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See, with all these blogs going up about the community's various favourite games, I thought I'd try something a little different. A piece on my most unfavourite game of all time. Morrowind. The high point of the Elder Scrolls franchise. The great white hope of western RPGs. The fantasy sandbox by which all others are measured and found wanting.
Now just to be clear, an unfavourite game isn't a game I think is the worst ever, or that I think should be held to some objective standard of general shittyness. I think Oblivion is a far worse game than Morrowind, for one thing, and there are games more broken and buggy than either games out there to be experienced. A game like Bubsy or Superman 64 can be unredeemingly awful, yet take up the same amount of space in my brain as Latin, or Gamelan music, or Thatcher/Reagan slashfic. Morrowind, however, sits on the shag carpeting of my mind like a craggy turd, its mere presence leaving a smell it's impossible to shake off. It's a game that I have tried to get into no less than five times. I have bought it twice, installed every mod known to man, and spent countless hours trying to pierce its chitin shell to find the sweet meat underneath. I have wanted nothing more than to love Morrowind, and on some level I still do. There's something about the idea of Morrowind which is amazing, something I really want to get into and lose myself in... but everytime I've tried, I've found myself utterly underwhelmed by the entirety of the experience. Each time I've tried to get into it, I haven't managed to get more than a few hours into the story, yet collectively I've probably spent a dozen hours or more in the game. I've spent less time in Arkham City and Metal Gear Rising, games I enjoy munreservedly, than I have wandering the swamps of Vvarvendell, waiting for the next crab or rat to get the jump on me.
What is it I don't like about the game? In a word: everything. As soon as I fire the game up, every facet of the game's structure sets my teeth grinding, wishing it could be less arduous. The game presents you with a huge open world to explore, but your character walks with all the speed of a tectonic plate. You can sprint, but your stamina bar is so low that anything more than ten seconds spent running will bring your character back to a crawl. And if you get attacked by antyhing, then the best of luck to you, as you've rendered yourself too knackered to properly put up a defence. The game promises you a giant setting to explore, then makes the very act of exploring as tedious as it possibly can. You can fast travel, sure... but fast travelling around the map requires money, and that's the one thing you don't have when you're first starting out. For the first section of the game at least, you're faced with either going penniless, or slow marching it from town to town, city to city, sort of like one of the Canterbury pilgrims, but with an infinitely more boring story to tell:
" A tale of woe I shallen tell thee/Of a prisoner's endless misery/That whilom was kicked from humble boat/And cast asunder, with nary a groat/Nor raiment, food nor arms to bear/No horse to ryde, no humble mare/Left to walk the lonely road/Attacked by rats and crabbes and toads/Till pon a chance he saw the lights/Of a friendly city in the night/He marched his feet with greaten haste/And was struck down by one of the cliff race"
If the combat was great, then that perhaps could make up for the general tedium of exploration, but it's not. The combat in Morrowind is legendarily broken, which is what makes the experience even more frustrating. You slog from Point A to Point B, hoping for something to add a little spce to proceedings, then when a monster jumps you, you're left to realise that even the spice in this game is a bit bland. Everything is done on dice rollls, yet you're left to swing and flail like you're doing the Time Warp at a LARP convention. I like combat in RPGs/ I like fighting monsters, and getting stronger by defeating them. I like swinging swords and casting fire spells. But somehow, Morrowind takes the basic primal appeal of swinging a sword at a giant troll, and makes it a game of chance where all the numbers are rigged against you. Combat in Morrowind isn't something to be experienced, it's something to be suffered for wrongdoings in your past lives. It's penance for a life lived in sin. It's nothing but punishment, with not even funny animations to give it some kind of humour or levity.
And this is the thing: if the story was better, I could endure dodgy gameplay. I've played through JRPGs that had less-than-stellar gameplay to experience a ripping yarn, and can overlook mechanical defects if the themes and drama make up for it. But Morrowind doesn't do that. It does the one thing I absolutely hate in fantasy and sci-fi games: throw a load of lore at you, and expect that to do most of the story. Now, I hate lore. I hate it when a game throws encyclopedias of made-up nonsense to wade through, and calls that a valid trade-off for some good characterisation or emotional writing. I like my fantasy fiction to have the basics of narrative down, like characters and arcs and ideas bubbling away under the surface. Making up a load of backstory, then dumping it into the game to be waded through like fish guts on the deck of a trawler, has no appeal to me. But that's where the meat of Morrowind's story lies: going through endless bloody books, flicking through scrolls, scanning journals for anything interesting or entertaining. I like fantasy settings that are well realised, don't get me wrong, but I also like some immediacy to proceedings. I don't have an endless amount of spare time, and if a game is going to demand so much of my attention, I want something other than backstory and lore to work with. Give me a great story, or great gameplay, but give me something to get some immediate feedback from.
On every level that matters, Morrowind goes against everything I enjoy in games, be it its approach to narrative, or the broken fundamentals of its gameplay... and yet, for some utterly inexplicable reason, I still want to like it. Love it, even. There's something about the idea of Morowind which I want to be in love with, something about the idea of getting lost in a world of giant mushrooms and weird insects that fundamentally speaks to me. This says just how much I want to like it: I bought the game as a teenager on a Sold Out software disc, then when that disc disappeared, I bought the GOTY version, even though I already knew I didn't like the game. Maybe it was the idea that the expansions could fix some of my problems with the game, maybe it was just the basic idea of wandering alone in a fantasy world, but I bought the game again, installed it again, fired it up again, and within three hours was utterly confused as to why I had done it. Even now, writing about Morrowind, I can feel the urge to fire it up once more, install some graphics mods, and go exploring. And I know what would happen if I did: I'd start a new game, marvel at how nice the new texture mods and graphics tweaks look, and get bored of the game before the evening was done.
