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Frank Shamrock: The 'soul' of dwindling Strikeforce has been picked apart by the UFC
Frank Shamrock: The 'soul' of dwindling Strikeforce has been picked apart by the UFC - MMAmania.comCurrently serving as a commentator for Strikeforce events, Frank recently stated on his appearance on "The MMA Hour" that, 'sadly,' he doesn't see a bright future for the promotion he helped put on the map nearly six years ago.
Shamrock says that though currently Strikeforce is alive and well, the fact that it's talent has migrated over to the greener pastures of the UFC, hasn't helped increase the lifespan of the promotion."In a perfect world, they (Strikeforce) should live on and all the sweat and tears and the soul we put into it should give value somewhere else. In the world of big business, it's probably going to get wrapped up, rolled up and disappear. You know, like many of the other brands in this industry that were used to consolidate and build another brand. Sadly, it's just business. I don't think it's going to live on. At one point, Strikeforce was competing, it was number two. We did it in such a quick period of time and the intention was right . The sport came together to create Strikeforce and Scott (Coker) had the opportunity, and I had a few years left in the cage. But, it will never happen again. That moment is gone. I think that's the toughest thing for me to accept, is that moment is gone."
By "they" it is safe to assume Shamrock means the UFC, who have systematically picked out the top draws out of the San Jose-based promotion such as Alistair Overeem, Nick Diaz, Cung Le as well as the entire heavyweight roster."Strikeforce is alive and it has a great soul. It's just that they've been picking the soul out of it and taking the talent away from it and now it's a shell. It can definitely be rebuilt. Strikeforce was amazing. The idea of it is still, it still has value. But the way it is being treated, they are plucking all the value out of it."
With Showtime cancelling its first-ever Strikeforce event due to an injury to its biggest star, lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez, Shamrock says that is only a sign of things to come.
"The hardest part for me is that I started working and I didn't get to finish. But, its big business. Showtime, they are in the business of ratings and growing a product and growing their network and the UFC hasn't been supporting that. They've put out some demands that are just, you know, they haven't been amenable. But the relationship is frayed. I don't know who loses out except for the fans when they cancel a show like this. I think it's a telling example of what's going to happen in our future. You know, Gilbert's the star and if we can't have the star, then Showtime doesn't want to play."


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Baseball stars Rodon, Turner, Moran on all-America squad
DURHAM — N.C. State's Carlos Rodon and Trea Turner and North Carolina's Colin Moran have made the Baseball America Preseason All-America first team, chosen by Major League Baseball scouting directors and released Thursday by the publication.
Rodon and Turner are the youngest players on the first team. N.C. State is one of three teams (along with Stanford and Arkansas) with multiple first teamers.
Rodon enters his sophomore season with an undefeated 9-0 record and a 1.57 career ERA. The left-hander won the ACC's Pitcher and Freshman of the Year awards in 2012, and became the first Division I freshman ever to make the finals of the Golden Spikes Award.
Turner, a shortstop, led the nation with 57 stolen bases in 2012 and batted .336.
Moran, a junior third baseman, hit .365 a year ago.
Ex-Army Ranger hurt, will miss Duke lacrosse season
DURHAM — Duke men's lacrosse head coach John Danowski announced Thursday that redshirt senior Casey Carroll will miss the 2013 season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
The procedure was performed Monday by Claude T. Moorman III, M.D., Duke's director of sports medicine.
Carroll, a defenseman, returned to the Blue Devils for a fifth year of eligibility after serving five years as an Army Ranger. He previously played for Duke from 2004-07, earning first team All-America honors his senior season.
Duke's Plumlee lone ACC pick on watch list
DURHAM — Mason Plumlee was one of 12 players named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy National Player of the Year Midseason Watch List announced by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association on Thursday.
Plumlee is averaging 18.1 points and an ACC-high 11.1 rebounds per game while shooting 59.6 percent from the floor.
The complete list includes: Anthony Bennett (UNLV), Trey Burke (Michigan), Michael Carter-Williams (Syracuse), Doug McDermott (Creighton), Ben McLemore (Kansas), Victor Oladipo (Indiana), Kelly Olynyk (Gonzaga), Mason Plumlee (Duke), Russ Smith (Louisville), Deshaun Thomas (Ohio State), Jeff Withey (Kansas), Cody Zeller (Indiana).
'83 Cardiac Pack titlists subject of ESPN film
NEW YORK — ESPN Films will feature the 1983 N.C. State national championship basketball team in "Survive and Advance," part of ESPN's 30 for 30 film series. It will debut on March 17.
The film will look at the late Coach Jim Valvano and the 1982-83 N.C. State season and tragedies that have since befallen it through the eyes of backcourt star Dereck Whittenburg.
Duke seniors open tournament play today
DURHAM — Duke senior golfers Brinson Paolini and Julian Suri will compete at the Jones Cup Invitational at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Ga., today through Sunday.
A field comprised of the best amateur golfers in the world representing 10 countries will be competing.
Paolini and Suri each player finished in the top 20 of all four of Duke's fall events and in the top 10 in three of those tournaments. Suri leads the Blue Devils with a 71.5 stroke average with Paolini just behind at 71.6.
Kim DeCesare to return for final Duke season
DURHAM — Duke women's soccer coach Robbie Church announced Thursday that redshirt junior Kim DeCesare will return to Duke for her senior season this fall.
DeCesare had 16 goals and six assists last season, including four game winners, and served as a tri-captain for the Blue Devils. She helped lead the Blue Devils to a 15-6-2 overall record and 5-3-2 mark in the ACC, while also making a trip to the NCAA quarterfinals, where Duke fell to top-seeded Penn State, 1-0.
