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Getting stuck, not being able to think out of the box, being politically blocked, playing it too safe, and getting trapped by groupthink are common ordeals for those that would like to lead change.
These obstacles don't simply dominate the spheres of politics and business, but they appear in all aspects of our social life. From science to art we're trapped doing incremental exercises, making mild adjustments, and rarely taking a step beyond the bow. We plug along recreating the same problems and refashioning the same old solutions.
There is one author that has elaborated on the trappings of being stuck and on the risks of moving forward, and his name is Thomas Kuhn, philosopher of science. Kuhn is all too often cited, but not read enough. We all know about his notion of paradigms, but how many of us have really delved into this his seminal volume, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions?
The book explains that scientific progress isn't a simple progression toward the truth. Instead, he argues, science is influenced by nonrational procedures.
Published in 1962, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions has become a landmark book and required reading for any student of science, philosophy, and the social sciences.
However, I hope that leaders of all stripes read Kuhn's work because it forces people to think beyond their assumptions and challenge their pre-set beliefs. This is a relevant exercise to take part in—especially in a world where the economy is tottering, jobs aren't safe, and technology is quickly changing how we interact with the world.
Before The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was published, textbooks told a very simple story. They stated that scientific progress went in a straight line. New truths led to more truths and so on.
But Kuhn argues that this straight line presentation of science is not exactly true. Instead, he posits that the leading developments in science were, for the most part, revolutionary and subverted the bulk of scientific progress that came before it.
Galileo turned astronomy on its head. Newton redefined physics and Darwin revolutionized biology. These massive scientific discoveries displaced old ideas with new ways of thinking. They weren't tinkering steps, but instead massive overhauls. Kuhn termed these ground-breaking discoveries as, "paradigm shifts".
When science bumps into anomalies and goes into a "crisis" Kuhn believes "paradigm shifts" begin to occur which ultimately lead to scientific revolutions.
Kuhn, a physicist, also states that science can't be separated from scientists and the social milieu. Therefore, the dynamic of scientific movement isn't smooth, but staggered, complicated, and hinged on social problems beyond the laboratory.
Kuhn's observations are helpful for leaders since, at their center, they revolve around ideas of uncertainty and innovation. Scientific progress doesn't follow a straight line, nor do business plans and end-of-the-month goals.
Leaders armed with Kuhn's insights can begin to look at their own field with a new light. They can start to see that progress doesn't have a formula or a set of rules. They can see how they can sometimes engage in the perpetual process of recreating the wheel because that's what's safest. They can see how often politics, hesitation, and repetitive, time-worn solutions are what we often see as creativity.
Moreover, Kuhn's analysis can help leaders understand how uncertainty impacts their daily operations. Linear models, plans, and objectives can be thrown out the window overnight. "Paradigm shifts" and revolutions happen and leaders have to be on their guard.
Recently at a workshop I conducted the word "paradigm" kept on coming up. I realized that the word had become diluted and that it had lost the depth of its original intent and its sense of drama. Now the concept of a "paradigm shift" is being used as a throwaway line that rarely celebrates or appreciates the depth Kuhn's original definition.
Finally, Kuhn's book is a just a plain and simple good read. It's a slim volume packed with great anecdotes and humorous stories with historical relevance. I've been assigning it to my students at Cornell for over thirty years. All leaders should read it to appreciate how easily they can get trapped by in our little rooms. All leaders should read it to appreciate what it means to simply move deck chairs on the Titanic.


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Trophy time
Collingwood walks over to the waiting team and lifts the trophy as the champagne flies. No-one can dispute that they were the best side in the tournament, which must make it extra satisfying. Thanks for your company throughout the afternoon. For now, it's cheers from us.
Paul Collingwood
"It's right up there - it's got to be. This is our first World Cup we've won and it's taken a lot of hard work... We've got some good players and you can see the belief that we've got out on the pitch. We're getting there, and we did it today... When we got the three wickets early doors we gave ourselves a great opportunity... The wicket played absolutely fantastic and obviously that partnership was crucial... We're going to savour this because we're delighted."
Man of the tournament
It's Kevin Pietersen: "Interesting week for me - a baby on Monday... But this trophy goes to the boys." On England's turnaround: "I think the more you play the more you win and that becomes a habit. This team is hungry for success and every training session the boys go harder and harder." He then talks about how "great" everything is without saying anything of subtance before going on: "140 probably wasn't enough but we still had to get them." On Kieswetter: "He's really impressed in all the practices and he hits the ball well. I was watching him on tv back in England and when he comes down the wicket his head is so still."
Man of the match
Craig Kieswetter is the man of the match, and It's great to get some runs in the final. "It's been a great experience, obviously to play against Australia in the final makes it all the better. I'd love to play in all forms but for the moment it's just one-day cricket. Hopefully I can keep putting in performances and knocking on the door." He also, quite impressively, admitted that he needs to work on his wicketkeeping.
