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Today we have the full list of all the nominees that are up for awards at the Spike Video Game awards. Without Further Ado here are the full list of nominees!
Studio of the Year
Bethesda Game Studios
Naughty Dog
Rocksteady Studios
Best Xbox 360 Game
Batman: Arkham City
Forza Motorsport 4
Gears of War 3
Portal 2
Best PS3 Game
inFamous 2
Killzone 3
LittleBigPlanet 2
Uncharted 3
Best Wii Game
Epic Mickey
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Lost in Shadow
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Best PC Game
Battlefield 3
The Witcher 2
Portal 2
Best Handheld/Mobile Game
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Infinity Blade
Super Mario 3D Land
Jetpack Joyride
Best Shooter
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Gears of War 3
Best Action Adventure Game
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Batman: Arkham City
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Best RPG
Dark Souls
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Dragon Age II
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Best Multiplayer
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Gears of War 3
Portal 2
Best Individual Sports Game
Fight Night Champion
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
Top Spin 4
Virtua Tennis 4
Best Team Sports Game
FIFA Soccer 12
MLB '11: The Show
Best Driving Game
DiRT 3
Driver: San Francisco
Forza Motorsport 4
Need for Speed: The Run
Best Fighting Game
The King of Fighters XIII
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Mortal Kombat
WWE All Stars
Best Motion Game
Child of Eden
Dance Central 2
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Gunstringer
Best Independent Game
Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP
The Binding of Isaac
Best Adapted Video Game
Back to the Future: The Game
Batman: Arkham City
Captain America: Super Soldier
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
Best Original Game
Batman: Arkham City
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Portal 2
Best Graphics
Batman: Arkham City
L.A. Noire
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Best Performance By a Human Male
J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson – Portal 2
Mark Hamill as the Joker – Batman: Arkham City
Nolan North as Nathan Drake – Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Stephen Merchant as Wheatley – Portal 2
Best Downloadable Game
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Best DLC
Fallout: New Vegas – Old World Blues
Mass Effect 2 – Arrival
Mortal Kombat – Freddy Krueger
Portal 2 – Peer Review
GameTrailers.com Trailer of the Year
Assassin's Creed: Revelations – E3 2011 Trailer
Batman: Arkham City – Hugo Strange Reveal Trailer
Dark Souls – Ignite '11 Debut Trailer
Dead Island – GDC 11 Cinematic Trailer
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Purity First Infomercial
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – In-Game Debut Trailoer
Hitman: Absolution – E3 2011 Trailer
Prey 2 – E3 2011 Trailer
Tomb Raider – E3 2011 Trailer
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception – E3 2011 Trailer
Best Original Score
Batman: Arkham City
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Portal 2
Most Anticipated Game
BioShock: Infinite
Diablo III
Halo 4
Mass Effect 3
The Last Guardian
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Batman: Arkham City
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Portal 2
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New York, NY, November 16, 2011 – Spike TV today announced the creation of its first ever Video Game Hall of Fame Award. This annual honor will recognize the most memorable and innovative video game franchises in history. The inaugural recipient, "The Legend of Zelda,™" is one of the most influential and beloved gaming franchises of all time. The legendary series will take its rightful place as the first entry into the Video Game Hall of Fame, with a special tribute at the 2011 "Video Game Awards" (#VGA) – the network's ninth annual live televised event to celebrate the best in games. Telecasting from Los Angeles, CA and featuring some of the most notable names in video games, Hollywood, music, sports and more, the two-hour event honoring the outstanding achievements within the video game industry over the past year will premiere LIVEon Spike TV, MTV 2 and Spike.com on Saturday, December 10 at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT.
"The 'VGAs' always celebrate the best games of the year and preview the future with world premieres," said Casey Patterson executive producer of the "VGAs" and executive vice president of event production for Viacom Media Networks Entertainment Group. "Now our Video Game Hall of Fame will recognize the game franchises throughout history that have brought the industry to where it is today."
"It is only natural to start with 'Zelda,'" said Geoff Keighley, executive in charge, publisher relations, Spike. "'The Legend of Zelda' is a franchise that inspired many of us to see the potential of games when it debuted 25 years ago, one that has successfully transitioned from one game console generation to the next and has continually shown the narrative and artistic potential of the medium."
"All of us at Nintendo are truly honored to have 'The Legend of Zelda' as the first inductee into Spike's Video Game Hall of Fame," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales & marketing. "As we mark the 25th anniversary of the 'Zelda' series, we look forward to the December 10th 'VGA' event as a very special way to celebrate with fans and SPIKE viewers around the globe."
The 2011 "Video Game Awards" will feature world premieres of the most anticipated games of 2012 and beyond. In addition to the previously announced exclusives debuts of BioWare's next project, the next "Alan Wake" game and "Metal Gear Solid: Rising," this year's viewers will get the first look at footage from "Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Patriots," "Transformers: Fall of Cybertron" and Most Anticipated Game nominee, "BioShock Infinite." Additional exclusives will be announced in the coming weeks.
For additional information about other "VGA" world exclusives and announcements, fans can log onto VGA.spike.com and get updates via Twitter @SPIKE_TV as well as the hashtag #VGA.