Canes lose Zach Boychuk to Penguins on waivers
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have claimed Carolina Hurricanes forward Zach Boychuk on waivers.
Boychuk, 23, appeared in Carolina's season opener against the Florida Panthers and was a healthy scratch for four games. He had 32 points in 37 games for the AHL Charlotte Checkers this season and was drafted by the Hurricanes in the first round (14th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
Duke football sets spring practice, game dates
DURHAM — The Duke football team announced Thursday it will open spring practice March 4 and conclude the spring season with an April 13 intrasquad spring game open to the public.
Practice sessions are closed to the public, with the exception of the spring game.
In addition to the annual spring game, Duke will practice March 4, 6, 8, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27 and 29 and April 1, 3, 8, 10 and 12.

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Very interesting and well-said, Amph!
-The same process we undergo when we debate a topic as divisive as guns and gun laws in the U.S. Might I also add that the same process that determined these rights is not infallible; i.e. bad decisions can be made, because we are human.Quote:
...the rights and liberties of Americans are not sacred, they're not derived from some supernatural presence, but are "Natural rights" that are derived from public process
From McDonald's in San Ysidro, CA to Lowe's in Concord, NC; from a supermarket parking lot in Tucson, AZ to a cinema in Aurora, CO; from Columbine High School to Virginia Tech; and now from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT to the three shootings *this week alone* in Phoenix, Atlanta, and Chicago, it's been made clear over and over again that the U.S. is *not* a functioning society. In terms of violence, it's not a great privilege any longer to live here.Quote:
[the rights and liberties of Americans]...are maintained through a social compact wherein all citizens sacrifice something of their individual liberty in order to enjoy the privileges of belonging to a functioning society...
How many more bodies will it take to convince American citizens that this particular individual liberty involving bearing arms needs to be sacrificed for the common and greater good? The founders of this country would turn over in their graves if they knew what bearing arms has come down to, and I suspect there'd be a move to re-word the Second Amendment if not repeal it altogether. Guns got us something from the British: liberty. Now they just bring us grief, fear, outrage, and savagery.
And in my opinion, they just made it so each and every legally packin' man, woman, & even child in America, is in effect, his or her very own one man (woman/child) militia.
Which if so (and if not, um, why ain't it not?), then it also begs the question, if one is in fact one's very own de facto militia, why all the hub bub 'bout bein' 'well regulated' (I mean it says so pretty prominent right there in that list of ingredients everybody what gets high off snortin' gun oil yammers on endlessly about but don't seem to have actually read, butt then it so very long, and I believe written in plain English), know what I'm sayin', 'cause I kinda doubt Alito..or Scalia...or Roberts..or Thomas, maybe not even Kennedy, would :eyebrow:?
Nothin' ain't ever really gonna mean nothin' until the definition of militia, and of course the infamous, "well regulated militia", are firmly defined & established into today's 'day and age', our modern over 300 million strong reality, and I'm sayin' if we don't do that, then everything else comin' down the pike is so much bunk just beggin' for an even bigger fight not long down that same road.
"The Militia Act of 2013", oh yeah babes, now that's got a right swell ring to it, doncha's think:wink2:
[QUOTE=Lily Sawyer;564260 Now they just bring us grief, fear, outrage, and savagery.[/QUOTE]
P.S. I forgot to add unnecessary funerals to that list.
But according to the syllabus prepared by the U.S. Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), pages 54-56, the Supreme Court held: "Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment or state analogues. The Courts opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms. Miller's holding that the sorts of weapons protected are those "in common use at the time" finds support in the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of dangerous and unusual weapons."
The above reference to United States versus Miller, 307 U. S. 174 (1934), was a reiteration of the earlier courts ruling which "did not limit the right to keep and bear arms to militia purposes, but rather limits the type of weapon to which the right applies to those used by a [citizens'] militia (i.e., those in common use for lawful purposes)." Or, more to the point, as Justice MacReynolds wrote in his original decision: "In the absence of any evidence tending to show that possession or use of a 'shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length' at this time has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well regulated militia, we cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear such an instrument."
That was how things stood in 2008, and I think we can all see why the Supreme Court had to further address the issue in 2010 and will likely be addressing this issue once again shortly. That is, In McDonald v Chicago, 561 U.S. 3025 (2010), the Court agreed that the Second Amendment limits state and local governments to the same extent that it limits the federal government. In the plural decision (the court was split) both assenting and dissenting Judges specifically reaffirmed that certain firearms restrictions mentioned in District of Columbia v. Heller are assumed permissible, although the issue was not directly dealt with in this case.Predictably, initial reactions of the Court's 2010 ruling were favorable from both the NRA and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and both were quick to issue statements indicating they were were entirely vindicated by the Court's ruling (despite the court not issuing a "clarification of standard for review" as originally requested by the Brady group).
And then doubts began to arise as some serious questions were asked...
And folks in a whole lot of places began to think maybe it wasn't such a great idea to allow the 1994 ban on assault weapons to lapse in 2004. So... particularly in the wake of Newtown, and reports that another AR-15 Bushmaster was used, legislators are remembering weapons deemed prohibited by legislation, and users wishing to procure or own those weapons deemed prohibited, are not protected by the Bill of Rights or the Constitution. Feinstein et al. agreed to take the point and attempting to reinstate legislation that was allowed to lapse. Predictably, the NRA - after successfully lobbying for the lapse of the 1994 weapons ban in 2004, pointing out there was no significant decrease in gun-related violence: folks simply used guns not banned - is appalled, and consider Feinstein's bill an attack on constitutionally-granted rights.
Well, I guess we'll see what happens next, right? :smile2:


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Return to Omashu
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- This article is about the Book Two: Earth episode. For other similar uses, see Omashu (disambiguation).
