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A lot of the comments say that these moments are almost the only moments that brings laughter. That's sad news. It's us to find out if it's true.
VERY good news imo is the unexpected fact that Téa Leoni seems to be the best comedic partner for Jim since Jeff Daniels! She's pulling faces, is funny on her own and keeps up that Dicky spirit. Amazing.
Really? There's only 2 reviews out there that I've seen and they both are very positive! Where did you see this?
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I enjoyed it when the second screen added to the game experience in simple ways, so that I didn't have to worry about looking back and forth between two screens. That wasn't the case with ZombieU. The GamePad had some perks, like using it as a target view to snipe at a distance. But these things could be done before with traditional controller buttons. ZombieU is a case where the screen just gives you more to do. I had to look down to tap my inventory to load weapons or hold up the screen to see around me in a dark room. It's stressful enough dealing with zombies! Now having to look down and think about what's going on in the second screen under pressure, well that's a skill that takes getting used to. Until I can get better at that, I'll stick with the casual multi-player games and Wii Fit challenges.
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|2008-11-18, 11:30
|Link #81
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Underground
The five options are as follow: (left to right, top to bottom)
- Display mode (full, windowed)
- Model display (Default: always use light model. This option can't be changed for my computer.)
- Anti-aliasing (yes, no)
- Display distance (how far characters show up on your screen)
- Shadow (yes, no)
|2008-11-18, 11:37
|Link #82
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Thx for putting it into details for others...I was a bit too lazy to go through them in detail lol
I have gotten to know quite a lot of Japanese people at Clannad Island Ch1, mainly members of the "Tsundere Buster" circle.
By the way, I have deleted and remade my avatar, but I'm still using the same name みかげ (Mikage). Apparently we can keep deleting and remaking our avatar to redo the quests, but if anyone want to do this, make sure any items that you want to keep to put them into the storage of your apartment; when you delete your avatar, everything will be deleted except the things in the storage of your apartment and the mails on your cellphone (the addresses/contacts on the cellphone will be deleted too). I can now complete the quests at the speed of around 30 mins per island.
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|2008-11-18, 11:55
|Link #83
The Shadow of Twilight
Graphic Designer
anyways, thnks for your guys helps
|2008-11-18, 12:15
|Link #84
Butler mitai~
^check your internet connection then, reset and try again. Your patcher should update if haven't done so. The update will take some time depending on your internet's speed.
btw, how do you install your furnitures/appliances? I remember receiving a computer from one of the quests i completed but haven't actually tried to set it up. Seriously, i think even completing all of the quest is not enough to get you 500kD's
|2008-11-18, 12:45
|Link #85
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
As for furnitures, I've already gotten around 3 pieces from D Ai PON. I just going to keep remake my avatar to repeat the quests to make more D for playing the D Ai PON.
|2008-11-19, 16:43
|Link #86
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
I really don't know exactly what's wrong with the C++ error but when I tried to reopen the launcher in locale Japanese using AppLocale (as I always do in my previously played Japanese MMOs like Yogurting), it worked like a charm. I'm not saying this is the right workaround though. Oh, and yeah, I'm using (and seem stuck with) Vista.
But I really wish someone could provide the basics of this MMO. Like how I wondered a lot of people running around and, for some reason, I'm walking. Or like what the function keys do or how can the emotes be configured (if there's such a thing). Or common stuff when dealing with dialogues and NPCs.
|2008-11-19, 22:43
|Link #88
Butler mitai~
|2008-11-20, 01:07
|Link #89
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
As for controls:
up down left right or left-click for movement, hold right-click to move point of view
End key to switch between walk and run mode
Home key to switch between 1st person and 2nd person mode
|2008-11-24, 17:03
|Link #90
The Shadow of Twilight
Graphic Designer
somebody plz help me...again (juz why am i always in trouble T__T'')
I juz got connected to the server today -> login -> and i got this "bug"...
Spoiler for error, bug or...what? :(:
My pc is: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 dual core processor 4400+ 2.31ghz, 2gb of ram, vga 8600GT 512mb (driver updated). Compare to the requirement, there's no way i can't play this... >__<''
|2008-11-24, 17:45
|Link #91
Senior Member
Have you tried to switch to japanese settings (see your regional language settings tab)? I'm using my sony vaio with windows vista and I chose the japanese settings right from the start. So far I didn't come across any difficulties with the game. Several people above have complained about various bugs and I think this is all due to the fact that they are using their local settings (in the case above it was a spanish windows).
Apart from that, I still can't join you guys at the moment. There's so much for me to do in the uni till the end of december that I hardly have any time just to check this particular thread, let along playing games (and I still have my ps2 haruka and Really?Really! and anime and manga, all put on the shelf).
|2008-11-25, 05:33
|Link #93
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Can't seem to patch with the newest update after the maintenance today...is it working fine for you guys or do you got the same problem?
It just say "Failed to apply patch data"- Code: 80FF0060 . I even try uninstalling and reinstall, and still have the same problem. Just to check if people are having the same problem so that I'd know whether it's problem with my end or not.
Nevermind, got it working now.
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|2008-11-26, 10:03
|Link #95
The Shadow of Twilight
Graphic Designer
my god there're plenty of NPCs and now i don't have a clue about how to deal with this quest... (suck at Japanese)
Spoiler for plz help me ^^'':
I talked to the most of NPCs in the school but still have no clues Can anyone plz translate it or give me a hint to solve the quest?
|2008-11-26, 13:02
|Link #96
Senior Member
Prevent the accident before it happens.
There's one more student at the basketball court. Let's go ask him/her.
I wonder what's this accident is like. Apparently the people you talked to gave some information but you didn't save the log.
|2008-11-26, 13:29
|Link #97
Alzeid Yukichi
Join Date: Nov 2008
Spoiler for 1st :
Spoiler for 2nd :
report back after that
|2008-12-03, 05:02
|Link #98
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Content of updates and fixes after today's maintenance:
From now till 16th Dec, there will be a NPC "臨時D配布担当職員 (Temporary D Distributing Staff)" that give out 3000D each day, but the location is random. The renew/NPC location changing time is everyday at 13:00 in Japan, aka 21:00 in US (Japan time is US time +16 hours)
Today (3rd Dec), the Temporary D Distributing Staff is located at the city side of the Akiba, near where the giant TV is.
