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mildertduck commented on the post, Why F1 will struggle to prevent Indy 500 clashes in future 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Could you not bump the F1 season around a bit? Perhaps start the season with a race on New Year's Day, move the F1 summer holiday into May, and finish mid October?
mildertduck commented on the post, Alonso will miss the Monaco Grand Prix to race in the Indianapolis 500 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Given how Honda are performing in the Indycar Series, he might have a genuine chance.
Also, does this mean that Button will race in Monaco?
mildertduck commented on the post, Mercedes explain why 2017's first race had so little passing 5 months, 3 weeks ago
If you watched the BTCC this weekend, you will have seen lots of overtakes, some of which were quite physical, including cars nudging others to make them unstable and drift wide, allowing the inside line to become […]
mildertduck commented on the post, NASCAR gets fifth different winner in as many races 5 months, 4 weeks ago
The last time the first race of the season was held in Europe was in 1966, in Monaco… when the season started in May.
By country, the first race has been held in
Australia: 20
Argentina: 15
Brazil: […]
mildertduck commented on the post, Which qualifying system should F1 use? 1 year, 6 months ago
My opinion is probably controversial: delete every time 3 minutes* after it's set (*or for longer tracks, 2 lap times). This would mean that teams would *have* to find some way of keeping going, be that selecting […]
mildertduck commented on the post, 2016 Australian Grand Prix grid 1 year, 6 months ago
Times only standing for 90s works very well… apart from circuits where the lap time is greater than 90s. Perhaps the times should last for 2*fastest Q3 lap, as this would allow a team to opt for a racing […]
mildertduck commented on the post, 2016 Australian Grand Prix grid 1 year, 6 months ago
I enjoyed the session… up until the point that cars in contention went into the pit garages, and ended up being eliminated.
If they want to keep elimination qualifying, there's a simple solution: no pit […]
mildertduck started the topic 24h of Daytona 2015 in the forum GT Racing 2 years, 8 months ago
Well, the 2015 Tudor United Sports Car Championship starts in a few hours, with live coverage on IMSA.com for the entirety of the 24h of Daytona.
The Prototype class has a Ligier Honda on pole (sound like 1996 anyone?!), followed by two Fords, a Corvette, and the deltawing. The spec PC class (which doesn't really interest me) looks to be pretty…[Read more]
mildertduck commented on the post, FIA confirms new 2016 F1 superlicence points system 2 years, 8 months ago
I know I'm posting on a page which has already been going for some time, but I just wanted to add my opinion:
I'm unsure as to why the points system is so heavily slanted towards winners: surely second place in […]
mildertduck commented on the post, Caterham get go-ahead to use current chassis in 2015 2 years, 9 months ago
The Ganassi team in the TUSCC uses Ford Ecoboost engines (or did last year) – Ford do seem to becoming more of a supplier than a manufacturer, though
mildertduck commented on the post, Stewards confirm qualifying changes for Austin 2 years, 11 months ago
6-6-6 qualifying is something Americans are used to… the Firestone Fast 6 in Indycar!
mildertduck started the topic Petit Le Mans in the forum GT Racing 2 years, 11 months ago
I'm enjoying watching the TUSCC Petit Le Mans tonight – some good racing, plus the DeltaWing is actually doing pretty well… I wonder if it even might win this thing!
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Surely the law change is so that the London Formula-e race can, well, happen?
mildertduck started the topic Barber Open Test in the forum IndyCar 3 years, 6 months ago
The Barber Open Test runs today and tomorrow in Barber Motorsports Park. The entry list can be found at http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-03-14/Barber%20OT%20Entry%20List%202014%20%282%29.pdf – apparently it's a bit damp at the moment, though!
mildertduck commented on the post, Ecclestone considering Azerbaijan F1 race in 2016 3 years, 6 months ago
F1 has reached a bit of a turning point, and it needs to decide what it wants to do. As far as I can see, it has two options:
1) Classic F1 – the push for the best cars and drivers – probably 16-20 of them, […]
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Is anyone watching the Daytona 24?
Just witnessed a horrific shut, hope everyone is ok :s
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Many of Mitch Hedberg's fans are looking forward to the release of the comic's posthumous album. Mitch's widow Lynn Shawcroft, who's been putting together the tracks, yesterday let me in on the title for the album. It'll be called "Do You Believe in Gosh?", a phrase taken from one of Mitch's notebooks. "Do You Believe in Gosh?" will be released on September 9th.
To give you an idea of what Mitch's notebooks look like, here's a page my friend Ian Lendler sent me that they handed out at the Mitch Hedberg tribute at the 2007 San Francisco Sketchfest. Here you see a couple of jokes and then a set list for a Letterman appearance.
Update: Get a preview of the album and listen to some sample bits from "Do You Believe in Gosh?"
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Like a few people, sometimes my first exposure to a comic is their TV special. The first time I saw Dov Davidoff was through his Comedy Central Presents special. A lot can be lost with transferring a comic from the club to the TV, but there was an amazing energy with Dov that gave me that moment where I move to the edge of the couch, leaning forward to make sure I catch it all. The folks at Comedy Central were impressed as well, as his first CD entitled "The Point Is…" comes out on the CC Records label just next week.
The following are pieces from two tracks from the upcoming album. The first is entitled "The Gay Man" and the second "Magnum." One of my favorite tricks of Dov's is on display in the first, where he'll ask an audience member's name and continually return to deliver his jokes to that person, almost like he's having a conversation with them rather than doing a routine for a room of strangers.
"The Point Is…" hits store next Tuesday, April 22nd.
Even before winning a comedy Grammy for their EP "The Distant Future", Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords were at work on their self-titled debut album. If they can wake up not-with-it Grammy voters to award them for an EP, what will they get for a full length CD? Here's a preview track which might be familiar to those who watch their HBO sitcom, as it was featured in Episode 10. It's called "Ladies of the World."
"Flight of the Conchords" will "drop" in stores on April 22. More info available at the SubPop site.
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Here's a quick look at an album forthcoming from Todd Barry. "From Heaven" is Barry's third album and was recorded in front of a very raucous and appreciative crowd at Boston's The Comedy Studio.
This track features Barry sharing how this some information he does not need to know about his partner's anal sex history and why you should plan to sleep in if you have sex with him.
"From Heaven" hits stores on March 4th.
When the 2008 Grammy nominations were announced, I was happy but skeptical about the Flight of the Conchords (Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement) chance to win. Alternative stuff is rarely nodded in the comedy category so I was just pleased that their EP "The Distant Future" got that far. I also kind of thought that a record with only five songs - five brilliant songs, but five nonetheless—would be at a disadvantage.
