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In anticipation of Microsoft's upcoming video game, Halo 5: Guardians, scheduled for release on October 27, Mega Bloks has released four new sets modeled directly after the game. All sets are recommended for kids ages 8 and up.
Mega Bloks Debuts New Building Sets Ahead of Halo 5: Guardians
Sony Moving Closer to Making Inroads into China
During the past week, it was widely reported that Sony Corp. is moving closer to shipping video game consoles in China, where devices such as its PlayStation had long been banned.
According to a filing reported on by Bloomberg News this past Thursday, a Sony-affiliated factory in Shanghai's free-trade zone will start packaging consoles this December. The filing—an environmental assessment posted by a Sony local partner on the free-trade zone's official website—stated that the factory has the capacity to package 200,000 consoles a year.
The exact type of console was not specified. "Though it is true the filing was made and approved, some parts of the document such as the amount of shipment, number of staff, production start timing, were only tentative and do not represent the actual business plan. We have yet to announce which system will be available in China, price for the system, and the launch date," said a representative of Sony Computer Entertainment in a statement.
Sony signed a deal earlier this year with Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group Co. to make and sell PlayStation game consoles in China. The move came after the Chinese government in September lifted a 14-year ban on the sale of video game consoles, which had been in place due to concerns about violent content.
Sony video game competitor Microsoft began selling its Xbox One through the free-trade zone late last month, with restrictions on the titles approved for sale.
Minecraft Will Join Microsoft Studios
Microsoft Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire Mojang, the Stockholm-based game developer behind the popular Minecraft franchise.
Under the terms of the agreement, the Mojang team will join Microsoft Studios. Microsoft will acquire Mojang for $2.5 billion, and expects the acquisition to be break-even in fiscal year 2015 on a GAAP basis. Subject to customary closing conditions and any regulatory review, the acquisition is expected to close later this year.
Available across multiple platforms, players have downloaded Minecraft more than 100 million times, on PC alone, since its launch in 2009. Minecraft is also the most popular online game on Xbox, and the game's community is among the most active in the industry, with more than 2 billion hours played on Xbox 360 alone in the past two years. [Read more...]
With DreamWorks Dragons Adventure World Explorer, Berk Goes Where You Go!
We've all taken rides in cars, but honestly, haven't we all found ourselves wishing we could be soaring on the wings of dragons instead?
That's now a possibility, thanks to DreamWorks Dragons Adventure World Explorer, a new mobile game from Microsoft and DreamWorks Animation, and inspired by the animated film, How to Train Your Dragon 2. It uses Here Maps to pull in GPS info, turning the real world into the user's very own fictional Isle of Berk.
During a recent demo, we took the game on a tour of midtown Manhattan. In Train mode, many of the city's mighty edifices appeared in the game as huge stones, landmarks such as Grand Central Station became a wagon repair shop, and Chelsea Market was besieged by Vikings (They correspond to check-ins for the popular app Foursquare). Meanwhile, players engage in missions as part of their dragon training, such as picking up and dropping off sheep at home base–the device, represented in the game map by a cart. [Read more...]
Ubisoft Takes Players on an Unpredictable Journey with Far Cry 4
At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, Ubisoft showcased Far Cry 4, the sequel to the No. 1 rated shooter of 2012. The sequel features co-op Guns for Hire, which allows players to invite friends to liberate towers, take over outposts, and share in the spoils–even if their friend does not own the game.
Customers who pre-order Far Cry 4 will receive a free upgrade to the limited edition, which includes Hurk's Redemption, a series of three action-packed, single-player missions featuring the popular character, Hurk, and his harpoon gun The Impaler, from Far Cry 3. Pre-orders are now available at all major retailers.
The game will be available worldwide on November 18 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Windows PC.
Warner Bros. Interactive Launches New Batman: Arkham Origins Games
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have released Batman: Arkham Origins. Developed by WB Games Montréal, the game is based on DC Comics' core Batman license, and introduces an original prequel storyline in which a young, unrefined Batman faces the defining moment of his early career, and sets his path to becoming the famous Dark Knight.
Batman: Arkham Origins, in which Batman is hunted by eight of the deadliest assassins from the DC Comics Universe, is available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and Windows PC. New to the franchise is a multiplayer mode, developed by Splash Damage, which allows friends and foes to engage in online play that blends traditional Arkham gameplay with those of third-person shooter mechanics.
Also available now is Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, a companion game developed by Armature Studio, which brings core Batman Arkham pillars to the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS handheld formats. It allows players to continue the storyline of the console game.
Players looking to extend their gameplay experience can buy the Batman: Arkham Origins Season Pass, comprised of five of the game's upcoming downloadable content packs. The Season Pass is available on the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live online entertainment network from Microsoft, Nintendo eShop, and Steam.
Build-A-Bear Workshop Opens New Store at FAO Schwarz Fifth Avenue
Build-A-Bear Workshop has announced plans to open a shop within the FAO Schwarz Fifth Avenue flagship store. Opening in early November, the new location is the first Build-A-Bear Workshop store-within-a-store in the U.S.
While visiting the store, guests can participate in the hands-on Build-A-Bear Workshop stuffed animal-making experience, which has been enhanced with digital technology. The company worked with Microsoft, Samsung, and other leading technology companies to create the store design, which includes:
- A touchscreen storefront display that allows guests to interact with the brand by playing and exploring the latest Build-A-Bear Workshop furry friend collections.
- An interactive Love Me station that enables guests to customize their stuffed animals by giving personality traits to the red satin heart, which is added to their animal at the Stuff Me station.
- A Hear Me station where popular music and special sounds can be added. Guests can also record their own voice to further personalize their stuffed animal.
- The Fluff Me station where customers can play with a sensory effects digital bath tub with virtual bubbles.
- The Name Me station, which allows guests to reveal the personality traits and customized features that were added to their stuffed animal throughout the bear-making process. At Name Me, guests also create a one-of-a-kind birth certificate.
Hastings Entertainment to Host Midnight Release Parties for Halo 4
Hastings Entertainment, Inc., a leading multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, will host midnight release parties for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game Halo 4. Fans are encouraged to join their local Hastings for a midnight release party on Monday, November 5. Festivities for the night will begin at 9 p.m. local time and will end after the game goes on sale at midnight.
Fans enjoying the party and awaiting the release of the game will be able to take advantage of special promotions during the release party, including 30 percent off all barware ; 30 percent off used music CD's, books, video games, and video game accessories; 25 percent off all action figures; and more. In addition, with the purchase of the Halo 4 game, customers get 50 percent off the Halo Strategy Guide during the midnight release party.
To find out more about the Halo 4 midnight release party in your area, visit or contact your local Hastings superstore or visit www.goHastings.com.
Microsoft Announces Release of New Games for Xbox 360
Microsoft is releasing new video games, including Halo 4 and Dance Central 3, just in time for back-to-school shopping.
Dance central 3 is back with new features, including a multiplayer party mode allowing up to eight players. Dance central 3 features a soundtrack with more than 40 new tracks, taking players back in time to the 70s, 80s, 90s with chart-toppers. Users can also import song libraries from Dance Central and Dance Central 2. The in-game music store lets players build their dance library, using more than 140 songs and routines. Available in October, Dance Central 3 requires an Xbox 360 with Kinect sensor.
Ancient evil awakens in Halo 4, and The Master Chief returns to battle an ancient evil that seeks vengeance and annihilation. Shipwrecked in a mysterious world, gamers are faced with new enemies and deadly technology. Enlist aboard the Infinity to experience Halo's original multiplayer and Spartan Ops innovative, episodic fiction-based co-op missions.
