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The Daily Mail isn't always the most reliable source, but today they are reporting on a story out of Brazil where a 2-year-old boy woke up during his OWN wake, asked for water, and then fell back down and died. If the story is true, my heart breaks for this family in so many ways.
Losing a child is an unimaginable tragedy, and for most parents, it's the absolute worst nightmare. But this takes that even further. Can you imagine losing your baby, having that split second of terror and hope, and then losing him all over again?
There really are no words to say that can adequately express what that must have felt like to these parents, and my heart breaks for them. But there is more, too.
If this is true -- and it may not be -- what does that say about a hospital that can pronounce a child dead when he isn't? How would it even be possible that they could miss the signs that he was living?
It's chilling. As parents we expect the best in care for our babies and now I am sure these parents are left with the horrifying fear that something more could have been done for their child. Maybe he would have lived if only they hadn't given up so soon.
The hospital allegedly confirmed with Daily Mail that the boy was admitted in critical condition and was declared dead after suffering cardiac-respiratory failure, but it stops there.
No one besides those who were there really knows what happened at the wake. If the boy really did wake up and ask for water, any mother would be thinking that her child was lying there, thirsty and scared, and then to lose him again? It's almost beyond comprehension. No family should have to go through anything like this.
If it's true, then someone needs to pay for this. This isn't something anyone could ever just get past.
Do you think this story is true?
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Governor Pat McCrory has declared a State of Emergency for four Eastern Carolina counties hit hard by the storms Friday night, while one of those counties has new damage numbers.
The counties in the governor's declaration are Beaufort, Chowan, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties.
In Beaufort County, authorities now estimate between 189 and 200 homes were damaged by their EF3 tornado. Emergency Management Director John Pack says 60 of those have major damage.
County Manager Randell Woodruff says a very rough estimate is Beaufort County has $2,000,000 in uninsured loses from Friday night. He says that's in addition to $1.5 million in damage from the April 7th tornado.
The National Weather Service says seven different tornadoes hit the area Friday. Two of those were in Greene County, another in Pitt County, another stayed on the ground for 21 miles in Beaufort County, and three other tornadoes in Chowan, Perquimans and Pasquotank counties.
In addition to initiating request for federal aid, the State of Emergency declaration also triggers the state's price gouging law in those four counties.
Federal Emergency Management Agency representatives will be in the counties on Tuesday, meeting with local emergency management directors to start going over damage estimates.
The National Weather Service has confirmed that multiple tornadoes touched down in Eastern Carolina Friday, April 25th. After conducting surveys of damage sites across the east, it has been confirmed that a total of seven tornadoes touched down.
Two tornadoes were confirmed in Greene county. The first touching down near Shine at 4:37pm and had maximum wind speeds of 80 mph (EF0). A second tornado touched down near Walstonburg at 4:46pm. It was rated as an EF1 with maximum winds or 110 mph. No injuries or fatalities were reported with regards to these tornadoes.
Three tornadoes touched down across parts of Northeastern Carolina, claiming the life of an 11 month old. An EF2 blew across Chowan, Perquimans and Pasquotank counties between 7:20pm and 8:15pm with estimated wind speeds of 125 mph. Another EF2 tornado followed, touching down at 7:37pm and lifting off at 8:30pm, a few miles southwest of the of the previous system. A third tornado, rated as an EF1, touched down in Perquimans county and made its way across Pasquotank between 7:50pm and 8:10pm. Many homes and trees were damaged.
Two tornadoes were confirmed in Pitt and Beaufort counties. The first one touched down in Chicod at 7:22pm with estimated wind speeds of 115 mph (EF2 rating) and moved east for one mile before lifting off the ground. A second tornado touched down near Chocowinity around 7:35pm before making its way across the Pamlico River towards Washington. As it crossed Whichards Beach Road, the tornado reached its full strength with winds estimated at 150 mph (EF3 rating) before weakening back to an EF2 as it crossed the Pamlico River. The weakening continued as the tornado moved towards Yeatesville before lifting at 8:10pm.
The National Weather Service has says an EF3 tornado touched down Friday night in Chocowinity, with winds around 150 miles per hour.
Authorities say approximately 100 homes were severely damaged or destroyed from the storm in Beaufort County.
Emergency Management Coordinator John Pack says at least 16 people were transported to the hospital with injuries.
Pack says there are no reported fatalities at the this time but his crews are going door to door in a search and rescue effort.
The county declared a local State of Emergency Friday night and a shelter was opened to house stranded residents.
That shelter is located at Snowd Branch Church of God's Family Life Center at VOA and Cherry Run roads. People should bring a bedroll or sleeping bag, a pillow, towel, and personal care items.
Additionally utility crews working are to restore power to homes and businesses in Beaufort County. The strong line of storms from Friday knocked down trees, damaged homes and knocked out power to more than 3,238 Tideland EMC customers.
As of 1:00 p.m., the utility says all homes capable of being reconnected have had their power restored. Tideland says 39 homes in one neighborhood remain off-line as the structural integrity of those homes are being investigated.
The county is asking travel Saturday night, after 10:00 p.m. be limited to emergency situations until Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m.
The storms caused power outages, damage to homes and downed trees in Beaufort County.
Many people reported seeing a tornado in Chocowinity and in the River Road area of Washington.
Along Asbury Church Road, there are several mobile homes damaged, power lines and trees down.
As of 11 p.m., Tideland EMC said nearly 1,800 customers were without power in Beaufort County. The power company said late Friday that it would be Saturday before electricity was fully restored.
Duke Energy said 1,500 customers were without power in the Chocowinity area.
Emergency officials in Bertie County said power was knocked out to parts of Windsor.


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Even if I saw you coming
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I knew I was yours before we met
I always knew
I will always love you
With red eyes, or gold
You walked up to me
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I don't think I could ever leave you
No matter what you do
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Sure, I'm way smaller than you
You loved me even still
You loved me with my quirkiness
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Shaqiri injury adds to Bayern worries
Bayern Munich have suffered another dent to their depleted midfield reserves with the news that Xherdan Shaqiri has torn a thigh muscle.
Shaqiri was substituted at half-time as Bayern suffered a 1-0 defeat at Augsburg on Saturday, a result which ended a 53-game unbeaten run in the Bundesliga for Pep Guardiola's men.
The Bavarian club have now confirmed that Shaqiri will be unavailable for Wednesday's UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg with Manchester United after tearing a muscle in his right thigh.
The Switzerland international's absence further weakens Bayern's midfield ahead of the crucial clash with United.
Bastian Schweinsteiger and Javi Martinez are both suspended for the tie, while Thiago Alcantara is out with a knee injury.
Bayern have the advantage of an away goal following a 1-1 draw in the first leg, but goalkeeper Manuel Neuer concedes that their injury problems are concerning.
"It's a bitter disappointment given the current situation," Neuer told the club's official website.


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It's a good sign when Terry Collins said the Mets' second base job is wide open on several fronts, perhaps most importantly because it signals a willingness to cut ties with Luis Castillo if he doesn't carry his own weight.
If the Mets aren't able to swing a deal – and who really expects that to happen? – then a willingness to eat the $6 million contract is a positive development.
As of now, Daniel Murphy, Rule 5 pickup from Toronto Brad Emaus, Castillo, and Justin Turner will be in the mix. Minus will be Ruben Tejada, who showed he could do the job with his glove but not the bat.
Murphy probably has the most potential obviously, but is learning the position. Emaus must remain on the 25-man roster or be returned to the Blue Jays, but the Mets have so many holes that carrying a utility infielder might be a reach.
That could mean Turner could slot in as a sleeper.
The encouraging thing to me is that if Castillo doesn't earn the job outright, that the Mets are now willing to cut their losses. They'll still pay the money, but would rid themselves of a non-productive player.
And, hopefully, that will follow through with Oliver Perez. Keep a good thought.