Well, it turns out they did pull out the Grammy, beating my favorite Steven Wright, who after more than 25 years performing, had only released his second album last year. Apparently 22 years between albums is trumped by 24 years between Grammys for New Zealand, home to the Conchords. Hopefully Wright will be more prolific in the future. Not to win Grammys, but just because it'd be nice to have more of his work on my stereo, or rather, ripped from the CD and encoded as mp3s in my iTunes playlist.
Bret and Jermaine have another album coming later this year - this one the full-length "Flight of the Conchords", including songs from the first season of their also self-titled TV show. Which they promise:
finally renders pointless all the inexpert fan-made audio transfers (the modern day equivalent of holding a microphone up to the television speaker and shouting at your mom to be quiet), which have bloated hard drives the world over.
The release date is only two months away: April 22, 2008. Something to look forward to, eh?
So, the nominees for the Comedy Grammy Award were announced. Here they are:
First off, I'm glad the Flight of the Conchords are in there. Awesome. While I think they have no shot of winning (but would be happy to be proven wrong), it's still nice to see a nominee in a more alternative vein. I think that's the first time something in that spirit has been nominated in that category since David Cross's "Shut Up You Fucking Baby." Considering we're in a resurgence of the comedy album, it's a little bit of a bummer to not see Patton Oswalt get a nod, his "Werewolves and Lollipops" release being one of the most highly anticipated this year. The man is prolific and at the top of his form. Though I don't believe in awards for comedy, if we're going to have awards one of 'em should be put in Patton's paws.
My choice to win: Steven Wright. The man's practically a legend and this is only his second album. The amount of jokes of his that have been lost because they were never recorded almost bums me out when I think about it. Give him the Grammy, if only to encourage him to make the follow-up album "That Pony? Yeah, I still have her." I think he will win too, but I got a funny feeling about George Lopez…
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Comedy Central Records is experimenting with putting out some albums digital only. The lead off for this is the EP "God's Pottery: Live from Comix" from the faux Christian group God's Pottery. With songs like "A Brand New Start with Christ" which asserts the superiority of Christianity over Judaism and Islam, God's Pottery plays against them with some aggressively cheerful patter that's just as judgmental. A friend of mine once wondered if the pair could actually play at an Evangelical event and the attendees not know. Well, they might get tipped off the word "shitstorm" in the fourth song "Jesus I Need a Drink." If you like the comedy to be sacrilegious in disguise, this is for you.
Normally, I'd give a track here, but the EPs is less than $4. Do I really need to tease one track out of four? In lieu of that, however, here's a little video snippet which catches the group in the process of mixing their CD:
Comedy Central Records has got a couple of more digital releases coming up before the end of the year. On December 18, Comedy Central takes Hard 'n Phirm's previously released album "Horses and Grasses" online and also gives us a single from Mike Birbiglia entitled "Medium Man", which should be familiar to any of those who saw his college tour.


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Manchester Airport Marriott Hotel, Altrincham
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- 215 guestrooms
- 2 restaurants
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The onsite spa has 6 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is equipped with a spa tub and a steam room.
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DiningSource Grill - This restaurant serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
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Posted by Smokey Stover on March 10, 2006
In Reply to: Four seeds in a row ... posted by Smokey Stover on March 06, 2006
: : Four seeds in a row, one for the rook,one for the crow, one will wiher and one will grow. Where does this originate?
: One seed is taken by a rook, which is a species of crow; another is eaten by a crow of another sort; of the remaining two one will die of natural causes; and one will germinate and grow. Well, that's pretty often true, so for every plant we want we should plant (at least) four seeds. The saying must have started with provident and observant farmers who knew how to rhyme. Or who knew that adages were easier to remember if they rhymed. SS
You asked "where" this originated. The closest we can come, I think, is England excluding the north of England, since rooks were called crows in the north. The rook is a large crow with shaggy legs and a bill with white markings at its base. It didn't eat seeds so much as young seedlings. SS


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Zoltan Mesko won't be punting footballs on the field at Gillette Stadium any time soon. Still, he's finding ways to keep himself in shape, even if that means trying his hand at baseball.
Mesko joined Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks at Fenway Park on Wednesday for a little baseball tutorial from the Red Sox' rising star. Mesko threw batting practice to Middlebrooks and took some swings of his own in the batting cage during his visit.
Mesko tweeted about his day afterward, admitting that he "may have flinched and screamed like a girl" while Middlebrooks belted line drives back at him.
Threw BP to my boy .@middlebrooks today. I MAY have flinched and screamed like a girl at the line drives coming back at me... 😥😥😥—
Zoltan Mesko (@ZoltanMesko) January 30, 2013
Given Mesko's reaction, it's pretty safe to say he won't be taking over at the hot corner at Fenway, so he should probably stick to what he does best: tweeting and punting.
Check out some photos of Mesko and Middlebrooks hacking away in the cage in the photos below.
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Dubai - A major earthquake struck the western Iranian city of Abdanan on Monday, leaving 60 people injured, state news agency IRNA said.
IRNA said the earthquake's magnitude was 6.1, while the US Geological Survey (USGS) put it at 6.3.
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STANDING 194cms and weighing a colossal 114kgs, Cronulla forward Andrew Fifita scored a thundering try before declaring: ''I feel I'm ready for Origin.''
Fifita is poised to be rewarded for his stellar season by winning a bench spot for NSW in State of Origin I on June 5.
In the 70th minute during Canberra's second half comeback, Fifita took the ball 10 metres out from the Raiders tryline and went through, past and over four defenders to score a barnstorming try.
It was not only the match-sealing try but a four-pointer which could shoot Fifita in the Blues squad to tackle Queensland.
''I feel like I am ready for Origin,'' Fifita said after Cronulla's 30-20 win at Sharks Stadium.
''My job is easy. To get the ball and run as fast as I can.''
There is no doubt Fifita would terrorise Queensland. He is one massive unit.
''He is big, mobile and would make an impact off the bench,'' said Sharks skipper Wade Graham. ''He would be hard to handle.
''Andrew is really enthusiastic and confident. He would bring plenty of energy.
''He does the job for us each week.''
Cronulla coach Shane Flanagan offered up more reasons why Fifita should be considered for NSW selection.
''He can carry the ball - don't worry about that,'' Flanagan said.
''Andrew scored the match-winning try when we really needed him to stand up.