People that has been deleting and remaking avatar/character to repeat the quests for making D (such as myself), the D amount held has been adjusted for the balancing of the game (I lost like 90,000D on my 2nd account...only got like a few thousand D left lol)
Update from last week:
New shops been added to the city side of Akiba, new emotions (for both avatar and charadoll) and 'voices' (for the ai-tune of the charadoll) can be bought from those NPC shops.
Also, the announced schedule for future updates and events:
Really looking forward to the opening of the inside of the schools ^^ Also, I wonder which game the 5th island is gonna base upon
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|2008-12-03, 05:58
|Link #99
Butler mitai~
oh cool! free 4000D everyday until 12/16
I need to find time to log-in in the game at least once a day, I'm unable to join you guys due to my busy schedule.
P.S. looking forward to see what that new island is.
|2008-12-03, 06:59
|Link #100
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Can anyone figure our my problem? I can't seem to patch/start the game after the first boot, however it works fine again every time I do a fresh install(after downloading all of the files all over again). This only begins to happen AFTER I try to run the game for a second time.
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Lecker: Common Core using children as guinea pigs
The nationwide rollout of the Common Core standards is an experiment on our children that violates all standards of human subject research.
The Common Core was rushed into schools before the curricula were developed and aligned to the standards, and before the tests were finalized and aligned to the curricula. Alignment is independent verification that a curriculum addresses standards, and that tests assess what the curriculum teaches; and is particularly necessary when high stakes are attached to tests. Those who insist that test scores should determine teacher effectiveness, school quality and whether a student is ready to graduate have a responsibility to guarantee that the tests actually measure what teachers teach and students learn.
The Common Core is being implemented not only before the curricula and tests are independently deemed valid. The curriculum in many cases is not even written. New York's Education Commissioner admitted that the Common Core curriculum modules are being written as the school year unfolds. A curriculum not yet written cannot be aligned. Likewise, the Common Core tests are not finalized. The tests are being developed independently of the states and school districts; by contractors hired by two multi-state consortia. It is impossible that these unfinished tests are aligned to curricula now being taught.
This type of experimentation would never be allowed in research. Human subject research must adhere to three basic principles: (1) respect for individuals; respecting their autonomy; (2) beneficence; doing no harm and maximizing possible benefits while minimizing risks; and (3) justice; taking special care not to exploit vulnerable groups.
Ethics requires that subjects participate in an experiment knowingly and voluntarily. A recent poll revealed that the majority of Americans know nothing about the Common Core. Moreover, parents, children and teachers had no choice but to comply with the standards and tests.
The most glaring ethical violation concerns the prohibition against doing harm. The focal point of the Common Core is high-stakes standardized testing. We now know that education based on high-stakes tests not only fails to raise achievement but also harms learning, by narrowing the curriculum, increasing anxiety and diverting resources from methods that actually improve achievement. Officials imposing the Common Core knowingly embarked on a course that hurts students. At public hearings, parent after parent told New York's Education Commissioner King that their children now hate school, and children testified about their anxiety and despair. A Greenwich, Connecticut official acknowledged that Common Core testing in 11th grade, when students take AP tests, SATs, SAT subject tests and ACTs, will cause undue stress. Parents and teachers report that the Common Core makes no adjustments for children learning English or students with disabilities.
In rolling out this untested program, officials jeopardize valuable learning time. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that even 10 days of lost learning is a significant deprivation. The Common Core tests are much longer than previous tests. The high stakes attached pressure school districts to spend inordinate amounts of time on test prep. If it turns out that these standards were not a success, our children will be unable to recapture the years lost to an ineffective testing regime.
The Common Core requires massive investments in textbooks, tests, training, and technology. Money is spent on the Common Core experiment at the expense of strategies with a long track record of success, such as high-quality preschool, small class size, wraparound services and extra help for at-risk children.
The benefits of the Common Core are speculative at best. A New York comparison of the 2013 Common Core tests, the previous standards and college completion rates, revealed that the previous standards were better predictors of college readiness. Moreover, the evidence is clear that neither tests nor standards raise achievement. Countries with national standards fare no better than those without, and states with higher standards do no better than states with lower ones. In states with consistent standards, achievement varies widely. The difference in achievement lies in those resources that states are now foregoing to pay for the Common Core.
As for justice, schools serving our most vulnerable students suffer most from a narrow test-based curriculum. A new report in New York reveals that poor children and children of color are least likely to be in schools with libraries, art and music rooms, science, and AP classes. Expanded Common Core testing will disproportionately harm our neediest children.
It is time to ask policy-makers why they made our children guinea pigs in the rush to impose the not-ready-for-prime-time Common Core.
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Final Fantasy Versus XIII may not be at E3 due to it missing from Square Enix' lineup listing.
Not surprised. With Final Fantasy XIV being shown (again) and possible more info on other FF games on Vita and 3DS, they won't want too much attention being taken away from Versus XIII.
*30 years from*
Oldman Nomura: Please *cough* I ask of your patience *hack*, an update will be given in the near future
six years and ticking.. This is probably a game that shouldn't of been announced so early... At this point they should probably change the name. They might as well make it a stand alone Final Fantasy title FF15 or 16 instead of a spin off. That would make SE and the general public more interested in this tittle that has the potential of being one of the best in the series.... It's time for SE to really give some resources to release this game already, and market it properly.
Actually, this doesn't mean anything, the fact that it's not on Square's E3 list. Let's remember, there is a huge possibly Versus XIII may get renamed to either Final Fantasy XV, or become it's own spin off series like Type-0 did. If that's the case, Final Fantasy Versus XIII wouldn't be listed, especially if the surprise announcement is the game has been officially dubbed FFXV.
Also, Lets not forget--I'm NOT Saying Versus XIII is multiplat---but FFXIII when it was first announced multiplat was not scheduled to make an appearance. I don't believe it will go multiplat, but it's an example of some of the surprises you tend to see out of e3.
