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Noah is what we will need to stay in the top 10 next year.
here come all the old school hoosiers saying the dont like his "body language" because he looks bored against this competition. I say look at that pretty lefty banker he hit.
He certainly has a big frame and a nice game, wait till he hits our weight training program, he'll be a beast in time. I can't help but think though that every freshman is going to go through an adjustment period. Couple this with the "leap" guys seem to take their sophomore year and the heavy lifting will likely be done by Will, Remy, Yogi, and Jeremy…hopefully Hanner as well. I'm going to assume that Victor and Cody will be in the NBA. This will give Noah and Troy a bunch of minutes so they should come along and find their groove in time for the Big Ten season. Luke and Peter will be wild cards and Devin/Stan/Collin its hard to tell, any one of them could explode like Vic and Will have.
When Zeller decides to come back next season, we will have the most dominant frontcourt in the nation. Not sure how the scholly situation will turn out but i really dont care right now. I'm almost positive that this kid will be our best player regardless of whether Zeller comes back or not.
He probably will have a period of transition; you're right, everyone does. But seeing as Draft Express currently has him as the 7th pick in the draft immediately following his freshman year, I think he should be able to handle the transition well and be a big contributor for us.
Even the best of the best have an adjustment period, I agree with you. Noah wont need much time. He's something special. Noah, Stan, and Troy will be by far our best from the 2013 class. Stan Robinson and Troy Williams are going to be fan faves bc of the way they play D and get out in transition.
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I wouldn't assume that Troy will be starting, or anybody that isn't top 10. I could see Yogi, Hollowell/Abell, Sheehee, HMP, Fischer….its really a toss up. If we win a NC then I fully expect VO, and Z to go pro.
May be the best offensive rebounder since DJ White. Something that has been sorely missed since he left.
Inside-outside..passes…rebounds..scores. Saw another kid who did all that at Noah's age..first name was Ervin (later known as Magic)..he went on to do pretty well. NV has that kind of potential… I don't get real giddy over HS talent..but..
Nobody can guard him! VO, Will, CWat, even with 5 fouls to give, TP couldn't guard him!
Most of these highlight reels have a lot of the same type things. When I watch them I try and look for things that don't jump out at you the way a dunk or block do and I feel like NV has a way of making even those type of things jump out at you. Especially liked the use of his left hand and using it without making it noticeable that it is his off hand. If one was to watch just that one part where he uses his left hand and then was asked whether they thought it was his off hand or his primary hand it would be pretty much a guess for most, if not all, people. Smooooth operator, me like lots !!
What if Oladipo returns?
As much as I love Oladipo and think he will translate into a good pro, I think this kid is our best player next year regardless. He has every tool in his tool box. He's the most dominant rebounder in the nation and I'm not even sure it's close. He shoots the ball exceptionally well from the perimeter, handles the ball like a guard, passes exceptionally well, and protects te rim. We haven't had a talent like this in quite some time. He's the type of guy that if his shot isn't falling, he still can put up 15 & 15+. We loved Trey Lyles and this Vonleh kid has owned Lyles everytime they play each other. Reference back to the Adidas nations tournament. If Zeller AND Oladipo come back, I don't see how we wouldn't be the hands down favorite to win it all.
I'm very excited to see Noah Vonleh put on the Candy Stripes. He's a very special player with a lot of talent. I see him starting next to Zeller in the front court next season. And yes I do believe Zeller will return for his junior year despite the majority saying else. With that said I think Vonleh is a one and done.
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There have been similair posts, and we'll likely soon find out the truth. I've looked at it from many angles and finally decided to share my ideas, what I think happened with the characters of Madara and Tobi, and their connection with Nagato. This is gonna be a log post with several manga references, posting a lot of established facts and speculation on my part.
So with Madara Uchiha being the secret Edo Tensei of Kabuto, the age-old discussion of Tobi's true identity was rekindled. Just who is he, if he isn't Madara?
1: Nagato's Rinnegan
Although Tobi claimed ownership over the Rinnegan, stating that he gave it to Nagato, it was a lie. It was Madara Uchiha who gave his own, newly awakened Rinnegan to Nagato (who was compatible as an Uzumaki thus a descendant of the Rikudo), shortly before his death. When Madara was summoned, he refered to Nagato. http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/559/2
This page suggests that Madara thought he was resurrected, but not by Edo Tensei. Now I refer to Tobi's statement here: http://www.mangareader.net/93-458-17...apter-453.html
If Madara had the Rinnegan, he knew of the Rinne Rebirth. The Rinnegan he aquired just before his death. He must have given it to Nagato in the hopes of being resurrected by him, eventually. But that never happened. Nagato sacrificed himself for Konoha and Tobi claimed the Rinnegan for himself.
Speaking of Tobi and the Rinnegan, there are a few things I like to point out. For one the difference between the way Tobi wields it and how Madara wields it. They are fundamentally different. Madara can keep Rinnegan active and use Sharingan Jutsu at the same time. Tobi has one Sharingan (his right eye, the one he is never without), one Rinnegan. This suggests Tobi has not naturally mastered Rinnegan.
Secondly, an important clue: Tobi is compatible with Rinnegan. This leads to a vital aspect in determining his identity.
2. His clan
Compatibility with Rinnegan means he is a part of the Rikudo's lineage. That in turn means he belongs to one of three clans: Uchiha, Senju or Uzumaki. Let's break this down.
He's not Senju. He has injected himself with Senju cells (those of Hashirama to be precise, he keeps him stuck in a tree). http://www.mangareader.net/93-57473-...apter-510.html
He's likely not Uzumaki. Most have red hair, Naruto being the only exception do far. Nagato, Kushina, Mito and Karin are all red headed. This makes him being an Uzumaki unlikely.
This suggests he is a true Uchiha after all, which can be backed up by several hints. For one, his mastery over Sharingan. Only Uchiha have been shown capable of maintaining Sharingan without being drained of chakra, wether the Sharingan is transplanted (Sasuke, Madara) or not (Itachi). I believe Tobi's current right eye is transplanted, which I'll come back to later. Now Tobi has always maintained his right Sharingan, he is never seen without it. Plus he could handle the Senju power he implanted, while Danzo could not fully contain it. He intimately knows the uchiha's deepest secrets, including Madara's history and secrets (such as the Nagato story).
3. The Tobito theory and Mangekyo Sharingan
Obito and Tobi one and the same person? Highly unlikely. Too many points contradict this theory, and I'm not going to bother naming them all, from age discrepancies to smashed bodies. Kishimoto has to really write himself out of serious plot inconsistencies to make this fit. So I am not going to explore this further, except for one curious element that probito theories use. The infamous right eye debacle. While I'm quite sure Tobi isn't Obito, I am also equally convinced of Tobi's right eye originally belonging to Obito. Let's delve into some Sharingan technicalities.
If we look at the Mangekyo Sharingan, we can see certain jutsu. I'll list them all:
-Amaterasu: Ninjutsu shown to be present in one eye of both Sasuke and Itachi
-Tsukuyomi: Gejutsu shown to be present in the other eye of Sasuke and Itachi
-Susano'o: Ninjutsu shown to be present in both eyes of Madara, Sasuke and Itachi
-Amatsu no Kami: Genjutsu unique to Shisui, present in both eyes.
-Kamui: Space-time ninjutsu unique to Kakashi thus Obito's left eye.
It's interesting to note that Tobi's special teleportation jutsu is a space-time ninjutsu. And Tobi always has his right Sharingan active. I believe Tobi took Obito's right eye and awakened the second Mangekyo jutsu residing in it, a sister jutsu to Kamui. Just why I think he transplanted this Sharingan will come to light later in this post. I also want to add that Tobi has several shelves filled with jars containing Sharingan, presumably taken during the Uchiha massacre.
