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Recently, the New York Islanders have had some good luck when it comes to their prospects. More so than the prospects themselves, in certain regards. See, as their junior or college seasons have ended without huge playoff success, their professional careers have taken off.
The New York Islanders extended their best home-winning streak this season to 4 on Tuesday night by defeating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1. The Isles, who are now 7-1-1 in their last 9 games, are now tied for 6th place in the Eastern Conference at 44 points with the Ottawa Senators.
After Michael Grabner scored the go-ahead goal towards the end the of second period, the Isles held their composure in another stellar third period effort to come out on top of the Atlantic Division's bottom club. (Photo Credit: IslesPunkFan/Flickr)
Puck drop on Long Island, where the Isles were facing the Winnipeg Jets, was followed shortly thereafter in Worcester, Mass. when the same ritual was performed to start the Sound Tigers vs. Sharks contest. Isles fans would get to see Anders Lee play his first game as a professional (historic in that it marked the first time all members of an Isles draft class, 2009, 'made it') while Sound Tigers fans would watch top prospect Ryan Strome (2011) make his pro debut. Neither would disappoint.
Who could be behind the recent Islanders success?
This is the year that the New York Islanders should look to be buyers at the trade deadline.
It is only just eight days away, and the Islanders presently sit with 31 points, just two shy from tying the New York Rangers for the eighth and final playoff spot with only 16 games remaining in the regular season.
Typically at this juncture, the Isles are on the verge of collapsing into the final three spots of the Eastern Conference and increasing their chances of winning the draft lottery. Although that is still a frightening scenario that can still play out for Garth Snow's squad, it is time for the Isles GM to make a statement that the rebuild is over.
NY Islanders Lose To Pittsburgh Penguins, in Another Frustrating Home Game
The New York Islanders announced today that the club will retain the services of forward Colin McDonald with a two-year contract extension.
McDonald has performed as one of the Islanders most consistent checking wingers on the "energy line" which also consists of Matt Martin and Casey Cizikas.
Over the past few years the New York Islanders may have found consistency on the top line due largely in part to the chemistry between John Tavares and Matt Moulson. But the same cannot be said for much of the depth on offense.
That is until Casey Cizikas began centering Matt Martin and Colin McDonald.
The trio have been playing together as a fourth line, or as head coach Jack Capuano has liked calling them, "the energy line."
It took a dramatic finish, but the New York Islanders finally won a game on home ice during a Sunday matinee game, defeating the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in the shootout.
The Islanders got on the board early in the game when Brad Boyes scored his fifth of the year, beating Robin Lehner glove side under the crossbar. The play started when Matt Moulson received a pass from Mark Streit at the Senators blue line and fed Boyes the puck as he was flying up the slot.
Not long after Boyes' goal, Matt Martin was found banging bodies all over the ice. In fact Martin had 6 hits in just over 3 minutes of play during the first period. Senators enforcer Chris Neil took exception to Martin's physical play and challenged him to a fight, but Martin ignored his request and continued to take out Senators along the wall.
He finished with 11 hits on the night. Coming into the game, Martin was just one shy of tying Buffalo Sabres forward Steve Ott for the league lead of 94 hits.
Home sweet home?
No, Nassau Coliseum has become "Home defeat home" in 2013.
After New York fell 4-1 to a talented and tough Bruins team, fans are clamoring to have the Islanders finish the remainder of the season on the road.
The Isles continued to look lost and slept walked through another tough home defeat on Tuesday. The team was able to put spurts of decent hockey together but it wasn't enough. The Bruins came in with an impressive record and their daunting presence steam rolled the Islanders from the first whistle.
In front of a raucous, Bruins jersey littered crowd, the Isles continued to search for answers on home ice.
After a promising first period with chances for the Isles, they were able to knot the game on a gritty goal by Casey Cizikas. Unfortunately it all went down hill after the Islanders went into the dressing room for the first intermission.


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I haven't done a strictly freestyle workout in a long time, and I only had a short time before I needed to get ready for work this morning, so I did a warm-up, hammered out a quick set of 100s and then a quick cool-down:
2000 SCY/40 minutes
400 EZ on 8:00 (100 free, 100 bk, 100 bk pull, 100 free)
4 x 100 fr on 2:00 (desc 1:28 to 1:21)
4 x 50 fr on 1:00 (:38-:40)
4 x 25 fr on :30 (:18-:19)
1:00 rest
Main set:
6 x 100 fr on 1:40 (1:25, 1:27, 1:26, 1:27, 1:26, 1:26)
300 EZ (100 bk pull, 100 bk, 100 fr)
I'm a long way way from being able to do the 20 x 100 on 1:40 set that I was doing last year before the 1650 at state, but my pace is also about 3-4 secs faster than it was then too. If I can keep adding 100s to the set, I could be at my goal pace for this set and the 1650 (1:25/100) in about 5 weeks... the problem is, of course, that our state meet is three weeks from this weekend.
I don't know... if I add two reps to the set and do the set twice/week, that puts me at 1600 in race pace work after 2.5 weeks; five more workouts... hmm. Maybe I'll do the set MWF next week and see how I feel when I'm swimming 12 x 100 on 1:40 next Friday before I decide to scratch the 1650 altogether this season. I'm swimming my fly, bk, IM workouts on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, so maybe it will work.
Am I crazy?
Have reserve weekend (starting tomorrow), will definitely cancel tomorrows swim because we plan on grilling steaks after I get back from day 1. Not sure about Sunday, but I decided to swim today and for Saturday at one setting.
3.5 K of easy free, but with 6 beat, using snorkel and taking several breif breaks
Tomorrow (I did):
1100m flutter kick with board and snorkel
24 -25 min
700m Drill
5.3Km total (hungry now)
Updated March 7th, 2014 at 08:27 PM by __steve__
This is my fifth day back in the city. Its been too cold to blog.
This morning I swam at Riverbank with Rondi and Hannah, with a couple of other ow swimmers rounding out the lane. Heres what I did:
1000 lcm warmup (400s, 200k, 200p, 200d/s)
8 x (100 FR @ 1:30, 50 easy @ 1:00) [made them allwoohoo!]
6 x 300, done as 2 x (1 pull, 1 IM/FR by 50s, 1 IM kick)
Magic 1000 warmdown + play, alternating FR/BK
That was it!
Its been great being back in the city and seeing my swim friends again! Thats even been worth putting up with this crazy cold weather. I still wish I didnt have to swim with a roof over my headbut summer will be here eventually!
Two rounds. Round 1 intervals left, 2 right.
1 X 500 kick + 100 swim
1 X 75 stroke 1:30
1 X 50 stroke 1:00
Four rounds.
Round 1-fly 2-back 3-breast 4- choice/no free
Repeat 4 times. Swim or pull.
