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A treat from Hollywood's most unlikely Midas: an original fairy tale, screenplay by Caroline Thompson from a story and characters created by Tim Burton, adapted by Michael McDowell and told in stop-motion animation with a lively score by Danny Elfman. Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, is bored with his annual Halloween triumph. A chance visit to nearby Christmastown gives him an idea: he and his spooky friends will stand in for Santa this Christmas! This beautifully realised confection will delight grown-ups of all ages.
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The Silver Bullet is a 20ft, limited edition luxury runabout which is the boating equivalent of a sports car and one of only 150 manufactured and available worldwide. Equally sleek is its companion, the 22ft timber 'Mistral' built from a kit of authentic parts shipped from the US to Tasmania in 1950, Mistral was then completely restored between 1992 and 2001 by only its second owner since the boat was built.
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The Windows Phone 7 interface is very much different from the likes of Android and iOS and looks and works almost identically across all devices, independent of the hardware. Indeed because of the strictures Microsoft imposes on manufacturers it means the interface is slick and works very well no matter what handset you buy.
Unlocking the phone, you are faced with the Live Tile interface which aims to put the most important information at your fingertips. Not only is the interface customisable, letting you pin pretty much anything (apps, websites, contacts) to the home page (up to 250 tiles if you must know), but it also brings you notifications within the tiles themselves, letting you know when you've got email, missed calls or unread messages.
This is a much slicker solution than the notification menus in iOS and Android which requires a pull down from the top of the screen in both versions. As we said earlier, swiping left and right is integral to navigating around WP7 and while this is a nice idea, it doesn't always work. At times you find yourself swiping left when you should be pressing the back button and vice versa. It's not a major inconvenience, but this lack of uniformity can be frustrating.
The WP7 Marketplace currently has around 50,000 apps which is a decent start considering the platform is so young, but compared to the app stores of iOS and Android, it is still miles behind. While most of the major apps are available, there are some notable exceptions such as Dropbox, Instagram, BBC iPlayer and of course Skype. All of these, with the exception of iPlayer are said to be in the works however.
There are also problems with some of the apps that are available, most notably the official Twitter app, which is just pants in our opinion but without a viable alternative available in the Marketplace, we're stuck with it. One major positive for the Marketplace however is the ability to try any app before committing to purchase it, albeit in a limited manner, which is a feature that Android and iOS could well do with implementing.
Because this is a Nokia handset, you do get a number of apps which are exclusive (for the moment) to their phones. First up is Nokia Drive, which is a turn-by-turn navigation app which does a decent job of replacing a standalone SatNav. It includes maps of Africa, America, Europe, Asia / Middle East and Australia / New Zealand which can be downloaded prior to setting off on any trip. However the app does lack certain features, most notably traffic updates and multi-waypoint routing – but considering it's free, we can't really complain.
Next up is Nokia Music, which is similar in a lot of ways to the main WP7 music app but offers one extra in the shape of Mix Radio, which is an excellent addition. Mix Radio gives you free access to hour-long playlists of a large variety of music genres and recent releases. These can be downloaded while on Wi-Fi for listening while offline and you can store up to four of these offline playlists at any one time on your phone.
While the playlists themselves won't please any serious music fans out there with them erring on the side of generic, but they do offer a way of instantly having access to a huge library and variety of music you're otherwise unlikely to have. You can skip through any tracks you don't like, but be warned this is only up to a maximum of six skips per hour, as a result of some "tricky licensing radio rules", and you can't see what tracks are coming. Also we found that some of the playlists didn't make much sense, such as finding Don't Cry For Me, Argentina, in the 70s Rock playlist or The Waterboys in New Releases. But despite these flaws Mix Radio is a big addition to the Lumia range and will help make the 710 stand out against other budget competitors.
Other than Mix Radio, the Nokia Music app gives you access to an MP3 store (with a decent choice of music), your own music of course and a neat feature which uses your location to show what gigs are taking place near you.
