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FIFA President, Joseph S. Blatter, enters National Stadium pitch. Third place match, FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2014
Italy finished in third place at Costa Rica 2014 on penalties following an action-packed 4-4 encounter against Venezuela. Venezuela remarkably equalised on four occasions including a last second goal from defender Sandra Luzardo, only for Italy to prevail 2-0 on penalties.
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Q. Every spring, I get attacked by allergies. What are some ways to treat this?
Q. Every spring, I get attacked by allergies. What are some ways to treat this?
A. It's certainly the season to ask this question. The weather has just gotten nicer, and we can finally put away our winter coats. However, allergies during this time of year become rampant, and if you are allergic and aren't prepared or haven't experienced them before, it can become quite disorienting. Some may develop allergy symptoms for the first time in allergy season, even if they have not experienced symptoms in the past.
Nasal allergies and asthma are triggered by various allergic triggers such as pollens, dust mites, animal dander and molds. Pollen allergies are typically seasonal. Some pollens, such as tree pollens and grass pollens, are dispersed in spring and summer. Weed pollens, such as those dispersed from ragweed plants, are dispersed in fall.
Pollens carry seeds from male plants and travel by means of wind for several miles to be deposited on female plants. Therefore, pollen allergy sufferers can be affected by pollen-producing structures such as trees, grasses and weed plants situated several miles away.
Allergy sufferers produce an allergy antibody in their blood which interacts with the inhaled pollen protein on the surface of certain cells called mast cells, which are present on the lining of the nose, eyes and breathing passages. The interaction of these three (pollen proteins, allergy antibody and mast cells) result in release of the chemicals present within the mast cells. These chemicals are responsible in causing nasal inflammation (sneezing, runny nose and itchy nose). Inflammation of the lining of the eyes results in itchy, watery, red eyes. Inflammation of the lining of breathing passages of the lungs result in asthma symptoms.
In spring, allergy sufferers not only have the symptoms described above, but also significant impairment in quality of life in other ways. They may have associated headaches or feel as if their head is in a fog. Their cognitive functions decline because they are not feeling well and are not able to concentrate, with the resultant decline in their school and/or work performance in these troubled months. This has a significant social and financial impact.
Minimizing the exposure to pollens is an important step in relieving allergies, and although it's not possible to eliminate your exposure, there are a few things you can do to lessen suffering:
Don't dry clothes outside during warmer pollen seasons. It will reduce the accumulation of pollens within the clothing and bedsheets. Judicious use of air conditioning in the house can filter out the pollens to some extent. Avoid swimming outdoors since pollens present on the surface of the water may be inhaled. Try to brush your pets prior to bringing them in the house to reduce the amount of pollens in their fur. Keep bedroom windows closed during pollen seasons. On high pollen count days, try to plan activities indoors. Wash your hair at night, prior to sleeping, during pollen seasons.
For individuals with milder allergic symptoms, many over-the-counter antihistamines are available. They are for the most part non-sedating, safe, and usually work well. Periodic use of such medications is a reasonable approach so long as they control the symptoms and improve the quality of life. These antihistamines help by blocking the allergic chemical histamine that is released during allergic reaction from the mast cells described above.
Some individuals with significant allergy problems may require additional prescriptions that block allergic chemicals other than histamine. These medications are very effective but only available through prescription, requiring a physician visit. They consist of oral tablets and nasal steroid sprays.
When medications do not work or only partially work in conjunction with employing strategies to reduce pollen exposure by methods described above, and if symptoms recur year after year, then this modality of management is considered in selected situations. This involves a series of injections to place relevant pollens beneath the skin to turn off the allergic response generated by the immune system.
If you find yourself sniffling, coughing or itching more than usual this season, remember these options and help yourself enjoy this time of year without suffering.
Rajesh Bhagat, M.D., is certified by the American Board of Allergy/Immunology and the American Board of Pediatrics. Bhagat practices in East Stroudsburg and is an affiliate of Pocono Medical Center.

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IGN - IGN breaks down all the details of the first full trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fanasy XIII in our Rewind Theater.
i was the biggest Final Fantasy fan in ps1/ps2 era
but this gen every FF game is nothing like the FF games in ps1/ps2 era
atleast for me
it looks alright and 13-2 was good but the damage is already done and I really would prefer SE to start really knuckling down with versus and 10 hd aswell as getting KH 3 a teaser trailer or just a hint that it is in production.
EDIT* Also the doomsday clock reminds me of Majoras Mask a little bit
The sad thing is, the most exciting thing about the trailer is when they say "Lightning's final journey" Also the English voice actress for Lightning is HORRIBLE, she's like trying to do a female Clint Eastwood and failing big time. I didn't even bother with FF13 or 13-2 but wow, I'd have hated to have to listen to that voice for the main character all game.


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Two teenage girls were shot allegedly over a break- up and a posting on Facebook. One of the victims has a lot of healing to do. The 16 year old was shot in the neck. Now all she wants is for her best friend to make it.
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No one we know mentions Tegucigalpa, Honduras's congested capital, as their favorite place in the country, but on a sunny afternoon when there's a breath of a breeze, you may decide you want to linger a while longer. This city of more than 1 million people sits in a valley surrounded by beautiful pine-covered mountains, and at an altitude of 3,300 feet, you can't beat the moderate springlike climate.
There are plenty of nearby villages to explore, and national parks filled with exotic flora and fauna are a short drive away. But the city streets, sometimes set at a sharp incline, can be just as exhilarating. Plaza Morazán, the lively main square, is a great place to get to know the people. The very heart of the country's largest city is a place to gossip with neighbors, get your shoes shined, and enjoy an ice-cream cone. Take a peek inside the beautifully restored cathedral. Don't miss Iglesia Los Dolores, either; it's several blocks northwest of the square, and has rows of souvenir stalls to explore. A couple of newish blockbuster museums have won rave reviews in world circles and complement the small existing collection of galleries and exhibition halls in the capital. You'll eat well here, too: A trip back to Tegucigalpa will be a chance to chow down on something other than the beans, rice, and chicken you've been eating elsewhere in Honduras.
Was there ever a more fun place name to say? Practice it: tay-goo-see-GAHL-pa. But by about the time you master it, you'll realize that everyone affectionately and pragmatically shorthands it, spoken and written, to Tegus (TAY-goose). Generations of tourist brochures dutifully repeated that the city's name is a contraction of two words from the language of the area's indigenous people: teguz (silver) and galpa (hill). That's their story, and they're still sticking to it. Sounds like good public relations, but historians now doubt that version because the indigenous people here were not mining silver. The accepted meaning these days, among scholars at least, is not quite as glitzy: Tegucigalpa probably means "the place of colored stones." The first Spanish settlers did see that there was silver, nevertheless, and the mining industry brought wealth to the region. The city spread down from the hills and across the Río Choluteca. Though Tegucigalpa dates from 1578, it did not become the country's capital until 1880.
With its winding streets lined with colorful houses built into the hillsides, the city retains many characteristics of a provincial town. But the surge in population has brought rumbling buses and blaring horns, and economic doldrums, natural disasters, and political turmoil have taken their toll on Honduras's capital through the decades. Most visitors to the capital do focus on the latter—the negatives—unfortunately. They head out-country the minute their plane lands and don't return until it's time to fly home. And make no mistake: you should not sacrifice precious beach/island/ruins/nature time for extra days in the capital. But since Tegucigalpa does take some time to grow on you, it's all the more reason to spend more time in the city than most people give the place. If you come to the capital on business or with one of the many mission groups that work in urban health care or education—the needs are great here—you will get a chance to focus on the former, that "big old provincial town" side to Tegucigalpa.


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Coach Scott Sanderson is breaking down every aspect of the game, especially those areas where the Bisons need to show improvement.
The Bisons, who have won their last four games in a row and five of their last six, will get tested on the road this week in Jacksonville. Thursday night they face North Florida at 6:30 at UNF Arena. Saturday they will play Jacksonville at 2:15.
"It is a tough road trip," Sanderson said. "Both are quality teams. North Florida plays tough and physical.
"The way we have refocused and the way we have played the last three weeks has been really, really good. We obviously want to win, but we will find out even more about ourselves after these two games."
North Florida, 8-14, 5-6 in the conference, has lost its last two games. The Bisons are 14-8, 9-4 in the A-Sun.
"Our big soap box right now in the month of February is attention to detail," Sanderson said. "We have to be able to execute a scouting report. The question is can the players do the things we ask them to do?
"I think the players are buying in. I keep saying it is a process and that we have to keep getting better."
In January the emphasis was on how many days until the Atlantic Sun Tournament. But Sanderson was quick to point out that what worked in January might not be as effective in February.
"You have to be able to change and that is what we are doing," Sanderson said. "I want to take as much pressure off of the players as I can. I just want them to go out and do what we ask them to do.
"We have changed courses on coaching them at times this season. They have been pretty resilient about it."
North Florida is led by Parker Smith with 12.6 points per game followed by Jerron Granberry with 11.2 and Andy Diaz with 10.2. Diaz also leads the team in rebounds with 5.5.
Smith is first in A-Sun games only in 3-point field goals made with 3.18 per game.
