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If you put a map, since this is the phrasebook, could you indicate where Finnish is spoken in Sweden and vice versa, and where the last Lapp is before Paavo Nurmi crosses the Finnish line? -phma 07:39, 21 Feb 2004 (EST)
How do you pronounce "WC-a"? I know 'w' is called "kaksois ve" but is that how you say it in "WC"? -phma 08:24, 13 Apr 2004 (EDT)
With regards to the phoneticization of the dipthong "äi", I think IGH is a better approximation than EY. Most English speakers will pronounce EY as AY. -- Nickpest 19:25, 6 Aug 2004 (EDT)
Question: this might not go into this serious phrasebook, but I do remember from my time in Finland that there was a phrase for "peeing emergency". Could someone remind me of that phrase? On a related note, what does everyone think of the concept of adding a "not so serious" subsection with slang-ish expressions and these types of silly things (if you'll understand it despite my absolute ignorance of Finnish orthography, tottamunassa was another one of these joyfully silly expressions)? One could prefix it with a warning and an explanation; I think especially the young crowd who will look up things in a place like wikitravel would appreciate such an add-on to the phrasebook? -Bringa
-"which, on the other hand, makes it hard for Finns to learn almost any other language". Not true. Somewhat oving to the insanely complex grammar we can easily grasp the more simpler languages, that is, pretty much any other language existing with relative ease. All of us are at least bilingual and it is completely ok to excpect that some 20-40% of us speak four languages or even more, english, swedish, german and french being the more popular languages, while russian being the distant fifth. Suffice to say that while it takes up to eight years of schooling to master the basics of grammar and inflection, we're on par at basically every indo-european languages after only three years tops. This doesn't mean that our vocabularity is anywhere near finnish, nor does it mean that our accent is necessarily particularly good. In most cases though it would be acceptable but especially french, riksvenska and english (or any other spoken language that has little or nothing to do with written form for that matter) tends to get mangled a bit, since we have no accent whatsoever at any case, at all in finnish. This can result in interesting mistakes, for example, to native speaker there is very little phonetic distinction in the words "Thai" and "Thigh"
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Tom Brennan's friends: Former Manchester superintendent has manyEDITORIAL
February 01. 2014 1:09AM
News of the failing health of former Manchester School Superintendent Tom Brennan leaves his friends, former colleagues and admirers saddened. And that's a large group.
Dr. Brennan brought to his very difficult job a gift of getting diverse groups and interests to, if not declare peace and love, at least to keep the school system functioning. There was never any question that Tom Brennan's primary interest was in the children and their education. He not only worked tirelessly to that end, but also put up with an awful lot of, well, let's just call it stuff, in order to do so. You can only do that for so long and still keep your sanity.
We were sorry to see him leave but understood his reasons.
His love of and interest in education didn't wane when he left office, either. He was until recently a regular guest on Rich Girard's local radio talk show, giving his candid assessments of education issues.
As Girard said last week, Tom Brennan is now fighting for his life.
A lot of people are in your corner, Tom.

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Justin Bieber to Record All Original Songs for New Christmas Album
There are plenty of things you can safely count on when it comes to Justin Bieber's upcoming Christmas album — including healthy sales, excited tweens, and a holiday hit single or two.
One thing you won't get, however, is traditional yuletide music. According to Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, the album will consist of all original songs.
"This Christmas album is amazing," tweeted Braun recently. "Might be the best album yet. all originals…soon to be classics. Everyone I play it for is blown away. #excited."
"Yeah we are going hard for christmas!!" responded Bieber, concluding with the hashtag "#mistletoe."
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With India's public sector banks burdened by over-stretched balance sheets, the country's more nimble private banks are benefiting from positive demographics and stronger credit demand, says Diego Mauro, Senior Investment Analyst, of Hermes Emerging Markets.
Growing demand for credit
We believe India is one the best structural growth stories within the emerging markets: in the coming decade, more than 100m people are expected to join the workforce from a population of 1.2bn, fuelling a powerful demographic dividend. Furthermore, the percentage of people over the age of 15 who have completed secondary and tertiary education has risen from 23% to 40% throughout 2005 to 2015, and is expected to reach 50% by 2025. This should increase the number of skilled workers in the economy.
With these developments in mind, we believe that retail banking in India will undergo structural growth as economic progress increases both wages and demand for financial services. As disposable incomes rise, tax incentives are enticing more Indians to take up mortgages, and greater personal wealth often creates demand for investment and financial planning services. These favourable economic and social conditions, combined with our focus on high-quality companies trading at attractive valuations, have led us to research India's retail banking industry for investment opportunities.
Public sector banks are losing steam
At the moment, the environment for retail banks in India is probably the best that we have seen. In the wake of Modi's election, the national economy is expanding at more than 7% per annum, its current account is becoming more balanced and it boasts $350bn in foreign exchange reserves. Inflation is under control, at about 5%, and positive real interest rates are creating the right incentives for individuals to invest.
India's financial industry is still dominated by public sector undertaking (PSU) banks, which comprise about 73% of the total system. These entities are currently focused on repairing their balance sheets after the government stopped providing them with capital, and consequently do not have the flexibility to expand and invest in competitive retail banking services.
Private-sector banks operate without these constraints. With robust balance sheets and strong retail franchises, they are poised to rapidly grow market share. This is already happening: while PSUs such as State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank are experiencing single-digit growth, a number of retail banks are expanding at more than 20% per annum. In our research of the sector, we identified two lenders that we believe are capturing the opportunities available to them.
HDFC: market innovator
HDFC Bank is the second-largest private bank in India, with a 35m client base that is growing by 1.5m every year. This uptake is fastest in rural areas, largely due to the bank being one of the few offering digital services outside cities. HDFC has a 15% market share in the retail segment, with very strong positions with respect to credit cards (30% of the market), point-of-sales machines (20% of the market) and e-commerce transactions (more than 30% of the market). Its financial position is also strong: at a time when the loan books of most banks are deteriorating in quality, its non-performing loan (NPL) ratio is beneath its 10-year average, at less than 1%.
HDFC has invested significantly in its digital operations, with the recent launch of a new platform aiming to facilitate faster loan approvals, bring remote access to a larger customer base and make merchant payments faster and easier. Highlights of the strategy include a 10-second personal loan approval for certain clients and a plethora of new apps.
With its focus on digital innovation and improving consumer services, HDFC is well positioned to benefit as rising incomes enable more Indians to take up banking products and the proportion of skilled workers in the workforce grows. As a result, we are confident that the bank can maintain a return on assets of 1.9% to 2%.
ICICI: rapid retail growth, attractive valuation
The retail business of ICICI, India's largest private sector bank, has expanded at more than 20% per annum in the past two years. It now accounts for nearly 43% of its total loan book compared with 37% two years ago. ICICI has been focusing on growing its retail arm and expanding margins from domestic business as it has significant credit exposure to industries suffering cyclical challenges. We believe, and the bank has indicated, that these levels of NPLs have peaked. However, despite this improvement and the increasing proportion of higher quality retail business, the stock is trading at an attractive price-to-book valuation of 1.6x, which is about one standard deviation below its average over the last five years.
We believe that these banks are best-in-class lenders that should continue to benefit from ongoing economic reforms and growth in India, favourable demographics and a concomitant rise in credit demand.
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April 16. 2013 10:15PM
Man allegedly choked, threatened ex-girlfriend
A city man was arraigned Tuesday in Manchester District court on multiple charges, including allegedly choking his ex-girlfriend until she had difficulty breathing and threatening to cut her throat.
