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We are just two days away from 2012. So in this special blog post iDubba brings you the 10 most popular shows/events of 2011. The ranking and popularity has been taken in consideration on the basis of activities done for these shows on iDubba in 2011.
- ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: There is definitely no surprise to see this event on top because 2011 as year is the biggest for India as we witnessed Indian team winning World Cup after 28 long years. Sports channels had the highest TRPS ever.
- MTV Roadies (Season 8): The longest running reality show with eight seasons in its kitty it is already in news for its ninth season starting next week. There has been a lot of speculation about the show being scripted but it still remains one of the most watched and favourite among the younger lot.
- Indian Premier League 2011: Another cricket event. So that makes the score 2 in total and that is definitely not astonishing in our country where second God is cricket despite being hockey as the national game.
- Splitsvilla (Season 4): Another reality show of MTV channel that targets youngsters. This reality show based on dating certainly knows how to turn heads. Bunch of hot girls and boys put together in a house to woo each other. What will you expect? 😉
- Koffee with Karan (Season 3): This chat show is my personal favourite and the only chat show that I can sit and watch without getting impatient. This one undoubtedly has a fresh and witty appeal to it. The show began to air in 2004 and has been a huge success since then.
- Bade Achhe Laggte Hain: Produced under Ekta Kapoor's banner of Balaji Telefilms, who is undoubtedly the queen of Indian soap operas, "Bade Ache Lagte hai" which was launched in second half of the year, has Saakshi Tanwar and Ram Kapoor in the main lead. This show has millions of viewers across the country glued to the shows.
- Bigg Boss (Season 5): Another controversial reality show that is in news always for wrong reasons but manages to gain one of the highest TRPs. It is full of masala and entertainment.
- Man vs. Wild (Season 3): Finally a documentary cum travel based show in the list :). Discovery Channel's Man vs. Wild is hugely popular especially because of its daring presenter Bear Grylls who is seen at ease at the worst places possible in the world.
- Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma: This sitcom is based on the column 'Duniya Ne Undha Chasma' (which loosely translates into "Seeing the world through upside-down glasses") written by Indian columnist and journalist Taarak Mehta for the Gujarati weekly magazine Chitralekha. In August2010, it beat one of the top shows to become the most watched TV show in India.
- Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 5): This game show has been a massive success since it was first launched on Star Plus in 2000. However Sony TV bought its rights from third season onwards and the recent season 5 that had its first ever contestant winning the prize money of 5 crore rupees.
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Friday, April 16
"For the first three days, you look at the people dancing to the band, laughing at their foolishness. Then, at four days on the open sea, you start joining in yourself."
I've never been on a cruise ship, preferring my holidays slightly less planned than "21:45- Shuffleboard / 22:15- Cocktails in the hot tub," but my date felt immediate unease at the Latin band Lua's audience participation-heavy (dancing that is) performance at Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar April 16. I think she was afraid of repeating her past embarrassing cruise antics.
When we arrived at TBTB, the group had already set up, and was doing a seemingly helter-skelter soundcheck before going on. I couldn't tell if the group was playing a tune or just measuring the levels of their instruments, but soon enough Lua launched into the first number, a bosa nova with a light feel.
Lua's sound is composed of electric guitar, bass, accordion, mandolin, drums, and a female vocalist– this last piece of the group's puzzle has a voice that's quite refreshing, casting off the standard female jazz inflections and phrasing for something more modern and pop-oriented.
"We will be playing songs from different parts of Latin America, such as Mexico and Brazil, and ones from our own hearts," spoke the group's vocalist, before launching into a song which I believe featured vocals in Spanish, though Portuguese was also a possibility (in spite of five years of the former language, I am about as fluent as a clogged drain).
With guitar runs that were noticeably keyboard-like, and backing vocals that did not follow the singer's principal melody provided by the accordion player and mandolinist, the tune had a distinctly far-away sound, which the group pulled off admirably.
In fact, speaking on a purely technical level, Lua was pretty great: Each song found the band's sound extremely tight and saw the members playing off each other, their excitement about performing evident in the tunes. As the evening wore on, the stream of dancers in front of Lua went from a trickle to a regular Biblical flood, as at least 20 souls decided "It's Friday, I ain't got s**t to do."
Couples danced in close proximity to singles, and you could almost hear them thinking "Now might be my chance to meet Mr./Ms. Right."
In case you're wondering, I didn't get up and dance– maybe only being adrift on the ocean, four days distant from the social confines of dry land, could have gotten me up there. I hope, for humanity's sake, as well as my own, never to find out.
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There are certain things in the game that scream: "THIS IS WORLD OF WARCRAFT!" Each class has their own special thing that people think of when they picture the class in their head. Some have changed over time, being iconic when the game came out and all but vanished now. Some have emerged over time, starting as a thought and finally being realized.
One good thing is that I couldn't think of one specific ability that is recognizable for the entire game. There are a few front-runners, but there are many that define each class. Blizzard has done a great job of making each class very individual (with a few exceptions), and you know who you are playing by what you can do.
Shamans get two picks from me: Frost Shock and Bloodlust. Sorry Alliance, but it will always be Bloodlust and not Heroism. In Vanilla PvP, Frost Shock was one of the biggest abilities that the Horde had in their arsenal, as it was a good snare on a short cooldown that did a decent amount of damage. There used to be an addon that would have an audio file of "FROST SHOOOOOCK!" when it was used. Bloodlust, including the roaring-murloc-style sound, is such a great feeling. The very first time it was used in game for my character gave me goosebumps.
(The above is my son being a good PvP Shaman in training)
Druids are pretty straight forward, being that their forms truly define who they are. Not as much as previously, with the removal of a permanent Tree Form, but I believe that Bear Form & Cat Form are truly iconic (and of course the laser chicken). There's no mistaking what you're fighting when you have a cat tearing up your face. Being able to be a warrior, rogue, mage, and priest all in one is a nice feeling.
To me, the Warrior's signature ability was mainly visible in Vanilla as it was before big nerfs. Mortal Strike was a high damage move that also caused the target to receive 50% less healing as a debuff. This was in place for a very long time until it was nerfed to be only 10% less healing, as it was very overpowered for PvP. Many tanks were Arms spec in Vanilla mainly for this ability, so mobs that healed themselves could be mitigated. Close second is Titan's Grip – being able to wield two two-handed weapons is just awesome.
Rogues are mainly known for one thing: their stuns. They have close to fifty thousand of them (or so it would seem at time in PvP), and used well they can completely lock out someone for a good period of time. By the time the stuns wear off, the target's health is low enough that they're as good as dead.
Warlocks also have two great abilities to cause grief to people: Fear and Death Coil. Both mainly in Vanilla again, but the combination of the two spells were great to keep a player or a mob out of the way for a good period of time. The only problem with PvE use of them is that they have a very good chance to pull approximately one thousand other mobs who are close by.
Mages have two things that I believe is their signature, which is Polymorph and the ability to blow stuff up. Polymorph's history goes back to the early RTS games, and thankfully stays in the game today as a great crowd control device. Being able to have different animals other than sheep is nice for groups or raids with multiple mages, but the sheep is still awesome. Plus, mages can blow stuff up, including Living Bomb. How can you go wrong?
