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Gluten Free Chocolate and Hazelnut 'Nutella' Brownies
by Jenny
April seems to have sped past in a blur, how is it that a third of 2013 is already gone?
It has been a good month, welcoming friends back to the UK, the eventual passing of winter into spring, and breaking out my cute city bike again after months of it sitting getting dusty in my flat being but a few highlights.
Like quite a few people, the camera roll on my iPhone serves as a handy memory aid, here are a few of my favourite shots from a speedy April.
When googling a recipe for gluten free nutella brownies my search came up disappointingly short. This recipe is adapted from one found at LondonBakes, this is Kathryn's gluten free chocolate and macadamia nut brownies, replacing the macadamias with hazelnuts to make a nutella version.
The result is a thick fudge like brownie, which you wouldn't guess is gluten free. The nut flavour is milder than I would have liked but it does come through.
Gluten Free Chocolate and Hazelnut 'Nutella' Brownies
adapted from a recipe featured in The Daily Telegraph by Sally Williams
makes approximately 20
300g dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa I used 74%)
200g salted butter
4 eggs
200g caster sugar
30g cocoa powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
60g hazelnuts ground in a food processor.
Preheat your oven to 180C, grease and line a 9 inch square tin.
Slowly melt the chocolate and butter together in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.
Take when completely melted and mixed together, take the bowl off the pan of hot water and put to one side to cool.
In a separate bowl whisk together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
Add the cooled chocolate mixture and beat until well combined.
Sift in the bicarbonate of soda and cocoa then add the ground nuts.
Fold gently with a wooden spoon until combined.
Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 20-30 minutes.
The top of brownies should have browned and an inserted cocktail stick will come out without raw batter on it (it won't come out clean like with a cake but the brownies shouldn't still be gooey)
Allow to cool fully before removing from the tin and cutting.

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working on a lo boy soon
hi, my neighbor up the road has asked me if i will work on a lo boy for them, he said one day a few summers ago he was driving it across the yard, and it just up and quit on him, as far as i know they left it sit and havent done anything to it, so my question is what should i check first? i havent seen the tractor, dont have a clue what is wrong with it, will find out this sunday, thanks
Re: working on a lo boy soon
When I get a cub in that hasn't run in years, I always start out with these items and then go from there if needed:
-tune up with new plugs, wires, distributor cap, points, condensor (possibly the rotor also)
-check condition of wiring and grounds
-check timing
-clean or rebuild carburetor
-check for any debris in the gas tank
-compression checks
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Note: Do not spend any money on the machine. Except a few dollars to pressure spray it.
See if engine is stuck. Pressure spray entire tractor. Let dry. Inspect tractor's exterior for obvious problems.
Providing engine not stuck. Prime oil pump. Check for oil in crank case. Install battery borrowed from other machine, clean all connections, see if battery cranks over engine.
Compression tests. Compression tests will determine next course of action.
My order is usually; compression, ignition, fuel.
I have an excuse. CRS.
Re: working on a lo boy soon
I do not see that many cubs that need wires on them, if they are copper and rats have not been eating at them. you can file the points to make sure it is firing, take the main jet out and clean it. Drain any gas that is in it out. clean the fuel bowl. make sure you have a good flow at the carb, prime the oil pump.
and go from there.
It is easy to spend other folks money. Treat it as if it is yours
All others pay cash
Boss Hog
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely byJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg
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Eugene is faster than me
All others pay cash
Boss Hog
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely byJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg
Re: working on a lo boy soon
The pros have spoken...
I'm in the don't spend money until you have to camp. Borrow a battery - I live off borrowed batteries.
See if it cranks....
Feed it some gas
Get it some spark.
If it's not stuck, it's probably something super easy - like coil, condenser, or plugged fuel feed. Points/condenser set from the dealer is only about $15. Coil will cost you $50 or more.
Re: working on a lo boy soon
First think what could have it to quit a few years back. First and most popular is plugged fuel. The sediment bowl, its screen, the screen at the fuel inlet of the carb (if it still has one). The mail jet (the brass hex sticking out the side of the carb bowl) plugs easily too. take it out and poke it out with a soft copper wire and the blow it out with compressed air. So far you have only sprung for a new gasket for the sediment bowl. You could even skip that step by putting fuel in the tank and then with the fuel valve under the sediment bowl turned on remove the main jet. You should get a steady stream of fuel. It shouldn't start and then drop off to a drip. Replace the jet I catch the fuel in an empty can so it doesn't get all over the place.
Next file the points as Boss says and check that the small metal tab is on the end of the rotor. I have had 2 with the rivets rotted and fall off on Farmall C's. I say check that for a cub and a C use the same rotor. After these are done try to start the Cub. If it starts you are OK If not let us know and we will take you further down the line.
I am basically cheap and trouble shoot as cheaply as I can. If you notice I haven't forced you to spent any more than for fuel so far and possibly for a gasket.
"Life's tough.It's even tougher if you're stupid."
- John Wayne
" We hang petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
- Aesop
Re: working on a lo boy soon
Getting a tractor to run is one thing, but to run well is another, and sometimes takes more than basics.
I guess you will have to see what your neighbor is expecting when he gets it back, but for about fifty bucks you could do a complete tuneup. Would save any you any future calls or problems in the near future.
Re: working on a lo boy soon
well when the guy was telling me about it, i was thinking the coil may of went bad, but thanks for the other ideas of where to go, ill keep you guys posted when i bring it home
Re: working on a lo boy soon
Generally but not all the time a coil may go bad while running as it heats up and then after an hour or so after it cools down it will let the tractor run again till it heats again. That said they do go flat out bad at times too.
Another question is does the starter turn the engine over?
"Life's tough.It's even tougher if you're stupid."
- John Wayne
" We hang petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
- Aesop
working on a cub lowboy
hi, im working on a cub loboy 154 for my neighbor, he had said it had just quit on them about to years ago, and they pushed it in the shed and didnt touch it, i have it under the shed now, with the battery charger on, it turns over, what would you guys do first if you were in my postion? gonna check the fuse and pull the carburator off to clean it tonight, any suggestions? thanks
Re: working on a cub lowboy
Since the engine is the same as a regular Cub, the same steps apply.
-prime the oil pump
To get it moving after the engine runs, the drive train is significantly different and will require a somewhat different approach.
Screwstick #3934
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Re: working on a lo boy soon
ok, i have it under the shed now, its a 154 loboy, isnt frozen up, im in the process of cleaning the carburator, it was pretty bad, also posted a form similar to this in the loboy section
Re: working on a lo boy soon
well i got it running, cleaned the carb all up, cleaned air filter, a new o ring in the carb gas line, and a little bit of starting fluid and she fired right up! took it back to the neighbors tonight and they were very greatfull, im glad i could help them out
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The season moves along and first thing ya know another month is in the can.... As I have done for the last couple months, I'm hijacking part of my regular column and shoveling my power rankings malarkey upon the goodly Laker folk here.
This is from my No. 60 at the new independent Blazer blog, Pinwheel Empire, entitled "Hello Utah, It's Us, Portland." As you might gather from that title, I already realize that I've seriously missed the mark with my ranking of Portland here by overvaluing the return of Brandon Roy and Marcus Camby and the additional of Gerald Wallace to that team.
The actual math, in the admittedly unlikely event that anyone cares here, should look something like this:
With that mea culpa, on with the show... —timbo
As of March 1, 2011.
1. San Antonio Spurs (49-10).
Rank Last Month: 1
February Record: (9-3)
February Wins: AT Lakers, AT Kings, AT Pistons, AT Raptors, AT Wizards, AT Nets, Thunder, Nets, Grizzlies.
February Losses: AT Blazers, AT Sixers, AT Bulls.
