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So I have just completed LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes to 100% and unlocked everything (yay for me), and after spending some time, having fun and messing around with things in the game, there are quite a lot of things that bothered me a little... now, before we get started, yes there will be spoilers... and this is only kind of a review... it's not meant to inform you of anything particularly relevant, or influence your decision in any way, these are my (mostly negative) opinions, which I'm putting out there, because I've had similar opinions on some of the previous LEGO games and I kinda want that to change... I will also add that since they are my personal gripes, there are going to be things that are major annoyances and there are going to be some things that are really petty and small...
1) Batman being the focus of the game... sure the first LEGO Batman game was good... it was actually pretty great, but for "them" to make a DC superhero game and then only introduce the other heroes on the last level... I don't like that. There needs to be a balance of characters, not just using Batman, Robin and Superman all the time, because it gets boring after a while. If they intended for it to be a Batman and Superman game then sure, ok, "LEGO DC World's Finest", sounds a bit off... if they're going with other DC heroes, why not call it "LEGO Superheroes: DC Universe" or something similar instead of the focus on Batman.
2) The actual character choices... If you look at the default roster (not including the DLC pre-order bonuses) there are some strange choices in there... by which I mean that when I choose characters, I do it based on partnerships or teams... now the DCU has a few major teams on their roster, but only some of them are used here, so it seems out of place, hopefully this will demonstrate what I mean: there are 15 hero characters, some of them I associate more with certain teams than others, for example, Huntress and Black Canary are members of the Justice League, but I think of them more as a member of the Birds of Prey:
|Justice League
|Justice League
|Birds of Prey
|Teen Titans / Outsiders
|Martian Manhunter
|Batgirl (BG)
|Robin (TD or DG)
|Batman (All Black)
|Black Canary
|Wonder Woman
|Supergirl (Original)
|Green Lantern (HJ)
|(The) Flash (WW)
|Vixen (hidden character)
Now, I will grant you that the whole "character war" is one that will go on for eternity, but I honestly do not see the logic in having the Hawks in there, nor do I see the point in having Supergirl, Cyborg, Huntress, Batgirl or Robin... if you consider this more a Justice League game than a Batman one, there's just not enough balance to it, to add to this, there are five DLC characters (Nightwing, Katana, Shazam, Zatanna and Damian Wayne's Robin Costume) which is just silly... Nightwing should be in the game anyway... so should Damian Wayne... Zatanna should be a hidden customize character (with Zatara) and Katana only makes sense if you actually have other (memorable) members of the classic outsiders (Black Lightning and Metamorpho) Captain Marvel (Shazam) I'm a little on the fence about...
Then there's the villains... there are 22 villains in the game... (again I'm not including pre-order bonuses and DLC's) three of them are Superman rogues (Luthor, Zod and Brainiac) and there is also Captain Boomerang and Sinestro in there for some reason... the rest are (I believe) all the villains that appeared in the first game, plus Hush who was a hidden character... and it's only the Batman rogues (plus Luthor) that actually appear as villains in the main story... and even then they get defeated during the first three levels or so. I would have preferred they leave out the majority of Batman villains and actually put in the DLC villains (Bizarro, Black Adam, Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd and Black Manta)
4) Hardly any character customization... This is probably one of the biggest annoyances to me... DC Comics has one of the biggest arrays of characters and the game has pretty much no customization to it... so much so, that despite having three blond characters, there is no blond hair available when customizing. Granted that if you don't want to give away your locked characters, but I would then suggest that you have a number of stock pieces already available and "costume pieces" that can be unlocked when you unlock a character... so when you buy Supergirl (for example) you also unlock Supergirl's costume pieces and maybe some alternate costume pieces as well, so we can have an alternate version of the character or we can make hidden characters like having Kid Flash or Superboy or (re)creating the Green Lantern Corps... I did make a Zatanna / Zatara character, but it looked very little like them and there was a Vixen "body" but you couldn't get any yellow legs or a flat-top hairstyle...