With three different game modes, game types, and gameplay in store for Halo, the Limited Edition Halo 4 Console may come in handy. The console includes a customized Halo 4 Xbox 360 console complete with a 320GB hard drive, exclusive on-off and eject sound effects, two customized controllers, a standard edition Halo 4 game and downloadable Halo 4 content.
This post was originally written by Lindsay Gordon and published by ToyBook.com. For more news, visit www.toybook.com, follow The Toy Book on Twitter, and like The Toy Book on Facebook. The Toy Book is a bimonthly trade magazine covering the toy industry, published by Adventure Publishing Group.
Baby Genius Mobile App Series to Open New Windows of Learning for Children Around the Globe this Summer
Genius Brands International, Inc., announced that, in partnership with Nokia Corporation, it will bring exclusive mobile apps that run on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone platform to the Nokia Lumia range of devices, including the Lumia 900 on AT&T. The Ready, Play, Learn line is being developed to offer learning opportunities by bringing education to mobile technology. It creates a new way to help prepare children for the preschool-to-kindergarten transition by empowering parents with state-of-the-art tools to help them. Genius Brands' Sing 'n Play Pals are the first apps in the Ready, Play, Learn kindergarten readiness program using music to educate and entertain the youngest app users.
The first two apps in the Sing 'n Play Pals series are in development and are scheduled for launch this summer. The try and buy Baby Genius apps will feature free and premium content available at the option of the parent unlocking additional content. The next apps in the Ready, Play, Learn line of educational apps are scheduled for launch in the 4th quarter.
Rexi the Dinosaur and Bubbles the Bear will be the first Baby Genius characters to star in the Sing n' Play Pals line of apps designed to bring the Baby Genius characters to life, with entertaining animated movements that let children interact with the characters, learn, and play games. Children will be able to interact and talk to Rexi or Bubbles, and the Baby Genius characters will repeat anything they hear said. Kids will be able to make them giggle, wiggle, play an instrument, kick a soccer ball, and eat a sandwich. Users will be able to video record their experiences and send the videos to friends via email, or share the videos on social networking sites such as YouTube and Facebook.
This post was originally written by Sierra McCleary-Harris and published by ToyBook.com. For more news, visit www.toybook.com, follow The Toy Book on Twitter, and like The Toy Book on Facebook. The Toy Book is a bimonthly trade magazine covering the toy industry, published by Adventure Publishing Group.


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Mississippi River Challenge: A Night at the Fort
In the first half of the 19th century, when Fort Snelling was built yet still being expanded, the area around it was composed of largely untouched forest, the Mississippi flowing with pristine water. Fast-forward a couple hundred years, and the fort is next to a major international airport, and surrounded by highways. The river and the neighboring land are in okay shape, but in need of preservation. So as part of the Mississippi River Challenge, a two-day paddle event organized by the Friends of the Mississippi River, canoeists will paddle the river during the day and camp out under the stars at Fort Snelling at night. A replenishing dinner will be served (with vegetarian and vegan options available), with root beer and brews from Summit, live music, and historical re-enactors providing entertainment. Those interested in eating and hanging out with the paddlers, but not traversing the river, can join in the evening festivities for $20, which includes dinner and drinks. 5 p.m. For more info on the boating trip call 651.222.2193 x19 or visit www.mississippiriverchallenge.org
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2013-10-26 01 by Teda77Watch
©2013-2016 Teda77
hey this is a drawing i made like a month ago. it was inspired by a similar drawing i found on tumblr. it's made with a blue pen. i also edited the border so it would look nicer hope you like it. please tell me what you think about it? xD


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Monday, January 09, 2012
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Pretty much exactly what the title says.
I'm horribly independent. As a 6-year-old, I was shown the way I could walk to school. I walked a different way so that I did not have to put up with crossing guards telling me when I could cross.... Read more
Sunday, January 08, 2012
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Friday, January 06, 2012
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This is one of the other blog thoughts that has been rattling around in my skull since late December. (I apologize in advance if anyone feels �fat� is a mean term to use. I used it here because I�m trying to encompass everything from chubby on... Read more
Thursday, January 05, 2012
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Three of my goals in 2011 were not met. Two were my December goals and one was a "by Winter" goal. Amusingly, right about the time I was doing my review of my 2011 goals, I moved into the next strategy of Stage 3 - You Can Overcome Setbacks wi... Read more
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
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Many of you may have heard a version of this parable in the past. I think the one I first heard described a professor using a fish tank in his classroom for the demonstration.
He put in big rocks (small enough to ... Read more
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
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Obviously not entirely. We do many things throughout the day that are not driven by habit. But the sheer number of things that ARE dictated by habit is not something we notice, and with good reason. Habits are our bodies way of doing things f... Read more
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
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Starting off the new year with a look at where I am right now.
Height = 5' 7.75" (67.75 inches)
Weight = 221 pounds
Body Fat % = 45% or 28.23%
Forehead = 23.75 inches
Neck = 15 inches
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
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== December Goals ==
1) Weight stably at or below 225.
Hovering at 221.5 right now and haven't been over 223 this week, so all good.
2) Get wrist and ankle weights from storage - use them to add some resistance to ST. ... Read more
Thursday, December 29, 2011
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Ever since I reread and posted that little 2.5-year old blog (in my previous blog), I've been re-reading it and thinking about something in my attitude there.
I have always hated housework. As I say there, chores feel never-ending and devo... Read more
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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So, in joining up with a group on Google+ and working toward the goal of actively writing, I dug up an "old" wordpress blog account I created in mid-2009. I have no memory of writing this particular blog, and yet in some ways the ideas and thou... Read more
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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One of the three blog topics I�ve been thinking on has to do with the language of self-hate. Maybe hate is too strong a word, but I�ll let you decide that.
Today I read is this quote from the Dalai Lama (I�ve mentioned before that I have h... Read more
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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I actually have three different blog topics that have been running through my head for a few days now ... and there's no way my brain will let me write any tonight. My own fault. Was trying to get familiar with a little computer game I was pla... Read more
Monday, December 26, 2011
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Today was pretty busy unexpectedly. I set off in the morning to attend the mass at which my daughter's youth choir was singing. It's a pleasure to get to listen to her in the group, even if I feel kind of odd man out in the pews.
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when i click on one of my CATEGORIES i get redirected to a new page with posts of that particular CATEGORY however youtube and jpegs for each post are missing, only text appears !
how can i fix this so that youtube and jpegs do appear ?
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Fella And Llama In Moscow by Goldy--GryWatch
©2011-2016 Goldy--Gry
The result of my little walking with ^_^ We decided to try our luck in that contest, Fella Around the World, so we made a photosession of Fella and Llama in Moscow. This is Fella and Llama, clinging to some post against The Cathedral of Intercession of Theotokos (aka the Cathedral of Basil the Blessed). No photomanipulation! We (with a little difficult) attached both of them to the post. Luckily, the wind (there was pretty strong one today) didn't blow them away.
Oh I didn't know you from Russia. Nice to finally know so!
Well it's written here in my profile I think...
very nice!!
lol, Llama is defying gravity. Congrats!!
Congratulations on your winning picture.
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Congrats! Your one of the winners for the contest!
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It kind of reminds me of this "Freundliche Franz" thing we did in my German class.
Um, don't know what's that...
What an amazing entry!!!! *----*
I hope you win, pal!!!
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Guitar Animation by PatrickJosephWatch
©2009-2016 PatrickJoseph
A guitar comes to life in a store after everyone leaves and starts to play itself. The music is a solo I wrote for my band Vertebrae Twitch from our song "Lost Souls". I felt the solo had just the right edge to musically entertain the visuals with the sensation I wanted to create for the viewer. The guitar is modeled after my Ibanez, 24 fret, with floating bridge strung with D'Addario strings. The original animation was longer, but I cut it down so the animation gets right to the point, (there's a actually an introduction that shows me and a friend looking and touching the guitar in awe as though we're there in the store and I had created a film with a grainy effect, but now you just see the tail end of it).
