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The Basic Writings of C.G. Jung
In exploring the manifestations of human spiritual experience both in the imaginative activities of the individual and in the formation of mythologies and of religious symbolism in various cultures, C. G. Jung laid the groundwork for a psychology of the spirit. The excerpts here illuminate the concept of the unconscious, the central pillar of his work, and display ample evidence of the spontaneous spiritual and religious activities of the human mind. This compact volume will serve as an ideal introduction to Jung's basic concepts.
Part I of this book, "On the Nature and Functioning of the Psyche," contains material from four works: "Symbols of Transformation," "On the Nature of the Psyche," "The Relations between the Ego and the Unconscious," and "Psychological Types." Also included in Part I are "Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious" and "Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype." Part II, "On Pathology and Therapy," includes "On the Nature of Dreams," "On the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia," and selections from "Psychology of the Transference." In Part III appear "Introduction to the Religious and Psychological Problems of Alchemy" and two sections of "Psychology and Religion." Part IV, called "On Human Development," consists of the essay "Marriage as a Psychological Relationship."
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Hevesi, in Debate, Offers Apology and Some Defiance
By DANNY HAKIM
Published: October 26, 2006
With his political career hanging in the balance, Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi made a defiant appeal to salvage his job and reputation in a debate with his Republican challenger, J. Christopher Callaghan, last night.
Mr. Hevesi has largely receded from public view over the last month amid an unfolding scandal over his use of a state employee to chauffeur his wife. After a faltering start last night when he tripped over his own words, Mr. Hevesi made a spirited and at times emotional defense that was alternately apologetic and defiant. He went so far as to discuss his wife's suicide attempts and death threats against him.
By the second half of the debate, Mr. Hevesi was fully on the attack, and he was by far the more polished debater, a reflection of his years of experience in city and state politics. For Mr. Callaghan, the former treasurer of Saratoga County, it was the first statewide debate, and he appeared uncertain at times, making a few biting points but often answering questions briefly and passing up opportunities to pounce on his opponent.
But the seriousness of Mr. Hevesi's transgressions consumed the debate, which was moderated by Dominic Carter of NY1. And if Mr. Callaghan passed up opportunities to batter Mr. Hevesi, Mr. Carter questioned the comptroller far more vigorously at times, often returning to points made in a scathing Ethics Commission report made public this week that said there was probable cause that Mr. Hevesi had broken the law.
''What will you do if you are criminally indicted; will you resign?'' Mr. Carter asked near the end of the debate, referring to the fact that the district attorney of Albany County is investigating Mr. Hevesi's conduct.
''I'm not answering that kind of theoretical question,'' Mr. Hevesi said. ''I think that is really unfair for you to ask.''
Mr. Callaghan called the matter ''a serious ethical failing.''
''I think you have made yourself of no use to the people of the State of New York in your position as fiscal watchdog,'' he said.
Mr. Hevesi repeatedly questioned whether Mr. Callaghan had the management experience to be comptroller of New York State. The Saratoga County treasurer oversees roughly a dozen employees. ''If you think that qualifies you to run an office of 2,400 professionals, we may have a disagreement,'' Mr. Hevesi said.
The Saratoga County treasurer also oversees investments in the tens of millions of dollars. The state comptroller oversees a pension fund of more than $140 billion, one of the largest investment funds in the world.
Mr. Hevesi insisted that Mr. Callaghan ''is not qualified to be the comptroller of New York.''
For much of the debate, Mr. Hevesi did most of the talking, apologizing for not having reimbursed the state more promptly for the driver. He repeated his previous assertion that he had arranged to use a state employee to drive his wife because he feared for her safety, and because of her poor health, and that he had meant all along to repay the state specifically for using the employee, Nicholas Acquafredda, as a chauffeur in addition to a security guard. He repaid more than $82,000 only after Mr. Callaghan discovered the issue and made it public.
''It was belated,'' Mr. Hevesi said. ''I have made that payment after the fact, it was belated and I am really sorry,'' he said.
''But the fact is I do not apologize for providing any support, security for my wife,'' he added. ''I believe that was appropriate. I make no apology for that.''
He added that he had received several death threats and said his work as comptroller of New York City and later of the state had led him into a number of controversial arenas, including canceling ''contracts with companies that were connected with organized crime.'' He said he had received such threats as a live shotgun shell and a dead bird in the mail.
''My own security people told me that a threat against me is a threat against my wife,'' he said.
But the recent Ethics Commission report revealed that the state police had identified no threats against Mrs. Hevesi, and called her a ''low threat risk.'' Further, the driver used by Mrs. Hevesi was not a member of the comptroller's security detail and had no law enforcement background. Mr. Hevesi was also criticized for a similar arrangement when he was comptroller of New York City. According to the Ethics Commission, a top aide said she asked him, after he became state comptroller, ''Do we want to do this again?''
In the debate, Mr. Callaghan repeatedly used the issue to assail the comptroller.
''The Ethics Commission went at great length to frankly debunk Mr. Hevesi's description of the security situation,'' Mr. Callaghan said. ''More than that, the idea that you intended to repay is somewhat belied by the fact that you never kept track of Mr. Acquafredda's time, how much time he spent driving your wife, how much time he spent on other duties.''
Indeed, the Ethics Commission report suggested that Mr. Hevesi had not reimbursed the full cost of the chauffeur services and suggested that he had not intended to repay at all because there was no adequate bookkeeping undertaken.
''What were you thinking?'' Mr. Callaghan asked Mr. Hevesi at one point, drawing another round of apologies from the comptroller.
Mr. Hevesi did appear to catch Mr. Callaghan off guard at one point, asking him about a 2002 audit of Saratoga County by the comptroller's office. The audit said, ''The lack of proper accounting records and the failure to adequately monitor the financial status of each capital project is a significant weakness in the county's management system.''
Mr. Callaghan at first said that it was difficult to respond on the spot to a four-year-old audit, and then defended his county's practices. Mr. Hevesi, though, faltered when he suggested that Mr. Callaghan, as treasurer, could not claim to have kept taxes low in Saratoga County. But Mr. Callaghan said he had played a major role in drafting the county's budgets, and in an interview yesterday, David Wickerham, the Saratoga County administrator, said Mr. Callaghan had indeed played such a role.
Whether the debate can help Mr. Callaghan's long-shot bid remains to be seen -- he has been trailing far behind Mr. Hevesi in fund-raising and in the polls. So far, his trademark bow tie has served only to raise his neck recognition, not his name recognition. And this much is clear: Mr. Hevesi is not ready to go.
''I have no reason to resign,'' he said, adding, ''Let's have an election and let's have the people decide.''
Photo: Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi, center, debating J. Christopher Callaghan, right, last night. Dominic Carter of NY1 was the moderator. (Photo by Keith Bedford for The New York Times)


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Recovering from sexual abuse - would any man put up with me?(7 Posts)
Thank you all so much. I'm weeping out of sheer relief.