"I know the War has spread far, but Omashu always seemed ... untouchable."
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Omashu has been captured by the Fire Nation. Aang and his friends sneak into the city, and are nearly captured, but Sokka manages to fake a deadly illness called "pentapox" to scare off suspicious guards. They encounter the local resistance movement, and assist the city's Earth Kingdom residents to escape with a false epidemic. However, the Fire Nation governor's son accidentally leaves with the citizens as they are driven out. Aang attempts to trade him for King Bumi, but Princess Azula appears and halts the deal. After a confrontation with Azula, Aang manages to rescue Bumi, but the city's former ruler allows himself to be recaptured, stating that he must wait for a more appropriate time to escape. He instructs Aang to find an earthbending teacher who "waits and listens".
Even after Aang finds out the shocking news of the Fire Nation's surrender of Omashu, he still insists on entering the city in search of Bumi, despite Sokka and Katara's precautions. While entering through the sewers to remain unnoticed by the guards, Sokka finds purple pentapuses attached to his face, and because of the creases left on the skin after removing them, the Fire Nation soldiers who approach them believe that they are a result of a disease called pentapox. Not wanting it to spread, they run away from them, buying the kids some time.
Meanwhile, back on her ship, Princess Azula seeks the advice of her trainers, Lo and Li, about capturing her brother and uncle. They tell her, "When tracking your brother and uncle, traveling with the Royal Procession may no longer be an option. May no longer be wise if you hope to keep the element of surprise." She takes their advice and decides to put together a small, elite team to track them.
Back in the city, Aang, Katara, and Sokka make their way through and decide that wherever Bumi is being held prisoner is made entirely of metal to prevent him from earthbending. Just below them, the wife of the governor and their daughter, Mai, are enjoying an evening stroll. Mai complains about how boring it is in Omashu, completely unaware that above them, two earthbenders from the resistance have sent large boulders plummeting toward them. Aang sees the rocks heading toward the people below and airbends them out of the way; however, the governor's wife assumes Aang and his friends to be with the resistance, and Mai and the guards that were protecting her and her mother pursue them, a pursuit which features Mai demonstrating her superb ability to throw knives. Eventually the resistance rescues the gang.
Azula, meanwhile, has tracked down her first companion for her team: Ty Lee, the daughter of a nobleman who has apparently joined the circus. The two went to the Royal Fire Academy for Girls together. Azula informs her that she wants her help in tracking down her "fuddy-duddy" uncle, purposefully neglecting to mention Zuko. Ty Lee declines her offer, saying she is happy with her life at the circus. Azula seemingly accepts her decision, but goes on to inform her that she is staying to watch her show, instilling an amount of nervousness in Ty Lee.
After being rescued, Aang is informed that, before even fighting, King Bumi surrendered the city. Aang decides the best thing to do is get everyone out of the city so they can "live to fight another day". Against the leader's protests, the resistance agrees. Sokka comes up with the idea to re-create his deadly, make-believe "pentapox" so that the soldiers will allow them to leave the city. After the citizens re-create the spots on their faces, Aang goes in search of Bumi while the guards are distracted.
Back at the governor's palace, he and his family watch as the "sick" people roam the streets; he orders the guards to drive them out of the city to prevent it from spreading. They are all completely unaware that the governor's infant son has wandered off. Aang has come across Flopsie in his search; thrilled to see him, Flopsie rushes forward, but is held back by a chain. Aang frees him by freezing the chain with ice to make it brittle and proceeding to smash it. The two go off in search of Bumi.
Starving, Momo finds some berries inside a room where the young infant has wandered off. Interested by Momo's tail that was hidden behind a curtain, the infant quickly grasps onto him. Momo is quite scared by this point and attempts to escape his clutches, so the two fly across the city until the boy finally falls off Momo's tail and wanders off further toward the city's gates.
Back at the circus, the ringmaster tells Azula how honored he is to have the Fire Lord's daughter at his circus. He informs her to let him know of any way he can make the show more enjoyable for her. She smirks while accepting his offer. Up on the high wire, Ty Lee is balancing on a pole that is on top of some kind of round pot. Azula asks the ringmaster if he thinks she will fall; he replies, "Of course not." Azula decides it would be more interesting if she did it without the safety net, or better yet, to have the net set on fire. Not about to refuse an order from a member of the Fire Nation Royal family, he sets it ablaze. Ty Lee grows very nervous as it becomes obvious to her that Azula is threatening her to help her in her search. The ringmaster is also clearly worried for Ty Lee's safety. Azula subsequently orders all of the dangerous animals of the circus to be released inside the tent much to the ringmaster's shock and Ty Lee's increasing worry.
After getting out of the city safely, the resistance leader informs the gang that they have one more person than they should – Tom-Tom. The governor is now aware his son is missing and believes the freed citizens have kidnapped him, and ponders on how to get him back.
Backstage, Azula congratulates her friend on the show; Ty Lee decides "the universe" is telling her to go with Azula.
Katara is playing with the small child and thinks he is very cute, but the leader says he will not be so cute when he is older and a killer. At that moment, a messenger hawk arrives telling them that the governor will trade King Bumi for his son. As they accept the offer, Sokka believes they are walking into a trap, but Aang says he has a good feeling about this.
Back inside the city, Azula, entering on her throne, and Ty Lee approach Mai. Mai jokingly asks if Azula was there to kill her; the two friends hug. Mai is thrilled to help Azula on her mission, wanting anything to get her out of Omashu. Azula confronts the governor, who pleads with her and asks for forgiveness. However, Azula, having too much of her father in her, tells the governor he is making a mess of things and also corrects him that there is no more "Omashu". She renames the city in honor of her father: New Ozai. She decides Mai will handle the trade so the governor cannot mess it up.
