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4 Very good - but could and should have been betterPosted: 01/11/2010I'd agree with the other reviews regarding longevity etc - but this game is still very good. Graphics are superb and the movie clips portraying the story work well. There is a lack of variety in terms of the enemy (you're constantly killing stormtroopers or droids) and also with the levels, as you return to where you started in the final level.The game play is very much improved on the first game and there are some devastating combos. A much better defence system when you can deflects shots and incoming lightsabers. You can also literally dismember the enemy as well.It certainly flows better than the first and you don't have to go back 10mins to a check point if you die - something that was quite annoying in the first game, particularly on the harder difficulty.I completed this on medium difficulty in about 6 hours or so - I'd recommend starting on Hard - at least that way you'd have more of a challenge.If this game had a few more (non-repetive)levels, I think most people would have been satisfied. Even though I've completed it, as its a Star Wars game and is expertly written and designed - I think this will be a game I can pick up and play, but maybe not as much as I did with the first one.
5 Simply superbPosted: 17/08/2010I watched this film on the weekend and after reading some mixed reviews, I didn't know what to expect. However, almost as soon as the film starts, it is utterly absorbing and keeps you guessing right to the end. I challenge anyone to completely guess or work out what is going on - and what is the point anyway? I agree with other reviews, the way the story plays out is gripping and at times makes you wonder what on earth is going on?! Looks superb on blu-ray which only adds to the tension. A must see.
5 TerrificPosted: 19/06/2009Superb film - although a familar type of action thriller - I was on the edge of my seat. Highly rated - and probably should have bought it in blu ray instead....A must watch. Good action. Doesn't get much better.
4 Very good westernPosted: 02/04/2009Very good film - better than what I was expecting. The film grabs your attention almost immediately and is quite compelling for most of the film as you wonder why they are hunting Pierce Brosnan.Well acted, and a good script. Something sadly lacking from most modern films. The lack of CGI duly noted and appreciated...More films like this please...
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5 Top tunesPosted: 26/03/2009Great album. I'm not a die hard fan as I didn't recognise all of the tracks - obviously know the more mainstream stuff such as Firestarted etc...For a fiver you can't go wrong.
4 Could have been better....Posted: 26/03/2009I've decided to edit my initial review. After watching this on Blu-ray, I found this far more enjoyable than when I previously watched it in the cinema. Script is still lacking in parts and the lack of 'Bond' music is a slight let down, but not a bad film in the main.Previous review:Reading other reviews, I agree with the Bourne comparisons... Rooftop chase at the beginning, fast camerawork, hotel room fight etc... It seems a lot of what felt original or different in Casino Royale was lost in this one - it felt like a mashup of many different films (including previous Bond films) rolled into one. Someone please tell me what was the point of Agent Fields... Bring back Michael Campbell indeed. Tough act to follow though after Casino Royale...Good start indeed but felt it petered out a bit. On to the next one...
4 Very good!Posted: 11/11/2008Much slicker than GOW. I was surprised how long the game was in comparison to GOW. Gameplay is marginally better but I would have liked to have seen a bit more variety in game play and also level locations. New weaponry was good and being able to use the enemy as a shield but to be honest I didn't use this feature much.A good improvement but more variation would have been better.
5 Superb LCD and value for moneyPosted: 24/01/2008Quite simply a superb tv. Did quite a bit of shopping around when it came to this tv and I am very happy with the purchase. I was concerned initally with possible sound issues as reviews I had read for other samsung lcd's seemed to illustrate a lack of quality of sound. Reading reviews for this lcd certainly helped me to make this purchase. I certainly have no complaints so far and agree with other positive comments. Picture and sound is also excellent when playing on my Xbox Elite. Great HDMI connectivity (3xHDMI) which is useful for when I make my next purchase of a Blu-ray/ HD-DVD player. Note: currently, this tv is £900 is other electrical shops! Also, thank you play.com for delivering this so quickly.


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Maybe that explains the new crop of songs by Puerto Rican artists about prison life. First came the beautiful Obie Bermudez song "Cuatro de Julio" ("Fourth of July") last summer about an inmate imagining a reunion with his lover after being released from prison. Co-written by Bermudez with Ruben Blades, "Fourth of July" harks back to the classic salsa era, when being Puerto Rican in New York meant not only being proud but also being politically conscious and recounting the problems faced every day by el pueblo. (Blades -- author of, among other classics, the down-these-mean-streets anthem "Pedro Navaja" -- is Panamanian, but he used to say back in the day that he was Puerto Rican, too, because salsa is a "Puerto Rican emotion.") "As soon as my brother was arrested, I wanted to write a song about it right away," says Bermudez of his inspiration. "I wanted people to know what it's like to have a brother in jail and how he's feeling and what he's going through."
Bermudez says he turned to Blades for help in finishing the song. "He came up with the chorus and put the Ruben stamp on it," the singer says, smiling. Blades also helped the younger songwriter connect his brother's prison experience to the earlier exploitation of young men of color during the Atlantic slave trade. In popular Caribbean history, the rumba -- and specifically the sensual guaguancó -- is believed to be a dance enslaved Africans performed with hips and spine because their feet were shackled together. "Fourth of July" opens with a guaguancó, then builds into an ecstatic burst of West African percussion and gospel-style vocal rapture. "Musically, it's very soothing," Bermudez points out. "It's a story about freedom."
A few months after Bermudez released "Fourth of July" on his album Confesiones, baby-faced hunk Jerry Rivera put out a tribute album, Canto a Mi Idolo, Frankie Ruiz (I Sing to My Idol, Frankie Ruiz). One of the biggest stars of the Eighties' sensual salsa, the sweet-throated Ruiz nevertheless shared a taste for hard drugs with many of his Seventies macho elders, which led to his conviction for crack possession in 1988 and a fourteen-month stint in federal prison in Orlando. "For me it was a big shock to hear that he had been arrested," says Rivera, a high school Frankie fanatic at the time.