Rubyroo I'm sorry for your loss. Your DH sounds lovely. He's quite right to find you even more attractive because of your strength - I didn't dare to say it but I would also like to imagine this in my (increasingly perfect) fantasy man. I am so bloody proud of the work I've done in the past two years and frankly I think any man ought to be downright impressed at me for it. Again, not that I'm looking, but still. That'll be the rule if ever I am.
something2say Funnily enough, straightforwardly imagining myself enjoying sex is not so difficult to do! Even though it's an unfamiliar concept - I have put a lot of time into it and am starting to get why people like sex. And that's without bodily involving anyone else! It's just that when I feel vulnerable, I could do with some backup to counter the voice that says that because I feel vulnerable I am never allowed to be close to someone sexually. The point of these fantasies at the moment is really to get myself used to the idea of expecting decency from a man, rather than anything actually happening, iyswim. Confirmation from people in RL (= MN ) that that's a reasonable expectation really helps reinforce it. I'm really impressed at your approach to medical exams.
IDoTakeTwo thank you for being so open, your point of view is very valuable to me. I totally get what you mean about the 'same' actions. I'm really encouraged that both your husband and you can see the difference between what you do and abuse.
pram what a shit that boyfriend was. I'm also not sure I'll ever 'be over' the abuse. I used to think that recovery would mean things would somehow magically become as if it had never happened. It was a (not very welcome) shock to realise that it means accepting that it did happen, and did have effects.
I'm sorry to everyone who has suffered distress about sex or abuse.
I just needed a bit of hope, you've given me that. Thank you
Gulp. This feels exposed but I'm going to anyway. My partner has a history and when he was able to confide in me I was angered, upset and shocked on his behalf.
It did mean I felt I needed to be mindful of his sensibilities which meant sex was sometimes less spontaneous . I made a point of asking before doing some things which I understood were a trigger . We talked about what we did as consenting adults being very different to abuse. Even if we did the same actions iyswim. I think we reclaim things.
For me I think it is the difference between a gift and a theft.
There have been times when we have had to stop dead and we have a safeword. It's never been used as I have always been able to tell from very obvious body language. It makes me feel more confident to know it is there. We just stop and yes, it can be a buzzkill. Like cramp or the kids waking can be. But my god, if he is turned off, it is a cold shower, so no problem stopping.
Overall sex is fantastic. Maybe knowing how it can be misused makes it all the more precious to us. Not that it would be a choice.
So from the other side of the bed, is is absolutely possible to have a lovely relationship with lovely sex. In fact I think you have to expect it to be lovely and be sure a partner treats you well to avoid tolerating anything less.
Endless snogging a good start I think!
Very best of luck x
It is completely normal to feel like you do op after having been through something so traumatic
If/when you feel in a place to trust someone again there are plenty of lovely, kind, supportive men out there.
I was raped 7 years ago and I'm still not 'over it' not sure I ever will be. My boyfriend at the time reacted very badly and made me feel like it was something I had done to him. After two weeks dumped me as I was damaged goods.
But now I am married to a lovely supportive man. There have been times in our relationship where I have freaked out during intimate moments and asked him to stop. He is completely fine with this, as he should be. We'll just talk and cuddle if I want, if not he's cool with that too!
There is no way on earth a real man would want to sleep with someone who wasn't into it. And there are plenty of nice guys out there.
Things will get better op. Try and get as much rl support as you can. You will get through this.
I totally hear where you are coming from.
There are those men who will love you for where you are at.
But also, what about YOU imagining sex being about you and that man, and not forever defined by the past? Your op is all about a man being ok with all that. What about it NOT defining you forever?
I was sexually abused too, I have issues with medical exam.s. I completely get where you are coming from. For me now, I chose to stop it and le them be what they are, Normal medical exams.
Our lasts don't have to define our futures.
I think there may be times in the middle of sex that it may come up. But equally, how about you imagining yourself enjoying sex?? You deserve it x
Totally expect sympathy. But maybe you won't always need it. That's a stage for you too, not just the one you ae in xxxx
Yes, there are lovely men out there who would not consider a relationship with you to be "putting up" with anything. Of course there are.
I'd agree with the previous comment that it's worth getting to know someone well so you can talk through these issues well before sex is on the table.
I have not been through anything like you, but I've had various unpleasant life experiences. Including a horrible unexpected miscarriage with a previous partner at a very vulnerable time which left me feeling very anxious about sex and it happening again.
My now DH listened when I told him about these things. He cried because he hated to think of me being hurt. But he did not for one minute think any less of me. In fact he often says he finds my resilience amazing and attractive. It helps that I think I'm an okay person who has has some shit luck and experiences; I am definitely NOT substandard. Neither are you.
I've just had my second baby and I'm busy directing DH to wipe intimate areas or telling him about my constipation. Do I think he finds this attractive right now? No, but he loves me. Will he find me attractive ultimately? Of course, that's why we're together. You can be with someone in situations where it's not easy or romantically perfect; you just have to know that ultimately you are right for each other. That's real life.
You can find someone who finds you attractive and wonderful. Then you just need to have great communication so you feel very happy and comfortable with them. And they don't feel rejected if you need to step back and take things slowly. That might be hard but it will be worth it.
Good luck.
It is definitely possible. Im sorry for you that all the men you seem to have been with have been complete twunts. You will find someone but like you said no rush - take your time to get to know someone first, and talk to them before you have sex about how it may be difficult and you may want to stop. Any decent man would not have a problem with this at all!
Congrats on moving forward in such a positive way, I really know how difficult that can be!
I am recovering from the effects of childhood sexual abuse. I finished 2 years of therapy in December, am continuing healing on my own now.
The problem is, I can manage to imagine enjoying sex and feeling safe and loving and loved - this is a big achievement for me. But I can't imagine a man having any patience for the feelings of panic and alarm that I sometimes have about sex. I have slept with men and had flashbacks and become upset, and then those men have given me the cold shoulder for spoiling it. So at other times when I've had flashbacks I've just shut my eyes and waited for it all to be over. But if I say afterwards that I did that then they go off in a huff as well. My last boyfriend told me off when I said that I had done this during sex with him because I was making him feel like a rapist. I see his point but I don't see what else I was supposed to do. (His answer: don't tell him )
Anyway. I should make it clear that I am not actually looking for a man. It'll be a long while before I'm ready for that, if ever. I just want to be able to imagine a man who wouldn't get angry when I feel vulnerable during sex, and wouldn't act like I'd insulted him personally if I had a flashback and said so. I want to be able to imagine a man who wouldn't belittle me and use this vulnerability against me to make out that I'm unstable and substandard. I want to be able to imagine a man who, if I said I was frightened during sex, would just hold me till I'm 'back' and then stop altogether or carry on depending what felt right for both of us, and not make a big drama either way. I want to be able to imagine a man who could comfort me if I got overwhelmed, without it putting him off ever having sex with me again. I know that my history and my ongoing issues complicate sex and I can't expect a man to just take it all in his stride without ever being worried or confused. I just want to be able to imagine a man who would listen and talk to me about it without it lessening his respect for me, and without it making him patronise me, and without it being the thing that defined me in his eyes. I want to be able to imagine a man who could smile at me and have a laugh with me and treat me normally even if sometimes I panic in bed with him. I want to be able to imagine sex with a man who is friendly to me even though I have been abused.
