washington, D.C., to educate newly freed slaves.
Mr. Marshall graduated first in his class at Howard Law School in 1933. He started his law practice in a small office in Baltimore.
The following year, he began offering legal services to the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The nation's oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP was founded in New York City in 1909.
It was through his association with the NAACP that Mr. Marshall first became involved as a lawyer in the fight against segregation.
By the late 1940s, he had become so famous for his work that some reporters nicknamed him "Mr. Civil Rights." In 1951, he took on a school desegregation case in Clarendon County, S.C. It was the first of the five lawsuits that would eventually become part of the Brown Supreme Court decision.
Oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the Brown case began on Dec. 9, 1952. On May 17, 1954, the court announced its unanimous opinion to a stunned, packed courtroom. Mr. Marshall was right: Legal segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.
When he heard Chief Justice Earl Warren read the court's decision, Mr. Marshall later said: "I was so happy I was numb."
The case marked a major turning point in US history. Largely because of Mr. Marshall's legal victory in the case, laws that discriminated against blacks in housing, employment, and other areas also began to crumble.
In 1961, Mr. Marshall became a federal court judge, and in 1965 he became the first African-American US solicitor general, the lawyer who represents the United States in cases before the Supreme Court.
On Oct. 2, 1967, Mr. Marshall again made history when he took the oath of office to become the first black associate justice of the Supreme Court. African-Americans were very proud of that moment. What an important step it was in the advancement of equality!
Mr. Marshall served on the Supreme Court until his retirement in 1991. After he died on Jan. 24, 1993, Chief Justice William Rehnquist summed up well the impact of Mr. Marshall's life's work. He talked about the words that are inscribed above the front entrance to the Supreme Court building: "Equal justice under law," adding, "Surely no one individual did more to make these words a reality than Thurgood Marshall."


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Lollapalooza is one of the year's anchor music festivals. It has history, legacy and a great reputation for bringing the best artists to the stage each year.
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Production of the Mustang started in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9, 1964 and the automobile was introduced to the general public on April 17, 1964 at the New york city World's Fair. It is Ford's third oldest nameplate presently in production. Initial sales projections projected less than 100,000 systems for the first year. This mark was exceeded in three months from rollout. Another 318,000 would be sold during the model year (a record), and in its first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were constructed.
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All these were VIN-identified as 1965 designs, but numerous changes were made at the standard opening of the new model year (start August 1964), consisting of the addition of back-up lights on some designs, the introduction of alternators to change generators, and an upgrade of the V8 engine from 260 cu into 289 cu in. In the case of a minimum of some six-cylinder Mustangs fitted with the 101 hp 170 cu in Falcon engine, the rush into production consisted of some uncommon peculiarities, such as a horn ring bearing the 'Ford Falcon' logo design beneath a trim ring emblazoned with 'Ford Mustang.' These qualities made enough difference to necessitate classification of the 121,538 earlier ones as "1964 1/2" model-year Mustangs, a distinction that has endured with purists. Mustangs For Sale in Big Lake MN are easy to find now with online shopping.
The 1973 OPEC oil embargo brought with it more strict pollution laws and the desire for fuel-efficiency. This was also the first time in vehicle history that the Big 3 were having to compete with imports. The brand-new Mustang II was smaller sized than the very first version however, due to the extra devices needed to fulfill new US emission and security regulations, was much heavier than the very first model. Performance was lowered and in the very first year just 385,993 cars were sold.
2nd generation Mustangs for sale in Big Lake MN were offered between 1974 and 1978 and readily available in a coupe and hatchback variation. 1979 the Mustang was upgraded a 3rd time. This time it was based on the bigger Fox platform and the interior was really big enough for four individuals. The trunk was larger therefore was the engine bay. The body styles readily available included a coupe, hatchback and in 1983 a convertible. In 1979 the 3rd generation Mustang served as an Indianapolis 500 pace automobile and Ford constructed 10,478 commemorative reproductions. The 3rd generation Mustangs were produced from 1979 to 1982.


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OLI Grant: Occurrence and biological activity of natural and anthropogenic organohalogen compounds in the Gulf of Maine
Grant Funded: 2002
Proposed ResearchAbstract
Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCs) are well known contaminants of marine environments. Two recent developments have forced a re-evaluation of the relative impact of these and other synthetic compounds on the health of the marine environment.
First, the environmental concentrations of new classes of halogenated pollutants such as the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and tetra-bromobisphenol A (TBBPA) are increasing.
Second, a variety of halogenated compounds that appear to be natural products have been identified recently in marine animals and some of these are able to undergo bioaccumulation and biomagnification in marine food webs.
Currently, there are major gaps in our understanding of the environmental occurrence, sources, and biological activities of these emerging compounds. The overall objective of the proposed research is to provide the first comparative assessment of natural and anthropogenic halogenated organic compounds in the Gulf of Maine region. The specific objectives are:
- To measure the concentrations of these compounds in the blubber of stranded cetaceans and pinnipeds and in fish from Massachusetts Bay.
- To assess the source of these compounds (natural or anthropogenic) by analysis of radiocarbon.
- To assess the potential biological activities of these compounds through the development and application of recombinant cell culture bioassays.