The younger salsero chose Ruiz's 1992 postrelease hit "Mi Libertad" ("My Liberty") as the first single from his Ruiz tribute and filmed the video in a federal prison in Puerto Rico. Rivera has been in jail before to visit friends he grew up with, but he was still intimidated when the video shoot took him inside the cells. "When you look out the window, there's absolutely no way to get out," he recalls with a shudder. "Wearing the uniform, with all these enormous guards around; psychologically you're an inmate."
There's nothing in his straight-up remake of "Mi Libertad," though, that conveys the edge that hard living and hard time eventually put in Ruiz's voice. Rivera's crystal-clear sweetness sounds incongruous, coming off as more of a Christmas carol than a jail lament. An effort to rough up the track -- and to appeal to the recently discovered mass audience for Puerto Rican rap and reggaetón -- by inviting veteran island rapper Voltio to lay down a few rhymes doesn't just come off as corny; the pair don't even sound like they're delivering the same song. Voltio raps; Rivera sings. Repeat. Repeat. Track out. It might have been a better idea -- Nat "King" Cole necrophiliac style -- just to have Voltio rap over Ruiz's original track.
"For me, Frankie Ruiz was more believable," observes Vico C, the undisputed pioneer of Puerto Rican rap, about Rivera's remake. "If a person is going to record, it should be someone who's lived the experience, especially something as specific as being in prison. Voltio does know what he's talking about, so the song worked better for him."
Vico C knows what he's talking about too. Like Ruiz, the rapper did time on charges of drug possession. He's also pissed; as in, yeah, I did drugs and so do plenty of other people, so why am I in jail? When he ended up doing six months in Orlando at the beginning of 2003 for breaking parole, he was pissed off enough to write his tenth and best album, En Honor a la Verdad (In Honor of the Truth).


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I find her headgear to be kind of adding too much to her design, and that she needs more emphasis on the girl-mullet.
I love Quinn gameplay wise. But for the life of me I cannot get into her visual design. The helmet is way too cluttered for her head and in general ugly, which is why I love Phoenix's headband thing. Combine that with her seeming hunchback, her overly bulky outfit, and I just can't stand to use her. Don't get me wrong I love the blue and the overall thought process, but I feel like they could've pulled the whole combined cloth + hard armor thing off better. It feels like they just threw a cut up and styled blanket on top of her to weigh her down and make her not so feminine. I don't mind her being not insanely feminine and having some clunkiness, I just feel they pulled it off wrong. She needs to look armored, but sleek. At present she just looks bulky and unappealing. Her phoenix skin is beautiful. Amazing hair and nice headband/circlet, her outfit is a nice armor/cloth combination (the 'wings' still feel bulky but whatever). I feel like if you bad that blue/purple it'd be near perfect. :S Also I'm getting the Harrier/Vault bug too. It'll appear on them, I proc it, I use vault to bring it back for a second proc, and it doesn't appear. So if they end up poking me back I feel like I lose out on the damage burst I deserved.
I mean, I like the whole Ivory/Red motif, it's just mismatched in places. I love, love, love the original color-palette... if only they took scissors to her came some & stood her up a little more, and texturized her a LOT more. They could definitely do the cloth+mail armor look more justice, I agree. @Fafafafrani @IronStylus
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Camping remained popular at the site, and in 1937 and 1938 the Civilian Conservation Corps significantly expanded and developed the public campground. The guard station was built in 1937 by CCC enrollees from Company 944, based at Camp Hemlock, near the community of Stabler. The purpose of the guard station was for Forest Service administration of the campground and other local recreational use. Alfred Albert was the first guard stationed in the cabin. Mr. Albert, his wife, and two children lived at the guard station during the summers of 1937 and 1938.
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Turnovers Achilles Heel for Thunder
April, 11, 2012
By Gregg Found, ESPN Stats & Info | ESPN.com
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Only one of the last 12 NBA champions ranked in the bottom third of the league in assist-turnover ratio. Oklahoma City's 1.12 assists per turnover ranks last this season.
They've recorded 1.12 assists per turnover this season, which might seem like a nebulous figure until you consider that it's not just lower than every team this season but lower than every team last season too. And every team of the last four seasons.
Even the NBA-worst Minnesota Timberwolves last season, with their 17-65 record, still had a better assist-turnover ratio than this year's Thunder.
Advanced Look
It's not just the ratio that's the problem either – a deeper look at the stats help illustrate how frequently they turn the ball over and how infrequently their baskets are from assists.
The Thunder have recorded assists on 49.5 percent of their made baskets this season, a figure that's also worst in the NBA. The league average has teams assisting on about 58 percent of their field goals this season. The NBA-leading Boston Celtics do it on 67 percent of their baskets.
When paired with the high turnovers, it paints an even bleaker picture for Oklahoma City.
They record turnovers on 17.2 percent of their possessions, another figure that's worst in the NBA this season. The team best at limiting turnovers is the Philadelphia 76ers, who only do it on 12 percent of their possessions. The San Antonio Spurs are second-best at 14 percent.
Taken alone, those figures aren't the ruin of the Thunder. After all, they sport a Western-best 42-15 record. But it could point to a style of play that's different than one recent teams have used to win a championship.
Stacking Up To NBA Champions
Assist-turnover ratio hasn't been the end-all, be-all statistic in evaluating NBA champions – or even a must-rank-highly requirement to win a title.
But if the Thunder hope to win, they would be doing it in a much different way than recent champions.
No recent champion has ranked as low as the Thunder in assist-turnover ratio. Only one of the last 12 champions has even ranked in the bottom third of the NBA, and that was the 2003 San Antonio Spurs team that featured a young Tony Parker in his second season leading the team at point guard.
As Parker grew in his role – and the Spurs trophy case grew too – the team ranked higher and higher in assist-turnover ratio.
