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- Taking flight: "Balloon Boy: The Musical," based on 2009 Colorado hoax
- Jul 21:
- Aurora store owner buys "Balloon Boy" saucer to put on display
- Jul 20:
- "Balloon Boy flying saucer" to go on display at Aurora business Thursday
- Oct 26:
- "Balloon boy" dad now selling backscratchers on TV
- Sep 4:
- Balloon-boy family alights in Florida
- May 14:
- "Balloon Boy" parents get their balloon back
- Apr 21:
- Balloon boy's parents to pay $36,000
I was struck by a news brief last week.
"After agreeing to $36,000 in restitution, committing to working 10 weekends for nonprofit groups and completing a 90-day sentence, Richard and Mayumi Heene now have their balloon back.
"The Larimer County Sheriff's Office told 9News that Richard Heene wanted to make sure it was his balloon, made famous in the Oct. 15 hoax, and asked Sheriff's Office staff to lay out the balloon so he could measure it," it read.
The two paragraphs left questions.
For starters: Who else's balloon might it have been? Are there so many giant, saucer-shaped pieces of deflated Mylar in Larimer County's evidence locker that Heene felt the need to measure?
"Oh, I assure you, there was just one," said sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella.
(There's chatter in the ranks that Heene suspected a deputy might have substituted a facsimile and tried hawking the original on eBay.)
"We thought it was odd, odd behavior," Campanella said.
Now that the family has reclaimed the balloon, one wonders, naturally, what they will do with it.
They couldn't be reached for comment. "I have no idea what they're planning with the balloon. I'm just their lawyer," said David Lane.
I Googled the Heenes and their flying machine and got 148,000 results. As far as I can tell, there are no swatches for sale like pieces of moon rock or the Berlin Wall. Not yet.
It's a free country with a free market. It would come as no surprise if the family — especially one that has been so willing to market its warped reality — tried again to profit from its notoriety. After all, the Heenes have restitution and probably some jumbo legal bills to pay.
Wouldn't it be uplifting, though, if they donated the thing instead? I bet there's a sheriff's foundation, a nonprofit group for clueless parents or a support group for former stars of ABC's "Wife Swap" that could use some help fundraising.
I have my own vision for the balloon.
There's a place in D.C., the Newseum, that chronicles news history. Exhibits trace how the media have covered five centuries of human triumphs, turmoil and tragedies.
Hung in its glory in the space near the Smithsonian and the National Mall, the balloon could serve as an emblem of news infamy — the temptation to pull out our cameras and chase a shiny orb, presumably with a kid in its basket, floating through the autumn sky.
We got snookered.
Even after obvious signs that it was hoax, I — like everyone else in every newsroom — held my breath when the basket finally landed. We all love a happy ending and were hoping that Falcon, the "balloon boy," would hop out safely.
The Heenes had us, just like Orson Welles pulled one over on his listeners with his "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast in 1938.
They had us like Ashley Todd, who in 2008 claimed she was assaulted for supporting John McCain, saying her attacker carved a backward "B" into her cheek for "Barack." Turns out that she branded herself and made the whole story up.
Fool us once, shame on you, the adage goes. Fool us twice, shame on us. We all need to be tethered once in a while. And we could use the balloon as a reminder.
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Wednesday, Dec. 4
Soroptimist International of Brookings will have its business meeting at noon at Sebastian's Seafood Grill, 16011 Boat Basin Road, Harbor. Reports and plans for the upcoming month and future will be discussed.
The Lifelong Learning Series will present a talk led by artist Christina Olsen at 1 p.m. in the Sea View Senior Living Community activity loft, 98059 Gerlach Lane, Harbor. Olsen will tell her story about how she became an artist as well as share her works in watercolor, acrylic, pottery and other media. For more information, call 541-469-4500.
Nature's Coastal Holiday lights up the gardens of Azalea Park in Brookings from 5 to 9 p.m. daily through Tuesday, Dec. 24. Santa will be on hand from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday through Tuesday, Dec. 21-24.
FACE Cancer Support Group meets at 12:30 p.m. at Chetco Community Public Library, 405 Alder St., Brookings. For information, call Marie Kirk at 541-412-7977.
A pinochle group meets at 12:30 p.m. downstairs in the Chetco Activity Center, 550 Chetco Lane, Brookings. For information, call 541-469-6822.
Community Kitchens offers free meals from noon to 1 p.m. at Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 820 Old County Road, Brookings. Donations are welcome. Everyone is invited. For information, call 541-469-3411.
Renegade line dance class for beginners is from 6 to 7 p.m. followed by classes for intermediate to advanced dancers from 7:15 to 8:30 at Ship Ashore Resort, 12370 Highway 101, Smith River. For information, call 707-464-6866.
A Windows computer workshop led by Robert Johnsen is from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Chetco Activity Center computer room, 550 Chetco Lane, Brookings. Johnsen is also available for consultation at that time. For more information, call 541-469-6822.
The Breastfeeding Support Group meets from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Family Resource Center, 494 Pacific Ave., Crescent City. The group also meets from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursdays. For more information, call 707-464-0955.
The Wednesday Farmers Market will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Chetco Grange Community Center, 97895 Shopping Center Ave., Harbor.
Thursday, Dec. 5
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) OR432 members weigh-in from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. The program and business meeting is from 8:45 to 10 a.m. at Sea View Senior Living Community, 98059 Gerlach Lane, Harbor. For more information, call 541-412-0726 or 541-251-3775.
Game day is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Chetco Activity Center, 550 Chetco Lane, Brookings.
Chess players gather at 1 p.m. at the Chetco Community Public Library, 405 Alder St., Brookings. For information, call 541-469-8461 or 541-469-4353.
Mexican train dominoes are played at 5 p.m. in the Driftwood Estates Mobile Home Estates clubhouse, 16063 Driftwood Lane, Harbor. Both hand and foot players are welcome. For information, call 541-251-3442.
Cub Scouts meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Scout Hall, 414 Azalea Park Road, Brookings. For information, call Cubmaster Jerry Law at 541-646-9270.
Community Kitchens offers free meals from noon to 1 p.m. at Brookings Presbyterian Church, 540 Pacific Ave. Donations are welcome. Everyone is invited. For information, call 541-469-3725.
Al-Anon Family Group meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 209 Wharf St., Brookings.
Oasis Shelter Home offers a free support group for women at 11 a.m. at Fleet Street Counseling, 624 Fleet St., Brookings. For more information, call 541-373-1630.
Star of the Sea Thrift Store is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 820 Old County Road, Brookings. The sale of goods benefits the needy, the church and Catholic education. The store is also open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Weight Watchers meets in the second-floor activity loft at Sea View Senior Living Community, 98059 Gerlach, Lane, Harbor. Weigh-in is at 5:30 p.m. with the meeting following at 6.