Michael Clarke
"I don't think we scored enough runs... You have to give credit to England they outplayed us... We've done well throughout the tournament and Australian Twenty20 cricket is going forward.." On the bowlers' struggles: "One day it goes to plan and one day it doesn't, that's Twenty20 cricket." ... "Our talent in this squad is unbelievable - we have four great players on the bench who didn't get an opportunity." ... "I think 170 would have been great but the way England played we needed 200."
England win by 7 wickets
And that's a quite emphatic victory, because they've done it with a whole three overs to spare. The whole side chase after Collingwood and there's much whooping before the England skipper leads his side back out to the middle to shake hands with the Australians. They have been thumped in a major final - a new feeling for them, and especially for the players who won the World Cup on this ground three years ago. Stay tuned, and I'll pass on what quotes I can pick up from the presentation.
Over 17 Watson 2-1-6-0-4-4
148-3 - Given their predicament, it's rather puzzling why Australia turn to Watson, who's barely enjoyed a good over in the tournament. Morgan drives high in the air first ball but there's no-one back at long-on and so he gets two as David Hussey runs back to attempt a desperate lunge before the ball lands. Collingwood then brings out the short-arm jab and clears midwicket for six, before a good old-fashioned heave results in an inside edge wide of fine leg. One needed, and Collingwood whips it wide of mid-on for four! England are World Twenty20 champions!
Over 16 Smith 0-6-2-2-0-1
134-3 - There's a tangible feeling of relief around the ground as Morgan sweeps and times the ball well enough to just make the backward square leg boundary for six. He'd been outfoxed by Smith the ball before and the tension was just building. The left-hander pushes the next two balls into the legside and comes flying back for two runs from each, which just lifts all the pressure. The rain is just about holding off for now, so England should have time to win this in the standard fashion (they're well ahead on Duckworth-Lewis). 14 needed from 24 balls.
Over 15 Johnson W-0-0-0-0-wd-1
123-3 - WICKET! Is there time for an England collapse? There's a murmur around the ground as Kieswetter departs in comical fashion. He's often given himself room against Johnson, but this time he gave himself so much room that he could only stand and watch as a straight ball sends off stump cartwheeling. He didn't even try and hit it once he saw how far away he was, and just watched. Nevertheless, he's certainly done his bit. Now the Old England would have thrown this away without any problem, but this is a New Confident England. Right? There are certainly a few nerves as Morgan plays and misses outside off stump before clipping the final delivery away for a single. It's just starting to rain...
Over 14 Smith W-1-1-0-0-1
121-2 - WICKET! Whoopsie! Pietersen dances down the track and tries to go over the bowler's head for six, but the bat turns in his hand and he holes out to Warner at long-off. Makes one wonder why Smith was taken off when his first over (back when Australia were still in the game) wasn't bad at all. Paul Collingwood is the new batsman, but while he's had an underwhleming tournament England just need nudges and nurdles from here on, and that's a game The Brigadier knows all too well. England need 27 runs to win from 36 balls.
Over 13 Nannes 4-6-1-1-1lb-1
118-1 - This is a new experience for the current cricket generation: Australia are getting owned in a World Cup final. Okay so it's a Twenty20 final, but for those whose cricket viewing experience doesn't extend back into the eighties, this is quite something. Kieswetter slashes over short third man for four, then clips off his pads for six, taking one hand off the bat in the process as if for emphasis as to how easy this run chase is turning out to be. He's seriously lucky to survive an lbw shout later in the over though as Billy Doctrove throws England another favourable decision. That was very full, pitched on leg and would have sent middle stump cartwheeling.
Over 12 Tait 1-1-4-wd-6-1-1
104-1 - Tait returns in search of a wicket, but Pietersen is adding a touch of class to this England effort now. A textbook drive over mid-on brings four, but his next shot is even better: a timed drive over extra cover for six. Simply sublime from a man who is playing as well as he ever has. Kieswetter goes to fifty (40 balls, 6x4s, 1x6) with a single off the final ball, and England should coast it from here.
Over 11 Watson 2-wd-1-6-2-4-0
89-1 - A slice of luck for Pietersen as he clips just short of Johnson at midwicket. Had the fielder been a few yards in - or somewhere near as close as Collingwood stood during Australia's innings - that would have been gone. The fact that Watson is bowling in the first place suggests a lack of confidence in Smith - I thought he'd have changed ends but that wasn't the case. Kieswetter is clearly happy and goes after Watson, pulling him for six over midwicket and then slashing over point for four. In between those he had a mix-up with Pietersen and just made it back for a second after the long-on fielder threw to the wrong end. It's all going England's way, and dare I say this is their match to lose now. They need 59 runs to win from 54 balls.
Over 10 Johnson 1-1-1-1-1-0
73-1 - Australia desperately need a wicket, and Johnson is the man tasked with getting it. He resorts to coming round the wicket to Kieswetter (but still over to Pietersen), and the batsmen have to be content with singles. Kieswetter is hugely fortunate not to be bowled after backing away and missing a straight one. We're halfway through now, and England need 75 runs to win from 60 balls.