That continues this season. While the Thunder are the worst in the category, the Spurs are second-best.
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"Kid-Proof" Fabrics
November 2, 2009 by Ann
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Got Pets or Children? Most people do.
Do you live where your children and pets run around inside and outside? If so, you know how time consuming it can be to clean up after them. Most of our children and furry friends like to enjoy the same comforts of home that we do by napping or playing on our sofas and sometimes, accidents happen.
Simplicity Sofas offers "kid proof" fabrics specifically engineered for people who don't want to worry about dirt or stains on their sofas or couches.
Originally created for health care facilities where cleanliness is mandatory, the engineers at Microfibres, Inc. (an American fabric manufacturer) came up with an exclusive process for binding a permanent protective coating into the fibers of the fabrics. The protection does not wear off like spray-on fabric protectors. In factory tests the only stain that could not be removed with soap and water was mustard.
We ran a test in our Showroom on our Altima Sand "kid-proof" fabric (an off-white color) to see how stain-proof it was. We drew one line with a ballpoint pen and then another line with a thick, black new permanent marker. We allowed both stains to set for about an hour. We then tried to clean the stains using liquid hand soap and a paper towel. The ball point pen ink came out in a few seconds.
The permanent marker stain was almost completely gone after 5 minutes of scrubbing. The stain proofing is built into the fibers. You do not need the spray-on fabric protection with the microfiber "kid-proof" fabrics. We do highly recommend the spray-on fabric protection for the cotton fabrics.
Even if you don't have kids or pets, these fabrics are wonderful solutions for high traffic areas like the den or family room, where people aren't always careful about where they spill things or where they rest their feet to watch TV. "Kid-proof" fabrics can be your solution to these problems. If an accident should occur, these fabrics clean easily with a little soap and water and dry very fast.
Here are just a few examples of our "kid-proof" fabric swatches that you can order online today!
Remember, if you are looking for a sofa or small couch and have pets, children or a high traffic room, "kid-proof" products are a great solution. If you have any questions, please feel free to call us or post your questions here for others to read.
Holiday Decorating Your Small Space
December 9, 2008 by Ann
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Small apartments or studio lofts need to change a little for the Holidays. Granted, you have created your own image and added the perfect"decor," but you need to add or change somethings here or there for the holidays.
For some it's easy, for others you're thinking …. "Hmmm … I have everything in place for my lifestyle; where do I put all these holiday decorations so they do not over crowd what I have already accomplished? How do I put more things into this small space?"
It can be a daunting task. But you don't have to spend your Holiday bonus on over-decorating to make it a Winter Wonderland. Here are some ideas to get your Holiday decorating off to the right start if you live in a small space.
Consider these choices.
Work with what you have. Move a chair from one corner of the room to another (or to another room entirely!) to create some space for additional gatherings for guests to stand and mingle.
Place a small holiday tree in that space.
Arrange your tree and decorations on top of an already existing accent table and do not bother moving anything. Create your own festive design in that space, if you choose.
Mantle Beware! Overcrowding the mantle will make your space seem even smaller. Simple candles and some Holiday pictures of days gone by will do just fine.
If you are weary of moving things around, try stacking poinsettias on top of different sized boxes bunched together in the room to create a festive focal point. You can pick up empty boxes in any size from any grocery. Turn the boxes upside down, drape some fabric around the bases, place your poinsettias (which will last forever) on the boxes and you're done.
It only takes up a little space and your apartment sofa or chair doesn't need to be moved to accommodate this. Your guests won't ever have to 'guess' where to place their party gifts. They'll know to place them right around your poinsettia tree.
I thought of a great idea today, too. Take your old twinkling lights (that are still working from last year, right?) and wrap them around your tallest plant(s). Sit back and relax to your favorite music and watch them twinkle. Hang a Charlie Brown red ornament or "your" favorite ornament on the plant if it works for you.
Or … bunch a few different sized plants together (tall, small and wide) and wrap the twinkling lights around them. You can do this to create a holiday experience in many rooms.
What are you are doing in your small space this season? We would love to hear from you so we can post your ideas and share your joy! Let us know what works for you.
What color is cooler than beige?
September 8, 2008 by Ann
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Did You Know Surrounding Yourself with Color Makes You Happier?
In this day and age, we have to get excited about something—don't we? Let's get excited about color and not sit around wishing change would happen, but make it happen! I am going to invite you to share in my experience of changing your surroundings with color and making you and/or your family happy about doing so in the next few blogs.
Keep posted! This is one of many …
"around the world in global colors"
Everyone is turning to remodeling as opposed to selling and upgrading. The first thing you should do is add "color" to your existing lifestyle — and change it as often as you like.
Even if it's only paint on a wall!
Make it easy. Start with "one room" — and my 3 questions:
#1) Can you start with one room? Yes.
#2) Do you spend a lot of time in this room? Yes.
#3) Are you ready to start with this room? Yes.
If the answer to these 3 questions are all YES!
Then – Beige be Gone! Get up and paint a wall! See the new colors here!
… which colors do you see that work with you?
I can't go and spend money frivolously on items that are meaningless anymore; such as impulse buys that will eventually end up on a back cupboard shelf, the back of a closet, or under the children's beds. I have to be smart about how I spend my hard earned dollars now.
So Do it with Color!
I'm only talking about remodeling to the extent of painting one wall and an old piece of wood furniture, or at the very least, moving an apartment sofa, studio sofa or living room set to a different Safe Space in the room. You'll find that in doing so; it will make all the difference in the world!
This does not have to come with a great deal of thought. It just means moving your precious belongings around to new Safe Spaces. Try it when you're bored. Add a couple pieces if you can afford it and above all, get rid of the clutter and add color.
Repaint JUST One Wall.
hot colors for one wall
Hang a mirror or two while you're at it, particularly on a dark wall if you are in a small space. Everyone can see the room from most angles this way. How happy you will be while you sit back and watch them enjoy the fruits of your labor from all angles.