''He is a big unit, he's an athlete and he's getting better and better every week.''
NSW coach Laurie Daley added: ''If he continues his current form, who knows what is around the corner.''
It was an entertaining game. Cronulla jumped out to a 12-0 lead after only 16 minutes before a Canberra comeback put them within four points deep into the match.
The game wasn't officially over under Fifita barrelled over under the posts.
It was a strong win by Cronulla, who continue to attract drama and headlines over the ASADA doping scandal.
The win was more meritorious given the Sharks were without injured rep stars Paul Gallen and Luke Lewis.
''It was an important game that we really needed to win to help build our season,'' said Cronulla halfback Jeff Robson.
Canberra's hopes of winning fell away when three players - Josh McCrone, Shaun Fensom and Joel Edwards - came from the field injured, while the Sharks lost Michael Gordon to a knee injury.
Still the Raiders pushed Cronulla right to the death.
''It's disappointing,'' said Raiders coach David Furner. ''Losing Josh probably put our game plan out the window.
''We tried to fight back and we gave ourselves a chance and we went close.
''A couple of individual decisions we made in defence hurt us.''
Raiders skipper Terry Campese stressed his side must start games stronger.
''We play Manly next week - they'll put more points on us than Cronulla did today,'' Campese said.
Cronulla five-eighth Todd Carney played well to retain his chances of playing Origin while Canberra's Blake Ferguson scored a try but had a couple of defensive mis-reads.
''I think Todd is in better form this year than when he played for NSW last season,'' Flanagan said.
Rookie Tyrone Peachey was impressive and scored a wonderful solo try only to have it taken away by the video referees.
Canberra's Anthony Milford, another star of the future, scored two tries and looks to have speed and a step.
CRONULLA 30 (J Bukuya I De Gois A Fifita B Ross J Wright tries M Gordon 3 T Carney 2 goals) bt CANBERRA 20 (A Milford 2 B Ferguson J Wighton tries B Ferguson 2 goals) at Sharks Stadium. Referee: Chris James, Adam Devcich. Crowd: 12,130.
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New Canaan, Conn. -- The retail industry will grow by 5.1% in 2011, the strongest growth in four years, according to Customer Growth Partners' 2011 Forecast and Outlook. The New Canaan, Conn.-based consulting and research firm projects that the industry will create over half a million new jobs in 2010, the most of any employment sector, and that retail sales will reach a record level of almost $2.9 trillion.
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CGP's estimated 5.1% year-over-year growth rate for 2011 would be the fastest growth since the 5.3% reached in 2006, the last full year pre-recession, and the $2.87 trillion 2011 sales forecast would top the total sales record of $2.73 trillion set in 2010.
The CPG report also predicts that the strongest-growing retail sectors in 2011 will be home-related, including home furnishings retailers such as Bed Bath Beyond and Williams-Sonoma, and home-improvement players such as Home Depot and Lowe's -- reflecting four years of pent-up demand and depressed sales levels during the housing slump.


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The Dec. 7 fight between Erislandy Lara and Las Cruces' Austin Trout, on the Zab Judah- Paulie Malignaggi undercard in Brooklyn, N.Y., is for those who truly appreciate The Sweet Science.
This won't be Micky Ward-Arturo Gatti IV, or anything close. But it will match two of the sport's finest boxers. And if you don't like the matchup, you may like fighting — but you don't like boxing.
The confirmation of Trout-Lara also means Trout's legal squabble with former promoter Greg Cohen is settled. Trout had sued Cohen, saying he interfered with attempts to get the Las Cruces fighter a spot on the recent Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Canelo Alvarez card. Trout's trainer, Las Cruces' Louie Burke, had said his fighter's career would be on hold until the dispute with Cohen could be resolved.


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If you're high on the paradise-like weather in the bay these days, just wait until you head over the bridge for this weekend's most promising events. Get out of the house and take a look at what the East Bay has to offer.
2013 Berkeley Bay Festival: Kick off Earth Day early at the Berkeley Bay Festival, which delivers a wide array of music, food, entertainment, and environmentally educational activities. The outdoor celebration has historical weight, beginning over seven decades ago when the Marina was first established.
Ukulele Love-In: So, what do Marilyn Monroe, Warren Buffett, and Adam Sandler all have in common, besides the fact that they're famous? You guessed it: Playing the Ukulele! Check out what makes this four-stringed Hawaiian instrument so special by attending the Ukulele Love-in at Actual Café on Saturday evening. There'll be lessons, live music, and sing-a-longs. Just remember that this awesome Oakland's café's rules is a laptop-free place on the weekends, please.
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This morning at Mass, we said the St. Michael the Archangel prayer in quiet unison as a sort of recessional:
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,
be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray.
And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God,
thrust into Hell
Satan and all his evil spirits who wander the world
seeking the ruin of souls.
And suddenly, I was struck by the tone of it. If we could have gotten into a football huddle and piled up hands to say it, it would strike just the right note! Especially if you built the volume and fervor and came down hard on some of the words - "rebuke" and "thrust" and "evil" and then said "Amen" instead of "Break!"
I like this practice, which only one of our priests permits. First, it takes the place of a sung or chanted recessional (I do wish we could alternate it with the Regina Caeli, for which I would volunteer to teach the right chant tone, but one thing at a time, we just got this going two years ago.) We don't have to get distracted by listening to the priest's shoes squeak as he pads off to the left. Second, it points us out the door towards the big bad wonderful world out there, since the majority of the attendees at my early Mass are commuters, with a few retired golfers like pastel sprinkles through the group. We're going to face our own imperfections as well as the fallenness of the world, and it doesn't hurt to ask for help against the Father of Evil, since we DO have help! Third, it reminds me of the Communion of Saints. If I keep mindful of the bigger church I am part of, I am more likely to try and be a good member instead of comparing myself to myself.
Memorized prayers can be very dear, or very dull, or very meaningless. But they're awfully handy to get our hearts calmed down and our minds lifted up. Then we can talk to the Lord and consult with the saints in Heaven and ponder the Scripture we ideally just read or heard.
Now, Roz, shall we take on the sing-song "Angel of God?"
Friday, August 24, 2007
Speaking of rallying prayers....
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Hmm, not sure that one has the potential.
I heard that the prayer to St. Michael started being said at the close of Mass in Europe during the Black Plague. Our parish began the practice in response to a local rash of teen suicides several years ago.
It's nice to have someone doing battle for you, isn't it?


