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Derek Lee Workout
Gold Glove first basemen Derrek Lee is all business. Whether it's at the plate, on the bases, or scooping up throws, Lee is a solid player who is known for his hustle and hard work. After a hit-by-pitch broke a bone in Lee's left wrist a season ago, he's come back stronger than ever for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A master of injury prevention and strength training, Derrek Lee shares a few of his coveted workouts.
Baseball players always seem to have problems with their shoulders - especially their rotator cuffs. This usually stems from the strain that throwing, batting, and catching put on the shoulders. Lee utilizes the lateral dumbbell raise to combat this pesky problem. Standing in an athletic position with his feet spread slightly, Lee holds a dumbbell in each hand with palms facing each other. With a slight bend in his elbows, Lee raises his arms laterally until the dumbbells are at approximately shoulder height. Once here, Lee will hold for a second or two, then slowly raise his arms down to his sides. This exercise not only builds muscle, but it aids in injury prevention as well. The shoulders are put through a lot of stress during field play, and in the weight room from bench pressing, curling, and nearly every other upper body exercise. In order to get the most out of his shoulders, Lee does not neglect proper conditioning.
Derrick Lee does a lot of core movements. A strong core is
essential for rotational power when swinging a baseball bat.
Using a medicine ball is a great way to build up the core.
The core is always emphasized by baseball player, for that is where the majority of rotational power comes from. As a first basemen, Lee always has to be lunging, twisting, and stretching for his infielders' throws. To work his core, Lee engages in the overhead Russian twist exercise. Lying down, and with a medicine ball above and to the right of his head, Lee does a crunch to touch the ball to a partner positioned in front of him. With ball still in hand, Lee lowers his upper body back to the ground and touches the ball back behind him - but this time to the left. He will then crunch up and touch the ball to his partner's hand, and lower his upper body to the right and down. Lee will then keep repeating this motion. This exercise works the core in a very dynamic way. Having to hold the medicine ball above his head ensures that Lee will not cheat and use his hands to propel him upwards. This puts the majority of the strain on his abdominals which is necessary for building these muscles.
To build strong legs, Lee focuses on an exercise referred to as alternating step-ups. With a box positioned on the ground in front of him, Lee starts with his left foot on the ground behind the box, and his right foot on top of the box. He then explosively jumps off his right foot and switches feet positions in the air and lands with his left foot on the box and his right foot behind the box. After gaining composure for a second or two, Lee will repeat the action with the opposite foot and land back in starting position. The remainder of the workout will continue in this fashion. The alternating step-up workout is beneficial for both leg strength and practicality. By engaging in explosive workouts such as this, Lee focuses on the strength and speed he needs to get that quick jump out of the box after a hit.
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College Station — Nearly 10 years ago, Texas A&M rolled out the red carpet – literally – for football coach Dennis Franchione and athletic director Bill Byrne, both brand new to their respective gigs, when they stepped off a plane together at Easterwood Airport.
Franchione was the star that December 2002 day, as Byrne lingered in the background. Turns out, the athletic director hired from Nebraska outlasted Franchione by five years in Aggieland, and made a far greater impact on A&M sports.
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In Portland, Lady Gaga Dressed More Respectably Than I Did
Yesterday, I attended the rally protesting Don't Ask, Don't Tell in Deering Oak Park in Portland, Maine. My wonderful husband Jason and I live about a mile away, but he was at work, so I went by myself.
I arrived early and was lucky enough to get a standing spot in the second row. School had just let out, and there were many teenagers walking together, laughing and smiling. Portland is a progressive city but relatively small - the population is only about 66,000 - so it isn't every day that we can see the world's most famous pop star for free. I've been to other political rallies in town, and with rare exceptions, all the ones not involving Lady Gaga have been far more sparsely attended.
As expected, she didn't arrive until the very end, which makes sense, as it would be unkind to arrive early and then have all the celebrity watchers leave before the politicians and soldiers spoke. Of the early speakers, our Congressional Representative, Chellie Pingree, was the most eloquent. I feel fortunate to live in one of the few districts with an honest, unabashedly liberal Congressperson who will actually fight for the right things. The soldier's generally spoke well and passionately against the bigotry they had to face. Some were endearingly self-deprecating about not being the most famous musician alive.
Listening to them gave me a lot of mixed feelings. On the one hand, I was very proud to see my own tribe represented by such outstandingly skilled people. On the other hand, I couldn't help asking myself if any of them had participated in torture or in bombing children. Some of them spoke of the many missions they had run in Iraq. So I had to ask myself what I was really applauding. I strongly believe in the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and for LGBT soldiers to be treated as full equals, but if I'm honest, that means we're equal to create just as much misery around the world as straight people do. It was a relief for me to see some protest signs at the periphery saying "No more homo blood for US imperialism." Despite its blatant broadside, it gave the event a more nuanced feel.
The other signs were the expected mix of adoration of Lady Gaga and calls to repeal DADT. My favorite sort-of-unrelated protest was a handsome shirtless transman carrying a sign saying, "I'm trans. You have a problem with that?" He seemed very proud of his hard-won masculinity, and that made him even sexier in my eyes, even though a similar swagger in a cisgender man would not have appealed as much to me.
In keeping with Gaga's over-the-top wardrobe, I decided to look a bit nuts. So I attended barefoot, wearing a twenty-foot-long scarf, a very brightly striped jacket, a pale green military shirt and short blue shorts, and a held up a sign saying "Every Man Has a Man Who Loves Him." Lady Gaga is a big Yoko Ono fan, and I thought she might appreciate the reference to Yoko's brilliant pro-gay anthem. Portland has brick sidewalks, so my feet are still a bit sore after walking barefoot for about two miles.
Lady Gaga arrived in a huge black van, and like a good dominatrix, she made us wait a few more minutes while a soldier led us in a loud chant of "This law sucks!" Then a local student leader spoke, and she gave a strong speech while pointing out that it also kind of sucks to be the last person to speak before a crowd waiting for You Know Who.
