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Publish Date: 10/1/2009
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|When kids open this activity kit they will step into a fantasy world where they encounter the veiled fiends of the secret and evil VILE organization. Agents from VILE have stolen the Master Spy''s secret files and gadgets, which must be returned at all costs! Using the enclosed illustrated book as their guide, kids take on the assignment outwitting the VILE organization and getting back the stolen material. They''ll find instructions for making and breaking secret codes, solving important numerical patterns, tricking the enemy, locating and identifying the stolen file, and carrying it back to safety. Gadgets that they''ll find in the kit to help them complete their assignment include dark spy glasses with reflective surfaces, a bugging device for listening in on others'' conversations, a decoder for deciphering secret messages, and memory cards designed to boost a junior agent''s memory power. Kids will have fun as they learn the many tricks of a Master Spy''s trade.


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When I say banana, orange, watermelon, lemon, or strawberry, does anything come to mind other than fruit? What if I didn't first put fruit into your mind and instead simply said the word "Apple?" There's a good chance you would have instantly thought about computers, tablets and phones brought to you by the consumer electronics company of the same name.
If I asked you to think of someone related to Apple, what would have popped into your mind? Most likely, the late Steve Jobs. And if I asked you to think about a person associated with Microsoft, most likely you would have thought of Bill Gates first, even though he's not been active in day-to-day operations for more than four years!
Now, think of a local small business you frequently visit. Who pops into your head when you hear their business name? Even if you don't remember a name, there's a good chance a face of an employee you interact with on a regular basis or the owner comes to mind.
Lastly, think of the opposite. How would you feel about those companies if those people were never associated with them?
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COMPANY MEN, THE (1/21/11; Drama) Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Rosemarie DeWitt, Maria Bello, Craig T. Nelson SCR/DIR: John Wells MPAA: R for language and brief nudity. 1 hour 53 mins BOX: $4,384,065 It's surprising to learn this somber exploration of 21st century corporate downsizing was the first film written and [ Read More ]
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From a recipe that spans the Balkans, salutes Italy and honors Jewish motherhood, like fine wine these marinated pickled Hungarian goathorn peppers in oil only get better with age. (And once opened and refrigerated they seem to last forever.) Two delicious gourmet products in one jar. The silky peppers and the spicy extra-virgin olive oil blend.
A savory hors d'oeurves to serve with cheese and bread. Garnish taters, turkey, lamb or lox. Spice up pizza, pasta, omelets, salads and sandwiches. Toss piquant oil on salads or greens. Or use it to saute chicken or marinate halibut, salmon, steak or lamb.
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Tarjeta de Navidad, Vol. 2 is a collection of Latin artists performing holiday related songs. The music here is really great, capturing the spirit of the holiday season and emphasizing the festive part of it. Especially good are the light-hearted opener "Huele a Fiesta" and the rousing "Pidele a Una Estrella." Everything here is up-tempo and fun, and the mood is sustained throughout almost the whole album ("Eliminacion de Feos" is the only song that does not feel like it belongs). Altogether, this is an excellent Latin Christmas collection that can appeal to genre fans as well as the casual listener. ~ Bradley Torreano, Rovi
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- Jimmy Morales
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Are you the parent of a new or soon-to-be driver?
Manlius Pebble Hill School is offering Central New York parents and their teenage children a special one-night-only program on safe and responsible driving. The program, free and open to the public, will be held at 7 p.m., Monday Dec. 13 in the Fayetteville-Manlius High School auditorium.
"DWI Night" will address topics ranging from seat belt laws and rules regarding child car seats to responsible decision-making about drugs and alcohol. Among the local authorities participating in the MPH-sponsored program are Eugene Conway, chief of police in the town of DeWitt; Randy Andrews, youth education officer for the town of DeWitt police; Onondaga County Senior Assistant District Attorney Chris Bednarski and Fayetteville Village Court Judge Thomas J. Miller. They will talk to young drivers about what happens when a police officer stops a driver for suspected use of drugs or alcohol, about the prosecution of impaired drivers and about what happens to DWI offenders in the courtroom.
Special guest speaker Mary Litz, of Solvay, will draw on her own family's nightmare in talking about the worst that can happen when someone drives drunk. Her 24-year old son, Erik Kohler, was killed in January of 2009 by a driver impaired by both drugs and alcohol.
Debbie Kogut, of Onondaga County Health Safety, and Bob West, head instructor in Manlius Pebble Hill's driver education program, will also be a part of the program, which will be moderated by Donald Barrett, director of the Community Network Program.
Those with questions about Manlius Pebble Hill School's "DWI Night" should call the MPH Community Programs Office at 446-2452.
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Oedipus in Evolution: A New Theory of Sex by Christopher Badcock, Basil Blackwell, pp 221, Pounds sterling 29.95
WHY WON'T Freud lie down?' asked a recent book. The answer is that someone always comes along to pick him up. The latest is Dr Christopher Badcock, who reinterprets Sigmund Freud in terms of sociobiology: whether Freud himself would have welcomed this brilliantly novel defence is another question.
Badcock's case rests on two assumptions, one plausible but dubious, the other highly implausible. The first is that modern hunter-gatherer societies are representative of our distant ancestors, the second that Freud's clinical insights were always correct. Badcock explains in evolutionary terms all Freudian mechanisms from the castration complex to the anal stage, and all sexual aberrations from fetishism to homosexuality. He also gives a new explanation for the size of the human brain.
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It's mid-October and Halloween is fast approaching! If you're anything like me (totes mcgoats obsessed with Halloween, ermahgerd!!) then selecting and crafting the perfect costume is a very important, very time-consuming task. You've gotta be topical, funny and, most important, original.