To recap so far: Tobi is almost certainly a true Uchiha, did not awaken his own Rinnegan, possibly owns Obito's right eye though he cannot possibly be Obito. Add to that his power. Though not nearly as powerful as Madara, he has proven to be quite a powerful Uchiha nonetheless. He mastered several powerful Sharingan abilities (possibly including Mangekyo if te Obito eye assumption is correct). He could battle Minato and defeated the likes of Konan. Combined with Rinnegan, he has shown himself as one of the more powerful characters in the series so far. Not only is he a powerful Uchiha, he is also quite old, and has sustained his life by tinkering around with his body, such as injecting himself with the potent life force of the Senju, replacing eyes and possibly even limbs. He also has detailed knowledge of all the Uchiha's secrets, and knows a lot about Madara's life. This helped the mysterious person known as Tobi to adopt the name of Madara and play his role convincingly from behind a mask he wears to conceal the fact that he is not the legendary clansman. I would like to add my believe that Kishimoto isn't such a poor author that he, against conventional author wisdom, reveals Tobi as a completely unknown character. Whoever he is, it is pretty much certain that we have already seen or heard about the true man behind the mask.
This all leads me to speculate to a certain individual who, if above stories hold true, is most likely to be Tobi. I am going to write a sort of history for this person, using the material I wrote earlier in the post, in order to reconstruct a possible story of a mentally unstable person with identity issues. Now this is not going to be a shocker, because several people have already coined this one, but most posts did not adress enough issues. So here goes nothing:
The history of Izuna Uchiha, psychopathic brother to Madara
Once upon a time, as you know, during an era of battle, the two most powerful ninja clans, Uchiha and Senju, both descended from the two sons of the Rikudo, constantly waged war as eachother's greatest rivals. The two most gifted shinobi in the Uchiha clan were two brothers. The older brother Madara and the younger brother Izuna. Both were remarkably talented and awakened their Mangekyo. It seemed however, that Madara was the more talented of the two and became the eventual clan leader.
Similair to the relationship between Sasuke and Itachi, I believe that Izuna both resented and revered his older brother as they grew up together. This is a paralel that has been hinted upon by Kishimoto. Eventually, as they continued to battle, Madara started to lose his eyesight. He took his Izuna's eyes to gain the Eternal Mangekyo. The manner in which he aquired those eyes determines some parts of the story. I'll cover one in detail and afterwards describe the slight changes in case the other manner was used. I am going to assume here that Madara forcibly took the eyes in his quest to gain ever more power. Izuna, left for dead, was highly bitter of this, he lost out to his brother. He, a shell of his former self, faded into anonimity, he lost his name, Izuna was dead to the world.
After Konoha was founded and Madara left the clan, feeling betrayed, he once again sought battle. There was only one opponent that could satiate his thirst: Hashirama Senju. In this final, climactic battle, Madara awakened the final evolutionary stage of the Sharingan, presumably only reacheable after attaining EMS, namely the Rinnegan. He also sought the power of Senju, wanting to steal some of Hashirama's cells. With this, Madara would gain the power of the Rikudo, finally cementing him irrevocably as the most powerful shinobi alive. But he went and got himself beaten. Knowing his end was nigh, Madara sought out a young Uzumaki boy he saw during one of his battles around Amegakure. He gave this boy his own Rinnegan, with the intention of the boy one day sacrificing himself to resurrect Madara. Al the while Izuna kept a check on his older brother. After Madara's death, Izuna finally lost it. The one man he admired most, the one who took eveything from him in order to gain unimaginable power, was defeated. He then vowed to fulfill Madara's goal of becoming the next Rikudo, he would gain the power to subjugate the world. He would don a mask to conceal his true face, adopting the name Madara, eventually becoming unable to seperate himself from the Madara identity. His jealousy, his anger, his grief over his brother, his lust for power, it al led him to wanting to become Madara. His knowledge and powers allowed him to play that role so well that a lot of people believed him, from Nagato to Itachi. All the while he took the Senju cells from Madara to sustain his own life, he would transplant Sharingan to replace the ones he lost. He eventually took Obito's eyes. A few years later he would use his newfound space-time powers to battle against Minato to procure the Ninetails that rightfully belonged to Madara, thus himself. Sometime after that, he was approached by Itachi offering him a part in the Uchiha massacre. Glad to destroy the clan that betrayed him and his brother, and with the prospect of gaining a lot of Sharingan, he accepted. There is only one person that realized the truth. Whos saw trhouh Tobi's boast, his completely believable act of being Madara. Kabuto found Madara's remains and immediately concluded that only Izuna could portray Madara so well. Thus he had the ultimate bargaining chip against akatsuki's leader.
But what if Izuna voluntarily gave up his eyes? Then he shared Madara's ambition and wanted him to make that dream a reality. But then Madara lost, and Izuna grew bitter of that. He assumed the role of Madara to accomplish these goals in place of his brother. Basically same story.
To recap: Izuna had a relationship with Madara that resembled that of Sasuke and Itachi. He revered and resented his more talented brother. After he died, Izuna lost it, took the Senju cells Madara had aquired to prolong his life, wore a mask and took the name Madara, becoming more mentally unstable untillhe started to confuse his own identity, wanting, like his brother to become all powerfull, to subjugate the world.
Finally, a comparison pic. First I would like to note that Tobi is definitely not Madara, as we all know, due to Edo tensei. The picture in the spoiler is a compilation of Tobi, Madara and Izuna pics.
I would like you to note the shape of Tobi's eyes and the heavy eyelids. They are identical to Madara and Izuna. New thing with Tobi are the bags under his eyes due to advanced age. Now if Madara is dead, then who looks exactly like Tobi? So far, only Izuna comes to mind...


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Alcoa World Alumina Agrees to Plead Guilty toForeign Bribery and Pay $223 Million in Fines and Forfeiture
Alcoa World Alumina LLC, a majority-owned and controlled global alumina sales company of Alcoa Inc., has agreed to plead guilty later today and pay $223 million in criminal fines and forfeiture to resolve charges that it paid millions of dollars in bribes through an international middleman in London to officials of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton of the Western District of Pennsylvania, Chief Richard Weber of IRS—Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Assistant Director in Charge Valerie Parlave of the FBI's Washington Field Office made the announcement.
"Alcoa World Alumina today admits to its involvement in a corrupt international underworld in which a middleman, secretly held offshore bank accounts, and shell companies were used to funnel bribes to government officials in order to secure business," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Raman.
"The law does not permit companies to avoid responsibility for foreign corruption by outsourcing bribery to their agents, and, as today's prosecution demonstrates, neither will the Department of Justice."
"Today's case shows that multinational corporations cannot get away with using middlemen to structure sham business arrangements that funnel kickbacks to government officials," said U.S. Attorney Hickton.
Alcoa World Alumina has agreed to plead guilty in the Western District of Pennsylvania to one count of violating the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA in connection with a 2004 corrupt transaction, to pay a criminal fine of $209 million, and to administratively forfeit $14 million.
As part of the plea agreement, Alcoa Inc. (Alcoa) has agreed to maintain and implement an enhanced global anti-corruption compliance program.
In a parallel action, Alcoa settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
and will pay an additional $161 million in disgorgement, bringing the total amount of U.S. criminal and regulatory penalties to be paid by Alcoa and Alcoa World Alumina to $384 million.
"This case is the result of unraveling complex financial transactions used by Alcoa World Alumina LLC's agent to facilitate kickbacks to foreign government officials," said Chief Richard Weber of IRS-CI.