May I assume you've seen the videos of Lady Gaga speaking? If not, they're all over youtube and elsewhere. She came across more powerfully live, especially when she shouted at homophobic soldiers, "Go home!" She didn't seem calculated at all but instead seizing the same opportunity that John Lennon and Yoko Ono had, when they realized that they were ludicrously famous and that every thing they said and did would be on the news, so why not put that publicity to work for something good in the world? Gaga managed a level of moral force and outrage I don't expect from megacelebrities, so I salute her for that. And as everyone says when they see someone famous in person, she is shorter than I realized.
She wore a relatively restrained black suit and very high heels, so I was a bit out of step with her in my crazy clothes, but that was ok. The crowd absolutely loved her and cheered every word. In her activism, she may have done far more than Obama to get the injustice of DADT overturned, especially when she pressured Harry Reid to bring the issue to a vote. While that isn't an ideal situation and only feeds our warped celebrity-worship culture, we'll take our leaders where we can find them, and Gaga stood up to the plate powerfully.
clearly there will need to be instituted a regimental ethos for various units: some will be known as 'macho homicidal maniacs,' some as 'gayer than may and here for the cameradie twinkies,' and each will have their separate uniforms. feather boas for the latter...
be thankful you don't need the work. its hard when you are defending the nation, and soul-destroying when you come to understand you're just a thug in uniform.
It always feels strange when I see a famous person up close, because I'm not inclined to worship people, and it's always frustrating not to have a conversation with them but instead merely receive them as if they're some kind of oracle. That's not Gaga's fault, just the way these things are orchestrated.


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MILFORD, Mass. – Members of the Toy Industry Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America distributed new toys and games to 250 children stationed at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Mass. and surrounding military installations, June 4, 2011. Captain David Throop, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, accepted toys on behalf of the Coast Guard, National Guard, Army and Air Force communities.
Also, Congressman Barney Frank's office and local toy industry companies sent representatives to help distribute the toys.
"The Toy Industry Foundation and the Boys and Girls Club annually select military installations to conduct this event," said Candy LeBlanc, a Recreation Specialist for the U.S. Coast Guard Morale Welfare Recreation. "USCG MWR Air Station Cape Cod was selected this past spring. I believe in part due to the fact that we have Boys and Girls Club programs here on the base."
Besides handing out toys, U.S. Coast Guard MWR hosted magicians, face painters and balloon sculptures for the event, said LeBlanc.
The program is part of President Barack Obama's project to make certain America's military and family members have the assets they need. It is the year of the military family and to celebrate, toys will be distributed through the Play Comforts partnership, which is a union of the TIF and BGCA, to the Massachusetts Military Reservation as well as other U.S. Coast Guard bases throughout the U.S.
"In 2011, Boys and Girls Clubs of America will celebrate the second year of our partnership with the Toy Industry Foundation," said Terrill D. Wicks, VP Military Services and International Projects. "Play Comforts is a great opportunity for both BGCA and the TIF to show our support for the unselfish sacrifice made by our military personnel and their families. We commend the TIF for their commitment to our military families and are grateful for their unwavering support."
Play Comforts is the first-ever national toy service to distribute toys to every branch of the military.
The Foundation's Toy Bank, which receives 5 million dollars worth of donations from toy manufacturers, retailers and distributors each year, will disperse the toys to 30 U.S. military installations with high deployment rates.
"Military families sacrifice so much to ensure the U.S. is a safe place for all of us," said Jean Butler, TIF Executive Director. "The Toy Industry Foundation is committed to providing toys to the children of these families in order to help alleviate the stress and anxiety of having a loved one far from home."


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This dog festival will offer a chance for owners and pets to come out and socialize and showcase their special canine skills. Fall-themed events will take place, including a dog costume contest. Plus, there will be vendor booths, live DJ music, contests for animals, and an agility course to test your dog's athletic abilities. Sponsored in part by Coca-Cola, the event is free. Registration will begin at 12:45 p.m., with a limit of two judged contests per dog, plus the agility course.
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Seeking to look at the role that women are playing in conflict resolution and peace building, 'Peacekeepers' follows the all-female Bangladeshi peacekeeping unit in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Sounds of Sachal explores the world of Sachal Studios, a jazz ensemble based out of Lahore, Pakistan. Musicians from a bygone era gather to play homage to Pakistan's vibrant musical history and hope to carve out a place for themselves in contemporary culture.
Seeds of Change: A short film chronicling the efforts of entrepreneur Khalida Brohi, Seeds of Change explores the ways in which cottage industries are countering extremism in Pakistan. Brohi runs Sughar, an organization that allows for women in rural areas to earn sustainable incomes through traditional handicrafts.


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Next Saturday, May 18th, I am co-hosting a coupon swap/meet-up with two other fabulous bloggers – Kristy from "My Momma Taught Me" and Christina from "WNY Deals and To Dos". Our swap will be in Rochester NY at the Mall at Greece Ridge, in the food court (get directions), starting at 1:00 p.m. EST. If interested in attending please respond ASAP either at Kristy's Facebook Event page here or send me an email (firstname.lastname@example.com). This is so we can get an estimate of how many to expect because we are planning a bunch of fun things – not just swapping!
For the Buffalo folks, if you can make the drive it is about an hour to hour and a half drive depending how far south you are. I'm hoping some will be able to make it out for this swap, but if not no worries because a Buffalo area swap/meet-up will be in the works soon!
Here's the plan for May 18th in Rochester:
There will be 3 door prizes, one sponsored by each of our blogs. Everyone that attends will get 3 raffle tickets to enter in the basket raffle. For every friend you bring, you will get an extra raffle ticket!
We are asking that attendees bring their 5 best coupons that they have no interest in using. Some ideas are good doubler coupons, tear pad coupons, rebates, etc. These 5 coupons will be added to a master coupon box. You will then receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win the filled coupon box! So yes, you may get back those 5 coupons you entered but hopefully many more exciting ones to make you smile. Christina, Kristy and I will be adding some of our best coupons too!
There will be a basket of samples from which everyone can choose one sample to take home as their thank you for coming. We will have some nice samples, so the earlier you come the better your options!