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Lady Bird reminded me of how fragmented and irritating adolescents can be. If someone can't see the humour and the empathy in this film, they're missing the point of this real slice of life.
I was excited to see this movie because it was filmed in Sacramento and was receiving Oscar consideration. What a disappointment! The main character was unlikable, she used everyone and was only concerned with her own needs. I could not wait for the movie to be over.
This movie is a roller coaster of emotions,was made with alot of love and care.
Did not like this movie at all, I was happy when it ended!
Great funninesss...reminds me of my high school years and how my sister and I get along. Well done. Laurie Metcalf is sooo good!
i went to see this movie and i did not like it. Quite disappointed with it.
I loved the story, the characters and the interplay between them. I saw a lot of people in this movie that are reflections of people I have known. I didn't know what to expect, but I loved it!
WOnderful story. fantastic acting,
Great story line and soooo fun to see familiar sights. Funny cuts about " the Midwest of California ". Everyone in the Sac-Davis area should go see it; especially at The Tower!!!!!
Lively character full of surprises. Great scenes, but story is not particularly original.
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Well, it finally happened.
Pundits and opponent fans have been predicting the demise of Denard Robinson ever since he picked up that snap against Western Michigan, but the series of bumps and bruises that frightened Michigan fans every third game had never really cost Michigan anything. In 2010, Tate Forcier came off the bench to lead Michigan to a frenetic victory over Illinois and nearly did the same against Iowa. Last year, Devin Gardner shepherded Michigan through the second half of the Illinois game. When Denard's boo-boos knocked him out for halves instead of plays, Michigan got through just fine.
They were always tempting fate, though, and upped their bet that the football gods' vast malevolence was laser-focused on the Iowa running back situation by moving Devin Gardner to wide receiver in the fall. That seemed like a risk worth taking.
Unfortunately, the containment field is down.
yes, it's true. this man has no elbow.
First it leaked from the Iowa running backs to their offensive line, which suffered two season-ending injuries minutes apart last week. This week, the Big Ten set to murdering football in the morning and afternoon, then this happened to Marcus Lattimore's knee:
artist's conception
By the time Friday night rolled around the ambient malevolence levels in college football were so high that Notre Dame won a marquee matchup to enter the national championship shortlist.
So of course Denard would be knocked out of a potentially fun, definitely important game by falling harmlessly to the turf, thus turning the rest of it into a death-march trudge. AIRBHG is no longer contained. The forces of wheeeee that (mostly) preserved Denard through three years of running at top speed into Manti Te'o have been overrun by the forces of grinding doom football. Now we're all boned. Hail Saban.
And so it came to pass that words never before spoken—words so impossible CFL teams who don't even think it's weird they're all named "Roughriders" cock an eyebrow at their assemblage—came to pass.
Tate Forcier isn't walking through that door.
I don't know, man. I felt ill for most of the second half but it's not like anyone is at fault other than everyone. I mean, if RR doesn't implode or Forcier is a normal person who goes to classes or Michigan doesn't hire Hoke three weeks before signing day, maybe the guy backing up Robinson has a prayer of moving the ball forward. Maybe the wide receiving corps is not so awful that it must include Devin Gardner.
In the aftermath you've got the columns declaring Gardner's move to WR a stupid idea, but I haven't seen anyone reference the column questioning it they wrote before last weekend. It's easy to be a backseat driver after whatever that was. Meanwhile, Gardner is this crappy receiving corps' #2 WR, #1 if you discount Jeremy Gallon's 150-some yards on screens.
Gardner's not good. The alternative is throwing more than four balls in the first half to Jeremy Jackson. They've needed their crappy, crappy receiver who is also a quarterback even if he is dropping a 50-yard pass in most games. Whether Gardner is worth an extra three scores against Nebraska is… debatable. His performances to date suggest he is not.
Michigan was always rolling the dice on Denard's health, and that was the move to make. Didn't work. That's life as a rickety program that's endured two coaching transitions in three years—when you have to go to the bench you get tumbleweeds.
We're now entering the period of time when most program shortcomings can be blamed on Rich Rodriguez's recruiting, which is only a slight transition from the period of time when most program shortcomings could be blamed on Lloyd Carr's recruiting fade and represents very little improvement when the one completely awesome guy at the most important position is removed from the equation. It turns out that Michigan 2012 minus Denard Robinson is pretty much Michigan 2008, and that the only thing saving us from the abyss was Denard staring down a decision to stay or go and not pulling the Mallett.
He stayed, but in the game that probably decided if he would be a champion or not he watched from the sideline because his elbow hit the turf the wrong way. Malevolence is out of control these days.
Eric just posted the photos. You can enjoy them. You will not enjoy One Frame At A Time. BTN highlights:
Also SD highlights from Michigan's official site and a Nebraska-oriented highlight reel; actual highlights start 3:20 in.
Injury item. So the thing is this:
It's the same thing that knocked him out briefly against Illinois.
"He's got that nerve (injury), he hits it the wrong way (or) gets hit (and it's hard)," Hoke said. "The difference (today) was he didn't come back in. But, he gets better as the game goes on." …
Asked whether or not he was concerned Robinson wouldn't be available next week, Hoke replied "No." He also said the normal rehabilitation process for this type of injury is mainly rest and time.