"IRS-CI will not be deterred by the use of sophisticated international financial transactions as we continue our ongoing efforts to pursue corporations and executives who use hidden offshore assets and shell companies to circumvent the law."
"Corrupt kickback payments to foreign government officials to obtain business diminish public confidence in global commerce," said Assistant Director in Charge Parlave. "There is no place for bribery in any business model or corporate culture.
Today's plea demonstrates the FBI and our law enforcement partners are committed to curbing corruption and will pursue all those who try to advance their businesses through bribery."
Today's court filings allege that Alcoa of Australia, another Alcoa-controlled entity, originally secured a long-term alumina supply agreement with Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), an aluminium smelter controlled by the government of Bahrain.
At the request of certain members of Bahrain's Royal Family who controlled the tender process, Alcoa of Australia inserted a London-based middleman with close ties to certain Royal Family members as a sham sales agent and agreed to pay him a corrupt commission intended to conceal bribe payments, according to court papers.
Over time, Alcoa of Australia expanded the relationship with the middleman, identified as Consultant A in today's court filings, to begin invoicing increasingly larger volumes of alumina sales through his shell companies, which permitted Consultant A to make larger bribe payments to certain government officials, according to today's filings.
As admitted in the charging documents, in 2004, Alcoa World Alumina corruptly secured a long-term alumina supply agreement with Alba by agreeing to purportedly sell over 1.5 million metric tons of alumina to Alba through offshore shell companies owned by Consultant A.
The sham distributorship permitted Consultant A to mark up the price of alumina by approximately $188 million from 2005 to 2009, the duration of the corrupt supply agreement.
Court filings allege that Consultant A used the mark-up to pay tens of millions in corrupt kickbacks to Bahraini government officials, including senior members of Bahrain's Royal Family.
To conceal the illicit payments, Consultant A and the government officials used various offshore bank accounts, including accounts held under aliases, at several major financial institutions around the world, including in Guernsey, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
In addition to the monetary penalty, Alcoa and Alcoa World Alumina agreed to cooperate with the department in its continuing investigation of individuals and institutions involved in these matters.
The plea agreement and related court filings acknowledge Alcoa's current financial condition as a factor relevant to the size of the criminal fine, as well as Alcoa's and Alcoa World Alumina's extensive cooperation with the department, including conducting an extensive internal investigation, making proffers to the government, voluntarily making current and former employees available for interviews, and providing relevant documents to the department.
Court filings also acknowledge subsequent anti-corruption remedial efforts undertaken by Alcoa.
The department acknowledges and expresses its appreciation for the cooperation and assistance of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, the Guernsey Financial Intelligence Service and Guernsey Police, the Australian Federal Police, the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office, and other law enforcement authorities in the department's investigation of this matter.
The department also acknowledges and expresses its appreciation for the significant assistance provided by the SEC's Division of Enforcement.
The investigation is being conducted by Special Agents and analysts with the IRS-Criminal Investigation's Washington Field Office and the FBI's Washington Field Office.
The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Chief Adam G. Safwat and Trial Attorneys Andrew Gentin, Allan J. Medina and Andrew H. Warren of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section, with the assistance of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
The Criminal Division's Office of International Affairs also provided significant assistance during this investigation.
Additional information about the Justice Department's FCPA enforcement efforts can be found at www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa
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A lot of folks here in the United Kingdom love sports and betting.
So it's not exactly surprising that horse racing enjoys a particular high popularity seeing that this is something that combines both of those exciting things!
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So what does this mean for us casual horse racing fans?
Obviously, we cannot dedicate that much time on researching the horses if we want to increase our odds of winning. The good thing here is that we don't have to because you can get horse racing strategies without having to do this type of work!
This is exactly what I would recommend you should do: if you go on the Internet and so some searching you may come across the one or the other horseracing dedicated websites where a betting professional is offering their strategies and tips such as from the Horse Racing Pro's website. The best thing here is that most of those guys have free trials for their strategies. This means you can easily test and compare a bunch of them without having to pay anything.
Be Careful If You Buy Stuff On Gumtree
Ebay, Gumtreee and similar "second hand" websites are always great for finding the one or the other bargain or rare treasure. Then again, if you love to shop on such websites, caution is always advised.
Did you know that Gumtree alone is hit by 250 fraud claims each end every week? Websites where private individuals can offer and sell goods on the internet are always appealing for scammers and those large sites such as Gumtree are especially liked by those criminals.
One rather common scheme on Gumtree would be that a property is offered up for rent and the alleged "landlord" is asking for a hefty security deposit in advance. When you then finally want to inspect the rental in question you will find it's not even up for rent and then your money will be long gone. Always use common sense if you do business on such websites and most importantly don't ever pay money in advance. Be aware that if something sounds to be good to be true it more often than not really is.
Export Management Software Can Help Your Business Save Money
Working efficiently normally means getting a job done in the fastest yet most cost-efficient way. For some types of businesses, including my own, this is not always that easy to achieve. Let me explain.
Among of the main culprits that can often tie up a lot of time and then end up costing lots of money is everything related to management and organization.
If things go awry there, say if they're not as efficient as they could possibly be, the entire business can suffer.
In the shipping business this problem become particularly evident. Why? Because in this type of business a lot hinges on effective organization.
At some point your customer base will grow and you simply cannot afford to slack managing invoices, orders, customer inquiries and of course everything related to shipping your goods to your customers as fast as possible.
Be assured that any unhappy customer, any single delayed or missed shipment could (and normally will) backfire.
This is where business software such as export management software can help tremendously!
I have personally seen how the export management software we obtained made a big difference in daily operations:
* We can respond faster to customer inquiries
* We can fulfill orders much quicker
* We can ship items in various ways which means that we can offer the customer more choices there, including economy shipping, over-night shipping etc.
* We can now basically avoid all mistakes such as shipping the wrong items or having incomplete shipping documents for customs.
The last point alone deserves attention since proper customs documents are extremely important. For any international shipping company, when a shipment is held up in customs it is normally a minor to major catastrophe. (Most of then time it's a major one, let me assure you.) This can easily happen without export management software since a mistake on a customs form is easily made. No one can keep track of the constant changing regulations, especially if you ship to or import from China, India and similar countries.
So, to let me conclude this blog post. If you're the owner of a small business where you ship goods, export management software can be a huge time and money- saver!
Money Saving Tips For Families
Those who have babies don't have it easy especially if money is tight. Things such as diapers, baby wipes and quality baby foods can cost a lot of money. It's for that reason no surprise that a good number of families in the United Kingdom struggle facing such costs.
On the other hand, there are plenty of things you can do to save money if you have a big family!
Did you know that many of the known brands for things such as baby food or hygiene products have clubs you can join that can often give you substantial savings?
Then of course there are coupons or reward cards you could also take advantage of.
Here is a great article with ten money saving tips for families with small children. Check it out, it covers all of the above things along with other money saving tips such as buying in bulk.
Proper Fire Safety To Save Lifes (And Money!)
Any responsible business owner knows that safety must come first. For once, here in the UK we have strict laws that mandate that businesses must adhere to certain fire safety and prevention measures.
Secondly, any responsible and ethical employer will also want to make sure that his/her employees are safe and sound and this includes proper fire prevention in your premises whether it be fire extinguishers, smoke alarms or more complex systems.
But effective fire prevention systems, aside from the obvious fact that they can save lives, have also the major advantage that they can save the business owner huge amounts of money!
In many cases, a properly installed fire prevention system can actually save the entire business from ruin. It should be obvious that any prevented damage to equipment and inventory means that huge financial losses due to a fire had been successfully avoided: The fire was either prevented altogether or it had been extinguished quickly.
For those above reasons,fire prevention systems in businesses today are rather wide-spread however those systems can differ depending on the type of business.