Comments: The top three teams in the West this season are pretty much interchangeable in terms of quality, with this one proviso: the San Antonio Spurs haven't actually lost the inevitable "let down games" to weaker opponents as have their peers, the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers. I'm continuing to list the Spurs first here to be polite, since it is now abundantly clear that they're gonna finish the season with more than 60 wins and it would look kinda stupid putting them in the #3 slot, even though they just as easily could be. Still, has there ever been a less intimidating 60 win unit in league history? I'm betting not —— prepare yourself for the possibility of an epic first round FAIL. Tim Duncan is sliding towards his last rodeo, supplanted in the low post by the undersized DeJuan Blair. Tony Parker is still a capable drive-and-kick guy, Manu Ginobili a good-but-not-spectacular perimeter player. Richard Jefferson? George Hill? Matt Bonner? I am sooooooo scaaaaared!!! Again: don't be surprised if you see a first round knockout against this team in the playoffs, particularly if the Spurs draw the Nuggs or the Blazers. Popovich is a coaching genius, in many ways he's the one component that this team has that nobody else can match. The Spurs played games against just five "okay-or-better" teams in February, winning two at home, beating the slumping Lakers at Staples Center, and getting taken by the Bulls and Blazers on the road. That's............... okay. Just okay.
2. Dallas Mavericks (43-16).
Rank Last Month: 3
February Record: (11-1)
February Wins: AT Knicks, AT Celtics, AT Bobcats, Cavaliers, AT Kings, AT Rockets, Kings, AT Suns, Jazz, AT Wizards, AT Raptors.
February Losses: AT Nuggets.
Comments: Early in the year I was calling the Mavs to win the West. Their fantastic performance in February makes it eminently clear: that could still happen, despite the loss of Caron Butler to injury. It was a bit strange seeing the trade deadline come and go without free-spending billionaire hobbyist Mark Cuban pushing for the one last piece that would put them over the top — somebody like uhhhhh, just for instance, Gerald Wallace. Is it not strange that the Mavs didn't put together a more attractive offer than Blazer GM Rich Cho's Three-Expirings-and-Two-Draft-Choices? McSweeney at Pinwheel Empire made a comment that Bobcats owner Michael Jordan and Blazer Prez Larry Miller are tight from their mutual dealings at Nike — maybe that had something to do with it. Anywho, the Mavs are on fire of late, racking up the wins in a legitimate push for the Western Conference Playoffs 1 Seed. You heard it here first. The sole loss for Dallas in the entire month of February? A 1-point loss at Denver, in which Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups combined for 72 of the Nuggets' 121 points. That's not gonna happen again in the playoffs, eh?
3. Los Angeles Lakers (42-19).
Rank Last Month: 2
February Record: (9-4)
February Wins: Rockets, AT Hornets, AT Grizzlies, AT Celtics, AT Knicks, Hawks, AT Blazers, Clippers, AT Thunder.
February Losses: Spurs, AT Magic, AT Bobcats, AT Cavaliers.
Comments: Well, I guess the Lakers have answered the question "Can They Beat the Good Teams This Season?" That's a resounding YES, for those of you not paying sufficiently close attention... The Lakeshow opened in slump mode, dropping a 1-point game to Grandpa Bankshot and the Spurs in the second game of the month, at the time making 3 losses of their last 4. They also ran out of gas and lost three in a row in games 5, 6, and 7 of The Road Trip from Hell. Outside of those weeble wobbles, this team has taken down some of the serious powers in the NBA in the month of February, including road wins against the Celtics, Knicks, Blazers, and Thunder. With energy man Matt Barnes coming back from injury the Lakers are back to full strength and starting to take up the energy in anticipation of a stretch run. The Spurs are too far in front for the Lakers to run down in the standings and the Mavericks probably too hot, but these three teams or more or less coequals as the class of the Western Conference, and any of the group could emerge from the post-season carnage. The Kobemeister is still averaging 25 points a game this season and Pau nearly 19 despite the bashing of his detractors, a potent one-two punch. Weak link in the armor remains the Point Guard spot, with the aging, lame defending Derek Fisher contributing 6.7 points and 2.7 assists — numbers that would get ya benched on most teams. Luckily for Derek, unfortunately for the Lakers, backup Steve Blake is shooting even worse. If one looks at the 3-point shooting numbers alone, however — the one thing the inside-out Lakers require of their PGs — both are hitting capably, with Fish shooting effectively 59% and Blake effectively 56% from distance. Will the Lakers repeat in the West? Perhaps.
4. Oklahoma City Thunder (36-22).
Rank Last Month: 4
February Record: (6-5)
February Wins: Hornets, AT Suns, AT Jazz, AT Kings, Kings, Clippers.
February Losses: Grizzlies, AT Warriors, AT Spurs, AT Magic, Lakers.
Comments: I've said again and again that the Thunder were two legitimate Bigs short of a full deck as true challengers for Western Conference supremacy. So at the trade deadline brilliant Thunder GM Sam Presti goes out and gets.......... two legitimate bigs in the persons of Kendrick Perkins (Celtics) and Nazr Mohammed (Bobcats). And the end result? I'm still not feeling it... It will take time to get the new guys integrated, that's no doubt part of it. The Thunder had to give up Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic to get said Bigs, that's also part of the problem. Now the team is short one dangerous Wing and one backup Big, by my math. No doubt about it, the Thunder will be a force in the Western Conference in the near future — this just ain't the year. As the conference's three elite teams got red hot and rolling in February, OKC managed to go just 6 and 5 for the month. They topped, ummmm lessee, the on-again, off-again Hornets at home and the mightily 9th-Place-looking Phoenix Suns on the road. They also almost beat the Spurs and almost beat the Lakers. They're ALMOST good, it would seem... Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook and Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant — that's the offense. This team is gonna make a really nice 4 Seed/5 Seed matchup for somebody in the playoffs. I'll take the 5 Seed for $5.
5. Denver Nuggets (35-26).
Rank Last Month: 6
February Record: (7-6)
February Wins: Blazers, AT Timberwolves, Mavericks, AT Bucks, Grizzlies, Celtics, Hawks.
February Losses: Jazz, Rockets, AT Warriors, AT Grizzlies, AT Rockets, AT Blazers (OT).
Comments: Well, congratulations, George Karl — you have officially survived Melonhead's follow up to LBJ's "The Decision," played out over months and months and months as "The Indecision." One itty bitty problem, though... Although the Nuggets received a pirate's ransom for the expiring contract of the free agent superstar from the New York Knicks, the deal cost them the heart and sole of their team, underrated Point Guard Chauncey Billups. Now the chemistry is askew, with the team's two unquestioned leaders gone, replaced by a Brady Bunch of new faces, lead by a super young PG suddenly thrust into the harsh glare of the footlights. More talent, perhaps, but less of a team and maybe less good. Still, knowing is half the battle — getting the Carmelo cancer expunged so that the team now understands what it has to do to get from here to there has been key. Lots of firepower among this group and they can beat anybody on any night, particularly as long as Denver remains located a mile above sea level and an ungodly number of games pit the home team Nuggs against back-to-backing competition. Still: no better than the 5 seed here until a new leader emerges.
6. Portland Trail Blazers (33-26).
Rank Last Month: 9
February Record: (8-4)
February Wins: Spurs, AT Cavaliers, Bulls, AT Raptors, AT Pistons, AT Timberwolves, Hornets, Nuggets (OT).
February Losses: AT Nuggets, AT Pacers, Lakers (OT), Hawks.
Comments: The Blazers pretty much did what they had to do to stay in the playoff hunt without Brandon Roy or Marcus Camby — they hustled like crazy and played over their heads. The team beat two of the elite teams in the NBA this season in the Spurs and the Bulls and had the Lakers on the ropes, losing in overtime. They managed to beat bad teams on the road and they only stunk it up once or twice, most notably in the last game of the month at home against the surprisingly terrific Atlanta Hawks, practitioners of some of the most intense defense in the league this season. Now it's a matter of reintegration of Roy and Camby into the new Aldridge-centric offensive constellation. The team was also the recipient of Michael Jordan's largesse at the trade deadline, adding All Star Small Forward Gerald "Crash" Wallace to the mix at the cost of a couple expiring contracts and a couple middling 1st Round draft picks. The team seems to be fortified for the stretch run if Head Coach Nate McMillan can just figure out how to make all the pieces work. Anchored by the 30-somethings Andre Miller at Point Guard and Marcus Camby at Center, this isn't yesteryear's team, stocked to the gills with young stars. The Blazers are more or less built to win now, particularly given the tenuous health situation of former Rookie of the Year and three time All Star Brandon Roy, who could clearly break down on a moment's notice. Still, one has to like the team's chances, not only to make the playoffs but even to pull off the upset and advance, given the right matchup.