He'll probably be fine by Tuesday and start against Gophers. Every time his elbow brushes up against the softest kitten in Minnesota the collective intake of breath will be audible. Sounds fun, and by "fun" I mean "paralyzing."
Frank Clark is also expected to be back next week, which is good because Mario Ojemudia limped off the field Saturday and was spotted in a boot today. He's probably sprained his ankle and won't be available.
Brady Hoke Epic Double Point Of The Week. Craig Roh. Beastmode sack, generally unblockable, got a number of those stat things for himself instead of everyone else, as he usually does.
Honorable mention. Quinton Washington, Desmond Morgan, Kenny Demens.
Epic Double Point standings.
3: Jake Ryan (ND, Purdue, Illinois)
2: Denard Robinson (Air Force, UMass)
1: Jeremy Gallon(Alabama), Drew Dileo (Michigan State), Craig Roh(Nebraska).
We won time of possession! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Time of possession is a garbage stat.
That said, there is a clear narrative of decline in the defensive performance. Nebraska's first eight drives gained a total of 148 yards. Their last four gained 178. It's not easy going out there after a blizzard of three-and-outs. This would be better measured by plays instead of TOP.
BLAME BLAME BLAME BLAME. Why are we here at QB? LET'S BLAME PEOPLE WOO
- Rodriguez's horrible recruiting at the skill positions: 40%. If Michigan has a decent deep threat at WR, Gardner is playing QB and Michigan may salvage that game. Instead, RR recruited receivers are… 2011: nobody. 2010: Jeremy Jackson, Ricardo Miller, Jerald Robinson, DJ Williamson. 2009: Je'Ron Stokes. The only one of those guys to see the field is Jackson, and he's essentially a skinny tight end. That 2011 class may not be RR's fault, because there were…
- Unavoidable transition costs: 10%. RR's WR recruiting would look slightly better if Sammy Watkins was included in that group, but once he got fired Watkins was gone.
- Darryl Stonum's inability to just do what the court tells him to: 10%. Relevant to previous two bullets: we're desperate for a guy who has three catches for Baylor. Baylor's offense is pretty good, but he can't even get on the field.
- The Process: 20%. Maybe Michigan gets a guy more ready to play if they're not scrambling with three weeks left. Maybe Michigan recruits one dang WR in 2011.
- Hoke not taking a quarterback last year: 10%. Always take one every year. If Michigan has another freshman around maybe he's better than Bellomy.
- Hoke inexplicably passing on Devin Lucien: 10%. Lucien has 10 catches as a sophomore for 6-2 UCLA and their #12 offense. He still wanted to commit to Michigan after the transition, and Michigan said no by saying they wanted him to play DB.
There. It has been blamed. Seriously, though, the Lucien thing drives me nuts.
Borges take. It's official, we have the first FIRE BORGES blog post, one made through blood-soaked tears in the third quarter of that game by The Big House Blog. The Daily is also getting testy.
I'm not there. As soon as Denard went out and it became clear that Bellomy was light years away from readiness I was pretty much like whatever. There's not much you can do when you already can't run without your QB and the guy you put in is overwhelmed and throwing moonballs.
Before that happened, Michigan was moving the ball decently and poised to score to go up 10-7. That's okay I guess—but we're also talking about a team that is 90th in the country in run defense, so…
I saw this: after Nebraska got torn up by Hundley and Miller it seemed clear they went back to the drawing board and were going to play it safe. When Michigan put 4 WRs on the field, Nebraska responded with two high safeties and 5.5 guys in the box. Michigan ran the ball and got five, six, seven yards virtually every time. That's stealing.
I mean, when I was learning about the spread some years back I watched the videos Rodriguez put out about his offense. When he talked about making a run/pass decision based on the safeties, his general rule was one deep safety was a run, cover zero was pass. The idea that someone would maintain two high safeties against his offense never even crossed his mind. Nebraska was doing it, and Michigan didn't force Nebraska out of it. I don't get it, man.
The truly crappy thing is it's going to be four or five years before we have any real read on whether Borges is any good. At this point, year three is going to be Michigan rolling with a true freshman QB—probably, anyway—and four new OL starters—probably, anyway—with what's likely to be a horrible WR corps. Anything other than an awful offense next year is a point in Borges's favor. Hurrah transition.
But Auburn? No. 2004 Auburn had the following guys on that team: QB Jason Campbell (first round pick), RB Ronnie Brown (first round pick), RB Cadillac Williams (first round pick), OL Ben Grubbs (first round pick), OL Marcus McNeill (second round pick), Ben Obomanu (seventh round pick, still in league, had 37 catches in 2011), Devin Aromashodu (seventh round pick, still in league, had 26 catches in 2011), and Courtney Taylor (sixth round pick, now in CFL after 2008 multiple sclerosis(!) diagnosis). When you can call anything and have future NFL players on both ends of the exchange that doesn't say much either.
First Nebraska touchdown: where is that? Nebraska's first touchdown was a route that exploited Michigan's man coverage. An inside receiver ran a little hitch designed to pick the outside guy, the outside guy ran a post to eliminate the safety over the top, and the inside-inside guy used the pick to get open by yards. It didn't really matter if the receiver who ended up targeted was able to get separation naturally; the play got it for him.
