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Once you've got your hats, ride and crashes sorted, you'll be irresistibly drawn towards the crazy, zany and mind-boggling world of effects cymbals.
These little (or indeed large) additions to your cymbal line-up can contribute a punchy note for accents or ear-shattering clangs for set finales, and today the choice is far wider than just the splashes and chinas of yore.
From hi-hats with different sized tops and bottoms to cross-shaped noisemakers, there's tonnes of choice so do your research well.
The results will open up a whole new world of sonic opportunity.
"Remember, Mike Portnoy's set-up looks great, but if you're in an indie band you may only ever use three cymbals"
Don't get carried away...
Effects cymbals are fun, but it's too easy to find yourself in a drum shop with a few quid burning a hole in your pocket, and walking out with a diddy splash that you don't really need.
Much money can be wasted on stuff that is used infrequently and, remember, Mike Portnoy's set-up looks great, but if you're in an indie band you may only ever use three cymbals. So don't get carried away.
Don't be too swayed by marketing spiel that has certain cymbals tagged as 'industrial' or 'dance' oriented. There's nothing to stop you using any of these instruments in any situation. The level of volume and tone that they put out should be your one and only consideration, not whether The Company alludes to their suitability to electro or drum'n'bass.
Trust your ears! Here's our top five effects cymbal picks to get you started…
5 effects cymbals from £31
5. Zildjian FX
£119 - £394
Some of the Big Z's FX line seems to have been around forever. And there's a distinctly traditional, conservative approach compared to some other brands of effects products. But the Azukas, Oriental Trashes and Zil-Bels are well-proven and continue to be used by pros.
4. Meinl Generation X
£31 - £313
Designed in conjunction with forward-thinking drumsters Johnny Rabb and Thomas Lang, the Gen-Xers are some of the most well-known effects cymbals around. Very dance-oriented, cymbals like the Signal Crash/Klub Ride and clever 'tension-tunable' Safaris actually work in a variety of settings.
Read the full review of Meinl's Generation X cymbals
3. Paiste Noiseworks
From £95
The Noiseworks series concentrates primarily on 'odd-hat' and cymbal stacks, with mismatched pairs of cymbals brought together for all manner of crunchy, clattery noise. The range also features a diverse selection of metals, from brass to nickel-silver to 2002 alloy.
Next page: Istanbul Traditional Effects and our top pick
2. Istanbul Traditional Effects
£52 - £210
Only a couple of Istanbul's Traditional range creep into the 'effects' category, but they're good 'uns. The weird and wobbly Trash Hit is super cool and the Swish and China Pang offer interesting, usable twists on the classic china sound.
1. Factory Metal
From £31
While everybody uses cymbals from the big brands, sometimes it pays to look elsewhere for exotica. And cymbals don't come any more exotic than Factory Metal's StackBasherz, Gothic Radius and Celtic Bells. Funky-looking and ideal for industrial bludgeon, eerie soundtracks and crunching sampled beats, they're a breath of fresh air.
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The Tex Tan Champion Barrel Racer Saddle lets you and your horse perform like champs. Attractive in rich pecan leather, its hand-tooling and embellished with engraved sterling silver and Swarovski crystals. This barrel racing saddle features an EquiTex™ tree with Quarter Horse bars and a 6 3/4" gullet. Weighs about 25 pounds. Read more...
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Among those who enrolled today in Maine's new online Marketplace were a professor in his late 30s, and a retired businesswoman. As A.J. Higgins reports, both were eager to sign up, but admitted to being a little discouraged with the shortcomings of the online application process.
When her husband had a stroke a few years ago, Charlene Brousseau opted to join him in retirement even though her eligibility for Medicare is still several years away. After years of paying increasing health care costs through a private insurer, Brousseau says she is glad to sign up under the Affordable Care Act.
But Brousseau says she's not impressed by the paperwork. "It's very confusing," she says. "There's so much that goes into these plans that you can't just - with three or four paragraphs or lines - explain the whole plan and get through everything. And I think I have a decent handle on it. But like I said, I still am confused on a few issues."
Brousseau, of Manchester, spent much of the morning at Augusta's Consumers For Affordable Health Care office, where she was trying to submit her online application for the health insurance Marketplace. The Web site would periodically shut down or kick back her responses to questions, making the entire process more than a little frustrating - even with help from the agency's staff.
Apart from the technical issues, Brousseau says there's the question of cost. She, and others in their late 50s or early 60s, have had early retirement plans complicated by the rising costs of private health insurance. She says it's the members of this age group, many of whom have already developed pre-existing medical conditions, who are now forced to pay higher medical expenses than they would under Medicare.
She says she's not one to wish her life away, but Brousseau says sometimes, age 65 looks pretty good. "Unfortunately I'm at a place age-wise that there are days when I wish I could age real quick and get to that 65 year breakoff, because the time between 55 and 65 can be really difficult," she says.
Jesse Miller, an adjunct professor at the University of New England, also found the application process daunting. Still, as a member of the under-40 group, Miller says the insurance marketplace program is a huge advancement for younger workers in Maine -- once they get over the anxiety of familiarizing themselves with the paperwork.
"This is seemingly beyond my skill set," Miller says. "I can't seem to understand without some help - which is great. "It looks like there's an issue with the site here - who didn't think that was going to happen, right?"
Although neither Miller nor Brousseau completed their applications, Joe Ditre of Comnsumers for Affordable Health Care say both are much further along in the process as the result of working with agency staff.


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons
Edward López with David Theroux on the New Book, The Pursuit of Justice
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
Independent Institute Research Fellow Edward Lopéz, Associate Professor of Law and Economics at San Jose State University and editor of the new Institute book The Pursuit of Justice, talks with Institute President David Theroux about the faulty incentives at the heart of government legal failures and whether market-based alternatives can provide viable solutions to the serious problems caused by the bureaucratization and politicization of the law.
Experts: Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement, Privatization
David Theroux on the Arizona Immigration Law
Recorded: Thursday, July 15, 2010
David Theroux discusses the Arizona immigration law on The Neil Asbury Show.
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She is the daughter of Conrad Ecklie. She first appeared in Cello and Goodbye as a CSI in Los Angeles.
She helped the Vegas team track Nate Haskell against the orders of her supervisor. She came to Vegas because of the fallout from the incident . Ecklie gave her a job on the night shift under D.B. Russell. Her first case on the team was a mass murder.
Ecklie and Morgan's mother divorced when she was a child. Since she and her father drifted apart, she took the surname of her stepfather, Jerry Brody.
She eventually moved to Los Angeles and became a CSI at the LAPD. During her first year in L.A., she worked fraud cases.
Season Eleven
In Season Eleven, Morgan assisted the Las Vegas team in Los Angeles, while they were trying to find the location of escaped serial killer Nate Haskell.
She documented most of the evidence and even disobeyed her supervisor by sending private information to Catherine and Nick.
After a long search, Morgan's investigation helped the CSI team to find Haskell, but the fallout of the investigation) which ended with Haskell's death at Ray's hands) led to her getting fired.
Season Twelve
After Morgan lost her job and moved to Las Vegas, she quickly became a strong member of the team. She was introduced to Greg by Nick who when all bashful and got his words mixed up.
On the way to her first case, her GPS malfunctions while she was driving near the hill from where the crime scene was and decided to drive down it and told Stokes that Vegas needs more roads.