Hunters are definitely known for having their pets and their traps. The removal of Eyes of the Beast, allowing direct control over the pet, is definitely a big loss – it was also the way our guild pulled Baron Geddon in Molten Core back in Vanilla. When pets had their happiness system or needing to tame specific pets to learn specific abilities, or basically how pets were before they were all made generic are what truly defined hunters for a very long time. The traps have become a lot better, as rather than having to place them where the character is, they are now able to be launched to a location without having to sacrifice yourself. Coming close behind is feign death, which is also useful in real life.
I had a difficult time coming up with a specific priest signature ability. Eventually I decided on Shadowform and the ability to be a very flexible healer. Unfortunately with all the specific heals that a priest has, there are too many to narrow down to one signature one, apart from Greater Heal. Bread and butter healing. Shadowform is very different in the fact that it gave priests a way to do very good damage and still be a priest at heart.
Death Knights are pretty easy, as Death Grip is one of the first things that a player uses after rolling one. Being able to yank someone right to you, also acting as a taunt, is a tank's best friend. Plus, a lot of fun in PvP. Army of the Dead is a close contender, as there are few things more awesome than an army of ghouls rampaging on your behalf.
The Paladin signature ability was the easiest one to come up with. Divine Shield, or the infamous "Bubble". Unfortunately not being able to last long enough for a full bubble-hearth, it still has the reputation that it definitely deserves.
In conclusion, each class has things that truly make them feel unique. Even the Druid, which "borrows" the styles of other classes, still makes the playstyle their own. Even though they use rage like a warrior, they are not warriors (parrying with their faces takes skill).
As a signature ability for the game? I don't think there needs to be one. The closest "iconic" one that I can think of would have to be Bloodlust. It is synonymous with the Orc culture, and every time I hear the sound effect I can't help but think of the Warcraft series.


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The armies were now all ready to move for the accomplishment of a single object. They were acting as a unit so far as such a thing was possible over such a vast field. Lee, with the capital of the Confederacy, was the main end to which all were working. Johnston, with Atlanta, was an important obstacle in the way of our accomplishing the result aimed at, and was therefore almost an independent objective. It was of less importance only because the capture of Johnston and his army would not produce so immediate and decisive a result in closing the rebellion as would the possession of Richmond, Lee and his army. All other troops were employed exclusively in support of these two movements. This was the plan; and I will now endeavor to give, as concisely as I can, the method of its execution, outlining first the operations of minor detached but co-operative columns.
As stated before, Banks failed to accomplish what he had been sent to do on the Red River, and eliminated the use of forty thousand veterans whose cooperation in the grand campaign had been expected—ten thousand with Sherman and thirty thousand against Mobile.
Sigel's record is almost equally brief. He moved out, it is true, according to programme; but just when I was hoping to hear of good work being done in the valley I received instead the following announcement from Halleck: "Sigel is in full retreat on Strasburg. He will do nothing but run; never did anything else." The enemy had intercepted him about New Market and handled him roughly, leaving him short six guns, and some nine hundred men out of his six thousand.
The plan had been for an advance of Sigel's forces in two columns. Though the one under his immediate command failed ingloriously the other proved more fortunate. Under Crook and Averell his western column advanced from the Gauley in West Virginia at the appointed time, and with more happy results. They reached the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at Dublin and destroyed a depot of supplies, besides tearing up several miles of road and burning the bridge over New River. Having accomplished this they recrossed the Alleghanies to Meadow Bluffs and there awaited further orders.
Butler embarked at Fort Monroe with all his command, except the cavalry and some artillery which moved up the south bank of the James River. His steamers moved first up Chesapeake Bay and York River as if threatening the rear of Lee's army. At midnight they turned back, and Butler by daylight was far up the James River. He seized City Point and Bermuda Hundred early in the day, without loss and, no doubt, very much to the surprise of the enemy.
This was the accomplishment of the first step contemplated in my instructions to Butler. He was to act from here, looking to Richmond as his objective point. I had given him to understand that I should aim to fight Lee between the Rapidan and Richmond if he would stand; but should Lee fall back into Richmond I would follow up and make a junction of the armies of the Potomac and the James on the James River. He was directed to secure a footing as far up the south side of the river as he could at as early a date as possible.
Butler was in position by the 6th of May and had begun intrenching, and on the 7th he sent out his cavalry from Suffolk to cut the Weldon Railroad. He also sent out detachments to destroy the railroad between Petersburg and Richmond, but no great success attended these latter efforts. He made no great effort to establish himself on that road and neglected to attack Petersburg, which was almost defenceless. About the 11th he advanced slowly until he reached the works at Drury's Bluff, about half way between Bermuda Hundred and Richmond. In the mean time Beauregard had been gathering reinforcements. On the 16th he attacked Butler with great vigor, and with such success as to limit very materially the further usefulness of the Army of the James as a distinct factor in the campaign. I afterward ordered a portion of it to join the Army of the Potomac, leaving a sufficient force with Butler to man his works, hold securely the footing he had already gained and maintain a threatening front toward the rear of the Confederate capital.
The position which General Butler had chosen between the two rivers, the James and Appomattox, was one of great natural strength, one where a large area of ground might be thoroughly inclosed by means of a single intrenched line, and that a very short one in comparison with the extent of territory which it thoroughly protected. His right was protected by the James River, his left by the Appomattox, and his rear by their junction—the two streams uniting near by. The bends of the two streams shortened the line that had been chosen for intrenchments, while it increased the area which the line inclosed.
Previous to ordering any troops from Butler I sent my chief engineer, General Barnard, from the Army of the Potomac to that of the James to inspect Butler's position and ascertain whether I could again safely make an order for General Butler's movement in co-operation with mine, now that I was getting so near Richmond; or, if I could not, whether his position was strong enough to justify me in withdrawing some of his troops and having them brought round by water to White House to join me and reinforce the Army of the Potomac. General Barnard reported the position very strong for defensive purposes, and that I could do the latter with great security; but that General Butler could not move from where he was, in co-operation, to produce any effect. He said that the general occupied a place between the James and Appomattox rivers which was of great strength, and where with an inferior force he could hold it for an indefinite length of time against a superior; but that he could do nothing offensively. I then asked him why Butler could not move out from his lines and push across the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad to the rear and on the south side of Richmond. He replied that it was impracticable, because the enemy had substantially the same line across the neck of land that General Butler had. He then took out his pencil and drew a sketch of the locality, remarking that the position was like a bottle and that Butler's line of intrenchments across the neck represented the cork; that the enemy had built an equally strong line immediately in front of him across the neck; and it was therefore as if Butler was in a bottle. He was perfectly safe against an attack; but, as Barnard expressed it, the enemy had corked the bottle and with a small force could hold the cork in its place. This struck me as being very expressive of his position, particularly when I saw the hasty sketch which General Barnard had drawn; and in making my subsequent report I used that expression without adding quotation marks, never thinking that anything had been said that would attract attention—as this did, very much to the annoyance, no doubt, of General Butler and, I know, very much to my own. I found afterwards that this was mentioned in the notes of General Badeau's book, which, when they were shown to me, I asked to have stricken out; yet it was retained there, though against my wishes.