The problems that I've found when trying to do this are really annoying... you can't change a cape (that I'm aware of) you can only choose certain weapons for specific custom characters and the variety is completely boring... instead of giving you more options, it limits you... which completely defeats the objective.
5) Hardly any extras... In pretty much all of the other games, there has been a hub between levels where you can go and buy things, like characters, upgrades, etc etc, but here, there isn't.. there is an open world, where you have to actively seek for vehicles, citizens in distress and gold bricks so you can then built gates so that you can buy characters... and instead of finding red bricks in the levels, you need to find them all over the giant open world... which is ok because they are on your map... but your map has no legend, so it'll take a while to figure out what it all means.
There is also one bonus level, where you have to collect 1,000,000 studs, but that's it... of all the places that you can go in the DCU, the bonus level is in Gotham City... it is even called "Lego Gotham City" I mean really?!?!
6) Hardly any level variety... There are about 20 missions in total in this game, as opposed to 30 missions in the last game, there is also a lack in vehicle missions, which are pretty much integrated into normal gameplay and even with freeplay, you can't swap vehicles, which kinda diminishes them both... though you can use vehicles in the open world, I don't like the gameplay with them much. In addition to all that, there's also a lack of character variance during missions, you do get to unlock four characters for the final mission (Flash, GL, Wonder Woman and Cyborg) but that's at the end... and you don't even have to use all of them, and while sure, you get some new suits, sure, it's still just Batman, Robin and Superman for the whole game...
And even with the other characters, what they've done with them was pretty bad, with Superman having several abilities and characters like Huntress, and Hawks do pretty much nothing at all... they don't add anything other than being a face... which is bad... I mean they have people from DC over there, they should know what characters can do and then utilize that, in both the missions and in the open world... something that really annoyed me was that they completely changed the flight controls between the in-mission and open world gameplay, making it more difficult (and nearly impossible) to hover or slowly move forward towards an item... which is bad because that's what you're going to be doing for most of this game... looking for things, trying to get enough money to buy things and then when you get all the multipliers (which I got pretty early) you will end up with an endless supply of money and nothing to spend it on... so I hope that there will be some more useful DLC characters and some more levels to actually use them on... levels that are fun and that do not involve Gotham City.
So with that rant over with... over to the main question:
Now I know that LEGO Lord of the Rings is going to be the next Lego game... and I suppose that can be referred to as well, but should "they" make another DC game.. or Marvel game... what would you like to see improve, stay the same or what insights do you have to offer?


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both. buy locally grown organic. where i live, Krogers(grocery) offers organic locally grow produce most of the year. ever thought about growing some of your own. **** organic - to avoid the pestacides and growth hormones (need i say more) ****LOCAL- to support your community, avoid unneeded use of fossil fuels(transporting), fresher and better tasting
Eat local, eat organic, eat clean food, and save on food costs & fuel costs too!
for grocery shopping use eco-friendly reusebale bags...
From an overall environmemtal viewpoint, it's probably better to buy locally produced non-organic food than organic food air-freighted thousands of miles.
i think its good in quality as well as in price
organic food doesnt contain any chemicals thet harms body but local food has em it would be wise to buy organic food
It's all up to you. If you prefer local than go fo local but if you prefer organic then go for organic. there's no big difference on them but organic foods offer more benefits than organic foods.
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Here we go again.
It wasn't too long ago when Roger Federer and Andy Murray faced off in the Wimbledon Final. The Swiss star dropped the first set but went on to win the next three to clinch his 17th grand slam title and his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title.
Now they face off again, representing their countries this time, for the Olympic singles gold medal.. at Wimbledon.
With the crowd on his side, Murray cruised to the semifinal and then defeated Novak Djokovic. On the other side of the bracket, Federer eliminated Juan Martin del Potro in a marathon match.
Will Murray avenge his Wimbledon final loss and deny Federer of his first singles gold medal? Scroll down for live updates.
Hours after the closing ceremony actually ended in London, NBC played back some recordings of athlete interviews done on the floor of the Olympic Stadium in the immediate aftermath of the performance by The Who.