No other game has this effect on me. There have been games I've hated, and never played more than once, and there have been games I've loved that have taken up hours upon hours of my free time, but never has a game had quite the same love/hate relationship with me. It's like meeting a woman, and falling in love with the idea of her, rather than the reality. I know that Morrowind is a broken, buggy mess that has nothing of what I look for in games, but I just can't quite quit it. It's stuck in my conscious like a splinter, irritating and impossible to remove. I have many games that I would consider as my favourites, but no games has ever had the singular success of so resolutely being my unfavourite: a game I want to love, but which I cannot find a single thing to love. Other people love Morrowind more than words, and that's absolutely fine. I would never begrudge anyone the hours of enjoyment they've got from exploring Vvarvendell and all its mysteries. On a subconscious level, I may even be slightly jealous. The sort of joy those gamers have got from the game is exactly what I want for myself. It's why I refuse to get rid of my discs, why I eye the game up everytime it goes on a Steam sale. Morrowind is the bad first sniff of cocaine that still leaves me itching for more. It's that bad LSD trip which leaves my brain on the floor, yet still has me wanting to return to the psychedelic realm. It's a tick that sticks my psyche with its mandibles, grabs on, and is then impossible to shake loose.
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Worthington earlier said, "It's not about budget, it's not about box office, it's about pure entertainment and that to me is what film should be about. Not all that other junk."
Clifford joked later that he gets grief about resembling Worthington, so their meeting "is going to give everyone a bit more ammunition to throw at me."
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Quillin, who is from New York but trains regularly in Los Angeles, knocked Hassan N'Dam down a staggering six times on his way to wide unanimous-decision victory for the WBO middleweight title.
Saturday night, Quillin, 29, defends that title for the first time when he faces Fernando Guerrero in Brooklyn at Barclays Center on the undercard of the Zab Judah-Danny Garcia junior welterweight title fight.
The journey to the title was a long one, but defending the title against hungry challengers is something that motivates Quillin (28-0, 20 KOs).
"Roberto Duran said it best, 'Once you stop trying to learn and be better, then you're no longer good enough anymore,'" Quillin said. "So I just think I take every task I do in boxing to try to make myself a better fighter.
"I'm not up the ladder yet where I want to be. I want to be a unified champion. I want to be all these other things and whatever comes my way I just make sure that I bust the challenges down to become just a better fighter, a better champion."
Guerrero (25-1, 19 KOs) has won his past four fights since losing to Grady Brewer in 2011. He owns a unanimous-decision victory over current IBF junior-middleweight champion Ishe Smith (2010).
The landscape at middleweight starts with WBC champion Sergio Martinez, who fights Martin Murray on Saturday.
The other champions include Gennady Golovkin (WBA) and Daniel Geale (IBF).
"Right now I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm the strongest champion out there," he said. "I look at everything as a challenge in my life. I just take everything for the experience to be where I'm at right now.
"Every time I step out there, I had to prove to myself, not to the people that told me I couldn't do it, but to myself that I was able to do these great things that I'm doing in boxing right now."
HBO is going great distances for this week's edition of World Championship Boxing.
The show will kick off at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario with the WBC heavyweight eliminator between Riverside's Chris Arreola (34-2, 30 KOs) and Bermane Stiverne (22-1-1, 20 KOs). The winner becomes the mandatory to Vitali Klitschko.
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Did Voyager get better or worse when Kes was replaced with 7 of 9?
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I agree here. The hard-core fans were the ones who made Trek come back after TOS was cancelled in 1969. They kept the dream alive. Without them Trek would have been a commodity from the 60:s.
A show or any entertainment thing who loses its hardcore fans is doomed. The casual viewers may add money to the box and numbers to the ratings but they can never carry a show. Why? because they are casual viewers. They don't have the heart for it in the same way as the hardcore fans have. If they find another novelty, they might abandon Trek or whatever it is for the new show. The hardcore fans are those who carry the show in difficult times and who can be the deciding factor if the show might stay alive or not.
Yes, yes yes. but hard core fans alone do not make up enough of the numbers to secure a shows ratings. We need the casual viewers to keep a show running. That's why they put Ryan in a catsuit, that's why they brought Worf onto DS9 and added a kick ass warship. These were meant to bring in viewers that normal didn't watch Trek to amp up the cool factor. If we have the casual viewers watching, then fans
won't need to do things to keep the show alive. Having both fans and casual viewers will keep a show running without worry. We need them. Any producer will tell you, we look to fan feed back but they don't run the show. They need us as fans but they're not to going to cater to our every whim because there are more watching then just us.
Don't forget, many of those hard core fans that brought Trek back started out as casual ones. Allot of the TNG fan base stated off as casual fans because TOS fans wouldn't watch it at first.
Why so hostile to the Kes fans? You know, there are many fans who like Kes, maybe more than those who dislike her.
It's not about being hostile but rather stating what I know through my education about the behind the scenes business of how TV production works. Kes fans insist on Lien begin fired was something personal against them, they refuse to understand the decision was a business one which has nothing to do directly with them. For example, you just agreed that there are more viewers that didn't like Kes over those that do, then why are Kes fans so hostile toward TPTB for doing what was clearly in the best interest of the majority of the viewing audience?
If you created a show and the majority of the viewing audience isn't warming up to one or two of the characters, do you still keep that character knowing you could loose the greater majority or to you cut that character and only loose the smaller minority? As someone in charge of a show these are just some of the choices you have to make. You always do what's best to appeal to the majority.
