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Blackmagic Design, best known for its well designed, keenly priced video peripherals and the DaVinci color-grading software, has created quite a buzz at the 2012 National Association of Broadcaster's Show in Las Vegas. Like RED did five years ago, BMD seems to have suddenly changed the game by announcing a new digital cinema camera that breaks all the accepted conventions - including price. Read More
After a period when financial crisis threatened the very existence of Chrysler's SRT performance brand, the company came back to the New York Motor Show with a fitting flagship, the brand-new Dodge... sorry - SRT Viper and Viper GTS. The original Viper was an outrageous and unsubtle statement of muscle-car intent that unfortunately was unable to hide its uncouth truck-based roots. A loud and powerful beast that featured a comically small cockpit, no particular interest in going around corners and the torsional stiffness of a blancmange. The statement of intent remains but this seventh incarnation is a much-refined beast.Read More
It has been a tough couple of years for the Japanese motor car industry, not least for Daihatsu. On top of natural and man-made disasters, Japan's oldest car manufacturer, now part-owned by Toyota, has struggled to sell its super-compact "Kei" class vehicles outside of the home market. The company clearly feels however that the future will come to it, predicting demand for compact, zero-emission, hybrid powered vehicles, and has been developing a unique fuel-cell power source for just such a future since 2007. Leading the company's typically cute concept car range is the FC ShoCase - a vehicle suitable for the new fuel-cell.Read More
By definition racing vehicles are these days developed within the confines of a formula to ensure a level of close competition. The formulas are changed every season or so but developments tend to be incremental rather than revolutionary. One experimental project that has been running outside of any formula and hopes to truly change the face of racing is the Delta Wing project designed by US-based Brit' Ben Bowlby and supported by motorsport legends Don Panoz and Dan Gurney. Now the project has attracted a suitably hi-tech powerplant, some serious sponsorship, and its first race.Read More
There's no arguing that the Japanese love their cameras, particularly classic cameras. There's no arguing that the Japanese love their iPhones (who doesn't?). What could be cooler than combining the two and creating an iPhone case that looks like a classic Leica? That's exactly what Japanese classic camera importer Adplus has done with its Gizmon iCA. Now its introducing an all-black "military" version - available for order worldwide in a few days. These covers don't just look good either.Read More
The original A-Class was a strange thing. An attempt to bring the Mercedes magic to the masses its tall boxy styling, though practical, was not a thing of beauty. Unfortunately the high center of gravity meant that it infamously failed the Swedish "moose test" and had to have its suspension modified. This caused the ride to be unacceptably hard for its target market of middle-class mums and the poor quality of the interior finish did nothing for MB's reputation. The new A-Class launched at the Geneva show could not be more different.Read More
The first Phantom of the modern era (i.e. owned by BMW) was launched in 2003, so a refresh might be thought overdue. Rolls-Royce does nothing in hurry, however - it would be unseemly - so after suitable thought and deliberation, the Geneva Motor Show finally sees the launch of the Series ll Phantoms. Subtle changes and enhancements have been applied to all four models in the range; the Saloon (sedan), The Extended Wheelbase limo, the two-door Coupe and the two-door Coupe Drophead convertible, though you would have to be pretty eagle-eyed to spot them. Read More
We know the designers at Lamborghini are a bit unhinged. It's always been a pre-requisite for working there. Since the takeover by Volkswagen, their mad creations at least work properly, and with the Aventador Lamborghini has been pushing the engineering envelope in material science and engine design. At this year's Geneva Motor Show, the automaker unveils its maddest "fighter-aircraft-for-the-road" variant yet, the Aventador J.Read More
Mercedes-Benz took the unusual step of combining the unveiling of the 2012 Mercedes Petronas AMG W03 Formula One car with the launch of the AMG version of the new SL Roadster. This was probably quite a smart move. Although these F1 launches are good photo-ops there is always a severe lack of hard information, for understandable reasons. A new AMG however is always an interesting story - plus, 'Shuey' and Nico get to ferry a few privileged journos around the Barcelona F1 track. Extensive galleries of both the road and track cars included.Read More
We first covered this story back in August, when news surfaced of an unusual hotel being constructed in the bowels of ex-Russian aircraft carrier the Kiev - the centerpiece of an 80,000 square meter (20 acre) state-supported military theme park in Tianjin, China. Three carriers were purchased from the Russians around 1996, and while one is being fitted out to become China's first real aircraft carrier, the other two have found employment as a casino and – in the case of the Kiev – a novel hotel. Last year the tale could have been dismissed as perhaps a fanciful ambition, but now the ship is on track to offer 148 rooms to the public, and we have some official pictures of the interior.Read More
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On May 29, 2014, Manalapan health Examiner Stacey Chillemi research a variety of recent studies on alternative methods and herbal supplements that have been used for centuries to help prevent and cure asthma. Some of these time-honored remedies are showing promising results in recent research studies. Here is a rundown of some of the most popular natural remedies for asthma.
Alternative methods:
Buteyko Breathing Technique for Asthma
Russian-born researcher Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko developed the Buteyko (pronounced bew-TAY-ko) Breathing Technique. It consists of shallow-breathing exercises designed to help people with asthma breathe easier. It is based on the premise that raising blood levels of carbon dioxide through shallow breathing can treat asthma. Carbon dioxide is believed to dilate the smooth muscles of the airways. A study involving 60 people with asthma compared the effects of the Buteyko Breathing Technique, a device that mimics pranayama (a yoga breathing technique), and a placebo. Researchers found people using the Buteyko Breathing Technique had a reduction in asthma symptoms. Symptoms did not change in the pranayama and the placebo groups. The use of inhalers was reduced in the Buteyko group by two puffs a day at six months, but there was no change in the other two groups.There have been several other promising clinical trials evaluating this technique.
Biofeedback has long been recommended as a natural therapy for asthma. The idea behind biofeedback is that, by harnessing the power of your mind and becoming aware of what's going on inside your body, you can gain more control over your health. Researchers aren't exactly sure how or why biofeedback works. They do know that biofeedback promotes relaxation, which can help relieve a number of conditions. During a biofeedback session, electrodes are attached to your skin. These electrodes send signals to a monitor, which displays a sound, flash of light, or image that represents your heart and breathing rate, blood pressure, skin temperature, sweating, or muscle activity. When you're under stress, these functions change. Your heart rate speeds up, your muscles tighten, your blood pressure rises, you start to sweat, and your breathing quickens. You can see these stress responses as they happen on the monitor, and then get immediate feedback as you try to stop them. A biofeedback therapist helps you practice relaxation exercises, which you fine-tune to control different body functions.
Fruits, vegetables, and supplements used to prevent, improve and cure asthma:
Omega Fatty Acids
The primary inflammation-causing fat in our diets is called arachidonic acid. A German study examined data from 524 children and found that asthma was more prevalent in children with high levels of arachidonic acid. Arachidonic acid is found in food, particularly egg yolks, shellfish, and meat. Eating less of these foods may decrease inflammation and asthma symptoms.
Arachidonic acid can also be produced in our bodies. Another strategy to reduce levels of arachidonic acid is to increase intake of beneficial fats such as EPA (eicosapentanoic acid) from fish oil, and GLA (gamma-linolenic acid) from borage or evening primrose oil.