We will of course chat and swap our coupons!
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The Top Ten Time Travel Films of All Time
The concept of time travel has long been a popular theme to explore in modern entertainment. There have been a…
The concept of time travel has long been a popular theme to explore in modern entertainment. There have been a plethora of literary entries, TV has recently seemed in love with the concept, with the likes of Tru Calling, Journeyman, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and of course Lost using time travel in their narratives, but what about the big screen attempts to explore this phenomenon?
There have been many different incarnations of the theory of time travel over the years (I even wrote one myself at uni) and people seem to have a real love for the subject, possibly because time travel asks the question of What if…? Something we all do at some point in our lives…
…But I'm digressing into deep and meaningful territory here, so let's move on!
With the recent release of Time Crimes on DVD, a whole bunch of time travelling going on in the new Star Trek and a new Terminator instalment right around the corner what better time to have a look at the top 10 time travel films of all, err… time.
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5 Best work yet!callumundo08 | 28/01/2008 | See all callumundo08's reviews (4)i was at one of The feelings gigs in london on thursday, and they played a whole bunch of songs from the new ablum. it was probably the best concert i've been to as the band were great, but most importantly, the new songs were too. it's definately worth buying the 2 disc version as 'video killed the radio star' is the best song on the album by far.
1 Where did all the excitement and energy go?!?! Please Read!Dannyboy12 | 12/03/2008 | See all Dannyboy12's reviews (5)I thought the debut album from the feeling was okay - went to see them live at leeds uni and was bawled over by their energetic performance (bought the Tshirt and everything!!)Since then 12 stops and home has rocketed to the top of my playlists. However i feel extremely let down by this recent release. The band has opted for a whole new take on music and the energy and excitement from the first album is just non-existent!Music critics would say that the melodies and lyrics are much more mature and that the songs work on whole new levels, but i'm going to see them again on saturday and i just have no idea how they are gonna make it bearable! There is no way that you can jump to these songs, or scream out the words. They are slow and emotional and it doesnt make for easy listening!!!Make sure you try out the songs somewhere (YOU-know-what-TUBE?!) before you buy this album. I hope this helps!
5 Its a grower....andy1471 | 24/03/2008 | See all andy1471's reviews (1)I got this album when it first came out and i have to say, i was expecting something like Twelve Stops and Home, and i didnt get that. What i got was an album showing another side to the Feeling, admittedly some songs are repetitive but i find myself singing them and wanting to listen to them. This album is definately a grower and as such is a great album.
5 Music to the ears!!! AWESOMEMurtman78 | 03/03/2008 | See all Murtman78's reviews (1)I've had Twelve Stops and home for well over a year and that was music at its best but this album is pure bliss.....I didn't think they'd beat their first studio album but they have. The Feeling deliver foot tapping tunes and quality lyrics, they fail to disappoint with their follow up album. It's a must listen with, Without You and Won't Go Away ranking high up in the top tunes category!! If you're not a Feeling Fan, you should be after this!
4 The Feeling...rrrrrrrrrr | 23/04/2008 | See all rrrrrrrrrr's reviews (1).... are great!I had read alot of reviews saying that this was a let down! someone wrote a review saying give it a chance, so i did!when i listened to it i thought this is not great but i wanted to give it a chance! now i have listened to it more than once, its great to turn up in your car when you are drivingi definitely reccommend it for people who loved their first album and just loves music! it is different from their first album but they have got it right!definitely buy it if you are unsure!X


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By Ken Gormley
Archibald Cox is a biography of a gifted lawyer who retained his principles in Washington, D.C. 585 pages Addison Wesley (1997)
Reviewed by: Stephen F. Rohde Among the most grim events that have collectively come to be known as Watergate, the Saturday Night Massacre on October 20, 1973, will be remembered as the beginning of the end of the presidency of Richard M. Nixon. When Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox issued a subpoena seeking nine Oval Office tape recordings, Nixon became so outraged that Cox was exercising the independence Nixon had so publicly guaranteed him that Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Cox. Unwilling to violate the terms under which he had appointed Cox, Richardson resigned rather than comply. After Assistant Attorney General William Ruckelshaus likewise resigned, Solicitor General Robert Bork fired Cox. Nixon's crass exercise of naked power was in stark contrast to the honorable display of integrity exhibited by Cox at a nationally televised press conference held earlier that day. Addressing the American people for almost an hour, Cox explained that he was not "out to get the president of the United States" but "had to try to stick by what I thought was right."; Given the oath he had taken before the Senate, Cox declared that he could not accept the president' ultimatum to forego his attempt by judicial process to obtain tapes, notes, or memoranda of presidential conversations. The public reaction to Cox's press conference revealed widespread confidence in Cox's integrity. One writer described him as a "immy Stewart-like character." Upon learning that he had been fired, Cox issued his last statement as a special prosecutor: "Whether ours shall continue to be a government of laws and not of men is now for Congress and ultimately the American people" to decide. But who was Archibald Cox? What had equipped him for this pivotal moment in American history? In a satisfying and revealing biography titled Archibald Cox: Conscience of a Nation, Ken Gormley paints a colorful portrait of Cox's public and private lives. Conducting more than 140 interviews with such key figures as Cox, Richardson, Ruckelshaus, Bork, John Dean, Gerald Ford, Edward Kennedy, John Kenneth Galbraith, Theodore Sorensen, Ramsey Clark, Warren Christopher, and four Supreme Court justices, and using scores of public and private sources, Gormley traces the important events in Cox's life with charming, telling, and revealing anecdotes and candid observations. Cox was born in 1912 in Plainfield, New Jersey, the son of a successful copyright and trademark lawyer. Remembering that there was "never a day when I wasn't going to be a lawyer," Cox believed that the history of the legal profession was made up of "great cases and great lawyers in great circumstances." Thus, as if preordained, Cox graduated from Harvard College and entered Harvard Law School in 1934. He surprised everyone by achieving the highest grade point in the first-year class of 593 students. Dean Roscoe Pound observed that Cox "was capable of splitting a hair into many more parts than anyone else." Upon graduation from Harvard Law School, Cox made two critical decisions: he married Phyllis Ames (whose grandfathers were both highly prominent in legal education), and he accepted a clerkship