I make this statement here because, although I have often made it before, it has never been in my power until now to place it where it will correct history; and I desire to rectify all injustice that I may have done to individuals, particularly to officers who were gallantly serving their country during the trying period of the war for the preservation of the Union. General Butler certainly gave his very earnest support to the war; and he gave his own best efforts personally to the suppression of the rebellion.
The further operations of the Army of the James can best be treated of in connection with those of the Army of the Potomac, the two being so intimately associated and connected as to be substantially one body in which the individuality of the supporting wing is merged.
Before giving the reader a summary of Sherman's great Atlanta campaign, which must conclude my description of the various co-operative movements preparatory to proceeding with that of the operations of the centre, I will briefly mention Sheridan's first raid upon Lee's communications which, though an incident of the operations on the main line and not specifically marked out in the original plan, attained in its brilliant execution and results all the proportions of an independent campaign. By thus anticipating, in point of time, I will be able to more perfectly observe the continuity of events occurring in my immediate front when I shall have undertaken to describe our advance from the Rapidan.
On the 8th of May, just after the battle of the Wilderness and when we were moving on Spottsylvania I directed Sheridan verbally to cut loose from the Army of the Potomac, pass around the left of Lee's army and attack his cavalry: to cut the two roads—one running west through Gordonsville, Charlottesville and Lynchburg, the other to Richmond, and, when compelled to do so for want of forage and rations, to move on to the James River and draw these from Butler's supplies. This move took him past the entire rear of Lee's army. These orders were also given in writing through Meade.
The object of this move was three-fold. First, if successfully executed, and it was, he would annoy the enemy by cutting his line of supplies and telegraphic communications, and destroy or get for his own use supplies in store in the rear and coming up. Second, he would draw the enemy's cavalry after him, and thus better protect our flanks, rear and trains than by remaining with the army. Third, his absence would save the trains drawing his forage and other supplies from Fredericksburg, which had now become our base. He started at daylight the next morning, and accomplished more than was expected. It was sixteen days before he got back to the Army of the Potomac.
The course Sheridan took was directly to Richmond. Before night Stuart, commanding the Confederate cavalry, came on to the rear of his command. But the advance kept on, crossed the North Anna, and at Beaver Dam, a station on the Virginia Central Railroad, recaptured four hundred Union prisoners on their way to Richmond, destroyed the road and used and destroyed a large amount of subsistence and medical stores.
Stuart, seeing that our cavalry was pushing towards Richmond, abandoned the pursuit on the morning of the 10th and, by a detour and an exhausting march, interposed between Sheridan and Richmond at Yellow Tavern, only about six miles north of the city. Sheridan destroyed the railroad and more supplies at Ashland, and on the 11th arrived in Stuart's front. A severe engagement ensued in which the losses were heavy on both sides, but the rebels were beaten, their leader mortally wounded, and some guns and many prisoners were captured.
Sheridan passed through the outer defences of Richmond, and could, no doubt, have passed through the inner ones. But having no supports near he could not have remained. After caring for his wounded he struck for the James River below the city, to communicate with Butler and to rest his men and horses as well as to get food and forage for them.
He moved first between the Chickahominy and the James, but in the morning (the 12th) he was stopped by batteries at Mechanicsville. He then turned to cross to the north side of the Chickahominy by Meadow Bridge. He found this barred, and the defeated Confederate cavalry, reorganized, occupying the opposite side. The panic created by his first entrance within the outer works of Richmond having subsided troops were sent out to attack his rear.
He was now in a perilous position, one from which but few generals could have extricated themselves. The defences of Richmond, manned, were to the right, the Chickahominy was to the left with no bridge remaining and the opposite bank guarded, to the rear was a force from Richmond. This force was attacked and beaten by Wilson's and Gregg's divisions, while Sheridan turned to the left with the remaining division and hastily built a bridge over the Chickahominy under the fire of the enemy, forced a crossing and soon dispersed the Confederates he found there. The enemy was held back from the stream by the fire of the troops not engaged in bridge building.
On the 13th Sheridan was at Bottom's Bridge, over the Chickahominy. On the 14th he crossed this stream and on that day went into camp on the James River at Haxall's Landing. He at once put himself into communication with General Butler, who directed all the supplies he wanted to be furnished.
Sheridan had left the Army of the Potomac at Spottsylvania, but did not know where either this or Lee's army was now. Great caution therefore had to be exercised in getting back. On the 17th, after resting his command for three days, he started on his return. He moved by the way of White House. The bridge over the Pamunkey had been burned by the enemy, but a new one was speedily improvised and the cavalry crossed over it. On the 22d he was at Aylett's on the Matapony, where he learned the position of the two armies. On the 24th he joined us on the march from North Anna to Cold Harbor, in the vicinity of Chesterfield.
Sheridan in this memorable raid passed entirely around Lee's army: encountered his cavalry in four engagements, and defeated them in all; recaptured four hundred Union prisoners and killed and captured many of the enemy; destroyed and used many supplies and munitions of war; destroyed miles of railroad and telegraph, and freed us from annoyance by the cavalry of the enemy for more than two weeks.
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Christopher Tolkien awarded the Bodley Medal.
This is the press release. A well deserved award, I feel.
"The University of Oxfords Bodleian Libraries has awarded editor and scholar Christopher Tolkien, son of JRR Tolkien, the Bodley Medal. The medal is the Libraries highest honour.
"Editor and Scholar Christopher Tolkien awarded Bodley Medal
Son of JRR Tolkien awarded Bodleian honour for bringing his fathers literary legacy to the public
OXFORD, 31 October, 2016 The Bodleian Libraries has presented the Bodley Medal, the Libraries highest honour, to Christopher Tolkien, son of renowned author JRR Tolkien. Christopher Tolkien is a scholar and editor who has spent the last 40 years editing his fathers posthumously published work, ensuring that his fathers rich literary legacy can be read by all.
JRR Tolkien may be best known today as author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, but he was chiefly known in his lifetime as a scholar of language and literature, holding some of the most prestigious Professorships at the University of Oxford, and producing major scholarship in his field. Christopher Tolkien edited his fathers unpublished translation of the great Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf in 2014, fulfilling a major desideratum from scholars and lovers of Tolkiens imaginative literature alike.
Tolkien also wrote a great deal of poetry and prose connected to his fantasy world Middle-earth that was not published during his lifetime. Christopher Tolkien has edited scores of his fathers manuscripts including The Silmarillion, a collection of Tolkien works that tell the story of the First Age of Middle-earth, and written a 12-volume series of books called The History of Middle-earth describing the evolution of a unique imagined world. The latest example of his editorial work is Beren and Lúthien, a Middle-earth romance between a man and an elf. The book was announced this month and will be published in May 2017.
Christopher Tolkiens editorial work on his fathers manuscripts is underpinned by his academic career at the University of Oxford. He studied English at Trinity College and earned a B. Litt in Old Norse Literature. He went on to become a Fellow and Tutor in English Language at New College and a University Lecturer in Early English Language and Literature, and served in these roles from 1964 1975.