Fruits and Vegetables
- A study examining food diaries of 68,535 women found that women who had a greater intake of tomatoes, carrots, and leafy vegetables had a lower prevalence of asthma.
- High consumption of apples may protect against asthma.
- Daily intake of fruits and vegetables in childhood decreased the risk of asthma.
- A University of Cambridge study found that asthma symptoms in adults are associated with a low dietary intake of fruit, vitamin C, and manganese.
Butterbur is a perennial shrub that grows in Europe, Asia and North America. The active constituents are petasin and isopetasin, which are believed to reduce smooth muscle spasm and have an anti-inflammatory effect. Researchers at the University of Dundee, Scotland, evaluated the effects of the herb butterbur in people with allergic asthma who were also using inhalers. They found that butterbur added to the anti-inflammatory effect of the inhalers.
Another study examined the use of butterbur root extract in 80 people with asthma for four months. The number, duration, and severity of asthma attacks decreased and symptoms improved after using butterbur. More than 40 percent of people using asthma medication at the start of the study reduced their intake of medication by the end of the study. The butterbur plant contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which can cause liver damage. Only extracts in which the pyrrolizidine alkaloids have been removed should be used.
Bromelain is an extract from pineapples that is believed to be a natural anti-inflammatory. Researchers at the University of Connecticut found that bromelain reduced airway inflammation in animals with allergic airway disease. Side effects may include allergic reactions in some people.
The herb boswellia, known in Indian Ayurvedic medicine as Salai guggal, has been found to inhibit the formation of compounds called leukotrienes. Leukotrienes released in the lungs cause narrowing of airways. A double blind, placebo-controlled study of forty patients, 40 people with asthma were treated with a boswellia extract three times a day for six weeks. At the end of this time, 70 percent of people had improved.
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It is one of the traditional dishes in the local area. The dish is named because its tofu is fried as one side is golden, and the other is white. It looks delicate and the taste is really delicious.
Porcelain Clay Stewed Chicken
According to legend, Qing dynasty's porcelain workers like to fill minced meat, ginger, onion, cooking oil and salt into a chicken, and then wrap the chicken with a piece of lotus leaf, after that, used the porcelain clay(mixed by Shaoxing wine) to wrap it. When the above procedures finished, the works covered the chicken by the kiln dregs, and the delicious chicken could be served after a ten hours' stew. At last, this dish became one of the most famous dishes through the efforts of some restaurants to develop the cooking method.
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Deutsche Bank Research named 2013 Forecast Accuracy Award Winner for Germany
May 19, 2014
Consensus Economics, the international macroeconomic survey firm, regularly undertakes back-testing of the macroeconomic data collected, using Mean Absolute Error calculations to determine how accurate Consensus Forecasts are in predicting the eventual outturns.
This year the individual forecasts that comprise the consensus were also examined to identify which of the survey panellists provided the most accurate forecasts. Deutsche Bank Research's forecasts were the best overall at predicting the eventual 2013 outturns. The full methodology for this analysis can be found in the Consensus Economics Methodology Note.
Stefan Schneider, Chief German Economist, said: "Economic forecasting is not pure science but also requires a bit of gut feeling – especially given the unprecedented adjustments following the financial crisis. Over the course of 2012 and 2013 we had often been asked why our forecasts remained at the lower end of expectations, when especially international forecasters expected Germany to accelerate strongly. I think here our local expertise and our constant dialogue with our clients has helped to get a good feel for the economy.
With our current forecast of 1.8% GDP growth in 2014 we remain at the lower end of the survey panellists for Consensus Economics as sluggish global trade, geo-political risks and scepticism regarding the Grand Coalition's policies are weighing on corporate Germany's animal spirits."
In its commendation Consensus Economics drew attention to Germany 2013 GDP and inflation data showing the relative performance of Deutsche Bank Research's forecasts against the final outturn, and also against the overall consensus of panellists during the 24 month forecasting period.


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College Hockey:Sullivan Leads Clarkson Charge, Knights Hold Off Tigers
PRINCETON, N.J. — A three-goal deficit and a sharp goalie were too much for Princeton to overcome in a fiery, spirited ECACHL matchup won by Clarkson, 3-2, at Hobey Baker Rink.
Forward Mike Sullivan was key for Clarkson (6-12-2, 2-5-1 ECACHL) early on, scoring two goals, including the game-winner, and goalie Kyle McNulty frustrated the Tigers (5-11-1, 4-7 ECACHL) as they tried to make a comeback. He finished the game with 24 saves.
"It was an excellent hockey game," Princeton head coach Guy Gadowsky said. "It was a good, physical hockey game."
The excitement for the home crowd began with under a minute left in the second period. With the Golden Knights up 3-0, the Tigers got on the scoreboard with a highlight reel-worthy goal.
Forward Dustin Sproat backhanded a pass to a rushing Luc Paquin, who weaved through the offensive zone, deked a defender and McNulty and backhanded the puck in the open net, energizing the crowd. The goal was the fourth of the season for the defenseman, who entering the night was second in the ECACHL in scoring, trailing only Sproat.
"A big goal by Luc and a real nice play by Sproat. That was one of the nicest vision plays, I think, of the year by Dustin Sproat," Gadowsky said.
The Tigers continued the comeback attempt midway through the third when Brian Carthas received a Patrick Neundorfer pass and beat McNulty for his second goal of the season. Sproat also tallied his second assist of the game on the play.
However, Princeton would fall short, and McNulty came up with some big saves down the stretch, at one point prompting Sproat to slam his stick on the ice in frustration.
"You have to give a whole lot of credit to their goaltender," Gadowsky said.
Princeton was on its heels from the start, as forward Erik Pridham got a five-minute major and a game misconduct for hitting from behind at 1:46. While the Tigers were able to kill off the penalty, Clarkson gained offensive momentum, which it used to go up 2-0 in the first.
With forward Neil Stevenson-Moore off for holding 13 minutes in, the Golden Knights capitalized on the power play. Forward Jay Latulippe ripped a shot from the circle that goalie Eric Leroux slowed, but as the puck slid behind him and trickled toward the yawning net, Mike Sullivan nudged the puck over the goal line for his first of the night.
Then with 1:17 to go, Sullivan passed the puck from behind the goal line across the slot to Mac Faulkner for his eighth goal of the season.
At 17:31 of the second the Golden Knights took a 3-0 lead as Sullivan was credited with his second of the night during a goal-mouth scramble.
"It's good to get a Friday win. A good road win. Hopefully we can bring the momentum into Saturday's game," McNulty said. "We definitely put the effort in tonight and we came out with a good, solid win."
Princeton continues its homestand against St. Lawrence while Clarkson travels to Yale Saturday night.
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These are some of the apps we've built. Reaktor Tutorial ensembles can be found at the bottom of the page.
L-integrator is a Quartz Composer patch ("composition") which explores simple generatively moving and audio-responsive line structures. The patch demonstrates the use of Integrators with the mouse for dynamic user interaction. The patch uses Kineme GL and Kineme DataTools, which can be downloaded from http://kineme.net
Grain Stretch
The GrainStretch.ens is a Reaktor patch that streams in audio and allows you to independently change the pitch and speed through a custom granular engine written in core. Everything is labeled, so feel free to go in and start messing with it all. Also, there is a panel B with more controls for creating Grain Cloud style effects.