Of course the inclusion of a Microsoft Office app is again an area where WP7 stands apart from iOS and Android and for those looking to edit, create or share documents on the go, this might be a big selling point. The app works well on the Lumia 710 as you would expect with the LCD screen making it easy to see text. Third party apps from eBay, ESPN, Sky News, Groupon and Trip Advisor come pre-loaded too.
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I really wish you guys would stop bashing on anything that doesn't have dual cores. In real world performance, there's strong evidence that dual core phones are no faster than high end single core CPUs. Yes for high end gaming there's a need for the slight boost but on Windows Phone 7, as this preview constantly states, there is more than enough power.
Can we stop the whole "Mines bigger than yours" please?
So the Lumia 710 is damned because, despite having some perky software, it wears budget clothes (for a budget phone..?).
But dress it up with the premium clothes you say it lacks (and add 90 to the name) and now it is damned for the software.
I hear your caveats about the price points, but really really it is Catch 22 for Nokia with you guys!
Have you ever considered whether it's you with the agenda? I would love nothing more than for Nokia to get back in the game. Sadly they seem to be continuing to, well, wobble. Indeed I wonder whether they may have messed things up royally by going the route they have - having finally got some good hands on time with the N9 today, it was that handset that excited me far more than either of these.
Likewise, at least on the face of it, Symbian only needed a few basics tweaked to make it a competent OS. These eventually came in the most recent updates but now Nokia has turned its back on the platform.
In fact it seems pretty clear to me that it's Nokia you should be narked at, not us.
We don't bash on about it, so long as the phone doesn't purport to be a premium handset (as in the case of the 710). However, dual-core chips do offer noticeable performance advantage (yes, we were sceptics too until we actually used some of them) with little discernible downside so too right we come to expect it on top-end phones.
That said, had the 800 proved totally to be free of pauses and stutter in use, we would've said so. However, as we point out, it was surprisingly slow at loading some apps, and switching between apps could be quite tardy too. It wasn't appalling, but neither was it
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Sure I do Ed, but then I'm just the devil's advocate, you are the trusted reviewer. So I can be forgiven an 'agenda', you have to hold to a higher standard. It must be difficult to be at once both passionate about the subject and dispassionate in the review.
The worrying thing is that Nokia have had a long time to come up with something fresh and this is the best they can do? I agree with Ed, Nokia should be blamed. These guys used to make amazing phones and now they just seem happy to be following the pack, albeit quite a few steps behind everyone. Poor showing.
As I have commented before the main problem with these phone is lack of app support. I have an omnia 7 which is great for work, exchange, hotmail, office apps.
But the list that you posted of missing apps is nowhere near long enough! No iplayer as you said, no alternative browsers, and if anyone creates an app for anything serious WP7 support seems to be at the bottom of their list!
I am going android or iphone next!
Re the 710 "puporting to be a premium handset". I'd be interested to know people see the price bands of premium vs other band presumably mid range and budget. For smartphones i tend to think of £350+ as being premium, Lumia 800, Iphone, Galaxy II, Nexus etx and £200 - £350 as mid range with £200 and below being Budget (ZTE / San Francisco etc). I can't really see the 710 as a premium phone at £270.
As well as the Dual Core gubbins being un-necessary (at this time, the platform doesn't need it as the performance on a single core is more than on a par with it's n core bretherin); the platform doesn't support expandable storage so I really don't see it being a negative. If there was support for it, but the device didn't have it, then sure, mark it as a negative. Do you (I havent' read so am just asking) mark down the iPhones because a lack of expandable storage?
The lack of apps is becoming less of an issue as the bulk of the apps for the general public is probably getting closer to parity. (clearly there's still a long way to go mind).
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I think I've read this review before. Has it been re-released today?
From an alternative perspective, I actually really like this phone and I think it offers a lot for the money. I can understand the criticisms, but for those interested in the 710 it is worth trying. Windows Phone does divide opinions.