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Similarly, in the world of software engineering code reviews can end up in pointless engagements of conflict. Developers can bicker over silly little things, offend each other and occasionally catch a bug that probably would have being caught in QA anyway - that conflict free zone around the corner!
Now don't get me wrong, there are perfectly valid reasons why you may think code reviews are a good idea for your project:
- Catching bugs sooner means less cost to your project. You don't have to release a fix patch because it's has been caught in development phase - yippee!
- Code becomes more maintable. That crazy 200 line method that Jonny was writing with a hangover has being caughted before it has the chance to make itself at home deep in your code base.
- Knowledge is spread across your team. There are no longer large blocks of code that only one person knows about. And we all know, when that one person talks about taking a two month holiday everyone panics!
- Developers make more of an effort. If a developer knows someone else is going to pass judgement on his work, he's more likely to put that line of javadoc to clarify when an exception will be thrown.
However, it would be naive to think that code reviews don't cause problems. In fact, they cause so many problems many 21st century projects don't do them. I think they have a place but there needs to be some thought regarding how and when they are done so that they are beneficial as opposed to a nuisance. Here are some guidlines...
- 1. Never forget TDD
Ensure you have tested your code before you asked someone else to look at it. Catch your own bugs and deal with them before someone else does.
- 2. Automate as much you can
There are several very good tools for Java such as PMD, Checkstyle, Findbugs etc What is the point getting a human to spend time reviewing code when these tools can very quickly identify many things the human would waste time moaning about? I am going to say that again. What is the point getting a human to spend time reviewing code when these tools can very quickly identify many things the human would waste time moaning about?
When using these tools, it's important to use a common set of rules for them. This ensures your code is at some sort of agreed standard and much of what used to happend in an old fashioned 20th century code review, won't need to happen. Ideally, these tools should be run on every check in of code by a hook from your version control system. If code is really bad - it will be prevented from being checked in. Billy the developer is prevented from checking in the rubbish he wrote (when he had killer migraine) that he is too embarrassed to look at. You are actually doing him favours, not just your team.
- 3. Respect Design
In some of the earlier Java projects I worked on, the reviews happened way too late. You were reviewing code when the actual design was flawed. A design pattern was misunderstood, some nasty dependencies were introduced or a developer just went way off on a tangent. The review would bring up these points. The proverbial retort was: 'This is a code review not a design a review!' . A mess inevitably ensued. To stop these problems we changed things so that anyone asked to review code would also be involved - in some way - in either the design or the design review. In fact, we got much more bang from the buck from design reviews than code reviews. Designs were of a much higher quality and those late nasty surprises stopped.
- 4. Agree a style guide (and a dictionary)
Even with the automated tooling (such as Checkstyle, Findbugs etc), to avoid unnecessary conflict on style, your project should have a style guide. Stick to the industry standard java conventions - where possible. Try to have a 'dictionary' for all the concepts your project introduces. This means, when code refers to them it's easier to check that the usage and context is correct.
- 5. Get the right tooling
- 6. Remember every Project is different.
- 7. Remember give and take
When reviewing be positive, be meticulous but do not be pedantic. Will tiny trivial things that get on your nerves make a project fail or cost your company money? Probably not. Put things in perspective. Remember to be open to other ideas and to change your own mind rather than getting hung up changing someone else's.
- 8. Be buddies
In my experience, what I call 'buddy reviews' (others call 'over the shoulder') have worked really well. A buddy review consists of meeting up with another team member informally every day or two and having a quick glance (5 - 10 mins) at each other's code at your desk or their's. This approach means:
- Problems are caught very early
- You are always up to speed as to what is going on
- Reviews are always very short because you are only looking at new code since the last catch up
- Because the setting is informal - there is no nervous tension. They're fun!
- You can exchange ideas - regularly.
When Tech Leading, buddy reviewing your team members is a great way of seeing if anyone on the team is running into trouble early rather than late. You can help people and get an idea of everyone's progress all at the same time. And because of the regular nature of buddy reviews, they become habitual and actually get done. Something we can't say for many other 21st century code reviews!
In summary, if your project is going to engage in code reviews, they should be fast, effective and not waste people's time. As argued in this post, it is really important to think about how they are organised to ensure that does not happen.
'Til the next time - take care of yourselves.
In summary, if your project is going to engage in code reviews, they should be fast, effective and not waste people's time. As argued in this post, it is really important to think about how they are organised to ensure that does not happen.
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A Swiss army knife was her tool of choice, but when that was not available — when, for instance, she was hospitalized for depression — Julie would use what she could find; paper clips, staples, screws, or plastic knives.
Julie, a 35-year-old nursing student in Massachusetts, has grappled with the urge to cut herself for half her life. Therapy held the urge at bay for seven years, only to have it slither back in 2006, during a wrenching breakup with her boyfriend.
"The cutting makes me calmer, or it enables me to feel emotion and that makes me calmer," said Julie, who asked that her last name not be used to protect her identity.
She cut places on her body that didn't show — on her thighs and stomach — but has not cut herself for eight months, after trying a different type of therapy. "It's an addiction," she said. "Those urges dissipate over time, but they don't go away."
Some secretly slice their thighs with scissors. Others repeatedly scratch their wrists until they draw blood. And there are those who chronically punch themselves. For many who wince at a paper cut, the thought of picking up a knife, and intentionally slicing a thigh or arm, seems unimaginable.
But mental health specialists say they are increasingly encountering young patients, including children, who cut, punch, burn, and find other ways to hurt themselves in a desperate attempt to cope with stress, anxiety, and depression.
It's difficult to pinpoint just how widespread the behavior of self-injury is. It's not tracked by health officials, and rates of self-harm revealed through research vary widely. Estimates of prevalence in the general US population range from about 2 to 6 percent, while findings among high school students have pegged it much higher, between 13 and 25 percent. A recent study found that roughly 15 percent of college students surveyed admitted engaging in the behavior at some point in their lives.
"There are more than 10 child therapists in our center and we've all seen at least one or two in the past year," said Brooke Rosing, a licensed clinical social worker at Brookline Community Mental Health Center, which treats students referred from the town's school district.
Rosing and other mental health specialists said it is hard to know whether the number of self-injurers is actually climbing, or whether the apparent increase is fueled by greater awareness of the problem among clinicians and teachers, coupled with growing social media focus on celebrity self-injury stories.
Much is still not known about the disorder, which has been traced to ancient times, however most specialists accept the definition used by the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury. The society describes it as a deliberate, self-inflicted destruction of body tissue without suicidal intent and for purposes not socially sanctioned. Tattoos and body piercings, for instance, are not considered self-injury.
There has been much debate among mental health specialists over whether self-harm is an illness unto itself, or whether the behavior is a symptom of other health problems, such as depression, anxiety, or borderline personality disorder. Researchers who specialize in this field say fear of litigation from studying such dangerous behavior if a subject harms him or herself, and a lack of consensus about whether self-injury is a distinct illness or merely a behavior on a suicide continuum, have stymied progress on understanding the phenomenon.
Scientists say that most who self-harm are not trying to kill themselves, but instead are typically searching for a way to relieve anxiety, similar to the way some abuse alcohol or prescription sedatives to cope with anxiety, depression, or other mental health problems. Yet new research of college students finds that often the behavior is a sort of gateway to suicide, lowering the threshold to taking the next step.
Cornell University researcher Janis Whitlock and colleagues tracked 1,466 students at five US colleges in the Northeast and Midwest and found that those who had self-injured were roughly three times more likely to attempt or consider suicide. Students with a history of more than five self-injuries were four times more likely, according to the study published in the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.
Self-injury "allows them to practice hurting their body," said Whitlock, a scientist at Cornell's Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research.
Scientists long thought that females were more likely to injure themselves than males. More recently, research has indicated that boys may be nearly as likely to engage in self-harm but have remained in the shadows because they typically do not end up in treatment.
Whitlock's earlier research of college students found that, on average, those who self-harmed started around age 15, a mercurial time when hormones are raging and brains are still developing.
Whitlock has found that most people who injured themselves ultimately found other ways to cope with their stress and depression and stopped the behavior in one to five years.
"It's pretty short-lived for a lot of people," Whitlock said. "But for some people it becomes the dominant method of coping with stress. Then it's much harder to stop."
Scientists long thought that females were more likely to injure themselves than males. More recently, research has indicated that boys may be nearly as likely to engage in self-harm but have remained in the shadows because they typically do not end up in treatment.
Alec L. Miller, chief of child and adolescent psychology at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, said cutting, scratching, and other self-harm behaviors appear to release opioids, natural substances that block pain and have a general calming and anti-depressive effect.
Miller and a colleague are known for adapting a type of psychotherapy known as dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, for treatment of children and adolescents. DBT, regarded as one of the few treatments that has shown success in combating self-injury behaviors, combines Buddhism's mindfulness with cognitive behavior therapy in a program that teaches coping and communication skills.
Patients first learn to turn to a specific activity, such as holding an ice cube, listening to music or shooting a basketball, when they get the urge to harm themselves. The months-long treatment then focuses on learning to identify and change negative and destructive thought patterns.
One mystery of this secretive disease is how young people first discover that cutting or burning themselves can be soothing. Long before social media — before there were online support groups and celebrity self-injury stories percolated on the Internet — Miller and others were encountering patients who injure themselves.
"Often they learned by complete accident, banging into something like a coffee table that served some distraction and relief from their psychic pain," Miller said.
Julie, the nursing student, said she remembers the urge started 18 years ago when she was 17, hospitalized for depression, and she saw another patient with cuts on her body who had been harming herself. Depressed and distraught over her parents' messy divorce, Julie decided to try it.
"I hated myself and was so unhappy," she said. "I would feel very numb at times and not feel anything. I was really depressed, and cutting would be a way for me to feel."
For parents, teachers, and others who may discover a child injuring herself, it's important not to overreact, specialists say.
"Your reaction can exacerbate the very problem we are trying to help, and they may be more ashamed and disgusted by themselves and do it more," Miller said.
Instead, he said, stay calm, and let the child or teen know you want to help.
Julie received counseling, including DBT, for years, and it helped for periods of time. But it wasn't until last year, when she completed a different 16-week program, that things clicked. It involved cognitive restructuring for post-traumatic stress disorder that helped her reframe distorted, negative self-images into more productive thinking.
Julie aims to complete nursing school in April. Her goal is to care for patients who are suicidal.
"When patients say, you don't know what I am experiencing, I can say, 'I, too, have been there,' " Julie said. "As a nurse I would hope that I could share my experiences, in appropriate circumstances, because I am not ashamed of it. My goal is to bridge the two worlds."Kay Lazar can be reached at klazar@