In front of Fire Lord Ozai's statue, Aang, Katara, and Sokka approach Azula, Ty Lee, and Mai, who are ready to trade. They lower Bumi, who is trapped in a metal coffin that prevents him from bending. Before the trade can commence, Azula comments on how trading a powerful, earthbending king for a two-year-old is not a fair trade. As a result, Mai calls off the deal. They raise Bumi, and Aang, angered by this, rushes after him. The turban covering his head slips off, and Azula sees his arrow and recognizes him as the Avatar. Without a second thought, she abandons the original plan and rushes for him. Aang jumps onto Bumi's coffin and attempts to free him the same way as he did Flopsie, but Azula is hot on his trail.
Back down on the platform, Katara assumes an offensive position toward Ty Lee and Mai while Sokka calls Appa. Ty Lee rushes for Sokka; after blocking an attack from Mai, Katara gives Sokka some cover, so he can get the baby out.
Nearly to the top of the statue, Aang has almost completely frozen the chain, but Bumi tells him to stop. Before he can react, Azula emerges from the top and shoots a blast of fire at them, breaking the chain and sending them plummeting toward the mail system. She continues her pursuit by jumping into a cart and riding after them. Aang is happy, saying, "It's just like old times", but Bumi says he needs to talk to him. Azula fires at them before Aang can reply. She continues the chase all the way down the rails.
Back at the platform, Katara and Mai exchange blows. From behind, Ty Lee strikes Katara in three different pressure points, rendering her paralyzed. With no way of her blocking any attack, Mai pulls out a three-pronged knife, but Sokka throws his boomerang and knocks it from her hand. Appa smacks his tail to the ground, and knocks Ty Lee and Mai off the platform. Katara and Sokka find Aang being chased by Azula; once close enough to Appa, Aang shoots himself and Bumi off the track, but overshoots, and lands back on the track with Azula. She continues blasting at Aang, but Bumi reveals his ability to earthbend even when suppressed, by using his uncovered face, and Azula is forced to come to a stop.
At the bottom of the tracks, Bumi explains to Aang the concept of jing. Aang says that he is aware of it: fighting is positive jing and retreating is negative jing, but Bumi reveals the third jing: neutral jing, which consists of doing neither, and waiting for the opportune moment to strike, which is why he surrendered the city and why he must go back to his captors. Before leaving, however, he tells Aang he must learn from a master who has mastered neutral jing, and who listens to the earth, and that he will see him again when the time is right.
Now leaving the city, Azula in her palanquin, with Mai and Ty Lee beside her, converse about their mission. Ty Lee says, "It'll be interesting seeing Zuko again, won't it, Mai?" and turns to Mai slyly who smiles to herself, harboring a crush for Azula's brother. Azula ignores the comment and tells them that they now have a third target, the Avatar.
Back at the governor's house, the governor and his wife are still worried, and Aang silently returns Tom-Tom to them, causing them to become overjoyed. Aang smiles and flies away.
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- Grey DeLisle - Azula
- Andre Sogliuzzo - King Bumi
- Paul Eiding - Governor
- Fred Tatasciore - Resistance leader
- Cricket Leigh - Mai
- Olivia Hack - Ty Lee
- Robin Atkin Downes (misspelled Downs) - Circus master
- Additional voices:
- Dee Bradley Baker
- Grey DeLisle - Mai's mother
- Robin Atkin Downes
- Paul Eiding
- Takayo Fisher - Lo and Li
- Lex Lang
- Tara Strong - Tom-Tom
- Fred Tatasciore
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- Main article: Transcript:Return to Omashu
- Main article: Writing in the World of Avatar
Avatar Extras
- Main article: Avatar Extras for Book Two: Earth
Series continuity
- Katara and Sokka were wearing the same cloaks to hide in disguise when they went to the Fire Nation Festival in The Deserter.[1]
- The Fire Nation circus that Ty Lee was performing with is the same one that Appa was sold to in "Appa's Lost Days".
- The gang enters the secret passage in this order: Aang first, followed by Sokka and finally Katara, but in the next shot it shows them in the passage with Katara in front of Sokka.
- When Azula is talking to Ty Lee after her show, the band on Ty Lee's headdress disappears and reappears.
- When Azula and Ty Lee approach Mai for the first time, right before Mai gives Ty Lee a hug, her fingernails are shown short and non-colored, but in the next scene when Mai hugs Ty Lee her nails are shown much longer and painted.
- When Sokka tells the people they need to act sick, there's no one beside him. After the old man's demonstration, there is another person right next to him.
- When Aang is attempting to free King Bumi, he spends several minutes blowing on a segment of chain until it freezes, but he breaks the chain in the wrong place, on a non-frozen part.
- In the scene above, Aang and Bumi are suspended high above the floor where Katara fights Mai and Ty Lee. When the chain is broken, Aang and Bumi fall onto a mail chute; they should have fallen through the wooden floor.
- When Azula gets into one of the earth mail boxes to chase Aang and King Bumi, her two bangs are missing.
- When Azula is chasing Aang via the Omashu delivery system, she is shown entering a "tunnel" of overhead beams, after Aang destroys those beams she is seen entering them again.
- When Azula was chasing Aang and Bumi with the cord going up the statue of Ozai there were two cords, in the next scene there was one.
- In the unaired pilot, Aang fought Zuko on a scaffolding much like the one he and Azula fight on in this episode.
- In "Return to Omashu" with "Avatar Extras" bonus commentary, it was mentioned that the Fire Nation's plan was to make the entire city of Omashu earthbending proof. To this extent they began covering the entire city in metal.