Center Adnan Hodzic continues to lead the A-Sun in scoring overall (19 ppg) and in conference games only (19.1). He also leads the conference overall in rebounds with 7.9 and field goal percentage (56.8). He is 25th in the NCAA in field goal percentage.
Guard Josh Slater is fourth overall in scoring in the conference with a 16.1 average. Slater is tied for sixth in scoring in A-Sun games only with 15.5.
Slater is first in A-Sun games only in steals with 2.6 per game. He is ranked 13th in the nation in steals per game overall with 2.5.
When UNF visited Allen Arena Jan. 10 the Bisons overcame a nine-point half time deficit for an 80-76 win. Slater scored 30 points for the Bisons. The Bisons have an 8-2 advantage in the series.
"The last three weeks we have had more attention to detail, our mistakes are less and we are playing better," Sanderson said. "And that results in winning.
"If you do all of the process stuff the winning and losing takes care of itself. We still have two or three more levels we can go to on both sides of the ball. As soon as we improve I am not going to coach easier. I am going to keep nudging them on individually and as a team."
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Look for wet weather through Thursday
Southeast Texas is in for some wet and thunderous weather, at least until Thursday, Jan 10.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), Beaumont received at least an inch of rain since it started Tuesday morning, Jan. 8.
"Further North, like Jasper and Newton, they got about 2 inches from this deal," said NWS Meteorologist, Donovan Landreneau.
The forecaster said the creeping nature of the storm system means hovering rain clouds will likely dump up to seven inches of rain from now until Thursday.
"We could get about 5 to 6 inches of rain with isolated higher amounts (by Thursday)" Landreneau said. "Just because of the repetitive nature of the showers and thunderstorms moving over the area, and it is a very, very slow moving system. What we saw this morning (Tuesday) was just the first wave."
Landreneau went on to say there could be damaging winds and the slight possibility of a twister with the slow-moving system.
"There's just a slight risk," he said. "There's always that possibility when we have onshore flow like this. There might be some damaging winds and could be an isolated chance of a tornado."
Landreneau warned Southeast Texans should be more worried about flash floods, adding a flash flood watch is in effect for all of Southeast Texas until Wednesday night, Jan. 9.
"If they're in an area that's flood prone, be on the look out because we're already at fever capacity," he said. "The ground is pretty much saturated everywhere."
The chance of rain for Wednesday, Jan. 9, is 100 percent with a high of 76, falling to a 70 percent chance on Thursday, Jan. 10 with a high of 73.
By Friday, Jan. 11, most rain should dissipate with a chance of 30 percent and a high of 76, according to NWS.


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The Rutland Cultural Council has set an Oct. 15 postmark deadline for organizations, schools and individuals to apply for grants that support cultural activities in the community.
The grants can support a variety of artistic projects and activities in Rutland including exhibits, festivals, short-term artist residencies or performances in schools, workshops and lectures.
The Council will also entertain funding proposals from schools and youth groups through the PASS Program, which provides subsidies for student cultural field trips.
Rutland is part of a network of 329 local cultural councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the commonwealth. The LCC Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, sciences and humanities every year. The state legislature provides an annual appropriation to the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which then allocates funds to each community.
Applications and information about the grant program are available online at mass-culture.org/lcc_public.asp and at the town clerk's office. Applications must be postmarked by Oct. 15 and sent to or dropped off at Community Hall, 250 Main St.
For additional information, or to learn about becoming a council member, call Donna Ferguson at 508-886-2536.


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Receipt of the Proximidade Award requires the recipient to pass the award on to eight bloggers who exemplify the language stated in the award itself. Each blogger to whom I am passing along the award is the author of a well-written blog that is charming indeed and shows the blogger's investment and true belief in proximity! A list of writers receiving the award is listed below, and I encourage you to visit their blogs and get to know the individuals who write them.
- Judy at Genealogy Traces
- Laura McQueen at The McQueen Family
- Amy at We Tree
- Elyse at Elyse's Genealogy Blog
- Lisa at 100 Years in America
- Julie at Gen Blog
- Elizabeth at Little Bytes of Life
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Blancpain Race Weekends 2014, Round 3 - Paul Ricard
After winning the Silverstone round of the Blancpain Endurance Series, the #7 M-Sport Bentley also claimed victory in the third round of the Series at Le Castellet. At the end of the three-hour evening race, Guy Smith, Andy Meyrick and Steven Kane had a mere 1.1 seconds advantage over the #98 ART Grand Prix McLaren of Parente-Demoustier-Lapierre. The Bentley trio now lead the Pro Cup driver standings as well. The battle for third was decided after a frantic fratricidal battle between the two HTP Motorsport Mercedes. Eventually it was the #85 machine of Wolf-Afanasiev-Dusseldorp that ended up on the podium. The Pro-Am Cup was won by the #12 TDS Racing BMW of Catsburg and Hassid, while the #458 GT Corse by Rinaldi Ferrari of Schmickler, Matschull and Ehret took its third win in as many races in the Gentlemen Trophy.
The three-hour race at Le Castellet started with a shock. The #99 ART Grand Prix McLaren, championship leader in the Pro Cup driver standings, had to retire on the opening lap with suspension damage. Kevin Estre, who started from the back after the team had to change the engine after qualifying, had tried to make up positions as quickly as possible, but was involved in an incident with the #14 Emil Frey Racing Jaguar. Meanwhile, their ART GP team-mate Alvaro Parente was leading the race. The Portuguese driver had taken its second pole position of the season, and once the lights went out he disappeared into the distance. Just before the driver change, the gap to Guy Smith in the #7 M-Sport Bentley, who was lying second after overtaking the #35 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan of Japanese youngster Katsumasa Chiyo, was just over nine seconds.
However, during the middle stint of the race, that lead disappeared quickly. Just minutes after Jérôme D'Ambrosio had to park the #8 M-Sport Bentley behind the wall with suspected transmission damage, Andy Meyrick took the lead of the race away from Greg Demoustier. At the end of the second stint, the gap between the sole remaining Bentley and the ART McLaren had grown to almost nine seconds. A slight problem at the front left wheel during the Bentley pitstop erased that advantage, and Steven Kane only just managed to hold on to the lead after Series newcomer Nicolas Lapierre had taken over the wheel of the #98 ART Grand Prix McLaren. The gap between the two fluctuated, depending on which driver hit traffic, but with fifteen minutes to go, it was back down to one single second. Nevertheless, Steven Kane managed to hold on to a slender lead, and crossed the line in first, handing the Bentley crew a second consecutive win and the lead in the Pro Cup standings. The fight for third turned out to be even closer, when Nico Verdonck and Sergei Afanasiev hurtled both HTP Motorsport Mercedes nose to tail around the Circuit Paul Ricard. The difference between the two machines during the final hour of racing was never bigger than one second. The Belgian looked set to take the third podium step, but in the penultimate lap Sergei Afanasiev managed to overtake Verdonck and crossed the line less than a second in front of Verdonck.
The win in the Pro-Am Cup went to the pairing Nick Catsburg-Henry Hassid. Catsburg, who had qualified the #12 TDS Racing BMW third on the grid, made up a lot of places during the middle stint, passing the car to Hassid when in fourth overall. Despite being under pressure from Francesco Castellacci in the #90 Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari, Hassid managed to hold on to the first place in Pro-Am. Because the Series Pro-Am leaders, the #43 ROAL Motorsport BMW, hit trouble, the Villorba Corsa trio of Castellacci-Rizzoli-Gai now lead the Pro-Am driver standings.
In the Gentlemen Trophy Alexander Matschull and Frank Schmickler again dominated proceedings. Joined by Pierre Ehret, who skipped the Silverstone round, the drivers of the #458 GT Corse by Rinaldi Ferrari took the lead of the category just before halfway through and never looked back.
With a Race One win in Paul Ricard Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Europe, the Milos Pavlovic-Edoardo Piscopo duo (Bonaldi Motorsport) still leads the PRO Class standings with a one point lead over Jeroen Mul. The Dutch man racing with Automobili Lamborghini RT Germany took Race Two claiming his third victory of the season after the double in Silverstone.


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Outside Liam's house, Liam and Steffy look at one another. Hope asks what she said. Steffy tells her, "I'm pregnant." Brooke scoffs, but Taylor says they just came from the ultrasound. Liam and Steffy decide to talk alone.
Sushi On The Shore.
Taylor argues with Brooke and Hope, Eric has plans for Rick, and Steffy explains herself to Liam.
Rick and Eric look at a model wearing a suit from the Forrester men's line at the office. Eric acts underwhelmed. Rick sends the model out. Eric assures him he liked it. Rick asks what the problem is then - he senses it has to do with Steffy and asks what she's stirring up this time. Eric doesn't answer and says he realizes that Rick doesn't like Thomas as vice-president but that's the way it's going to be. Rick persists but gets called away. Eric recalls kissing Taylor. Rick returns. Eric tells him he signed him up to do community service at Dayzee's today. Rick agrees it's important for an executive to do. Caroline appears, ready for sushi and a walk on the beach. Eric leaves. Caroline goes on about sushi on the shore. Rick tells her he had something else in mind - a surprise.