Patrick Devine, 23, of 155 Bellevue St., could enter no plea to felony charges of kidnapping, second-degree assault and criminal threatening, but pleaded innocent to misdemeanor charges of simple assault, criminal mischief and theft by unauthorized taking.
Devine allegedly became angry during an argument with his ex-girlfriend in her room at the Comfort Inn, 298 Queen City Ave., and smashed her phone against the wall. The woman told police Devine then pulled out a pocketknife and stabbed a desk chair, her wallet and the bottom of the bed.
Court documents show the woman told police that Devine then grabbed her, threw her onto the bed and got on top of her, straddling her as he pinned her down by the shoulders and called her names. She said he put the blade of the knife against her throat and said: "I'm going to cut your throat. ... You're lucky I didn't bring the gun. If you call the police, I'll kill you."
She told police that he put the knife away, but then put his hands around her neck and increased the pressure until she was gasping for air.
Devine allegedly also ripped the hotel phone off the cord and broke the earpiece and began throwing her jewelry in the toilet, When she tried to leave, an upper latch prevented the door from opening and Devine allegedly confronted her, saying: "You think you're going to leave? Get back over there."
She said he barricaded the door with various items and put empty beer cans in front of the door, so if she tried to leave it would make noise and alarm him. At one point, she said, he stuffed a washcloth into her mouth, causing her to gag.
The woman said a friend was supposed to pick her up for a 7 a.m. appointment in Hudson, but when a hotel employee knocked to say the friend was there, Devine ordered her to say she didn't need the ride.
The woman said Devine fell asleep from about 7 to 11 a.m., but she was afraid to try to leave. He finally woke up and left, but she stayed in the room, afraid he was waiting outside.
Eventually, she decided to leave the room and ran to the front lobby and spoke with hotel staff.
Police investigating the report found cigarette burns and holes in the mattress and cover and found the hotel phone set broken, with pieces missing.
Court documents show that when police went to Devine's residence, he was dressed exactly as the alleged victim had described. A pocketknife was found in his pocket and a black .22 caliber H&R revolver was found in his bedroom and taken as evidence.
Devine shook his head as the charges were read. A police prosecutor requested $20,000 cash/surety bail, but Devine objected.
"I understand the severity of these charges and allegations," he said, but he requested personal recognizance bail. "I have a job. It's very important to me," he told Judge William Lyons.
He also said he had a doctor's appointment later in the day, but declined to say what the appointment involved, saying only that it took a long time to get the appointment.
Lyons set bail at the amount requested by the prosecutor, with conditions that include no contact with the alleged victim and not going to the Comfort Inn.
A probable cause hearing on the felonies was set for April 30 and trial was set for May 22.
"I've suffered enough"
Robert Moreau, 39, of 319 Sewall St., asked for personal recognizance bail at his arraignment Tuesday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division on charges of driving with a suspended license and registration, as well as contempt of court because he was out on bail on theft and contempt charges at the time of his arrest earlier in the day.
He had failed to appear for a New Hampshire State Police unreasonable speed charge March 12 and on March 18 for trial on charges of theft and disobeying a police officer.
A police prosecutor requested $5,000 cash/surety bail, citing the failures to appear and Moreau's extensive criminal record that includes drug possession and sale convictions, reckless conduct, violation of probation and thefts.
Moreau said: "I'm not a threat to the community."
He told Judge William Lyons that his car had been towed after his arrest and said: "I've suffered enough."
Lyons set bail at the amount requested by the prosecutor and trial was set for May 30.
Bail continued
Bail was continued at $5,000 cash/surety Tuesday in Manchester District Court for Anthony Longhi, 30, of 795 Valley St., at his arraignment on a charge of felon in possession of a weapon and a misdemeanor of possession of a controlled drug (marijuana) at the Valley Street address April 2.
Longhi is also accused of having a .22 caliber Ruger in his possession, but is barred from having a dangerous weapon because he was convicted in Hillsborough County Superior Court North in 2005 on a felony charge of possession of a controlled drug with intent to sell.
Claims an excuse
Kemani Lacey, 21, of 135 Orange St., was arraigned Tuesday in Manchester District Court on charges of falsifying physical evidence and criminal threatening for which he had failed to appear in court April 5.
The charges allege he removed a firearm from a park after a shooting and threw the gun in the river and threatened an ex-girlfriend at a Valley Street address that if anyone came to the location, he would slit her throat.
Lacey told Judge William Lyons that he missed his Manchester court date because: "I was in Merrimack County Jail." Lacey said he was arrested April 3 and told jail officials he was supposed to be in Manchester April 5, but wasn't transported.
He had originally been released on personal recognizance bail, but bail was set at $800 cash/surety at his arraignment Tuesday. A probable cause hearing on the felony charge was set for April 30 and trial on the misdemeanor was set for May 22.


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It is a rare luxury for any high school team to have a wrestler at any weight class that can compete for a state championship.
BAYBORO � It is a rare luxury for any high school team to have a wrestler at any weight class that can compete for a state championship.
The Pamlico Hurricanes have that in 138-pounder Chad Hoff.
Hoff finished third and the 1-A state championships last season as a junior and is hoping to reach the summit this year as a senior.
�That�s my ultimate goal this year to go undefeated and win states,� Hoff said.
�I want to lead the team better and build up our young guys. After losing four matches last season, I hope that I can go undefeated this season.�
Coach Kevin Knox is undeniably relying heavily on Hoff, but he has a few other solid grapplers on the roster as well.
Sophomore Connor Hough at 160 pounds qualified for the state meet last season and is hoping to be able to place this year.
Hough was a solid contributor on the Hurricanes� football team this fall.
Senior Humberto Mendoza (195 pounds) and sophomore Michael Spain (106 pounds) will be added weapons for Knox.
Mendoza finished one spot shy of reaching the state championships last season and should qualify this year.
�We have a very young team, as we only return two seniors, but we have some talent too,� Knox said.
�I�m just looking for us to gradually get better and do well in conference and hopefully we can make a run at conference.�
Dixon is usually the favorite in the Coastal Plains Conference when it comes to wrestling. The Bulldogs won the past four conference championships.
Hoff takes on the mantra of his head coach in that he feels the sky�s the limit for his young teammates.
�I feel that if everyone tries their best and hardest then we can definitely place at conference and have a good season,� Hoff said.
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Two weeks ago I visited the SAP offices in Mumbai and Bangalore, and had the chance to meet with customers, partners, press, analysts, and bloggers. It was an amazing experience for me personally: the culture, the energy, and the opportunity. I was asked multiple times to try to summarize the SAP India organization and India's impact on SAP. Given the diversity, it's a difficult thing to do but here are some interesting facts I consolidated:
SAP India
Started in 1996, SAP India is one of the fastest growing companies within SAP worldwide with ~5,500 employees and more than 4,800 customers.
- SAP India is the third largest subsidiary for SAP in terms of employees.
- The second largest SAP lab for development and research is located in Bangalore, India
- Some of the applications developed in India include HR Applications, Mobile Solutions, Supplier relationship management, SAP HANA and Big Data activity
- SAP Education in India has trained over 50,000 SAP consultants in the last decade
- SAP has 3,800 SME customers in the country
- SAP India was declared the HUB of the region in 2011 for its outstanding performance
The Best-Run Indian Businesses Run SAP
SAP has emerged as the unquestionable partner of India Inc.