Harking back to an earlier discussion, we are certainly aware of the dangers is comparing specs on phones with different platforms and we actually passionate about it. In fact we wrote a feature about this very topic in October:
Hi Martin, this is the full review of the phone which has gone up today. what was previously up on the site was a hands-on preview following our limited time with the phone at Nokia World last November.
I can't say that I agree with you regarding the performance of this phone compared to the dual-core phones such as the iPhone 4S and Galaxy S II. This phone is noticeably slower in my opinion, especially when you have a number of apps open.
The face the iPhone's don't have expandable storage is certainly a negative and whether it's the default of the platform or handset maker, the end result is the same, meaning users are stuck with 8GB (or in fact just 6.2 usable storage)
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People mean different things when they say that a part of their body feels "numb."

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Other people use the word "numb" to mean a tingling sensation, like their arm has fallen asleep. The classic description is a "pins and needles" feeling. Others mean a kind of shooting electric sensation. These are examples of paresthesias-- feelings in the body that shouldn't be there.

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text: NEW ORLEANS, Oct 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Treaty Energy Corporation (OTCQB: TECO), a growth-oriented energy company in the oil and gas industry, today reported on its operations in Texas and its Treaty Belize Energy Ltd Oil & Gas project in Belize, Central America. Andrew V. Reid, CEO of Treaty Energy Corporation, reported, "The rework and upgrade program on our Texas operations is proving to be effective. Total rework of some leases and partial rework of certain other leases has been performed on 10 of the 13 leases owned by Treaty." Stephen L. York, President and COO of Treaty, the person directing the Texas operations, stated, "To put everything in perspective, Treaty Energy is evolving into a genuine oil company. To date every lease we have in Texas has been evaluated and run wide open until the problem areas could be identified. Over the previous 60 days our rework program has forged ahead reworking, revamping, and upgrading systems and equipment in a proficient and competent approach that will allow consistent, stable production on a monthly basis." Mr. York added, "These early evaluations and the corrections of detected problems needed to be addressed in order to proceed forward and substantially improve and increase production rates. The balance of the rework will be completed in October. In addition, Treaty currently has two workover Rigs on site that are completing this initial phase of growing our Texas production. Our current production from 35 wells is about 50 BOPD, with production expected to be in excess of 60 BOPD by the end of October." "Finally, on the rework program and production numbers," Mr. York stated, "all of this has been accomplished during the worst drought and prolonged period of record high temperatures that Texas has seen in many years. Stress on the equipment, electrical systems, flow lines and other operational items was exceedingly high which caused a two step forward one step back scenario, which definitely hindered the rework program and greatly effected the efficiency in achieving additional production." With the leases upgraded and all workovers done by the end of this month, Treaty will initiate the drilling phase of the program and continue toward achieving the stated production goal of 1000 BOPD by the end of June 2012. Treaty indicated that its Texas production could be increased beyond the goals stated earlier by way of additional lease acquisitions. Currently Treaty has two leases under purchase contracts, and is paying for these acquisitions on a monthly basis, and when completed, these two added leases will add immediate production out of 2 wells in addition to providing 12 new drilling locations (PUDs) that Treaty is looking forward to exploring as soon as the acquisition is completed. These 12 new wells could add 100–120 BOPD to the Texas production prior to the end of this year. As to the Belize project, Mr. Reid stated, "While we had anticipated the drilling of Well #1 in Belize to commence last week, we are moving forward on a steady basis. Comments below from a report by Steve York, Treaty's President and COO, and Bill Harden, Treaty's Drilling Superintendent, will clarify the progress being made in Belize." As outlined in Mr. York's report, "After evaluation of the drill site of Well #1 and surrounding terrain several changes have been made. The well pad had to be compacted and large timbers were laid in place to withstand the weight of the Rig and equipment during drilling operations. Rainfall needed to be taken into consideration during the drilling phase and appropriate steps are being taken to prepare for water soak of the drilling pad.


