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When I booked my two-week, two-state vacation, I should have been looking forward to seeing my family, my friends and a bunch of famous Florida theme parks. But my biggest excitement came from a restroom I'd only get an hour to visit.
While flying from Montana to Florida last week, I had a brief stop at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. If it sounds familiar to you, it's probably because that's where Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was arrested for allegedly seeking a sexual encounter in a restroom stall. Craig pleaded guilty in an attempt to put the matter behind him, and has so far been unsuccessful in his attempt to get the plea withdrawn.
No matter who you ask, the event seems to set off tempers. Some of my Republican friends are mad because they believe Craig was just a victim of poor timing and an overzealous sting operation. Other Republican friends have fewer doubts about Craig's guilt, and wish he would leave the Senate so it doesn't hurt Republicans in future elections. (One friend has called Craig "the gift that keeps giving" to Democrats.)
Meanwhile, some of my Democratic friends are upset because Craig has been arrested for seeking homosexual sex, but has repeatedly voted against legislation that would benefit homosexual Americans. Others see a double standard at work, because many of the same Republicans calling for Craig's head were noticeably silent when news came up about Rep. David Vitter, R-La., admitting to an affair with an escort (because each state's governor chooses emergency replacements, Craig would have been replaced by a Republican, and Vitter would have been replaced by a Democrat).
However, the airport employees didn't mention any of these things; they're too busy laughing. That's what the newsstand employee did, as the laugh cut me off at, "And where is the bathroom where the senator …" It was 11 a.m., and he'd already heard that question five times. I'm sure somebody at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport will heroically thwart a terrorist attack someday, and that clerk will still get asked about the restroom.
Another airport employee laughed, and gave a fully detailed answer, with all of the stores surrounding it. I thanked her for her help, especially since, "I don't imagine bathrooms involved in sex stings are covered during employee training."
The only thing that wasn't impressive was the stall itself. Same as any other stall I saw, except for a well-placed religious pamphlet. I snapped a quick photo, and grabbed a snack before I went to my departure gate.
Even though I admit I couldn't wait to see the restroom, I hope the enthusiasm is dead for good. There are a lot of important issues we should be dealing with, like why telephone companies need immunity on wiretapping if they've done nothing wrong, or why Republicans and Democrats never bother discussing fiscal responsibility unless one party controls the White House and another controls Congress.
But then again, maybe I shouldn't be the one to be giving lectures. It's tough to deliver a moral message when you schedule a vacation around a Minneapolis toilet stall.
Kevin Wilson is a columnist for Freedom New Mexico. He can be contacted at 763-3431, ext. 313, or by e-mail:


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Why does a corporation (or other entity) need a "public information officer?" Two reasons:
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2. They consider other aspects of their actions, and behavior, to be none of the public's business.
Keep these facts in mind when you read the front page in Sunday's Journal (April 14). Sgt. Baylous begins with a scenario that applies to a single officer making a traffic stop. Is this not a comparison of apples and grapefruits? What does this have to do with five officers confronting the man on Queen Street?
Remember, analogies drawn from scenarios are not facts. It is, at best, a subjective opinion based on speculation by the public information officer.
Information is a powerful tool, when wisely used. The Nazis lost the battle for Normandy, and ultimately the war, because they swallowed hook, line and sinker the information being fed to them by U.S. and British intelligence agents.
Those who based their beliefs on information provided by spin-doctors need to wake up. Ask yourself: What is the source of the information? Obviously, a police officer is on the police payroll … state, city or federal. In view of the fact, am I being unfair to question their objectivity?
It's like the fox guarding the chicken coop. He will assure you, "All hens present." My advice: count the hens and weigh the fox.
The real questions are:
1. Why did all five of the officers react the same way? Only one was attacked, by their own admission. Is this an example of rational behavior or – did they react, as if, pre-programmed?
2. How much of a threat is a 50-year-old man, already down, but armed with a knife, to five police officers armed with pistols, tasers, pepper spray and night-sticks? Why didn't they employ their secondary weapons (night-sticks, pepper spray) before they began shooting?
3. How do you endanger five men simultaneously (from the ground) with a knife?
To put it bluntly, this article does not explain why the officers acted in unison or why you need five officers to subdue a 50-year-old man. Why were five officers even there?
Does this article enlighten the public or, does it try to justify the actions of the City Police?


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"I'm very proud of what we've accomplished here, both on and off the field," Gundy said. "Our goal has always been to take young people from where their parents have gotten them and to make them better over a four or five year period. We're very proud of that in many ways. So, until further time -- and obviously the university will make that decision -- there's not any comment that we would have on the Sports Illustrated article."
The first installment of Sports Illustrated's five-part series is scheduled to be released Tuesday.
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Appling-led No. 13 Michigan St tops Illinois 80-75
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Keith Appling led a pivotal run early in the second half and finished with 24 points and seven assists to help No. 13 Michigan State beat Illinois 80-75 on Thursday night.
The Spartans (18-4, 7-2 Big Ten) scored the first 14 points of the second half to take their first lead.
The Fighting Illini (15-7, 2-6) lost for the fifth time in six games. They had a chance to be the first team with four wins over currently ranked teams.
Illinois started strong and responded to rallies with shots and stops in the first half. Michigan State played with a lot of energy in the second half. Appling alternated making shots and setting up teammates to score in helping turn a 10-point deficit into a 41-37 lead.
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Kenosha County authorities say five people abroad a Greyhound bus suffered minor injuries when a pickup truck rear-ended the bus on Interstate 94 near Kenosha.
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As part of the city's 200Columbus celebration, 10 galleries in the Short North Arts District sponsored one vinyl photograph mural.
Each mural, which ranged in size from 120 to 200 square feet, was molded to a building in the neighborhood, visible to all passersby.
The artwork of the murals was a high-resolution photograph of an actual piece of art made by a local artist that could be seen at the gallery that sponsored it.
The mini-murals brought the galleries outdoors and added visual appeal to the bustling strip. Sid Chafetz's mural of "Emily Dickinson—Amherst Maid" on the side of Mary Catherine's Antiques had an added level of poignancy when the influential artist and printmaker passed away earlier this year.