Remember Though – -Beige be Gone!
Mix and Match
Do you want to wake up to a sleepy studio apartment? Do you have a small sofa or apartment sofa that is in great need of replacing? Check out the color patterns that I have outlined here and look at our apartment sofa pages. I think it will make all the difference in the world to you. These are affordable ways to make your small space or any living room come to life again with minimal expense.
Want to Know Which Colors Make You Happy?
I have given you a sample of color choices for just about all personalities as best I could on this blog page. I will continue, as the change of the seasons, to show you more. If you see color samples on the Fabrics Page that enlightened you, then send me a comment and I will add it!
My advice: Expand your horizons if you are in a world without color. Don't sit around looking at old sofas and beige walls. Now is the time to get up off that old couch and answer the 3 questions I asked above. If nothing else, it will change a little part of your life and make you happier for doing so.
Let me know what you think and above all — ask questions! So many people want to hear your story!
Go RVing, Small Space is Unlimited …
August 26, 2008 by Ann
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I have been watching my Dad enjoy his retirement … who has recently taken up RVing and, I must say, he and his friends and the family are having the times of their life. Fuel prices as they are, these guys do not spend their well-earned retirement money on much else. Why sit at home when you can take your friends and family wherever you want to go in a convenient, safe and economical way; without the burden of airline hassles, hotel prices and rental car disappointments?
Get on the road again …
and furnish your surroundings the way my Dad did with his RV! He got the most of his seating environment by installing quality Ready-To-Assemble furniture. I hope to show you how to be more comfortable, on your way to getting to your destination and I really want to know about your experiences once you're there…
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You can take an RV places I never would have imagined and with a little help from Simplicity Sofas, you can furnish it comfortably, too. Dad's making the most of it and enjoying these places. If you are really into RVing, you have already researched the multitude of destination travel; or you are one who has been there, done that and wants to do it again!
What a trip!!
We would like to hear about your RV experiences here, too!! Do you want to know more about retrofitting your RV for space planning, seating and a more comfortable lifestyle while traveling this way? Let us know. Simplicity Sofas has the answers to your RV or, even your boating needs. Yes, my Dad just did buy a "small cruising boat" and he is installing a small apartment sofa and love seat in the cabins. — You know, the two best days in a boat owner's life?
Check back later on that one.
For now – Happy RVing and let us know your story! Do you have photos to share? Send them or a link to them so we can place them here!!
I am just happy that my Dad is RVing now and has used this product to create additional room for the RV small space. Send me pictures of your RV space and I can help you create a place that you can "retire and ride."
Please don't tell Dad I wrote an article about him and his adventures. I just wanted to share this with enthusiast like you.
"Safe Space" for Small Spaces
August 13, 2008 by Ann
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Have you ever been to a friend's house where there was no thought of "Safe Space" room planning or design? What I mean by this is, every time you get up from the small apartment sofa or chair, you bang your knee on the coffee table or hit your thigh on the corner of their laptop desk? OUCH!
When designing for small spaces, you want to make sure you can get as much walk-around room as possible and as much seating for guests, while still maintaining "safe space." That's the term I use to create ample walking space between furniture pieces, cocktail tables, entertainment centers, door openings, etc., so when your guests come to visit and mingle, they leave with no bruises or band aids.
All furniture in the room needs to have some "Safe Space" around it …
You will need at least 2 feet and, in most cases I recommend 3 feet, between a sofa and chair.
Space planning is critical for any type of room, but when you live in a small apartment, studio or loft, designing the space is crucial. Most safe spaces are typically going to be about 2 to 3 feet between each of your furniture pieces. For instance, you need at least 2 feet from the front of your sofa to the front of the cocktail table. When you get up, you have ample room to move about and do not knock over pictures of your loved ones, the scrabble board or your favorite beverage.
Watch out where you place those accent tables or end tables, as "their legs" tend to get in the way of "yours," in small spaces, too.
I recommend nesting tables that come in sets of three. When you don't need the extra surface space, just slide the smaller two in place, one under the other, where they tuck away and allow the largest table to become your end table. When you entertain, pull them all out for more table top space.
Think about maximizing your seating space for small apartments very carefully when you are room planning. You can get really creative if you think out of the "box" just a bit.
When you're designing your living room, add a couple of storage ottomans in place of a cocktail table. Place the two ottomans about three inches apart from each other to form a "table" in front of your apartment sofa. If you are entertaining guests, these pieces become a versatile option as they can be moved around easily to accommodate additional seating for two.
When you are relaxing at home, the ottomans give you hidden storage space for books, toys or magazines. You can use the ottomans when you're not entertaining by placing a tray table on top to showcase your fresh-cut flowers or memorabilia and accessories. Or move the tray table out of the way and prop up your feet. The extra ottomans make for inviting versatility.
We don't want you living in a box – we want to help you create a space that makes you feel open and alive!!!
We have so much to talk about and share … art and wall color … rugs and accessories – even what I am to do with my Grandma's old rocker. (I have an idea for that one) I will share one of those space saving opportunities next; unless I "bump" into something else.
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Pulling a "The Cage/The Menagerie" play, John and Ken cut the first episode they ever recorded into the 30th episode of Mission Log. Spock's gotta have it, though what it is, he will not say. But he's gotta get to Vulcan as soon as he can in "Amok Time."
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Hartford School Superintendent Dr. Steven Adamowski testified Tuesday in the ongoing Sheff vs. O'Neill desegregation case. Dr. Adamowski told the court that Connecticut's current financing model to support Sheff desegregation efforts…doesn't work. He said on average, Hartford loses money for every suburban student transported into the city and that it costs the city $400 over what the state is reimbursing. He said those funds have to be taken from the education experience from resident Hartford students. Adamowski said, in order for Hartford area interdistrict magnet and urban/suburban transfer programs to work, funding should follow the child.