In some instances, certain prevention systems can not even be used or they would be ineffective or cause even more damage. An example here would be a water sprinkler system that could easily destroy a fortune worth in computer systems and electronics, this means the damage from the sprinkler would be equal or even worse than the actual fire damage.
Another case where such conventional systems cannot be used would be commercial kitchen venues. Obviously when we're dealing with hot oils, using water to extinguish a fire would be the worst thing you could so. In such cases as well you need a special fire suppression system like the Ansul system.
The Detectomat is another, rather wide-spread fire detection and fire alarm system you should consider. This is a system which basically consists of a central control unit along with several smoke detectors and manual fire alarms that will be installed throughout your premises. Many commercial businesses today make use of Detectomat systems of varied complexity.
You see that it can be rather difficult to give general advice on a proper fire prevention system since it will always depend on the type of business in question which one would be recommended.
With proper fire prevention measures for your business you can keep the risk of fires at a minimum and will be able to prevent harm to you employees and can protect yourself from major financial losses! At http://argosfire.co.uk/ you can read all about modern fire protection systems.
How To Save Money When You Hire A Car
For your next holiday abroad, when you hire a car you could actually save a significant amount of money. We're not talking "chump change" here but the differences in costs for car hires can be anything between £250 and £600!
One tip here is that you should always hire your car as early in advance to your holiday as you can. If you already know the date of your arrival at your destination you can call up the car rental agency and book your car today. Don't wait until the last minute and definitely avoid to rent your car for your holiday right from the airport.
If you do it that way you can save a whole bunch of money, even more so if you plan to visit the popular holiday destinations in Spain or Italy. The earlier you hire your car the more you will save! You can read more about it over at The Express.


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Serafina's Saga
—May 18, 2015— Serafina's spent her entire life isolated in the jungle with only her father for company, but when he's kidnapped and she sets out to rescue him, she discovers more than she ever thought possible about the world and people outside, and herself, in this pay-what-you-want (including free!) indie otome visual novel, also available for Android.
Languinis: Match and Spell
—May 17, 2015— When the Languinis anger their god, they pay the price by getting locked up. In this unique blend of word game and match-3 puzzle free for iOS and Android, it's up to you to rescue them by clearing the objectives on each level. Swipe to match tiles to make letters, then find words in order to move on and save the Languinis.
Knights of Pen & Paper 2
—May 16, 2015— KYY Games picks up the developer mantle this time for the sequel to the beloved tabletop parody RPG for iOS and Android. Create characters and then lead them on an adventure with Dungeon Master at the ready as you deal with the Paper Knight, whose disgust with your preferred edition of game has lead him to become your greatest villain! The sequel remains faithful to the original with trying on a few new concepts to flesh out the addictive gameplay.
Test Chamber
—May 11, 2015— Wrap your mind around this appealingly sleek and deceptively simple indie game, also with a free demo for iOS and Android, where the whole level wraps around you. Walk into the bottom and pop out on top, and push blocks through force-fields and around obstacles to reach the exit.
—May 10, 2015— Ilmfinity delivers a rough-around-the-edges but still ridiculously entertaining Pokemon-alike RPG adventure that offers a massive amount of gameplay for a puny price for iOS. In a world where Evokers can tame and train powerful creatures known as Creo, you set out to find your missing father and discover the truth behind a shadowy organization that's pushing for genetic modification.
—May 9, 2015— Simple, modern, addictive. These are the adjectives this physics-puzzle game uses to describe itself. Click the blocks to make them move, fall, or disappear, so you can guide the green circles and squares onto the blue blocks. An infectiously fun time waster.
Ys Chronicles 1
—May 6, 2015— One of the great understated granddaddies of the action-RPG genre comes to iOS and Android thanks to DotEmu. When Adol washes ashore a storm-locked island and agrees to go searching for an ancient book, he doesn't suspect the destiny he's about to start out on, and how many things he'll need to defeat along the way by smashing into them really, really hard.
Tetrobot and Co.
—May 5, 2015— Remember the block-shoving Tetrobot from Blocks That Matter? He's back, and this time you're sending Psychobot inside him and plenty of other broken-down Tetrobots in what may be the most enjoyable hardware recovery-based puzzle game ever!
Terra Chroma
—May 4, 2015— Solve geometric puzzles with mystic elemental forces guided by tetrominos, restore the natural harmony of the world, and rack up gold and experience in Terra Chroma, available for Android and iOS!
Cube Escape: Seasons Cube Escape: The Lake
—May 3, 2015— These two escape games from Rusty Lake are the start of a chilling new series. It begins in Seasons, as you travel through your memories inside a quiet house with its share of secrets, and continues to the deceptively serene fishing cabin of The Lake. These strikingly surreal games are also free for iOS and Android, and with more to come, an extremely promising start.
—May 3, 2015— How far down can you make it in this fantasy rogue like dungeon crawler from Slashwear Interactive? Also available as a download and for Android with iOS on the way, pick your familiar and your class and fight your way through different realms to be the true hero.
—April 29, 2015— In a world where space travel is common, unfortunately so are space disasters. A ship goes down on a desolate moon, killing all but one crew member. This lone survivor is desperate for some human contact. Somehow you pick up the astronaut's signal and end up helping Taylor make crucial decisions through the worst day of their life in this thrilling sci-fi narrative for iOS.
King's Escape
—April 28, 2015— You've just been locked in a very fancy place indeed in this strange but inventive game from Pine Studios. To find your way out, you'll need to fiddle with your inventory and make a mess of things as you solve puzzles. Also free for iOS and Android!
Bubble Shooter Archibald the Pirate
—April 26, 2015— Man the cannons and warm up those fingers because Bubble Shooter Archibald the Pirate has been released! It's a marble popper game from Akkad and Avox Games with a unique physics twist, also free for iOS and Android!
Silly Sausage in Meatland
—April 24, 2015— Also free for iOS and Android, Nitrome's putty pup is back for more as you need to stretch around saws, lasers, spikes and more while nabbing gems to activate checkpoints. It's challenging and full of variety, while designed to be a casual pick-up-and-play game for whenever you have a few minutes.
Does Not Commute
—April 23, 2015— In this simple yet addictive and funny game from Mediocre for iOS and Android, you'll need to guide each citizen where they need to go in each level... but the catch is the game records and replays all your driving as you take each new vehicle to your destination, and you're under a time limit! Bizarre characters with intriguing stories makes Does Not Commute easy to pick up but hard to put down.
Forgotten Memories: Alternate Realities
—April 23, 2015— Rose ventures into an asylum with a dark past in search of a missing girl, but gaps in her memory and strange, surreal creatures and visions haunt here in every darkened hallway in this standalone first installment of Psychoz Interactive's old school survival horror adventures for iOS.
Tiny Guardians
—April 22, 2015— When Lunalie's mentor goes missing, she sets off to rescue them, along with cards she can use to summon in powerful units like knights, rogues, mages and more to help protect her in this gorgeous and challenging blend of real-time strategy and tower defense from Kurechii for Android and iOS!
Golf is Hard
—April 21, 2015— Golf is haaaaard. Really hard. Especially when you only have one button to play it with, and you're not allowed to go walking after your ball! In this sporty puzzle game, you'll have to clear eighteen holes of increasingly ridiculous proportions without ever once leaving your tee. Choose your angle and power, and try with all your might to conquer the devious sport that is GOLF!
Push Out Fans
—April 20, 2015— Slide blocks to push out all the fans on each level. Sounds simple even with different, restricted movement types, right? But clean, minimalist design masks some surprisingly tricky brain teasers. Check out the full Android and iOS versions for more levels and another game mode!