Knifty Knitters meets at 1 p.m. at the Gold Beach Presbyterian Church, 29692 Hillcrest St., Gold Beach.
An Apple products (iPad, iPhone, iMac) computer workshop led by James Warren is from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Chetco Activity Center computer room, 550 Chetco Lane, Brookings. Warren is also available for consultation at that time. For more information, call 541-469-6822.
Friday, Dec. 6
First Friday Salon will show "Peter Alsop's Opening Doors" at 6 p.m. at the Chetco Community Public Library, 405 Alder St., Brookings. Alsop, a psychologist, is also a singer/songwriter, lecturer and humorist who discusses the difference between "static" and "dynamic" lifestyles. An open discussion will follow. Admission is free.
Temple Beth Shalom meets at 7 p.m. for Shabbat evening services in the Curry Coastal Pilot conference room, 507 Chetco Ave., Brookings. Enter through the red back doors on Art Walk Alley.
Brookings textile artists gather from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Manley Art Center and Gallery, 433 Oak St., Brookings. For information, call Melanie Rutledge at 541-469-1807.
Chetco Shrine Club meets at 11:30 a.m. at Sebastian's Bar and Grill, 16011 Boat Basin Road, Harbor.
Community Kitchens offers free meals from noon to 1 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1200 Easy St., Brookings. Donations are welcome. Everyone is invited. For information, call 541-469-3411.
Arnis (Philippine martial art of stick fighting) classes are offered at 7 p.m. at South Coast Fitness Center in the Brookings-Harbor Shopping Center. For information, call 541-469-7118.
Al-Anon meets at noon at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 401 Fir St., Brookings. For information, call 541-469-5504, 541-469-0972 or 707-487-9046. The group also meets at 10 a.m. Saturdays and 6:30 p.m. Mondays.
Bingo is played at the Brookings Elks Lodge, 800 Elk Drive. Earlybird bingo begins at 11 a.m. followed by regular bingo. The public is welcome.
Pelican Bay Amateur Radio Club meets for coffee and to discuss ham radio at 8:30 a.m. at Dee-Ann's Tea Room Cafe, 434 Redwood St., Brookings. A business meeting and workshop is at 6:30 p.m. at Chetco Activity Center, 550 Chetco Lane, Brookings. Those interested in amateur radio are invited to attend. For more information, call 541-251-3972.
Saturday, Dec. 7
Temple Beth Shalom meets at 10 a.m. for the fifth class discussing the 613 laws of the halacha in the Curry Coastal Pilot conference room, 507 Chetco Ave., Brookings. Enter through the red back doors on Art Walk Alley.
Pennies for Pooches is offering pet photos with Santa from noon to 3 p.m. at Woof Bakery, 29525 Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach. The cost is $10 for an 8x10 portrait. Proceeds benefit the Curry County Animal Shelter. All dogs should be on leashes and cats in carriers. The event will be repeated the following weekend in Harbor.
Democrats of Curry County will have a Holiday Open House from 4 to 7 p.m. at its headquarters, 619 Chetco Ave., Brookings. This all-inclusive party celebrates the Winter Solstice, the Pagan Yule, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia and Festivus. Finger foods, holiday treats and holiday punch will be served.
Curry County Progressives will gather for a no-host lunch at noon at Sunset Family Pizza, 29790 Ellensburg Ave., Gold Beach. For more information, call 541-813-1709.
Stout Mountain Railway presents "The Ornament Express" model train display from 1 to 7 p.m. next to Sears in the Brookings-Harbor Shopping Center. The display will be running daily through Tuesday, Dec. 24.
The monthly HOG breakfast meeting will be at 9 a.m. at Sebastian's Seafood Grill, 16011 Boat Basin Road, Harbor. All Harley riders are welcome. For more information, call Dave Kitchen at 541-661-7437.
Santa Claus arrives by fire truck at the Port of Brookings Harbor boardwalk to greet the public from noon to 2 p.m.
Santa Claus plans to be at his Crescent City headquarters from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 925 Third St., Crescent City. He will also be there on Saturdays, Dec. 14 and 21.
The Elks annual Hoop Shoot will be at 10 a.m. in the Brookings-Harbor High School gym, 625 Pioneer Road, Brookings. The event is a free-throw basketball contest from boys and girls ages 8-13. For more information, call Sam Vitale at the Brookings Elks Lodge at 541-469-2169.
Al-Anon Fourth Step meets at 10 a.m. at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 401 Fir St., Brookings. For information, call 541-469-0972 or 541-469-2931.
Sunday, Dec. 8
Knights of Columbus will serve breakfast from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 820 Old County Road, Brookings.
The Friends of Unitarian Universalists will meet at 10:30 a.m. in the Evergreen Federal Bank meeting room, 850 Chetco Ave., Brookings. The program will be a discussion of the Unitarian Universalist Fifth Principle: The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within the congregation and in society at large. All are welcome. For information, call 541-469-6395.
The Compassionate Friends of Curry County will hold its annual candle lighting ceremony in honor of children who have died at 6:30 p.m. in shelter one at Kalmiopsis Elementary School, 650 Easy St., Brookings.
The second annual Community Christmas Tree lighting will be at 4:30 p.m. at the corner of Chetco and Hillside avenues in Brookings. Santa will be available for photos. Cookies and hot drinks will be served.
The Del Norte Habitat for Humanity's annual Yuletide Tea will be offered in three seatings at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. at 622 J. St., Crescent City.
Monday, Dec. 9
The Azalea Quilt Guild will have a Christmas potluck in the Driftwood Estates mobile home park community room, 16063 Driftwood Lane, Harbor. Festivities begins with a social at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6. Members are asked to bring a favorite dish to share. Anyone interested in quilting is invited. For more information, call 541-469-3647 or 541-412-0367.
Tuesday, Dec. 10
Vietnam Veterans of America will not have its regularly scheduled meeting this month. Instead there will be a Christmas party at Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 820 Old County Road. All veterans are welcome.
Moms In Touch International meets for prayers weekly. For information, call Ruth Wilson at 541-469-4798.
The Pregnancy Care Center of Brookings, located at 344 Pacific Ave., offers free and confidential pregnancy tests, education on all pregnancy options, parenting classes, baby and maternity items and more. The center is open from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Client classes are offered on Tuesdays. For information about classes or about the center, call 541-469-1846. A 24-hour hotline is available at 800-395-4357.
Alcoholics Anonymous has many meetings from which to choose in Brookings-Harbor and Gold Beach. Locations and times in Brookings-Harbor may be obtained by phoning 541-469-2440. In Gold Beach, call 541-247-9038 or 541-247-0695.