Up first, 17-year-old swim star Missy Franklin summed up the feelings of everyone who has been contributing to this live blog for the past 17 days.
"I can't believe it's over," Franklin told Michelle Tafoya of NBC.
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CLICK HERE to check out all of our coverage and to re-live (think of it as a form of tape delay) your favorite moments.
NBC has returned from your local news and its new sitcom with.. The Who. It's midnight on the East Coast and well past the bedtime of all the band members in the UK.
|@ Blueskyfox : Sorry @NBC, not playing your switch-and-bait game trying to get me to watch your monkey show. #SwitchingChannels
|@ Dowminator : Really! I want to see The Who more than I want to watch NBC's newest comedy...
|@ GlennaRegan : Seriously, NBC? Animal Practice preview? You can't interrupt the Closing Ceremony with a promo for your dumb new show...
|@ davewordnerd : How desperate is NBC? Gotta interrupt tape-delayed Olympic closing ceremony to show a stupid sitcom?
|@ ashleyesq : Leave it to NBC to split the #closingceremonies...for those that care, apparently the end end will be on at 11:00
|@ davidlasseter : Oh, so you have to sit through Animal Practice to get to The Who. NBC using the whole fist on us.
With everyone knowing that The WHO already played in London hours ago but still waiting to see them during the Closing Ceremony broadcast, NBC decides to debut a new sitcom. So, you have to wait for this to see "Baba O'Riley" and "See Me, Feel Me" and "My Generation."
With Take That performing, the fireworks began.
The many petalled Olympic cauldron begins to come apart and after a puff of smoke, a red, lit Phoenix hovered above the flames.
Our opening ceremony proclaimed that these would be a Games for everyone. We can say that these were a Games by everyone
The spirit of these Games will inspire a generation. When our time came, Britain, we did it right
Lord Coe, the athlete turned politician delivers his second speech of, saying it was "A wonderful games in a wonderful city. We lit the flame and we lit up the world."
|@ NathanWurtzel : Chance of Pele lighting the Olympic torch in 2016? 100%?
|@ dazgale : Alright, Rio. This is impressive and all. But do YOU have Fatboy Slim DJing inside a giant octopus? I don't think so. London - 1 Rio - 0
|@ sportspickle : It's like this every day in Brazil.
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Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
November 4, 2009 8:30 am ET
Jim Zeumer – VP of Investor and Corporate Communications
Richard Dugas – Chairman, President and CEO
Roger Cregg – EVP and CFO
Steve Petruska – EVP and COO
Mike Schweninger – VP and Controller
Megan McGrath – Barclays Capital
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I would now like to presentation over to your host for today's call, Mr. Jim Zeumer. Please proceed.
Jim Zeumer
Thank you, Katina. And let me welcome everyone on the call and listening via the Internet to this morning's call to discuss Pulte Homes' results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30th, 2009.
On the call with me to discuss our results are Richard Dugas, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; Steve Petruska, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; Roger Cregg, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Mike Schweninger, Vice President and Controller.
For those of you who have access to the Internet, a slide presentation available at www.pulteinc.com will accompany this discussion. Given our third quarter merger with Centex and the resulting impact on our reported third quarter results, we have expanded the slide content. We believe these slides will greatly assist the understanding and analysis of our third quarter financial performance and we strongly encourage everyone to review this material. The slides will be archived on the site for the next 30 days for those who want to review it at a later time.
As a reminder, on August 18th, 2009, Pulte Homes completed its merger with Centex Corporation. Unless otherwise identified, results reported in the release and on this call reflect the inclusion of Centex's operations in the period from August 19th, 2009 through September 30th, 2009. Prior period results have not been adjusted for this merger.
Finally, I want to alert everyone listening on the call and via the Internet that certain statements and comments made during the course of this call must be considered forward-looking statements as defined by the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Pulte Homes believes such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, but there are no assurances that actual outcomes will not be materially different from those discussed today. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to the company on the date of this call and the company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information in the future.