They had a choice to cut the two least liked characters, Kim and Kes. Wang got a gold star for being in People's most sexiest. If the readers of People saw that, then the producers determined that Wang's image had the potential to get those readers to tune in. So the ax fell on Lien. It was a business choice they had too make to keep the larger part of the viewing audience. In the end he didn't but at that moment in time, they had to make a choice based on what they knew then. Paramount has marketing researchers whos purpose is to find out all this information and give feed back based on what info they have available. They know what characters the audience likes as well as the ones they don't. It's why certain characters got more development over others because it's based on audience feed back. For example, lets just say they polled random viewers and found out the the majority thought Chakotay was ok, didn't really like him but didn't hate him either. However, they did find that he got high marks with the female perspective of the audience. So while they might not put any more effort into developing his character, they keep him around to keep the female demographic watching.
So they we're willing to loose the minority but had high hopes in bringing in a larger majority with a character like Seven. While she many not have helped ratings long term, there is no doubt her image made Paramount LOTS of money. So in the end they still won.
As for sales, even critical fans like me might contribute to that. I recently bought a Star Trek Calender, I bought the latest Voyager book (just to read about Janeway's return) and I might buy the first three seasons of Voyager on Blue-Ray when the time comes. I also watched the Abrams movie, although I wasn't that enthusiastic over it and the scenario which was presented in it.
You aren't enough. Paramount want Trek to be just as marketable as Star Wars. Trek has been around decades longer but the there is no reason why with the right marketing every child, every adult be they a die hard fan or not have some type of Trek merchandise in their home. Be it a t-shirt, video game, poster or coffee cup. That's their goal.
As far as J.J. Abrams film, the same argument was made by TOS fans when they announced TNG going into production. TOS fans refused to get on board and watch TNG because it was new and different but TNG found a new audience and millions of new Trek fans were born before the TOS fans gave in and started to watch. Abrams films will find and create a new generation of Trek fans before the old school ones accept it.
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What needs to be reported is what is financially required to now qualify for such a loan (W-2 wages, pensions, down payment, credit score, property appraisal, etc.); this is the real story. It is dishonest to not report that these loans and/or refi rates are now beyond the reach of Middle America. – Cliff Lindroth, San Diego
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Ireland v South Africa- International Test match preview
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Ireland captain Jamie Heaslip has stated a clear aim of giving "the Irish people something to cheer about," when his side take on the Springboks at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday.
The No 8, who takes over from Paul O'Connell, is anticipating a tough match as a severely injury-hit Ireland head into the clash against South Africa.
Heaslip, who will captain Ireland for the first time, said: "South Africa are a very confrontational side and they don't make any bones about that.
"They got one over us last time. We don't like losing in our back garden. It will be a full house on Saturday and the place will be rocking."
With six first team players ruled out through injury, Brian O'Driscoll, Rob Kearney, Paul O'Connell, Rory Best, Stephen Ferris and Sean O'Brien, Declan Kidney has had to name a new-look XV as they look to end a run of four consecutive Test defeats.
Despite Ireland's weakened line-up, Springboks coach Heyneke Meyer is expecting a difficult, tight game for his team.
"I expect an unbelievable challenge from them," he added. "They are a well-balanced side and, even though they are missing a number of their more experienced players, their youngsters are good players."
With the first Test of the Springboks' northern hemisphere tour against a side that have beaten them three out of the last four occasions they've met in Dublin, the visitors are taking nothing for granted, even though they are slight favourites this weekend.
Meyer added: "I watched the games against New Zealand and they were, in a sense, unlucky in second Test. You don't go there and perform like that (Ireland only lost the first Test 22-19) if you're a bad team."
Meyer was forced to make a late change to his line-up when Tendai 'the Beast' Mtawarira was forced to withdraw after suffering heart palpitations. Former Leinster star CJ van der Linde comes in to the front row and current Leinster prop Heinke van der Merwe is drafted on to the bench.
Ireland: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Chris Henry, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Mike McCarthy, 4 Donnacha Ryan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Richardt Strauss, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Michael Bent, 19 Donncha O'Callaghan, 20 Iain Henderson, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ronan O'Gara, 23 Fergus McFadden.
South Africa: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaco Taute, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 CJ van der Linde.
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US company helps HIV+ men become fathers
11:09 AM — Men living with HIV are finding new hope of creating biological families with their own sperm through a new programme created by the California-based Growing Generations.
9th June 2008
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5:12 PM — Same-sex marriage could potentially boost California's deflating economy by $683.6 million (£345m) over the next three years, an analysis by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law has claimed.
Gay groups gain observer status at UN
4:13 PM — One of Europe's best-known gay rights organisations has been recommended for consultative status at the United Nations.
US abandons UN human rights body
3:16 PM — The United States has announced plans to distance itself from the UN Human Rights council – an action that has been said to "fail victims of abuse."
UNAIDS expresses concern over Uganda arrests
1:39 PM — A senior official of the UN organisation tasked with fighting the AIDS epidemic has said he is looking forward to the "safe and imminent release" of three gay rights activists.
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12:53 PM — The UK showed its support for Poland's gay community on Saturday as the Rainbow flag flew from the British Embassy in Warsaw during the city's Pride festival.
Gay bishop ties the knot in New Hampshire
12:00 PM — The man at the eye of the storm battering the Anglican communion celebrated his same-sex relationship with a civil union ceremony and a church blessing on Saturday.
Rome Pride parade targets Berlusconi and Benedict
11:29 AM — Italy's LGBT population demonstrated their displeasure at the Vatican and their government on Saturday with a colourful march through the streets of Rome.