Oasis Shelter Home provides a haven for women and their children to be free of domestic violence, sexual abuse and resulting homelessness. Oasis offers a women's peer support group in every other Thursday at noon at Fleet Street Counseling in Brookings. For dates, call 541-373-1630. For more information about Oasis, call 541-247-7600 or 800-447-1167.
CC's Cancer Resource Center offers free counseling and resource options daily to women addressing cancer issues. The resource center is inside CC's Upscale Resale Clothing Store in the Brookings-Harbor Shopping Center in Harbor. The center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The resource center also hosts Tea at Ten group meetings every Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. For information, call 541-469-2072.
The Christian Science Reading Room and Bookstore, 429 Pine St., Brookings, is open from 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays or by appointment. The room contains products and resources for the exploration of spiritual healing. For information, call 541-469-2398.
Pelican Bay Narcotics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 401 Fir St., Brookings. For information, call 541-787-6282.


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Prevention of Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Infection - Article
ABSTRACT: Neonatal group B streptococcal infection is the primary cause of neonatal morbidity related to infection. It can often be prevented by identifying and treating pregnant women who carry group B streptococci or who are at highest risk of transmitting the bacteria to newborns. Increasing evidence and expert opinion support intrapartum treatment of women at relatively high risk of delivering an infant with group B streptococcal infection. Such women can be identified through the use of an anogenital culture for group B streptococci obtained at 35 to 37 weeks of gestation and by the presence of at least one of many risk factors associated with neonatal infection. These risk factors include preterm labor or rupture of the membranes at less than 37 weeks of gestation, previous delivery of an infant with invasive group B streptococcal disease, group B streptococcal bacteriuria during the present pregnancy, maternal intrapartum fever of 38 degrees C (100.4 degrees F) or higher and rupture of the fetal membranes for 18 hours or more. The recommended agent for intrapartum chemoprophylaxis is intravenous penicillin G; clindamycin is used in penicillin-allergic women. The use of risk markers alone to guide the administration of intrapartum antibiotics is much more cost-effective than other preventive strategies, but it exposes more women and infants to antibiotic-associated risks. Management of the infants of treated mothers is empiric and is currently guided by expert opinion.
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The German lost to Monica Puig, 6-1, 6-4.
The German lost to Monica Puig, 6-1, 6-4.
The top-seeded Radwanska only dropped three games against her opponent.
No. 2 seed tops 2009 champion Peer 3-6, 7-5, 6-1; Hsieh, Puig, Niculescu and Torro-Flor also advance.
World No. 59 scores 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win, will face qualifier Vickery next. Petkovic also advances.
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"I had an accident in the gym on Wednesday night and cut my leg pretty bad," said the Aussie.
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The Unnamed Beta Gang (unofficialy named) was a possible beta gang in Grand Theft Auto III. Their role is unknown.
The gang can be seen on some early screenshots of GTA III. They have bandanas with a flag on their heads or regular bandanas, similiar to the ones which the Diablos wear, and have dark blue cloth-jackets, jeans shorts with green ends and a white stripe with black stars on them and black-white sneakers. On one screenshot they can be seen carrying a Baseball Bat and standing near a Hum Vee, the beta Patriot.
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It is possible that this gang is a very early version of the Diablos or the Triads, however it is unknown. They may be also the beta Liberty City Terrorist.
Judging from the images and the locations of them, this gang could have been a beta idea for BOTH gangs at different points in development, or just the one gang with experimental ideas for territory. Which might be the reason we see this beta design in what is now the current Diablo and Triad areas.


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Jordan looking to improve in 2012-13
After struggling in the 2012 playoffs, DeAndre Jordan hopes to showcase his improved game this season.
LOS ANGELES - Last season the
Clippers enjoyed one of the most memorable postseason runs in franchise history.
DeAndre Jordan did not.
The Clippers' four-year center averaged 4.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game and shot 52.5 percent from the field in the 2012 postseason. All of the numbers were lower than his regular-season averages.
It has been an offseason that has included a diet of post moves and free throws for the 44 percent career free-throw shooter.
"(I've been) working on my (offensive) game a lot," Jordan said. "I've got with (Clippers assistant coach Marc) Iavaroni and a number of other coaches and ex-players, just trying to improve my game as much as possible to help us out this upcoming season."
An overwhelming 193 of his 227 field goals during the 2011-12 season, including the playoffs, were at the rim, according to basketball-reference.com.
Jordan was third in the league in dunks last season behind teammate Blake Griffin and Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee. However, Jordan converted just 42.6 percent of his field goals from 3-9 feet, including, going 1-for-9 in the playoffs from that distance.
Opposing defenses will continue to dare Jordan to shoot the ball and during the upcoming season, he hopes to make them pay.
"(I'll take) whatever the defense gives me," Jordan said. "If I get a jump shot then I'm going to take it. I feel comfortable shooting the ball."
Both Jordan and the Clippers had a busy summer. The club re-signed guard Chauncey Billups, who missed 46 games in the lockout-shortened season after tearing his left Achilles' tendon. Griffin also was signed to a five-year extension.
The team also made moves to bolster its bench, acquiring 2011 NBA Sixth Man of the Year, Lamar Odom, from the Dallas Mavericks and also wing Willie Green from Atlanta – both via trade.
The Clippers signed veteran forward Grant Hill, another former Sixth Man of the Year Jamal Crawford (2010), former Laker Ronny Turiaf and former UCLA center Ryan Hollins. With point guard Eric Bledsoe already in the fold, the group, on paper, has the makings of the best bench in the NBA.
"I believe that. I definitely believe that," Jordan said.
The Clippers center said he is looking forward to seeing how the team gels and the new guys get acclimated to head coach Vinny Del Negro's system. He's also excited about the Hallway Series and matching up with LA's newest big man, Dwight Howard.
"I'm happy he got (traded)," Jordan said. "I'm happy for him. It's big for LA. It's big for the league. It's going to be some great matchups this year.
"It's going to be great."
The first regular-season matchup between the teams is Nov. 2 in the Lakers' home opener.
With Howard rumored not to be available until possibly December following back surgery, Jordan may have to wait until Jan. 4.
After all the offseason work, Jordan will get to show off his improved game when the Clippers open the regular season at home on Halloween against the Grizzlies.