Over 9 Watson 2-0-2-0-4-4
68-1 - Shane Watson has gone for more than nine an over in the tournament so far, so it's a sign of how well England have got after Johnson that Clarke has thrown him the ball. Kieswetter edges down to third man for a couple, then cracks a square drive perfectly but is denied four by a superb dive by Mike Hussey on the boundary. Instead England get two for it, but earn a Hussey refund when David dives over the ball at mid-off later in the over and concedes four. Kieswtter throws the bat at the final ball and slices it over backward point for another boundary. Twelve from the over, so that's one less bowler Clarke will want to throw the ball to. England right on top.
Over 8 Smith 1-0-1-0-1-4
56-1 - The legspin of Steven Smith is introduced, and does very well given that both batsmen are clearly looking to get after him. White's quick fielding at deep cover certainly prevented two runs in that over, but England more or less keep up with the rate thanks to Pietersen, who leapt down the pitch to smash the final ball past extra cover for four. Got to the pitch of the ball nicely. England need 92 runs to win from 72 deliveries at 7.66 per over.
Over 7 Johnson 1-1-0-0-2-4
49-1 - Johnson finds a good length but also some nip off the pitch to get the ball to seam into Pietersen's midriff. That secures a couple of dot balls before a full delivery is driven back past the bowler for two and another is cracked past cover for four. That was poor from Johnson, who will wonder why he bowled full after the back-of-a-length stuff worked so nicely for him.
Over 6 Nannes 1-1-1-0-1-0
41-1 - Nannes has switched ends to bowl the final over of the powerplay, and he pulls things back for Australia with a quick over that brings just four singles. Pietersen tried to take on a short ball but was hurried by the pace of it, and Kieswetter elects to duck under the short one that he receives. It's all very tight at the moment, but England are strong favourites so long as Pietersen is at the crease.
Over 5 Johnson 1-0-1-5wd-0-4-1
36-1 - Mitchell Johnson replaces Nannes, but after starting well he released all the pressure by firing a wide down legside. Haddin looked to have it covered as he dived before the ball dipped on him at the last minute, dashing away for five wides. Pietersen then drove beautifully on the up through cover for four to put England on top. They need 113 runs to win from 15 overs at 7.46 per over.
Over 4 Tait 2-3-0-0-4-0
24-1 - Pietersen is up and running in fine fashion, pulling a quick short ball through wide midwicket for two and then flicking away square for three. Kieswtter crunches a wide delivery through extra cover for four, but misses out on two deliveries on his pads. That might just be the place to bowl to him, because he's hitting everything that's on the offside straight through the gaps. England are looking good.


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Score: 9.7
They don't divide the score in graphics, sound, etc. But they give some 'facts' about the game with the scores, nothing to take serious I think
Metal Gear Solid 4 is...
62% Hideo's perfect closure
20% picking up memories
15% saying goodbye
3% too much incomprehensible bullshit in between for the not-fans
UPDATE: I just got informed that its official. No scans available at this moment. Will update once scans are available. 9.7/10
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Alveston Black Dog
Roy Palmer in his 1976 book 'The Folklore of Warwickshire' tells us that within living memory a black dog that was seen running down a hill and transformed into a woman. 'Charles Walton, a ploughboy at Alveston, met a dog on the way home on nine successive evenings. Read More »
An Interview With Andrew Homer
Following the recent release of 'Haunted Hostelries of Shropshire', published by Amberley Press and featuring some of the best haunted pubs and hotels in and around the county, I took the opportunity to put a few questions to its author, Andrew Homer, who I've known for several years now after we served together on the board of directors of ASSAP (The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomal Read More »
An Interview With Dr Jason Braithwaite
We recently caught up with Dr Jason Braithwaite, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Birmingham with an interest in anomalous experience, hallucinations, and aberrations in self-consciousness. He also has a formidable reputation for being extremely well informed on matters of the brain / mind relationship, and high quality scientific research. Read More »
The Angel Hotel, Lymington
The pub is reputed to be haunted by two ghosts. One is the tall ghost of a seaman, dressed in a naval coat, and the other is thought to be that of a coachman, who is seen standing looking out of the kitchen window. The hotel was an old coaching Inn, and was used by the local shipbuilders as a hostelry.