Where is that from Michigan? I can't recall a wide open downfield guy that got open strictly by the play design. Gardner's been open some when DBs fall over or suck up on a double move or something; not so much the play bits.
This wasn't actually a problem last year, when Michigan quarterbacks made sport of ignoring the the wide open guys Borges was machining downfield. Is it just Junior Hemingway's absence?
I think they watched film. Congratulations, Nebraska: you are apparently the only Big Ten team to ever watch tape of the Michigan offense and leap on the throwback screen. It's not exactly hard to find, since the first time Michigan goes under center in any game is virtually guaranteed to be the throwback. It's pretty bad when everyone in the room I was watching said "throwback screen" as soon as Michigan lined up in ace.
Q: why is that play consistently run from under center? There doesn't seem to be anything about it that would require it to be.
Bellomy. Well… that wasn't very good. The most disturbing thing was probably one of Bellomy's few completions—a ten yard wheel-ish route run by Kerridge that picked up a first down and took just decades to get where it was going. Accuracy issues and a tendency to scream in horror during plays themselves (@ right by Upchurch) can be fixed with time. The arm strength deficiency probably can't.
That particular throw made me wonder why Michigan recruited the guy at all since it seems like the #1 thing on Borges's radar screen is the ability to laser it in just inside the sideline. Hurrah Process/unavoidable transition costs. Boy, is next year's offense going to be a wow experience or what I tell ya.
Offensive line. I'm not entirely sure how they did since once Bellomy came in it was open season and Michigan settled into a routine that exposed them to the same "eight of them, five of us" problems that Michigan experienced against MSU. Hoke was not impressed.
Ryan got edged. When Michigan gave up some yards it was often on the edge when various Nebraska players broke contain. The most spectacular incident was when Abdullah broke Cam Gordon's ankles…
…but it happened to Ryan a few times. When Nebraska was not bouncing it outside they were getting very little; excellent day from the interior DL and the LBs.
Roh beastmode. Also Roh, who took the opportunity presented by Abudullah being assigned to block him to destroy Martinez in a hilarious beastmode sack. If you've ever wondered why tailbacks always cut block guys on pass protection, that's why.
Where is Rawls? I don't know what happened to Toussaint but at this point I'm not even irritated at Vincent Smith carries because it's not like Toussaint is consistently making yards past what the blocking gets him. Meanwhile, Rawls ends up watching, even when Michigan deep into Bellomy panic time and trying to run from under center.
I'm sure there's a reason they don't trust him yet; whatever it is it must be pretty bad. If you're down to running power from the I-form—and Michigan was—you might as well find out if your backup guy can break some tackles.
Defense: stepping towards elite. Nebraska entered the game averaging 512 yards and 42 points a game, leading the league in rushing yardage, pass efficiency, total yardage, and points per game. Michigan held the Cornhuskers to 326 yards and 23 points. Six of those points were field goal drives of two and five yards in length. Without turnovers, that's 17 points.
Relative to the quality of opponent, that's their best performance of the year by far and a major step away from criticisms that Michigan's defense hasn't actually stopped anyone. If the offense doesn't implode with Denard out those numbers are undoubtedly better, probably under 300 yards for the game for the Huskers.
Not relevant but worth it. This happened after Northwestern's win over Iowa:
Bo Cisek, walk-on DT and new internet legend
It speaks for itself except for the fact that guy's wearing #1.
Michigan + Nebraska == refereeing atrocity. The Roundtree catch that was overturned was one of those plays where it's not clear either way because of the goofy fuzzy catch rule and should be left to stand, and then you've got that terrible terrible late hit call and some terrible terrible pass interference calls both ways. This combination of teams is not good for ref sanity.
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* As bad as we played, the first downs were close, 20-18 in favor of Nebraska. Of course, 6 of our first downs came from Nebraska penalties.
* Nebraska's 20 1st downs translated to 326 total yards, we managed 188 total yards. At least we were efficient with our first downs. Why get 20 or 30 yards when you only need 10?
* We won the TOP, 31:36 to 28:24. Yippee. We did control the clock early, and I was expecting that to pay off in the fourth quarter when we should have been able to grind down their defense, but then, you know, Denard got hurt.
Edit: I forgot the main silver lining, BELLOMY CAN AUDIBLE!
Yeah, what was with that?
Yeoman scans Massey, comes back with Michigan having a 30% shot at winning the division now. Let's go Spartans.
Blog stuff. Sap's decals hand out nothing to the offense. Nebraska fans are far too enthusiastic about snuffing Bellomy out. TTB. Maize and Go Blue. The M Block considers what happens next year at QB.
Duct tape. It's was held together with duct tape, hope, and rolling dice. And now the questions will come for the coaching staff, although any questions to Greg Mattison will likely consist of "Why can't you guys score too?" But we caught a glimpse of a future we will need to face all too soon, a future without Denard Robinson. That future consisted of three field goals total output on offense.