I just want to be able to imagine this without it all being ruined by the voice in my heart that says 'That is totally fucking unrealistic. You cannot expect a man to put up with you wanting to stop, ffs. Especially not if the reason you want to stop is because you 'can't help' remembering being raped. And especially not if you might only want to stop for a moment until you feel better. Who the fuck do you think you are? Don't you dare expect any sympathy. Oh, and btw, you are substandard. HTH.'
Please tell me this voice is wrong. Please tell me it's ok to imagine a man like this. Please tell me you are all married to men like this. I just want to believe it's possible.
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A UKIP candidate hoping to oust Bradford Council's Tory group leader at the next elections has hit back over criticism he supported a massive tax hike.
Keighley Town Councillor Peter Corkindale (above left) hopes to create an upset by running against Conservative chief Councillor Glen Miller (above right) in the Bradford Council elections in May.
Last week, Coun Miller (Worth Valley) said he struggled to see how many people would vote for Mr Corkindale after he supported Keighley Town Council's controversial Council Tax precept rise of 72.6 per cent in 2013/14.
He said: "I welcome anybody standing for election because I do believe in democracy, but I should imagine that UKIP will be sucking sour grapes after the elections."
Now Coun Corkindale has hit back, saying: "So Mr Miller rolls out old news and old slurs. Yes I did support the precept rise as I happen to believe in preserving heritage for future generations and creating a civic amenity, not demolition by neglect."


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It's a story that circulated around the world: Rock star David Lee Roth saved by two OPP officers after suffering a severe allergic reaction to peanuts while driving on a country road near Brantford.
Several newspapers — the Brantford Expositor and the Hamilton Spectator — even had a followup to the original wire service story about how the Van Halen singer, dressed in flashy rock-star duds, strutted into a Brantford bar with two nurses after spending the evening recovering in Brantford General Hospital.
The only problem? The story isn't true.
The two officers and a lot of other people in the Brantford area appear to be victims of a charming imposter.
"The story is completely false," David Lee Roth's personal publicist, Elaine Schock, said this week from her Los Angeles office. "I don't even understand where that came from. David doesn't drive himself. He has a driver. And he doesn't dress flashy unless he's onstage."
This, of course, came as a bit of a shock to the two OPP officers who entered the name "David Lee Roth" into their report of the May 23 incident and later described his flashy dress to CTV news.
The officers weren't the only ones fooled. Club patrons, hospital employees, hair stylists, music producers and performers all thought they had spent some quality time with Roth.
"I'm actually trying to figure out what's going on here, myself," said Const. Larry Plummer, media relations officer for Brant OPP, who admits it couldn't have been Roth who was rescued by the two officers.
"On May 23, the day this was supposed to have happened, Roth was performing at Madison Square Garden with Van Halen," he said.
Plummer said the officers never asked for identification when they stopped the mystery man's rented car for erratic driving near Oakland, a hamlet south of Brantford.
"They were too concerned with helping a man who was in medical distress," Plummer added. Police, however, continue to investigate the identity of the mystery man.
After being treated in hospital, Mystery Dave took two nurses to the nearby Liquid Lounge, where he got up and performed with a local band. He even had his picture taken.
Liquid Lounge owner Cheri Welsh was drawn in by the flashy scarves and alligator shoes.
"I can't understand his motives," she said yesterday. "It's not like he was getting free drinks or anything. He was putting money on the table."
Even Phatstick, the St. Catharines band that jammed out Van Halen's Ice Cream Man with the mystery man doing the singing — was impressed.
"We weren't totally convinced at first because so many people come to shows saying they are someone famous or related to a star," said drummer Joe Lavergne. "But in Dave's case, he did pretty well."
The mystery man also went to the U Are Beautiful salon in Cambridge several times over a two-week period for tanning treatments, hair cuts and dye jobs.
"He always paid in cash," said Lesley, who asked that her last name not be used. "He even bought gift certificates."
Lesley said the salon gave him one free treatment when he said he was going on MuchMusic. He gave them a private concert in the salon. Lesley said they were initially suspicious because of a gap in the man's teeth, but he explained he always wore a cap when he went onstage.
And Dean Hajas, a local songwriter and recording engineer, said he's still certain the man who stayed at his house for three weeks is the real David Lee Roth.
"He just phoned me out of the blue and asked if he could come over and do some work," Hajas said. "He's got some of my music ... I talked to him on his cellphone yesterday and he said his publicist would be issuing a press release (today) to clear this mess up."
Roth's publicist admits the bizarre story has helped her keep her client's name in the news.
"And it's not like it's bad press, it's just odd press," Schock said, adding: "He doesn't stay in places like this (someone's house). Dave is a Four Seasons kind of a guy."
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Metal Gear Solid
FAQ by Xenocide
Version: 0.2 | Updated: 06/23/00 | Search Guide | Bookmark Guide
Guide/FAQ to Metal Gear Solid (a.k.a. MG: Ghost Babel) on Game Boy Color
Version 0.2
written by `Xenocide <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Caution - This FAQ contains words that may be considered vulgar and offensive to some people,
mostly the same that find running around shooting people in a game vulgar and offensive.
[Quick Note: This guide was not written to be a walkthrough of the game, because such material
can ruin the point of playing a game. You will find that it reads more like an instruction
booklet than a walkthrough, though I have included some strategy in this. I hope those of you
who rented the game, borrowed it, bought it used without an instruction manual, etc. can
appreciate this. Plus, a walk through takes a long time to write ;)]
Version History
v0.2 - Added the rest of the items and weapons, added "solid tips," added boss tactics,
added enemies, and added Ending Rankings and stats
v0.1 - The first write up!
Table of Contents
Solid Tips
Boss Tactics
VR Training
Ending Rankings
Metal Gear was a really interesting and popular game on the NES. several years later, Solid
Snake's popularity was revived when Konami released Metal Gear Solid. Metal Gear: Ghost Babel,
also known as Metal Gear Solid, returns to the series' roots with its over head steath game,
while integrating the most interesting parts of Solid into it. There is a sort of "Alert"
status and timer, Training VR Missions, coloful cut scenes and even a multiplayer mode where
you race your linked opponent for the secret data disks. As far as replay value goes, this
game uses every trick I can think of: Ratings for beating the game, time trials, VR missions,
secret modes, varying difficulties and multiplayer. Lets just say if you like the game, there
is an ASSLOAD of things to do. Metal Gear Solid is one of the top games out there, and I feel
theres play time involved with MGS than in Link's Awakening DX.
If you liked Bionic Commando, Winback, Heavy Barrel, Ikari Warriors, or of course
Metal Gear or Snake's revenge you might like this game. And if you liked Metal Gear Solid
on the PSX, you might want to try this one too, though the perspective greatly differs.
Solid Snake returns from his solitary retirement in Alaska to revisit Outer Haven, where he
destroyed the Metal Gear seven years ago, to investigate and neutralize a revolutionary force in
South Africa. The rest of the plot reveals itself through the game, and I don't want to write a
spoiler guide.
While in the main game screen:
Joypad - Run/crawl around.
B - Fire your selected weapon(the top icon) when you have one with ammo.
A - Punch. Use this on buttons or guards.
Start - Toggle crawling on/off.