7. New Orleans Hornets (35-26).
Rank Last Month: 5
February Record: (4-8)
February Wins: Wizards, Magic, Clippers, AT Timberwolves.
February Losses: AT Thunder, Lakers, Timberwolves, AT Nets, Bulls, AT Warriors, AT Blazers, Rockets.
Comments: The NBA's most bipolar team was in "bad" mode for the month of February, dropping a passel of games and continuing their season-long skid following a red hot open. Ostensibly a defense-first team, the Hornets have looks astoundingly inept at times, with Chris Paul seeming two-and-a-half steps slower on most nights (knee issues suspected) and the crew short two serious scorers. David West remains a beast and Chris Paul ain't dead yet and Emeka Okafor is a solid inside presence, but it's difficult to imagine any scenario in which Trevor Ariza, Carl Landry, Jarrett Jack, Marco Belinelli & Co. can lead this team to the promised land. While I've been of the opinion that it would be Utah and the Phoenix Suns failing to make the playoffs this season, with 26 losses and a 4-8 record in February, it doesn't take too big of an imagination to see the Hornets falling all the way into the lottery.
8. Memphis Grizzlies (33-28).
Rank Last Month: 8
February Record: (8-4)
February Wins: AT Timberwolves, Cavaliers, AT Thunder, Bucks, Nuggets, Sixers, AT Timberwolves, Kings.
February Losses: AT Rockets, Lakers, AT Nuggets, AT Spurs.
Comments: Having seen more than a couple Grizzlies games, I have been really, really sure that this dysfunctional organization was going to be in the playoffs at last. Despite the team's star, Rudy Gay, getting severely dinged, it still looks to me like this group will be "in" and not "out." I could be wrong, of course, as 6 of the team's 8 wins in February were against crappy opponents. On the other hand, cutting bait on epic draft failure that is Hasheem Thabeet and thereby solidifying the roster with Shane Battier as part of the deal increases the team's chances of immediate success. The deal they didn't quite make, shipping OJ Mayo for Josh McRoberts and a 1st Round pick ironically has a similar effect — pumping up the team in the current season, at the expense of future franchise viability when the SoCal shooter departs for green and greener pastures as a free agent at the end of the season. Having overpaid for Rudy Gay and Point Guard Mike Conley, the Grizzlies are in the unenviable position of having to resign Zach Randolph and the aforementioned Mayo — both of whom seem headed out the door. In short, this is it for this unit, their time to "Win Now Or Else." A return to badness approaches...
9. Phoenix Suns (31-27).
Rank Last Month: 11
February Record: (9-3)
February Wins: Bucks, AT Warriors, Warriors, AT Jazz, Jazz, Hawks, AT Raptors, AT Pacers, AT Nets (OT).
February Losses: Thunder, Kings, Mavericks.
Comments: The Suns had two Channing Frye game winners in a row to end the month — that pretty much sums up the situation for them... When your clutch time money man is Channing Frye, your team has got issues. Few other teams can be expected to be as incompetent as Avery Johnson of the New Jersey Nets, after all, allowing Frye sit alone on the 3 point arch with the Suns down by 2 in the waning seconds... February turns to March, I find myself hating this team more and more. They've got all the ultra-lucky geriatric swagger of a team like the Boston Celtics. They've got homer announcers that make me want to commence projectile vomiting... They pull out miracle wins against terrible teams which they play badly enough to lose and then some. Their front office is inept. They put a hodge-podge of players on the floor, yet they still manage to get big plays from unlikely sources thanks to one guy and one guy only — Point Guard Steve Nash. It's really frustrating to me that this team isn't where they belong, bumping elbows with the Timberwolves and the Kings and grinding towards the 20-win mark. Yet, Steve Nash, Grant Hill, and the cast of clowns keep winning and winning. It drives me nuts.
10. Utah Jazz (32-29).
Rank Last Month: 7
February Record: (3-9)
February Wins: AT Nuggets, AT Kings, AT Pacers.
February Losses: Rockets, Thunder, Bulls, Suns, AT Suns, Warriors, AT Maveicks, AT Pistons, Celtics.
Comments: I thought I was being pretty controversial last month when I suggested that the Utah Jazz, who closed January having a rocky time of it, faced the possibility of falling out of the playoff picture. What was then whack is now regarded as axiomatic. Now Head Coach Jerry Sloan is gone, two time All Star Point Guard Deron Williams is gone, the team is disheartened and slumping, and it looks to all that the Jazz are going to finish the 2010-11 campaign out of the money. The only question now, it would seem, is just how far is this team going to fall. The Jazz continue to have some of the best fans in the NBA (along with Portland and Golden State), but something is really wrong with this team and every single one of them knows it... It's not the performance of Big Al Jefferson or Paul Millsap, it's the guys they don't have: Carlos Boozer, Wesley Matthews, Kyle Korver, Ronnie Brewer, and now Deron Williams. The remaining pieces are a .500 team, but the confidence level and performance over the past six weeks is that of a cellar-dweller — Utah is 5-16 in their last 21 games. They've got one of the toughest buildings for visitors to win in the NBA yet the Jazz have somehow managed to go 0-for-February there. It's sort of sad.
11. Houston Rockets (30-31).
Rank Last Month: 12
February Record: (8-4)
February Wins: AT Jazz, Grizzlies, AT Nuggets, Nuggets, AT Pistons, AT Cavaliers, Nets, AT Hornets.
February Losses: AT Lakers, Timberwolves, Mavericks, Sixers.
Comments: Daryl Morey is the smartest GM in the NBA. I'm still at a bit of a loss in why he'd dump Shane Battier to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for the very-large-and-equally-useless Hasheem Thabeet and a middling draft pick in a terrible draft. There must be logic in that move somewhere for a team trying to sneak into the 8 seed in the Western Conference, but I'm just not seeing it. Probably Morey realizes that he doesn't have a winning hand in 2010-11 and he's playing cards for the coming off season of wheeling and dealing... If he can create the illusion that Thabeet is even slightly serviceable, he can flip him to another team for cool prizes. Seven footers being as rare as they are, it's not a bad roll of the dice by moving the declining Battier, it would seem. Still — this is not the move of a guy that is playing for keeps in 2010-11... The Rockets finished February on a tear, racking up four wins in a row. We won't mention that three of these victories came against some of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference. As this season comes to a close, I expect the Rockets to be caught and surpassed by the dangerous Warriors — not that that matters.
12. Golden State Warriors (26-32).
Rank Last Month: 13
February Record: (6-5)
February Wins: Bucks, Bulls, Nuggets, Thunder, Hornets, AT Jazz.
February Losses: Suns, AT Suns, Celtics, Hawks, AT Timberwolves.
Comments: To get into the playoff hunt, the Warriors needed to get red hot in February. They didn't and now they're playing for pride. There are really two Golden State teams, the home team, who can beat anybody — and the road team, which is rather more challenged. With Monta Ellis and Steph Curry in the backcourt, the Warriors have perimeter firepower to spare — an offensive juggernaut complemented by the terrific midrange game of Power Forward David Lee. This team really doesn't seem that far off. They're short a couple players, some grit, some size. Somebody like Corey Maggette, for example... He'd make a nice addition. In actuality, at some point the Warriors will probably have to choose between Curry and Ellis and to use the guy moved to get a masher and a true PG. It seems to me that the skills of that duo duplicate one another and that there are only so many outside jumpers that a team wants to be taking. Ownership loves Ellis, but Curry's numbers are pretty stunning. It will be interesting.
13. Los Angeles Clippers (21-40).
Rank Last Month: 10
February Record: (2-12)
February Wins: AT Knicks, AT Timberwolves.