Inside Liam's bedroom, Brooke and Taylor go head-to-head over the surprise wedding and pregnancy news. Hope says if Steffy's manipulating, Liam won't stand for it. Taylor tells them Steffy didn't get pregnant on purpose. They continue to bicker. Taylor says this child changes everything. Hope says it doesn't mean Liam has to marry Steffy. Taylor tells them how Steffy saw Liam with Hope after she find out, and kept quiet so as not to influence his decision. Hope wants to go join Liam and Steffy, but Taylor tells her their plans don't include her.
In his living area, Steffy tells Liam how she came to find out she was pregnant and came to tell him, but saw him with Hope. She says that when she returned from Paris, he asked her to move out before she could share her news. Steffy says today came down to two choices - let Brooke strongarm him into marrying Hope, or tell him about the baby. She explains why she didn't tell him before. "I needed to know you wanted me for me." She assures him as much as she loves the baby, it wasn't her intention to become pregnant. Liam says there's a lot going on and they have decisions to make. "What do we do now?" She says they have time. Liam observes that the baby was conceived in love. He asks about the sonogram. She shows him the picture. Steffy tells him there is no pressure - she's committed to the baby and hopes he is too. If he goes through with the elopement he will break her heart, but she will survive. They'll be great parents; the question is will they do it together? Hope appears and says she won't let this happen again. She says Liam's name until he turns to look at her.
Rick and Caroline arrive at Dayzee's and he tells her she'll need an apron - they're volunteering. Caroline says they had plans. Rick tells her they're staying. Caroline insists, "No Rick we're leaving."
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Steffy and Hope argue.
Taylor tells Brooke off.
Rick's evening improves.
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A new FAIR study of the PBSNewsHour finds that public television's flagship news program continues to feature sources drawn largely from a narrow range of elite white male experts. The study, the third FAIR has conducted of the NewsHour since 1990, documents a pattern of failure by the PBS news show to fulfill the mission of public television to provide a broader, more inclusive alternative to commercial news programs.
The 1967 Carnegie Commission Report on public television, which spawned 1967's Public Broadcasting Act and gave birth to PBS, suggested that public television "should be a forum for debate and controversy" and called on the medium to "provide a voice for groups in the community that may be otherwise unheard" and to "help us see America whole, in all its diversity."
In 1990, when FAIR first studied the NewsHour (then called the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour), we cited public TV's mission, the program's longer format and its aversion to sensationalism as reasons we thought it might offer a broader spectrum of views than commercial television news shows.
However, the study (Extra!, Winter/90), published alongside a study of ABC's Nightline for purposes of comparison, found the opposite: Despite the fact that MacNeil/Lehrer is the nightly news show of the public broadcasting service, we found that, in most respects, its guestlist represented an even narrower segment of the political spectrum than Nightline's. When FAIR revisited the NewsHour in a 2006 study (Extra!, 9-10/06), we found little change in its elite-leaning guestlist. PBS ombud Michael Getler (PBS.org, 10/6/06) concluded from FAIR's 2006 study that the NewsHour staff "probably need to do better" at diversifying their guest list. Unfortunately, the NewsHour seems to have made little effort in that direction.
FAIR's new study of the NewsHour examined the program's guestlist over a two-month period spanning May and June 2010. We recorded every on-air source appearing on the show, including live and taped guests, for a total of 1,006 sources appearing in 245 segments. The 813 taped sources were 81 percent of the total.
Each source was classified by occupation, nationality, gender and ethnicity. Party affiliation for politicians and association with political think tanks were noted where applicable.
Elite occupations As in our 2006 NewsHour study, five elite occupations dominated in number of appearances. Current and former government officials, including military officials, continued to have the greatest representation, accounting for 44 percent of total sources. This was down from 50 percent in 2006.
Corporate voices, ranging from multinational CEOs to small business owners, doubled from 2006 to 10 percent; journalists and think tank experts held steady at 10 percent and 3 percent, respectively. Academic sources dropped to 7 percent from 8 percent in 2006. These five occupations totaled 742 sources, or 74 percent of the program's 2010 total.
The NewsHour's five most frequent individual sources all came from these elite categories: Government officials President Barack Obama (34 appearances), Admiral Allen (17) of the U.S. Coast Guard and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (10), corporate officer Doug Suttles (11) of BP and journalist Marcia Coyle (10) of the National Law Journal. With the exception of Coyle, these sources appeared primarily in taped segments.
Among guests in live segments, journalists dominated the ranks. The top guests in live segments were Coyle (with 10 appearances, she was the only source to appear in the top five live segments in both the 2006 and current studies), Mark Shields of NewsHour (8), David Brooks of the New York Times (8) and Amy Walters of NPR (4). Dan Balz of the Washington Post tied for fifth place with the most frequently appearing non-journalist, Admiral Allen; Balz and Allen each had three live appearances.
Public voices
Public interest advocates-sources representing civil rights, labor, consumer, environmental and other citizen-based advocacy groups-provided just 4 percent of the NewsHour's guests (43 appearances). Despite their comparatively few numbers, these sources represented a range of perspectives, from environmental groups like the National Wildlife Federation, international NGOs such as Human Rights Watch and conservative advocacy organizations including Freedom Works and the National Rifle Association. With 13 sources, human rights/humanitarian groups were the largest subset of public interest groups. Representatives of environmental organizations were the next largest subset, with 10 appearances.
The public interest representatives who might best serve as a counterweight to the 10 percent of NewsHour sources who were corporate voices-sources representing labor, environmental groups and consumer rights organizations-combined for only 2 percent of the NewsHour's guestlist with 16 appearances. Three sources were labor representatives, one of whom was a member of a union in Greece.
The general public-such as workers, students and persons on the street-accounted for 16 percent (164 sources) of appearances, up from 14 percent in 2006. The remaining 6 percent (those not counted among the general public, public interest advocates or the elite groupings) consisted of a variety of sources, including artists, actors and healthcare professionals.
As 201 sources, or 20 percent of the total, women continue to be dramatically underrepresented on the NewsHour. This number has been slowly rising, from just 13 percent in 1990 and 18 percent in 2006.
Not only did women appear one-fourth as often as men, they were three times more likely to be "general public" sources instead of experts: 30 percent of women represented the general public, versus only 12 percent of men. Women were slightly more likely to appear live, representing 26 percent of in-studio guests.
The proportion of female sources varied significantly across subjects. In discussions of economics, military affairs, terrorism and foreign policy, the proportion of women declined to 18 percent of sources. On the subject of education, women accounted for only four of 12 sources. This marks a decrease from our 2006 study, when women accounted for just over 50 percent of sources in education stories. Women outnumbered men 55 percent to 45 percent in discussions of health-related topics, including healthcare reform, obesity and malnutrition.
White sources continued to dominate at the NewsHour, though as with women's appearances, the percentage of people of color has risen over the years. Non-Hispanic whites accounted for 82 percent of U.S. sources, down from 85 percent in 2006 and 90 percent in 1990. White males, who make up 32 percent of the U.S. population, provided 67 percent of U.S. sources, down from 72 percent in 2006. But while percentages of women and people of color both increased slightly, appearances by women of color actually decreased by a third, accounting for only 4 percent of U.S. sources. (Women of color make up 18 percent of the U.S. population.)
Latinos represented only 1 percent of U.S. sources, down from 2 percent in 2006, even as their percentage of the population increased from 12 to 15 percent. Asian-Americans represented 3 percent and people of Mideastern descent represented 1 percent. Eleven percent of U.S. sources were African-American, up from 9 percent in 2006 and nearly matching their proportion of the U.S. population (12 percent). Forty-two percent of those appearances, however, were by a single person, Barack Obama. Without the president, African-Americans would have represented only 6 percent of U.S. sources.
People of color were more likely than whites to appear as general public sources and less likely to appear as authorities on the NewsHour. Of U.S. sources, people of color constituted 28 percent of general public sources but only 15 percent of authoritative sources. People of color appeared even less frequently among NewsHour's more extensive live interviews, representing just 10 percent of live U.S. sources, with women of color at 3 percent. In segments about organized crime and gangs, people of color accounted for 36 percent of U.S. sources.
Partisan sources
In FAIR's 2006 study, when Republicans controlled the White House and Congress, their politicians outnumbered Democrats on the show by 2 to 1 (66 percent vs. 33 percent of all partisan sources). While this was partly attributable to the NewsHour's heavy reliance on taped soundbites from administration officials, Republicans outnumbered Democrats among live guests as well by a 3 to 2 ratio.
This year, with Democrats controlling the White House and Congress, the overall numbers have reversed: Democratic sources outnumbered Republicans on the NewsHour by nearly 2 to 1 (61 percent vs. 36 percent of all partisan sources). However, the reversal was not complete: Among live segments, Republicans still dominated, accounting for 55 percent, while Democrats provided only 35 percent. (Ten percent worked for both parties.)
Eight sources worked for both Democrats and Republicans, making up 3 percent of all partisan sources. There were no third-party partisan sources, but there was a single appearance by an independent, Sen. Joseph Lieberman.
