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On Wednesday night, FP911.com had it's staff league on NFL.Com while broadcasting live on Google+ Hangouts. It is a standard 12-team PPR league that  consists of eight writers from FP911, as well as four readers/listeners. Paul Greco hosted the draft on Google+ Hangouts, and I, as well as fellow FP911 writers Dan Stack and Dan Gleason joined in . You can view the entire draft here.
Below you will find each one of my selections with analysis, round by round. This will provide you with a good insight into my general strategy this season.
Roster Format: QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, TE, Flex WR/RB, K, Def, R, R, R, R, R
1st Round, Pick 7: WR-Calvin Johnson, Detroit Lions
Picking 7th, I didn't have a chance to grab one of the top backs, so I had to grab Megatron in this spot. Besides the madden curse, there is absolutely nothing to be worried about with Johnson. He is the clearly the best receiver in the league and is in store for another monster season.
2nd Round, Pick 18: RB-Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs
Very happy with getting Charles here. In hindsight, I could of taken Adrian Peterson who went right after Charles, but I like the fact Charles has had much more recovery time than Peterson in coming back from their respective knee injuries.
Despite the presence of Peyton Hillis, I expect Charles to have a very productive season, similar to what he did when he and Thomas Jones split carries in 2010. Per Pro Football Reference, Charles is the only back in NFL history with a career per-carry average of 6.0+ on at least 150 carries. Before he got hurt last season, I believed Charles was primed to be the fantasy back in the league. Coming back from the ACL tear changes that this year, but Charles has already shown that old explosiveness in the preseason and looks ready to rock in 2012.
3rd Round, Pick 31: QB-Eli Manning, New York Giants
Looking back, I probably took Eli a little too early in this spot. Brees, Rodgers, Cam, Brady, Stafford were all gone at this point, but Matt Ryan, Peyton Manning and Tony Romo remained. Still, I had Eli ranked higher than all three of them. Even though I could of waited on Romo and Ryan who both went a few rounds later, I wanted to make sure I had a solid, reliable, consistent QB each week to count on. Coming off his 25 interception season in 2010, I would of never drafted Eli Manning last year. I just did not trust the guy and always had doubted him. But after what I saw from Eli in the NFC Championship game against the 49ers, my opinion completely changed. I was extremely impressed with how he took hit after hit, kept getting back up, finally sealing the win in that game and eventually the SuperBowl for a second time. I had a new found respect for him.
The weapons are there, Victor Cruz is the Wes Welker of NY and he and Eli have a remarkable chemistry together. Hakeem Nicks remains, and Martellus Bennett may add some juice to the passing game as well. The Giants also drafted David Wilson, who I believe will increase the offensive output. I think Eli approaches 30 TD's once again and takes another step up in his career. The amount of interceptions still remains a concern, but I don't think he will throw over 20 picks, like he has done in the past.
4th Round, Pick 42: RB-Reggie Bush, Miami Dolphins
I wanted to make sure I had two solid starting backs and Reggie fits the mold nicely here in a PPR league. Without the PPR this might be a tad bit early for Bush, but that's not the case. Â Bush has improved dramatically as a runner. He closed out last season with three straight games over 100 yards rushing, including a 200-yard game against Buffalo. If Bush can remain healthy, which is always a question with him, he might be in for the best season of his career.
5th Round, Pick 55: TE-Aaron Hernandez, New England Patriots
Rounding out my team now, I took Hernandez in the 5th round. I was happy since I have Hernandez ranked 3rd in my Tight End rankings behind Graham and Gronk. What's not to like about this guy, he plays with Brady in a prolific offense, he runs routes like a Wideout and is due for another solid season after finishing 2011 with 79 catches for 910 yards and 7 TD's.
6th Round, Pick 66: WR-Dwyane Bowe, Kansas City Chiefs
Wasn't thrilled with this pick, but I needed to go wideout here and Bowe was one of the best ones left. Â Last year playing with Cassel for nine starts, Tyler Palko for four and Kyle Orton for three, Bowe still put up a respectable 1,158 yards on 82 catches with 5 TD's. But now with Cassel returning healthy, as well as Jamaal Charles andTony Moeaki returning healthy, the Chiefs offense should return back to 2010 form where we saw Bowe go off for 15 TD's. The Chiefs will be moving the football once again and Bowe is their best redzone threat, so I look for the TD's to drive back up this season.
7th Round, Pick 79: WR-Santana Moss, Washington Redskins
Ok, I admit, I reached on this one and probably made a mistake here. Looking through my draftboard I didn't see C.J. Spiller there, if I had I would of taken him without a doubt, love Spiller. I also passed on guys like Kenny Britt, Stevan Ridley, Cedric Benson and Malcolm Floyd. Paul Greco ripped me for this pick and maybe deservingly so. But I still think Santana Moss has some juice left in the tank.
