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A nameless woman from centuries ago was caught in the act of adultery and dragged before a charismatic and controversial man named as teacher, rabbi, prophet, son of God or son of the devil by those of his day.
Jesus never denied that the adultery had occurred as he gazed on this devastated woman, likely stripped to the waste to heighten her shame. He gave no direct response to the pharisaical assertion that the Mosaic Law required the woman to be stoned for her offense. And he ignored the obvious: Adultery takes two. Where was the man?
What He did was stoop down, write on the ground, straighten up and then stoop to write again.
Some have conjectured that the words on the ground were other sins commonly committed, but scripture doesn't tell us. What we know is the question that pierced the middle of the writing as it pierced hearts: "If any one of you is without sin, throw the first stone."
The stones stayed put. Everyone left.
Everyone, that is, except Jesus and the ruined woman before him.
"Did no one condemn you?"
"No one, sir."
"Then neither do I condemn you."
The only one without sin, the only one with the right to hurl stones, was the one refusing to condemn. Images such as these make me crazy for the Gospel of Christ.
But forgiveness comes at a price, as C.S. Lewis artfully illustrated in his classic children's book, "The Chronicles Narnia:"
"We have a traitor here Aslan," said the witch.
Of course, everyone there knew that she was talking about Edmund ... "That human creature is mine. His life is forfeit to me. His blood is my property... (Aslan) knows the deep magic ... He knows that unless I have blood as the law says, all of Narnia will perish in fire and water."
"Oh Aslan!" whispered Susan in the Lion's ear, "Can't we do something about the Deep Magic? Is there something you can work against it?"
"Work against the Emperor's magic?" asked Aslan, turning to her with something like a frown on his face. And nobody ever made that suggestion again.
The next time you consider the cost of forgiving, consider the cost of your forgiveness. Jesus' words to the woman were not mere words. The words would soon be etched in His own blood.
Does the necessity of blood in the story put you off? Does the severe necessity of sacrifice in response to our sin give you pause? Then consider your own sense of anger when you read about or experience senseless acts of cruelty. Consider the national outrage regarding convicted acts of sexual molestation of the part of a former assistant coach at a university near us. Consider the genocidal depravity of Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Josef Stalin and many others we don't know about. We demand justice for these things. We may even want blood.
And consider blood. It carries life to our cells as it cleanses toxins from our systems. Yes, it cleanses and supplies. Blood is life. Without it, we die.
Our issue is not with justice. Our issue is with God's justice. Our issue is not with sacrifice. Our issue is with the severity of the sacrifice. We are selective in the sins we feel God should address, and shallow in our in our understanding of what needs to be done. God sees all of it, knowing the price.
"Fall back, all of you," said Aslan, "and I will talk to the witch alone."
They all obeyed. It was a terrible time - this waiting and wondering while the lion and the witch talked earnestly together in low voices. At last they heard Aslan's voice.
"You can all come back. I have settled the matter. She has renounced the claim on your brother's blood."
Later that evening, Edmund's sisters, Susan and Lucy, would witness the horror of Aslan - the noble lion - shaved, bound and beaten by the white witch and all her minions. They could only do so because he was letting them. Finally the witch brandished her knife as Susan and Lucy turned away from the killing. Maybe you have read Narnia many times or never at all, but I wager that many will identify with the weight of spirit illustrated as Susan and Lucy shivered in the dead of that murderous night.
Sometimes we feel the weight of death in this world with piercing clarity. Sometimes we do not. Nevertheless, it is there. The human mortality rate of 100 percent confirms nothing else. We can't save us from that.
Praise God there is more.
Master becomes servant, judge becomes savior, suffering becomes glory, night becomes day, death becomes life.
"Was it a morning like this?" asks the song, "when my Lord looked down on Jerusalem."
Sure it was. It was every morning in this world. Living, dying, despair, joy, frustration, labor and rest went on then as now. But there was and is something different. God's life had come to our world, walked our roads, eaten our food, felt our scorn, tasted our death. And now, "Behold, He is alive forevermore!"
If you want me to offer historical and biblical proofs for the resurrection, then ask, and I will write another article. But not today. Jesus died, He was buried, He was raised and He was seen. I believe it. My heart's longing for just such a God is greater than any proof.
"Aren't you dead then, dear Aslan?" asked Lucy.
"Not now," said Aslan.
Likely you have felt the weight of the world and certainly you will. But you haven't experienced the reality of the resurrection suffusing into spiritual joints and marrow, the tingling in dead spiritual places, beginning to live again and the breezy rush of God's beauty, curling and rippling as His spirit embraces your own.
If you are tired of working against this world's death with what little life remains in you, then all I can say is look up and around to something deeper and more wonderful. Try it. Believe it. Believe Him. He is risen.
Andy Meiser is the pastor of the Eshcol Brethren in Christ Church in Ickesburg.


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Ten schools have qualified for the inter-state round of the Under-16 Coca Cola Cricket Cup which begins here from April 24.
The commencement of the inter-state leg was announced here today by Wasim Basir, Director Integrated Marketing and Communication of Coca Cola in the presence of P N Sankaran, Director Operations, Procam International, and Martin Gleeson, Technical Advisor of Cricket India Academy.
The inaugural match will be played between Salwan Boys Sr Secondary from Delhi and DAV Sr Secondary School from Punjab on April 24.
The matches will be played in six venues in Delhi.
This initiative is undertaken by Coca-Cola India and is being promoted by Procam International.
After the tournament, 24 players will be shortlisted for an intensive seven-day coaching clinic to be conducted by coaches from the Cricket Indian Academy (CIA).
Out of the 24, a Coca-Cola XI team will be selected to travel to Sri Lanka and play a three-match series against the Sri Lankan national Under-16 side from May 27 to June 3.
Finally, three players will be chosen and they will train in England through a scholarship.
The champion school of the Coca Cola Cricket Cup will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 Lakh, while the runner-up school team will be awarded Rs 70,000.
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During their study of the giant water bug N. Simov and M. Langourov from the study team had the unique chance to witness and record on video the vicious predatory practices of the species. In the recorded material, a larva uses the stems of a water plant to stalk and ambush its unsuspicious pray. The giant water bug larva can be seen storming from its cover and catching and injecting saliva into a small fish.
During the last ten years, many new findings of L. patruelis were made by the team in Southern Bulgaria, providing evidence that the giant water bug is expanding its territory northwards. Such a wide and abundant distribution of the species in these regions would be a further sign of the recent changes of European bug fauna caused by climate change and an important clue for the effects of global warming.