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Quality Scales Unlimited
USA Scales, Inc., has recently acquired another scale company and we are looking to combine the identities of the two companies. We are now the largest scale company in Northern California and will be operating under the name Quality Scales Unlimited. (Companies previously operated as Scales Unlimited and Quality Scale, Inc.) We display our logo on the sides of our vehicles, uniforms, paperwork, etc.
USA Scales, Inc. (our corporate name) services and installs scales for many industries--- aggregate, chemical, food, construction, waste, medical, etc. This being said, our logo cannot be industry specific. We would like to use some combination of the Quality Scale, Inc. logo and the Scales Unlimited logo.
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If only there was a version of the movies that preserved all the character development and plot while retaining modern animation...
Not to their discredit, but I viewed some of it and I wasn't particularly impressed.
An entirely new series should be created to fully remedy the persistent problems within the 1997 anime and the movies for that matter. Again the likelihood of that is slim and none, there seems to be no interest whatsoever in adapting Berserk into an Anime for a 2nd go around.
Your project is well-intentioned and I commend you for going through the effort, but let's be honest here: it's got many problems, some inherent to how it's being done (hacking and pasting two different things together) and the rest lying with the source material you're using.
Either way, it can't be said that it "preserves all the character development and plot" as you can find it in the manga, and since it's a "recut" it shouldn't be compared to a proper, fully-financed adaptation of the story.
Can you elaborate? It sounds like you're saying that what you didn't like was that I used the movies and TV shows as source material and that I edited them together. That is the project by definition. If this is the case, you don't like the idea of the project, regardless of how it is approached, correct? There would be no way it could be cut together that would be satisfying because the source is tainted in your eyes.
Or maybe I'm mistaken and your issue is that the art styles and aspect ratio of the two sources are different? If the contrast of the two jumps out at you, I could see that as being distracting.
Well dude, this is a thread about speculation regarding the next possible movie in the Berserk Film Project, and you replied to a complaint about the movies by implying that you'd fixed it all with your fan edit. I'm just saying that no, you didn't fix it all, far from it. That mere suggestion seems rather pretentious to me, precisely because it's impossible to take two flawed sources (the TV series and the movies) and combine them into one "perfect" offering. So it's not your fault or anything and that doesn't lessen what you're doing with your project, but I honestly don't see the point in comparing your work to a hypothetical "properly done" OVA series like what Walter was talking about.
Anyway this is completely off-topic. Let's please keep this thread about the next movie in the Berserk Film Project, if needed we can talk about your redux project in its own dedicated thread.
Can't say I agree with your premise, and I don't believe I or anyone has called them "perfect," but I have no problem saying that they are better and more complete than what we have.
It would be interesting to see how Miura's old art style would be updated and handled.
I still feel like we've barely scratched the surface in these animations as to what makes Berserk such a compelling narrative.
I didn't say you called them perfect. However, you did say it is "a version of the movies that preserved all the character development and plot while retaining modern animation", which just isn't the case. I don't feel like going through a list but surely you must know that the TV series footage you insert does not "retain modern animation" and that not all plot points or character development from the manga is translated to your project. That's all really.
Just like his old art style was "updated" in the movies or TV series: by replacing it altogether with some generic. That's pretty much inevitable, and the same would happen with his current art style.
The fourth chapter is underway right now. Probably a day or so away. Definitely the darkest. It will correct a lot of the eclipse omissions and will include a part of the Black Swordsman. Between the two sources, there is a n excellent story to be viewed. Stay tuned!
I may have been harsh in the comment I made before, so I am looking forward to see this next part. Best of luck to you and I'll definitely keep an eye out for it.
though Casca looks more like she is legitimately getting raped in the 97 anime version.
I enjoyed your efforts in doing this project, that takes a hell of a lot more dedication and time that I could ever apply to something, so I tip my hat to you. Good call on using the dub version of both of these since both versions use the same voice cast unlike the Japanese versions it makes it slightly less jarring, even though I prefer the Japanese cast in both cases. I do wonder how you are going to handle the eclipse though. Both are very different from each other, especially the last scenes where Griffith has his way with Casca, you mentioned your use of the 97 anime version of the love scene in the previous installment because it was more tasteful are you planing to do the same during this scene in the fourth installment since it is less graphic? My opinion is that, even though the 97 anime was less raunchy the anime movies graphic depiction of what Griffith does to Casca is probably to more manga faithful and involved depiction of the two instances...though Casca looks more like she is legitimately getting raped in the 97 anime version.
Speaking of the dub, am I the only one who thought it was a marked improvement over the original anime? I know that's something of a backhanded compliment considering how shoddy it was, but from what I caught of Movie #2, the cast definitely raised their game. Whether it's down to better direction, the actors having more experience, or the expectation of dubbing a theatrical release, I don't know.
I didn't think so. I thought they were worse. It has been awhile since I watched the anime, but I thought Guts and Casca were as cringe-worthy as ever. I thought the movie script was weaker. Maybe rose-tinted glasses and my general disappointment with the story quality of the movies didn't allow me to appreciate the voice acting properly?
I'd love to hear your take on how the Eclipse was handled. It's where a large amount of the effort went. For the rape, I decided to go with the new films as they seem more faithful to the manga, and because it's really uncomfortable to watch (as is the intention of the scene) I felt like the 97 anime gave you an idea of what's occurring but isn't putting you in the helpless position of Guts and Casca. I did edit it a little bit where I felt a shot was holding too long here or there for taste reasons, but it's still very graphic. I also removed most of Guts taking so long to react when Femto starts molesting her. That never sit right with me in the movie and made me think Guts was stupid for taking so long to react.
At any rate what version of the movie did you get? Because I am starting to wonder if I some how saw an edited version of the third movie because I never saw some of the clips that I saw of this one. Like a ip close shot of Femto's penis pumping into Casca for example...
One of the more interesting comparisons is the Voice actor who played Griffith. Age brought out a much deeper voice for him. While cutting back and forth in some scenes, especially his dialogue with Gennon at Doldrey, it became very pronounced.