Room Escape [Secret Code]
—April 17, 2015— From the clever creativity of Gam.eBB, the maker of the Dismantlement series, Room Escape [Secret Code] is the type of game all escape-the-room enthusiasts crave. This aesthetically pleasing little room boosts plenty of details to explore and lots of puzzles to solve. Best of all, it can be played on your mobile device so you can have fun anywhere you want to go with it.
Shape Fold Animals
—April 17, 2015— Looking for a simple and relaxing puzzler that's also available for iOS and Android? Create animals by moving and rotating shapes into place on their hinges to discover what creature is hiding inside the outline.
Glow Path
—April 16, 2015— This casual puzzle game has you clicking on blocks to slide them around in order to connect one glowing square to it's un-illuminated sibling. One hundred levels of puzzling goodness await you, and the game's also available for Android.
The Trace
—April 15, 2015— The Trace delivers a wonderfully immersive experience with a satisfying narrative and innovative gameplay for your iOS. As one murder leads to another, it's up to you to piece together clues to figure out what's going on. Explore a detailed 3D world while finding the evidence you need to solve the case.
Wacky Pirate
—April 14, 2015— This mobile and browser game is a delirious little reflex test that's sure to keep you on your toes. Release bombs to hit enemy ships and snag their loot, but be sure not to sink pirate vessels. There are also ice bergs to contend with, and some floating tokens you'll need to grab before they disappear.


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The final image of Nobuyoshi Araki's Hitomachi (Junposha, 1999), his year-long love letter to the Yanesen area of Tokyo, is a two page spread of a couple and a child at at table in a small tea house in Ueno park.
This image gets its own page (528) in the Phaidon's Nobuyoshi Araki Self, Life, Death (2005) and the venue of this particular photograph should be familiar to most anyone who has explored Tokyo- the place sat near Bentendō temple in the middle of Shinobazu pond.
I had been past it countless times but only actually went inside once for a rest during a shoot in 2012. Sure enough, Araki's table was there- as it had been since at least the late 1990's or even earlier. His is a real photo- my digital re-take is just that, an illustration of recognition. Regardless, I inevitably continued to take photos of and this place as it only became more photogenic over time.
It was then an unpleasant surprise on a morning walk last August that I saw this tea house barricaded up- a sure sign of imminent demolition. Sure enough, on a recent visit only the foundation remains. No doubt another casualty of pre-Olympic "cleanup" for 2020. Other parts of the pond are under renovation. Indeed, the new Starbucks in Ueno park up on the hill usually has a line out the front.
The overwhelming photographic documentation of Tokyo over the years means that one can't help tread the same paths of previous photographers- I've said it before, it's fascinating how photography is in conversation with itself. And when talking about Tokyo, Araki has one of the loudest voices fueled with one of the richest of vocabularies.


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Juss replaced the TPS & PCV Valve....idle little high but ran good this morning. went work for a couple of hours and started up. drove to a friends house went in for 5 mins now car won't. smells like its floodin BAD! Car acts like it wants to start but then i smell gas...what could this be?
It would drive fine for a few but when slowing down for turn or red light/stop sign it would idle real low. unless i put it in neutral it would die. just recently changed the TPS but it still idled low. tried to idle it higher(without machine to check readings) and made it worse. found out from here should check and clean TB & IAC. doing that now but how do i now i have it idled correctly without machine? and do you think this will fix problem.
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Why Cell Phones Will Kill the Public Schools Before 2040
The Ron Paul Curriculum is 100% digital. It does not use classrooms. It does not require parents to buy any textbooks. It is the wave of the future -- the not too far-distant future.
This is because of Moore's law: computer chip density doubles every 18 months. That was in 1965, when Gordon Moore of Intel made this observation. Today, it's close to every 12 months.
I take seriously Ray Kurzweil's estimates on information costs. His article on the law of accelerating returns (2001) is a classic. It has influenced my thinking.
Moore's law is accelerating. Kurzweil wrote this in 2001:
In line with my earlier predictions, supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by around 2020. By 2030, it will take a village of human brains (around a thousand) to match $1000 of computing. By 2050, $1000 of computing will equal the processing power of all human brains on Earth.
What will a public school teach a student who owns a computer as powerful as Hillary Clinton's village? What if this computer is a cell phone?
What will a public school teach 2,000 students in 2030? What will be the range of student performance? When the top 20% are equipped with this tool, what will the curriculum look like? What teacher will be bright enough to teach such students? A smartphone app will be a better teacher by far than whoever is in the classroom.
What will that teacher do for a living? Not teach. Monitor. Enforce discipline. Schools will be warehousing operations. Everyone will know this. They will be for the disciplinary problems.
How will these people train the best and the brightest for the brave new world of digital production?
The exodus will begin.
What kind of job market will a college graduate face in 2030?
Think of health care, a major segment of our aging economy. What is it today?
Kurzweil today says this. ". . . we can now fix a broken heart -- not (yet) from romance -- but from a heart attack, by rejuvenating the heart with reprogrammed stem cells."
Health and medicine is now an information technology and is therefore subject to what I call the "law of accelerating returns," which is a doubling of capability (for the same cost) about each year that applies to any information technology.
As a result, technologies to reprogram the "software" that underlie human biology are already a thousand times more powerful than they were when the genome project was completed in 2003, and will again be a thousand times more powerful than they are today in a decade, and a million times more powerful in two decades.
This will play havoc with Social Security's statistics. Medicare's, too.
What about energy?
By 2030 solar energy will have the capacity to meet all of our energy needs. The production of food and clean water will also be revolutionized.
If we could capture one part in ten thousand of the sunlight that falls on the Earth we could meet 100% of our energy needs, using this renewable and environmentally friendly source.
As we apply new molecular scale technologies to solar panels, the cost per watt is coming down rapidly. Already Deutsche Bank, in a recent report, wrote "The cost of unsubsidized solar power is about the same as the cost of electricity from the grid in India and Italy. By 2014 even more countries will achieve solar 'grid parity.'"
The total number of watts of electricity produced by solar energy is growing exponentially, doubling every two years.
It will have to. But if he is correct, then there is light at the end of the tunnel -- not a major breakthrough, but one based on Moore's law.
Similar approaches will address other resource needs. Once we have inexpensive energy we can readily and inexpensively convert the vast amount of dirty and salinated water we have on the planet to usable water.
We are also headed towards another agriculture revolution, from horizontal agriculture to vertical agriculture, where we grow very high quality food in AI controlled buildings.
These will recycle all nutrients and end the ecological disaster that constitutes contemporary factory farming. This will include hydroponic plants for fruits and vegetables and in vitro cloning of muscle tissue for meat, that is meat without animals, thereby ending animal suffering.
This technology will drive food costs down. This will make life easier for a billion poor people. If they can get solar panels, cheap digital education, clean water, and cheap food, the blight of poverty will end. When? If it takes 40 years, so what?
By the early 2020s we will print out a significant fraction of the products we use including clothing as well as replacement organs. . . . For example, in the early 2020s, you'll have a choice of many thousands of cool clothing designs that are open source and that can be printed out for pennies a pound.
Think of a public school classroom. How will some union-protected teacher with an M.A. in education compete with this?
Within five years, search engines will be based on an understanding of natural language.
Consider that IBM's Watson got a higher score on the American television game of Jeopardy than the best two human players combined.
Jeopardy is a broad task involving complicated natural language queries which include puns, riddles, jokes and metaphors.
For example, Watson got this query correct in the rhyme category: "A long tiresome speech delivered by a frothy pie topping." It correctly responded "What is a meringue harangue."
What is not widely appreciated is that Watson got its knowledge by reading Wikipedia and several other encyclopedias, a total of 200 million pages of natural language documents.