The ATChopperV2.ens is a Reaktor patch that streams in audio and allows you to chop, or re-sequence the audio in real time. The chops are all set to a quantized grid based off of the host tempo (similar to how MLR works, but as a VST). Additionally, the buttons 0-7 can be mapped to MIDI CC messages to allow for control from an interface (like the monome, arduinome, chronome, launchpad, etc).
nomeStateSerialOSC.ens: A basic OSC to MIDI convertor for the Monome/Arduinome/Chronome devices, and made in Reaktor. The app lets you choose a midi channel for your device, and also set CC Toggle (with radio groups), CC trigger, and MIDI Note for each button on your Monome/Arduinome/Chronome.
**This version only works with serialOSC!! If you are using arduinomeSerial or monomeserial then you must nomeStateArduinomeSerial.ens.
Basic Synth Tutorial
This synth is from the Reaktor Tutorials, and shows how to build a basic two oscillator subtractive synth. The video tutorial can be found here on our vimeo page. Basic 2OSC Synth.ens
Filter Modulation Tutorial
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Michael Wesch
Associate professor of cultural anthropology
University distinguished teaching scholar
Dubbed "the prophet of an education revolution" by the Kansas City Star and "the explainer" by Wired Magazine, Michael Wesch is a cultural anthropologist exploring the effects of new media on society, culture and education.
After two years studying the effects of writing on a remote indigenous culture in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, he has turned his attention to the effects of social media and digital technology on global society. His videos on culture, technology, education and information have been viewed by millions, translated in more than 15 languages and are frequently featured at international film festivals and major academic conferences worldwide.
Wesch has won several major awards for his work, including a Wired magazine Rave Award, the John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in Media Ecology, and he was named an Emerging Explorer by National Geographic.
He also has won several teaching awards, including the 2008 CASE/Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year for Doctoral and Research Universities.
Wesch graduated summa cum laude from the Kansas State University anthropology program in 1997 and returned as a faculty member in 2004 after receiving his doctorate in anthropology at the University of Virginia, where he pursued research on social and cultural change in Melanesia, focusing on the introduction of print and print-based practices like mapping and census-taking in the Mountain Ok region of Papua New Guinea. He lived in the region for a total of 18 months between 1999 to 2003. This work inspired Wesch to examine the effects of new media more broadly, especially digital media.
To this end, Wesch launched the Digital Ethnography Working Group, a team of undergraduates exploring human uses of digital technology. Coinciding with the launch of this group, Wesch created a short video, "The Machine is Us/ing Us." Released on YouTube on Jan. 31, 2007, it quickly became one of the most popular videos in the blogosphere and has now been viewed more than 12 million times.
He followed up the success of "The Machine is Us/ing Us" with "A Vision of Students Today," a short video he created with 200 K-State students exploring the state of higher education today. The video was the most popular video on the Web in October 2007 and now has more than 4 million views.
Wesch also has led K-State undergraduate students in a three-year study of YouTube culture. The resulting 55-minute video has now been viewed more than 1 million times and was called "a phenomenon" by the New York Times.
After years of experimenting with social media and assessing the learning potential of these tools, Wesch argues that they don't automatically foster significant learning or establish genuine empathy or meaningful bonds between professors and students. Using social media is but one of the many possible ways to connect, but the message that he says his experimentation brings is that only genuine connections may restore the sense of joy and curiosity that we hope to instill in our students.
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Playthrough Ga Gotoku 5 | The Recap That Fulfills Dreams
Howdy friends! Are you tired of being in the dark about the latest installment of your favorite game series? Do you visit YakuzaFan.com every morning hoping that today's the day a localization has been announced? Well, wait no longer, because I'm about to give you the next best thing! Well, the best thing would be a Let's Play video series, but due to Sega's asinine stance towards cutscenes being uploaded onto YouTube, that won't be possible for quite some time. And I guess the best thing after that would be subtitling the cutscenes, but yeah, see above. So in actuality I'm going to be giving you the THIRD next best thing, a recap of Ryu Ga Gotoku / Yakuza 5! This won't be simple reams of text, however, as I'm going to be incorporating gameplay videos to show elements of the story in action. Pretty cool, eh?
Some provisos:
- I only have about an intermediate proficiency in Japanese, so there may be some times that I screw up on my translations. If you catch a particularly grievous error, don't hesitate to contact me and let me know how I've screwed up. I'll make sure you to credit you on the particular page.
- I'm going to be focusing on the main story for the sake of my sanity. I'll perhaps show off a few of the side activities and sub-stories in the gameplay videos, but it's going to be limited to that. I simply don't have enough time to do everything, so that means a very limited number of sub-stories, and none of the Another Drama or Training storylines. Just think of it as something to look forward to if the game eventually gets officially translated.
- I'll be narrating over the gameplay videos and giving you the gist of what's going on. However, I'm not the most accomplished or charismatic speaker, so forgive me if I make a few flubs here and there.
- I'm a busy guy, what with school and work and so on, so don't expect this to get done quickly. I'm shooting to finish one chapter every week-and-a-half. Complaining at me probably won't get things done any faster, I'm afraid. I want to take the time to do this right, and if this means that the official English version has been released by the time I get to Haruka's chapter, then so be it. Oh, and when Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin comes out? Yeah, I wouldn't expect an update for a bit.
So without further ado, let's get on with it!
Chapter 1 | The Wandering Earth
Chapter 2 | Uninvited Guests
Chapter 3 | Plans of War
Chapter 4 | A Man's Way Forward
Character Profile
Chapter 1 | On the Edge of the Earth
Chapter 2 | Path of Determination
Chapter 3 | Frozen Roar
Chapter 4 | Reckless Struggle
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Chapter 1 | Backstage to a Dream
Chapter 2 | A Wish Entrusted
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Chapter 3 | Drawing Closer
Chapter 4 | Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
Chapter 1 | Discarded Glory
Chapter 2 | Challenge to the Past
Chapter 3 | The Value of Truth
Chapter 4 | To the Fleeting Stage
Chapter 1 | Return of the Legend
Chapter 2 | Sealed Past
Chapter 3 | Survivor
Chapter 4 | The Intersection of Bonds
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Varna, also known as the "pearl of the Black Sea", owes its charm to the presence of the sea and to its superb maritime garden crowned by foliage. The town, named Odesos by the Greeks, has always attracted people. Varna was an important holiday resort during the 20C and, from this period, it has retained a certain nostalgic atmosphere: buildings of various styles boasting fine pastel-coloured façades. Today, Bulgaria's third important city is a trendy town where many artists and intellectuals like to get together during the fine season.
Tourist attractions Varna : Things to see and do
Archaeological Museum
Maria Luiza 41 BG - 9000 Varna
The Archaeological Museum displays fine collections from prehistory to Antiquity but, above all, it houses two treasures. The first of these, found in Vrana's necropolis, consists of weapons, objects and gold jewellery (4600-4200 BC). The second (4C-..
Varna Roman Baths
BG - 9000 Varna
The ruins of the 2C Roman baths look impressive. Partly overgrown by mediterranean vegetation, they have a fine romantic appearance. As one explores the site, one understands the important role these baths must have played in Roman daily life. Among ..