Later on she and Sanders investigated a man who apparently drowned in chocolate. She later assisted Stokes with the investigation of the murder of a maid at the Eclipse.
During the investigation, Morgan was very much convinced that the person, a prince from the Middle-East, was responsible for the maid's murder. She was shocked when the prince gave her a check for $100,000 to give to the murdered maid's family.
Morgan later volunteered to accompany a victim back to a hospital, to gather evidence during the journey. The victim managed to gain control of Brody's gun and proceeded to hold the helicopter hostage.
After the helicopter crashed, Morgan stumbled out of the debris to find the original victim still alive.
They proceeded to hide from the approaching mobsters, and the victim gave Brody back her gun to defend herself. After her rescue by the LVPD, she took mandatory time off, only to return early to assist with a murder case.
Season Thirteen
In the last episode of the season Skin in the Game, Morgan suggests going undercover to get the abductor and serial killer of the missing women.
After visiting the potential killer under permanent survelliance of the Las Vegas Crime Lab, the man she visits throws her out of his apartment, mentioning his driver would take her back to the place she got picked up in the first place.
When D.B. Russell takes a look at a USB Flash Drive, which was given to him before he sees the plan of the killer abducting Morgan as well.
When Greg Sanders and Nick Stokes stop the SUV Morgan entered, she isn't in there anymore.
The episode ends with a cliffhanger: Russell tells Finn the killer now holds Brass's daughter and Morgan captive...
Season Fourteen
Morgan is held by the potential killer, who asks Brass to chose whether Ellie or her will survive. She eventually stabs the killer and escapes with Ellie. She gets into a fight with him, which is ended by Ellie killing him - and then shooting her. She is found with a weak pulse and taken to hospital, where she regains consciousness after surgery.
Morgan's closest relationships seem to be with her father, Greg Sanders (each with their own seperate relationship pages linked below) and David Hodges.
Morgan seems to be easily well liked since she helped the team in Cello and Goodbye against her supervisor's orders and Morgan possibly got fired for doing this.Relationship with David Hodges
As a result of Morgan's father and Hodges' mother seeing each other, Morgan and Hodges have formed a kind of step-sibling-like relationship.
Hodges needed someone to be his fake girlfriend to show to his mother and Morgan felt bad so she later volunteered to be his fake girlfriend and the two even shared a dinner with their parents and Morgan even kissed Hodges on the cheek and the two shared an awkward hug in Malice in Wonderland and even the same episode Hodges's mom seemed to like Morgan and even convinced Hodges to get Morgan a ring.
In Homecoming the two were forced to come with their parents' date and Hodges even admits Morgan is good friend and Hodges will do Morgan's evidence first in his trace lab for a year.
Julie even asked Morgan if she was going with Hodges and she immediately said NO! In Karma to Burn, while Ecklie was being treated for a gunshot, Morgan and David kissed during an emotional moment.
In the next episode, she wants to pretend as if it never happened and Hodges apparently agrees. In Wild Flowers, Brody called Hodges her best friend.
Relationship with Catherine Willows: They have a mother and daughter relationship since Catherine has known Morgan since she was a child but after Morgan had moved to California with her mother the two had lost contact with one another and got reunited in Cello and Goodbye.
At first Catherine didn't quite recognize Morgan since Morgan had changed her surname to Brody but later Catherine realized who Morgan was. Catherine showed concern when Morgan returned to work after CSI Down.
Catherine also spent her last moments in Vegas before leaving for the F.B.I with Morgan passing words of wisdom to Morgan before Morgan leaves work saying that they will do this again and it would be Morgan's turn to buy.
Relationship with Julie Finlay: They seem to have a good bond even Julie asking about Morgan's love life in Dune and Gloom asking if Morgan is with Greg then Nick then Hodges.
Even Julie herself was saying to D.B. Russell that she already likes Morgan after just meeting on her first day in Stealing Home. The two shown a good bond in Trends with Benefits.
Relationship with Nick Stokes: Morgan has shown some interest with Nick from the every beginning they met in Cello and Goodbye. Morgan was also curious of Nick's love life in Bittersweet.
In Seeing Red Nick and Morgan were seen grabbing a kebab together.Morgan and Nick also worked their second case together in Maid Man and the first being in Cello and Goodbye.
Morgan also shown some slight jealousy in Split Decisions when she and Nick arrived to a lead's hotel room only finding a half naked woman opening the door. Nick also warned Greg not to do what he was thinking to Morgan since Morgan is Ecklie's daughter in 73 Seconds.
Nick also complimented Morgan's dress after removing it in Homecoming. The two seem to share a good friendship and Nick also treats Morgan like a little sister.
Relationship with Sara Sidle: The two seem to have a good relationship and even Sara warning Morgan to be careful since the victim is a blonde but Morgan also warned Sara to be careful too since the killer dyed the victim blonde in Tressed to Kill.
Relationship with D.B. Russell: The two seem to have a father and daughter bond since D.B is a good friend of Morgan's biological father Conrad Ecklie. D.B comforted Conrad as a friend after telling him Morgan's helicopter got hijacked and saying Morgan is part of his team and his responsibility and D.B. even calls Morgan "Kiddo" a few occasions and D.B comforted Morgan after finding her in CSI Down.
In Homecoming Morgan and D.B. was seen together along with Conrad,Hodges, Olivia and Barbara.Relationship with Albert Robbins.
The two have shared a great bond since Morgan shown an interest in autopsies.
Morgan and Doc Robbins have close relationship like grand-father and grand-daughter and it is shown in Genetic Disorder as Morgan shared some private information about Doc Robbin's wife case angering Jim Brass.
Doc Robbins seems to be amazed on Morgan's eye for detail and great interest for autopsies.
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- Morgan has the distinction of being the last person to speak to Catherine before she leaves the C.S.I team for the F.B.I. (Willow in the Wind)
- Elisabeth Harnois also appear in CSI: Miami in the episode "Darkroom".
- Has shown an extreme love for chocolate (Bittersweet)
- Uses her step dad's surname, instead of Ecklie's. (Cello and Goodbye)
- Her mother had remarried (Cello and Goodbye)
- It is possible she grew up with her mother (CSI Down) as she has a strained relationship with her biological father Conrad Ecklie, claiming that he didn't fight for her to stay during the divorce.(CSI Down)
- She claims a month ago she sat down with her dad (Conrad Ecklie) for the first time after a dozen years (CSI Down).
- Morgan was 14 when her parents had separated (CSI Down) and she claims her dad had messed up so much that her mum decided to leave for California.
- She claims if her dad had fought for her to stay during the divorce, she would have. (CSI Down).
- She isn't interested on dating her co-workers, but has a strong connection with Greg Sanders (Bittersweet)
- It is possible she believes in "Bloody Mary" (Crime After Crime)
- She doesn't hate Vegas but she thinks LA beats Vegas for a number of reasons, namely; having a more illustrious history, an ocean and the Lakers basketball team. (CSI Down).
- She thinks Vegas needs more free ways (Tell-Tale Hearts)
- She carries a couple of cigars in her kit for decompostion (Tell-Tale Hearts)
- Greg Sanders sometimes calls her "Hollywood" (Tell-Tale Hearts)
- Catherine hasn't seen Morgan since she was a little girl.(Cello and Goodbye)
- She always keeps bread in her kit; just in case (Cello and Goodbye).