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Unilever takes the Promise brand further down the heart-health road with SuperShots for Blood Pressure.
Blood pressure is important when considering the entire human system. Higher blood pressure in conjunction with other health issues such as obesity or diabetes increases the likelihood that some part of the whole system will fail with heart disease, stroke or kidney damage. About 73 million Americans have high blood pressure.
Thirty years ago, Unilever dedicated the Promise brand of spreads to "heart-healthier eating." In July of 2007, the company took the brand into new territory with Promise Activ SuperShots, little (3.3 oz./100 ml) bottles of a fruit and yogurt blend that contained natural plant sterols, ingredients that are clinically proven to help remove cholesterol.
This past July, Unilever tweaked that formulation to focus on blood pressure, specifically on "closing the potassium gap" that can lead to high blood pressure. The result is Promise (the word Activ is still there, but it's getting smaller) SuperShots for blood pressure.
A number of studies conclude that an increase in potassium coupled with a decrease in sodium may be the most important dietary choice, after weight loss, to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Yet, most Americans consume about half the recommended daily amount of potassium and double the recommended amount of sodium. And Americans with hypertension may not even be aware of these choices.
The nutritional supplement category's 2007 sales were approximately $6 billion through all channels, including mass-market, health/natural and direct/internet ("Nutritional Supplements in the U.S." -- Packaged Facts 2008 -- http://www.packagedfacts.com/Nutritional-Supplements-1634930/). Sales are forecasted to climb 39 percent from 2007 to 2012 to reach $8.5 billion.
The "shot" or mini bottle (around 100ml) is an innovation from Europe. The small size allows for nutritional ingredients to be consumed in a simple "dosed" size. Dannon brought the mini bottle to America for its DanActive immunity/gut health yogurt drink in 2007.
Back in 2000, the FDA authorized the labeling of health claims for plant sterols or plant sterol esters in reducing the risk of coronary heart disease. The FDA also allows a claim for foods containing potassium: "Diets containing foods that are good sources of potassium and low in sodium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke."
The market leaders for the potassium claim are generally foods. Orange juice (both Tropicana and Minute Maid use the potassium claim), bananas, pork loin, carrots, milk, dried apricots, turkey, cod fish and broccoli all contain more than 350mg of potassium in a serving.
For consumers who want their nutrition to come from food, but don't really want to change their lifestyle much, Promise SuperShots provide the nutrition in a size small enough to not conflict with the other foods you eat in terms of calorie levels or enhanced nutritionals. People considering nutritionally supplemented food products are those who have health conditions of high blood pressure, heart disease or are at risk of stroke. These groups are typically willing to spend more on health- and wellness-related products. But they are looking for good taste and benefit delivery at the same time.
While a lot of consumers are trying to incorporate better-for-you products and nutritional supplementations, strange aftertastes and unfamiliar aromas and textures can be a barrier. Nutritionally supplemented beverages can have vitamin aftertastes, and the base of the beverage can be chalky. The target groups for these products are consumers who do not want to slow down and are looking to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Unilever is trying to fit with the changing paradigm for health care, of moving to more proactive solutions for specific health concerns, while at the same time delivering a product that tastes good.
Our Healthy You! and Drink It! Insights tell us the key attributes for consumption of healthy beverages are taste, price, healthy ingredients, "good for me" and texture. Getting the nutritionals right is critical but so is taste and texture in a value proposition.
The key attributes that consumers will trade for are fiber and protein, flavors, nutrition, vitamins and minerals and versions that are good tasting, part of a specific healthy diet, along with an endorsement by a health oriented association (such as American Heart Assn.). These are all product and health benefits. This is not a product that consumers are likely to get emotional over, or will seek an emotional reason to consume. They prefer the sensory and health benefits of the beverage over the emotional reassurances. In fact they look at an authority association for an endorsement for their reassurance.
These beverages are consumed most often once a day, maybe more, typically at breakfast, mid-morning or mid-afternoon. These are beverages that consumers are use as part of their rituals, so the taste and texture expectations must be familiar.
Key trends that impact this idea are convenience, flavor and healthfulness.
Convenience: These bottles are single-serve, or "dose" serving (around 100ml or 3 oz.) and sold in multipacks. Consumers are still expected to chill and shake the beverage.
Flavors: Flavor is driving interest in this category. These are typically fruit-flavored beverages, so the linkage of fruit benefits is intuitively obvious to consumers.
Healthfulness: Nutritional supplements have both the halo of health and reality of health. The focus on key health conditions allows for SKU variation based on key health ingredients. Key healthy ingredients that drive interest are: potassium, specific nutrients to lower cholesterol, probiotics and vitamins. These reflect many of the major health concerns we see today.
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An Upland man confronted several people who broke into his house Friday, leading to the arrest of two men and a teen boy.
Police received a call at 2:40 p.m. from the victim in the 1500 block of North Mountain Avenue. He said he heard glass breaking in his home, and then approached a woman sitting in a silver sport-utility vehicle outside of his home.
She quickly drove away.
The man confronted three to four people who were inside his home. The burglars ran out of his residence in different directions, police said.
Two off-duty police officers detained one suspect, and arriving officers found two more within 1 1/2 miles of the home.
They had items taken from the home, and more stolen goods were in nearby backyards.
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For people like me, the WikiLeaks story has it all: Candid revelations about US relations with foreign governments. A major security breach in the US military. And questions about media ethics and law in the digital age.
But when I've written about WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, it's generally been to either use the diplomatic cables in general reporting or to correct the record on the group's influence in the Middle East. I haven't really looked at WikiLeaks in itself – the technical details of how it enables a leaker to secretly and securely provide information over the internet without direct threat of getting caught – and I've also ignored, for the most part, the odd characters and strange quirks of hacker culture.
So I was brought up short when reading Steve Fishman's fascinating piece on Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking thousands of US diplomatic cables and US army field reports from Iraq and Afghanistan who is currently in jail. Tucked away on page 7 of the New York Magazine article, in a passage on how Mr. Assange has alienated many former collaborators, he writes about how Daniel Domscheit-Berg, "fed up with what he saw as Assange's dictatorial ways, defected to launch his own site – OpenLeaks. Perhaps more important, WikiLeaks' technology architect departed with him. And so, for the past year, WikiLeaks has been unable to receive leaked documents online."
This is apparently well known to people who've been following the story closely (Michael Parenti, who's been very helpful with all this, was gently laughing at me on Twitter). But it's still fascinating. What it means is that the potential flow of online information to WikiLeaks, the organization's reason for being, is shut off. If you visit the group's online submissions page there is still a bullet point on "our anonymous electronic drop box" that "Its (sic) easy to submit" to.
The site explains "we have created our novel method of submission based on a suite of security technologies designed to provide anonymity. We have put a great deal of technical and design work into the drop box because we take the journalist-source relationship very seriously."
But if you read on, you find that it's "currently closed for re-engineering security and useability concerns." The secure chat function for submitters seeking advice and the "secure upload" function are likewise shut. Desperate to leak? "Post your information to one of our trusted truth facilitators listed below. You may post to whatever country in the list that you feel most suitable given the nature of the material and your postal service."
That might better be written as "you can send the information to whatever country you like, as long as it's Australia." The only "trusted truth-facilitator" on the list is a PO Box at the University of Melbourne.
While using the mail provides a fair degree of anonymity, it would be a simple matter for US or Australian intelligence to monitor attempts to reach that address, and many people have been found over the years based on the addresses listed on letters they've posted. In effect, WikiLeaks and its cyber-anarchist cool reputation have been reliant on snail mail for months, at a time when Assange has been soliciting global donations for both his legal defense and to keep the operation running.
And the group's Internet problems have little to do with government interference and more to do with internal squabbling if Mr. Domscheit-Berg, once one of Assange's closest collaborators and now a critic, is to be believed (Mr. Parenti has a series of interviews with Domscheit-Berg from earlier this year up at his Vimeo site).
Mr. Manning continues to sit in jail. Assange continues to fight extradition to Sweden, where he's wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual assault. But the chances of Assange being prosecuted by the US on allegations that he was in a criminal conspiracy with Manning took a hit this week.
Adrian Lamo, a hacker and online activist, was the man who turned Manning in. Last year, he provided logs of online chats between him and Manning to Wired Magazine, which published a redacted version. This week, Wired released the full logs, which appear to support Assange's claim that he didn't know who he was in contact with while receiving the leaked cables and US military reports
When Mr. Lamo asked Manning if he were "worried that Julian would slip up" he responded: "He knows very little about me... he takes source protection uber-seriously... 'lie to me' he says." If you're interested in more on Lamo and who knew what when, Glenn Greenwald at Salon has been covering this all intensively.