- 4 out of 5 'Maharatna' companies run SAP
- 10 out of Top 10 ET 500 run SAP
- 14 out of 15 Indian companies named by Forbes Asia's Fab 50 run SAP
India and the SAP community / social networks
- SAP has approximately 2.5M registered members of the SAP Community Network (SCN)
- 425,000 (17%) of the total are from India; second only to the USA (23%) and ahead of Germany (13%
- 19% of the 3.2M total visits to SAP Community Network each month are from India
- SAP has 120,000 fans on Facebook
- India is the top contributor with 27,000 fans, followed by USA at less than half that number
- Six of India's urban areas (Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Pune, Chennai) are in the top ten cities generating traffic to SAP's Facebook pages
- About 10% of SAP's 50,000+ followers on Twitter are from India


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SPLITTING UP: News Corp. said Monday that its new publishing company will keep the News Corp. name, while its separate media and entertainment company will be renamed Fox Group.
THE PROPERTIES: The new News Corp. will house newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and New York Post as well as Dow Jones Newswires. Fox Group, meanwhile, will include 20th Century Fox film and television studios and the Fox TV channels, among other holdings.
DAILY'S DEMISE: As part of the changes, News Corp. said it will cease publication of The Daily, a news application created for the iPad, on Dec. 15.


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Amid upheaval in China, expert will focus on future
Dr. Cheng Li is director of China research at the Brookings Institution
The Chinese Communist Party is facing its greatest upheaval since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Just as the party elite is trying to smooth the way for appointment of a new leader, one of its rising stars, Bo Xilai, has been ousted as party chief of Chongqing, China's biggest metropolis and his wife is under arrest for suspected involvement in the murder of a British businessman.
In a country where capitalism seemed to have trumped communist ideology, Bo has emerged as a prominent, popular left-wing revivalist; his fall may set the stage for a showdown later this year between advocates of capitalist growth and defenders of communist principles.
To help the Brandeis community understand the monumental struggles going on behind Beijing's closed doors, the International and Global Studies Program has invited Dr. Cheng Li, director of China research at the Brookings Institution and prolific author on Chinese politics.
Li will speak on "China 2012: What's Next?" at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Rapaporte Treasure Hall. The talk is free and open to the public.
Li is director of research and senior fellow at Brookings' John L. Thornton China Center. He also serves as a member of the Academic Advisory Team of the Congressional U.S.-China Working Group.
He is author or editor of numerous books, including "China's Leaders: The New Generation," "China's Changing Political Landscape: Prospects for Democracy," "China's Emerging Middle Class: Beyond Economic Transformation" and, most recently, "The Road to Zhongnanhai: High-Level Leadership Groups on the Eve of the 18th Party Congress," just published in Chinese. He is the principal editor of the Thornton Center Chinese Thinkers Series published by the Brookings Institution Press.
Li has recently appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, BBC, ABC World News with Diane Sawyer, NPR Diane Rehm Show, NPR News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and the PBS Charlie Rose Show.
His visit to Brandeis will help celebrate publication of a new issue of the Brandeis International Journal, which is devoted to understanding new directions in Chinese politics. He will be joined by Brandeis Professor Gary Jefferson, an expert on the Chinese economy.
Li's visit is supported by the Ellen Lasher Kaplan '64 and Robert Kaplan Endowment for Economic Growth.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was formally charged Friday with inciting violence at an anti-government protest that has been followed by weeks of unrest across Venezuela.
Chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz announced the charges a day before the legal deadline to make the case for keeping Lopez in custody. The Harvard-educated Lopez has become a cause celebre among opponents of President Nicolas Maduro during the month and a half he has spent in a military prison outside the capital.
Lopez's Popular Will party responded with what it said would be a 24-hour protest to demand his freedom. Protesters gathered at the same plaza where the 42-year-old former mayor dramatically surrendered to authorities on Feb. 18 surrounded by a sea of supporters.
Lopez's wife helped lead the rally that began Friday afternoon. The protest remained peaceful as night fell, with hundreds of police looking on.
The U.S. Embassy put out a release mentioning the rally and advising Americans to avoid protests and large gatherings and urging them to stay inside after nightfall.
The unrest has caused at least 39 deaths, including both anti- and pro-government activists as well as bystanders, according to official figures. Most of the deaths happened since Lopez was arrested.
Prosecutors say Lopez was behind the deadly violence that followed a peaceful march Feb. 12, saying he encouraged followers to set fire to and destroy public buildings. Maduro accused him of being the visible face of a U.S.-backed "fascist" conspiracy to topple his year-old administration.
If found guilty, Lopez could serve nearly 14 years in prison. It would be by far the longest sentence for an opposition leader since the protests began. The country's high court sent two opposition mayors to jail last month for failing to remove road barricades put up by anti-government activists. One mayor was sentenced to a year while the other got 10 months.
Critics of Maduro's socialist administration say the charismatic Lopez is being held on trumped-up charges. Courts have denied his request to be freed ahead of his trial.
Speaking in Caracas on Friday, Maduro said he would continue to take preventive action against those who plot his overthrow.
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Meeting of June 17, 2009 - Proposed Rulemaking Implementing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
Good morning Acting Chairman, Acting Vice Chair, Commissioner Barker, and members of the public.
I am Peggy Mastroianni, Associate Legal Counsel, and for the last year I have had the privilege of working on this proposed rule and appendix implementing the ADA Amendments Act with two extraordinary attorneys in the Office of Legal Counsel -- Christopher Kuczynski and Jeanne Goldberg.
Driving the development of the rule from day one has been Congress's exhortation in the Act that the definition of disability should "be construed in favor of broad coverage" and "should not demand extensive analysis."
After an earlier version of this proposed rule failed to get Commission approval last December, we worked intensely to fashion a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would from beginning to end reflect the intent of Congress. We coordinated productively with the Commission's program offices -- the Office of General Counsel, Office of Federal Operations, and Office of Field Programs; we went back to the legislative history again and again; and we thought long and hard about how the Amendments Act intends to change the way that ADA claims are addressed at EEOC and in the courts.
On April 28, 2009, we circulated a new draft rule to the Commission for a briefing period which was later extended. During this time, we discussed the content of the proposed rule with the offices of the Commissioners. The proposed rule that you are considering today reflects some changes resulting from the briefing period.
I will now turn this over to Chris Kuczynski who will review the substance of the proposed rule and appendix in detail. Then we will both respond to your questions.
Finally, let me briefly note that, if the Commission approves this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, it will go to other federal agencies and OMB for review, and then -- only when that review is completed -- will it be published in the Federal Register for notice and comment. Following the notice and comment process, a Final Rule will be developed for a final Commission vote and OMB review.
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There has been debate over whether the cost of using renewable energy sources is too high. According to a March 23 article from USA Today, people in Germany will have to pay 11% more for their electricity in 2013 compared to 2012 because of the government's subsidy programs for renewable energy. For countries that have financial difficulties, finding money to fund renewable energy programs may be less important than finding the money to pay for public benefits or infrastructure construction.
Countries hope to increase solar installations to reduce reliance on generating electricity using coal or nuclear, and to reduce carbon emissions. Big carbon emitter countries, such as China, have introduced solar subsidy programs in hope to stimulate installations. However, what if carbon emissions fall in a country not because of increasing solar installation, but because of a slower economy? What will happen to solar demand in that country?
According to a report by Bloomberg Business on March 28, Europe's carbon emission market is crashing. The European Union Emissions Trading System is the biggest carbon market in the world, according to the report, and the price tag of a ton of carbon emission has dropped from EUR31 (US$40) since the beginning of the trading system to EUR4.15/ton on March 22, 2013, said the report. The falling prices of carbon emissions are due to a slower economy causing lower emissions.
This means firms no longer need to buy carbon emission permits. This is good news for the world as the air is fresher and global warming may ease a little. But with lower carbon emissions, the motivation for people to install and switch to solar power is weak. If people can maintain the current lifestyle without making changes, people will be reluctant to change.