8th June 2008
Clinton bows out of Presidential race
3:08 AM — Hillary Clinton has bowed out of the race to win the race to win the Democratic party nomination for the Presidency.
7th June 2008
Homosexuality a destructive sin, claims "caring" Russian Orthodox Church 4
5:35 PM — A senior Russian Archpriest has said the country's Orthodox Church cares for gay and lesbian people and accepts them, but their sexual orientation is a "destructive sin."
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4:51 PM — Magazine Vanity Fair has come underfire from both former US President Bill Clinton and gay and lesbian icon Gina Gershon for an article alleging her friendship with him might have gone to the next level.
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12:14 AM — I spent ages researching into Iran, trying to dispel all these notions that it is a dangerous place to visit. I knew it wasn't, and I was right.
6th June 2008
Brazilian soldier arrested after discussing gay relationship
11:30 PM — A gay Brazilian army sergeant has been arrested just as the country's first national gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans rights conference takes place.
Rainbow flag to fly over second British embassy 6
2:53 PM — Warsaw holds its Pride march tomorrow, and in a mark of solidarity the Rainbow flag will fly next to the Union flag over the British embassy in the city.
Muslim gang attacks gay catwalk model 46
2:45 PM — Gay people in Holland have been shocked by a public attack on a gay man in Amsterdam. Model Mike Du Pree was taking part in a fashion show to promote tolerance.
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2:00 PM — People across America generally view the Pacific Northwest as one of the most progressive, and dare I say liberal, regions of the United States.
TiVo in hot water over links to homophobes 4
1:40 PM — One of America's coolest brands risks alienating the gay community after its links with an organisation that fights against equality were questioned.
Amnesty condemns arrests of Uganda AIDS conference protesters
1:06 PM — A leading human rights group has said it is concerned for the welfare of three gay protesters who forced their way into an international conference about HIV/AIDS prevention in Uganda organised by the UN.
Sober gays will gather at EuroPride
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Herman Miller Aeron Chaise
as much as I'd love to have one for the office, I'm not sure if Adobe and Apple will have a remote control for photoshop. Hmmm, maybe with a little iphone upgrade...hmmm?
Ok, I'm a little obsessed with Herman Miller desk chairs. This one has less of the industrial appeal than the other, typical chairs, but is still ergonomically designed. A classic chair!Added 5 Years Ago from Amazon.com
Another mid-century modern classic, the Aeron chair never goes out of style. As they are typically seen in black, i think this taupey color is a unique take. I would use one as an occasional chair in the living room.
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- 2 cup(s) cold cooked rice
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- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon(s) soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon(s) chicken boullion crystals
- 3-4 eggs scrambled
- left over vegetables/meat, etc
- Saute onion in butter. Add soy sauce with boullion. Mix in cold rice until covered with mixture. Scramble egg in separate pan. Add egg and vegetables to rice mixture
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A jock (or a jockey) rides a horse, and horses wear horseshoes. The girl he's avoiding isn't riding him, she's stepping on him (metaphorically). The line could be heard as "whore's shoe"
This also means that Earl is even lower than the horse. The jockey controls the horse, and the horseshoes are nothing but an afterthought and are easily replaceable — Just like this girl seems to think Earl is.
I think its because the jock always goes for the lucky girl that loves him. in this case he's the lucky one. "horseshoes are considered lucky" He's a clever one.
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Tonight at 9p on USA, White Collar bids Au Revoir. So do the two stars of the show think that the series finale will leave their dedicated fans happy? Tim DeKay said, "I'm very satisfied with the ending of the series." Then he added, "One can never be satisfied with the ending of a project that they loved but creatively since we had to end it I feel that we gave a great exciting twist and ending that will surprise I believe everyone." Does his co-star Matt Bomer feel the same way? Neal Caffrey said, "I was really satisfied in some ways and in some ways I would have been interested to explore other avenues as well." Then he explained, "I mean I think there was still directions to go. But I think the way they wrapped it up was really well done in the sense that they didn't try to tie everything up into a nice bow. They really left some things open ended and left a lot up the viewer's imagination which I always think is more potent than anything you could put down on a piece of paper."
And talking about things being wrapped up really well, what about those suits? Peter Burke got to take some home with him, while Bomer did not but he will miss being dressed up in them.
So what did DeKay and him take home from the set? Matt took home a painting of a Harem and an old map of Manhattan that was in his character's apartment. He also grabbed the bust of Socrates and gave it to the show creator Jeff Eastin. Tim also took a painting that was just outside of his partner in crime's apartment that was barely seen and two badges that belonged to his character.
What will we take away from White Collar? A lot of great memories about two men who conned our hearts into loving them. Thanks for the memories; I just wish you could've stayed around a little longer. Til we meet again, Au Revoir.
Chrisley Knows Best is back on USA tonight at 10p with 2 new episodes and they are just as crazy as ever!
Tonight at 10p, Julie goes back to work and she leaves Todd in charge of the house. Which isn't the best idea. She tells him to make some lasagna for dinner, but he has no idea what he is doing. Will they have a homecooked dinner or will they be going out to eat.
On that note, 16 year old Savannah was asked to go on a date by Spencer, 19, who is a former American Idol contestant. Todd will do everything in his power to stop this from happening. When he can't, he insists that his mother goes on the date as their chaperone. How does it go? You just have to see it, to believe it.
