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If you are like me, you looove your liner. I almost never skin eyeliner. It adds so much to a makeup look. I am always wanted to experiment with new colors but I have a hard time committing to ones that I have never tried in the full size. Smashbox has a palette filled with 10 cream liners and this one is called Proof.
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8. Mindfulness of thoughts
We often treat thoughts as if they are facts. For example: "I am no good at this," "He's is a jerk," "Nobody understand me," "I am brilliant," etc. When we have a thought many times it can condense into a belief. A belief is just a thought or thoughts that I have a lot of the time. Beliefs can then be taken as facts. For example: "The world is flat" – enough people had that thought often enough for it to be assumed to be a fact for centuries! When we start to pay attention to our thoughts, with a gentle curiosity, then we start to think about thinking (meta-cognition) and we move away from believing that the thought is a fact.
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Start this activity with mindfulness of the breath. Allow yourself to notice any thoughts that come into your head as you are aware of your breathing. Notice, pay attention to and accept these thoughts, without judgment. Thoughts are not bad or good, positive or negative, they just are what they are – the thought that you happen to be having at this particular moment.
You may become aware that you are having difficulty thinking about your thoughts – so think about that. You may be thinking: "I can't do this very well." Well, that's a thought too. Allow yourself to think about that.
Some people like the metaphor of allowing the thoughts to just float like leaves on a stream, or clouds in a sky, noticing each passing thought and then the one that comes after it, and then the one that comes after that. A Buddhist idea is to think of thoughts as pages written on water.
You may notice that just at the moment you become aware of a thought, it passes and is replaced by another thought. That's what happens – thoughts come, and they go.
Finally, bring yourself back to awareness of the breath.
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Hi i have been having problems with anxiety ,self esteem and confidance for some years now,and i just found out mindfullness today through my mental health worker although there is so much to learn i think this could really work for is possible that i could get some kind of exercises online that i can practise everyday and some advice on my best ways to learn?.
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Taylor Momsen Loves Music, Hates Pantsby Steve Marsi at . Comments
Taylor Momsen is not a fan of pants. For that, we can't blame her.
The 16-year-old actress, who plays Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl, really wants to be a rock star more than an actress, and we're starting to appreciate why. When you're a rock star, you can get away with things like going pants-free.
Momsen and her band, the Pretty Reckless, are set to drop their debut album this summer and have recently released their first single, "Make Me Wanna Die."
Here's an interview she gave to Entertainment Weekly about it:
EW: Your band has a song ("Make Me Wanna Die") on the Kick-Ass soundtrack.
Taylor Momsen: It's a tragic love song. It's Romeo and Juliet. Can't live without your lover so you die. It's the Pretty Reckless' first single. We just shot a video for it, but I don't wanna say too much. It fits the song. It's very dark.
EW: How's the album progressing?
Taylor Momsen: It's coming out this summer. We wrote it as a record, so every song is part of a bigger thing. I don't know. I just want people to hear it!
EW: Who would you say is your biggest musical inspiration?
Taylor Momsen: The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best.EW: You're often compared to Courtney Love.
Taylor Momsen: I don't wanna be Courtney Love. I wanna be Kurt Cobain. He's brilliant and his songs are genius. The Hole records are great. Everyone always compares me to Courtney Love because they think we like dress the same and we both have blond hair, wear lipstick and dresses. But I'm sorry, don't a lot of girls dress like that? I look at Nirvana. I don't look at Hole.
EW: How do you imagine juggling music and acting?
Taylor Momsen: I've been acting since I was 2. I don't dislike it by any means, but it's a job to me. It can never be as personal as music, because you're playing a character and saying someone else's words. Music is who I am.
EW: Your fellow Gossip Girl cast member Leighton Meester is also trying to launch a music career. Ever talk about it?
Taylor Momsen: No. I'm not really close with my cast. We're all cordial and nice to each other, but we're not really friends outside of the set. And we're doing a different thing: She's putting out a pop record, which is awesome.
EW: I heard Jenny is MIA for the beginning of next season.
Taylor Momsen: I'm gonna be on tour. But as far as next season goes I don't really know what's going on. I don't wanna talk about that because it's up in the air. At the end of the season, you'll see.
EW: I saw you perform in New York City last year, and you seemed to have forgotten to put on pants. What was up with that?
Taylor Momsen: I don't really like pants, man. I like tights. I'm not really a pants person.
EW: You're a rocker now. You can choose not to wear pants.
Taylor Momsen: And I do! I choose not to wear pants.