Ethnographic Museum
Panagyurište 22 22 BG - 9000 Varna
Housed in a group of wooden buildings dating from 1866, this museum contains one of the country's finest ethnographic collections. The ground floor presents the specific tools of various corporations: farmers, wine growers, beekeepers, fishermen and ..
Hotels Varna
Capitol Hotel
40, Petko Karavelov St. BG - 9002 Varna City
Prix Prices from : 59 €
Located next to the Sea Garden in the centre of Varna, Capitol Hotel offers free WiFi in the entire property and free transfers from Varna Airport to the hotel. The Black Sea and the Festival and Congress Centre are just a 5-minute walk away. The el..
Plaza Hotel
10 Slivnitza Blvd. BG - 9000 Varna City
Prix Prices from : 26 €
Centrally located Plaza Hotel is set in the pedestrian area of Varna, and features air-conditioned accommodation with cable TV and minibar, as well as free Wi-Fi in the entire property. Plaza fuses centrality and a host of facilities with a warm amb..
Swiss-Belhotel Varna
111 Kniaz Boris I Blvd. BG - 9002 Varna City
Swiss-Belhotel Varna is located in the heart of Varna next to the Sea Garden, 500 metres from the Varna Beach. It offers spacious and bright rooms with 24-hour room service and free Wi-Fi internet access. This 5-star property features a main restau..


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2 in Vermont accused of collecting dead man's SS checksApril 23,2013The Associated Press
BURLINGTON — Two Vermont men have been charged in separate cases with illegally collecting thousands of dollars in Social Security benefits by covering up deaths.
Michael Rivard, 69, plans to plead guilty to fraud, according to the Burlington Free Press. He's accused of taking about $112,500 from 2005 to 2012.
Fifty-four-year-old Robert Driver pleaded guilty March 27 to stealing more than $151,000 from 1999 to 2012.
Driver had power of attorney for the bank account for Margaret Flint, who died in 1998. Benefits continued to be wired into her account.
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Bela Tarr, "The Man from London" (2007).
Speaking of immobility, Bela Tarr's latest film, The Man from London, is also worth seeing, but good god, it's slow — slow even for Bela Tarr. The movie has a classic noir setup: ordinary station guard witnesses a crime, comes into possession of a large sum of money, and ponders what to do with it as various characters (the police, the money's true owners, the thief's wife) slowly arrive at the seaside village. But The Man from London an even more spare take on the genre, as if Tarr had hollowed it out, leaving only skeletons and gestures to remain.
Everything I love about Tarr is here: the rumbling ambient sounds, the long back-and-forth pans inside rooms, the almost-constant drinking, a bunch of familiar folks from Satantango, the excruciating repetition of musical motifs — and yes, a surreal dancing scene with an accordion and balancing things on foreheads! — but all in all it feels too patently an experiment in form. The (almost) all-Hungarian cast's French and English, it seems, is overdubbed (including Tilda Swinton's French) — a nice touch to foreground the artificiality of the entire venture, as if no one truly fit their role — but it seems forced. (It's like the reverse of Eastern Promises, another film masquerading as noir, where you had all these non-Russians playing Russians.) I hate to say this: for fans only. I'd see it again, but beginners should treat themselves to his earlier films instead.


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Glen Davies sent this report in:
After Raw went off the air John Cena came back to the ring after apologizing to the Little Jimmy family. Michael Cole got a message from the GM saying that R-Truth would get a shot at John Cena at Capital Punishment provided he apologizes next week for his heinous actions from Raw.
This brought out an angry Miz, who said he deserved a title shot. Cena gave him one right there, beating Miz in a short match.
Other Notes: They didn't tell us what the grilling segments were during the show. I went home and checked the DVR to find out what they were.


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Regrets? Cliff Hatton has had a few; but then again, too few to mention...
I dunno though; it might be cathartic to pour out a little of my soul's contents – if only as a warning to today's tranche of young carp-trapping nutters. I emphasize here the degree to which it is possible for young men to become so profoundly besotted by the pull of angling because such fanaticism can actually have a less favourable side. When fishing fills every waking and sleeping moment of your weekends and every evening from Monday to Friday you're clearly missing out on other stuff. This 'other stuff' may not seem important to you now because, well...what could possibly be more important than the gargantuan chub you saw in the shadow of the bridge last Saturday? And what fun could you conceivably derive from doing something other than fish next weekend? Does fishing get to you like this, matey? It did me...
Even when I discovered girls I couldn't wait to introduce them to the delights of crusting for carp; it barely occurred to me that an evening at the flix just might be more appealing to a young lady keen to experiment with make-up and her big sister's perfume. I exaggerate not one iota. I wasn't able at that time of a young man's awakening to even consider the possibility of something more appealing than the crisp, clear 'cloop' of a crust-chomping carp...now that was ecstasy!
I'm told I was a good looking young fella, and strolling down the Memory Lane of my various photograph albums I can of course see the truth of this. The thing is – if you're presently like I used to be – you're just too in love with fish and trees and golden dawns to consider the possibility that you might be seen as desirable...you're oblivious to a girl's compliments and subtler suggestions and you blindly take them fishing at your members-only lake as if to do them a favour: "We're allowed to take a guest but it's a fiver for a ticket... don't worry though" You give her a roguish wink, "I'll say you're my sister".
Do you tell the girls in your life something like this? Really think about it. Perhaps you plan your dates around your fishing activities: an afternoon stroll in the park so that you can be settled-in at the lake before dark, or something along those lines? And who's top of the pops at the moment? Which singer or band is all the rage? Do you download their music, buy their CDs and DVDs but readily turn down the offer of a concert ticket because it's for Friday night and you've got a date with a big ol' common?
This was me all over, and today I regret quite bitterly my dismissal of The Hollies visit to town; my turning down tickets for the Stones, the Animals, CLAPTON, the Small Faces and...Oh! What a fool I was! I've recently made up for some of my misspent youth by seeing Jethro Tull a couple of times but...well...Ian Anderson's bald now, and the one-legged flauty thing is clearly something of an effort for the ol' boy: why didn't I snap up that ten bob ticket and get down to the Ship and Shovel for 7.30pm on Wednesday 11th August 1967? I could've taken Elaine, the well developed girl who did Saturdays at the greengrocers. She wore stockings and a tight jumper and had something of a...well, I was told she could be quite friendly.
But what did I do? I spent all of the previous evening knocking-up bait and went fishing on the Wednesday while all my fifteen and sixteen year old pals were getting an under-age high on Watney's Red Barrel and The Witch's Promise – LIVE! Likely as not they left the pub with a mini-skirted dolly and headed for a little privacy at the back of the shops while I sat beneath a damp umbrella with a cup of lukewarm tea and a Penguin. That said, it did seem right at the time, and I suppose it must have been right because that was what I really, really wanted to do. It's only now when I reflect on all those rejected opportunities to see the Yardbirds, the Zombies, the Pretty Things and The Who for less than a quid that I see the error of my ways.
Occasionally I was able to tempt a girlfriend to the gravel pit but it never worked very well. As always, the prospect of mixing romance with carp fishing was very much better than the reality; yes, it was possible to fit two on a bedchair for a kiss and a cuddle but the faintest buzz from the Heron would see me standing breathless over the rod in an instant and my loved-one on the dusty deck with a bed-chair on top of her. There was nothing – simply NOTHING – that could have stopped me springing-up as if from an ejector seat to address the briefest enquiry. It was in the DNA I'm afraid, Christine...