Then at 10:30p, Julie and Todd leave the kids alone overnight because she has some business to do in South Carolina. Well when the parents are away the kids will play. Eight year old Grayson sees this as a money opportunity, so he bribes his older brother, Kyle, for his silence. Reluctantly Kyle gives in and now it is time for them to have some fun. That is until Julie and Todd call the kids to them that their plans changed and they will be home in 45 minutes. Will the kids be busted or will they get away with daring to disobey their parents?
Chrisley Knows Best is a reality show, but it is so over-the-top you would think it is scripted. That is why this show is so much fun to watch.
I also think that families should watch this show together because it will make you appreciate them a little more. I honestly don't know if I would be able to handle Todd as my father, could you?
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"Marie" Wedding Cake and Dessert Table.
Phew, this took me over a week of work to complete. It was very tiring, but I'm so happy with it :)
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I'm using jQuery UI's Accordion http://jqueryui.com/demos/accordion/ and I'm trying to get it to fit the height of each panels contents.
The way it currently works is to fit the largest panels contents, but I would like it to resize based on which panel is open.
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Mark Lotto, a former Nation intern, is a writer for the New York Observer.
Critics have been trumpeting Benjamin Kunkel as the
voice of his generation. But his first novel, Indecision, about
a 28-year-old empty vessel, is little more than an empty vessel itself.
After the Kinsey Report but before the first Penthouse Forum, John Updike wrote, "He kneels in a kind of sickness between her spread legs.


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Genomic analysis of a Canadian equine rhinitis A virus reveals low diversity among field isolates
- Andrés Diaz-Méndez,
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Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) is an ubiquitous virus, routinely identified in equine respiratory infections; however, its role in disease and genetic features are not well defined due to a lack of genomic characterization of the recovered isolates. Therefore, we sequenced the full-length genome of a Canadian ERAV (ERAV/ON/05) and compared it with other ERAV sequences currently available in GenBank. The ERAV/ON/05 genome is 7,839 nucleotides (nts) in length with a variable 5′UTR and a more conserved 3′UTR. When ERAV/ON/05 was compared to other reported ERAV isolates, an insertion of 13 nt in the 5′UTR was identified. Further phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that ERAV/ON/05 is closely related to the ERAV/PERV isolate, which was isolated in 1962 in the United Kingdom. The polyprotein of ERAV/ON/05 had a 96 % nucleotide and amino acid sequence identity to reported ERAVs, and it appears that, despite the high error rate of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, this isolate has retained high sequence identity to the strain first described by Plummer in 1962.
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- Title
- Genomic analysis of a Canadian equine rhinitis A virus reveals low diversity among field isolates
- Journal
Virus Genes
Volume 46, Issue 2 , pp 280-286
- Cover Date
- 2013-04-01
- 10.1007/s11262-012-0848-0
- Print ISSN
- 0920-8569
- Online ISSN
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Equine rhinitis A virus
- Picornaviruses
- Genome sequencing
- Horse
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Andrés Diaz-Méndez (1)
- Laurent Viel (2)
- Patricia Shewen (1)
- Éva Nagy (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
- 2. Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada


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Recent Articles by Penrith Panthers
Panthers deny signing Russell Packer
THE Panthers would like to address reports the club has agreed to a contract with former Newcastle Knights player Russell Packer.
Moylan and Cartwright re-sign with Penrith
THE Panthers are excited to announce that Matt Moylan and Bryce Cartwright have extended their contracts with the club for two and three years, respectively.
Panthers statement regarding 2015 home venue
PANTHERS would like to make the following statement in relation to an article that appeared in the Daily Telegraph earlier this week.
Panthers re-sign Sam McKendry
PANTHERS are delighted to announce that prop Sam McKendry has extended his contract with the club for a further three years.
Panthers stalwarts recognised with Queen's Birthday honours
THE Panthers Group are very proud that Donald Feltis and Philip Gould, two doyens of Australian Sport and Rugby League, have been recognised on the Queen's Birthday 2014 Honours List with the award OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia).
Panthers re-sign Jeremy Latimore
PANTHERS are pleased to announce front rower Jeremy Latimore has re-signed with the club on a new one year deal.
Panthers re-sign Josh Mansour
PANTHERS are delighted to announce popular winger Josh Mansour has re-signed with the club on a new two year deal.
Panthers sign Apisai Koroisau
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Coca-Cola truck to pop by Asda
Posted: December 05, 2012|
PUT some pop into your Christmas shopping today.
The famous Coca-Cola truck will be rolling into Asda in Gloucester.
Staff will be handing out free fizzy drinks to spread the message that 'Holidays Are Coming'.
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El Camino Real Historic Trail Site
The El Camino Real Historic Trail Site is a center about the culture and history about the El Camino Real trail and the colonization of New Mexico. The center is an official New Mexico Historic Site, and features exhibit panels and artifacts about the people who traveled along the trail, the desert and life in the 18th century.
The center commemorates the heritage of the antiquated road that connected Mexico City with Santa Fe, New Mexico in the region once known as New Spain.
The center is operated by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs . In addition, The US Bureau of Land Management and the countries of Spain and Mexico contributed to the project, making it a truly international undertaking. The facility was completed in 2005 and was designed by Dekker / Perich / Sabatini Architects and Engineers of Albuquerque, NM.
It is situated approximately halfway between the cities of Albuquerque, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. It is readily accessible from Interstate 25 at exit 115, approximately 35 miles south of Socorro, New Mexico.
The site features a display of non-motorized travel aimed at providing modern motorists with an appreciation for the difficulty of traversing the desert environment. An outdoor amphitheater features traditional music heard along the journey reflecting the diverse folkways that developed as many cultures met on the legendary trade route.