Anna Maria Porter's Experience, Esher
John Ingram in his 'The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain' (1897) recounts a reported experience by the authoress Anna Maria Porter (also referred to as 'L'Allegra') (born 1780 – died 1832). Born in Durham and spending her earliest years in Edinburgh, Anna's family moved to London sometime in the 1790's. Read More »
Anne Blakemore & Tobias Gill (Black Toby)
On 24 June 1750, Anne Blakemore of Walberswick died. Her body was found on the Walks a mile west of Blythburgh and negro drummer named Tobias (Toby) Gill from the 4th Dragoons (Lieutenant General Sir Robert Rich's Regiment of Dragoons) was accused of her murder. The Dragoons had been based in that area to combat smuggling and Toby had been drunk near where Anne's body was discovered. Read More »
Appuldurcombe House
Appuldurcombe House is the impressive shell of a grand 18th century baroque style stately home of the Worsley family. Read More »
Apsley House
The Grade I listed Apsley House or Number One, London, is the former home of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Born 1 May 1769 – Died 14 September 1852) and is now a museum managed by English Heritage. Read More »
Arbor Day, Aston on Clun
29th May - Is Arbor Day in Aston on Clun. A Poplar tree in the town is bedecked with flags, they are left on the tree all year round. The ceremony has been held each year at Aston on Clun since 1786 andprobablt dates back to 1660 when King Charles II declared a holiday in May called Arbor day following th erestoration of the monarchy.
Arbor Low Stone Circle
Arbor Low is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Derbyshire. Surrounded by unspoiled countryside with fantastic views over classic Derbyshire scenery, it is not hard to image that one is thousands of miles away from the hubbub of modern life. Read More »
The Arcane Landscape In Suffolk Revealed
History, the ritual landscape and geometry once resonated very much as one. Faint traces of our ancestors whose silent whispers in the landscape once conveyed so much awe and splendour now sadly lie silent, their purpose and meaning largely forgotten, for in general there is a present day lack of any real sense of connectedness. Read More »
Arlecdon Cat (2010)
The following article entitled Mystery Big Cat Spotted was published in on The Whitehaven News website on 28 July 2010. It concerns the sighting of a big cat in West Cumbria.
A MYSTERY big cat has been spotted near Arlecdon. Read More »
Armboth House
Armboth House was haunted following the drowning of the households daughter on the night before her wedding day. It is said that bells could be heard, a ghostly dog could be seen swimming in Thirlmere Lake (where she was murdered) and reception meal places laid out by some spirit, all taking place on the anniversary of that fateful night, which just happens to be Halloween. Read More »
Arnos Manor Hotel, Bristol
Built as a home in 1760 by local merchant William Reeve, the seventy three bed-roomed Arnos Manor Hotel has a reputation of being haunted. The Arnos Manor has its own Chapel in which Nuns would ran a girls school. One of the reported ghost stories involves a nun who is suspected to have fallen pregnant. She reputedly committed suicide and was bricked up in a wall. Read More »
Arthur's Stone
Arthur's Stone is the name given to the remains of a Neolithic chambered tomb. Aged around 5000 years old (3700BC – 2700BC), the monument consists of a huge cap stone weighing over 25 tonnes and nine upright stones. Read More »
Ashley Hall
The Grade II listed Ashley Hall dates from the late 16th century and has been linked to stories of a ghostly White Lady. T Ottway, in his 'News from the invisible world: A collection of remarkable narratives on the certainty of supernatural visitations from the dead to the living (1853)' gives an account of a ghost at a place named Ashley Park. Read More »
ASSAP: The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomolous Phenomena
The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena (ASSAP) has been investigating the weird seriously (and the seriously weird) since 1981. Our main aims are paranormal research and education. Anomalous phenomena include psychic phenomena, UFOs, Forteana and earth mysteries. Read More »
Astley Castle
The ruined Astley Castle is a Grade II listed fortified manor house dating from the 16th century. The manor had belonged to the Astley family since the 12th century but passed to the Grey's in 1420 when Joan de Astley, wife of Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn (Born 1362 – Died 30 September 1440), inherited the estate of her father Sir William de Astley, 5th Baron Astley. Read More »
Aston Hall
The origins of Aston can be traced back to before the Domesday Book (1086-7) which shows the manor named as "Estone". Before the Norman invasion Earl Eadwin held the manor, then by 1086 it was controlled by William FitzAnsculf. This eventually passed into the hands of John atte Holte through marriage in 1367. The Holtes remained at Aston for the following two centuries. Read More »
Athelhampton Manor
There are still parts of this manor dating back 500 years, it was occupied early in its history by the Martyn family from 1350 to around 1600. The Martyn family were devoutly catholic and may have hidden priests within the house during the time England was under protestant rule. Priest holes, which are small secret recesses within walls, have been found which attest to this. Read More »
Auld 'Opper Of Raydale House
Raydale House is a 17th century building that has been largely rebuilt during the 19th century and, it was during the 19th century that it acquired a reputation of being haunted. Read More »
The Avebury Complex
The stone circle and henge that surrounds the village of Avebury, is only one in a series of monuments concentrated in this small area. The site is a remnant of a ritual Neolithic landscape, which still survives although degraded with time and the actions of over zealous groups in past centuries. Read More »
Aveley Abduction (1974)
This is a famous case within the annals of UFO history, but it must be stressed that the abduction scenario only emerged after hypnotic regression, which at best is highly unreliable.