February Losses: Bulls, AT Hawks, AT Heat, AT Magic, AT Cavaliers, AT Raptors, AT Bucks, AT Thunder, AT Hornets, AT Lakers, Celtics, AT Kings.
Comments: I'm not quite sure that I've watched more Clipper games than Laker games this year, but it's surprisingly close. Most of the reason has to do with a large number of game time conflicts between Kobe's Krew and the Portland Trail Blazers. On the nights when the Blazers aren't playing, it seems like the Clippers are on League Pass and the Lakers aren't. They've become my go-to third team to watch this year. It's not just Blake Griffin either, although let there be no mistake that he's plenty entertaining... DeAndre Jordan is a foul-prone low post beast. The currently injured Eric Gordon is an explosive superstar in the making. Former All Star Chris Kaman is strangely compelling, combining fantastic proficiency with extreme ineptitude in seemingly random intervals. New addition Eric Bledsoe is a work in progress. Mo Williams makes a fine replacement for the Baron Davis train wreck.Ralph Lawler and his sidekick Mike Smith provide a dignified, often amusing, always entertaining call. It's just a fun team to watch. Without Gordon, this squad has found their level in the 13 slot, getting there rapidly with a catastrophic 2-12 February, a month that saw them play just 2 games at home. With Gordon, the San Diego Clippers of Los Angeles are more like a 9 or 10 seed, as currently constructed. Watch out for them next year...
14. Sacramento Kings (15-43).
Rank Last Month: 14
February Record: (3-10)
February Wins: AT Suns, AT Magic, Clippers.
February Losses: Celtics, Spurs, Jazz, Mavericks, Thunder, AT Thunder, AT Mavericks, AT Heat, AT Bobcats, AT Grizzlies.
Comments: Just as the top 3 teams in the West are perfectly interchangeable, so too are the bottom 2 — at least until recently. The trade deadline deal which sent undersized Big Carl Landry to the New Orleans Hornets for explosive Wing Marcus Thornton seems to have broken the tie in the FAIL department, with the speedy 2-Guard from LSU going off for 29 points in his home debut in leading the Kings to victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Just think what he's gonna do when he's actually integrated into the offense. The Kings have a talented headcase playing Center in DeMarcus Cousins, a skilled Point Guard in Beno Udrih, and the woefully underappreciated hustling Small Forward Omri Casspi. Tyreke Evans? Yeah, he's there, too — but they've decided to bet the farm on the wrong player in keeping him rather than the dearly-departed Kevin Martin. The end result is a team that can beat anybody on any given night, even though they generally won't, being the Kings and all...
15. Minnesota Timberwolves (14-46).
Rank Last Month: 15
February Record: (3-10)
February Wins: AT Hornets, AT Rockets, Warriors.
February Losses: Grizzlies, AT Raptors, Nuggets, AT Pacers, Sixers, Blazers, Clippers, AT Bucks, Grizzlies, Hornets.
Comments: The Minnesota Timberwolves have Kevin Love! Did you know that? Kevin Love! Yes, they have Kevin Love! Kevin Love is an All Star! Kevin Love plays hard and fights for every board, even when the game is no longer in question — which is a polite way of saying the second half of more or less every single Minnesota Timberwolves game! Kevin Love gives the people what they want, which is a double-double! Indeed, All Star Kevin Love is absolutely epic at putting up double-doubles! That's what the long-suffering T-wolves fans pay to see after all, because victory is out of the question! Oops, by some twist of freaky fate the Wolves did manage to end February with an actual home win, a 126-123 victory over the Golden State Warriors! Kevin Love had 37 points and 23 rebounds in that game! Wow, that's a lot! That's super amazing! It's awe-inspiring! No wonder Kevin Love is an All Star! Kevin Love is definitely the guy you want on your fantasy basketball team, that's for sure! You go, Kevin Love!


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Whenever YFE creates a new way of bringing this community together, I always have a small moment of panic as it goes live that no one will respond. Of course there has been times when that actually turns out to be the case. The start to our Blog it! Week was not one of them.
Each day this week, YoungFemaleEntrepreneurs.com is encouraging you to add a link to a new or old blog post, interview or article you've been featured in, or video blog to a new prompt that revolves around building a business. Today was the first of five days, where women visited the YFE Facebook Page to comment with a link to their "startup story."
Today's Prompt was:
[quote style="1"]Whether you're just getting started or you're well into growing your business, everyone has a startup story. Share a link to a blog post that is a "Startup Story." That could mean different things to each YFE.[/quote]
Here are the links that were added today that answer the prompt in some way (this will be updated up until midnight PST as new links come in). Please visit, comment and share with your networks:
Spray Tan Kelly: Blog It! Week – Start Up Success!
Life of a Sports Wife: My Start Up Story
Letter from the Editor: To understand what The Intentionalis about, some context is crucial
Thoughts on career iteration – Why I started The Prepary
I choose entrepreneurship | Clare Herbert
The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living- Just Begin | Uncovering Discovery
Begin Pt.2: My Starting Point | Uncovering Discovery
What happens when things go wrong on an adventure?
The Prequel to My Startup Story…
Lists Not Fists: Small Leaps to Startup
Uninspired? Start a Business – Discover successful marketing activities
Getting Unstuck | WELL in L.A.
Of Lemons and Limes: My Start Up Story
How I Came to Teach 25 Yoga Privates a Week
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Someone really has it in for Pack Mule, the South Side Bethlehem fiberglass mule that's been vandalized four times in just over a week.
On Monday night, vandals placed a firecracker in Pack Mule's mouth and he lost some teeth and an eye. This latest act of mule cruelty was a quarter-stick of dynamite placed in the blue-haired mule's mouth Wednesday night. It split him in half and tore off his head.


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Boxing Day shooting: Police appeal to trace two men
Police investigating the fatal shooting of a man in a West End nightclub on Boxing Day have released pictures of two people they would like to talk to.
Officers are appealing for information on the whereabouts of Danny Walker, 32, and Gavin Allen, 30.
The public are asked not to approach the men but to call the police on 999 if they see them.
31-year-old Hassan Isman Omer died after being shot several times in Avalon nightclub on Shaftesbury Avenue in the early hours of 26th December.


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The Trouble With Fate (Mystwalker #1) by Leigh Evans
Published: 12/24/2012 by St. Martin's Paperbacks
My name is Hedi Peacock and I have a secret. I'm not human, and I have the pointy Fae ears and Were inner-bitch to prove it. As fairy tales go, my childhood was damn near perfect, all fur and magic until a werewolf killed my father and the Fae executed my mother. I've never forgiven either side. Especially Robson Trowbridge. He was a part-time werewolf, a full-time bastard, and the first and only boy I ever loved. That is, until he became the prime suspect in my father's death…
Today I'm a half-breed barista working at a fancy coffee house, living with my loopy Aunt Lou and a temperamental amulet named Merry, and wondering where in the world I'm going in life. A pretty normal existence, considering. But when a pack of Weres decides to kidnap my aunt and force me to steal another amulet, the only one who can help me is the last person I ever thought I'd turn to: Robson Trowbridge. And he's as annoyingly beautiful as I remember. That's the trouble with fate: Sometimes it barks. Other times it bites. And the rest of the time it just breaks your heart. Again…
So Hedi… what's been going on since the night the portal opened?
Well, except a hedge trimmer from Home Depot…
Being a Mystwalker, have you ever considered the option of going rogue and using your talents to do evil?
You've spent a lot of years burying your Inner-Were… Would you still bury her for good if it meant losing Bridge?
Is there anyway for Merry to be freed from her amulet prison?
Did your Aunt Lou trap Merry specifically? Or would any Asrai have been sufficient?
I'm not sure. I did ask Merry one night, but she wouldn't answer—she tightened up like a hedgehog and then went silent on me for two straight days—so I never asked her again. (You know, Merry's never my possession. She's my friend and some questions are just off limits, even between bffs.)
And yeah, I know—the obvious thing would been to ask Lou. But Lou wasn't the sharing type of person. Besides, I didn't trust her around Merry. Best to keep a line drawn between those two.
Have you given up ever finding Lexi?