If you go buy a packaged costume from your local party shop, you'll end up dressed like everyone else. (For the ladies, that's a sexy firefighter, sexy ladybug, sexy pirate, pregnant Snooki, or, of course, Honey Boo Boo. For the guys, Magic Mike, Bane, Botched Fresco Jesus, Clint Eastwood's chair or, of course, Honey Boo Boo.)
Do something different! If you're reading this, you're a sports fan, so why not base your costume on one of the biggest sports stories of the year? Here are a few ideas:
McKayla Maroney: Everyone will be impressed if you dress as the girl with the scowl seen 'round the world. If you've got a gold-medal body, don't be afraid to show it in a sparkly leotard. Been a while since you took a twirl on the bars (or a treadmill)? Maybe stick to some sweatpants and the iconic gray warm-up jacket Maroney wore while making the now-famous "not impressed" face.
Costume keys: Gold medal, silver medal, chalky hands, taped ankles and a perma-scowl (particularly when judging the costumes of others).
|Tim Tebow's lack of playing time hasn't cost him any publicity though he's gone from hero to zero in the span of months.
Tim Tebow: Last year's Broncos hero is this year's Jets zero (as in zero touchdowns and zero impact on the outcome of the games). He may not be playing, but as we here at ESPN know all too well, his lack of minutes doesn't make him a non-story, it just builds his legend further.
Costume keys: Jets jersey and pants (remember, no grass stains or signs of wear), Jets helmet, a Bible, an unreasonably large tire and a 2x4 of premium bench wood permanently glued to your keister.
Ryan Lochte: The swimming superstar with abs of steel and his own catchphrase (Jeah!) kept Michael Phelps from stealing all the pool pub in London. Notorious for his mind-numbing interviews and his one-night stands (thanks Mom!), Lochte is the perfect costume for any attention-loving, ab-sportin' broham.
Costume keys: A speedo (sweatpants on top for the shy bros), a six-pack (real or feigned), two gold medals, two silvers and a bronze, brightly colored high-top sneakers and a red, white and blue, diamond-encrusted American flag grill.
Miguel Cabrera: The first Triple Crown winner since 1967 may also be the league MVP and a 2012 World Series winner by year's end, so he's certainly earned his spot on the list. Just be sure to pay attention to the costume keys so you don't just look like a regular, everyday chubby guy headed for the local sports bar.
Costume keys: Full Tigers uniform, baseball bat and three crowns (or, if it's more your speed, three bottles of Crown Royal).
Lolo Jones: The American hurdler (and 30-year-old virgin) may not have medaled in London but she won the publicity contest, earning countless magazine covers and interviews by being uber-active on Twitter and easy on the eyes.
Costume keys: Track singlet and shorts, running shoes, race bib, Oakley sunglasses, a Bible and a fake knife lodged in your shoulder blade after all the backstabbing her teammates did following the Games.
Locked-out NHL player: It's been more than a month since the NHL lockout began and there is no sign of it coming to an end. Have a little fun with a bad situation by dressing as hockey star who got "locked out."
Costume keys: Hockey helmet and stick, a pair of colorful boxer shorts or a small towel and a key chain with no keys on it.
NFL replacement refs: You probably won't be the only replacement refs dancing at the club (or knocking on doors with your trick-or-treating kids) but this is a simple costume and it's certainly timely.
Costume keys: Referee shirt, black pants, white logo'd NFL hat, a whistle, a yellow penalty flag, sunglasses and a blind cane. Bonus points if one of your friends dresses as a seeing-eye dog and crawls around the party in front of you all night.
Bobby Petrino and his former mistress: The former Arkansas football coach was forced to admit an inappropriate relationship with a former Arkansas volleyball player, now-school employee (who he hired!) after he crashed his motorcycle while she was riding backseat Betty. The costume works especially well for those couples engaged in a May-December romance.
Costume keys: For Petrino: A neck brace, an Arkansas football jacket and a motorcycle helmet in hand. For the mistress: An Arkansas volleyball uniform, an engagement ring (she is reportedly still set to marry her fiancé despite the affair) and a motorcycle helmet in hand.
Greenmen (or women): Worried pictures of your Halloween escapades might find their way onto Twitter or Facebook? Or worse, into the hands of your boss? Dress as the world's most annoying sports fans -- the greenmen. With your face and body completely covered, you and your friends will avoid any embarrassing day-after pics or videos.
Costume keys: A bright green, full-body, spandex suit.
P.S. Whatever you do, don't dress as Joe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky or anyone involved in the Penn State scandal. You may think you're being funny or edgy, but in the end you're still making fun of a horrible crime.


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there is a privacy issue with this it also works on the lock screen which usually call history can be a private matter for people
How to check your iPhone call history using Siri on iOS 7
With iOS 7 Apple's personal digital assistant, Siri, has learned a few new tricks, including how to check your voice mail. It may seem like something easy enough to do the old fashioned way - unlock, tap phone, tap- okay, already tired. Whether your hands are full at the moment, or you're just too lazy to do it the old fashioned way, here's how to get your call history and have Siri do all the work.
How to use Siri to check your call history
- Press and hold the Home button to activate Siri on your iPhone.
- Say something like Check my call history or Check my recent calls.
- Siri will then pull up recent calls from your call history. If you need to call someone back, just tap on their name and Siri can launch into a voice call.
That's all there is to it!