I hope they at least surprise us with FFX HD trailer.
I think it would be best to name it Final Fantasy XV. Not only does it include a lot of what fans have been craving for from the series, but it's too high quality of a game to be considered just a spin off. And with the hate that FFXIII gets from fans, they may want to deviate away from it.
FF Versus is my last hope for the franchise but this lack of attention is disturbing me
On what basis should I believe that they changed the name--your own blind optimism? Square Enix has shown absolutely no evidence that they are working on this game for real. Big surprise at E3? Your kidding right? Why make people wait till E3 when they've been waiting for years already? Your either way too optimistic or just plain naive. I have been playing games long enough to know when a game company is NEVER going to release a certain game. They just string u along while u foolishly buy their other mediocre sub par games as u wait. Square Enix doesn't even come close to the 90's Squaresoft's work-ethics/ devotion to fans (by keeping their word about releases). Fact.
I can't wait to see what you'll say when it doesn't show up at E3 [again].
It won't be renamed to FFXV, it's an action RPG, main FF series are never action RPGs.
might still be rebranded though
there is evidence the game is being worked on.. There was a lengthy gameplay trailer released last Tokyo game show I believe.
They will end up announcing and releasing Final Fantasy 15 or something before this, lets just forget about this until it gets a blowout.
With so much secrecy and long term development etc etc surrounding this game, the fact that it is not listed does not mean anything all these years later.
Either it means they are not showing it (obvious) or they want to surprise everyone to get more positive reactions coming their way after what is looking like shoddy development on Square's part.
But really.. if there is nothing of FFV13 at E3 this year, I would be disappointed to have to wait longer for some new media.
Wow, vs13 is taking too long to develop. Imagine the total cost of development.
I always thought the first time Versus would be shown again public-ally will be a surprise.
Wait are you serious? How long are you going to take to make this game Square Enix?
If it doesn't show at e3 there is a high chance it will be a march 2013 release. 7 years of waiting =/.
How do you figure?
From what I've noticed, games tend to come out a couple months after their big E3 showing. So if Versus really doesn't show up at this E3, that could mean it'll be even further down the line.
Edit: Just to be clear, when I say "a couple months", I basically mean anywhere from 3-10 months or so.
I said something similar last year...and the year before that...and the year before that...
I think it's head for a cancellation at this point.
It's time to really blow people away has passed, unless they move onto wiiu or next gen consoles.
There are no definite facts in the article, they are seemingly once again going off the fabricated list from ign.
If this does get approved for some strange reason it should be a rumor, not news! Unless there is a press release from Square-enix this should not be news!! We will be seeing Versus XIII this year at E3, I am willing to bet on it.
The longer it takes, the higher the cost and the more likely it goes multiplat. Happened with FFXIII and LA Noire.
I don't know why someone disagreed with you. That's exactly what happened. Honestly though, I'm just viewing this game as vaporware at this point.
likewise. people are honestly only disagreeing with you because they dont want what youre saying to be true.
face it guys, at this point vaporware is a big possibility.
To be fair though, it hasn't been in development for all these years. I got shelved till the other games were finished and is now being worked on for the past year.
So yeah. You never know.
@Reservoir: Exactly what I was about to say. + Bubs. I remember reading news that the working force for Versus was in FULL EFFECT back late last year , i believe....
I thought they also stated that it was close to being completed, as well. If they're not showing anything, then it's not a good sign.
put it this way if final fantasy XIII-3 or Final Fantasy XV comes out before versus then there is no excuse for this game not being done.
There is no excuse already. We've had XIII-2 and XIV since. Not to mention numerous spin offs since the 2006 trailer.
Go fuck yourself Square Enix
you sir have just spoken for EVERYONE....thank you.
Nomura say:
"We would like to ask for your patience on an official announcement for this title. It always takes time when tackling the challenge of doing something completely new, but we are doing our best to bring information to the fans as quickly as we can.
Your patience is greatly appreciated."
Patience!!6 years.....
-Final Fantasy Versus XIII won't be at E3 2012-
Thanks Square-Enix thanks......squaresoft is dead.......Square-Enix=Liar and 90% crap games.....Next-gen-square=only crap Tokyo trend mobile games-LOL-congratulations!
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it will probably be at TGS.
Yeah, people need to remember that this is a major japanese game by a japanese company. They'll want to support the Tokyo Game Show.
I'm not surprised at them skipping E3, the same might well happen for The Last Guardian.
this just comfirm ,will be shown at the 2020 e3
Guys, that's just ridiculous now. It's more like 2030 and that's if they rush it
wow wow slow down guys. lets not rush things. be reasonable its more like 3013 by this time anyone left to bitch will be dead and the newest generation can try it in there super 3d hdplus real d tvs. then itll get a 7 out of 10.
Does this keep me from hoping anyway? Sadly no... :/
I just.... want to hold it...
Just for a minute...
Lost interest in the game. Their loss i guess.
To Be fair, This might just mean that the game won't be on the show floor.
It might still be at a press conference or something. But I won't hold my breath.
I gotta say though, the timing of this article (after yesterday's "just be patient" article.) is kinda hilarious.
HAHAHAHA Nice job SquareEnix! HAHAHA I wonder what the development budget is up to for this vaporware title? Gotta be in the multiple million$ by now. At this point they will never make it back as by the time it releases we will all be playing next gen consoles.
Guys I have a feeling this game coming to WiiU
MultiPlatform Ps3/WiiU maybe a slim chance xbox360
If this game does go multiplat expect it to be ps3/360. With 60 million+ consoles for both ps3 and 360 that would mean more money. It would be stupid to port this to the wii U until it sells atleast 20 million copies and they make some kind of return on the game. And if the wii U is more powerful they would want to make use of the wii U's power instead of simplyjust porting it over which could get costly.
i just hope sony comes out and says lets pretend XIV never existed and move on to XV which is truly better than VII
SONY?? And how's XV better than VII? XV doesn't even exist
SONY don't own final fantasy, they can't reveal anything
i mean hoping sony reveals XV at E3 and it is a better game than VII
Squeenix really screwed up by putting that idiot Nomura in charge of directing FF. This isn't Kingdom Hearts.