You watched the second half perhaps with some hope that Spring Game Bellomy would emerge but save for a few late first downs it wasn't really even close. I swear I caught Jeremy Gallon staring off into space after the RS freshman was calling a pass play early in the second half and remember thinking, "Gallon knows this ain't happening…"
That play was the horribly underthrown toss (yes, headed for Gallon!) which was easily picked off by Nebraska.
Also, Denard's jacket was old school split M style now verboten.
Probably got it off Jon Falk's back.
Regular stuff. CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. AGGRESSIVE DECISION TO FALL ON HIS ELBOW GENTLY COSTS DENARD ROBINSON. RUSSELL BELLOMY MAY NOT HAVE DONE TOO WELL. ROBINSON'S EXIT REVEALS THAT MICHIGAN IS NOT GOOD AT ANYTHING AND SHOULD PROBABLY JUST DIE. RUSSELL BELLOMY WAS NEVER GETTING PULLED.
Stupid malevolence. Stupid offense.
Wait they're still saying this?
Three Bellomy interceptions rushed the defense back onto the field and into quick-change situations. Nebraska started drives in Michigan territory, including one on the four-yard line. There's a good excuse.
"No," Kovacs said. "We take pride in that. Our motto is: 'Spot the ball.' It doesn't matter where the ball's at, just put the ball on the field and we're going to go play defense and not let them get any yards."
That's a Rodriguez-era phrase that remains as mysterious today as it was when it was introduced and probably should have gone in the bonfire with GERG's playbooks and stuffed beavers and hair. I guess that's appropriate for the reappearance of the 2008 offense. If someone says "hold the rope" any time soon I'm going to hide under the bed.
Michigan-Nebraska: The Sick Man of Europe
By HoldTheRope on Oct 29, 7:00a
The red balloons floated upward, little harbingers of doom dotting the night sky. I didn't know what to make of it, but it could not have been anything else but that. Or, maybe they were just balloons.
By HoldTheRope on Oct 29, 7:00a
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Remember last year when unnamed players on the offense were talking about 'cracks' in the offense? The Jets might have done their best to sand and spackle them over, but the cracks are starting to re-appear worse than before, most notably in the slumped shoulders and all around brooding of their overpaid quarterback.
Connor Orr of the Star-Ledger looked for some visible signs from the sideline body language of Mark Sanchez from the Jets loss to the Seahawks.
... it's pretty clear that Mark Sanchez shows a little frustration after getting taken out for Tim Tebow.I'm sorry, but the stench of death is starting to get pretty bad around the Jets. There's little left to play for this season at this point, so the talk about turning it around rings hollow. If Sanchez is going to be this impotent, as well as defeatist, there's no reason to not treat at least the last month of the season as an open audition for next year. Anything less for the sake of the fans is maddening.
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"We expect El Niño to strengthen and persist through the winter months, providing clues as to what the weather will be like during the period," says Mike Halpert, deputy director of the Climate Prediction Center — a division of the National Weather Service. "Warmer ocean water in the equatorial Pacific shifts the patterns of tropical rainfall that in turn change the strength and position of the jet stream and storms over the Pacific Ocean and the United States.
"Other climate factors are likely to play a role in the winter weather at times across the country," Halpert said. "Some of these factors, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation are difficult to predict more than one to two weeks in advance. The NAO adds uncertainty to the forecast in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic portions of the country."
Highlights of the U.S. winter outlook, December-February:
Warmer-than-average temperatures are favored across much of the western and central United States, especially in the north-central states from Montana to Wisconsin. Though temperatures may average warmer than usual, periodic outbreaks of cold air are still possible.
Below-average temperatures are expected across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic from southern and eastern Texas to southern Pennsylvania and south through Florida.
Above-average precipitation is expected in the southern border states, especially Texas and Florida. Recent rainfall and the prospects for more should improve current drought conditions in central and southern Texas. However, tornado records suggest that there will also be an increased chance of tornado activity for the Gulf Coast region this winter.
Drier-than-average conditions are expected in the Pacific Northwest and the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys.
Northeast: Equal chances for above-, near-, or below-normal temperatures and precipitation. Winter weather in this region is often driven not by El Niño but by weather patterns over the northern Atlantic Ocean and Arctic, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation. These patterns are often more short-term, and are generally predictable only a week or so in advance.
California: A slight tilt in the odds toward wetter-than-average conditions over the entire state.
Alaska: Milder-than-average temperatures except along the western coast. Equal chances for above-, near-, or below-median precipitation for most areas except above median for the northwest.
Hawaii: Below-average temperatures and precipitation are favored for the entire state.
This seasonal outlook does not predict where and when snowstorms may hit or total seasonal snowfall accumulations. Snow forecasts are dependent upon winter storms, which are generally not predictable more than several days in advance.
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Snake venom is the next hottest thing in beauty. It is said to have similar effects to good old Botox, both being poisons 'an all.
is a range that incorporates Snake Venom into their prodcuts.
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Research and development has gone into the study and creation of what is perhaps one of the most important and effective, safe and natural compounds to ever see the light of day in the skin care, SYN-AKE®.
The power of this compound is both scientifically and clinically proven to reduce wrinkle depth quickly. SYN-AKE® is an active compound based on a synthetic tripeptide that mimics the effect of waglerin 1, a peptide that is found in the venom of the Temple Viper.