Software used: Maya, Premiere, Photshop, After Effects & Sound Forge.
Software used: Maya, Premiere, Photshop, After Effects & Sound Forge.
@01:31Thanx! Yeah, it is a little gross, but wen u think about it, a guitar player shredding out an awesome solo is like a man pulling out his cock and masturbating on the crowd of his fans and like the woman we feel the power of that guitar lick and with every twitch we scream and shout more, so really when you think about it, going to a concert and watching a guitarist go into a solo is kinda gross. (I am a guitar player, it does feel that when you're on stage, LOL)


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Ca you share that SC4 mod please!, i like this setup too though
Great setup buddy!
<3 stunning as always
Awesome! Where is the messages icon from?
pretty sick setup trusky! can you share both walls? & wheres the clock icon from?
awesome shot! this may be a silly question but, what did you name the safari icon to get it to replace in Winterboard? Icon / email@example.com won't work for me
Thanks! Not a silly question at all dude. It's simply email@example.com If it doesn't change go in and replace the icon again. That's happened to me before and when I started from scratch, it worked. Hope that helps.
Can you share LS wall and the snowcover theme?
Nice shot! Really like the Avant 1 and messages, could you point me to the creator to see about sharing? Thanks!
Now this is some slick shit right here. Lockwall sucks tho
Thanks. Yeah, some candy ass made the wall. I felt bad for him so I figured I'd post a shot with it to make him feel better
P.S. Thanks for the wall
P.S. Thanks for the wall
Very nice shot man!! I will admit, I'm a little jelly about Avant 1
Thanks brotha Avant 1 has always been a favorite of mine. I'm glad some of the icons got ported to HD.
nice. do you have a link to the ls theme and dock? also what theme is the cam icon from? i don't think ive seen that before.


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Oklahoma City, OK -- Residents and business owners who have not yet registered for federal and state disaster assistance have only three more weeks to apply. July 9, 2003, is the last day to file applications for most disaster assistance programs, according to federal and state disaster recovery officials. So far, 3,658 Oklahomans in the disaster declared counties have already registered for assistance. Disaster assistance funds totaling $9.4 million have been approved.
Oklahoma City, OK -- Federal and state officials announce $8.8 million has been approved for disaster assistance to help those individuals and businesses affected by the severe storms and tornadoes that began on May 8. Updated disaster information is as follows:
Oklahoma City, OK -- The Disaster Recovery Centers at Moore and Henryetta will close at the end of the day on Thursday, June 12, 2003. The centers have successfully served those who needed disaster information relating to the severe storms and tornadoes that began on May 8. So far, just over 1,100 Oklahomans have visited these and the seven other centers that were in operation.
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Individuals & Household Program (IHP): Provides money and services to people in Presidentially declared disaster areas.
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Public Assistance (PA): Disaster grant assistance available for communities to quickly respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies declared by the President
Emergency Work (Categories A-B): Work that must be performed to reduce or eliminate an immediate threat to life, protect public health and safety, and to protect improved property that is significantly threatened due to disasters or emergencies declared by the President
Permanent Work (Categories C-G): Work that is required to restore a damaged facility, through repair or restoration, to its pre-disaster design, function, and capacity in accordance with applicable codes and standards
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Luster Learning Institute (LLI) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization, founded in 2007.
MISSION: Our mission is to inspire children, their families, and teachers to be peaceful, focused, respectful, kind and responsible. We accomplish this through our Calm Classroom program which cultivates: self awareness, mental focus,
emotional balance and inner calm.
From preschool through high school, Calm Classroom empowers students and teachers with skills that reduce stress and anxiety, and increase emotional self-regulation, attention span, and absorption of academic content. Calm Classroom fosters a school wide climate based on respect and non-violence toward oneself and others, and develops an individual's tenacity and optimism that is required to face and successfully master the challenging situations that occur in and beyond school.


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Good food and nice staffPosted on 10 / 07 / 2012
After seeing Sabor listed as vegan friendly in Pensacola I had to try it out. It was good food. The vegetables were cooked perfect and they were definitely vegan friendly. I think the vegetables in the tacos were a bit oily but otherwise really enjoyed the food. All of my kids enjoyed it also. My two year old devoured his vegan tamale! Great place to take omni friends.
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WASHINGTON KIIIIIIIICK by vivian9Watch
©2010-2016 vivian9
Happy Independence Day!
It's the predecessor to the Falcon punch.
haha good stuff
The first ever use of the word "BYAHHHH!" in America
this is epic on soooo many levels!
Amazing work:]
Ha ha! Hilarious!
There are no words.
Happy 4th of july everyone!
LOL, +fav FOREVER!
lol, happy 4th to you, too! Your lines and coloring are so crisp o_o Ah, and I just noticed the eagle in the background, nice touch.


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#759 Bâloise Group
- Market Cap As of May 2015
- $6.4 Billion
- Industry
- Diversified Insurance
- Founded
- 1864
- Country
- Switzerland
- Chief Executive Officer
- Martin Strobel
- Website
- http://www.baloise.com
- Employees
- 7,617
- Sales
- Headquarters
- Basel
Bâloise Group on Forbes Lists
- #759 Global 2000
- #935 in Sales
- #847 in Profit
- #328 in Assets
- #1,777 in Market value
Bâloise Holding AG engages in the provision of insurance and pension solutions. It operates through the following segments: Non-Life, Life, Banking, and Other Activities. The Non-Life segment offers accident and health insurance as well as products relating to liability, motor, property, and marine insurance. The Life segment provides endowment policies, term insurance, investment-linked products and private placement life insurance. The Banking segment comprises Baloise Bank SoBa, which acts as a universal bank in Switzerland; and Deutscher Ring Bausparkasse, which operates in Germany. The Other Activities segment includes equity investment companies, real-estate firms and financing companies. The company was founded on May 2, 1863 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. More »
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oh wow! I'll bet that was some fun shooting.
Come on dann dont give up on us poor souls on panoramio,upload us some of your gems,i know you will have them,best wishes steve form liverpool,england!
I just don't feel it right to upload if I don't have time to check out others' photos. :(
Hello Dann, great photo!!!
Thank you Fabrizio!
Dann http://blog.bigskyconvection.com/ < For newer photos.
Very interesting link, Dann. But I would be pleased when you enlarge the pic in the upper left corner a bit. I never saw this Yoga exercise before. ;-)
We never realized that in this photo we were looking at the second-to-last Lightning Bolt that Dann would ever see, and that the next one must have struck him so that we'd never see him again! :'<
Hope you're enjoying spring storm weather!
I know, I'm sorry... I wish I had time to come back 'round here and put up more photos. If you want to keep in touch, I regularly update my blog with new photos: http://blog.bigskyconvection.com and also am on the Facetubes: http://www.facebook.com/cianca
We will be patient and watch your blog site.
Nice pic of you, by the way. :-)
Thanks Poly!
Great capture
Thank you Enzo!
... still no new lightnings to watch ...
Have some lightning shots from a chase last year here: http://blog.bigskyconvection.com/2010/09/2010-storm-chase-45-report-september.html
Ah yes, thanks a lot, Dann!