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Scott Jamieson claimed his maiden victory on the European Tour after winning the inaugural Nelson Mandela Championship in South Africa.
The Scot fired an eight-under-par round of 57 on Sunday before beating Eduardo de la Riva and Steve Webster in a play-off after the event was cut to 36 holes due to poor weather in Durban.
Jamieson, who surged up the leaderboard on Sunday after an opening round 66, saw his rivals fall by the wayside as De La Riva bogeyed the first play-off hole before Webster followed suit on the second to hand the 29-year-old victory.
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Mexico City, Mexico, Nov 22, 2013 / 02:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, presented a golden rose from Pope Francis to Our Lady of Guadalupe, calling the rose a sign of love, gratitude and enthusiasm.
"Our hearts more than our heads know the debt of love we owe you," the cardinal said to the Blessed Mother. "This is why we beg you to receive from us a special gesture of grateful love."
He prayed that the rose remind the Virgin Mary of "the gold, frankincense, and myrrh offered by the magi who once hastened to the manger to adore the King of Kings and Lord of Lords."
Cardinal Ouellet presented the golden rose Nov. 18 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City as part of the "Our Lady of Guadalupe, Star of the New Evangelization" conference, led by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and co-sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, the Guadalupe basilica and the Institute of Higher Guadalupan Studies.
The cardinal led the congregation in a reflection and heartfelt prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe before the presentation of the golden rose to the Virgin Mary, whose 500-year-old image is imprinted on the tilma of St. Juan Diego.
"May our unity and ardor in evangelization be eloquent signs of our living faith, in this Year of Faith when the whole Church rejoices to celebrate Jesus' victory over sin and death, the victory of love over hatred and ingratitude," he said.
"May our faith be creative and conquering!" the cardinal exhorted, stressing the need for a renewal in faith.
"Let us ask God together, you our Mother and we with you as a single family, to increase, purify and strengthen our faith, to make it more courageous and radiant, so that the world may believe in the name of Jesus, the Son of the living God, our sole and unique Savior," he said.
He praised Mary's famous response to the greeting of her cousin Elizabeth, the Magnificat, saying her prayer "does not cease to glorify God from age to age for his goodness and his mercy."
"Compassionate and fruitful Mother, we owe to your loving presence in each community the fidelity of this continent to its Christian vocation. Your maternal love knows no boundaries, but you have watched over the Americas in a particular way."
Cardinal Ouellet asked the Virgin Mary to help Catholics convert their hearts and spread the Gospel.
"We beg you to visit us again to illumine the path of evangelization in our age, which is so forgetful of God, for you are the living memory of his graces, the pole-star in the heaven of his wonders," he said.
"Every one of your visits to our heart is an invitation to conversion, an incitement to live a more ardent charity toward all, but especially toward those who are suffering the most, those whom your son has privileged and whom he asks us to love without calculation or conditions."
Cardinal Ouellet also voiced thanks that Pope Francis, the first Pope from the Americas, is "so zealously reviving evangelization among the poor."
"Let us pray that he be loved and heard!" he said, asking that those who listened to the Pope's July message at World Youth Day in Brazil remember the pontiff's words and "commit themselves resolutely with Francis in the revolution of love."
He further prayed that Our Lady of Guadalupe help the bishops of the Americas to listen to her message "with the same emotion" as "all the evangelizing saints who walked the same paths before us."
"Blessed be God for your presence among us in this great holy house built by your care, Mother of the Church in the Americas," the cardinal's prayer concluded. "My soul magnifies the Lord!"
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John will be glad to know that the European soccer season is under way. Qualifying rounds for the European Championship. involving the champions of countries like Iceland and lesser clubs from the major European leagues, such as Liverpool, have already started. The English season is only two weeks away. Last night defending champions Chelsea tuned up with a 2-1 victory over DC United. And the French league kicked off this afternoon.
Long time readers know that European soccer leagues have a feature unknown to American sports — the bottom teams get dropped to a lower division. Every year I obsess over whether my club, Everton, will suffer "relegation." Everton has a streak of more than 50 years in the top division, a feat all the more remarkable given the club's mediocrity, and worse, during all too much of that period. Last season, Everton shocked the soccer world by finishing fourth, having finished fourth from bottom the previous year (the bottom three teams go down). But this doesn't mean that I'll be any less nervous this year, as I root the team on to the 40 point mark normally associated with safety (there are 38 matches — a team gets three points for a win and one for a draw).
The indispensable soccer site Soccernet is celebrating its ten season of soccer coverage by recalling memorable matches, players, and other events. Here it recounts Everton's "great escape" from relegation during the 1997-98 season:
Loveable old Howard Kendall had dutifully heeded Chairman Peter Johnson's call to take charge at Goodison Park following Joe Royle's departure in March 1997. . .The new season was fast approaching. 'Oh what the hell,' an exasperated Johnson could almost be heard to sigh, 'let's give Howard a call.' Thus was Kendall's third spell in charge at Everton born.
An opening day defeat at home to newly-promoted Crystal Palace set the tone for what was to follow. By November, the good ship Kendall III was lilting badly and lay marooned at the bottom of the table. A first away win in over a year sparked a mini-revival after Christmas which saw them rise to thirteenth but that familiar sinking feeling soon returned and Everton's final two games saw them requiring four points from Arsenal and Coventry to ensure safety. Arsenal thrashed them 4-0. So, if Bolton (playing away to Chelsea) matched Everton's result on the final day the Trotters would end Everton's 44-year association with top-flight football.
An early strike from Gareth Farrelly and the news that Bolton were a goal behind calmed Evertonian nerves, but in the last five minutes a Nick Barmby missed penalty and a Coventry equaliser from one-time Toffees target Dion Dublin meant if Bolton scored Everton were down. To the relief of the blue half of Merseyside Jody Morris scored a second goal for Chelsea to relegate Bolton and spark wild celebrations at Goodison.
'So long as I'm manager we'll never go through this again,' vowed Kendall. How right he was. Everton forced him out the following month.
The escape was even more remarkable because Chelsea had no incentive to beat Bolton and, with a crucial European match a few days away, every incentive to take it easy. I remember sitting in an empty local bar mortified by Chelsea's first half display. Fortunately, player-manager Gianluca Vialli inserted himself into the line-up for the second half and rallied Chelsea to victory.
But a few years earlier Everton pulled off a much greater escape, probably the greatest in the history of top-flight English football. I'll tell that story soon in The Great Escape, Part I.
JOHN adds: The way the Twins are playing, I may as well start following Everton. They probably score more.


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Gibson said they had to toughen up fast ahead of the third Test at Edgbaston starting on June 7.
"That's what the top teams in the world do. They test your technique, they test your character, they test your mental strength and perhaps that's where we are falling short."
But West Indies did see middle-order duo Marlon Samuels and Sammy frustrate England with a century apiece during their first innings at Trent Bridge.
Sammy's 106 was his maiden Test hundred and Gibson said: "It saved us from a pretty dire situation.
"He works very hard, he's an honest cricketer and it's always pleasing when that hard work pays off.
"In his case, the amount of criticism he's been getting even from some of our own people makes it even more special for him. I was delighted for him as I was for Marlon as well."
And he insisted West Indies wouldn't throw in the towel.
"We've still got another Test match, we are a proud people, we are very proud of our history and that we were once the number one team in the world and that's something we take a lot of pride in.
"We'll go to Edgbaston in a week's time and put our pride before our performance and see how we come out."