Leading the way with 12 nominations is "Portal 2" by Valve. Rocksteady Studios' second adventure featuring the Dark Knight, "Batman: Arkham City" garnered 10 nominations, while the third chapter in the Nathan Drake adventure, "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception" by Naughty Dog and independent game "Bastion" rounded out the top most nominated games with 9 and 5 nods each, respectively.
Nominees for Spike TV's 2011 "Video Game Awards" were determined by the VGA Advisory Council, made up of a group of some of the most well-respected video game journalists from media outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Game Informer Magazine, Kotaku, Joystiq, GameSpot, IGN and WIRED.
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Saving Grandma's Cabin
Candy's hair-brained idea to keep her family history intact.
- Written by Candy Moulton
- Published February 01, 2008
Anybody looking at the rotten foundation logs, the caved in roof, the shoved in southeast corner of the cabin would mark it for demolition. Unless, of course, the old log building represented a piece of family history. Even then a rational person might think it was beyond repair and salvage, would throw up his hands and walk away.
Nobody ever called me totally rational, and that is how a project known in my family as "Candy's hair-brained idea" began.
During the early spring of 2003, ranch hands using a big tractor with a dozer blade pushed in the corner of the cabin so they could ram a drill through a too-small gate. I saw the damage when I drove by on the way to town. For a few weeks, it gnawed at me that the total destruction of the cabin seemed eminent. I lamented the fact to my husband. "We ought to save it," I told him, and he raised his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders. Perhaps he figured it was idle talk on my part.
But then Steve made a mistake and took me with him to a fertilizer sales dinner, and I found my opportunity. The manager of the ranch was at the same dinner. I walked over to him and asked the vital question: "Could I have that old cabin?" He looked at me as if I'd gone daft. Undaunted, I added, "It was my Grandma's homestead cabin, you know."
Obviously he didn't.
Before he had a chance to sidle away from me, I went for the close, "I'd move it to my house." Now he realized this was his golden opportunity to get an old building out of his way and do so without effort on his part. "Sure, you can have it," he said, as he turned from me and saw Steve, "Whoops, maybe I just said the wrong thing."
That dinner was almost exactly 100 years from the day my Grandma first saw that homestead cabin in southern Wyoming, 10 miles from the then-booming copper mining town of Grand Encampment.
Home, Sweet Home
Wild onions took root on the sod roof of Grandma's homestead cabin and became snacks for my sister and me when we'd climb up the fence and onto the top where we had a view of the horse pasture, barns and corrals, plus our own house across Antelope Creek to the east.
We lived in the big house that had been built circa 1914 by my Grandpa Vyvey to replace the homestead cabin where Grandma spent her first years in America. But the cabin was taken care of well. It was the place where the first of my Grandma's children were born, where she'd made Belgian donuts and rocked her baby girl who died as an infant, where boys rough-housed and where she learned to speak English after her children started attending the one-room Beaver Creek School.
After the new house was built, more children came into the family, including my dad Fox. The older boys still slept in the homestead cabin as it became the first ranch bunkhouse. Eventually it had other uses: tack shed, granary, storage area.
Through the years, other log buildings at the ranch sagged with age, were moved or dismantled, but Grandma's cabin was carefully maintained for more than 90 years. Let me tell you some of the story.
Grandma Vyvey
In 1901, my grandmother, Emma Vermeersch, who worked as a maid for a wealthy family in Moerkerke, Belgium, was making bobbin lace when a very tall, very thin Belgian stopped before her. Peter Verplancke (originally spelled Ver Plancke) was 19 years older than Emma, and he offered her an opportunity she likely never expected would come her way.
Peter had been to America where he claimed a homestead in Wyoming on a small stream that flowed from the Sierra Madre. He told Emma she could marry him and travel with him to America, where she would never have to make bobbin lace again.
My grandmother and Peter arrived on the stagecoach in Grand Encampment in March 1903, and set out on foot for Peter's homestead, 10 miles southeast of town. By the time they reached the Brownlee Ranch five miles from town, Peter was carrying my grandmother into the face of a full-scale blizzard. They spent the night at the Brownlee Ranch and went by wagon on to the homestead, arriving at the cabin that would be their home on March 20.
The homestead was already productive. Exactly when Peter immigrated to America isn't known, but by 1894, he had established himself among a...
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Since many of us don't know the distinguishing characteristics of a biblical disciple, an apostle, or the Twelve, we probably won't understand the meaning of today's first reading.
In the Christian Scriptures, a disciple is anyone - man or woman - who follows Jesus. Luke, in Acts, even employs the feminine of the Greek word. An apostle is a disciple sent out on a specific mission. Paul of Tarsus often refers to himself as an apostle. The Twelve are unique. They seem to be the twelve men (probably apostles) whom the historical Jesus chose to accompany him during his itinerant preaching ministry.