The Bodley Medal is awarded by the University of Oxfords Bodleian Libraries to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the worlds in which the Bodleian is active including literature, culture, science and communication. Past winners include classicist Prof Mary Beard, physicist Prof Stephen Hawking, theatre and film director Sir Nicholas Hytner, novelist Hilary Mantel, writer and actor Alan Bennett and inventor of the World Wide Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
Richard Ovenden, Bodleys Librarian said : Christopher Tolkiens contribution as a scholar and editor has been immense. Without his dedication and commitment, his fathers works would not have reached such a broad public audience and without his erudition and scholarship JRR Tolkiens work would not have been presented so fully and with such authority.
Christopher Tolkien said : Although I have never looked for anything remotely of such a kind, I find it especially welcome to receive the Bodley Medal in that it affirms the unique significance of my fathers creation and accords a worthy place in the Republic of Letters to Tolkien scholarship. It gives me particular pleasure that the award comes from and is conceived by the Bodleian, where a great part of my fathers manuscripts lie and where I have happy memories of the great library itself.
The Bodleian Libraries houses the largest collection of original Tolkien manuscripts and drawings in the world. The Tolkien Archive has been kept at the Bodleian since 1979. The latest addition to the archive is a rare map of Middle-earth annotated by JRR Tolkien, which was acquired in May 2016. The Bodleian is currently developing a major Tolkien exhibition, which will open at the Weston Library in 2018.
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He is only the 23rd recipient and it is not something they give out every year (although there may be more than recipient in a year) so this is quite special and not a "Buggins' turn" type of thing.
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Let's be honest there's no real reason we should be covering "Real Steel" on this site but the fact that the movie stars Hugh Jackman as a father trying to bond with his son by fixing up a fighting robot means I will give this thing more coverage than "Scream", "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Friday the 13th" combined. It's that important. And today there's an adorable new Brazilian poster for the film that has Jackman looking like a dream boat while two robots fight. My heart has never felt this kind of warmth.
"Straw Dogs" has officially shot it's way to the number 1 spot on my list of most un-needed remakes. But it's happening and today there's a couple new clips from the movie that hits theaters on September 16th. For those of you who don't remember the original it stared Dustin Hoffman as man who moves to a small town with his wife and begins being terrorized by some local workers. Things get uncomfortable... in a "Last House On the Left" sort of way.
Indie zombie flicks are usually about as fun as... well indie zombie flicks but every once in a while you come up with a winner. I can't think of any off the top of my head but I'm sure there's one out there. Was "Shaun of the Dead" indie or just British? Anyway "Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles" is indie and by god it looks pretty decent. At least the zombies do. I don't know, watch the trailer and shut your face.
I've watched a lot of cops and there's one thing I know, sometimes it's really hard to spot a drunk driver. But in Kentucky a couple of officers lucked out when a guy was driving around with a bar stool stuck to the hood of his car. Turned out to be a dead giveaway.
I learn a lot about parenting from the internet. Like this story about a teen in Colorado who stabbed his father after he tried to take away his cell phone. It taught me that you should beat your kid to the punch and stab them before trying to take away their cell phone.


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This paper uses a structurally estimated macroeconometric model, denoted the MC model, to evaluate inflation targeting in the United States. Various interest rate rules are tried with differing weights on inflation and output, and various optimal control problems are solved using differing weights on inflation and output targets. Price-level targeting is also considered. The results show that 1) there are output costs to inflation targeting, especially for price shocks, 2) price-level targeting is dominated by inflation targeting, 3) the estimated interest rate rule of the Fed (in Table 4) is consistent with the Fed placing equal weights on inflation and unemployment in a loss function, 4) the estimated interest rate rule does a fairly good job at lowering variability, and 5) considerable economic variability is left after the Fed has done its best. Overall, the results suggest that the Fed should continue to behave as it has in the past.
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Fair's paper attempts to evaluate n to our assessments of inflation forecast targeting (IFT), but suffers from an important limitation. One of IFT's central claims to superiority is that it should be capable of better aligning the public's expected inflation with the central banks inflation target. This improves the trade ...[more]
off between inflation and output. Because Fair's model uses backward looking adaptive expectations, it is in capable of capturing this effect and is thus deficient as a means of simulating the performance of IFT.
Fair's justification for using his model rather than NK models is partly out of date. He argues that "NK models are not likely to be good enough approximations of the economy to be trustworthy for evaluating inflation targeting." His first reason is that these models ignore the government and foreign sectors. However, this is not true of recent models (see, for example, the IMF Working Paper – WP/07/200— "DSGE Modeling at the Fund
Applications and Further Developments."). He also believes that his more richly detailed model will better track the economy better and it thus better for evaluating IFT. IFT advocates prefer simpler, easier to under stand models because they are easier for the actual policy makers to follow and thus actually use. While Fair is on firmer ground here, which class of models is better for evaluating IFT is an empirical question, which Fair is unable to resolve given the very nature of his tests.
I agree with Coats that which class of models is better for evaluating IFT is an empirical question. Simple models that policy makers can understand and use are not good if they are poor approximations of the economy. So the key question is how accurate any given model ...[more]
... is. I do have a way of getting at this question in my paper, which is Table 1, where outside sample RMSEs are compared. The NK model analyzed by Del Negro et al. (2006) is very poor at predicting real output compared to my model, which suggests to me that the NK AD curve is way too simple. I think the challenge for the NK literature in future work is to see if models can be developed that do well in comparisons like those in Table 1. I am doubtful that this will happen because I think the assumption of rational expectations is not a good approximation of the way that expectations are actually formed, but time will tell. In the meantime I don't think it is fair to say (no pun intended) that my model suffers from the limitation that expectations are assumed to be adaptive. Table 1 suggests that this may be the most accurate assumption!


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[Intro: U-God]
Give me the cue
[Verse 1: U-God]
Skip the introduction proceed to lip function
The junction get rushed by some grimy people busting weed
Splatter your melon like some Attica felons
Use a firearm good, Bloods go for heart swelling
Insert the spasm, yes the dirty herb has him
Thoroughbred thugs insert the phantasm
Verbal smarts, spark the word, visit my scripture
Exotic wine, holding nine Picasso pictures
When the rhyme pivot you now, limit your chance
Bodyguard the lyric with unlimited stance
Words seem to zing on down to Beijing
When we touch down, would you crown renowned kings
[Verse 2: Method Man]
There's no honor amongst thieves
Street pharmaceutical stack like Genovese
The Four Devils tempt madmen but not these
We profound hardcore sound to MCs, thumbs down
Prepare Killa Bees it be warfare, this the year
Niggas gotta take you off of here, hold the square
If we go there we go gritty and spread fear
Through this rap city, call the mayor
My razor sharp darts be like cold stares
The smell of fear make my nostrils flair, truth or dare?
Ask yourself can you compare to these niggas in the hood
Johnny B. Goode or he be gone yeah
The struggle goes on, you've been warned
PLO from here to Lebanon, how many bombs
Must we drop in the Ninety-Now?