Think tanks
Think tanks provided only 3 percent of the NewsHour's total sources; however, they contributed 14 percent of live sources. Fully half of think tank sources were from right-leaning groups. With just four sources (13 percent), left-leaning think tanks were outnumbered by right-leaning ones 4 to 1. This disparity doubled from the 2006 study, when right outnumbered left 2 to 1. Centrist think tanks constituted 37 percent of sources, down from 44 percent in 2006.
The most frequently featured think tank on the NewsHour was the centrist Brookings Institution, which provided five sources. Second place was a 3-way tie between the conservative Center for Strategic & International Studies, the conservative Peterson Institute for International Economics and the centrist New America Foundation, with three appearances each.
Issues in the News
BP Oil Spill
More segments (54) were dedicated to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico than to any other story in the study period-roughly one out of every five segments. Corporate sources (ranging from multinationals to small businesses) accounted for 18 percent of the total, while sources representing environmental organizations made up just 3 percent of appearances. Testimony from BP and other oil companies accounted for 13 percent, meaning viewers were over four times more likely to hear from an oil industry representative than someone representing environmental organizations. Though dramatically unbalanced, these numbers are an improvement compared with NewsHour's coverage of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, in which not a single environmentalist was featured in the seven spill segments reviewed in FAIR's 1990 study (Extra!, Winter/90).
Among total partisan sources in oil spill segments, Democrats outnumbered Republicans 57 to 38, though most of these were brief taped clips. Among live, longer format appearances, Republicans outnumbered Democrats 6 to 3. Though these sample sizes are small, they mirror the pattern of the NewsHour overall, featuring more Republicans than Democrats as in-studio sources.
The study's time frame probably understates the NewsHour's reliance on corporate sources to cover the spill. Greenpeace's Kert Davies, appearing on the NewsHour on the first day of the study (5/3/10), was the first environmental advocate brought on to discuss the spill, which began two weeks earlier (4/20/10).
Ten percent of NewsHour segments (24) concerned the war in Afghanistan. Of the 60 guests appearing in these segments, 70 percent were current or former government and military officials. Although public opinion has consistently opposed the Afghan War for over a year (PollingReport.com), public television's primetime news show featured no guest identified as an opponent of the war or expressing antiwar views. (One guest, historian and retired Col. Andrew Bacevich-6/15/10-though known as an opponent of the war, appeared only to analyze the Obama administration's military strategy.) Also missing from NewsHour's guestlist were sources representing human rights or humanitarian groups, or the U.S. general public.
Only three sources on Afghanistan (5 percent) were women. Of U.S. sources, Barack Obama, think tank analyst Zalmay Khalilzad, and Washington Post editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran were the only people of color.
The NewsHour's discussions of the firing of U.S. Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his replacement by Gen. David Petraeus demonstrated the hazards of excluding representatives of the U.S. antiwar majority. McChrystal's firing followed a Rolling Stone exposé (6/22/10) that disclosed criticism and insults McChrystal and his staff had aimed at various administration figures. More importantly, however, the exposé revealed that the military was far more pessimistic about the war than officials publicly admit.
The NewsHour devoted 10 segments with 35 sources to the story-exploring the wisdom of the personnel decisions, what they would mean politically, for morale and for the continuity of the war. But not a single antiwar guest was featured, and there was virtually no discussion of the exposé's more fundamentally damning revelations or the wisdom of continuing to fight the war.
The live, long-format interview segments featured 14 guests, including pro-war neo-cons (such as Eliot Cohen and Kimberly Kagan), military officials (like generals Merrill McPeak and Dan McNeill) and Washington, D.C., media insiders (Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, Time Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson). Jessica Mathews (6/23/10) of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace voiced a typically pro-status quo opinion, praising the firing and hiring decisions, in part because they wouldn't affect the direction of the war at all: And if there was a way for this to happen with minimal consequences for the war, he found it in the appointment of Petraeus...to make a personnel change without a hint of policy change, this was the only person. And Petraeus was willing to do it.... I thought the president hit every note right today.
The NewsHour featured seven segments on the Mideast conflict, with 32 guests. All of the segments dealt with either the blockade of Gaza or the Israeli raid on a Turkish flotilla attempting to break the blockade to bring aid to Palestinians. Eleven Israeli sources were featured, all current or former government or military officials, while just two Palestinian sources appeared (one current and and one former official). There were seven Turkish sources, including five official sources, one flotilla passenger and one human rights advocate. In addition, U.S. Free Gaza activist Adam Shapiro (5/31/10) was interviewed, paired with Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren.
The truncated nature of the NewsHour's Mideast discussions was illustrated by the program's June 2 examination of the legality of Israel's flotilla raid, featuring legal experts Ruth Wedgwood of Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern's Anthony D'Amato. Wedgwood defended the raid at sea, while D'Amato said Israel should have boarded and searched the flotilla when it reached port in Gaza: "Israelis had a right to wait on the beaches, as they first tried to do, actually, and wait for those ships to come in.... Then they could say, we now want to search you because you might be carrying contraband."
The views of those who oppose the Gaza blockade itself were missing from this "debate"-as with so many NewsHour discussions where the panel conforms with a narrow Washington-insider consensus, but fails to represent the broad range of American public opinion.
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Apparently Twitter Will Be Allowed To Mislead Consumers In 20 Years (But Not Before)
from the odd-terms dept
"Under the terms of the settlement, Twitter will be barred for 20 years from misleading consumers about the extent to which it protects the security, privacy, and confidentiality of nonpublic consumer information, including the measures it takes to prevent unauthorized access to nonpublic information and honor the privacy choices made by consumers."From that quote, it certainly sounds like Twitter will actually be allowed to mislead consumers about the extent to which it protects the security, privacy and confidentiality of nonpublic consumer information after those 20 years are up. I mean, why even put such a term on something like this?
In the meantime, it seems worth pointing out the contrast here, where the FTC (part of the Obama administration) is slapping down Twitter for revealing nonpublic consumer information... at the very same time that the very same administration has demanded all sorts of nonpublic consumer information about Twitter users. Mixed messages much?


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Did you come here from Tiffany's blog? Good, you're on the right track! If you're new to the event and would like to participate, feel free to start from the beginning at the Annabelle Stamps blog.
Today we're showing you two fun and versatile sets, that will be available in the store shortly. They're a background builder with lots of little extras, and a fun set of numbers that you'll love!
Here's they are:
On my first card I used the elements from both sets - the backgrounds and some funky words & shapes. I added some yummy shimmer to the elements, and you can see some of it - I'm lucky that I was able to 'catch' any at all, for it's really hard to photograph Spica glitter pen :)
The layout of the card is inspired by Maile Belles.
Supplies: cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Spring Moss, Rustic White), Stampin' Up! (River Rock); stamps: Annabelle Stamps (Backgrounds By Design - Numbers, Teresa's Numbers); ink: Versa Magic (Spanish Olive), Versa Color (Rose Red); Copic markers; Spica glitter pen; grosgrain ribbon: Stampin' Up!; button; twine: Papertrey Ink; border punch: EK Success
For the next card I decided on a more funky look. Again I used the squares background (LOVE it!!), and stamped the little shapes randomly in the free spaces between squares. I was again ispired by a card of Maile Belles.
Supplies: cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Rustic White), page from a notebook; stamps: Annabelle Stamps (Backgrounds By Design - Numbers); ink: Versa Color (Rose Red, Hyacinth, Pinecone, Sand Beige); stitched ribbon; rhinestones: Scrapbooking Bitz; baker's twine; buttons; chipboard: Lil' Davis Designs
Do you like the new stamps? One lucky person who completes our Hop, leaving a comment on each stop and answering a simple question at the ABS blog, will receive both sets that are previewed today! Winners will be announced on the 21st.
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Researchers who want to sift through the biomedical literature to find genome-wide association results relevant to their research pursuits face an enormous challenge. But, thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team of National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) scientists, they now have an online resource that can make the task a bit less daunting.
Genome-wide association studies, commonly called GWAS, efficiently scan markers across the DNA, or genomes, of large groups of people looking for variations between individuals with and without a health condition. Over the past few years, this approach has successfully plucked from our DNA code hundreds of the pesky one-letter genetic variations that contribute to the risk of common health conditions, such as obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
The recent deluge of GWAS results coming from these studies is exactly why NHGRI created a resource called A Catalog of Published Genome-Wide Association Studies. The catalog, which has been frequently cited in scientific publications, contains descriptive and association data on hundreds of published common genetic variations and their relationship with nearly 100 complex diseases and traits.
On a weekly basis, epidemiologists from NHGRI's Office of Population Genomics manually curate information from published GWAS and add them to the catalog. Researchers can search the catalog by journal name, first author, disease/trait, statistical significance of association and other categories. Data from the entire catalog can also be directly downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet.
As many had expected, the information in the catalog shows that most genetic variants are relatively common, appearing at a frequency of more than 5 percent in the populations studied. However, each individual genetic variant typically exerts only a very modest effect on risk of each health condition.