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Sora (Jun Do Yun) and Sung Tae (Jo In Sung) are drifting through life. Sora is 29 years old and has hit a dead end. She has no job and little likelihood of getting one, having never graduated from college. She dreams of true love, but has yet to find anyone. Sung Tae grew up an orphan and dreams of becoming a famous movie star, hoping to find the foster family he lost track of years ago. When Sora meets Sung Tae, currently working as a waiter, she is drawn to something about him. She takes him under her wing and begins acting as his manager, and she and her brother, a talent manager, launch his career. As Sung Tae becomes more and more famous, he struggles with ever-greater difficulties however, especially those springing from his own dyslexia. Sora supports him through everything, refusing to give up. Will Sung Tae see the possibility for love in the warm-hearted woman beside him? And even if he does,will society allow the famous actor to date his own manager?
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CHISINAU, MOLDOVA: The draw for the 2013 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Zone Group III event took place at the Terraten Club on Tuesday with top seeds Egypt pitted against Armenia and Malta in Pool A.
No. 2 seeds Morocco, who will be looking to put the disappointment of a defeat in the promotion play-off against Lithuania last year behind them, have been drawn in Pool B against Denmark and Namibia.
Pool C contains No. 3 seeds Ireland, hosts Moldova and outsiders Kenya, who are looking to win just their third tie in the competition after returning to Fed Cup in 2012.
Arguably the hardest group happens to be the only that contains four nations. Norway, seeded fourth, have been drawn to play against Liechtenstein, Cyprus and Madagascar.
Liechtenstein's Stephanie Vogt is the highest ranked player on show in Moldova this week and will be hoping to lead her team into the promotion play-offs on Saturday.
She will face stiff competition from Madagascar's duo of Zarah Razafimahatratra and Nantenaina Ramalalaharivololona, who are both looking to lead their team into Zone Group II in their first year back in Fed Cup since 2000.
The winners of Pool A and Pool B will be drawn to play off against the winners of Pool C and Pool D to determine which two nations will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2014.
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China Wind, China Wave, or Zhongguo Feng, is a pop phenomenon that first began to take flight in Hong Kong around the 1980s, a period when ancient Chinese costume dramas and films were at its peak. China Wind is described as a genre of music that involves the fusion of traditional Chinese musical elements and modern pop melodies.
This week's new music video roundup at JayneStars features three "China Wind" ballads from mainland China's Li Yuchun (李宇春) and Taiwan's Jay Chou (周杰倫) and Peter Ho (何潤東)!
Jay Chou – "Red Dust Inn" <紅塵客棧>
Jay Chou is credited for taking the China Wind genre another step further by combining it with western musical styles, such as R&B and jazz. And thanks to him, many other artists are now doing similar changes to their music. Leehom Wang's famous "chinked-out" genre is also very similar to Jay Chou's China Wind style of music, but there is a difference. Leehom's style is more concentrated; for example, one song will have a very heavy Kunqu theme, while another song will have a very obvious Tibetan instrumental theme. Jay Chou's Chinese style seems more general, with a mash of pipa, erhu, and guzheng in one. Anyway, I digress.
Jay Chou's first single for his upcoming album, "Red Dust Inn" is a ballad, and it's very similar to his previous songs, so it's nothing surprising. But it's a good song. A great song, actually. Jay Chou's enunciation also improved, and the lyrics are very beautiful (as expected, because they are written by Jay's favorite lyricist, Vincent Fang).
"Red Dust" (紅塵) is basically a very poetic way for saying "flourishing society" in ancient Chinese text, but I did not get that feeling at all when watching the MV (again, maybe it's because of the poor quality). The editing was also not done very well. I followed the story for a while, but once the MV hit the middle point, I lost track of everything. The style of the MV completely changed and I had no idea what was going on.
Li Yuchun – "The Blade's End is Cold" <刀锋偏冷>
This is the theme song for the upcoming epic Chinese film, The Guillotines <血滴子>, which stars Li Yuchun, Huang Xiaoming, Ethan Juan, and Shawn Yue. It's an interesting cast.
Although the MV shows clips from the film, it told me nothing of what the film is about. It also did not make me want to watch the film either.
But the song is very nice. It has a very tragic style to it. The song is written by Jay Chou, and the lyrics are also helmed by the brilliant Vincent Fang. Nothing can go wrong if these two guys are together!
Aside from the fact that MV is just a big compilation of clips from the film, the MV also features Li Yuchun, trapped in a weirdly shaped steampunk machine. (The machine really reminded me of the Supreme Leader in Michael Jackson's Captain EO film!) She is surrounded by a series of bloodletting tubes and she looks miserable. She's dying a very short and painful death.
Peter Ho – "Life of a Ruthless King" <霸王命>
This is the theme song of an upcoming epic Chinese television drama, Legend of Chu and Han <楚汉传奇>, that also stars Peter Ho. Much like Li Yuchun's MV, Peter's MV is also a mix of clips from the drama with intercuts of the singer singing in a random part of the studio.
However, unlike Li Yuchun's MV, the MV started off with a clip from the drama, so I expected the MV to be, well, merely a "theme video" of the drama. I did not expect Peter Ho to randomly pop up in my screen, standing randomly and dramatically in a very cheap-looking studio. It was shocking but I had a great laugh. Minus points for the terrible editing, and plus points for making me laugh!
I am not much of a fan of Peter Ho as an actor (mainly because he is very bad at selecting roles), but I may consider watching Legend of Chu and Han after viewing this MV. I think he suits the role as Xiang Yu quite well, physically.
But I really like Peter Ho's voice! He sings with great clarity, and he also has a great range. However, this song does not do his voice justice. The song has a very nice instrumental, but the melody has a very flat range, so in the end, the song ends up sounding quite dull.
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uh, the 紅塵客棧 MV you linked to is just a fan-made mashup featuring clips from previous jay chou MVs.