What will schools teach, if a cheap computer can access all this? Think of a slide rule facing a $25 engineering calculator -- or a free one on the Web.
Formal education in 2040 will teach first principles -- worldview, in other words. Parents will select online schools based on their own worldviews. They cannot easily do this today. But costs are falling. The content of the curriculum will matter far more than it does today, once it becomes clear to parents that students enrolled in a public school are being short-changed academically. They will move to low-cost online education.
I remember a young woman in 1980. She had paid a lot of money to attend a private Christian college. She majored in computers. They taught her punch card technology. She went to work as a low-paid chef.
What will public schools teach? If schools teach technology, their education will become obsolete rapidly. Teachers cannot keep up with their students today. "There's an app for that!" Maybe in will be called high school 2.0. Maybe it will be "faculty in a box."
When the Ivy League's entire curricula are online for free, what will a local public high school bring to the table for the top 20% academically?
Put differently, "classrooms are replaceable."
The case for public education will be this: free babysitting. That will be the end of the messianic character of American education. America's only established church today will become little more than crowd control. Only academic losers will be in the classrooms -- either as teachers or students. Families with money will not send their children into these warehouses. When these schools are at last seen as warehousing operations, the bloom will be off the rose. There will be an exodus by the most intelligent students. Their parents will pull them out. Peer pressure on parents will be too great.
When they depart, the hole in the dike will get larger. There will be a tipping point. Then the whole structure will collapse.
How can a school in rural India compete against this? How can your local high school compete today?
Remove the public schools for the upper 20%, and the establishment loses its lever.


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ELI MARDOCK is a Busy Guy
News of Eli Mardock is hitting the local Nebraska scene in a big way. Not only does his new album come out in a few weeks, but Eli and bandmate/wife have a brand new baby (the next band member perhaps??), not to mention a major endeavor he has taken on as the co-founder of Lincoln, NE's new upcoming venue, VEGA. Check it all out in recent local press for Eli Mardock below!


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The contractors have been busy and the demolition of the old shopping center is almost complete. They popped a gas line twice, and while we were a little nervous it was no big deal. HFD was on scene and never had any concerns, just precautionary supervision. We have no idea on the time line but hope they move forward quickly.
The long awaited redevelopment of the Robindell Center is underway with environmental remediation complete and plans in the final stages. The investor who acquired the property from the Kuldell family is facilitating the construction of a new grocery store under the banner ALDI. This retailer has over 1,000 stores across the United States primarily across the east coast with plans to build twenty or more units in Houston. Both BASKIN ROBBINS ICE CREAM and PAWVILLION – YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROOMER will remain on the property. Stay tuned as we update our facility over the next weeks and months.Many recent visitors have noticed the construction fence which limits our parking to beside and behind our building. This has proven to be a minor issue, with access to Beechnut via Albacore behind us, or through the subdivision via McAvoy. We do not have any updates at this time on the start date for demolition or construction but we would think it will happen pretty quickly. We hope you are as excited about this news as we are, and we appreciate your patience during the work.


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What do you do if your girlfriend's parents hate you but they haven't ever met you and are judging you by what her last boyfriend was like and they won't give you a chance?
Well what u do is tell ur girlfriend to tell her parents to give her a chance with you and see what u are like and let them get to know to see if you turn out bad or not and anways parents are allways going to be like that no matter what you do but, trust me when they get to know u and see what u are like they will know that ur not as bad as they thought you were. i think that you should go up to your girlfriend home with some flower and other girts. dress really nice. Then use all of your manners. ask if you could get the dishes. do not be fresh at all. that will get them really mad. i am just a little girl . so hey if you want to read this and listen to what i said what the heck or dont it is your choice best luck and wishes=)
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Teen Dating 101: Tips and Advice on Getting Closer to Your Boyfriend
When you are a teenager, all of your relationships seem so monumental. Often, your early relationships are blueprints for later relationships so it is important to involve you…rself in a healthy and loving relationship early on in your life. Building closeness in a relationship is an important skill needed to move forward.Sometimes, you do not even realize when you make things all about you. Pay attention to his interests. Set up a date at his favorite restaurant or take him to a baseball game. While there, act just as enthused about the situation as he is about it. Follow along with what is happening. Use this boyfriend advice to show him you do not always want to do your things.A little support goes a long way. It is likely that your boyfriend had interests and activities before he met you. Show your support by going to a play that he is in or sitting in the stands during his sporting events. Even if the sport or activity holds no interest for you, it is still great to let him know that you are there.When relationships are new, many people struggle with giving up on the way they have always done things. You may want to continue with your single routine, but this does not show support for the relationship. Compromise is a big part of making relationships grow. Let your boyfriend pick the restaurant or the movie every once in a while, and watch your relationship flourish.Even though you want to grow closer to your boyfriend and hope to do more things with him, set aside a little time to spend doing the things that you like with just your friends. A good idea is to set aside a day when both of you are able to spend time apart. This is difficult if you both have a lot of activities that you participate in, but it is necessary to make your relationship really succeed. You do not want your friendships to suffer from lack of time either.Boyfriend advice comes from all sorts of unexpected places. Look to people in relationships that you admire to help build a solid foundation with your boyfriend. These people serve as a model for healthy relationships.There's no better way to get close to your boyfriend than to get close to his family. If his parents and siblings like you, then they'll want you at family parties, dinners, and maybe even vacations. He'll like that you impress his parents, and you'll get to spend more time with him and learn more things about him. (MORE)
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Teen Dating Advice: Keeping Both You and Your Girlfriend Happy
Getting your first girlfriend is a major right of passage for many people. The thrill of a first relationship is often ruined by continual nerves regarding keeping your signif…icant other happy and satisfied in the relationship. Good girlfriend advice is difficult to come by; everyone you know has a different opinion on how to keep your girlfriend happy, but there are certain things that always work.The best girlfriend advice you are sure to receive is simply to listen to your girlfriend. Some people think of listening as simply hearing what the other person says and doing whatever you were going to do anyway. This is not a good way to make your relationship work. Really take in what your girlfriend has to say, and think about the things she is saying. Let her know that you are listening.Let her know that the things she is interested in interest you also. This doesn't mean that you have to forgo your entire personality in order to keep her happy. Just think of some things that you can do together that both of you like. If she's into musicals, then take her to a musical. Read her favorite book. Let her know that you are able to share her interests in a small way, even if they are not your favorite things.Compromise is an important part of every relationship. Often, it's the small things that people need to compromise on; decide on restaurants together, and pick movies that interest both of you. Do not expect that everything is going to go your way always, and don't just acquiesce to every single one of her desires. Relationships work because they are the combination of both personalities, not because one personality is entirely diminished.To maintain your overall happiness, you must remember your friends when you get into a relationship. Some people forget that they have to communicate and be kind to their friends from before their relationship began. Set aside a certain day that is just for each of you to spend time with your own friend group. This is part of being a complete human being and not just an extension of another person.Being a good boyfriend is often about knowing limits. Make sure that both you and your partner are allowed to continue having your own personalities even in the relationship. If you have to do everything she says just to make her happy, it is not a healthy relationship and is not worth the stress.Sometimes the simplest things make your girlfriend happy. Giving her a flower that you picked on the way to see her or sending her a text message just to say "I have missed you" are easy to do, but they are sure to bring a smile to her face. (MORE)
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11 Fashion Trends You Love That Your Boyfriend Hates