Tbh, Nomura is about the only good thing about SE. If he was in charge, this would have been released instead of pointless XIII-2. At least we know that whenever vsXIII comes out, it'll be top-quality thanks to Nomura.
Nomura has done a lot of work for Square over the years, working FF4-8,FFX, X-2, XI,most of the spinoffs, FF13 AND 13-2, Type-0, Chrono Trigger, Front Mission, and Parasite Eve 1 and 2 to name a few. More importantly he directed every Kingdom Hearts, produced The World Ends With You, The 3rd Birthday, Dissidia 012, and all the other FF spinoffs on PSP. He also also was heavily involved in the story and characters of FF7 and directed Advent Children. Nomura is pretty much the workhorse of Square Enix. They put him to work on just about everything and he always brings back results on whatever he's working on. In fact, with the exception of FF9, every game since FF7 that he hasn't worked in some capacity has pretty much sucked and everthing he's had a major role in has been amazing.
I want to see Final Fantasy Versus XIII Multiplat :) ...
On PS3 and Vita ;)
(Or judging by how long its taking them, PS4 XD!)
"I want to see Final Fantasy Versus XIII Multiplat :) ..."
"On PS3 and Vita ;)"
I see what you did tharr..... ^_^
It's already taking long enough just releasing it on PS3.
To have it be multiplatform would take even longer for the game to make as of now is just vaporware.
I can just see so many PS3 fanboys being like "FUCK THIS GUY!!! BUBBLE STRAIGHT DOWN!!!" when they just read the "I want to see Final Fantast Versus XIII Multiplat :) ..." part. And then they see, "On PS3 and Vita ;)" and are like, "phewwwwwwwww, was about to SAY!" lmao!
Personally I wouldn't want FFVS13 on the Vita...
I got a lot of disagrees lol, makes me wonder if they stopped reading after "Multiplat" causing fanboy rage :P
I do want Final Fantasy versus XIII on a PlayStation only console tho!
By the time it releases on PS3, there'll be a bigger, more expansive, better-looking RPG on PS4 or 720.
VERSUSXII isnt even why im pissed the longer it takes for VS to be released the LONGER it takes for KH3 to go into developement.
I stopped caring ages ago. What are we on? 6 years now? That company is seriously unorganized.
Can someone please tell me how 2 Final Fantasy games can come out for this generation before the one we actually care about comes out.
They showed us some Gameplay ages ago and suddenly they can't show us a single thing, What happened? did someone accidentally delete all the development data so they had to start again? They can't even tell us why its taking so long, they owe us that at least. 6 frickin years ago i was still in school. will we be seeing this at e3 in 2017 or something.
FIRE WADA! And we'll sure to see this game finished.
Square Enix, your embarrassing!
Again SE is still so disconnected with their fans. Thank God for "From Software" who continues to bring us amazing games.
At this rate may as well release it on the next gen consoles. If this game doesn't show up at TGS this year, then I don't know what SE is doing with it.
I'll say it again though, as long as it turns out to be absolutely incredible in the end, I'm okay waiting.


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Some of you have probably noticed me occasionally mentioning a project called The First Reich. This is a graphic novel collaboration I've been working on for a number of months with the very talented Shannon Brady. She wrote the incredibly compelling script/storyboard for The First Reich, carefully plotting out each panel to the best of her artistic ability — stick figures though they may be. It's my job to transform her wonderful draft into a finished illustrated work.
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A few months ago I started writing about my saga of getting AT&T U-verse DSL service established at the new location of the Gibbs Universal Industries Secret Underground Bunker.
In response, I got a letter from a reader, Ben Myers (Harvard, Mass.), which began: "I read your DSL column in the latest Network World, and I marvel at the complete ineptitude of AT&T in managing its (your) DSL connection. I provide support for a lot of Verizon DSL customers around here, both business and consumer, and Verizon seems to have gotten it right with DSL."
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Ben went on to relate his own tale of anger, frustration, and abiding disappointment over Verizon's wireless service. It all started with his home office being a cell service "dead zone."
We've all experienced these odd pockets of "bad air" and there's frequently not much to be done about them. They exist in our home and offices like little wireless cones of silence.
Ben decided to fix the problem and so acquired a Verizon Wireless Network Extender made by Samsung. Verizon describes this device thusly: "The Network Extender enables you to make calls from indoor locations where outdoor cellular coverage does not reach." OK, sounds good. "Use Your Verizon Wireless Phone / There is no need for a new phone. The Network Extender works like a miniature cell phone tower in your home."
Fantastic! So what could be wrong with this solution?
Ben summed up his feelings with, "It is a good concept made [bad] by a combination of lousy technology, ham-handed marketing, and plain dishonesty."
Ben reports it was simple to set up. "You plug in the power, connect up an Ethernet cable, and hang a GPS tracking sensor on a long wire near a south facing window. The device displays some red and blue LEDs at first, but once it gets a GPS signal, an Ethernet IP address and a go-ahead from the Verizon mothership, all the LEDs go to blue and (wonder of wonders) you can make and receive cellphone calls from most anywhere in the house."
Great, but as Ben points out, the Extender uses your broadband Internet connection and uses voice over IP instead of cell service, which makes both Ben ... and me ... wonder, "Why do I have to pay as much as $250 to help Verizon offload its cell towers AND increase my cellphone calling minutes?" A good question indeed. Anyone got a rationale for this? Anyone?
But wait, there's more! Here's the rest of Ben's tale of frustration: "When the extender works, everything is wonderful, and the household and its workers run smoothly. Well, late last week, the thing crapped out, displaying red LEDs signifying errors. Sometimes it would come back up by itself and run for a while, and other times I would do the old unplug-wait-a-minute-plug-back-in dance. And sometimes it would return to normal after 5 minutes, more often not. To its credit, Verizon tech support people are both knowledgeable and helpful. It is a telling point, though, that in navigating through their voice response maze, one sentence asks pointedly if are calling because your Verizon Wireless Network Extender is displaying red LEDs. Aha! Must not be only me. One of the Verizon techs sympathized with the fact that my extender was past its one-year warranty and gave me a number to call at Samsung."