Steve Marsi is the Managing Editor of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Google+ or email him here.Tags: Gossip Girl, Interviews
To everyone saying Taylor's music "sucks"--okay, fine, you don't like it. It's not your cup of tea. Big deal. There are people who like it and consider it good and your word is not law, contrary to popular belief. Everyone has different tastes, and Taylor's music happens to appeal to mine, and maybe not yours. Why in hell do you think there are so many different genres of music? So you can mock some and like others? I think not. Look at it this way--this girl, at sixteen, is writing and playing her OWN songs. That's impressive. Most of the artists you hear on the radio are using songs written by someone else. This girl puts herself into her music and that deserves respect, even if it's not to your tastes. It's scary as all hell to bare your soul like that. Maybe her songs aren't the most mature, but the girl is sixteen. That's who she is and she's not apologizing for it. I for one can't wait to see her blossom as an artist. She's got some quality stuff going for her, and it's not all luck. :]
Jealous much P? Just because Taylor started out as an actor doesn't mean anyone should begrudge her the chance to grow and change what she wants to do. Big effing deal shes on a major label it just means there was one less girl who had to suck Pete Wentz's dick to put out an album. She writes most of her own music, she plays guitar - that's a hell of a lot more than most other actors turned musician. Is she too blunt and does she stick her foot in her mouth sometimes? Sure. Would it be great if she was a humanitarian and brought notice to causes? Of course - but she's SIXTEEN. How many times did you stick your foot in your mouth and put yourself before everyone else at that age? If you're a normal person the answer is probably "a lot".
Dear Little J, You are not Nirvana and never will be. Nirvana and The Beatles and any other musician "with credit" you so much yearn to be were musicians first and that is what they were known for. They did not have to get gigs as actors first on primetime sitcoms to become well known enough to make music albums. They also didn't have to dress like sluts. Even Debbie Harry knew where to draw the line and she always held herself with class. You, Little J, get more attention for the fact you don't wear anything but shirts with garter bets than for your "music" Plus it's hilarious her album in on a MAJOR record label. She really needs to stop acting so rock and roll and indie because she is not, how can you be when your first record ever is signed on with Interscope Universal? She would never make it within the music world, especially within the independent music world because her music is awful and would never have success without the gossip girl boost. Her songs are bubblegum rock and roll. She should stick to acting she is much better at it.
there's just one thng that buged me in this interview:
"No. I'm not really close with my cast. We're all cordial and nice to each other, but we're not really friends outside of the set." did she just mean her and the cast? cz chace and ed shared an apartment for a while and hang out a lot and a lot of the cast date each other... anyway, LOVE her songs! cnt wait for the album!
I like Taylor in a way. Her music is great, her acting too. I think she has a too big mouth for her 16, but what can we do. She doesn't lie that great, and she doesn't hang out with the cast because they have different interests. I like Little J!!
the problem with Taylor is not the fact she doesn't like wearing pants, it's the fact she doesn't even wear skirt either! she goes out in underwear with garters, THAT'S THE PROBLEM FOLKS!! anyway she's one of the best actress on GG beside Leighton, Ed and Kelly so just for that i can't hate her...
I cannot stand hearing about her. I hope when she leaves for a while next year they realize the show is better without her.
I think she is being honest... everyone has their likes and dislikes and compromise at times... so she likes music better than acting... thats her personal choice also if she takes the music way and fails ( hope not) even then its not a bad thing coz in life most people believe that one must do what gets u success but the truth is that one must always do what gets you happiness...to not wear pants does not mean to roam naked... she just likes tights and other stuff more than pants so its not a bad thing either..... and the last time i checked drawing inspiration from great legends was not a crime or to even aspire to be like them... we all do it so why do we feel insecure when another person does it?.... you may all comment against her here and she will probably never read it but she is a human being and has feelings and would be affected esp since she is 16 if she ever read such stuff... its a tough life out there and she is trying to do her own thing... sometimes we succeed sometimes we fail its up to us how we take both things..... so for all who wrote trash about her, think before you type because it does make a difference failure is not bad when u can rise from it and make it ur steps to success....
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Nashua, NH – April 1, 2014 – HiSoftware Inc., a leading provider of compliance and security solutions, today announced former Dell CTO and Microsoft SharePoint MVP, Chris McNulty joined the company as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He will be responsible for driving the company's overall technology strategy across all product lines and market verticals.