You have many fashion pieces that you adore. However, many of these pieces and accessories are mind boggling and plain weird according to men.Though high waisted jeans are a p…opular fashion trend, many men don't like them. It's understandable though, since his mom likely wore these so-called 'mom jeans.'Most men appreciate the natural assets of their girlfriend. When their girlfriend wears fake nails, they wonder why, since her natural nails looked perfectly fine to them.Most men like women in heels, but ultra-high heels are crossing the line. They shake their heads and cringe when women wear these shoes. They look plain uncomfortable, and the thought of their girlfriend hurting her foot to impress others just does not fly.Pant suits are a woman's answer to the business suit. However, boyfriends don't understand why their girlfriend wants to dress like a man. They are perfectly happy with their girlfriend wearing a pretty dress.Men, and many other people, think that drop crotch pants are just plain weird. Kissing their girlfriend while she has a droopy crotch is unappealing.Men are simple and have simple tastes, therefore the mullet dress, or hi-low, is confusing and too bold of a statement for them. This dress has long flowing skirt in the back, with a much shorter hemline in the front. Your boyfriend likely prefers either a mini dress or a maxi, and not in between.Many men like their girlfriend to show off her curves. However, the oversized sweater hides women's curves. He might think it makes her look puffy like a marshmallow, as well.Like high waisted jeans, high waisted shorts are just weird to men. They don't get why women want to dress like their mothers.Though many men seem to prefer their girlfriends wearing at least a little makeup, wearing too much is not appealing. They don't want their girlfriends looking like Mimi from 'The Drew Carey Show.'Huge floppy hats are a staple for summertime. However, most guys just prefer their girlfriends to leave the huge hats at home so they can see her face. Plus, kissing a woman wearing a huge hat can be tricky.Wearing sneakers or sandals around your boyfriend won't cause him to bat an eye. Wedge sneakers though might confuse him some. He's might not like the strange mishmash of this style trend. (MORE)
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18 Ways Your Boyfriend Is Just like Ross From Friends
Ross Geller from 'Friends' is one of the most famous TV boyfriends of all time. Now that you think about it, he reminds you of your own special guy.If your boyfriend is the on…ly person who laughs at most of his jokes, he might be like Ross Geller. For example, remember when Ross loses his pink, or, um, salmon-colored shirt? He asks him, 'Okay, if I were a salmon shirt, where would I be?' Then responds, 'Upstream.' Lame.Your boyfriend probably also thinks he is way sexier than he really is, just like Ross does. Who can forget the episode where he tries to flirt with the pizza girl? He comes off sounding more like a pervert, and Chandler has to save him every time.He may not be quite as hot as he thinks he is, but he can be very romantic. Like that one time when Ross takes Rachel to the planetarium for a date under the 'stars.' It's little moments like that when you forget the bad things.Just like Ross, your boyfriend probably has a nerdy passion. It may not be dinosaurs, but fantasy football, some cult TV show, or gardening. While it may not seem nerdy at first glance, his obsession pushes it over the edge, and everyone he knows pokes fun at him.They say you should judge a person based on how he or she treats animals. In Ross's case, this is a good thing. Ross loves his monkey, Marcel - so much that he makes the tough decision and does the right thing for him in the end. Your boyfriend probably has a soft spot in his heart for his own pet, though it probably is not a monkey.An even better sign that Ross and your boyfriend are similar is how much they love their families. Ross is always there for his sister, Monica, and he obviously loves his kids, Ben and Emma. If your boyfriend does the same, he's a keeper.It is difficult to pinpoint one moment in time when Ross was the whiniest. Maybe when he complained about bad things happening to good people when his shampoo spilled. Many guys whine about something at one time or another, and most girlfriends out there can relate to that.When Rachel started her job at Bloomingdale's, her new colleague, Mark, made Ross jealous. Ross decided to make it known that Rachel had a boyfriend by sending an abundance of flowers and gifts. Unless you've found the most trusting guy in the world, he probably expresses a little healthy jealousy when you hang out with attractive guys.'We were on a break' was probably one of the most memorable lines from the show 'Friends,' which stems from one of the biggest misunderstandings in sitcom history. Rachel wanted a break, Ross slept with someone else, and Rachel got mad because Ross didn't understand what she meant by that. Hopefully, it didn't lead to quite as much drama, but there have probably been many times when your boyfriend didn't understand something you said.There was the time he whitened his teeth a little too much. And the time he got the fake spray tan to the point he turned brown. Don't forget about the leather pants. Ross seemed to care an awful lot about improving his looks, but the results always left him looking silly. Your boyfriend has probably tried a new haircut or outfit with disastrous results.You know he loves coffee from Central Perk, but who can forget the turkey sandwich? One of Ross's colleagues ate his leftover turkey sandwich from Thanksgiving, and Ross went nuts, and couldn't get over it, kind of like the time you finished off your boyfriend's favorite box of cereal.How many times has your boyfriend tried to learn to play guitar or mentioned that he should start a rock band? The only problem is that he is terrible at music. It may remind you of the time Ross tried to play bagpipes for Monica and Chandler's wedding or the times he pulled out his keyboard to show off his 'music.'As a professor, Ross knows a little more about some topics than his friends do, even if one of those topics is often dinosaurs. The problem is that he rubs it in all the time. Your boyfriend might know sports or politics, but whatever it is, he is quick to tell you he knows way more than you about it.Say what you want about Ross's habits, but he always looked out for Mrs. Right. He found her on more than one occasion, and he met women in the strangest of places. Hopefully, now that your guy is with you, he's stopped looking and loves the idea of spending the rest of his life with you.When Chandler and Monica move in with each other, it means plenty of packing and moving. Ross doesn't want to help, so he tells everyone he has his son, Ben, and even makes a fake Ben out of a pumpkin so his friends can see it through the window. Your boyfriend has similar skills for when he wants to get out of washing the dishes or doing laundry, like pretending he doesn't know how to do either.Ross wasn't perfect, and neither is your boyfriend. They both do stupid things occasionally. Maybe your boyfriend's mistakes don't involve getting drunk and marrying your crush in Las Vegas, but they are pretty stupid.Of course, they have their ups and downs, but Ross loves his friends, ranging from Chandler, his best buddy from college, to Phoebe, the wacky girl he met years later. Your guy has his own tight-knit group of guys and girls, and they probably have his back just like he has theirs, no matter what.For all of his qualities, both good and bad, you love him just as much as Rachel did in the end. And you wouldn't change him for anything, though you could deal with hearing less about his nerdy obsessions. (MORE)
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Teen Relationships 101: Typical Signs of a Cheating Boyfriend
The most devastating thing in a relationship is discovering that your partner is cheating. As a teenage girl, relationships are hard enough, and an unfaithful boyfriend does n…othing but make it worse. If you suspect that your boyfriend is cheating on you, check for these signs before jumping to any conclusions.It is extremely common for someone to have a password lock on their phone, so do not freak out if your boyfriend has one on his; however, it is not normal to freak out whenever someone touches your phone, especially if that someone is your girlfriend. If your boyfriend never lets you see his phone, or immediately locks his phone anytime you glance over, he is trying to hide something and is possibly a cheating boyfriend.Are your texts and calls going unanswered for long periods of time? He might say that he was napping, but it seems like nobody naps that much. If he is ignoring you for long periods of time, it is likely that he is spending that time with somebody else.Lying is never acceptable. If you catch your boyfriend in the middle of a lie about where he was or what he was doing, it means he does not want you to know the truth about his actions. Tell him you know he is not telling the truth, and if he scrambles and tries to cover it up, he is likely doing something bad.Cheaters are often paranoid about the activities of their significant others. They think that if they cheat without you noticing, then you are probably cheating on them behind their back, too. This often leads to the actual cheater accusing his partner of cheating. If your boyfriend accuses you of cheating when you are not, and he has no reason to back up this accusation, his accusation is likely a result of his own paranoia.There is no tried and true way of knowing if you have a cheating boyfriend without actually catching him in the act, but these are the most common signs of a cheater. If you notice these things in your relationship, you have good reason to believe that your boyfriend is cheating. However, it is never good to jump to conclusions. Confront your boyfriend about the problem and demand the truth before making any rash decisions.Just because your significant other doesn't want you to have unfettered access to his phone doesn't mean your boyfriend is a cheater. Before you make demands about perusing your partner's phone, think about whether you would grant full access to yours. (MORE)
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Why won't your boyfriend kiss you after you give him head?
most men (mainly straight men) don't like the idea of sperm epically their own and even if you don't swallow after blowing them they mostly wont want to kiss you because of th…e sperm having been in your mouth. (MORE)
My boyfriend cheating should i give him a second chance?