Gibson pleads for patience from Windies cricket fans
Gibson said they had to toughen up fast ahead of the third Test at Edgbaston starting on June 7.
"You come to England, you are playing the number one team in the world, it's difficult to expect you are going to come and beat them easy.
"We challenged them at Lord's (where England won the first Test by five wickets), we challenged them here for periods as well but not for long enough to create any winning opportunities."
The West Indies were the kings of world cricket from the mid 1970s to the early 1990s but a series of high-profile player disputes, a failure to plan for life after the end of a 'golden era', the advent of the Indian Premier League and rising standards elsewhere have hit them hard.
"When I took over this role, two-and-a-half years ago now, I knew it was a tough task," said Gibson. "I knew we'd have to take 'baby steps' if you like to get us back to where we once were.
"It's very difficult to expect you are going to reverse 15 years or 20 years of decline in two-and-a-half, three years of trying to put the right sort of processes in place."
As for the criticism, he added: "It's not nice, especially when it's coming from your own people."
West Indies' top order has repeatedly failed this series and their latest slump, to 61 for six on Sunday, all but sealed their defeat in this match.
West Indies coach Ottis Gibson urged Caribbean cricket fans to keep faith with his youthful side after their latest defeat, admitting criticism from "your own people" was tough to take.
The West Indies lost the second Test against England, and with it the three-match series, after going down by nine wickets with more than a day left at Trent Bridge on Monday.
Before this match, former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding said Gibson needed "to understand that the West Indies cricket team is not a boot camp and how to man-manage".
Holding, now a respected cricket broadcaster, also questioned the place in the team of captain Darren Sammy, saying: "West Indies cannot afford to carry anyone while they are struggling in Test matches."
This defeat left West Indies with a record of just two wins in their last 33 Tests and was the end of a previously unbeaten run in first-class cricket at Trent Bridge going back to 1906 that spanned 22 matches, including eight Tests.
Gibson, a former Windies paceman and ex-England bowling coach, was braced for more criticism from Caribbean cricket greats.
"It's part and parcel of West Indies cricket," he said. "Over the years, this group of players, because of the decline, if you like, of West Indies cricket has been criticised.


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The BBC Trust has appointed Lord Hall, the chief executive of the Royal Opera House, as its new director-general.
Hall, who was head of BBC News and Current affairs from 1996-2001 and is also deputy chairman of Channel 4, replaces former director-general George Entwistle, who resigned from the role earlier this month over his handling of the Newsnight and Jimmy Savile scandals.
Hall was described as a "digital pioneer" by the Trust having launched BBC News Online, Radio 5 Live, BBC News 24 and BBC Parliament during his time at the BBC.
He is expected to start in early March and in the interim period Tim Davie will remain as acting director-general.
BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten said:
While there are still very serious questions to be answered by the on-going inquiries, it is in the interests of licence fee payers that the BBC now starts to refocus on its main purpose – making great programmes that audiences love and trust.
In doing this it will need to take a long, hard look at the way it operates and put in place the changes required to ensure it lives up to the standards that the public expects. Tony Hall is the right person to lead this and I am delighted that he is taking on this role. For its part I want to make sure that the Trust gives Tony Hall whatever help and support he needs to re-build the BBC's management around him.
Tony Hall has been an insider and is a currently an outsider. As an ex-BBC man he understands how the Corporation's culture and behaviour make it, at its best, the greatest broadcaster in the world. And from his vantage point outside the BBC, he understands the sometimes justified criticisms of the Corporation – that it can be inward looking and on occasions too institutional.
But perhaps most importantly, given where we now find ourselves, his background in news will prove invaluable as the BBC looks to rebuild both its reputation in this area and the trust of audiences.
Hall takes up the post on a salary of £450,000 per year.
He commented:
I believe passionately in the BBC and that's why I have accepted Lord Patten's invitation to become Director General.
This organisation is an incredibly important part of what makes the United Kingdom what it is. And of course it matters not just to people in this country – but to tens of millions around the world too.
It's been a difficult few weeks – but together we'll get through it.
I'm committed to ensuring our news services are the best in the world.
I'm committed to making this a place where creative people, the best and the brightest, want to work.
And I know from my first days here as a news trainee, to my time as head of news and current affairs, to my time now at the Royal Opera House, that I can't do it on my own. Having the right teams working together, sparking off each other, is key.
And I want to build a world class team to lead a world class BBC.
The appointment was made following a direct approach from the BBC Trust to Hall. The Trust did not approach any other candidates. He did not apply for the job when it last became vacant as a result of Mark Thompson's departure.
Commenting on the process of the appointment, Patten added:
Just over four months ago the Trust completed a thorough recruitment process. Tony Hall wasn't available then but I am delighted he has agreed to come on board now.
Of course we might have considered going through the whole lengthy recruitment process again with a new round of advertisements and another global hunt for candidates.
But I believe the approach we have taken is ultimately in the interests of the BBC and, most importantly, licence fee payers as we have got the best candidate and he will help the organisation quickly get back on an even keel.


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The BBC has been forced to apologise after one of its senior presenters suggested the women's Wimbledon champion was "never going to be a looker".
John Inverdale made the disparaging remark on the broadcaster's Radio 5 live programme shortly after French player Marion Bartoli defeated Germany's Sabine Lisicki on Centre Court.
Bartoli, 28, sank to her knees after she clinched the title and then made a beeline for the player's box where she embraced her father and former coach, Walter.
But Inverdale sparked a backlash when he told listeners: "Do you think Bartoli's dad told her when she was little, 'you're never going to be a looker, you'll never be a Sharapova, so you have to be scrappy and fight?"
I'm not very politically correct (!) but really John?! BBC sorry for John Inverdale's 'Bartoli not a looker' comment http://t.co/U0DkOGtMWO— Neil Wallis (@neilwallis1) July 6, 2013
The comments sparked outrage on Twitter where one user branded the presenter a "sexist dinosaur" and another called for Inverdale to be stripped of his job.
Richard Kent said: "John Inverdale needs to go. @bbc5live Are you going to allow him to carry on? Comments re Bartoli are appalling."
Another Twitter user said: "Ooops John Inverdale maybe falling on his sword me thinks, sexist dinosaur!"
Do you think John Inverdale's mother told him when he was little, "You know, you'll always be an idiot so, um, yeah. That's it."— Hadley Freeman (@HadleyFreeman) July 6, 2013
The BBC later apologised for the comments.
"We accept that this remark was insensitive and for that we apologise," a spokesman said.
John Inverdale is, of course, earth-shatteringly beautiful. pic.twitter.com/4FDiiRrPGF— fleetstreetfox (@fleetstreetfox) July 6, 2013
Inverdale had been presenting from the women's final at Wimbledon.
Earlier Inverdale told his listeners that he poked fun at the player's looks "in a nice way".
Wow @bbc5live Wimbledon coverage from bad to worse "we poke fun in a nice way at how she looks but...." NO BUTS— EverydaySexism (@EverydaySexism) July 6, 2013
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In the midst of what has become a heated race to replace former 6th District City Councilman Tony Cardenas, one of the candidates has revealed that she was sexually abused as a child. Nury Martinez, one of the two top candidates for the council seat said yesterday that she had been repeatedly sexually abused when she was "3 or 4" years old.
The disclosure came in response to ads circulated by the other top runner Cindy Montanez. The ads claim that Martinez, a former school board member, hadn't done enough to protect students during a series of teacher abuse scandals. Martinez called the accusation of a cover-up by the school board hurtful.
Was it necessary for Martinez to reveal that she was abused? What does this mean for the two candidates? Will it help or hurt Martinez' chances?