- She seems famillar with bugs (Cello and Goodbye).
- She claims she did better in science than history (Cello and Goodbye)
- It is possible she got fired in LA crime lab after helping the Vegas Team track down Nate Haskell against her supervisor's orders in Cello and Goodbye and she came to Vegas looking for a job. (73 Seconds).
- Her first case was in Tell-Tale Hearts
- She used LVPDCSI.COM to send evidence to the Vegas team. (Cello and Goodbye)
- She seems to like science experiments (Cello and Goodbye).
- She seems to enjoy autopsies and claims to always be early to them (Bittersweet).
- Morgan seems to be easily liked by the C.S.I Team.
- In Stealing Home, Morgan revealed her dad once gave her an Empire State Building jigsaw puzzle of a 1000 pieces, and she pieced it together in 6 hours, all by herself.
- According to Morgan the last time she had a meal with Conrad Ecklie was when she was 14 and he was trying to explain divorce while having a milkshake.
- According to Conrad Ecklie Morgan folds her napkin like her mom.
- It is possible Ecklie and Morgan bonded by going to chezzy's chicken when before the divorce.
- In Dune and Gloom Morgan mentioned she had a grandfather who used to carry a metal detector and eat an egg sandwich sub.
- It is hinted that Greg Sanders may have reciprocated romantic feelings with Morgan shown in multiple episodes mainly in Bittersweet and CSI Down and even members of the team such as Nick Stokes and D.B. Russell took notice of Greg's strong affection for Morgan as well as Julie Finlay assuming there is something between Greg and Morgan in Dune and Gloom.
- Morgan mentioned she had dates that ended with "Get out of my car" situation in Dune and Gloom.
- D.B. Russell teases Morgan and Greg about having feelings for one another shown in Crime After Crime and Stealing Home.
- She lives in Green valley metioned in Wild Flowers.
- She kissed Hodges in Karma to Burn.
- She said her best friend is Hodges in Wild Flowers.
- First she didn't like Hodge since he was kind of weird but found later him sweet, smart and funny guy. (Wild Flowers).
- She finds it weird that their parents are dating in Wild Flowers.
- As of the ending of season 13 she has been taken captive twice. (CSI Down & Skin in the Game )
- Morgan stated that her arabic is crap . (Take the Money and Run)
- Morgan also stated that her pashto is not that bad. (Take the Money and Run).
- Morgan states she likes concerts as long as it's the right crowd and the right band. (Torch Song).
- In Girls Gone Wild, Morgan revealed she's a double major in Chemistry and Voice.
- In Girls Gone Wild, Morgan was shown to be a great singer.
- In Girls Gone Wild, Morgan revealed she was in a rock band in Roxie's.


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Your Favourite Game Outside Top 500 - Win Geek Gold - Contest Now Closed
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But what about those little gems that we find out about after weeks/months in this hobby? Those games that didn't (yet?) make it to the top 500 but are some brilliant finds in themselves? Games that we would gladly play just as often as the well known titles in our collection?
Which is your favorite game outside top 500? Let everybody know, thumb this list and win geek gold! To enter this contest, you must simply thumb this list or my list entry. The least I can do - I will thumb each entry added to the list.
The following prizes are up for grabs:
First prize: 10 One individual selected at random who thumbs this list.
Second prize: 5 One individual selected at random who thumbs this list.
Third prize: 3 One individual selected at random who thumbs this list.
No individual can win twice, so in case random.org returns the same winner for a second time, I will redraw.
Additional Door prizes: 1 per door prize. Later edit #1: Because the tipping might not be an exact round number, I will give out the last door prize as a 0.X , depending on how much I'd have left once all the other prizes will be drawn.
I will give door prizes to as many of you as I can, based on all the tips I get for this list and the GG I collect from other sources while this contest lasts. Door prizes will also be selected at random. No geek gold will be kept for myself. All tips that I receive will given away as prizes.
The contest will end on May 31st, 2010, 20:00 PM, CET (Central European Time).
I am adding as the first entry one of the little great games I found when browsing some items for an auction. It has made it into my collection and it's highly unlikely I will ever part with it.
Later edit #2: I am closing the contest at this point in time. There have been 601 thumbs for the geeklist and 50 thumbs for Dynasties. Most of the users thumbed both, but there have been 6 users only thumbing the geeklist item. This means 607 entries in the draw pool. I will use random.org to select the winners and will post the results as soon as possible.
At the time when the contest ended, I had 36.70 shiny in my reserve.
And the WINNERS are:
FIRST place and 10 as determined by random.org goes to:Tony HamenUnited States
TexasMusic sucks now....
SECOND place and 5 as determined by random.org goes to:ToddUnited States
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THIRD place and 3 as determined by random.org goes to:mads matzon(matzon)Denmark
The other 18 winners, each getting 1 thanks to random.org were:
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2. #166 in the list -mich(stoldti)Germany
3. #588 in the list -Shanthi Gonzales(jazgonz)United States
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CaliforniaI am Boogie, the world's cutest dog.
4. #199 in the list -Marcus(mimi2)Singapore
5. #270 in the list -Marco Fuini(bikini)South Africa
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The remaining 0.70 goes to #147 in the list:King Bee Games(owein77)United Kingdom
I will start sending out the right away, though it might take a while to go through it all. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest and/or took the time to add items to this geeklist, there have been some really, really good games added. Some have made it to my wishlist and this geeklist served it's purpose for that matter.
Later edit #3: All have now been successfully sent out. Phew, it took a while
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What is it about a shoe that makes it fetishizable? This is a question that, believe it or not, has plagued theorists for decades. Maybe it's a phallic association—penis envy, ladies?—or the historical gendering properties implied—but weren't heels originally worn by men? Perhaps that's the point... It could be the silhouette-morphing shape—but it really isn't just one shape—or the added height, over time equaling a heightened status—although, we've seen throughout history that stilettos are just as often seen as tools for submission as they are for domination. Shoes can make a person feel more than human—Is it the animal skin? The horse-like sounds a hard heel supplies? It couldn't be—but is it?—simply the price…?
Whatever the reason may be, the shoe has become an objet d'art (and vice versa!). In a new book by Jane Gershon Weitzman (wife of Stuart), Art & Sole (Harper Design) we follow form and function all the way to fantasy, with a delectable collection of artists' interpretations of Weitzman classics. These are shoes that were once in Stuart Weitzman windows, created especially for displays Mrs. Weitzman herself commissioned.
"The shoes that I have collected to include in Art & Sole represent the best of more than a thousand that have appeared in Stuart Weitzman stores over the years," she writes in the book's introduction. "I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed working with the very special artists who created them." I'm sure we will, although I'm still not sure why!
The book is on sale September 1st, and for the month of September and October 100% of the profits from Art & Sole sales made in Stuart Weitzman stores and online will be donated to ovarian and breast cancer research.
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49 U.S. Code § 331 - Service, supplies, and facilities at remote places
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(a) When necessary and not otherwise available, the Secretary of Transportation may provide for, construct, or maintain the following for officers and employees of the Department of Transportation and their dependents stationed in remote places:
(b) The Secretary shall prescribe reasonable charges for medical treatment provided under subsection (a)(1) of this section and for supplies and services provided under subsection (a)(2) and (3) of this section. Amounts received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation from which the expenditure was made.