- note: When referring to the center, "El" may be dropped in favor of "the" to distinguish from the road, but the two words are never used together. Occasionally the word "International" is omitted.
External links[edit]
- El Camino Real Historic Trail Site - official site.
- El Camino Real Historic Trail Site - official site of the Site's friend's organization.
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I've played with just about every heavy hitter in Chicago.I am also a composer and I only record my compositions or those by a fellow band mate or musician. I coined the phrase 'contemporary-Bop'. I am reissueing next stop jazzonia (originally recorded in 1998) with 7 original bonus tracks. I am starting my own label in December. Not a small label but one that will compete with some of the mid -sized major labels. The focus will be on Jazz, alternative, world and r&b.
I composed the title track for my CD Next Stop Jazzonia In 1996. That track is called Jazzonia. At the time my management team thought that I was crazy to have a ballad as a title track. It is about 9 minutes long but if you are a creative artist you have to go with your heart. I am also sorry to report that the stunning piano playing on this album will never be heard anywhere else. My good friend and mentor Mr. Fred Raekstraw who was Von Freemans' steady pianist turned Ill. He could not make the CD release party Because he was laid up in the hospitol. He passed two weeks after the first recording of this CD was released. After his passing I felt naked and nervous for the first time. I went through a bitter divorce and left music for about 4 years. Slowly the passion has come back and I'm going to produce/play/arrange/compose the best music that I can. I have played/toured with Charles Earland, Jodie Christine, Fred Anderson, Ari Brown and many more Chicago artist.I am also a member of the AACM....
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A proposal by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli that would task Entergy to transfer more used nuclear fuel from its Indian Point nuclear plant and other facilities to dry storage containers was voted down by the company's shareholders. Dry containers would mitigate the risks associated with storing the material in pools, DiNapoli said. "We are pleased with today's vote to continue with the proven process we have employed" at Indian Point, said Jerry Nappi, a spokesman for Entergy, who said both methods are safe.
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Artificial cooling tricky topic for climate panel
BERLIN (AP) — It's Plan B in the fight against climate change: cooling the planet by sucking heat-trapping CO2 from the air or reflecting sunlight back into space.
Called geoengineering, it's considered mad science by opponents. Supporters say it would be foolish to ignore it, since plan A — slashing carbon emissions from fossil fuels — is moving so slowly.
The U.N.'s expert panel on climate change is under pressure from both sides this week as it considers whether geoengineering should be part of the tool-kit that governments use to keep global warming in check.
Russia, in particular, has been pushing the panel to place more emphasis on such techniques in a key document for policymakers being finalized in Berlin this week.
Drafts leaked before the conference only mentioned one of the options, removing CO2 from the air and storing it underground. Russia, a major oil and gas producer, said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should also mention solar radiation management, which could include everything from covering open surfaces with reflective materials or placing sun-mirrors in orbit around the Earth.
"It is expedient to give a short description of the approach and mention the major 'pro and contra'," Russia said in comments submitted to the IPCC and seen by The Associated Press.
But even advocates of studying geoengineering express doubts.
"Really at the present moment there is a high level of uncertainty surrounding all of these options," said Steve Rayner, co-director of Oxford University's geoengineering program. Still, he said it's worth continuing to research geoengineering "to get a better sense of whether there's any merit in pursuing these technologies further."
After discussions among governments and scientists, a mention of geoengineering was added last year to the first of four summaries of the IPCC's authoritative assessment on climate change. They are now working on the third one, which deals specifically with fighting climate change.
The document is important because it will be used as scientific guidance for governments as they negotiate a new global climate pact, set to be adopted in 2015.
Some environmental activists watching the talks in Berlin want the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to scratch references to geoengineering altogether. They worry that such technologies would be ineffective, possibly harmful and delay efforts to shift the world's energy system from oil and coal to low-carbon energy sources like wind and solar power.
"It seems like a dangerous gamble to hold up this technology that may not work," said Jim Thomas, of the Canada-based ETC Group.
However, the IPCC's draft document says that unless emissions are cut much faster than currently projected, measures to scrub CO2 from the air will be have to be deployed to avoid potentially dangerous levels of warming.
The problem is those technologies don't exist yet or are in an experimental stage. No one knows whether they will be successful.
Ideas include spraying clouds with seawater to make them more reflective or pumping aerosols into the air to mimic the cooling effect from major volcanic eruptions.


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June 13, 2013
Carroll PA student wins veterans scholarship
WAUKESHA, WIS.— John W. Jenkins, a second-year student in Carroll University's physician assistant program, has been awarded the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) Veterans Caucus Scholarship. The Veterans Caucus represents physician assistants or those studying to become physician assistants who are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. Each year, the caucus offers a variety of scholarships to recognize the achievements of military veterans enrolled in a physician assistant program. Jenkins, a Brookfield, Wis., resident, was recognized at the AAPA national conference in Washington, D.C., in May. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and used a portion of the scholarship money to help offset the cost for three other Carroll PA students to attend the conference.