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3 Livesby Gertrude Stein
Consists of three character studies of women; "The Good Anna"--a kind but domineering German servingwoman; "Melanctha"--an uneducated but sensitive black girl; "The Gentle Lena"--a pathetically feebleminded young German maid.From the Paperback edition.
The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklasby Gertrude Stein
A fascinating insight into the vibrant culture of Modernism, and the rich artistic world of Paris's Left Bank, Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas includes an introduction by Thomas Fensch in Penguin Modern Classics. For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B. Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Picasso was there with 'his high whinnying Spanish giggle', as were Cezanne and Matisse, Hemingway and Fitzgerald. As Toklas put it - 'The geniuses came and talked to Gertrude Stein and the wives sat with me'. A light-hearted entertainment, this is in fact Gertrude Stein's own autobiography and a roll-call of all the extraordinary painters and writers she met between 1903 and 1932. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this is a definitive account by American in Paris. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), a writer of experimental prose, is one of the original American Modernists. Born in Pennsylvania, she lived most of her life in Paris with her partner, Alice B. Toklas. Experimental books like Three Lives (1909), Tender Buttons (1914), and The Making of Americans (1925) established her reputation as an avant-garde stylist, and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas made her an international celebrity. As an experimental writer she has been an inspiration to countless novelists and poets in our century, from Ernest Hemingway and Edith Sitwell in her own time to Jack Kerouac and Robert Duncan in ours. If you enjoyed The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, you might like Virginia Woolf's Orlando, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Buttonholes the reader with its informality, its unhurried rhythms, deadpan humour and acerbic remarks'Frances Spalding, Sunday Times
Everybody's Autobiographyby Gertrude Stein
Everybodys Autobiography is among the very best of Gertrudes writing--[it] speaks with the true and original voice of Gertrude Stein, without apparent art or bravado. --Janet Hobhouse~In 1937, Gertrude Stein wrote a sequel to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, but this darker and more complex work was long misunderstood and neglected. An account of her experiences as a result of writing a bestseller, Everybodys Autobiography is as funny and engaging as The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, but it is also a searing meditation on the meaning of success and identity in America. Posing as the representative American, Stein transforms her story into history--responding to the tradition of Thoreau and Henry Adams, she writes: "I used to be fond of saying that America, which was supposed to be a land of success, was a land of failure. Most of the great men in America had a long life of early failure and a long life of later failure. " Everybodys Autobiography is Stein at her most accessible and her most serious, and may yet prove to be among her most popular books.
The Geographical History of America: or the Relation of Human Nature to the Human Mindby Gertrude Stein
"First published in 1936 and long out of print, The Geographical History of America brings together prose pieces, dialogues, philosophical meditations, and playlets by one of the century's most influential experimental writers. This short but brilliant book offers a dimension of Gertrude Stein's thinking not available elsewhere. Here Stein sets forth her view of the human mind: what it is, how it works, and how it is different from - and more interesting than - human nature. " "Geographical History also elaborates on Stein's concepts of identity, landscape, presence, and composition. Today, as literary discourse pays more attention to textuality, to voice, reader-response, and phenomenology, Stein emerges as a pioneering modernist to whom the century is slowly catching up. For those in the performing arts, Geographical History further addresses the notion of play as landscape, one of Stein's most influential theatrical ideas, as well as such issues as dialogue, character, and dramatic structure - in a book that is itself a model of modern experimentation. "--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Geography And Playsby Gertrude Stein
Geography and Playsis a collection of Gertrude Stein's writing from about 1908 to 1920. Originally published in 1922 with an introduction by Sherwood Anderson, it was almost inaccessible for many years. This edition makes it possible for students and other devotees of Stein to see the developing strategies of one of the acknowledged giants of literary modernism, whose pathbreaking departures in literary style have recently been assigned still greater importance in light of new theories about women's writing. An introduction by Cyrena N. Pondrom provides contemporary readers with a fine orientation to the importance of Stein's achievement in this early work.
How to Writeby Gertrude Stein
Not so much a "how-to" guide as an inspirational journey into the craft of writing by one of the 20th-century's most influential and unconventional literary figures. Also valuable as an entry into Stein's own writings. New preface and introduction by Patricia Meyerowitz.
Idaby Gertrude Stein
This is the story of Ida, whose life consists mainly of resting, because she is always tired; of talking to herself; and of getting married, time after time.
Narrationby Gertrude Stein
Newly famous in the wake of the publication of her groundbreakingAutobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein delivered herNarrationlectures to packed audiences at the University of Chicago in 1935. Stein had not been back to her home country since departing for France in 1903, and her remarks reflect on the changes in American culture after thirty years abroad. In Stein's trademark experimental prose,Narrationreveals the legendary writer's thoughts about the energy and mobility of the American people, the effect of modernism on literary form, the nature of history and its recording, and the inventiveness of the English language--in particular, its American variant. Stein also discusses her ambivalence toward her own literary fame as well as the destabilizing effect that notoriety had on her daily life. Restored to print for a new generation of readers to discover, these vital lectures will delight students and scholars of modernism and twentieth-century literature. "Narrationis a treasure waiting to be rediscovered and to be pirated by jolly marauders of sparkling texts. "--Catharine Stimpson, NYU
Paris Franceby Gertrude Stein Adam Gopnik
Matched only by Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, Paris France is a "fresh and sagacious" (The New Yorker) classic of prewar France and its unforgettable literary eminences. Celebrated for her innovative literary bravura, Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) settled into a bustling Paris at the turn of the twentieth century, never again to return to her native America. While in Paris, she not only surrounded herself with--and tirelessly championed the careers of--a remarkable group of young expatriate artists but also solidified herself as "one of the most controversial figures of American letters" (New York Times). In Paris France (1940)--published here with a new introduction from Adam Gopnik--Stein unites her childhood memories of Paris with her observations about everything from art and war to love and cooking. The result is an unforgettable glimpse into a bygone era, one on the brink of revolutionary change.
Portraits and Prayersby Gertrude Stein
Portraits and Prayers is a collection of early essays and word portraits by the American writer Gertrude Stein. Her subjects often provide a description of what she observed in her Saturday salons.