- When the "infected" crowd is first seen, they move and sound much like classic horror-movie zombies.
- King Bumi told Aang that they would meet again, but the two of them are never shown together again in the series.
- This episode features a segment of music that is identical to the opening music from "The Southern Air Temple".
- This episode marks the first time Aang encounters and fights Azula.
- ↑ Hedrick, Tim (writer) & MacMullan, Lauren (director). (October 21, 2005). "The Deserter". Avatar: The Last Airbender. Season 1. Episode 16. Nickelodeon.


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iPhoneItalia claims the long-delayed white iPhone 4 will finally start shipping on April 26. We've heard "this spring" confirmed by Apple multiple times, and recently heard it was "weeks" away, but if this date is accurate, we'll finally -- finally -- see the white iPhone 4 by month's end.
...Or not. Personally I'll expect it only when it hits Apple.com. How about you?
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White iPhone 4 landing April 26?
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Only if someone would have said it reversed...like white is the only way to go...
I waited a few months last year for the white phone that never came. I finally gave up on waiting around late October when it was announced that the white iPhone was further delayed. I really wanted a white iPhone.
Who cares.
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Yeah because that worked out so well back in the Civil War.
I could care less. After the first three times it got delayed I waited till November to get one. But best believe I will be getting the white iPhone 5.
If I were waiting on a white iPhone 4 at all I wouldv'e just done a conversion. I like black though so I got it day one (VZW).
this is really nice and fun reading your blog. well done dude, keep it up.
With all the discussion about the long-awaited white iPhone 4, and the rumors about this year's WWDC NOT being the formal announcement point for the iPhone 5, everything is coming into clearer focus.
You heard it here first - I'm projecting either a late 2011 or early 2012 release for iPhone 5 and I'm also going to go out on a limb and say that it's going to be fully LTE-capable.
Think about it - Verizon iPhone comes out just months before the anticipated normal iPhone 5 release date, and now the non-announcement rumors.
Why else would Apple delay the iPhone 5? They have to realize that they need to make iPhone 5 fully LTE or risk losing further market share to the competition.
Not to mention if iPhone 5 was that close, the white iPhone 4 would be a lame duck out of the gate...
I think Apple is having supply issues due to the recent Tsunami in Japan and has decided to hold the public's attention by releasing the iPhone 4 in white. I believe that the iPhone 5 will come out this fall in time for the holiday sales blitzes. I would wait for the new iPhone 5. Maybe a new iOS could tide us over though?
I think (and hope) that frank72 is right. Not many people really care, and if white means bad prox sensors, then I'll pass. It's like giving up features over a color choice.
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Those of you following the feud between Acer and Microsoft may remember last August, when Acer leveled criticism at the Windows 8 creator regarding their entry into the hardware market. Acer CEO JT Wang was quoted as pleading with Microsoft to "think twice" and insisting that the Surface RT would "create a huge negative impact for the ecosystem and other brands may take a negative reaction." Yesterday, the drama escalated when Acer President Jim Wong told Bloomberg that the Taipei-based PC maker is having more success with Google's Chrome OS than Windows 8.
Acer's $199 C7 has accounted for between 5 to 10 percent of the company's U.S. shipments. Though Wong didn't provide sales statistics for devices like Acer's Aspire One, which runs Windows 8, one has to assume they've been anything but brisk. "The whole market didn't come back to growth after the Windows 8 launch, that's a simple way to judge if it is successful or not," Wong explained.
"You saw that all the marketing and promotions [for Chromebook] were not as broad as Windows 8, so to reach this success is encouraging," Wong continued.
However, we need to keep in mind another marketing arm: Google's pervasive ecosystem. They're capable of generating plenty of mindshare around Chrome OS and Chromebooks in general. Whether it's inside the Play Store, various Google landing pages, or the company's breadth of advertising options, Google has definitely been playing up the Chromebook.
While recent revisions to Google's Chrome OS have resulted in a smoother and more intuitive user experience, by my count there are 3 Chromebooks on the market (2 from Samsung in addition to Acer's C7. UPDATE: HP is announcing a 14″ ChromeBook in February.) On the Windows 8 side of the fence, there are a multitude of tablets, ultrabooks, laptops, and hybrid machines to choose from with a range of pricepoints and features to satisfy any user. And from my viewpoint as a critic, Acer's competition in that space (ASUS, Samsung, Dell, Lenovo, etc) is offering significantly higher quality Windows 8 products.
Perhaps some of Wong's criticism is valid. According to research site NetMarketShare, Windows 8 accounted for 1.7 percent of computers in use during December 2012. Compare this to Apple's 7.1 percent share for OSX and a commanding 45 percent for Windows 7 during the same time period.
There's another hole in Wong's logic: This is the same company that just last week reported a $120 million write-off on losses associated with the declining value of Gateway, eMachines, and Packard Bell. As ZDNET correctly points out, those were 3 acquisitions that have failed to gain traction in a post-PC, tablet-driven market.
Granted, Microsoft isn't helping the situation by their refusal to release any hard sales numbers for their Surface RT tablet, the product that ignited this feud with Acer.
Currently Samsung's Chromebook is the #1 best selling laptop on Amazon.com, and Acer's Aspire — which runs Windows 7 — is #8 on Amazon's bestseller list.
In this writer's opinion, Acer needs to stop playing the blame game, step up the quality of their products, and take a better shot at penetrating the tablet market. What do you think? Is Acer's continued criticism of Windows 8 valid?
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Topic: Copa Libertadores picks 23-25/3
Caracas vs U. Catolica
Caracas are at the top of Group 4 and I believe they could manage to win this one at home, but many goals is probably the safest pick.
Over 2.5 goals.