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the new rules of course the scrum one was spoilt by the sending off but until teams learn to make set moves out of it then to early to say.
the 40m tap is a good move as it rewards good defence that keeps the oppositon team trapped in there own half who get out with a negative kick
the charge down rule i do like as it rewards the charge down which is under valued at present.
some good prefomances from the likes of mcshane,bailey.kirke and vickery with far to much effort been put into trying to give moon running chances instead of useing both wings . certainly some good shows from the younger leeds players especially singleton,balwinson and foster
it really was a pitty wakefield had a player sent off but there you go with a new player from australia trying to hard to impress
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- 8 ounces uncooked egg noodles
- 2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 2 to 3 teaspoons prepared horseradish
- 1/2 teaspoon dill weed
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
- 1 can (4 ounces) mushroom stems and pieces, drained
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 jar (2 ounces) diced pimientos, drained
- 2 cans (6 ounces each) tuna, drained and flaked
- 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- Cook noodles according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the soup, mayonnaise, milk, horseradish, dill and pepper. Stir in the peas, mushrooms, onion, pimientos and tuna.
- Drain noodles; stir into soup mixture. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Toss bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle over the top.
- Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 40-45 minutes or until bubbly. Yield: 6 servings.
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"Made this the other night and I thought it was great. Don't leave out the horseradish or dill because that is where the flavor comes from. The horseradish does not make it hot, only gives flavor. Will be making this again."
"mscarole39 - I always use low-salt tuna and find that it is a lot less fishy-tasting."
"Very good"
"My new go to for tuna casserole! Loved this, excellent flavor, though I did add some salt. Yum!"
"This is a great recipe for tuna casserole. The next time I make, I will saute the onions first before adding. I also added some cheddar cheese. I used fresh mushrooms. It was wonderful. I will make it many times."
"Joyce...re your question about other possible seasonings. I make a similar tuna casserole without the dill or horseradish. I add shredded cheddar cheese and use cream of celery soup instead of cream of mushroom. I also add 2 shakes of Tabasco which you will never notice, but it enhances other favors."
"I followed the recipe except I omitted the horseradish because when I went to pick it up "hot" and "extremely hot" was on every bottle. And my stomach can't handle "hot" stuff. It came out bland. So I don't think I'll be making this again until I figure out what seasoning to add to add some taste. I did learn a new trick from this recipe though. bread crumbs and butter for a crispy topping. So it wasn't a total loss. Any cooks out there have any seasoning suggestions?"
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It's the first week of school for many students in Michigan, which means field trips are on the horizon. Today, guest blogger Tom Byrum tells us what makes a class trip to Mackinac Island so special. Byrum has escorted or helped arrange for over 2,500 young people to visit Mackinac over the last 20 years.
For twenty years I have been leading elementary field trips "Up North" to the Straits Of Mackinac. Thousands of young people and their parents have enjoyed the unique magic of Mackinac and returned with special Mackinac memories.
The kids are in awe with their first sighting of the Mackinac Bridge. The anticipation of our Star Line ferry leaving the harbor bursts when Captain Chuck blasts the horn. Nobody fails to jump out of their seats. The first sighting of Grand Hotel and Fort Mackinac – big and white on top of the Island's bluff – signals we are almost there.
Checking in at the Inn on Mackinac or the Murray Hotel creates a buzz of excitement about this beautiful hotel being our home for the next two days. It finally sets in that we are on one of the most unique islands on Earth. No cars; just horses and bicycles. There is no traffic noise; just the gulls, boat horns, and horse's hooves clomping on the pavement.
The best memories have been the bike rides around the Island. We stop for pictures at Arch Rock, British Landing (pose on the cannon) and Devil's Kitchen.
The visits to the forts are full of wonderful stories and history. The cannons and guns are so loud!
Grand Hotel is aptly named. What a view from the Cupola and the world's longest front porch. We get to eat lunch here too! Wow!
Everyone seems to sleep well each night as we listen to taxis going by. Before you know it, it's time to pack up, say goodbye, take class pictures with goofy hats on and head to the ferry dock.
The tour buses are waiting after another smooth crossing of the Straits. Loaded up, we are on to Mill Creek. History, nature, and who gets to be the pit man during the pit saw demonstration?
Back in Mackinaw City we say good bye to Fort Michilimackinac to our right, Mackinac Island to our left and the Bridge behind us. On we go for a safe trip home full of Mackinac memories with deep anticipation of bringing our next group of elementary students to Mackinac Island.
Tom Byrum has escorted or helped arrange for over 2,500 young people and even more chaperon family members to come Up North to the Straits over the last 20 years. He is a retired educator and has started a small business called Mackinac, Here We Come so he can continue to help people enjoy and learn from a trip to the Straits Of Mackinac. You can contact Tom at email@example.com to arrange your Mackinac Island field trip.


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Ion Bolt Stop o'rings wearing out
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Posted 03 April 2012 - 04:45 PM
The donut that the bolt tail passes through, think it's the bolt stop. The large o'ring on my brothers keeps going bad. As far I know this doesn't move. So the question is why does the large o'ring keep going bad?
Posted 03 April 2012 - 05:55 PM
you can close this thread. It was his inside o'ring and there turned out to be a burr on his bolt tail.
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This is our son-in-law, Kevin, who is now serving in Iraq--not his first deployment--and his baby, Laurelle. His wife and two children, ages 3 and 1 are learning how to cope with deployment, and Kevin is working hard, as are all of his battalion to maintain our safety and complete their mission. I think he would say that exemplifies the reason they are there.
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60 to 45? nice...
Unfortunately I only have a box score so I cannot comment on gameplay. Is it because we are playing well or is it that the heat are play really poor? Are we playing D and forcing them to have bad shoots? Are we actually running plays that give us open shots and we are hitting them or are the heat playing lazy D?
Please someone comment.
we're playing very well
almost too well
the heat arent playing horribly, their just not superstar'ing....their playing as a team, we're playing much better than them
76-61, craw and rich are making us eat our words
duhon is doin it nohomo
"Q richerdsen - he throw shoot it almost hit peoples ion crowd send him back phenix sun whatever he come from la cliper screw you q rich hiot 1 of 15 shoot put hand of you to head like you is kobe bryan pleasde"-Dirk
I feel like this board might be dead tomorrow after the performances of this boards' public enemies Duhon, Z-Bo, Craw, Q...and a big time lead without the help of Starbury...
Zach is tearing up Rookie Beasly. Wade is careless with Duhon all over him, no one is defending Crawful so he is hitting everything he throws up, Lee is attacking the glass, and the score is 82-61 in the Knicks favor.
Ok. I admit it. The Knicks look good. I guess I'm hesitant to have faith in this team. We've been burned before. I like what I'm seeing, hustle, teamwork and good shooting (inside and outside). But the Heat definitely look bad.
This is why I wanted to put up the first 5 game predictions, but I was late for work to put it up.
Look at Miami roster.... they improved from a 16 win team to a 26 win team.
If they trade Marion for the right two pieces than they might become a 36 win team.
I know what you mean about getting burned. There were games last year when we were up big and we lost the game in the end.