(c) When appropriations for a fiscal year for aviation duties and powers have not been made before June 1 immediately before the beginning of the fiscal year, the Secretary may designate an officer, and authorize that officer, to incur obligations to buy and transport supplies to carry out those duties and powers at installations outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia. The amount obligated under this subsection in a fiscal year may be not more than 75 percent of the amount available for buying and transporting supplies to those installations for the then current fiscal year. Payment of obligations under this subsection shall be made from appropriations for the next fiscal year when available.
Source(Pub. L. 97–449, § 1(b),Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2427; Pub. L. 103–272, § 4(j)(8),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1367.)
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|49:1657(l) (last sentence).
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Days after the accident at an away-match, Athletic Director Ron Holtsford said, "he was in the process of taking his opponent down... got a little off balance and the weight shifted from the normal lower part of his body to his upper shoulders and his head was moved about 90 degrees to the right, injuring the fourth and fifth vertebrae in his neck."
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Former "Sopranos" Star James Gandolfini Has Died
Former "Sopranos" star JAMES GANDOLFINI passed away suddenly yesterday, after reportedly suffering a massive heart attack in Italy. He was 51.
Sadly, when he died, James was in the middle of a father-son trip to Italy with his teenage son Michael, who had just graduated eighth grade. They were really tight, and were "regulars" at L.A. Kings hockey games.
Michael was his son with his first wife Marcy. She immediately flew to Italy after hearing of his death. James is also survived by his second wife Deborah, who he married in 2008. Just last October, they had a baby girl.
There aren't many details on what happened . . . and it's unclear if he'd been suffering from any health problems before the heart attack.
James' assistant said he'd just had "a beautiful day out" with his family . . . and, quote, "When they got back to the hotel, [he] went to use the restroom.
"And something happened in there . . . His sister said he was alive when they took him out in the ambulance, on the way to the hospital."
James didn't really break into acting until 1999, when he scored the role of Tony Soprano. He won three Emmys for it, and was nominated six times. Before that, he made ends meet as a bartender and a club manager.
He did have some notable small roles earlier in the '90s, in movies like "True Romance", "Crimson Tide", "Get Shorty", "The Juror" and "A Civil Action".
After "The Sopranos" ended in 2007, he had some bigger roles in movies like "The Taking of Pelham 123" and "Zero Dark Thirty", and he provided the voice of Carol in "Where the Wild Things Are".
Is Selena Gomez Dating Ed Sheeran?
"Us Weekly" is reporting that SELENA GOMEZ is totally over JUSTIN BIEBER . . . and is now "hooking up" with 22-year-old British singer and WZPL Birthday Bash headliner ED SHEERAN.
According to one source, Selena wants someone more mature than Justin is . . . because, quote, "She got sick of having to take care of Justin like he was her child. This is a nice escape from the drama."
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Back in April, he denied the Taylor Swift rumor, and suggested she's out of his league, saying quote, "My mates asked if it was true, [and] it made me feel like a stud!"
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Paula Deen Says She's Used the N-word . . . But Only Because She Had a Gun to Her Head?
PAULA DEEN . . . the celebrity chef who uses tons of butter . . . was sued last year by a former employee named Lisa Jackson who's accusing her and her brother of racism, sexual harassment, and assault.
As for the racism, Lisa says she was put in charge of Paula's brother's wedding in 2007 . . . and Paula told her she wanted the servers to be, quote, "A bunch of little [N-words] wearing long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties."
And in a deposition under oath last month, when a lawyer asked Paula if she's ever used the N-word, she said "of course":
Lawyer: "In what context?"
Paula: "Well, it was probably when a black man burst into the bank that I was working at, and PUT A GUN TO MY HEAD."
Lawyer: "And what did you say?"
Paula: "Well, I don't remember, but the gun was dancing all around my temple . . . I didn't FEEL REAL FAVORABLE towards him."
But according to the deposition, she didn't say it DURING the robbery . . . it was afterwards, when she was telling her husband about it.
Paula really WAS held up during a bank robbery in 1986.
When the lawyer asked her if she'd used the N-word since, she said YES . . . but not in a long time, and only because she was, quote, "repeating something that was said to me . . . probably a conversation between blacks . . ."
Clearly, Paula is trying to avoid saying that she's used the N-word as an insult or a joke, which would be more of an indictment than her mentioning it in casual conversation. Not that THAT'S totally cool or anything.
And when it comes to the servers at the wedding, Paula says she wanted them to play the ROLE of "slaves," because her brother's wedding had an old-school, Civil War-era theme. She said it was inspired by a restaurant she'd had been to.
Quote, "The whole entire waiter staff was middle-aged black men, and they had on beautiful white jackets with a black bow tie. I mean, it was really impressive."
Yesterday, Paula's rep has issued this statement: Quote, "[Paula] does not condone or find the use of racial epithets acceptable. She's looking forward to her day in court."
Johnny Depp "Self-Medicated" with Booze, But He Wasn't an Alcoholic
JOHNNY DEPP used to enjoy quite a bit of booze, and he considered it his MEDICINE . . . but he insists he wasn't actually addicted to it.
Johnny tells "Rolling Stone", quote, "I don't have the physical need for the drug alcohol. No, it's more my medication, my self-medication over the years to calm the circus. Once the circus kicks in, the festivities in the brain, it can be ruthless."
Although he sure SOUNDS like an alcoholic, he's been sober for over a year. He says, quote, "I just decided that I pretty much got everything I could out of it . . .
"I investigated wine and spirits thoroughly, and they certainly investigated me as well. We found out that we got along beautifully, but maybe too well."
He says that drinking helped him because he's, quote, "kind of socially-awkward." He adds, quote, "It was always a great crutch. Mingling at parties and stuff like that has always been not a nice experience for me."
Johnny wouldn't go as far as to say that he QUIT alcohol . . . but "Rolling Stone" notes that he was "sipping on non-alcoholic beer," during the interview. And let's be honest, you'd never stomach that crap unless you were serious about sobriety.
Chad Kroeger and Avril Lavigne Have Recorded a Wedding Song For Themselves
Chad Kroeger and Avril Lavigne have recorded their own wedding song for her next CD.
She tells Hello magazine, ''I'm planning a wedding ... some things will be a surprise. Some things will be what he likes and still will surprise him! Our wedding song will be a duet we recorded together for my new album.''
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Oh, that sounds alright then... I guess I could do it, sure.
My name on there's ragnaroq. With a Q to make it special :3
aaaaaaand I have another question today! How exactly do equipment upgrades work? It's like there's Basic Gear which is what each class starts out with... Epic Gear which exists for each slot for each class (I think?) that looks fancier and does something similar to, but better than, the function of that class's Basic Gear item for that slot, right? And then there's Legendary Gear, of which there are only a few pieces right now, that ANY class can wear, that does unique stuff that ANY class could find useful, like a triple jump.
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man this was a lot of fun. My file is currently incomplete (no crewmen, only two pirate girls) and I think my opponent's file was also a bit new. Had a few twists during the match of who was on top and a couple of mistakes on both sides, but I won't spoil the ending of who won. It certainly felt like a turnabout however.
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I LOVE that magnetic pin dish idea!