On 27th October 1974 John and Alain Avis (pseudonyms) were driving home to Aveley with their three children, when they ran into a green fog. Read More »
Aylesbury Black Dog
The following story which appeared in English Fairy and Other Folk Tales by Edwin Sidney Hartland [1890], concerns 'a man who lived at a village near Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire. This man was accustomed to go every morning and night to milk his cows in a field, which was some distance from the village. Read More »
Aylesbury UFO (1973)
On 11th January 1973, Peter Day, employed as a surveyor was driving towards Aylesbury when he witnessed an amber light near some tree tops about a mile away from his location, the object seemed to be pulsating.
Peter had a film camera with him at the time and managed to film the object, which was examined by Kodak and passed as genuine. Read More »


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ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Detroit Lions receiver Nate Burleson felt his team, on a three-game losing streak, needed to regain its swagger. So when he scored a touchdown Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles to help cut a deficit to three points with 3 minutes remaining, Burleson pretended to point a rifle in the air and shoot -- you got it -- an Eagle. A day later, after the Lions had rallied for a 26-23 overtime victory on the road, Burleson was reminded that Eagles are protected as an endangered species. Thats what I heard, I heard you cant shoot Eagles, Burleson said, smiling. I dont know, I think I missed. The Eagle might be still around, flying around. I was just scaring it as it flew by. Burleson, a 10-year NFL veteran and unofficial locker-room spokesman, had emphasized throughout the bye week that the Lions needed to get a little nastier again. Other players had said that the team was playing uptight and not having as much fun in the first month of the season. They had be...
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Tennessee hospitals to receive penalties, bonuses for quality
NASHVILLE - Starting this year, 60 percent of hospitals in Tennessee are expected to be penalized with reductions in Medicare reimbursements for falling short on certain quality measures. Meanwhile, the remaining 40 percent should receive bonuses based on how well they perform.
The change is the second in recent months as Medicare moves toward a new way of paying for care — from a system based on volume to quality. Last fall, penalties also went into affect for the hospitals that had too many patients returning within a month of their initial hospital visit.
Now under the model known as value-based purchasing, hospitals will get bonuses or penalties based on performance against 12 quality measures, including giving patients the right antibiotics at the right time to ensuring that heart attack patients get appropriate care within 90 minutes. There also are eight patient satisfaction measures, such as whether nurses and doctors communicated well and how well a patient's pain was managed.
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My favorite Mario Bros. is the SNES version. It's not a fun issue. Super Mario Galaxy, Mario 64, and the other games in the series all have their moments. They just don't inspire the same degree of fascination that Super Mario World has drawn out of me. I can usually plow through the game in a handful of sessions, unlocking every secret through muscle memory. I know the levels to milk for lives when you're running low. The route to the Blue Yoshi is permanently burned into my mind. I've beaten the game's 2-D predecessors without ever having much interest in going back. I play the 3-D ones, but by about the 50th star, I just want to get it over with. What is this game doing that keeps me coming back?
From a design perspective, Super Mario World is unique in the amount of options that you have when deciding how you want to begin a level. Unlike Super Mario Bros. 3, I can go back to beaten levels and snag power-ups before hitting start then select to immediately exit. There was a bit of dabbling with this in the third game with the inclusion of an inventory system, but it was always a finite resource. There are only so many treasure houses, and the results were usually random. In Super Mario World if I want a cape, I just go get one then try the level again. The DS version (calling it New Super Mario Brothers seems to just confuse people) also plays with this idea, but there were really only two power-ups to collect: big and fire flower. In the 3-D versions, you always start as Mario, and you can't even carry powers into a level. The only time that you get the bee suit is if it's an option that the designer includes. Likewise, the only time you get to fly is if the level is built for it in Mario 64. By contrast, the only constraint that Super Mario World imposes is in the ghost houses or castles, and even then, it just means dismounting Yoshi. You are free to bring whatever you like to most levels and engage with them on your own terms.


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EA Sports Fight Night Round 3
Not the knockout its predecessor was, but still pretty damn good.
I do want to make it clear, though, that Fight Night Round 3 is still an entertaining game, and I don't want to overstate the negatives and underplay the positives. Unchallenging and less engaging that the career mode may be, there are still a good number of other ways to pass the time. The returning and popular Hard Hits "knockdown-only" action mode, for instance, is a fun alternative to the traditional boxing match (and in this context, is worth playing the CPU). The Rivalry mode is another little bonus worth mentioning too, as it recreates some of the greatest contentions in boxing history (Ali-Frazier, Robinson-Lamotta, etc). I will admit that I miss last year's legend Rocky Marciano, but I'll keep my fingers crossed for next year.