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Unlike London Olympic Boomer stars Patty Mills and Aron Baynes, Joe Ingles will become a household name when he arrives on the NBA scene next season.
Ingles isn't Australia's next basketball talent ready to take the world by storm, but he's a veteran of Europe's top competitions and the NBA is crying out for him.
The 203cm wing player told the Herald Sun this week that a long awaited NBA opportunity looms in the very near future and it is in part due to his starring role for Barcelona this season.
"The opportunity to play a bit more and show people I can play at this level and contribute is good," Ingles said ahead of Friday night's Euroleague semi-final against Real Madrid. "But I haven't been thinking about (his future) too much.
NBA star Kyrie Irving coming 'home' to Australia
While his stats don't possess the wow factor commonly associated with players headed to the NBA, injuries have seen Joe Ingles thrust into a big role for Barcelona Regal this season as the team hunts for another Euroleague title.
"There's some NBA teams that have shown a lot of interest," Ingles said.
"That's definitely the goal after this year, to get over there, and I'm going to have a fair crack at it either way.
"If I can get a contract or if it's going to training camps or whatever it is, I'm going to take a shot at it. I'm 25, turning 26, and the window is closing, not too fast but it is closing I'm coming off a pretty consistent three years at one of the best teams in Europe."
Ingles made some serious NBA waves at last year's London Olympics where he made ESPN's All-Olympic second team along with Boomers teammate Patty Mills, but unlike Mills, a reserve for the San Antonio Spurs, Ingles has the chance to make a notable impact among some of the world's top athletes.
The Happy Valley native (South Australia) is a seasoned performer and could slide into a heavy minute role for a number of team's right away.
The Minnesota Timberwolves is one such team that jumps out as a perfecting landing spot for Ingles. Injuries to the team's wing talent proved to be one of the factors that destroyed a potential filled season for the Timberwolves and Ingles multifaceted game will mean a prized role awaits him if he makes a roster this American summer.
Ingles could have headed to the States after the Olympics last year, but instead chose to honour the final year of his Barcelona contract.
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Some kind of "making of" pictures of my new tower and antenna can be seen here:
On june 8th I was QRV as YO8RNI/p from YO-FF 507 for "Greenparty" contest-QSL sent through GlobalQSL
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Have Relationship Questions? Ask a Counselor for Answers ASAP
I have always wondered if it's ok to disagree with a psychologist's opinion. Not on ways they suggest could be used to handle the situation (I am sure they are more knowledgeable in this area), but rather on the analysis and perspective they give you on your particular situation. For example, if you described a situation to them and they commented on what they thought was right/wrong in it, you could disagree respectfully? Would that come off as offensive to them since they are considered experts?


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Toonzone Reviews the Animated TELETOON Winter 2012 Premieres
TELETOON launches its newest slate of programming tonight, January 5, 2012, and Toonzone has reviewed three of the animated premieres:
Jamie Tadlock reviews Total Drama: Revenge of the Island:
Let's talk about Total Drama Island, and why it didn't suck. The first (and weakest) season of the popular franchise was filled with archetypical characters, lame jokes, and contrived plotlines, but a few things kept it going–and me watching. The first was the fact that, while the characters were archetypes, they were not always one-note–there were too many OTHER archetypes around for them to react to. The second thing was the cartoonish pseudo-reality show tone, which combined the best of two worlds–we got the competitive nature that made the best reality shows so popular, but we also got to enjoy the types of over-the-top challenges that live-action could never emulate, and we got the gently spoofish, self-referential aspect that that implies.
If you're wondering why I'm talking about my thoughts on the first season in a review of an episode from the fourth episode from the fourth season, it's because my thoughts remain basically the same–just MORE so. Read More >>
Maxie Zeus reviews Detentionaire:
Whirr. Clang. Click. That's the sound of countless tropes and stereotypes locking around the viewer as Detentionaire, a new animated series from Nelvana/Teletoon, makes it debut. Everything in this show–in the episode I was asked to review, anyway–is so generic and familiar that even the novel bits–if there are any–will leave you feeling manacled. Read More >>
Ed Liu reviews Mudpit:
After watching TELETOON's new premiere sitcom Mudpit, I've come to the conclusion that my major beef with most teenage sitcoms is that they insist on treating their characters and their audience like complete idiots. With two exceptions, everyone in the cast of the show is overly exaggerated and generally acts like a complete moron, which takes the show's decent-enough base concept and makes it nearly insufferable to sit through. I also find that its mishmash of styles, genres, and influences don't meld together as well as they'd like to, leading to a show that's only fitfully successful. Read More >>


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Snapchat turns down Facebook's $3 billion purchase offer
(WJLA) - The fact that Facebook came calling to the founders of Snapchat with a $3 billion offer to purchase the popular messaging platform wasn't shocking on its own.
It was Snapchat's response that shocked the technology world - thanks, but no thanks.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Evan Spiegel, the 23-year-old co-founder and CEO of Snapchat, does not have plans for investors or being acquired until 2014. Because of that, he and his colleagues said no dice to an all-cash offer of $3 billion from the world's largest social network.
Snapchat's modus operandi is based on users being able to trade text and picture messages that disappear after 10 seconds. The Wall Street Journal says that the company, which launched in September of 2011, has not yet turned a profit.
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Pre-election promises underwhelming
Ten thousand cheap houses here, a cycleway there. Free GP visits, removal of GST from food, maybe even some tax cuts.
In the final months before an election, politicians drop hints about future bounty to the electorate like the kind of deluded parents who think that playing "Santa Claus is coming to town" all through December will improve a wayward child's behaviour.
Sometimes, the child (or the electorate) steps into line and takes the bribe. But promises are funny things. They're not always believed. They can be broken. And sometimes they're just not enough to make a difference.
Recent weeks have seen a slew of promises, but compared to previous elections, the bribes are pretty thin on the ground, says political commentator Bryce Edwards. That's partly because in the wake of the GFC there's not a lot of cash to sling about. Yet the current fashion for austerity goes beyond that.
"Parties seem to think that when they make policy promises to any particular constituency it's seen as somehow self-interested, or unbelievable."
The result has been a spree of ostentatious under-promising.
Last week Labour performed the extraordinary trick of spiking six election policy announcements before they'd been made, because the pre-election financial update showed state coffers were fractionally emptier than expected. Labour also said it would delay by six months the rollout of free GP visits for the elderly - a policy announced only 10 days earlier.
Meanwhile, National has tried to have its cake and not eat it, by raising the prospect of tax cuts, while sternly insisting they'll be teeny-tiny.