You wouldn't think it looking at the pretty jars.
I tried out two products the Instant Firming Serum which goes under the cream.
The Serum is a blue gel:
This serum smells nice and sinks in quicky – it is free of parabens and is supposed to stimulate collage in the skin giving an immediate tightening effect.
The cream comes in a jar with a jewel on it!
I have to say – the jewel was a bit pointless. Plasticky and cheap, some diamante would have worked better.
The Anti Ageing Daily Moisturizer:
Once again sinks in great and smells nice. Some of the benefits:
# Active ingredient Syn-ake® inhibits the release of neurotransmitters which cause facial muscle tension (fine lines & wrinkles). With the muscle contracted inhibited, fine lines & wrinkles are visibly reduced.
# Visibly reduce fine lines & wrinkles in 28 days!
# 52% wrinkle reduction
# 82% smoothing effect
Then came a problem. My skin felt tighter and looked fine for a little while then came the itchies. I have medium sensitive skin but sometimes these anti-ageing skincare products with all their snake venoms, and acids are just a little too much for me. I couldn't bear the itching (esp with the gel) but I didn't want to give up on it, so I passed it on to my mama to try.
My mum also had the same problem. She has oilier and tougher skin than me but she found the gel uncomfortable to use, a strong stinging sensation so after a week went back to her Olay.
For this reason I can't recommend a cream that made both my skin and my mamas hurt – whilst I used it I did noticing tightening but it was obviously too much for my skin.
The cream is £60 and the serum is £75 – so you know you should test it before you buy if possible, okay? It could be a fab cream just not for sensitive ladies.
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Avalanche lose F Matt Duchene for at least a week with oblique injuryNHL.com @NHLdotcom
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - The Colorado Avalanche will be without forward Matt Duchene for at least a week with an oblique injury.
Duchene was hurt in the third period against Florida on Saturday. He is the team's leading scorer with 12 goals and eight assists.
The squad recently placed forward Alex Tanguay on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 2, and recalled forward Brad Malone from Lake Erie of the American Hockey League.
Colorado coach Patrick Roy said after practice on Monday that "when you lose Duchene and Tanguay, it creates a hole. You don't replace guys like this. At the same time, it's an opportunity for others."
The Avalanche have cooled off since a franchise-best 14-2 start. They've dropped three straight heading into a game against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.


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Tells us! Im sure it goes something like the locals ripped some kook for blowing it in the impact zone...
When the caution kites show up at my local spot me and my friends crowd em heavy and drop our kites over them when they're rigging. "cmon Brah, you rig like a kook"... (just playin:)
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Re: Drama at Wadell today?
You guys are great!! I think all the made up stuff is probably much more fun than what ever might have happened!
Re: Drama at Wadell today?
Was the shark attack picture taken yesterday?? didn't see anything...
Re: Drama at Wadell today?
just a reminder - whale poo just looks like that too. Honestly.
Re: Drama at Wadell today?
There no wind in that pic
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Re: Drama at Wadell today?
Whale poop? I'm thinking it's just another reason for people to not go in the water.
Just like I'm sure there are always sharks swimming around out there, it is a fact that whales take gigantic dumps every day, known as "flocculent fecal flumes".
I'm going to add it to the list about why people shouldn't go out to Waddell or Ocean Beach. Whales swim by those beaches just about every day.
Re: Drama at Wadell today?
I agree - Please Stay Out of the Water !!!
Re: Drama at Wadell today?
so, seriously what happened? I wanna know now, so curious Is it maybe about that guy who might have hit that other guy?
Re: Drama at Wadell today?
I don't know if it's because of the picture of blood at Waddell, but I definitely didn't see much kites at OB today.
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this guys has my favorite example:
he vpn's in (which, incidentally encrypts his network packets from the netflix packet sniffer verizon is running) and gets a giant burst of speed.
who knew? vpns are FASTER!
cause, you know, walking around on a public street with a holstered firearm isn't threatening at all....
also, their email address: firstname.lastname@example.com
you know, just to keep the phones reserved for emergency purposes.
heh. indeed. piracy seems to be marketing.
i'm pretty sure there are some folks in darfur saying "who gives a shit about some song you downloaded on the internet? they're fucking killing us, you asshat!"
... i'm paraphrasing, of course.
their logic amounts to blaming the symptom for the cause rather than the other way around.
"i came down with a runny nose and now it's gone and given me a cold!"
silly people. treat the cause, not the symptom.
you speak heresy.
amusingly enough, one of my favorite albums of all time is the beastles by dj bc.
root down reprise absolutely, unequivocally rocks.
a new britney spears album? yup. worth $0 to me. (sorry britney!) note, $0 is less than my time to find and pirate it is worth.
on the other hand, allow me to introduce to you a couple terms that the game industry has coined that you may be interested in: ARPU and ARPPU.
please also note: zynga gives away all their games for free -- yep. you can play any of their games you want absolutely free of charge. and, indeed, they earned $400 million in profit on $850 million in revenues in 2010 -- on free games.
and i know what you're thinking. they keep costs low through slave labor... yer totally right: http://www.zynga.com/jobs/other.php
even crazier? they're not the only company doing this. not by a long shot.
all this for free, as in F. R. E. E.