Participants in today's call should refer to Pulte's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and this morning's press release for a detailed list of the risks and uncertainties associated with the business. As always, at the end of our prepared comments, we will have time for Q&A. We will wait until then to open the queue for questions.
I will now turn the call over to Richard Dugas for opening comments. Richard?
Richard Dugas
Thanks, Jim and thank you to everyone joining us on the call today. Back in April of this year, we explained the strategic importance of our merger with Centex and highlighted opportunities around business synergies, land and customer diversification, and branding. In the third quarter, we completed this transaction and I am confident in saying that the rationale underlying this combination has only grown more compelling in the months since the announcement.
At that time, we highlighted the opportunity for us to realize $350 million in synergies by the third year after completion of the merger. In addition to having now raised the target by 25% to $440 million in expected annualized savings, we have already implemented needed actions to capture more than half of these savings. We expect to reach the initial target of $350 million in annualized savings early in 2010, far earlier than originally projected and then achieve the $440 million annual run rate in the back half of 2010.
Once the merger closed, our purchasing team was able to dive much deeper into Centex's practices and better assess the buying opportunities for the merged company. Based on the team's initial analysis, they have identified between $150 million and $200 million in annualized synergies that can be realized on future buying volumes. This work is still in the early stages, but preliminary findings point to tremendous opportunities to lower cost and support Pulte's efforts to return to profitability as quickly as possible.
If the economy rebounds in 2010, these savings can provide great leverage and help accelerate Pulte's return to profitability. If, however, the economy drifts sideways or even stumbles, $440 million in savings would be even more important. Either way, we are excited about the overall leverage this merger can provide.
Building on top of any immediate savings, we expect the lots we obtained through the Centex merger can deliver long-term value to the company. The recent Wall Street Journal article on the absence of land transactions was similar in tone to some recent research pieces, all of which suggest that we won't experience an RTC-like purge of A-plus land on to the market like we did 20 years ago.
What is becoming clear is that banks are retaining many of their land parcels, especially the A-rated positions until market conditions improve and they can realize better pricing. Right now, banks are not being pushed to sell their land portfolios. In addition, banks see and hear all the same reports as we do and they understand that some builders may be forced to move bids higher in order to replenish a land pipeline that is running on empty. Giving their – given their low cost of carry, banks can afford to be patient.
Even the recent talk about a big uptick in land transactions maybe a lot more smoke than any real fire. In a number of markets across the country, builders continue to make bids and submit a series of offers, but relatively few of these transactions are meaningful enough to set a new benchmark price for prime land parcels.
As for the deals that are getting done, they are typically for a small number of lots under some form of rolling option terms that allow the builder to walk away if housing demand isn't there. Clearly, we are a long way from the volume or scale of land transactions that were undertaken in this industry in 2006 and before.
Could conditions change if the economy gets weaker instead of stronger in 2010 and banks find themselves under more pressure? Of course. But given that banks have held on this long, we believe that a few incremental deals might get forced out, but not the flood of lots that many have expected and feared.
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Something that is more fun than something else. Comes from The word fun, but it's for lazy people who don't want to say more fun.
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Gilligan's political career began in 1953 with his election to Cincinnati City Council, where he was re-elected five times. Later in life he returned to local public service as a school board member.
Gilligan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 1st District in 1964 but lost re-election two years later and returned to Cincinnati City Council. In 1968 he defeated U.S. Sen. Frank J. Lausche for the Democratic nomination to the seat but lost the general election to Republican William B. Saxbe.
Gilligan won the May 1970 Democratic nomination for governor, and defeated Republican Roger Cloud in the general election.
After leaving the governor's mansion, Gilligan was a fellow with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington and led the Agency for International Development for two years.
He returned to teaching, spending 12 years at Notre Dame, where he also headed the university's Institute for International Peace Studies. He returned to the University of Cincinnati in 1992 where he was director of the College of Law's Civic Forum.
Some observers saw Gilligan as arrogant and aloof; friends described him as witty and intellectual.