The features of the GWAS catalog, as well as an analysis of its contents, are described in a paper published in the May 18 online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "Over the last three years, publications describing the results of genome-wide association studies have been pouring out of laboratories," said the paper's senior author, Teri A. Manolio, M.D., Ph.D., director of NHGRI's Office of Population Genomics. "We developed the catalog to track them in a way that might be useful to the research community."
While many genetic variants are often scrutinized individually or in small sets, Dr. Manolio and her colleagues analyzed more than 500 genetic variants from approximately 150 published GWAS to provide clues for the biological function and evolutionary origin of disease-associated regions of the genome.
For example, the NHGRI team found that more than 80 percent of the variants that have been associated with a particular trait or disease do not reside within genes, which are the regions of the genome that code for proteins. "Rather, these variants lie in regions of the genome that regulate when, where and to what extent certain genes are turned on," said Praveen Sethupathy, Ph.D., a co-first author of the PNAS study and a postdoctoral fellow in NHGRI's Genome Technology Branch. These findings support recent scientific speculations that non-gene regions of the genome may play a much larger role in disease risk than previously appreciated.
"Our catalog provides a valuable tool for researchers trying to get a handle on what genetic variants have already been found for a particular disease. We hope that this information, along with our recently published analyses, will help to paint a more complete picture of the complex genetic factors involved in common diseases," said Lucia Hindorff, Ph.D., M.P.H., a co-first author of the PNAS study and leader of the catalog team in NHGRI's Office of Population Genomics. "We'll continue to update the catalog and make it widely available to the scientific community as a resource for guiding future research."
Other authors of the PNAS paper include Heather A. Junkins, M.S. and Erin M. Ramos, Ph.D., M.P.H., both of the NHGRI Office of Population Genomics; Jayashri Mehta, M.P.H, an epidemiologist from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, part of the National Library of Medicine; and Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., former NHGRI director who is a special volunteer conducting research in NHGRI's Genome Technology Branch.
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If blemishes are a problem, look for ingredients that keep pores clear, such as salicylic acid.
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A formula that does the job of several products -- primer, concealer, foundation, powder -- offers an efficient way to cover any flaws.
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Mineral foundations, which can be powder or cream, generally have fewer fillers and preservatives.
Lancome Oscillation Power-foundation, $48, lancomeusa.com
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Head to the store window and look at the foundation in daylight with a hand mirror. You'll be able to tell immediately if it looks natural on your skin.
What to use when you want a flawless finish, a custom blend, and a super-natural effect.
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For the touchiest skin, there's VMV Hypoallergenics. The foundations are free of potential irritants such as fragrance and dye. There are also formulas suitable for people with rosacea or very dry skin.
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Look into almost any makeup artist's bag and you'll find a secret weapon: primer. The product lightly coats the skin, filling in imperfections and creating a smooth base for foundation to glide over. When applied to skin (after moisturizer and before foundation), it makes lines and pores fade away and helps makeup stay put longer.
The matte finish of L'Oreal Paris Studio Secrets Magic Perfecting Base is good for countering shine, $13, lorealparisusa.com
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This primer is a new favorite of Martha's. "I have been using it every day," she says. She brought it with her on a recent trip to South Africa and also wears it while filming "The Martha Stewart Show." "It has gotten a great reaction," says makeup artist Charlie Green. The "pearls" of the primer are suspended in a clear serum; when the pump is pressed, the two combine.
Guerlain Meteorites Perles Light-Diffusing Perfecting Primer, $66, sephora.com
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If your favorite shade is discontinued, send a sample to Three Custom Color Specialists (threecustom.com). For $37, they'll match it.
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If you have trouble finding a foundation that works with your tone, try the MAC counter, which has 50-plus tints to choose from. Odds are good that you'll meet your match.
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A rocking crowd. A comfortable lead. Strong defense. Timely offense.
The stage was set for the biggest victory thus far for the Fort Lewis College mens basketball team on Saturday at Whalen Gymnasium.
Then, it all came undone. And there were no late-game heroics to pull the Skyhawks from the fire.
An 18-5 run turned a 12-point FLC lead into a deficit, and Adams State held on to hand Fort Lewis its first loss 82-76 on Saturday.
The Skyhawks (5-1, 2-1 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) led by as much as 48-30 in the first half. They were up 65-52 when Adams State (5-0, 3-0 RMAC), the nations top team in field-goal percentage defense, held defensively. The Grizzlies stopped the Skyhawks without a field goal for nearly the last 10:27 of the game, finally putting it away on a pair of layups and four free throws in the final 1 minute, 23 seconds.
They would go down and score, and wed have to work so hard to get a good-looking shot, and theyd come down so fast, Fort Lewis head coach Bob Hofman said.
The Grizzlies used their transition game to get back on top, finally getting out and running and beating the Fort Lewis defense down the floor too often for Hofmans liking.
They made us ... get comfortable, said Marcus Ayala, who led FLC with 16 points. They picked up the intensity while we thought we were ahead by so much that we didnt come out with intensity.
Alex Herrera had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Skyhawks, and Nick Tomsick added 15 to help FLC build a 48-30 lead and an eventual 48-36 halftime advantage.
James Lake led the Grizzlies with 19 points, while Kaimyn Pruitt had 11 points and 13 rebounds.


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Ecclesiastical heraldry is both familiar and mysterious.
Frequently seen in one form or another, coats of arms pervade our Catholic culture in numerous ways: on letters and newspapers, diocesan websites and Twitter pages, in Roman churches and diocesan cathedrals. Most Catholics, though, are unaware of the significance of this time-honored practice.
Steeped in tradition, ecclesiastical heraldry is a regulated system of self-identification, adopted by the Church from medieval society, which operates as a science and an art form with its own rules and regulations.
A heraldic achievement, also called a coat of arms, is permitted lawfully for those who occupy ecclesiastical office — for example, popes, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, monsignors, priests, religious superiors such as abbots and abbesses — as well as ecclesiastical territories and institutions — for example, dioceses, religious orders, papal knighthoods, basilicas, cathedrals, parish churches, schools and other Catholic institutions. While heraldry runs the risk of being seen as haughty or pompous, in reality it simply seeks to graphically herald (or announce) — in color and symbol — who and what the bearer is.
The use of artistic elements to identify personages, locations and possessions first existed in pre-Christian societies. Pharaohs of ancient Egypt offer one of the earliest precursors of heraldic practices. Their various holdings of goods and properties were identified with the symbols found in the cartouche, an oval symbol containing personal hieroglyphics with a distinct line at the bottom indicating royalty. Likewise, the Book of Numbers provides evidence that standards and symbols were used by the tribes of the nomadic Israelites in early biblical times (see 1:2,18,52).
Modern heraldry finds its origins with the Battle of Hastings in 1066 — illustrated in the famous Bayeux Tapestry — when knights concealed by battle armor were first identified with decorated shields. Later developments incorporated the shield design into body coats, banners and even coverings for horses. These coats of arms subsequently became synonymous with the knight's family, especially following the Third Crusade (1189-92). The shape and character of ecclesiastical heraldry are closely tied to these developments since the Church adopted many of the customs and traditions of the culture.
As feudal and belligerent Europe shifted into the structures of nobility and royalty, familial arms were used much as in ancient Egypt — to identify themselves and their possessions. Similar measures of personal identification were incorporated into items such as seals (often part of rings), which were legally mandated for use on documents and letters as a means to provide authenticity and prevent forgery.
Because noble status and property was inherited by the oldest son through primogeniture, the youngest son was typically offered for service in the Church. Familial arms continued to be used by those appointed to such ecclesiastical positions of jurisdiction and authority, although they were typically modified for ecclesiastical use by removing warlike symbols. Many sources indicate that the first bishop known to do so was Guy of Vergy, bishop of Autun in the early 13th century. A personal papal coat of arms — other than just the standard tiara and keys indicative of papal office — was first used during the pontificate of Pope Martin V (1417-31). Use of heraldry by all ecclesiastical officeholders became a standardized means of self-identification beginning in the 17th century.
Because a coat of arms seeks to identify its bearer, each must be unique — like a passport or Social Security number. Therefore, offices and methods for documentation and legislation for both secular and ecclesiastical heraldry were established, the most notable and enduring secular example being the College of Arms established in England by King Richard III in 1484. Initial codification of heraldry in the Church coincided with widespread practice by the 17th century through a system of ecclesiastical headgear developed by French heraldist and printer Pierre Palliot.
Although the jurisprudence of secular heraldry significantly weighs upon the Church's heraldic tradition, it was also shaped by the development of doctrinal, liturgical and canonical factors. The Church itself began to systematically regulate her heraldry in 1905, with Pope St. Pius X's establishment of the Heraldry Commission of the Roman Curia, an office abolished in 1960 by Pope St. John XXIII.
An equally significant aspect of heraldry's regulations is the centuries' old linguistic components governing it. In effect, heraldry has its own language.
Even today, the artistic rendering of a coat of arms is accompanied by a lengthy explanation written in blazon — heraldry's own language. Coming from a word from French for "shield," blazon combines terms of Old English and French resulting in a language with a distinctive word order, vocabulary and grammar. Blazon describes a coat of arms with such detail that it is possible to be artistically reproduced by anyone familiar with the lexicon. Coats of arms are described in Latin from the bearer's point of view, left and right for the viewer correspondingly are called dexter and sinister.
