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A pretty simple image presentation. You may use this as the type of thing you might want to include to spice up a portfolio or photo gallery for example.
Posted in Interface → ElementA great site that makes an immediate impact by putting the content front and centre. I love the graphics and the use of colour, it helps draw you in.
Posted in Web Design → MiscHere we have a neat design for an email sign-up graphic. I like the use of familiar ideas and intuitive layout of the element.
Posted in Interface → ElementA simple but purely effective portfolio site for a design studio. I like the clean layout and static navigation, the scrolling portfolio examples make an impact.
Posted in Web Design → PortfolioA stunning site for a professional hairdressers that makes effortlessly good use of a huge slider to grab your attention. The crisp definition between the black and white sections of the site helps to make this distinctive.
Posted in Web Design → MiscA beautiful example of how a physical design can really grab your attention. I love the use of red for the key text, somehow it works perfectly with the turquoise detailing. The detail and attention to typography is what helps to set this design apart.
Posted in Branding → LogoAn excellent, and easily customisable theme for any kind of online store. I really like the flexible grid layout and the bright design aesthetic.
Posted in Web Design → MiscAn example of branding that makes an impact through its unique use of colour and shape. The orange of the background immediately grabs your attention, while the mark itself really works as a combination of house and detonator.
Posted in Branding → LogoA solid site for a PR agency that uses a strong colour palette to make a statement. I particularly like the effective use of red on black and the typography of the logo.
Posted in Web Design → CorporateA really strong camera icon that takes a very different approach. I like the unique design of the camera and the way in which the details add depth to the design.
Posted in Interface → OtherYes, they're just some buttons, but they have a certain something about them. I like the warped sense of perspective and the drastic way in which they jump out at you. It's definitely striking!
Posted in Interface → OtherA simple but enticing site for an iOS developer and their kids apps. I really like the hand-crafted feel of the site and use of simple illustrations. The clean design of the site and restrained use of text is perfect for getting across the right information.
Posted in Web Design → SoftwareWhile this icon is a little abstract in its conception, it certainly makes an impact. The attention to detail and interesting background texture can't fail to make you take a second glance.
Posted in Interface → iPhone AppA stunning and striking portfolio site for a designer. The bold layout makes an immediate impact. I particularly like the colourful nature of the gallery.
Posted in Web Design → PortfolioA superbly simple site for a professional photographer. The clean layout is intuitive and draws in the visitor to the site. I particularly like the use of typography and the focal image slider.
Posted in Web Design → PhotographyGorgeous business cards that make perfect use of UV spot varnishing to give them a dramatic sheen. I love the powerful contrast between the front and the back and the way the cards reflect the light.
Posted in Branding → Business CardsA striking portfolio for a designer that features an ominously large image of his face. I like the use of colour and shape, the gallery is small but effective as a showcase for previous work.
Posted in Web Design → PortfolioA fascinating project that aimed to redefine the user interface of current hair dryer forms. The handle design and button placement are the biggest changes, it would be intriguing to see how much of a difference this makes.
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? Team Hannah ? by Jess - over 1 year ago
"At the 5th Annual Scare Brain Cancer Away Walk my friends and I walked for our friend Hannah whom is battling a Brain tumor right now. She is strong and she is amazing and we were very proud to wea..." view full details
Gabe's Race for brain cancer- in Memory of Mike by In Memory of Mike- 5k race - over 1 year ago
"In Memory of Mike Pickens, who passed away 1 year ago due to Brain Cancer. Our hometown held a 5k race, 'Gabe's Race' for a local man battling brain cancer and we decided to honor Mike by creating ..." view full details
MIGHTY MAC FOR MIKE by LISA JOHNSON - over 1 year ago
"Working with Custom Ink on our project was a no-brainer. The ease of designing a professionally printed t-shirt was fun and it was exciting to see what we could accomplish on our own with Custom I..." view full details
Team Chebbs: Head for the Cure 2013 by Team Chebbs - over 1 year ago
"Team Chebbs! Brian (nickname Chebbs) is a long time friend who found out a couple years that he has a rare form of brain cancer. He's been fighting since the day he got the news and we've been su..." view full details
Team Sparkle - Warrior Dash for Josie by Team Sparkle - over 1 year ago
"A group of family and friends ran the 2013 Warrior Dash in Hastings, MN in honor of Josie Karels. Josie is 4 years old and was diagnosed with brain cancer in March 2013." view full details
Pray for Jaxon by Cathy Coppernoll - over 1 year ago
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Our 1st 5K of many!!! by Libby's Brainiacs - almost 2 years ago
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Museums are aimed at educating the general public about history; they are the everyday historian in society. But they also create narratives—nat… Read full post »
The Vagaries of "Religious Freedom"
This is a story of two fabricated scandals. The first is that religious freedom in the United States today is being violated through the mandatory inclusion of contraception in health care packages. The villain is not only Obamacare, but the notion that the structure of the healthcare law provides th… Read full post »
When Marriage Makes Sense
I don't believe in marriage—or at least I didn't. With an oft cited divorce rate of fifty percent in the United States, why would I want to participate? Or anyone else for that matter? To me, it seemed like gambling with fake money. I considered the reasons why people wanted to… Read full post »
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The Tourist Pilgrim: A Mount Athos Travelogue, Part II
Part I of my travelogue to Mount Athos concluded with a reference to its complexity. I became aware of the complicated nature of the organization and life on Mount Athos because I had to perpetually recalibrate my expectations. The quotidian services provided at Dafni and Karyes, and that the fifteen… Read full post »
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If asked to provide a set of nouns that accurately embody who I am, "pilgrim" would be pretty far down on the list. I would say somewhere between "hot rod enthusiast" and "stamp collector." However, I recently inhabited the role of the pilgrim, as I and three… Read full post »
Beale Street: No Fun Zone
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Memphis's Beale Street has a place in America's popular history as ground zero of the blues, and later rock'n'roll. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, travelling musicians began to perfor… Read full post »
History on the Street: Postwar Memorials in Cologne
I'm always struck by Germany's lesser known postwar memorials. Structures of remembrance built on a grand scale, such as Berlin's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, have garnered much deserved popular and academic attention. However, there are numerous other memorials, built o… Read full post »
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It's finally April, and nothing excites me more than the beginning of baseball season. The trope about baseball and spring is true: it is the time of the year for unencumbered optimism. For me, it's always been the time of year with the most possibilities.