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How to check your iPhone call history using Siri on iOS 7
agree but still siri has good features that could be used on the lock screen and not give out maybe personal information all i am saying is like when you ask siri to open an app on the lock screen and asks you to unlock the phone first this feature should be added for just the lock screen
that is possible but it takes time for the software to fully learn and recognise the owners voice completely i haven't had the opportunity to work with the moto x and i don't know how exactly accurate it is but i have a guess apple is working on something like that as i recall correctly( not 100% sure) a while back i read that apple is hiring people from nuance company ( a voice recognition company known for dragon). if this is correct apple is working to make siri better in terms of voice recognition but still i guess as dragon works like this as well people have to read a couple of statements or paragraphs to the software in order to be analysed for recognition which i dont think many people will bother with that. but as i said i might be all wrong about this
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The point behind Siri is that it is a technology intended to facilitate interacting with our technology.
It is supposed to be very easy to use and access what we may want it to provide for us.
It's getting better and I like it. I can't wait 'til Siri is on par with JARVIS + LCARS. Happy day!
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Ruskin to host cultural celebration
A celebration of global proportion will take place March 25 as Ruskin PK-8 School hosts a Cultural Affair and ESL Celebration from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 407 Ambrose Court. DPS students will present music, food, costumes and cultures from around the world. The event is open to DPS families who are served by the district's English as a Second Language program.
To kick off the evening, students will lead six interactive stations for food tasting, arts, music, dance, history and literature, and soccer. Community organizations will be on hand to provide ESL families with information on a range of services and opportunities in Dayton.
A parade of nations will welcome guests to the formal stage at 7 p.m. for student performances from around the globe. After the program, ESL families are invited to dinner in the school's auditeria. The annual event spotlights the cultures, languages and traditions of students in the DPS English as a Second Language program and provides an evening of fun for their parents and extended families.
The district's ESL program serves about 420 English language learners in preK-12 from 27 countries who speak more than 20 languages. The largest language group, according to ESL director Teresa Troyer, is Spanish, followed by speakers of Arabic, Kirundi and Swahili, Turkish and Russian. Other languages also served include Wolof, Vietnamese, Gujurati, Khmer, Malay, Thai, Dinka, Tagalog, Cebuosa, Chinese, Ibo, French, Uzbek, Amharic, and Urdu.
"Our English language learners range from refugees who came to the U.S. in March to escape trauma or persecution at home to students who were born here in Dayton and who enjoy a language in the home other than English," Troyer said.
Since January 2008, refugee numbers in DPS have increased to include more than 80 refugees from Burundi, Congo, Iraq, Rwanda, Sudan, South Africa, and Vietnam, along with secondary refugees who are ethnic Turks coming from Russia.


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On Thursday, President Obama and four former presidents stood on the stage in Dallas on the occasion of the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of SMU. The dedication of the Bush library has set me thinking about the Bush years and affords the opportunity to offer some personal reflection.
Full disclosure. President Bush and I attend the same church. In the years before he left to be governor, we would spend a few moments with one another on most Sunday mornings. I am not, by any stretch, a Bush family insider. But he did give me a special code word to put on envelopes that marked them as personal mail. Over eight years, I wrote him letters – mostly as an act of support – and he graciously answered.
The thing that always comes uppermost to my mind is that during his eight years, I constantly wished that the American people could meet the guy that I talked to at church and who penned the hand-written answers to my letters.
George W. Bush is one of the most genuinely personable men I know. Not politician personable — in this line of work you can spot those guys from a mile off. I'm talking warmly, genuinely personable – an affable guy with a sparkling sense of humor.
That guy at church was at ease and conversant. Without doubt his biggest weakness as president was the fact that little of that came through when he was behind the lectern. Speechmaking is George W. Bush's Achilles Heel. On a good day President Bush would get through a speech in journeyman fashion. On too many occasions, he made the jobs of the writers at Saturday Night Live all too easy.
I cannot prove but will always believe that every important decision during his presidency – from the invasion of Iraq to the "surge" to the TARP bailout — was made because George W. Bush believed, ahead of any political calculus, that it was the right thing to do. He often suffered withering, many times grotesquely unfair criticism. My criticism of him is that he was too slow to answer those critics. His desire to stay out of the mud too often allowed those down in the mud to define him.
Despite those who glibly call him a dunce, George W. Bush is no such thing. He knew he was taking huge political risk going into Iraq and he did it anyway – because, whatever the ultimate verdict, he at the time thought it was the right thing to do. That takes the kind of courage we guys like to describe in male anatomical terms – something in short supply among today's politicians.
Since President Obama was on hand for the library dedication, a little comparison seems inevitable. The comparison rather favors President Bush.
For the abysmally low approval ratings that President Bush had when leaving office, four and a half years on, the approval ratings enjoyed by Presidents Bush and Obama stand virtually tied.
When President Bush left office the ratio of national debt to Gross Domestic Product stood at what seems today a sedate 38 percent. That number has since doubled to 76 percent.
While the costs of Obamacare continue to escalate, Medicare Part D, the prescription drug benefit passed under President Bush, is costing taxpayers 35 percent less than forecast – making it the only federal entitlement ever to cost less than predicted.
Save for the brief mild recession following 9/11 during Bush's term and the 2010 bounce back from the horrendous numbers of 2009 during Obama's term, both of which are aberrations, the best year of economic growth under President Obama is not as good as the worst year under President Bush.
And, since taking office, and despite hot campaign rhetoric to the contrary, President Obama has left in place most of the mechanisms created by President Bush to combat terror.
True to his character, President Bush has very graciously chosen to keep his opinions to himself since leaving office. If he were to choose otherwise, there is plenty he could say.
I would love to hear that guy in church just out and say it.
Save for the brief mild recession at the start of Bush's term, the best year of economic growth under President Obama is not as good as the worst year under President Bush.
And it isn't over!!!!
"By their fruits you shall know them." Bush respected 'the Presidency' so much that he never entered the Oval Office without a tie & a jacket, nor put his feet on the desk.