A coat of arms for each ecclesiastical order, office, rank or institution contains several symbolic elements. External elements to the coat of arms describe what office and jurisdiction the bearer holds, while interior elements describe the bearer.
Starting at the uppermost part, replacing the knight's helmet or monarch's crown on the crest of secular arms, most ecclesiastical arms are topped with a galero — a hat now only used in ceremonial depictions.
The unique and central part of any coat of arms is the shield. Most shields for cardinals and bishops are impaled — a combination of two parts often indicating occupation of an office — in which the arms of the bearer's diocese are seen on the left and personal arms are on the right. Examples of those bearing only their personal arms are titular bishops such as auxiliaries, some cardinals and officials in the Roman Curia or cardinals not ordained as bishops. Behind a bishop's shield is a processional cross denoting rank in the episcopate: one horizontal bar indicates a bishop or two indicates an archbishop. The cross is replaced by a crosier for those with ordinary jurisdiction who are not bishops, such as abbots or the ordinaries of the Anglican Ordinariates. Because they occupy positions of jurisdiction, male and female religious superiors are entitled to bear a coat of arms, although the only one of those which might be impaled is an abbot's with the arms of his abbey.
A quick glance at a coat of arms, then, provides important information. Looking at the coat of arms of Cardinal Angelo Scola depicted on Page 28, the following facts about him can be deduced by reading his coat of arms: The coat of arms is topped with a red galero, indicating he is a cardinal; there is a processional cross with two horizontal bars, indicating he is a metropolitan archbishop; there is an impaled shield, indicating he is the ordinary bishop of his archdiocese.
Personal aspects of a shield also incorporate elements of the bearer's life, often depicting symbols representative of their particular devotions or patron saints, life events or genealogy. Additionally, below the shield is a motto chosen by the bearer, typically from Scripture.
Michael R. Heinlein holds a bachelor's degree in theology from The Catholic University of America and is a freelance writer. He lives in Indiana.
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Cycling is one of the funnest and best ways to stay in shape, but there isn't just one way to bike. When we think of cycling, most of us think of the traditional upright bicycle that is most commonly seen. However, there are a number of different types of bike that provide for a unique cycling experience, such as recumbent cycling.
Recumbent cycling is a type of cycling on a specialised bicycle called, not so unexpectedly, a recumbent bike. Recumbent bikes are designed so that riders are in a more natural seated position while they ride. This is a recline position and most people certainly look twice when they see this odd looking cycle rolling down the road. This type of cycling is considered to be much better for your back, hips and legs and most people find it to be a lot more comfortable that riding a traditional upright bicycle. It is designed to be ergonomic, and to provide a comfortable, natural feeling ride.
A recumbent bicycle is designed for more natural positioning, allowing for a inclined position that still allows for full view of the road and any obstacles one may encounter. Weight is more evenly distributed on a recumbent bicycle, which is a big part of why the ride is so much more comfortable. The back and hips do not have to bear an undue weight burden as they do on an upright bicycle. Cyclists that use a recumbent bike note that they can ride for much longer without discomfort and insurance.
Recumbent bicycles are also more aerodynamic than an upright bicycle and the fastest cycling speed ever recorded was achieved on a recumbent bicycle. The lower centre of gravity these cycles provide makes them much easier to control when turning and they are less likely to tip over, making them a safer alternative to the traditional bicycle.
There are different types of recumbent bicycles, and the right one for you will depend on your cycling style, preference, and needed performance. One can also find tandem recumbent bicycles, meaning that you can also enjoy a more comfortable ride for two.


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iiNet publishes fibre broadband plans
'OMG it's not cheap enough!'
iiNet has announced its National Broadband Network service prices. The number-two ISP has published the prices on its Website, with the entry-level 12/1 Mbps, 40 Gbyte service costs $AU49.95 per month; with the top-speed, maximum allowance 100/40 Mbps Terabyte downloads service costing $AU99.95.
Customers can choose 40 Gbyte, 200 Gbyte or 1 TByte download services at 12/1 Mbps, 25/5 Mbps, 50/20 Mbps and 100/40 Mbps speeds.
Michael Malone, iiNet's CEO, has highlighted a key difference between NBN services and today's ADSL services: to connect a customer outside its infrastructure footprint, an ISP like iiNet has to rent DSLAM access from Telstra.
He said that "standard off-net access charges offered by NBN Co" are "40 percent less than currently available".
Adding telephone services to the NBN connection cost $AU9.95 per month.
Comment: As more and more providers publish their NBN service prices, what's emerging is a diverse range of prices reflecting a variety of choices about service quality and retailers' decisions about network provisioning.
Hence provider Exetel's entry level of $AU34.50 – with, it should be noted, a $AU100 activation charge – is the cheapest entry-level service, while Internode's services start higher than iiNet's at $AU59.95 for a 30 Gbyte plan and max out at nearly $AU190 for a Terabyte service, but all of Internode's plans include its NodePhone service.
Looking again at iiNet's plan list, the fairest comparison is probably with iiNet's Naked DSL services, since customers of these services don't have to pay separately for a Telstra line. iiNet's entry-level Naked DSL service offers 100 Gbytes of downloads for $AU69.95, while its midrange 200 GB, 25/5 Mbps NBN service is $AU64.95.
There's bound to be complaints about iiNet's service prices. Perhaps the most successful bit of misinformation in the anti-NBN campaign has been around almost since the project was announced: someone seeded the idea in the community that the new, higher-speed fibre services would be cheaper than today's broadband, and any time services aren't cheaper, it demonstrates that the project is a failure.
Nobody ever said the NBN would be "cheaper" than broadband today; the word used in the original press conference was "affordable".
Retailer behavior on the monopoly infrastructure is, perhaps paradoxically, showing at least the beginnings of competitive behavior. Even at this early stage, prices seem at least as diverse as ADSL resale prices. ®


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After a grueling match with Brock Lesnar at last night's Extreme Rules pay-per-view, Triple H defied doctor's orders to wrestle Paul Heyman's new client on RAW tonight - his first match on RAW in over three years. Judging from the closing minutes of the show, it may very well be his last. Let's head down to the ring to check out the action!
The show started off with a view of an ambulance driving from the backstage garage into the arena. The back doors opened, and Ryback emerged. He climbed atop the ambulance and informed the crowd that the decision from his Last Man Standing Match from last night�s Extreme Rules PPV was No Decision. They showed footage of Cena refusing to be put into an ambulance. Ryback proposed an Ambulance Match for next month�s Payback show. He then insulted the WWE Universe and told them he had nothing in common with them. Basically, it was a CM Punk promo from his Straight Edge Society days. He ended with his new catchphrase, �Ryback Rules�.
Match 1: Chris Jericho & The Miz vs. Wade Barrett & Fandango
Wade Barrett debuted a new entrance theme that is just as bad, generic, and non-representative of his character as his last one. The Score got a Michael Cole shout-out when he listed all the countries in which the show is airing. Yay us. Jericho and Barrett started the match, but as soon as Jericho was down, Fandango tagged in to take advantage of his weakened opponent. As Fandango continued the beatdown, they split screen to show Road Dogg Jesse James being interviewed for the WWE app, saying that he would beat Fandango in a dance off. Way to sell PPVs, WWE! After a commercial break, Barrett was in control in the ring, while Fandango primped and preened with Summer Rae on the outside. Miz took over, and was about to lock on his terrible Figure Four Leglock on Barrett, but Fandango and Summer Rae put on a ringside dancing exhibition. Barrett was upset with his partner not paying attention to the match, and rightly so, since he then took a number of finishing moves, finally tapping out to the Miz. After the match, Miz chased away Fandango, and Y2J twirled Summer Rae. It looked like she was falling for him, but Jericho brushed her off, laughing in her face.
Winners: Chris Jericho & The Miz
Vickie Guerrero came out and announced that later in the show, Jack Swagger would be in action, to take on whichever of the Great Khali, R Truth, or Randy Orton got the most votes on the WWE app. Based on the reaction, Orton will be the winner.
Backstage, Daniel Bryan was fuming about he and Kane losing the Tag Team Championships last night. Kane tried to calm him down, saying they would regain the belts when they got their rematch. The two started arguing, but Kofi Kingston broke it up before it could escalate further.
Match 2: Sheamus vs. Titus O�Neil w/ Darren Young
During the ring introductions, they showed Mark Henry�s reaction to losing the strap match against Sheamus last night, saying he was �going home�. Titus, Henry�s friend, was looking for revenge against Sheamus. He and Sheamus were fairly evenly matched strength-wise, but Sheamus got the first offensive flurry in, with his reverse forearm smashes. But his advantage didn�t last long, as the distraction by Young on the floor let O�Neil take control with a huge clotheseline. O�Neil hit Sheamus with several power moves, including an overhead throw-slam, and a pumphandle driver. He tried for a running splash, but ate a boot, which Sheamus followed up with some clotheslines and a big knee. Sheamus went for his springboard elbow, but Young tripped him up. O�Neil missed another running smash in the corner, leaving him open for White Noise and a Brogue Kick that put him down for the three count.