Playing with RGIII , we could see a revived season out of Moss, kind of like what we saw out of Steve Smith playing with Cam Newton last season. In 2010, playing with Rex Grossman and Donovan Mcnabb, Moss finished with 93 catches, 1.,115 yards and 6 TD's, so a nice season from Moss is not out of the question. Even last year in in his first five games, Moss was on pace for 74 catches and over 900 yards, before he missed four weeks with a broken hand. Even though I might take this pick back if I had to do it again, I still think Moss is going to be a factor in 2012.
8th Round, Pick 90: RB-Roy Helu, Washington Redskins
Sticking with the Redskins theme, I took Helu expecting him to be the main back at some point in the year. This is a pick I am going to have to be patient with, while Helu overcomes his achilles injuries in both ankles and battles it out with Tim Hightower and Evan Royster. But Helu showed his talents last season and looked like one of the better backs in the league. Unfortunately, Mike Shanahan loves to ride the RB carousel, so were going to have to wait this one out and hope sooner than later the Shanahan's come to their senses.
9th Round, Pick 103: RB-David Wilson, New York Giants
I have been on the David Wilson train for a while now and tonight the rookie showed a glimpse of what we might be expect to see from him this season. Wilson, who played with the starters tonight because Ahmad Bradshaw was nursing a bruised hand, rushed for 49 yards on five carries and also had two catches for 26 yards.On two seperate runs, Wilson shed tackles and displayed the strength and explosion we saw from him at Va Tech. The rookie is looking like he could have a very nice impact for the G-men in 2012. Â I have completed two drafts thus far, acquiring Wilson in both, and I plan on targeting him in every other league I am in as well. But it looks like I won't be getting him in the 9th round anymore after tonight's display.
10th Round, Pick 114: WR-Denarius Moore, Oakland Raiders
There wasn't much left at WR, so I grabbed last years preseason darling Denarius Moore. This guy was everybody's sleeper last season. Like most sleepers, Moore didn't meet the hype and finished with just 33 catches for 618 yards and 5 TD's. I'm hoping by playing with Carson Palmer for a full season, Moore can become the raiders No.1 option. There is still a lot of upside here.
11th Round, Pick 127: RB-Kendall Hunter, San Francisco 49ers
I love Hunter's skillset, and for this late in the draft, I believe this incredible value for Hunter. Even though Hunter is going to be in a secondary role, I believe in drafting talent and upside at all times. Regardless, Hunter's role should increase in his Sophomore season and if Gore suffers an injury, Hunter will have immense value. By the way, I wrote about Hunter, as well as  David Wilson, Reggie Bush, and Roy Helu in my Impact RB columns, you can check them out here.
12th Round, Pick 138: TE-Greg Olsen, Carolina Panthers
Jeremy Shockey has departed Carolina and Olsen will now enjoy having full reign as the No. 1 Tight End. This is another late round selection based on talent and upside. It's not some stale crusty pick. Cam Newton needs a second option besides Steve Smith and Olsen could fit that mold this season. Playing with this young, emerging Carolina offense, there is very good chance Olsen has a breakout season.
13th Round, Pick 151: New York Jets Defense
I had only three picks left and I still needed to get a kicker and a defense, so I went with the Jets. The offense may look terrible, but the Jets Defense is looking improved with the additions of Laron Landry, Yeremiah Bell and rookie Quinton Coples. They should be a definite top 10 Defense this season, possibly top five.
14th Round, Pick 162: K- Matt Byrant, Â Atlanta Falcons
The Falcons should be passing more this year than ever and they also play in a dome which is a bonus. You really never know with Kickers, but Bryant should be in for a nice season.
15th Round, Pick 175: WR-Randall Cobb, Green Bay Packers
I had my choice between Brandon LaFell and Cobb and I went with Cobb. Maybe I should of went with LaFell since he will have more of a role intially, but I believe Cobb will play an important role at some point this season. Donald Driver is almost on his way out and if there is an injury to either Jennings or Nelson, Cobb can become a factor right away.
Generally I like to have two solid backs, a top QB and at least one stud WR. I accomplished all of that in this draft. I also came away with Aaron Hernandez at the TE spot to round out my team. In the later rounds, I went with high upside picks in Helu, Wilson, Hunter, and Olsen. All these guys are extremely talented and are capable of  having a very successful season. You can also see I didn't draft a backup QB, Kicker or Defense. All of these positions can be found on the waiver wire later in the season.
The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare, so be ready, know your strategy, do your research on as many players as possible and be confident when you draft. I hope this was breakdown was helpful, if you guys have any questions you can email me anytime at email@example.com.
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Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa
6 comments:
- mustavcoffee, Gay Peplow said...
Hi Lisa,, It's such a pretty card though LOL If you hadn't said anything I think you would probably have got away with it LOL The light polkas lift the colour a lot :0) xxx
- February 07, 2012
- Jenny said...