wake up.
wait, what?
so, go ahead and look through your referrer logs. or, since you're on wordpress.com, your stats page ( http://jamesgannon.ca/wp-admin/index.php?page=stats ) in the bottom, right-hand corner.
no, it's okay. go ahead and look. we'll all wait.
now, you're going to tell us that all those sites who are linking to you? 51% of them asked your permission to link to your site first?
oooh, oooh! or....
it could be that entertainment-based content creation -- music, storytelling, plays, performances, etc. -- have historically (aka previous to the 20th century) all been service-based.
perform, or you don't get paid. is that really so different?
to all intents and purposes, the boxing and selling of ideas is a relatively new concept. the boxing and selling of the distribution methods, however, is totally different. conceptually, there's no difference between pages in a book and bandwidth over the wire. they are vessels to deliver ideas.
you can sell access to the idea, not the idea itself, because there's no inherent scarcity in ideas. only in the delivery method.
you know. it's just a hunch, but that might explain all this movement around "software as a service" that's been coming on strong of late.
all these startup hackers and next-gen business folks.
you may have heard of a few of these poor, destitute companies getting ripped off... twitter, facebook, groupon, zynga, etc. all started by people who were probably still in college during the time of napster.
that'll learn them!
but, because i'm, like, thorough and stuff.
m3mn och.
oh, and tom. sorry. i meant to answer you too.
two things:
1) you must be thinking per unique page view or something. that's a super tiny, completely unsustainable number. that's closer to arpdau vs arpu.
2) your comment doesn't even make sense. so ad rates 4 years ago were 100x more than today? wow. no wonder newspapers are going to hell. ad inventory is selling for a penny on the dollar today compared to 4 years ago!
hey mike.
you should have a dedicated "free faq" page linked from the navigation. it could talk about infinite goods and definitions of monopolies and all kinds of core knowledge a lot of these commenters are missing.
you could even use it as a link-to jump-point sort of thing that points to your past posts on the topics.
call it $3.50 per unique visitor per month based on this:
ahe m. so. that means....
pre-paywall monthly ad revenue:
ads: $3.50 arpu x 21,000,000 users = $73,500,000
total: $73,500,000 revenue per month.
post-paywall monthly ad revenue:
ads: $7.00 arpu (more valuable!) x 3,000,000 = $21,000,000
subs: $1,000,000
total: $22,000,000 revenue per month.
genius move!
for every dinosaur publisher that goes tits up, there's another 10 service shops that cater to authors opening up.
createspace.com for example:
all the services you might need, ala carte, as you need them. and at very reasonable prices.
those dinosaurs are about to get eaten alive by a plethora of quick, nimble author services centers.
+1 to this entire thread.
there's already a market for this. you can get any book you want via irc. it's free. and for someone who is technically astute, it's not that hard.
however, buying books on the kindle? it's a frictionless, awesome system that helps you find and one-click purchase content you want as well as help you find additional content you might like. it just works. and works well.
it's quick, painless easy and absolutely, without a shred of doubt worth at least $0.99.
btw, mad, mad props for hooking me up with spekulation. as a huge mashup fanboy, i've been looking for the next awesome. he's it.
instant fan!
um. i think that's what we're saying is the problem.


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Exercise: Yesterday I took another day of rest because I started feeling like I may be catching a cold. So I decided it would be good to take another day of rest.
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CLICK HERE to download photos from Don Bosco Hall's 19th Annual Benefit.
CLICK HERE to download photos from Don Bosco Hall's 18th Annual Jazzy Evening featuring Al Jarreau.
Detroit Symphony Tackles an Adventurous Premiere
Students at YouthVille in Detroit will take part in composer Tod Machover's "Symphony in D," a "city symphony" that will have its premiere with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Read The New York Times article here
The Bridget Vance Award honored Linda Huff, Program Director of Don Bosco Hall's Youth Ville Detroit
The Bridget Vance Awards are given to individuals who really go above and beyond the call of duty to support character and leadership development activities by way of their profession. Linda Huff was honored as someone who has lead the way in arriving at creative solutions to address the many complex problems that effect the overall quality life in our community and as someone in the community who consistently engages youth in a supportive and coaching way.
Don Bosco Hall receives Youth Violence Prevention Initiative Award
Skillman Congratulates Don Bosco's Charles Small
Don Bosco Hall President & CEO Charles Small was named a 2014 Black Male Achievement Social Innovator by the Leadership & Sustainability Institute for Black Male Achievement. It's a well deserved honor for a great leader for Detroit youth. Congratulations, Charles!
Skillman Foundation Takes Their 4th Random Acts of Community to Don Bosco Hall
The Skillman staff along with Play Works came out to Don Bosco Hall's Community Resource Center and put up a Pop Up playground and brought some presents to Don Bosco Hall. "We wanted to give the youth workers who make Don Bosco Hall's programs sing... and do something special for the kids" said, Skillman's Foundation President and CEO Tanya Allen.
Don Bosco Hall and Youthville Detroit Become One!
Don Bosco Hall was established in 1954 as a beacon of light for those in need. Since that time, Don Bosco Hall continues to establish family relationships and has touched the lives of thousands of children in the City of Detroit and surrounding Metropolitan area. Don Bosco Hall offers an opportunity hub where children, youth and families can be exposed to a wide variety of educational, recreation, and cultural arts and skill development activities.