Bush believed whole heartedly in God & God's purpose in his life.
He was a direct convert of Billy Graham & was honorable in this regard…..good, bad or ugly & still is in his consistant visiting the soldiers at un-announced visits to Fort Hood's Darnall Army Hospital & help to the vets.
His humility is a true mark of his selfless leadership.
To me Bush's actions are what I admire about him & hope promotes the kind of leadership we get more of.
Yes, he made mistakes. ….letting Ted Kennedy write " No child left behind" bill; allowing the deficit to bloom;
Bush has a mostly good legacy that shows strength of character that the dems totally smeared & he never replied.
Jesus did that too.
In fact, when some reporter asked Bush who he most admired (thinking it was his father) GW answered "Jesus Christ"., I knew GW was dead from then on by the dems.
And so it was.
Have you seen the clips of Bush welcoming troops at DFW. The genuine surprise and appreciation on their faces to see him. It makes you cry and laugh at the same time. Can't believe Obama would ever attempt it. I would love to see their reactions, if he did.
When George Bush ran for Congress in an area that at that time included Lubbock and Midland, I worked in his campaign and got to know him. This is the only race he ever lost. I had some one on one conversations with him on subjects that revealed his character. Yes, he was "saved" in later years, but I can tell you that he was the good man at that time, that he is today. He is as genuine as any man I have ever known. At the end of his campaign for Congress he called workers together at Lubbock HQ, stood up in a chair and thanked us for our help. He teared up then as we saw him do many times when he was our President. He truly is a great man and in the years to come we will discover how great.
There was also the hospital visit after the terror attack at Ft. Hood. Bush went straight there to visit and did not inform the press and did not allow pictures except from family and the patients themselves. He beat Obama by days.
The man has character and he is unjustly maligned from both sides of the political aisle. I liked him as governor and I liked him as president.
It would be nice to have a president we trusted again.
GWB allowed the liberals to cut him to the bone, and seldom responded negatively to their comments. I didn't always agree with him, but I would take him back anytime as our POTUS.


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CHURCH HILL — A woman who rear-ended a Hawkins County school bus Tuesday while it was letting students out in Church Hill has been charged with DUI (prescription medication) among other charges.
The accident occurred on Silver Lake Road about 3:50 p.m. Tuesday as bus driver Regina Britton was conducting her normal afternoon bus route. At the time, there were 21 students on the bus ranging in age from 10 to 17 years old. Britton had been traveling north on Silver Lake Road and then came to a stop just south of Silver Lake Mobile Estates and activated the flashing lights and bus stop sign.
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Hurler Germen On The Move Again
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) _ The New York Yankees have traded pitcher Gonzalez Germen to the Texas Rangers for cash, a month after acquiring him from the New York Mets. The 27-year-old right-hander had a 4.75 […]
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There's a baleful buzz around Big Ben and my beloved black & gold these days. Reports say that the mountainous QB is now a mutinous QB, demanding he be traded at the end of this season.
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Former Husky Lamb Headed To Oklahoma
The Thunder acquired guards Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb, two first-round picks and a second-round pick in the surprising deal that was completed Saturday night. Oklahoma City also sent center Cole Aldrich and forwards Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward to Houston.
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Romney looks to come back from 47% don't pay taxes remarks and attacks on China trade. But Romney has so many vulnerabilities on China it is hard to understand why he would pick this issue.
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The Red Sox have traded outfielder Scott Podsednik and right-hander Matt Albers to the Arizona Diamondbacks for left-hander Craig Breslow.
Crawford Through in Boston?
The Boston Red Sox are gauging Carl Crawford's worth as many teams have shown interest in the left fielder. The Miami Marlins are at the top of the list reportedly proposing a trade involving Crawford for Hanley Ramierez or Jose Reyes.
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Connecticut's highest court will soon consider whether the University of Connecticut must release its season ticket holders' names and some other lists under open records laws.
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After the Senate's historic action on GMO labeling earlier this week, we are greatly disappointed with the House of Representative's vote early this morning. With the opportunity to send to the Governor's desk a strong GMO labeling bill to protect Connecticut consumers, the House instead complacently accepted an amendment from Governor Malloy and Speaker Brendan Sharkey, despite strong protest from the advocates, that weakened the bill and makes it's future enactment uncertain.
In the middle of the night, the House passed and sent a bill back to the Senate that would allow Connecticut citizens the right to know what is in their food, only after 25 million other Americans earn that right with the requirement that those 25 million be from five other states with two of those states being either New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island. If you're confused by all of this, we understand. This is not leadership, but an abdication of responsibility.
We thank all of our supporters, both Republican and Democrats, in the House for their support this session. We understand this is a difficult fight over very powerful interests. We look forward to continuing to work with you to achieve true protection for Connecticut's residents. Our resolve is not weakened. We ask that you all contact your state representatives to express your disappointment. You can find your legislators here.
We urge the House to reconsider and take action on S.B. 802, the bill passed earlier this week in the Senate. Please call your Senators and ask them to oppose H.B. 6527 and allow us to pass real GMO labeling laws protecting CT citizens. Please call Speaker Sharkey at 860-240-8500 or 800-842-1902 and tell him we don't want his amendments and ask him to pass S.B. 802.
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Investors gobble up the debt offering, the proceeds of which will be used to fund dividends and share repurchases.
The company plans further expansion in a region that posted a 60 percent year-over-year increase.