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How much of a role does place—a physical, geographic location—play in the way we conceptualize history, others, and ourselves? Places do have importance, but it's not intrinsic. The historical significance of a place, I think, has less to do with an effortless emission of &ls… Read full post »
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Lore: As a child, Scorvale was looked upon with contempt or loathing by civilized folk, even for Noxus citizens. Even as a child however, Scorvale commanded respect through fear, his name voiced with either dread or hatred. Scorvale spent his child hood roaming the streets of Noxus, creating Havoc and dismay everywhere he appeared. However, this child was not lead by his own action, but rather a unseen presence that lurked near by or so at least Scorvale thought. As Scorvale grew, he became accustomed to this voice and did its bidding, as a child would do as his father asks. The voice then asked that he take his blade, and to murder The Master Technician, The Grand General of the Noxus forces. This lead to an encounter between Scorvale and the Might of Noxus, Darius. Frightened and afraid for his life, Scorvale pled for his life for the first time, grovelling at the feat of Darius. Seizing the moment, Darius raised his Axe and muttered "Death by my hand." As he dropped his axe... Scorvale was violently thrown into the Abyss before death could take him by Darius' hand. Once inside the Abyss, pure darkness engulfed and consumed Scorvale, granting him immense power. He was then thrown back violently into Runeterra from the Abyss, a dark and frigid place he had ended up in. Now, with new found strength, this unseen presence that traveled with him was louder, and more clear then it had ever been. It simply repeated "Open the Abyss..." "I will open the Abyss..." -Scorvale, The Abyssal One Tags: Assassin, Melee Stats: Damage: 52 (+3.1 per level) Health: 447 (+80 per level) Mana: 325 (+35 per level) Movement Speed: 355 Armor: 17 (+3.6 per level) Magic Resist: 25 (+3 per level) Health Regen: 9.8 (+0.75 per level) Mana Regen: 6.25 (+0.5 per level) Abilities: Absorb (Q): Active: Scorvale's next auto attack within the next 3 seconds deals bonus physical damage. If the target is a champion they will also be silenced for 1/1.5/2/2.5/3 seconds. BONUS PHYSICAL DAMAGE: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+ 30% Bonus AD) Additionally, Targeted Champion is ripped through the Abyss and appears in front of Scorvale, rooting them for .5 seconds. Cost: 80 Mana Range: 325 Cooldown: 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds Covenant (W): Passive: Scorvale is connected to the Abyss, allowing his damaging abilities to cause havoc and chaos upon his enemies, causing them to bleed for 12 / 18 / 21 / 30 / 36 (+ 75% bonus AD) physical damage over 5 seconds. This ability does not stack. Cost: None Repel (E): Active: Scorvale's next auto attack within the next 3 seconds deals bonus physical damage. If the target is a champion they will also be knocked through the Abyss. Enemies the target collides with upon exiting the Abyss will take no damage but are knocked airborne for .5 seconds. BONUS PHYSICAL DAMAGE: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 (+ 100% Bonus AD) Cost: 85 Mana Range: 325 Cooldown: 12 / 10 / 8 / 6 / 4 seconds Abyssal Rebirth (R): Active: Scorvale traverses into the Abyss for the next 3 seconds, becomes untargetable, cannot deal damage to champions, and immune to death during which he reduces the sight radius of himself putting him in complete darkness. (NOTE: Like Nocturnes Ultimate, but on HIMSELF. The darkness only effects him. Basically, he is surrounded by complete darkness, but incapable of dealing damage or taking damage, because he is in the abyss, but can still freely move around.); This move is usable even when stunned, silenced or suppressed. This ability has a 1.5 seconds delay before activating. Cost: 100 Mana Cooldown: 130/100/70 seconds Abyssal One (Innate): Scorvale is infused with the Darkness of the Abyss, granting him 25% Movement speed when moving unnoticed. Quotes: Selection: "For the Abyss!" Taunt: "Darkness never looked so good." Joke: "The voice in my head told me too... Really! It did." Laugh: Hmph. Dance: Just staggers around like a drunk. Just an idea of his Concept:
Bump! Please let me know what you think! (:
i really like the ultimate idea as a get-out-of-jail-free card. i think it has a lot of character. i also like his lore, you write much better than i do but i don't like the fact that two of his abilities are on-next-hit auto attacks. also, i have no idea what you are referring to when you say "the abyss". i have a hard time imagining what his q and e look like in game. please describe them more visually. also, check out my champion http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/...3#post39719533
The Abyss is a place that is pure darkness. There is no light, so imagine you're walking in a completely dark room, void of anything except yourself. I guess you could just imagine "Purgatory", but essentially purely darkness. The Abyss consumes anything it touches, corrupting it and turning it into something "Pure" making even the most heavenly of people, tyrants and monsters. So when you use Q, imagine them being sucked into a black hole, and reemerging from a place void of light, thrown back from the void in front of you. Same concept with his E, except he is pushed into this "Black hole" the Abyss, and then thrown back out in front of you. This way you have a kind of "Push/Pull" theme, everytime you use Q or E, you push them through and pull them through the Abyss. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/abyss = Explains what an Abyss is.


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By: heron55 on May 21, 2009 - 3:23pm - Add new comment
Maybe I missed it, but there was little media focus on a memorial from the Russians to the victims of 9/11. This was an important event and should have received more attention. A moving monument and beautifully made.
By: heron55 on May 18, 2009 - 7:22pm - Add new comment
A few people said they want a new topic. OK, how many people are taking fish oil? My sister, 10 years younger, said her doctor recommended taking fish oil. Omega-3 is known to have health benefits. A nephew adds flax seed oil to his regimen. My problem is the size of the capsules. So I looked on line and found a liquid that I could spoon out and swallow without spasms. It is Barlean's Total Omega and has Omega 3, 6, 9 formulation. It has a pleasant lemon flavor and I take the recommended tablespoon daily.
I started about 6 months ago and swear that my knee joints are more flexible.
By: heron55 on May 18, 2009 - 6:12am - Add new comment
There are lots of reports about Biden giving away the location of a secret bunker to protect the VP in case of a national emergency. One is linked below.
If someone in the military gave away information that is classified, he would be dishonorably discharged and prosecuted. If a federal employee gives a way information classified secret, jail time is assured.
During wartime, like in WWI and WWII, a firing squad was the end result.
But for Biden, giving away secret information is just a gaffe. We all know how Joe is. Ha, ha. Good old Joe.
By: heron55 on May 17, 2009 - 5:38pm - Add new comment
A friend of mine named Bill told me this story.
It seems that a friend of his named Bob had never hunted turkeys. Bob was invited to go hunting turkeys in Wisconsin and he accepted. After a week Bob came back and Bill asked him if he got any. He said he didn't even see a turkey.
So Bill went down to Publix and bought him a turkey as a joke. When Bob looked at it he replied, "Well no wonder I didn't see any turkeys. I thought turkeys had feathers!"
By: heron55 on May 15, 2009 - 2:54pm - Add new comment
According to The State newspaper, only two GM dealers will lose their franchise in SC. Both are not along the coast. Looks like SC is in the clear.
By: heron55 on May 14, 2009 - 11:16am - Add new comment
The headlines are getting more frequent. Was Pelosi informed by the CIA about waterboarding? Even her aide says she was, but she says no. Now they are talking about a Truth Commission hearing. I think Bill is advising her. Blame someone else, stall and play word games. She is lying to the American people.
Read ABC:
By: heron55 on May 12, 2009 - 4:03pm - Add new comment
Wonder why this interview with a former Acorn board member is not making the headlines or at least an article in the other national news? With Acorn being a recipient of Obama's blessing and much tax dollars, it is a news worthy story.
Read: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519948,00.html
By: heron55 on May 1, 2009 - 8:18am - Add new comment
Courtesy of ABC News, here is an interesting slide show of animal oddities. There are about 60 slides of unusual and accidental genetic variations. If you haven't seen them, click here:
By: heron55 on April 17, 2009 - 7:40pm - Add new comment
Reports say that there are about 500 jobs available in the Obama administration. Here is a photo supposedly of applicants calling about the jobs. The other unused phone booth is a direct line to the IRS delinquent tax department.
Job applicants
By: heron55 on February 16, 2009 - 8:35pm - Add new comment
One of the freedoms we enjoy in this nation is the freedom of speech and the right to debate ideas. True debate involves expressing opinions as how our government is to be managed without personal attacks.