Libertad vs Once Caldas
Libertad are at the top of the group and I would expect them to take all three points from this one against Once Caldas.
Libertad win.
San Luis vs U. San Martin
U. San Martin have been pritty decent while San Luis have been terrible so far in Group 1. The visitors should have a chance at winning this one.
Over 2.5 goals.
Godoy Cruz vs Independiente
Godoy Cruz managed to win their away game against Independiente and they should be able to win this one at home as well.
Godoy Cruz win.
Fluminense vs Club America
Fluminense are at the bottom of Group 3 and I believe they could struggle in this one, but it should be close.
Under 2.5 goals.
Oriente Petrolero vs Leon De Huanuco
The hosts have been terrible so far in Group 2 and I believe Leon De Huanuco could be able to win this one.
Leon De Huanuco win.
Velez Sarsfield vs Union Espanola
Velez Sarsfield are at the bottom of Group 4 and I believe Union Espanola could manage somthing in this one. But should be close.
Over 2.5 goals.


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FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- An Army appeals court on Thursday questioned whether a military judge exceeded his authority in ordering the suspect in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, to remove his beard or be forcibly shaved.
Judges on the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals in northern Virginia also delved into a claim by Maj. Nidal Hasan's lawyers that the military judge who issued the order is biased and should be replaced. The American-born Muslim psychiatrist claims he grew his beard for religious reasons.
Hasan's murder trial in Texas is on hold while his lawyers pursue the appeal. Hasan, 42, faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted in the Nov. 5, 2009, attack that killed 13 people and wounded more than two dozen others at the Army post about 130 miles southwest of Dallas.
Hasan's attorneys also want the appeals court to overturn six contempt-of-court rulings Col. Gregory Gross issued against Hasan for having a beard at pretrial hearings this past summer, when he first showed up in court with facial hair.
Army grooming standards prohibit beards but allow for religious exceptions. Gross denied Hasan's request for such an exception. He found that Hasan's claims of religious sincerity did not outweigh prosecutor's arguments that Hasan grew the beard just before his August trial date so witnesses wouldn't be able to identify him in court.
Six of the seven judges on the appeals court questioned lawyers for both sides Thursday, mainly about the limits of Gross' authority and the perception of impartiality.
Defense attorney Capt. Kristin McGrory said military judges have no authority to order forcible shaving. She said military regulations authorize it for inmates only for safety and health reasons.
She also disputed Gross' assertion that the beard would be a disruption during Hasan's trial.
"The fact that he's wearing a beard does not materially interfere with the course of the trial," McGrory told the panel.
Chief Judge Col. William Kern repeatedly asked government attorney Capt. Kenneth Borgnino whether Gross had put his impartiality in question by issuing the order instead of leaving it up to Hasan's chain of command. Hasan hasn't been charged with a grooming violation.
Judge Col. Steven Haight asked Borgnino: "Is it appropriate for the command to virtually punt the forcible shaving issue over to the military judge?"
Borgnino said Gross was merely controlling his courtroom. He said a bearded Hasan at trial would be as offensive to the judge and jury as an obscene signboard.
"This isn't a situation where he's missing a button off his uniform," Borgnino said. Allowing the beard, he said, "would be to cede control of the courtroom to the whims of the accused."
It's unclear when the court will make a decision, which could be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
The Fort Hood rampage was the worst mass shooting ever at a U.S. military installation. Hasan remains jailed.
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Originally posted by Vannor
I checked out the coordinates for each map ingame.
The original game map is 15000 x 8150
The expansions map is 20500 x 15300
So what I've said above is correct. The expansions continents are deceptively smaller on the map but they arn't really. The individual zones are also much bigger than the ones in the original, which is deceptive once the map is fully zoomed out. Most are actually more than double the size. When looking at the new continents, you are seeing them from further away.
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I'm curious tho...
People are saying that Storm Leggion map size is 200% bigger then the original game.. If that is true, then I have to ask something.. Since the game released in early 2011, assuming NONE of the expansion content was made prior to that, why did the game release with such as a small ass world? This will be interesting what Trion will do over the next 18 months.. People will be expecting the same output as the first expansion.. This might end up being comical.. It's like the running back that brags about rushing for 2,000 yards and recieving for another 1,000...... Guess what? Now you have to do that ever season.. Good Luck..
Originally posted by Vannor
But there cant be a dance without dancing. If nothing is dancing, there is no dance.
Of course the noun and verb dont necessarily mean the same thing. Dancing is performing a dance. Hyping is producing hype. You said that hype is not a verb and now are trying to backtrack on it to save face. And generally, verb definitions and noun definitions are related, and this is no exception
Well look, there is that intensive promotion in both the verb form and the noun form.
You really should have just left this argument long ago, because your 'slam dunk' was just blocked. Nothing more embarassing than having a dunk blocked.
Here is another definition that is closer to your interpretation:
1. Excessive publicity and the ensuing commotion
Still, no mention of any exaggeration here. But yes, I realize some definitions will mention exaggeration or deception.
All this really means is that there is no agreed upon definition for hype.
But the reality of it is, when this site has a hype rating for games, its not a measure of which games people feel are most over publicized, its the games they are most looking forward too. Hype is something products want. In the way its used on this site, its more about excitement and anticipation for a product pre-release (and since this thread was started less than a week after SL's release, its close enough to that time frame).
Note that the second verb definition above, to stimulate or excite someone...No negative connotation at all.
Its after the product has been released for a while that hype switches from positive to negative. 'It didnt live up to the hype' or 'it was all hype.' Its just really that people tend to have unrealistic expectations.
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I canceled RIFT and WoW lastnight. I tired of that syle of game play.