with U.S. Circuit Court Judge Learned Hand instead of taking a job with a Boston law firm. Gormley describes with ease and admiration the lifelong romantic relationship between Phyllis and Archie as they raised their family and met the demands of his increasingly public career. Phyllis emerges as a strong and supportive force in Cox's life, attending to home and hearth as her husband built a successful public and private career. The other inspiring figure in Cox's life, Judge Hand, was a guiding force until Hand's death in 1961. Gormley presents an engaging portrait of Hand and his lasting influence on his young clerk. Sitting in his chambers, Hand taught Cox that judges, and by extension lawyers, were responsible "to those books about us" –to the law itself. Once in private practice in 1938, Cox began to specialize in labor law, but three years later he followed a senior partner to serve on the National Defense Mediation Board and then on to the solicitor general's office at the U.S. Justice Department. In 1942, the 30-year-old Cox presented his first oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. It proved to be an inauspicious appearance for one who would return 66 times. Cox's task was simply to "confess error" in a case that the government had improvidently won in the lower court. With Phyllis watching from the gallery, Cox opened his mouth only a moment before all the justices jumped down his throat. In a stunning defeat (or ironic victory) the Supreme Court cast aside Cox's confession of error and upheld the original decision in the government's favor. Cox later served as associate solicitor in the Labor Department. Then, after an interlude of only four or five weeks in private practice, he accepted a teaching position at Harvard Law School, where he served, with several memorable interruptions, for almost 40 years. Cox taught labor law and authored the first modern textbook in that field. In 1946, at the age of 34, Cox was one of the youngest professors to receive tenure. In 1952, he was appointed by President Harry Truman as chairman of the new Wage Stabilization Board. When the United Mine Workers defied Congress's wage limit, Cox warned them that "freedom–their freedom–cannot long survive when the supremacy of law is challenged by naked power." Cox had no way of knowing that 21 years later his courageous devotion to this principle would bring down a president. But in 1952, it was President Truman who prevailed. Under pressure from the UMW, Truman overruled Cox's decision and granted the union the wage increase it demanded. Cox resigned. He returned to Harvard Law School and began serving regularly as a labor arbitrator, while also generating a prodigious number of law review articles (averaging three each year during the 1950s), but he received only lukewarm evaluations from his students, who described him as "patrician,""a Boston Brahmin, a stiff fellow," and even "arrogant" and "insufferable." In 1953, Cox began an association with John F. Kennedy. Gormley presents an intriguing account of Cox's inauguration into hardball politics. By 1957, Cox had become a key adviser to Kennedy on labor issues. His intelligence impressed Cox. When the two of them flew back to Boston, Cox recalled that the "politician was reading Proust and the professor was reading Perry Mason." In 1960, when Kennedy launched his bid for the presidency, he asked Cox to serve as the head of his academic advisory group. Believing that occasional excursions into public affairs were part of the privilege of the legal profession, Cox accepted. Gormley skillfully tells the story of Cox's dedicated service and his serious and unexpected clashes with Sorensen, Kennedy's key aide. Cox wrote to a close friend at Harvard that "political campaigns are so inconsistent with all our professional training that it will be a personal satisfaction to rejoin you all in November." Kennedy's respect for Cox remained high, and in December 1960 he appointed Cox as solicitor general, a position Cox had revered as the "conscience of the government." Gormley justly devotes considerable attention to Cox's outstanding service in this high office and his vital role in the development of civil rights law. Gormley re-creates the ideological and strategic battles between Cox and Attorney General Robert Kennedy, whom Cox at first considered an utter disappointment but whom he grew to love and admire as "a great attorney general." Although Cox was immensely respected as solicitor general, Gormley reports that some of his colleagues and certain Supreme Court clerks found him arrogant–that he occasionally lectured the justices and conveyed the impression that he was "really looking down his nose at them." By 1963, however, Cox appeared poised for elevation to a seat on the Supreme Court. Indeed, Arthur Schlesinger and Chief Justice Earl Warren had discussed the matter directly with the president and both reported that Cox would have been appointed had Kennedy lived. Once President Johnson began his own full term in 1965, Cox submitted his resignation as solicitor general and returned to Harvard, having prevailed in more than 80 percent of the cases he argued before the Supreme Court. The Washington Post wrote that "Cox filled the office with extraordinary devotion, learning, effectiveness and style. Even in comparison with a succession of most able predecessors, his performance must be rated as genuinely brilliant."Robert Kennedy called him "a wise and trusted counselor, and a steadfast friend." By far the longest and most well-researched portion of the book encompasses Cox's service as Watergate special prosecutor. Gormley offers several surprises in this oft-told tale and presents an illuminating account of the role Cox played "as a thoughtful, considerate and skilled prosecutor." Among a wide range of interesting revelations is the special relationship between Cox and Elliot Richardson, a former student of Cox, who had also clerked for Judge Learned Hand. The mutual respect felt by these men proved to be vital when the full weight of the presidency came down on them. Cox's life serves as a model for a public interest lawyer. Eschewing the wealth he surely would have accumulated in private practice, Cox responded to the call for public service. Few lawyers will devote as much of their careers to the greater good as Cox did. His story reveals the personal satisfaction that such service brings, and it challenges all lawyers to contribute some of their time and talents to the interests of society as a whole. Gormley broadens our knowledge of Cox beyond his famous role in Watergate. He emerges as a complex public figure, a lawyer who took his ethics seriously and who was a loving father and husband. One feels a tinge of sadness that one is not reading the biography of a Supreme Court justice. Cox has said he has no regrets, but for the sake of the law in "those books about us," the rest of us indeed may.
Stephen F. Rohde is a partner with Rohde & Victoroff who specializes in constitutional law.


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Interview with magazine Itogi April 16, 2007
«My years before 1999 were very productive. I felt that my life had turned out well. This all continued until the beginning of October 1999, when I got a telephone callÖ»
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Igor Sechin called me and said that Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin] wanted to talk to me. I said, 'good, I'll come'. It was Saturday and he'd arrived from somewhere, tired out after some trip or other. We talked and he made me the offer to head the Federal Securities Market Commission.