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Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends, part II: Generation Rescue, the anti-vaccine propaganda machine, and "Fourteen Studies"
I hadn't planned on writing about the antivaccine movement again this week, so soon after having had to subject myself to yet another round of Jenny McCarthy on Larry King Live and a truly execrable Generation Rescue "study." I really hadn't. For one thing, there's just so much nonsense laid down by antivaccinationists these days that it's utterly impossible for one blogger to keep up with it all. I could write about them every single day and still not counter the sheer mass of pseudoscience, misinformation, and general ignorance that antivaccine activists spout each and every day, and because this is Autism Awareness Month lately the misinformation has been coming particularly fast and furiously. Sometimes, however, there arrives a bit of misinformation that is so egregious that it requires some response, regardless of how burned out on the topic I might be; so I guess I'll just have to suck it up and plunge into the morass again.
The reason is that, in retrospect, I now realize that the Jenny and Jim antivaccine propaganda tour was clearly merely phase I of Generation Rescue's April public relations offensive. In rapid succession last week, courtesy of J.B. Handley, the founder of Generation Rescue, who in order to have a couple of famous faces fronting his organization has allowed himself to be displaced, so that Generation Rescue has now been "reborn" as Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey's Autism Organization (the better to capitalize on her D-list celebrity yoked to Jim Carrey's formerly A-list (but rapidly plunging) celebrity), announced Generation Rescue's latest initiative in a post on its antivaccine blog Age of Autism entitled Fourteen Studies? Only if you never read them.:


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Saturday Night Live Spoofs DTC at Barr's Expense
We're late again to the Saturday Night Live party. Something about this blogging routine has cut into our late-night TV habit, and we're just not up to speed on DVRs.
But we do know the Internet. And thanks to a post by our former colleague Tara Parker-Pope on her blog Well at the New York Times, we got in on the fun from the latest send-up of prescription drugs ads aimed at consumers.
The spoof takes on Seasonale, a birth control pill from Barr Laboratories that limits a woman's periods to four times a year. SNL is hawking Annuale, which goes Seasonale three better by making a woman's period an annual event. As Tara points out, the parody "uses similar pill packaging, actors and even the same pink chairs, sneakers and yoga mats depicted in the real ad." (You can see the original Seasonale TV spot here.)
As is usually the case, the side effects from the medicine in the fake ad make for the darkest and best humor. We won't spoil the fun. Enjoy.
Update: We contacted a spokeswoman for Barr, who said of the spoof:
We thought the "Annuale" skit on Saturday Night Live was funny. But, it reinforced the need for education on how extended regimen oral contraceptives like Seasonique work. Contrary to the experience of the women depicted in the segment, Seasonique offers women four periods a year that are short, light and not unlike a period you get on a regular Pill. Our goal is to ensure women have the information they need to make an informed decision when choosing a contraceptive. Women seeking the facts on Seasonique may visit www.seasonique.com or speak with their health care professional about extended dosing regimens.


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alright, i've run the freddy clip-on fenders for a week, and they are just not cutting it. it pisses me off because i spent a whole afternoon modifying them to fit. the bike paths around here are what i would imagine a salt mine would be like. there are piles of salt at least 5 inches thick. the salt layer is sitting ontop of a sand layer (the sand in my drive train prompted the fenders in the first place). the main problems i have are
a) the front is too short, the chain area is still getting blasted with sand and salt.
b) the rear does a good job, but stops at the seat tube. the rear wheel also blasts the bb, chainring, chain with a second helping of salt and grit. (note: the picture was after i wiped off the side facing us, it was like the opposite side, coated in saltiness)
the freddy fenders took care of my wet ass and some parts of the frame which i like, but its just not enough. i need full fenders. there are 3 problems that i think might need addressing
-i have no eyelets in the rear
-the front fork is aero, so anything that straps on would need to accomodate.
-the brake bolt on the front is a little more than 0.5" from the headset. the freddy fender 'L' bracket was too tall.
i thought i read in a previous thread about fenders that there are eyelet things that they provide to mount on the front fork, and you can use 2 more to mount on the rear, but where can you get those? would they fit on the aero fork?
i also need the fenders to be narrow. my modifactions were done because the freddy fenders were too thick to fit. any suggestions for narrow fenders? i think 35mm might barely cut it. thats the narrowest i'm finding.


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I've received a bunch of emails from folks upset about the decisions CU is making with regard to parking in the lot formerly known as F, now 348, 314 and 310. I thought I would share a few of the better ones. So here you go.
While I was not one of those that lost a spot in Lot F, nor do I even have a parking spot as I am just finishing my undergraduate studies and thus lack the funding, I felt compelled to write you as many that I am friends with are. I know that many of them have already contacted you with their complaints and am aware that you have voiced them to Athletic Director Mike Bohn. However, in reading his comments in regards to the situation on your blog, it makes me question if he and the rest of the athletic department understand the place of the "common" fan and alumnus in college athletics.
Whether it be a lack of disposable income or the "crunch" placed on many by America's current economy, not everyone is able to make substantial donations to the athletic department. That being said, many of those that were moved out of their spots on the north side of Farrand Field still managed to contribute smaller amounts such as $500 on an annual basis. This amount was in addition to the cost and required donation that many had already paid for their season tickets.
Many of these people epitomize what the athletic department claims to be looking for in the football program's fan base. Passion, class, hospitality towards fans of our opponents, a willingness to chip in; one would imagine that the athletic department would recognize them. In a way, they already have as they often lead potential athletes (recruits) past this group that includes tailgates such as the infamous "Buff Bus" and "Buffulance" to show them the support they could come to expect should they choose to become a Colorado Buffalo. Former players often stop by the area, which includes one who also happens to be our current Running Backs coach. Television crews routinely capture clips on this group showcasing their passion as they are always amongst the first to show up on game day, hours before kickoff.
Surely the athletic department would like to attract more fans of this caliber. After all, wouldn't they rather have a thousand people be devoted to the program and donate $500 every year, than one person who donates $500,000 once and then disappears when the program is not successful? This is the model that the athletic departments of some of our competitors, such as Texas and Oklahoma, have built their business plans upon. It is the one that CU's Athletic Department should be using as we will probably never have a Boone Pickens willing to contribute millions of dollars.
When you consider the under utilization of the university's alumni and the state's population in regards to funding, you would think the athletic department would be out attracting more of these "common" fans. Not only do they fail to recognize this, but they are alienating the passionate and devoted ones that they already have.
I'm not arguing that large donors do not have their place because they most definitely do. But why would Mr. Bohn and the athletic department let these people pay their $500 for parking spaces that some of them have held since 2002 or longer, only to move them a couple of months later so that someone with a deeper pocket can show up ten to twenty minutes before kickoff? In my opinion, it speaks of a lack of ethics and class on the athletic department's part, and brings more bad publicity to them in a state where the media and the general population do not exactly hold them in the highest regard.