Finally, good music(MV) ^O^
<3 Jay's music is awesome, but why is it in black??
Yuchun: Really nice voice, but it doesn't match the video behind the scene, not much emotion.
Peter: At first, I was like hm..what is with the white t-shirt and armor on one arm…then later on it feel like he is portraying the pain in the MV vid. It makes sense now, and sure enough his vocal cord have defnitely improve, I wish his acting also can be the same…i remember him and alex in one drama of something Sea and wow


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Chocolate Coconut Cookies
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Chocolate Coconut Cookies - flour less cookies made with sweetened condensed milk, unsweetened chocolate, shredded coconut, pecans and vanilla. Chewy, chocolatey and delicious, but not too sweet. Mmmmmmm..... Here you go, just a recipe tonight. No small...
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I was really stumped as to what to name this drink. It's not a smoothie because I used some frozen yogurt in it, but it was still pretty healthy. I guess, anyway. At least, I'm saying it was healthy. It sure tasted darn good anyway and looked very appetizing....
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro has confirmed his recovery from life-threatening surgery in a long television interview, but many Cubans believe he may be too old and weak to return to power.
With his beard grayer and speaking slower than before his illness, the 80-year-old Castro said nothing about his future in his first lengthy television appearance in 10 months.
Raul Castro, who has been standing in as president since July 31, said his elder brother looked "magnificent" in the interview, which aired on Tuesday night.
"Now I will start working less," the low-profile Raul Castro joked to reporters on Wednesday at the opening of a Canadian-built plant to generate electricity with gas near Havana.
Ordinary Cubans doubt whether the 80-year-old Fidel Castro, who took power in a 1959 revolution, has the strength to run the country or even give one of his famous long speeches again.
"He is too old to go on. He has lived through too much. It is time he handed over to Raul," said Sabina, the manager of a government store selling U.S. rice, Argentine black beans and Brazilian sugar at heavily subsidized prices.
"He is going to be 81. If he wants to live, he'll have to let go of the reins of power, otherwise he will not last long," said Carmen Vallejo, who works with children with cancer.
Vallejo said Castro's appearance was met with indifference by Cubans more concerned with the daily grind of economic survival in the communist state.
"The government has lost credibility. There is food but no money. There is theft and black market corruption everywhere, and little hope of change on the horizon," she said.
Castro was forced to hand over power temporarily after he was rushed to hospital with intestinal bleeding after a speech on July 26.
He underwent several operations and was reportedly close to death late last year. His illness was a state secret but it is widely thought to have been diverticulitis, or inflamed bulges in the large intestine aggravated by a stressful lifestyle.
Castro has not appeared in public since falling ill. But he has gradually returned to public life by writing a series of articles on world issues, mainly attacking his ideological foe, the U.S. government.
Castro spent most of the 52-minute interview on Tuesday night talking about Vietnam and his visit to Hanoi in 1973 in the midst of the war with the United States.
Most analysts believe the ageing revolutionary, the last major Cold War player still around, will settle into the role of elder statesman to be consulted on major policy issues while legitimizing his younger brother's administration.
Castro's supporters were heartened by the obvious improvement in his health, but critics believe his return to public life could stifle a nascent debate on economic and social reforms that Raul Castro has encouraged.
"Fidel Castro's appearance will slow the whole process of reform and intellectual debate that was starting up," said dissident Manuel Cuesta Morua.
Castro has become irrelevant to the daily lives of Cubans, said Cuesta Morua, who said he was surprised to see many television sets switched off during Tuesday's interview.
"He is talking about things that have little to do with Cuban reality today," he said.


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Yesterday, we announced new versions of the Sourcery CodeBench and Sourcery Analyzer products. Significant new functionality has been added to these releases. In particular, the focus has been given to enhancing the embedded software debugging flow. In relation to this, Sourcery CodeBench now includes trace capability and supports analysis of both software trace (via Sourcery Analyzer technology) and hardware trace via our integration with the Vitra-XD trace probe from Ashling Microsystems.
In this blog, I present Ashling's thoughts, courtesy Atul Kapur (Director of Embedded Debug Tools division at Ashling Microsystem Ltd.), on the evolution of high-performance embedded architectures and how their debug technologies help address associated challenges.
With the advancements made by ARM™ in high performance high speed multi- core architectures, every major semi-conductor company is adopting ARM technology for their new silicon designs. Recognizing the need to provide software developers insight into the inner workings of these new silicon devices, ARM has made continuous strides in enhancing Debug and Trace IP via the ARM CoreSight™ technology. Here at Ashling Microsystems Ltd, we are extremely pleased to work closely with Mentor Graphics to release a new tracing solution for ARM devices that provides advanced capabilities enabling developers to work through their hard to find, hard to replicate bugs that typically creep up towards the end of a development cycle.
Two of the key guiding principles that have lead to the development of the solution are:
- Developers should have the ability to capture cycle accurate instruction and data accesses non-intrusively, running the embedded system real-time over an extended period of time, to be analyzed at a later time
- Developers should have the ability to capture & analyze their software program in real-time non-intrusively, while the system is running
From a hardware perspective, we made sure we built in the right Trace Buffer size, and support for Trace capture speeds that ensured developers would not require to slow down their systems or be forced to consider any other intrusive method to identify their system problems.
From a software debugger perspective, Sourcery CodeBench provides powerful display, analysis and visualization capabilities in handling large amounts of trace data both in real-time, and non real-time. This combined solution simply provides a level of advanced debug & Trace capability that is essential for markets that encompass performance and safety- critical applications. Learn more about the integrated Sourcery CodeBench-Vitra-XD solution.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on if and how you manage debugging high-performance embedded systems. Leave a comment here or start a discussion in the Sourcery user community.