Given your current circumstances, do you still feel more Fae than Were?
Since you finally let your Were out to play… Do you expect you'll change at the next full moon?
This or that:
Books or TV…
Definitely books. My Fae magic plays havoc with cable.
Tater Tots or French Fries…
I don't eat vegetables. Now if you asked me Skittles or fudge, the answer would be "Skittles" because fudge melts in your hands while Skittles melts in your mouth.
Patrick Swayze or Patrick Dempsey
Who the hell is Patrick Swayze?
*BB faints and DIES* … and I thought Hedi and I were like vodka and ice dude… *sigh* Nobody puts Baby in the corner.
Summer or Winter
Summer is difficult because of the humans and their damn grills. The smell of barbequed steak drives my inner-Were insane.
Theoretically that should make the default answer 'winter', but cold weather means hats and those things make the points of my ears ache.
I guess the answer is neither of the above. Though, if you really want to know, my favourite season is spring. Because that's when Trowbridge walked into my Starbucks.
Just one more… Where can I get an amulet with Merry's abilities?!?!
Dial 411-Asrai
(Can you tell I'm a tad enthralled by Merry? Lol!)
Yup. You've got that gleam in your eye. Just give me a second to slip Merry into my bra.
There you have it book lovers! Hedi Peacock in all her glory… and SHAME for the Swayze debacle! I SUPER loved The Trouble With Fate – keep a look out for my review in the next couple of days!
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text: Am I the only one who gets nervous when turner has the ball? I hate the fact that turner "needs the ball" in has hands. The worst thing in the 2010 draft was the Sixers obtaining the 2nd pick. It's unfortunate we couldn't have picked 5th or 6th like we should have b/c we could've gotten cousins, monroe, favors, paul george. Anybody but turner! What a conundrum the sixers are in with this guy!


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Finally, some newsworthy events for the White Sox this past week. Starters, Major League Baseball has approved new rules for using Instant Replay. Allowing managers the ability to challenge calls on the field. Take a listen as Hazymania and Pnoles breakdown the new rules, how it will impact the game, and how it may influence Ventura's decision making during the season.
The second half of this week's hangout we break down the arbitration deals that Alejandro De Aza and Gordon Beckham signed. With the low amount they were signed for, do these deals make De Aza and Beckham more attractive? If Hahn were to pull the trigger, when would it make most sense? What if Beckham finds his stroke and the Sox decide to keep him? Are they willing to part ways with Marcus Semien?
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Thematic group:
Democracy and Governance
Keywords: Elite formation
Geographic keywords: Nigeria
Client/funder: NOREF
Start date: May 2012 (Completed)
Project staff: Inge Amundsen
This project is a policy-oriented study on the political economy of Nigeria, describing the process of elite formation and exploring the characteristics of its ruling elite: its interests and the connections between them, position the ruling elite along Nigeria's basic socio-cultural cleavages (north-south, geopolitical zones, religion and ethnicity) and along economic cleavages (rural-urban and income differences, class, occupation, and insiders-outsiders in terms of patronage and favoritism)., and explore a number of topics directly related to the economic interests of the ruling elite and to the role the country's vast oil wealth plays in elite formation.
The study is commissioned by NOREF on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Last update: March 2014
Who Rules Nigeria?
Inge Amundsen (2012)
Oslo: NOREF - Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (Report no. Report November 2012) 7 p.
Who Rules Nigeria?
The income generated by Nigeria's oil exports has failed to lift the majority of its people out of severe poverty. According to Inge Amundsen, this is partially attributable to the 'rent-seeking' behaviours of Nigeria's ruling political and military elites.
Who Rules Nigeria?
Inge Amundsen (2012)


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Two new polls, two different views of West-Murphy raceby George Bennett | October 19th, 2012
Polling has been all over the map in the big-dollar congressional race between U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, and Democrat Patrick Murphy.
Two surveys released in the past 24 hours add to the uncertainty.
A poll released Thursday by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling for Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers and WPTV Channel 5 shows West with a 51-to-42 percent lead over Murphy.
A poll released today for Sunshine State News by Voter Survey Service, a Pennsylvania firm that polls for news organizations and has done work for the Pennsylvania GOP, shows a virtual tie with West edging Murphy by a 49-to-48 percent margin.
West and Murphy will debate tonight on WPTV Channel 5 at 8 p.m. The debate can also be viewed at www.palmbeachpost.com
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Burnsy dropped off this video before he left the With Leather offices for the day; all we know about this video, we gathered from the title, "Arkansas High School Football Announcer Loses His Mind." And that the kid who recovered the fumble and took it to the house was named Matthew Showalter. Oh, and I have it on good authority that there were no flags on the play. I'm not sure this guy was even in an announcing booth; from the sound of it, he could have been on the roof of his Ford pickup. It's funny because only rednecks buy Fords now.
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At various points this season analysts have been tried to anoint the Pac-10 champ, first it was USC, then Cal, then Oregon, then some mix of Oregon, Stanford, Arizona and Oregon State. But a possibilty I have not seen elsewhere is about as fun as any I can imagine (except for Cal going undefeated of course).
Oregon loses to Arizona and Oregon State -- Finishes 6-3
Stanford loses to Cal -- Finishes 6-3
Cal beats Stanford and Washington -- Finishes 6-3
Oregon St. beats Oregon, loses to Washington State -- Finishes 6-3
Arizona beats Oregon and Arizona St, loses to USC -- Finishes 6-3
USC beats UCLA and Arizona -- Finishes 6-3
The 6 way tie would be pretty amazing. Save for one, none of the outcomes above would even be considered major upsets. Unfortunately the one game Washington St. over Oregon St. is necessary to any massive tie scenario. Still I can dream.


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You can do nothing, you can do something…. Or you can do the right thing-- The immortal words from Spike Lee's "Do the right thing."
Kings fans, this is an empassioned plea from the rest of the basketball loving world—Do the right thing and don't let your kids become Lakers fans. When your team leaves for Anaheim this summer there are three ways to play it. You can do nothing; be bitter and angry at the NBA for taking your beloved team, and write off basketball forever, ala the citizens of Seattle, and never regail your kids with tails of Mitch Ritchmond, C-Webb, and Peja, and hope your kid doesn't find basketball on his own and immediately jump on to the winningest teams bandwagon, and risk it being the Lakers bandwagon, no-way. You can do something, and not drop the sport you love completely and float around team to team player to player until your kids eyes find another team or player to root for, and because they're kids they will probably bandwagon jump on to you guessed it the Lakers, and could you really have your kid root for the Lakers.
Or you can do the right thing; and continue to follow the team you love, and because its 2011 you can watch every game every night on tv, and let's be honest other than a few season ticket holders the majority of the fanbase wasn't going to Arco every night. If you're my age (21) then part of your basketball life was at one time Kings-Lakers. How could any Kings fan at any point in their lives ever let their kid grow up a Lakers fan? That's the risk you take by not doing the right thing and continuing to follow the team you love, especially in the modern fan era when you can talk to fans every night on the blogs, only after watching every game on your computer of big screen, only after listening to the post-game podcast, and looking to see what D-Cuzz tweeted that night. Other than that one, or possibly two nights a year, when you decide to pony up the 200+ for tickets and parking and merchandise for the kids to go to the game, what is preventing the fan in 2011 from following his team from afar? And is it worth it to forgo the bond you will create through sports with your kid? And Kids CANNOT be left to their own devices to pick their sports teams—IF you don't do the right thing Kings fans or should I say Royals fans— your sons and daughters will probably get enticed by the bright lights and winning ways of Hollywood and be rocking kobe jerseys before you can scream out TIM DONAGHY!!!