Selected Writings of Gertrude Steinby Gertrude Stein
This collection, a retrospective exhibit of the work of a woman who created a unique place for herself in the world of letters, contains a sample of practically every period and every manner in Gertrude Stein's career. It includes The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in its entirety; selected passages from The Making of Americans; "Melanctha" from Three Lives; portraits of the painters Cezanne, Matisse, and Picasso; Tender Buttons; the opera Four Saints in Three Acts; and poem, plays, lectures, articles, sketches, and a generous portion of her famous book on the Occupation of France, Wars I Have Seen.
Tender Buttonsby Gertrude Stein
Before becoming the patron of Lost Generation artists, Gertrude Stein established her reputation as an innovative author whose style was closer to painting than literature. Stein's strong influence on 20th-century literature is evident in this 1915 work of highly original prose rendered in thought-provoking experimental techniques.
Tender Buttonsby Gertrude Stein Lisa Congdon
First published in 1914, Gertrude Stein's revolutionary poetic work Tender Buttons is a must-read for every serious lover of literature. Delighting in the rhythm of words, its first section, "Objects," runs playful linguistic circles around teacups, ribbons, umbrellas, and other quotidian artifacts. Presented here in an exquisite small package, this new edition of "Objects" pairs Stein's avant-garde verse with colorful contemporary illustrations by indie art star Lisa Congdon, who illuminates and interrogates the classic Cubist text with visuals as capricious as Stein's own prose. A celebration of independent thinking old and new, this captivating marriage of image and text is a treasure of arts and letters.
Three Livesby Ann Charters Gertrude Stein
First published in 1909, Three Lives marks the beginning of an era of bold experimentation with literary form and language that has continued throughout our century. In these three stories, Gertrude Stein put into practice certain theories about prose composition that paralleled the ideas expressed in the art of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters. Her characters strike the reader as living in a world determined by an aesthetic rather than a social order. The nonlinear narrative structure of 'The Good Anna', for example, was inspired by the works of Cézanne. Stein's friendship with Picasso encouraged her free expression of syntactical repetition to establish the mood and open sexuality of 'Melanctha'. And the influence of Matisse can be seen in 'The Gentle Lena', a bold psychological portrait of a woman, with a corresponding de-emphasis on plot and setting. Also included in this edition is Q.E.D. A frankly autobiographical story, conventional in form, it is in many ways an early version of 'Melanctha', and its inclusion here shows where Stein started and suggests how far she came on her own.
Three Livesby Gertrude Stein
The first published work of fiction by legendary author and poet Gertrude Stein, Three Lives is a collection of two short stories and a novella focusing on the bleak existence that faced immigrant and minority women in turn-of-the-century America.Each impoverished woman must labor as a domestic worker to survive, and all three protagonists have their own tales of hardship. "The Good Anna" tells the story of a young German servant who must decide between loyalty to her employer and love. In "The Gentle Lena," another German servant girl marries the wrong man, and finds herself trapped as a wife and mother. And the introspective "Melanctha" examines the tragic life of a mulatto woman and those she loved.Pocket Books' Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enriched for the contemporary reader. This edition of Three Lives has been prepared by Brenda Wineapple, professor of Modern Literary and Historical Studies at Union College. It includes her introduction, a selection of critical excerpts, and suggestions for further reading, as well as a unique visual essay of period illustrations and photographs.
Three Livesby Gertrude Stein
Three Lives is three portraits of women. "The Good Anna" describes a German house servant; "Melanctha" explores the love affair of an African-American woman; and "The Gentle Lena" narrates the fate of a patient German maid.
Three Lives and Tender Buttonsby Gertrude Stein Diane Souhami
Three Lives Three short stories comprise Gertrude Stein's first significant work, each a psychological portrait of a different woman. "The Good Anna" is a kindly but domineering German servant. "The Gentle Lena" apathetically endures her miserable life until she dies in childbirth. "Melanctha" is a young Black woman learning about sexuality and love. Different as they may be, all three women are bound by poverty--and all three face the restrictions of class, race, and sex with resignation. Tender Buttons Stein spoke of maintaining a "continuous present," comprised of "moments of consciousness," independent of time and memory. Nowhere is this more clear than in her prose poems Tender Buttons. Their repetitive sentences, juxtaposition of sounds, and simple language connote this continuous presence. To live in this state is "to begin again and again," to "use everything." Each of the three sections, "Objects," "Food," and "Rooms," employs both this repetition and disjointed words to build images. Prose poetry at its most abstract expression, Tender Buttons "is to writing...what cubism is to art." (W.G. Rogers)
To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdaysby Gertrude Stein
"Alphabets and names make games and everybody has a name and all the same they have in a way to have a birthday," muses Gertrude Stein in To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdays. Written in 1940 and intended as a follow-up to her children's book The World Is Round, published the previous year, To Do is a fanciful journey through the alphabet. Each letter is represented by four names (including Gertrude for "G") and features a short story told in verse. "[This is] a birthday book I would have liked as a child," said Stein ofTo Do. Publishers rejected the manuscript as too complex for children, and it remained unpublished during Stein's lifetime. A text-only version issued from Yale University Press in 1957. Now, more than seventy years after Stein penned the story,To Dois appearing with illustrations, realizing the author's original concept for the book. Giselle Potter's witty and stylish illustrations provide a perfect complement to Stein's uniquely whimsical world of words, creating a truly delightful, often hilarious book that adults and children alike can appreciate and love.
Wars I Have Seenby Gertrude Stein
Wars I Have Seen is the American writer Gertrude Stein's memoir of her experiences during the Second World War. Gertrude Stein was living in Europe during the time of the war.
The World Is Roundby Gertrude Stein Clement Hurd
Published to commemorate its 75th anniversary, The World Is Round brings back into print the classic story created by Gertrude Stein and Clement Hurd. Written in her unique prose style, Gertrude Steins The World Is Round chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Rose--a whimsical tale that delights in wordplay and sound while exploring the ideas of personal identity and individuality. This stunning volume replicates the original 1939 edition to a T, including all of Clement Hurds original blue-and-white art printed on the rose-pink paper that Stein insisted upon. Also featured here are two essays that provide an inside view to the making of the book. The first, a foreword by Clement Hurds son, author and illustrator Thacher Hurd, includes previously unpublished photographs and sheds light on a creative family life in Vermont, where his father and mother, author Edith Thacher Hurd, often collaborated on childrens books. The second essay, an afterword by Edith Thacher Hurd, takes readers behind the scenes of the making of The World Is Round, including the numerous letters exchanged between Hurd and Stein as well as images of Stein with the real-life Rose and her white poodle, Love.