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Acer Aspire V3-551G
SpecificationsNotebook: Acer Aspire V3-551G (Aspire V3 Series)
Processor: AMD A-Series A10-4600M
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 7660G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics
Display: 15.6 inch, 16:9, 1366x768 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2.6kg
Price: 1200 euro
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Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/22/2012
Rating: Total score: 82% performance: 80% display: 75% mobility: 85% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 83%
AMD Radeon HD 7660G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics: Dual Graphics (asymmetrical CrossFire) combination of a dedicated Radeon HD 7670M and a 7660G processor graphics card (in the processor core of the A-Series). Only in some cases faster than the dedicated GPU alone and furthermore it sometimes suffers from micro stuttering.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
A10-4600M: Mobile Quad-Core processor with only two FP calculation units and an integrated Radeon HD 7660G graphics card. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.6": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. However nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.6 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
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Current school: Brenham High School (Texas). AAAA Division, about 1500 Students
Number of years in this position: Beginning my ninth Year of coaching softball in Brenham. It's the only coaching job I've ever had.
Overall record: 187-72-2 in eight seasons
Other accomplishments: Won the AAAA State Championship in Texas in 1996 Won five district championships, five Bi-district Championships, four Area championships, three-time Regional Semifinalists and one Regional Championship. Thirty-one players have received softball scholarships in eight seasons. Two NFCA High School All-Americans, five all-Region.
Undergraduate and graduate degrees: Texas A&M University in 1987 and 1991.
Playing experience: Played high school and junior college baseball, and played seven years of men's fastpitch including three national tournaments as a catcher and shortstop.
Q: When did you know you wanted to coach fastpitch softball and how did you get started?
WM: I was given a brand new high school softball program in 1991. I started the program at Brenham High School in Spring of 1992 with no equipment, no uniforms and no fastpitch softball experience. I had never seen a game before in my life. I came to Brenham to be a boy's basketball coach, and they gave me girl's softball as a second sport. It was after the first season that I began to realize girls worked harder than guys and were more coachable. I began to search for information and knowledge about the game to make my program the best it could be.
Q: Who are some of the coaches you've learned the most from?
WM: I learned most of what I know offensively from one coach, the guru of fastpitch hitting, Mike Candrea of Arizona. I saw two different lectures that year about hitting and bought his video. His philosophy is great and understandable. Defensively I have learned from Dianne Baker and all other coaches I have played against who have shown me better ways of doing things.
Q: What do you think you do best as a coach?
WM: I get the most out of my players. I think my greatest asset is my ability to teach something to kids, and hitting is my strongest point. I have given over 15 lectures in the last four years on hitting.
Q: As a high school coach, what would change would you like to see your state or national governing body make?
WM: The high school season should start in April instead of February, and go into the summer months so (college) coaches can see more of my kids in high school ball, not ASA.
Q: What makes for a successful season?
WM: I define a successful season as one in which we exceed our expectations of the program. This could be in wins and losses, playoffs, attitude, leadership, scholarships, etc.
Q: What do you think was the best coaching job you ever did?
WM: My greatest coaching job was the season following our state championship of 1996. In 1997, we had only three returning starters but we won 25 games and beat the '97 state champions and runners-up. The talent level was about half that of the year before, but the kids improved every game and believed they could win and did.
Q: What was your greatest moment as a coach?
WM: 1996 when we made the final out in the 1996 AAAA HS State Championship game and won 1-0. I just sat by the dugout and watched four years of effort and accomplishments be finally reached by one of the best group of kids I have been a part of. I just loved watching them celebrate and enjoy the moment. Then they came to me and found me to celebrate with them.
Q: What was your worst moment?
WM: My worst moment as a coach comes at the end of every season when I have to say goodbye to my captains and seniors after a season-ending loss.
Q: What is funniest/strangest/most memorable experience you and your team have had on the road?
WM: Last year's experience during the playoffs. On the way to our game, we stopped and ate. As we were returning to the site of the playoff game, the chartered bus began to have problems. We pulled over in Houston and the driver was on the cell phone trying to get it worked out and walking around the bus. While this was going on a female wrapped only in a towel and top began walking towards the bus. She got to the bus and crawled into the luggage racks and began to go through clothes before she had to be physically removed by the driver.
Q: What's your take on the bat and ball issue? Are the balls or bats at fault, or both, or neither? Is there a problem? If so, what would you like to see done?
WM: I believe the balls used in college are much too hard with the improvements in bats and the distance of the mounds in college. The bases and where players have to play make it quite dangerous for infielders and pitchers. In high school the balls (.50 core) are OK because the 40 feet distance is still the overwhelming advantage for the defense.
Q: What do you love most about coaching?
WM: The competition and the goal-setting done by a group of individuals who come from all aspects of life. I coach girls in softball and guys in football each year and my greatest satisfaction comes now knowing that I have a group of females that work just as hard if not harder with less griping than the guys. We hit weights and condition and take our sport as seriously as the guys do in the state of Texas with football.
Q: What do you love least about coaching?
WM: The limited time the high school governing body of our state allows us with our athletes. We in Texas have a set season Feb. 1 thru May 22. Outside of these dates, I as a coach can have no coaching contact or input with any of my kids outside of the one-hour athletic period during the school year. I cannot instruct, assist or coach any of my kids accept during this three month period but yet I have kids that play year-round and get frustrated because their skills decline due to limited instruction.
Q: Please complete this sentence: "My coaching career has been successful if the majority of my players...
WM: Attain the majority of goals they have set either as a player or as a team. This could be in win and losses, it could be in titles or it could be in just becoming more team oriented or it could be in scholarships or individuals stats. If I feel I have accomplished the most I could from a group I'm happy and content, if I feel we were underachievers I am disappointed.
Q: Who was the best player you've ever coached against?
WM: The best player I have ever coached against would without a doubt be Christa Williams when she was pitching in 1996 at Pasadena Dobie High School in Houston. We played her twice that year and we lost both games, 4-1 and 4-0. But we were able to score an earned run off her and we went on to win the AAAA state championship that year.