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text: Manchester City vs Real MadridCity of Manchester StadiumWednesday, 21st November 201220:45 CET 11:45 PT 2:45 ETconvert to your timezone A visit to jolly old England is up next for our guys. Things on the pitch have been improving slightly and with Sami back in the fold they are about to improve a lot. (j/k........ or not). This should be a great way for Ronnie and Jose to acclimate themselves to the English conditions as their imminent move to United and City respectively is almost upon us. Pipita and Marcelo are the only ones with injuries for us. edit: Jose said in his press conference that Essien is not fit enough to play. For City its a different story. Gael Clichy injured his ankle during Manchester City's 5-0 win over Aston Villa at the weekend and could be replaced by Kolarov at left-back by Roberto Mancini. Joleon Lescott (back) and James Milner (hamstring) are still out for City, with no set return dates from injury. Micah Richards (knee) is sidelined until December, although Samir Nasri and Jack Rodwell (hamstring) is back in contention for a place in the vital match, albeit with slim chances. Matija Nastasic (knee) played the full 90 minutes at the weekend and should retain his place in centre of defence. For a reminder of our last game, i think this will suffice. Mancini's Pre-game Press Conference Maybe it takes pressure off [that we're outsiders to progress], but when you're obliged to win and you play an important game like this in the Champions League there's always pressure. We don't have much chance to go through but it's important to put in a good performance. It was a difficult group from the start and now it's very difficult because of the mistakes we made in the first two games. When you play Real Madrid, one of the best teams in the world, you want to do a good job, play well and win, and that's what we'll be trying to do. I think Cristiano Ronaldo is a factor in every game, as he always has a big impact. Anyone who scores one or two goals a game is an incredible player who we'll need to watch carefully. There are other players, too, of course. My opinion is that Real Madrid are the best team in the world, along with Barcelona, and when you play them you face 11 top players and you need to be aware of them all. Ronaldo, [Karim] Benzema, [Ángel] Di María, [Mesut] Özil, [Xabi] Alonso – they can all hurt you. Madrid score three or four goals every game, but football is good because sometimes you beat teams like that.Congratulations to José, because to have already coached 100 Champions League games at his age is a big deal. But it's not Mourinho v Mancini: it's between the players, they are more important than we are. Jose's Pre-game Press Conference I always said how much I loved my time here and I always love to be back. I know when you play in England you have difficult matches, difficult opponents and a difficult atmosphere, because the crowd are always strongly behind the team. I enjoy that and I think my players are also happy to play in England. I think it is normal if a big team doesn't win the competition because there are other teams with the same power, the same desire and the same responsibility. I don't think it is normal when you are out of the competition at a very early stage. I speak for myself, and if Real Madrid lost a final, or a semi-final, or even a quarter-final, that's football. But when you are out at the group stage it is more difficult to accept and to understand. Last season, they were out [at this stage] and this season I think they will be out again. "If City won [in Madrid on matchday one] it would have been a different story. But we had a fantastic reaction and we won the match and got three points. They are crucial for us to be in a position where we rely on ourselves and are in good shape to qualify". --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Should be a fun game to watch. Here's to the boys getting the 3 points, to Jose and Ronnie finding nice houses in Cheshire and to Mario giving us some more entertainment.


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Afterglow is not just the title of Alan Rudolph's new film, or a reference to the sexual haze through which its four principal characters wander. It was also a guiding motif for the movie's visual style. "In pre-production and through shooting, we talked about the title," says DP Toyomichi Kurita. "We came up with the color that was symbolic of afterglow, which was purple. We played with that color, whether lighting through filters or using filters on the camera. But it wasn't just colors, it was also emotions, and what was going on dramatically.
"My goal was that everybody was to glow, especially the women," he continues. The film, which was shot in Montreal, is a sexual roundelay starring Julie Christie and Nick Nolte as a long-married pair who unknowingly switch partners with a younger couple, played by Lara Flynn Boyle and Jonny Lee Miller. "I wanted Julie Christie to be radiant," says the cinematographer, who employed mostly soft light on the set. "I softened certain shots with filters on the lenses, and then lighting-wise I used a lot of diffused or bounced techniques."
Kurita, who hails from Tokyo but has lived in the United States since arriving in Los Angeles to study at the American Film Institute in 1980, liberally used what he calls "Japanese lanterns"--more commonly known stateside as Chinese lanterns--on Afterglow, along with Kino Flos and 2k zip lights. "Then when I needed a big source, like HMIs, I used some sort of diffusion, mostly Lee 216. For interior night or on the set we used all tungstens. Those were my main tools to produce a softer light."
The film's two most important sets are the couples' homes. Nolte and Christie's characters live in a modest house, shot on a practical location, while Miller and Boyle's tony two-level apartment was a soundstage set. "It has theatrical elements in it," Kurita says of this space, which is designed to within an inch of its life. "They can control the light from buttons, so we played with the dimming systems. It's a little bit artificial, and that reflects the characters. The older couple is a bit more organic, more down to earth."
Though Rudolph's entire story unfolds in Montreal's deeply autumnal October, the production started shooting in September 1996, "so we cheated some of the leaves," says the DP. Also, "exterior light is a little harsher in September than in October. I tried to make backlit situations as much as I could, or shoot toward the end of the day." Kurita adds that although he used Kodak 5248 on day exteriors and Vision 500 on some night scenes, "80% of the movie was shot on 5293, 200 ASA stock."
Rudolph often shoots in Montreal; in fact, when the director and Kurita worked together on The Moderns, in 1988, the Canadian city stood in for 1920s Paris. "Alan likes the city, he likes the people, he likes the food and wine," says the cinematographer, who understands how important such things can be. His first feature, Rudolph's Trouble in Mind (1986), was filmed in Seattle, a city Kurita was so taken with that he now lives there, far from the Hollywood scene. That doesn't keep the DP from working steadily on independent films, major-studio projects like Waiting to Exhale, and high-profile cable movies such as Crime of the Century, which earned him a Cable ACE nomination.
But he particularly enjoys his collaborations with Rudolph, a filmmaker who prefers spontaneity to rigid planning. "He's not a person who gets shots in his head beforehand," says Kurita. "It evolves with the actors in the morning when we rehearse, so I need to be prepared. Because he doesn't like to light specific shots, the master shot is very important. I try to light the scene to give him as much of a range as I can, which is very difficult, because you don't know what can happen on the take, and you just have to let it go. Most of the time, something magical happens."
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Phoenix Live On Letterman
With just a brief introduction courtesy of frontman Thomas Mars (en français, of course), Phoenix kicked off their Live On Letterman performance last night (April 30).
This time around, however, the show's name was a bit misleading, since it had been moved nearly 10 blocks away from David Letterman's usual haunts at the Ed Sullivan Theater to the antiquely posh Hudson Theatre. Filled to the brim with fans — most coming straight from work, still donning their business-casual digs — the place perked up with the first few twinkling notes of "Entertainment," the band's latest single off new album Bankrupt!.
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Phoenix's Live on Letterman setlist, 4/30/2013:
- Entertainment
- Lasso
- Lisztomania
- The Real Thing
- Too Young/ Girlfriend
- Trying To Be Cool
- Chloroform
- Armistice
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- Don't
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When Skylanders Giants came out, I figured maybe the series had hit a wall. It was different from Spyro's Adventure, but not different enough to keep fresh. It was fun, but the series was in serious need of finding a new direction, maybe change up in gameplay and someway of keeping the characters in general interesting. So what in the world could Vicarious Visions do to basically keep this series from becoming stale?
Let's dig right into it.
When you boot up the screen, you'll have to selections to choose from: Story Mode and Arena Mode. Let's begin with story mode, which will be the main draw for the younger audience. The story in this one is that Kaos is back (shocker) and has a new evil plan to evilize everything in the Cloudbreak Islands. You'll find Greebles, bats and whatnot evilized and helping to destroy the land and its inhabitants. The Skylanders Swap Force, a band of heroes that gained the magic power to swap halves because they were caught in a magical volcano's eruption, must band together to save Skylands before it's too late. The story is quite suited for the younger audience, though you will find some fantastic humor embedded that will make you (adults) chuckle. I thoroughly enjoyed the story, as it moved pretty quickly, cleverly and concisely.