So what's to be done? All I can do is to check out which of the less successful groups with an average age of 75 are still earning a crust in the clubs. They'll be indistinguishable from their audiences but they won't know the words so well; they'll milk their greatest hit for all it's worth, take their bows and walk off dodging the odd set of corsets, and I shall be left wondering what could have been.
But then, I'll never forget that 15lb mirror and the 5lb tench...the weekend it never stopped raining and the time Tony Corless fell in the drink...
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" we haven't had them all, or even all we could"...........absolutely true, but boy did I try hard!! No, regrets are not good IMHO and from my experiences it does your head a lot of harm to continually think about what you've missed, or might have missed out on. I've reached 71 years (probably more by good fortune than anything else) so I can look back over a long period of time to judge what I've done with my life and consider whether I achieved what I set out to do back on my twenties. I decided at an early age that travel was my bag and if I could do this via my chosen vocation then so much the better. This I did through the construction industry which saw me all over the world, living in some places, from 1969 to 1984. Obviously such a life is not all glam but generally speaking it was a wonderful time THAT I HAD PLANNED FOR MYSELF. Without doubt such a life will always involve the opposite sex and mine was no exception! One meets, in travel mode, a very wide variety of women that one might not otherwise meet in normal life. Chance meetings on aircraft either with passengers or the flight staff happened many times, some of which lead my life in a different direction to some extent, but always with my eyes wide open so NO regrets. Let's face it, it is very hard to avoid meeting women under such circumstances!! Marriage has taken it's toll with several failed attempts, but again never any 'regrets' with any of them or of any other 'close friend' for that matter....... Yes, from a very early age I sewed my wild oats and I never stepped back from this at any time in my life, but always with quality women, and always with someone who had something to offer. I can honestly say the 'one night stand' was not for me! Yes, I loved women's company and still do for that matter, even to the point where fishing was put on the back burner for considerable lengths of time (God forbid!) but I always returned to it eventually... So, for me, looking back, I've done pretty much what I wanted to do and consequently I can have no 'regrets'. In other words I dictated where I wanted to go with my life at all times and never shied away from painful decisions even if that meant a failed marriage. It all sound very straight forward but like all life it never, ever is, whoever you are, and I'm certainly no exception! Perhaps my very poor childhood drove me on, or my own mothers very sad life was a beacon for me to use as guidance in my own life (she was 60+ before she felt safe and free to run her life), but whatever, 'we are all responsible for our own actions' and I try to follow this mantra where possible.... I have met many who have 'regrets', including close family, but when I really listen to the various stories from such folk I cannot help thinking, in most cases, they really did not make any attempt to avoid the, what came to be, 'regrets', in any way shape or form - they didn't make any attempt to change things...... As I say we ALL have choices and we can all make them IF WE REALLY WANT TO, but most, seemingly choose not to, and then find themselves looking back over a life full of 'regrets'.......................and that I find very sad..I used my father as a object lesson and made sure I did not make the same mistakes as him. Life is what you make it if you muck it up it is down to yourself nobody else.
..............and that's all you can do, learn from the mistakes of others. The trouble is tinker, is that some people WANT to blame someone else rather than take responsibility....but that's human nature I suppose. Just as well we're not all perfect like us eh?? Add a smilie here...Satisfied people are always happy people.:)
Tee-Cee....so pleased to have presented you with the opportunity to say what you said (wrote)...I can tell you've been dying to get that on 'paper'! It was a wonderful precis which gave me - and others - a fair idea of your life so far and it does appear to have been PRETTY-BLOODY-GOOD! I liked your somewhat camouflaged account of meeting women on aeroplanes...the only club I'm in is the Moor Hall & Belhus Angling Society!I was a member of Moor Hall in the late 60s early 70s Left when the water near Ockendon station got polluted by what was dumped when they filled in Ham rivers in the early 60s
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I want to have a series of very hard to understand tomes (à la the Necronomicon) in my D&D 3.5 campaign. How do I model their difficulty? What kind of checks should be used so that players have an easy time understanding the first few tomes, but need to have demigod-like insight to read the last few?
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Skill Based Approach
Decipher Script is the skill that would be used to read and understand something like this. You can set the DC to varying difficulties depending on the difficulty of the material. The rules recommend "30 or higher for intricate, exotic, or very old writing."
For extremely obscure stuff, you could also require a relevant Knowledge or other skill check, to see if the character actually understands the most difficult material. For example, Decipher Script tells you that the material is some kind of ancient incantation, but a DC 25 Knowledge - Religion can tell you that it's a prayer to a god from a dead religion, and Knowledge - History can tell you that said god's followers were wiped out in a cataclyscm 374 years ago after a magical accident, and Spellcraft tells you how to recreate whatever spell the incantation is meant to do.
Or whatever details you want to plug in. You can make it extremely difficult and require several players skillsets working together (or talking to NPCs) to decipher it if you chain enough skill checks together.
RP Based Approach
Another approach is to create a puzzle the players have to actually solve themselves, rather than using dice. Write the material and then convert it to a symbology (runes, characters, heiroglyphs, etc).
You can also write the whole thing in riddles, poetically, or metaphorically, but it's a lot of work and possible to write something that nobody can actually solve. Those kinds of puzzles don't use any game mechanics to solve. You hand it to the players and let them try to do it.
You can augment this by having some pages be damaged and some words missing, giving them pages out of order, and letting them find them gradually over time.
What is the tension here?
OK, so your players have a tome. It's hard to understand, so they'll presumably need to use Decipher Script, Knowledge (arcana), and most likely various other related knowledges (religion, the planes, history all seem pretty likely).
Where can they fail here? If they roll the dice, and roll low, what does that cost them? If the answer is just "some time," then you shouldn't really be trying to roll dice on this at all; just let them say "well, we're going to spend as long as it takes to figure out everything we can from this tome," and then you go "it takes days, but you figure out X, Y, and Z." No rolls, because it doesn't matter. Maybe you look at their skill bonuses and use 20 + the bonus to figure out the max they could have gotten, whatever.
Or make it matter. If they have a deadline, losing time can matter, though be careful with that – if they don't literally have a "clock" visible in front of them, this tends to fail pretty flat. If they know they have three days to do things, you could roll three times, once for each day – and each day they are provided an opportunity to stop studying and go start implementing whatever preparations they can based on what they've learned. But if you have absolutely no reason to suspect they're going to do anything but keep rolling, just elide all those rolls together in "taking-20."
Because ultimately, that's what the game is about: making decisions. Maybe they worry about the deleterious effects of reading a forbidden tome, and so there's a decision there: do they read the book or not? Once they have decided to read the book, or not, they probably aren't going to change their minds unless somethings changes: they find what they read to be more disturbing than they expected, or they get more desperate with time running out so they decide to turn to the book. But if they've already opened the book, and they're learning things, and there's no reason for them to stop, assume they won't, and let them get as much as they possibly can out of it.
From there, by skipping the "let's roll until we roll high enough," step, you can build out opportunities for them to find more information and resources. You can let them do Gather Information to find ways to access the private collection at the arcane library, discover a crazed hermit who has been touched by the prophecy, or track down some of the cultists responsible to try to get more information. You give them options and let them make decisions.