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Courtesy: ArkansasState
Release: 02/07/2014
Trooper Taylor, a 23-year coaching veteran at the NCAA FBS level who helped lead Auburn to a 2011 BCS National Championship, is in his third year as Arkansas State's cornerbacks coach and begins his first with the Red Wolves since being elevated to the position of assistant head coach.
Taylor's first two seasons at A-State saw him help lead the Red Wolves to 16 victories, back-to-back bowl game appearances and a 2015 Sun Belt Conference championship.
Taylor has been a part of 11 bowl games during his career, which includes stops at Baylor, New Mexico, Tulane, Tennessee, Oklahoma State and Auburn in addition to Arkansas State. With Taylor on the sidelines, the Red Wolves played in the GoDaddy Bowl to conclude a 7-6 season in 2014. The 2015 squad participated in the New Orleans Bowl, capping a nine-win campaign and undefeated run in the Sun Belt.
Considered one of the nation's top recruiters, Taylor helped A-State secure three consecutive signing classes in 2014, 2015 and 2016 that were ranked among the top three in the Sun Belt Conference by Rivals, 247Sports and Scout.
His cornerbacks were responsible for nine interceptions and 20 pass break-ups during the 2015 season that saw the Red Wolves' defense rank first in the nation in both interceptions (26) and defensive touchdowns (8), second in turnovers gained (34) and 21st in pass completion percentage defense. He tutored senior corner Rocky Hayes, who was named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference after recording six interceptions that tied the second most in the league.
Taylor's 2014 position group was part of A-State's defense that ranked No. 14 in the nation in defensive touchdowns (4), No. 15 in passes intercepted (16), No. 17 in team sacks (2.85 per game), No. 21 in turnovers gained (28), No. 27 in third down percentage defense (.359), No. 28 in fumbles recovered (12), No. 36 in fourth down percentage defense (.435) and team tackles for loss (6.6 per game), No. 42 in red zone defense (.795), No. 44 in passing yards allowed (216.0 ypg) and No. 45 in team passing efficiency defense (122.26). Additionally, A-State's 28 turnovers gained were its third most ever as an FBS member.
Under Taylor's direction, seniors Artez Brown and Andrew Tryon enjoyed the best seasons of their career in 2014 and earned first team and honorable mention All-Sun Belt Conference honors, respectively.
Brown was responsible for four interceptions, which tied the most on the team, to go along with 26 tackles and five pass break-ups. Tryon posted career-best numbers for tackles (71), tackles for loss (5.5), interceptions (2) and pass break-ups (9).
As a group, A-State's cornerbacks were responsible for 137 tackles, seven interceptions, 19 pass break-ups and three fumble recoveries, including a 93-yard return for touchdown by Rocky Hayes that was the longest fumble return in school history.
In Auburn's 2010 national championship season, Taylor's receiver corps produced in all phases, making impact catches and providing hard-nosed blocking for the Tigers' conference-best rushing attack. Auburn receivers connected on 45 plays of 20 yards or more, including five plays of 60 yards or more, as the Tigers set a school record for points (577) and led the Southeastern Conference averaging 41.2 points per game. The Tigers had three receivers total 500 yards or more and as a unit averaged 16.9 yards per catch, hauling in 2,461 of Auburn's total 3,002 total passing yards.
He helped lead the Tigers to a 43-24 Chick-Fil-A Bowl victory over Virginia and a No. 25 BCS ranking in 2011. Receiver Emory Blake was responsible for six receptions for 108 yards in the bowl-game victory that gave the Tigers their eighth win of the year.
During his first season, he helped the Auburn offense emerge as one of the nation's finest, while also solidifying his reputation as a top-notch recruiter. The Auburn offense set numerous school records during the 2009 season, including points in a season (433), most total yards of offense in a season (5,613) and most plays in a season (914).