WARM DOWN: 4 X 50 easy
FAST FRIDAY Mar 7th 2014 SCY
Chris Coached
6:00 to 7:30 dove in at 6:05
swam with Mike, Jim, & Max beside Ned, JUlie, & Alley cat
diving well and main pool
Warm up
swim 15 min easy went 6 or 700
Main Set
4 rounds of:
20 x 25 on 35
odds fast
evens easy
rest 1:20
100 fast on 3:00
50 fast kick on 1:00
100 easy on 3:00
did 25's 1 round fly, next round back, next round br, last round fly
went IMs on 100s went 1:02, 1, 1:00
last 100 kicked it and went 1:02
Next Meet:
Mar 28 - 30, 2014
2014 SCY South Central Zone Championships
CISD Natatorium
May 1 - 4, 2014
2014 Nationwide U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship
The George Haines International Swim Center
Santa Clara, California
Aug 13 - 17, 2014
2014 Marriott U.S. Masters Swimming Summer National Championship
University of Maryland Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium
College Park, Maryland
It was a beautiful long course day and I scared one guy into not joining me in the lane. Even after the guard told him there was one lap lane he would not share. His loss.
500 free
500 Free kick w/zoomers
5x200@4:30 fly w/zoomers as 50 rt arm/50 lt arm/50 kick/50 swim went 4:00, 3:55, 3:50, 3:45, 3:34
500 free w/snorkle
500 free kick w/zoomers
Total 3000 meters
Today I did something like a repeat of Tuesday's workout with broken 200s (4 x 50 on 1:00 for fly, back and breast)... only I was slower! I was supposed to be holding 200 pace... so apparently 200 pace has gotten really, really slow. I even took yesterday off (not really on purpose, but I had to make a choice at the end of the day to go to the Y or go to Ash Wednesday service... and if there's anything that's more atrophied than my lungs right now it's probably my soul... ha, ha).
Anyway, here's what I did today... reversing the order of fly and back sets from Tuesday:
WU (1200--1:00 rest after ea 400-yard segment):
4 x 100 IM on 2:00 (desc. 1:47 to 1:41)
16 x 25 on :30, 400 IMO
4 x 50 back on 1:00 (:49, :49, :50, :52)
50 recovery--start next set on the next "up"
4 x 50 back on 1:00 (:48, :49, :50, :52)
50 recovery
4 x 50 fly on 1:00 (:48, :50, :50, :52)
50 recovery
4 x 50 fly on 1:00 (close to same times as the first set of fly)
50 recovery
4 x 50 BR/FR on 1:00 (working on the back half of the 4IM)
200 IM on 4:00
200 back EZ
2800 SCY/65 mins
Updated March 6th, 2014 at 11:42 PM by mcnair
Thursday 3/6
AM and PM SCY
AM swim:
400 swim
300 pull w/ buoy + paddles + snorkel
200 kick w/ board
100 I.M. drill
4x100 @ 1:15 AE
Total: 1600
PM swim:
300 swim every 4th 25 scull
300 pull w/ buoy + snorkel
200 swim every 3rd 25 scull
200 kick w/ board
100 swim every 2nd 25 scull
100 I.M. drill
8x50 @ 1:00 odd: k/dr, even: dr/sw (alternated BR/FR)
4x100 @ 1:20 AE
4x25 @ :40 V.S.
25 BR dive fast (13.7, 13.3)
Total: 2300
This morning was just a wake up swim before I hit the road for Jenks, OK for Region VIII Sectionals. Got in around 2:00 and checked into the hotel. Then I did a pseudo-meet warm-up at the pool. Now it's off to shave.
Swim/SCY/Solo @ Pitt
Warm up:
600 various
150 scull
8 x 25 shooters w/fins @ :45
Main Sets:
10 x 25-30 burst + cruise
-- 8 from the blocks at 100 pace, 2 AFAP from a push
4 x through:
100 fast w/fins @ 2:00
breast (1:04), back kick (:55), free (:56), flutter kick (:59)
2 x (6 x 25 kick @ 100 pace @ :40 + 50 EZ)
Total: 2750
Not much yardage, but it sure seemed hard. My body is ready for a recovery week. I'm going to do a somewhat easy dryland session tomorrow and get a deep tissue. Ahhh
Maybe my last swim before the meet starts tomorrow night. I may get in a bit in the morning though, who knows?
It was super crowded when I arrived at the Y today. They had the water walker lane down to 1, and people were lap swimming in all 6 lanes...someone even swimming with the 2 water walkers. 2 people were waiting on deck for a lane to "open up", but I just found a lane, got them to circle swim, and got my swim on.
500 Free
500 Dolphin Kick on back with short fins
300 Free EZ
10 x 50 Flutter Kick w/ board @ 1:00 (~:50s)
700 of mixed up 25s/50s Free EZ/cruise
2500 Yards
Good news...our SCM meet on Friday/Saturday over in Idaho has 79 people registered!! That's great for us! Sure beats the heck out of some Arizona meets that were getting cancelled for lack of participation!!!
There are at least 4 heats of the 1500 Free, and a couple heats of 400 IM before that, as well as 2 heats of 200 Fly scheduled on Friday night. At least I'll have plenty of rest after my 400 IM!! But the 1500 and 200 Fly will be late into the night with a 7:45pm start time for the events!! I don't mind much though, since I'm usually up till 1:30-2:00am anyway, but sucks for some other folks!!! I guess they didn't think they'd get the participation on Friday night?!??? Yeah, right...not when this is the best pool in the LMSC, and it's SCM also. Top Tens baby!!
20 x 25 fr on 0:30, S
14 x 25 fr on 0:45, S
10 x 25 fr on 1:00, S
16's and a couple 15.h's
Deadlifts on hack machine with vertical-jump band belt on (4 sets of 10)
95lbs + 2 bands95lbs + 4 bands135lbs + 4 bands185lbs + 4 bands
1 set of horizontal leg swings (~50 ̊ of range from straight back to side)
(felt tired after)
Updated March 6th, 2014 at 08:41 PM by __steve__
Did the old "Masters Double" with my evening swim yesterday and morning swim today ...
200 Fr/200 BK/200 IM drill
8 x 50 on 1:00 FR (fast 25, DPS 25)
1 x 50 EZ
8 x 50 on 1:10 IMO
1 x 50 EZ
6 x 75 on 1:15
- 2 FR, 2 Bk (did both as: kick, DPS, overkick), then 2 IM no fr
6 x 25 drag race from center of pool on :50
150 loosen and out
(Solo/Rec/2250 yds/50 min)
At the Rec, the six lane pool is divided into three lanes: noodler, regular, fast. We used to be able to split the lane with up to three people (more than enough room), but some complained when the "fast" lane had three people and there were 4-6 circling in the middle lane. Now, the rule about two can split (having essentially their own lane) but circling once a third swimmer joins is being enforced.