At this point you might be thinking that something positive has to come of this suggestion ... after all, why would Verizon suggest calling Samsung if they didn't think it would do some good? The answer is it could only have been either naiveté on the part of the tech or, maybe, it was simply a ruse to get rid of Ben.
Ben continued: "This was a blind alley, as Samsung would do nothing. Finally, today, on about the 5th call to Verizon, I got the tech to open up a trouble ticket. I asked a series of questions of the tech, who knew full well that I had just a little IT and networking knowledge. I asserted that the Samsung manual for the thing acknowledged the presence of a lot of open source software inside, so I knew that it was probably running Linux or BSD Unix. So I asked how I could access it with my browser. I was told I couldn't. Then I asked how I could find its IP address on my internal network, because it would not respond when pinged by an IP scanner. I was then told that some super-techs at the Verizon mothership (another Borg ship, like Microsoft's) could look at the status of my extender. That's when I was able to get them to open a trouble ticket. Amazingly, about a half hour later, all LEDs were blue and life was good."
Ben's takeaway was as follows: "Here is what I've concluded from this foray with Verizon. First, they knew damned well that something was not right in Verizon network extender land. They just did not tell me. But on my second call to them, I was given a $90 credit on my next cellphone bill. An admission that something was not right, but no admission of guilt, just like a big bank. Secondly, they have rocks in their heads for not making the device more accessible to customers. Or maybe they do not, because that would give the smart customer knowledge, and knowledge is power over Verizon."
It gets better! Ben continued: "Verizon has since moved on to another device, one with 3G capabilities, about which I could care less. A replacement for my extender lists for $250 (still), and, at this point, I am not sure how good the Samsung devices are or how good Verizon's cellphone-over-VoIP is. It sure ain't the 99.99% uptime of POTS. I am tempted to complain loudly about the $250 Verizon price for something that does not work all that well, but I do not know who would listen. After all, if the goal here is to increase billable cellphone minutes, you'd think Verizon would be giving these boxes away like Gillette once gave away razors to sell double-edged blades. Do I complain to the FCC? The state public utilities people? My congressmen, national or state? Sadly, the BBB is just a front to expunge criticism of and for its members, so they are useless. Or maybe it is time to simply go shopping for another cellphone provider. Oops! The only other one worth considering is your pal AT&T."
Ben, I so feel your pain. Once again we have a tale that illustrates quite clearly that the communications services providers, whether for Internet access or wireless service, have way too much power and really don't care about their consumers. To them we are a bulk commodity, not individuals.
Their marketing programs pitch happy, happy users doing happy, happy things with their fabulous "leading edge" products, but the reality is they get to provide services that don't have to be competitive and which are supplied on a "best effort" basis ... "best effort" as defined by them.
You and me, the hapless consumers, have little choice because there's no real competition. Only a fool would argue that a choice between two mega-size companies for Internet or cell service with no consumer-friendly regulatory framework constitutes a level playing field for anyone but the service providers.
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Some Help with R classes
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Hello, my budget is 10 dollars for some R help.
In the table Z below i loaded some data with the number Imigrants per Year and month in each region:
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Βuild the frequency and relative frequency table for year data using 2 classes, where the first class includes years below 2014 ("Years <2014"), ie years before the start of the refugee crisis , And the second heading includes years greater than or equal to 2014 ("Years> = 2014"). Provide corresponding names in the categories of this new category variable (name this new category variable Time_period). Then select the subset of them
Data that includes only records for July and save it with a new name. Based on this subset of data, properly describe the Asylum_seekers variable separately for each class of the Time_period variable you created (include graphical and numeric methods).
Then build the frequency and relative frequency table for data concerning the number of Asylum Seekers using 2 classes, where the first class includes numbers smaller than or equal to 50 ("Low") and the second class includes larger numbers Of 50 ("High"). Provide corresponding names in the categories of this new category variable (name this new category variable Refugee_flow). Construct a matrix of relationship between the Year variable and the Refugee_flow variable. Give the relative frequencies of cells, rows and columns and comment on the results.
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To the Editor:
In celebration of National Doctors Day on March 30, I would like to publicly recognize and honor our more than 400 physicians on the Mercy Health System medical staff for their expertise and compassion in caring for the health care needs of individuals and families in the area.
Despite the daily challenges imposed by a rapidly changing health care environment, our physicians remain dedicated to delivering excellence to our patients. We are proud of their commitment and passion in diagnosing and treating patients, and in their efforts to improve the health of the individuals they serve.
Day in and day out, our medical staff, in collaboration with our highly skilled team of nurses and other specialists, deliver high-quality health care to our community. We are fortunate to be able to recruit these highly credentialed and experienced physicians – allowing our patients to remain close to home for their medical needs.
In recognition of National Doctors Day, please join us in honoring our physicians for their leadership and all the ways in which they strive to improve the health of our communities.
Javon R. Bea
President/CEO, Mercy Health System


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Gov. Patrick may not have chosen Southeastern Massachusetts' well known former congressman to be the interim senator. But the new senator-to-be chose to make Southeastern Massachusetts the focus of his attention on the first day after his selection.
Gov. Patrick may not have chosen Southeastern Massachusetts' well known former congressman to be the interim senator. But the new senator-to-be chose to make Southeastern Massachusetts the focus of his attention on the first day after his selection.
William "Mo" Cowan's Thursday visits to New Bedford, Fall River and Taunton were a clear message that the region will not be forgotten as Mr. Cowan goes to Washington over the next five months.
Respected SouthCoast politicos from Mark Montigny to Jon Mitchell embraced the Cowan pick, telling the region that this is a quality man who is well acquainted with the SouthCoast's issues and who will champion them.
Over the past six years, Gov. Patrick has more than lived up to his promise not to forget the state's most-overlooked region, and now there is every reason to believe Cowan will do the same thing.