The visuals in Fight Night Round 3 are pretty darned impressive too, and retain all the great detail and animation that last year's game had. Of course, because there aren't any drastic visual improvements over last season (or the proper power), the current-gen version of Fight Night doesn't have the cool emotions and facial expressions that the 360 edition has. Still, the stadiums, texture detail, and particle effects are all extremely well done -- and other than occasional slowdown when playing in widescreen mode, is as smooth as you'd hope for. Sadly, the audio doesn't hold up nearly as well. Borrowed almost word-for-word from Round 2, the variety of the commentary is pretty limited and will sound familiar to veterans of the franchise (plus, it's not always accurate). I also think that last year's soundtrack was quite a bit stronger.
EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 Isn't the huge improvement that Round 2 was compared to Round 1, and the lack of AI and the impoverished career mode is a disappointment. That said, Round 3 is still one hell of an addicting multiplayer game that provides hours and hours of hardcore boxing fun. The toned-down haymakers, better balancing, and inclusion of various styles makes playing with your buddy an awesome experience, and the mechanics are so good it even makes fighting against the CPU worthwhile in the beginning. It's not to be missed if you have gaming roommates or friends, but it's not to be counted on if you regularly forget what the sun looks like.
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Police are looking for a suspect wanted for a string of vehicle burglaries in Millstadt.
On Sunday police took three reports of cars being forcibly entered. Two of the vehicles were on the elementary school near the bus garage while the other car was on the parking lot of Millstadt's public swimming pool.
The burglaries are believed to have happened between 4:00 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.
Police said a witness told the victim of one of the burglaries that he saw a black male in a white car with Florida license plates take something out of a car.
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Chop your foes in this slick Blue Chest Ninja child costume. The blue jumpsuit features dragon logos and an attached apron. This ninja costume comes complete with a fabric face mask.
Strike silently on Halloween and the vanish into the darkness when you wear this Red Chest Ninja child costume. The black jumpsuit of this ninja costume comes complete with a black and red apron with printed logo and a fabric face mask.
Perform your stealth maneuvers under cover of darkness - success is guaranteed when you complete your Ninja costume with these 24-inch long blue double Ninja Swords.
Master the art of stealth and deception on Halloween when you wear this incredibly detailed Ninja Master boys costume. The long-sleeved black top comes complete with long black pants, a charcoal and black mesh armor tunic, matching mesh shoulder armor, shin guards, wrist guards, belt and a black…
Stick to the shadows on Halloween and use your stealth to gather all the candy you can when you wear the Blackstone Ninja Child Costume. This black ninja jumpsuit comes complete with a vacuform buckle, fabric mask, sash and 3 shurikens.
Add a touch of authenticity and complete your Ninja costume with these swing action pop-out blade Ninja Blades.
These great Halloween gloves are strictly for your ninjas! A stealthy ninja will always accomplish his mission in these lucky black dragon gloves. Pair these fun ninja gloves with a headband, face mask, and sword to complete a kids ninja costume!
Complete your Ninja costume with these realistic-looking faux Ninja Assassin blades and take no prisoners.
Complete your Ninja warrior costume with this amazingly realistic Ninja Dagger belt,. the handsome belt includes two removable daggers.
Complete your Ninja costume when you arm yourself with this green Ninja sword - almost three full feet long!
Arm yourself for stealth action when you complete your Ninja costume with these red Ninja doubles swords - they are a full two feet long!
Complete your Ninja costume with this stealth weapon...it looks like a club but opens to reveal two hidden knives- perfect for the shadow warrior.
Defend your bag of candy on Halloween and complete your ninja costume with these Ninja Grapple Knuckle Blades. Toy weapon slips easily on hand and makes your ninja outfit much more fierce!
Arm yourself with this authentic looking 31-inch long maroon Ninja sword and complete your costume and your stealthy moves
Rely on your stealth skills on Halloween when you wear this Camo Ninja child costume. The 100% polyester, camouflage print jumpsuit features padded muscle torso and muscle arms, complete with a traditional ninja hood.
Work in the cover of darkness and complete your mission without being seen in this Ninja Warrior child costume. The black tunic comes complete with matching pants, an apron with an attached hood and a belt tie.
Practice your deadly sting and apply your stealth to Halloween when you wear this Scorpion Ninja child costume. The red and black jumpsuit of this ninja costume comes complete with ties, a belt and a hood.
Dominate Halloween when you wear the Warrior Ninja Child Costume. This stealthy outfit comes complete with a hooded jumpsuit, black face mask and a black belt.
Stick to the shadows and subdue evil with this Stealth Ninja Weapons Belt. This awesome accessory comes complete with three dagger, two swords and one ninja star so you can fend off any intruder or bad guy that crosses your path!
Break out from the shadows on Halloween when you wear this Neon Ninja child costume. The black and red jumpsuit of this ninja costume comes complete with a fabric face mask. The best part about this costume is that the red print glows in the dark- super cool!
Make sure you're well equipped to handle the bad guys when you have the Double Green Ninja Sword. Two 24 inch swords come complete with black sheaths and straps. Slice 'em and dice 'em as you please!
Destroy your enemies when you are equipped with the 30" Black Ninja Sword. This 30-inch, plastic sword comes complete with a sheath so you can safely store your weapon while it's not in use.