I think it's still perfect for the challenge Lisa, you used the photo as a jump off point and decided on the squares it doesn't have to be an exact colour match. It's such a fabulous geometric design..... great for guys and we know how hard they are to make ;0)
Jenny x
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- M-J said...
I think this is a great card, and I agree with the above, it's not that far off colour wise, and the squares are following the model's top, so it's still inspired by the photo. x
- February 08, 2012
- Aileen said...
It's a lovely card whether you put it in the challenge or not. Perfect for a male. x
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Hi Lisa,
I just found your blog and I love it.
Had to follow you right away. ;-)
Have a great day!
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- Ardyth said...
Too funny! I did mine in bordering blue too!(and I entered it!) I think this reflects the inspiration really nicely!
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The Italo hopes to change the way that customers perceive train travel in order to make it seem like a realistically viable alternative to air travel, which is increasingly full of suck. For example, just $60 gets you a sumptuous leather seat in "Smart" class on the Rome to Milan route, a distance of about 360 miles that the train will cover in about two hours at cruising speed. Two hours is, of course, approximately the same amount of time that you spend with a stranger's hand in your crotch at airport security.
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Niranam diocese, although the smallest diocese of the Jacobite Syriac Christian Church (Malankara Archdiocese of Universal Syriac Orthodox Church), is historically one of the oldest dioceses. The land of Niranam had been blessed by the foot prints of St. Thomas, the apostle of India. The diocese was founded by Patriarch Peter IV of blessed memory during the Holy Father's apostolic visit to India during 1875-1877. St. Gregorios, the first Indian saint to be canonized was appointed as the first Metropolitan of Niranam diocese by Patriarch Peter IV himself. The dioceses was also blessed by the service and leadership of such illustrious fathers as Mor Dionysius Michael, most popularly known as the "roaring lion of Malankara" and Mor Kuriakose Koorilos Metropolitan "undeclared Yacoob Burdana of southern diocese of Malankara" who toiled hard to sustain the faithful in the true apostolic faith and traditions of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. In spite of His Grace's il-health, Mor Koorilos Kuriakose Thirumeni worked tirelessly for welfare of the diocese, especially at a crucial time in the history of our church where we had to face several challenges from the dissident faction. The "Aramana" at Adoor had been the fruit of Thirumeni's strenuous efforts, although Thirumeni did not have the fortune of living there.
The Late Lamented Mor Markose Coorilos Thirumeni was given independent charge of Niranam diocese. Thirumeni's tenure was unfortunately very brief as His Grace was called to eternal rest by the Lord in 2005. His Grace will always be remembered by the faithful for his dedicated service and unflinching loyalty to the Patriarchal throne of Antioch.
After the untimely demise of Mor Coorilos Markose, Niranam dioceses has been left without a full time residing bishop. However, much to the joy of its people, the dioceses of Niranam has now been made an independent diocese with Dr. Mor Coorilos Geevarghese as its Metropolitan who was consecrated as bishop on 3rd July 2006 at St. Thomas Church, Paravur.
A centre for Niranam diocese has been a long cherished dream for its faithful members. This dream has now become a reality by God's abundant grace. St. Gregoriose Diocesan Centre of Niranam, a three storied Bishop's house-cum-guest house was blessed and dedicated to the sacred memory of St. Gregorios of Chathuruthil on the saint's feast day, 2nd November 2007 by Catholicose of India His Beatitude Aboon Mor Baselious Thomas I in the presence of H.G.Dr.Geevarghese Mor Coorilose, H.G. Joseph Mor Gregorious former Metropolitan of the Diocese, other bishops and dignitaries of the church.
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St. Gregorios Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Chapel, Anikkadu consecrated on 23 August 2014 by H.G.Mor Geevarghese Coorilos Metropolitan . The presence and leadership of His Eminence Mor Polycarpos Zachariahs was a great blessing. H.G.Mor Geevarghese Coorilos Metropolitan express the thanks to everyone for the prayers and support. Particularly grateful to the Vadakkedathu Pannikkottu family, Puramattam for donating the 2.5 acres of land in Anikkadu where the new chapel has been built.
On Saturday August 23rd 2014 God willing, we will start Holy Qurbana here in the new chapel. His Eminence Dr Mor Coorilose Geevarghese and His Eminence Dr Mor Barnbas Geevarghese lead the consecration of the St. Gregorios Jacobite Syrian Chapel. There will be Holy Qurbana on every Saturday from August 23rd onwards. Fr. Severios will celebrate Holy Eucharist on Saturdays in this chapel.
Arch Corepiscopa Dr. Kurian Corepiscopa Kaniyamparambil handed over the holy relics of St. Gregorios of Chathuruthil (Parumala Thirumeni) to Mor Coorilos Geevarghese (on 08 March 2014) in the presence of Mor Millthios Yuhanon at the Thumpaman diocesan center, Manjinikkara.