Q: Which is the best team you've ever coached?
WM: The best team I have ever coached would have to be my own 1996 AAAA Texas State Championship team. The three years prior as they were growing up and maturing into ball players and young ladies was full of disappointments and under-achievements but we grew more from each setback. In 1996 we won the state championship and not one kid in 1996 got a scholarship to a Division I school. We were a great team that grew together and won it as a team.
Q: What haven't you done yet in your life that you still want to do?
WM: There are two things in life I would still like to do. I would like to be a head coach at a Division I college. I know I have the knowledge and ability but can't seem to get the opportunity. I would like the opportunity to see if I could cut it at the big level. Also, I want to be a big enough influence on my own two sons and their athletic lives to see them get the opportunity to play college ball and maybe the pros.
Q: What advice would you give to young people who want to coach softball?
WM: I could write a book on advice I could give other people wanting to coach softball since I had never seen a game before I was given the head job in 1991. But the book would all revolve around the same topic: Don't feel you're too smart to learn!!! I have continued to learn and research the ways others coach. I won't say I will always agree but I learn from others. Anyone that says that they developed a new technique for doing something probably hasn't been looking for new things because they are out there. I knew nothing and within five years I won a state title.
Q: If you weren't coaching softball, what would you be doing?
WM: If I weren't coaching softball I would still be the head Boy's basketball coach at Brenham HS or at a college as an assistant because this is why I became a coach. But the respect and dedication I have learned from coaching my team and from female athletes in general made me change to being a female coach and I love it.
Q: What is your favorite movie?
WM: Hoosiers.
Q: Your favorite movie star?
WM: Meg Ryan.
Q: Your favorite TV show?
WM: Seinfield
Q: Your favorite song?
WM: "The Dance", Garth Brooks; "Jeremy", Pearl Jam.
Q: Your favorite food?
WM: Grilled chicken and pasta.
Q: Favorite book?
WM: "This Present Darkness."


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No. 1: LeBron: This is Kyrie's show — The new look comes with a new outlook for LeBron James, whose return to Cleveland puts him in a position where he has to adjust his game significantly for the second time in four years. He had to make adjustments to the way he played when he left Cleveland for Miami in 2010 to play alongside fellow All-Stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh and will have to do so again now that he's back home in Northeast Ohio playing alongside fellow All-Stars Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving. While it's clearly LeBron's house, the world's best player makes it clear that it's Kyrie's show now. Dave McMenamin of ESPN.com explains:
With two championships under his belt and the storybook factor of coming back home on his side, the presumption was that LeBron James would be the unequivocal top dog of Cleveland's new-look Big Three.
Instead, it turns out James is more than willing to share the spotlight, as well as when it comes time to decide which player will have the ball in his hands for the majority of the Cavaliers' possessions.
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- If the explosives are in there, where'd I put the snakes? — Grumpherys
Explosive Trap is a hunter ability learned at level 38. It is an AoE trap that does damage to multiple mobs at once. Like other hunter traps, this can be launched using [Trap Launcher].
Modified by
- [Readiness] (core ability)
- [Trap Mastery] ( survival spec ability)
- Glyph of Explosive Trap
- Item Level 25
- Major Glyph
- Classes: Hunter
- Requires level 25
- Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
Your Explosive Trap no longer deals damage, instead knocking enemies back from the trap when it explodes.
- Sell Price: 1
- Against mobs that split into smaller mobs, such as the Razzashi Broodwidow in Zul'Gurub, drop this trap in the middle of the group to deal lots of damage. [Feign Death] afterward if necessary.
- Use for an initial spike of damage with a short DoT; also consider using this to bring the health of charging enemies down before having to engage them.
- Hunters with [Readiness] can arm two Explosive Traps at once. However, the first one must be triggered before the second is used, since only one trap can be active at time. Armed with two Explosive Traps and [Multi-Shot], Hunters can deal massive AoE damage.
- Trap will exist for one minute and can be placed while in combat; however it will not become active until 2 seconds have passed.
- Only one fire class trap can be active at a time, meaning that you can use either [Immolation Trap] or Explosive trap.
- Can be resisted, and some mobs are immune to Fire Damage, making them immune to this trap.
- It may strike neutral targets, causing them to aggro you.
Patch changes
- Patch 4.2.0 (28-Jun-2011): Traps now scale with hunter stats such as hit, expertise, spell penetration and attack power as intended.
- Patch 4.1.0 (26-Apr-2011): Explosive Trap now has a new spell effect.
- Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Low ranks of this ability were receiving no bonus damage from attack power. That has been corrected.
- Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): The damage from this trap will now scale properly with the hunter's attack power.
- Patch 3.2.0 (04-Aug-2009): The time that traps will exist in the world after being put down has been reduced to 30 seconds, down from 1 minute.; Traps now have separate 30-second cooldown categories: Fire (Immolation Trap, Explosive Trap and Black Arrow), Frost (Freezing Trap, Frost Trap) and Nature (Snake Trap). A hunter can have one trap of each category placed at one time.
- Hotfix (2009-04-16): "T.N.T. should now properly increase the damage of Explosive Trap. [1]"
- Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Hunter traps will no longer be able to be set off by totems.
- Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Trap Mastery now only increases periodic damage done by Immolation Trap and Explosive Trap
Previously increased all damage.
- / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): The arming time has been reduced to 1 second, from 2 seconds for all traps.
- Patch 2.3.0 (13-Nov-2007): The initial damage dealt by this trap is now also increased by 10% of your ranged attack power.; Serpent Sting, Immolation Trap and Explosive Trap all gain additional damage based on ranged attack power.; The total damage dealt by this sting is now also increased by 10% of your ranged attack power.