Got in today as the third and the dude that rehashed interest in this due to his inability to share the lane hollered at me when I suggested circle swimming. I try to follow the rules, but he said he had special permission from the director of the Rec and he wasn't circle swimming with only three people in the lane. I mentioned this to the head guard at the other end, and indeed this guy has an exemption. Oh well, I apologized and told her I wasn't going to fight but just swim. After five minutes a fourth person joined (and I thanked her, because the dodgy dude left about ten minutes later)
Got the first official entry for the Bennington meet in April today It is a former college swimmer that was at the first meet. Here is a flyer that my talented daughter made up:
Updated March 6th, 2014 at 04:23 PM by rxleakem
I wokeup tired this morning but pulled myself out of bed and headed to the pool. I was not feeling it on deck but once I got to the end of the warmup I started to loosen up and started feeling good. Overall I felt pretty good by the end of practice today.
Warm up
4x200 with snorkel on 2.40
Main Sets
6x150 swum as swim,kick,drill on 2.10
4x(2x100 on 1.10 holding 500 pace, 200 IM on 2.45, 2x50 active recovery on 1 min)
10x100 kick with fins on 1.10
Warm down
100 easy
Total 4800scy
The first main set I was holding about 1.50s. On the fast 100's I held 58-59 and then held 2.25s on the IM's swimming long and smooth. On the kick set I worked the 100's and alternated between a board and my back in streamline position. I was holding around 1min on these. Tom had one additional set of 16x25s odds fast, and evens 12.5 under water and 12.5 free on 30, but I just ran out of time today.
Thu Mar 6th 2014 SCY
Entered zones yesterday and nats today
Lifted Tuesday
Whitney Coached
6:30 to 8:00 dove in at 6:40
swam with Todd, Ned, Jim, & Alley cat
Warm up
did around 3 or 400
Main Set
assigned: 8 x 100 best ave on 2:00
did 8 x 50 fr best ave from a dive held 25's
8 x (30 sec VK, 15 sec rest)
100 easy
assigned: 8 x 100 best ave on 2:00
did 8 x 50 fr best ave from a dive held 25's
8 x (30 sec VK, 15 sec rest)
100 easy
assigned: 8 x 100 best ave on 2:00
did: 8 x 25 FAST from a dive, 25 easy
100 easy
Next Meet:
Mar 28 - 30, 2014
2014 SCY South Central Zone Championships
CISD Natatorium
May 1 - 4, 2014
2014 Nationwide U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship
The George Haines International Swim Center
Santa Clara, California
Aug 13 - 17, 2014
2014 Marriott U.S. Masters Swimming Summer National Championship
University of Maryland Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium
College Park, Maryland
200 kick 4:30
8 X 25 sprint kick :45
16 X 50 choice 1:00
odd: perfect stroke/easy
even: 85/90%
2 x (5 X 100)
#1: IM on 1:45
#2: Fly on 2:00
#3: Back on 1:45
#4: Breast on 2:15
#5: Free on 1:45
4 x 50 fast 1:00
4 X 50 easy swim down 1:00
Swim or pull
250's and 150's: last 50 fast
I felt like I did went I first started swimming having to get used to the water pressure on my chest. I hope I am not coming down with something but then again my daughter has been sick and probably shared it with me. I'll get over it.
500 free
500 Free kick w/zoomers
10x50@1:05 breast pull w/zoomers
200 accordian drill w/snorkle & br fins
200 breast kick
200 breast for time went 3:41
200 free EZ
200 fly for time went 3:32 at least I am staying consistant
200 free EZ
Total 2700 yards
Short fast stuff tonight. The team had a social event scheduled after practice so we got out a little early. I decided to skip the social but did offer bail money should they have too much fun.
400 mix up
4 x (4 x 25 + 50) kick w/fins @30/60
--25's sprint, 50's cruise
Pull 3 x through @ 90%
2 x 25 @ 25
50 @ 50
100 @ 1:30
50 @ 50
2 x 25 @ 25
50 ez
4 x 50 free descend w/overkick @ 1:15
6 x through
75 build r/10 went 75 bk, 75 br, fly,bk,br repeat
50 free sprint r/15
50 ez r/10
4 x 50 sprint @ 1:15 went IM order
100 w/d
Not too bad tonight. Felt pretty good and tried to hang with the sprinters on the team.
A teammate of mine filmed my fly with his gopro. That thing is awesome (the gopro not my fly). I've got more work to do than I thought.
77° Sunny, humidity 65%, 84° water
500 FR as 4(25RALA, 25CU, 25 DPS, 25 Strong)
*Set 1*
2(5x100 FR on 1:20, :40 Rest) *1:11-1:08 (2x)
---2x25 FR CU on :30 steady
2(10x100 FR on 1:30, :30 Rest) *1:09-1:07, 1:08s-1:07
*Set 2*
10x50 BK on 1:00 w/mAP, *35-32
---:30 rest
12x25 BK on :30 *17-16s-15s
---100 BR Kick
*Set 3*
20x25 FR on :30 *16-15s-14
---4x25 FR CU on :40
4(5x25 FR on :30, :30 rest) *14s-13
Warm Down
10x50 FR DPS on 1:00, *37-35
Today's workout was like swimming in bathwater, and my 18 month old goggles kept fogging despite all my anti-fogging remedies. I also should mention that my TYR medium blade fins broke last week, and while I like my 20 year old Force Fins, I prefer the longer stiffer blade fins because for me they help facilitate technical and strength development that transfers over to my swimming without equipment.
New versions of these items were ordered online along with caps, since last Friday a day before the mini meet, my cap ripped, and then my backup cap also ripped! At least for the meet I had another backup cap (my wife's cap). Thankfully, I have already received the "Items have Shipped" email and will have replacements soon for my goggles, silicon caps, and fins.
My day off today included a trip to the coporate main office in Schenectady for a committee meeting, so that ate away five hours around lunch time. Was able to help my wife with shopping before heading to he pool before supper:
200 Fr/200 IM drill/100 Bk
30 Minutes of swimming with my brother and niece (this was family/lap swim), a great time as my 3.5 year-old kin was kicking and splashing, with no worries about rolling on her back and getting her head wet. A great time!
4 x 100 kick
4 x 300 with snorkel and buoy
- 100 DPS/50 fast with AP, 50/50, 50/50, only snorkel
1 x 300 IM
100 loosen and out
(Solo/Rec/2800 yds/75 min)
I forgot to mention that this past weekend, while I was swimming out of town, our community held the 2014 National Snowshoe competition at the small mountain just east of twon. Almost 1000 came to little Bennington, from 20+ states and over a handful of foreign countries. There was a great write-up here. I am sorry to have missed it, but hope that the next time it comes around I am able to cheer folks on.