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H.G. Dr. Geevarghese Mor Coorilos Metropolitan of Niranam Diocese Delivering Gospel message at Akhila Malankara Suvishesha Mahayogam Puthenkurish 2013 on Day 5, 30 December 2013 .
Niranam Diocese has New Patriarchal Center and Chapel at Parumala for Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Christian Church. Patriarchal Center named as Saint Gregorious Patriarchal Center Parumala. Niranam diocese administration shifted to new Patriarchal Center. H.B. Baseliose Thomas I Catholicose visited the center and held prayers at the Chapel.
On the day of Feast of Holy Cross, 14 September 2013, morning 7:30 Holy Qurbono (Tri_Mass) will be conducted at Parumala St. Gregorius Patriarchal Center the new Headquarter of Jacobite Syrian Christian Church Niranam Diocese by Metropolitans Their Grace Geevarghese Mor Coorilose, Geevarghese Mor Barnabas and Zakraias Mor Polycarpus. Malankara Vision ( www.malankaravision.com) and Asianet ACV (Cable TV Channel all over kerala) will be live telecasting it from Parumala. Be there and be blessed.
On the day of Feast of Holy Cross on 14th September 2013, morning 7:30 Holy Qurbono (Tri_Mass) was held at Parumala St. Gregorius JSO Patriarchal Center the new Headquarter of Jacobite Syrian orthodox Christian Church Niranam Diocese by Metropolitans Their Eminence Geevarghese Mor Coorilose, Geevarghese Mor Barnabas and Zakraias Mor Polycarpus.
Prayer for the Intercession of the Saint Gheevarghese Mor Gregorios of Parumala will be conducted every Saturday morning 7:30 with Holy Qurbono at Parumala St. Gregorios JSO Patriarchal Center- His Eminence Geevarghese Mor Coorilose announced it here.
H.E. Mor Barnabas Geevarghese is appointed as assistant Metropolitan of Niranam diocese. His Eminence was the Metropolitan for the Dayroyo institutions in India. The decision was taken at the Holy Synod concluded on 26th May 2012. Mor Barnabas will assist H. E. Mor Koorilos Geevarghese on the administration of Niranam diocese.
H.G. Geevarghese Mor Coorilos delivering Gospel message on 2nd day (27 December 2012) at puthenkurish suvisesha mahayogam 2012.
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T/A cloning. If a non-proofreading enzyme such as Taq polymerase is used then an additional adenine nucleotide is often added to the product at the 3' end. A linearised vector, T/A vector, has been developed with a 3' thymine overhang and this may be ligated to the PCR product;
Restriction Enzyme Addition: The PCR primers can have restriction enzyme sites included immediately before the sequence to be amplified. There must be some bases before the restriction site to enable the enzyme to recognise and cut the DNA. The PCR product and vector are then digested with the same enzyme and ligated;
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The 10 Most Useless Women in Video Game History
All misogyny aside, games don't portray women all that well do they? I mean, for every FemShep or Chun-li (or heck, even Cooking Mamas) around, there seem to be about a hundred or so ladies who only show up because game designers don't know what to do other than tantalize you with some lovin' to their baby-oven. With that in mind, let's take a look at some of the worst Peggy Bundys of gaming, shall we?
Who are the worst female video game characters? These 10 examples will provide you a foundation to see what fictional ladies aren't up to snuff when it comes to being included in video games.
Who are the worst female video game characters? These 10 examples will provide you a foundation to see what fictional ladies aren't up to snuff when it comes to being included in video games.
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The Rockstar Cover LadiesAlright, this one's a technicality I admit, but it's also REALLY annoying.
How many times have you looked at the cover of a game and noticed, "Oh hey! There's a hot chick in the game - maybe the protagonist gets to have sex with her!"
Or if you're not even interested in the inevitably awkward polygon humping that got cut out of early builds like they were the fat in a George Foreman grill, at least wondered who they were and when they would appear in said game, only to boot up the sucker up and lo and behold, said distaff demographic draw ends up NOT ACTUALLY BEING IN THE GAME?
Well if you're playing anything by Rockstar Games, it's pretty much EVERY TIME.
Seriously, looking at these missing ladies makes me want to put out an ad on a milk carton:
This lady from GTA 3, I think she appears in like, the first mission maybe?
In Vice City, that's either a beach babe or maybe a hooker from the game, I guess. Though in 80's Miami that delineation might be pretty thin depending on the amount of Cocaine you have on you.
Oh! My favorite! Not only because she totally NEVER shows up, but also because she set a precedent followed by the missing lady from GTA 4.
But it's not just limited to Grand Theft Auto! Remember this lady from all the Red Dead Redemption ads?