- / Patch 2.0.1 (05-Dec-2006): Traps can be set while in combat, but require a 2 second arming time.
- Patch 1.7.0 (13-Sep-2005): Fixed a bug where lower level versions of Explosive Trap were being resisted more than they should be.
- Patch 1.6.0 (12-Jul-2005): Fixed a bug where the trap's effects suffered inappropriate damage reduction against high level targets. In addition, damage caused by this trap should no longer kill opponents in duels.
- ^ Bornakk 2009-04-16. Recent In-Game Fixes - 4/16/09. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved on 2009-05-24.
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Bruce Lee
"I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you're not in this world to live up to mine."
Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940 (the Year of the Dragon) at the Jackson Street Hospital in San Francisco's Chinatown. His father, Li Hoi Cheun, was a comic actor with Hong Kong's Cantonese Opera. His mother, Grace, was the daughter of a German father and a Chinese mother. Grace's first child, a boy, was stillborn - the Li's attributed this to the unkind workings of spirits. In an effort to confuse these unfriendly spirits, Bruce was originally given a girl's name, Sai Fon, and later renamed Jun Fan. Bruce was actually a nickname given by Grace's supervising physician. The nickname stuck and Li was later anglicized to Lee.
At the age of 3 months, Bruce Lee made his screen debut in the film Golden Gate Girl. The infant played the role of a female baby carried by her father. In early 1941, the Lees returned to Hong Kong and settled in a second-story apartment in the Kowloon district. Bruce Lee's first real acting role came at the age of 6 in the film The Birth of Mankind. In his next movie, My Son, Ah Cheun (also at age 6) Bruce would be billed in the credits as Lee Siu Lung or "Lee Little Dragon", the nickname "Little Dragon" given to Bruce by his sister, Agnes. The young Bruce Lee had another name bestowed upon him by his family - Mo Si Tung or "Never Sits Still". By all accounts he would have been a perfect candidate for Ritalin. Constantly in motion, Bruce would only be still when absorbed in a book. At La Salle College, a Christian secondary school, Bruce's hyperactivity and class disturbances frequently landed him in trouble. Also a cause of trouble was Bruce's involvement in street fights. The police got to know the name Bruce Lee and were frequent visitors at his home.
The impetus for Bruce seeking formal martial arts training came on the heels of a gang fight that left Bruce on the losing end. Desperate to learn
an effective martial art, Bruce, through his friend (and future Grandmaster) William Cheung, was introduced to
Grandmaster Yip Man. Under the tutelage of Yip Man, Bruce Lee, now 13, began to sow the seeds of his
martial arts greatness. Bruce's fighting and poor grades led to his eventual expulsion from La Salle College. It should be noted that Bruce Lee did not lack the intellectual capability to succeed at La Salle (quite the opposite - by all accounts he was very bright). Bruce was a perfectionist and he focused all his time and effort on those activities that interested him. Little attention was paid to formal education and the majority of his efforts were concentrated on
Kung Fu, dancing, and girls.
1963 was an important year for Bruce Lee. It was the year he began dating Linda Emery, a UW student who would in time become his wife. It was also the year in which he opened his first martial arts school. Named the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute, he charged his students about $4.00 a week for instruction. Bruce was adept at drawing new students to his school through impressive demonstrations of his martial arts skills. It was in one particular demonstration at Seattle's Garfield High School that Bruce displayed his now-famous "one-inch" punch. Singling out one of the larger teens in the audience, Bruce had his guinea pig stand normally and proceeded to place a chair about five feet behind him. Bruce then placed his fist on the kid's chest. In what seemed like little more than a shrug of the shoulder, the kid was sent sprawling backwards, knocking over the chair behind him.
In June 1964, Bruce moved down to Oakland, CA, to open a second Jun Fan school with his friend James Lee. While down in Oakland, Bruce gave a martial arts demonstration to the audience at the International Karate Tournament, an event held at the Long Beach Sports Arena. Included in the demonstration were his "one-inch" punch and push-ups performed on two fingers. Jay Sebring, the owner of a Beverly Hills hair salon (and future Manson gang victim), saw the demonstration and was impressed with Bruce Lee's abilities. Sebring gave a demo tape of Bruce's demonstration to one of his client's, TV producer William Dozier, who was working on a Charlie Chan series titled Number-One Son. Dozier would eventually give Bruce a screen test for the role of Charlie Chan's son.
In the meantime, Bruce returned to Seattle and married Linda Emery
and on February 1, 1965, Linda gave birth to Brandon Bruce Lee at the East Oakland Hospital. Three days later,
Bruce arrived at the studios of 20th Century Fox for his screen test. While his speed and charisma were
enough to impress, the Charlie Chan series was scrapped. However, William Dozier had another idea. He
told Bruce that if his new Batman series generated a favorable audience, he would follow it up with another
series titled The Green Hornet (here
is an AWESOME Green Hornet website). Bruce was signed to a one-year option and given an $1800 retainer.
Batman was a success and The Green Hornet was a go. Bruce was cast as Kato, the sidekick to the Green
Hornet, played by Van Williams. Bruce's character became a fan favorite for his impressive fighting scenes, which were choreographed by Bruce himself.
During filming, Bruce actually had to slow down his moves or they would appear as a blur to the TV
audience. For his efforts on the show, Bruce was paid $400 per episode. He would also receive upwards of
$1000 for making appearances at fairs, martial arts tournaments, etc.
The Green Hornet was not well received however and it was cancelled after only 26 episodes. Bruce was given small roles in a variety of productions (including parts in Ironside and Blondie). His income was supplemented by the opening of his third school in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles. Bruce also charged celebrities such as Steve McQueen, Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski,
and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar upwards of $250/hr for private martial arts instruction. Bruce refused to portray characters that contributed to stereotypes towards the Chinese.