Walk a mile in my shoes, get the street news from Meth-Tical
[Break: RZA]
Glocks'll be spitting, you gots to be kidding
Aiyo kid you gots to be kidding
Or Glocks'll be spitting
You gots to be kidding yo
[Verse 3: RZA]
It's common sense how I master my circumference, you dense
I get locked the fuck up, released on my own recognizance
Can't be judged, young bloods bust back like scuds
Wu-Tang hovers one thousand notches above
MC level, yo, I stay highs like treble
Foes who oppose get plucked like rose petals
Arresting and holding, penetrate forbidden regions
Wack MCs only lasting one season
The morale was low at the corral
Adjective pronouns had no style, your weak proposal
Aim for the official, initial is Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah
All that other bullshit ain't permissible
Annual increase of the Wu-Tang Manual
Handles to keep all this Hip Hop shit tangible
Illegible, every egg ain't edible
My tracks remain 'Unforgettable' like Ol' Nat Cole
Got to catch this paper to buy Shaquasia a glacier
Buy Melchezidek a skyscraper
Understanding the continents of Africa and Asia
And free the Black Man from enslaved labor, Wu-Tang
[Verse 4: Masta Killa]
The weight of the fam is on our back and we can't fall
Victim to this long hall of fame, meaning nothing
We came to punish the glutton with a substance
That can't be contained, Wu-Tang
[Interlude 1: Method Man]
We be seeing y'all asses when we walk up in the club
Y'all all in the back
Scared to speak, we speak cause you scared
Punk motherfucker, we know what time it is
[Interlude 2: Raekwon]
All you been seeing is upsets in the boxing shit, right
It's like come on man
This nigga fucked up motherfucking Whitaker
Dang, he caught Whitaker
He caught Whitaker a long time ago
Mike got touched
Then Mike got touched by Holyfield
Hey Mike's, Mike's gonna forfeit this fight
He ain't fighting McDermit
He ain't fighting
You talking bout he, what he, what he, what he did
Told them he cut his eye, in sparring
[Verse 5: Ghostface Killah]
Stella D'oro wrap breadsticks, David Berkowitz
Einstein birthed a hit, now nurture it
M.G.M. front row seat tonight, no gems
Purify, cleanse, ran into some beef up in the men's
Fix your sawed off, Wu-Tang tore me off the cross
All you saw was white meat, skin hanging off
These is words from the Arch Bishop, some call it six up
The Betty Crocker Marvel cake, snakes will miss a
Wax janitor, black Jack Mulligan from Canada
Slam dance, tarantula style, you's a fan of the
Monopoly king, Slavic poetry
Carnegie Hall's off the hook, let's push through the armory
Mack truck hitting soloist, Soul Controllers
Behold of the thousand teeth fist, swift and boneless
[Outro: RZA]
You know cause Wu-Tang is invincible, you know what I mean
It's Wu-Tang Forever God
You gonna get down with that W
That's that Wu, that's that Wisdom
That's the Wisdom of the Universe
That's the truth, of Allah, for the Nation of the Gods, you know what I'm sayin'
We breaking egg through these days God, you know what I'm sayin'
We got the fucking way
We got the medicine for your sickness
Out here, ya know what I mean
I was telling Shorty like
Yo Shorty, you don't even gotta go to summer school
Pick up the Wu-Tang double CD
And you'll get all the education you need this year, you know what I mean
Their poisoned minds can't comprehend this shit
Word man it's Wu-Tang Forever God, you know what I mean
Niggas can't fuck with these lyrics God, you kno what I'm sayin
Oh hell no, none of this shit
C'mon man -- beats, lyrics man, y'all niggas
Niggas can't even understand half this shit
I think niggas ain't gonna figure it out til the year Two-G
(Wax niggas ass for free or fee) Word
Yo, you know what
The next Wu-Tang album ain't even coming out until 2000, ya know what I mean
That's just gonna come back with a comet
You hear, we gonna bring a comet
Check for that shit in the millenium
You know what I mean? So, yo, y'all niggas man
Be the resurrection
The Gods is here man
Born Gods is here
This is Wu-Tang Clans battle cry to all other rappers


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Ms. Darlene Aiken, voted twice for being one of the "Top 50 Most Influential Women in Long Island, New York Business Program, is the President/CEO of Inner Beauty Solutions, Inc and CEO/Director for the Miss Black Collegiate USA Scholarship Pageant. Ms. Aiken has a slogan, "Exposing Minds, Not Bodies" which reminds herself everyday of the vision she had 11 years ago of wanting to help young girls become strong "inner beauty" women. Atlanta, GA is the location for the 1st Annual Pageant to be held October 26 -28th, 2012 at the 26-story luxury all suite-Twelve Atlantic Station Hotel.
Ms. Aiken holds many other titles that include being an author, college adjunct lecturer, professional speaker, self-esteem expert and youth empowerment advocate. Although she has many titles, her main objective is helping others to enhance their self-esteem and inner beauty so they can love themselves, "reach for the stars" and also make the world a better place for themselves and others.
Ms. Aiken, you have many other accomplishments can you tell me what they are?
"I have taught sociology, personal growth, target social issues, and taught juvenile justice at a 4 year college. I have written an internationally published book "How to be a Young Lady: Your Total Guide for Being the Best Possible You". It's an interaction self-publication book. I have hosted workshops for girls with issues as anti-bully, self-esteem, leadership, and empowerment.
In these workshops, I may have a guest speaker or a demonstrative speaker. One known speaker who the girls really admired was Retired Women National Basketball Association (WNBA) Legend Kym Hampton from the New York Liberty. (Ms. Hampton spent 15 years playing professional basketball overseas and in the WNBA). Her teaching gave the young girls motivation how to think, how to discover their strong points, and how to work well with others as a team. This teaching style could be translated into these young ladies every day lives and their future."
Having all the job titles you have now, at what point in your life did you realized you wanted to do what you are doing now?
"I suffered from tremendously low self-esteem in Jr. High School. It wasn't until after I graduated from High School that I became involved in Community Service and then I realized there was something else I wanted to do. I had a calling and at that time and I wanted to give back."
Being the success that you have become, what educational degrees have you earned?
"Bachelor Degree in Public Administration and Master Degree in Human Resource Management and I am currently taking an independent studies course at Yale University."
With your degrees, how have they molded you for the present and the future?
"I'm a firm believer in education but to obtain these two degrees it shows an ability to go through a process and be more structured. What has really prepared me for this career is traveling, meeting people and real life experiences."
How did you start Inner Beauty Solutions?
"First, I would like to say our slogan is "You're Beautiful On The Outside When You Recognize Your Beauty On the Inside". I started my incorporation over a decade ago. In my various professions, I saw many older women exhibit themselves with low self-esteem, which resulted in office gossip, jealousy, not able to work well with other women, and other unusual behavior. Then, I would see and hear young girls with low self-esteem. It bothered me so much that I became tired of talking about it and said I would do something about it."
Do you cater any activities toward young males?
"I do incorporate young males in some of my activities but I have clients that have a male and female base they catered to but for most part I do not. I feel the problem with our young males now is that they received too much teaching from women. Women can't teach young boys how to become men. It's unfortunate that young boys try to go through their entire lives and educational career without having a male figure in their lives. So I feel more men must step up to the plate and teach young boys how to become men. A man is a strong figure and we really need them in our lives. I found out some young girls and even some older women low self esteem resulted from not having that father figure telling them how beautiful they were."
Splash Magazine is affiliated with Atlanta and you reside in New York. Can you tell me more about this exciting project for which you chose Atlanta to be the hosting city?