Any Jew, hearing the number 12, automatically thinks of the twelve tribes of Israel. Every one of them belongs to one of those tribes. Originally the twelve were the twelve sons of Jacob, some of the patriarchs who gave us Judaism. Scholars believe Jesus employed the Twelve as an outward sign of his conviction that the reform he was preaching applied equally to all Jews, not just those who belonged to the two prestigious tribes of his day and age - Judah and Benjamin - or whose ancestors had been among those Israelites who returned from the Babylonian Exile. People in his audiences who were from the tribe of Naphtali or Dan were just as important as a priest or descendant of David. The Twelve were a clear symbol of the inclusivity Jesus preached and practiced. There couldn't be any women among them because they represented Jacob's twelve sons. Had there been six men and six women, all symbolism would have gone out the window.
Because the evangelists include different names in the three lists of the Twelve, we presume the "group" was more important than its individual members. (When teaching about the Twelve, I ask my classes to name the Three Stooges. Though they come up with six names, each of the six is still a member of the Three Stooges.) Of course, the Twelve only make sense when you're dealing with Jews. That seems to be why John never names them. By the end of the first century he appears to have given up on converting Jews. The Gentile Christians for whom he wrote wouldn't have appreciated the inclusivity of the twelve tribe symbolism.
But on the other hand, this symbolism seems to be why it's important for Luke to get the number back to twelve before the coming of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit's arrival will not only gift them with the ability to reach out to all people (the gift of tongues), it will also operate from the premise that this new, spirit-filled community is a gathering of equals.
The author of I John couldn't agree more. For him, the great leveling force which the Spirit brings arises first from the love God has for us, then from the love we have for God and those around us. "God is love," he writes, "and those who remain in love remain in God and God in them." There can be no exclusivity when love is involved.
Notice how John's Jesus prays for his community during the Last Supper. He presumes they're a unique group of people, just as he's unique. His passion for unity logically comes to the fore. "Holy Father," he prays, "keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one." If they're to carry on his ministry, they must mirror his mindset, a mindset which not only bugged many around him, it eventually led to his death. "I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world."
As Jesus' followers, we'd best surface the "things" about which he was deeply concerned. Among other things, we should be the most inclusive people on this earth.


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40 Small Bedrooms Ideas To Make Your Home Look Bigger
If you are looking for inspiration on how to decorate a small bedroom, prepare to be overwhelmed with fantastic ideas. After publishing these contemporary bedroom design ideas guaranteed to "rock your world", these charming Swedish modern bedrooms and these holiday-inspiring ocean-view bedrooms, it is time to have a look at practical solutions for small homes. For today we gathered 40 photos of small bedroom interiors, each of them displaying a clever layout.
So take your time and go through each and every photo from the list below, analyzing details and slowly configuring your dream bedroom. Keep in mind that light colors are a lot more efficient than dark hues in enhancing the feeling of space. As appealing as it might seem, a super-large bed will take up a lot of space, so a good plan is to reduce the size of the bed and fill the void with practical furniture accessories. And bring in as many mirrors as you can! These being said, we invite you to feast on the display of colors and textures below! Enjoy making your bedroom as cozy and as functional as possible and when you can spare some time, drop by and tell us how your project is doing! If you're still looking for more inspiration you should check : 35 Cool Headboard Ideas To Improve Your Bedroom Design
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Great read, we always felt that having great interior lighting (possibly via replacement windows) was a great way to improve the size of a home.
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For almost 16 years, from August 1998 until April 2014, Evergreen Database Technologies, Inc. (EvDBT) was the most virtual of global technology conglomerates, comprised of one person…
Tim Gorman has worked in IT with relational databases since 1984, as an Oracle PRO*C and PL/SQL application developer since 1990, as an Oracle DBA since 1993, and managing/designing very large data warehouses on Oracle since 1994.
Mr Gorman is a technical consultant for Delphix who enable database and storage virtualization to increase the agility of IT development and testing operations.
From 1998 until April 2014, he was an independent technical consultant (www.EvDBT.com) specializing in data warehousing and database administration (particularly application and database performance and data availability). Mr Gorman is past president of RMOUG (Rocky Mtn Oracle Users Group), serving as president from 2003-2006 and from 2011-2014. He has been a member of RMOUG since 1992 and a board member since 1995.
Mr Gorman is currently a member of the board of directors of ODTUG (Oracle Developer Tools Users Group) which is the only truly international and all-inclusive Oracle users group in the world.
He is also a past board member of Project SafeGuard, which provides legal advice to victims of domestic violence.
Tim has co-authored six books, performed technical review on seven more books, has been an Oracle ACE since 2007 and an Oracle ACE Director since 2012, a member of the Oak Table Network since 2002, and has presented at Oracle Open World, Collaborate, KScope, Hotsos, RMOUG, UKOUG, and Oracle users groups in lots of wonderful places around the world.
Tim has an author's page on Amazon, a profile on LinkedIn, a profile on the Oak Table site, and a page on About.me.
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I live in Westminster in colorful Colorado with my partner, Kellyn Pot'vin, who is herself an enormously talented consulting member of technical staff at Oracle Corporation. Prior to joining Oracle Corporation, Kellyn was an Oracle ACE Director, making her and I the only household in the world to boast two Oracle ACE Directors. Kellyn is also a member of the Oak Table Network, again making ours the only household with two Oak Table members. Kellyn has been a multi-platform database administrator on Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL and she blogs as DBAKevlar. I have two children, my son Peter and my daughter Marika, both of whom are adults on their own, and I live with Kellyn and her son Sam, daughter Caitlyn, and son Joshua.