"The increased demand for our SharePoint and Office 365 solutions for secure collaboration speaks to the many challenges organization's face when it comes to managing governance and security on the platform. I'm pleased to announce the addition of Chris to the team to help shape how our products will continue to solve these issues as SharePoint evolves, as well as how we extend our solutions to other technologies," said President and CEO, Kurt A. Mueffelmann. "Chris brings over 20 years of domain expertise in the SharePoint technology space, as a CTO and SharePoint MVP, as well as deep expertise within the financial services space. We look forward to leveraging that experience to strengthen and develop new solutions for identifying and securing sensitive and confidential information across unstructured collaborative environments."
As HiSoftware's CTO, McNulty will have global responsibility for the company's technology strategy for SharePoint and other areas including cloud, mobile and Web compliance and security. McNulty brings over 20 years of software experience, leaving his position as CTO, Windows Systems Management at Dell Software, where he oversaw solutions for SharePoint, Office 365, Yammer and related technologies to join the HiSoftware team. He's a Microsoft SharePoint MVP, MCTS, MCSE, MSA and MVTSP. This March he was named one of the Top 25 SharePoint Influencers for 2014. A frequent speaker at events around the globe, McNulty is the author of the "SharePoint 2013 Consultant's Handbook" among other books. He also blogs at http://www.chrismcnulty.net/blog. Previously, McNulty led the SharePoint consulting practice at KMA, a Boston based Microsoft Gold Partner. He holds an MBA in Investment Management from Boston College and has in-depth experience in financial services technology gained with John Hancock, State Street, GMO and Santander.
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Caltrans will repave State Route 138 in Palmdale between 165th Street East and Avenue S, officials said Friday.
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Cemex plans to develop its mine in Canyon Country following this week's failure of legislative efforts to resolve the issue, a company official said Wednesday.
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Obadiah Tohomdet
102 Yakubu Gowon Crescent
Opposite ECOWAS Secretariat
P.O. Box 2826, Garki
Abuja, Nigeria
Indira Konjhodzic
1818 H Street NW
Washington DC 20433
Nigeria Overview
Economic overview and performance
With a population of about 160 million people, Nigeria is the largest country in Africa and accounts for 47% of West Africa's population. It is also the biggest oil exporter in Africa, with the largest natural gas reserves in the continent. With these large reserves of human and natural resources, the country is poised to build a prosperous economy, significantly reduce poverty, and provide health, education and infrastructure services to meet its population needs.
Since 1999, Nigeria embarked on an ambitious reform agenda. The most far reaching of those was to base the budget on a conservative reference price for oil, with excess saved in a special, Excess Crude Account (ECA). The economy responded with strong growth between 2003 and 2010 – averaging 7.6%. Nigeria was among the first countries to adopt and implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to improve governance and oil sector. The NEITI Act was passed into law in 2007, and the country became EITI compliant in 2011. The power sector reform initiative was launched in 2005, recognizing that improving power sector performance is critical to address development challenges. The challenging process of implementing reforms was revitalized in August 2010 through the 2010 Roadmap, which clearly outlines the government's strategy and actions to undertake comprehensive power sector reform to expand supply, open the door to private investment and address some the chronic sector issues hampering improvement of service delivery.
Weaknesses in the oil sector have increased macroeconomic risks. Oil accounts for close to 90% of exports and roughly 75% of consolidated budgetary revenues. The decline in oil output, together with somewhat weaker oil prices, can be associated with a weakening of the balance of payments and shortfalls of budgetary revenues. The balance of payments surplus registered from October 2011 to April 2013 has disappeared; official foreign reserves declined slightly from almost $49 billion in end-April 2013 to $46 billion on September 19, 2013. There is also the issue of short term portfolio capital inflows that reportedly reached more than $17 billion in 2012. These inflows have been targeting primarily the government bond market, with interest rates at 12-14% and a rather stable exchange rate relative to the US dollar. These short term capital flows have added another potential source of volatility to the country's macroeconomic situation. On the positive side, Nigeria still has significant room to borrow to meet possible macroeconomic challenges. In light of the recent Paris Club restructuring, foreign debt is now only 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) while domestic debt is 16% of GDP.
Declining oil revenues have placed increasing pressures on government budgets. As of the second half of the year, total federation revenues available for sharing by the three tiers of government fell short of projections by 21%. The balance of the fiscal reserve of the country (Excess Crude Account) declined from over $9 billion in early 2013 to $5 billion by mid-year. The implementation of the capital budget has been adversely affected as only a little over half of the federal capital budget has been made available to line ministries as of the end of September for the implementation of investment projects. Early indications from the 2014-2016 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) point towards a significant fiscal contraction in 2014 although the MTEF is still under consideration by the National Assembly. However, the forthcoming presidential elections would also make compressing budgetary expenditures quite difficult in 2014.