It wasn't like this back in 2005, when Labour and National ran a crazed cash auction for the heart of the New Zealand voter. Labour knew National would offer big tax cuts as an election-year carrot, so they made a pre-emptive strike in the 2004 budget with the Working for Families tax credit. Then just before the election Helen Clark trumped that with interest-free student loans. Labour won.
By comparison, the 2008 and 2011 elections, held in the shadow of the GFC, were miserly affairs.
But even when there's money in the kitty to fund them, do back-pocket election bribes really work?
According to Marc Wilson, Victoria University lecturer in political psychology, the answer is a definite maybe.
The mistake many politicians and economists make is to assume people vote on rational grounds when in fact the data collection and computation required to make fully informed comparisons is often impossible.
In reality, we make cognitive approximations: research has shown that promises and rewards come a distant second to things like how a party's leaders make us feel - whether they seem trustworthy or competent or likeable.
What's more, people will knowingly vote against their own financial interest. Well-paid metropolitan leftists support parties that promise to raise tax rates for the well-off. Right-wingers on low wages vote for parties that slash social spending.
Part of this, says Wilson, is because voters demonstrate "sociotropic self-interest" - voting not for your own back pocket as such, but the collective back pockets of a wider group of people you feel aligned with. And many important issues aren't even: you don't have to be directly affected to have a view on gay marriage or the drinking age, or the right to smack children .
All that said, election bribes can work, says Wilson. They're most effective when it's crystal clear who will benefit and by how much.
Labour's 2005 student loan policy was a pretty good example. So too was National's hugely popular "tax calculator" from the same election, where the nation's salary-earners could log on (gleefully or guiltily) to find out just how much their pay-cheque would grow under National.
Last week, an online survey of young voters beliefs suggested self-interest will play a role on September 20.
The www.candidate.co.nz website asked would-be voters to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down to 63 different policies, without saying which party's policy they were.
In the week to August 27, the second-most popular policy, with a 48 per cent approval rating, was for "Quality and free public education" (Greens) and the least popular, with 16 per cent, was a call for an end to free student loans (ACT). Also ranked high were policies to get all under-20s into work, education or training (Labour), a review of student support services (Labour), and improvements to primary and secondary education (Maori Party).
Other ratings, though, suggested self-interest is only one factor. The top-rated policy, at 49 per cent, was a call to clamp down on tax evasion (NZ First), and in third place was "promoting public transport and cycling" (Internet Mana).
But are the promises we're being sold realistic?
One way to keep track is to count up the likely cost of all the policies announced in the election run-up. The New Zealand Taxpayers Union (NZTU), a group that advocates for "value of money" in government spending, has been doing just that.
So far, the NZTU's "bribe-o-meter" shows National has promised policies that will cost $558m over the next parliamentary term. Labour's figure is $4.7b and the Greens' is $4.9b.
The NZTU came under attack from Nicky Hager in his book Dirty Politics, where he derided its claim to be politically independent when it is clearly aligned with National. Perhaps to fend off such criticism, the NZTU has contracted independent economist Michael Dunn to crunch the bribe-o-meter numbers.
Last week, Dunn demonstrated that independence by explaining that his own numbers should be treated with some caution.
National's figure is relatively low at $580m, but Dunn points out that as boss of the incumbent government, National controls the Budget, which last May contained a net $4b of new spending over the next few years. This doesn't show up in a "bribe-o-meter".
Conversely, the "bribe-o-meter" ignores tax cuts or increases, meaning Labour's and the Greens figures take no account of the parties' respective plans to raise more revenue via capital gains and other taxes.
It's also important to keep things in perspective, says Dunn. Four-and-a-half billion dollars over three years might sound like a lot of new spending, but over the same period the Crown is already committed to "core" spending of around $225b.
All the same, Dunn says kicking the tyres of the election promises has still been an interesting exercise. Some of his findings are:
Labour's estimate of the cost of NZ Power (where the government takes control of electricity pricing) is rather low. Labour says it will cost around $92m. Dunn says Labour hasn't fully accounted for the effects on non-government owners of power companies, and says the cost will be more like $276m. (On Friday Labour's finance spokesman David Parker said he stood by Labour's figure, and that if Dunn was counting the effect on private shareholders he needed to account also for the benefits of lower power prices to consumers.)
NZ First's policy of taking GST off food and rates would cost around $11b, though the party is yet to release its own detailed costing.
ACT's policies would theoretically return $12b to the government coffers - but don't forget that this would be done by slashing government services.
United Future's policy of income-splitting for parents of dependent children would cost more than $1b over the parliamentary term. (The NZTU has asked Dunn not to include this figure in the bribe-o-meter, because it is a kind of tax cut.)
Overall, Dunn agrees the major parties have been relatively restrained in their promise-making this election: "National, Labour and the Greens all say they want to maintain surpluses."
It's a pity , says Bryce Edwards, that promises and appeals to the self-interest of voters have become so unfashionable. He reckons there's nothing wrong with a party of the right pushing the interests of middle-income and professional people, just as there's no problem with the left pushing the interests of poorer people.
"There is something to be said for parties representing their own party bases. It means stronger democracy and better choice when parties are more upfront about making bold promises.
"If in the 1930s there was an attitude that parties shouldn't focus on any particular group in society to improve their lot, the first Labour government wouldn't have been able to set up the welfare state, because it would have been seen as a bribe."
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Frankenstorm and Climate Change
There is little doubt that freakish and unnaturally-assembled storms are a taste of what the future holds. The riptides of climate change are beginning to tear at the fabric of our biosphere as the earth's climate moves toward a more volatile, violent, and less hospitable new climate.
Alluding, therefore, to Mary Shelley's gothic horror through the appellation of Frankenstorm for the confluence of Hurricane Sandy and a cold front is, in many ways, quite apt. Particularly as Shelley herself offered a symbolic criticism of the inner dynamics of capitalism and class society in Frankenstein, captured in the quote above, as the conflicted Victor recounts his tale and the uncontrollable forces that he unleashed as a result of his compulsion to continue with his project, despite the warning signs.
That human-induced climate change is part of the reason for Hurricane Sandy, the "largest hurricane in Atlantic history measured by diameter of gale force winds (1,040 miles)," is explained by Dr. Kevin E. Trenberth, Distinguished Senior Scientist in the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research: "The sea surface temperatures along the Atlantic coast have been running at over 30C above normal for a region extending 800 kilometers off shore all the way from Florida to Canada. Global warming contributes 0.60C to this. With every degree, the water holding of the atmosphere goes up 7 percent and the moisture provides fuel for the tropical storm, increases its intensity, and magnifies the rainfall by double that amount compared with normal conditions.