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MARYLAND - Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama has decried Buddhist attacks against Muslims in Burma and Sri Lanka, appealing to monks to end hostile campaigns against Muslim minorities.
Killing people in the name of religion is really very sad, unthinkable, very sad," the Dalai Lama told an audience at the University of Maryland at the start of a US tour on Tuesday, May 7, Reuters reported.
Nowadays even Buddhists now involved, in Burma and Sri Lanka also. Buddhist monks ... destroy Muslim mosques or Muslim families. Really very sad."
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Muslims in Burma and Sri Lanka have been facing repeated attacks by Buddhists in recent months.
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have been forced to flee their homes in western Burma since June after attacks from Buddhist mobs on their areas.
The anti-Muslim violence spread to central Burma earlier this year, leaving scores of people dead.
A Reuters investigation found that radical Buddhist monks had been actively involved in the violence and in spreading anti-Muslim material around the country.
In Sri Lanka, Muslims have come under a series of attacks championed by a radical Buddhist group called "Bodu Bala Sena" or Buddhist Force.
The group has campaigned among Buddhists to boycott Muslim businesses, forcing Muslims to drop their halal label to ease tension in the country.
The hardline group has also championed a campaign for the demolition of a 10th century mosque in Kuragala.
The campaign came months after dozens of Buddhist monks converged on a small Islamic center in Colombo's suburb of Dehiwala to demand its closure.
Last year, a number of Buddhist monks disrupted Muslim prayer services in the village of Dambulla, claiming that the mosque, built in 1962, was illegal.
Weeks later, monks drafted a threatening letter aimed at Muslims in the nearby town of Kurunegala, demanding Islamic prayer services there be halted.
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The Dalai Lama appealed to Buddhist monks to end campaigns against Muslims.
"I pray for them (the monks) to think of the face of Buddha," who had been a protector of Muslims, he told his audience.
"I think it is very sad.
The exiled spiritual leader said that if the Buddha is there, he will protect Muslims.
"When they develop some sort of negative emotions toward the Muslim community, then please think (of) the face of Buddha," the Nobel Peace laureate said.
The Dalai Lama has no authority over Buddhists in Sri Lanka or Burma who follow a different branch of Buddhism called Theravada.
China brands the Dalai Lama, who fled into exile to India in 1959 after an abortive uprising against Chinese rule of Tibet, as a separatist.
The Dalai Lama says he is merely seeking more autonomy for his Himalayan homeland.
This is not the first time The Dalai Lama speaks in the defense of Islam and Muslims against the stereotypes of the religion.
Last year, he called for not judging Islam from the practices of some individuals, calling for promoting harmony between followers of different religions.
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Rupert Sanders and Kristen Stewart's affair is a mess for everyone involved.
And sadly, it may end up affecting his relationship with his children — with wife Liberty Ross — who are the ages of 5 and 7.
"The other problem is how they [the kids] will view their Dad. The rupture of trust in this is huge, so will they view their dad as someone who can't be trusted?" says Dr. Susan Abbott, MD psychiatrist and private practicing Manhattan New York psychiatrist.
Another expert agrees.
"Rupert's indiscretion will be confusing and upsetting to his kids, especially his 7-year-old daughter who will understand more and will be more upset that her daddy is giving his love and attention to another woman," Carole Lieberman, M.D. celebrity psychiatrist and author of Bad Girls: Why Men Love Them & How Good Girls Can Learn Their Secrets tells HollywoodLife.com.
His kids emotional growth may be at risk, too.
"It can have effects on their self-esteem, depending on how the parents approach the situation," Dr. Abbott tells HollywoodLife.com.
Experts told HollywoodLife.com that it's important for Rupert and Liberty to explain to the kids that "daddy made a mistake" and that they still love each other.
"It's important that they admit that there is some turbulence, but they're working it out, they could say 'Mommy and Daddy love each other and are working it out,'" Dr. Jeff Gardere, chief contributor to HealthGuru.com tells us.
However, if their relationship is full of fighting and bitterness, it may be best for the kids if they part ways.
"If it's an atmosphere of fighting, bitterness and continue betrayal, then that's an unhappy atmosphere and it's worse for them to stay together," Dr. Abbott tells us.
We really hope they can get through this difficult time — especially for the sake of their children.
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Posted at 6:05 AM on September 20, 2013
kristen couldnt care less!!! about the kids and liberty!!! all she cares about is her!!! and then when robert broke up with her shes sooo suprised and hurt inside so i dont understand y she would still be going out with rupert!! it just proves she has a cold heart with no feelings for anyone else but herself!!! what goes around comes around!!!!
Posted at 1:27 AM on July 27, 2012
Who I hate most is that DIRECTOR, NO BREEDING AT ALL.