Despite the increased macroeconomic risks, projections for the second half of the year are cautiously optimistic. Most importantly, preliminary indications are that oil production is picking up somewhat in the second half of the year. If oil prices also remain generally strong, this could relieve the short term pressures described about and strengthen the confidence of investors. Prudent macroeconomic policy has finally brought inflation down to single digit levels. Structural reforms in power and agriculture appear to be paying at least some dividends, even if their main potential impact of these measures will be in the longer term. The pre-election environment will pose some particular challenges for sustaining reforms and notably, prudent fiscal policy. During the previous run-up to the 2011 elections, a major fiscal expansion almost destabilized the economy. Growth continued to be broad based, oriented primarily toward the domestic market, and driven by strong performance of the agricultural, trade, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors. However, strong economic growth has not translated into higher employment rates. Employment remains the major issue with an estimated 50 million underemployed youth. The government has expressed determination to make job creation central to its economic strategy and has specifically targeted the information communication technology (ICT), entertainment, meat, leather, construction and tourism industries.
Political context
Nigeria's population is made up of about 200 ethnic groups, 500 indigenous languages, and two major religions ― Islam and Christianity. The largest ethnic groups are the Hausa-Fulani in the North, the Igbo in the Southeast, and the Yoruba in the Southwest. The fragmentation of Nigeria's geographical, ethnic and cultural identity lines is effectively balanced by the country's federal structure and the strong emphasis of the federal government on representing six geopolitical zones and different ethnic and cultural identities. Though Nigeria's socio-political environment is fairly stable, there are pockets of instability in some parts of the country.
The fifth consecutive national elections will take place in April 2015, further consolidating democratic rule which began in 1999. The fourth elections held in 2011 signified substantial progress in electoral and democratic development, and were characterized by observers as freest and fairest in the country's election history. There have been, however, unrelated incidents of violence before and after the elections, calling for resolute actions in bringing sectarian strife under control and signaling the need to make more rapid progress on social inclusion, especially youth employment.
Internationally, Nigeria continues to be a leading player in the African Union, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), and in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Development Challenges
Despite a strong economic track record, poverty is significant, and reducing it will require strong non-oil growth and a focus on human development. Constraints to growth, such as the investment climate; infrastructure, incentives and policies affecting agricultural productivity as well as quality, and relevance of tertiary education have been identified. In spite of successful initiatives in human development, Nigeria may not be on track for meeting most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Underpinning these challenges is the core issue of governance, in particular, at the state level. Fiscal decentralization provides 36 states and 774 local governments considerable policy autonomy, control of 50% of government revenues, and responsibility for delivery of public services. Capacity is weak in most states, and improving governance will be a long term process.
Last Updated: Oct 01, 2014
The FY2010-2013 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) focuses on three themes to transform and diversify Nigeria's economy: improving governance, maintaining non-oil growth and promoting human development.
To achieve better governance, the CPS determines how the Bank can help the government strengthen its own systems over the long term (beyond fiduciary control over International Development Association (IDA) funds given that the Bank is a small player in Nigeria). Governance is both a core and cross-cutting theme; an integral part of virtually every form of support. Each partner focuses on these three areas, with varying degrees of emphasis. The partnership also provides support to the government to deal with the global crisis.
Governance support covers five areas: transparency and accountability; participation; sector governance; capacity development; judicial reform and democratic governance. All partners take part in strengthening government systems to improve outcomes in human development and growth; but only the Department for International Development (DFID) and USAID focus on judicial reform and democratic processes.
To help Nigeria maintain non-oil growth, development partners will concentrate on sector governance and targeted interventions in the following areas: infrastructure to support growth clusters; greater private sector involvement by streamlining the bureaucracy in such areas as land registration, planning approvals, and building permits; technical and vocational education to address the skills gap in employment-intensive value chains (sub-sectors); and reducing import bans and high tariff barriers.
Support for human development will work to improve access and utilization of services. Support to education will focus specifically on girls' education in the North. In health, the priority will be to support maternal and child health. Partners will also support vertical disease programs on a more modest scale than in the past and with greater emphasis on health systems.
Partnership assistance at the federal level spans all three pillars. In governance, for example, support will continue for initiatives to strengthen procurement, public financial management, civil service reform, and statistical capacity building. Under non-oil economic growth, the partnership will engage in policy dialogue and projects such as DFID and the Bank's joint Growth and Employment (GEM) project and USAID projects, including MARKETS II and Trade Capacity Development.