Swimming gently today, as I was really noticing my shoulder, and the set wasn't super challenging, and the other person in my lane was happy to go pokey as well.
500 back/free
500 pull (w/minimal effort, as I was warming up)
5 x 100 kick @ 2:15
100 easy
12 x 100 @ 1:40 (told you the set wasn't super challenging)
200 easy
500 odds and ends with fins to preserve the shoulder
Total 3500 LCM
I think Terry was easy on them/us because the kids had Sr.Champs this past weekend, and this was essentially their first day back in long course in 3-1/2 weeks. PLUS, it was raining. I imagine next week he'll step it up a bit.
I am soooo looking forward to the time change and the temperature change. I truly pity those who live up north. My son, in very northern Tennessee (1 mi south of Kentucky) had 5 inches of ICE beneath 10 inches of snow on Monday. What a nightmare. And his apartment complex didn't do anything to help dig the parking lot out, so he got together a posse and spent 7 hours digging/shoveling and picking at ice on Monday. Down here in Tallahassee, that same day, it was 71 and sunny.
***AND, I made an appt with an accupuncturist! That should be interesting! Hoping to "unfreeze" my shoulder sooner than Mother Nature was planning.


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Rios was the joker who told the world that his work with Margarito would be the difference in Tony blowing Pac away.
I must be honest. I despise disrespectful pugs with big mouths.
At the end of the day they usually fall because it's all false bravado.
Brandon is fast and aggressive but if pressed will fade at this weight.
Gotta take the man of lesser star quality but who, in my estimation, has been in tougher over all.
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Just hope we get a thriller: Bradley-Alexander was disappointing; Donaire-Montiel turned out to be an appetizer instead of a main course...would be nice to see something more substantial tonight.
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This article explains three methods you can use to navigate and access Microsoft Excel Application objects:
Each object in Microsoft Excel version 5.0 exists somewhere in the application's hierarchy of objects. You choose among these objects by navigating down that application's hierarchy. At the top of this hierarchy is the Application object. Whatever events or actions you assign to the Application object affect the entire application. For example:
Replace [Object] with any variable that points to any valid Microsoft Excel Application Object, which can be created from the following example:
The Application object contains other large objects. For example, you can use the following code to refer to the collection of Workbooks currently loaded in Microsoft Excel:
If you want to retrieve a single workbook from the collection, use the Item method. For example, to refer to the first workbook:
To close the first workbook:
Accessing Objects Using Longhand Reference or Default PropertiesEach workbook contains a collection of worksheets, each worksheet contains a collection of cells, and so on. (See the Microsoft Excel documentation and Help menu for specific details about Microsoft Excel's object hierarchy.) In code, references to a specific cell could look like this:
This reference can be lengthy and complex; however, shortcuts are available. Understanding the navigation operator (.) is fundamental to successful object programming.
Short CutsAll objects have a default property and method. For collections, the default method is the Item method. For most objects, the Name property is the default property. This convention was implemented to simplify programming. For example, the previous sample can be simplified to:
Accessing Objects by Aliasing ObjectsYou can use aliasing to simplify object programming. If you were to write a lot of code that was manipulating Sheet1, for example, the syntax could become lengthy. To prevent this, create an object that points to the lowest common object. This is known as aliasing. Use the Set statement to create an alias:
Accessing Objects by Using Parent and Application MethodsThe Parent and Application methods allow you to navigate back up the object hierarchy. The Application method navigates back to the application object, and the Parent method navigates up one level of the object hierarchy. All the examples in this article started with [Object]. As long as [Object] is a valid Microsoft Excel object, all of those statements are also valid. Regardless of the context of [Object].
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There is no exposed Workbook object, so there's no way to access the Workbook object directly. However, this is not a problem because the Parent method of a Worksheet or Chart object returns the Workbook object. The following example code illustrates this point.
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Anyone else is feeling more and more disenchanted with NG3?
After being stuck for 3 days on chapter 6 MN (inside the cathedral), I have to force myself to keep trying. I beat NG2 on MN, I'm trying to 100% it and I keep playing Black and Sigma 1 and 2 on the ps3 to finish all of them on maximum difficulty. Hell, I even picked up a used copy of the old xbox vanilla NG on ebay past week just to have all NG games and of course, to beat it on all difficulties. Ninja Gaiden kicks my ass really hard almost every day and it´s all right; I keep trying, learning, and I don't care much about deaths (100+ on Alma MN and counting).
But MN on 3…is pointless. I played normal and hard and I enjoyed it for the most part. There are some pretty good ideas thrown here and there, some BS also here and there (few weapons, kunai climb is a bit…odd IMO, and I can stand the QTEs on bosses though I don´t like QTEs very much). I like the "new" Ryu, also. He reminds me more the old NES ninja than the silent killing machine Itagaki portrayed on the first two games. But after hard, it is ridiculous. An idiotic spam fest: they spam grabs, rockets and grenades; you spam izunas, swallows and OL360Y. Some OTs, some ninpo and the occasional UT. Wave after wave after wave. It´s laggy, unbalanced and broken beyond belief. I mean, what kind of game designers build a game in which you almost can´t play the way it is intended (combos and SoB chains, I guess) on the harder than hard difficulties? I can't even imagine UN.
And OFC don´t get me started on that f@##ing unplayable mess named clan battle. Half of the time I get instagibbed by laggy ghost kills, or the guy i´m izuna dropping disappears just to ghost kill me from nowhere. Trials are awesome, though…the ones who aren't broken at least (I´m looking at you, Marbus!!).
Team ninja…you were cool. What happened with this game? Hayashi really messed up a lot of things on this one.
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i agree with u
is there any way we can all do some sort of email reply from the ninja gaiden community to this games developers to release an update that fixes all the BS this game has to offer one them is ofcourse MNtrial 8 marbus the bullshit flying moron and that CAMERA.
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The game has been out for almost a month and a half now, we all know it doesn't live up to it's predecessors, the only flaw with this game is the enemies means of main combat is to just crowd around you and grab every chance they get and the higher difficulties the grab pretty much kills you instantly yes bullshit I know, this game has flaws, it's not the best and not nearly worth the title of AAA, but that doesn't mean this is not a decent game, everyone says it's so bad, it's garbage, it's terrible. Then why continue to play? A LOT of people still play this game, it's a good game and I will continue to play it even after I 100% it. Bottom line is either accept what this game is, or just sell it. Simple as that.
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Izuna drop, Izuna drop, Izuna drop, Izuna drop, Izuna drop, Izuna drop .... *yawn*
673 Izuna drops later ... New wave of enemies. Izuna drop, Izuna drop, Izuna drop, Izuna drop, Izuna drop, Izuna drop, Izuna drop ... *yawn*
1067 Izuna drops later ... New wave of enemies ...
*snap disc in half*
This game is fu#*ed ...