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EXCLUSIVE! Selena Gomez Tells Us She Hates Being Called A Good Girl!
Selena definitely doesn't like being typecast as the wholesome girl-next-door! Read on to find out why, BFFs!
You better not call Selena Gomez a good girl to her face – she tells us she's totally over projecting an innocent image!
"The funny thing is, I really don't like it when people say I'm wholesome. I don't like that at all!" the 18-year-old actress told HollywoodLife.com at the Teen Choice Awards August 8. "I never said I was that and I never tried to portray it. I'm honestly doing what I feel like I'm doing…and I'd just like to figure out who I am," she said.
In fact, the Disney starlet would like to model herself after more mature role models and be considered more adult! " I look up to people my family loves. [My inspirations] are Rachel McAdams and Sandra Bullock," she confided. "They're very strong women in the acting world and really real people and I love them."
As for her future plans, she told us, "We're developing something for my production company that I'm really excited about and right now I'm focusing on Wizards [of Waverly Place] and hopefully it's not coming to an end – but you never know."
Her short-term goals are a lot simpler. "I just want to be happy," she said. "More than anything I hope to be part of a great project with great people."


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With a lot of guys around, does that affect grades?
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Monterey city leaders on Wednesday sat down and studied a new plan called "Monterey on the Move."
The document focuses on ways to enhance alternatives to driving around the city — by bicycling, walking and riding public transit — and builds upon the city"s already approved general and bicycle transportation plans.
"There is no other choice we have. We have to do this to survive," City Councilman Frank Sollecito said.
Unlike land-rich cities, Monterey can"t easily widen streets to accommodate more vehicles, so it must increasingly rely on alternative transportation, Sollecito said.
The City Council and Planning Commission took a look at the proposed "multimodal mobility" plan in a 90-minute workshop.
There are 13 objectives listed in the proposed plan, ranging from reducing the number of bicycle and pedestrian accidents to encouraging tourists to walk, bike and use public transit to explore the city.
Among the plan"s objectives: reducing rates of obesity among city residents; making better connections between various modes of transportation; and providing timely notice and alternatives during construction to bicyclists.
The plan lays out several steps to meet the objectives. Under the goal of promoting "active transportation," the plan says that could include installing bicycle detection apparatuses at traffic signals and encouraging city employees to "lead by example" by commuting to work using alternative transportation.
The plan calls for two "bicycle boulevards," one linking the downtown area with the North Fremont area and the other to provide an alternative link between New Monterey and downtown.
The plan updates the city"s bicycle plan, ensuring continued eligibility for state and federal grants, and fulfills general plan policies calling for multimodal transportation, a staff report said.
Councilman Alan Haffa called the document, which must undergo review by the Planning Commission and the City Council before adoption, "really, really impressive."
Transportation planner Ariana Green said the plan was put together during the past year and included extensive outreach to pedestrians and bicyclists.
Pedestrians said they wanted wider sidewalks, public toilets and public art to improve walking around the city. Bicyclists wanted more and wider bike paths, well-marked routes and alternative routes.
Money for the 61-page plan came from the state Department of Transportation. Money for the various projects in it would come from several sources, including grants and neighborhood improvement money, a staff report said.
The City Council likely will consider formal adoption in March or April.
Mayor Chuck Della Sala asked planners to make certain the plan is distributed to the Monterey Commercial Property Owners Association and other business groups.
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Top Food and Beverage Companies for 2006: It's been a tough year
Energy, raw materials and employee benefits costs have weighed heavily on the food group, making for a lackluster 2005; things arent improving this year.
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By Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief
ANYONE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY who fondly recalls 2005 either has amnesia or is even more fearful of 2006.
The previous year was painfully impacted by rising costs for energy, raw materials and employee benefits. And don't forget a couple of Gulf Coast hurricanes. But at least interest rates were low.
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So far, 2006 has most of the same bad news, with rising interest rates replacing the hurricanes. So far.
Against this challenging backdrop, it was difficult for food companies to turn in stellar financial performances in 2005. Among our top 10 companies, seven reported sales (as we count them) increases, but eight reported net income decreases.
"The group is coming off a very weak fourth quarter where stock returns for the large-cap food group were down pretty much across the board [in aggregate, down 5 percent] and the group underperformed the market by a wide margin," says Christopher Growe, analyst for A.G. Edwards, St. Louis, and a member of our editorial advisory board.
"Year 2006 is shaping up as a 'Tale of two halves,' where the first half of the year featured the worst of the commodity cost inflation and negative foreign exchange, and the second half [should] feature some earnings acceleration and the majority of the margin expansion we forecast for the year," he continues. "After a period of intensive commodity cost inflation in 2004-2005, the food companies face a similar risk in 2006. We estimate only a selective round of price increases occurring due to the recent fuel/resin inflation. Volume growth should suffer a bit at the hands of higher pricing."
Indeed, as the summer sun scorched much of the grain belt, drought conditions were causing USDA officials to forecast the highest prices in a decade for corn and wheat. Some of the shortage of corn is due to its increasing use for E85 ethanol motor fuel. And sugar prices earlier this year hit a 25-year high.
"As we exit this period of rampant cost inflation – we still have a few quarters to go – and margins ideally start their upswing, we have little doubt that earnings trends will improve," Growe continues. "However, we believe the growth profile of the large-cap food group will not allow for much more than 7-8 percent earnings per share growth."
A look at our list
The top 100 food and beverage processing companies in the U.S. and Canada are profiled in this annual feature. Find company contact information, major brands, key executives and main product areas. See Profiles #1-#25 here and Profiles #26-#50 here. Access processor profiles #51-#100 here.
There was no change at the top of our annual Top 100© list of the largest food and beverage manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada. But with No. 1 Tyson having an off year and runner-up Kraft experiencing a year of domestic growth, the gap between 1 and 2 was a scant $600 million – still, bigger than 13 companies on this list.
Its fiscal 2005, which ended Oct. 1, 2005 for Tyson, was not kind to the world's largest animal protein company. "This year has been especially challenging for international beef exports," Chairman Don Tyson wrote in the annual report. "[Import bans in] Japan, South Korea and Taiwan … resulted in a loss of an estimated $800 million in beef export sales in fiscal 2005. We are encouraged by recent developments in export market access, but fiscal 2006 will present only gradual recovery in beef as those markets stabilize and cattle supplies improve."
Indeed, anybody selling beef or poultry was hurting because of the worldwide worry of disease. No. 10 Swift saw North American sales dip slightly, although more than offset by higher Australian sales (which we don't include in our computations). Nevertheless, it recorded a $777,000 loss for its fiscal 2005. In footnotes to its annual report, the company says it still hasn't recovered from the mad cow discovery of late 2003, "as approximately 15 percent of the historical revenue derived from the animal were generated from export sales of beef and beef by-products, many of which have no domestic market." On the other hand, Swift's pork revenues have picked up as a result of the mad cow scare and the more recent worldwide fear of avian influenza in the poultry market.
Despite the sales increase, it was a difficult year for Kraft, too. Just ask Roger Deromedi, who was fired in June after 29 years with Kraft or predecessor companies and five years (2½ years as lone CEO) of heading the worldwide behemoth. He was replaced by Irene Rosenfeld, chairman/CEO of Frito-Lay, who prior to joining that PepsiCo division spent 20 years at Kraft.
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Surfers interested in having an exotic vacation with the complete "girlfriend" experience.
We have some friends who need a new logo for their website – in fact, two of them. The two sites are named "Exotic Retreat" and "Exotic Retreat Girls".
We are looking for two separate logos that must look and feel exactly the same and complement the current site design, with vivid reds, blacks and grays. Please, no calligraphy or "flowery" in the text.
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UPDATE: Authorities ID Body Found in RV Compartment
WINONA, Minn. (AP) - A group of men on their way to the Kentucky Derby for a bachelor party made a gruesome discovery after they pulled their rented RV over in Winona: a body was inside the vehicle's storage compartment.
Authorities say Saturday that the body belongs to 22-year-old Kevin Casserly of Anoka, who has been missing since November. His death is being investigated. Authorities did not plan to release any additional updates Saturday.
Officials say the men rented the RV from a private party in Anoka County.
They were headed to Kentucky when they stopped in Winona. While there, they began investigating a foul odor, and found Casserly's body lodged in a compartment of the RV that was accessible only from the outside.