For those who understand the great value of the dedicated service that Barney Frank performed for Southeastern Mass. during 30-odd years as the region's congressman, it would have been nice to have had a Sen. Barney. It would have been even nicer for the country over the next five months to have had an intrepid advocate like Frank as the Senate deals with the fiscal crisis (and the efforts of those who would like to use that crisis to deconstruct the American social safety net).
But Patrick went in another direction, choosing an advocate who knows the local region well but who also has significant experience implementing the governor's directives on the important SouthCoast issues of casino gambling and commuter rail.
Cowan worked on both mammoth challenges when he was Patrick's chief-of-staff, and his inside knowledge of how the governor wants those projects completed will be important over the next five months.
EPA chief Lisa Jackson, a booster of environmental justice issues like the New Bedford rail line, is soon leaving her job and the environmental permitting decision on commuter rail will be made in March.
Also being decided during that time period will be the effort to convince the federal government that the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is not governed by the so-called Carcieri Rule (the federal law prohibiting tribes not recognized before 1934 from obtaining land not already in their control). Without that recognition, the Mashpee effort to locate a casino in Taunton will be dead.
The Taunton casino issue is not an easy one for New Bedford.
A casino located at the confluence of the only direct highway route from New Bedford to Greater Boston will cause immense traffic problems. It will make the need for commuter rail between Boston and New Bedford greater than ever.
From a pure convenience standpoint, it's probably better for the Fishing City if the Taunton casino isn't built at all. But the governor wants it and so sooner or later it will most probably be built.
One of Mo Cowan's big roles in Washington these next five months will be to make sure both the Mashpee casino and the SouthCoast commuter rail are approved. And that's one of the big reasons why he came to Southeastern Massachusetts right off the bat. That and to soothe any bad feelings that Barney Frank was not appointed.
In appointing Cowan, Patrick noted that the country is changing and that with the pick of this black man up from poverty "the breadth of the diversity and background and ethnicity and race is deeper and broader than ever."
That's true.
And it's also true that with Patrick's second Senate pick in less than three years, the African-American governor was probably under an expectation from some to pick a fellow African-American. The state's first African-American governor rightly feels strongly about such equity issues.
It's fair to say, however, that picking Barney Frank would also have been an historic equity pick in that Frank would have been the first openly gay man to serve in the U.S. Senate.
That would have been a good thing.
The pick, however, was Cowan, and that's also a good thing.
For Southeastern Massachusetts and for the state as a whole.
Jack Spillane is the executive news editor of The Standard-Times and southcoasttoday.com. He can be reached at 508-979-4472 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bob Barker foundation provides money for free sterilization of pitbullsBy DALE VINCENT
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 21. 2014 7:06PM
MANCHESTER - The Manchester Animal Shelter has spayed or neutered more than 500 pitbulls and pitbull mixes since 2009 and has just received a second $10,000 grant from television personality Bob Barker's DJ&T Foundation to continue the Fix-A-Pit program.
In Fix-A-Pit, the shelter will spay or neuter Manchester pit bulls and pit-bull mixes free of charge.
Manager Shelley Greenglass said the shelter has been working with Manchester police animal control officers to map out the areas of the city with the highest concentration of unaltered pit bulls. She recently sent out a letter to 175 owners informing them about the program.
In addition, animal control officer Neal Vogler carries flyers with information about the Fix-A-Pit service. And, Greenglass said, "Facebook is huge for us."
Veterinarian Kim Trahan, who said she has done most of the surgeries, said: "It's a necessary thing to do."
Trahan, director of Animal Rescue Veterinary Services in Londonderry, said the goal is "to keep unwanted dogs from being born."
Greenglass said there are a lot of unwanted pit bulls and mixes: They comprise about a third of the total number of dogs that end up at the shelter.
Ideally, the females are spayed before they go into heat for the first time.
While Fix-A-Pit is free for Manchester residents, owners from other towns can bring their pit bulls in for surgery at a cost of $150.
Timothy Stewart of Londonderry brought in Lola, who is about a year old, to be spayed Thursday. "I rescued her from a girl who was being evicted," said Stewart.
He and his son, Mason, 8, picked up Lola along with pain medication that could be needed as the anesthetic wore off.
"She may act a little drunk" because of the anesthetic, Greenglass cautioned him. The dogs also get a collar to wear at night, to prevent them from disturbing the surgery site.
Stewart , who has owned Lola for about six months, said she is a great family dog, but "she's very protective of the house." If a stranger appears, he said, "she won't let them past the stairs."
Manchester residents Wayne Heineman, who was picking up Baby Boy Jamison, and Jennifer Leighton, picking up Diamond, took advantage of the free surgery.
Heineman said he knows his dog's heritage. "He came from two friends," he said. One had the mother, the other the father. "I was able to train him the right way. It was pretty easy."
Kelly Lynch said her 10-month-old Tessa has been a member of a four-dog family since July. Tessa, with a striking brindle coat, was a rescue dog. As 16-year-old Shayne Downey held her leash, Tessa pulled on it, eager for her ride home to Hudson.
"She is fantastic," said Lynch, "She's friendly. She's trained."
Tessa even goes camping with the family. But despite her friendliness, said Lynch, they have to deal with strangers' fear or dislike of pit bulls and pit mixes.
"We've actually had people turn around and walk the other way," said Lynch, adding that even her father had to spend time with Tessa before coming around.
"They're wonderful family dogs," she said.
Fix-A-Pit clinics take place every Thursday at the shelter, with free vaccines and microchips, so when stray pits are found, the city can start tracking their owners.
Appointments must be made for clinic services. The Manchester Animal Shelter phone number is 628-3544.


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A hard year for gardeners and farmers
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It will probably be cold enough tonight to finish off the New Guinea impatiens. They are such dedicated bloomers; they are still loaded with dozens of flowers even though they've gone through several nights that were colder than they really like. The pansies and marigolds are hardier. They should make it through tonight OK, and I will cover them tomorrow night.