Try the Decipher Script skill for interpreting the books' contents. Start with fairly easy DCs and increase them as you get harder and harder books. Tell your players to expect Decipher Script checks, because it's not one people commonly invest in.
If the books contain terrible knowledge which may have effects on the player, consider having them make Will saves on successfully reading a passage to avoid or mitigate ill effects.
Decipher Script, Wisdom Damage, and Increasing Madness are all your friends here.
Decipher Script is a skill that few people bother with. Having a set of DCs that start at level that just intelligent characters can make without investing in the skill (15, 20) and then moving on to the kind of DCs that characters with full ranks will need to take 20 on (35, 40) will do the trick.
Then, have them start taking wisdom damage (driving them insane) the longer they spend reading (so take 20 will have a serious cost).
Then refer to a list of derangements (there are many on the internet, or there are some presented in the 3.5e 'Book of Vile Darkness') and start making players that read too long go insane.
In addition to the various encounters springing from them contacting the forces of darkness by reading the book, whole inns sinking into forgotten realms as the party flees, terrifying aberrations haunting and stalking the party, etc.
Of course, for all this effort, you'll have to make it worthwhile for the party to continue doing it. Extra power, or plot-necessity, is advised.
"They're Those Kinds of Books..."
The SRD contains rules for Sanity. It might be worthwhile--if you expect these texts to have a major impact on the campaign--to use the sanity rules and the Knowledge skill Knowledge (forbidden lore) in place of Decipher Script skill checks to discern the contents of these disturbing tomes.
Real world cypher backed up with "adventure events" to uncoil the onion. Layer 0 is on everything, higher layers add more complexity. Players get actual document, and maybe updates when they crack a layer (in-game).
Easier text uses fewer layers, and the "adventure events" are easier.
Some "adventure events" should be tied to skill checks, others should be adventure hooks. Succeeding at a skill check may give you an easier or more correct route to the information you seek, failure may result in the bad guys beating you to a piece of the puzzle and in-world consequences as they exploit their superior knowledge.
The "pieces" should both help decode the tomes, and be usable by the bad guys to power up their weapon of ultimate power (the core of which the players do not have access to, and relies on unmentionable/unavailable to PCs core).
Clues to the next step should be in the books themselves, possibly revealed by peeling a layer away.
The 2 deepest books should have some actual nonsense in them.
Penultimate book: Layer 1 takes what seems to be sentences that make sense and produces sentences that make no sense, unlike prior books. Layer 0 gives some clues.
Ultimate book: Layer 1 does the same thing (makes it make less sense). Layer 0 cracks on the ultimate book is 97% more cryptic mumbo-jumbo, with one or two actual clues.
The point of this is such a thing could be a cool adventure hook. By mixing out-of-game cryptography and figurative speech with in-game skill checks and adventures, we can provide a really neat experience. And as some of those stages can be defeated without everything from in-game, the players can bypass parts of your adventure plans if they are clever enough.


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But that change can be tricky, a new study suggests. Researchers found that adopting a more sophisticated system for entering prescription orders led to an overall drop in prescribing errors, but that certain types of errors actually increased in the couple of months following the switch.
"It speaks to the fact that transitioning is very, very hard," Rainu Kaushal, an author of the study and chief of the division of quality and medical informatics at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, tells the Health Blog.
Researchers followed 17 physicians at an outpatient clinic as it switched to a newer EMR system, tracking prescription orders ahead of, 12 weeks into and a year following implementation. Overall, prescribing errors– not all of which necessarily threatened patient safety — went down, dropping from 35.7 errors per 100 prescriptions at baseline to 21.1 at 12 weeks and 12.2 a year out.
Improvements in the most common prescribing error — using abbreviations that have a potential to cause patient harm — "happened immediately and were sustained," says Kaushal. But rates of other errors, such as mistakes in directions and frequency, were higher at 12 weeks than before the new system was implemented, and rates of some errors were higher even after one year of the new system. (Kaushal says there's no reason to think that one type of error is more dangerous than another.)
She says that while the overall drop in errors is obviously good, the results point to the need for constant reassessments of new systems. Introducing something new is "an iterative process," says Kaushal. "You never finish the first time around, and it's important to continue looking at it, and continue to measure changes."
Researchers also surveyed the physicians who participated in the study. Fifteen responded, and their satisfaction levels were "mixed," the authors write, with only a minority saying they believed the new system improved patient safety and 40% saying they were somewhat or very dissatisfied with the implementation.
"I've been on the receiving end" of a new system," says Kaushal. "It's really hard to relearn how to do very basic activities, very time-consuming activities." She says she's sympathetic to physicians who don't want to start using electronic records, but that she thinks the potential advantages "far outweigh" the drawbacks.
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With teen pregnancy rates up for the first time in a decade and the Obama administration eliminating federal funding for abstinence-only sex-education programs, intense debates abound over how to delay and reduce teen sexual activity. Numerous psychological and sociological studies show that peer norms strongly influence sexual initiation among adolescents, and they suggest that interventions targeting social interactions could be effective. Economics doctoral student Seth Richards is bringing a new perspective to bear on how peers influence heterosexual teen sexual activity with research that defines these social interactions in terms of supply and demand.
Richards identifies demand as the decision to search for a sexual partner as influenced by peer norms—or the fraction of a student's same-sex, same-grade peers who are sexually active. Supply is the availability of opposite-sex partners—or opposite-sex members in a student's school that are actively seeking to become sexually active.
Using the economics framework of search and matching, Richards has developed a model that can quantify the distinct impacts supply and demand have on teen sexual activity. This distinguishes his research from existing econometric work on peer influences on risky behaviors because these studies have generally examined a single, composite effect of social interactions.
"The clarity that comes from trying to have a formal model for the behavior you're studying forces you to be clear about the factors you think are involved." – Seth Richards
"You can imagine that supply and demand really are different factors in this behavior," Richards says. "It's not like studying teen smoking because you don't need to think about how Phillip Morris perceives changes in peer influence in a high school. But changes in peer influences of the opposite gender would affect the availability of partners for you. In terms of search and matching, the probability of finding a match—supply—depends on the search decisions of other people in your school—demand. To flip it around, their demand decisions affect your supply."
Richards used his model to analyze data on teen sexual activity from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, which provides a nationally representative sample of U.S. high school students in the mid-1990s. He found that peer norms have a large effect on the timing of sexual initiation for both male and female students, but that the effect is 50 percent greater for boys than for girls. For example, in a counterfactual simulation that removed peer influence on search decisions, the number of students who initiated sex during ninth or tenth grade fell by 42 percent for boys and 22 percent for girls. Richards also discovered that increases and decreases in partner availability respectively increase and decrease the rate of sexual initiation for boys. However, availability does not significantly impact the sexual initiation rate for girls.
"One conclusion," Richards says, "is that boys seem to be more susceptible to these social mechanisms, whether it's the norms among their same-gender peers or the availability of partners. To the extent that people are thinking about interventions that work through social mechanisms, they should consider specifically how they're targeting boys."
Disciplines like psychology and sociology are best equipped to delve into how and why social interactions work they way they do, but Richards believes that the tools of economics are particularly good at isolating and measuring the impact of specific factors on social issues. "The clarity that comes from trying to have a formal model for the behavior you're studying forces you to be clear about the factors you think are involved," he says. "It also encourages you to limit the number of factors you're examining. Because you want to articulate mathematically how they work, you have to become very clear about what they do."