I was interested in this subject in an academic sense, and had a bit of practical experience too, though I am not a stockbroker. The subject interested me. I even wanted to write my second doctoal dissertation on something related to securities. I said that the offer interested me but that I needed a few days to think it over. I returned to St Petersburg, discussed it with my family and then said I was ready. I came to Moscow a month later to take up the job of deputy Government chief of staff. Dmitry Kozak was Government chief of staff at that time. We agreed that I would work for a couple of weeks or a month to get a feel for administrative life, and then I would receive my official appointment to the post.
But events developed fast at that time. Vladimir Vladimirovich said, 'look, if you want, I'm ready to sign the appointment to the Federal Securities Market Commission straight away, or you can stay here, with the Government'. The securities commission was a job with substance, dealing with a big and growing market and interesting issues, while the Government offered the prospect of administrative work, something I'd never desired to get involved in and that seemed boring. But whether it was through some premonition or I don't know what, I said, 'for the time being I'll stay here and help out'. He said, 'alright, that's fine, I understand'. That was on December 29, 1999. Then, on December 31, 1999, as acting President, he signed a decree appointing me deputy chief of staff of the Presidential Executive Office, which I only found about while being in St Petersburg to celebrate the New Year.
QUESTION: Were you aware then of the publications that had already appeared saying that there was a certain...
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Young man?
QUESTION: Yes, that there was a certain young man from St Petersburg, from [Anatoly] Sobchak's old team, and that people in the presidential staff were saying this was the future chief of staff of the Presidential Executive Office.
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: I don't know about the rumours that were doing the rounds at the time. In his book, Vladimir Vladimirovich did indeed mention this, but he never raised this matter with me. It was a big moral test when he called me at the start of the year, on January 5, 2000, and said he'd like me to head his campaign headquarters. I said, 'are you sure?' I'm a decent legal specialist and able, I think, to deal with various issues, but I had never been involved in an election of this sort, the presidential election what's more. He said, 'don't worry, everything will be fine'.
A very interesting time followed with the work at the headquarters that I was in charge of. I got enormous satisfaction out of this work, out of being part of this most important political process and out of knowing that a lot depended on me, as one of the components in this machine. It was a test to see what I was worth.
From the book by Nikolai and Marina Svanidz
«I'm not such a fan of grandiloquent talkÖ»
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: I'm not such a fan of grandiloquent talk. I think that civil servants, and people holding constitutional office even more so, should refrain from pathos and concentrate on concrete work.
Like any normal Russian, I love my country. I love its history and I love the particular spiritual world that is interwoven in our life, but this is something quite personal, something I think should be somewhere inside a person's heart. How can you be a normal citizen if you don't love your country? How can you live in your country otherwise? But if we put this love too much on display it immediately creates a feeling of insincerity.
«95 percent of everything I do and have done can be done out of the public eye. But the laws of political life are such that the country has to know what the authorities are doing. We did not invent these laws and we are not about to change themÖ»
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: I don't have the impression that I've turned into someone with a craving for publicity, like a drug. There's that type of politician that people call a political animal, but I don't have the impression at all so far of having become one. My name might be Medvedev [derived from the Russian for 'bear'], but I don't think I've become any sort of animal in this sense, that's for sure. I don't feel any urge to always have the camera on me.
At the same time though, I have changed in some ways. If I hadn't it would be hard to do what I'm doing now. There came a point when I realised that it wasn't so difficult any more. At the beginning it irritated me. I was always thinking that I could do things faster, more efficiently, if I didn't have all these people snapping their cameras around me. In other words, 95 percent of everything I do and have done, can be done out of the public eye. But the laws of political life are such that the country has to know what the authorities are doing. We did not invent these laws and we are not about to change them. I think this is probably right. It no longer irritates me, and that is a big step forward.
«I support democratic valuesÖ»
«My first priority is Russia's interestsÖ»
DMITRY MEDVEDEV: If I were living at the end of the nineteenth century I could probably answer this question with no trouble. Having read my fill of the finest works of classical Russian literature, I could give a direct answer to the question. But the world has changed and we need to take a modern view today, and so my first priority is Russia's interests.
Interview with the Financial Times March 21, 2008
«It's interesting to work when you see the results of your effortsÖ»
«If you don't take pleasure in the details, you won't have such interest in the overall resultÖ»
Meeting with youth organisation representatives January 31, 2007
«I keep myself informed about people's assessments of the results of my workÖ»
Interview with magazine Stern August 9, 2007
«I am quite an active Internet userÖ»
Internet conference March 5, 2007
«I can tell you how my day beginsÖ»
«If you really want to, you'll find the time to raise your children and listen to musicÖ»
But one needs to do more than just listen to rock music. One should listen to classical music too. Rock music and classical music are very close. Rock, jazz, and classical music are all part of one and the same musical process. One should also read good books - a real way to relax - and then everything will go well.
Conversation with journalists from the Urals Federal District January 17, 2007


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The Centenary of the death of Charles Haddon Spurgeon has been the occasion for the release of several Spurgeon-related works. Drummond's Spurgeon: Prince of Preachers is among the more prized of these. Drummond has the most extensive biography of Spurgeon since G. Holden Pike's two-volume set published in 1899. The biography follows an analogy between Spurgeon and the character "Christian" in John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, one of Spurgeon's favorite books. So "this new biography of Charles H. Spurgeon picks up pithy poems, places and personalities of Bunyan's classic allegory and makes them the motif of Spurgeon's life and ministry" (13). Each of the thirteen chapter-titles is a quotation from Progress. Drummond follows his plan with effectiveness and clarity.