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GRAND RAPIDS -- Uncharacteristic stormy weather has prompted a flood watch, power outages and an attic fire due to a lightning strike.
A flood watch is in effect for the area, as rainfall continues. Storm rainfall amounts will range from 1 to 3 inches.
The area also experienced thunder and lightning, which caused minor damage at a Walker home today. Walker firefighters were called to an attic fire at 4101 Nixon Ave. NW about 4:30 p.m. after a thunderstorm passed through the area.
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What advice would you give someone starting this project? I had to make a few adjustments to the pattern, as the puff stitch rows at the bottom weren't coming out right (the second row of puffs was inside out). If you make this sweater using the pattern online, I suggest adding another row of hdc between steps 5 and 6 of the Back, and at the corresponding places of the Right and Left Fronts.
This sweater is darling! I have been searching for a sweater pattern. I have 4 grand daughters, ranging in age from 5 months to 7 years old. My goal is to make them all matching sweaters. You did an awesome job! Does the pattern come with directions for different sizes?
do you have a pattern for this puff stitch baby sweater?
Do I have to buy this pattern?? I cant see it anywhere?? Really love its simplicity.. Well done
I love this sweater,where can i get the pattern?


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By Signal Center Strategic Information OfficeNovember 19, 2009
The U.S. Army's Signal Center of Excellence (SIGCOE) formalized a new academic partnership with Syracuse University Oct. 30 in New York.
The agreement between the SIGCOE's School of Information Technology and Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (also known as the iSchool) will afford the opportunity for officers enrolled in courses at Fort Gordon to earn academic credits towards a graduate degree from the iSchool. At the signing ceremony, the SIGCOE was represented by Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Foley, commanding general, U.S. Army Signal Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon and Lt. Col. Jon Fox, the director of the School of Information Technology. Syracuse University was represented by Eric Spina, the university's Vice Chancellor and Provost, and Elizabeth Liddy, the Dean of the iSchool.
"We in the Army are committed to world class education," remarked Foley during the ceremony. "How wonderful it is that (the iSchool) is willing to extend the intellectual capital to help make us better," he said.
This new program provides an opportunity for officers who complete the SIT's Information Systems Managers course or the Telecommunications Systems Engineer Course to receive transfer credits towards one of three Master's programs offered by the iSchool: a Master's of Science in Information Management; a Master's of Science in Telecommunications & Network Management; and an Executive Master of Science in Information Management. ISM and TSEC graduates will receive between 9 and 15 credits from the iSchool, and will be able to complete the remaining Master's degree requirements online. Qualified students are also eligible to have some credits waived depending on their plan of study, and related experience and education. Additional details regarding the program can be found at http://ischool.syr.edu/landing/signalcenter.aspx.
US News & World Report currently ranks the iSchool No. 1 in the nation among graduate schools for information systems, second in digital libraries, and third in library and information studies.
According to the SIT director, it is an absolute honor for the SIGCOE and the SIT to have the iSchool recognize transfer credits from our courses. More importantly, the fact that this program will encourage our officers to pursue a Master's degrees from the iSchool will provide the Army with leaders who can better serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The SIGCOE's newest academic partnership is just one more step in a long-term strategy to create graduate-level education opportunities for our 25s, FA24s, FA53s, and Warrant Officers. When combined with our existing partnerships with Augusta State University, University of Colorado - Boulder, Webster University, and the University of Maryland, we now afford our Soldiers more paths to a Master's Degree than ever before.
Syracuse University played a historic role in educating post-World War II veterans under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill), and the university has sustained this proud legacy with support to thePost-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, and their new Yellow Ribbon Enhancement Program. This cooperative degree program is just the latest chapter in Syracuse University's long-standing tradition of support to our nation's service members. The SIGCOE is very proud to partner with a university that has such a distinguished history of support to our citizen Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines.
During the visit, Foley visited state-of-the-art information systems learning labs at the iSchool, and learned about existing and future research efforts at Syracuse that directly support Army warfighting efforts and protection of critical infrastructure. Senior leaders from Syracuse Research Corporation and its subsidiary SRCTec also provided briefings on the Counter Remote Control Improvised Explosive Devices Electronic Warfare Duke system. The CREW Duke counters radio-controlled roadside bombs, or IEDs, and is currently the U.S. Army's most widely fielded CREW system.
The U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (CECOM-LCMC) recently awarded SRCTec a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with an approximate value of $700M for CREW Duke system upgrades. Additionally, researchers from Syracuse's Center for Information and Systems Assurance and Trust and the JP Morgan Chase research center provided an overview of current cyber training and information assurance research initiatives.
At the signing ceremony, Dean Liddy said that the SIGCOE's visit was "a great day of discovery." We look forward to even greater discoveries as we forge ahead with our newest partner.


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BACKGROUND: Several new techniques have been described for the management of anal fistulas. The anal fistula plug has received much attention. The button plug adaptation has been heralded for use in rectovaginal and ileal pouch-vaginal fistulas.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report the long-term efficacy of the button plug in patients with such fistulas.
DESIGN: All women with ileal pouch-vaginal and rectovaginal fistulas secondary to Crohn's disease who underwent insertion of a novel button fistula plug between May 2008 and November 2009 were prospectively evaluated.
RESULTS: At long-term follow up of a median of 118 (interquartile range, 81.5–129.0) weeks, none of the 11 patients (0%) with ileal pouch-vaginal fistulas were considered to have healed, whereas 4 of the 9 patients (44%) with rectovaginal fistulas had healed. Each of these 4 patients whose treatment was successful were nonsmokers with an etiology of Crohn's disease and achieved complete closure of the fistula tract after one procedure, and none had been defunctioned. All repeat procedures failed.
CONCLUSION: The button fistula plug may be an option for patients with Crohn's-related rectovaginal fistulas, albeit with the caveat of advising patients of a less than 50% success rate, but not for patients with ileal pouch-vaginal fistulas. Repeat attempts cannot be justified.
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The question is whether we as a society are going to radically redefine the institution of marriage. It's not about my personal marriage, but the effects on our children, nation, and future generations.
Domestic partnership, although it offers legal rights and protections, does not offer the dignity or legitimacy of marriage. Celebrating a marriage ceremony legitimized by family and friends is very different from signing a notarized form at City Hall.
Proponents and opponents of Proposition 8 agree that marriage is an essential institution of society. They simply disagree about who should be able to partake of this essential institution.