Taylor coached Darvin Adams, who broke the Auburn single-season record for receptions with 60 for 997 yards and ranked second in the SEC with 10 touchdown catches. Adams, who entered the season with just three career catches for 18 yards, was named the MVP of the Outback Bowl after hauling in career highs of 12 receptions for 142 yards.
In addition to his coaching duties on the field, Taylor was also instrumental in helping Auburn bring in some of the most highly regarded recruiting classes in the nation as the Tigers' 2010, 2011 and 2012 recruiting classes were ranked fourth, third and 17th, respectively, by ESPN.com.
Auburn signed a consensus top-five recruiting class in 2010, when Taylor was named to Rivals.com's its list of the top-25 recruiters in the nation and one of the top 10 recruiters in the SEC. It marked the third time he was named to the top-25 list by Rivals.com, having previously earned the recognition in 2005 and 2007.
In 2008, his only season at Oklahoma State, Taylor helped the Cowboys' offense produce two first-team All-Americans in wide receiver Dez Bryant and running back Kendall Hunter. A Biletnikoff Award finalist, first-team All-Big 12 selection and academic all-conference member, Bryant led the Big 12 in receiving and was third nationally.
With Taylor working as co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach, the Cowboys played in the 2008 Holiday Bowl and ranked sixth in the nation in total offense (487.7 ypg), eighth in rushing offense (245.46 ypg), ninth in scoring offense (40.7 ppg) and 38th in passing offense (242.23 ypg).
Prior to OSU, Taylor served as Tennessee's assistant head coach from 2004-07, coaching wide receivers his last two seasons after serving as the running backs coach from 2004-05. While a member of the Tennessee staff, he helped lead the Volunteers to the 2005 Cotton Bowl and 2007 and 2008 Outback Bowl. The Vols posted a pair of 10-win seasons, claimed 34 total victories and finished ranked among the top-25 teams in the nation three times during Taylor's time with the program.
His first season as running backs coach, Tennessee ranked 24th in the nation in rushing yards (186.0 ypg) with Gerald Riggs Jr. leading the team individually with 85.2 yards per game to rank 47th in the country. Riggs and fellow running back Cedric Houston became UT's first pair of 1,000-yard rushers in the same season in 2004. His second season, he tutored now NFL All-Pro running back Arian Foster.
Following his move wide receivers coach, the Volunteers ranked 12th in the nation in passing yards with 264.5 yards per game in 2006. Under Taylor's direction, Robert Meachem was a first-round NFL draft pick after ranking fourth in the nation in receiving yards (99.9 ypg) to earn All-America recognition. The 2007 Tennessee team ranked No. 35 in the nation in passing yards (262.5 ypg), while Lucas Taylor ranked among the top 44 players in the NCAA FBS in both receptions and receiving yards.
Taylor went to Knoxville after coaching receivers at Tulane from 1999-2003. He coached four wideouts into the NFL during his tenure in New Orleans, including Adrian Burnette, Kerwin Cook and Terrell Harris. The fourth future NFL player under his tutelage at Tulane was Roydell Williams, who went on to set school and Conference USA career records for touchdown catches with 35.
Prior to Tulane, he was the running backs coach at New Mexico in 1998 after a five year stint on the coaching staff at Baylor, his alma mater. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Baylor in 1992, then spent the 1994-97 seasons as the Bears' wide receivers coach (1994, 1997) and secondary coach (1995-96). He helped lead Baylor to the Alamo Bowl in 1994.
Taylor played defensive back at Baylor from 1988-91 and finished his playing career as the school's leader in kickoff returns (53) and return yardage (1,063), while also helping the Bears to the Copper Bowl his senior campaign. He earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Baylor University in 1992.
The Cuero, Texas, native is married to the former Evi Crosby of Harbor City, Calif. He and his wife, who was a track and field scholarship student-athlete at Baylor, have one daughter, Starr, and a son, Blaise.