This is a large nation and we have lots of different kinds of people with different backgrounds. This results in lots of opinions, but these seem to gel into a consensus or at least several consensus views. It is our right to contribute these opinions to our reps.


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Who'll win the Mega Millions lottery? The states.
Mega Millions jackpot is the world's largest. But the chances of winning the Mega Millions are so slim that the only sure winners are the states, which get a little over a third of the take.
John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP
It's a world-record jackpot of more than a half billion dollars that has Americans lining up Friday for a chance to win.
But the odds of winning the Mega Millions lottery are so slim – 1 in 176 million – that amateur statisticians have already calculated odds that suggest ticketholders are far more likely to be struck by lightning – or murdered – than they are to win the estimated $540 million grand prize.
The only sure winners are the 42 states and the District of Columbia, which sponsor the lottery. Indeed, the huge jackpot is drawing so many extra ticket purchases that the jackpot quite possible could grow beyond $540 million. That will mean even more money for the states.
"The states come out ahead because of the extra buying," says Philip Cook, professor of public policy at Duke University in Durham, N.C., and co-author of "Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America."
Much of that extra buying is expected to happen today as the evening's drawing nears. In Massachusetts, for example, local lottery officials predict outlets could sell as much as $10 million in tickets in a single day. Massachusetts represents about 2.5 percent of the lottery's national revenues. If that forecast holds true nationally, then Mega Millions would raise as much as $400 million Friday.
That amount – added to the hundreds of millions from the 18 previous drawings where there was no winner – could push the final amount much higher than the current estimated jackpot.
But the chances of winning remain just as slim, since lotteries have the worst odds of just about any legalized form of gambling.


text: 1Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA 2Bourns College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), Riverside, CA 92507, USA Abstract. Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) was formed in an environmental reaction chamber from the ozonolysis of β-caryophyllene (β-C) at low concentrations (5 ppb or 20 ppb). Experimental parameters were varied to characterize the effects of hydroxyl radicals, light and the presence of lower molecular weight terpene precursor (isoprene) for β-C SOA formation and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) characteristics. Changes in β-C SOA chemicophysical properties (e.g., density, volatility, oxidation state) were explored with online techniques to improve our predictive understanding of β-C CCN activity. In the absence of OH scavenger, light intensity had negligible impacts on SOA oxidation state and CCN activity. In contrast, when OH reaction was effectively suppressed (> 11 ppm scavenger), SOA showed a much lower CCN activity and slightly less oxygenated state consistent with previously reported values. Though there is significant oxidized material present (O / C > 0.25), no linear correlation existed between the mass ratio ion fragment 44 in the bulk organic mass (f44) and O / C for the β-C-O3 system. No direct correlations were observed with other aerosol bulk ion fragment fraction (fx) and κ as well. A mixture of β-C and lower molecular weight terpenes (isoprene) consumed more ozone and formed SOA with distinct characteristics dependent on isoprene amounts. The addition of isoprene also improved the CCN predictive capabilities with bulk aerosol chemical information. The β-C SOA CCN activity reported here is much higher than previous studies (κ < 0.1) that use higher precursor concentration in smaller environmental chambers; similar results were only achieved with significant use of OH scavenger. Results show that aerosol formed from a mixture of low and high molecular weight terpene ozonolysis can be hygroscopic and can contribute to the global biogenic SOA CCN budget. Citation: Tang, X., Cocker III, D. R., and Asa-Awuku, A.: Are sesquiterpenes a good source of secondary organic cloud condensation nuclei (CCN)? Revisiting β-caryophyllene CCN, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 8377-8388, doi:10.5194/acp-12-8377-2012, 2012. |


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It used to be that I kept all of my jewelry in one spot in my bedroom. All my necklaces and bracelets were hung on a little white jewelry stand, and my rings were in a silver dish next to them. But in recent months I've begun to display my jewelry throughout my house, incorporating (…) Read more »
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The Seasonal Moon Necklace
Mar 14, 2013Our new Seasonal Moon Necklaces have a mini moon charm and a semi precious birthstone that corresponds to each month, the art work on each of the necklaces is different, too. They are great pendants that hang delicately around your neck. You can team them with absolutely anything and they will add elegance to your look. (…) Read more »
How To Style Midi Rings
Nov 04, 2012UPDATE: This post originally ran on October the 9th, but because we know that all girls love to decorate their hands with jewelry we thought we would bring it back. Who would have thought that rings would be moving their way up the finger? Midi rings have become a new obsession; these elegant little gems (…) Read more »
Scenes From The Office
Oct 26, 2012This week at the home office, this magical creation appeared as part of a trend presentation. Isn't it gorgeous? It looks like a home crafted by forest nymphs… (…) Read more »
How To Layer Your Necklaces
Oct 24, 2012There's a special trick in creating an interesting neckline and that is to layer some necklaces. It's surprising how effective it is. It adds a unique touch to any top. (…) Read more »
DIY Apothecary Bottle Necklace
Sep 15, 2012UPDATE: This post originally ran February 22, 2012 but lately I have become re-enamored with the idea of apothecary bottle necklaces! I particularly love this little one Brigette has, and I really want to fill one with sand from the beach so I can wear summer around my neck all winter long… (…) Read more »
Store Events This Weekend
Jun 14, 2012Check out what's going on at some of our FP stores this weekend! (…) Read more »
Featured Jewelry Designer: Pushmataaha
May 07, 2012Push by Pushmataaha is a jewelry line created in 2007 by Australian filmmaker and art collector Virginia Rouse. Inspired by a lifelong love of stones and Native American jewelry, Virginia works with real metals in the creation of the pieces and combines this with the beauty of organic, semi-precious stones handcrafted by master artisans. (…) Read more »
Reminder: Leap Day Giveaway!
Feb 29, 2012Don't Forget! Today is your last chance to enter our Leap Day Giveaway! We'll pick a winner at the end of the day, 2/29 :) We wanted to do something special to celebrate this rare occasion, so we did a little bit of spring cleaning in our accessories department and scrounged up some awesome stuff (…) Read more »
Featured Jewelry Designer: ManiaMania
Feb 28, 2012The brand was founded by Australian art director and stylist duo Melanie Kamsler and Tamila Purvis, two talented women who met while working at RUSSH magazine. Drawing on inspiration from old and new – ancient historical figures, artists, muses and cult musicians – they create pieces that are sculptural and heavy with mysticism. (…) Read more »
Leap Day Giveaway!