In closing, if some of my friends chose not to make the trip to Boulder for games now because of the athletic department's actions, I will clearly understand. I will miss those beautiful fall days in Boulder where I got to enjoy good food, good drinks, good company, and good conversation on all things CU. I will miss their contributions to the game day experience and to the program, and while they will not recognize it until it is too late, the athletic department will too.
Angry fan and season ticket holder,
Hey Kyle –
I am a long time season ticket holder whose parking pass is being
moved from Lot F. We have been parking there for the past 25 years.
It's been a tradition in my family to park at Farrand, have a good
meal and then go to the game.
I am extremely upset with this decision. My season tickets have been
in my family since 1952. We buy 6 tickets in Sec 105 (the most
expensive) and donate $1800.00 to the AD. Not only did they raise
ticket prices for that section, they move us after we committed for
the upcoming season. If we would of known this we would of requested a
different parking structure.
if you can do anything about this, my family and I would appreciate it.
Thank you –
This fan chose to share his letter to athletic director Mike Bohn.
Dear Mr. Bohn,
I am writing you this morning in response to a notice that the Farrand Field (Zone F) parking pass I purchased, (at $500 per season which is a lot for my family) will NOT be honored. I am sure you have some fine print that says you can legally do this, but what a kick in gut to those of us who saved and paid for Zone F. Before I go on, I must say it is difficult to now justify this pass as this is not what I paid for, nor is it something I am looking forward to paying for in the future. I can simply park in the public parking which is just as close as lot 310 where you are dumping me.
Why does this matter? For starters, the whole reason I bought the Zone F parking pass was so I could get there early, enjoy the band warming up with the flat irons in the back ground. I have made friends from all over the state who also get there early and meeting at the north side of Farrand Field was our 6 times a year to get to hang out, talk buff football and support all that is right about the University of Colorado.
I would say most of the buff walk participants comes from this early crowd, at least where the walk begins. Everyone grabs someone and makes sure everyone heads over – say goodbye to that support.
What you are doing is putting a dagger in the passion that has been generated with this support. During televised national games, it was not uncommon for the television crews to swing by and get video of our early crowds grilling burgers, honking the Buff Bus horn, looking inside the Buffalance and singing the fight song while the band played in the back ground – this early crowd HAS been a positive ambassador to the program where image is everything and needed at the University of Colorado.
By kicking us loyal die hard fans out of what has become our home away from home, you are saying we don't count because our checkbooks are too small.
I understand as much as anyone that the big donors are critical to the foundation of this program, but it seems no thought was put into this and certainly did not seek any input from us, the die hard fan putting positive energy on the University, both as fans walk by on their way to the game and get pumped up to cheer on the buffs to the national audience when those cameras seek us out.
Your letter says there is a space crunch due to construction; does that mean this is only temporary and the policy will return to normal as the construction comes to a conclusion? I doubt that and am insulted you would use that language to soften the news which tells me you know this a bad move. It is also disheartening that you collected our Farrand Field pass money then tell us its not Farrand Field – I feel like I have just bought a car from a dirty used car salesman.
I apologize if my tone is misplaced; I am just extremely disappointed in this move. Although the product on field has been pathetic, at least I could look forward to spending time with familiar faces and support the buff football program through thick and thin, but now that is gone too as we are forced to park in three completely different locations.
As someone who has consistently given you full support, thanks for yours.
Sincerely, the die hard fan without the big checkbook,


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Mr T I quite agree with your comment. Photovoltaic cells are not the most efficient transducers and, to make any noticeable contribution to our renewable energy commitment, must, by their very nature, have a large visual impact however I also agree that there are places where that impact would be less offensive and they do currently (excuse the pun) have a part to play. Monkey, all new technology needs financial support at the R & D and commissioning stage and always has. If this is funded by venture capital and banks then so be it – after all that is their purpose! Windless, without some form of subsidy there would have been no development of what is now conventional technology, farmers would be moaning that they cannot afford to produce food and university research departments would be forced to shut down. If the government is prepared to subsidise investment in renewable technology and I am required to make a contribution I am happy to do so for reasons already stated and finally, andy, sustainable means just that.
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Is the terrorist murder of a 3-month-old Israeli morally equivalent to the death of a Palestinian youth throwing a Molotov cocktail? It is according to CNN.
Video: Kidnapping of Israeli Teens: Accurate Media Coverage?
While the real story is about three Israeli high schoolers who were abducted by the terrorist group Hamas, many in the media prefer to make the story about the settlements. Others ask why they were hitchhiking anyway, as if to blame the victims for the crime. Image: CC BY-SA HonestReporting, flickr/dhannah
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On April 9, 2013 Texas Governor Rick Perry bragged about how little industry is regulated in the State. On April 17, 2013 the town of West, Texas is blown off the map by a poorly regulated fertilizer plant.
Lets stick strictly to the Constitution:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The last part, "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed", tells what we have a right to.
The first part, which many seem to pretend doesn't exist; tells the context in which that right is to be applied...."A *WELL REGULATED* Militia".
*Regulate - Control or supervise (something, esp. a company or business activity) by means of rules and regulations.
The rest, "...necessary to the security of a free State". Tells [why] it was implemented. ORGANIZED MILITIAS were necessary to fight off the British and also the Native Americans.
"...Washington is talking about national defense policy, not individuals arming themselves."
If you read this entire link, it explains the 2nd Amendment in detail, and the reasons it was implemented and none of those reasons are anything close to what the right wing has perverted them to mean.
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As Toyota announces plans to sell hundreds of hydrogen powered cars by the year 2020, Kipp takes a look at eight cars of the future
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Producer: Nissan
Why? This electric car that runs on Lithium Ion batteries can travel for 80 miles. It is a ridiculously tiny looking car but is known to seat three people. It was first debuted in 2008.
Producer: John Bakker, a Dutch entrepreneur working with Spark design engineering.
Price: Comparable to that of a luxury sedan.
Benefit to the environment: How cool is this land/air gyrocopter? Sure it needs at 500 foot runway to take off, but it also doubles over as a three wheeled car. The PAL-V has excellent fuel economy (70 miles per gallon). Check out this car of the future here: http://itlounge.eu/pal-v-one-flying-car-takes-to-the-skies/
Producer: General Motors
Price: Average Manufacturer's suggested retail price of more than $40,000
Details: The Chevy Volt hybrid carries a lithium-ion battery with an all-electric driving range of 40 miles. Typically, these lithium-ion batteries are powered by hydrogen.
Estimated year of release: 2015
Producer: BMW
Price: Over $80,000
Benefit to the environment: The Spyder will be equipped with a 1.5-liter 3-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine and should be able to deliver up to 220-horsepower to the rear wheels, while the front axle is powered by a 129-horsepower electric motor.