Under human development, the partnership focus on the social safety net agenda, both to respond to global crises and to improve targeted programs such as the Youth Empowerment and Employment Program.
Last Updated: Oct 01, 2014
Increased power generation and transmission: The Bank's investment and technical support for the power sector reform contributed to the following notable achievements:
- Development of a commercial framework for domestic gas-to-power sales, supported by partial risk guarantees (PRGs) totaling US$400 million for the Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project (NEGIP), which helped to significantly increase gas-based generation capacity;
- Implementation in June 2012 of a cost-reflective multi-year tariff order (MYTO2), which was instrumental in attracting private investment for the privatization of state generation and distribution utilities, which reached its final stages in early 2013;
- Effectiveness of a three-year contract with Manitoba Hydro International (MHI) for management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN); and launch of an Energy Business Plan (EBP) developed jointly by International Development Association (IDA) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), to help mobilize private investment in new generation capacity totaling 1,500 MW, for the benefit of independent power producers (IPPs).
Increased agriculture production: The community-driven development (CDD) approach increased the productivity and income of beneficiary farmers in every state, providing a model that could potentially be scaled up by the government. The Bank's assistance through the Agricultural Development Policy Operation (DPO), which responds to the government's Agriculture Transformation Agenda (ATA), supports policy reforms aimed at improving farmers' access to improved technologies, inputs, and markets.
Improved health care services: The FY10-FY13 Country Partnership Strategy contributed significantly to progress in polio eradication, and the Bank has made the response to HIV/AIDS more evidence based and effective. As of June 14, 2013, 28 states have been polio free for one year, and coverage of oral polio vaccine (OPV) in Northern endemic states increased from 44 to 90% during the project period. Bank interventions helped to stabilize the HIV epidemic by:
- Strengthening prevention efforts aimed at the most at-risk persons, such as commercial sex workers
- Carrying out an epidemiological analysis to identify states with the highest HIV prevalence rates
- Increasing access to critical HIV-related services such as prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT)
- Strengthening the institutions responsible for coordinating programs at national and state levels.
Improved quality of basic and post-basic education: The Bank supported government efforts to expand access to post-basic education, primarily through the Lagos Eko Project and the Science and Technology Education Post-Basic (STEP-B), which, like Eko, featured competitive funding and performance incentives. The outcomes were quite compelling: senior secondary school students' grades in Lagos state surpassed expectations, and the proportion of students obtaining grade B and above in science and technology was more than double the expected result.
Last Updated: Oct 01, 2014
The FY2010-2013 CPS includes the African Development Bank (AfDB), USAID, DFID, and the World Bank Group. The partners account for more than 80% of Nigeria's development assistance. By agreeing to a single joint strategy, partners will strengthen the likelihood of development effectiveness.
Partners will continue to work closely with Nigeria's other main development partners, including the UN funds, programs and agencies, Japanese International Cooperation Agency, the French Agency for International Development, Canadian International Development Agency, and the European Commission. Some of these partners expect to join the partnership during the CPS period.
DFID will focus on infrastructure and policy advice, investment climate and business enterprise programs, health systems, immunization, girls' education, and strengthening of National Assembly. USAID priorities are state-level fiscal policy and public procurement reform, human resource development, agriculture value chain development, food security, trade reform, energy, and climate change investments. The African Development Bank (AfDB) will target energy, transportation, water supply and health systems. In many areas, partners will work jointly: DFID, USAID and the World Bank in investment climate, enterprise development, health systems, HIV/AIDS, girls' education in Northern Nigeria; and with AfDB in energy and transportation. Further integration of trust fund activities will be expanded over the CPS period.
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October 06, 2011
This summer, Pinellas County, FL wanted to save money on an $81 million public safety complex in Largo by using the county's own building regulations and permit fees, not the city's more expensive fees. The county was unable to negotiate lower fees with the city, so its administrator proposed a broader ordinance in August that would have county construction regulations and permitting supersede local rules.
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:32:45 +0100
Mathias Friman écrivait:
> Perhaps Jokosher would do the trick? Don't know whether this app has
Looks quite Nice and Easy (tm).
Is it just me, but we starting to see splits in Linux world ? I mean,
these guys for Jokosher have installation notes for Ubuntu, period.
They did not bother trying other major distros to provide adjustments
and installation notes for, say, Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE.