Gotta have faith and gotta keep cheering regardless of what squad of players we have out there.
this game should prove that an NBA coach, knows more than bloggers and fans on sites....
we wont ever know what goes on behind closed doors, have walsh or coach d ever seemed to be shifty? do u feel that the "man" is out for steph? remove the blindfold....he probably did something or said something to coach or to the team that was not a plus to good team chemestry. i feel that steph opened his big mouth again
Crowd is chanting "we want steph". Mardy Collins still looks lost out there.
I was wondering why Starbury didn't play, but we're up by 18, so I really don't care. Everyone is playing real well, passing to the open man, hustling. I think those last couple pre-season games where we played bad, was just because it was pre-season. The players were getting restless and wanted the games to count already. I'm not going to get too excited though, there a lot of times last year where we would be up by a lot, and then lost the lead in the 4th quarter. But so far so good, and I'm loving this new Knicks team.


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Name of product: Girls' Hooded Sweaters with Drawstrings
Units: About 9,700
Manufacturer: Children's Apparel Network, Ltd. of New York, N.Y.
Hazard: The hooded sweaters have a drawstring at the neck which can pose a strangulation hazard to children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines (which were incorporated into an industry voluntary standard in 1997) to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on the neck and waist drawstrings in upper garments, such as jackets or sweatshirts.
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Manufactured in: China
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(Friday, March 28; Sioux Center, Iowa) Cory Serna, a graduate of St. Michael's High School (New Mexico), has announced his intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defender football program.
Serna ran for three touchdowns and passed for 25 as a senior and threw for over 2,300 yards and rushed for over 300 in helping St. Michael's to a state title. He also quarterbacked St. Michael's to a state runner-up finish as a junior and had five rushing and 15 passing touchdowns while generating over 2,300 yards of offense.
Serna posted a 26-1 record as a starting quarterback and is listed 5-7, 160 pounds. He claimed first team all-state honors in both 2011 and 2012 and was the KASA Fox (Albuquerque television station) Class 3A Player of the Year. A multi-sport athlete in high school, Serna helped the track and basketball teams to state-runner up finishes in spring 2013.
Cory is the son of Lori and Loren Serna of Sante Fe, New Mexico. He plans to study engineering at Dordt College.
Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. Dordt's athletic program is a part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC).
U.S. News & World Report, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. Dordt is home to approximately 1,400 students.
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LSU-'Bama: Even Saban on board
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Even Nick Saban isn't protesting too loudly that Alabama-LSU is just another game.
The stakes are too high, the recent meetings too competitive and the rivalry just too compelling.
"It's probably hard for everybody to think that this is just another game," Saban said.
For the top-ranked Crimson Tide's laser-focused coach, that amounts to a monumental concession to what Saturday night's meeting with the Tigers at Bryant-Denny Stadium means for both teams and fan bases.
For Alabama (8-0, 5-0 Southeastern Conference), it represents one of the biggest remaining hurdles toward a crack at a third consecutive national title.
LSU (7-2, 3-2) hopes to spoil that bid and still turn the season into something special despite losing to both Georgia and Mississippi by a field goal. Plus it's Alabama.
"It's definitely huge. I can't even understate that," Tigers running back Jeremy Hill said. "It's a big game. I'm not even going to sit here and lie to you guys. You just can't let it overwhelm you."
Hill said that's one thing Alabama does well in big games. "They don't let the moment get to them," he said.
The Tide is 15-4 against opponents ranked in the Top 10 over the past six seasons. Then again, nobody has beaten Saban and the Tide as many times as LSU's three victories since 2007, and the Tigers have won five of the past six meetings in Tuscaloosa.
"Just to play a game of this magnitude with this type of team, this is kind of our national championship right here," Tigers linebacker Lamin Barrow said. "And I feel like those guys feel the same way, so it's a kind of different attitude when we play these guys. You hate to lose to a team like Alabama."
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COVERING BECKHAM & LANDRY: Alabama's secondary has typically been Saban's pride and joy, but injuries and youth have turned the cornerback spot opposite Deion Belue into a revolving door of starters. Potential starter Bradley Sylve's status is uncertain with an ankle injury. As if covering LSU receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry, who have a combined 1,891 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns, isn't hard enough. Texas A&M's Mike Evans torched the Tide for 279 yards early in the season. Saban calls both LSU receivers as good as any "you're ever going to play against."
POINTS GALORE? The last time LSU visited Bryant-Denny, the teams combined for 15 points and zero touchdowns even with overtime thrown in. The last three meetings produced a collective 74 points. The oddsmakers' over-under for this one is 55 points. The Tide is ranked second in the SEC in scoring offense and LSU fourth, and both have plentiful weapons for quarterbacks AJ McCarron and Zach Mettenberger. "Both teams are probably a little bit more geared up to score points and have scored points this year a little more consistently than maybe in that particular year," Saban said of 2011.
METTENBERGER VS MCCARRON: They're two of the SEC's most efficient, dangerous passers. Alabama's McCarron has the big-game reputation but LSU's Mettenberger is poised to become the first LSU quarterback to pass for 2,500 yards in back-to-back seasons. They had quite a duel last season, when both had some cold spells and stretches where they caught fire. McCarron has been steadily leading Alabama to big leads and hasn't gone the distance much this season, keeping his numbers down some. He has thrown for 16 touchdowns against three interceptions. Mettenberger has thrown five interceptions in the past two games but only seven all season.
UNDERDOG LSU: The Tigers are 12-point underdogs in a rivalry where the margin for the last three regular season meetings has been almost a dead heat: LSU 50, Alabama 48. LSU coach Les Miles says his team doesn't take on an underdog mentality. Tigers defensive tackle Anthony Johnson is feeling a bit put out by all the attention tilting toward the Tide. "It's personal with me because I — I'm not saying I dislike them, I have an edge against them," Johnson said. "It's always been Alabama and LSU, Alabama and LSU, but this year people are just saying ... Alabama is going to get past that team. Honestly I don't like that."
CONVERTING THIRD DOWNS: Stopping LSU's offense on third down plays has been every bit as hard for opponents as converting them against the Tide's defense. The Tigers trail only Louisville nationally with a 57.6 percent success rate. Opposing offenses are converting just 29.5 percent of their chances against Alabama.
No. 10 LSU (7-2, 3-2 SEC) at No. 1 Alabama (8-0, 5-0), 8 p.m. (CBS)
Line: Alabama by 12.
Series record: Alabama leads 47-25-5.
Alabama can remain on track for a shot at a third consecutive national title with a win. The Crimson Tide's only remaining significant challenges after this would be at No. 7 Auburn and possibly the SEC championship game. LSU can remain in the hunt for a BCS bowl if the Tigers pull off the upset.