"I am the Director and Founder of the Miss Black Collegiate USA Scholarship Pageant. I was chosen in "Exposing Minds, Not Bodies". This pageant consists of African descendents in which we create an atmosphere where collegiate young ladies can win a scholarship. Our pageant is not based on the typical pageant outer beauty that society believes pageants are. We are looking for inner beauty, which displays from your civic engagement, an excellent Grade-Point-Average (GPA), interaction with others, their congenial attitudes, ability to write essay and etc. There are other things that are being considered but overall it's the "Inner Beauty Solution". We have really been working hard on the preparation of the 1st Annual Miss Black Collegiate USA Scholarship Pageant. I truly hope many will attend this event in major numbers. The young contestants across the United States have been working hard for this day and they deserved to be seen and heard."
After the interviewed, I thanked Ms. Darlene Aiken, for taking time out of her busy-demanding schedule to talk with me. It was very enlightening and impressive. Comparing her vision from over a decade ago to the fact that it is now known internationally is astounding. Now, these young girls can become the best "inner beauty" women they can be because society needs them. Through speaking with Ms. Aiken, I could not help but remember what my Daily Word read the other day, which is so true "At any age, inner beauty radiates out through positive words and intentions. I stand before a mirror and affirm I AM BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT". Together with that statement, Ms. Aiken has truly magnified this with her "Inner Beauty Solutions."
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Fortune Cookie Part 2 (journal excerpt)
It seems the best of these entries are when I'm pulling on a live wire, and don't know exactly what's next. With some projects, when an author knows what he or she is trying to say, it's already a lesser story. I love it when I'm reading someone who keeps surprising himself.
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SANFORD, Fla. – Dawn Nelson's home was burglarized last year, but the thieves were never caught. So when she returned home recently to find two men stealing from her house again, the Sanford woman was determined to stop them.
Less than a minute before driving up to her house, Nelson's family received a phone call from their home security company telling them an intruder alarm was going off. As Nelson approached, she noticed a strange car parked in her carport. She then saw the thieves loading a TV and an XBox video game system into the back seat.
"I said, 'Oh no! You're not going to do it this time.' So I pulled in, blocked them in. They were petrified," said Nelson.
At first, the burglars tried to escape by ramming Nelson's SUV with their car.
"There was impact. My head went back really fast and hit the back of the seat," said Nelson's teenage daughter Kari.
When the thieves realized their car was trapped, they jumped out and began running away on foot. Soon, Nelson was chasing after them.
"I honestly had absolutely no fear because I was so angry," said Nelson. "I was so mad. Believe me, they would have been hurting if I had caught up with them."
The burglars got away, but they left behind their getaway car and the items they tried to steal. Using the license plate, Sanford police were able to identify the car's owner. It belonged to the mother of one of the burglary suspects, according to Nelson. That 17-year-old and his friend, Alfred Willingham, were later arrested after Nelson identified Willingham in a photo lineup.
At the time of the burglary, Willingham, 20, was out of jail on bond, awaiting trial for drug possession and dealing in stolen property.


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Imperial Concubine Yuan Shu's Wild Strategy
News of Lu Yao hanging herself gave both Lu Song and Yao Shu a huge fright. The two did not say a word and began rushing in the direction of Lu Yao's courtyard.
When they were still quite far away, they could already hear the maidservants crying loudly. Yao Shu was unable to suppress his emotions, rushing into the courtyard ahead of Lu Song and pushing open the door. But it was also because he pushed the door hard that in the next instant, Yao Shu suddenly came to a stop, staring straight at the scene before him. His face and neck immediately turned red.
At the same time, the servants in the room began screaming. Their screams caused Yao Shu to quickly turn around.
Lu Song entered after him. At this time, the maidservants had managed to cover up Lu Yao. Lu Song was puzzled and asked: "What happened?"
A servant kneeled while crying in front of Lu Song and told him: "Young miss took things hard and sent us servants out. We servants thought that she just wanted to be on her own; however, we never thought that young miss would do something so shortsighted. Master, after we servants brought young miss down, young miss' neck had a red mark on it, and it seemed that she was having a hard time breathing. We servants removed young miss' clothes to help her breathe. After finally managing to help young miss begin breathing…" As the girl spoke, she looked at Yao Shu sadly: "But young miss was just seen by this young man!"
Lu Song thought that something big had happened. Hearing what he had just heard, he waved his hand: "Don't be so shocked over such small things. This is the Yao family's eldest son. He is the one that is set to marry Yao'er. He cannot be considered an outsider."
"This…" The maidservant said with difficulty: "But master, if word of this was to spread… young miss cannot afford to lose face!"
Lu Song heard this and felt his heart move. He then looked at Lu Yao, but he saw that the maidservants had already helped her put her clothes on. There was a red mark on her neck, but it was not very severe. If one did not look carefully, it would not be seen, but Lu Yao's eyes remained on Yao Shu. He immediately reacted and turned to ask Yao Shu: "Nephew, what did you just see?"
Yao Shu replied sincerely: "Uncle Lu, don't worry. Dignified men will not tell lies, nor will they not take responsibility. Yao'er was already my fiancee. To have been seen by me today can also be considered fate." He turned around slightly and said to Lu Yao: "Yao'er, I might not be able to provide you with something as grand as a betrothal gift that the imperial family can provide, nor can I provide as grand a wedding celebration as one put on for a prince, but Yao'er, I, Yao Shu, swear on my Yao family's name that your wedding definitely will not be bad. The day of the wedding cannot be changed by anyone. No doubt, I must take responsibility for today's actions, but me marrying you is something that I want. It's not just because it would be proper. I hope that you are also willingly marrying me, and that you will always be that beautiful girl from when we first met. Don't worry, I have already spoken to my cousin from the Feng family. She will not object to our marriage. Yao'er, do not be unhappy. No matter what happens, I will favor you."
These words left hot tears streaming down Lu Yao's face. It also caused Lu Song to nod his head. In an exchange of glances, father and daughter could see the words "at ease" in the other's eyes.
Yao Shu's visit this time had doubtlessly given the Lu family something to put them at ease. Lu Song comforted Lu Yao for a while then removed the restriction that he placed on her going out. Only then did he send Yao Shu out.
Lu Yao was brought back to her bed by her maidservants. Once the door was closed, the sneered and rubbed her neck, shouting: "It hurts so much."
The maidservant at her side, Chun Tao, quickly said: "Young miss, endure a little longer. If you didn't do it for real, how could that young sir from the Yao family believe it? I fear that it would not even be able to handle master."
Lu Yao snorted coldly, "What's there to fear with father. He is very clear that what I did was fake. Sending me into the Yao family is nothing more than a chess move. He wants to make use of the Yao family's relationship with the ninth prince to protect his future position. That's why father must help me. No matter what, this marriage must happen." She spoke while happily smiling, "Look, hasn't Yao Shu been properly tamed by me. That's to say that in this world, there is no man that cannot be tamed. It just depends on what sort of tactics the woman is willing to use."
Chun Tao nodded and praised: "Our young miss is really smart. After marrying into the Yao manor, the Lu family will still need to take care of young miss. No matter how happy the third young miss is, she is still just flaunting her superiority in her own home. Young miss is the true foundation of the Lu family."