Originally posted by Vannor
Ok, I did a rough estimation of the size of the two maps using coordinates. Basically I broke each map down into a few squares (or in EI's case a circle) and added some areas up. Both estimations are a little bigger than they actually are (I didnt worry about the straight between the two SL continents nor did I worry about the lake in the original map
Storm legion is about 43,580,200 square units
pre-expansion is about 35,030,000 square units
SL is roughly 1.25x the size of the existing world, although there is a pretty bg margin of error in these estimates. Its certainly not more than 2x the size as advertised though.
Originally posted by strangiato2112
All pointless arguing because the person you replied to in the first place meant that the game didn't have exaggrated hype. Interpretations might be different, sure... Definitions might differ, sure. It was your 'argued' interpretation that didn't fit the context though, not mine. They meant Rift didn't have the kind of hype with negative connotations and you know it. Then, you used that as a way to hate on the game, meaning you meant the negative version as well, and are trying to argue your way out of it.
Originally posted by strangiato2112
No way of doing this in any accurate way because the continents are completely different shapes. I would have already done it if there was. Pointless.
It's as pointles as me saying:
The original game map is 15000 x 8150 = 122250000
The expansions map is 20500 x 15300 = 313650000
Storm Legion's map is over 2.5 times bigger than that of the original map. Minus the water from both and the continents are certainly 2 times bigger.
Original map has about 50% water = 61125000
SL Map is about 60% water = 125460000
Gives a nice 'rough' estimate like yours but that shows it is more than 2x bigger. There's more proof here though that is it a lot closer to being 2x bigger than 1x bigger.
There is also a larger amount of the original continent that isn't playable space which adds about another 10% dead space to the original map. See the grey areas here, it's an old map without Ember Isle but it hasn't changed other than that: http://www.riftjunkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Rift-Junkies-World-Map-and-Level-Ranges.jpg
The SL continents have some dead space on them as well, but it's not as much.
Not to mention we have no idea if you are actually competent at this sort of thing. We'd need the proper graphic file, both the same scale as each other, to do it properly.
Also.. you don't have the expansion do you? Which maps have you been using? Were they the same scale? lol Because if you havn't been using the ones ingame with the ingame coordinates.. the door is over there. Even the ingame maps arn't the same scale when fully zoomed out, that's why you need the real ingame coordinates.
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For those of you wondering why the world was so "small" at launch... the answer is very logical.
We saw this same thing happen with DAoC... where you have content specific to each faction. For the original launch, they had to design essentially two branches of 1-50 content: one for Guardians and one for Defiants. There is some overlap, but not a ton.
The same thing happened with DAoC. With Shrouded Isles, its first expansion, each realm had its own "expansion". So all development efforts were divded in 3. With Trials of Atlantis, while each realm had its own "atlantis", but the content was very much the same and it felt like a much larger addition.
For SL, this is no longer the case. Content is shared amongst both factions now. So instead of each faction getting "half" the content, each faction gets to see everything.
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My favorite expansion of all time was Trials of Atlantis for DaoC. You wanna talk about epic expansions, SL has nothing on that expansion.
I healed Mistwraith and all I got was this stupid tee-shirt!
Originally posted by Vannor
Actually the person I responded to said that storm legion was a sleeper. I was more reacting to the ridiculous notion that this is some surprise expansion pack that came out of nowhere. People talked about it a lot. People expected it to be great.
You saw it is negative, because you associate me with negativity. You dont like that fact that I point out Rift's flaws. But you will notice I dont criticise unless an opinion is asked for (then it would be improper not to) or when people exaggerate or sometimes flat out lie. And i certainly say positive things about Trion and the game too. In fact, Im pretty sure in this thread I agreed it was probably the best expanson since Echoes of Faydwer.
Originally posted by strangiato2112
Actually I don't see you as being overly, and only, negative about Rift. The only reason I replied is because of your previous comments. I agreed with them and have said the same thing in other threads. I don't think you are a troll at all, but you 'are' hating, if I did I wouldn't have bothered discussing it with you.
Yes, people expected SL to be great. That was it's hype.. but you are saying it isn't as great as they thought (which most disagree with), meaning you are claiming it isn't as great as they thought... the negative hype. I disagree with that.
Originally posted by Vannor
I have access to an active Rift account (w/ SL). I was using the ingame maps with the zone boundaries, not the continent boundaries. I was using coordinates and seperated into different rectangular regions. Since the continents arent nice and square, yes what I have done isnt perfect. There was some eyeballing, so no, not exact. I tried to make the rectangles so the spillover in one corner would equal the gap in the opposite corner, tried to fit best I could. If you really doubt me, go nuts in game and break it down. If you wanted to spend a couple hours you could get a pretty accurate number
I am certain that at most SL 1.5x size of pre-SL, but I think my 1.25 is probably fairly close.
Originally posted by Vannor
No, I didnt say that. I did say (at some point, not sure if in this thread) that its a little premature to say how great it is, wait to see how people react when its out a month. Even so, Ive been one of the premature people (and Ive praised it even though Im choosing not to play it...and I havent even been that vocal on why Im not playing)
But what started this is me disagreeing that Storm Legon is a sleeper.
Then you brought in dictionary definitions of hype, and we also disagree on some points of how you can interpret what Trion has done (and its an agree to disagree sort of thing, I think the press conferences were excessive...but not necessarily a bad thing, and there is the whole world size thing which we are discussing elsewhere).
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I'll be "that guy", but the picture of the chick with the rack is actually of Queen Miela, leader of the Lycini Elves, the major faction in the new continents.
Crucia is in fact a big ugly dragon god from the plane of air.