Fred is great! :)
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Trimeris, Bionovo: Early Volume Plays
TheStreet) -- Several stocks trading near $5 were poised to move on above-average volume during Tuesday's session. Trimeris (TRMS) plummeted by 63 cents, or 19.8%, to $2.55 in the premarket session after Arigene terminated its offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Trimeris. Arigene said it was unable to secure sufficient financing for the merger as of the expiration time of the tender offer. The 50-day average daily volume for Trimeris is 245,000 shares, according to the Nasdaq.YRC Worldwide (YRCW) slipped by 2 cents, or 2.1%, to 93 cents in the premarket session after the trucking company extended the deadline on a debt-for-equity offer for the fifth time, to Dec. 29. The swap is part of YRC Worldwide's efforts to stave off bankruptcy. The 50-day average daily volume for YRC Worldwide is 9.32 million. Bionovo (BNVI) surged by 9 cents, or 20.2%, to 54 cents in the premarket session after the company announced a study published in The International Journal of Cancer that describes its first novel dual mTOR Inhibitor, BN107, for the treatment of breast cancer. The 50-day average daily volume for Bionovo is 778,000 shares. Hollywood Media (HOLL) jumped by 31 cents, or 24.2%, to $1.59 in the premarket session after the company announced the sale of its Broadway Ticketing Division to privately held Key Brand Entertainment for $45 million in considerations. Upon completion of the transaction, which is expected in the first half of 2010, Hollywood Media will pay a one-time cash dividend of 60 cents a share. The 50-day average daily volume for Hollywood Media is 26,000. United Community Banks (UCBI - Get Report) slumped by 20 cents, or 5.9%, to $3.21 in the premarket session after the company said it will temporarily suspend its common stock dividend. "[We] believe the best way for every shareholder to benefit is to avoid further dilution and continue to position the company for future earnings growth and enhance our liquidity during this period of heightened economic and financial market volatility," the bank said. The 50-day average daily volume for United Community is 1.08 million shares.NEW YORK (
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University employee sued university for unlawful retaliation for exercising rights pursuant to Title VII. An employee sued his employing university due to denial of tenure and termination. The trial ended with an unfavorable verdict for the employee, but during the lawsuit she was hired for another position at the university. The employee then applied for a new position which was denied and sued the university again, claiming that the failure to hire her was a result of the previous lawsuit. Held: For the university. While the employee did establish that she engaged in protected action during the first lawsuit, she failed to show a connection between the first lawsuit and not being hired for the new position. Further, the university demonstrated non-discriminatory reasons for not hiring the employee. Annett v. Univ. of Kan., 216 F. Supp. 2d 1249 (D. Kan. 2002).
Students with Disabilities
Paraplegic student sued college, alleging failure to accommodate her disabilities during overseas program. A paraplegic student was accepted into an Australian overseas program. The student was assured that the program would accommodate her disabilities. Once enrolled in the program, the student was unable to participate in activities due to her disability on numerous occasions. Held: For the school. The student failed to demonstrate an immediate threat of discrimination against her since she had already graduated and was unlikely to return to school and participate in an overseas program again. Also, though the student could not participate in all activities, she was able to participate in a number of them. Therefore, the program in its entirety was not discriminatory. Bird v. Lewis & Clark Coll., 303 F.3d 1015 (9th Cir. 2002).
Employee of private post-secondary art institute brought action against institute for sexual harassment. An art institute displayed a student drawing of its 82-year-old employee bare-breasted and engaging in a sexual act with another faculty member. Held: For the institute. The display did not constitute severe or pervasive sexual harassment under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), because liability under FEHA could not be predicated on a single incident not involving egregious conduct akin to physical assault or the threat of physical assault. Herberg v. Cal. Inst, of the Arts, 124 Cal. Rptr. 2d 1 (Cal. App. 2002).
Student sued military college instructor for injuries sustained during altercation. During a business class, a military instructor injured a student by physical force. The student sued the instructor for violating her substantive due process rights. The instructor claimed that he was entitled to qualified immunity as a government employee. Held: For the instructor. In order to overcome a claim of qualified immunity, one must successfully show a violation of federal constitutional rights. …


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In 1986, the United States entered into a Compact of Free Association with the Pacific Island nations of the Federated States of Micronesia, or FSM, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or RMI. The Compact provided about $2.1 billion in U.S. funds, supplied by the Department of the Interior, over 17 years (1987-2003) to the FSM and the RMI. These funds were intended to advance economic development. In a past report, GAO found that this assistance did little to advance economic development in either country, and accountability over funding was limited. The Compact also established U.S. defense rights and obligations in the region and allowed for migration from both countries to the United States. The three parties recently renegotiated expiring economic assistance provisions of the Compact in order to provide an additional 20 years of assistance (2004-2023). In addition, the negotiations addressed defense and immigration issues. The House International Relations and Resources Committees requested that GAO report on Compact negotiations. This testimony discusses negotiated changes to the levels and structure of future assistance, including the potential cost to the U.S. government. Further, it reviews accountability, defense, and immigration changes brought about by the amended Compacts and related agreements.
The amended Compacts of Free Association between the United States and the FSM and the RMI to renew expiring U.S. assistance could potentially cost the U.S. government about $6.6 billion in new authorizations from the Congress. Of this amount, $3.5 billion would cover payments over a 20-year period (2004-2023), while $3.1 billion represents payments for U.S. military access to Kwajalein Atoll in the RMI for the years 2024 through 2086. While the level of annual grant assistance to both countries would decrease each year, contributions to trust funds--meant to eventually replace grant funding--would increase annually by a comparable amount. Nevertheless, at an assumed annual 6 percent rate of return, earnings from the FSM trust fund would be unable to replace expiring grant assistance in 2024, while earnings from the RMI trust fund would encounter the same problem by 2040. The amended Compacts strengthen reporting and monitoring measures that could improve accountability over assistance, if diligently implemented. These measures include the following: assistance grants would be targeted to priority areas such as health and education; annual reporting and consultation requirements would be expanded; and funds could be withheld for noncompliance with grant terms and conditions. The successful implementation of the many new accountability provisions will require appropriate resources and sustained commitment from the United States, the FSM, and the RMI. Regarding defense, U.S. military access to Kwajalein Atoll in the RMI would be extended from 2016 through 2066, with an option to extend through 2086. Finally, Compact provisions addressing immigration have been strengthened. For example, FSM and RMI citizens entering the United States would need to carry a passport, and the U.S. Attorney General could, through regulations, specify the time and conditions of admission to the United States for these citizens.
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Foreign Aid:USAID Generally Complied with Its Antiterrorism Policies and Procedures for Program Assistance for West Bank and GazaGAO-16-442: Published: Apr 18, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 18, 2016.
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Compacts of Free Association:Issues Associated with Implementation in Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall IslandsGAO-16-550T: Published: Apr 5, 2016. Publicly Released: Apr 5, 2016.
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International Remittances:Actions Needed to Address Unreliable Official U.S. EstimateGAO-16-60: Published: Feb 16, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 16, 2016.
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Building Partner Capacity:U.S. Agencies Can Improve Monitoring of Counter-Firearms Trafficking Efforts in Belize, Guatemala, and MexicoGAO-16-235: Published: Jan 13, 2016. Publicly Released: Feb 2, 2016.
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Foreign Assistance:USAID Venture Capital Approach Relies on Evidence of Results but Could Strengthen Collaboration among Similar ProgramsGAO-16-142: Published: Dec 21, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 20, 2016.
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Iranian Commercial Activities:Update on Foreign Firms Reported to Have Engaged in Iran's Energy or Communications SectorsGAO-16-247R: Published: Jan 13, 2016. Publicly Released: Jan 13, 2016.
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Firearms Trafficking:U.S. Efforts to Combat Firearms Trafficking to Mexico Have Improved, but Some Collaboration Challenges RemainGAO-16-223: Published: Jan 11, 2016. Publicly Released: Jan 11, 2016.
Overseas Private Investment Corporation:Additional Actions Could Improve Monitoring ProcessesGAO-16-64: Published: Dec 11, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 11, 2016.
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Afghanistan:State and USAID Should Evaluate Actions Taken to Mitigate Effects of Attrition among Local StaffGAO-16-100: Published: Dec 3, 2015. Publicly Released: Dec 3, 2015.