He delivered a thoughtful speech at a reunion of his administration's officials in 1993. Gilligan said the United States never would recover the millions of good-paying jobs lost in the relocation and downsizing of American industry.
"What's going on now in American industry is called re-engineering, redesigning whatever their product or service is, redesigning how they produce it to eliminate, insofar as humanly possible, human labor," he said.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Week is Sept. 7-12
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — To kick off Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Week, the Pennsylvania Department of Health is reminding the public that alcohol consumption by pregnant women can seriously harm unborn children.
"We want to give our children the best start possible, and that start begins in the womb," Deputy Secretary for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Janice Kopelman said during an event at the Southern Bucks Recovery Community Center. "While some women may consume alcohol before they even realize they are pregnant, we want to remind any woman of child-bearing age to monitor alcohol use and to stop drinking if she is trying to conceive."
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"The effects of FASD-caused disorders can be extensive for a child and the family," Kopelman added. "FASD is fully preventable if women do not drink while pregnant, and risks are much lower if a woman stops drinking as soon as she learns she is expecting. This is why it is so important for us to continue educating Pennsylvanians about the harms of FASD. It can mean a difference in an unborn child's future."
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Braised Kale with Garbanzos and Smoked Paprika
Serves: 6
These ingredients are:
Vegetarian Vegan Corn-free Dairy-free Egg-free Gluten-free Peanut-free Soy-free Tree nut-free Wheat-free
This dish is simple to prepare, but offers a great variety of textures and depth of flavor. Collards are a great substitute for the kale, or blend several kinds of sturdy braising greens.
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- 8 cups packed lacinato kale, center ribs and stems removed, leaves coarsely chopped (from about 1 1/2 pounds kale) Add to list
- 2 cups vegetable stock Add to list
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Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large, heavy Dutch oven or heavy-bottom pot over medium heat. Add onions and sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon paprika and red pepper flakes; sprinkle with salt. Add kale, stock and garbanzo beans. Cover and cook until kale is soft and beans are heated through.
Remove lid, turn heat to medium-high and cook until the sauce thickens and clings to the kale and beans. Season to taste with salt and pepper and more paprika, if desired.
Transfer to a serving bowl; drizzle with remaining 1 tablespoon oil and serve.
Each serving: 150 cal, 6g fat (0.5g sat), 0mg chol, 340mg sodium, 20g carb, 5g fiber, 5g sugars, 6g protein
Recipe by, PCC Cooks instructor
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Unassuming ingredients, amazing flavor
Great balance of flavor with so few ingredients. I substituted collards instead of kale - worked perfectly.
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Jay telling us that by the time the haters finally get the courage to actually "do something", hence sending people to pick him off, he'll already be on another level.
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MANILA, Philippines — Police have arrested the three suspects in the murder of a 17-year-old in Manila shortly after the New Year, according to a report on Radyo Inquirer 990AM.
They were identified as Dante Jacinto, Robert Palacio and Danilo Romalios, the main suspect in the shooting of Ferdinand Mendoza at past 1 a.m. of January 1 right in front of the Jose Reyes Medical Center in Sta. Cruz, the report said.
Mendoza died as he was being treated for three gunshot wounds to the chest after he was beaten by the suspects following an altercation inside a jeepney that they all rode, it said.
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It is not too difficult to lower a mast that is on a tabernacle. I have raised and lowered Laser 28 masts (and my folkboat mast) on a number of occasions. (The Laser mast is much taller than yours but also is lighter so I am not sure how they compare.) I typically start out by acturately measuring the chainplate clevis pin to upper clevis pin dimension on all of the turnbuckles. On most masthead rig boats you need to undo the forward lower shrouds to be able to lower the mast. On the Laser 3 people can raise a mast relatively easily. The two hardest times occur when the mast is less than 30 degrees back from vertical since you have very little leverage andwhen it is nearly horizontal and again you are limited in leverage by the distance from the mast step to the transom. To help with the first challenge I like to take a long line and attach it to my halyard and have one person on a winch maintaining resistance. It is also helpful have a long "crutch" that someone can use to support the end of the mast when it is horizontal. I used one that was long enough that I could partially raise the mast with it. I would push the mast up until I could jamb one end of the crutch in the ground. That held the mast end until we were all in place for the lift to vertical.