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Nishikori beats Karlovic to defend Memphis title
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Kei Nishikori of Japan came to Tennessee wanting more matches to help him keep up his strong start to 2014. He's leaving with his fourth career title after successfully defending a championship.
Nishikori repeated as champion at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, beating Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-4, 7-6 (0) on Sunday. He made this his first successful title defense, taking the $103,100 winner's check and 250 points on the ATP Tour at The Racquet Club.
"It's amazing actually first time to defend title and especially here," Nishikori said.
"I had a great memory last year playing great, and today was perfect. I think I started well. There was a couple matches before I was kind of slow start. Today was different, and it wasn't easy because he had a lot of aces ... not many chances to break. I have to stay calm and stay focused to whole end of last tiebreak. Yeah, I was really happy to defend."
Nishikori, who came in ranked 16th in the world, was given a wild-card entry into this tournament, which was a 500-point event a year ago when he won here. He rewarded the decision by improving to 11-2 this year and becoming the first back-to-back winner since Tommy Haas won in 2006 and 2007.
"Win this title, that's nothing better than this," Nishikori said. "I'm really happy."
Karlovic came in having not been broken even once this week and looking for his sixth career title. The big-serving Karlovic and his 20 aces couldn't counter Nishikori's precision over 90 minutes. Nishikori saved both break points he faced while winning 86 percent on his first serve (38 of 44).
"He returned really well," Karlovic said. "I was not hitting as wide as I usually can, but he was really fast. He was returning well, and then he won. He was a little bit better."
American Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen of South Africa beat Bob and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-4 for the doubles title. It's the second time this year Butorac and Klaasen have beaten the Bryans after knocking them out of the Australian Open in January.
The 6-foot-11 Karlovic came into the final having gone 42 games here without being broken. Nishikori broke him in the third game of the first set playing a few steps back from the baseline to better handle the powerful first serve.
Karlovic kept going to the net with Nishikori popped a backhand past the Croat into the corner for the advantage after pushing the game to deuce. Then Nishikori broke him with a backhand passing shot past Karlovic for a 2-1 lead.
Nishikori played very efficiently, not losing a point off his serve until the eighth game of the first set when up 30-0.
The top seed fought off two break points before serving up an ace for the advantage, and Karlovic hit a return long as Nishikori held serve for a 5-3 lead. Karlovic didn't make it easy as Nishikori finally converted on his fourth set point to take the first set in 40 minutes on a Karlovic backhand into the net.
In the second set, Karlovic found himself again having to hold his serve. He faced five break points and double-faulted twice before finally taking advantage of a Nishikori return that went wide before Karlovic won the game with an overhead shot.
Nishikori dominated the tiebreaker from the start, hitting a passing shot past Karlovic for the mini-break. Karlovic hit forehands long on the next two points.
"He was really fast, and he hit two like mishit and it was in," Karlovic said. "And I just didn't have my first serve in. That's where he really took the opportunity."
Nishikori beat Karlovic with a passing shot off his forehand putting up him 5-0 that he celebrated with a fist pump. Then Nishikori finished off the match with a forehand into the corner before Karlovic hit a return long.
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is presenting Recent History, a selection of works by the British artist, Simon Starling. His characteristic focus on preliminary research, his interest in architecture and art institutions and the recurring concept of changes of scale are all manifested in the central work in the exhibition. This site-specific creation is a reduced-scale model of the former Wholesale Market in Malaga (now home of the CAC Málaga), conceived in the manner of a set of Russian dolls. The result is a conceptual representation of the thinking that underlies Starlings working procedures, in which one idea or discovery leads on to another and eventually brings about unexpected connections of a temporal or historical nature. The exhibition has been organised by the CAC Málaga and will travel to the Tate St Ives next February through a collaborative agreement between the two institutions. This is the first time that Simon Starlings work has been exhibited in Spain since he was awarded the Turner Prize in 2005.
The internationally renowned British artist Simon Starling belongs to a new generation of conceptual artists. His works reflect his interest in the formal possibilities of everyday objects and craftwork. They are the result of lengthy, detailed processes of research and of solitary trips almost in the manner of pilgrimages that give rise to connections between different times and places. Starling conceives of his creations as performative projects, located midway between a utopian vision and a critique of mass production as opposed to craft processes. The artists creative spirit seems to be summed up in Antoine-Laurent Lavoisiers chemical law: Nothing is created, nothing is destroyed, everything is transformed.
This is evident in Recent History, the exhibition of Simon Starlings work at the CAC Málaga, which clearly reflects his interest in the history of art institutions. An evident example is the central work in the exhibition, a site-specific creation consisting of a 9-metre long model of the Centres own building, the previous function of which as the citys Wholesale Market fascinates the artist. Made with material extracted from the CAC Málagas own walls, the work, entitled 1:1, 1:10, 1:100 (2010), seems to correspond to the concept of a set of Russian dolls, with one idea or discovery following another. The Centres building, originally designed by the Rationalist architect Luis Gutiérrez Soto and opened in 1942, is now reinterpreted by Simon Starling almost 70 years later.
For Fernando Francés, Director of the CAC Málaga: Starling re-codifies present-day reality in what appears to be an ongoing quest for the natural origins of elements. His creations represent a constant desire to relocate the past in the present, in an almost obsessive manner. In addition, this process allows him to formulate questions on cultural values, the environment and the global economy. The quest for origins explains his interest in the process of production of his works and in conveying to the viewer the issue of how mass production is inevitably overwhelming craft techniques, as a consequence of which our imaginative powers and our identity as natural creative beings are becoming increasingly limited.
The origins of Particle Projection (Loop) (2007) also lie in the works context. It was created for the opening of the Wiels Art Centre in Brussels, which is located in a former distillery. In this work Starling once again links up two historical references, in this case relating to Belgian culture: the famous Atomium building in Brussels, built in the 1950s, and the celebrated artist Marcel Broodthaers, who worked on the construction of the Atomium, now the symbol of Brussels.
Another demonstration of the importance that Starling attaches to the past in order to explain the present is Archaeopteryx Lithographica (2008), which comprises a set of six lithographs based on a bird fossil known as the Archaeopteryx that was discovered in Germany in 1860 and which demonstrates the evolutionary relationship between animals and dinosaurs.
Starlings interest in the environment and mass production are again expressed in One Ton II (2005), through which he draws attention to the excessive consumption of the modern era, offering an overt critique based on the idea of the energy needed to produce a small amount of platinum.
Starlings creative motivation also finds its expression in the other works that constitute the present exhibition, namely Project for a Meeting (Chicago) (2010), 300:1 (after Wilhelm Wagenfeld) (2010), and D1-Z1 (22,686,575:1) (2009).
Like the conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner, Starling does not seem to be satisfied with the relationship that individuals establish with things and this may explain why he considers art a free space to explore. His exhibitions are the result of a painstakingly planned process in which the viewer not only sees a re-codified object but one that encourages him or her to delve into the history behind its construction and the transformation of material involved. In 2005 Starling was awarded the Turner Prize for Shedboatshed, a wooden hut that turned into a boat, in which he travelled down the Rhine in Germany, and which was subsequently reconverted into a shed for canoes.
Simon Starling (born Epsom, UK, 1967) studied at the Maidstone and Glasgow Schools of Art, and at Nottingham Polytechnic. He now lives and works in Copenhagen and has exhibited in some of the worlds leading museums, art centres and galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sidney, Australia), Camden Arts Centre (London, UK), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Budapest, Hungary), and with Casey Kaplan (New York, USA).