Estimated year of release: 2015
Producer: Renault
Details: Swapping the lithium ion battery pack the Renault Fluence is powered by, should take no more than five minutes.
Estimated year of release: 2015
Producer: Vitaly Kononov, Russian designer
Benefit to the environment: We don't know just how practical this concept car is, but we are rather intrigued by the LED screen on the inside of the car and the fact that this car is controlled by a joy stick and not a steering wheel.
Benefit to the environment: This round-shaped car generates energy from the sunlight by expanding its solar panel surface (talk about X-men handy) when parked up to the sky.
Benefit to the environment: This electric car is especially deigned to compete the E1 races. The Mazda KAAN will reach 250 mph using a patented electronic tire system which uses a sub-level electro conductive polymer that powers the electric cars.
Estimated year of release: 2025
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I am sick of those uneducated Canton Township cops thinking that they know everything about TI music next to that PNC. This is no spanko pick. Without the EU, this stock is going to ZERO with or without wiretapping services during the next World War.
Bad, but not as bad.
TI provides wireless communication services in many countries, and wireless communication is on the rise
This is the big player in a growing market. It is undervalued.
If the Italian economy improves they will be looking to improve there infrastructure and broadband is vital for a modern country.
I've invested in the Telecom Italia prefered (savings) shares, symbol TITR, listed on the exchange of Milan. The savings shares have no voting rights, but in exchange for this you get a minimum dividend of 5% of the nominal value of the shares (E 0.55) when the company makes enough profit, and you will always receive a dividend that is 2% of the nominal value of the shares higher than the dividend on regular shares. This means that dividend yield for this year was about 8%, and if management's statements that they want to raise dividend payout by 30% over the coming years come true, you will be looking at a yield of 10%-11%. Combine this with a P/E of around 6, P/CF of 2.5, P/B of 0.6 and you are already looking at a very attractive investment. Granted, their ROE is not very impressive (although not too bad either), but at current prices this just means there is still a lot of room for improvement; and that is exactly what the company is trying. A few weeks ago, key members of the executive board were replaced by people brought forward by the largest shareholder, Telco, which is a joint venture set up specifically to own a large stake in TI, and of which Spanish Telefonica is in turn the largest shareholder. I expect that this new board will continue to increase shareholder value by cost cutting operations in Italy, further reducing debt (which is already quite low compared to a lot of competitors) and increasing operations in emerging market South America, notably Brazil and Argentina.
There is still a possibility that Telefonica will choose to increase its stake in TI, especially for the current low prices (they bought their current stake a couple of years ago when the regular share was still trading above E 2,-, and maybe buy the entire company in order to strengthen its own position in Latin America. This is far from certain of course.
All in all, I believe TI shares, and especially the savings shares, are a very promising long term investment.
High Cashflow for Market Value
While this stock has very good valuations, especially the fact that this stock is priced well below its book value, the debt levels are quite high; hence, the debt/equity ratio is @147%, and for a dividend of only 3.1%, the payout ratio is 66%. Even if this stock seems cheap, debt levels are too high, there is too much risk with debt default in Europe, especially Italy, and I would probably make more money buying China Mobile!
Good fundementals.
close enough
Believe stock is near its low, good fundementals should be good for 10% rise in next 30 to 60 days.


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Royally Brewed
Would you spend thousands of dollars for a rare bottle of beer on eBay?
Those inclined to roll their eyes at beer snobbery have plenty of reasons to do so these days. There are black tie awards balls and beer sommeliers called Cicerones (only six of whom have achieved the title of "Master" after grueling, multiday exams). There are elegant private tastings, spendy beer-of-the-month clubs, splashy lectures in museums, and tightly curated menus at three-Michelin-star restaurants. It's no longer all that unusual to see single bottles listed for over $65 not only on restaurant menus, but in certain bars, too. But perhaps the best evidence that craft beer has gone completely haute is something even the savviest consumers might find surprising: a black market.
All of the factors that motivate black markets—scarce supply, high demand, and people willing to skirt the rules to make a buck—are present in the case of craft beer. The frenzy is fed by brewers who have elevated their practices to new heights of technical sophistication and an audience willing to fork out incredible amounts of money for small-run beers. The obsessive rankings of crowdsourced beer websites like RateBeer.com and BeerAdvocate.com may look like democracy at work, but the new national beer scene offers proof that the wisdom of crowds can sometimes spill over into collective insanity.
Having covered the craft beer industry worldwide since the 1990s, I thought I'd seen it all—but then I saw beer's black market in action. At New York's Blind Tiger bar one late afternoon last March, a slight, unsmiling young man in a dark windbreaker ordered several pints of beer from the bar, transferred them one by one to a canteen, then slipped away. "He's going straight home to resell that on eBay," muttered a patron standing nearby. The perishable beer in question was brewed by Shaun Hill at Hill Farmstead brewery in Vermont, which is currently rated the sixth best brewery in the world by the users of RateBeer.
That same month, the Munster, Ind., brewery Three Floyds opened its doors for Dark Lord Day, an annual release party for its highly rated stout.* According to BeerPulse, a trusted beer news site, some 6,000 tickets sold out in four minutes, with fans driving from out of state and camping to get a good spot in line. On April 28, an eBay listing for a case of the stout appeared with an asking price of $5,000. (The listing has since been deleted.)
The most recent black-market-brew fire sale was for Westvleteren XII, a strong, rare, heavily hyped beer made by Trappist monks in Belgium. To help the monks raise money for their crumbling monastery, a limited quantity was released (legally) in the United States on Dec. 12, but the beer quickly disappeared into the hands of collectors and eBay profiteers. (Buy a six-pack for $625 here.)
It's illegal to sell beer for consumption without a license, but thousands of beer auctions on eBay have successfully closed. Their vendors have managed this by listing their wares as "collectible containers" lacking any valuable contents, an obvious dodge that infuriates many brewers. The deals have seemed to flout both U.S. law and the site's own guidelines, and have often resulted in eye-popping prices—like this $1,300 sale of a single 12-ounce bottle. In one of the most galling recent examples, a seller in Vermont resold a magnum of sour beer blended by Belgian Lambic master Armand Debelder for Debelder's wedding (starting bid, $90; winning 20th bid, $1,322).
Brewers like Debelder have long felt spited by these online auctions (they're not making the incredible markup, after all), and lobbied the site to spike the practice. Shaun Hill estimated he sells 60 percent of his volume directly from his bucolic Vermont brewery, which, to his extreme annoyance, became a supply line to the black market. In response, he has placed a limit on how much individuals can buy and threatened to ban abusers for life. "People try to tell me, 'It's not fair. I can't get your beer because you don't make enough of it,' " says Hill. "Well, you know what? Life's not fair. Just because you want something doesn't mean you can have it." EBay has started to heed brewers' complaints—the site began pulling down auctions last summer after the president of Russian River Brewing Co. emailed a member of the site's Global Regulatory and Policy Management team, cc'ing me and identifying me as a journalist working on a story about beer auctions— but the site has so far failed to quash the practice completely. (Asked for clarification on the summer changes, an eBay spokesperson, issued a noncommittal, boilerplate response: "We have not changed our policy. ... eBay does not allow alcohol products intended for consumption, but does allow the sale of some collectible containers.")