Select - Bring up menu.
While in the menu:
Up/Down - Scrolls through your items list (bottom of the two).
Left/Right - Scrolls through your weapons list (top of the two.
Start - Go to radio screen(which almost makes this FAQ irrelevant).
A,B,Select - Exit menu.
While in radio screen:
Left/Right - Decrement/Increment the frequency by .01 Hz
Down - Bring up list of known communication frequencies.
Start - Exit to main game screen.
A+B+Select+Start will reset the game.
Solid Snake - "The Legend." You were retiring in Alaska, when you are contacted yet again
to enter the battlefield. You play as Solid Snake, an elite forces dude from Fox-Hound.
Thats you in the title screen.
Brian McBride - The CIA director of South Africa. Has a rather bland personality. All he
does is spout useless facts.
Mei Ling - Another face devoid of personality, this one spouting quotes that are supposed
to be relevant. Fortunately, this one actually serves a purpose: saving the game.
Roy Campbell - The guy in charge of this covert operation. He's the one that tells you
what to do next. Old fart.
Chris Jenner - The sole surving member of the first strike force, Delta Force. Obligatory
hot chick to keep guys interested, that the designers can claim to use as a "cross gender"
Weasel - Mercanary soldier on your side, it seems. He sorta gives advice on controls, and new
Slasher Hawk - Boss guy who uses a hawk and a boomerang.
Marionette Owl - Illusionist Boss guy who hides in the dark.
Pyro Bison - Boss guy who uses a flame thrower.
Black Arts Viper - Head boss guy.
James Harks - "Jimmy the Wizard." This is the head scientist in charge of designing Metal Gear.
Reminds me of Piggy from Lord of the Flies.
The bottom icon in the lower right represents the item currently equipped. You are not able
to control their use other than selecting it, they're used as needed. If you desperately need
more information about these, talk with weasel while its equipped.
Rations - It looks like a canteen thingy. If you run out of Life while this is equipped,
rather than dying, you'll lose one and your life bar refills. You can carry a maximum of
two at the start of the game. "Keep one handy." To use one without losing all your life,
press B in the Menu.
Gas Mask - Equip this to prevent losing life in zones with poisonous gas (you'll know by the
odd coloring and waviness) . While in use, an oxygen meter will appear. When the oxygen meter
is out, the gas mask is useless, so hurry through gas zones.
Fogger(Cigarretes) - When this is equipped, little animated puffs of smoke rise from your
character. I think we all know what the "fogger" really is. When this is equipped you can see
lasers. I guess they're military output smokes.
Key Card - This icon sorta looks like a video tape. The keycard comes in several levels of
access, the higher the better. Used to open certain doors.
Mine Detector - Icon looks like a pair of 3d glasses sorta. When equipped, mines will be
displayed on the radar as enemies.
Thermal Goggles - Icon looks like one of those eyedoctor masks. It changes the pallete
to redscale, with enemies displayed in white. Works in the dark, but if its exposed to
a flash, it will be inoperative for a short period.
Night Visions - Icon looks like a pair of glasses. Enables sight in the dark, complete
with color. Disabled if exposed to light flashes.
Cardboard Boxes - Icon looks like a disk with a letter on the lower right. Comes in three
flavors: red(R), blue(B) and yellow(Y). Useful for hiding from cameras and traveling over
conveyer belts.
Punch - Knocks out guards in any mode other than easy. Kills them in easy difficulty. Handy
for stealth movement.
Five-seven - Icon looks like a handgun. Holds twentyone bullets. Pretty damn loud, unless you
find the suppressor.
C4 - Icon looks like a rectangle. Set it down to set it, then press A to explode it.
R5 - Icon looks like an assult rifle. Hold down fire to keep shooting. Its real loud though,
so its best use is on the bosses.
Grenade - Icon looks like a cherry bomb. Thrown, and explodes on contact. Dont throw it at the
walls without a deathwish.
Chaff Grenade - Icon looks like a canister of spraypaint with a line in the bottom half. Used
for disabling visual electronics.
Mine - Set it down and it'll dissapear pretty quickly. Dont set it too close to an enemy, or
you wont get out in time to avoid the blast. Crawl over a mine to pick it up.
Nikita - Icon looks like a chaingun. But its a rocket launcher. This one's special though,
since you can guide the rocket after you shoot it.
Theres about a million soldiers in this complex. Theres one of you. The odds of you coming out
on top in a full out assult is pretty slim (read: nonexistant). So why bother. Your job is to
take out the metal gear. So now we come to the other tactic: stealth.
The basics of stealth is to avoid being noticed by the guards, cameras and guard dogs.
When you are noticed, an alarm sounds, and the whole goddamn base is mobilized to kill you.
You'll notice that the map and radar are replaced with a red alert symbol and the number 999. I
guess this is supposed to represent red alert. That number will count down to zero, provided
you dont screw up avoiding the million or so guys(read: three) out for your blood. When it hits
zero, the camp will go to yellow alert. Rather than running after you, the guards no longer
know your location, and start looking for you. Once again the timer counts down from 999. When
that hits zero, the guards return to their posts, and you're fairly safe.
The trick to avoiding red alert is punching guards in the back. Not very honorable, but
you don't have much choice. Firing guns is in general a bad idea, as they're too loud. So get
behind them and shoot them with a suppressed 5.7 But how do you know when the guards arent
looking? By walking up to a wall, and keep walking. You'll lean with your back against the
wall. Now you can press A to slap the wall, and b to scroll the screen in the direction you're
still holding. Why slap the wall? To get the guard to leave hispost to investigate. Run back a
ways, and returns to his post go run and assult him from behind.
List of things that cause alert
1. Firing a gun near a guard.
2. Walking in front of a guard.
3. Walking over metal grating.
4. Tripping lasers.
5. Causing birds to fly up in panic.
6. Explosives
Solid Tips
1. If you've never played Metal Gear before, learn this quickly: the game is not about action.
Firefights raise alarm, which disables your map, not to mention sends more guards after you.
2. Treat rations like the fairies in a bottle in Zelda: let them heal you after you die. That
way you dont "waste" some of the life regeneration. Just make sure its equipped or its useless.
3. Crawling over mine zones can save life and net you some ammo.
4. Observe enemy patterns from a save place. That way you can plan an attack without
raising alarm.
5. Conserve consumables. Especially in the harder difficulties, conserving ammo and rations
is a good idea. Generally save them for bosses.
6. Save often. You dont want to have to beat Marionette Owl twice on Very Hard mode. Trust
me on that...
7. If you're working on one of the game's puzzles(e.g. the five door gate) then the
handiest thing you can have around is a pencil and paper.
8. Tapping walls can do more than just attract guards. Walls that you can bomb sound differant
than normal.
9. Sometimes when moving from room to room, the alarm will reset without counting down all
the way. If you can remember where this happens, it may be useful when evading guards.
10. Never rely on instructions alone. Think for yourself and be creative. Otherwise you're never
gonna enjoy the game.
There are only a few variations of enemies, but they provide enough variation to make the levels
interesting. There are guards, dogs, cameras, and the bosses.