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Hotels in Athens - Plaka area.
Anyone got any tips on good hotels in the Plaka area of Athens? Or even ones to avoid? We are going there for three days end of May2012.
Anyone got any tips on good hotels in the Plaka area of Athens? Or even ones to avoid? We are going there for three days end of May2012.
I love the AVA Hotel. You should also check tripadvisor since it has lots of user reviews, photos and more details.
AVA is a nice hotel... the staff friendly and helpful.. we were a group of 6 with 3 rooms everyone was pleased ...
Ditto the positive comments re: the AVA Hotel. On a nice side street, quiet, clean.............exceptionally kind and helpful hotel staff..........cannot say enough good things about the hotel staff. In a city like Athens, you want to stay somewhere safe with folks you can trust.........AVA Hotel was exactly that for us (and obviously lots of others, based on Trip Advisor reviews).
Our tour stayed at the Grand Britagne in Athens, last August. It was very safe. When we ate on the roof top restaurant, you could watch the Acropolis. It was so pretty at 6:30 AM when the lights were still on. Then at night we could watch all the beautiful lights. It was a lovely hotel. My husband and I would totaly recommend it. It is part of the Starwood Hotel chain here in the U.S. The Grand Britagne is directly across the street from the Plaka area and the town square where the soldiers march. It is a short walk to the Acropolis.


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Visiting French students, teachers share perspective on city, state
Students and teachers from Lycee Hugues Capet in Senlis, France, visited Oklahoma City in April as part of an ongoing annual exchange program with Harding Charter Preparatory High School and Casady School.
The program matches students with their foreign peers and live as they do for two weeks, attending class, social events and experiencing family life. Each year it focuses on a theme that allows students to learn about each other. Among areas they've examined include each other's justice system, the relationship between France and the U.S. during World War II and musical arts.
The Oklahoman asked two students and two teachers to give their impressions of Oklahoma and tell us five things they learned during their visit.
Isabelle Laugie
English teacher, and
Guillaume Neel
History teacher
1. We've learned about the history of this country and this state with the Native American tribes' history and "The Trail of Tears," and how so many tribes still live here.
2. We've learned from our visit to the Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher that Ma Dalton and the Dalton Gang really existed. We saw the replica of her log cabin. She is no longer for us just a comic book character that we read in the comic book "Lucky Luke."
3. We've learned about the April 19, 1995, bombing and how through the bombing memorial Oklahomans have never forgotten this tragedy and have built a very moving place of commemoration and resilience.
4. We've learned about cultural differences with, for example, how the driving distances are calculated: in kilometers for Europeans whereas in minutes or hours for Americans!
5. We've learned about the real meaning of many "ships" — that is, partnerships between three schools: French Lycee Hugues Capet in Senlis and Americans in Oklahoma City's Casady School and Harding Charter Prep, but also friendships, both for students and teachers; and, most importantly, successful and enriching relationships between two cultures.
Jules Andreau
1. Some people were happily surprised to buy souvenirs cheaper here than in France. In this way, French students bought a lot of clothes at brands like Hollister and Abercrombie. But sometimes they forgot that they have to add the tax to the price.
2. In the states, you don't seem to have a specific time to do things. You can have lunch at 4 p.m. or go to the supermarket at 1 a.m. We experimented, me and for the major part of our group, this new way of life. We were very surprised; it was unusual!
3. One of the first things that impressed me was the size of everything here. The city is spread out, thanks to the space you have. But when we went to the top of the Devon Tower, we saw that a lot of blocks were still empty!
4. During our trip in Oklahoma we visited the Chisholm Trail Museum. We learned many things about the Land Run of the 1890s during which people raced to find a new place to settle. It's a weird paradox that Oklahomans ran to get their territories when today nobody walks to get where they need to go. Everyone drives.
5. In France, we appreciate and watch the NBA. It's very famous! We were happy to see that everyone here is proud of the Thunder team! There are so many Thunder flags and clothes all around the city. We got tickets to go to the game against the Sacramento Kings! What an amazing atmosphere inside the arena!
Louis David
1. In Oklahoma, people are really friendly; they don't have a lot of prejudices. I have seen that rich people can be friends with poor ones. Here, it's not difficult for me to speak with people who do not know me.
2. I was impressed by the cars in Oklahoma. They are adapted to the size of the country: Huge! I've learned that it is usual to have a V-6 or a V-8 engine in your car, whereas it is reserved in France for luxury and foreign cars. I love American cars because they are cheaper and more cool than in France.
3. Oklahoma has an unusual climate: The weather changes are the fastest that I've ever seen. In France, we have a logical set of the seasons. Here, it can be 80 degrees at 4 p.m. and change to 45 degrees, with rain, by 5 p.m. In one week, there are big thunderstorms, tornadoes and earthquakes.
4. Here in Oklahoma City, I've learned that a lot of people don't have sensibility to the environment: Oklahomans use fossil energy every day in huge quantities and act like they don't know that the actual problem of pollution is a direct consequence of their way of life.
5. Finally, I've learned an important thing: Oklahomans love France. A lot of people have little Eiffel towers in their houses; other people say that we have great wine and everybody says that France is a charming country. I think it's pretty cool to be French here because everyone likes talking to me.


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PHOENIX -- The NFL will not be adding teams to the playoffs this season, but still is discussing an expanded postseason.
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Mystic — After an eight-month search to find a kidney, Groton teacher Brad Vernet was finally slated to undergo a transplant at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on April 10.
But now he may have to delay that surgery and face the prospect of going on dialysis after his insurance company told him last week he is not fully covered for the procedure because the hospital is not in his insurance network. This means he could face a bill of as much as $100,000.
The news came as a shock to Vernet and his wife Katy, who say the hospital told them last summer the transplant would be fully covered.
"I was in total disbelief, " Vernet said today about the call he received from Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield telling him it would only pay 80 percent of the bill.
"I've got this overwhelming joy and gratitude associated with finding a donor and then it's just pulled out from under you," he said.
Vernet, who is slated to go to Boston on Friday for his pre-op testing and appointments, said he may now have to delay the surgery and move it to another hospital that is in his network, something he said he would have done earlier if the hospital had not assured him he was fully covered.
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"If they had said 'you're out of network,' we would have went to the Lahey Clinic which is just down the road," and in network, said Katy Vernet, a teacher at Claude Chester School in Groton.
She said the hospital and insurance company are blaming each other for the problem and the hospital has filed a grievance with Anthem.
"We really don't know who dropped the ball," she said. "Everything had been put in place but now were in complete limbo. No one is calling us back."
The Vernets have contacted both the hospital and insurance company about the coverage, but so far, there has been no resolution. They have also contacted U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., for help. The Vernets also plan to file a complaint with the state insurance commission.
Vernet's search for kidney drew widespread attention as his friends and family used Facebook and YouTube to find him a kidney before one of his former classmates from Springfield College was found to be a match.
Brigham and Women's spokeswoman Jessica Maki said today that the hospital is not allowed to discuss patient information unless a patient has given written permission to do so.
Anthem's Connecticut spokeswoman Sarah Yeager said customers have to sign a release in order for the company to discuss patient information.
Both the hospital and Anthem took steps late this afternoon to secure that permission and said they could discuss the situation once they did.
For Vernet, who teaches science at West Side Middle School, the experience has been an education.
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YOUNGSTOWN — The space that was formerly Buffalo Wild Wings will soon be occupied by a new restaurant, where the new owners say their operation will open as early as July 20.
Chris Sammarone, Brian Ridder and J.P. Daliman, all area attorneys, began their efforts about three months ago, when Ridder, who represented the former BW3 owner, said it was becoming evident the restaurant would be forced to close as the result of unmet design requirements from the franchise.