He has done his homework and has produced a readable and well-documented biography. His thorough discussion of Spurgeon covers both major and minor aspects of his life. The excellent appendices, dealing mainly with the "Downgrade Controversy," reflect expert use of original sources from the Baptist Union and private correspondence. As did Carlile in his 1933 biography, Drummond conclusively shows that Spurgeon clearly possessed all the evidence necessary to prove the existence of modernism among many pastors in the Baptist Union. Spurgeon was "capable of substantiating" (701) the charges, but when S. H. Booth, moderator of the Baptist Union, urged confidentiality on personalities involved in his correspondence with Spurgeon, for better or for worse, Spurgeon honored his request.
A few modifications would improve this already excellent work. Reportedly, Spurgeon preached at the service commemorating the restoration of Bunyan's tomb on May 21, 1801 (346). This date was over thirty years before Spurgeon's birth. The correct year was 1864. Another deficiency is the many long quotations that are poorly identified or not referenced at all (e.g., 326, 382, 532). Also, space-conservation was undoubtedly a factor in the already long book, but the use of a "fractional width" format tends to run letters together and make reading sometimes difficult. Perhaps a two-volume work would have been more serviceable.
Drummond deserves praise for the chapter on "Spurgeon's Theology" (chap. 12), the highlight of the book. He writes, "In the pure sense of the word, Spurgeon never wrote any theological works. At any rate, he never systematized his thought in writing. Therefore, to discover his theology of the Bible one must glean it through his sermons and other writings" (615). Spurgeon produced more published works than any other Christian in history, so sorting out his theology is a laborious task, one that this biographer has accomplished admirably. His own personal convictions seem to have prejudiced His conclusions about Spurgeon's doctrine sometimes. For example, he equates "hyper-Calvinism" with the doctrine of double predestination (641) without distinguishing between active and passive reprobation, the latter being the clear position of Spurgeon (ibid.). Spurgeon rejected "hyper-Calvinism," which rejects the need to preach the gospel actively to the lost, but he firmly embraced the total sovereignty of God in election. He balanced his position by teaching that God ordains both the end (i.e., salvation of the elect) and the means (i.e., human instrumentality in preaching the gospel). He expressed it this way: "That God predestines, and that man is responsible, are two things that few can see. They are believed to be inconsistent and contradictory; but they are not. . . . These two truths cannot be welded into one upon any human anvil, but one they shall be in eternity" (ibid.)
As a challenge to today's world of theological morass and doctrinal compromise, Drummond's biography portrays a man of single-mindedness and theological consistency. The present scene needs more men like Spurgeon–men of vision, energy, and ability, but above all, men who put God's glory and honor and the truth of the Scriptures above all considerations of earthly life.


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Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity "Livestock Exchange" first appeared in the October 2006 issue of Touchstone. Livestock ExchangeMark D. Linville on Peter Singer's Bestial Loss of Moral Reasoning Paul's discussion in the first chapter of Romans reads like the script for a tragedy, but a tragedy on a grand scale, telling of the ruination not of one man, but of an entire race of men. The fatal flaw is a stubborn refusal to acknowledge the Creator and a propensity to worship created things instead. If the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, the rejection of God is the source of folly. A fool and his money may soon be parted, but his dignity is not far behind. Scripture records several boneheaded business transactions in which fools swapped the priceless for the worthless. Esau exchanged his birthright for a bowl of soup. The people of Israel bypassed an artesian spring, choosing instead to sop up what stagnant water remained in their broken cisterns. And the idolaters Paul describes in Romans exchanged the glory of the Creator for mere likenesses of mere creatures. It is as if the prisoners in Plato's cave, having been brought outside to see a colored and textured world and offered their freedom, opted to return to the world of pale shadows on the fire-lit wall. The analogy is a fair one because those idolaters were also captives held in dark places. Their rejection of God resulted in a darkening of their intellect—including a loss of moral discernment—and an enslavement to degrading passions. When God is eclipsed by either an idol or an idea, moral vision grows dim. When the divine nature is denied, human nature is diminished. The "degrading" and "shameful" deeds that Paul describes are today not merely practiced but celebrated. As C. S. Lewis observed, our collective instincts are all askew on sexual matters. Malcolm Muggeridge once observed that the motto of Western society was copulo ergo sum. This could wind up on the dollar. Still Shocking Singer Paul might have told us that such practices are just business as usual in a society that has cast off any ties to the Creator and been set adrift. But even a divinely inspired apostle might have been surprised by the direction in which we may be headed. Consider Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University. He is perhaps best known for his 1975 book, Animal Liberation, in which he argues that the interests of sentient animals count equally with those of individual humans. In that book, Singer compares chicken magnate Frank Perdue to Adolph Hitler, as each is responsible for his respective "holocaust." In one essay, he balances the interests of children who are bitten by rats against those of the rats themselves and asks if we are morally justified in exterminating the rats for the sake of the children's health. For him, this is a genuine moral dilemma because the rats enjoy moral standing equal to that of the children. The dilemma might be relaxed (in favor of the rats) if the waifs are below a certain age. According to Singer, there is no good sense in which we may say that infants have any rights, such as a right to life. "Killing a disabled infant is sometimes not wrong, given that the infant, like any infant, is not a person as I see it," he told CBS News. (Are you keeping score? So far we have "Save the chickens! Kill the babies!") One might think that there is little else that Singer could say that would shock. But then I happened upon a more recent article by Singer. "Heavy Petting" is his defense of the permissibility of bestiality: sex with animals. Reading this reminded me of a Weird Al skit in which he plays a talk-show host. "Sex with furniture: What do you think?" he asks an audience member. But Singer is serious. He begins by noting that many sexual taboos—from the use of contraceptives to sodomy (a "part of the joy of sex," he says)—have been broken down. But "not every taboo has crumbled. Heard anyone chatting at parties lately about how good it is having sex with their dog? Probably not. Sex with animals is still definitely taboo." Why, Singer asks, the lingering opposition to bestiality? He suggests that it stems, in part, from the old, "out of touch" view that all non-reproductive sex is immoral ("heavy petters" are probably not knitting baby stockings). Christians think that only humans have been created in God's image, and that this sets them apart. To the contrary, Singer