Get out of the shadows and into the fight when you wear the Ninja Warrior Boys Costume. This black shirt comes complete with matching pants, a tunic with an attached belt, epaulets, arm guards and a hood with face mask.
Harbor your candy from other ninjas with the Ninja Cinch Bag. This black and red bag can be worn like a backpack and has Chinese symbols and a sword and spears to ward off any unwanted candy stealers.Completes any ninja costume.


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Dr or nurse
Hmmm, you could always ask. It couldn't hurt. I have seen my doc each time and I always see him unless he was on vacation or has been called away to deliver or something. If he is called away to deliver, they give me the option to see a nurse practioner or reschedule and I always just choose to see the NP. With my other two kids, I probably saw the nurse 2 or 3 times each. Clearly though I mostly saw my own doc. My practice also does not rotate who you see like some offices.
I would just call and ask if this is common at this practice and when you might see the actual doctor.
May 2006, April 2009, June 2013
Expecting #5 June 11, 2013
Good luck
Ali and Dan married 8-20-11
Jonathan Trevor 11-23-10
baby girl lily due 6-9-13, scheduled c-section 6-4-13
This pregnancy, I have only seen the np. (Which is much different than my past pregnancies, where I have ONLY seen the dr. But I had problems with those.) The secretary did ask me if I'd rather schedule with a dr., but I really like the np and since I felt comfortable, I have scheduled all of my appts. w/ her. As long as you are comfortable with the np and he/she knows your past and is able to address your needs, etc. I think it's fine to see the np, unless you develop a problem that requires a dr.'s attention.
TTC #1 since 8/10. Molar w/ d&c @ 9 wks 8/11; MMC w/ d&c @ 11 wks 3/12; MC 6/12; Healthy baby 6/11/13; MC 1/14; expecting #2 11/8/14.
I would switch from a doctor who has bad bedside manner and never takes her own patient's appointments. I'm sure you can find someone better than that. Ask your friends for a referral.
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The Seven Basic Plots
|Christopher Booker
|Preceded by
|The Great Deception
|Followed by
|Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories is a 2004 book by Christopher Booker, a Jungian-influenced analysis of stories and their psychological meaning. Booker worked on the book for 34 years.[1]
The meta-plot[edit]
The meta-plot begins with the anticipation stage, in which the hero is called to the adventure to come. This is followed by a dream stage, in which the adventure begins, the hero has some success, and has an illusion of invincibility. However, this is then followed by a frustration stage, in which the hero has their first confrontation with the enemy, and the illusion of invincibility is lost. This worsens in the nightmare stage, which is the climax of the plot, where hope is apparently lost. Finally, in the resolution, the hero overcomes their burden against the odds.[2]
The key thesis of the book: "However many characters may appear in a story, its real concern is with just one: its hero or heroine. It is he or she with whose fate we identify, as we see them gradually developing towards that state of self-realization which marks the end of the story. Ultimately it is in relation to this central figure that all other characters in a story take on their significance. What each of the other characters represents is really only some aspect of the inner state of the hero or heroine themselves."
The Seven Basic Plots[edit]
|This section requires expansion. (September 2013)
Overcoming the Monster[edit]
The protagonist sets out to defeat an antagonistic force which threatens the protagonist and/or protagonist's homeland.
Examples: Perseus, Theseus, Beowulf, Dracula, War of the Worlds, Nicholas Nickleby, The Guns of Navarone, Seven Samurai and its Western-style remake The Magnificent Seven, the James Bond franchise , Star Wars: A New Hope, Halloween, The Hunger Games and Shrek.[2]
Rags to Riches[edit]
The poor protagonist acquires things such as power, wealth, and a mate, before losing it all and gaining it back upon growing as a person.
Examples: Cinderella, Aladdin, Jane Eyre, A Little Princess, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, The Prince and the Pauper.[2]
The Quest[edit]
The protagonist and some companions set out to acquire an important object or to get to a location, facing many obstacles and temptations along the way.
Examples: Iliad, The Pilgrim's Progress, King Solomon's Mines, Watership Down.[2] The Wizard of Oz, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Land Before Time, One Piece, Indiana Jones, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Voyage and Return[edit]
The protagonist goes to a strange land and, after overcoming the threats it poses to them, returns with nothing but experience.
Examples: Odyssey, Ramayana, Alice in Wonderland, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Orpheus, The Time Machine, Peter Rabbit, The Hobbit, Brideshead Revisited, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Gone with the Wind, The Third Man,[2] Chronicles of Narnia, Apollo 13, Labyrinth, Finding Nemo, Gulliver's Travels, Spirited Away
Light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.[3]
Examples: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Bridget Jones Diary, Music and Lyrics, Sliding Doors, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mr Bean
The protagonist is a villain who falls from grace and whose death is a happy ending.