More about Atul
Atul Kapur is Director of Embedded Debug Tools division at Ashling Microsystem Ltd, responsible for steering and managing Ashling's Business Development and Marketing activities for WW markets. Prior to Ashling, Atul spent over a decade working at the bleeding edge of Embedded Technology in both hardware and software at Texas Instruments. Starting off as a pre-sales engineer demonstrating VoIP technology for the Embedded domain during its early stages of market adoption, Atul has always found himself as part of teams involved in launching innovative and disruptive products. Currently, Atul is focused on making the joint Sourcery CodeBench/ Vitra-XD solution a success in the market.


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Clippers rally past Mustangs in district semi-finals
Strasburg-Zeeland outscored South Border, 28-12, over the 13:20 of the game to pull out a 55-52 victory over the Mustangs in the semi-finals of the District 6 Tournament in Napoleon on Feb. 6.
The Clippers (18-2) advanced to the District 6 Tournament title game for the first time since 2008, and they qualified for the Region 3 Tournament for the 7th time in 8 seasons. South Border (Wishek-Ashley), which was seeking its first trip to the District 6 championship game sinceAshley placed second in the district in 2004, dropped to 11-10 on the season.
South Border grabbed the lead (9-6) midway through the first quarter on a 3-point play by Michael Rueb, and the Mustangs hold the lead for the next three quarters, and would not trail again until under a minute remained in the game. The Mustangs closed out the period with a 9-1 run to increase the lead to 15-7.
Michael Jacobson's threepointer extended the margin into double figures (20-9) with 5:10 remaining in the first half, but Scotti Scherr knocked down a pair of threepointers during a 12-6 run by Strasburg-Zeeland over the next 2:20, and Cole Nieuwsma's basket cut the lead to 26-21 with under 3:00 left in the half. However, a pair of free throws and a threepoint play by Jacobson over the next :45 doubled the lead (31-21), and the Mustangs took that margin (35-25) to the intermission.
South Border shot 65 percent (13 of 20) from the field and sank all 8 of its free throw attempts, while turning the ball over just 6 times in the first half. The Mustangs also held a 14-6 advantage in rebounds in the half, and Strasburg-Zeeland to collect just one offensive board. Strasburg-Zeeland hit on 10 of 21 (48%) field goals and just 2 of 7 free throws in the half. Jacobson scored over half (18) of South Border's points in the first half, including 12 in the second period, while Scherr and Cole Nieuwsma paced Strasburg- Zeeland's attack with 9 and 7 points, respectively.
Things would change dramatically for South Border in the second half, mainly because the Mustangs had all kinds of problems with Strasburg-Zeeland's defensive pressure and traps. South Border looked to be in good shape early in the second half after Jacobson's threepointer gave the Mustangs their biggest lead (40-27) with just under 6:00 left in the third period, and later, Rueb put back an offensive board to give South Border a 44-32 cushion at the 2:53 mark of the quarter. However, Strasburg-Zeeland ripped off 7 unanswered points over the next 1:30 to get back into the game, and Mason Kramer's basket cut the deficit to 5 points (44-39), before Rueb sank a pair of free throws to give the Mustangs a 46-39 lead heading into the fourth quarter. The Clippers would play the fourth period without starter Nic Kramer, who picked up 3 fouls in the third period and fouled out before the end of the frame.
The teams traded baskets on their first two trips of the final period, and Jacobson's triple gave South Border a 51-44 advantage with 7:10 left, but that would be the final field goal of the night for the Mustangs, who misfired on their final 8 field goal attempts and turned the ball over 9 times over the remainder of the game. South Border went scoreless over the next 4:15, while Strasburg-Zeeland scrapped together a 7-0 run, tying the game at 51-51 on Kyle Nieuwsma's three-point play with 2:53 left.
Niether team scored again until Hunter Pinke hit the second of two free throws to give South Border a 52-51 edge with 2:56 remaining, and the game went scoreless for over 2:00, before Kyle Nieuwsma nailed a three-pointer from the left wing to put the Clippers on top, 54-52, with :36 left. South Border turned the ball over on its ensuing trip, when Jacobson was whistled for an offensive foul, and Brody Nieuwsma hit the first of two free throws to cap an 11-1 run, which extended the lead to 55-52 with just :12.8 remaining.
Nieuwsma misfired on the second attempt, and Pinke rebounded for South Border. The Mustangs rushed up the court, before Jacobson fired a long three-pointer from the left side of the key in the closing seconds. The shot clanged off the back of the rim, but Rueb rebounded for South Border. However, the Mustangs were unable to get off another shot before time expired.
Strasburg-Zeeland didn't improve on its field goal or free throw shooting in the second half, nor did the Clip- pers solve their problem in the rebounding department, but South Border went icecold from the field, and the Mustangs couldn't take care of the ball, committing 15 turnovers over the final two quarters.
Strasburg-Zeeland finished 22 of 52 (42%) from the field and 5 of 15 (33%) from the free throw line, but the Clippers hit on 6 of 15 (40%) three-pointers, and committed just 6 turnovers the entire game, including just 3 miscues over the final three quarters. South Border hit 11 of 12 free throws and held a commanding, 38-20 advantage in rebounds, but the Mustangs hit on just 6 of 24 (25%) field goals in the second half to finish 19 of 42 (45%) for the game, and they turned the ball over 21 times, including 19 times over the final three periods.
Brody Nieuwsma paced Strasburg-Zeeland with 16 points, 5 steals, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, while Kyle Nieuwsma (6 rebounds, 3 steals), Mason Kramer (5 assists), Scherr (2 steals) and Cole Nieuwsma scored 9 points apiece for the Clippers. Jacobson was held to just 3 field goals and 8 points in the second half, but still finished with a game-high 26 points, while Rueb added 9 points for South Border.