I love your sweet little tomato bowl turned pin bowl. :o) Seriously, after I post this comment, I am going to make the pin cushion!! Thank you for such a cute tutorial. I have just the bowl. :o)
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i love the pin dish! i have tons of thrift store plates floating around…christmas is only 163 days til christmas

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Store bought tomatoes make me gag also! The best tomatoes I ever ate were heriloom tomatoes from a local Amish market. Yum! Love the pin dish, by the way!
Both of those are fabulous ideas! I never thought of magnetizing a regular dish – how creative!! I can finally make all my sewing sisters something cute for Christmas that is useful and won't take too long to make one for everyone! Thanks for sharing!!
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The magnets UNDER the ceramic is a brilliant idea!!! I have some super strong magnets – I'll have to find a dish to try this out on.

{and I'm with you on the tomatoes – those mealy bland things are NOT edible}
You are so nifty!
Both are cute ideas, but that 'magnets under the bowl' idea is genius! The E6000 glue is awesome stuff, too! 🙂
That magnetic pin cushion is too clever! I love it.
LOVE the tomato pin dish! I know what you mean about being fresh. We canned all we could, and when we opened a jar in January, it even smelled like summer!
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Very cute, I love the little rice bowls! I've got a stash of vintage sundae dishes that I'm planning to make in to pin cushions like this!
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How does one even describe the scene of events from Saturday in Stillwater? If your glass is half-full, you'll look at Texas' breathtaking 38-35 win over Oklahoma State as a defining moment for one of the most resilient teams in the nation. If your glass is half-empty, you'll look at the 600 yards allowed on offense and the fact that the team trailed by three scores in the final quarter as a sign that this team is still not very good. One thing that is certain is that there's plenty to view in this fourth chapter of craziness that the Texas/OSU series has become.Grading scaleA - All-American levelB - All-Conference levelC - AverageD - Below averageF - Complete failureQuarterback - Sophomore Colt McCoy committed one of the cardinal sins for quarterbacks when you play on the road - he turned the ball over three times, including a brutal overthrow on the team's first snap on offense that was returned for a touchdown. If we can get past those three turnovers, this will go down as one of McCoy's defining moments as a player at Texas. The West Texas Kid made play after play, both with his feet and his arm, in helping lead the Longhorns to an improbable come-from-behind win. In addition to completing 20 of 27 passes for 282 yards and a touchdown, McCoy added 106 yards on 21 carries. In the fourth quarter, when his team needed him the most, McCoy delivered time after time, whether it was making a key throw on third down or running for first downs when nothing was available in the passing game. I'm one of those guys that believes that a quarterback is defined by winning and losing. In this game, McCoy helped will this team to a win and that's the kind of play that will always overshadow a few mistakes. Grade: B+Running backs - For the second consecutive week, junior Jamaal Charles morphed himself into a version of Superman, as the majority of his 180 yards rushing came in the fourth quarter when the Longhorns started to make their comeback in earnest. Charles' key play was his 75-yard touchdown run, but he made things happen all day when he got the opportunities. Even more impressive than the 209 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns is the face that Charles wasn't stopped for a loss on any of his 16 carries. Vondrell McGee and Chris Ogbonnaya also added key plays in this game. Overall, this position was responsible for nearly 250 all-purpose yards, four touchdowns and not a single turnover.Grades: A+ ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now!
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Monday's Minnesota Lynx championship celebration looked more like a bon voyage send-off, especially given that every player soon will leave for off-season overseas jobs. "It's awesome having our fans out here and be able to say good-bye to them," said Lynx guard Monica Wright, who heads to South Korea by month's end.
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Nearly 25 teachers from within the Brandon School Division and surrounding areas volunteered to learn more about incorporating First Nations treaty education into their classrooms by participating in a two-day training session held at Brandon University.
The two-day session, which began Tuesday and ends today, was co-ordinated by members of the Treaty Relations Committee of Manitoba, giving teachers the opportunity to learn more about adding treaty education into the Manitoba social studies curriculum for students in grades 5 and 6.
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WASHINGTON — The White House decision to shutter its doors to official tours this month sparked anger among Colorado's Republicans Wednesday who said the administration is playing politics and being unnecessarily punitive to regular people who just want to see the sites of D.C.
Citing federal budget cuts in the "sequester," the White House said earlier this week it wasn't going to open its doors to the throng of tourists who typically descend on Washington in March and April.
Colorado's congressional offices say March is the busiest time of year for White House visit requests.
Staffers spent much of Wednesday calling and e-mailing hundreds of Coloradans who have requested tours to tell them it won't be possible.
"It's disappointing that the President is playing politics with Americans' family vacations by unnecessarily stopping White House tours to increase the sting of his sequester," said Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, whose office has had to cancel 50 or 60 requests for tours. "For many people, making a trip out to Washington is a once in a lifetime opportunity with only one chance to see the White House. Now the president has taken that from them to make a political point."
Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, tweeted out mid-day that 600 people who had tours requested won't be going. Sen. Michael Bennet's office said it had about 75 requests for March.
Last week, $85 billion in automatic federal spending cuts were triggered across all agencies in the federal government.
Because the cuts were off the top — and not targeted at specific potentially wasteful federal programs — many cabinet secretaries are furloughing employees.
The U.S. Secret Service told reporters earlier this week the cuts meant they can't man the White House during its busy season because they can't pay any overtime.
"Due to sequestration, Uniformed Division Officers normally assigned to conducting public tours will be reassigned to other security posts at the White House and all tours will be canceled," spokesman Max Milien said in a statement. "This staffing measure will reduce overtime costs overall and may ultimately reduce the number of potential furloughs necessary by our agency."
But Rep. Doug Lamborn is skeptical.
The Colorado Springs Republican put in a formal request with the Congressional Research Service asking for the total cost of the self-guided tours to the public.
Lamborn said in an e-mail that so far his office hasn't had to cancel any tours, "but that is not the point."
"The larger issue here is that the White House is choosing to take actions to inconvenience and even hurt as many Americans as possible under sequestration," he said. "I am increasingly concerned that President Obama is playing politics with these across-the-board cuts to inflict as much pain as possible to gain some sort of perceived political advantage."
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Porygon-Z (Japanese: ポリゴンZ PorigonZ) is a Normal-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.
Porygon-Z's appearance is similar to that of Porygon and Porygon2, though darker in color when compared to both of them. It has a very smooth appearance much like Porygon2. It's head is not attached to its body and is now upside-down with a slight tilt. It has a blue beak, and yellow eyes with a bull's eye target pattern in them. Its legs now appear to be more wing like, while its tail points downward rather than up. The spot of blue that was located on its chest now goes across the chest, connecting the two wings.
Special Abilities
Porygon-Z have the abilities Adaptability or Download. Adaptability allows the power of a move, with the same type as it is, to be doubled in battle. The ability Download will raise either its Attack stat or Special Attack stat by one stage depending on foe's lowest defensive stat.
Aside from that, the programming added to create Porygon-Z was intended to allow it to upgrade into a better Pokémon, but as a result, Porygon-Z began to exhibit odd behaviors and the data used to program it became glitched giving it its odd appearance.
Porygon-Z is also notable for having the highest Special Attack, one of two statistics that influence the power of an attack, among non-legendary Pokémon. It shares this feature with another Pokémon, Alakazam.