He DIDNT ONLY RUIN HIS FAMILY AND CAREER, but also THE RELATIONSHIP and BOTH THE CAREERS OF ROB AND KRISTEN. If Rupert didnt show any motive of liking Kristen, then this should not have had happened. Kristen was so immature, young and HOT. I hope Kristen has had opened her mind and realizes those ugly actuations of hers. And i think this Director Sanders also ought to send in his PUBLIC APOLOGY to Rob and all of their fans.
Posted at 12:18 AM on July 27, 2012
Posted at 11:44 PM on July 26, 2012
His children are 5 and 7. They only way they will know what happens,is if someone tells them.They don't have the mental capacity to comprehend what an affair or cheating means.There mother and father for that matter should shield them from all the cr..p that goes on in there personal and married life. I have children,3 and 7. They would'nt understand either. My 24yr old would.
Posted at 8:49 PM on July 26, 2012
Unless the kids were present when Rupert and Kristen were affectionate to each other and unless Rupert and his wife are fighting in front of the kids now I don't think the affair will affect their kids now. They are still very young and do not understand what's happened. I think the opinion of the psychiatrist applies when the kids are already at that age where they already understand a situation like this. I should now because I have two kids of about the same age and my marriage has gone through a similar rough patch such as this.
Posted at 4:59 PM on July 26, 2012
she cheat michael arangano oncee that is time mistake but robert with rupert again!! seriusly!!??? i love kristen but 2 times in ur life thas just humuliation!!! Cheaters are always cheaters she proved twice and she says she dint mean to hurt anyone COME ONNN she knew he was married and have child OVIUSLY SOMEONE WOTH GET HURT COME ONNN SHE CAN BE THAT STUPID ..what hurt me most is that neverr we saw pic of her and rob like thta and now this is was just 1 time they meet pleaseee is obius this may be like the 500 time they meet for thiss….thats just my opinion


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What Afzal's story tells us, Roy argues, is that it is only in the naive version of life in Kashmir that "security forces battle militants and innocent Kashmiris are caught in the crossfire. In the adult version, Kashmir is a valley awash with militants, renegades, security forces, double-crossers, informers, spooks, blackmailers, blackmailees, extortionists, spies, both Indian and Pakistani intelligence agencies, human rights activists, NGOs, and unimaginable amounts of unaccounted-for money and weapons. There are not always clear lines that demarcate the boundaries between all these things and people." That is, one of the most dangerously intractable symptoms of a territory under occupation is the unavoidable blurring of lines and the shifting definitions of what it means to be "innocent." The tangles of allegiances and dependencies such situations foster make it much harder to remain free of damaging associations or unsavory business partners, and while Roy's book is largely about India, her insights are applicable to any country with imperial ambitions. In an occupied territory characterized by greatly increased military presence and heightened surveillance with options for work and education curtailed, what it takes to survive can often involve living in a legal gray area. Occupations criminalize the occupied—in the sense that the occupied have to personally fight for the space, resources, money, and opportunities that international corporations and security forces ensure for the rest of us—but of course our connection to these entities and our complicity in their actions hardly make us any more innocent. Field Notes on Democracy ultimately asks us to rethink the goals of occupation, rethink the rule of the markets, rethink where we get our news, and, perhaps most originally, to rethink innocence.
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You know how you hang on to those clothes when you gain weight thinking, "When I lose weight, these will look great on me again?" Then weeks, months, and years go by and the distance between where you are and where you need to be for your 'skinny clothes' gets seemingly insurmountable. Guess what? It's not impossible. I'm 37-years-old and I've dieted my way to a part of my closet I never thought I'd see again. You're never too old, too heavy, too anything to get healthy. Trust me.
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The lesson on food that we had this past weekend was very informative. Not just the same old "eat this, don't eat that"; but finding out the proper amounts of different fruits and vegetables, why certain fruits and vegetable are better. Learning why you can have more of this fruit but limit that fruit. Also, learning that you can't always go by what the "serving size" on the food label. Some of the serving sizes on the labels list a serving as twice as much as what it should be in some cases. I was glad to see that Carol is staying motivated and continuing with the program as well. Looking forward to the boot camp challenge coming this weekend. Should be interesting. Good luck to all.
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Three advantages to working out: First you are in a better mood and passing along the positive energy to other people. Second, you are more active. Third clothes fit better. If I don't get enough sleep though, the first two don't happen. The power of sleep! After a training session where I'm completely out of it, it reminds me to not go to bed so late. So my focus right now is sleep, more consistent stretching and setting goals. When someone said "set goals" to me before, I would have no clue where to even start. Now, thanks to Justin, I know what kinds of goals to set for myself, and a huge thanks to Bally Total Fitness for this opportunity! I'm still as excited about this as day 1 when we started.
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I had a tiny anxiety attack today while at the gym. I haven't felt this uncomfortable since that day on the snow tubing hill that led to where I am today. I remember it like it was yesterday. The fear of humiliation, the panic. I never wanted to feel that way again. That is why I dove head and heart first into CrossFit. I needed something and that was what I was going to try.
Fast forward two years. Wait a second, it's been two years! That just blew my mind. Ok, well back to my slight panic ridden moment. I had a slight injury last week and I don't have the use of my left arm and it's the perfect opportunity to give the right one a rest since it's been temperamental. Soooo, when you aren't doing anything overhead what's left? That's right, squats. Then some more squats and then even more squats. That's right people, I'm building a bigger bootay and big ass quads.