A lady at work today told me that she still has tomatoes on the vine in her garden. Obviously, she has been watering her garden faithfully for months. I and a lot of other people gave up on our poor gardens a long time ago.
We've had a number of field fires in Christian County this fall due to the very dry conditions. Even though we had some rain a week or two ago, we had "Fire Weather" warnings again last week. The current weather system brought light showers as it moved in, but it was just enough rainfall to settle the dust until the sun comes back out.
At the polls last Tuesday, a neighbor told us that he has been feeding hay to his little herd of cattle for more than three months already, due to the drought. He didn't get much hay from his own fields, so he has been buying it. He'll have to buy hay all winter. He said that it takes the joy out of farming. (He meant that this year's calf crop probably won't pay this year's hay bill.)
And so another growing season is coming to its end. In the Pennyrile region of Kentucky, it's been a difficult year for farmers and gardeners. When the winter rains finally begin, it will be a good thing.


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The excerpt below from Joseph Heller's 1961 fictional novel explains that "Catch-22" is a military rule that sets up the necessary pre-requisite to avoid flying combat missions:
"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he were sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to."
The "fiscal cliff" issues that Congress may or may not deal with in the coming weeks are not much different than the situation "Orr" was faced with in Heller's novel. The following excerpt from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report — "Economic Effects of Reducing the Fiscal Restraint That Is Scheduled to Occur in 2013" — explains the "Catch-22" dilemma facing Congress:
Growing debt would increase the likelihood of a sudden fiscal crisis, during which investors would lose confidence in the government's ability to manage its budget and the government would thereby lose its ability to borrow at affordable rates. Such a crisis would confront policymakers with extremely difficult choices. Again, the current high level of debt relative to the size of the economy means that further substantial increases in debt would be especially risky in this regard.
Therefore, eliminating or reducing the fiscal restraint scheduled to occur next year without imposing comparable restraint in future years would have substantial economic costs over the longer run. However, as shown earlier in this report, allowing the full measure of fiscal restraint now embodied in current law to take effect next year would have substantial economic costs in the short run.
The CBO report is every bit as circular in its application of logic as Heller's "Catch-22." The report seems to be recommending a "kick the can down the road" approach to the pending fiscal cliff as an alternative to simply jumping off the cliff. The implication is that perhaps we should delay the proposed austerity measures currently scheduled and designed to bring deficit spending under control for one more year while at the same time explaining that in so doing we are assuming substantial risk of impeding our ability to borrow at affordable rates.
In other words, we should avoid the fiscal cliff for a little longer. If we follow this course, we avoid the recession resulting from the fiscal restraint initiatives but end up in recession because fiscal irresponsibility. If we go ahead with the planned tax hikes and spending cuts, we go into recession because of these austerity measures. In either case we end up in recession just as Orr ends up flying combat missions.
There are a several major players attempting to coerce Congress into the "don't jump" camp. Specifically, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke — who coined the term fiscal cliff — has moved away from his often repeated position that fiscal matters are not within his purview. Bernanke has chosen to meet with legislators to weigh in on the pending tax hikes and spending cuts. Even Wall Street CEO's are heading to Capitol Hill to offer their advice on how to deal with the fiscal cliff issues.
Despite arguments to the contrary coming from the "don't jump" proponents, there is a huge risk associated with delaying the scheduled austerity measures and the CBO is not understating the nature of that risk. On the other hand, if we "do jump," recession is the likely outcome. To suggest that we should avoid the fiscal cliff seems every bit as irresponsible as suggesting that we should move forward with the tax hikes and spending cuts and just jump off the cliff.
There are many — probably most — who simply refuse to admit that no palatable solution exists to the fiscal cliff issue. The assumption is that we can deal with the debt and deficit when the economy is on stronger footing. That same logic has been applied for four years now as monetary and fiscal stimulus has been injected into the economy at unprecedented levels and to no avail.
GDP growth has proven to be a particularly stubborn problem, having fallen in the first quarter of 2012 and again in the second quarter of 2012. The most recent data showing third quarter results reflects a modest improvement in the rate of GDP growth but on close examination, a substantial portion of GDP for the third quarter was the result of increased government spending in that quarter. The second quarter GDP was a mere 1.25% and the GDP growth rate trajectory has been lower through most of 2012. Likewise, unemployment has resisted all attempts to rejuvenate the economy through stimulus efforts. The U6 unemployment number continues to hover around 15%.
We have reached a point where the fiscal stimulus intended to solve the problem of slow GDP growth and high unemployment can no longer be viewed as a solution. The truth is these stimulus measures — resulting in unsustainable debt and deficits — must now be viewed as part of the problem itself.


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Massimiliano Allegri has been taking criticism left, right and centre this term. Five defeats in eight League games does not help his cause, but such is the weight of anti-Allegri feeling this season, and even during parts of the last campaign, it is very easy to forget the positive aspects to his reign as Coach.
To ensure the good parts of Allegri are not buried in the negative, here are four things he has got right in 2012-13.
Switching formation
Allegri was hounded last season, and rightly so to some degree, for not having a Plan B. So he addressed that this year with the introduction of 4-3-3/4-2-3-1.
This was not a panic switch after Milan started losing games, as many would like to believe. Milan spent as much time, if not more, in pre-season playing with wider forwards and Boateng as the central attacker, as they did with 4-3-1-2.
That is not the sign of a man panicking, but a man planning, a man aware that his team needed to evolve. He was probably forced to try it competitively a bit earlier than he would have liked – injury to Alexandre Pato and Giampaolo Pazzini not being ready meant he deployed it in the very first game. But its success this season, relative to the struggles with 4-3-1-2, has seen him stick with it. Mind-meltdown in the first-half against Lazio aside.
Protecting Mattia De Sciglio
It is clear De Sciglio is very talented, and the way he is playing this season means he is easily one of Milan's top two full-backs and thus should be starting most, if not all, games. So far he has started six out of 10 matches, which is perhaps not enough to qualify as 'most games', but it is the same figure as Luca Antonini. The natural comparison, in terms of age at least, is with the younger Stephan El Shaarawy, but it is too simplistic to use him as an example.