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Thursday, July 11, 2013
A fuzzy Charon visible
Scientific American's Christopher Crockett wrote...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, now en route to Pluto, got its first glimpse of the dwarf planet's largest moon, Charon, in this image released July 10.
Pluto is the bright spot in the center of the image. Charon is the faint smudge up and to the left. New Horizons snapped the picture at about 900 million kilometers from Pluto—six times the distance between Earth and the sun. At that distance, the light from Charon and Pluto takes about 48 minutes to reach New Horizons's cameras. Charon is roughly the size of Texas, but to the approaching craft it appears no wider than a U.S. quarter seen from 17 kilometers away
Until 2005 Charon was Pluto's only known moon. Since then astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered four more: Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx. Kerberos and Styx are the smallest, each only about a dozen kilometers across; they received their official names just last week.
Launched in early 2006 New Horizons is scheduled to pass within 13,000 kilometers of Pluto in July 2015. The flyby will give astronomers their first close-up look at the tiny world and its moons. Mission scientists will study Pluto's terrain, composition and atmosphere as well as the space environment in an unexplored, distant corner of the solar system. In the meantime, as New Horizons races toward Pluto, it will frequently snap photos of the dwarf planet's surroundings to better understand the orbits of the known moons and to look out for potential hazards, such as smaller moonlets or a system of dusty rings.
Pluto belongs to a belt of icy debris beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt. Out there, much of the debris left over from the solar system's formation sits in frozen storage. By studying Pluto and its moons, astronomers learn about more than a single world—they gain access to a record of our solar system's birth and subsequent growth. In the end, Pluto may be able to tell us more about ourselves and how we got here.
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Historical Music Recordings Collection
The Historical Music Recordings Collection (HMRC) is an archive of audio recordings in all formats and contains approximately 300,000 items making it one of the larger archives of its kind in the USA. Within the HMRC two types of collections can be found: the general collection and the more specific, named collections.
Contact Information
Dr. David Hunter
Music Librarian and Curator, Historical Music Recordings Collection
Fine Arts Library (DFA 3.200)
University of Texas Libraries (S5437)
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Austin, TX 78712
Office: (512) 495-4475
Fax: (512) 495-4490
Library: (512) 495-4481
Donations and Disposition
Donation is the life-blood of the HMRC. We actively seek new material and work with donors to ensure that the Collection's margin of excellence is enhanced. We review all offers of gifts, and are particularly interested in saving unique sound recordings, notably in the areas of ethnomusicology, speeches, and readings, as well as in more conventional areas of music and radio. The presence of the Center for American Music in the Butler School of Music naturally provides us with a strong interest in American music (with an emphasis on Texas and neighboring states, and on the output of small recording companies).
Since the collection holds the majority of the regular commercial recordings issued in the U.S.A. from 1900 to 1960, and our resources of space and staff are limited, we cannot accept everything we are offered. Factors that bear on selection decisions include the condition of the material and whether it will build on existing strengths or plug gaps. Offers from individuals, institutions, and businesses are considered.
Continuing commitments are entered into only in special circumstances.
Surplus material (chiefly duplicate copies of commercial recordings) is disposed of through the University's surplus process.


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Place the chicken in a few inches of water with a peeled quartered onion and a couple of bay leaves. Bring the water to a low boil then reduce the heat to a simmer and gently poach the chicken 10 to 12 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the extra-virgin olive oil in skillet over medium heat and saute the onions and garlic until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the broccolini to the pan and season with salt and pepper. Turn the heat off pan.
While the onions cook, heat the butter in a medium saucepot over medium heat, whisk in flour 1 minute then whisk in the milk and season with salt, pepper, freshly grated nutmeg, and thyme. Thicken 5 minutes then whisk in a little of the sauce to the egg yolks to combine, then add the egg yolks back to the sauce and whisk to combine, turn heat down to the lowest setting.
Cook's Note: If sauce becomes too thick, add a splash of chicken poaching liquid and turn off the heat.
Shred the poached chicken with forks or dice poached chicken into small, bite-size pieces.
Preheat the broiler.
To the large pot of boiling water, add the egg noodles. Cook the noodles according to package directions for al dente. Drain the noodles very well and add them back to the hot pot. Stir in the broccolini, chicken, and sauce, and then transfer to a flameproof casserole dish. Place the casserole in the middle of the oven and broil 3 to 5 minutes until bubbly and brown. Cool and store for make-ahead meal.
To serve the casserole, heat the oven to 375 degrees F. Mix together the panko, Gruyere, Parm, and parsley. Place the casserole on a baking sheet in upper half of the oven and bake 30 minutes, add the topping and bake 15 to 20 minutes more, or until brown and crispy on top.