LSU's receivers versus Alabama's secondary. The Tigers have two of the SEC's biggest receiving threats in Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry, who have combined for 1,891 yards and 16 touchdowns. Beckham is second nationally in all-purpose yards with 207.3 per game. The Tide has struggled to settle on a cornerback opposite Deion Belue and has been burned a few times this season — most notably against Texas A&M. Four corners have had starting turns at the position, with the latest being converted wide receiver Cyrus Jones against Tennessee.
LSU: QB Zach Mettenberger is second in the SEC in passing yards and touchdowns, behind only Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel. But five of the seven interceptions he has thrown this season have come in the past two games.
Alabama: RBs T.J. Yeldon and Kenyan Drake are the Nos. 4 and 5 rushers, respectively, in conference games, averaging a combined 200 yards against SEC opponents with 14 touchdowns. LSU is eighth in the league in run defense and third in pass defense.
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6 WALL-E -- The Robots Have to Be Artificially Inseminating the Humans
WALL-E could be considered the first post-apocalyptic cautionary tale about obesity in space made for children. Centuries of living on a gently orbiting star cruiser with robot servants has transformed the entire human race into squishy sacks of loose bones and listlessness.
Those suits had sleeves and shoes. They ate them.
The robots on the star cruiser Axiom do everything for the humans -- they clothe them, they feed them, they carry them from place to place on completely automated scooters, they clean up after them, and they maintain every aspect of the ship's operation. People don't even speak to each other except via computer screens projected directly in front of their faces, even if the person they're speaking to is sitting right beside them. That last sentence is less a biting commentary on the current trajectory of the human condition and more an agenda-free narration of a bunch of friends staring at their iPhones while sharing a booth at Applebee's.
But then WALL-E comes in, shakes everyone out of their glazed hedonism, and takes the reinvigorated humans back to Earth to slowly rebuild society.
The Dark Implication:
The robots on the Axiom have been taking care of the breeding as well.
Think about it -- the people on the Axiom are so large, they literally cannot move under their own power. They're essentially giant upended turtles.
Had WALL-E not come along, this man would have wobbled there until he died.
They're terrible at speaking with each other, which we see when John and Mary accidentally touch hands and are forced to hold what is likely the first personal conversation anyone on that ship has had in 700 years. Even if they could fumble their way into a romantic relationship, no human being on the Axiom is physically capable of actually having sex -- either they'd have a massive heart attack or their skeletons would collapse from the effort.
"At this point we're not sure if you even have external penises anymore."
So how has the species propagated for the past seven centuries? The only possible explanation is that the robots are either growing human babies in test tubes or artificially inseminating the women after forcibly extracting semen from the men by battering their prostates with that psychotic massage robot.
Its name is HAN-S. What do you think the job it does is?
Things are going to become really, really awkward when everyone down on Earth has to relearn how to make babies without sterilized incubators and a motorized throttlebot to help them.
5 Batman -- Batman Blows Up a Chemical Factory in the Middle of a Densely Populated City
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In Tim Burton's retroactively maligned Batman, the Joker's master plan is to unleash deadly Smilex gas on the people of Gotham, because all he really wants is to commit as many simultaneous murders as possible (this theme is repeated with only minor changes in Batman Returns, wherein the Penguin's ultimate goal is to murder as many children as possible).
Batman, wanting to both protect his fellow citizens and exact righteous vengeance on the Joker for killing his parents, sends his remote-controlled Batmobile to grenade the ever-loving fuckboots out of Axis Chemicals, the Joker's base of operations and production site of all the Smilex gas.
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"Told you we should have added 'Acts of Crazed Vigilante' coverage."
"Shut the fuck up, Bob."
Batman didn't manage to kill the Joker or stop the release of the gas, but at least he destroyed the chemical plant and cut off distribution of the tainted cosmetics the Joker was randomly smuggling onto store shelves like a murdery Easter egg hunt nobody else knew they were playing.
The Dark Implication:
Batman blew up a massive chemical plant loaded with poisonous gas and material waste.
Warner Bros.
"Suck my dick, EPA."
The best thing that could possibly happen in that scenario is that every detonated vat of supervillain-creating goo melts the wreckage of Axis Chemicals into a radioactive sinkhole that poisons the Gotham River for thousands of years. That whole area would be instantly transformed into the Indian burial ground from Pet Sematary, and it would probably result in at least one or two more mutated foes for Batman to deal with. The worst thing that could possibly happen is that the Joker's entire stockpile of Smilex gas gets immediately released into the air and carried away on the wind into the city proper like the baby spiders at the end of Charlotte's Web, making leering corpses out of thousands of people.
Those are literally the only two outcomes that could result from blowing up Axis Chemicals, and both of them effectively make Batman a war criminal. The Pentagon would be lobbing missiles at Wayne Manor the next morning. Honestly, the ending of The Dark Knight Rises would've made way more sense in this situation.
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"Come away with me, Catwoman, and leave this life of crime behind you.
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Cadillac ELR vs. Chevrolet Volt 2.0
It is now clear that the Cadillac ELR is not the Chevrolet Volt 2.0 under the skin. The changes, in terms of the drivetrain, from the current Volt are simply relatively minimal. Basically, there was some relatively modest tinkering in terms of how the battery interacts with the main electric motor, so as to squeeze out a little more power, that's all. But really all the essential parts of the current Volt drivetrain remain the same in the ELR.
The reason you want an ELR over the current Volt has to do with styling and an upgraded, plush interior of the highest caliber. The ELR loses back-seat space, and perhaps some luggage flexibility, but gains huge 20-inch wheels and spectacular "Bat-mobile" looks.
Cadillac has yet to announce how much it will charge for this new beauty, but it will surely be more than $50,000, especially considering that it looks as if it will only come one way: Fully loaded. The ELR will be in a class of its own in the market, and that gives it some pricing power. Cadillac hopes to sell 5,000 to 10,000 per year, and the car will be made on the same assembly line as the Chevy Volt.
So what does this mean for the Chevy Volt 2.0? It is now clear that the Volt 2.0 will be something completely different than the Cadillac ELR.
What is the No. 1 gating factor delaying the release of the Volt 2.0? The cost. Its battery, for one, costs several thousand dollars.
GM's chief objective with the Volt is to trim at least $4,000 off the cost of the Volt's battery. This will be possible -- the question is just when, and which supplier will help GM do it. Surely GM has been working on this for years already, the Volt 1.0 having entered production in November 2010, after engineering started in 2006-07.
Once GM has decided on this new lower-cost battery, the rest of the car is relatively easy to put together around it; it takes typically around 2-3 years. At this point, it's not yet known whether the Volt 2.0 will enter production in 2014 or if it will take all the way to 2015.