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719 Albert
|Discovered by
|Johann Palisa
|Discovery site
|Imperial Observatory, Vienna
|Discovery date
|October 3, 1911
Named after
|Albert Salomon von Rothschild
|Orbital characteristics[2]
|Epoch 2008-05-14 (JD 2454600.5)
|4.080300074 ± 1.7224e-08 AU
|1.17634643 ± 9.2337e-08 AU
|2.628323253 ± 1.1095e-08 AU
|.552434643 ± 3.4904e-08
|4.26 ± 2.698e-08 a
Average orbital speed
|16.87 km/s
|205.2955438 ± 1.5165e-06°
|11.5551994 ± 6.5388e-06°
|184.060354 ± 2.1126e-05°
|2455269.3318031 ± 6.0276e-06 JED
|155.779766 ± 2.5666e-05°
|Physical characteristics
|2.4 km[3]
|1.4×1013 kg
Mean density
|2.0? g/cm³
|~0.0007 m/s²
|~0.0013 km/s
|5.802 h[4]
|assumed 0.15[3] or 0.12[4]
Spectral type
719 Albert is a Mars-crossing, Amor asteroid; it was the second one discovered after 433 Eros.
Discovered in 1911 by Johann Palisa, the asteroid was named after one of the Imperial Observatory in Vienna's major benefactors, Albert Salomon von Rothschild, who had died some months before.[1] Due to inaccuracies in the asteroid's computed orbit it was subsequently lost and not recovered until 2000 by Jeffrey Larsen using data from the Spacewatch asteroid survey project.[1] When it was recovered in 2000, Albert was the last "lost asteroid" among those assigned numbers (69230 Hermes was not numbered until 2003). The second-to-last "lost" numbered asteroid, 878 Mildred, had been recovered in 1991.[1]
When it was rediscovered 719 Albert was mistakenly thought to be a new asteroid and was designated 2000 JW8.[7] Upon further investigation, however, it was noticed that its orbital plane matched up nicely with the last remaining "lost" asteroid and it was properly identified. Using the new observational data the period was determined to be about 4.28 years instead of the 4.1 years calculated in 1911; this was the primary reason the asteroid was lost.[1]
...asteroids were sometimes assigned numbers before accurate orbital elements had been determined, and so some numbered asteroids could not later be located. These objects were referred to as "lost" asteroids. The final lost numbered asteroid, (719) Albert, was recovered in 2000 after a lapse of 89 years. Many newly discovered asteroids still become "lost" ...— Encyclopædia Britannica [8]
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Most of what is known about 719 Albert comes from observations taken after its rediscovery. In 2001 it passed near the Earth, allowing for a series of observations at differing phase angles. During this pass its rotational period was calculated at 5.802 hours and a measured absolute magnitude of 15.43 together with an assumed albedo of 0.12 gave a diameter of 2.8 km.[4] Another group led by R. P. Binzel measured an absolute magnitude of 15.8; they however used an assumed albedo of 0.15 leading to a calculated diameter of 2.4 km.[3] Other observations carried out in October 2001 at the 5 meter Hale Telescope by Binzel et al. classified it as an S-type asteroid.[5]
- ^ a b c d e Cowen, Ron (2000-05-20). "Astronomers Rediscover Long-Lost Asteroid" 157 (21). Science News.
- ^ 719 Albert at the JPL Small-Body Database
- ^ a b c Binzel, R. P. et al. (2002). "Physical Properties of Near-Earth Objects" (PDF). Asteroids III (University of Arizona Press): 255–271. ISBN 0-8165-2281-2.
- ^ a b c Krugly, Yu. N.; Belskaya, I. N.; Chiorny, V. G.; Shevchenko, V. G.; Gaftonyuk, N. M. (November 2002). "CCD Photometry of Near-Earth Asteroids in 2001". Proceedings of Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 500: 903–906. Bibcode:2002ESASP.500..903K. ISBN 92-9092-810-7.
- ^ a b Binzel, R. P. et al. (August 2004). "Observed spectral properties of near-Earth objects: results for population distribution, source regions, and space weathering processes" (PDF). Icarus 170 (2): 259–294. Bibcode:2004Icar..170..259B. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.04.004.
- ^ "Mpec 2000-J37". 2000-05-09.
- ^ "IAU Circular: IAUC 7420". 2000-05-09.
- ^ lost asteroid. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 27, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/348392/lost-asteroid
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Monroe College's Bronx campus is an ideal urban campus located in the bustling Fordham section.
Located in downtown New Rochelle, the Monroe College New Rochelle campus is nestled in a diverse, thriving suburban community in Westchester County.
The scenic Monroe College St. Lucia campus in Barnard Hill Castries on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia combines the best of many worlds.
Monroe's Queens Extension Site is located in the heart of downtown Flushing, a vibrant and ethnically mixed district of Queens.
For financial aid purposes, good academic standing consists of two elements: satisfactory academic progress and program pursuit. Satisfactory progress is a measure of the student's achievement (Required grade point average (GPA) at the end of each semester.) The first section relates to the undergraduate standards and the second section relates to the Graduate standards.
remain eligible for federal Title IV aid, students must make Satisfactory
Academic Progress (SAP) towards completion of their degree. SAP is measured by
a qualitative standard (students must maintain a minimum GPA) and a
quantitative standard (students must earn a percentage of credits attempted.) Monroe College
monitors SAP at the end of each semester.
GPAs will be reviewed at the end of each semester:
Academic Progress (Academic Year 2015-16)
Quantitative Standard Semester 1-3 Must complete 50% of courses attempted with passing grades.Semester 4-12 Must complete 67% of courses attempted with passing grades.
Student will be
dismissed from the College if Qualitative Standards are not met.Student may be placed on SAP federal
warning for
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Maximum Number of
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receiving federal aid must complete their degrees within 150% of the normal
time for completion. For example, students may not attempt more than 90 credits
to earn the 60 credits needed for an associate degree or 180 credits to earn
the 120 credits needed for a bachelor's degree or 225 credits to earn the 150
credits needed for the 5-year bachelor's degree.