"Knowing that, we thought it would be a good turnkey situation," Ridder said today. "The former owner simply could not find new property that met the demands of the franchise. At that point, we were able to reach an agreement on purchasing the assets and the liquor license.
Dooney's Downtown Grille, as the new restaurant will be called, will offer a menu simpler than BW3, but it will also be expanded to add pizza and Mexican entrees as well, Ridder said. The men are shooting for a "sports-bar concept."
For the complete story, read Wednesday's Vindicator and Vindy.com
Wow! I was wondering when the valley would get another sports bar! Golly!
Really? Aren't there enough of these peppered around the Mahoning county? They could have turned that space into a number of things let alone another shady sports bar. Pizza and Mexican doesn't sound like a good combination either they need to stick with one type of menu or the other.
Good news. A quick turnaround on a valuable piece of real estate, relatively speaking.
Those are three very nice people. I wish them well.
While I am happy this space won't go empty for long, and I'm also happy that they will continue with the Parties on the Plaza, I also agree with the comments about the sports bar/pizza/Mexican comments. Typical of the total lack of vision that Youngstown is known for.
I'll wager a dollar that the place will be a dead ringer for BW3, minus the logo.
its a huge party stop for ysu students. It's not ghetto. I hope this place works. Its a great location for a multitude of reasons. Iwill definitely go (student)
When this story broke, I was skeptical about the reason for the BW3 closing being corporate design requirements. But, after stopping at the Austintown location, they are serious. More available seating and tons of TV's on the walls. I think there are 48 TV's, which is good because 30 just isn't enough! I wish the new owners luck in their endeavor.
Lol! Typical haters. With BW3's gone that leaves no sports bar downtown. Its a great idea. Some things will be the same as BW3's but i can bet that with time they'll upgrade and make their own signature on the place.
You clearly have not been downtown. I have, and on a regular basis, so let me clear some things up for you. Firstly, there are hardly ever thugs hanging out all over with pants to the ground. For anyone who actually comes to the downtown area this assertion just sounds ridiculous.
Secondly, I would wager that downtown, with YPD, the sheriffs department and YSU police within a few blocks, is the safest place in the city. Set your bias aside and think about how much actual crime do you hear taking place in the downtown.
zz3, are you kidding???
1. That was NINE years ago.
2. It was a traffic stop; it could have happened anywhere.
Who says crime hasn't gotten better downtown in the last nine years? Can you provide stats that prove otherwise? IMO, downtown has been, and probably still is, one of the safest places in the area.


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Report: Wild interested in MacLean, Carlyle for head coaching gig
With the coaching carousel now in full spin — another gig opened up today, as Bob Hartley was fired in Calgary — GMs are actively seeking permission to speak with potential candidates.
Like in Minnesota, where Chuck Fletcher is working the phones.
Per the Star-Tribune, Fletcher — who has reportedly reached out to Ducks GM Bob Murray about Bruce Boudreau — is now also looking at Boudreau's assistant in Anaheim, Paul MacLean, along with ex-Ducks and Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle.
More, from Mike Russo:
It's believed on that same phone call with Murray, Fletcher asked about the status of Ducks assistant coach Paul MacLean. I've been led to believe Fletcher has yet to receive permission to talk with MacLean. If that's true, it likely means MacLean, the former Senators head coach, is a candidate to replace Boudreau in Anaheim. That would make sense since MacLean was Murray's hire in the first place.
In addition, as I reported in my Boudreau piece in Saturday's paper here, sources told me that Fletcher did plan to contact Randy Carlyle. I don't know if that contact has been made yet with the former Ducks and Maple Leafs coach.
Per TSN's Darren Dreger, Fletcher is currently in California. Logic suggests he's getting two interviews done for the price of one, as both Boudreau and Carlyle live in southern California.
As for MacLean, he's certainly going to be a figure worth monitoring. One has to think he's in line to replace Boudreau in Anaheim — something predicted from the moment he was hired — but that's assuming Murray doesn't clean house behind the bench.
Treliving cites 'style of play' and poor special teams among reasons for firing Hartley
Brad Treliving started out with a lot of love for Bob Hartley.
"Bob did some very good things here," the Flames' general manager told reporters today in Calgary. "He built a foundation in this organization. Apart from all else, he put his heart and soul into this team every day. He bled for this team. Bob's a good coach."
Then came the brutal honesty:
"I just felt that at this particular time, for us to move forward, Bob has taken this team as far as I feel he can take it."
Hence, today's decision to fire Hartley — a decision that Treliving insisted had nothing to do with any other coach that may have recently become available. (Like, for example, Bruce Boudreau.) Nor was it just to "throw a body on the tarmac" after the Flames missed the playoffs.
The decision to fire Hartley was made for one simple reason — the Flames haven't been playing good enough hockey.
"Our special teams for a good portion of the year were 30th in the league. There's some style-of-play issues," said Treliving.
"Our goaltending was not good this year. That falls on the general manager. I need to fix that. [But] the way we play in front of the goaltender needs to be fixed as well."
The statistics support Treliving's assessment. In 2015-16, the Flames had the highest goals-against average in the NHL, and the worst penalty killing.
At five on five, Calgary was also one of the league's worst puck-possession teams. And while that was the case last season as well, when the Flames made the playoffs and even won a round, remember that Treliving had previously chalked up a good portion of last season's success to luck.
"I don't want to characterize this as I'm standing in one end of the corner and Bob's at the other end, and one's talking chess and the other's talking checkers," Treliving said Monday.
"But in today's game, you need to have the puck. You've gotta work like hell to get it. And when you get it, you gotta hold on to it, you gotta play with it.
"I think how you defend in the league, too, is an area we look at. … You really break down the chances that we give up… you've gotta be able to defend in this league."
And so the search for Hartley's replacement begins.
"I'll leave this podium and work will start on who the next coach will be," said Treliving. "But up until this point, this is about making a decision, doing it in what I believe is the right manner, and then we'll move on."
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Panthers sign Swedish League standout Hultstrom
Florida made a noteworthy move on Tuesday, signing defensman Linus Hultstrom from SHL club Djurgardens.
Hultstrom, 23, just wrapped a terrific year in which he led all SHL blueliners in goals (12) and points (31). In the playoffs, Hultstrom upped his production — 12 points in eight games — paving the way for the Panthers to make their move.
Though undersized — he's listed at 5-foot-11, 185 pounds — Hultstrom has been a scorer at virtually every level, and should be in line for a role on Florida's blueline next season.
Captain Willie Mitchell, who missed the second half of the season with concussion issues, is expected to retire.
Another veteran defenseman, Brian Campbell, will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1, and it remains unclear if GM Dale Tallon will try to re-sign him.
Jakub Kindl, acquired at the trade deadline from Detroit, failed to impress and made just one appearance in the postseason. Kindl does, however, have one year remaining on his contract.
Strome saga continues, will be a healthy scratch for Game 3
Ryan Strome's tough year just got a little bit tougher.
After seemingly re-establishing himself in the Islanders lineup, Strome will be a healthy scratch for tonight's Game 3 against the Lightning.
Head coach Jack Capuano will drop Strome in favor of Josh Bailey, who returns from a two-game absence due to injury.
"I try to be a good team guy and I don't want to draw any negative attention to myself," Strome continued, per Newsday.
The fifth overall pick in 2011, Strome endured a difficult campaign that included a three-week stint in the AHL.
Those difficulties have carried over to the postseason. After playing the first four games of New York's opening-round playoff series against the Panthers, Strome was dropped for Games 5 and 6 — but Bailey was hurt in the clincher, meaning Strome drew back in for the opening two games of the Bolts series.