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Mike James scored a season-high 19 points, Dirk Nowitzki added 17 and the Dallas Mavericks beat the slumping Utah Jazz 113-108 Sunday night.
Vince Carter and Shawn Marion each had 15 points for the Mavericks, who moved within two games of the Los Angeles Lakers for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Enes Kanter scored 17 points as the Jazz lost their ninth straight on the road.
The score was tied midway through the third before the 37-year-old James keyed a 20-2 run which bridged the third and fourth quarters.


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My 2008 .torrent update
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My new favorite site to find .torrents on is Youtorrent. It's still in the beta, but it works marvelously. It gives you a real time comparisi0n between .torrent sites. For those of you that don't know how to download .torrents, it's rather simple – I recommend that you use Frostwire. It's a free, open source version of Limewire that won't muck up your computer. After you download the desired .torrent file from your browser, launch Frostwire and go to File->Open .torrent and select the .torrent file you saved. Then you're good to go. Yeah.


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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
This evening I'll be presenting a brand new session on installing and managing SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell. Here's the abstract:
Windows Server 2008 introduced Server Core, the operating system without the Graphical User Interface. SQL Server 2012 is the first version of SQL Server to support Server Core. To gain the maximum efficiency from your servers you want to make use of Server Core and with PowerShell you can effectively manage SQL Server in that environment. This session will demonstrate how to manage SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server Core and provide scripts to help you perform the common tasks you need to perform on that platform.
Please join us at the Triangle SQL Server User Group meeting in Raleigh, NC for this first look at making your servers more efficient.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Allen, thanks for coming down and speaking. I found the experience of being a guinea pig not entirely unenjoyable. :)


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Obtaining sufficient restful sleep is an essential requirement for optimal human productivity. Such a practice is a key component of a healthy lifestyle, which includes a nutritious diet, regular ...View Article
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Although doctors of chiropractic (DCs) care for more than just back pain, many patients visit DCs looking for relief from this pervasive condition.
Thirty-one million Americans have low back pain at any given time (1). One half of all working Americans admit to having back symptoms each year (2). One third of all Americans over age 18 had a back problem in the past five years severe enough for them to seek professional help (3). And the cost of this care is estimated to be a staggering $50 Billion yearly— and that's just for the more easily identified costs! (4).
These are just some of the astounding facts about Americans and their miserable backs! Is there any wonder why some experts estimate that as many as 80% of all of us will experience a back problem at some time in our lives? (5).
Because back problems are this common it's probably going to happen to you too! Shouldn't you find out what to do about it before it happens rather than after? Why wait until you're hurting to learn about your treatment options?
When you're hurting you may not give this important decision the time and attention it needs to make the best choice. Here are the facts about manipulation as a treatment for back problems:
Manipulation is one of several established forms of treatment used for back problems. Used primarily by Doctors of Chiropractic (DCs) for the last century, manipulation has been largely ignored by most others in the health care community until recently. Now, with today's growing emphasis on treatment and cost effectiveness, manipulation is receiving much more widespread attention. In fact, after an extensive study of all currently available care for low back problems, the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research— a federal government research organization— recommended that low back pain suffers choose the most conservative care first. And it recommended spinal manipulation as the ONLY safe and effective, DRUGLESS form of initial professional treatment for acute low back problems in adults! (6). Chiropractic manipulation, also frequently called the chiropractic adjustment, is the form of manipulation that has been most extensively used by Americans for the last one hundred years. (7). Satisfied chiropractic patients already know that DCs are uniquely trained and experienced in diagnosing back problems and are the doctors most skilled in using manipulation for the treatment of back pain and related disorders (8). As a public service, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) urges you to make an informed choice about your back care. To learn more about the federal government's recommendations.
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Clothing in GTA IVEdit
The ability to choose and wear clothing in Grand Theft Auto IV is a feature similar to that of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, albeit much less complex.
Access to various outfits is absent altogether in The Lost and Damned, but is reintroduced in The Ballad of Gay Tony, where a more simple wardrobe system more akin to those found in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is used.
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Basic outfits [2]EditEdit
In GTA IV, there are three different clothing chains, with a total of four stores, in Liberty City. However, the shopping experience of clothing in GTA IV has changed from GTA San Andreas - rather than outfits loading from the changing rooms, the player approaches clothes-racks or shelves to try on the various articles of clothing. Already-purchased clothes can be rebought for immediacy's sake (i.e. the player will not have to go back to a safehouse to don the item).
With the exception of the medical scrubs (see below), clothing has no influence on gameplay outside of comments from girlfriends; unlike in previous GTAs, changing clothes does not lower the player's Wanted level.
Retailers selling clothings and accessories for female are not available in the story mode. However, limited female clothings and accessories are still available in the multiplayer mode. Players can still find some non-interactive retailers showcasing female clothings and/or accessories on their window displays.
The range of clothing offered can be categorized as follows:
- Hats;
- Glasses/Sunglasses;
- Tops;
- Bottoms (pants); and
- Shoes.
In addition, unlike GTA San Andreas, players do not have the option of removing their top, bottom or shoes.
The three clothing retailers in GTA IV include:
- Russian Shop: opened after the mission Three's a Crowd. Located in Hove Beach, the Russian shop sells cheap "street" clothing, in styles popular in post-Soviet countries. Hats and glasses/sunglasses are only available from this shop.
- Modo: opened when Algonquin is unlocked. There is one location for this store, in East Holland. Modo sells casual and sporting clothes.
- Perseus: opened when Algonquin is unlocked. There are two locations, in Middle Park East and The Exchange. Perseus sells suits and dress clothing.
If the player is hit by a vehicle while wearing the Russian hat, the hat will fall on to the road and it cannot be picked up. The player will need to go back to the safehouse to set the appearance again if he/she wants the Russian hat to be worn on the player.
Additional outfits [3]EditEdit
There are also extra outfits used to complete missions, which cannot be purchased; these stay in the player's wardrobe after their respective missions are completed. They include:
- Liberty Sanitation Department outfit - a green jacket, given to Niko during the mission, Taking in the Trash.
- Scrubs - hospital scrubs (as worn by doctors, nurses and orderlies in medical wards), can be found during the mission Flatline (only available from the player's wardrobe if he or she took the outfit during the mission; not taking it will also make the mission harder by attracting police).
- Balaclava - a black three-hole mask, given to Niko during the mission Three Leaf Clover.
- Albanian biker jacket - a zipped-up white and black jacket with an Albanian gang emblem at the back, given to Niko at the start of the mission I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots and Your Motorcycle. Wearing this outfit in areas such as Hove Beach will get Niko attacked by gang members.
- "Happiness Is...Land" Sweater - a navy blue sweater, found lying on the ground at the entrance to the Statue of Happiness.
- Claude's outfit - unlocked after The Holland Play, but only available with Playboy X's Penthouse. This outfit (a recolored black Albanian biker jacket, green cargo pants, black-and-white crepe-soled sneakers) closely resembles the clothes worn by Claude, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto III.
There are also fingerless gloves in GTA IV, which are prominently featured in official but early pre-release videos and screenshots. The gloves still exist in the game, and can be worn by spawning them using a trainer.
Helmets may also be donned by the player character when they ride a motorbike; this is possible when the player does not immediately control the motorbike after getting up. After getting off a bike, the player character will automatically discard the helmet after around five seconds, unless the player character gets on a bike again.
The Lost and Damned [6]EditEdit
In The Lost and Damned, Johnny is only depicted wearing a large Lost MC black jacket, a button up dark green dress shirt, grey jeans, and black biker boots. The player has no ability to change outfits, nor does the player character appear to wear helmets, as his biking lifestyle does not appear to merit the need for one.
The Ballad of Gay Tony [7]EditEdit
In The Ballad of Gay Tony, Luis is able to change his clothes, but is not able to buy them. Instead, a couple of pre-set outfits are already in the wardrobe. These outfits include:
- Black and White Letterman Jacket with White Undersweater - Luis' default clothing.
- Jacket - Black - A black jacket with black embroidery with a black hooded sweatshirt underneath.
- Jacket - Red/Orange - A red jacket with black shoulders and embroidery with a white hooded sweatshirt underneath.
- Perseus suit - A Perseus suit in two shades of brown.
- Leather Coat - brown - A brown leather coat with a white dress shirt underneath, with a blue tie.
- Leather Coat - black - A black leather coat with a grey dress shirt underneath, with a pink and black tie.
Additionally, a special black suit will be worn in the game's Club Management activity, and it will be then delivered to your safehouse. Helmets worn by Luis when riding motorbikes are depicted as heavy duty variants more commonly found in motorcross racing (although in a pre-release screenshot, a helmet from the original game can be seen) During the Fight Club activity, Luis will remove his jacket and be wearing the White Undersweater alone.
In GTA IV and TLAD, Luis is shown to wear black sneakers, but they were changed to white in TBOGT.
External links[8]EditEdit
- Clothing in GTA IV at gta4onlineguide.com, with pictures, prices, and descriptions for each article of clothing. (This site is offline as of June, 2011).