That clarification aside, issues raised:
Mob tagging: there IS mob tagging, but it's actually the reverse of what you might think. Nobody "owns" a mob, it's XP and it's loot. All a person needs to do is "tag" a mob, and he/she gets a full share of the XP and loot the mob is worth when it dies. Example: You pull 5 mobs and spend 60 seconds killing them all. Each mob is worth 3,000XP. At some point I walk by and drop a single AOE on the group you're working and move on. You end up with 1,500 XP, and so do I. You did 99% of the work, I get half the XP, as well as half the coin. After 60 this won't be as much of a problem, but you can basically leech your way by insta-casting AOE spells while running around and taking away people's effort.
Non-raid advancement: The vendors sell "Adventure" items in the new continents for the new currency Emperyal Sourcestone (ESS). You now get ESS from a greater variety of activiies, not just invasions. These vendor purchased "Adventure" items can be upgraded instead of replaced. Eventually, I believe they are to be equivalent of top-end Expert/entry level T-1 gear, all for just doing daily quests, Instant Adventures and helping out with Zone Invasions. Raid gear will still be the best, obviously, but sitting back in any easy chair will get you "competitive" gear.
Quest hubs: Don't really exist so much anymore, but there are story quests that take you around a zone so you see everyplace. Most quests are now "progressive objective" quests, meaning, in the course of one quest, you do A, that reveals that you must do B, which when completed opens up C, D, E, etc. The other typical quests are still in the game, and if you do the story quests you're bound to encounter their replacements:
The more exploring you do, the more quests that you will find. However, to follow the "story" you're not really caught up in "Kill X" and/or "Fetch Y" quests out the wazoo. They're there to some extent, the quests need to be _something_, but Trion kinda did a good job in taking MMO questing for XP to some new level. That said, I understand that just following the story lines is simply not enough XP to advance to the next zones. Some combination of these other quests/Instant Adventures/PVPing must be done.
Originally posted by strangiato2112
You said it was "hyped beyond belief".
Originally posted by PhelimReagh
Queen Miela does not have those eyes (and is wearing (slightly) more clothing). That ad features the hot chick formerly known as Queen Miela.
I dont think the mob tagging xp is as bad as you posted, but its true, if someone comes along and 'helps' you on your mob, you lose exp.
Originally posted by Vannor
Opposite exaggeration to the notion of SL being a sleeper. It did have a disproportionate amount of attenton around it compared to the size of the playerbase though.
Originally posted by strangiato2112
But with the scale of this expansion, whether or not it really is 3 times bigger than it was before it does add tons of other things as well, do you not think it deserves a bit, or even a lot, of outside attention? You're saying it doesn't deserve the attention yet you are also saying it's the best expansion in recent years. You're contradicting yourself. Surely the best expansion is recent years deserves a lot of attention.
I've yet to see another single expansion that doubles the size of the world it's expanding. Not saying there isn't one though, I just havn't seen it. Maybe AO's Shadowlands did actually.... not sure. Nah, probably not actually cos AO's original game was massive.. full of nothing but massive. I havn't seen an expansion that adds 4 new classes.. and they can be considered full classes because it's 4 new classes you can put the full 61 points in and specialise in just them.
Plus, when something is a sleeper hit.. it doesn't mean no one knows about it.. it means no one is expecting it to be any good when it actually is and it becomes a hit later. They disregard it at first. So, saying it's not a sleeper hit and is hyped beyond belief is the same as saying it's not as good as people think it is... and sorta suggests it's going to fail. Commonly known as hating. It's also the opposite of what is happening, for now anyway.
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Originally posted by fanglo
Ironically, that is the expansion that everyone says they hated and was why they left the game. Personally, I liked it just fine.
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Growing up in Ohio, Paul Wei never dreamed he'd one day be living overseas as an executive for a major international company.
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Wei was born in California and raised in North Canton, where his family moved when he was in second grade. Wei learned Chinese at home from his Chinese parents, but didn't have much opportunity to practice. Now that he lives in China, he said his Chinese has greatly improved.
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Kim Howard is another global executive with ties to Toledo.
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Howard also attributed Owens Corning's legacy to its employees.
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Howard said her years with Owens Corning have been professionally and personally satisfying.
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Howard previously held similar positions in Europe, based in France and Belgium. She said the experience has been enriching for her family, but she's happy to be back in Toledo.
"It has helped our family to be so much closer, it has helped us to have open eyes about the diversity of the world and has created a lot of cultural sensitivity and understanding for us all," she said.
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Businesses and organizations in Berkeley County with sweepstakes-type gaming machines are being placed on notice that any and all gambling and gaming machines are illegal and must be removed immediately, according to Berkeley County Sheriff H. Wayne DeWitt.
DeWitt made the announcement in a release last week.
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We so badly want to be looking forward to the Olympics! We want to support our favorite athletes as they all go for the gold. But there are some athletes that are really bumming us out instead — you know, the ones that are getting arrested for doing terrible, stupid and terribly stupid things. Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, Dez Bryant, is our most recent disappointment. After Dez's mother made some desperate 911 calls saying that her son was "assaulting" her and that he refused to leave the house, Dez turned himself in to the police yesterday and was booked for assault, family violence, a Class A misdemeanor. At least he turned himself in, but really, who hurts their mother? We will never forgive him for this!
July 15 – Jason Kidd, 10-time NBA All Star point guard, got a DWI in Southampton on Sunday morning after crashing into a telephone pole. Hey Kidd, can you hear us now?
July 14 – Marshawn Lynch, who plays for the Seattle Seahawks, was arrested in his hometown for driving under the influence. This isn't even a first offense! In 2008, he struck a pedestrian outside of a bar and drove off.
July 14 (yep, it was a great night)- Denver Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil was arrested in Miami on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm. That's dumb and scary and … OK, we'll stop that.
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