A student who fails to achieve required quantitative standards receives a Federal SAP Warning status but remains eligible for Title IV Federal aid. Such a student must achieve SAP standards after one payment period. Failure to do so will result in the loss of Title IV aid.
have the right to appeal a loss of eligibility for quantitative standards if
mitigating circumstances prevented them from achieving the required standards.
Proof of such circumstances will be required. Examples of mitigating
circumstances are medical issues, the death of an immediate family member, domestic
violence situations, etc. Appeals must be submitted to the appropriate
Student Services Administrator and must be approved by Director of Financial Aid
on the New Rochelle Campus and the Director of Financial Aid Compliance on the Bronx campus.
semesters where the student is either non-matriculated or does not receive any
Title IV assistance, all relevant courses taken will count as courses attempted
for the cumulative quantitative and qualitative analysis.
For the purpose of achieving Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), transfer
credits will be accepted toward the degree as both credits attempted and
credits earned. Because the college does not transfer letter grades, students
who transfer from another institution will be placed on the SAP chart according
to the semester that corresponds to the number of accepted credits. Students
who transfer in 15 or more credits and do not meet the required GPA at the end
of their first semester will be given a "warning" status and remain
eligible for Title IV aid. They must achieve the required GPA by the end of the
following payment period.
Degree Students
Students pursuing a second degree shall measure Satisfactory Academic Progress
(SAP) by counting the credits accepted toward the second degree as both credits
attempted and credits earned. (Please note that students attempting a second
bachelor's degree are only eligible for Direct Student Loans.)
of Major/Change of Degree
Students who change majors will have
their quantitative standards of progress calculated from the
time of the change of major to include all credits attempted and earned that
are applicable to the new major.
courses will be considered course attempts. The highest passing grade will
replace the lowest grade
will be considered course attempts but will not count towards a student's GPA.
Noncredit remedial courses will not be considered course attempts and will not count towards a student's GPA in the Determination of Attempted Credits and Effect on GPA list.
Academic Progress (Academic Year 2015-16)
Assistance Program (TAP) guidelines
may regain Title IV eligibility by meeting the qualitative and quantitative standards.
To remain eligible for federal Title IV aid, students must make satisfactory academic progress towards the completion of their degree. SAP is measured by a qualitative standard (GPA) and a quantitative standard. Monroe College monitors SAP at the end of each payment period.
The quantitative standard requires that students complete a minimum of 67% of their attempted courses. Students who fail to meet this standard are placed on Federal SAP Warning and students continue to be eligible for Title IV funding, but must achieve the required standard by the end of the following payment period. For purposes of this calculation, percentages are rounded up.For students who change their program of study, the quantitative standard will be calculated from the time of the program change only including attempted credits that are applicable to the new program of study.


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The Osmania General Hospital (OGH) doctors on Thursday submitted post-mortem reports of those killed in the twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar to the police officials. The forensic doctors performed autopsy of 16 bodies of the victims. We have submitted PM report of 15 bodies to the police of Saroornagar and Malakpet. We will submit the remaining one report soon," said the OGH Forensic Head P. Hari Krishna said two of the 16 victims died having suffered grievous head injuries while others were hit by shrapnel and splinters on chest and abdomen.
Meanwhile, a press release from Chief Minister's office said an ex gratia of Rs.6 lakh each was given to the families of 14 victims. Out of 100 injured, 55 were still undergoing treatment in various hospitals. A compensation of Rs.1 lakh each was given to seven injured persons and Rs.50,000 each to 38 other injured persons, the release added.


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BILOXI, Ms.-- It is a Labor Day weekend tradition for Alicia Wells and her family: each year they make the nearly four-hour drive from their home in Vicksburg down to the beach in Biloxi.
This year, though, the turnout was not what they expected to see.
'It could have been more,' Wells said, as she looked around the beach. 'It used to be more before the oil spill.'
The BP oil spill created major problems across the Gulf Coast, and Mississippi's beaches were no exception. After rebounding from Hurricane Katrina-inflicted damage five years ago, the oil spill created a new kind of damage, marring miles of beaches with oily tar balls.
'It was a very rough summer,' said Janice Jones, with the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau.
While work crews are no longer combing the beaches in Haz-Mat suits, Jones said they are still monitoring the coastline for oil.
'They work the beaches daily. What they do wear are the caution road worker vests, but they don't wear the Haz-Mat suits,' she said. 'They walk the beaches to see if there are any tar balls and if they do happen to find tar balls, they clean them up as they find them.'
Nearly two months after the capping of the oil well, though, there are still concerns about any residual oil that may be in the water.
Ken Maddox and his wife drove down from their home in Jackson to celebrate their 29th wedding anniversary and see the beach -- but they have no plans to actually get in the water.
'You see the people out checking for it. We were out looking,' Maddox said. 'I didn't get in the water much before the oil slick. I kind of doubt I would get in it now.'
With the beaches themselves not exactly luring visitors into the water, the Convention and Visitors Bureau is now counting on a $3 million grant from BP to help turn the tide. The money will be used to advertise fall events, like the upcoming Biloxi Seafood Festival, in the hopes of making up for a dismal summer.
'What it did was allow them to expand their advertising to bring additional people down for that,' Jones said. 'Then the CVB is going to be producing several films, inviting tour planners, meeting planners and media to help bring people to the coast.'
They want to attract people like Ken Maddox. Maddox said, even though he won't dive into the water, he will try to help keep some local businesses afloat by spending his time and money there.
'What little bit I can do, we'll do our part,' Maddox said.
The most recent figures the Convention and Visitors Bureau places hotel occupancy along the Mississippi Coast at around 84 percent. However, officials said some of the rooms were not filled with visitors, but rather, with contractors working on the oil spill clean-up.