Feb 23, 2012There's something special happening next week – something that doesn't happen very often… Leap Day! (…) Read more »
Style File: Assistant Designer – Beach
Feb 20, 2012Have you ever looked at a girl and thought, "there's someone who knows what fashion is?" This week's Style File is one of those girls. She's not scared of an Avant Garde print or dressing head-to-toe in monochromatic tomato red. Her styling is spot on, the way one images a top fashion editor being styled. (…) Read more »


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Batman: The Dark Knight Rises (With UltraViolet) (2 Discs) Blu-ray 19 New from £6.97 Free delivery Available used from £13.03
5 Action, Dramatic, Overall One of THE best moviesPosted: 02/10/2012As soon as this came out on the cinema I went to watch straight away its been a long wait but well worth it. Lets face the truth apart from Tim Burton's effort which was great all the other Batmans have been rubbish and the question is why?; because there was no realism to the movies they were all slap stick comedy and the characters really did look like they came out of a comic book! now in my eyes the new Batman introduces characters that a realistic as possible like Bane for instance I don't want to see a mutant over huge human! this isn't realistic I thought Bane's character was EPIC! down to earth chip on his shoulder and experienced man round of applause for Hardy he was excellent. The whole point of this movie like another comment I saw earlier is that it really is about Batman otherwise it wouldn't be titled "The Dark Knight Rises" its about Batmans struggle to Rise above Gotham City and take control of it as over the years Bruce looses all confidence and places the blame on himself, this I might add would come back to his parents death which is revisited at some stage in the movie at his utter worst. The only criticism I have of this movie is I wish Nolan had put more time into the rising part (don't want to spoil the movie) and how Batman got back to Gotham I would have loved this movie to be longer because I just didn't want it to end. The movie is very passionate and dramatic at scenes which makes you really reach out for Batman Bale did an excellent part throughout what an actor! (Empire of the sun one of my favs) thanks for reading.


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Roy Hodgson reserved plenty of praise for Glen Johnson after his impressive display in Liverpool`s 3-0 win over West Ham.Johnson, who missed the last three matches with a groin injury, was criticised by Hodgson nearly a fortnight ago for failing to display the form which had made him an England international.Apart from his goal, the right-back showed that had taken on board what had been said and was starting to rediscover that form."It was very good. I think Glen profited from the fact he has been obliged to undergo an enforced rest with the injury but has been fit and trained hard all week," said the Reds boss."He was full of running, enthusiasm and energy and scored the important first goal. His performance, as for all of the back four, was pretty-nigh perfect."Asked whether he thought the criticism of Johnson had sparked a response, Hodgson joked: "If that is the case I'd better get you (the media) to stir up a bit more mischief. I'll start it with all the players if it can get the best out of them. Glen is a top-class player and it was nice to see him playing so well."
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Thanks for the replys guys. I ended up just throwing out this cake as it ended up that I wasn't able to brew for some time. I'm going to plan on washing in the future and getting some nice starters going. Just pitched a VCCA though...woot!
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We offer you accommodation in 1,2,3,4,5 bed rooms with unbeatable price. We offer you free parking. Pick up and assistance from airport, bus and train station FREE ! Post season discount for all type of rooms ! Hostel is located in old part of the city, very close to main square Bascarsija (10 minutes walking distance). Guests have kitchen, common area, WIFI and computer, TV. NOTICE: FOR PICK UP CONTACT US BY E-MAIL OR DIRECTLY BY PHONE. |
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- Recepción 24 horas
- Seguridad 24 horas
- Traslado al aeropuerto
- Estacionamiento de bicicletas
- Desayuno no incluido
- Televisión por cable
- Se aceptan niños
- Sala común
- La tarjeta de crédito no ha sido aceptada
- Mapas de la ciudad gratis
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- Secadores de pelo para alquilar
- Cocina
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Esta propiedad cuenta con una política de cancelación de 1 días. Si no se realiza la cancelación dentro de ese plazo se aplicará un recargo de anulación igual a la primera noche de tu estancia.IndicacionesMostrar mapaOcultar mapa
Bus and train
When you are coming to the bus station or the railway station, the best way to come to us is with the tram number 1. which is leaving from te railway station. The bus station and the railway station are next to each other. A ticket for a tram you can buy in a kiosk where the price is 1.60 KM (0.80 eurocents) or in the tram where the price for the ticket is 1.80 KM (0.90 eurocents). From the railwaystation you go with the tram to the Bascarsija square (the 8th station from the railway station). When you go out of tram, you will see on your right side the hotel Kovaci. Go in this direction and you will come into Kovaci street. Go this street up, then turn in the 3rd street left (Dzinina street). Afterwards go in the first street on your right side (street Mlini), where our hostel is located.
Bus station East Sarajevo/Lukavica
The bus station East Sarajevo is approximatly 12 kilometers away from our hostel. From the station you can come to us by cab. The price for a cab ride would be arround 10 Euros. The second possibility of getting to us is by trolleybus. The trolleybus station is 100 meters away from the bus station Lukavica. Be sure when you enter the trolleybus that it is the number 103. Dobrinja Austrijski trg. A ticket for the trolleybus you can buy in a kiosk where the price is 1.60 KM (0.80 eurocents) or in the trolleybus where the price for the ticket is 1.80 KM (0.90 eurocents). You will drive to the last station Austrijski trg and by leaving the bus you will head for the direction of the river Miljacka and cross the bridge( Latin bridge or Princip bridge). After crossing the bridge and the main street you will go in the second street right and after 100 meters you will arrive at Bascarsija square. At Bascarsija square you will cross the street by the tram station and go right in the Kovaci street. Go this street up, then turn in the 3rd street left (Dzinina street). Afterwards go in the first street on your right side (street Mlini), where our hostel is located.
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Foursquare, Scvngr, and Twitter may be among the most buzzed about companies at SXSW Interactive, but MySpace is hoping to make a splash at the show's music fest. As the beleaguered company begins pitching a roster of new ad formats and a new brand page platform to agencies, MySpace is focused on monetizing what it seems to do best: music and movies for Gen Y.
Austin's SXSW live music extravaganza just kicked off, and MySpace is there as a partner with music and lifestyle magazine Fader. The social networking site will live-stream over 40 musical acts appearing in the "Fader Fort" SXSW venue sponsored by Fiat. The automaker is promoting test-drives of its 2012 Fiat 500 at Fiat of Austin.
On Wednesday, live performances from acts including Oh Land, Young The Giant, Friendly Fires and Yelawolf can be caught on MySpace online and via Apple iPhones and iPads.
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The Fiat sponsorship was sold by Fader, but MySpace has brought in advertiser brands for other recent music related efforts. Late last year, Sprite sponsored a MySpace contest and Web series inspired by the social media-fueled dancing style known as "Jerkin," demonstrating the site's mission to highlight what's popular among its users.
An August 2010 live-streaming event featuring Big Boi was presented by HP and Windows 7. The streaming hip hop show helped HP boost its friends list from 132 to 1.4 million, said Stirratt.
Consumer electronics brands, quick-serve restaurants and film studios dominate MySpace's advertiser client list. "They're very core to our audience," said Stirratt, stressing the site's focus on Generation Y - typically people in their 20s.
In fact, MySpace recruits Gen-Y participants from New York University for its in-house "lab" research. The company developed a biometric research system to measure efficacy of advertising and content development with the help of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Innerscope Research.
Film advertisers are especially prevalent on the site. Sony Pictures, for instance, last week used MySpace's new "Dynamic HD Skin" ad format to hype action flick "Battle LA." The ads allow images and video to creep into the gutters of a page. Some of the new ads let users shift right to left to expose more content and interactivity.
And, while ads for "The Social Network" ironically were absent from Facebook, Sony used the HD Skin format to push the movie on MySpace in September.
"We're trying to figure out better usage of all the real estate," Stirratt said, noting MySpace has eliminated several ad units and tightened site navigation.
MySpace also is currently testing an ad unit that dynamically displays sequenced ads as the user scrolls down the page; ads lower on the page are informed by user interaction with ads higher up.
To many these initiatives will seem a last-ditch effort by a shrinking site to appeal to big brand advertisers. MySpace continues to hemorrhage users at a dramatic rate. According to comScore, the site attracted just 37.7 million unique U.S. visitors in February 2011, compared to 44.8 million in January. MySpace was down nearly 30 million monthly uniques this February compared to February 2010. Meanwhile, Facebook has steadily gained uniques, growing from 111.8 million to 150.7 million in that time.