I went to the gym in the best mood. I rarely get a chance to work out with the other coaches because our schedules are all over the place. I was really looking forward to our session today. We all do such a good job of knowing when and how much to push each other. We have all gotten comfortable with being uncomfortable so that helps. But all of that was about to stop before we even got started.
It's time to get started and elevated weighted squats were right there at the top of the white board. I'm familiar with how to do them because I've assisted some other athletes in the gym that have used them during their hiatus from going overhead. I knew in my mind they were going to be on the board but the reality of it sank in, quick. They are simple really. You wrap the belt around your waist then place the chain through the handle of the kettlebell then secure the chain by fastening it to the belt. Get yourself up on the box, stabilize and squat. Sounds simple yes? Well, as long as you get past step one(wrap the belt around your waist) the rest is just work.
So here's where the anxiety kicks in. My mind went from 0-60 in less than .5 seconds. It went something like this: "What if the belt doesn't fit me? There are people here and I'm going to be so embarrassed. I'm going to look like an idiot because this stupid thing isn't going to fit. If this doesn't fit then I haven't worked hard enough. I'm so disappointed." All of these idiotic statements, and then some went through my head in a matter of seconds. All the negative talk that I battle with daily took over and I almost cried. Reliving that moment still puts a pit at the bottom of my stomach and I know how the situation turns out.
Well, I think Tim knew I was getting a little anxious and just started getting stuff together without making a big deal of it. I saw out of the corner of my eye that he had picked up the weight belt. I walked towards him and assessed the circumference of the opening and decided to go arms first thinking that if I could get it past my big ass shoulders then maybe it would fit on my hips. At the time this option seemed more logical than to try and wrap something around your waist in hopes that you can get it to fit. And within seconds again I'm getting rapid fire messages like "why do you want to do this? Shouldn't you be resting, you just had surgery? Ok, the opening looks big enough but my hips might be bigger. How big are my hips anyway? Are they bigger than my shoulders cause you know you have BIG shoulders." And then the belt starts passing over your head and you hear "Ok, this might work. I think I can do this. Everything is going to be ok."
And yes, the belt fits fine. I'm being over dramatic and freak out for nothing. I squat for what feels like days and am looking forward to doing it again soon. Happy ending……hold on, not so fast. This one little blip in my day made me realize how much work it takes to get yourself to a better place. Bottom line is that I don't give myself enough credit for the work and change that has occurred. I am so obsessed with the scale and about my jiggle that I have diminished all of the amazing things I have accomplished. I am immersed in the most supportive environment but I haven't been supportive to myself. I belittle when the weight on the bar isn't as heavy as I'd like. I hear the negative self talk when I don't finish as fast as I feel I should. I compare constantly. I would NEVER tolerate any of our athletes talking or thinking like this but I have somehow made myself the exception. I have not done a good job of being the student. I don't allow myself the same compassion I have and give to others. I hold myself to a level of perfection that is close to unattainable.
I'm always fighting the expectation I assume others have for me instead of just focusing on the goal ahead. At the end of the day I'm the one that needs to be proud of my work and my journey. Allowing myself to be more aware of the victories along the way may help. You may not have the same struggles but I bet you don't give yourself enough compassion either. Be proud of your journey, every step forward and every step back because success is built upon a mountain of failure. Love yourself for the work you are doing to make yourself better today and allow yourself to not be perfect. Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and transparent instead of trying to be perfect helps others on their journey. My hope for you is that you can recognize when you're allowing the negative thoughts to creep in and to take that exact moment to give yourself the love and compassion you deserve. Then go squat!
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Northampton 0-0 Accrington Stanley: Match Report
Cobblers and Stanley in stalemateAdebayo Akinfenwa's return to Northampton could not inspire victory as they were held by Accrongton in a stalemate.Kurtis Guthrie thought he had headed the visitors into an early lead but the assistant had his flag raised for offside.Kern Miller was then forced to block Jake Robinson's shot on the line for Stanley after Ashley Corker's free-kick caused problems.Akinfenwa came close to scoring his first goal of his second spell at Sixfields but headed Ben Tozer's long throw inches wide of the target.The Cobblers also then had a goal disallowed early in the second period as Akinfenwa bundled Sean Murdoch over the line.Accrington debutant Craig Lindfield nearly snatched a late winner after being released in the box but Northampton stopper Sam Walker made a smart block at point-blank range to ensure that the Cobblers shared the spoils.
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For several years, the University of Southern Mississippi has hosted high schools for the MAA's annual American Mathematics Competition. In 2014, the University will host AMC 10/12 on February 4th. This year, we plan to add several activities of interest:
- We will start with the competition itself (of course)
(The AMC is a multiple choice test where students have to solve problems of increasing difficulty, which rely only on high school mathematics. You can find previous years' questions and solutions here.) - After the test, students will enjoy lunch while listening to a Science Cafe talk on Musical Minds Dr. David Echevarria of the Department of Psychology.