Upon hearing mention of the Lu family's third young miss, Lu Yan, Lu Yao's gaze became a little bit colder. That younger sister that was also of the first wife really was an annoying one!
She found Lu Yan to be an eyesore, but at the same time, Lu Yan did not like Lu Yao. Back when she had sent her people to Phoenix Pavilion to ruin Lu Yao's accessories, she had wanted to create more trouble between her and imperial daughter Ji An. It would be best to have completely offended imperial daughter Ji An, resulting in the marriage being canceled.
Unfortunately, things did not go as desired. Lu Yao's marriage ended up becoming a little more stable because of this. Lu Yan leaned against a pillar in a long hall while looking at Lu Yao's courtyard and clenching her fists.
"Really a good play." Lu Yan squinted her eyes and looked forward, muttering: "It's fine. The winner of this game will not be decided by you marrying into the Yao manor, nor will it be decided with me marrying Prince Sheng. In the end, it will depend on who ascends the throne. My great elder sister, you must know that we are not competing as girls. We are comparing men!"
The Lu family had received Yao Shu's guarantee and had finally received some assurance. Back in the Yao family's side, they also began taking care of matters related to Yao Shu's wedding.
The Yao family had always been rather democratic. Aside from the rule set down by Yao Xian of "men will not take concubines, and women will not be concubines," they had always been rather respectful of the younger generation's desires. For example, Yao Shu and Lu Yao's marriage, even if Lu Song asked the Emperor many times, and even if the Emperor brought it up with Yao Xian many times, if Yao Shu did not want it, Yao Xian would definitely think of a way to refuse.
But it was because Yao Shu accepted it that the Yao family chose to respect the child's decision. As long as he wanted it, the Yao family wanted it. However, who knew that this person would want a wife that would cause them to feel a deep regret.
"Is young miss still feeling worried for the Yao family's young master?" It was now night time, and Feng Yu Heng sat next to her bed. Leaning close to the window, she did not want to sleep. Wang Chuan saw that she had no intention of sleep and simply prepared some light jasmine tea to chat with her.
Hearing mention of Yao Shu, Feng Yu Heng put on a helpless expression, "He himself wants it. What is there that I can say. I am just worried about grandfather. After that Lu Yao enters the manor, it would be good if she knows to restrain herself. If she continues to stir up trouble, with grandfather getting up there in age, how could he handle it. Forget it." She waved her hand, "In the end, this is all in the future. That is not the reason that I cannot sleep tonight."
"Then why is it?" Wang Chuan was puzzled, "Is there something else troubling young miss?"
Feng Yu Heng furrowed her brow, her face filled with hesitation. After a while, she said: "I also can't quite say. It's just a flustered feeling. I keep feeling as though something is about to happen, but I can't figure out what it is. With this on my chest, I can't quite feel at ease."
Wang Chuan pushed the cooled jasmine tea toward her: "This sort of tea tastes best at this sort of temperature. It helps reduce inflammation. Young miss, drink some."
Feng Yu Heng picked up the cup of tea and brought it to her lips; however, she could not bring herself to drink it. What could be the problem?
The night was starting to turn cloudy. The moon that could be seen was covered after a short while. Inside the imperial palace, all of the palaces had shut their doors and blown out their candles. Either way, the Emperor had not visited the inner palace for over 20 years. The imperial concubines were already accustomed to this sort of regulated life. There was no longer even a shred of expectation left in their hearts.
On a small path in the palace, a swaying lantern was held in a servant's hand, as they hurriedly moved forward. To this person's side was a woman wearing a cloak and hat. While walking, they looked around. Fortunately, this small path was always quiet. Because the Emperor did not visit, even the imperial guards relaxed their patrols. At this moment, aside from these two, not another person could be seen.
The two went straight to the entrance of a palace before stopping. There was a palace maid waiting in front of this palace. Upon seeing them arrive, she quickly pushed the gate open and brought them inside.
This was Yong Ning Palace. There was no palace princess. There was only a high-ranking concubine living here. That high-ranking concubine saw the people arrive then bowed, saying: "Paying respects to imperial concubine Shu."
The person that had come was imperial concubine Yuan Shu!
The two were seated, and imperial concubine Yuan Shu looked at the girl that was younger than her, yet the girl appeared to be older. Sighing, she shook her head and said: "Unfortunately, if we're comparing appearance, the high-ranking concubine Jing of that time would be the best at that time. What a pity! Without given a chance to meet, that imperial concubine Yun was brought back the second year after you entered the palace. You didn't even get a chance to get pregnant with a child. You didn't get a chance to get even closer. Like this, you've been here in the inner palace, wasting your time for twenty years. This is retribution!"
Imperial concubine Yuan Shu's laments covered the complaints that she had of imperial concubine Jing from the years. Imperial concubine Jing's lip trembled, and a fishy-sweet taste surged into her throat and was forcefully suppressed. She smiled bitterly, "That's right. In the end, my life was not as good as elder sister Shu's. No matter how it is, you still have a child. There are times when I think that even if I had a daughter, it would be great. But daughters in Da Shun are even harder to come by than sons."
Imperial concubine Yuan Shu looked at imperial concubine Jing, a look of viciousness flashing through her eyes, "Could it be that younger sister wishes to continue living like this? Without returning to your old home and remaining without hopes, just remaining inside this large palace. Even if you spent every day counting the pigeons, you should have finished counting all of them over the years. Now, your hairs about to turn white. Could it be that younger sister is giving up?"
Imperial concubine Jing was puzzled, "What can I do aside from accepting my fate? Over the years, it's not like there haven't been concubines that have had private encounters with imperial guards, but which of them wasn't dismembered by five horses? Could it be that elder sister has such a thing in mind?"
Imperial concubine Yuan Shu shook her head, "It's as you said. In any case, this One has a son. How could I have any other thoughts. This One is thinking for younger sister and wishes to provide younger sister with a way out."
"What does elder sister mean by such things?" Imperial concubine Jing became interested, "There was a servant that came by during the day to tell me that elder sister wanted to meet tonight, but younger sister could not figure out what is the reason elder sister wishes to see me?"
Imperial concubine Yuan Shu covered her mouth and smiled faintly, "That's right! You and I don't often speak, yet this One suddenly paid a visit. You wouldn't believe anything that was said, but this is a situation that would only occur once every thousand years. This One will not hide it from younger sister. The reason that you were chosen is that you have an elder brother working in the palace, and the person in charge of the imperial guards tonight is him."


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA's Curiosity rover has indeed found something in the Martian dirt. But so far, there's no definitive sign of the chemical ingredients necessary to support life.
A scoop of sandy soil analyzed by Curiosity's sophisticated chemistry laboratory contained water and a mix of chemicals, but not complex carbon-based molecules considered essential for life.
That the soil was not more hospitable did not surprise mission scientist Paul Mahaffy since radiation from space can destroy any carbon evidence.
"It's not unexpected necessarily," said Mahaffy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, who is in charge of the chemistry experiments. "It's been exposed to the harsh Martian environment."
The latest findings were presented Monday at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. The mission managed by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory is trying to determine whether conditions on Mars could have been favorable for microbes when the red planet was warmer and wetter.
Hopes for a "Mars-shaking" discovery peaked two weeks ago after mission chief scientist John Grotzinger told National Public Radio: "This data is gonna be one for the history books. It's looking really good."