What is unclear is why the right to marry should not be afforded to all couples, gay or straight. Some argue that it's tradition. We've always done it that way.
But when dealing with civil rights, sometimes the ethical decision is to forgo tradition that has deprived citizens of their rights.
Others argue on religious grounds. They maintain that homosexuality is immoral in the eyes of God.
Aside from this troubling disregard for the separation of church and state, it sounds almost punitive. Gays shouldn't marry because we don't approve of homosexuality.
A lot has been written about voting "yes" for the sake of the children. It's unclear what a "yes" vote will protect them from.
Protect children from knowing that gay people exist and desire to formalize their commitment to one another and to their children? At a time when the divorce rate is 50 percent, which many argue is detrimental for children, it is counterproductive to undermine those who want to legitimize their stable, committed relationships just because they are gay.
The proponents don't seem to be concerned about the children of gay parents who must watch as their parents are denied the right to marry. They don't seem to be concerned about gay teens who receive the message that society disregards their commitment to a partner and disdains their desire to some day marry.
Despite all the hoopla about the dangers of a "no" vote on Proposition 8, allowing same-sex marriage will have little effect on the majority of society.
Most same-sex marriages, like most heterosexual marriages, will be celebrated privately, unnoticed by mainstream society. However, upholding the California Supreme Court's ruling allowing same-sex marriage will maintain a fundamental right for a marginalized group, and it is long overdue.


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How to Fend Off a Food Craving
New Research Challenges the 'Body Knows What It Needs' Theory; Where Men Differ From Women
A cupcake is calling you.
You can practically taste the sweet, creamy goodness. You want it so badly you can't think of anything else. But is it really the taste you crave—or the pleasant associations it brings? Or do you crave it partly because you know you shouldn't have it? Will fighting the urge make it go away or only make it worse?
Scientists are exploring all these questions as they seek to understand food cravings. The research is taking on new urgency with the nation's obesity epidemic, since cravings are widely believed to influence snacking behavior, binge eating and bulimia.
Among the findings so far:
Food cravings activate the same reward circuits in the brain as cravings for drugs or alcohol, according to functional MRI scans, tests that measure brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow.
Nearly everyone has food cravings occasionally, but women report having them more often than men, and younger people crave sweets more than older people do.
In one study, 85% of men said they found giving in to food craving satisfying; of women, only 57% said they did.
While many women report craving salt, fat or bizarre combinations of food during pregnancy, researchers can't find much scientific validation. They suspect folklore and the power of suggestion instead.
For decades, researchers surmised that food cravings were the body's subconscious effort to correct nutritional deficiencies. Longing for steak could indicate a need for protein or iron, according to this theory. Chocoholics might be low on magnesium or other mood-altering chemicals that chocolate contains, including phenylethylamine, a compound humans produce when they're in love.
But a growing body of research casts doubt on the nutritional-deficiency notion. After all, few people crave vitamin-rich green leafy vegetables and many other foods contain more phenylalanine than chocolate—including salami and cheddar cheese.
Instead, studies show that food cravings involve a complex mix of social, cultural and psychological factors, heavily influenced by environmental cues. While chocolate is consistently the most-craved food in North America, Japanese women are more likely to crave sushi, a recent study found. And only 1% of young Egyptian men and 6% of young Egyptian women reported craving chocolate, according to a 2003 survey. "Many other languages don't have a word for 'craving.' The concept seems to be uniquely important in American culture," says psychologist Julia Hormes at the University at Albany.
In the U.S., about 50% of women who crave chocolate say their cravings peak around the onset of their monthly period. But researchers haven't found any correlation between food cravings and hormone levels, and postmenopausal women don't report a big drop in chocolate cravings, a 2009 survey found. Some psychologists suspect that women may be "self-medicating," because sweets and carbohydrates spur release of serotonin and other feel-good brain chemicals.
A study of 98 female students at the University of Pennsylvania last year found that those who reported the most cycle-related cravings also had a history of dieting, eating disorders and high body mass indexes. "These seem to be women who think, 'I shouldn't have any chocolate at all,' but then they give in and have the whole bar," says Dr. Hormes, who led much of the U. Penn research. "The more they try to restrict it, the more they craved it."
Typically, people crave foods they enjoy—but not always. "It's possible to like a food without craving it, and crave a food without liking it," says Marcia Pelchat, a food psychologist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, a research facility in Philadelphia.
In one 2004 study she conducted, a group of subjects consumed only vanilla-flavor Boost, a protein drink, for five days to assess their cravings for other food. She was amazed to find many of them craved Boost after returning to a regular diet: "We thought they'd never want to see it again."
The same phenomenon occurs with movie-theater popcorn, Dr. Pelchat says: "Most people will admit it's not the world's best popcorn, but if the line is long and you're not able to buy it, you may well crave it."
Functional MRI scans by Dr. Pelchat showed that sensory memory food cravings activate the same parts of the brain that drug and alcohol cravings do, including the hippocampus, which helps store memories; the insula, involved in perception and emotion; and the caudate, which is important for learning and memory. The circuit is driven by dopamine, the neurotransmitter responsible for reward-driven learning.
Experts say that cravings are fine on occasion—say, for pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, gingerbread at Christmas or for healthy choices year-round. But indulging too often can send cravings spiraling out of control.
Brain researchers have documented that when people continually bombard their reward circuits with drugs, alcohol or high-fat, high-sugar foods, many of the dopamine receptors in the system shut down to prevent overload. And with fewer dopamine receptors at work, the system craves more and more, insatiably. "Pretty soon, one cupcake doesn't do it anymore. You have to overstuff yourself and you still don't get that reward," says Pam Peeke, a physician and author of the new book, "The Hunger Fix." She notes that food addiction creates changes in the prefrontal cortex, which normally override impulsivity and addictive urges.
What is the best way to fight food cravings? Many studies have shown that the more subjects try to restrict a food, the more they may crave it. So some experts suggest embracing and controlling the urge instead.
One 2003 study at University College in London found that subjects who ate chocolate only in the middle of a meal or just after were more successful at giving it up than those who ate it on an empty stomach.
Cognitive behavior therapy can also be helpful. Researchers in Adelaide, Australia, gave 110 self-professed chocolate cravers each a bag of chocolates to carry around for a week, and instructed half of them in "cognitive restructuring"—challenging their thoughts about chocolate—while the other half learned "cognitive defusion"—accepting and observing their thoughts without acting on them. At the end, the defusion group had three times as much chocolate left than the other group.