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Everyone keeps complaining about the Izuna Drops.
A few things about that. Unless you're 360Ying, there are several enemy types that Izuna Drop doesn't work on until you beat them over the head. Plus this is my first game using the Izuna Drop "correctly' (I beat Ninja Gaiden 2 by using the Claws Izuna which was just two button presses) so correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in Ninja Gaiden Black just as many enemies could be Izuna'd? Ninjas, Soldiers, yellow fields, purple fields, cats, Evil Ryu, armored soldiers, fiend soldiers, they're all human "shaped" so couldn't they all be Izuna'd? How is this game any different from that?
As for broken and unplayable. HA. If you really did beat Master Ninja in NG2 then you know what broken and unplayable actually is. A thousand exploding projectiles in your @$$ before you can move, THAT'S unplayble. Almost everyone that got through NG2 did it through farming and other exploits, at least the only thing you can exploit in NG3 is your bow.
I'm not saying it's perfect. I'm not even saying I'm having a ton of fun playing it. But I am saying that when it comes right down to it it's still better than most action games on the market, outside of the big three (other Ninja Gaiden, DMC, Bayonetta. "but what about God of War?" Don't ask that).
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Dementhis, FoxHound, don't get me wrong. I'm not hating the game at all.
[/quote] this game has flaws, it's not the best and not nearly worth the title of AAA, but that doesn't mean this is not a decent game, everyone says it's so bad, it's garbage, it's terrible. [/quote]
It IS a decent game. Of course. And i'm not complaining about the general gameplay. I'm just pointing you can't (well, i can't, at least) beat MNM by playing the game the way it is intented. By comboing, SoB and relaying also on Ryu signature moves. Comboing and SoB seems to be out of the ecuation for the most time unless you want to get grabbed out of your combos for the 40% of your life minimum.
[/quote]Bottom line is either accept what this game is, or just sell it. Simple as that.[/quote]
Haha, you got a point here. I won't sell, so i'll have to accept.
[/quote]so correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe in Ninja Gaiden Black just as many enemies could be Izuna'd? Ninjas, Soldiers, yellow fields, purple fields, cats, Evil Ryu, armored soldiers, fiend soldiers, they're all human "shaped" so couldn't they all be Izuna'd? How is this game any different from that?[/quote]
True. Even Genshin on NGS2. But personally i never felt that izuning (lol is that even a word?) was the ONLY way to get trough.
[/quote]As for broken and unplayable. HA. If you really did beat Master Ninja in NG2 then you know what broken and unplayable actually is. A thousand exploding projectiles in your @$$ before you can move, THAT'S unplayble. Almost everyone that got through NG2 did it through farming and other exploits, at least the only thing you can exploit in NG3 is your bow.[/quote]
You got a nice point here. NG2 on MN was frustrating as hell, but the spammers were the IS ninjas and multi rocket launchers. In 3, every enemy seems to only know how to grab you or shoot at you. I admit the alchemists are better balanced than other enemies, though. You can actually combo/SoB them pretty fairly. And i admit that my first time trough MN on 2 i despawned some fights. Didn't farm though.
[/quote]I'm not saying it's perfect. I'm not even saying I'm having a ton of fun playing it. But I am saying that when it comes right down to it it's still better than most action games on the market, outside of the big three (other Ninja Gaiden, DMC, Bayonetta. "but what about God of War?" Don't ask that).[/quote]
We totally agree here. This game is superior to any action game out there outside the big 3. And beats the s@#t out of GOW anytime. GOW sucks.
Glad to hear opinnions. Seems that we all like the game, but not in the same way or degree.
Last edited by bribonus; 05-03-2012 at 03:41 PM.
The main issue I have with NG3 is some really bizarre design choices (no dismemberment? I can roll with that. manually grabbing a rope so you don't jump into a pool of acid? fuck that). The combat doesn't seem as broken as NG2, though why NOBODY goes into hit-stun while they're in a grab start-up animation is beyond me.
And in case you're wondering, yes, I have cleared NG2 on MN, twice (heh): a standard run and tonfa run.
Man, do I miss the tonfas...
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If the OP is still stuck on Day 6 or whatever on Master Ninja I can give him some tips. Send me a message about the area where you're stuck.
Such issues include:
- inescapable throws, including the infamous suicide grabs
- throws track player movements and put the enemy in a state analogous to Super Armor (it's particularly bad on bosses)
- incendiary shuriken/kunai explode on impact if they don't hit Hayabusa, and can still damage via splash damage (compare this to NGB where incendiaries were on a timer regardless of what they hit)
-off-screen projectiles, most with no discernible cue of some kind to warn that they're incoming
- many suicide grabs are one-hit kills on higher difficulties (can be excused to a point)
- sub-point to the above: ninja dogs/demon wolves have an escapable grab but its starting animations are completely indiscernible from their suicide grab
- random explosions despite nothing happening
- UTs, while normally loaded with i-frames, are sometimes interrupted
- sub-point to previous: attacks with i-frames - and this include the Izuna Drop - are sometimes interrupted
- sub-sub-point: some attacks have really dubious start-up frames with their i-frames (Tonfas' 360Y)
- counter-attacks can be evaded, often rendering them useless
- bosses will often cancel their hit-stun and launch an inescapable counter-attack (more prevalent on higher difficulties)
There's a fair chunk more as I haven't played the game in a few years, but that's just all the stuff I could remember off-hand. So yeah, NG2's combat system is broken. I'm not disagreeing that it's awesome, but it's still broken.
And good for you if you can get through NG2 without ever resorting to Izuna Drops, but I don't play like you do. And like I said, I might even be better, even with all the dust and cobwebs.
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Several of those concerns that you listed are design decisions. Inescapable grabs for one. There would be no threat from suicide bombers, at all, if they weren't inescapable. Grabs in general are no different from boss attacks in terms of your inability to stop their animations. It's because they're supposed to be a powerful threat, rather than something you can easily shrug off.
Also if you're so upset about offscreen attacks or projectiles, go play DMC. They hold your hand by not having enemies attack you until you're looking at them and they start an attack animation. I'm not trying to be offensive here, because clearly you have a soft spot when it comes to proficiency at such things, but seriously if you're going to complain about cheap hits while playing a game that's made to toe the line of unfair, then go play God of War or something.
I'm not saying that it should be done away with completely, just that the numbers could've been toned down.
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Well yeah, projectile spam is exactly what was wrong with NG2, so much so that Itagaki actually apologized to ninja gaiden fans a few months before he quit, saying that they didn't have enough time to properly balance the game.
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Cases-in-point: Splinter Cell and Resident Evil. Think of the original SC games; most of them dealt with pure stealth and hardly ever had Fisher kill people. Fast forward to Conviction - Fisher became a total killing machine and mowed through entire armies of spec ops baddies. Was it fun? Fuck yeah. Did it piss off the hardcore fans who loved the stealth aspect? Absolutely.