The new formats are not the only changes at MySpace, which has also embraced a more agency-centric sales structure and enhanced its brand profile page features.
Last year, the company disabled brand page capabilities in preparation for its new Foundry platform, developed in-house. The platform, which features a drag and drop interface for uploading and organizing campaign assets and creating interactive content like contests, is available only to MySpace advertisers. "If you're buying media on MySpace, we will build the Foundry platform for you," said Stirratt.
The company has restructured its sales force, dedicating four-person teams to individual agencies in a bid to improve agency relations and "prospect more," Stirratt said. For instance, a lead sales exec and junior sales exec, ad ops and creative-focused strategy person work exclusively with MediaVest.
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Jack Marshall contributed to this story.
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UPDATE: Stifel Nicolaus Raises PT to $16.72 on Chatham Lodging Trust on 2013 Guidance
Stifel Nicolaus maintained Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE: CLDT) with a Buy rating and raised the price target from $16.00 to $18.00.
Stifel Nicolaus commented, "CLDT introduced its 2013 AFFO guidance of $1.58-$1.64, which assumes RevPAR +4.0%-5.0% and EBITDA guidance of $47-$48 million. Our prior AFFO and EBITDA estimates were $1.51/$49.7 million and the Street was at $1.57/$47.6 million. RevPAR will be impacted 160 bps by the rebranding of the Doubletree Washington D.C. into a Residence Inn and the tough comp from 4Q12 due to Hurricane Sandy. … We are raising our target price to $18.00 from $16.00, which reflects a 11.7x multiple on 2014E/EBITDA of $52.6 million or $177k/key."
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Employees use "Casual for a Cause" Days to Donate Thousands Locally
Since 2011, Shelby County State Bank employees have participated in a program called, "Casual for a Cause". Through this program, SCSB employees have raised thousands of dollars for local charities and individuals by wearing jeans to work on Fridays in exchange for a $5 donation. In 2012, SCSB employees raised $8208. The recipients of those funds this past year included: Grace Baptist Church - Joy Brace Benefit Fund |
Local Second Graders Receive Money Saving Lessons on Teach Children to Save Day
Employees of Shelby County State Bank gave a savings lesson to approximately 175 second grade students from Harlan Community Elementary, Shelby County Catholic and AHST Elementary Schools as part of National Teach Children to Save Day on April 24. Teach Children to Save Day is a financial education program sponsored by the American Bankers Association Education Foundation. Shelby County State Bank's presentations included games and activities about the concept of saving, how interest makes money grow and determining needs and wants. The purpose of Teach Children to Save Day is for bankers across the nation to visit children in the classroom about responsible money management and as they develop their financial "life skills". |
Shelby County State Bank uses Latest Technology to Teach Students Financial Literacy
Shelby County State Bank is pleased to announce it is sponsoring the leading education technology platform, EverFi, at Harlan Community High School. The bank is sponsoring this platform in an effort to help students achieve financial literacy before they leave high school. EverFi teaches, assess and certifies students in hundreds of topics including savings and budgeting, understanding credit scores, credit cards and managing debt, tax and insurance, investing, consumer fraud and protection and managing loans to finance higher education. The course allows students to use the latest technology, including rich media, high-definition video, animation and avatars to interact and have fun with complex topics normally reserved for adults. "We believe in providing our youth with important and relevant knowledge that will prepare them for adulthood, regardless of which path they choose in life," said Shelby County State Bank President, Kevin Campbell. "EverFi is a tool that enhances the learning process and increases financial awareness by providing an interactive experience." Shelby County State Bank has made a three-year commitment to this initiative which is dedicated to promoting financial literacy in the community. |
SCSB Customers and Staff Provide Gifts to the Shelby County Outreach Center at Christmas
Thanks to the customers of Shelby County State Bank, the Shelby County Outreach Center received an extra gift this year. Customers of SCSB were presented with an oversized greeting card at the Downtown Harlan Office's Thanksgiving Open House on November 18. For each customer who signed the card, SCSB pledged to donate $1 to the Shelby County Outreach Center's food pantry. Smaller versions of the card were also available for customers to sign in the bank's other six locations. A total of 683 signatures were gathered which resulted in a gift of $683. That money was presented to Dena Matthews of the Outreach Center from Denise Reinig and Stef Kramer of SCSB. In addition, the Elk Horn Food Pantry received a $77 donation from SCSB. That money was generated by customer signatures on the greeting card located in Elk Horn. Another annual staff tradition at SCSB involves donating both money and presents toward adopting a low-income family at Christmastime through the Shelby County Outreach Center. Pictured with some of the gifts for the adopted family are SCSB employees Russ Heine, Connie Lehan, Jeanne Weddum and Debbie Davis of the Shelby County Investment Center. |
Care Packages Sent to Marines from SCSB Staff
Items for care packages were recently collected and sent to Nick Dumke, the grandson of Harlan residents Ron and Pat Mosher. Nick and his fellow Marines were recently stationed in Afghanistan. Pat says, "A BIG thank-you to everyone for the care packages being sent to our grandson. It is greatly appreciated and I know Nick and his friends will enjoy and be able to use everything they will be receiving since he is living in a mud hut. Thanks for thinking of him, for your friendship and your support during this time, it means a lot to us." Funds for the care packages were raised among the SCSB staff during a 'jean day' fundraiser. Pictured with Pat Mosher are SCSB employees Charlene Lefeber and Jane Erickson. |
SCSB is Top Corporate Sponsor for Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk
For the third year in a row, SCSB was the top corporate sponsor of the Alzheimer's Memory Walk for Shelby and Harrison Counties in Iowa. Accepting the award at the annual banquet in Council Bluffs are SCSB's team members Charlene Lefeber and Beverly Schmitz. |
Did you see SCSB at the Shelby County Fair?
Saturday, July 16 was Shelby County State Bank's day at the Shelby County Fair. The bank hosted a booth and prize wheel and for the kids there were balloons, tattoos and a coloring contest. The Junior Savers Club mascot, Stasher, also made an appearance posing for pictures with the kids that morning. Eleven SCSB employees also volunteered their time on Saturday by working in the Shelby County Community Outreach's food booth. From the Fair Parade to the Baby Contest to the Livestock Auction, SCSB proudly took part in many SC Fair activities this year. And, we look forward to seeing you at the 2012 Shelby County Fair! |


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- I spend way to much time sitting down. Maybe if I had an Eames dowel base chair, I wouldn't mind as much.
- I love Paul Theroux's books. In preparation for my American holiday, I'm reading The Old Patagonian Express – his journey by train through north and south America. Terribly nerdy, I know.
- Although its name sounds like a cancer ward, the Chemosphere house is a modernist masterpiece.
- The Citroen DS Pallas is one of the few cars that would convince me to drive more.
- I'm turning 30 next week, and I think it's a good enough reason to buy myself a Canon G11, don't you?
- American Apparel Standard t-shirts in any colour as long as they're white.
- I need a canvas and leather satchel in my life. This one would do nicely.
- I love the simplicity and aesthetic of fixed gear bikes and I'm particularly psyched with my new Cannondale Track.
- Big up to the sales assistant at Selfridges for convincing me that Tom Ford Black Orchid "isn't just a women's fragrance".