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It was a warm morning in early July when I took a walk to one of the beaches in Walker Lake in Shohola, PA. As I passed a small maple tree on the top of the footpath, I heard what sounded like a small bird calling continuously, except I couldn't see the bird. A second look at the tree revealed a cavity about 15 feet high, and it was then I realized that I was listening to a begging call of a woodpecker from inside the tree.
A few minutes later, an adult male yellow-bellied sapsucker made an appearance at the entrance to the cavity with a small insect in its mouth. For two seconds perhaps, the begging calls stopped, only to resume without pause. About five minutes later, the female adult appeared with food, and after the female left, I saw a feathered head just inside the cavity.
I returned with a camera and spent an hour or so for the next couple of days watching the cavity, and I found that the male adult did most of the food delivery, returning each time with assorted insects and some unidentifiable berries. The young were showing themselves at the cavity entrance, displaying faint crown, throat and eye marks of yellow-bellied sapsuckers. They looked like they were ready to fledge. Indeed, after the third morning, the "singing tree" was silent, and no birds were seen at the nest.


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Senator Daniel Inouye announced $2.3 million dollars in grants awarded for five Hawaii-based grants administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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According to a press release issued by Senator Inouye's office "the awareness that would be generated in the community through education and training programs regarding this potentially devastating force of nature can save lives and minimize property loss. The State of Hawaii will concentrate on the potential effects of local and distant tsunamis through new tsunami modeling technology and mapping; and will raise awareness by performing outreach, especially to the Special Needs population (i.e., Speech and Hearing Impaired, the Blind and Visually Impaired, and those with Limited English Proficiency)."


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Nate played good tonight. But this is the **** we expect. He'll have a great game like this and drop 40, then shot 4/25 the next game.
You're acting like he came back and won a championship or something kid. Its one game.
Really, I thought he played pretty much the same as always. Maybe looked to pass a bit more early, but by OT he was just isoing and chucking.
We rode the hot hand like any good team does. No more, no less.
We also can't forget to leave out Chandler who did a really nice job as well. That 1st half dunk was awesome.
Gallo also hit some very important threes in the 2nd half which sparked our comeback. Our young men really scrapped together this win for us and that is encouraging. Really encouraging.
Says the herb with Larry "no shot" Hughes as his avatar. Nate Robinson rarely shoots poorly. But, because you want to cover your ass, now you point at something that isn't true. Why don't you talk about your boy Hughes? Cos you're full of ****, that's why.
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Yeah it's actually quite impressive that we beat a team with such a strong backcourt with our biggest contributors being Chandler and Nate. Of course it didn't help that Horford and Smith were basically making David Lee their **** in the paint, but somehow we pulled it off.
Maybe Nate should be allowed to go for 40 every game, and also risk a go of 4/25 chucking....secondary...he has a clear ability and on this team there is no reason he should be glued to the bench for a stretch like we saw.
At the very least, in every game where we needed some fresh legs....where we needed some explosiveness....a spark....a comeback....every game DuDonkey & Co. bastardized the guard position....
It was a travesty to the team, and a pimp slap to every fan that Nate wasn't brought in to do his thing.
And the backdrop, of course, is that he should have been showcased to the absolute max in any event, to give us the best possible chance of executing the "master" plan of 2010.....
Yo where the haters that kept saying we should trade Nate Robinson for nothing or buy him out ASAP?! Or the ones that were saying we're better without Nate? Or Nate caused us all the losing? Nate Robinson baby!!! I really feel a 8 game winning streak w/ Nate back. Who we got next? Bobcats and Pacers?! We can do this! Let's get it Knicks!
Damn Mike Woodson failed as a coach tonight.
It's just stupid logic, by these haters. You can't be better without a guy that can do what Nate does. It's up to the coach to know how to use a player: play him while he's hot, pull him if he makes a mistake, etc.


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And yes many kids outgrow food allergies
And yes many kids outgrow food allergies
DS1: bf 7/2006 -> 4/2009; multiple food allergies
DS2: bf 9/2009 -> ???; multiple food allergies
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Please check out the allergy section of this forum - especially the "stickies" at the top of the forum.
Great resource for people newly finding out about food allergies.
Recipe substitutions for milk allergy.
Milk allergy avoidance list.
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My oldest daughter, now 4, experienced the same thing the first time I gave her yogurt. She didn't like it so I didn't give it to her again. When she started drinking milk at one year old she would get a red face where the milk touched. Her poop was frothy, that is the best way I can describe it. My husband was in med school at the time and I (stupidly) assumed it was normal if he didn't mention it being weird. I just ignored my intuition. At 10 months she grabbed a piece of scrambled egg off my plate and before I could react she had stuffed it in her mouth. She immediately broke out in hives and fortunately she was okay with a dose of benadryl (visited dr immediately).
At her one year visit the ped recommended sending her to an allergist to check for egg allergy because of the slight chance of allergic reaction to MMR vax. She tested positive to egg and strongly positive to milk.
Based on my experience I would immediately halt any milk in her diet. Not sure about yours, you would have to ask her allergist. I never watched what I ate other than avoiding peanuts and a few other tree nuts (spouse is allergic).
My oldest never came in contact with egg again until she tested no longer allergic at 3 1/2. She outgrew milk at 2 1/2. She can now eat anything. We did wait to introduce peanuts and tree nuts, fish and shellfish until she outgrew the egg allergy.
With my 4 month old she will not touch a drop of milk or egg until after her first birthday and still not sure about when I'll feel comfortable. You have to be so careful, they hide that stuff in things you wouldn't even think.


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The Phillies took a 3-2 lead into the eighth inning Wednesday, but were unable to hold on as Minnesota surged back to win the ballgame 4-3.
The Phillies have now lost a season-high five straight games as they fall to 31-35 on the season.
Wednesday's game was the same type of nightmare they experienced the day before. Their starting pitching was okay, but labored and could not go deep enough. The offense got the team out to a lead but fell silent in the middle and late innings, and the bullpen just could not get the job done with the lead.
Bullpen woes continue
Who can you count on? There seems to be a finite number of pitchers that keep getting opportunities to pitch in big spots and none can ever get the job done. With Cloyd leaving after five innings, the Phillies needed help from the bullpen and did not get it.
Joe Savery allowed a run in the sixth to make it 3-2, and in the eighth the wheels fell off. Antonio Bastardo allowed three straight hits to lead off the inning, including two doubles, which allowed the Twins to tie the game. Justin DeFratus entered, and after recording one out he threw a wild pitch with a runner on third, which gave Minnesota the 4-3 lead.