Anyway, the very first thing you will notice when you begin your story mode in Skylanders Swap Force is how much the visuals in the game have changed. Vicarious Visions rebuilt their models/environments/look/feel from the ground up and the cartoony, pixilated-at-times models that you found in the last games have been glossed over with new skin. You simply stunning textures, a higher frame rate with this game and lots of gorgeous animation. For example, my favorite character to play during my review time was Wash Buckler, a Davy Jones from the pirates movie kind of fellow with tentacles for feet. His movements are smooth with tentacles suctioning and un-suctioning as he rolls through stages. All of his parts seem to be moving and alive on their own. Nothing looks sketchy or choppy. It's all very beautiful to watch and he's just one of many examples of how good the characters look in the game.
As for the environments, the backgrounds, foregrounds and characters have all been upgraded with smooth detail and it looks absolutely superb. Starting with the background, in the Terra-squid stage of the story mode, where a gigantic god-like squid is residing in the center of the level, as you're jumping from platform to platform, the giant squid in the background is following you with its eyes. The squid also has a follow-focus effect on it that gives the distance between your Skylander and it much more depth. Again, it's visually stunning. As you progress through this stage, your character is shrunk down to fit inside of a large evilized crystal, which you have to destroy. When you're inside the crystal, you can see everything outside in its actual size (huge) and all of it's properly distorted because of how the crystal is shaped. Quite frankly, this is visually amazing and just has a nice attention to detail about it. It's merely one set of examples on how well the environments look and they're pretty darn unique from one another.
Another welcomed treat in the game in terms of presentation is the music. Orchestrated, unique on each level and fun to listen to while you are having your Swap Force adventure. There's little more you can ask for, especially when you end up humming the tunes during gameplay. I know it's not a huge deal for most people, but getting the music right is important for me. This game was built on the idea of adventuring and action, and you get that feeling through a very adventurous composition.
While the look and feel of the game is definitely a step up from the previous games in the series, what about the gameplay? The actual gameplay has been stepped up a bit in several areas. The first big thing you'll notice is the ability to…wait for it…JUMP! Who would have imagined how expansive the game could become by simply adding a jump feature to all the characters. What this allows you to do is explore a bigger world, jump down and up to different side/secret locations and make the game feel a bit less linear. Again, it's a simple addition to the series, and one that should have been done well before this game, that allows for the gameplay to expand a bit more. I'm not saying this is some sandbox type of exploration happening because of the jump feature, but I'm definitely willing to bet the developers had a lot more ideas on what to add in the levels because of 'jump'.
In the same category as jump addition, the control scheme is pretty simplistic, so that kids will be able to pick this game up and go. I'm not shocked that it is this way, but I am continually impressed about how simple, yet complicated, the controls have been made. For example, my favorite character Wash Buckler was able to spit ink and do a rolling attack through the O button. If I pressed and held the O button for about 1-2 seconds then let go, he would spew ink that delayed enemies from attacking. If I just pressed quickly on the O button he would do an attack roll. All through the same button and incredibly responsive. That is pretty much the way the controls work in the game and work well they did. My son and daughters had no issues with the controls, which speaks volumes about well they work.
Shifting a bit to characters, another big plus in the game is the ability to use ALL Skylanders. That includes Spyro's Adventures and Giants, which is a very big deal -- especially if you're a parent not wanting to drop $100 to get caught up with new characters. Much like jump, I'm not sure why this hasn't been the case in previous games, but regardless it's a welcomed addition to the series and one that hopefully is maintained in the future.
Staying with characters, the entire 'swap' idea brings up some interesting predicaments in Skylanders Swap Force. One thing you should know right off the bat is that all Swap characters don't work well together. For example, one of the fire elements called Blast Zone has some pretty cool bomb abilities and some neat firepower from his feet (it propels his movement across the levels this way). When swapped out with my favorite of the new bunch, Wash Buckler -- a Davy Jones/Octopus with tentacles for legs, it just doesn't work that well. Wash's upper torso is fantastic, but the speed of Blast Zone's legs downgrades the mobility of Buckler. Reversed, the tentacles of Buckler seem to be a more effective weapon than Blast Zone's bomb throwing torso. In the end, it's a clunky mix, at least for me. Having said that, mixing Wash Buckler together with the likes of Magna Charge, a tech element, produces much better Swap results. Magna Charge is a magnetic robot that has a single magnetically generated wheel below him. Once attached to Wash Buckler's torso, the results can be speedy devastation to whoever gets in the way. On the flip side, the tentacle attack mixed with Magna's plasma firing arm is equally as devastating. The point is that while you can Swap out 200+ ways, some simply don't work as well as others. Is that a knock? Depends on what you expect. For me, I think it's fine to have an unbalanced character that simply isn't good. It makes you think a bit harder about what works and what doesn't within the game.
Related to the characters, the leveling system in Skylanders Swap Force is pretty darn impressive. To level up, you must collect coins throughout your adventure, which are plentiful. The coins purchase you top/bottom upgrades for the characters you are playing. This does include upgrades for swapped characters, so if you wanted to upgrade Magna's speed with a better sword for Wash Buckler's torso, you can do so. It's incredibly flexible and this actually ups the ante a bit with the swapping decisions. To do the upgrades to your Skylanders, there are strategically placed leveling pods placed throughout the game. The main one can be found in the city of Woodburrow, which you'll spend most of your time in when you're not off saving the world. Anyway, you'll simply get into this pod, the game will ask you if you want to upgrade the top/bottom and you select the upgrades you want for your respective parts and characters. It's a neat dynamic that makes the Swap Force a bit more interesting and provides a bit more depth.
Other upgrades you can find is through soul gems scattered throughout levels, which contain new abilities and powers that are unlocked upon discovery. These are fun to collect and the preview of the power is something of high-end entertainment value that breaks away from the initial gameplay. Seeing a giant killer whale used as a weapon really puts a smile on any Wash Buckler's face. They are fun little discoveries to make through out the leveling.
Additional items of interest you can find during the game include special presents for completing Swap Zone challenges (which are short side quests featuring climbing, speeding down race tracks and flying), such as goofy hats (My boy, Wash Buckler, is sporting a peacock hat at the moment). These presents aren't simply used for adding 'goofiness' to the characters in the game, rather they actually upgrade the skills for players. For example, the peacock hat actually adds more defense to Buckler, which helps tremendously in some of the harder levels. Another neat set of items to pick up are the Legendary items, which (if you didn't know) can be used to unlock more upgrades to the leveling stats of your Skylanders. All of these upgrades and leveling abilities are impressive considering this is a kid's game. The neat thing is that you don't have to do anything you don't want to do in the game in terms of leveling. All of it is up to the gamer and they will progress in the game regardless. Lots of nice choices and ways to go for a big title like this, and all of them apparently well thought out.
Now, let's talk a bit about the Skylanders Arena Mode. This mode features smaller modes that are broken down as such:
- Solo Survival Mode: While the kids were asleep in the house, I was able to jump on and enjoy Solo Survival Mode quite a bit. Basically, you've got multiple arenas to play in where waves of enemies come at you. Playing the first arena was a fun challenge, but by the second arena it became brutal work. Vicarious Visions doesn't hold back, which concerns me a bit when younger kids are playing this mode. I died twice on the second arena, and most of it was towards the end of the final match. It was incredibly frustrating to experience as an adult, so I'm not sure how kids are going to take to it.
- Team Survival Mode: It's just like Solo Survival mode in arena, except you're playing with a second player. It's so much like solo that the enemies actually don't increase in abundance, so the game doesn't compensate for the extra help. Is that okay? You'll think it's easy for the first two rounds, but that final round will be brutal regardless of player count. For the kids, it's a great way to get help with completing levels in arena.
- Rival Mode: Rival mode is fun, but a little anti-climatic, as you simply have to kill more enemies than your teammate. The more enemies you take out, the better your score will be and whoever has the most points at the end of the match wins. It's just a slightly modified version of Team Survival mode.
- Battle Arena Mode: Here's where you must protect your controllers from being thrown. In this mode, you go head-to-head with your teammate in a no-holds bar match. The one who survives is the winner.
- Ring Out Mode: This mode is fun, as you go head-to-head again. When you continually hit your enemy (your teammate) a meter starts building. Once the meter is maxed, you gain (be it briefly) a super punch to knock your opponent off the board. Whoever gets knocked off the board loses.