Guards come in two flavors: green and grey. The green ones take less hits to kill than the gray
ones. They patrol a designated area and sometimes they're useful for gleaning information.
More sensitive than the guards, but they don't come pouring out the walls like guards do. Just
try and avoid them, since they can't be sneaked up up from behind.
There are four types of cameras: stationary, roving, stationary gun, and roving gun.
Cameras also work better when under alert, shown by their changing to red. It would be hard
to sneak a missile past a gun camera while under alert, since their reaction time is faster.
You can sneak missles past them while not under alert however, by flying those Nikitas real
close to the camera. Cameras are diabled with EM grenades, which can come in handy.
There are Five bosses: Haker Slash, Marionette Owl, Pyro Bison, Black Arts Viper and the
Metal Gear. Bosses have a life bar shown in the same spot as your oxygen bar. They usually
take several hits to kill. Fortunately theres regenerating ammo boxes located near them.
I've outlined general strategies for beating them below.
Boss Tactics
Taking cue from almost every 2d game, Metal Gear Solid features "Bosses" now. They
are Hawker Slash, Marionette Owl, Pyro Bison and Black Arts Viper. Plus theres the matter of
dealing with Metal Gear. For all bosses, just make sure to have plenty of ammo and rations to
make things easier on you. I've written this part aimed at the "Very Hard" diffilcutly, so
some of the boss attacks may not be present in the mode you are playing at. On to the
specific advice.
Hawker Slash
Just leave rations equipped. This guy throws two boomerangs. The green one zigzags
across the screen, and the yellow one goes like an arrow at you. Avoid the green one by
running back, and avoid the yellow one by moving left/right out of its way. Attack him
with grenades as his boomerangs return. If you run out of grenades, more will appear at
the bottom of the map. After you've halfway killed him, his hawk attacks you as he runs
back and forth.
Marionette Owl
Its, dark so you're gonna want to equip some night vision. This guy has two dolls
you dont want to shoot, so just fire at him. When you run low on life, use some rations. When
Owl lobs something besides a knife, take off the night vision, or it will screw up for a while.
Just assult him with your gun or assult rifle until he's dead.
Pyro Bison
He's got a flame thrower, so watch out. It has three attacks for differant ranges. At
close range he sweeps it in a 90 to 180 degree arc several times. This is really dangerous
because it can hit you multiple times and flatline you. Avoid it by backing off. At a long
distance, he shoots fire up high and it lands on the ground napalm style. Avoid it by watching
the ground for shadows. In between those distances is a medium attack which sorta sends a
fire beam at you. Avoid this one by side stepping it. When you take off half his life he starts
to move faster and attacks more often. When he's really running low, Bison starts to use his
flamethrower as a jetpack. Watch for the shadow that indicates where he will land, then throw
a well timed grenade to hit him, and he's toast.
You catch a glimpse of the pilot boarding, who looks suspiciously like one of your allies.
The helicopter kicks your ass in three forms: machine gun fire, missles, and bombs. Whats
worse is it can only be damaged while using its machine gun. Basically, don't waste those nikita
missles in earlier levels, so you can nail it from a safe distance, and get all the rations you
can. If you run out, switch to grenades. Once you're down to grenades, just damage it when its
on the sides, after it stops shooting the machine gun. While it is shooting, hide up against the
rock pillars to avoid getting hit. Should it fly to the other side, watch the radar for help on
dodging the bombs it drops at you. Using this technique you can actually beat the copter without
getting hit.
Black Arts Viper
This guy is seriously hard. He stands around in this room with a ton of poles in a grid. Turns
out these poles create a lazer like grid that forms for a while, preventing you from moving much.
Whats worse is while you're stuck these bombs appear outta nowhere. When i beat him ill post some
strategies on how to beat him.
Metal Gear
When i get that far, ill write some stuff down. Until then check out the message boards...
VR Missions
VR Missions are designed to help acquaint a new player with the control setup and game
mechanics. They are seperated into Stealth, Weapon and Advanced modes. Then these three modes are
seperated into groups as well. Stealth has two groups, no weapons and suppressed 5.7. Weapon
features the 5.7, R5, C4, Mine, Grenade, and Nikita. The advanced mode features the same weapons.
All missions are seperated into practice and time attack. You'll have to beat all of the
levels in a group in practice to make it to the time attack. It is rumored that beating all the
time attacks nets you a sound test mode.
One of the few games to feature a multiplayer aspect, metal gear solid has you competing
to collect three disks. You then have to make it to one of the 4 exits, hoping not to find a
decoy exit. If you do find a decoy exit, then an alarm sounds. Killing your opponent returns
their haul to the enviroment. The game is over when you find the correct exit while carrying
all three disks.
Ending Rankings
After you beat the game, you are given a code name based on performance in the levels.
This ranking is based on time, enemies killed, number of times spotted, and number of rations
used. Anyways, here's what I've found and what I've seen on the Boards. Feel free to submit your
own rankings, and ill add you to the thanks section.
Big Boss
Alterboy - for the pidgeon ranking and stats
mgsnake - for the mongoose ranking and stats
snake78 - for the bat ranking and stats
This work of art is copyright. Do not distribute without permission.
Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid, and Metal Gear:Ghost Babel, and any other names in this guide are
probably trademarked by Konami.
No monkeys were harmed in the writing of this guide.
You should have found this FAQ at www.gamefaqs.com
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Rabbi Chaim Amsellem's Am Shalem Party is banking heavily on attracting votes by pushing the IDF share the burden agenda, the need for chareidim to serve in the military. To date, despite his optimism, his party fails to earn the minimum number of votes to gain entry to Knesset.
In a political rally this week Amsellem stated "To bring about change, political power alone is insufficient for what is important is the courage that is tied to that courage", speaking during a Tel Aviv press conference.
As he revealed his party's election campaign, Amsellem explained he will gain widespread support with the slogan, Am Shalem – The Choice of the Brave, which will appear alongside the slogans Chareidim in the IDF – It's not impossible and Moderate Yiddishkheit – It's not Farfetched.
According to a Rafi Smith poll involving 2,000 people, including 500 chareidim, 86% of the respondents believe Amsellem is a courageous individual, Ayalon Zermon, Amsellem's campaign chief explains. Ayalon added that 76% of the respondents have a positive opinion of Amsellem.
According to Walla News, quoting an Am Shalem "official", the campaign is divided into three groups. Group one is the chiloni community that supports Amsellem's effort to have chareidim serve in the IDF and believe in the sharing the burden effort. The second group is the traditional voters, traditional from a Jewish observance sense of the word and not political, those who seek moderate Judaism, those who maintain the traditions of the homes of their grandparents. The third group is those who are difficult to persuade, those who feel comfortable voting Shas.
Amsellem says "Shas is not fighting poverty but creating it. Shas takes this large productive tzibur and makes certain it needs Shas to arrange for stipends, scholarships and tzedaka. We oppose this. We are a party that believes in social justice achieved by education and the labor force."
Ayalon says that 7% of the respondents are seriously considering voting Am Shalem, and this translates to 8.4 Knesset seats.