asserts, "we are animals, indeed more specifically, we are great apes." And because this is so, bestiality "ceases to be an offence to our status and dignity as human beings." Bestiality is morally objectionable only when it entails cruelty to the animal. "But sex with animals does not always involve cruelty." Twisted Design As far as I know, no furred or feathered participant has given his opinion on the activity, but cruel or not, bestiality is a perversion. The word is gathering dust these days, but its original sense meant the "twisting" of a thing away from its purpose and towards inappropriate ends—a misuse of the thing. But the concept of misuse makes sense only within the context of design. Table knives, for instance, are designed to cut meat or spread butter, not to screw wheels onto go-karts. A rock, on the other hand, is not designed for anything, and is not "misused" as a hammer, a paperweight, or a weapon. Singer's worldview has no place for the concept of design. He would affirm with Bertrand Russell that "man is a product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving" and with Jean-Paul Sartre that we are more like rocks than table knives, that we are not for anything. For all three, if there is no God, then, as Sartre famously put it, "existence is prior to essence." "First of all, man exists, turns up, appears on the scene," and then it is up to each individual to determine his own "essence" or establish for himself what it means for him to flourish or live well. Sartre does not mince words: "If I've discarded God the Father, there has to be someone to invent values. You've got to take things as they are." A Christian, indeed anyone who accepts the moral law (the thing Lewis called the Tao), believes that, to invoke Sartre's language, perversion is an egregious instance of failing to align our existence with our essence. If we "take things as they are"—or as Singer supposes they are—there can be no serious talk of sexual perversion of any kind. Such failure is just impossible in a purposeless universe. If God does not exist, bestiality is permitted. And other things even Singer has not (yet) advocated. Why not incest? Indeed, if "Heavy Petting" were bound up in a collection of essays that also included an essay on "Filial Love," the latter would be no more outrageous than the first. On Singer's worldview, it is likely that the origins of this "taboo," like those against bestiality, are rooted in "epigenetic rules"—propensities to believe and behave in certain ways—that were selected for their reproductive advantage. Now, as Michael Ruse observes in Taking Darwin Seriously, "our technology has outstripped our biological nature." Sentiments that helped ensure success on the savannahs might prove either inadequate or irrelevant in a modern urban setting. Thus, as Lewis summarized the position in The Abolition of Man, "the old taboos served some real purpose in helping to preserve the species, but contraceptives have modified this and we can now abandon many of the taboos." With their ability to reduce the risk of pregnancy and inbreeding, contraceptives may be of assistance here as well. Singer's Abyss We have thus learned from our ethicist that sex with animals is okay so long as we keep these strict moral guidelines in mind: Always remember that "no" means no, whether bleated or barked, and, whatever you do, be gentle. Similarly, why not suppose that the taboo against incest may be circumvented, so long as it is consensual and one remembers to "practice safe sex"? "One by one, the taboos have fallen," Singer gloats. His ensuing discussion is a tragic example of descent into a moral abyss. It is the same story that Paul told us, but this time told from the perspective of the idolaters themselves, who see it as a comedy. Perhaps Singer is cheerful about such implications of his worldview. I, on the other hand, see a reductio. Moral reasoning must begin somewhere. The observation that sex with animals is perverse is as good a starting point as any. If the denial of the imago Dei puts us in bed with the beasts, then so much the worse for that denial. Singer's article can be found at www.nerve.com/Opinions/Singer/heavyPetting/main.asp;
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The Cadillac Escalade remains one of the most stolen cars in the U.S., according to the Highway Loss Data Institute, an offshoot of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The group's latest study shows that the Escalade's popularity with thieves is high: Four versions of the Escalade appear at the top of HLDI's list of 2008-10 vehicles with the most theft claims.
Escalade owners are stacking up theft losses that are more than 10 times larger ($114) than the average car ($11 worth of theft loss).
The data comes from insurers that represent about 80% of all privately owned vehicles. Understandably, the information doesn't include information on uninsured cars. Unlike the most-stolen vehicle list we reported on earlier, which tends to be dominated by best-selling cars, HLDI says its list is a better indicator of how likely a given car will be targeted.
Pickup trucks' theft values plummeted dramatically between 2007 and 2009 because more models come with immobilizers, HLDI says.
Outside of trucks and luxury cars, the Chrysler 300 has the highest theft rates of any passenger car, HLDI says. On the other side of the spectrum, the Audi A6 with all-wheel drive saw the fewest claims, while the Mini Cooper Clubman saw average theft losses of just $1.
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Option traders are placing short-term bets on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB - 19.06) today, especially on the put side of the aisle. Around midday, the social networking concern has seen roughly 103,000 puts change hands -- representing a 66% increase to its average intraday put volume, and nearly twice the number of FB calls exchanged. However, digging deeper into the data, it appears not all of the action is of the bearish variety.
Garnering the most attention has been the November 18 put, which has seen more than 11,800 contracts cross the tape. The majority of the puts traded at the bid price, and implied volatility was last seen more than 21 percentage points higher, hinting at sell-to-open activity. By writing the puts to open, the sellers are expecting FB to remain north of $18 through the end of the week, when November-dated options expire. In this best-case scenario, the puts will remain out of the money, and the sellers can retain the entire net credit received at initiation.
However, not everyone on Wall Street is optimistic when it comes to FB. Short interest on the equity skyrocketed nearly 20% during the most recent reporting period, and now accounts for a healthy 6.7% of FB's total available float.
Technically speaking, the shares of FB are currently testing a familiar foothold in the $19 region. This area launched the security higher in mid-October, and should continue its role as a backstop. Plus, the November 19 strike is home to peak put open interest in the front-month series, with more than 78,000 contracts outstanding. Heading into Expiration Friday, this glut of puts could translate into an added layer of options-related support for FB.
Fundamentally, the company's next lockup expiration is Wednesday, Nov. 14, as restrictions on the potential sale of 804 million shares will be lifted.


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- "When you're stuck in a foreign country and you don't not know the words for reverse charges, and you're in some lonely skin joint in the middle of some poor slum having just had every last cent robbed from you, and you call yourself a "bodyguard", then you know that you're a loser."
- ―Max Payne.