Recently, Don Bosco Hall acquired Youthville Detroit's programs which are located in the New Center area of the city. The acquisition was a seamless fit because Youthville Detroit and Don Bosco Hall shared like missions, which was to provide positive opportunities for youth. The founder of Youthville Detroit, the late Dr. Gerald K. Smith said "when kids are provided opportunities to be constructively involved and have caring adults in their lives, they make better choices which help them to become better adults". Charles D. Small, President and CEO of Don Bosco Hall is committed to focusing on families, reunification, mentorship, recreation and preparing youth with the interpersonal, technological and educational skills, which enhance their ability to reach their greatest potential. The two agencies which were once separate are now one and have a greater commitment to changing more lives for the better.
Don Bosco Hall and Youthville Detroit has begun their mission as One:
• One in our vision to prepare the youth of today for tomorrow!
• One in our mission to provide safe nurturing places for youth to have fun, dream, learn, and participate!
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Last night I wasn't feeling very well and so Kitty's nanny, Shura, who is from St Lucia, made Kitty's dinner instead. It was mac and cheese the St Lucian way and it was really, really delicious. It is made without a white sauce, which cuts down the hassle factor by about two thirds and it contains onion, which works wonders. This might actually be a perfectly normal and widely-used method of making macaroni cheese but I've never come across is.
By the way please don't hassle me about having a nanny, okay???, it's too boring. She's not here every day and when she's here I don't laze around eating bonbons - well, not ALL day - so just cut it (as Shura would say).
St Lucian mac and cheese
1 small handful Annabel Karmel baby pasta shells
1 knob butter
1 small sloop semi-skimmed or whole milk (probably about two eggcup-fulls)
1 small sloop cream (if you have it, about one eggcupful)
1 handful grated cheddar cheese
1 tablespoon of very finely chopped or grated white onion or shallot
Preheat the oven to 180C
1 Boil the pasta as normal. Drain and return to the dry pan. Over a medium heat, add the knob of butter and stir until melted, then add the milk and continue to stir.
2 Throw over the cream if using and the onion, then the cheese and stir until completely melted. Turn out into a small oven-proof dish and stick in the oven for 15-20 minutes.


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Assistant Police Chief Steven Bobo said city officials are presently still in the inspection and cost analysis phase, although, once started, construction is estimated to take six months.
An overhaul of the building housing the Stuttgart Police Department and Arkansas County District Court-Stuttgart is in the works.
Assistant Police Chief Steven Bobo said city officials are presently still in the inspection and cost analysis phase, although, once started, construction is estimated to take six months.
"It's been years since anything's been done," Bobo said. "There's a lot of wasted space that we are going to try to make use of."
The "wasted space" includes jail cells that only house inmates for hours at maximum until they are transported to the Arkansas County Detention Center in DeWitt.
The 514 S. Main St. building is the former Stuttgart City Hall that housed the mayor's office along with the police and fire departments. The location originally housed a one-story fire station built in 1915 with a second story added in 1929. The fire station was enlarged once again to join the then-new city hall in 1958.
Bobo said the section that housed the former fire department still has remnants remaining from when horses were used to pull the fire trucks. He hopes to save some aspects of the building for its historical value. Both the police and district court personnel presently use it.
Stuttgart Mayor Marianne Maynard said the building is the only city building left to receive an upgrade.
Maynard said the city has $800,000 to work with. The funding is part of the $1,725,000 the police department received after Stuttgart voters approved an improvement bond in February 2012.
Previously, police officials said the bond money would be used to purchase necessary equipment and other upgrades such as the radio room, firing range and mobile command center. New vehicles were also purchased with the money.
The amount of renovation completed would depend on the cost. Regardless, Bobo said the biggest change the renovation would bring is heightened security.
Right now, Bobo said residents entering the building have access to the whole building. The proposed plans would add further security by moving dispatch from the back, or north side, of the building to the front.
The dispatcher, police secretary and district court clerk would each have a bulletproof window with a drawer to interact with visitors seeking information or wanting to make a report. Visitors would also have to be buzzed in to go further into the building.
Two reporting rooms would be located on the west side of the lobby, presently where Bobo's office is located. Bobo said there is currently no space for residents to make reports except for the lobby.
The police chief's office and the district court clerk's office would remain in the same location, although all other offices related to the police department would be moved to the west end of the building. Some jail cells would be maintained separately for men, women and juveniles. Bobo said the jail area would be smaller than the current space making it "easier to maintain."
The front entrance would no longer provide access to the courtroom. Access to only the Arkansas County Northern District Court and public restrooms would be provided through a side entrance on the east side of the building facing Main street. The courtroom would also be enlarged.
The City of Stuttgart is working with architect Bob Shelley of Cabot and AB General Construction Inc. is the construction manager. Maynard said the construction company was chosen since they have worked with smaller cities and jobs before and understand they are working on a limited budget.
Once construction is started, both Maynard and Bobo said business would continue as usual at the building, although dispatchers may need to be temporarily relocated. Adjustments would be made as needed.