Amsellem says the heart of his campaign surrounds "עם ישראל, תורת ישראל וארץ ישראל", in that order; and he will work towards sharing the burden and social justice. He feels it is important to maintain the country's Jewish character, and while remaining within the rulings of halacha, we must look to be lenient when possible and not to be stringent in all matters.
He commented on the state giyur as well, pointing out "thousands are not viewed as Jews despite the fact that according to halacha, which is lenient in the matter." He rejects that "those people, those who place themselves in life-threatening danger (referring to IDF soldiers) and give their share to the country should remain outsiders."
Regarding the diplomatic process with the PA (Palestinian Authority), Amsellem says he too wants peace but this requires a genuine partner on the other side.
On the issue of women's rights, Amsellem said that the torah gives women equal standing and it is not coincidental that there are three women on his party's list for he feels they best represent the needs of the women voters.
Amsellem's number three candidate is Reuven Agassi, from the Share the Burden forum, and he too spoke at the media event. Agassi explained why he, a non-frum person opted to sign up with Amsellem, a chareidi. "They ask me how I got to him and I ask 'do you know someone better?' I came to this party to work and I am working and will continue to work towards changing our country."
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Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) has helped tear down technical barriers to this type of collaborative security. And, while there are still some political and legal obstacles – Why should I share information voluntarily? What should I share? What are the legal ramifications of sharing, or withholding information? – the fear, uncertainty and doubt surrounding these questions are being overshadowed by a new sense of urgency that in order to manage critical situations effectively, information sharing is critical.
Chris Swecker, CEO of Chris Swecker Enterprises, who will be joining me on April 1st at ISC West to discuss this topic, points out that "the tragedy of '9-11' ushered in a new era in the security field marked by unprecedented levels of information sharing and cooperation between and among government agencies and private sector security components. For the first time law enforcement and intelligence agencies became valuable conduits for sharing strategies, practices and even tactical information."
Swecker, who is a former Assistant Director with the FBI and former Bank of America CSO, says we can see many outgrowths of this trend, including various state, local and federal government information sharing forums ranging from the vaunted NYPD Shield to the FBI's Domestic Security Advisory Council (DSAC).
Public/private sharing of technology such as CCTV and alarms in downtown, retail or industrial areas has also become more commonplace. Swecker cites productive partnerships in cities such as Philadelphia, Chicago and London, and successful collaborative initiatives between law enforcement and corporate security during special events that present unique and complex security challenges.
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Re: @Custard Fridge: Cracking article
Love your "N.B." bit, may I use it?
31 posts • joined 22 Jan 2008
Love your "N.B." bit, may I use it?
The current Beluga flies over our house on its way in and out of the BAe factory in Broughton most days.
I think it's a beautiful piece of engineering. Unfortunately I never have enough time to go and get a decent camera to take a picture.
"Close enough for Jazz"
Works fine on EE
I spent a very happy 6 months in Zug would have stayed longer if the protect hasn't moved me to the next country. This was 14 years ago. Back then everything send to be London prices but the quality was outstanding when it came to for and drink
the idea of a software engineer not being able to fix hardware is not unknown - only last month we had to spend 2 hours on a conference call explaining to an application development team that, no they couldnt load their new module into a specific SAP system in our maintenance window because we would actually have the system shutdown for a break-fix.
We ended up having to say it very slowly, very loudly over and over again
You're really lucky - where I live in Wales (5 miles from the border with England) Orange/EE/Whatevertheydecidetheirnameisthisyear gives me 4 bars of 3G signal (forget about 4G), Vodafone give both me and my wife (on our employer provided mobiles) 2 somethimes 3 bars of 3G signal, whereas O2 gives my wife 1 bar of 2G on a good day.
"the camera is slow. it's adequate. but can't hold a candle to my old nokia N8."
I dont think there are many phones out there that can hold a candle to the Nokia N8 when it comes to the camera. It was (and mine still is) a fantastic phone even if the screen is too small for me to use without having to find my glasses nowadays
"I suspect users who have failing senses or who are just plain clumsy..."
That's me. I hate having to find my glasses in order to read a text or mail, which I have to do with my N8-00, as for typing, even with Swype installed it's an ever increasing chore
Looks like a slightly bored/bemused Ziva from NCIS, or maybe that's just my fixation with her
I could justify buying one of these but the Nokia N8 just keeps going and going. It's even survived being dropped down 3 flights of stairs and until it breaks I can't justify to SWMBO splashing out on another phone
"Whatever the case may be, I can't see Google transforming Android into the kind of slick experience you get on Windows Phone today."
Whatever the case may be, I can't see Google transforming Android into the kind of sick experience you get on Windows Phone today.
There, fixed it for you.
No I'm not an Android fan, I'm not even a Microsoft hater. but having played with both Android and Windows phone I'd rather have the "mess" than all the restrictiveness.
Maybe it's not in because the review is for 10" tablets and by your own post you acknowledge that the w700 is 11.6"?
Maybe that's why people also gave you thumbs down? But that is just speculation on my part
"This is further erosion of profitability of our Microsoft business which is taking an unending journey to zero margin."
If it's an "undending journey", does that mean they never actually reach zero margin?
The Satnav sketch in the Armstrong and Millar show
"...and despite attempts to re-invigorate their interest in the live ones by putting them in a hamster ball"
What you put the cats in a hamster ball? Isn't that a squash? Do you have any fingers/skin/eyes left?
the only phone available to be an iPhone?
The only search engine to be Google?
The only online store to be Amazon?
What about diversity and choice?
That's a deal breaker for me!
Yeah I had a TyTn, it ended life being thrown against a wall after i had recalibrated the screen for the umpteenth time inside an hour. I have no idea why but mine just would not seem to hold on to the screen alignment settings and would drive me crazy.
It made me swear I'd never buy another HTC device, which I broke with the Desire and regretted very quickly.
No it's the idea of self protection. Again as a former swim coach one of the things we learnt on our various courses was that ALWAYS have a chaperone when dealing with minors or even adults of the opposite sex. That way you always have a witness should someone decide to make malicious allegations.
I have to agree with this sentiment, having been a former swim coach, admittedly to adults only, but I still had a cheap PAYG phone I used to contact any club members. Likewise I now have a work mobile as well as a personal. The work one has no personal contacts on it and vice versa. That way its extremely difficult to send a text that could land you in trouble to the wrong person
This phone changed my wife and my life no longer complains about lack of performance
We find out it was Leonard and his electric can opener fluctuation?
If the BRIC countries and other D&E economies cannot generate money then how come so many of the large FMCGs are looking to them for revenue growth?
Not trying to be inflammatory, just trying to understand
That'd be me then.
Really? twice a day? I often get 2 days use out of my Note - maybe about 30 mins of calls a day, reading about 40 emails a day and replying to about half of them, an hour or so of web browsing, an hour of ebooks and about 3 hours a day listening to music while at work.
If the battery is sitting below 40% of a morning, I find an hour's charge will keep it going for the next 24 hours at least.
Please explain your comment to me, for I am hard of Thinking.
Did it not work before Ice Cream Sandwich?
Typical of the building trades - turn up late for a job!
How about A Street View Car Named Desire?
I have to say having used 2 HTC devices in the past (one still partially used) after 10 minutes I want to throw them at the wall - having to realign the touch screen every few minutes does that to you.