"Global climate change has contributed to the higher sea surface and ocean temperatures, and a warmer and moister atmosphere, and its effects are in the range of 5 to 10 percent. Natural variability and weather has provided the perhaps optimal conditions of a hurricane running into extra-tropical conditions to make for a huge intense storm, enhanced by global warming influences."
As the climate continues to warm, the effect will only increase, leading to more extreme weather events, flooding and drought, as outlined in two recent Nature articles. And warm it will. Not because we don't have answers to prevent that from happening, but because it's too profitable to change.
At this point, it seems indisputable that the capitalist system has put the entire web of life on a collision course with a stable biosphere and climate system. One of those systems has to give, and there is no indication that it will be capitalism.
Specifically in terms of oil production, which, according to the International Energy Agency, is projected to rise from its current 80 million barrels per day to 110 million by 2020, as oil companies seek to exploit their reserves and drill for more.
Along with higher profits to oil companies due to the price per barrel of oil, the Age of Obama has helped to usher in new explorations and increases in output. According to a report by Citibank: "The Energy Department forecasts that
As Obama has repeatedly boasted of his Administration's commitment to laying enough pipeline to girdle the earth and taken Romney to task by launching ads accusing him of being "anti-coal,"
So, even as
Perhaps this is why the Obama administration recently abandoned its commitment to keeping global temperature increases below the absolutely critical threshold of 20C that it had formally adopted just two years ago and the number of drilling permits granted in the Gulf of Mexico is set to exceed the number issued in 2007: "Two years after the White House lifted a moratorium on deepwater drilling in the wake of the BP oil spill, federal regulators have issued the most permits for new wells since 2007, and many in the industry expect oil production in the Gulf of Mexico to soon exceed pre-spill levels."
No doubt all this extra domestic production is helping ConocoPhilips (the world's 9th largest corporation) rake in the cash from planetary ecocide. ConocoPhilips announced its third quarter profits at $1.8 billion (though the corporation annually receives $600 million in tax breaks while sitting on $1.3 billion in cash reserves and the former CEO of the company, James Mulva, "earned" $18.92 million in total compensation in 2011).
In light of Frankenstorm Sandy, Obama is now probably wishing he'd had some small reserve of political principle left to at least mention climate change in one of the stultifying presidential debates, as the two candidates, whenever talking about energy, sparred over who could burn greater amounts of fossil fuel and transform the earth into a burned cinder.
As reported by the New York Times: "Even after a year of record-smashing temperatures, drought and Arctic ice melt, none of the moderators of the four general-election debates asked about climate change, nor did either of the candidates broach the topic," apparently the candidates nevertheless agree that, "For all their disputes, President Obama and Mitt Romney agree that the world is warming and that humans are at least partly to blame." Yet the Times acknowledged that, "It remains wholly unclear what either of them plans to do about it."
Furthermore: "Throughout the campaign, Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney have seemed most intent on trying to outdo each other as lovers of coal, oil and natural gas—the very fuels most responsible for rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."
In fact, even as the science of climate change has vastly improved, and the pronunciations of climate scientists become ever more definitive—not to mention desperate—this was the first set of debates not to mention climate change in a generation. Not since prior to the election of 1988—when even Republican vice-presidential candidate Dan Quayle thought it was a problem that should be tackled—has climate change not been addressed by candidates during any of the debates.
Actually, the whole reason why the candidates don't want to discuss climate change is precisely because of the economy, specifically the
Speaking in an interview for MTV about the lack of discussion of climate change in the debates, Obama expressed his "surprise" that it hadn't come up—as if the president has no ability to raise issues in a debate.
This effectively puts Obama to the right of the group Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. Members of the group carpooled to the second debate on
While I have a tactical disagreement with regard to the effectiveness of their chosen method, I couldn't agree more with the group's spokesperson, Ben Lowe: "This is a long fight that we are committed to fighting. The November election was not a battle between Republicans and Democrats. It was not a battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It was a battle between the corporate state and us. And if we do not immediately engage in this battle we are finished, as climate scientists have made clear."
For many environmentalists, it seems easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of the economic and social system known as capitalism. Not only do I disagree with that as a premise, but if we don't get rid of capitalism, there won't be much of a world left to imagine.
Therefore, even as we build a broad-based movement to fight for real reforms to slow down the monster of runaway, fossil-fueled capitalism that is creating Frankenstorms and much else in the way of ecological devastation, we need a vision for a completely different social system. This means locating the practical and ideological operation of capitalism and environmental degradation within a framework that requires its replacement with a system based on cooperation, real democracy, and sustainable production for the earth held in common trust by all people in the interests of future generations. Only by revolutionary social change can we hope to avoid cataclysmic dismemberment of global ecosystems via anthropogenic climate change.
Chris Williams is an lenvironmental activist and author of Ecology and Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis.


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"Echinacea works by stimulating the immune system," says Cherry in his book Bible Health Secrets (Siloam, 2003), "but it should not be taken on a daily basis for an extended period of time because tolerance can develop and cause it not to work as effectively." His advice is to take the herb for four to eight weeks, and then discontinue use for at least two weeks.
If you do come down with the flu, there's nothing like a bowl of chicken soup, says Cherry, who also recommends the use of garlic to fight off viruses and bacteria. He suggests taking the equivalent of one clove of garlic per day in capsule form and to be sure to get enough fluids, especially if you develop a fever.
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'Black Panther' Villain Revealed: Michael B. Jordan's Erik Killmonger Will Be A Game Changer
You'd be forgiven for not thinking all that much about Black Panther right now, given that it's not set for release until July 2018. But you may not be forgiven for being unexcited about it — especially after we learned at the San Diego Comic Con that had joined the already incredible cast as Okoye of
We also learned , specifically who Lupita Nyong'o and Michael B. Jordan are portraying. Whilst Nyong'o will also take on the mantle of one of the Dora Milaje (Nakia specifically), Jordan is set to step into some very big shoes indeed…
Erik Killmonger
If you thought a supervillain named "Killgrave" was a bit on the nose ("Why not just Snuffcarcass?") try this one out for size. Erik Killmonger is one of Black Panther's greatest long-running enemies, hailing as far back as the early '70s.