The discipline is also strong in sophisticated statistical methods that allow researchers to think carefully about factors that could be confounding their analyses of social issues. "If you see a correlation among outcomes," Richards explains, "for example, students in a school becoming sexually active at the same age—you can figure out whether they're actually influencing each other or if there's something else about the area that you're not taking into account."
Richards, who will join the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon as an assistant professor this fall, is currently examining the impact of social norms on teen contraceptive use. The large decline in teen pregnancies between 1995 and 2005 is largely attributed to increased use of contraception, and Richards wants to explore how much this increase was affected by changes in peer attitudes and by school- and community-based interventions. His future research plans include studying network influences on medical decision making among both patients and doctors.
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Where are the engineers of tomorrow going to come from if we're already so short on talented candidates today? The President's Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) seeks to do just that.
The American Public Works Association (APWA) offers a resource guide on the SAFETEA-LU federal transportation law, intending to help officials sort out the complicated legislation and determine how it affects them.
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In the NFL it's hard to win without a top quarterback. In fantasy football it can be hard to win with one.
I enjoy watching the show "Survivor." Occasionally there are challenges in "Survivor" in which the winning team gets to choose a reward that makes camp life easier. In one recent season, a team that won a reward challenge was given a choice between a tarp and pillows and blankets. The team leader chose the pillow and blankets. A storm rolled in, and the team that won the reward challenge had no tarp to cover their shelter to keep them dry. The tribe members were wet, cold and miserable. They second-guessed the decision to take the pillows and blankets. Aware of the second-guessing, the tribe leader took on more physical labor around camp in an attempt to prove his worth. He became badly dehydrated, passed out during a subsequent challenge and had to be medically evacuated from the game.
Choosing pillows and blankets over a tarp proved an unwise decision.
Aaron Rodgers, the consensus No. 1 fantasy quarterback going into the season, currently ranks 22nd in fantasy scoring for quarterbacks. Tom Brady ranks 15th. Cam Newton ranks 11th, and Matthew Stafford ranks 20th. Drew Brees is the only quarterback with a top-five preseason ranking who's currently in the top 10 — he ranks fourth.
The three highest-ranked fantasy quarterbacks at the moment are Robert Griffin III, Matt Ryan and Ben Roethlisberger. All were well-regarded in August but could have been acquired beyond the second round (in some cases, well beyond) in almost every redraft league.
Three games is a small sample size, of course. Barring injury, Aaron Rodgers will not finish out of the top 20 in fantasy scoring. Odds are good that Rodgers, Brady and Brees will all finish in the top five. Newton and Stafford will probably still finish in the top 10.
And it's not as if quarterback is the only position at which we've seen early-season volatility. No one expected C.J. Spiller to rank as the No. 1 fantasy running back at any point in the season, nor did anyone expect Alfred Morris or Andre Brown to show up in the top 10. (They currently rank seventh and eighth, respectively.)
Still, the early results are reminding us of the risk that comes with taking a quarterback in the first or second round of a redraft league. The exception is a league that requires you to start two quarterbacks instead of one. In a two-QB league, you probably need to get your first quarterback within the first two rounds, lest you be forced to start a Sam Bradford-Blaine Gabbert combo. In most leagues you start only one quarterback, but you have to start at least two running backs and at least two wide receivers.
In leagues of 12 or more teams, it can be a challenge to come up with two or more competent starting running backs or wide receivers, especially as the injuries mount and the bye weeks steal players from you. When you draft a quarterback in the first round, you lose an important chance to acquire top talent at running back and wide receiver. You also make it more difficult to acquire depth at those positions because you're giving opponents a one-round head start to fill those positions.
Early-round quarterbacks are luxury items; early-round running backs and receivers are essentials. In fantasy football, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady are pillows and blankets. Marshawn Lynch is a tarp.
Once the season has begin, it's much easier to patch a hole at quarterback than it is to patch holes at running back and (to a lesser degree) receiver. A lot of the owners who drafted Robert Griffin III drafted him as a backup. Now that they've struck gold with RG3 and want him in the lineup every week, many of those owners are willing to move the quarterback whom they drafted to be a starter. Other owners drafted Matt Ryan or Ben Roethlisberger and planned to platoon them with some other non-elite quarterback, playing the matchups from week to week. With Ryan and Roethlisberger both lighting it up, their owners are now starting them full-time and have an extra quarterback to trade.
The price for acquiring a competent quarterback such as Joe Flacco is generally pretty reasonable. The in-season price for acquiring a running back of commensurate value relative to his position — Stevan Ridley or Alfred Morris, for instance — is typically going to be steeper than the going rate for Flacco. Trading for a capable starting quarterback generally isn't hard. If you're trading for a capable starting running back, you're going to pay a high price and might be asked to throw in a pound of your own flesh. Good luck with that, Antonio.
Sure, you can sometimes find RB jewels in the middle rounds (Spiller), the later rounds (Morris) or even the free-agent pool (Brown). But there tend to be far fewer pleasant surprises at running back (and certainly at wide receiver) than at quarterback. At running back, the fantasy-scoring leaderboard is usually dominated by early-round picks. The WR leaderboard is typically smattered with big-name talent. At quarterback, the leaderboard is often speckled with middle- and late-round selections. You have a much better chance of getting lucky with a quarterback than with a running back or wide receiver.
Drafting a tight end in the early rounds is similarly risky, yet this year there was great temptation to do so. Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski had monster seasons last season, and there was no reason to think that either was in for a statistical drop-off. Graham and Gronk indeed might end up matching their numbers from last season, but they are not yet offering the immense positional advantage that their owners were expecting. Graham currently ranks fifth in TE scoring, Gronkowski eighth. Heath Miller and Martellus Bennett rank higher. And it's the same numbers game that you have at the quarterback position: You start only one per week, so it isn't hard to find a decent starter.
There's no denying that marquee quarterbacks (and marquee tight ends, too) have significant value. But because of the quantity issue — the requirement to start more RBs and WRs than QBs and — it can be difficult to leverage your QB strength during the season if you need to improve yourself at other positions. If you have strength and depth at running back or receiver, other owners will be beating down your door with trade offers.
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Weasler, Top-Ranked Huskies Shut Down CC
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Mark Hartigan's second-period goal proved to be all St. Cloud State needed to defeat Colorado College, 3-0, Friday night in front of 6,419 at the Colorado Springs World Arena.
The top-ranked Huskies improved to 13-1-1 (11-1-1 WCHA), while the No. 12 Tigers dropped to 8-6-1 (4-6-1 WCHA). With the win, the Huskies avenged their only loss of the season, a 4-3 defeat at the hands of Colorado College on November 10 at the National Hockey Center.
"That was an exciting hockey game," said St. Cloud coach Craig Dahl. "It was a fun one for us. Each team had some good chances, we got a few good breaks, and excellent goaltending."
Colorado College and St. Cloud skated to a scoreless first period. Despite no action on the scoreboard, the first period was full of end-to-end action and good scoring opportunities. Most of those chances belonged to the Tigers as St. Cloud gave them three power-play opportunities. However, St. Cloud goalie Dean Weasler was up to the task, making 18 saves in the period.