Winner: Sheamus
Paul Heyman was introduced to introduce the WWE Universe to his new client. Heyman cut another �money� promo, boasting about his client Brock Lesnar�s win over Triple H last night. Heyman said that with Lesnar taking some time to dwell on his victory, he would take on another client. The new Paul Heyman guy: Curtis Axel, a repackaged Michael McGillicutty (Joe Hennig). A nice touch was that his music is a remixed version of the theme of his father, Mr. Perfect. Heyman noted the unfavourable reaction, comparing it to the one that Brock Lesnar and CM Punk originally got when he introduced them to the WWE Universe. Heyman explained that the name Curtis Axel pays homage to the names of Curt Hennig and Larry �the Axe� Hennig, but with enough of a change that Axel would forge his own path in WWE. Cue Triple H�s music, and The Game made his way to the ring. Triple H refuted Heyman�s earlier claims that he was embarrassed by the loss to Lesnar. HHH then said he would like to beat up Heyman, but Axel got in his face. HHH slapped Axel, knocking him down. He then gave the duo warning that he would face Axel tonight, and afterwards, he would beat down Heyman.
Match 3: Alberto Del Rio w/ Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Big E Langston w/ AJ Lee
ADR started off hot, using his quickness to stun and stagger Big E. He locked on an armbreaker in the opening minute, but Langston powered out of it. He kept at it, even as Langston tried to leave the ring, but this was ill-advised, since Langston simply powered ADR to the floor and swung him hard into the ringpost. Back in the ring, Langston used his power some more, but Del Rio was able to counter it, nailing Langston with a back-stabber. Del Rio hit an enziguri and looked to put away Langston, but AJ Lee threw Rodriguez� bucket into the ring. This distracted the ref, so he didn�t see Big E rake ADR�s eyes, blinding him and leaving him prone for the Big E finisher.
Winner: Big E Langston
Layla turned her back on AJ right at the bell, and paid for it, as AJ hit a big clothesline. Layla fought back, though, and hit a couple of strong kicks and stomps. The Bellas were shown watching the match in the back, insulting both women. As Layla went for a tilt-a-whirl slam, AJ countered and slipped on her Black Widow submission lock, causing Layla to tap out.
Winner: AJ Lee
Match 5: Cody Rhodes vs Zack Ryder
This match was joined in progress, with Zack in control. Another split screen here of Ryback in the back watching this match � boy, that�s compelling viewing, I better get the app right away. In the ring, Ryder continued his offense, hitting a missile dropkick and his corner boot. A criss-cross on the ropes, and out of nowhere, Cody hit the Disaster Kick for the pin. After the match, Ryback stomped his way to the ring. Ryback circled the downed Ryder, and after Ryder got up, hit his Meathook Clothesline and a huge powerbomb, then dropped Ryder with the Shell Shock. This was apparently a message intended for John Cena, as Ryback then carried Ryder to the ambulance and shoved him into the back of it.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
Match 6: The Shield vs Kofi Kingston & Team Hell No
The Shield cut a promo before the match, explaining that their title wins last night are proof that their brand of justice holds the most power, and non-believers like John Cena, the Rock, the Undertaker and all others have paid for their lack of faith. Bottom line � believe in The Shield. The Shield took turns getting beaten down by Kofi and Hell No whose used their varied offensive styles on hurting the Tag Team and US champs. Finally, the Shield got Kofi isolated in their corner, allowing them to use their gang assault swarm tactics. Kofi took an extended beating, including a running dropkick to the chest by Ambrose and a Stroke into the middle turnbuckle by Rollins. Rollins took some time to showboat, though, and Kofi hit a flying headscissors, buying him time to tag in a fired up Bryan. He nearly got the pin after a series of Yes kicks to Rollins, but then got crotched while trying to scale the turnbuckles. He escaped an Ambrose superplex attempt and hit the US champ with a big dropkick off the top. The Shield took to the floor to regroup, and the show headed to the commercial (though, the action could be seen on the WWE app � d�oh, now I�m doing it). Returning from the break, and the tide had turned, with the Shield in some trouble, but only temporarily, thanks to a distraction that saw Bryan get kicked in the back by a non-legal Shield member on the apron. Reigns nearly took Bryan�s head off with a clothesline. The Shield then punished him for several more minutes, before Bryan hit Ambrose with a huge crescent kick to the head, and made the hot tag to Kane. A pier six brawl followed, with stereo flying dives to the floor by Kofi and Bryan, while Kane battled it out with Reigns in the ring. On the floor, the Shield members used ringposts to their advantage, taking Kofi and Bryan out of the game. Kane fought them off valiantly, but soon fell victim to the numbers game, being put down in the end with a Spear by Reigns.
Winners: The Shield
Backstage, a flunkie told Triple H that the medc didn�t feel he was able to compete tonight. Triple H basically said that the medic would need to clear him or he�d be fired.
Backstage, Kaitlyn told Natalya that she found out the phone number of her secret admirer. Cody Rhodes was walking by with a phone, and the Divas took his phone thinking it was him, but it wasn�t.
Match 7: Jack Swagger w/ Zeb Colter vs Randy Orton
Over 150,000 people voted, and taking on Jack Swagger tonight is Candace Glover. No, wait, it�s Randy Orton. As someone who finds Randy Orton an enormous bore, this recapper wants to slap all of the 72% of people who voted for him. Another reason to get the WWE app � Zeb Colter�s pre-match promo was aired exclusively on it. Orton bored in the ring for a bit. Swagger rolled to the floor, but got dropped onto the ringside barricade, and then clotheslined out there. Back in the ring, Orton pressed the advantage, hitting Swagger with corner punches and a vanilla suplex. Swagger fought back with a boot to Orton�s boring knee. Orton with a Thesz Press and then picked apart Swagger with his sleep-inducing stomp. Swagger targeted Orton�s knee again, and then grounded Orton by twisting his leg to add more pressure to the knee. Orton tried to do something interesting � a hanging DDT from the apron that would have driven Swagger�s head to the floor � but Swagger thwarted it, driving Orton into the barricade. He then worked Orton�s knee some more back in the ring before dumping him off the top to the floor, leading to the obligatory commercial break. With Orton in there, they should rename it to the WWE napp. Back from the break, and Orton fought out of Swagger�s leg twist and hit a nice looking superplex, but only for a two count. A few punches and clotheslines, and then Orton hit a powerslam, his rolling backbreaker, and the draping DDT. Swagger avoided the RKO and locked Randy into the Patriot Lock. Orton pushed him off, and after a couple of reversals and avoidances, Orton hit the RKO for the win.
Winner: Randy Orton
Match 8: Triple H vs Curtis Axel w/ Paul Heyman
After some posturing by Axel, Triple H charged him into the corner and nearly surprised the youngster with a pin attempt. Triple H got caught eying Heyman, though, and Axel aggressively attacked with stomps and kicks, and a great high dropkick. Axel avoided a corner assault, hit HHH with a big spinning elbow, and nearly got a pinfall victory. He then locked on a headlock in the middle of the ring. The crowd�s chants got HHH to a vertical base, and he drove his shoulder into Axel�s midsection repeatedly, following that up with a knee drop. Heyman�s performance on the outside was stellar here, cheering on Axel and reacting in fear whenever HHH looked his way. Axel rolled to the floor for refuge, and when he went back into the ring, HHH had problems following him in, feeling the effects of his war against Brock Lesnar he night before. HHH took a breather on the floor under the medic�s supervision, asking for a bottle of water, and then sitting down on a ringside chair winded and dazed. The medic checked HHH�s eyes, and signaled to the ref that HHH was in no shape to continue. Triple H tried to walk back into the ring, but staggered and fell on the floor. Triple H looked scared as he couldn�t get to his feet, and the show finished with him crawling around ringside surrounded by medical staff.
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Having blended their talents and families together 20 years ago, Kathy and Bob Michatek make a good team at home and at work.
Kathy, 65, has more than 20 years in realty while Bob, 68, is the tech guy who spent 30 years as an engineer with Xerox. Ten years ago, the two decided to head south, leaving New York and settling into the active community of Sun City.
Living in a retirement community didn't stop the Michateks from working. In 2003, Bob opened his own business in Bluffton, Computer Doc, which offered Dell products and office supplies, including Xerox machines.
Bob later sold the business to his stepson, Brian Messman, who focuses on videography and programming through his company, Page 1 Media.
Page 1 Media seeks to help companies, municipalities and nonprofits make the first page of Google, Yahoo and other Internet search sites.
Joining the Don Ryan Center
Messman learned a lot from his stepfather and has given back to his parents through his video production company.
"They have been tremendous partners in business for me. They have been a wealth of knowledge and the best resources and references anyone could have," Messman said. "Through Page 1 Media, we've recently have been working together on a series of real estate videos and promotional videos to help home buyers and sellers make more informed real estate decisions."
Messman and his company recently joined Bluffton's Don Ryan Center for Innovation through the help of Bob.
A public-private partnership between the town of Bluffton and Clemson University, the Don Ryan Center provides resources for entrepreneurs, inventors and small business people.