Will we see in five years from now Ubuntu users that know nothing about
Fedora and whose applications are specifically made for Ubuntu, the
distro itself developing more and more specific aspects of itself that
makes it involved to 'port' applications to other Linux distros ? And
vice-versa. SuSE apps difficult to install on Fedora (after all Red
Hat said no to Microsoft...), so on so forth ?
Well, if that's the case, I'd better be forwarned and immediately
switch to GoboLinux. Now, this is really distinct ! ;-)
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TAMPA, Fla. (970 WFLA) - A Tampa police school resource officer has been arrested and charged with having sex with a 17-year-old.
36-year-old Brian Morales was a resource officer at Blake High School.
Morales is accused of having sex with a student. Police Chief Jane Castor says a woman contacted school adminsitrators accusing Morales of having a sexual relationship with her daughter.
Castor says Morales threatened to hurt himself if the allegations were made public. He was Baker Acted for mental evaluation. Upon release, he was charged with eight counts of having sex with a minor. Castor says Morales has not been cooperative with detectives.
Morales, who has been a resource officer at Blake High for the past two years, has been fired.


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Human Planet (3 Discs)
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Adding to my review due to above commet, I noticed u left a commet Life bluray "Does anyone know if this Blu-ray is 1080p or 1080i like Planet Earth?", why ask this?, this is not about action or sports movies, its about clear sharp rich colour, never mind all the technical jargo, trust your eyes, put Life on beside Human Planet and still tell me there is no difference, same with Planet Earth, 1080i is not as sharp, fresh, rich as 1080p, no matter what way it is recorded
One of the finiest programmes from BBC, BUT and a big but for me, but who? decides this blu ray programme should be 1080i???? why wasnt it in full HD 1080p, check out the opening chapter of the greenlands? they did this to Planet Earth but corrected in Life and now back to 1080i, for me this is enough to take 2 stars away, i was so looking forward to a full HD version, im sure some will disagree saying the picturre is amazing and it is but its not full HD
Saw VI (6)
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Not the best one but a welcome relief from that terrible part 5. great traps, good pace of flow, lost of gore, the acting is decent except for the cop - I dont think he suits the film or role and is very annoying when he opens his mouth, Blu ray is good quality, not the best but better than dvd. also it says on the box that Jigsaw's master plan is revealed....no its not, still dont know why the peices of skin are removed from his victims
Lost: Complete Season 5 (5 Discs)
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The best blu ray transfer of al the lost seasons, has to be see, the island is so alive here, contast and detail are superb, a few blury shots of far off scenery and mountains but theey are very few. Dark scenes are handled well with little or in most cases no dark patches. the season its self is quite good and is leading up to (hoefully) a final season 6
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (With Exclusive Special Feature)
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Again most of the reviews below are about the film, thats fine but this is a blu ray ....Ok well worth the price because first off the standard dvd is included, the 1080p works so good here, there is a crisp feel to the film, check out the scene with the exploding barn, every piece of wood is so sharp, the contract on the scenery is very detailed and movement of the camera has very little blur. The dark scenes have little or no fade patches, one thing I will say is that the blu ray picks up on some of the false backgrounds with wolverine up close but ill forgive that, whether you like the movie or not it cant be deny its a good transfer to blu. I personally thought the film it was an enjoyable action film
Def Leppard - Historia / In The Round In Your Face
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This dvd caught me by supprise, thought I seen every footage of Def leppard but there are some old videos in here I havent seem, (Me & my wine), on top of this the brilliant concert "In the round, in your face", if your a fan grab this one,
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Posted: 05/10/2009
What I like about this DVD is that is has some footage htat I have never seem before and me been a fan and all, some footage of the guys playing football, appearing on asian tv and even on some of the old Irish quiz show. the dvd contais some good concert performances including the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. Not as good as the hysteria dvd but has a lot int here and some good interviews, concerts and music videos
Classic Albums - Def Leppard - Hysteria
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there is a guy below that leaves the same review for all def leppard reviews - stating he bought it for wife, ignore this silly review, the others are spot on, this is a very informative dvd on one of the gretest albums ever, great insight and unlike most making of dvds it is well produced and all the people interviewed feed into what the other just said so ther is no jumping from one topic to another. great value
Fast And Furious (Fast And The Furious 4) (2009) (With Bonus Digital Copy)
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Come on guys when doing a blu ray review tell us what it looks like......After been let down by the Angels n Demons blu ray I was doubtful about the quality new releases, and wrong was I. the 1080p on this is amazing, the colour is so rich and sharp,- some dark sceens are a little questionable soft but they are very few, the opening road chase scene is so clear and defined, the background scenery makes you feel as you are there. top notch and the movie is good too, much better than the rubbish 2nd and 3th sequels.