He had a full season playing in Serie B at Padova, who reached the play-offs that year, and made fleeting appearances in his first year at Milan in a season where they were near the top of the table. His footballing development has been far more rigorous.
De Sciglio has made a jump from Primavera football straight into a first-team that is now struggling. There has been no loan to Serie B, and precious little gradual integration, bar five appearances last year. He is good, but he is not so good that he should be thrust into every game.
Allegri may also have Inter's experiences with Davide Santon in the back of his mind – a player who was more talented than De Sciglio at the age of 19/20 years, but who struggled mentally with the pressures of a top team.
Improving players
Not something he gets much credit for, perhaps because there is a lot of focus on those players playing below their level this season, for which many hold Allegri responsible. Nevertheless, Ignazio Abate has gone from being a right-winger out of position under Leonardo to arguably Italy's first-choice right-back and a Euro 2012 finalist.
El Shaarawy has bags of natural talent, which is always a help for a Coach, but he was not influencing games like he is now, part of which is of course down to the fact he is now playing in a position more comfortable for him on the left.
Antonio Nocerino has been playing in Serie A on a consistent basis for five years, but had the season of his life under Allegri. Kevin-Prince Boateng was struggling to get a game at Tottenham and ended up at relegated Portsmouth, but with Allegri he became a very important player whose absence was noticed, particularly last season.
That we are now talking about the latter two and Abate being out of form is testament to how well they were playing in the previous two years, both of which were with Max.
Removing the old guard
This had to be done. He could have placated them, and some fans, by persuading Vice-President Adriano Galliani to offer them all new contracts, but he knew that most of them were not offering enough to the team and were only going to get worse.
The squad misses their know-how, but for some their ability on the pitch was at the bottom end of the group. For example, Nigel De Jong is a significant upgrade over Gennaro Gattuso, but he is not a legend with over 450 appearances, while Gianluca Zambrotta's release has given space to De Sciglio.
The ones he did want new contracts offered to – Alessandro Nesta this summer and yes, Andrea Pirlo last summer – rejected them. The man cannot force the players to put pen to paper.
His only mistake was not starting this process a season earlier, rather than having a mass exodus that has left a small experience gap.


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TUCSON, Ariz. – The bottom third of the UC Santa Barbara lineup helped the Gauchos come out on top 8-3 in Friday's Hi Corbett Classic Tournament opener against Mississippi State, driving in seven runs to ensure the team's seventh straight win.
Each of the Gauchos' 7-8-9 hitters collected a pair of RBIs and multiple hits on the day. Center fielder Andrew Calica led the way with a 3-5 line, while right fielder Scott Quinlan (2-3 with a stolen base), and Jackson Morrow (2-2) contributed to the offensive surge. Freshman catcher Dempsey Grover, who entered the game in the seventh inning after Morrow was ejected following a collision at home plate, lined an RBI single in his only plate appearance.
Now at 8-1 this season, UCSB is in the midst of its longest winning streak since the 2008 season. This is the best nine-game start to a season since 1996, when the Bob Brontsema-led Gauchos also went 8-1 to open the year.
Reigning Big West Field Player of the Week Joey Epperson continued his hot-hitting ways with a 4-5 day in the leadoff spot. The senior third baseman, who entered the game with the sixth-highest batting average in the country, is now hitting .541 and has collected a hit in every game this season and multiple hits in seven straight.
Sophomore lefty Justin Jacome moved to 2-0 on the year after his 6.1 inning, one earned run outing. The Redlands, Calif. native has now allowed two runs or fewer in seven straight starts dating back to last season. Jacome added six strikeouts on the day and allowed just four hits.
The southpaw ran into trouble in the third and fourth frames, as the Bulldogs – a national seed and College World Series participant in 2013 – were able to get a pair of runners on to lead off both innings. However, Jacome induced double plays each time to limit the damage to one run apiece. He cruised throughout the rest of the game, allowing just two hits over the other five innings he appeared in.
Down 2-0 after four innings of play, UCSB's offense awoke from its brief lull beginning in the top of the fifth with a Peter Maris RBI groundout. However, the floodgates would open the next time the Gauchos came to bat.
Junior first baseman Tyler Kuresa and sophomore designated hitter Robby Nesovic started the sixth-inning rally with singles. Calica and Quinlan then cashed in their first ribeyes of the game with base hits. Morrow would clear the bases and give UCSB its third and fourth runs of the inning, including the eventual game winner, with an RBI double.
The Gauchos would add three more runs in the seventh to ice the game for junior Greg Mahle, who provided 2.2 innings of shutdown relief. Making his team-leading sixth appearance of the season, Mahle allowed just a single unearned run and lowered his ERA to 2.61.
Mississippi State starter Ben Bracewell took the loss after allowing three runs over 5.1 innings. The Bulldogs bullpen fared worse than Bracewell, allowing five runs in just 4.2 collective innings of work. Senior outfielder Demarcus Henderson (2-3) and senior second baseman Brett Pirtle (1-4, team's only extra-base hit) led the way offensively for MSU.
UCSB will play its second doubleheader of the season tomorrow, rematching with Mississippi State for a 1:00 p.m. matinee before tangling with tournament host Arizona at 6:00 p.m. Live video streaming of all tournament games can be found here.


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I just don't get the whole concept of going braless. I'll admit, I'm one of those girls who comes home at the end of the day and looks forward to taking off my bra. Ah, the ultimate relaxation. But when I'm out in the working world, though, it's a totally different story. I'm a big believer that a bra is always a must. Truth is, I'm just more comfortable wearing a bra.
The added support is like a personal little pick-me-up and I never have to worry about a nip-slip. Never. That is a no-no, no matter who you are. But some of my favorite stars clearly disagree. I'm not talking about the fresh off the bus, wannabe starlet who hasn't earned enough to hire a stylist. I mean the biggest names in the biz. Yes folks, super famous free-boobers. I love their work, but their style could use a little lift -- if ya know what I mean. Check out nine stars who need to strap one on.
Do you think you should always wear a bra before you leave the house? Or do you think it's okay to leave home without one?
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