- Tours of the university campus, including the university's innovation and commercialization park, known as the Garden.
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Forever Changed by PCH – Tari Woods' Winner Story
Hi everyone! This is Matt K. from PCH Creative. We've all seen the winning moments of our fantastic SuperPrize winners on TV or maybe even on YouTube. But what happens when the Prize Patrol leaves and the winner is Forever Changed with this incredible windfall of serious money? For a few more weeks, I'll be interviewing some of our past winners and asking them what DID happen after the Prize Patrol van rolled away! We'll find out how they reacted, how their lives were transformed, and what they can do now that they couldn't have done before. Let's start with this week's unbelievable profile with Tari Woods, a SuperPrize winner from 2012!
Tari Woods' story is one in a million, and no, I'm not just talking about the amount of money she won in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes! Tari's lucky streak continued long after her amazing windfall from PCH in 2012, but let's save that for the end of the story! But believe me when I tell you that lighting does strike twice!
Tari Woods was always a positive thinker and a hard worker. She is a part of several businesses in her town, and everyone knows how much effort she puts into her many successes. But just like a lot of people who work hard, sometimes the reality of the economy can shake things up.
"We had a big mortgage payment due, and we were wondering how we were going to pay it. And then, out of the blue, Publishers Clearing House came to my door!" Just hours before the Prize Patrol's arrival, she had run to the hardware store and local grocery store with a friend. In an adjacent parking lot, they saw the famous PCH Prize Patrol Van parked near a cell phone store.
"We thought, 'wow, someone from that store must have won!'" says Woods. "We came back to the house, but I wasn't prepared for them to follow us home!"
But that's exactly what happened! Watch Tari's exciting winning moment now!
As you can see from her reaction, Tari was pretty speechless. "I reacted like that simply because I didn't know HOW to react! I'm a positive person, but I wasn't expecting to win."
I guess you could say it was a moment she had never rehearsed in her head!
With her prize money, Tari was able to payoff the mortgage and invest in her home. She even was able to fulfill a dream of owning a large "deck boat" to enjoy on a nearby lake.
But Tari's luck didn't end there! When I tried to arrange an interview with her last week, Tari told me she couldn't talk at the moment- she was busy in Las Vegas, as she was a finalist in ANOTHER sweepstakes!
That's right, you read that correctly. Tari was at a very famous bull riding competition and was a finalist to win a truck from a major automobile company! How jealous are you now!?
She was given a special key to a truck, and if the key started the vehicle, it was hers! Well, "spoiler alert," she didn't win. But, she and a guest had plenty of fun in Las Vegas, having fancy dinners and enjoying the sites.
"I guess we'll always keep entering things!," Tari confesses. "You can't be a winner if you don't play the game!"
The sign you see above rests in her home, and Dave Sayer himself pointed it out when he arrived with the Big Check!
"I tell everyone that PCH is real," she continues. "They were at my door, I met them. I just couldn't believe I won! But we work so hard, and everyone in my town knows it. People tell us all the time, 'you deserved to win, if anyone was going to, we're glad it was you!'"
I hope you'll all listen to Tari's words carefully and remember: you can't win if you're not in! So please, enter today – who knows, it could be YOUR story we're telling next!
-Matt K.
PCH Creative
P.S. If you won a big SuperPrize, I'm sure many of you would "give back" and help your family and friends. But what would you do if you won a SECOND time? What would you do for yourself? Tell us in the comments below!
P.P.S. Speaking of giving back…remember you don't have to be a big winner to make a difference. You can vote in The Give Back and help PCH give away over $100,000 to charity! Vote today!
Other Blogs You May Like:
- Forever Changed by PCH – Karen Anderson's Winner Story
- Forever Changed by PCH – Gerard Rivera's Winner Story
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Anticipation is exciting. Fix this, buy this, donate this. I would love to get a small home that I can manage on my own without having to rely on or impose on others generosity. A simple life. I have health issues that are worse with stress but bring on this stress and I will deal with it! Love the dreams you make possible.
lets win
Congratulations to Tara Woods. Smile.
I would like like to start a organization for people who have lost loved ones and can't afford a headstone for their graves. Let them put flowers on them for the first time. Inspired by wreaths across America.
I want to retire! Where I live I get snowed in and get snowed out. We can get 10 inches of snow and 65 mile an hour winds, so it drifts pretty bad. It's difficult to get to work and home again. I have been stuck in my car from midnight to 7 in the morning in a snowstorm. I have had to rent a motel room other times. So, I work in the cities as a nurse and stay at my daughter's house during the week so I can make a living. But that's a 4 hour drive one way. My car has 220,000 miles on it! Oh how I'd love to retire. But before I do, I need to buy a new car. I'm throwing my hat in the ring and keeping my fingers crossed. Good luck everybody!
That is so stinking awesome
Its like you read my mind! You seem to know a lot about this, like you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you could do with some pics to drive the measgse home a bit, but instead of that, this is magnificent blog. A fantastic read. I will definitely be back.