No. People always say "once a cheater, always a cheater", I don't agree with that phrase but I just don't see how you would be able to trust him if you got back together with …him, to me, trust is the most important part of a successful relationship. His cheating will always be in the back of your mind, in turn making you over-paranoid all the time about everything. Ask yourself this: Do you think you deserved to be cheated on? What kind of person would cheat on someone they are in a relationship with if they truly cared about that person? Is it worth the paranoia to give it another shot? To me, cheating is the ultimate betrayal and I would never be able to tolerate that sort of disrespect from someone I supposively "loved". You are going to do what you heart says in the end but just take a few minutes to think about these questions. Good Luck!! I hope everything workis out for the best. (MORE)
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New digital technologies applied to archaeology and heritage
Seminar organised in collaboration between the the History of Art and Archaeology Department the musée du quai Branly.
This seminar, open to Archaeology and Art History postgraduates studying for a Master's degree, presents the application of digital technologies (imagery and 3D printing, surface scanners, photogrammetry etc.) to archaeological materials and museographical collections.
Each session is designed as a practical exercise in multi-disciplinary collaboration - a practice that is currently transforming the archaeologist, anthropologist, epigraphist, art historian and restorer professions by opening up new fields of research. The exercise relates to case studies taken from different geo-cultural and chronological areas.
The questions of digital archiving of collections and data, remote access and accessibility in the fields of museographical conservation and presentation will also be discussed.
4th February 2014
Lecture Room 2
introduction to the seminar: excavating the object
for the first course, meet at 11:45 am in front of the museum bookshop
18th February 2014
Lecture Room 3
the miniaturisation of analysis tools: challenges and perspectives: Lecture Room
4th March 2014
Lecture Room 3
microwear analysis – material identification 1
18th March 2014
Lecture Room 3
microwear analysis – material identification 2
1st April 2014
Lecture Room 3
observation of archaeological objects through their internal materials: 3D imagery and virtual excavation
22nd April 2014
Lecture Room 3
imagery in the field of excavation; from survey to 3D reconstruction
6th May 2014
Lecture Room 3
access to images, archives and databases
Practical Information
The sessions will be held on Tuesday from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at the musée du quai Branly
222, rue de l'Université
75343 Paris cedex 07
Metro Iena / Alma-Marceau / Bir-Hakeim
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Cabin in the Trees
You're going to fall in love with this cabin, I guarantee it. It features unique architecture and engineering, straight from a fantasy. Truly unique and awesome, I love this design. LOVE!
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[QUOTE=j I was following that auction and was in disbelief that someone would pay so much. So it was you! I even posted a link to the sale price on the "Wacky Things on Ebay" thread.
I started to think it was a crazy price too! however I no longer feel that way. it is wonderful to use and ideal for my limited space darkroom. Also the build quality is A+ something you just don't See very often these days.


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Hi everyone!
I've been looking around sketchbooks and have been inspired to start my own - now!
Having been long inspired by the animations and stories of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, Pendleton Ward, Julia Pott and Satoshi Kon, I am learning to animate (primarily hand-drawn animation). I'm taking baby steps from the bottom and I'm creating this sketchbook to commit myself to it - through the best and worst days. I will draw at least one sketch every day, and an animation exercise on the weekends. I will post everything that I do - most of which will probably look horrendous and crappy but hopefully I'll improve day after day. I have no formal training in animation but I'm a film major (with no animation classes, sadly) and I'm currently attending a basic animation class offered by a local animation studio. I will focus on the act of creating characters and animations, and I believe that the first and most important step in doing so is by learning to draw well. I welcome any encouragement, critique, or any morsel of wisdom about drawing and animation that you are willing to share. You can leave it here in the threads or shoot me an email.
Here we go!
I animated this yesterday. It's my first time to animate a walk and it took me a long time - but I learned a lot and I'm looking forward to doing more walks. This one here is a bit wonky notably on the arms - I'll be fixing that later today.
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What's happening at Bloomingdale, Bartlett & Hoffman Estates centers?
Summer 2015 Events:
PARCC Seminars February 7th and 21st
Spelling Bee
WINNERS OF THE THIRD ANNUAL SPELLING BEE, December 2014
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State-controlled Banks and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy
Randall Morck, M. Deniz Yavuz, Bernard Yeung
NBER Working Paper No. 19004
We find lending by state controlled banks to be significantly more associated with monetary policy than is lending by private sector banks. At the country-level, we further find monetary policy to be significantly closely linked to aggregate loan growth and aggregate fixed capital investment growth in countries whose large banks are more predominantly state controlled. These differences are more pronounced during monetary expansions amid slow GDP growth periods. Other factors, such as small bank size and the presence of a controlling shareholder in a private sector bank also correlate with more lending sensitivity to monetary policy.
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WarCraft III: World of WarCraft (Wc3:WoW) is the most accurate WoW replica mod for WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, featuring many elements as WoW does. It is a Single Player Campaign and the WarCraft III engine does not allow Campaigns to be played online or even on LAN. Wc3:WoW is currently being developed by a group of developers who hope to become pro some day called Condemned Entertainment. Previously, the team was given the simple 'Wc3:WoW Team' title, but after realizing it wasn't a professional team title to stick with, the team name was changed. Right now, the leader of Wc3:WoW is Craka_J, who had led the project through tedious development for over 4 years.
Wc3:WoW wins the 2008 Hosted Project of the Year award; better late than never, right guys!
Posted by Craka_J on Jan 17th, 2010
Every year at The Hive Workshop community, the site names a hosted project the victor of the year. This is usually based on activity and the project itself, as well as the attention and praise it receives from the community. Accidentally, The Hive Workshop forum staff had forgotten about the 2008 contest, and had not remembered to give one out until year 2010's Hosted Project of the Year 2009 award was being given out.
We won the 2008 award for:
"being a unique, beautiful project and also a great game." - Ralle
The Hosted Project of the Year 2009 award was given to Diablo III WarCraft, a WarCraft III mod led by CloudWolf. Maybe you've heard of it? This year it was the top downloaded map and accumulated tons of attention and fans. Their victory is well deserved! But Wc3:WoW plans on throwing some competition for the Hosted Project of the Year 2010 contest! Lots to expect from us this year, including:
Oh! And I almost forgot! We're making great progress on redoing the Character Creation for Wc3:WoW. The interface for choosing your team, race, gender, and class is nearly identical to what it looks like in World of Warcraft. Still unsure about what kind of little modifications you can make to your character such as hair styles will be added, but we will most likely allow you to adjust the skin tone of your character at least.
We're also working on allowing you to type in your own character's name, rather than choosing from a preset or being assigned a fixed predesignated name. So if you want your name to be Chucknorris then you got it! Some names won't be allowed though, like in World of Warcraft. Names that aren't available would mainly be NPC names, names taken by pre-created Player-Bots, and names that have numbers or symbols.