- Not having a TV means I have to be selective about what I watch. One show I never miss is Mad Men – it makes me want to work in a *proper* ad agency.
- I don't really "do" jewellery, but I made an exception for this Konzuk ring in concrete and white gold.
- I'm off to New York on Saturday. And I CANNOT WAIT.
- Red Wing boots have been on my wish list ever since I spotted Kim Jones rocking a pair at Toffie Fest.
- I wanted a calculator watch soooo bad when I was a kid. It's great that Casio have reissued them.


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Monthly Archive for November, 2011
Victoria's Secret moms called out for being too thin
Four of last night's Victoria's Secret Angels are moms. Miranda Kerr and Doutzen Kroes both gave birth in January, Adriana Lima has a 2-year-old at home and Alessandra Ambrosio had a daughter in 2008. According to Ed Razek, chief marketing officer for Victoria's Secret's parent company, the fact that the women are moms is a […]
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Are parents ready for vaccines made in China?
Vaccines have been heavy in the news lately after an analysis by the Associated Press found that a rising number of parents are opting out of school shots. Some parents report skipping the shots because they don't see them as necessary, fear they carry their own risks or simply don't feel like filling out the […]
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Study: Men don't think about sex all day. Sometimes they think about food and sleep too.
A study meant to debunk the stereotype that men think about sex every seven seconds has found some interesting data on how often they do think about sex, food and sleep. Turns out, they think about all three a lot more often than women do. The study noted that if a man were to think […]
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Babies love justice?
When bad things happen to bad people that's good, right? Well, babies as young as 8-months-old seem to think so. According to a study conducted by a group of University of British Columbia psychologists, babies seem to prefer when bad things happen to people (er, puppets) who have previously shown anti-social behavior. For the study, […]
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Mom of 14 gives birth to Germany's largest baby ever and names him Jihad
A mother who already had 13 children, has given birth to Germany's largest natural-born baby, according to the Daily Mail. Elfi Yaghi, 40, developed gestational diabetes, a condition which generally makes for very large babies. Despite doctor recommendations that she undergo a cesarean because of the condition, she gave birth vaginally to a son who […]
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Obese children in foster care in an era where schools call pizza a vegetable
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Earlier this year Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Harvard-affiliated Children's Hospital Boston, wrote an opinion piece in the Journal of the American Medical Association recommending severely obese children be removed from their parents' homes and placed in foster care for their […]
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Mom mad after she says her 5-year-old's ears were pierced at day care
The decision on whether or not to pierce a child's ears is one many parents grapple with. On Gayby Boom recently hundreds of people weighed in on the issue and the results were fairly divided. Often the decision to pierce or not to pierce is deeply personal. So it's perhaps understandable that a Fort Worth […]
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Love for bullied Kingwood High School teacher restores faith in the goodness of kids
Doug Love, a substitute teacher in Kingwood, had a bit of a rough week with a couple kids making fun of his age. The 87-year-old has been a substitute for more than 20 years after he was laid off from his full-time teaching gig in the early 1980s, according to yourkingwoodnews.com. The comments were made […]
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Does our society make boys easy victims of sexual abuse?
In light of the recent Penn State sex abuse scandal, ABC News ran two stories over the weekend about how young boys in particular are susceptible to ongoing abuse, in part because of their hesitancy in reporting it. Both stories are incredibly well-done, and if you're a parent, especially the parent of a boy, I […]
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Parents who read e-books prefer 'real' books for their kids?
New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, recently wrote that what this country really needs are better parents. His point being that kids whose parents read to them when they're little perform better on assessment tests (the same assessment test other industrialized nations are kicking our butts on.) This is not exactly news for most of […]
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Batman: Arkham City
(Wait, wasn't this supposed to be Katawa Shoujo?) This is...actually, this isn't very far off from plowing a girl without arms, but it isn't entirely close, either. Next week, then, I suppose. But why the hell am I complaining about this? Yea, it sucks that I can't talk about 's recent love in this blog (I have plans for Katawa Shoujo), but why the hell should I care? I'm talking about Arkham City. I'd say that's a fair trade-off, but I don't really want to undersell Arkham City.
After all, Arkham City's got a cool story, too. (It even comes with an unlockable synopsis for lazy bloggers like myself.) I'd say something about it being a sequel to Arkham Asylum, but the game doesn't put a lot of weight on this. It's just the Mad Doctor's motivation for making the Superjail-esque Arkham City, really. I'd also say that this provides Batman some motivation for beating up the villains, but he already has a perfectly good motivation: beat up Asylum's table scraps or die. That's not a joke; the Joker poisons him, and the only cure is a fist in Nolan North's Cockney face. Along with a ton of other villains, because holy shit, are there a ton of villains in this game. Just go look at the wiki for it, because that number is too high for me to count. Surprisingly, though, most of them get a decent amount of the spotlight. Sure, the Joker and the Penguin hog a lot of that spotlight because they're the most recognizable villains, but even the more obscure ones get some love. Ra's al Ghul gets a pretty cool flying level in a prog rock Dali painting; the Mad Doctor has a pretty entertaining stealth section near the end; oh, and did I mention how much I love the Mr. Freeze boss battle? Unfortunately, the fun times are not to last (wait, that's a sentence I'll have to contradict later), as not all the villains get their share of the limelight. In fact, I'm almost certain that some of the villains only showed up because of some corporate quota. Oh, and I'm not talking about the villains who only exist for sidequests, like Victor "Pain in the Ass to Type" Zsasz or the Riddler (I actually love that guy); I'm concerned with villains who serve some role in the story...sort of. Just look at the Mad Hatter: this is his entire role in the story. Again, that's not a joke. Solomon Grundy gets it even worse, but to be fair, Solomon Grundy sucks. His entire characterization is a nursery rhyme, and I've already spent longer than that just describing him.