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Hello everyone, my name is Ilan xd, and I served as an admin on this Wiki since April 2012 until January 2015. I also served here as a Patroller from August 2011 until my promotion to an admin.
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Nothing special to say here. I personally believe that every person has his/her own free will to shape his/her future. I dislike conflicts, but I'm not above violence, although I often keep myself in check when I'm involved in arguements.
I dislike in-family arguements, including those who are outside of family, and whenever I hear a parent yelling at their child or a child cursing his/her parents, I tend to keep myself from hitting them.
I'm Jewish, but apart of keeping Kashrut and celebrating holidays, there's nothing else to say. I'm an Atheist.
While I think people should choose to do whatever they want, I do believe in rules. I don't like 'em, but I follow them regardless.
Same as previous section, nothing special here. Apart from video games, I enjoy writing and drawing. I also trains in a gym about three-five days in a week. I used to go to Karate and Contact Combat (Krav Maga).
As most of you already know, I greatly enjoy the Grand Theft Auto franchise and most games made by Rockstar Games. I was dragged into GTA at the age of 6 thanks to my brother and GTA3.
Other games I like are Uncharted, Assassin's Creed (love-hate), Bioshock, Metal Gear, Infamous, Resistance and The Last of Us. I'm also involved in a love-hate relationship with Call of Duty.
I really enjoy games with epic boss battles (like MGS1), or those with the 'old school' difficulty (Resistance 3, and Bioshock).
As for my favorite game of all time, I guess it is Red Dead Redemption.
BTW, no fucking Mario games, capishe?
Ratings for GTAEdit
- GTA London - 6.5/10
- GTA Vice City - 9.5/10
- GTA San Andreas - 9.5/10
- GTA Advance - 8.8/10
- GTA Liberty City Stories - 9.0/10
- GTA Vice City Stories - 8.6/10
- GTA IV: The Lost and Damned - 9.7/10
- GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony - 9.2/10
- GTA: Chinatown Wars - 8.9/10
- GTA V - 3.0... Joking - 9.7/10
- GTA Online - ranges from 4.4/10 to 9.0/10
I was the first one on this wiki to make a friends list, but I'm really disappointed of how it turned out, because apparently, people become friends as soon as their leave their first messages on each other's page, which will often be 'Hi there, let's be friendz'. They also always put the "he's a good <somthing>" description next to the names.
On this wiki, my closest friend was Bunnyjoke, a former admin who left the wiki. I'm still talking to him on other wikis, as well as playing together on PS3. Other two editors (who, again, left) who I truely considered them as friends were ExtremoMania and Russelnorthtop, who again, left the wiki, each with his own reasons. Another one was Dunewolfz, who was a patroller here for several months, but then.
As for the bureaucrats... Well, when I first arrived here, I didn't think of them too much, just saw them as "bossy". Of course my opinions has changed since then, and I respect each one of them; they all helped me on many occasions. I also see my fellow senior admin Winter Moon as a good friend.
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Castle, Under Development, South Park, Burned Notice, Rookie Blue, etc...
Baccano!, Cowboy Bebop, Attack on Titan, Trigun, When They Cry and much more.
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Nothing special.
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- On this page, as a start.
- Trolling around the blog posts.
- Character pages.
- On chat.
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Jump Trials Extreme Review
Jump Trials Extreme Review
Jump Trials Extreme is a sequel to Jump Trials and was released just one month later on December 27, 2012. Jump Trials Extreme is nearly identical to Jump Trials, however, setting the two apart are its many improvements to graphics, level design, and replay value.
As for concept, nothing has changed in Jump Trials Extreme. You are still controlling a stickman and must complete each of the game's 100+ stages in less than 10 seconds. The controls are exactly the same meaning you'll only be worrying about moving and jumping, and even the physics for how the stickman handles hasn't changed. However, G-Style has added new features to make playing the game's main mode, Trials Mode, both more interesting, and challenging.
The most obvious additions to the game are its new obstacles. New additions include the pairing of colored doors and switches, intermittent spikes, limited use springs, and see-saw lifts. Of course, all the old obstacles make a return, but it's the new ones that add some much needed spice to the game.
It's also worth mentioning that every stage is completely new, and while some may look familiar, these familiarities fade fast. As for the stage design, it's much more punishing this time around and will the game will start to challenge you earlier than Jump Trials did. Jump Trials Extreme has larger stages when compared to its predecessor, and also has multiple paths. While these paths have no real influence on the main mode – other than giving you a little variety – they do play a much bigger role in the game's Challenge Mode, and the new Time Attack Mode.
Back in Jump Trials Extreme is the fascinating Challenge Mode which challenges you to collect three medals of Bronze, Silver, and Gold variety, then complete the stage. This mode has remained relatively the same, except now you will have to travel along some of the stages' alternate paths to collect every medal.
New to the series is Time Attack Mode, a much needed time trials experience that should have been included in the original. Time Attack Mode is similar to Challenge Mode in the sense that you are completing the same 100 stages from Trials Mode, but now you are competing for the fastest time. You are awarded a bronze, silver, or gold badge dependant on your performance. The times to beat have been set by the developers, and they make things extremely challenging. In my opinion, this is where the alternate paths play their biggest role, which is forcing you to find the quickest path to the exit.
Musically, Jump Trials Extreme is much of the same. While the tracks are new, and enjoyable, there is nothing special about them, and they do repeat quite often. However, the graphics have been improved quite a bit. Stages now look less bland with some nice background art, and the overall presentation has been given a nice face lift.
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There isn't much more to say about Jump Trials Extreme that hasn't already been said in the Jump Trials review. It is a much more challenging experience that also manages to retain the charm of the original. I thoroughly enjoyed this title as much as its predecessor, and believe its new features give it a slight edge. Also, the game has a secret eleventh level which holds 10 of the hardest stages you'll play across both games. These stages even carry over to the game's supporting modes, increasing the overall replay value. Speaking of replay value, I have been playing for a little over four hours, which happens to be double my time with the first game. If you enjoyed Jump Trials, Jump Trials Extreme is a must purchase, especially at its low price of $1.99.
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