You almost knew it was going to happen. The Phillies' 4.48 ERA from relievers is 28th of 30 teams, and they cannot seem to get the big outs when they are needed the most. It is especially discouraging to see Bastardo giving up so much to lefties, when he is really the only guy in the pen that can be used as a lefty specialist.
Offense goes silent again against poor starter
In Milwaukee the Phillies basically faced two relievers making starts, and a struggling Kyle Lohse. Yesterday they faced P.J. Walters, who was making just his fourth start of the season with the Twins. Today the faced Mike Pelfrey, owner of a 3-6 record and 6.40 ERA entering the game today.
The Phillies failed to muster even a respectable offensive attack against any of these pitchers. Tonight, Pelfrey allowed three runs in seven innings and struck out seven.The eighth inning was a microcosm of the offense's struggles as Ryan Howard struck out looking and Domonic Brown popped out with runners on first and second and a chance to give the Phils some insurance.
The Phillies were retired in order in six innings, and continue to make mediocre pitching and mediocre teams look much better than they are.
Up Next…
Salvaging a game in the series is the best the Phillies can do now as they try to end their losing streak. There is no better guy to send to the mound to go deep into a game and give the Phillies a chance to win than Cliff Lee, who will get the ball tomorrow. he will be opposed by Kevin Correia, who sports a 4.11 ERA and 5-4 record. Game time is at 7:10 CT, 8:10 ET.
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The Phillies got "Cleted" tonight.
Time to tear this team down and start all over again. Long time phillies fan but I can no longer invest my valuable time watching a team that provides no entertainment value.
Get the fork ready gang, this turkey is almost done.
It seems it's time for the "I've lost it again" portion of the season for Bastardo, where he starts to fall apart. But do not worry he should right himself well after the all-star game like last year. (please not my sarcastic tone there.)
As far as how our offense did against the starter who summoned up the ghost of Cy Young, has anyone watched a tee ball/ coach pitch baseball game. Yep, I think that sums it up.
Got to run to work, plus the Titanic's string band is warming up in the background.
C'mon Phillies hit your bats with an AED or something. Wake up!
I had said yesterday to move your largest investment, even if just for a little to motivate him. Let me restate – he needs to be pulled out of the lineup. This is your most valuable asset who is not producing and whatever his issues are need to be addressed now. The team had great expectations with a 45 hr 140 RBI guy in the lineup. Study it, fix it, put it back. As far as the others go, there just is not enough talent anymore to expect they (brown, Mayberry, galvis, young, revere) they can progress without him. This years problems are all about scoring 3 runs or less per game. Bring up Ruf, what in the hell do they have to lose???
This game said it all for me.. Mike pelfrey a guy who the Phillies literally own… I've never seen him pitch into the seventh against the Phils… 3 runs really that's the best they could do… this mediocre pitcher must be another one that's having a really good year… oh wait what he has a 6.00 era, ha haha… wow outstanding job all around, that's excellent…
He certainly isn't — the Phils offense doesn't discriminate; it's below average against all types.
lol yup ain't that the truth..
Well not that this is an excuse for the Phillies or an endorsement of Mike Pelfrey, but from what I could find, Pelf has 12 games started against the Phillies and pitched into the 7th or later 7 times. Also, just for fun, I think the Twins literally own him.
It's over.
Trade 'em all.
I know this will make Tommy in Bensalem upset (first time, long time) 'cause this team got a chance ya know. just need dem guys to get to hittin' season. But really, it's over. They don't get on base, they don't hit for power, they don't make smart baserunning plays, they don't play good defense, they have injured starting pitching and a shaky bullpen.
Absolutely no way they aren't an 80 win team. Maybe 77-78 wins, but certainly not 80.
One thing you mentioned is bad baserunning plays. I've always had the impression that the third base coach is somewht responsible for holding or sending runners. That coach is Sandberg, who so many people think should be the manager. I wonder, myself. I can agree on all your complaints though, except the bullpen. That group is far worse than "shaky."
yeah maybe they shouldn't have Sandburg be manager… lets re- sign Charlie to another 5 years and let him take care of the base running game while we're at it… and from what I understand 1st base coach Juan Samuel is the base running coach… not ryne Sandburg
Once again showing your pathetic excuse for sarcasm as well as your general ill manners and misinterpretations of what is being said.
1. Questioning whether Sandburg should be manager is by no means an endorsement of Manuel.
2. Despite who coaches runners off the field (and I'm guessing that that coaching has more to do with things like reading pickoff moves and how to slide), Sandburg is still in charge of sending or holding runners when they're on the field. Samuel can't do a damned thing once the player is going to second, because there's not a runner alive who can see out the back of his head.
3. If you think you're so funny and superior with your remarks, maybe you should try doing a standup act in a nightclub. I'd love to be there to watch the beer bottles flying at you.
4. I will no longer respond to your crap. I've got better things to do than read some drivel posted by a sarcastic idiot who has resorted even to calling one commenter an obscenity based name.
Why George whatever do you mean? Does this mean we are no longer friends?
You know George if I thought we were no longer friends I just don't think I could bear it…
Lol, could you try not crying to your mommy this time,I don't need her calling me again thanks Jorgè
Apparently I must have missed it,
Hogey, Please refrain from calling people vulgar or obscene names on here, there are lots of kids that read PN, and it's just plain unnecessary. The team is playing horribly and that has the "emotionally charged" level of the board very high right now. We all disagree about stuff here, nothing wrong with that. Argue your case all you want, but keep in mind that this is a community of really good people, and we all want the Phils to do well. It's ok to take an occasional jab, I'm certainly guilty of it. But, we can also be civil with each other at the same time. Okay?
I barely watch this team any more…they are just so pathetic. Once Savery gave up the run to make it 3-2, you just knew they were going to lose, and I turned the game off. Wasn't that the 2nd game in a row they gave up the go ahead run on a wild pitch? LOL.
To make last night's offensive output against yet another scrub with a 6 ERA even more pathetic, they shouldn't have even gotten those 2 runs in the 1st inning. Revere was out at first, so Brown's sac fly should have been the 3rd out.
On scoring 3 runs or less: the Phillies are below average…
– The Phils have scored 3 or less in 55% of their games
– The NL average is to score 3 or less in 49% of games
Also, scoring 2 or less: Phillies are exactly at the average…
– The Phils have scored 2 or less in 35% of games
– The NL average is to score 2 or less in 35% of games
Maybe that's there goal this year is to be about average…
That would explain a lot! Seriously, I think the goal was to be better than average (giving them a chance at the playoffs), while at the same time not locking in to any more long term contracts, and not giving up draft picks.