Same with RE. Compare RE2 & RE4 with RE5 (and presumably RE6). What happened to limited ammo and hard puzzles? RE5 (& RE6) appear to be more running-and-gunning a la Army of TWO. Will RE6 be fun? More than likely. Will it feature more horror & puzzles versus shoot outs? Remains to be seen.
That being said, NGB & NG2 are solidified as top action games and the bar is raised each time. NG3 didn't even come close to even being CLOSE to the bar and the dev team should not be given a pass for their horrible attempt. Anybody who says "Well, NG3 is good when compared to God of War or Prince of Persia, etc." is setting up the franchise for future failures, as you're already making excuses for the dev team. I can see it now, "Ninja Gaiden 4 isn't as good as NGB or NG2 but, but... It's still better than NG3!!!"
Sorry, I won't settle for future trash titles and I don't think anyone on here wants to either. That said, NG3 should only be regarded as garbage and not given any real credit.
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I was completely disappointed with this title and it's a shame since it's predecessors are so good, that said I don't see Ryu as a ninja but more of a mass murderer dressed as a ninja. I played the demo and most of the scenes felt unnessicairy and it felt like the game was comboing for me instead of throwing me into the deep end and throwing enemies at me like I'd expect form a spectacle fighter.
I mean seriously, there was a solider begging me not to kill him, why couldn't I make the choice of sheathing my sword and watching him flee with his tail between his legs. I would have preferred that than the game forcing me to do something I thought wasn't right, and not for the first time since I've been gaming.
Damn I'm so depressed.
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Not going to discuss RE5 because that'll open a whole other can of worms.
You're not making excuses for the series when you say "it was better than the previous game" because that's a simple statement of fact. If it's not better than NG2 or NGB I'll be one of the first in line to say so, but I'm not going to deny if a game is better than another one in the same series either.
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It is good for a series to try new things and expand its boundaries (SoB), but unfortunately in this case, it didn't work out so well. It wouldn't have been so bad if the combat system had remained in tact from NGB/NG2, but the combat is significantly slower, your evades get "stuck" 50% of the time and enemies cannot be hit out of grab animations, nor can you move cancel to dodge the grabs. As such, what was fast and frantic combat in the prior 2 installments that relied upon very quick reactions has now been dulled down to simple hit 1-2 times then run. It would be the equivalent of the third Batman game removing the free-flow system that has made the first two so popular. People all over would be shaking their head like wtf?
I guess what I'm getting at it, this game has its core group of fans that it seemed to betray in a half-assed attempt of a game. It will never sell tens of millions of units like CoD, Gears or Battlefield - I can appreciate trying to rope in new fans with easier difficulties or new fighting techniques, but the core of the game has to remain in tact or else you'll drive away what "limited" fan base you have. Then they'll really be up shit creek.
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I only want to voice one problem I have with Ninja Gaiden 3 (even though I do have several cause....let's be honest...it's pretty damn bad).
After maxing out NG2 legitimately 1250/1250 I can honestly say that the enemy grabbing mechanics are all fucked up.
In NG2 when you were surrounded by enemies you could be starting a combo on one guy, see a different enemy try to grab you, and quickly press the LB to dash out of the way and cancel out the combo you were currently try to attempt. Successfully seeing and executing this is what you call SKILL.
In NG3, how can you even kill one guy? Especially when you get to the red gorilla mutants that you cant izuna drop? I remember testing a theory out while fighting one. I only kept pressing the X button ONCE. I figured doing that would avoid being grabbed. That wasn't the case. If you press X or start any combo at all, Ryu HAS to finish it. You can't cancel out of it and dodge out of the way of an attack. This is what you call LUCK. NG3 doesn't cater to skill at all.
Completing NG2 Master Ninja: 80% Skill 20% Luck
Completing NG3 Master Ninja: 80% Luck 20% Skill
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Ryan Gosling attended a meeting with a view to playing Luke Skywalker's son in Jj Abrams forthcoming Star Wars Episode 7 movie, according to the Latino-Review, which 'broke' the news that Harrison Ford would be returning to the franchise.
Disney is keen to land Gosling for the role though missed out on another high profile star.
According to the website's sources, the studio had a meeting with Leonardo Dicaprio who eventually passed on the project to concentrate on Robotech, a forthcoming "sprawling sci-fi epic" where mankind is forced to use technology to fend off three successive waves of alien invasions.
Disney has therefore turned its attention to Gosling, with Zac Efron also on its radar for a possible role as a Solo kid.
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These days, perhaps Unilever's riskiest step is Dove antiperspirant. If consumers can imagine the qualities of Dove soap in an underarm deodorant, the extension may succeed. But if a Dove that stops perspiration as well as moisturizes is confusing to consumers, or if the advertisements are jarring, not soothing, then the deodorant may fail and consumers' perception of the overall brand may change for the worse.
But what Unilever, P.& G. and other companies trying to create megabrands need to know is essentially unknowable. They have to guess how different they can make a product and still have it convey the same image. Can a deodorant or facial wipe contain the qualities that a consumer associates with a bar of soap? More fundamentally, how strong is brand loyalty today? How far can companies push it?
The answers depend on how much trust shoppers have, not only in an individual product, but also in the brand name that sells it.
Dove, which Unilever developed in its American laboratories and first sold in 1955, always showed promise. In the 1960's, commercials for Dove soap became a staple of daytime television. ''Dove creams your skin while you wash,'' the iconic ads promised, helping to establish its place as a premium product that offered something different. Dove's sales grew steadily in the 1960's, but its market share began to decline in the 1970's as brands like Dial and Tone, as well as Unilever's own Caress, grew stronger.
Then, in 1979, Albert M. Kligman, a dermatologist at the University of Pennsylvania, conducted an independent study showing that Dove dried and irritated skin significantly less than other soaps. Based on that study, Unilever began an extensive marketing program with doctors. Dermatologists and pediatricians began recommending Dove for their patients. To this day, Unilever spends $8 million to $10 million a year promoting the soap with physicians, and about 25 percent of Dove users say they buy the soap because a doctor recommended it, said Peter Waxman, the brand manager for Dove in the United States.
That medical marketing program drove Dove's growth in the 1980's. In 1986, Dove became the best-selling soap brand, in dollar sales. And in 1991, Unilever, whose soap brands also include Lever 2000, surpassed Procter & Gamble as America's largest soap maker. (Then, P.& G.'s biggest soap was Ivory, though now it is Zest.)
But even as Dove took the lead, the competitive landscape was shifting. Unilever's original patents on Dove had expired, and by 1991, Procter & Gamble was testing an Oil of Olay beauty bar with moisturizing properties similar to Dove's. The new Olay bar was rolled out nationally in 1993; Olay body wash arrived the next year. In 1995, sales of the body wash totaled $80 million, or about 27 percent of that market, which has one of the highest margins in soaps.