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CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Downtown Chappaqua was busy on Monday morning for the Town of New Castle's Memorial Day parade, with throngs of onlookers gathering for the festivities that included two of the state's leading political figures marching.
Former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator (and prominent resident) Hillary Clinton, who was on hand as one of the marchers, attracted attention in the way of cheering from attendees, including encouragement about her political future. When a man before the parade voiced his support and repeatedly shouted "run!" Clinton replied that she was going to "walk, walk, walk" in the parade.
Westchester County Executive and Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino marched alongside Clinton.
The possibility of a 2016 presidential bid from Clinton is a big topic among national media outlets and pundits. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, was unavailable due to a scheduling conflict.
Local and regional elected officials were among those marching, including members of the New Castle Town Board, Chappaqua school board, state Assemblyman David Buchwald and county Board of Legislators Chair Michael Kaplowitz. An array of local groups was in the lineup, including the Chappaqua Rotary, scouts and a group from the Chappaqua Library.
New Castle police and a color guard were among the first marchers in the parade, which began on Route 117, went down the King Street hill and ended in front of the Chappaqua train station.
Once the parade stopped in the plaza by the station, there were renditions of "The Star Spangled Banner," "Amazing Grace" and a performance of taps. The Town of New Castle also received a collective honor, being declared a Purple Heart Town by a presenter.
The biggest event of the remembrances, however, was the dedication of the nearby Route 120 bridge in honor of a fallen soldier, Army Staff Sgt. Kyu H. Chay, who was killed by an explosion in Afghanistan in 2006.
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1. Re: I cant run gamesDago_Intel Nov 16, 2011 11:23 AM (in response to claudioo2)1 of 1 people found this helpful
This is the list of tested games with Intel HD graphics:
If your games are not included additionally you may try the following game troubleshooting guide:
2. Re: I cant run gamesAlbrecht Nov 30, 2011 12:41 PM (in response to claudioo2)
Guess what you can't run Battlefield 3 either, join the club of the ****** off Intel HD club....
Grats Intel (*********) you too !!!
3. Re: I cant run gamesclaudioo2 Nov 20, 2011 4:59 PM (in response to claudioo2)
Yea, FML...
The think that made me facepalm myself was that i have an Asus, and the asus logo is: Asus, The perfect fit for work and play<- Yea, Right, **** you (:
4. Re: I cant run gamesAlbrecht Nov 20, 2011 7:20 PM (in response to claudioo2)
Actually its simple, Ea games does not support Intel HD... and Intel I guess never tried getting support for their customers...
Oh anyone want to buy a usless Dell inspirion 15 mars laptop with i5 2.6ghz, 6gb ram, and a useless Intel HD (why did I buy it so I could play games but guess what I can't) .... best offer...
Off to the AMD website to shop for a real computer with video thats supported by game companies
5. Re: I cant run gamesclaudioo2 Nov 21, 2011 12:56 AM (in response to Albrecht)
well, im stuck with this pile of **** -.-
6. Re: I cant run gamesAlbrecht Nov 30, 2011 12:41 PM (in response to claudioo2)1 of 1 people found this helpful
You and me both...
and a few thousand other people that have been left with the bad taste of Intel in their mouth.
My new motto is AMD all the way... all their hardware is supported, and they have real video on-board and cards...
I used to like intel and trust them but after dumping serious money into a laptop with serious speed and memory but having a (***** edited) Intel HD... it was enough to change my mind, expecially since no one else wants it, sad its only 6months old... but a (**********edited)... expecially if it has Intel HD inside... it must be the color brown.
BUY MY PIECE OF (*****edited) COMPUTER BACK INTEL YOU RAPED MY WALLET
AND LEFT ME WITH A ******** (edited)
7. Re: I cant run gamesrootheday Jan 5, 2012 4:13 AM (in response to claudioo2)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 runs fine on Intel HD 3000 as long as you run at moderate resolutions (1366x768, 1280x800) and disable anti-aliasing or maybe Screen Space Ambient Occluson. See the following youtube videos:
8. Re: I cant run gamesFantauzzi Jan 10, 2012 4:26 PM (in response to claudioo2)
Portal and Portal 2 are fluid on my i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz with 4 GB RAM (now 8) and Intel HD Graphics 3000 under Win 7 54-bit, the former at 1920x1200 and the latter at 1440x900, with anti-aliasing disabled. Mass Effect 2 crashes as soon as I open the in-game menu.
9. Re: I cant run gamesbbd23 Jan 10, 2012 4:48 PM (in response to Fantauzzi)
Its not intel's fault you guys cant do your own research. stop bitching in every single thread. Only an idiot would think BF3 would run on the intel cards. dont you morons read system specs.
10. Re: I cant run gamesshaddamiv Jan 12, 2012 4:49 AM (in response to bbd23)
Thank you for your kind words.
ME2, however, runs very nicely when older HD 3000 drivers are used - just not with the current ones. So it *is* an Intel problem.
11. Re: I cant run gamesAlbrecht Jan 12, 2012 10:21 AM (in response to bbd23)
Well it looks like you did no online research, look at BF3 running in beta with Intel HD... Granted the frame rates are low but it does run the game, and it is playable... pfft do a google search on utube this way you can see it running for yourself...
Now ask yourself why it ran in beta but was not included in the regular game, it had support in beta but when the game came out the support was removed, Did you ever ask your self why?
Well it looks like your wrong, because Intel did not get support for their product, so your wrong it is Intels fault.
Specs are nothing, Intel HD is not on the specs for Skyrim, and it runs that...
12. Re: I cant run gamesbbd23 Jan 12, 2012 12:36 PM (in response to Albrecht)
Betas are in no way a representation of the final game.
13. Re: I cant run gamesAlbrecht Jan 12, 2012 12:47 PM (in response to bbd23)
It did prove that the Intel HD can run it... it just has no support, if it was supported it would run it


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I got to catch up with Ashley Eckstein (voice of Ahsoka Tano) at NY Comic Con today. And she asked me what I thought of the season so far. She said that the next story arc of 4 episodes is going to get more serious, but couldn't eleborate much beyond that.
Nuke the Fridge.com is reporting Sam Witwer is voicing Darth Maul.I reported last april from the Pittsburgh Comic Con that Sam was voicing a character in upcoming Clone Wars episodes.http://www.jedidefender.com/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1303172652,28554,Thanks,Jim
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Police say a drug-addled man was the person who crashed his car into an East San Jose Walmart and bludgeoned customers and staff with a blunt object before he was tackled by onlookers Sunday morning.
Haamid Ade Zaid of Seaside, Calif., was booked into the Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run, being under the influence of drugs and resisting arrest, according to the San Jose Police Department.
Zaid is being held without bail in connection with the chaotic attack that rattled an Easter Sunday shopping crowd and ended with four people injured, one seriously. A Walmart employee was among the victims.
It began about 11:15 a.m. PDT when a red two-door Cutlass Salon hit two cars in the parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter at 777 Story Road before crashing through the pharmacy and market entrance, police said. The Cutlass continued a few dozen feet into the store before it crashed into a beer display.
Once the car stopped, police and witnesses say, the driver got out, picked up a blunt object some described as a metal bar, and started attacking people with it. An employee of the store was hit in the head, one witness said.
The melee stopped when onlookers tackled him and held him down until police arrived. Four people injured in the fracas were taken to the hospital, as was the suspect, who was treated and then jailed.
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Leigh Riding chuckles his way through the 1994 live action adaptation on BD...