Examples: Macbeth, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Carmen, Bonnie and Clyde, Jules et Jim, Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, John Dillinger, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar,[2] Death Note, Breaking Bad
The protagonist is a villain or otherwise unlikable character who redeems themself over the course of the story.
Examples: The Frog Prince, Beauty and the Beast, The Snow Queen, A Christmas Carol, The Secret Garden, Peer Gynt[2], Life Is a Dream, Despicable Me, Machine Gun Preacher, Megamind
Prior work[edit]
Arthur Quiller-Couch possibly originally formulated seven basic plots as a series of conflicts: Human vs. Human, Human vs. Nature, Human against God, Human vs. Society, Human in the Middle, Woman & Man, Human vs. Himself.[4][citation needed]
William Foster-Harris' The Basic Patterns of Plot sets out a theory of three basic patterns of plot.[5]
Ronald B. Tobias set out a twenty-plot theory in his 20 Master Plots.[5]
Georges Polti's The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations.[5]
The book was dismissed by a number of journalistic reviewers, such as Adam Mars-Jones, who objected to Booker employing his generalizations about conventional plot structures prescriptively: "He sets up criteria for art, and ends up condemning Rigoletto, The Cherry Orchard, Wagner, Proust, Joyce, Kafka and Lawrence – the list goes on – while praising Crocodile Dundee, E.T. and Terminator 2".[6] Similarly, Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times writes, "Mr. Booker evaluates works of art on the basis of how closely they adhere to the archetypes he has so laboriously described; the ones that deviate from those classic patterns are dismissed as flawed or perverse – symptoms of what has gone wrong with modern art and the modern world."[7]
However, it was lauded by a number of novelists, playwrights, and academics, including Fay Weldon, who wrote the following (which is quoted on the front cover of the book): "This is the most extraordinary, exhilarating book. It always seemed to me that 'the story' was God's way of giving meaning to crude creation. Booker now interprets the mind of God, and analyses not just the novel – which will never to me be quite the same again – but puts the narrative of contemporary human affairs into a new perspective. If it took its author a lifetime to write, one can only feel gratitude that he did it."[8] Beryl Bainbridge, Richard Adams, Ronald Harwood, and John Bayley also spoke positively of the work, while philosopher Roger Scruton described it as a "brilliant summary of story-telling".[9]
See also[edit]
- ^ "The Seven Basic Plots of Storytelling". http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/media/talks/14109-christopher-booker/ (Podcast). 2006. Event occurs at 01m00s. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bateman, Chris (2005-10-11). "The Seven Basic Plots" (BLOG). Retrieved 2013-09-10.
- ^ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/comedy
- ^ A forum post pre-dating addition to Wikipedia
- ^ a b c "The "Basic" Plots in Literature". Retrieved 2013-09-11.
- ^ Adam Mars-Jones "Terminator 2 Good, The Odyssey Bad", The Observer, November 21, 2004, retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ Kakutani, Michiko (2005-04-15). "The Plot Thins, or Are No Stories New?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
- ^ "The Seven Basic Plots". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ^ Scruton, Roger (February 2005). "Wagner: moralist or monster?". The New Criterion. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
External links[edit]
- Google Books
- "Everything ever written boiled down to seven plots", review by Kasia Boddy, The Telegraph, 2004-11-21
- "Terminator 2 good, The Odyssey bad", review by Adam Mars-Jones, The Observer, 2004-11-21
- "The Plot Thins, or Are No Stories New?", review by Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times, 2005-04-15
- "The Seven Basic Plots of Storytelling", 60-minute talk by Christopher Booker, Greenbelt, 2006
- "The Seven Basic Plots", blog entry summarizing the book, Chris Bateman, 2005-10-11
- "The 7 Story Archetypes, and How They Can Dramatically Improve Your Marketing", Tommy Walker, Social Media Today, 2011-10-31
- "Once Upon a Time", review by Denis Dutton, The Washington Post, 2005-05-08
- "The Seven Basic Plots", review by Clive Bradley, Workers' Liberty, 2005-12-25
- "What are the seven basic literary plots?", Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope, 2000-12-24
- 'The "Basic" Plots in Literature', IPL2


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"We got an urge." So says Nancy Wilson on the impetus for Jupiters Darling, the first new studio album from Heart in nearly a dozen years and a convincing case that the fire and spirit of real rock &roll is alive and well. All things considered, it's a natural point of departure for Nancy and Ann Wilson, considering that over their illustrious career, Heart has always made urgent, immediate and compelling music. Simply put, following their creative impulses has made Heart one of the most innovative and enduring musical partnerships of our time.
It's a creative chemistry that has, to date, yielded sales of well over thirty million albums, with over twenty Top 40 hits and live shows that sell out stadiums whenever and wherever Heart performs. Jupiter's Darling is the latest chapter in that extraordinary saga. Produced by Nancy Wilson and featuring sixteen riveting selections written primarily by the Wilson sisters, this long-awaited collection of new Heart originals marks a triumphant return to form for a band that, in reality, has never really been away.
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