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Played the demo, not bad but the big flaw is the graphics, this retro style graphics dont work for me anyway, might for others, Silent Hill homecoming was the same, whats the point in having a state of the art machine and you get this??
Angels & Demons: Extended Cut
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9. FirstMerit
Shares of FirstMerit (FMER) of Akron, Ohio, closed at $15.13 Thursday, returning 8% year-to-date, after a decline of 2% during 2012. The shares trade for 1.4 times tangible book value and for 10.6 times the consensus 2014 EPS estimate of $1.42. The consensus 2013 EPS estimate is $1.28.
Based on a quarterly payout of $0.16, the shares have a dividend yield of 4.23%.
FirstMerit is rated a B-minus (Good) by TheStreet Ratings.
The company had $14.9 billion in total assets as of Dec. 31 and reported 2012 net income applicable to common shares of $134.1 million, or $1.22 a share, increasing from $119.6 million, or $1.10 a share, in 2011. FirstMerit's 2012 ROA was 0.91%, improving from 0.82% the previous year.The company in September agreed to acquire Citizens Republic Bancorp (CRBC) of Flint, Mich., in an all-stock deal valued at $912 million. Citizens Republic has $9.6 billion in total assets and owes $300 million in federal bailout funds received through the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP. FirstMerit said in its annual 10-K filing on Thursday that upon completion of the merger, it would purchase Citizens Republic's TARP preferred shares without itself becoming subject to TARP's restrictions, while also paying the government deferred dividends totaling $48.5 million. The merger is expected to be completed in the second quarter. Oppenheimer analyst Terry McEvoy rates FirstMerit "outperform," with a 12-18 month price target of $18. The analyst said in a report on Jan. 22 that the Citizens Republic deal was "looking better by the quarter," because of improved credit quality. McEvoy said that nonperforming assets at Citizens Republic declined by 21% in the fourth quarter from the third quarter, and that net loan charge-offs were down 50% from a year earlier. The analyst said that FirstMerit's original estimate of a $378 credit mark against loans to be acquired from Citizens Republic was "conservative," and that "given the decline in nonperforming assets and stable delinquency trends over the last two quarters, we see the final loan mark coming in below the original figure or higher levels of purchase accounting accretion (positive to net interest income and EPS) after the deal closes." "In either case, this reduces the tangible book value dilution earn-back time, which was a large contributor to the stock's underperformance following the deal announcement," McEvoy wrote. The analyst estimates that FirstMerit will earn $1.35 a share in 2013 and 2014, while maintaining the quarterly dividend of $0.16. FMER data by YCharts
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Great game for all ages
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Member since Jan 2009
Very Good
Loved it!!
posted by sayandjohn (BESSEMER, AL) Feb 22, 2009
Member since Jun 2008
the big way-too-easy
posted by thefrabs (JAMESTOWN, NY) Jan 23, 2009
Member since Apr 2008
Very Good
fun for everyone
posted by harrison9 (SAN ANTONIO, TX) Jan 23, 2009
Member since Jun 2008
totallyfreakin awsome! :)
posted by bestieboy (HERNDON, VA) Dec 22, 2008
Member since Aug 2008
posted by LNCrusader (SAINT LOUIS, MO) Nov 16, 2008
Member since May 2008
very fun, innovative, and short
posted by roundedup (ARLINGTON, TX) Oct 26, 2008
Member since Oct 2008
The downfalls are simple, the multi-player uses only 1 controller. When you are playing certain multi-player stages it requires you to quickly give the controller to the other player. It can get annoying handing it off. The multi-player also feels limited and uninventive considering the rest of the game's innovation.
Also, the game feels far too short. If they had added in some more stages using the same ideas from the old stages I am sure no one would have minded. Some stages introduce you to 3 new moves in 5 minutes of playing. The programmers could have stretched out the single player to improve playability.
Even with these complaints I would still recommend this game. Even if it is far too short, it is just so much fun.
Great Wii Game
posted by wiifun2008 (SAINT CHARLES, MO) Oct 23, 2008
Member since Oct 2008
Good if your 12
posted by skleek (COOPER CITY, FL) Sep 9, 2008
Member since Aug 2008
Can't skip the annoying intros.
posted by imburton (Fairview, NC) Sep 5, 2008
Member since Apr 2008
I hate that you can't skip the stories... When will Nintendo get a clue.