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Final Score: Gardner-Webb 81, Longwood 65
Conway, SC (SportsNetwork.com) - Six players scored in double-figures to lead Gardner-Webb to an 81-65 victory over Longwood in the first round of the Big South Tournament on Wednesday.
Tyrell Nelson scored 15, Onzie Branch had 13 and Jarvis Davis added 11 points in reserve roles for the Runnin' Bulldogs (18-14), who will face North No. 2 seed VMI in Friday's Quarterfinals.
Tyler Strange and Jerome Hill each chipped in 12 points, with Hill adding 16 rebounds. Donta Harper pitched in 10 points as well for Gardner-Webb.
Tristan Carey tallied 18 points, seven boards and four steals for the Lancers (8-24), who lost their last five. Karl Ziegler and Lucas Woodhouse added 14 and 10 points, respectively in defeat.
With 13:30 left in the first half the teams played to a 10-point stalemate before the Runnin' Bulldogs went on a 12-3 burst to go ahead by nine. Longwood answered with five straight, but Gardner-Webb wrapped up the half with a 19-6 tear.
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Krabi Riviera Co Ltd, one of Southern Thailand's leading providers of holiday accommodation, is delighted to announce that Krabi has been named by The New York Times as one of the '52 Places
Instagram published its year-end review of the top 10 most Instagrammed places in the world on Friday, showing how Instagram use and travel has changed over the year. Last year, the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok topped the 2012 list, but that location has been bumped to make room for a new number one.
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THE political crisis gripping Thailand could damage vital tourism trade, experts said yesterday. After a state of emergency was declared in Bangkok following clashes with anti-government protesters, Singapore and South Korea advised against travelling there.
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Riding high on the Hutch-Essar win, Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will visit India on Wednesday to pursue completion of the deal, ahead of which he would meet Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran in Barcelona on Tuesday.
Mr. Maran is scheduled to attend the 3GSM World Congress in Spain, where Mr. Sarin is expected to meet the Minister and discuss Vodafone's plans for its India operations. Ahead of his India visit, Mr. Sarin told analysts during a webcast that the company would offer to buyout Essar, which holds 33 per cent stake, from the venture. "Essar's option is time limited. It will take us couple of weeks to make an offer to Essar on equivalent terms as HTIL and they have to decide whether to sell or stay (as) partners,'' Mr. Sarin said.
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Bharti Airtel on Monday vowed to defend its legacy as the market leader in the face of world's largest player Vodafone acquiring Hutch-Essar and said it would match any `aggressive' approach from the U.K. giant.
"If Vodafone ups aggression and goes for further acquistions (in India), we will have to up our ante... we would like to defend our legacy... we are market leaders,'' Bharti group chief Sunil Mital told PTI in Barcelona.
After emerging as top bidder for majority stake in India's fourth largest mobile player Hutch-Essar, Vodafone committed to exit from Bharti Airtel by selling its 5.6 per cent direct stake to the promoters for $1.6 billion.
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Bharti Airtel on Tuesday entered into a partnership with State Bank of India in a pilot project for `Mobile Money Transfer' (MMT), a move that would enable over 25 million Indians living abroad to remit money back home through their mobiles.
"About $25 billion move from across the globe to India other than domestic transfer and this remittance accounts for only 10 per cent of the world market,'' Mr. Mittal said in Barcelona.
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Miley Cyrus Claims Detroit Made Her "Grow Up"
With all of the the crazy antics Miley Cyrus has been involved in this would be the absolute worse time for her to ever claim Detroit.
With all of the the crazy antics Miley Cyrus has been involved in this would be the absolute worse time for her to ever claim Detroit.