I am not an iphone lover but really do not like HTC.
apart from adding more megapixels, there doesnt seem to be anything on offer that wasnt on offer 8 or so years ago on the DSC-F505V or the 707. Yes I know it's more compact but nothing much else is there.


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QR Code Press » Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, Social Media Marketing » Why we should expect ingenious tech companies from Facebook builders
Why we should expect ingenious tech companies from Facebook builders
April 11th, 2012 | Add a Comment
Tech news, a fresh look at the future from the eyes of Facebook creators.
As Facebook Inc. approaches the $10 billion initial public stock offering mark, it is the former company insiders that have attracted a great deal of attention, as they continue their diligent efforts to create the next generation of businesses from Silicon Valley.
Currently, they're working together to accomplish this goal. They include the co-founder of Facebook, Dustin Moskovitz, who, at 27 years, is the youngest billionaire in the world. He is working with Justin Rosenstein, also formerly from Facebook, on a project called Asana. This is a form of online software that will give people a more effective way of working together.
Behind another project called Quora are another team of Facebook alumni, including the first chief technology officer of the company, Adam D'Angelo, and Charlie Cheever. This project is designed to help people to find information more easily.
Former exec from Facebook, Matt Cohler is now working with Dave Morin, among others, in his new venture capitalist company. Morin is also running Path, a mobile social network.
According to 31 year old Kevin Colleran, the first ad sales rep at Facebook, who is now an investor who doles out both advice and cash, "Very few people get to change the world with their friends. Now we are setting out to do it again."
Whether or not any of these projects will be successful has yet to be determined. However, these former Facebook team members – the majority of whom are still in their 20s – are setting their sights for further successes that will avoid the fate of the thousands of crash-and-burn stories that litter Silicon Valley's history.
These individuals do have a significant advantage over many, in that they are already very well connected with the people whom they need to know in Silicon Valley in order to make a hit. What all too many gifted researchers and innovators have discovered is that it doesn't just take genius to achieve success, but also the right social connections.
According to Paul Saffo, a Silicon Valley futurist, "Innovation is an irrational act, and the only way to get through that irrationality is to surround yourself with other people as crazy and obsessed with changing the world as you are."
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Dan Lawlor: Anti-Immigrant Mindset is Uncalled For
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
There is a virulent anti-immigrant mindset among some people in wealthy countries around the world. Oddly, sadly, strangely, this anti-immigration feeling is matched with rising economic insecurity. As traditional job opportunities disappear, people often blame immigrants - legal and illegal - for working the system, taking jobs, or undermining the "real" community (often composed of second or third generation immigrants). I say this is strange because the collapsed economies were more often than not caused by native-born politicians and native-born graduates of big deal business schools.
In Italy, far right Italian political parties have denounced ALL forms of immigration, legal and illegal, and mainstream right wing parties have acted against gypsies and criticized gay rights. Some Northern Italian politicians have even proposed dividing Italy in half - the urban North, and the agricultural South.
In France, anti-gypsy deportations programs were established and criticized. Especially since the urban riots of 2005, immigration and acceptance has been a hot topic in the French Republic. Former French President Sarkozy made his career in part by acting tough against perceived social chaos. Yet, his failure to connect with French voters and assure them he was more than a tough guy, along with the sour economy, lead him to be rejected at the polls.
In Japan, strong anti-immigrant laws apply even to asylum seekers.
In Norway, a violent extremist, with a deep seated anti-liberal, anti-Muslim, anti-multiculturalism passion, killed dozens of teenagers and adults in an attempt to halt "traitors" to European Culture.
In US, similar to Italy, the anti-immigration tendency tends to be anti-illegal immigration, but that at times it can overlap with anti-Latino, or anti-Asian sentiments. This ranges from college level tensions to murders. For instance, at Tufts in 2009 there was a violent altercation after a drunk, underage freshman called members of the Korean Student Association slurred names, shouted they should "Go Back to China," and "I'm going to kill you all." Latino-Americans, notably Juan Varela and Raul and Brisenia Flores, have been killed in Western States by deranged white supremacists who thought they were killing illegal immigrants.
Locally, groups against illegal immigration are nonviolent and supportive and encouraging of legal immigration. Yet, you can be for legal immigration, strict enforcement, nonviolence, and still be unclassy. I recall at a 4th of July Parade in Gloucester people marching around in Martian outfits with signs reading "Illegal Aliens." That's de-humanizing. The Rhode Islanders for Immigration Law Enforcement website also states, "Many of us still don't want to accept that America is facing huge and imminent threats, among which are the Occupy movement, Radical Islam, and the outrageous Agenda 21, a global master plan from the United Nations."
Individual violent extremists exist in these parts as well, against minorities and immigrants. In Springfield, some young white lunatics burnt down a black-majority church after Obama's 2008 election, to be rebuilt only this past Fall. In Worcester, recently, a fascist praising lunatic, also known as a pathetic Rhode Island born student at Assumption College, cheered the "atrocious but necessary" Norwegian Murderer for his assault on "cultural Marxism and Islamization."
Paranoia is wide, and in pockets run very deep. The very real economic and cultural frustrations that people feel - from here to Japan- can warp into attacks on immigrants (legal and illegal). We can disagree on policy, and how to respond to illegal immigration. Yet, people are people.
At present, as politicians in Washington grandstand that illegal immigrants and green card applicants who have experienced domestic abuse should not feel able to report crimes to the police without fear of deportation, we've reached absurd levels of cold-heartedness. Don't believe me? See some of the debates around the renewal of the act to prevent violence against women.
We should not have our politicians echoing the paranoia of Northern Italian right-wingers and French anti-gypsy proponents. Economic trauma is real, but we can't embrace cures worse than the disease.
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Now that the nights are getting longer here in the norther hemisphere, we are more likely to find ourselves outside in the dark with our pets. This convenient LED-Lit Armband can be seen over a mile away, so it could be another way to make yourself visible to passing vehicles, while walking, jogging or playing with your pets after 4 or 5 pm. The LED lights flash or glow red at the push of the power switch.
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Permanently saving a memory or a thought as it is experienced by the mind is no longer just a dream with Millennium Magnetic Technologies cutting-edge patent MentScan
MMT is a neurotechnology startup company, and the only company that is now offering memory records commercially, said Dr. Donald Marks, founder and chief science officer of MMT.
Weve just completed our first actual memory scan for a well-known software game programmer, said Marks. It was very exciting to put our technology to work to make a permanent record of the clients most important memories.
Memories are the firing of neurons in complex, but similar patterns that, at a basic level, are known as recurring, similar thoughts in the brain. Using its knowledge of memory, MMT couples its technology with questions that aim to prompt recollection in order to record different memories as they are formed and experienced by the mind.
Marks added that any person who opts to have the recording would have a permanent look into their mind for themselves, for their children, for their spouse or other family members to eventually view.
According to CEO of MMT Dr. Steven Levy, it could be beneficial to use memory scans to reboot the brain following injury or mental illness. He speculates that celebrities, politicians, community leaders and individuals could also offer their recordings for historical value or for download on social media,although the playback is still in its infancy.