But the game isn't all about the villains, even if they constitute 99% of the game. There's also the 1%: Batman. (Occupy Gotham. There. I beat you to the obvious.) In that respect, this game is kinda...weird. The Batman of Arkham City occupies this strange place between old "galloping [WORD THAT BEGINS WITH G], Batman" Batman and new "growl out each word as threateningly and seriously as possible" Batman. (Although on that subject, it is disconcerting to watch Batman talk to people, since he emotes like the type of person who finds emotion to be a waste of time.) First, the more modern Batman. The totally serious Batman. The-I should stop talking like this. I'm trying to say that this game takes itself very seriously, willing to point out flaws with its own train of thought. Like at the beginning, when Bruce Wayne gives a speech in front of a city populated entirely by criminals. Guess how that turns out? If you couldn't figure it out, get out. Now.......But at the same time, some elements of past Batman manage to sneak their way into the game. Nothing as bad as seeing "WHIFF!" or "ZAM!" pop up with each blow, but Batman is certainly more willing to kill people than Batman should be. For example, there's this one point where Batman decides to put Mr. Freeze's life on the line because...I think it has something to do with the Penguin? It's not like the reason is necessary, given that willingness to kill I brought up before. Now don't take that as a criticism against the game or anything; hell, I effing love it. It introduces this new moral dilemma to Batman that I haven't seen before in what little I've seen of the franchise. Combine that with the "city of criminals" motif that I hope you've caught onto by now (unless you ignored my earlier instructions), and the game takes on a whole new level of depth that I don't think Rocksteady anticipated. That probably explains why what comes just before the ending turns out to be so disappointing (without spoiling anything, that moral quandary thing has no consequences on ol' Bats), but why the hell should I care? The story's already awesome enough as it is, and the ending makes u-
Maybe I should actually talk about how the game plays, at some point. Awesome........More than that? OK. What to talk about? How about the Arkham city aspect of the game? Now remember how I sort-of implied that the city itself was important to the game thematically? Well, it's also important to the game from a gameplay standpoint, since it turns the game into Batman's Creed: Revelations, somewhat. Alright, so you can't jump into a pile of guards and just go to town on them (more on that soon enough), but holy hell, is there a lot to do in this game. I'm not even sure I can list it all off, mainly because of how much there is to do. There's even a sidequest or something that requires you to play the game once a day for a year. Obviously, I didn't do it, mainly because I'm not insane enough to fuck with my Xbox 360's clock 365 (or possibly 366) times just for a minor sidequest. My point is that there's a lot to do in this game, and plenty of reward, too Granted, it's just experience and new-ish gadgets, but a reward's a reward, damn it, even if it is just Batman going Other M with his gadgets. But it's not like the game is entirely Saints Row: The Bat. Remember that this is a sequel to the fairly guided Arkham Asylum, and Rocksteady would be stupid to give up what made that game awesome. This means that Arkham City is also a fairly guided experience. Hell, I think Batman (or at least his completely useless butler) holds it against me whenever I decide to hunt for Riddler trophies or have Vietnam-esque flashbacks to Superman 64. I don't know why. It's not like I'm wasting his time or anything. Has he seen Arkham City? It's not as big as it looks, at first. Either the diameter of the city is about three yards, or Batman can glide faster than a hatchback. So yea, the open world is more flavoring than the actual meat of the game.
So what's the actual meat of the game? Beating dudes the hell up. Seems pretty obvious, given that 90% of upgrades are combat oriented and the 10% that aren't eventually circle back into combat, but holy hell, does this game do an amazing job of just this alone! What do I like about it so damn much? Well, first off, the free flowing nature of it. I don't know how Rocksteady managed to pull it off, but every encounter possesses this unique flow that makes things so damn fun. It's just so easy to jump from baddie to baddie in the middle of a fight. Wait, easy? I'd hardly use that word to describe the combat. Go ahead and try to button mash your way through combat. Now tell the class what happened.....Screw it, I'll say it: you died. You died because you fingered the X button like a ridiculously aggressive lover. Your combo meter also struggled to get past the decimals, but the point is that you died in combat. So how do you win at Arkham City? Well, you have to pay attention to your surroundings and respond with the appropriate action, like countering when there's a guy with smelly blue lines, or taking another guy down when there's nobody with smelly blue lines. You better start whipping out your gadgets, too, if you want all that savory EXP from your hard fought battles. (Don't bullshit me. You died in front of an imaginary class; clearly, your battles are very hard fought.) IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE COMBAT IN THIS GAME!? Wait, there isn't? Seriously? Well.....uh....well, shit. Congrats for being so perfect, Arkham City's combat.
Oh, and there's multiplayer stealth. I'd say that it sucks, but I know where to draw the line. I mean, it's at least competent with what it does. I'll just say that I'm not a huge fan of it. Now why would I say that? Well, to be perfectly honest with you guys, it's just way too goddamn easy. Every stealth situation eventually devolves to the same strategy: find a perch (why does Gotham have such a boner for Gothic architecture that they feel the need to shove it into steel mills, of all places?), turn on Oingo Boingo vision, wait for somebody to break from the group, knock them out cold, and retreat to a gargoyle before anybody catches on. That gets boring pretty fast. Actually, I feel guilty about saying all this, but not because I'm factually wrong or anything. (Did you really think it would be that?) Rather, it's because the game probably knows that everything I've said is true, and it's trying its hardest to fix this. As soon as it realized that I was camping on gargoyles for 90% of the experience, it started throwing thermal goggles at me to keep me from hiding in the not-very-dark dark. (It also threw mines at me, but since this isn't Goldeneye 007, they weren't very effective.) Granted, Arkham City never stopped to realize that those things are useless when you can loudly grapple to a gargoyle that isn't turning blue, but the point is that it was trying to get me to do something different. It didn't work, though. Eventually, the game said "fuck it" and got rid of gargyoles for some of the encounters. Obviously, this was when I had to start improvising, and it was also when the feature became far more fun. I actually had to pay more attention to my surroundings, not only to avoid the bad guys, but also to beat the fuck out of them in the quietest fashion possible. Yet that doesn't change those things I said before, does it? You know, those things about the stealth being stupidly easy?
And as long as I'm complaining about the game, let me throw out a fucking strange complaint: it's way too...corporate. What the hell do I mean by that? Well, let me open the game up and reveal its contents. First up: the game disc a catalog. Just what I like to see in something I've bought with money: advertisements. And it's not even for stuff that would affect my experience with the game (more on that in a bit), but shit like Arkham City hats and 3D glasses and action figures. You know, for the audience playing this T-rated game. Next up: a beta key for Gotham City Impostors. I haven't a clue what that means (is it like Team Fortress 2, but with Batmen?), so let's move on. To the DLC codes, to be specific. Now I could be an asshole and go off on a tangent about how the industry is evil for hating the used game market (I think I can sum it up with good ol' Shinra music), but I honestly have no problem with that. It doesn't affect my expe-and THAT is where I get angry. My god, this game is insistent with its day 1 DLC. Every time I load up the game, it pesters me about getting Catwoman into the mix. Can't I just enjoy being the Dark Knight? Isn't that enough? Apparently not, because I feel like the game holds that against me. There were plenty of times when I'd try to pick up a pink Riddler trophy, only for Mr. Nigma to scold me for trying pick up Catwoman's little surprise. Then I get a message telling me to buy the damn DLC, doing its damnedest to take me out of the experience (although the inadvertent justification for how the Riddler manages to keep bums from pawning off the trophies he plants in hobo camps does a bit to draw me back in). Funnily enough, the game isn't nearly as intrusive about Robin content, possibly because not even the developers like Robin that much. Finally (because this is getting a bit lengthy, although that seems to be becoming the norm), the manual, or lack thereof. No gameplay information, and it's all printed on a single sheet of paper. They dedicated more paper to the catalog than they did to the manual that tells you (or should tell you) how to play the damn game. Let that sink in for a moment. Now if you think I hold something against this game after all the mean words I said in this paragraph, you've clearly forgotten all the nice words I spent the past many paragraphs rambling about.
Review Synopsis
- It's as Batman as ever.
- I'm jealous of how this game is able to stuff so much into itself yet still do it so damn well.
- Might as well complain about how the manual is just a sheet of paper with "piss off" written on it.
Hey, guys, remember my last blog? Here's how it could have been much worse:
And that's why you won't see any voiced video content from me until my...how about my 400th blog?
Resident Evil: Survivor
(Wait, did I not remember my last blog?) I mean, I did a Resident Evil game last week, so now is WAY too soon to cover another one. Well, if it worked for Valis games, then it works for Resident Evil, I guess. So, anyway, Resident Evil: Survivor. It's apparently the worst reviewed Resident Evil ever, and one of the few games to be released on my birthday (fuck you, Earth). That said, it's still better than Code: Veronica X.