It's hard to say what exactly got him scratched. In Game 1, he assisted on both of Shane Prince's goals, helping the Isles to a 5-3 win — despite fairly limited ice time (12:26, third-lowest among forwards.)
In Game 2, his numbers weren't as good — no points, two shots on goal, minus-1 rating, 35.9 Corsi — but his ice time jumped to 17:59, easily his biggest of the postseason.
The decision to park Strome probably isn't about numbers. Following the Game 2 loss, Capuano said the Isles were "a little soft," which has been one of the complaints about Strome's game this year.
In fact, the 22-year-old alluded to it today.
"Last series [the message was] I needed to be a little harder to play against," Strome said. "Points don't always tell the whole story. I'm always confident in my game, but unfortunately I don't make the decisions.
"I have to live with it."


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i keep getting games with a member i already blocked. what the heck's going on?
Are you clicking their seek ad? (not sure if you'd see the seek ads here of those you've blocked, but on other sites you do see them)
Are you referring to tournament games? I don't think 'blocking' would affect matchups in tournament games.
ps. This is not really a 'suggestion' topic imo, you might do much better for helpful replies, in the Help and Support forum.
somehow, they got unblocked and i blocked them again.
i don't click on seeks ever. i just do a generic seek 15m 0-2000 rated and play whoever shows up and block the trash talkers.
if the internet didn't offer mute buttons, i wouldn't be here LOL.
Well, maybe you're sleep surfing (and unblocking members when you visit your chess.com account). Maybe your PC's open to someone at home/work who's messing about. Or maybe you've a memory lapse of having forgiven the blockees.
Are they tournament games? I think that this is an exception (by design) to the block functionality regarding game matching, and with good reason.
no, i only play regular games, and i had JUST blocked the member after our last game and repeatedly kept getting them with every seek. the only other thing i can think of is that i accidently double clicked the button because of lag or something as the last time i saw them, they were unblocked.
there isn't a limit on blocks is there? i'm a very low patience for BS type. i only wish you could use a mute button in real life because there are a lot of people out there i'd like to shut up.
I've been told there's a '200' limit on blocks.
But yes, double clicking might activate and de-activate the blocking function. You can visit your block's list to confirm that someone's on it.
i'll have to be more selective about who i block then as it doesn't take much for me to do it. there are way too many aborts and people that take up to a minute to start a game, but patzers that log out because you just grabbed their queen en prise are the worst. if ny heart isn't in a game, i'll resign. if you don't want to play someone of a particular rating or whatever, then set your seek filters accordingingly.
thanks for the heads up on that critical info.
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Resignation of Energy Secretary Felipe Calderon Complicates President Vicente Fox's Efforts to Push for Energy Reforms
President Vicente Fox suffered a major setback in his efforts to push through major energy reforms this year following the contentious resignation of Energy Secretary Felipe Calderon Hinojosa.
Calderon replaced Ernesto Martens in September 2003, after a brief term as director of the government lender Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios (BANOBRAS). Calderon left his post as floor leader for the center-right Partido Accion Nacional (PAN) in the Chamber of Deputies just a few months earlier to take the BANOBRAS post.
Fox tapped Calderon to head the Secretaria de Energia (SENER) with the specific goal of helping push his energy reforms through Congress (see SourceMex, 2003-09-03). The president considered Calderon's position valuable because of his cordial relations with Congress, especially members of the former governing Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).
Calderon clashes with President Fox over 2006 candidacy
Calderon, however, also had his eyes on a potential bid to be his party's presidential candidate in 2006. He had hinted of his presidential ambitions but never formally announced his intentions to seek the nomination. This changed at a rally in Guadalajara in late May, when he accepted the endorsement of 4,000 PAN supporters in Jalisco state.
The PAN leadership, including Fox, was angered by Calderon's acceptance of the endorsement, which it said amounted to a formal declaration of candidacy and a violation of the party's pledge not to jump into the presidential race until at least 2005.
"It seems to me that it was more than just ill considered to have held this campaign-type event," Fox said. "I think it was both out of place and the wrong time."
The problem was that Fox did not communicate his criticism directly to Calderon, but made the comments during an interview with reporters. The energy secretary learned about the comments through media reports and immediately tendered his resignation.
Presidential sources said, however, that Fox was already planning to give Calderon the choice of resigning from his post or putting his presidential ambitions on hold.
In his letter of resignation, Calderon called the president's criticism "unjust" and "disproportionate." He explained that he could no longer be energy secretary because Fox had undermined his ability to serve effectively in the post. "The position requires support, authority, and a capacity for dialogue," said Calderon.
Calderon may have started his campaign early to try to make up ground against other potential rivals for the presidential nomination, especially Interior Secretary Santiago Creel. Recent public-opinion polls showed Calderon running fourth behind Creel, first lady Martha Sahagun, and Deputy Francisco Barrio Terrazas.
Another candidate, Sen. Carlos Medina Plascencia, received little criticism from the president and party hierarchy when he created a political-action committee to support his bid for the nomination. Medina, however, is not a Cabinet member and is not seen as a threat to the favored candidates.
Fox said his hard-line stance with Calderon was intended as a message to the rest of his Cabinet not to engage in politicking. "We must make our responsibilities a priority...and it should be clear that at this level I will not accept anyone launching an open campaign process now," the president said.
Some PAN members call Fox's stance hypocritical
But several PAN members said Fox's stance was hypocritical because he was quick to reprimand Calderon while allowing more leeway to Creel and Sahagun.
"There are other campaigns that were not treated in the same manner," said Deputy German Martinez, one of the PAN floor leaders in the lower house.
"Perhaps they were doing this to protect the interests of another candidate," said Jalisco Gov. Francisco Ramirez Acuna, who was instrumental in setting up the rally for Calderon in Guadalajara. …


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Alderman, Derek H., Graves, William, Southeastern Geographer
In the late 1930s, the Committee on Geographic Research of the National Research Council and the Association of American Geographers developed the "Southern Studies Project." The Project proposed to use geographical research to address economic, social, and political problems in the southeastern United States. It was a response to the poverty, racism, and other problems exposed by and made worse by the Great Depression as well as a disciplinary push to advance and develop innovative field-based techniques and methods. Before being abandoned at the start of World War II, the Southern Studies Project had coordinated a number of geographers across the country and received funding from the National Research Council to provide a spatial perspective on the "employment situation" in the region. There were even plans to devote a regular session of the AAG program every year to papers that would report results from the Project. Lamenting what might have happened "if war had not diverted attention to other matters," Preston James called the Southern Studies Project a mere "paragraph in the history of American geography" (James 1974, p 1). While the specific institutional effort to promote southern studies was short-lived, the sub-field certainly did not die within geography.
Over the past several decades, a significant amount of work has addressed the American South, both as a setting for case studies and theoretical applications and as its own subject of inquiry (Wheeler and Brunn 2004). There is not sufficient room here to chronicle all of the meaningful work done by geographers of the South, but readers will probably recognize the most prominent contributions. These include, but are not restricted to, the agricultural geography and rural landscape studies of John Fraser Hart (1976); Judith Carney's (2001) research on the African origins of rice cultivation; the work of Merle Prunty (1955), Charles Aiken (1998) and John Rehder (1999) on the evolution of the southern plantation; Alken's (2009) additional work on the geographies of William Faulkner's writings; Sam Hilliard's (1972) analysis of food ways; explorations of southern cultural sub-regions and landscape artifacts by Karl Raitz (1984), Terry Jordan-Bychkov (2003), and Fred Kniffen (1968); studies of the historical geography of New Orleans by Peirce Lewis (2003) and Craig Colten (2005); the critical study of race by Bobby Wilson (2000), Richard Schein (2006), and Clyde Woods (1998) and Latino/immigrant issues by Thomas Boswell (1993), Altha Cravey (2003), Jamie Winders (2005), and Heather Smith and Owen Furuseth (2006); research on political geography, iconography, and religion by Gerald Ingalls (1997); Jonathan Leib (1995), Gerald Webster (2002), and Stan Brunn (2000); the industrial geography studies of Merrill Johnson (1997); and the analysis of gender and women's economic strategies in Appalachia by Ann Oberhauser (1995).