Porygon-Z's voice (which was revealed in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure) is very strange. It goes Eeehhh Eh Eh.
In the Anime
As is the case with every evolutionary form of Porygon, it is believed that Porygon-Z will never make an appearance in the Pokémon anime series. This is a result of the episode Electric Soldier Porygon, which induced seizures in many Japanese children in 1997. Because Porygon was the featured Pokémon in this episode, it has never been shown, along with its evolutionary forms, in any episode after the incident even though it was Pikachu's eyes that were flashing red. Technically, Porygon had nothing to do with the seizures.
Porygon-Z evolves from Porygon2. A Porygon2 can only evolve into a Porygon-Z when it is traded with a Dubious Disc.
Game Info
Porygon-Z first appeared in the Generation IV games. It is only obtainable through a trade. During a trade, a Porygon2 must be carrying a Dubious Disc with it, this is what triggers its trade evolution.
Porygon's evolutionary line is notable for being the only evolutionary line that contains two evolutions triggered through trading. Porygon-Z is also notable for being one of two non-legendary Pokémon, having the highest Special Attack.
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Side Game Locations
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Pokédex Entries
- Porygon-Z is one of two non-legendary Pokémon to have the highest base Special Attack, the other Pokémon is Alakazam.
- It is the only Pokémon whose Japanese name has a foreign character in it.
- Porygon-Z probably won't appear in another Pokémon Episode due to the Electric Soldier Porygon incident.
- When Porygon2 turns into Porygon-Z, 2 stats lower: Def. and Sp. Def.
- Although called a glitched version of Porygon2, it is not an actual glitch.
- The Pokédex info about working in alien dimensions might be a reference to the Distorted World. However, Dawn & Lucas's Pokémon were all perfectly capable of functioning there without any special modifications.
- Although Porygon-Z Supposedly does not need to eat or breathe, it can still eat berries and poffins.
- Porygon-Z is not unique (in the game) except for its special ability, pokedex entry, and sp. atk.
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- The Pokémon Database
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Urkredel wrote:Icyglare wrote:The number one common theme when my Underdog file doesn't work are cards that could be in the starter. I won and no go, I took out 3 Volcano Wyverns (UD this time, canya believe it) and the next win got it.
well what about if I have only the shielded version? XD
I misunderstood icyman too. I think he was saying even if a card is non-fm but is in the starter files - has a fm version it - including it in underdog files has problems. I do not know how true this is but that is what he was saying. Not just the fm cards but the normal versions of the fm cards will cause problems. Pretty big if it is true as there are a lot more fm cards now particularly spirits although these are probably not affected as they come under a separate exception list?
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A Revenger's Tragedy
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- "You're a strange man, Dimitri. You killed your best friend. You betrayed everyone who ever came in contact with you. You killed my cousin. I guess...the survival of the fittest thing really meant a lot to you."
- ―Niko Bellic's final words to Dimitri.
- "It's over, you won."
- ―Little Jacob.
A Revenger's Tragedy is the final storyline mission in Grand Theft Auto IV if the Deal storyline was chosen. It follows the mission Mr and Mrs Bellic and is triggered by a phone call Niko receives from Little Jacob.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Jacob is waiting for you in a car in Alderney
- Follow Pegorino's goons they'll lead you to Pegorino
- Dimitri is inside the old casino. Find him
- Chase Dimitri
- Get in the boat
- Chase Dimitri
- Get underneath Little Jacob's chopper
- Get low and stay close to Dimitri
- Chase Dimitri
- Kill Dimitri
The Chase
Jacob is waiting for you in a car in Alderney. Get to him and get inside. Jacob points to a mysterious car nearby; they're Jimmy Pegorino's men. Make a T-Turn to begin the pursuit (go in reverse with the stick full right; wait for front end to swing around; throw into forward with stick full left; brake when the car has turned back to the opposite direction you started in). There will be an immediate tight right turn onto the Plumbers Skyway you must negotiate. The car you are driving is fast, but steers and brakes poorly. Chase after Pegorino's goons. They will mainly follow the highway, and swerve in and out of both lanes. Watch out for other cars heading the other direction. Do not waste time firing on the car -- concentrate on making it safely to the finish of the chase. After a few minutes, the chase will end in Northern Alderney on the beach near Leftwood. Be especially careful not to roll the car, which is easy to do in a couple of the tight turns the chase will take.
The target vehicle drives to an abandoned casino, Dimitri and Pegorino's hideout. A cutscene shows Niko's car sliding to the side and stopping. Niko and Jacob get out, take out their weapons and gain cover behind the car. Niko tells Jacob to go home and stay there until Niko really needs his help. Jacob runs away as fast as he can and leave Niko to clean up Dimitri and Pegorino.
The Casino
Dimitri is in the old casino. Before you can find him, you will have to shoot all of his guards outside the casino, then inside the casino. This is a standard shootout although the enemies do have some heavy weaponry. Don't worry about chasing Dimitri yet, just get rid of his men. Eventually, a cutscene will play as you follow Dimitri's tracks; Dimitri betrays Pegorino and executes him. Dimitri escapes to the roof and runs to a helipad. Niko must shoot more of Dimitri's men and chase him. Dimitri then get's into a helicopter and prepares to leave. Niko quickly grabs hold of the helicopters skids but one of Dimitri's men stamps on Niko's hands, sending him falling into the water next to a near-by boat.
Boat Chase
Board the boat quickly and move away from the casino as fast as possible. You will hear, but not see, a rocket fired from Dimitri's helicopter at your boat. If you do not smoothly board the boat and begin moving, you will be killed, or the boat will be hit; both will fail the mission. Take control of the boat and carefully chase Rascalov's helicopter down the West River until you see Jacob's Annihilator fly into the scene. Chase Jacob's helicopter and get under it to climb on.
Helicopter Chase
Work your way onto the helicopter and take the steering. If you haven't flown an Annihilator before, be advised that the controls are much more sensitive than the Mavericks owned by Brucie and Helitours- use small movements. Fly after Rascalov's helicopter but don't use the mounted miniguns like the game prompts. This is just wasting time since Rascalov's helicopter has infinite health and it's also a bad idea because you'll risk getting hit by the rocket launcher's missile. Just as in the road chase in Alderney, focus on completing the air pursuit safely. You can do this by immediately gaining as much altitude as possible. If you hit even 1 of Algonquin's tall buildings then you will almost definitely fail.
The Landing
One of Rascalov's men shoots after you with a Rocket Launcher and Jacob shoots after them with a carbine. After some time, Jacob damages Rascalov's helicopter and sets it ablaze, but they also hit Niko's copter with a Missile that can't be dodged. Both choppers crash-land on Happiness Island with Niko, Jacob, and Dimitri's goons narrowly surviving.
Kill Dimitri
Find Dimitri and empty every bullet you have into him, for Niko, and for Roman, and he will go down in no time with powerful weapons such as the Carbine Rifle or Assault Rifle. Watch for his henchmen and the police. Once he is down, a cutscene will play showing Dimitri dying of his wounds. Niko angrily reminds Dimitri of his traitorous nature, how he killed his best friend, and that he killed his cousin. He then guesses that "the survival of the fittest thing" really meant a lot to him. Dimitri then dies of his wounds. Jacob arrives just in time to see Dimitri's death and tells Niko it's time to go. Niko sadly explains that Roman never hurt anyone, while Jacob understands Niko's sadness and explains that it's over and he won. Then they both walk away leaving Dimitri's body at the foot of the Statue of Happiness.