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When Dr. Peter Venkman and his Columbia University colleagues are kicked out of their prestigious academic posts, they start a private practice as professional ghost-catchers. Although the three parascientists are idle for awhile, their television advertisements finally pay off when beautiful Dana Barrett contracts them. It seems her apartment has become the entryway for ghastly ghosts and goofy ghouls hellbent on terrorising New York City. Soon they're going to her rescue, trying to rid the city of the slimy creatures.
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1.05 (Apr 25, 2004)
How about we rename this to: Bootskin of Death ?
Get it? For a program that isn't supposed to mess with your boot process if it doesn't work, just have to say, that's not true. If it doesn't work, you won't boot at all, in my experience. Just say no.
1.3 RC3 (Apr 16, 2004)
Thanks, yes I see that. Just lamenting that the program seems to be getting a little top heavy, like so many others. Seems they keep adding bells and whistles trying to be 'it all', instead of focusing on a particular issue.
I still recommend it, and install it on clients' boxes that have been online for awhile with no protection. It sure fixes a lot of internet / browser related issues.
56.64 WHQL (Mar 16, 2004)
These seem to have fixed the UT 2004 jerkiness my son and I have been experiencing on the new UT Demo. We were wondering wtf was going on, first thought it was our boxen, but both units did the same thing. Works well now, it seems. (can't wait for the new version to be on our tables...;0)
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Just d/l the Mozilla Installer and Comparator opens, but with an error:
Microsoft .NET Framework
An unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will be shut down immediately.
Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length.
Then, clicking Continue, the app opens.
Getting there, though. ;)
2.0 (Oct 24, 2003)
Dang. For some reason I ended up on the wrong file to review... hmmm. All the below was for MyIE2, sorry.
Just dang.
2.0 (Jul 6, 2002 - 10:19 AM)
Trillian? and 'please don't mention it' ?
HA. It's the only proggie I use in WinXP Pro. It handles: ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, AIM, and IRC. In one simple interface.
Sending files? Via email.
Lack of emoticon smilies? who cares?
Does it work? Heck Yes.
2.0 (Jun 4, 2002 - 1:14 PM)
Down to 20 to 40 reboots a day? LAUGH OUT LOUD IN YOUR FACE.
You either have NO idea what you're talking about, or your machine is so screwed up, you NEED to get a mac.
I never have to reboot my XP or 2K unless it's an update, etc, and I'm no genius in computer engineering, just a normal above average user.
Maybe you're confusing XP with ME?
Multitasking: is that when you have like 5 or more programs open and running at the same time, like burning a CD, being online, (posting in forums), Photoshop/Dreamweaver/Fireworks open at the same time? Hmm. I do this all the time, and have no issues at ALL.
2.0 (Jun 2, 2002 - 6:26 PM)
Just curious as to how many folks have built their own Mac, like I just built two custom full blown AMD XP systems with DDRram, dual hard drives, 512mb ram, etc, running WinXP Pro and Win2K Pro multiboot?
I have absolutely NO problems with crashing in the NT kernel o/s's like I did in the 9x series, so that's no even an issue anymore.
And, hmmm. let's see, guess I won't even get into software availiblity.
Pretty much rest my case.


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Jonathan Charles Gilded Demilune Console Table
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Self: The Storm.
"Mister Vice-President, where is President Weiss? Surely he should be conducting this emergency meeting."
"The President is occupied." Schwarz sat before the assembled civil legislature of the nation of Spectrum, emotionless.
"Then I'll begin. The only way to come out successful in a conflict such as this would be to strike first. Towan's forces are advancing upon us, we have to act now." An ageing general spoke to the room. He was brash and forceful, and Schwarz admired it somewhat.
"We still don't have confirmation that they are indeed Towan's forces. Intelligence suggests that they're a private militia, which will mean that as a force they'll be small enough to thoroughly rout without diverting any attention away from our peace keeping efforts." A younger man, the plaque in front of him informing Schwarz that he was minister for agriculture.