Exercise can also cut food cravings. Women who walked briskly on a treadmill for 45 minutes had far less brain response to food images, according to a new study from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
Other forms of distraction include chewing gum and smelling a nonfood item. Taking a deep whiff of jasmine, for example, helps occupy the same aroma receptors that are a key part of food cravings.
Dr. Peeke suggests setting a timer for 30 minutes whenever a craving comes on. Busy yourself with something else until the timer goes off. The craving may have passed. "If you can at least delay eating the craved food, you can weaken the habitual response," agrees Dr. Pelchat.
The good news: The longer people stave off their food cravings, studies show, the weaker the urges become.
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Anna Faris Goes Back to TV "For Son Jack"Sarah Bernard
A working mom's schedule is never easy — especially for a new mom like Scary Movie star Anna Faris, who does not want to be away from 11-month-old son Jack for a minute.
Faris is married to Parks and Recreation's Chris Pratt, and the two of them make a serious power comedy duo. If you are not familiar with Faris' career-making cameo as a ditzy actress in Lost in Translation, stop reading immediately and watch it.
The actress has been steadily making a name for herself on the big screen, but for her next project she's done a 180 and will be starring in the CBS sitcom called Mom, from the creator of Two And a Half Men, Chuck Lorre.
Jack's arrival has given her a completely new perspective on work. She told the audience at a recent Television Critic's Association event that her decision had a lot to do with the fact that a sitcom would allow her more time with her son.
"It makes me crazy when I'm not holding him," she told US Weekly in May.
Yes, she also loves the character that she gets to play. Christy is a single, newly sober mom. "She's a mess, which is very much like me," she joked at the TCA discussion. It was recently announced that Justin Long was added to the cast as a new love interest.
While Anna's hitting the small screen, Chris is getting shredded up for a new role headlining Marvel Comics' Guardians of the Galaxy. He posted a shirtless selfie on Instagram earlier this summer with the caption "Six months no beer. Kinda douchey to post this, but my brother made me."
A new sit-com and a husband with six-pack abs? Sounds like a win-win for Anna.
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WAILUKU - Maui County's Department of Water Supply announced Tuesday that it had found added water capacity in Upcountry that can be used to eliminate the area's longstanding waiting list for new water meters.
The priority list, which dates back to 1994, would be whittled down over the next two to three years under a draft action plan presented to the Maui County Council's Committee on Water Resources. The list included 1,474 applicants as of June 30.
"There is a solution to the Upcountry water meter list; you have it before you right now," Mayor Alan Arakawa told council members.
The plan calls for maximizing the use of surface water in Upcountry to "squeeze out another 2 million gallons" a day for Upcountry, Department of Water Supply Director Dave Taylor said.
Because surface water mostly comes from the diverting of streams, the added supply will be susceptible to the ups and downs of Maui's rainfall. Maximizing capacity will also mean that the system will run with a decreased "buffer," Taylor said.
To mitigate those risks, the department will be proposing higher water rates to kick in during drought seasons for heavy water users, should the plan advance.
"Today is really a major shift because over the years, the department has not had enough information to tell (the council) the real options before you," Taylor said. "That changes today."
Before moving forward, Taylor said the department will come back to the council with three proposed ordinances that will require major policy decisions.
One of those proposals will seek authorization for the mayor or the director of the Department of Water Supply to impose temporary drought rates in certain parts of the county during dry seasons to encourage conservation.
"It's not to collect more money, but to send a strong message that you need to conserve," Taylor said. "Water will always be scarce Upcountry."
Arakawa added: "During drought situations, we need the ability to have a hammer to stop people from abusing water use. The rate structure we'll propose allows us, in those short periods of time, to be able to create a hammer."
Another proposal from the water department will suggest what those increased rates should be.
The third request will ask the County Council to amend existing law and establish a last day to sign up on the Upcountry priority list.
All existing applicants on the list together would require an additional 3.5 million gallons a day. But, the water department estimates only about half of those on the list have an immediate need for a meter.
"We think that if no more people sign up . . . we think there's a very good chance we could get through the entire list, still have water left over, and in round two, let these people who want to share improvements come in," Taylor said.
Without the restrictive priority list, applicants living near one another would be able to partner to pay for the needed infrastructure to connect to the county's water system. Now, the list system prevents an applicant who is offered a meter from partnering with another applicant who is farther down on the list.
Arakawa said the list was more of a hazard than a solution. Once the list is eliminated, future meters would be "rationed."
Upcountry protea farmer and Kula resident Richard Pohle - who is No. 653 on the waiting list - said he was very appreciative of the proposed plan.
Pohle, a physicist by trade and a candidate for the Upcountry residency council seat, has been a vocal critic of the list and founded the Upcountry Meter List Association.
"Finally, we are being presented with an opportunity to work holistically with policy set by the council and some real intelligent administration talent by the mayor and his water director," Pohle said.
Pohle estimates only about 10 percent of those on the priority list want water now. He said he supports the idea of drought rates in emergencies.
"I really liked his approach where he said that he has the authority, or the mayor has the authority, in drought conditions to change the rate structure," Pohle said. "Conservation is best achieved by increasing the price when you need to."
Pohle has previously advocated that the county purchase the private Piiholo South well and combine its output with the county's Pookela well to satisfy the needs of those waiting for meters.
Taylor noted that while groundwater is more reliable than surface water, all of the county's groundwater wells operate at sea level. He said having to pump water to higher elevations is costly and results in higher water bills.
He said the action plan is only possible due to recent infrastructure upgrades, including improvements to the county's Hamakuapoko wells, Waikamoi flume and Olinda Water Treatment Plant as well as increasing storage capacity and upgrading high-lift pumps at the Kamole Water Treatment Plant.
Future operating budgets would need to include approximately $500,000 to $1 million more a year for the Kamole plant to support more meters. The department also would need to acquire spare equipment to decrease repair times.
Council Member Gladys Baisa, who holds the Upcountry residency seat, called the announcement a "historic moment."
"Everywhere I go I'm accosted by people who want to know when they're going to get their meters," she said. "We have a plan, and I think it's a very reasonable plan. I'm very excited to (be here) at this moment in time when we finally can take care of a problem that's been here forever."
Council Member Mike Victorino, who is chairman of the Committee on Water Resources and previously spent five years on the county's Board of Water Supply, said the shortage of meters for Upcountry has plagued the county for too long.