This game is full of annoying characters that you have to watch and can't skip. I could only stand to play till the second guys intro started, and then I turned it off.
posted by mehmeh (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Aug 21, 2008
Member since Jul 2008
Wario Ware: smooth moves
posted by Xaurus (SANDSTON, VA) Aug 15, 2008
Member since Jun 2008
Great for groups- Just get it ahead of time.
posted by ortesc (GLENDALE, CA) Aug 4, 2008
Member since Feb 2008
Very Good
Pure Insanity
posted by sean794 (HOUSTON, TX) Jul 8, 2008
Member since May 2008
The every title in the WarioWare series has been just plain crazy... but in a good way. Every game after WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! has been based off of a certain gimmick. WarioWare: Twisted! used a motion sensor within the cartridge to make you twist and turn your GBA. WarioWare: Touched!, on the other hand, was based off of the DS's abilities and used the touchscreen and the microphone. This entry in the series, as you may realize if you're not infected with a disease known as the stupid, features the Wii Remote almost exclusively, with one set of microgames featuring the nunchuck attachment.
The WarioWare series storyline revolves around Wario getting an idea to get rich quick by making lots of tiny minigames called microgames, to which he forms WarioWare, Inc. and uses his friends as his employees. Now, while the basic formula hasn't changed, the controls certainly have. In this entry, the spastic Wii-mote flailing is actually very intuitive, surprisingly. But then I realized this is a first-party game and therefore made by the guys who know the system best, thank god.
However, the game's main problem is that, despite having over 200, it starts to get really repetitive after a while. I mean sure, they up the difficulty and shorten the time limit, but the microgames are too few. It might have been a good idea for Nintendo to start offering microgames as download content.
Either way, I recommend this game if you enjoy flailing around like a maniac in your own living room or wherever. Just imagine what this game would be like if developed by a third party. Well, it would be more like a firm kick in the balls than a game. And now Yahtzee Croshaw is looking for me again...
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Only one complaint - Multiplayer
posted by MotherHen (MAGNOLIA, TX) Jul 2, 2008
Member since Jan 2008
My only complaint is multiplayer. You have to beat the game to a certain level before it even unlocks it, and then all players have to use the same Wiimote and pass it around. We have had a terrible time with excited kids trying to quickly pass the wiimote to the next player and either dropping it (can't use the 'leash' because not enough time to remove it and put it on) or accidentally smacking them with it because their eyes have to stay on the game. We must have a least one incident a day with somebody getting accidentally smacked by a wiimote (usually in the face) because of this.
Otherwise it is a really great game.
good but flawed
posted by slycooper (PITTSBURG, CA) Jul 1, 2008
Member since Jun 2008
Very Good
Great but short
posted by Smashbro (ORLANDO, FL) Jun 13, 2008
Member since Jun 2008
But on the lighter side it was funny entertaining and very well made!!!!!!!!
Very Good
Quick Doses of Fun
posted by DaMikeSC (COLUMBIA, SC) May 13, 2008
Member since Jul 2007
The story...okay, let's be honest. The story is absolutely insane. It is extremely amusing, but insane nonetheless. I can't even begin to describe what the point of the story is. It's the closest to Amped 3, which is still the best funny story in a game that I can remember.
It does a really solid job of using the Wii-mote. You are required to handle it in a wide array of unusual manners (complete with funny explanations). There are references to older Nintendo properties.
You can't really use words to describe the game. I don't see how anybody can dislike it since you do something different every 10 seconds. You can't really get bored with anything. It's a game that has to be tried.
Not bad, could've been better.
posted by d0l3m1t3 (SAINT LOUIS, MO) May 5, 2008
Member since Apr 2008
My complaints with the game is that it IS the same old game. It's always good to see the characters carried through, but like most WarioWare games, once you've run through all the games once, the only incentive to go back and score the minimum on every game is Pyoro. Pyoro IS a cool perk and I unlocked it on the GBA and DS but without a separate screen showing the goals, it's like they left it out to keep people in the dark and playing.
Also, having to jump through hoops to unlock the multiplayer games sucks. Give something a little more substantial besides keeping EVERYTHING under locks. Another thing sadly missing are all the cool little toys and doodads from the DS version. While you don't need a Cooking Timer on your Wii, the little toys ARE a little fun.
That all said, it's a WarioWare game. It'll keep you busy for a few hours until you unlock the majority of stuff, but there's no reason to go back afterwards. Not worth the full price to buy, but definitely a good rent.
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