Pop culture has long regarded beer as a frat boy's drink or a cheap accompaniment for delivery pizza—the lowest of the low brow. So why are individual bottles now commanding four figures?


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Ashlee Simpson's weight worryAshlee Simpson struggled with an eating disorder as a child.
The 'Boyfriend' singer says as soon as her parents noticed the problems they took drastic action.
She admitted to Britain's OK! Magazine: "I was about 11-years-old, and people in the dance world were really concerned about their weight.
"But, as soon as my parents saw me really skinny, they put a steak in my mouth."
Ashlee now loves her womanly curves and recently told America's Cosmopolitan magazine: "I think I have good curves and they're womanly.
"I think it's sexy not to be a bone, and it's sad when people get too weight-conscious and don't look in the mirror and see themselves as being as beautiful as they are"
Meanwhile, the 19-year-old actress and singer also denied that there's a rift between her and Lindsay Lohan.
She said: "She's a sweet girl. But we're obviously not best friends.
"I don't see her all the time, but when we do see each other we always say hi."
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Is his temper tantrums normal?
My two year old son just barely started throwing the most horrific temper tantrums. He hits, screams, and bites. If he's not doing this to us then he's doing it to himself. These temper tantrums are starting to last more than five minutes long. Is this normal? Is it just a phase? What do I do to make him to stop hurting others and himself when he's angry?
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Submitted by Kiran Pahwa on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 09:06
Melbourne, Jan 14 : Model Miranda Kerr and husband Orlando Bloom have spent nearly a week with their newborn baby boy but they are yet to come up with a name.
Bloom's mother Sonia revealed that the couple is having a tough time trying to decide the name of the 4.5kg baby boy.
"They have a list of names and he tells me they are struggling to choose one," News. com. au quoted Sonia as telling the Daily Mirror.
"They are both absolutely ecstatic. I am beyond happy," she added.
The Victoria's Secret model revealed that she had her baby without any drugs or pain relief.
"I did natural birth too, no drugs or pain killers!!! Love Miranda xxx." Kerr wrote on her blog. (ANI)
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A Chance at Redemption
From creator Nancy Miller, TNT's new drama, 'Saving Grace,' is about a cop's last chance at redemption and stars Holly Hunter.
Holly Hunter and the rest of the "Saving Grace" cast
In TNT's new drama, "Saving Grace," Grace Hanadarko (Academy Award-winning actor Holly Hunter) is a hard-talking, fast-living police officer who unexpectedly meets her last-chance angel, the wise-cracking Earl (Leon Rippey of "Deadwood"), after a night of heavy drinking, when she accidentally kills a man while driving--and then begs for help from God to change her life. Earl offers a chance at redemption, but it won't be an easy journey for either of them.
Creator Nancy Miller, a practicing Catholic, sees "Saving Grace" as her chance to explore the ways faith, religion, sin, and choices intersect with each other. Her faith sometimes complicated her work on the show, she tells Beliefnet, in an interview that also touched on the angels she sees living all around us, and her belief that God is a healer, not a rule enforcer.
Grace is an unusual character, a kind of a wild woman who is pushed into asking for redemption. How do you think viewers will to relate to her?
I hope that they're able to see pieces of themselves in her--the pieces that are questioning, that are afraid, that have been shattered and aren't put quite back together yet. I also hope that they relate to her joy of life, her love of her friends and her nephew, and of fun, [like] when she takes [her nephew] for a ride in the police car. So it's all of those different aspects of Grace that I hope people see and relate to.
You have said that Grace is the worst and best of us rolled into one character. What are those best and worst parts that can be found in all of us?
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Back in 1995, surveying the young Manchester United side featuring Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, David Beckham and Gary Neville, which had slumped to a 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa, pundit and former Liverpool footballer Alan Hansen coined a now infamous phrase. "You can't win anything with kids", declared the Scotsman confidently. A mantra that was dramatically proven to be false and misguided that very season by Sir Alex Ferguson's youthful charges, Hansen's words also apply to the most exciting and unpredictable phenomena of the London 2012 Olympic Games – youth.
So far 15-year-old Ye Shiwen from China has won the 400m IM, American 17-year-old Missy Franklin has picked up three gold medals, and Kate Ledecky has well and truly outpaced Team GB favourite Rebecca Adlington in the 800m freestyle. These kids, eh? Always winning medals and showing up their elders. It's a shame you can't win anything with ki… Oh, wait. You can.


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Please rate this review: Remember Me
We'll Always Have Paris
HIGH The story turn during the break in at Memorize
LOW Nothing worse than the guy giving you instructions on the radio for the whole game who sounds tired and pouty.
WTF not being able to pull off a 6-hit combo no matter what I did.
I was fascinated by this game's high concept design and story elements for some months leading up to it's release. The visuals had the polish of Syd Mead's Blade Runner styling, and the gameplay looked to be borrowing from the better parts of Assassin's Creed and the Longest Journey.
I found the idea of memory swapping being used as a metaphor for the sublimation of personal information and identity on the web a terrific place to kick off a story. The designers at Dontnod admitted that Facebook and it's effect on culture were a shaping influence n their work. I was hooked.
Controversy over the difficulty in finding a publisher left Remember Me looking like it wouldn't find a home outside of Europe. The statements that big publishers didn't want to risk money on a game with a female protagonist left me feeling depressed. When the game was released, early reviews were lukewarm, and I wondered if the controversy had been ginned up to get attention. At this point I was ready to skip purchasing it altogether, when I reminded myself I was basing my decision on criticism instead of my own feelings and expectations, and I like to support art that intrigues me, and Remember Me did, so I picked it up on Steam.
I heard Brad Gallaway mention on Twitter, and I would second a comparison to Enslaved:Odyssey to the West, another science fiction platform brawler, with nice art design. I would say that Remember Me has a better story and less enjoyable combat.
There is a simple X/Y combo system that allows you to plug in different effects for each hit... damage, cooldown for special abilities, and healing. In theory, it sounds fine, in practice, my tendency was to button mash and no amount of studying the fight choreography made me time my presses any better. I never felt like I was progressing with the combat, and the repeating enemy types didn't help this feeling.