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The PyObjC project aims to provide a bridge between the Python and Objective-C programming languages. The bridge is intended to be fully bidirectional, allowing the Python programmer to take full advantage of the power provided by various Objective-C based toolkits and the Objective-C programmer transparent access to Python based functionality.
The most important usage of this is writing Cocoa GUI applications on Mac OS X in pure Python. See our tutorial for an example of this.
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It was pretty humorous listening to y'all give Aaz a hard time about the sometimes wild (mis)interpretations it has fostered over the years!
Heheh, glad you enjoyed it. I felt like a kid in the back row of a class, picking on the teacher. I felt pretty bad about it afterward
As a side note: If you look closely at the panel where Joachim is reciting the words to the cult leader you can also see he has large hairy legs with hooves and the walls around them are made of naked bodies, so there is definitely a lot of hallucination within in those scenes. Very subtle stuff, very cool.
Great episode guys. Quick question, what's that version of 'Murder' on the outro? I've never heard this version before.
Thanks for another great episode.
Question/Suggestion:Would it be possible for you guys in the future to have a video podcast instead? The thing I am missing the most is being able to follow what pages/panels you are referring too. Of course I can do that on my own time, bring out the Volumes and follow that way. However it is not something I feel like doing or have the time to do either.
I think only a fraction of our listeners are probably sitting in front of their screens listening attentively to us. I imagine most are like me, listening while driving, doing chores around the house, taking a walk, etc.
The legality is difficult but as long as it's under the fair use laws it should be okay?
What you're asking for definitely does not fall under fair use laws.
However, on the topic of videos... this year we're all in agreement that we'd like to do a video podcast reviewing the Berserk Dreamcast game's cinematic sequences. That's about as far as we've gotten in the discussion: the desire to do one
All the stuff about takedowns on Youtube isn't usually court related, it's usually Youtube covering its ass preemptively when someone complains, and then sometimes deciding for itself that fair use would apply if anyone escalated the complaint, and being willing to stand up for you enough to continue to host your material. Being sued and then defending the material as fair use usually doesn't enter into it.
Just wanted to thank you guys, Walter, Aazealh, and Griffith. I can't appreciate you guys enough for going over these volumes. I'm currently going through your podcasts slowly when I'm at work before our store opens. I've read Berserk so many times, but yet you guys point things out all the time that blows my mind and makes me think differently.I don't care how long it takes to go through a volume, I love hearing all your points and ideas for each panel. It makes me rethink how I felt on certain parts of the manga.


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"The Invisible Dancers — 2" (忍び舞う者たち 其ノ弐, Shinobimau Mono-Tachi — Sono Ni, Viz: Those Who Dance in the Shadows, Part 2) is chapter 617 of the original Naruto manga.
Reflecting on Naruto's words, Lee remembers his time with Neji growing up, and as Naruto transfers some of his chakra to Lee, the young man — now resolved — respectfully closes his fallen comrade's eyes. Amazed by the chakra which also surrounded him, Kakashi reflected on his previous conversation with Shikaku as Kurama thought about Naruto's ability to match his own chakra with that of the different shinobi. Noting his lineage, Kurama silently mused to Kushina and Minato that their son had surpassed them, but notes that this is the power they wanted to pass onto their son. Meanwhile, atop the Ten-Tails, Madara decides to lend a hand to Obito and is able to break out of the Nara clan's Shadow Imitation Technique. With the beast's tails bearing down on the Alliance, several shinobi attack them, causing the great damage to the beast. As Hiashi declares that Neji's sacrifice would not be in vain, Obito mocks him and has the beast surround them with its tails, thus creating a makeshift cage. Obito then notes the irony that Hiashi's clan had a system in place that essentially left persons in a "cage" just waiting to die. Despite this, the newly-empowered Alliance charges forward as Naruto notes that Neji's will was not dead just yet, cutting through the Ten-Tails with one of his Rasenshuriken. With Lee declaring that he would take care of Madara, Naruto's left arm, which was still dislocated, is fixed by Hinata via her Gentle Fist. Reaching the Uchiha, Lee delivers a powerful kick that bisects Madara and Naruto throws his Rasenshuriken which phases through Obito; both of these attacks successfully cut off the Uchiha's connection to the beast, causing them to retreat. With this, Naruto states that, unlike Obito, he did not want to cut off bonds with his comrades, nor did he want them to cut off the ones from them. Meanwhile in Konohagakure, Orochimaru and Taka seemingly arrive at their destination.
- When the alliance along with Naruto charges forward cutting through the Ten-Tails arms, they take the shape of a bird, highlighting the cage bird philosophy that the bird broke the cage and is free, and Neji's will isn't dead.


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"Tribal Wars" is a team based multiplayer shooter modification that utilizes some of the team oriented aspects of its parent title, "Enemy Territory: Quake Wars" and combines it with equipment and weaponry found in titles such as "Starseige: Tribes" and "Unreal Tournament". The game takes place in era far after Quake 4 where humanity has just recovered from a longstanding war against a formidable foe, but now find each other in conflict with one another; all vying for supremacy.
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Minn. Man Charged In Shooting That Wounded 2
GRAND RAPIDS (AP) - A northern Minnesota man is charged in a shooting that wounded two people in Grand Rapids Saturday night.
Itasca County Attorney John Muhar says 26-year-old William Payne of Bovey (BOH'-vee) was charged Monday with first-degree attempted murder, as well as kidnapping, terroristic threats, burglary, assault and violating an order for protection.
The victims, a man and a woman, were in critical condition early Sunday.
A woman who had been granted an order for protection against Payne told police she was visiting the man and woman when she heard Payne yell and saw him fire a gun. The witness says Payne pointed the gun at her, dragged her to her car and ordered her to drive.
Payne was in jail with bail set at $1 million without conditions, $750,000 with conditions.
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Research Interests: His current research interests include mid-infrared laser sources and their applications in fiber-to-the-home, advanced semiconductor process control, combustion monitoring, infrared counter-measures, chemical sensing and bio-medical selective laser ablation. Another area of this current work relates to ultra-high resolution imaging of automobile parts, such as transmissions. He also has on-going work in modulators and new architectures for fiber to the home systems.