The Internet lit up with excitement. NASA later clarified that Grotzinger was referring generally to the mission and not a specific result. Days before the science gathering, the space agency sought to contain expectations and issued a statement insisting there'd be no big news.
So what did Curiosity find after baking the soil and analyzing the resulting gases?
Water, sulfur and perchlorate, a highly oxidizing salt that was also detected by one of NASA's previous spacecraft, the Phoenix lander, in the northern Martian latitudes.
"This is typical, ordinary Martian soil," said mission scientist Ralf Gellert of the University of Guelph in Canada.
The rover did detect hints of a simple carbon compound, but scientists don't yet know if it's native to the planet, came from space or hitchhiked from Earth.
Scientists think the best chance of finding complex carbon is at Mount Sharp, a mountain rising three miles from the center of Gale Crater near the Martian equator. Curiosity won't trek there until early next year. Images from space reveal intriguing layers at the base and many think it's the ideal place to search for carbon.
"The real new science may have to wait until the rover gets to the ancient layered terrain at the base," said University of Arizona senior research scientist Peter Smith, who is not involved in the latest Mars mission.
The Curiosity team has been under pressure to announce a blockbuster find ever since the car-size Curiosity made its dramatic landing in early August using a never-before-tried technique that involved gently being lowered to the ground by cables.
The first month of a two-year mission was dominated by health checkups — a requirement for every interplanetary spacecraft. Since then, it has been on the move, scooping up soil and hunting for its first rock to drill into.
While Curiosity has beamed back stunning panoramas of its surroundings, its major discovery so far is uncovering the remnants of an ancient streambed. Michael Meyer of NASA headquarters called Curiosity a "CSI laboratory on wheels" that has already revealed a lot about its surroundings.
At $2.5 billion, the Curiosity mission is the most expensive yet to Mars, which has been studied by various, less capable rovers and landers. Curiosity totes around high-tech tools designed to explore the Martian surface in unprecedented detail.


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SALEM, N.H. (AP) � A Massachusetts man faces charges for allegedly trying to extort thousands of dollars from a New Hampshire man after they had a sexual encounter.
William Gray of Springfield is being held on $50,000 bail a charge of attempted extortion.
Police say Gray and a Salem, N.H., man met at Gray's apartment in April after the two met online. Gray is accused of later telling the man he would tell his wife about the encounter unless he paid for $3,000 worth of furniture.
Officials say the victim later went to police after Gray allegedly demanded he put $2,400 on a prepaid debit card.
At his arraignment in Salem, Gray said he was only seeking to be repaid for money he had loaned the man for drug purchases.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 9, 2011) – A U.S. Men's A2 National Volleyball Team will be looking to win a sixth Pan American Cup title for the United States when it competes June 13-18 at the Robert Guertin Centre in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
The United States has won every Pan Am Cup title since the tournament started being held in 2006, except for 2007 when it was won by Mexico.
Gordon Mayforth (St. Petersburg, Fla.), who will serve as head coach for the U.S. Men's A2 Team, said the 12 players selected this year are very athletic.
"We have a lot of very strong servers," Mayforth said. "If all our servers are hitting, we could be very successful. If they miss, it could be a short tournament."
Several players from past U.S. Pan Am Cup squads are returning this year. Outside hitter Robert Tarr (Cape Canaveral, Fla.), who has competed on the last three Pan Am Cup teams, will serve as the U.S. team captain.
Other Pan Am Cup veteran is outside hitter Jayson Jablonsky (Yorba Linda, Calif.), who was the MVP of the 2010 Pan Am Cup and has also played in the FIVB World League.
Setter Jonathan Winder (Irvine, Calif.) had played in World League and in last year's FIVB World Championship. Middle blockers Andy Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.) and David Smith (Saugus, Calif.) both have World League experience and libero Dustin Watten (Long Beach, Calif.) has played on the last two U.S. Pan Am Cup teams.
Playing in their first matches for the U.S. Men's A2 Team will be some of the United States' top recent college graduates: setter Kawika Shoji (Honolulu, Hawaii), opposite Will Price (Gaithersburg, Md.), middle blocker Ryan Meehan (Dana Point, Calif.) and outside hitters Murphy Troy (St. Louis, Mo.), Garrett Muagututia (Oceanside, Calif.) and Jeff Menzel (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
"We have new players, but they are balanced out by Tarr and Jablonsky and the others who have a lot of international experience," Mayforth said. "Both our setters have pretty good international experience."
The U.S. Men's A2 Team will play in Group C to open the Pan Am Cup, along with Argentina, Bahamas and Panama. The U.S. will play Bahamas on June 13 (noon PT), Panama on June 14 (noon PT) and Argentina on June 15 (3 p.m. PT).
Group A consists of Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela and Group B includes Canada, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
2011 Pan American Cup
June 13-18 in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
U.S. Men's A2 Team
No. Name (Position, Height, Weight, Hometown, College)
1 Jeff Menzel (OH, 6-6, 210, Santa Barbara, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
4 Garrett Muagututia (OH, 6-5, 225, Oceanside, Calif., UCLA)
6 Murphy Troy (OH, 6-8, 240, St. Louis, Mo., USC)
7 Jonathan Winder (S, 6-8, 216, Irvine, Calif., Pepperdine)
8 Andy Hein (MB, 6-11, 232, Carol Stream, Ill., Pepperdine)
9 Ryan Meehan (MB, 6-8, 209, Dana Point, Calif., Long Beach State)
11 Kawika Shoji (S, 6-3, 194, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford)
12 David Smith (MB, 6-7, 190, Saugus, Calif., UC Irvine)
16 C Robert Tarr (OH, 6-6, 200, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Long Beach State)
17 Will Price (Opp, 6-5, 207, Gaithersburg, Md., Penn State)
18 Jayson Jablonsky (OH, 6-5, 205, Yorba Linda, Calif., UC Irvine)
19 Dustin Watten (L, 6-0, 162, Long Beach, Calif., Long Beach State)
Head Coach: Gordon Mayforth (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Assistant Coach: Jon Roberts
Therapist/Trainer: Shawn Patchell
Technical Coordinator: Jacob Schick
Medical Support: Chad Eichten
Schedule (all times PT)
Group C
June 13 at noon: USA vs. Bahamas
June 13 at 3 p.m.: Argentina vs. Panama
June 14 at 10 a.m.: Argentina vs. Bahamas
June 14 at 3 p.m.: USA vs. Panama
June 15 at noon: Panama vs. Bahamas
June 15 at 3 p.m.: USA vs. Argentina
June 16 at 10 a.m.: Classification 5-10
June 16 at noon: Classification 5-10
June 16 at 3 p.m. Quarterfinals
June 16 at 5 p.m. Quarterfinals
June 17 at 8 a.m.: 9th/10th Place
June 17 at 10 a.m.: Classification 5/8
June 17 at noon: Classification 5/8
June 17 at 3 p.m.: Semifinals
June 17 at 5 p.m.: Semifinals
June 18 at 10 a.m.: 7th/8th Place
June 18 at noon: 5th/6th Place
June 18 at 3 p.m.: Bronze Medal
June 18 at 5 p.m.: Gold Medal


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