There are different tactics to use on different enemies; knocking wall crawlers to the ground, shooting unshielded robots to expose weak points, and so on. It was enjoyable in short bursts, but more than once I felt like I was playing a souped-up version of Square's 'the Bouncer'. That's not a good thing, to me. Enslaved, for the shallowness of it's combat, at least had a satisfying feeling of immersion, of smashing things with the club. I never felt like I was connecting in Remember Me.
At other times I felt like I was playing Final Fantasy XIII, running down beautiful, highly stylized corridors without being able to interact with much of anything. There were doors to open and some puzzle design involving platforms and carts, and also a lockpick that can only open one door at a time by swapping energy from door to door. In this way, forcing you to progress through certain areas in a certain way, but this lockpick was never really utilized more than one level. It felt like a loose end.
The worst issue for me was the nagging exposition dumps over a radio from the mysterious Errorist leader Edge.. voiced by Nathan Nolan, the biggest letdown in the game. Had he voiced the character quietly and unemotionally, it would have worked so much better than the pouty, shouty way he did it. Kezia Burrough's voicing of Nilin, on the other hand, is terrific. The chapter starts where Nilin talks about fate and her next objective and where her loyalty lies as she stalks a Matrix-y void are the best I've heard in this genre, maybe ever. It's unfortunate the frustrating chasm in voice acting between the 2 leads plagues the whole English translation. Playing the game in French might be a better option. Just saying.
The musical score by Olivier Deriviere, is very strong, and uses glitchy stuttering breaks within the framework of an orchestral score to suggest the discontinuity of the main character's presence to great effect.
The heart of Remember Me are the memory remix segments, which punctuate the later chapters of the game, and ultimately center on one critical moment, and this I found fascinating from a dramatic standpoint. That is, in a game like Heavy Rain, revisiting a scene to try something different invalidated your past experience and made the game feel weaker as an experience. In Remember Me, the memory changes you inflict on others are scripted, yet they cause paradigm shifts in the central characters relationships to eachother. This is the core theme; that healing trauma by erasing memories has made the world a nightmare, and erased the heroine from existence. Everything Nilin does in the game revalidates and reintegrates herself back into her own life. This is a different and welcome kind of empowerment dynamic. I really cared about the changes that occurred in her and the antagonists, because it was all character development in the direction of warmth and connectedness, and it felt very satisfying to reach the end.
A perfect game? Not at all. Fascinating and worthy for the attempt? Definitely. I will keep an eye on Dontnod.
Purchased on Steam, played on PC with XBox 360 gamepad. Completed one time on easy level, approx 9 hours.
Some strong language and violence, not bloody, but disturbing dramatic contexts in the cutscenes, focus on terrorism.
Game includes subtitles in several languages, and imminent enemy attacks are highlighted.
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But where is the score!? I cannot process this text without it..
More seriously, good review. Nicely written and I like your informal style; the only thing I miss here is an introductory paragraph explaining the premise of the game and what the gameplay consists of (apart from "science fiction platform brawler") as I don't really know anything about the game.
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thanks, Pedro, I was going to re-edit, but don't see much point after reading Brad's review.
I would have given Remember Me a 6 out of 10.
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I actually think it complements Brad's review quite well - you talk about different facets of the game - and as such it's an ideal second opinion, even if the scores don't differ too much.
You should send if off to him unedited and see what he says. It'll never get rated down here, unless the bots have learned to vote.
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Nice review. I'm halfway into the game myself and agree with pretty much everything you say here. Really wanted this game to be something more.
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Now that I've finished the game, really good review :)
Agree with a lot of what you say. I didn't have a huge amount of trouble with the combos (*blows on fingernails, shines them on lapel of jacket*) because I stuck to the simple ones (square x3 and triangle x3 square x4) and just swapped in and out the pressens depending on what suited each fight. The square 3x one was for health and the other for combat and cooldowns.
I thought the combat was a real strength and the memory remixes undercooked (guesswork essentially).
Really good game, really good review (which I like a LOT more than Brad's on the main page).
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Late to this party (and posting on this my favorite game site in general) as having a child it turns out sucks up a lot of free time ha.
I enjoyed this game a lot, and this review is spot on in terms of the enjoyment I derived from the narrative. I'm actually a bit more in agreement with Pedro regarding the ease and fluidity of the combat, but that's subjective and does not hinder the strength of this review in the slightest.
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Tiger Barbs won't eat
so i have 4 tiger barbs in my 60 gal tank to help cycle it, and they won't eat. they've been in there for 4-5 days now and they won't eat.
i have some fake plants and a fake tree stump in there and when i enter the room and come anywhere near the tank, they hide from me, or when i turn any lights on.
when i put food (flakes) on top of the water, they don't eat it (they stay at the bottom most of the time) so it sits and dissolves and rots so i have to net it out.
when i sink the food, it floats around, bounces off them, one of them will eat a piece or two and ignore the rest, and they don't eat it. so i have to net it out again.
at this point, i put one of those 7 day feeder cubes in and i guess they will eat when they are hungry.
am i doing something wrong? why are they so timid and scared?
my mom just suggested this:
is it possible the tank is too big for them? maybe they are too used to the small tank or being with so many at Petsmart?
Answering a few questions will help us figure out the problem.
Here's the form from the Disease Forum:
1. Size of tank?
2. Water parameters
a. Ammonia?
b. Nitrite?
c. Nitrate?
d. pH, KH and GH?
e. Test kit?
3. Temperature?
4. FW (fresh water) or BW (brackish)?
5. How long the aquarium has been set up?
6. What fish do you have? How many are in your tank? How big are they? How long have you had them?
7. Were the fish placed under quarantine period (minus the first batch from the point wherein the tank is ready to accommodate the inhabitants)?
8. a. Any live plants? Fake plants?
b. Sand, gravel, barebottom?
c. Rocks, woods, fancy decors? Any hollow decors?
9. a. Filtration?
b. Heater?
10. a. Lighting schedule? What lights are used?
b. Any sunlight exposure? How long?
11. a. Water change schedule?
b. Volume of water changed?
c. Well water, tap water, RO water?
d. Water conditioner used?
e. Frequency of gravel/sand (if any) vacuumed?
12. Foods?
How often are they fed?
13. a. Any abnormal signs/symptoms?
b. Appearance of poop?
c. Appearance of gills?
14. a. Have you treated your fish ahead of diagnosis?
b. What meds were used?
15. Insert photos of fish in question and full tank shot if necessary.
You could try soaking their food in garlic juice. There is no scientific study to back this up, but it is supposed to boost immunity and appetite in fish. I give it to my fish about twice a week.
Make sure it is fresh garlic you crush or if you buy the minced stuff in jars it only has water and no additives.
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