I play every day hoping to win so I can take a vacation for the first time in my 61 years and help out some of my family and friends out and give to my favorite charties and be so happy
Good morning to you pch crew just touching based , I'm it to win it , sign WW. have a Great Day .
wanna win big also like evrybody else is getting to old for this i really put my heart into this sweepstakes every day every night


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Games of the Night: Louisville at UCONN
Games of the Night
A companion to our daily Three Stars of the Day, we present the top three Games of the Night.
Louisville (15-5) at UCONN (14-5)
Both teams head into this Big Monday match up feeling good about themselves. UCONN pulled off the upset of #8 Indiana despite the suspensions of Dyson & Wiggins. Louisville has quietly won 6 of 7 games to move into 2nd place in the Big East. At least for one of the teams, the good vibes will come to an end. I'm certain on a neutral court or in Louisville, the Cardinals would be the easy pick here. But UCONN has won 3 straight, including a blow out of Marquette last week.. and Austrie's done a nice job stepping in for the suspended players. Still, I'm going with the visitors.
Prediction: Louisville
#24 Saint Mary's (17-2) at San Diego (10-11)
As BCS teams continue to lose, it should help SMC push even higher in the rankings when they're released later in the day. Still, outside of a few bad minutes against Pepperdine last week, they haven't been tested in WCC play. San Diego should be somewhat of a challenge though as the Toreros are 3-1 in league play and better than their 10-11 record suggests. Brandon Johnson and Gyno Pomare are USD's formidable duo, but Pomare hasn't really been playing great ball in recent weeks.
Prediction: Saint Mary's
Oklahoma State (10-9) at Oklahoma (14-5)
Oklahoma is definitely the better team, though they haven't really dominated at home in Big 12 games. They barely beat Texas Tech last week, and lost to Kansas State before that. These results should give a weak Oklahoma State team some hope. With OSU's James Anderson and OU's Blake Griffin involved, at least there's some good young talent to check out even if the game isn't competitive.
Prediction: Oklahoma
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Fractional excretion of sodium (FENa) is the amount of salt (sodium) that leaves the body through urine compared to the amount filtered and reabsorbed by the kidney.
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Needs a mega punishment. I suggest and hour ban. I sat through 25 minutes of Banning, picking, and then dodge. Game after game after game. Need to force people to play ranked games that they start. I think if they had to wait an hour to play, they would think twice before dodging. Also, I saw another post that I really liked the idea. The people who are not the team leader, get to quickly select one champ that they do NOT want banned that only their team leader can see. This will make that Champ unable to be banned by that team leader. Therefore no more trolls, banning peoples champs just to make them mad.
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you lose elo if you dodge a ranked game. And in you need to learn to be more flexible it sounds like your the one who rages if the team leader makes an intelligent ban
There should be no penalty for avoiding a game that you're almost guaranteed to lose. I work 40+ hours a week, my time is precious, and if you cannot form a decent team in ranked you deserve to be dodged. I've never dodged a ranked game, but my time spent on LoL would be much more enjoyable if I didn't have to sit through ~20-60 minutes of trash because one or a few people aren't team players.
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I have dodged before, however i try at all cost to avoid it. I have also seen it to where my team will have no chance and i dont feel like wasting up to an hour of my time because in games like that the people who troll the pick troll the surrender as well. Just saying it sucks but it sucks losing rank and time because other people troll
What brings about more rage? Queue dodging or leavers/AFK in a ranked game? Decisions decisions..
I have personally dodged queue. I hate doing it, but when you are looking at a team with 3 or 4 ad, no jungles, no support, and nobody willing to compose a team that is even competitive, then I am sorry, but yes I will dodge. There are times when you know the game is lost at champ select, and its not worth playing through and losing elo over. I see your initial point, but if you are that worked up about it, then my suggestion would be to look for a 5s team, or play normal blind pick. The dodging comes with the territory of solo/duo queue. It really is as simple as that. And its a 15 minute ban for dodging ranked queues btw.


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Mayank Agarwal and Asad Pathan slam tons in IPL build up
With just two months to go for the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen Mayank Agarwal and Asad Pathan are hitting form across tournaments in India.
Mayank Agarwal scored a quickfire ton in a KSCA Group II, Division I Super League match on Monday in Bangalore while Asad Pathan hit a century in the KC Mahindra Memorial Shield Invitation Cricket Tournament on Wednesday in Mumbai.
DTDC Sports Club posted 286/4 in 39 overs thanks to Mayank Agarwal's blitzkrieg of a knock, the batsman smashing 138 off 90 balls with twelve 4s and eight 6s.
Their opponents Canara Bank put up a spirited chase thanks to Bharath Chipli's 97 off 57 balls but they fell short of the target, reaching 283/7 in their 39 overs to lose the thriller by just 3 runs.
Meanwhile in Mumbai, Asad Pathan's 112 helped his team Western Railways beat Indian Oil Sports Club by 52 runs.
With Western Railways bowled out for 296 in 49.3 overs, Indian Oil fancied their chances of chasing down the total successfully as their big name batsmen including former Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane scored 69 and 81 respectively.
WR's bowlers however fought back strongly to take crucial wickets and Indian Oil slid to be bowled out for 244 in the 46th over to give WR a 52 run win.