The iHeartRadio Music Festival commandeered Sin City this weekend. In case you missed it and couldn't make it, we've recapped the event in the form of live photos of Miley, Katy, JT and more. Go ahead, check the photo recap out. These pics will make you feel like you were there.
Blame naked Miley Cyrus, and the Grand Valley State students who decided to get naked with her. The school has decided to remove a prominent wrecking ball sculpture after students keep filming parody's of Miley's 'Wrecking Ball' video.
'South Park' doesn't lend itself to promotional campaigns that starts months before a premiere in the same manner as other shows, though we're glad to see Matt Stone and Trey Parker back in the saddle for the upcoming seventeenth season, set to premiere on September 25. To that end, Comedy Central's first teaser for the coming premiere reveals a number of potential targets for parody, so what's the latest from 'South Park' season 17?
Miley Cyrus is the queen of all attention right now, and getting naked for a new video is just going to keep it that way.
If Miley Cyrus' performance at the VMA has turned you off of twerking, or if you just find cartoon butts bouncing around hilarious, this is for you.
Miley Cyrus is by far the most popular person in media to day, most famous for her roll in the "twerking movement". Does that put her on the status of an icon?
One led a revolution and one well, twerks but can people tell the difference just by hearing what they said?
Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber collaborated on a track called 'Twerk' with Bieber's bad influence buddy, Lil Twist -- and the song has leaked to the web.
What does it sound like? A relatively catchy death knell for civilization.
As good as Justin Timberlake'sperformance was, arguably the center of conversation in the days following the MTV Video Music Awards are Miley Cyrus' onstage antics. She shocked viewers, angered others and may really raise a few more questions and critical analysis if her reported collaboration with Kanye West on the 'Black Skinhead' remix sees the light of day.
Miley Cyrus and her latex underpants continue to generate controversy days after her VMA performance. This song should probably be the final word on the whole fiasco.
The internet almost broke last night after Miley Cyrus performed at the VMA's, but the winning image that came from her twerk session on Robin Thicke came from Will Smith and his Family.


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Jack Fell from the University of Miami recently retired and sent his collection of about 4,000 or 5,000 marine yeasts to us. In the early 1970's, we received about 6,000 biodegradation fungi that the U.S. Army Quartermaster had collected. Those were collected during World War II, mainly in the South Pacific, where tents and clothes and other fabrics were falling apart faster than they could be manufactured. For a while there was little interest in these fungi, but recently, with the interest in biomass conversion, these strains are attracting attention as a group of organisms that could be really useful for breaking down cellulose and other fibers.
Over the years we have also had a number of research programs that netted us literally thousands of cultures related to food safety, microbiology of cereals, and so forth. And, finally, a number of our cultures have been contributed by scientists who asked that we maintain them because they are part of their publication process.
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Abandoned Collections
- Who will decide their value?
- Who will take them?
Research Materials – Deposit of strains
- Key strains should be deposited in culture collections and distributed without restrictions because these cultures represent part of the materials and methods of the published research and are therefore essential for verification and extension of the findings.
- Will journals enforce this concept by requiring that subject cultures be deposited in a recognized culture collection and free of restrictions on distribution?
Research Materials – Undeposited strains
- How does one ensure that cultures cited in a publication will be available to other investigators when the culture is available only from the investigator who published the paper? What if the culture is lost by the investigator? What if the investigator will not share the culture after publication?
A couple things are clear about abandoned collections (Box 7–1). One is that a huge amount of money was spent gathering these collections, and each may have taken someone's whole career to assemble, often using quite a lot of support from the National Institutes of Health or other agency. But once the scientists retire, their collections are candidates for the trash heap. This is incredible waste, but this seems to be a common problem nationally and internationally. So, where it was possible, the ARS Culture Collection has taken some of the more prominent abandoned collections.
The other observation that can be made about abandoned collections is that with their varied history—their varied investigators, substrates, and contributors—it is not clear who owns these cultures. The U.S. government certainly does not own them. We at ARS maintain them, but could the heirs of Charles Thom claim them, for instance?
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