That town in the background: Armadillo. Armadillo DOES have the occasional prostitute or two, but not this prostitute. Believe me. I checked.
Technically, these women don't actually appear in the games they're featured in, but I'm going to come out and point out, this is exactly why they're so useless. Because nothing is more useless than something that doesn't even exist!
Obviously these lovely lasses are on the cover to lure the male gaze, but it just doesn't makes sense when you consider the fact that most Rockstar games usually have attractive women in them that will show up for more than a mission at the most, or at least at all!
And this isn't something that only Rockstar commits. It's a trend that's so common there's a gorram TVTropes page devoted to it!
So yeah, thanks Rockstar, for nothing. Literally. I mean it's not even like you've gotten better at it either:
That's not any of the murdered women from what I can tell, nor is it Elsa, the main female NPC. WHY IS SHE ON THE COVER?
RUNNERS UP - THE EVONY AD LADIES. Look, I like looking at porn stars on my computer as much as the next guy, but in an ad for a strategy game that has none of them at all? What the hell?
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Archangel GabrielSo, if you're one of the folks who went out and picked up El Shaddai: The Ascension of the Metatron which is a title so long and filled with obscure Judeo-Christian terminology that it doubles as a Dan Brown novel, you'll notice that the hero, Enoch gets some mission support from a host of angels. One of them is a pre-villainy Lucifer, but the other four are the Archangels Micheal, Uriel, Raphael and Gabriel.
Who for some reason are all swans. Yes, this game was made in Japan. Why do you ask?
Now, with a support team like that you'd think Enoch's mission would be over and done with faster than a Chick Tract loses sanity. After all, they're freaking angels. Michael alone is well known to walk around with a flaming sword of +7 Ultimate Apocalyptic Annihilation, and I'm pretty sure Raphael can chuck a mean sai or two.
Wait, wrong Raphael.
But noooooooooo. Seems the man upstairs wants a "Human" to take care of this particular crisis of faith, so Enoch, even though he's immortal and can leap thirty feet into the air while killing demons with his lightsaber bow, receives no "direct" help from his Halo-Force Five.
Yup that definitely sounds like the God I know, inconsistent and convoluted.
No wait, scratch that. Lucifer ends up as your save point, so he has a purpose. Uriel becomes your super attack. Raphael and Michael talk about background information and bring up current relevant plot details.
Which just leaves Gabirel. Who, have I mentioned yet, is portrayed as a woman in El Shaddai?
Unlike in Constantine where Gabriel was played by Tilda Swinton
You see, Gabby here becomes your primary adviser on what's "dangerous" in any given area. And she is always, 100%, completely, totally, and like that girlfriend I dumped, late.
You'll be running along one of the game's acid tripping levels and start tackling one of the platforming sequences, hopping from one moving block over a death pit to the next while dodging floating mines of vileness and when you're about a third of the way there, then she warns you that "This area is dangerous. Be careful."
Thanks Gabriel.
Or you'll have collected one of the game's collectibles - hobos who offer you scripture, which society has trained me to ignore - and are heading back to the main path, and then she'll mention to look around for a secret area.
Thanks Gabriel.
You know it's actually quite fitting. I mean, she ends up about as useful as actual prayer.
Now that's what I call a Gabriel BURN!
Yeah I know I'm going to hell. If not for the blasphemy then at least for the puns.
RUNNER UP - AGENT HUNNIGAN from Resident Evil 4. Yet another omniscient "advice lady" in a game about as useful as abstinence counseling.
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Ashley GrahamAside from the never ending sense of depression that stems from wasting your life in a virtual playgrounds while your actual body turns into rejected Slim Jim meat, the worst part about video games have got to be escort missions.
But for the uninformed, well wait, why are you reading this? Oh OK, then.
So here's a common setup for most games:
Move from point A to point B while avoiding death. Pretty standard right?
Now here's the standard escort mission:
Move from point A to point B . . . while trying to protect a suicidal lemming who's idea of "sound defensive strategy" is flinging themselves towards the mean men with the pointy sticks as if they were Twilight Fans and the sticks had pictures of Robert Pattinson on them.
Of course "pointy stick" is a rather accurate descriptor for Robert Pattinson himself, but I digress.
Yes, trying to protect the functionally retarded in gaming is the cause of more headaches than asking your girlfriend for sex. Escort missions are what happens when when you touch yourself at night, if you do so with a cheese grater. Escort missions are what happens when you get drunk and impregnate a farm animal: it was a bad decision to put it in, and no amount of explanation will make it less embarrassing to talk about.
So it's to Resident Evil 4's credit that the game is bearable, let along awesome, despite being comprised of 90% escort mission. But that's because the game mechanics are good. What isn't, is who you end up escorting.