Scoring Summary
S. | Border | 15 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 52 |
Stra.- | Zeel. | 7 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 55 |
Team Stats
Field Goals | 19-42 | 22-52 |
( | 45%) | (42%) |
Free Throws | 11-12 | 5-15 |
( | 92%) | (33%) |
Rebounds | 38 | 20 |
Turnovers | 21 | 6 |
Team Fouls | 17 | 16 |
Individual Scoring
South Border: Michael Jacobson 26, Michael Rueb 9, Hunter Pinke 5, Daniel Sayler 4, Ross Knoll 4,Adam Jacobson 4.
Stras.-Zeeland: Brody Nieuwsma 16, Kyle Nieuwsma 9, Scotti Scherr 9, Mason Kramer 9, Cole Nieuwsma 9, Nic Kramer 3.
3-Pointers: South Border (3-8): M. Jacobson 3, Strasburg-Zeeland (6-15): Scherr 3, K. Nieuwsma 2, M. Kramer 1. Fouled Out: N. Kramer (S-Z).
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20 Hours ECE is where the Government will fully fund the cost of early childhood education (ECE) for up to 6 hours per day, and up to 20 hours per week. ECE services cannot charge any fees for hours claimed as 20 Hours ECE.
20 Hours ECE was launched on 2 July 2007 as Free ECE. All three and four year olds (and five year olds with a transition-to-school plan) were eligible to receive it, and it could be offered by all teacher-led ECE services and some kōhanga reo.
The Government is funding 20 Hours ECE because it believes that giving young children the best possible start in life is vitally important, and that quality ECE builds the lifelong foundations of successful learning.
By reducing the cost to families, 20 Hours ECE encourages parents to enrol their children in ECE or to increase the time their children spend in ECE. 20 Hours ECE helps parents to have more choice about how their children can regularly participate in ECE while balancing their role as a parent with other needs (such as work and study).
20 hours a week encourages increased participation in high quality ECE. Research shows that children are likely to benefit more from high quality ECE if their participation is regular and frequent.
20 Hours ECE is available for up to six hours a day so that it matches how the Government already funds ECE services, which is also for up to six hours per day.
All three, four and five year olds enrolled at an ECE service that offers 20 Hours ECE can get up to six hours per day, up to 20 hours per week of early childhood education where no fee can be charged for those hours. 20 Hours ECE starts when a child turns three and finishes when they are enrolled in, and attending, school.
Children are legally required to be enrolled in school by their sixth birthday. The last day that can be claimed as 20 Hours ECE is, therefore, the day before a child's sixth birthday.
A transition-to-school plan is no longer required in order for five year old children with special education needs to access 20 Hours ECE; however the transition-to-school plan is good practice to support children to successfully transition to school with their peers. For more information about the transition-to-school plan contact Ministry of Education Special Education.
Yes. Any three, four or five year old child in New Zealand can be enrolled in ECE and receive 20 Hours ECE even if they are not a New Zealand resident or citizen.
No. 20 Hours ECE is available to any three, four or five year old who is enrolled in a teacher-led ECE service, kōhanga reo or Playcentre that offers 20 Hours ECE. This is regardless of income, ethnicity, work status, immigration status, family situation or any other factor.
From 1 July 2010 all licensed teacher-led ECE services, kōhanga reo and Playcentres can offer 20 Hours ECE.
Teacher-led ECE services:
A teacher-led ECE service is one where one or more ECE qualified and registered teachers are responsible for the overall programme in the ECE service. A qualified teacher would have a Diploma of Teaching in ECE or an equivalent qualification. A wide range of ECE services are led by teachers, ranging from kindergarten to private ECE services and home-based ECE services.
Parent-led ECE services:
In parent-led ECE services, the parents/whānau of the children are primarily responsible for implementing the curriculum and working with the children. The parents/whānau may manage the ECE service. Parent-led ECE services do not usually employ teachers and do not have to meet the teacher registration requirements. Examples of parent-led ECE services include Playcentre, most kōhanga reo and playgroups.
No, it is up to individual eligible ECE services to decide whether they offer 20 Hours ECE.
Privately owned ECE services must meet the same licensing requirements and funding rules as community based ECE services in order to be funded by the Ministry of Education. By ensuring that private and community based ECE services are eligible to offer 20 Hours ECE the Government is giving parents a greater choice of ECE services to enrol their children in.
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Making Inferences. Making Inferences. Making inferences is a skill with which students often need much practice.
If you've looked for resources in the same places that I have, you probably haven't been too happy with what you found. I believe that the inference worksheets that I've created are of a higher quality than the other available resources and, as usual, I'm giving them away for free. I hope that you'll appreciate these inference worksheets and that your students may better this valuable reading skills.
In each inference worksheet students are asked to do two things: answer questions where the solutions can only be provided by making logical inferences, and explain how they got their answers. Drawing Conclusions. This drawing conclusions worksheet guides your third grader through reading comprehension.
Understanding what you read is one thing, but what if an author doesn't tell you everything you need to know? Using story details to draw conclusions is an important part of comprehension, and helps hone critical thinking skills. Help your third grader practice this skill by completing five brief stories with a logical ending. Free Fourth Grade Worksheets. The fourth grade worksheets found here are meant to be used to supplement the work your child is already doing in school.
Depending on your child's abilities, you may wish to review these third grade and fifth grade worksheets for additional practice materials. You may print any of these fourth grade worksheets for your own personal, non-commercial use only. These worksheets may not be saved electronically or hosted on any other web site, blog, forum, etc.
Reading Comprehension Worksheets. Students read the passages and answer the questions that follow to check reading comprehension.
Passages are a mixture of fiction, non-fiction, and biography. Worksheets designed for students at a fourth grade reading level. Most of our reading comprehension lessons align to the Common Core Standards Initiative. To see the common core connections, select the apple core ( Cause-Effect. The Adventures of Pinocchio "Wait a minute and I'll come right back," answered the old fellow, thinking he had to deal with one of those boys who loves to roam around at night ringing people's bells while they are peacefully asleep.
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