Video Walkthrough
After the Mission
After the credits roll and end, Niko says "So this is what the dream feels like, this is the victory we longed for".
If you're playing the PS3 version, you get the Trophy, You Won. If you're playing the Xbox 360 or PC, you get the Achievement, 60GS You Won. Also if you have beaten the game under 30 hours, you will get the Liberty City Minute trophy/achievement.
- Jimmy Pegorino - Killed by Dimitri out of disloyalty.
- Dimitri Rascalov - Killed by Niko for betraying him and for getting Roman killed.
- Many of Dimitri's and Pegorino's men- Killed for trying to stop him from killing Dimitri and trying to kill him.
Tips and Tricks
- Right after Niko falls from the helicopter, swim under the dock first, as the rocket Dimitri's henchmen fires may kill you, usually with one shot. Once the rocket has been fired, proceed to the boat and continue with the mission.
- If you are finding it difficult to reach Jacob's chopper during the boat chase then follow these instructions. Get in the boat as quickly as you can (perhaps even ignoring the first tip completely) and once you do go full throttle all the way. If you slow down for even a second you may fail the mission. Also, avoid making sharp turns as this slows down your speed.
- Do not move the joystick forward (LShift for PC) as it does not increase your speed. Once Jacob appears, align your boat exactly to the markers to ensure the cutscene triggers.
- Dimitri runs toward the Statue of Happiness. Do not follow him straight; the combined forces of Dimitri's henchmen and the police won't get you far. Instead, go around the island.
- Shooting in the island will trigger a 3-star wanted level (most likely if you kill a police officer). Be cautious.
- When you reach the roof of the casino, don't go straight out the door, as there is one henchman waiting ahead of you, and two others closing in from your right. Also, take out the goons which are on your right side first, as they will quickly come running towards you and kill Niko, causing the mission to be failed.
- If you want to refill your health on Happiness Island, you should prefer getting a hotdog from vendors which are on the side of the Island, rather than the ones in the middle.
- After the mission, Niko will recieve numerous phone calls. One from Mallorie, revealing her pregnancy; one from Brucie, stressing how "wrong" the loss was; and one from Kate, stating that she is there for Niko if he needs her. Niko will also receive an email from Brucie, stating that he is there for him.
- Two news stories run on Liberty Tree Online related to the Deal storyline itself, one inaccurately detailing the death of Roman, and another noting the death of Dimitri at Happiness Island.
- During the first half of this mission, the weather is sunlight, but after Dimitri kills Pegorino, it changes to rain. Also, in the beta, the mission originally took place in the sunlight.
- Jacob is still wearing the clothes he wore for the wedding, even though it was a while since the wedding.
- When Kate calls, she says she will be there for Niko, but Niko replies that he will need some time. After this, Niko cannot date Kate again.
- Both Dimitri and Niko mentioned Mikhail Faustin in this mission, Dimitri shouting "If only I let Faustin kill you" and Niko reminding the dying Dimitri that he killed his best friend.
- This is one of only two missions in GTA IV, (the other being Out of Commission) that has a checkpoint where you can start from if you fail the mission, which is when you are hiding behind your car.
- Sometimes, when you fall into the water after falling from the helicopter, Niko will die as soon as he hits the water. The reason for this is unknown but it is really frustrating as the mission would have to be replayed.
- There is a glitch that once you get into the boat a RPG will fire and sometimes hits you and is really frustrating as you will not have time to move the boat out of the way.


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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Seth Curry scored 20 points in his final home game and No. 3 Duke pulled away to beat Virginia Tech 85-57 on Tuesday night.
Fellow senior Ryan Kelly added 18 points in his second straight strong performance since coming back from an injury for the Blue Devils (26-4, 13-4 Atlantic Coast Conference).
They shot nearly 52 percent yet struggled for a while before outscoring the Hokies 32-10 during the final 12-plus minutes to finish unbeaten at home for the 17th time in school history.
Erick Green scored 25 points on 10 of 19 shooting to lead Virginia Tech (13-17, 4-13), which hasn't beaten a team in the upper half of the league standings all season.
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Is 'saving money' the right smart grid pitch?
Or will low cost, long timeframe make message moot?
I find it instructive to see how smart grid plays out in the news because your customers consciously or otherwise pick up key messages this way.
To wit: Commonwealth Edison just began work on the grid modernization package approved by the Illinois legislature last fall and covered in our "ComEd Stands by Grid Legislation" and "ComEd Wins Smart Grid Okay." The Joliet Herald-News provided a bit of coverage on Saturday.
"If all goes as planned," the writer qualified her lead, "ComEd customers should see their bills shrinking and their lights staying on more often over the next decade."
Grid modernization "will significantly reduce outages, help customers manage their power use and save them money," the article continued. "The modern grid could report problems itself, alert customers' cell phones when power is restored and `heal itself' when there is a problem on the line."
ComEd customers will pay an average of $3 per month and see digital meters and other technologies including distribution automation rolled out over a decade. The latter work aims to isolate faults and reroute power around an outage, limiting its impact.
Although some customers have lobbied to retain their old analog meters, "the Illinois Infrastructure Modernization Act states the new meter will be provided to all customers, and the value hinges on having everyone participate, officials said."
About a month ago, The Chicago Tribune did a piece—"ComEd to Create Outage Command Centers in Suburbs"—that promised more:
"Hoping to avoid a repeat of the chaos caused by widespread outages in last summer's storms, Commonwealth Edison announced Wednesday that it will set up temporary operation centers in areas where 20 percent of customers go without power for three hours or more..."
"At one point more than 850,000 people in northern Illinois were without power for days," the Tribune continued. "Outraged customers turned out en masse to a hearing in Highland Park to complain about lost work time, rotten food and an automated system that provided wildly inaccurate power restoration times."
The Act that enabled grid modernization tied reliability to ComEd's compensation, plus the utility scrapped an ineffective, automated restoration information line, add lines to its call center and beef up first responders. A smartphone app is on its way.
The state attorney general had argued that ComEd should compensate those with damages in last summer's storms, while the utility argued that blackouts are unpreventable acts of nature. The state attorney general had found "a neglected system littered with decrepit utility poles, equipment choked by vegetation and transformers dating to the 1950s."
The point I'd make is that this coverage is packed with promises, including that energy management will result in actual savings—"shrinking bills" is the phrase few consumers would buy—and fewer outages, with convenient restoration times sent to mobile phones. All for $3 per month.
The issue is whether those promises are credible and deliverable. David Kolata, executive director of the Citizens Utility Board, wisely called this "a step in the right direction" albeit one that "will depend on implementation." And education, if not more.
Another piece in the Tribune two weeks ago underscored the latter point. "For Many, ComEd's Smart Grid Needs an Explanation" reported that many participants in ComEd pilot projects had not been able implement any significant energy management recommendations or save money.
My take? These are the vagaries that utilities face when offering long-term value propositions. The term "shrinking bills" is particularly unlikely to come true. And the newspaper forum found the "deadly smart meter" riff alive and well in Chicagoland.