The center links participants to intellectual property, technology evaluation, product development services, seed financing, business mentorships, corporate relationships and hands-on consulting support.
Bob had been part of Beaufort County's technology committee in the early 2000s.The technology committee of local leaders, residents and educators created a plan to put Beaufort County up to speed on new technology and attract high-tech industry to the area.
Through his time on the committee, Bob received the opportunity to meet with the late Don Ryan, for whom the center is named. Ryan co-founded CareCore National in 1994 and under his leadership it became one of the leading specialty benefits management companies.
After bringing the company to Bluffton, Ryan became involved in the efforts to recruit similar companies to the area. He donated the office space to the center
"I met with Don Ryan and really knew about the technology center before it even came about," Bob said. "I suggested to Brian that he should join and his crew really has a lot of talent that can help businesses get on the first page of Internet searches."
Using 'tech-savvy' talents
With Messman taking over the tech business, Bob had more time to teach at the University of South Carolina Beaufort as an adjunct professor. He started teaching introduction to computer, computer systems and management systems six years ago.
"I still enjoy keeping up with the tech gizmos and gadgets," Bob said.
With tech talents running in the family, Bob and Messman have helped Kathy incorporate the advancing technology trends into her job - real estate.
Bob joined Kathy's ventures five years ago as a real estate agent.
"I enjoy helping people find not only their future home, but also community," Kathy said. "Through Bob's help I can share more about the classes at the USCB, the culture of the Lowcountry and show clients the diversity here."
While the couple stays busy working, they're grateful to have their blended family nearby. Kathy's sons live in the Lowcountry while Bob's daughters live in near Columbia.
"We're fortunate to have an area where families live close and where all of us can be successful with new careers," Kathy said.


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|2009-01-12, 15:59
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Such is liff
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Age: 46
Finally saw the episode... loved it - especially the drunk Nagisa scene. One drink is all it took? I wonder what proof it was
I agree with Master Chibi - it would be nice to see some physical affection between Tomoya and Nagisa. I'm not saying there hasn't been any implied in the past episodes. However they are married now. Perhaps in the next episode?
|2009-01-12, 17:51
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|2009-01-12, 17:54
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Episode 13
-Sanaes banana bread was priceless!! She gave banana bread a whole new meaning.
-I liked how Sanae (being wiser than Nagisa) let Nagisa know that it was not a good idea to interfere between Akio and Tomoyas baseball battle.
-I truly liked how Sanae cheered Tomoya up (after he failed to hit Akios throws) by telling him that he should keep trying hard for Nagisas sake.
-Loved how Tomoya kept practicing and practicing with the bat, even in the rain for Nagisas hand sake. That was so sweet.
-Nagisa you must not get in their way when men battle Sanae sharing a little wisdom with us girls
-Regarding the baseball battle, I think it was Akios way to make sure that Tomoya was worthy of her daughter. He wanted for Tomoya to work a little extra hard for Nagisas hand. And after witnessing all the effort Tomoya put for Nagisas sake, and after talking with Sanae (because I have a feelings they had a conversation before the last baseball "battle" scene) Akio was finally ready to give Nagisa to Tomoya.
-Loved the scene of Tomoya bowing in front of Akio and asking him to please give Nagisa to him!!
-The Furuwakas are amazing in-laws without a doubt! I loved how Sanae said that Tomoya and Nagisa's happiness was now going to be Sanae and Akio's happiness too.
-So it seems that from now on every Christmas Nagisa will add a new Dango squishy pillow to her collection.
-Nagisas face when she smelled the sake was so adorably cute!!!
-Druken Nagisa was priceless!! She is bossy, she is jealous, she is feisty, she is confident, she is not afraid to show her awesomeness. I loved that scene!
-So Nagisa sees her mom as her greatest rival for Tomoya , I wonder why Nagisa never saw Kyo, Ryo or Tomoyo as her love rivals but she is very jealous of her mother.
-Sane has huge boobs Akio is too much!!
-Im not playing with him, Im serious. Being liked by a younger guy must be a great boost to Sanaes confidence and vanity.
-Loved Tomoyas look when Nagisa was sleeping on his lap, that look was filled with so much love!
-Whats with the third semester and Nagisas health? Why does she get sick around that time of the year? Does something happens in the city that makes Nagisa sick? What is the connection between that time of the year, the city and Nagisa?
-I dont know why but Nagisa always looks extra beautiful when she is laying on her bed sick. Maybe the animators do that on purpose
-Loved how Tomoya planned and organized a graduation ceremony for Nagisa! He loves her so much!!
-Kotomi, I totally agree with you Its not Sunohara without the blond hair.
-It was so nice seeing all the gang together again. Thats true friends for you, the kind of friends that even when you dont see them every day; you know you can count on them any day.
-Mei is such a huge Yoshino fan, isnt she?
-Nagisas speech was so touching. I loved how she described her journey through High School, starting from the very important scene in Episode 1 at the bottom of the hill until Nagisa being sick and not being able to go to the graduation ceremony in this episode.
Okazaki Nagisa yay!! They married!! Im not going to lie, I did want to see a wedding ceremony and Nagisa wearing a wedding dress, but considering Tomoya and Nagisas financial situation (especially Tomoyas) and all the costs that a wedding, even a simple one implies, I think it makes more sense for them not to have a wedding ceremony. After all, whats important is not the wedding ceremony (I mean, how many people have lavish wedding ceremonies to end up divorcing just a couple of monts later), whats important is the feelings, the trust, commitment and love between the two people marrying, so Im not that disappointed that Nagisa and Tomoya didnt have a wedding ceremony as I thought I would be.
-Married Nagisa with her hair tied up looks so beautiful and so much more mature.
I cant wait to watch the next episode!! Please let it be a kiss in the next episode!!
|2009-01-12, 18:40
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Lol, in the previews it looks like Tomoya might be getting more than a kiss eh?
Anyways, hands down, I personally thought this was the best episode of the AS series, maybe even all of Clannad. But that might be takin it a bit far.
A lot of people have been saying a little kiss wouldn't traumatize any small children and I agree! Though I prolly wont go so far as to say it's necessary as the whole romance is built on other things than physical affection.
Umm...the graduation scene was slightly prolly the only "flaw" even though the title of the ep was "Graduation" I thought it wasted likr 3-4 minutes recapping the series (think of one of those flashback episodes that recaps the ENTIRE SERIES in any other anime and this is practically it) but I loved the ending.
|2009-01-12, 21:10
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where's the snow?
Join Date: Aug 2008
Do not think physical intimacy is going to be shown, maybe at most a hug or close sitting. So many shows have so much of it going on that when a show comes up that does not have it, people get upset. Because its not shown, it does not mean its not there.
For one whole school year, she has been at Tomoya's place for breakfast in the mornings and making him dinner when he comes home. How many weekends are in there? How many holiday's? There is a lot of time in there of them being close. It would have been nice to see them interacting and being close on their times together more than just face smashing.
|2009-01-12, 23:03
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Should I mention Lamune or not?
|2009-01-14, 09:22
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It just dawned upon my thick-headed skull that they've already spent 4 episodes (AS 10-13) covering the same length of time it took to cover in the previous 32 episodes (S1 1-23 + AS 1-9).
When you're still a student, time would feel like it passes by extremely slowly, hence all the "fun" stuff Tomoya experienced in the space of one year.
But once you leave school, your perspective of time changes significantly as you settle down in your job, doing the same things everyday, so during this time, a year passes by very quickly for Tomoya.
|2009-01-14, 18:15
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Wow this episode was beautiful and funny !
Beautiful = Nagisa x Tomoya just them , they are so cute together ! In the end , finally holding hands and engaged !
Funny = The drunk part was awesome ^^ The parents are so funny Nagisa too ahah !
The next will be good ^^
(but , maybe its a bad thing when nagisa is always sick in the same season .... hope it will don't turn like a sad end ! )
|2010-05-06, 14:15
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What a great episode, Really shows his dedication to Nagisa with the baseball thing. A Drunk Nagisa is hilarious, as well as Sanae. Nagisa showed, that she is indeed Akio's Daughter, in that scene. Too bad there was no wedding scene, I thought that's what he was callling Sunohara about, turns out it was for Graduation, which was a rather nice scene, and good speech by Nagisa.
|2011-09-10, 04:27
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Hi all, like to apologize in advance for necroing a thread but seeing as this series is fairly old and I spent some time doing a google search for a forum that had any discussion about this episode and this was really the only one.
I noticed something in Nagisa's speech she mentioned that she has been going to that school for 5 years, but then she says she was in her 2nd senior year of high school when she met Tomoya, then she had to take a 3rd senior year. By my math that would put her at 6 years not 5, but it may be just my misunderstanding at the Japanese school year.
All in all I'm really liking the series so far and cant wait to finish the After Story.
|2011-09-10, 05:10
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No, that would just be the omnipresent issue of trying to use the American grade-system which is different from the Japanese one in the translation. (Dear every single fansub or official translator to have ever done this; Please stop.) Japanese high school is three years long. So having to redo her final year twice would indeed mean that it took her a total of five years to graduate.
|2011-09-10, 13:05
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