''We really knew from our consumer research what people wanted,'' said Virginia Coleman Drosos, the global Olay general manager. ''We knew we could provide that product.''
Today, Unilever scientists and marketers acknowledge that they were chagrined. A body wash was a much more natural fit for Dove than it was for Olay, they thought. But Procter & Gamble got to the national market nearly a year ahead of Unilever.
In Unilever's low-slung, drab brick research labs in Trumbull, Conn., scientists rushed to catch up, quickly developing a body wash modeled on the style favored in Europe, where body washes began. In 1995, Dove body wash was in stores. But going head-to-head with Procter & Gamble, Unilever stumbled.
DR. SHANA'A, the research director, said the company had failed to capture the essence of Dove. Olay's body wash cleaned better, moisturized more effectively and felt more pleasant on the skin than Dove's version. Procter & Gamble had realized that Americans wanted something lighter and more moisturizing than the liquids popular in Europe; Unilever did not.
''They broke my heart,'' Dr. Shana'a said. ''They had a superior product. They beat us clinically. Dove body wash missed because it was not like the bar; we launched something closer to shampoo.''
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Prospect Madness: RHP Jimmy Nelson v. 2B Scooter Gennett
Caleb Gindl may be one of the darlings of the mainstream media when it comes to Brewers prospects, but not here at Bernie's Crew. Gindl fell to the 7th-seeded Andre Lamontagne in his second-straight large upset.
Last week, Lamontagne outdueled right-hander Wily Peralta in a 7-vs-2 matchup.
Today, however, we move on to a matchup between a former Timber Rattler and a pitcher who is expected to anchor the Timber Rattlers' pitching staff in 2011. Which prospect do you prefer, the alumni or the rookie? You decide.
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3 -- RHP Jimmy Nelson
With the Brewers unable to sign first-rounder Dylan Covey last summer, Nelson became the organization's de facto top pick. The Brewers saw Nelson as an advanced collegiate arm coming out of the University of Alabama and hoped he would be a nice complement to the much more raw Covey.
Nelson features a hard, sinking fastball that was reportedly clocked as high as 96 MPH in the Pioneer League. His repertoire also includes an above-average slider, a curveball, and a fringe-average changeup. That four-pitch tool kit was enough to dominate young hitters in Rookie Ball with a 3.71 ERA and a 11.14 K/9 strikeout rate – though the sledding will get tougher once jumping to full season ball.
His command will have to sharpen, and he will need to develop a consistent third pitch to be successful as he climbs the ladder. The changeup and curveball are potential third pitches. They are not consistent enough at this point, however, so he is primarily a two-pitch guy.
Still, Nelson has a ceiling of a mid-rotation starting pitcher. He has the build of a workhorse, and injuries do not project to be a large issue. We need to see Nelson in full-season ball before drawing too many conclusions. He will likely join the Timber Rattlers in 2011.
2 -- 2B Scooter Gennett
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Prep hitters without an ounce of professional experience are not supposed to jump straight to Class-A and hit .311/.356/.465.
Gennett anchored the Timber Rattlers' lineup early in the year, showing a short, compact swing and surprising pop for his diminutive size. The 5'9" second baseman hit 39 doubles, 4 triples, and 9 home runs in a difficult offensive environment.
Even more exciting, Gennett projects to stick at second base defensively. He shows soft hands and acceptable range, though the typical learning curve should still be expected for such a young player. Plate discipline was a real strength for Gennett early in the season, but he walked much less and hit for less power down the stretch. That is reason for concern, as a low-power, low-walk, low-strikeout approach (a hack-tastic approach) is not nearly as valuable as someone that can draw a walk and hit for decent power from a middle infield position.
As of now, it seems prudent to attribute his faults to fatigue. Gennett has never played a full season before, and the grind likely got to him as the season progressed. Expect him to revert to his early season form in 2011.
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I might lose some support over this - but honestly, I'm sick and tired of the smokescreen and front.
You haven't lost my support. The guy changed his TOS without warning and threatened to sue TheWrestlingTalk.com for not following the rules he just made up to put us in violation.
Great site, some really good people work with them, but he is definitely a little too hostile towards many people trying to really help wrestling.
Was that regarding linking to Flo videos Schlottke?
RSS Feeds & a robot to find embeddable videos on all sports sites *(youtube, flowrestling, revver, blip.tv, etc) and post the embed code in a thread. YouTube, Revver, Blip.tv, and others have no problem, he changed his TOS without warning and immediately threatened to sue. This case is just a very small example of what the NWCA has had to listen to from him, something that really had no importance until Jason decided to finally respond to him.
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Guy sounds like a real d-bag, I'm glad Twink pwned him.
"Now class, I'd like for you to transition from downward dog....straight to FULL BRING!!!"
I've been waiting for this for a while.
I'm just a fan - never wrestled, never coached - never even "worked a table". The truth is - I love wrestling. I kinda know why but it's hard to explain to the uninitiated. I get feeling full of myself and think I know what's best for the sport - and will write about it. I have no expertise that goes beyond plunking my butt down in a lot of gyms and watching a lot of wrestling.
Occassionally I try to make some small effort to "help the sport". One of the people in this conflict has helped me. The other has chosen not to.
Thanks, Jason.
Floreani must be smoking crack!!! I guarantee that Jason Bryant is respected more in the wrestling world then Floreani could ever hope to be.
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Although I admire Martin's energy, and I enjoy the videos he provides, his worst rants sadden me. At some point these things cease to be business or political issues, and they start looking like personal ones. I still hope that all of us can get back to supporting our sport more than jockeying for position, but I speak as someone for whom this is still a pastime and not a career.
I'm glad that Jason was able to clear the air from his new position, but I think that many of us suspected as much already. Thanks, Jason.
I have no reason to fabricate any of this. It's not in my best interest. I just finally couldn't sit on my hands and be talked down to. I bust my ass for this sport and you cannot dispute that. Taking shots at people who put years into this sport and then saying we're not in it for "the sport" is irresponsible.
Everytime I talk to Martin, I talk about the importance of being professional media. If he keeps this crap up, he'll be lucky to get any more credentials ANYWHERE. Then people will realize it's not the NCAA being greedy and holding back coverage, it's the fact they don't want to deal with a spoiled, whiny brat.
I've done my best to stay away from making personal attacks on this -- again, it doesn't do me any good.
But there's no reason for me to just make this up -- I've been very upfront with people about this, but the kicker is, the comment that sent him over the edge was TO BENEFIT Flo's coverage.
I want them to follow the rules, like everyone else does. One of their people have been following the rules and they've been getting THE SAME access.