"I have a better idea." Schwarz said, coldly. He reached under the table and removed a small black box, tapping a few buttons that made it quickly buzz to life. It began to hiss as the men around the table slowly started clawing, coughing, croaking, doing their best to breathe. Schwarz simply sat back, still expressionless.
"What... what have you done?" The agriculture minister slumped over his desk, his final breath spluttering out as a hoarse, constricted sound.
"My memories tell me those were fairly cliché final words." Schwarz stood and walked over to Polaris, who was stood in a corner, watching patiently.
"A bold move, removing the leaders."
"I can't risk anyone hindering our efforts to revive Arceus. Not even those who should be working for us."
"Fair enough..." Polaris headed for the door. "The time grows near."
"Captain Hyperion! The CROBAT systems are operational!" The sound of a pilot came over the Vermillion's speaker system. Hyperion gestured for the displays to show the battle unfolding. A wave of Zapdos Valkery Ships had been surrounded by CROBAT mechs. Designed in the early stages of the impending war with Towan, CROBAT and FEAROW mechs assessed incoming threats and in the case of the former, attempted to contain them. FEAROW mechs would then dispatch the contained enemies. Hyperion watched in horror as the Zapdos were ripped to pieces by an incoming wave of FEAROW.
"Oak! Do something about those mechs!" Shouted Hyperion. Oak registered an affirmative and sent his Moltres ship to the scene. A hail of bullets rang out as he began to slowly dispatch them. All around them, Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres ships emerged from the hangars of the Raikou, Entei and Suicune. The CROBAT containment strategy, although effective in smaller numbers, was not adequately equipped to handle the scale of the onslaught. Hyperion developed a grin as another warning came over the speakers.
"Legendary Warning, Straight Ahead!" The voice cried out, slightly panicked. Ahead of the Vermillion, a Lugia and Ho-Oh were approaching fast. They were darting past the smaller ships, heading straight for the flagship. The two moved in jerked, sharp motions, the metal collars around their necks suggesting far more than simple commands.
Hyperion braced for an impact that never came. The Lugia was knocked out of the air by a well-placed strike from the Rayquaza. The Ho-Oh, on the other hand, preoccupied itself with the Groudon. A volley from the Kyogre dispatched the Ho-Oh quickly, but damaged the Groudon in the process. The Ho-Oh's body fell from the air quickly, metal and bone falling away.
"Watch where you're firing that thing!" Shouted Hyperion down the line. His first mate stepped forward. "Is that a Cyborg legendary?"
"I'll keep watch around the Groudon to make sure nobody takes advantage of it." Cinnabar's voice crackled over the intercom.
"Wait, Cinnabar! On your left!"
"Where? I can't see-"
The sound cut out suddenly, and Hyperion lowered his gaze.
"Status report on Zapdos class fighter Island."
"The Island was hit bad, sir. It's heading straight for the Government Buildings. 3... 2... 1... Collision. Island has struck the main complex. Structural damage detected."
"Life signs?"
"Unavailable due to damage."
Tapping his pen on his desk, Giovanni sighed.
"Remember our deal. I fight on your side from the inside, with our dissident Rockets. You, in return, make sure I'm immune from prosecution."
His monitor showed no picture, but the audio sighed.
"Of course. Full immunity. You won't need it, but that's what you'll get. Now, where can I put you in the battle?"
"At a moment's notice we can be in the fight. We're all waiting for your command."
"Well, get to it then! I'm about ten minutes march from your location."
The audio cut out as Giovanni grinned. He'd been given a free ticket, and he intended to use it.
Giovanni turned to a grunt, whose new variation on the uniform - plain place with a simple R on the front - pleased him. The new uniforms weren't due to be unveiled for another week, but he had made sure his dissidents had received them.
"Sepia has given us the go ahead. Get out there and let everyone know that as soon as we hear fighting, we start clearing out anyone not fighting on our side."
"Sir, if I may..."
"Do I have time to say goodbye to my wife? In case something goes wrong?"