No list of important southern studies scholars in geography is complete without mentioning James Wheeler of the University of Georgia, noted for his research on the changing economic and urban geography of the South (Wheeler and Brown 1985; Wheeler 1992; Gong and Wheeler 2007). For twelve years, Wheeler served as editor of The Southeastern Geographer, working with many authors, including us, to publish their work on the South. This special issue is dedicated to Jim, who passed away in December 2010.
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Photos: Living in the Shadow of the Bhopal Chemical Disaster
Thirty years after the Union Carbide leak killed thousands, residents are still dealing with contaminated water, toxic waste, and lingering diseases.
The next day when people started collecting bodies, they found my brother, and he was still unconscious. They thought he was dead. Because there was not enough firewood to cremate the bodies and not enough space in the cemeteries, they were dumping the bodies into the rivers. So they put him in the back of a truck and they were going to throw him in the river. All of a sudden my brother woke up, right before they were about to throw him in. That he woke up at that very moment was the reason that he survived—otherwise he'd have been thrown in the river and drowned.
I hadn't known much about the tragedy or my family before leaving the orphanage, so living with my brother again really opened my eyes. My brother was very active in fighting for victims' rights, so I began learning more and more, not just about what happened that night but also the struggle to bring the town back afterward.
After I moved in with him, I learned that in 1989, there was a settlement between the Indian government and Union Carbide for $470 million USD. As part of the settlement, Union Carbide was to provide money to build a hospital for the Bhopal gas victims, and the government would provide the land. The hospital is still there. It's the biggest hospital in Bhopal. The government also distributed some of the $470 million settlement directly to victims of the disaster. Survivors were given $500 each for long-term injuries and about $2,000 for each family member who had died. Me, my brother, my sister, and the husband of my sister who died that night, we all received compensation money for our lost family members.
Our sister Mamta got married in 1997, a few years after we all moved in together, so after that it was just my brother and I living together. We were very close, but things could be difficult sometimes. Every time my brother talked about our family, he would get depressed, and you could see the depression in him for days. Sometimes he tried to hurt himself. Once, he tried to set himself on fire. I was not in Bhopal when he did it. I was visiting my sister in Lucknow, where she had moved after her marriage. One of my neighbors came to the door of our house just in time to save my brother. We found out my brother was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Later, he tried to kill himself with rat poison, too, but he survived. All this started around 1997, when I was thirteen. From that point on my brother and I were sort of taking care of each other.
In the 2000s, many of the people I met in Bhopal had health problems, especially the people who were in their thirties and forties and fifties. Most of them were suffering from breathlessness, and they got tired after walking for even five minutes. Before the disaster most of the people in town worked as laborers. They would carry wheat, or they would sell vegetables on a handcart in the streets, or they would work as masons. They lost their working ability because they inhaled poisonous gases the night of the gas leak, and many are still easily fatigued and so cannot do hard work.
I didn't have any effects from the disaster until 2005. That year, when I was twenty years old, I had a stroke. Half my body was paralyzed for about twenty minutes, and I was in an intensive care unit in the hospital for about three days. Then I had to go through some tests in a bigger hospital, and the doctors found out that my carotid artery had narrowed, and that's what caused the stroke. I'm not sure why it happened, whether the stroke was because of the disaster or not, but there were a lot of hard- to-explain illnesses in town.
Not only were people still sick, they were still getting sick from drinking water that was contaminated from the disaster. Those of us who were active in the movement for victims' rights worked hard to fix the problem. I visited Delhi in March 2006 as part of a victims' rights campaign organized by the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal. Our city was still contaminated twenty years after the disaster, our drinking water was unsafe, and nobody had ever really been held accountable for the accident. We wanted to make Dow liable for contamination cleanup, since they had bought out Union Carbide in 2001. We thought they should compensate all the people who had drunk contaminated water for twenty years and also help clean up the site. We also wanted Warren Anderson to face trial.
Around seventy people from Bhopal went to Delhi to rally and demand to see the prime minister—we walked, even though it was over five hundred miles. It took us thirty-six days. The prime minister wasn't willing to meet us, so a few of us went on a hunger strike. I was one of the fasters, along with seven or eight others. I fasted for six days. The prime minister didn't come, but he called us, and then three or four of our representatives went to meet him to list our demands: to set up a commission to monitor and treat the long-term health effects of contaminated air and water from the disaster; to force Dow Chemical, which had bought Union Carbide, to dismantle and clean up the old factory site; and to ensure a supply of clean drinking water to affected communities. The prime minister listened to our demands, but we didn't get anything out of the meeting except for vague promises.
While I was in Delhi, I got a call from an activist from Bhopal who worked with my brother. She told me that Sunil had tried to kill himself again, that he had eaten rat poison and was in the hospital. I thought, He'll be fine. I thought this because the first time he'd eaten rat poison he'd survived. Still, I took the first train home from Delhi, and my sister and her family were also on their way from Lucknow.
I arrived in Bhopal first, and it was only then that I found out my brother was dead. He hadn't eaten poison; he'd hanged himself in our apartment. I went to see his body during the post mortem. I was so shocked. I couldn't stop crying. And then, after a while, I was not even crying. I was just looking at him, in disbelief that I wouldn't see him alive again. When my sister and her family arrived, my sister actually kind of fainted. And then she was crying terribly. Then her children—she had a son and a daughter by then—when they saw her, even they started crying.
I'm damn sure that my brother's depression was because of the tragedy and the gas that he inhaled that night. He used to say things like, "Someday soon I'll be dead." And, "Sanjay, move to Lucknow so that you can live. Our sister, she will look after you. Or better, you should move to a big city like Delhi or Mumbai because I don't think Bhopal is a safe place to live." He used to talk like that. Perhaps he did not want me to live around the tragedy. Maybe he knew that his life was ruined because of the past, and that the tragedy was something he could never escape.
I didn't want to abandon Bhopal. I moved home and dedicated my time to the campaign for victims' rights. I wanted to be as strong as my brother had been. We have all been affected by the disaster and continue to be affected. If we don't pressure the government, we will be forgotten. We're making progress, though. In June 2010, eight former senior employees of Union Carbide India were finally convicted. They were sentenced to two years in jail and a fine of $2,000. They got bailed out the next day and now have an appeal in higher courts. But because of this lenient verdict there was a big media outrage. The prime minister felt pressure, and ultimately we received more compensation money for the people who had lost their family members and a commitment to clean up the Union Carbide site. Still, not much has actually improved since then—though people in areas with contaminated water have clean water pumped in now, it's available only for a short time every day, or every other day. Much more still needs to be done.
I hope that people will find out more about Bhopal. It is not just history. We are still here, and we still need help. Today, cleanup is yet to be done, the factory still stands abandoned. What I hope for Bhopal is justice—clean and abundant water, adequate health care, land free of contamination, adequate compensation for all victims, and I want Dow, who bought Union Carbide, to take responsibility and pay for the cleanup. The people of Bhopal have fought for almost twenty-nine years, and I strongly believe that we'll get justice one day even if we have to fight for another twenty-nine years.
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It seems like it depends on the day care. Some have day care providers that will use CD's, some don't.
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Wow Thank you Kelly!! My daughter wears gdiapers because she's allergic to disposables. So when Ava goes into a formal daycare this fall when I start back to school I'll have to take a doctors note stating she's allergic to disposables and has to wear her gdiapers.
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