Although it's no less stupid. No more stupid, but still pretty dumb. The game takes place quite a while after the first three Resident Evil games, but that is in no way relevant to anything that happens in the game. Why am I saying it? Only because the game says it, which it does because..I have no fucking clue. Anyway, this guy arrives in a city and forgets who the hell he is. Then somebody calls a payphone and tells him who he is, despite not knowing anything about the guy. Of course, our protagonist is a gullible bastard, so he instantly believes what the random schmuck on the other end of the phone says. Too bad this means taking the role as bad guy...sort of. This would make for an interesting story of redemption if it was actually a story of redemption. Unfortunately, that's not really the case. It's more the protagonist occasionally bitching about how his past life sucked so hard while people treat him like an asshole. Actually, that's an odd way of putting it, because the protagonist's past self (Vincent....I should have said that earlier) was a huge asshole. A cartoonishly, unrealistically huge asshole. He spends half the backstory just killing people because...actually, that's not made clear until the very end, possibly because somebody remembered where they last saw his characterization. Of course, all of this would be easy to overlook if the story was at least presented competently. If. I'd say something about the graphics, since it's full 3D (again, suck it, Code: Veronica X) and people animate less like people and more like slow motion marionettes, or the iffy translation, but I'm more interested in the voice acting. If you thought the animation was wooden, that's probably because I told you as much, but the voice acting is pretty wooden, too. It feels like the voice actors had to figure out what "emotion" means as they go along. It's equal parts funny and painful. So it's pretty Resident Evil, at least in that regard.
So why do I sort of like it, again? Well, because it's essentially a streamlined Resident Evil game. So streamlined, in fact, that it's very possible to beat it in under an hour. Part of that is because the game is so damn linear that I'm confused as to why this wasn't just a straight line. OK, there are a few branching paths, but what I mean is that you don't stop for anything in this game. Just rub up against whatever key you need (it's usually about two rooms away from your current location), ignore the nearby file, and rub up against whatever door was previously locked. I tried backtracking at one point, but the game told me that there was "no need to go back." It's absolutely beautiful. Of course, Survivor isn't a "rub up against shit" game, mainly because I don't think that's even a genre; it's a light gun shooter, as I said a bit earlier. (Actually....I'll get to that in a bit.) What do I need to explain? It's shooting zombies in the head (and only the head); what else is there to explain? Hell, I'm even willing to overlook the fact that enemies regenerate whenever you move between rooms, because in this game, the point is to murder as many things as possible. I know that's pretty shallow, but what more do you want? You have a decent amount of weapons and a decent amount of things that die when you use those weapons; shouldn't that be enough?
And yet I can't help but get the feeling that this game doesn't want me enjoying it in the slightest. Why? Well, first, it controls like crap. Now remember what I said about this being a light gun game? Turns out that when Capcom decided to bring it to America, they forgot to add any light gun functionality. I don't know what they were thinking, because aiming without a light gun is a pain in the ass. Without a light gun of any type, your cursor flies all over the place, and shooting zombies turns into a drunken mess. But let's say that you actually manage to aim at enemy and shoot at them. This is where things get odd. Good news: there's a lock-on feature. Bad news: it makes no sense. Let's say that I shoot a zombie in the head. Rather than lock onto the head I've shot (or simply not lock on at all), the game decides to lock onto the zombie dead center. Only after a few shots does it realize that I never want to change where I'm aiming at a zombie. It seems like the type of decision made by somebody who hates the idea of fun, much like the art of actually moving through the world of Resident Evil Land (I don't exactly remember a lot about the game). Let me be blunt about it: movement is way too goddamn slow. It takes you nine years to pull a full 180, and that's only because there's no quick turn option. This wouldn't be too much of a problem if enemies didn't move so fast. Trust me when I say that a floaty cursor does not make up for sluggish movement when tracking two hell hounds hot on your trail. Oh, and there's no manual reload, because real men shoot at a nearby wall until they've emptied their infinite clip. Thankfully, it's not that long, and I like shooting things far more than I logically should in this situation.
Review Synopsis
- A dull story told through dull means.
- Fortunately, at its core, it does an OK job of letting you shoot guys.
- Sadly, the game controls like crap.


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Age: 19
Occupation: Dancer/Dance Teacher/Student
Nickname: Em
Interests: Dancing, fitness and fashion
Favourite Player: That's a tough one to answer!
Why did you want to become a club ambassador? I have followed the NRL and supported the Bulldogs my whole life, so I saw it as the perfect opportunity to become more involved with the club.
When you're not at a game representing The Sapphires your favourite things to do are? Going to the beach, taking dance class, shopping and catching up with friends
When you were younger you wanted to grow up to be....A dancer/vet
Three words you would use to describe yourself would be: Trustworthy, loyal and ambitious
An interesting fact no one knows about you... I have a phobia of necks
Best workout? Any kind of technical dance class
Best asset? My personality
Besides NRL what is your favourite sport to watch? My family is sport obsessed so I am forced to watch everything
How do you typically spend your leisure time? Online shopping. I'm addicted, it's really bad!
Who has been one person that has been the most influential to you and how? My parents. They have given up so much for me and have supported me with everything I have done my whole life. I wouldn't be where I am today without them.
Who was your childhood hero? The Spice Girls
To you, what is the most rewarding part of representing The Sapphires and being a Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ambassador? Being among the pride and passion that everyone shares for the club and giving back to the Bulldogs community.
What is your favourite Riddle? If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I? It's a secret!
What is your favourite inspirational quote? "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again".


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Mary J. Blige, 'The Breakthrough' (Geffen)
- SPIN Rating:5 of 10
We should have started to worry when she promised no more drama. Mary J. Blige's fierce, throaty wail is suited to anguish; she wouldn't be able to invest self-help clichés with genuine pathos if her lived-in bluesy swagger didn't pack so much sadness. So what happens when she gets happy?
The Breakthrough is Blige's first album since she got married in 2003, and nearly all of its tracks sound like odes to her new husband. On "Can't Get Enough," she sings, "You love me more than I love myself / No one can get me this confident." She extends that love note on the vintage-soul showstopper "I Found My Everything," howling over Raphael Saadiq's crushed-velvet pianos and swelling strings. Even when she asks her lover to accept her flaws on "Baggage," she's just prepping for domestic bliss.
But too often, Blige's voice doesn't get the space it needs to cut loose with emotion. Producers like Rodney Jerkins pen her in with antiseptic session musician gloss and chilly electro clicks more appropriate for chirpy-voiced ingenues like Ciara. Because Blige never quite connects with the awkwardly programmed drums and cluttered synthetic arrangements of would-be club jams like "Can't Hide From Luv" and "Gonna Breakthrough," the songs' chin-up aphorisms ring false. (One wonders what she could do with a full-album collaboration with a producer like Just Blaze --someone who understands both old-school soul's glistening lilt and hip-hop's bravado.)
Blige's best moments come on left-field experiments like "MJB Da MVP," where she steals the instrumental track from the Game's "Hate It or Love It," navigating her life's dips and curves with effortless cool: "'91, I stepped in this game / After What's the 411?, things ain't been the same." And when she duets with Bono on a cover of U2's "One," she sings with such grace and hunger that all he can do is get out of the way. When she hits the climactic "I can't keep holding on to what you got / When all you got is hurt," she nails the song's visceral conflict between interdependence and self-preservation. And even though she's married now, self-preservation still wins.
SEE ALSO: Faith Evans, Faithfully (Bad Boy, 2001)