The Lees bought a home in Bel Air, and in April of 1969, Linda gave birth to a daughter they named Shannon.
No doubt they were sent many congratulatory notes, which most likely arrived in this mailbox.
One morning in 1970, Bruce was felled by severe lower back pain during his morning workout. An examination revealed a damaged sacral nerve. Treatment meant complete bed rest. It was during his bed-ridden recovery that Bruce began to document his philosophies on life and training. These notes would eventually be published posthumously in the 1975 book, The Tao of Jeet Kune Do.
In 1971, Bruce left for Hong Kong with the intention
of arranging US residency for his mother. He had no idea that The Green
Hornet, cancelled 4 years earlier prior, was immensely popular in Hong Kong. Bruce's superstar status in HK brought an intriguing
movie offer from Raymond Chow, owner of Golden Harvest Studios. Chow was a former executive at Shaw Brothers
before his bitter departure (if you're a fan of kung fu movies and never heard of Shaw Brothers Studio, you
deserve a beating). Chow made Bruce a two-picture deal worth $15K, which Bruce promptly accepted.
The production of The Big Boss (US title: Fists of Fury) began in the summer of 1971. Three weeks after
its release in October 1971, the film had grossed over $3 million (HK) and set box office records throughout
Findadeath pal Richard interjects: " I went with a friend to Hong Kong, and did some sight-seeing that they don't provide on the tourist maps and on one humid day, we went for a walk to find Bruce Lee's places. The first that we came to was Cumberland Road, Kowloon.
This was the house he bought for $100,000 in 1972 just when he was becoming a star (thus, an eight-year-old Brandon Lee lived here briefly).
After Bruce died the following year, Linda Lee left it and took the kids back to Seattle. Now it has become a - ahem..."Romance Hotel" where couples just check in for one reason and then check out again. There was hardly anyone around, but we didn't venture inside because that would have looked odd. Alas, no mailbox either.
In early 1973, filming began for Bruce Lee's next film, Enter the Dragon. When shooting was complete, the dubbing process began (due to the high volume of street noise in Hong Kong, outdoor dialogue in the movie had to be dubbed subsequent to the on-screen action). On May 10, 1973, Bruce was engaged in one such dubbing session at Golden Harvest. The air-conditioning had been turned off so as to cut down on noise contamination. This caused the temperature to soar in the tiny dubbing room. Bruce, feeling faint, needed a break and stepped out to the lavatory to throw some water on his face. Once in the lavatory, Bruce passed out. After twenty minutes, a studio assistant found Bruce and helped him to his feet. While being helped back to the dubbing room, Bruce collapsed again and was rushed to a nearby hospital. Doctors found him unresponsive and running a fever of 105�. It was discovered that Bruce had a swelling of fluid that was causing pressure on the brain. He was given Manitol and he eventually regained consciousness.
Upon recovery, Bruce and his wife flew back to Los Angeles. Bruce was given a battery of tests at the
University of California Medical Center and emerged with a clean bill of health. Doctors agreed that Bruce
had suffered cerebral edema and they gave him a prescription for Dilantin, a drug given to epileptics.
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2006: This is Bruce (WARNING: dead pic), in the morgue, and thank you to Findadeath friend Miguel Lopez for sending that extremely rare photograph, and sharing it with us.
Richard interjects: We traveled further out to the suburbs to a place called Beacon Hill, where he died. It was actually quite odd. When we were walking up this hilly neighborhood, we couldn't find any numbers marking the buildings and we started to wonder if we had any hope of finding the place. As luck would have it, this particular block of flats seemed to be the only building that was marked with a plaque. I guess people in the area got tired of vagabonds like us asking where to find it. There were two security guards at the gate (again, quite unique). They eyed us over and we felt it best that we take our pictures from across the street. At the time, I didn't know which flat he died in, so I snapped the whole thing.
More recently, I've discovered that it was the second floor apartment (you can just see it at the bottom of one of the photos).
After a symbolic funeral in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee's body was brought back to United States for a funeral and burial at the Lake View Cemetery in Seattle.
James Coburn and Steve McQueen were among the pallbearers. Here is an image of (again..WARNING - dead pics) Bruce in his casket, and a clearer shot here. He is buried wearing the traditional Chinese outfit he wore in Enter the Dragon.
Findadeath pal Rob Hager sent us these images of Bruce's grave
Conspiracy theories abound when an icon dies at such a young age. Bruce Lee's exceptional level of training and fitness led some to insist that foul play must have been a factor in his death. While these theories sell books and add an air of mystique to Bruce Lee's legend, the facts (and rational thought) simply don't support such notions. Regardless, here are two alternative scenarios suggested in the death of Bruce Lee:
Bruce Lee was killed by a "death touch": Quite simply, this scenario suggests that Bruce Lee was felled by a single fatal martial arts blow. It was punishment for Bruce teaching Eastern martial arts secrets to Westerners. The "death touch" refers to Dim Mak, an ancient Chinese martial art that stresses the ability to strike certain pressure points and thus cause incapacitation or death.
Bruce Lee was killed by Triads: This theory has its variations but one in particular claims that Bruce Lee was poisoned for refusing to go along with the business ventures of Triad members. Proponents claim that the Triads have always been major players in the Hong Kong movie market and anyone refusing to go along with their financial schemes was simply eliminated.
I was in the Peterson Museum recently, and snapped these not very good pictures of the Black Beauty from The Green Hornet.
Read about Brandon Lee here.
Update Feb 2015: Death Hag Shelly Lichoff rockin the Death Hag sticker at the Lee's graves.