Would it be more honest—and therefore more credible—to acknowledge that electricity prices will almost certainly rise going forward and that active management, at best, can mitigate that rise? It's tempting to say customers will "save money," but if it turns out not to be true, the industry has squandered significant good will on billions of dollars of investment by customers. Likewise, we've seen recently that improvements in outage management are not a preordained result of grid modernization. (See "Managing Expectations on Outages?")
On the other hand, incremental cost increases to pay for grid modernization—to the tune of $3 per month—over a decade has the virtue of being low impact over a time frame that lends itself to customer apathy.
Despite the low cost per customer and the mind-erasing timeline, I wonder whether the arguments that ComEd and its peers are putting forth are worthwhile or should be tempered.
Readers, please weigh in with your thoughts.
Phil Carson
Intelligent Utility Daily
Consumers want more than just savings
Marketing 101
Lost in the focus on technology and smart grid are two key challenges facing utilities: their historically poor marketing and their lack of innovation.True, they haven't been asked to do that, but their woes today can be directly tied to these two deficits.
The supreme irony in the electric utility industry is that consumers don't value their product. more than they do. What utilities deliver daily to households and buisnesses has become as essential as oxygen and water, and yet the relative price one pays still barely amounts to how much one spends monthly on discretionary entertainment or consumer goods - two great successes! Electricity remains the bargain of the century, when one reflects on what we do with it. But people remain ficlkle, indifferent to electricity as long as it works, then lashing out at utilities in the contexxt of a rate case (monopolistic money grabbers) or outage (incompetent bureaucrats). Ignorance and conditioning over time have led consumers to devalue electricity and the utility that delivers it. That's a shame, but also a failure in marketing.
The good news is that its not too late to turn the ship, but it will take an about face on the part of regulators and utilitiies and the customers they serve. The 21st century holds great promise for changing the way we think about our grid - that is, the grid is an investment by society in a common good - and the product it delivers. We'll need to imagine a new business model more in line with today's economy, oriented around tailored services, compelling value, innovaitve applications and customer satisfaction. When utilities start thinking of the grid as one tool of many to deliver energy services, when they start leading the regulators and consumers to a value-driven paradigm, then we will know we are on the path. We have a long way to go as a society to reconsider the role and value of electricity, but the goal is certainly within our means to acheive. The first step is recognizing the problem.
John Cooper, Author "The Advanced Smart Grid" and Partner, NextWatt Solutions
It's Lots of Little Things
While I think there needs to be a value proposition behind investments made under the rubric of "Smart Grid", it has to be tempered with some realism. In California, many proponents of restructuring made the same claim - bills would be lower. That's an absurd promise because under the "regulatory compact", bills could rise if fuel prices and other costs went up, and in fact they did, allegations of manipulation aside.
However there's another insidious effect few people seem to really understand. Under current law, vertically integrated utilities are entitled to recover all of their reasonably incurred costs, which means initiatives that reduce demand and/or energy use won't necessarily lead to any meaningful change in consumer bills. The aggregate impacts can be large, but the impact on individual consumers, especially in the residential class, can be almost too small to notice.
I still think interval meters are a good idea, albeit with the ability to record consumption on much smaller intervals than an hour. But I also think there needs to be more focus on consumer education and simple, intelligent pricing that recognizes the time-varying cost of electric production. Widespread outages caused by inadequate maintenance and old infrastrure are not smart grid problems, they're basic management issues that should be fixed on the shareholder's dime (that's what the allowance for depreciation is supposed to facilitate). Raising fleet average capacity factors in the 50% range require changes in consumer behavior, which is why I mention intelligent pricing and consumer education.
But of course, it's much easier to make somewhat extravagant promises that are supposed to unfold over a long period of time and hope folks forget those promises before the reckoning comes.
Jack Ellis, Tahoe City, CA
Is 'saving money' the right smart grid pitch?
Peek reduction and energy efficiency are the two most important goals in the implementation of Smart Grid projects. Any other benefit for consumers such as "shrinking biills" is a different issue.
Good will is squandered when these projects fail
I would just like to point out that the failure of Xcel's Smart Grid project in Boulder, CO was the last nail in the coffin of acrimonious feelings between the two. This article focused more on the system-wide implementation of Smart Grid rather than the consumer, but the lessons are still the same.
Smart Grid is still a very nebulous concept. Outside of a few core system monitoring and automation technologies, it's still not clear to me that even utilities have decided what Smart Grid is. Standards are still being decided, and security is a looming issue that nobody has solved yet. Would anybody buy a new car model so poorly fleshed out?
Utilities make improvements all the time to their generation and distribution systems. Some work, some don't but eventually the industry figures out what does. But this is all done behind the scenes. For example, how many people know about the increase in energy efficiency at nuclear plants over the past decades? Outside the industry, who really cares? So I don't see why Smart Grid should be any different. Rather than treating it as one big fully birthed concept, it might be better to move gradually with less fanfare. It's only the pressure of generating Green PR that causes this massive confusion at the consumer level.
The sad truth is that most consumers don't even look at the details of what causes the prices increases in their bill. Besides, a $3 per month extra charge is probably going to be swallowed up in price increases for such things as switching from coal to renewables and natural gas. Nobody has talked about the EPA-mandated costs going forward of gradually shutting down coal plants, nor the costs of state-mandated minimum renewable requirements. I was in Colorado in 2004 when the voters there passed their renewable mandate, and the cost issue was just a hand-wave. Now we are starting to see the actual costs from that transition. If consumers are worried about where the price increases in their bill are coming from, that's probably the first place to start the discussion.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Following in Mama's Footsteps
Article Link: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/of-a-certain-age-with-vitality-and-style/
13 comments:
- melina bee said...
what an elegant lady! I love how she has her hair styled so soft and perfectly and all her leopard accents.
I got my interest in fashion from my mamma too.
melina bee
- October 14, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- Ketura, The Wardrobe Workshop said...
Thank you for this blog. These women are an inspiration. I am now alot less unhappy about a certain big birthday looming in a couple years. :-)
- October 14, 2010 at 2:30 PM
- Judy C said...
Now I know why I have a hard time with fashion. Mom wouldn't have even understood the word. So I have to learn from you.
- October 14, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- fashionsdirtylaundry said...
So classic! The color she coordinates and the leopard print is inspirational!
- October 14, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Style Odyssey said...
it's eye-catching the way she's mixed leopard print, a solid, and a tweed plaid. and i really like her hair, and her gorgeous legs.
- October 14, 2010 at 9:18 PM
Gosh, this woman leaves the rest of the fashion pack far behind. She looks so comfortable and at ease in her outfit with its warm, friendly accents - and I only hope my wrinkles and grey hair frame will one day frame my face as sweetly as hers do.
- October 15, 2010 at 7:36 AM
- FirePhrase said...
THAT is how you do animal print!
- October 15, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- C h i Q . 21 said...
she looks stylish
- October 15, 2010 at 1:24 PM
- Mim said...
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- Anonymous said...
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- October 18, 2010 at 5:19 AM
- Sally said...
She is VERY stylish!
I hope I look that good when I am her age!
- October 18, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- That's Not My Age said...
She looks gorgeous. I like the combination of prints and textures, the animal print and tweed work well together.
- October 18, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- Lisa said...
Beautiful and stylish, love the print classy.
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