The arena mode is interesting, as you've got a large variety of levels to play on in each mode featured. There's lots of different challenges and obstacles to look out for in the levels, so it never ever gets boring. It's also a wonderful break from the story mode. The one caveat to this mode is that once you have your Skylanders in place, there's no changing them out. If you start with Wash Buckler, you must end with Wash Buckler during a match. It makes sense, but it certainly makes the game a bit tougher.
With all of this included in one package, is the game fun? As an adult, my completionist side was in need of gathering everything and finding all the nooks/crannies that were contained within the story mode. Even as I type this, I'm still finding new items to gather and new places I hadn't noticed the first go around on levels. So, in short, yes It's fun as heck as an adult. As for kids, they will adore the adventure, the characters that have been added and the different personalities that go along with them. They will find the level design right up their alley and not have a difficult time with it (well, not often). The entire week I've had with this game, I've been fighting my five-year old son for time with it. It's been frightening how badly has wanted to play this, and not just the game, but also just with the toys. So, again in short, kids will adore this game. It's far better than Disney Infinity and definitely more refined.


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The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space. Stars: Danny Trejo, Alexa Vega, Mel Gibson
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Last week's announcement from Zach Lowe at Grantland about the proposed new lottery setup sent tidal forces through the NBA tanking world, led by President Sam Hinkie. Here was a process not as...
Lovingly commemorating David Stern in his final months as commissioner.
Sixers links and Open Thread discussion for everyone!
Link to blog (with classic photo): http://www.phillyburbs.com/blogs/sports_columnists/tom_moore/sixers-fete-harvey-pollack-on-th-birthday/article_ff0d4da2-a497-5c89-9edd-3e99616f69e7.html Here is...
A video breakdown of the NBA Lockout via Taiwan's Next Media Animation perfectly sums up everything.
I finally got a chance to listen to this hour+ long podcast last night and believe it's a must-listen for all NBA fans. Simmons isn't afraid to ask hard-hitting questions and Stern isn't afraid to give answers. I'm not for choosing sides, but Stern makes some convincing arguments for the owners. Listen for yourself.
Hawes goes after Stern for how much money he's making while telling the players to take a cut.
http://ow.ly/5Es3Z Here is a portion of the column in Thursday's paper: The owners claim 22 of the league's 30 teams are losing a total of $370 million per year and insist the entire financial...
This is the best article I've read about the lockout and its implications so far. Andrew Sharp kills it. Here's a sample: "The owners' greed has eclipsed their common sense, though. Rather than brokering a compromise and riding the wave of popularity toward profits the sport's never seen, the NBA owners are hoping to railroad the same players that made the game so popular. It's shortsighted." Give it a read.
http://ow.ly/4FSH0 Here is a taste of my Sunday column: While the Sixers' lack of a No. 1 scorer is glaring, the first priority should be acquiring a big, physical center. Though he's a pretty good...
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The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors met Wednesday, marking Chris Dumler's first meeting since pleading guilty to criminal charges. One topic on Wednesday's agenda was whether or not Dumler should continue to serve on the board.
Dumler pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor sexual battery charge on January 31. Under the plea agreement, he has to undergo a psycho-sexual evaluation and issue a public apology to the victim, which he has already done. Dumler will also serve a 30-day jail sentence. The commonwealth agreed to not bring criminal charges in cases involving two additional alleged victims.
Dumler's own board, and some of the people who voted for him, lashed out at Wednesday's supervisor's meeting.
Regardless of the opposition, Dumler said he will not step down from his post. "I've been doing my job. It's been difficult, obviously, but I've been doing my job," said Dumler.
The board unanimously voted to censure him following the conviction. A motion asking Dumler to resign passed 3-2 at Wednesday's meeting. A number of people, including former board members, called for Dumler to step down. One person said Albemarle is at its lowest point of political morality and that Dumler is a disgrace.
"He's compromised the integrity of the entire board by being in the position he has," said Forrest Marshall, a former supervisor.
One man has started a recall vote petition to remove Dumler - since his misdemeanor conviction does not qualify him to be removed - from office because of poor job performance. Ten-percent, or 372 signatures, of the total vote that put Dumler in office is required for the petition to move forward.
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CHENNAI, INDIA-- Less than a month after it announced major investments in local facilities, Caterpillar is at it again--this time, in India.
The world leader in construction and mining equipment says it will be investing $150 million in a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in India that will specialize in producing Perkins branded engines.
Perkins is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpillar.
Additionally, Cat says it will invest an additional $62 million into existing off-highway truck manufacturing facility in the same city.
"The Government of India has embarked on an aggressive plan to accelerate road construction and overall infrastructure development, and Caterpillar and our dealers are continuing to make investments in India to support these growth plans," said Caterpillar Group President Rich Lavin.
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Losing is not easy, especially an election. It is a time when voters issue a judgment on the work that a person has done for them. Losing an election is, purely and simply, a rejection. It is understandable why Thomas Shields has so many questions (Nov. 18).
In four short years, the people of Maine and America have rejected Republican agendas. It is time for Republicans to take a look in the mirror. Sadly, Shields is still playing the same party politics that cost them the election.
While I have great disagreements with some unions, foremost, they protect workers' rights. The education system is in need of reform, not teacher reform.
It is time to raise revenue in this state and this country — a necessary evil at this point. How that happens is open for debate.
I believe the tax rate should be the same for everyone. It is about fairness and patriotism. Paying taxes is patriotic.
The Obama administration proposed immigration reforms brought forth by Republicans. The obstructionist Republican agenda was to make Obama fail, to keep him from a second term.
Claiming Obama has not protected this country is a ridiculous assertion. Obama has done the job his Republican predecessor could not.
Despite Shields' fear tactics, "liberal" is not a dirty word. Freedom of speech is fine. Women will still control their health choices. America is on the mend and growing stronger.
Maine and America have spoken loudly.
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The SEC and Big 12 are in favor of college football's playoff allowing entry to the top four teams in the country, regardless of whether those teams have won their conferences or not. The other major conferences, plus the Big East, want league champs only. The SEC's saying it "won't compromise" on the matter, with Mike Slive listing his backup plan as "1-2-3-4."
But could there be space for compromise if the system uses a selection committee instead of a computer rankings system? The Big Ten now officially wants to go the committee route:
The league wants the committee to enter its deliberations with some instructions, much like a jury has during a trial. The Big Ten wants the committee to value league championships, head-to-head results and strength of schedule, much like the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection committee does. The committee wouldn't write off non-champions or non-division winners, but those shortcomings would impact a team's résumé or potential tiebreakers between two teams.
As far as I know, only the Big East has come out in favor of sticking with rankings instead of a committee. As far as the Big 12 and SEC go, Texas' DeLoss Dodds favors a committee, which goes a long way to determining how half of that bloc will argue.
Either we end up with a "three-and-one" plan, as SI.com's Stewart Mandel advocates, or we get a committee that's specifically told it should admit deserving non-champs, but favor champs. Right?
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The LEAD Mentoring Program links role models drawn from the local community with students participating in the LEAD Program. The program connects mentors who may be volunteers from business, industry, community organizations, and the UVU campus, with LEAD students.
The Center for the Advancement Leadership believes that all students are capable of developing as leaders. While serving L.E.A.D. Program students and the wider UVU student community, we facilitate engaged learning of cutting edge leadership practices, providing individualized support, intellectual stimulation, and model appropriate leadership behavior.
(Based on Transformational Leadership paradigm and Social Change Model)
The focus of the LEAD Mentoring Program is to support CAL students as they progress through the LEAD Program as well as their academic pursuits. Our goal is to assist students in their personal development and provide them with a network to encourage academic and social exploration.
LEAD Mentors are rewarded by sharing their knowledge and skills, helping others succeed, and supporting leadership development. All you need is a passion for student success and a willingness to spend a couple hours per month developing a relationship with students.
The LEAD Mentoring Program gives new students opportunities to have a successful first year in CAL and supports students through academic and social activities.


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