"We see a light at the end of the tunnel, which, for the longest time . . . I thought I'd never see," he said.
The council also will need to consider how to pay for the additional users to tap into the system. Taylor said the department will be looking to the council for direction on whether the cost of new meters should be entirely paid for by applicants, by existing water customers or a combination of both.
He also said the council could decide not to use the added capacity to issue new meters. The increased supply could instead be used for reserves, more agricultural activities or put back into the streams, for example.
Arakawa made clear that he wants the waiting list dissolved.
"This is a solution that we've been waiting for for a long time," he said. "People have been waiting for decades, decades. And there are many people that have suffered severe financial losses because of this water meter list. Let's get rid of it once and for all."
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Jon Gosselin's claims that he's worried the taping of Jon & Kate Plus 8 is harming their family is hogwash, according to Kate Gosselin.
In a statement, Kate says: "I'm saddened and confused by Jon's public media statements. Jon has never expressed any concerns to me about our children being involved in the show and, in fact, is on the record as saying he believes the show benefits our children and was taping on Friday with the kids.
"I check in regularly with each of the kids to be sure they want to participate in and continue with the show and will continue to do so," Kate, 34, continues. "I do the show for my family because I believe it provides us opportunities we wouldn't otherwise have. Jon used to share that belief until as recently as the day the network announced the name change of the show and indicated that Jon would have a lesser role in the show. It appears that Jon's priority is Jon and his interests. My priority remains our children and their well-being."
It's the latest in a series of increasingly nasty volleys since TLC announced that the show would be rebranded Kate Plus 8 starting next season. Since then, Jon, 32, has waged a legal battle against the network, banning them from filming on the jointly owned family property, and forcing TLC to suspend the show.
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Odrick said he didn't now what Maybin had said and didn't have a strong reaction when told.
"Hey, whatever other people want to say about us, that's not something we really pay mind to," Odrick said. "We just go play our game and let the pads speak for themselves and try not to talk."
Maybin was a first-round pick of the Buffalo Bills in 2009, one year before the Dolphins took Odrick in 2010.
Maybin and Odrick arrived at Penn State at the same time, but Maybin entered the NFL draft as an underclassman.
"He's been a friend for a while," Odrick said. "He was at Penn State. We came in together. We actually all signed together, that whole class. We had a media day where we all signed together. He's a guy that's not afraid to voice his opinion and have a good time in the media.
"We try to link up as much as possible, but he does a lot of stuff for his charity and I'm all over the place because I like to travel and work out at different places. We talked after the first game and we're going to try to link up and do some things with some camps for some kids back in my hometown and whatnot."
Odrick says Maybin was a great player and a great teammate at Penn State.
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JOHNSTOWN - Shane Conlan, a two-time All-American and a star linebacker on Penn State's 1986 NCAA championship team, was in Johnstown Monday to play golf at the Sunnehanna Country Club.
Conlan, now 48, joked with some co-workers and friends before registering for a tournament to benefit the upstart Johnstown Tomahawks hockey team, a squad he, along with fellow Penn State legend Jack Ham, have invested in.
When the discussion shifted from whether Conlan played hockey as a kid to the sanctions against Penn State, the ex-Buffalo Bill's mood turned on a dime.
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(From left) Shane Conlan and Jack Ham talk with Jean Desrochers, director of business operations for the Johnstown Tomahawks ice hockey team Monday.
"I thought [the sanctions] were to say the least, harsh," Conlan said. "I think they [the NCAA] over-stepped their bounds. I really do. It's a long way from being over, and obviously it's horrific what happened, but it's not over yet."
Conlan seemed especially upset over the NCAA taking wins away from the program.
"I am totally befuddled about how [taking the wins away] even went down," Conlan said. "How did they decide on 1998? I just feel bad for the kids who played in that era. They're saying that they didn't win a game. I just don't know how they can do that. I really don't.
"Especially with the 1998 case, it was reported to the police, and the police dropped it. I mean, how is that Joe's fault?
"I shouldn't be saying half the [stuff] I'm saying, but it just gets you really frustrated. I don't know how they can do that. I really don't. People say we're going to appeal. There's no appeal. There's one guy making the decision. I just think the NCAA are hypocrites, I really do."
Conlan said the NCAA acted in haste.
"You don't know what is going to come out once they get into the sworn testimony. When guys are under oath, it will be a different outcome, I think," Conlan said. "Not as far as Jerry [Sandusky], but as far as the whole thing. I think [the NCAA] was too impatient.
"I think they thought, 'hey we have got to do something, and we got to flex our muscles.' To me, it's very hypocritical, because they didn't take away any of the TV stuff, because that's where the money comes from."
Ham, who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988, will continue to broadcast Penn State's games on the radio this season as the color man for Steve Jones. He also doesn't agree with NCAA president Mark Emmert's decision.
"The sanctions, for me, were an over-reach by the NCAA," Ham said. "But you know what? We've got to live with it right now and move forward. I think that's what Penn State is doing."
Two of the most outspoken players on the current team since the sanctions were announced are second-generation players Michael Mauti and Michael Zordich. The pair spoke at the Big Ten media day about how much Penn State meant to them.
"[Mauti] is a great kid," Conlan said. "I've talked to him. A friend of mine, Michael Zordich, his son Michael and Mauti are best friends. After games, we'll tailgate a little with them, and both of those guys are great. Those two are going to lead this team this year.
"They are impressive guys and impressive players No. 1, but character wise, what they did, is just incredible. I love Mike, and he is going to be a heck of a player for a long time."
Mauti is the latest in a string of solid linebackers at Penn State that include both Ham and Conlan and have earned the school the nickname, "Linebacker U." Following his career at Penn State, Conlan was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1987 and was an All-Pro linebacker from 1988-1990. After six years with the Bills, Conlan finished his career playing three years with the St. Louis Rams.
"This [scandal] happened way after Jack and I played," Conlan said. "I don't think this tarnishes [the phrase Linebacker U]. Jerry [Sandusky] was obviously a great coach. This took us all by surprise, as you can imagine.
"Joe [Paterno] had a lot to do with Linebacker U, not just Jerry. He recruited guys, and it was his decision. He started with defense first. He built some great athletes. A lot of these guys, including me, came in as running backs and got switched to linebacker. That was Joe that did that."
The Nittany Lions will open their season on Sept. 1 by hosting Ohio at Beaver Stadium. That game will mark the first in new head coach Bill O'Brien's era at Penn State. Including this year, PSU is not eligible to be in a bowl the next four seasons, but Conlan doesn't think that will hinder O'Brien's success.