I agree and I'm glad we didn't lose our first round pick.. the free agent class wasn't all that impressive anyhow… I think we went about it the right way
Have faith people. The Phillies are a second half team. Wait till' they get Utley, Chooch, Lannan and Doc back. Howard is starting to come around to where he almost makes contact. All they need to do to get on a win streak is to stop facing these ace pitchers and 1st place teams!
That was good you had me going for a little bit lol
It's really not as funny (or frustrated) as you might have intended. You have to remember it's a long season that still includes a bunch of games V The Braves and Nats, and the fact is, Utley (assumedly not temporarily) and to a lesser extent, Lannan are coming back. I guess Carlos is in the middle of that, and Doc is not void of the subject. The case for the club sucking is overly evident. Believe me, far, far stranger things have happened. It's a waste to expect it, but it is not as case closed as it seems. Should something like it happen, it prolongs the agony becauase if it did, beneath the ridiculous hallucination that would cover it, it's almost embarrassing that the watered down league would have a playtoff (type) team of such a minimum 70 game stretch. Inother words, paraphrasing the ex Empire catcher, "It's over, but it ain't over.
I guess you really can not send Ryan Howard down to the Ironpigs for a few weeks but there is something wrong here. For multiple reasons, I know this will not be done but I agree with the previous comment concerning Howard and its time for serious action.
Charlie Manual should go. Great guy, great manager but has been ineffective that last three years.
Antonio Bastardo. Please, you got be kidding me. Bye bye!
Let's not settle for mediocre, let's go into a serious rebuilding phase. Utley will be gone next year. Trade Papelbon, Rollins, Young.
Delmon Young — You gotta be kidding me!
Ben Revere — WTF?
My two cents
Realistically speaking, it's not time for serious action. Alone, anyway.
But it's PAST time for serious TEMPORARY action.
Now where that leads, who knows.
You can't have a gimpy, easy to pitch to guy bat 4th. You may not even be able to have him play, I dunno.
The Ironpig suggestion is not even on the board, but with the frustration of seeing him penciled in 4th every freaking day (ok, not every, but close), frustration is more entitled to be voiced than Charlie has the right to get pissed off at an inquisitive reporter doing his job along the lines of representing the fans and asking the questions they want answers.
Even if they do nothing, and Ryan works his way out of it, this should have been done 2 weeks ago (very approximate guess).. But it's all good. The ease of which you can pitch to The Lesser Piece has secured the imaginary Vegas wager of more wins in a row by the Heat, or RyHo shots this year. At 27, Miami's a winner. RyHo's on pace to hit 18. Sorry to counter Rube's beliefs, but I'd be inclined to think under on that pace. That'd mean Dom's got him already for the year. That's wild.
Ryan is not performing because he has no sense what to do at the plate and because he's hurt – the former being the more prominent issue. Ryan Howard should not be batting fourth he should be batting sixth. Actually, he should just shut it down and do what he has to do for his knee. Its not like we will miss the production.
Young (OB%)
Utley (OB%)
D. Young
Mayberry (Revere can't hit OR field)
This lineup will stink less than the one we have now.
The Dipsy
If you're gonna keep playing Young under the premise that he's get a full portion of at bats, the only thing I'd disagree with in this lineup is Jimmy 3, Young 5. I'd flip 'em. Go a half dozen or so games, the results aren't there, pull the plug. I'd probably flip Chooch and Howard, too. Jimmy at 5 is still in a seemingly important slot (mid order is mid order) and I have doubts, but I cringe every tiem he bats 3rd.
I agree with you 100% on the statement that "he has no sense what to do at the plate." Of course, the bad knee isn't helping, but in the past you still had to be careful because 40 or so times a year the ball would wind up in the outfield seats. Now you don't have to be careful at all because the most a fastball down the middle will cost you is a warning track flyball or maybe a double. But the point is that he has no idea what to swing at. I've said this before and I'll say it again…he is just guessing at the plate. When you swing at bad pitches you are always behind in the count. How many times do you look up at your tv and see the count on Howard is 0-2? Look at the check swings too. No one else on the team check swings that much. Charlie is as much to blame for leaving him in the 4 hole. Would it hurt his ego to move him down? Maybe. But it's not helping his confidence leaving him at cleanup to suck for the 1st 65 games or so.
There are two possibilites with Howard:
1) His knee is bothering him, in which case put him on the DL and let him rest it, and if that doesn't work, get him whatever surgery he needs NOW.
2) He is truly shot, in which case,this team is in serious trouble for the next 3 years.
Interesting comparison:
.204/.306/.436 (.742 OPS, same as league average) – Howard through June 12, 2008
.252/.297/.431 (.728 OPS, 3% over league average) – Howard through June 12, 2013
I don't think it was either #1 or #2 in 2008.
I think there's a good chance it's #1 (his knee), and a slight chance it's #2 (shot), but there's also a good chance that he's simply in a slump.
Were those the two easiest saves ever for Perkins? You could hear the disgust in Wheels' voice when Delmon grounded out on pitch #1.
I was also disgusted with that Delmon AB, if you can even call it that, he was only there for a second. And I'm one of the few that supports swinging at first pitches situationally, – not that situation.
there haven't been many of delmons ab's I haven't been disgusted with
If I was the manager, everyone that batted in the 9th would be riding the pine today. There is no excuse NONE for the side to be retired on 8 pitches.
When I talk about this being a dumb team, this is an example of what I'm talking about.
It's obvious, Rube & Mini are "partners". Why else would that clown be called back up?? We are waving the white flag with that move. It's OK Rube you can come "out".


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Brink ReviewBy Brian Leahy - Posted May 09, 2011
Brink is a new IP from Splash Damage that attempts to bring story and context to team-based, objective gameplay both online and off, but will it complete its mission?
The Pros
- Single character progression across all modes
- Objective wheel makes sure you're contributing to the cause
The Cons
- Campaign is a worthless addition
- Lackluster weapons and maps
- Terrible bot AI
Brink Review:
Editor's Note: This review is for the 360/PS3 versions of Brink only. Click here to read our Brink PC review.
When I first played Brink at QuakeCon 2010, I really enjoyed it and was excited about it's eventual release. I was playing the PC version with an Xbox 360 controller and had a great time. Now, after playing the game for review on the Xbox 360 I question what the team has been working on since QuakeCon 2010 because it seems to be exactly what I played then.
Well, that's not accurate. It's worse than what I played then and that's because Bethesda, possibly due to piracy fears, has sent Brink out to be reviewed on the Xbox 360. I haven't played the final PC version, but the PC build I played in August 2010 almost a year ago played better that what I've been given to review on console.