The back-and-forth action continued in the second period, although St. Cloud began to pick up its play and get better scoring opportunities. The hard work paid off as the Huskies broke the scoreless tie at 5:27 of the period when Husky forward Hartigan's blast from the top of the left circle trickled in through Colorado College goalie Jeff Sanger's legs.
"We just worked hard," said Hartigan. "When you work hard, you get the bounces and tonight they went our way. Our defense played strong tonight and that helped the transition and got us some scoring opportunities, which we took advantage of."
"The first line played really well," said Dahl. "They accounted for eight of the nine points tonight. They gave us the leadership that is expected of them tonight."
St. Cloud forwards Nate DiCasmirro and Matt Hendricks were both down low, battling for the puck in the left corner. DiCasmirro came up with it and fired a pass to a wide-open Hartigan at the top of the circle. Hartigan one-timed the pass to beat Sanger and give the Huskies a 1-0 lead.
The end-to-end action picked up again after the goal, with both Weasler and Sanger having to make big saves to keep the score at 1-0. Sanger stopped three St. Cloud shots in a flurry less than one minute after the goal was scored to keep his team within one, while Weasler made two sprawling saves in the minutes after the goal to preserve his team's lead.
St. Cloud extended the lead to 2-0 at 7:00 of the third period when the line of DiCasmirro, Hartigan, and Hendricks hooked up for their second goal of the night. Colorado College attempted to clear the zone by firing the puck the length of the ice. However, DiCasmirro intercepted the clear at the right point and chipped it over to Hartigan, who was ready to fire a slapshot on net, until at the last minute he noticed Hendricks alone at the bottom of the left circle.
Hartigan fired the pass to Hendricks, who redirected it into a wide-open net. Sanger had no chance on the play.
Hendricks added an empty-net goal to seal it for the Huskies. Hartigan and Ryan LaMere picked up assists.
Weasler made 36 saves to earn his first shutout and eighth win of the season. Sanger made 25 saves in a losing effort.
"Seeing a lot of shots early helped me tonight," said Weasler. "It let me get a feel for the game and the puck. Tonight was my night for some reason. There were a lot of shots that I didn't see; yet they kept ending up in my glove, or hitting my pads. I just tried to be in the right position, and tonight it worked out."
"Weasler was the difference tonight," said Hartigan. "He kept us in the game in the first period and we just fed off of that. He gave us a spark in the locker room and we went from there."
These same two teams will meet Saturday night to conclude their two-game series. Game time is set for 7:05 p.m. MT at the Colorado Springs World Arena.
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A lot of talk surrounding Tiger Talks being entertainment at the Allen county fair leaves room for discussion - yet nothing beats going straight to the source and learning for yourself. An interview with Doug Terranova offered much information not commonly known or shared by the media. It is often necessary to find out facts and portions of stories left out to get a clear picture.
Doug Terranova has spent 42 years caring for and working with animals. This has been in zoos, sanctuaries, and privately. Terranova Enterprises is licensed by the USDA under the Animal Welfare Act and the facility is Accredited by the United States Zoological Association.
While most people might not understand issues surrounding exotic animals as pets or working, those living with them daily tend to have extensive knowledge and experience.
Five things you may might not know about Tiger Talks and Terranova Enterprises:
Every exhibitor is licensed under the Animal Welfare Act. The AWA is written with a lot of gray areas. The language is very unclear. Government Lawyers love it because its easier to defend. Because the AWA is unclear it is open to interpretation from each inspector. What one inspector may pass one day in Iowa may not be ok with an inspector in Missouri. Unfortunately, this allows some (not all) inspectors to insert their own political beliefs and emotions into their jobs.
Terranova Enterprises and Doug Terranova WERE the subject of many charges by USDA including failure to safely handle elephants, cubs dying on the road, and having a cub confiscated for lack of a proper diet. This gives great ammunition to the Animal Rights groups. They love to bring that up. What they don't bring up is that the Government wanted $920,000 in fines AND revocation of our exhibitors license.
After Three years, over $135,000, and a hearing that ended up being split because of the amount of time and evidence our defense had. The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissed all of the most serious charges. We were fined $25,000 for several minor infractions. Several times in her written decision the ALJ admonished USDA officials for "forgetting"or "not recalling" conversations or chain of events including who was at the meeting when it was decided to confiscate the cub and who made the final determination. Every reason they used to confiscate this cub from my associate (it was never ours) was dismissed. She also used language such as "less than truthful", "contrary to inspectors statements", and admonished them for shredding documents that were asked for by our defense. the "violation" involving vet care and not having a "qualified" vet exam our animals was also thrown out.
We used a licensed veterinarian that was an Adjunct Professor at Iowa State University Vet School. The judge ruled that our vet was "at least" as qualified, if not more, than both the inspectors. She further stated in her written decision that if the inspectors had gone by their own expectations, THEY weren't qualified to inspect us. If we were as awful with our animals as activists alleged, we would not have our USDA license nor be able to perform. We are inspected more times a year than day care centers and nursing homes.
Unfortunately, in our travels we run into people that are emotionally charged with this issue. Many of them have not seen any of our performances, yet make false claims about our show hoping to sway public opinion. All we ask is that you look for yourself. Come and visit, watch our demonstrations, then decide on your own!


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STS-128 -- Mission to the International Space Station
The STS-128 crew has completed its mission! Space shuttle Discovery took science and storage racks to the International Space Station.
Rick Sturckow was the commander and Kevin Ford was the pilot. The mission specialists were José Hernández, Danny Olivas, Nicole Stott, Christer Fuglesang and Patrick Forrester. Christer Fuglesang is a European Space Agency astronaut. He is from Sweden.
Stott stayed on the International Space Station when the STS-128 crew returned to Earth. She became part of the Expedition 20 crew on the space station. Astronaut Tim Kopra was already on the station when STS-128 arrived. He had been the Expedition 20 flight engineer. He returned to Earth with the STS-128 crew on Discovery.
The crew members spent months training and getting ready for this trip. They had to learn how to make emergency exits from the shuttle. They had to choose foods for their trip. Some of the crew members had to practice for the spacewalks to be done once they got into space.
Before the mission, the STS-128 crew helped design a mission patch. Their patch shows the space shuttle Discovery. The payload bay doors are open. The Multi Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo is in the payload bay. This will be the first time that Discovery has carried an MPLM to orbit. Earth and the International Space Station wrap around the Astronaut Office symbol. This reminds us that now, people are always in space. The names of the STS-128 crew members border the patch. U.S. and Swedish flags stand for the countries of the STS-128 crew.
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For my friend's Royal Baby Shower (recapped in Part 1 and Part 2), we did lots of DIY projects over here, and I'm really excited to share them with you! First up is how to make these tiny and adorable Embellished Doll Furniture pieces. Your Royal Mommy-to-be or Little Princess will love this decoration no matter […]
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Make your holiday decor sparkle with a healthy dose of glitter! Here are a few shimmery project ideas from Martha's gallery of Glittered Holiday Crafts… Pictured at top: Glittered Bird Centerpiece featuring glitter-dusted birds and tinsel-wrapped branches. Pictured above: Snowy Balloon Ornaments. There are detailed instructions on how to make these here – but I'm […]