Meet Ashley Graham. Unlike a lot of "Escortees", she is neither carrying important information, an energy source or prototype weapon, or any other sort of plot-based MacGuffin. No, she's just the President's Daughter, and kidnapped by terrorists. So her entire importance in the game has nothing to do with her - hold on I have to stop myself from laughing - "character", but because her daddy is important.
But what's far worse is that the little personality Ashley does have manages to be both horribly annoying and frustratingly full of herself. She whines, she complains and she whimpers for help - all *headdesk* worthy enough qualms - but she also maintains that everybody has the hots for her, despite her glazed eyes that look like she's got an Oxycontin addiction and ears that could probably let her glide to a smooth landing.
Oh and let's look at that "unique" character design for a moment. Seriously Capcom? That's just a sleeveless sweater, another sweater and a Catholic schoolgirl mini-skirt. That's so easy to cosplay that my grandmother could do it on accident. Heck, that's the simplest mundane costume since I went to Halloween as Sawyer from Lost.
Sawyer Costume - Step 1 - Be lazy and don't shave. Step 2 - unbutton a longsleeve shirt for the first couple buttons. Step 3 - call people "freckles".
And to top it off, there's a section where you actually get to play as Ashley, whereupon you discover that she's about as capable as a Salvation Army recruit in an actual battle.
"Should I ring my bell harder?"
Heck, Ashley is so unattractive, useless and unfathomably idiotic that at the end of the game, when she offers to let Leon have her way with her, he pretty much laughs in her face.
So yeah, Ashley Graham: dumber than a box of hair and about as useful. And you have to protect her at ALL COSTS.
RUNNER UP - EMMA EMMERICH from Metal Gear Solid 2. Just as annoying an escortee, but you can also just knock her unconscious and drag her to where you need to be. Also she is thankfully killed soon after so she stops being annoying shortly thereafter.
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Maria SantiagoEver have a bro that gets hung up on relationships so much that their girls become the only thing that they're about? It's as if their special lady friend managed to suck out their personality and all their free time like that brain bug at the end of Starship Troopers
Even when their special lady friend isn't around, all these guys can do is bitch about their problems with her. Or talk about their plans with her, which are really her plans for him. Or take offense at jokes you know they would have been fine with before, but because they think she might get hurt or offended by them, all of a sudden they become more taboo than cracking wise about 9/11 first responders.
These dudes are pitiable, sure, and if they're your best bud from grade-school you might be willing to be their emotional drainage bucket, since these dudes are trying to vomit out all of the nagging their ovarian anchors have drilled into them like a Drill Sergeant with a grudge. But other than being best friends since before you thought a girl's no-no place as anything other than the repository for cooties, there's no excuse to bring this stuff up amongst "the guys". If we're grabbing a brew and watching MMA, or playing poker, or whatever, we do not want to hear about how the old ball and chain is bringing you to meet her mom; that kind of conversation has about as much place in your poker game as Michael Vick does at a PETA rally.
So in Gears of War 2, when Dominic Santiago started talking about his wife, Maria, constantly it broke this rule of thumb, but hard. Dom! The relatively upbeat and down to earth guy from the first game, is turned into nothing more than a blathering numb-nuts who won't shut up about someone the player has never met, nor ever had any reason to care about till then.
Seriously, he could not shut up about her. He talked about Maria so much you'd think you think this was Silent Hill. Or West Side Story. Or he was about to go a voyage to India with his other wives Nina and Pinta.
I mean she's pretty, but not "talk incessantly about her till you want to chainsaw off your ears" pretty.
So then, after pretty much an entire game's worth of pining and complaining, you finally find her in a refrigerator and she's about as functional as dividing by zero.
Yeah, it turns out the much vaunted Maria's been lobotomized by the locust and looks about as appealing as one of Fallout's Ghouls. It's actually kind of sad and sappy and all that, and Dom puts her out of her misery making it even sadder in a gameplay death moment handled far better than some . . .
And if the point of Maria was to include this poignant, depressing moment in the game, to give the humans who look more like mack trucks some humanity, I wouldn't have stuck Maria on this list.
But that point is made like, every third cutscene in Gears of War. We get it, the world is screwed, humanity is doomed, and our heroes are fighting a losing battle for scraps. So while the scene sort of accomplishes that, its drowned out by all the other stuff in the game reinforcing it.
So what is the REAL reason to include Dom's lost love?
Hmm? I wonder? I mean Marcus and Dom are just TOTALLY friends and totally ONLY DO HETEROSEXUAL things together. Like hanging out all day and being sweaty. Or jamming their phallic objects into enemy men. I mean it's NOT GAY because like Dom TOTALLY HAS A WIFE, and Marcus wants to bang the one chick in the game (that only shows up on the radio).