However, MentScan is not limited to personal use.
The scans are also provided by MMT to objectively document the brain patterns that pain causes. For personal injury lawyers, these Pain scans can become crucial to their clients in reaching a fair settlement or for admission to court.
We can identify Preclinical Alzheimers showing if at risk individuals may develop the disease so early action may be taken to potentially impact it, added Levy, explaining that the memory scans can also identify and monitor the brain signature of Fibromyalgia.
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A New Kitchen Cabinet Aims To Showcase American Food
By MARIAN BURROS,
Published: February 3, 1993
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2— The same people who raised their eyebrows at the suggestion that Hillary Rodham Clinton knew how to bake cookies would be equally astonished to learn how closely she supervised the preparations of the first official dinner at the White House Sunday night, which honored the nation's governors.
From the choice of tablecloths and china to the arrangement of the floral centerpieces and the menu selection, Mrs. Clinton offered suggestions and made changes, putting her stamp on the proceedings. And she said she loved every minute of it.
Looking forward to the dinner, she said in an interview Friday: "I think it's fun. It's a chance to bring people together, to eat with them, entertain them and talk. I love that. For me, it's an extra added benefit to have all this wonderful help." That help includes not only her own assistants, but also the permanent members of the White House staff, which every four or eight years must learn the likes and dislikes of the new tenants.
Everyone in the White House will have to become accustomed to the idea that the Clintons are less punctual about time than any other First Family since the Johnsons. Like Lyndon B. Johnson, President Clinton loves to schmooze, and the receiving line Sunday night, at which Presidents usually offer their guests no more than a how-do-you-do, moved at a snail's pace as the former Governor of Arkansas greeted his guests and chatted with them.
Traditionally, White House guests are invited to arrive for official dinners at 7:30 P.M. In deference to the Super Bowl, which had been scheduled to start at 6:18, guests were asked to arrive at 8. Dinner was set for 8:45. But the greetings took so long that the guests weren't seated until 9:20.
Ordinarily, the White House would try not to schedule an official dinner opposite the Super Bowl. But, Mrs. Clinton said, this was the only opportunity to bring the governors together. The President invited Gov. Ann Richards of Texas and Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of New York, both of whom had teams from their states competing, to watch the Dallas Cowboys face the Buffalo Bills in the solarium and the family quarters with him and his daughter, Chelsea. Both Governors stayed to the last possible moment before dinner, watching the Cowboys trounce the Bills, 52-17. When Governor Cuomo came downstairs, he asked, "Do you have any hemlock?"
Once dinner finally started, a meal for 130 people at 13 tables, it went off without a hitch, even though everything was put together in less than 10 days by people who had never worked in the White House and people who had never worked with the Clintons.
The White House executive chef, Pierre Chambrin, for example, is learning that his menus will have input from chefs across the country, from what Mrs. Clinton calls "a kitchen cabinet." At Mrs. Clinton's request, two New York chefs, Anne Rosenzweig of Arcadia and Larry Forgione of An American Place, and John Sneddon of Rockland's Barbecue and Grilling Company in Washington were called for suggestions about putting together an all-American menu. Mrs. Clinton had decided on an American theme rather than the French-style foods usually served at official dinners.
"Anyone who works with or around my husband," Mrs. Clinton said, "knows he values a lot of different points of view, different ideas that cut across every area I can imagine. We always think there's a better idea out there. We're open to it. We want to include it and we like people around us who feel that way, too."
Before members of Mrs. Clinton's staff even knew how to find the main kitchen or the pastry chef's new kitchen, which was just finished last week, menu ideas were flying back and forth.
Mrs. Clinton, like other First Ladies, worked with the chef in creating the final menu. "The menu," said Ann Stock, the White House social secretary, "is the chef's, but with Mrs. Clinton's input. She wanted something lighter than what he had suggested. The appetizer went though several revisions."
Originally, dinner was to begin with a mousse of shellfish with dill sauce; instead, the first course was smoked marinated shrimp served with horseradish mango chutney and dried tomato galettes, which are puff pastries filled with a paste of sun-dried tomatoes. The shrimp were smoked in the White House kitchen. They were handsomely arranged on platters with harlequin patterns. The sharp smokiness of the shrimp was perfectly offset by the sweet sharpness of the chutney.
The main course was also revised, from the original suggestion of medallions of veal to a roast tenderloin of beef with a sauce of port, zinfandel and shallots. The roast, which retained its tenderness and rareness despite the late start to dinner, was accompanied by a deliciously rich mixture of Yukon Gold potatoes and Vidalia onions that had been cooked almost to a paste, and baby vegetables in zucchini baskets.
A mixture of winter salad greens was served with a hazelnut vinaigrette dressing and goat cheese.
In keeping with the American theme, the pastry chef, Roland Mesnier, constructed a stunning apple fantasy, a terrine of refreshing apple sherbet filled with a rich applejack mousse and a crunchy layer of caramelized peanuts, served with a warm tangy cider sauce. Mr. Mesnier prides himself on never having served the same dessert twice in his 14 years at the White House.
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Sarah DiBlasi is a mother, then a coach.
DiBlasi coaches the swimming program for Hernando County Special Olympics. And when the athletes meet every Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Hernando Branch YMCA, they take to the pool like, well, fish take to water.
"I really try to push that (the older athletes get involved)," said DiBlasi, the third-year coach. "Because most of them are stuck at home and they need something to do, too. They need to get out and get exercise and stay healthy."
DiBlasi's son, Bob, who is autistic, swims as well. Actually, he's quite the chatterbox, giving commentary on each of his peer's laps. DiBlasi said her son has come a long way since joining Special Olympics, back when he was very regressed.
"When he got out of high school, there was nothing for him to do," DiBlasi said. "No programs, no activities. He spent three years at home doing nothing. He loves the water, and I knew he would love swimming."
The Saturday swims are just practice. They do that for weeks, then participate in the upcoming county games. From there, the best swimmers head to the area games, which are in Dunedin in July. If the athlete wins a blue ribbon there, he or she then participates at the state games in Vero Beach.
No matter how far they go in any of the sports at Special Olympics, it's all about giving these athletes a chance to shine.
"They love all the sports," said DiBlasi, who also coaches track and field, as well as helping out at bowling. "They love doing anything we can get them to do and this is their life. This is one of the big things they have."


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Diana in "Maghdosheh" for the first time
The famous Lebanese artist Diana Haddad will visit Beirut in the near future to put the final touches on her new album.
According to the London daily Elaph, Diana will be working with a number of well-known poets and composers like Wisam Al Amir, Hisham Polis, Yaser Jalal, Munir Bo Asad, Ahmad Muhy, Muhammad Yeha, and Wael Tawfiq. Diana will surprise her fans with a duet on her new album.
Diana will participate in the annual music festival held in the city of "Maghdosheh" for the first time, near her hometown in southern Lebanon. Diana will perform a song called "Ishtaqit Laki Ya Maghdosheh" (I Missed You Maghdosheh).
Diana recently hosted a number of live concerts in various Arab countries, including a performance in Morocco in honor of the King Crowning Day, drawing 150,000 fans. She had also performed in Algeria at the "Kazif" musical festival.