Born in Wakanda and first named N'Jadaka, Killmonger was exiled after the death of his father and moved to New York. Blaming T'Challa/Black Panther for his father's death, Killmonger planned to return to Wakanda and rid the country of the Royal Family's influence. He did eventually return as an extremist, planning to overthrow what he deemed a "white colonialist" culture which had invaded the country.
He attempted to stage a coup d'état to overthrow the Royal Family — blaming the weakening of Wakanda on Black Panther's long absences from the country during his work with the Avengers — but the coup failed and he was killed. Like all good comic book characters though he didn't stay dead very long. He was brought back to life by Iron Man villain the Mandarin and returned to his home country, this time with his sights set firmly on taking T'Challa's head.
He was again defeated and killed, but his ideologies prevailed in his followers. They continued to make attempts to overthrow T'Challa's rule and eventually managed to resurrect Killmonger… again. Following this Killmonger did actually manage to defeat T'Challa, and briefly became the Black Panther himself.
His status was short lived though, as his attempt to consume the mystical Heart Shaped Herb from which Black Panther draws his powers nearly killed him due to his lack of a Royal bloodline. Talk about bourgeoisie.
Why Is He An Important Villain?
After his failed attempt to consume the pure Heart Shaped Herb, Killmonger managed to synthesise his own version of the herb which his system could handle. Consuming this herb granted him superpowers similar to Black Panther's, including enhanced senses, strength, speed, dexterity and durability.
Killmonger is notable because he's one of the few villains who has proven to be a match for Black Panther, not just physically but mentally too. T'Challa isn't just a master warrior, he's also a bonafide genius on the level of Tony Stark and Reed Richards. Killmonger is just as intelligent: An MIT graduate, he's a strategic genius and highly politically savvy. He challenges T'Challa not just on the battlefield but in a war of politics and social upheaval.
He's also physically a match for T'Challa. In addition to his version of the Heart Shaped Herb he's also a master warrior and martial arts expert; training his whole life to take his revenge upon the man he blames for the death of his father, and whose Kingdom he seeks to claim as his own.
Hang On, What About Klaw?
Well I'm glad you asked. We first met our Marvel Cinematic Universe Klaw/Ulysses Klaue in Avengers: Age of Ultron, here named Ulysses Klaw and portrayed by Andy Serkis. — T'Challa's father and then-King of Wakanda.
Serkis is returning as Klaw for Black Panther, now sans-arm thanks to Ultron, but how does he fit in with Killmonger? In the comics Klaw hasn't just managed to get on T'Challa's bad side, he also has an important history with Killmonger himself. In fact, he's the very reason Killmonger ended up exiled from Wakanda in the first place.
When Klaw and his mercenaries attacked the Wakandan Royal Family and killed T'Chaka, they forced Killmonger's father to help them. After being attacked by T'Challa Klaw fled, taking the young Killmonger with him as one of many slave children and killing his parents.
Killmonger would grow to blame the weakness of T'Chaka as a contributor to his parents death, and swore revenge upon both his son T'Challa and Klaw. When an older T'Challa met Killmonger he granted him permission to return to Wakanda, not knowing of his true intentions.
What Does This Mean For Black Panther?
Not only does Killmonger hate T'Challa, he also hates Klaw. That means there's going to be a lot of old grudges floating around when Black Panther releases. So will the two villains be at cross odds, or will they end up working together?
A piece of information gleaned from Lupita Nyong'o at a red-carpet Black Panther Comic Con interview might have answered that question:
"The story of this Black Panther is — what am I allowed to say? — The story is that the Black Panther's leadership is really threatened by two foes who come together, and so Black Panther gets the help of the C.I.A. and the Dora Milaje to try and defeat the enemy."
Nyong'o's comment about the two foes coming together does makes it sound a lot like we're going to see a Killmonger/Klaw team up in the upcoming movie. A little surprising, but then this is the MCU and they are not entirely beholden to the comic book lore.
Even if the backstory remains the same, it could be that Killmonger decides to let certain bygones be bygones, teaming up with the devil-he-knows in order to take down Black Panther. It could just remain an uneasy partnership, with one betraying the other before the conclusion of the movie; or the second foe mentioned by Nyong'o' could be someone we haven't heard about yet.
One thing is for sure though, bringing these two classic villains together on the big screen means there's going to be trouble for T'Challa when Black Panther rolls around. Perhaps enough trouble that ? We'll find out for sure when Black Panther releases July 6, 2018.
What do you think Erik Killmonger's role will be in Black Panther? Have your say in the comments below!
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GDF SUEZ sign collaboration agreement with 4 companies to develop the Raz Blanchard, Normandy pilot installation.
Marine current power allows the energy from tide movements to be exploited. This energy source has the advantages of long-term predictability and strong energy density, given that water is 830 times denser than air. Therefore, for an equivalent installed capacity, the rotor of a marine turbine only measures 18 meters in diameter whereas a wind turbine measures 50 m.
Marine current resources are very localized because they are situated where current speeds exceed 2 m/s (capes, straits, and narrows). In France, 80% of this potential is located in two zones: Raz Blanchard in Lower Normandy and the Passage du Fromveur in Brittany.
The group's objective is to obtain approvals to install in 2016 a pilot plant of 3 to 6 turbines representing power of 3 to 12 MW. The plant is an indispensable first step to confirm the economic and technical viability of the technologies in order ultimately to build a larger industrial tidal power plant in the area.
The collaboration involves: GDF SUEZ, Cofely Endel, its subsidiary specialized in industrial maintenance, the hydro turbine equipment design company Voith Hydro, the French shipbuilder Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN) and ACE 1. Its aim is to develop a pilot plant at Raz Blanchard as early as 2016. The Voith Hydro-designed "HyTide" marine technology has been chosen to outfit all or part of this pilot plant.
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The Robertson family from the A&E reality show "Duck Dynasty" has been diversifying its portfolio in the sports world.
The family's Duck Commander company recently announced that it would sponsor a NASCAR race at the Texas Motor Speedway, and the company will now serve as the title sponsor for the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., according to Brett McMurphy of ESPN.
The Robertson family patriarch, Phil, was a standout quarterback at nearby Louisiana Tech University, supposedly beating out Terry Bradshaw for the starting job at one point. The Independence Bowl is played at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, La.
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I would say that a DCR surgery would be more effective if the lacrimal sac is not atrophied ( become small due to aging).
After dcr, will I feel air in my eye when blowing nose, etc?
It would feel normal as the tears would now flow through a new route created surgically into the nose.
Is intubation a "less major" surgery? DCR sounds major,
Intubation is definitely a "less major" surgery than DCR .