Based upon the classic one-on-one tournament beat 'em up game from the 1990s, this adaptation does not concern itself with foolish follies such as faithfulness to the source material, and places the characters in a bout-free Bond style plot involving a NATO-lite force led by Guile (Jean Claude Van Damme) attempting to foil the world domination plans of evil Bison (Raul Julia). General bouts of shooting and very little street fighting ensues, and I die a little inside.
Ahhh, the mighty Street Fighter! How could this gem of a movie have taken this long to reach Hi-Def? Harking from the days of cinema when Jean Claude actually had theatrical hits and the phrase 'a large dose of VD' meant something far more positive, it has to be said my advancing years have rendered this far less entertaining than it did when I was eighteen, but I can also see the sense of the absurd most of the cast perform their parts with far more clearly than before. For such a poor script, this first-time directorial effort from Die Hard scribe Steven de Souza has quite a roster of talent, with actors such as Julia, Wes Studi and Ming-Na treating the whole shebang with just the right amount of camp.
The cast in general are rather well cast visually, with the majority of the cast looking very close to their pixelated counterparts. Mind you, Damian Chapa is not only so far removed from Ken visually, suggesting last minute recasting, he's so wooden it's tempting to believe he arrived on set in flat-pack form from Ikea. Special mention must also go to the bizarre casting of Australian pop pixie Kylie Minogue as a tough British soldier Cammy, and the transformation of Blanka from feral beast into a Troll Doll. Van Damme apparently has no sense of humour either, playing Guile fairly straight, and as a result he comes across as rather daft. It would appear that Van Damme never learns from his mistakes, as he appeared years later in the de Souza penned and utterly surreal Knock Off, the film that finally killed off Jean Claude's theatrical career.
There is no denying that this film will have gaming fanboys frothing at the mouth at the dearth of tournament fighting, but for those not terribly interested in adherence to the games, what is served up is a fluffy war movie closer in tone to GI Joe, although slightly more violent than I expected (this is the uncut version of the film, released for the first time in the UK, for those interested in that type of thing). Even then, the film is pretty flat in its execution.
For a big budget Columbia film, everything seems rather cheap and flimsy; one can only imagine the faces of the studio execs during the first screening. Watching this again, I can see the lighter tone that I'm hoping was intended, but it's all a little toe-curling. While this is a fairly poor film, it still floats far above the likes of Double Dragon in the dregs of dodgy videogame adaptations, and is best viewed with friends, beers, and the largest pizza you've ever seen.
It doesn't take a great leap in directorial imagination to come up with the fact that Street Fighter needs a striking and cartoonish colour palette, and the 1080p image sells the film well, with the frames practically bursting with primary colours. Although it's always seems that the film has a rather flat depth of field (perhaps to mimic the 2D nature of the game backgrounds, but I doubt it), everything is in fine detail, looking lovely and sharp. The image occasionally looks a little dark, meaning the heavy blacks tend to swamp other elements occasionally. The print is buffed to a high sheen, and the fifteen year old material shows no sign of wear and tear. In all, it's a nice transfer, but it won't blow your socks off.
The Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track is probably best described as 'perfunctory'. Aside from the meaty kick and punch effects, the track sits in a rather unspectacular middle ground. While dialogue is nice and upfront, there seems to be little going on of note in the surrounds, with score getting short thrift in the mix and the battle sequences and gunfire seeming spread fairly thinly. It's not the most impressive BD track I've ever heard, but it's definitely an improvement over the old standard def track, so no great damage done here.
Seeing as de Souza has only directed two movies, it's a small consolation that I will only ever have to potentially sit through one more of the man's dull, dull commentaries in the rest of my life. Although occasionally informative, the track is filled with technical titbits, and took me three attempts to stay awake through. The most disappointing thing about the track however, is that it's a fourteen year old commentary cribbed from the laserdisc, making the 'special edition' claim seem a little cheeky.
The rest of the disc is equally undeserving of the 'special edition' tag. First up is an EPK presented in full screen standard def, and is rather falsely labelled as a 'Making of', two average deleted scenes, a gallery of original character art, a Street Fighter IV game Trailer and a trailer for the anime spin-off. Mind you, this disc has no release date as of yet, making the recent game tie-in redundant. It would probably be more appropriate to tie in with the forthcoming movie sequel, but there you go. It's also worth noting that this disc omits the extended infomercials from the movie that appear on the US version of the Blu-ray.
Street Fighter is definitely a guilty pleasure, and there is some backhanded fun to be had while watching it while placing your tongue firmly in your cheek, but there's no getting around the fact that it's simply not very good. Fans of the game will be better served by the 1994 anime version of the game, and while this film is not nearly as bad as say, Dead Or Alive, people looking for a film of this type should stick with Paul Anderson's far more faithful and superior (to this film, anyway) Mortal Kombat. If you do genuinely like this movie, then this version is the one to plump for.
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Chris Gould wrote: She does look like an alien, but I'd still have a go.
She looks like the freaky kid from that System Of A Down video.
She looks like the freaky kid from that System Of A Down video.
She does look like an alien, but I'd still have a go.
Sod it, I'm not fussy. I'll go for the whole lot. You can take Devon Aoki's moon head, mind. I'm good like that.
I'm a Sarah Carter devotee...
DOA does serve a purpose in eye candy stakes, I have to admit. Jamie Pressley all the way!
Me too, if only for Sarah Carter, Devon Aoki, Jaime Pressly, Natassia Malthe and Holly Valance.
I don't know if this a place to admit it but I'm actually quite fond of Dead or Alive for all of it's stupidness. I'd watch it over Street Fighter any day of the week.
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Release Date: 20th July 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 French, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, English SDH, Finnish, French, Greek, Hindi, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Extras: Commentary with Writer/Director Steven de Souza, Two Deleted Scenes, The Making of Street Fighter, Street Fighter Tribute Gallery, Street Fighter IV Game Trailer, Street Fighter IV Anime Trailer, Trailers, BD-Live
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Director: Steven E. de Souza
Cast: Jean Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Kylie Minogue, Byron Mann, Damian Chapa
Genre: Action
Length: 105 minutes
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Keeping a promise he made months ago to Union Hill ISD Superintendent, Sharon Richardson, Mr. Williams added the school district to his list before visiting Tyler ISD and Bullard ISD Friday afternoon. Williams discussed the district receiving the highest rating of "Met Standard" as well as their high achievement in the four Index Performance Standards and all System Safeguards. Of the approximately 3,600 campuses across Texas, Sharon A. Richardson Elementary was among the 759 schools that earned the distinction in all three areas.
Superintendent Sharon A Richardson stated, "Union Hill ISD Board of Trustees, Administration, Faculty, Staff, and Student Body were extremely honored to have Commissioner Michael Williams at our school district during his recent statewide visits of schools in Texas. Commissioner Williams toured our Elementary and High School campuses, observing effective classroom instruction and programs offered to students of our district Pre-K through grade 12. Guided tours of all facilities were conducted by Student Council Members." Superintendent Richardson commended Commissioner Williams for his efforts to visit and learn more about all school districts in the state.
In addition to Commissioner Williams, State Representative David Simpson toured the campus, viewing active classrooms and teaching techniques. "You see administrators and teachers hard at work teaching, and students eagerly learning," said Williams. "Unfortunately, in education we do not tell our story but we are making improvements. We have higher graduation rates than ever before, higher NAPE, ACT and SAT scores. It is important for me to get out and tell our story. My #1 job has to be focused on closing the racial achievement gap; and although we are improving, we have a good way to go."
Richardson invited Upshur County Superintendents from Big Sandy ISD, Pittsburg ISD, New Diana ISD, and Union Grove ISD to attend the Q & A session with Commissioner Williams. The meeting closed with Commissioner William's remarks on House Bill 5 and school funding.