Yeah she's a beard. Totally jammed into the plot because Cliffy B probably saw stuff like this:
And was like, "WHAT? GAY? HELL NO! It's only a game where you spend a predominant amount of time staring at your huge burly, heavily muscled man's ass in low, tight camera angles! THAT'S CRAZY!"
So they stuck in Maria, a non-character in terms of gameplay, plot, and for the most part, impact, until literally seconds before she dies. One who is apparently only designed to annoy the hell out of the player since they come to associate her with the worst and more boring parts of a character who used to be bearable and light-hearted. And since plenty of those same rumors still exist and are prevalent, didn't even serve her intend purpose of making Dom "straighter".
Yeah, probably would have been better to not include her.
Oh and further proof: what happens after one beard dies?
Easy! Just grow another!
RUNNER UP - NAOMI HUNTER in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots where Naomi serves to pretty much un-gay Otacon (from his relation ship with "Solid" Snake) while only seeming capable of making an already too complex plot far more convoluted than it ever needed to be with the occasional idiotic betrayal. But she was at least a character for a lot of the game and also did a few useful things before she succumbed to Ocelot's Chronic Backstabbing Disorder (which is apparently communicable).
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MomokoNow I know what you're going to say, "Who the hell is Momoko?"
You see, In the world of fighting games, there are two telling factors about how much relevance a character has: their ease of play (how good they are), and they're general popularity (how flashy they are if a guy/how hot they are if a girl).
Momoko here is a bouncy teen fighting game character from King of Fighters XI. One of the less popular fighting game series here in the West since it's not called either Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, or has a "versus" in its title. Everybody plays those games.
Less popular series like KoF though, they don't get as mush attention.
In fact I'd say the less popular you get in the fighting game community the more your fanbase is dominated by either:
A) The Japanese,
B) Perverts,
C) Japanese Perverts (see section A)
How else would you explain the existence of Arcana Heart?
An entire game full of anime jail-bait.
This is a genre where any and ALL women are sexualized so much and so often you'd think that the character designers were paid extra for every square inch of skin they can reveal. It's as if they're goal in life is just to see if cosplayers have a sense of shame. They have competitions to see who can create the best combination of revealing and impossible with bonus points if it looks like something that belongs in an S&M dungeon.
A competition that Ivy Valentine obviously wins.
The point is, the quickest way to find out if a fighting game character is liked, is to look for the porn. But it took like, NINE pages with the safe-search off for google to generate any p0rnography featuring Momoko. That's practically no p0rn at all, and she's underage!
Drawing p0rnography of underage fighting game characters has replaced bowing as Japan's national pastime it's so common. If a disapproving mother finds her son drawing underage p0rnography in Japan, they yell at them only if the proportions are bad, lest they get an -A in Henthai class. I'm pretty sure if you sneeze in Tokyo, kind passers by hand you Kleenex with a 'screaming eleven year old girl' print rather than 'floral'.
So why dose Momoko receive so little "attention" from the public?
Well, this chick is as sickly sweet and cute and bubbly as artificial sweetener, and just as cancerous. Because she's bloody awful. In fighting game terminology they like to say "she's difficult to master", but what it really means is that she sucks more than a black hole shaped like Monica Lewinsky's mouth.
I mean you all know how Dan Hibiki in Street Fighter is a joke character only meant to be played to humiliate your opponent into admitting he has a smaller penis than you, right? Well Momoko Out-Dans Dan!
When you're worse than this waste of cranial space you've got problems.
So in Momoko we have a character so unplayable that they might as well have let her character slot read "Forfeit", and so unbearably cutie-pie that I'm pretty sure if you cut her in half she'd form into a My Little Pony and a puppy and both would make you cry pixie stick tears.
RUNNER UP - YURI SAKAZAKI, also from King of Fighters but in her early appearances in Art of Fighting she was just another kidnapped girl needing rescue. However she did eventually train and become semi-decent due to the Zelda Paradigm (explained in the next entry, so click that link!)
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Today, I have taken the time to put the long-overdue Jobeet demo website online.
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In this tutorial I would like to show how you can add flexibility to your symfony applications using the symfony built-in event system.
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One of the most requested feature for symfony is the ability to create links to a frontend application from a backend one. This post shows how it can be done very easily with symfony 1.2.
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As we wrap up the Jobeet tutorial, let's have another look at the framework. Forget Jobeet for an hour, and recall all the features you learned during the last three weeks.
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Today, we will see what need to be done before going to production, what kind of deploying strategies you can use, and also the tools you need for a successful deployment.
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As announced at the beginning of the Jobeet tutorial, we are holding a design contest today. The goal is to choose the default design used by Jobeet.
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This is the first study to measure the progression of the mortgage crisis and its effect on people age 50 and older. Based on an analysis of nationwide loan-level data provided by CoreLogic for the years 2007 through 2011, this study examines loan performance based on borrower age, loan type, and borrower demographics. The study shows that no age group, race, or ethnicity has been spared from the effects of declining home values and the financial difficulties caused by the Great Recession and continuing economic weakness.