Silicone tubes are passed through the puncta which then pass into the lacrimal sac and then open into the nose. However these are left in place for about 3 months and then removed.
Is intubation less likely to be successful at my age?
Sometimes these might loosen or cause irritation or even be ineffective thus requiring a DCR surgery finally.
Thank you. It sounds like DCR might be the best choice. I appreciate the information.
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Is Your GPS a Man's Voice or Woman's?
I have a Tom Tom GPS in my car. It's old, but it's the first one I've ever owned and I thought it was amazing! Jen's car has one built in. My GPS speaks to me in a female British accent. Jen's is now a man – and guess what?
I listen to it more. She did have a female voice, and tried the guy for funsies.I find the guy to be way more authoritative and more sure of himself. My lady friend seemed sometimes to not really know where she was going. All her directions sounded like questions:
'Turn left on Middle Road in 500 yards?'
Well? Do I or don't I?
So – what's your GPS voice? I think it defaults to a woman, but I'm not sure and inquiring mind wants to know. Yes, I know it's only one mind…mine!


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Message:"I really do hope Kelly can turn it around and succeed. I think he can; the turnaround after Tulsa provides a basis for some hope."
I think a lot of people, myself included, share this sentiment. Much of the discord here stems from reactions by people who feel this way to posters who seem to conclude, with certitude, that Kelly is doomed to follow the path of Davie, Willingham, and Weis. Obviously, you are not doing that.
I think the ND fan base can eat its own, to an even greater degree than the fans at other major schools do. I continue to wonder how the crushing negativity affects the team and even the coaching staff. There are numerous reasons why one could reasonably believe that Kelly is not doomed to follow the death spiral of his predecessors: he has a track record of winning as a head coach (albeit on a smaller stage); he turned it around after Tulsa last year (which seemed remarkably improbable); he has improved the team in many respects (most significantly, offensive line play); he recruited very well last year; ND statistically dominated large chunks of both games, etc.
The point is that we don't know what will happen during the rest of this season, and reasonable minds could disagree as to the most likely outcome. Although ND could well spiral downhill and not win more than 2-3 games, they could also win the rest of their games. They could also go 8-4, like Holtz did in his second season. We don't know.
Yet many posts on this board (not yours) reflect a conclusion that there is simply no way Kelly will turn this around. To me, those are just as wrongheaded as the posts on other boards predicting that ND is going to win the rest of its games, or go 9-3 at the worst. Sometimes, you just have to wait and see. I think the message board (and the program) would benefit if more did that.
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My daughter is train mad at the moment, and when my sister was recently at a car boot sale, she saw this Melissa and Doug stacking train on someone's tables, who was selling it for £2.50, with all the pieces looking in good condition and she picked it up for her niece, my daughter. Given this Melissa and Doug toy retails currently at £11.99 on amazon, it was another good bargain. My family are all good bargain hunters! I'd actually seen this train in TK Maxx and debated about whether to get it for my daughter as a little gift in her Santa sack, so when I saw it, I knew it was the Melissa and Doug train.
I love Melissa and Doug toys, and I particularly love their durability. They aren't the all singing all dancing toys that saturate the market, however much those children like them. I like toys that I know I can bring out in 30 years if we ever had any grandchildren, the way our parents have done with durable toys that they had for us. This train has been designed for children from 18 months plus, and although the parts are pretty chunky, so good for small hands, I wouldn't think a child under 18 months would be that interested in this toy. The train itself is made up of the main engine, plus two carriages. On top of that are the 15 bricks that are to be stacked in a particular way to make it into a proper train.
Like most Melissa and Doug products they are colourful and bright. This toy has great educational value as well as encouraging hand eye coordination as children place the shapes onto the train, over the little tall hooks on the train and carriage bases. The fact that this train is made up of various coloured bricks or different shapes, encourages language development relating to these areas. Shapes for the train include semi circles, rectangles, triangles that fit together to make a square and squares.
This train is a good size and can be pulled along the floor which is probably what younger children may do in the early stages of playing with this toy. My daughter on the other hand, was more interested in figuring out how to restack it, after taking all the bricks off it. This kept her busy for quite a while, and after I had helped her on the first handful of occasions, she has now mastered it and likes to sit down and do it herself now. I find it a great toy to get out when I am cooking the dinner, or need to stick the washing machine on and I want to know that she is content playing with something, and this is a good toy to bring out. My daughter is almost 27 months, and will probably get longer out of this toy yet, but i think she would have enjoyed rolling it along the floor if she had got it when she was younger. The fact that it is a train shape puzzle like toy makes it all the more appealing to her, especially when she is in this train liking phase.
I'm chuffed that my sister picked this up and I would have happily paid more for it given how much my daughter has enjoyed stacking and re stacking and sees it like a puzzle, which she is also made about at the moment. A great, durable, well made toy, from a great brand!
My little boy loves taking things apart and putting them together again and he also loves trains and things that move that he can push around so this stacking toy train covers both of those fun aspects.
The train is wooden and is really well made in my opinion. I love wooden toys, I think they are so classic and look much better than plastic toys and will really last a life time. This train is such a classic toy too that its one that will never go out of fashion or you will get bored of playing with.
The train comes in three parts, three sections of train and each one has a wooden base and then sturdy pegs that jut up from the base. The trains each travel on four wooden wheels which are nice and round and red and they move the train along really well. We have carpet upstairs and this train moves along the carpet well. There is no string attached to pull the train, you just need to push it yourself but that is fine and my son enjoys doing this. Each of the train carriages can attach together as they have a little wooden hole in the front that then attaches to the next carriage with another little wooden nob.
The pegs that jut up from the base allow you to build the train with the different coloured blocks that come with it. What I like about this train is that no only is it fun to add the shapes to the train but it actually doesn't matter how you put the blocks on the train, they can go in any order or colour scheme you like and you can build some weird and wonderful creations although if you actually want it to look like a proper train you do need to stack it properly in the end and put the funnel on the front of the train etc. My husband gets really frustrated as he likes to build it properly but then my son will come along and move all the pieces again!
The train comes with 15 different coloured blocks. They are quite bright and vibrant and are coloured red, yellow, blue and green, very bold primary colours. THe bricks are lots of different shapes too such as rectangle, oval, square and triangular and of course each of them have a hole in so you can slide them onto the wooden pegs.
It's great because as well as just being a fun toy train that you can push around and have fun with this train can be quite educational without kids even knowing it and is a nice wooden Melissa and Doug wooden toy that I recommend.


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