"I have met Bill O'Brien, and he's one of the few people in my life that I've met that has a presence about him that I am so impressed with," Conlan said. "I think it's a great hire. This guy is so impressive. The kids love him. He knows the game, obviously. I don't think it's going to take him long to have success."
"He was kicking [butt] in recruiting until these sanctions, and then for him to even retain some of the guys he did, I think, is incredible. He's an incredible recruiter and a hell of a coach. I think his staff is so good. He's going to put his mark on Penn State football."
One of the marks O'Brien has already made is the announcement that the Nittany Lion players will have their names on the back of their jerseys.
"Some of my teammates are not too thrilled with some of the changes that are going to happen, but you have got to let the guy do it. It's his program now," Conlan said. "There's not a guy that played at Penn State that doesn't miss and love Joe Paterno, but it's time to move on. We wish he was still here, but we have to move on, and I think we've got the guy to do it."
Ham is also in O'Brien's corner.
"I've had an opportunity to talk to [O'Brien] quite a few times now at Penn State," Ham said. "We are very fortunate to have him. The one good thing that has come out of this is the fact that we have a quality coach in there now. He is fired up with the football team he has right now, and I think they'll play well. They'll play hard for him."


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YES :3 otherwise i probably would have an xbox 360
- to play online you need to have 1 of the following games:
Mario strikers charged
mario kart (not out yet) XD
Hi, I'm a newbie here.
Does anyone know if it's possible to play w/ other Wii users online??? I've added my friend to the Wii LIst...and both of us are online, but seem like we can't play together ...(like I challenge him some game ???) Does anyone know how? Thanks very much.
YES :3 otherwise i probably would have an xbox 360
- to play online you need to have 1 of the following games:
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Or Pokemon Battle Coliseum :]
They'll release more wi-fi games later. I'm looking forward to Super Smash Bros. Brawl ^_^
current obsessions::
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So with just the stock sport pack games, you won't be able to play with your friends? ...is it only for ONLINE-games ?????
Brawl's gonna be Wi-Fi?Originally Posted by unluckylink13
...i think iv'e pissed meself O_O
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Yeah, it's gonna be online, which pretty much means I'm going to be VERY addictedOriginally Posted by Lamar/TBD
You can read more about it at www.smashbros.com
That's where they do the official announcements.
current obsessions::
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these r the online games for wii right now
super strikers charged
pokemon battle revolution
guitar hero 3
coming soon
medal of honor heroes 2
mario kart wii
ghost squad
i could go on but it would take an eternity
p.s. rep me
ja ja it's like brand new technology. (for ninty anyway)
Wii games: Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Resident Evil 4, Zelda TP, SSX: Blur, Excite Truck, The Godfather, and Mario Kart Wii
PC games: Call of Duty 4, Halo 1, UT3, F.E.A.R., and The Orange Box.
PS3 games: Ratchet and Clank F.T.O.D., Resistance 2, Wipeout HD, and MGS4.
Thats what comes up for wi-fi enabled on the Nintendo site game list.
In order of coming out or already come out.
Ghost Squad Q4 2007 (Don't ask me what Q means!)
Guitar Hero III: Legends Oct 29, 2007
Madden NFL 08 Aug 14, 2007
Mario Strikers Charged Jul 30, 2007
Pokémon Battle Revolution Jun 25, 2007
Although I know batallion wars is out. Also SSBB (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) is coming out too. I can`t wait. It`s gonna be a sales booster. Good thing I got my Wii a couple weeks ago.
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Q4 means Quarter 4, meaning the last quarter of the yearOriginally Posted by Michaelk
I've never heard of Ghost Squad, though
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This series will detail the ways in which the media conglomerates that control the contemporary entertainment industry exploit the synergies between their companies. What does all this mean to us, the consumers, the end users who just want to be entertained and want to have a wide selection of options from which to choose? How and why are choices affected and for the sake of what or whom? In investigating the answers to these questions and many more, these texts will collectively illuminate the business of contemporary entertainment in a way that will appeal not only to academics and students, but to general readers as well. While each of the books will be about a specific industry, there will be great analytical overlap, which is by design as the industries themselves desire as much overlap as possible so as to maximize control and profitability.
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Hurricane Sandy is causing an unprecedented lull from campaigning only one week from Election Day.
President Barack Obama is staying put in the White House, reaching out to the governors of New York and New Jersey.
Obama issued disaster declarations for both states, ensuring that they will receive extra federal support for hard hit areas.
Meanwhile, Republican challenger Mitt Romney cancelled a campaign rally for Tuesday but made a trip to a disaster relief event.
"And by the way, the American Red Cross is, of course, accepting donations. And if you have a little extra, you can send it off to the American Red Cross," Romney said. "Why, join us in doing that and make sure we do our very best to help those that are being impacted by the storm."
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Singapore has biggest fall in hourly compensation in 1999
September 28, 2000
Of 29 countries studied by BLS, Singapore had the greatest decline in 1999 in hourly compensation costs, measured in U.S. dollars, for production workers in manufacturing—7.6 percent.
Switzerland, with a decrease of 3.4 percent, had the next largest drop in hourly compensation. Hourly compensation for manufacturing production workers measured in U.S. dollars also fell in 11 additional countries, including Italy, Germany, and France.
The largest increase in hourly compensation costs in 1999 was in Korea, at 24.5 percent. Other countries with double-digit increases in dollar terms were Mexico (15.2 percent) and Japan (14.2 percent). The increase in Japan followed declines in the three previous years.
In the United States, hourly compensation costs in manufacturing were up 2.9 percent in 1999. Hourly compensation in the U.S. had risen by 2.1 percent in 1998 and 3.2 percent in 1997.
These data are a product of the BLS Foreign Labor Statistics program. For additional information, see news release USDL 00-254, International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, 1999. Note that the statistics for foreign economies presented here reflect fluctuations in exchange rates as well as changes in hourly compensation expressed in each country's national currency. Measured in national currency, all of the economies in the analysis except Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore had an increase in hourly compensation costs for manufacturing production workers in 1999. However, the dollar appreciated in 1999 against most of the foreign countries studied, resulting in some declines in hourly compensation costs measured in U.S. dollars.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Singapore has biggest fall in hourly compensation in 1999 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2000/sept/wk4/art04.htm (visited September 30, 2016).
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