Despite the perception that older Americans are more housing secure than younger people, millions of older Americans are carrying more mortgage debt than ever before, and more than three million are at risk of losing their homes. Although the serious delinquency rate of the under-50 population is higher than that of the over-50 population, the increase in the rate of serious delinquency of older Americans has outpaced that of younger homeowners from 2007 to 2011. 1 As the mortgage crisis continues, millions of older Americans are struggling to maintain their financial security.
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Here's a follow-up on a story we reported yesterday.
The city and the Corpus Christi Firefighters Association have been at odds lately.
The fire union, was seeking more firemen, and a new fire station in the latest contract negotiations.
But those talks ended on May 21st, after the city said the Union's billboard and website campaigns, violated the ground rules set for the contract.
Yesterday, a judge ruled the billboards could stay up but ordered the union to take down website postings asking the public to support it's position.
When we checked the fire associations website this morning, this is all that was posted.
Under the judge's order, the website will be down until June 10th, which is when the current negotiation period officials ends.
Despite the compliance on the website, the city still suing the firefighters union.
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News about James E. Hansen, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Apr. 2, 2013
James E Hansen, climate scientist who issued clearest warnings of 20th century about dangers of global warming, plans to retire from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to pursue political and legal campaign to limit greenhouse gases; departure will deprive federally-sponsored climate research of its best-known public figure but will allow Hansen to press his cause in court. MORE
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Letter from Michael Brune, executive director, Sierra Club, responds to March 5 Joe Nocera Op-Ed column criticizing scientist James Hansen's opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline. MORE
Mar. 5, 2013
Joe Nocera Op-Ed column examines whether climate scientist James Hansen, head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, hurts cause of those concerned by global warming with his obsession with Keystone XL pipeline. MORE
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Study, led by NASA scientist James E Hansen and published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that the percentage of the earth's land surface covered by extreme heat in the summer has soared in recent decades; study also shows that it is nearly certain that these changes have been caused by the human release of greenhouse gases. MORE
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'Extreme Whether' Explores the Climate Fight as a Family Feud
A new play tries to engage audiences on global warming through a family feud over fossil fuels, dying frogs and melting ice.
October 22, 2014, Wednesday
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Rising Temperatures Within a Family
Stormy weather for one family in "Extreme Whether," a coproduction of Theater Three Collaborative and Theater for the New City.
October 15, 2014, Wednesday
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Getting Beyond the 2-Degree Threshold on Global Warming
An author of a commentary questioning the value of a hard danger threshold for planetary temperature defends his views.
October 3, 2014, Friday
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Forecasts: Hopes and Fears About Climate Change
Answers from two dozen scientists, authors, and world and national figures.
September 23, 2014, Tuesday
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Fresh Views on Climate Scientists as Advocates
Two views of the role of scientists in clarifying climate change risks and pressing for solutions.
January 19, 2014, Sunday
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If You See Something, Say Something
Climate scientists can no longer stay on the sidelines of the global warming debate.
January 19, 2014, Sunday
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Four climate scientists press environmental organizations to embrace efforts to develop and deploy a new generation of nuclear power plants.
November 3, 2013, Sunday
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An in-depth analysis of the recent slowdown in global warming finds lots of theories and few firm facts.
September 11, 2013, Wednesday
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August 16, 2013, Friday
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Seeking Constructive Debate on Nuclear Energy
A Pulitzer-winning historian of the atomic age defends nuclear energy and a new film about it.
June 13, 2013, Thursday
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Some Say 2007 Summit Illustrates Need for Global Governance Reform
The 2007 G8 summit convened June 6-8 in Germany. The member states—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—discussed many serious global issues, particularly climate change and aid to Africa. An article on the official website for the 2007 summit described the event as successful, having resulted in agreements among the G8 leaders regarding cooperation with major emerging economies, goals for reducing greenhouse gases, aid to Africa, and liberalization of global trade.
Not everyone viewed the accomplishments of this year's summit in such a positive light, however. Oxfam criticized the G8 as "having failed to do enough to shore up their wavering credibility or guarantee that they will keep their promises to Africa." A June 3 article in the Financial Times anticipated problems at the summit due to the G8's structure, predicting that "unless [the G8 leaders] in some way engage more fully with non-members…they will lose legitimacy as a grouping and, more importantly, fail to resolve challenges that top their agenda."
The Times' concerns reflect those presented in Global Governance Reform: Breaking the Stalemate, in which Brookings analysts Colin Bradford and Johannes Linn claim that the current structure of the G8 is obsolete. They argue that without reconstituting the G8 summit into a larger, more representative group of leaders, with a new mandate to provide strategic guidance to the system of international institutions, the world will fall further behind in addressing global challenges.