With that, I need to be completely clear that this review does not fully apply to the PC version, though the core experience should be the same across all platforms.
Tripping Right Out of the Gate
On paper, Brink certainly has more depth than a Call of Duty title and in the console ecosystem where Battlefield is the closest competitor and Team Fortress 2 is a shadow of what Valve has evolved that game into, Splash Damage seems worried that this game will be too complex for the console warriors. How do I reach this conclusion? The game opens by offering up 1000 XP for your first character if you stop and watch a comically long video that spends what feels like twenty minutes explaining the ins and outs of every system before you even get to take your first steps.
After the cinema, you can fire up the campaign, do some challenges to unlock more weapons, or hop "online" in Freeplay for some multiplayer. The four challenges, each with three levels of difficulty, but only the first two levels of each challenge will unlock weapons and weapon mods. The third level is strictly for leaderboard scoring. They can be attempted in co-op, but honestly, these are just a chore to unlock the items and can then be ignored.
After that, you can go into the campaign or just hop online, which are basically the same mode except for the player count. The story primarily takes the form of mission intros and outros and take place both offline and online, but there's little to get invested in or care about here. The campaign is just a collection of solo or co-op/versus matches through a series of maps that tie together in a loose narrative with bots filling every empty slot.
Fear of a Bot Planet
It may just be the circumstances of the review given the limited number of players at any one time, but I am already utterly sick of Brink's bots. They seem to scale in difficulty to the number of human players you have in the game, but most of the time will just run to a spot, stand around, and shoot. Some will bum rush you with a shotgun and others will show no aggressiveness toward you. It's a really inconsistent experience that does nothing to replace a human player. Unfortunately, I was only able to get into a game with 4 humans maximum during the review period, even during the "sessions" setup by Bethesda. I'm not sure if I was doing something wrong or if no one was around during these sessions, but I've basically played against bots the whole time.
Even when I was able to get online, most of the slots were filled by bots and even the addition of one human player resulted in a massive performance hit on the Xbox 360 version to the point where having a single human companion isn't worth the drop in framerate and added latency.
I'm willing to make some concessions when it comes to the bots since the majority of players should be playing against other humans online when the game has actually been released, but unfortunately, there are far bigger problems with the core game to deal with. There are a lot of design decisions that are, frankly, quite surprising given that this isn't Splash Damage's first game.
We're Going to Need Guns. But Just a Few.
I have not shot a single gun that felt good in Brink. For a first-person shooter, that's a pretty big problem to have. There are assault rifles, sub-machine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, grenade launchers, pistols, and even a chain gun. There are a few versions of most of these, but they all feel the same. On the console, the game's poor performance makes combat feel disjointed and unsatisfying. Grenades do poor damage and mostly just knock enemies down. Battle rifles shoot too slow to be worth using, leaving assault rifles and sub-machine guns for combat at all ranges.
The four player classes gain more usefulness as you level-up and unlock abilities, but the classes are mostly limited by the types of objectives they can complete. Soldiers can demolish things, engineers repair, operatives hack, and medics are there to keep everyone else alive. The biggest problem is that your class does not dictate your appearance or weapon choices. If you turn a corner and see four enemies, the only way tell their class is to hover over each of them and look at an icon. There's no visual language. Beyond that, you choose your characters weight class which limits your weapon choices, mobility, and health. You can't change your weight class between matches, which removes a lot of choices for class-swapping. I can't have a heavy soldier that is better for thanking, a speedy operative, and a medium medic or engineer.
The pace of the game also feels way too fast for all of the depth the developers were hoping to cram into the game. Firefights quickly devolve into absolute chaos with player's speeding into tight corridors or stopping points around objectives. It's not uncommon to see over five players on a team lying on the ground incapacitated waiting to respawn or be revived as everyone rushes into the room with the objective only to be gunned down instantly. I really think the game would have played better with a slower pace. There's just no time for any of the depth and class synergy to surface.
What Rhymes with Brink? Stink? Yeah, Let's Go With That…
In the end, Brink feels like a game that got away from Paul Wedgwood and Splash Damage in the attempts to make it appeal to a wider audience and pack the back of the box with bullet-points. I would gladly trade the campaign, character and weapon customization, and experience system for a crisp, objective-multiplayer shooter with compelling weapons, classes, and depth. There are some interesting ideas at play, but unfortunately they are buried under a game that just isn't that fun to actually play. I will give the PC version a try since the gameplay felt better to me back in August 2010 on the PC build at QuakeCon than the final Xbox 360 retail version and maybe that will help, but I'm probably not going to stick around and certainly not at full-price.
Still want to play it? Why not rent it at Gamefly?
Editor's Note: This review is for the 360/PS3 versions of Brink only. Click here to read our Brink PC review.


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Citigroup's Bottom Line Needs a Housing Bottom
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- When Citigroup(C) reports its third-quarter results Monday, analysts and investors will be hoping to see early signs that the bank is benefiting from the nascent housing recovery.
Citigroup is no longer a big originator of mortgages in the U.S., with its North American residential real estate portfolio largely in run-off mode at its non-core Citi Holdings unit.
But the bank is likely to continue to benefit from improving credit quality trends.
A widespread rebound in home prices has helped over a million underwater borrowers recover equity in their homes in 2012, according to CoreLogic. If the trend continues, banks could see lower delinquency rates in the future, reducing the amount of profit they need to set aside as a cushion against future loan losses.
This is largely priced in for bank stocks with a big exposure to mortgages, notably Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC) .
But some analysts point out that the market is underestimating how levered Citigroup is to a housing recovery.
"Despite its relatively small concentration of
The report adds that better home prices should allow for the quicker rundown of Citi Holdings, reducing its drag on the bank's financials.
Merrill Lynch's Erika Penala believes improving credit could benefit Citigroup's earnings per share by 19%.
Citigroup is well reserved for loan losses at more than 4% of loans, allowing it room to "release" a substantial portion of its reserves as charge-offs and provisions for future loan losses decrease.
Barclays Capital analyst Jason Goldberg notes that Citigroup has $9.5bn of reserves (30 months of NCO coverage) currently held against $100bn of residential mortgages. Timing for a reserve release appears close, according to the analyst as "stabilizing price conditions have helped place a floor under future losses."
On Friday, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) beat expectations, helped in part by a $900-million mortgage loan-loss reserve release. Wells Fargo saw a reserve release of $200 million.
Besides offering earnings upside to Citigroup, Goldberg says reserve releases could increase tangible book and capital ratios, be a positive signal to the market and improve profitability at Citi Holdings, among other things.
While all this is grounds for optimism in the upcoming quarters, the third quarter for Citigroup is likely to be somewhat uninspiring.