I just got sick of taking shots from someone who, yes, provided a Web 2.0 resource for the wrestling community, but has been around for what, 20 minutes? I'm sorry, but this is clearly a "Who do you think you are" situation. You should see the list of people he's cursed out.
Some of us have paid our dues and take our jobs and professions seriously. I'm not trying to be the bad guy here, but heaven help us if I can figure out how to put that voice mail into a WAV file.


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The brief sole reign of the Empress Irene was a milestone in both Roman and Byzantine history, as it marked the first time a woman ruled the Empire in her own right. Previous empresses had effectively wielded supreme power, but only by using a male figurehead as nominal ruler. Irene was a legendary beauty from Athens who married the Emperor Leo IV and soon came to dominate domestic affairs in his government. When Leo died in 780, Irene ruled as regent for her adolescent son Constantine VI. Though the Isaurian dynasty had initiated iconoclasm and vigorously attacked the use of sacred images, Irene was a fervent iconodule and began the process of reversing the divisive policy. She called a church council at Nicea in 787 that declared iconoclasm to be heretical. This won her enemies in the army, which was heavily iconoclast, and in 790 she was temporarily ousted in a coup led by her now 20-year-old son. But he showed no talent for ruling and recalled her two years later. After Constantine embarrassed the regime with a series of military blunders and public scandals, Irene had him ousted and blinded in 797, seizing sole power for herself. She tried to win popularity with generous handouts and tax reductions, but the state's coffers soon emptied and she faced a series of military disasters that further undermined her position. Furthermore, the accession of a female promoted the Pope in Rome to declare the imperial throne vacant and the Frankish king Charlemagne was duly crowned "Emperor of the Romans" in 800. He in turn sent Irene an offer of marriage which might have united Eastern and Western Christendom under one government and changed the course of history, but it was not to be: In 802 Irene was ousted in a coup led by her finance minister Nicephorus, who exiled her Lesbos, where she died the following year. Her devotion to icons led to her canonization in the Orthodox Church.
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Kiev, September 23, Interfax - The Ukrainian Orthodox Church leaves open the possibility to canonize the priest Gabriel Kostelnik who was the initiator of the elimination of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the unification of Uniates and Orthodox.
The Church has already begun to work at appropriate documents, Archbishop Augustine of Lvov and Galicia said, cited by Religious Information Service of Ukraine.
"According to our procedure of canonization, a martyr really had to suffer for Christ or for the Church, but not to die by chance. Moreover he shouldn't be a heretic or a schismatic. As for the pious, the Reverend Fathers, there should be the sanctity of life and authority. Kostelnik is somewhere in between a martyr and a pious", the Archbishop said during the press conference in Lvov.
He noticed that the main task today is to explain some Father Gabriel's complex teological formulas, his positions on a set of questions. According to Archbishop Augustine, the process of canonization will last at least a year.
"First it is necessary to study all details and to suggest his figure for the Commission on Canonization and for the Holy Synod", the hierarch explained.
Lvov Diocese of the Ukraine Orthodox Church celebrated on September, 19-20, 60th anniversary of the death of Father Gabriel.
Fr. Gabriel (first the priest of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, then - of the Russian Orthodox Church) came to Orthodoxy since 1920's, when the NKVD destroyed the Church. He was the ideological heir of Galician-Russian confessors of Orthodoxy who were killed at concentration camps before the First World War.
Fr. Gabriel became also the organizer of the Lvov Council in 1946, where it was decided to abolish the decisions of the Uniate Brest Council in 1596, to "break with the Vatican and to return to the native Orthodox faith".
In July 1948, Fr. Gabriel took an active part in the celebrations in Moscow on the occasion of 500th anniversary of the autocephaly of the Russian Orthodox Church. On September 20, 1948, after liturgy in the Transfiguration Cathedral in Lvov, he was killed by two shots from a handgun on the way home. The murderer was surrounded by a crowd of believers and shot himself. He was a member of a terrorist group, led by Roman Shukhevich, chief of the Ukrainian Rebel Army (UPA).
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Humphrey's, Anthology(when it was around), Thornton Winery, Seaport Village, The Gaslamp (on occasion)
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Game of Thrones, Big Bang Theory, Arrow, Playing Softball, Hanging out by the water, Going to smooth jazz concerts. 80's music.
I love playing softball. Major cool points if you play too but it's fine if you don't. I've recently stated taking daytrips on the weekend. Gotten as far as Solvang so far. Weekend getaway to Vegas is always nice.
Your profile :-) I read a lot at work so I'm not much of a fan in my spare time outside of some type of periodical.
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|What he is looking for
|6'4" (193cms)
|5'7" (170cms) to 8'11" (271cms)
|Body type:
|Athletic and toned
|About average, Curvy, Athletic and toned, Full-figured, A few extra pounds
|No preference
|No preference
|No Way
|No Way
|Social Drinker
|No preference
|Technical / Science / Computers / Engineering
|No preference
I'm a business systems analyst for a midsized regional bank. I can hold my own financially and have no inhibitions about my date's salary. To paraphrase, money is what we make, it shouldn't make US.
|$75,001 to $100,000
|No preference
|No preference
|Have kids:
|No preference
|Wants kids:
|Not sure
|No, but it's OK if my partner has kids
|Black / African descent
|Asian, Black / African descent, East Indian, Latino / Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander, White / Caucasian, Other
I was raised to treat everyone fairly and I don' believe one race is better than any other. If this category is of the highest priority for you, then we will not be a good match.
|Christian / Protestant
|Buddhist / Taoist, Christian / Catholic, Christian / Protestant, Jewish, Muslim / Islam, Spiritual but not religious, Christian / Other
|English, Spanish
|Bachelors degree
|No preference
THANK YOU G.I. BILL!!! :-) My college experience wasn't typical. I was older and had traveled the world already so I wasn't intimidated by the atmosphere. In a way that made ME intimidating to upper classmen and professors.


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The Jews in the Shoah waited for help, when it came it was six years and six million lives too late. Have we learned anything from the past? Or instead will we wait again and contribute to building another Yad Vashem.?
Where are our American, Jewish & pro Christian Zionist leaders? Why are they not demanding that America take the lead and take military action to end the Iranian' nuclear holocaust threat.
Chambers of death are being built by Iran where a nuclear bomb will replace Zylon B to again do Hitler's bidding. We must destroy this place of hell on earth. Destroy it Now!
To the religious leaders who bemoan "It's in God's hands". I'd like to remind you that if George Washington had not stood up to fight against tyranny, you would not be enjoying the religious freedom you have today.
While you are waiting for G-d to save you, I'm telling you that G-d has already provided the Covenant that gives you the right, NO – the obligation, to take care of the earth and its people. You might be waiting for G-d but it is more likely that G-d is waiting for you to take action.
Kennedy said in his Inaugural speech in 1960, "with a good conscience as our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth G-d work must truly be your own."
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