"Of course. But make it quick." The man turned to leave, but Giovanni continued anyway. "There's a nice girl I knew. In Pallet Town in Kanto, of all places. If it weren't for all this, I'd probably be with her now... Still, never mind."
The man finally left as Giovanni rose from his seat, adjusting his coat. He was in for a fun afternoon.
Sepia's suit jacket blew in the breeze as he discarded it. Behind him, the entire forces of the army marched. Fel's mountainous surroundings meant they had to launch a single front assault, a fact he wasn't entirely happy about. Squirtle company began to break formation, diverting to a circular route that lead to the Tower. Max waved his hand, and Bulbasaur did similar, splitting into smaller groups in an attempt to cover more of the city's ground.
They were met with resistance quickly. An Entei leapt upon Max's forces, but found itself unable to hold back the sheer force of twelve pokemon launching attacks upon it. A Suicune attempted a similar tactic on Lance Sr.'s contingent, only to be literally pulled from combat by an unexpected Dragonite's Seismic Toss. Only the Raikou made an impact, taking out Bruno's Tyrogue with a Take Down maneuver that left it open to three simultaneous Rock Slides.
"Welcome to the Fel City Government Complex, Civil Division." Sepia spoke to his forces, eyes dead-locked on the doors in front of him. "No running, no shouting. Please keep out of restricted areas. Tours on the hour."
He stopped dead and pointed in front of him, a Roar of Time coming as a response that shattered all the glass on the building's imposing edifice. As the crashing stopped, he resumed his forward march.
"No photography, no theft, no espionage."
He turned his attention to a large staircase.
"Enjoy your visit."
"Captain! Unidentified coming from over the mountains!"
"I see it!" Hyperion stood, limping slightly. His bionic limbs were degrading quickly due to improper treatment. He winced slightly with each step, and his face was slowly bearing the signs of a man in pain. "Intel?"
"Seems to match a prototype weapon. Our information suggests it shouldn't be at combat level yet – designation Vertical Integrated Command Tower, One-N-One."
"VICTINI... Hm... I can see moving shapes around it, any confirmation."
"Scans indicate that they are functional Uxie, Mespirit and Azelf units."
"Launching attack on new target!" The radio crackled as the message came through, and Hyperion leapt forward.
"Somebody stop him!"
"Azelf unit down in one! Sweeping around for-"
Feedback rocked the speakers as the assaulting craft was destroyed. A red ring of fire extended around the former location of the Azelf, slowly destroying anything in its path.
"Damn... Patch me through to all units." Hyperion said to his first mate, slowly lumbering back to his chair. As he sat, a microphone was brought to him. Breathing deeply, he began to speak.
"The craft heading towards us is a VICTINI class Battle Tower. Initially believed to be incomplete, we have since learned first hand that it is in fact active. Floating around it are two more units, Uxie and Mespirit, both of which will explode upon destruction destroying anything that is not the Battle Tower. They are constructed from an alloy of primarily unknown origin, the remnants of which can be found around the world in ruins known as Seats of the Beast which is highly combustible. Suffice to say, this is bad news. A Battle Tower is a passenger carrier, and its appearance can only mean that if it reaches Fel City, it will be overrun with enemy troops. I... I realise that what I am about to ask is a lot... however, I feel it must be done. I ask for two volunteers to destroy the remaining units, while the rest pull back. Those remaining units will then assault the VICTINI Tower. Many of you will die. Many more will die if we do not do this, however. I leave it in your hands, men."
The faces of Rowan and Birch appeared before him, projections on the monitor. A silent nod was exchanged, and Hyperion closed his eyes. The ship hummed its normal hum but, for an instant, it began to rock and shake, before returning to its humming. As Hyperion opened his eyes, he saw the familiar trail of the explosions, and a clear path to the VICTINI.
"All units... Fire on the VICTINI."
His first mate began to signal him, and Hyperion turned to face him.
"We're being hailed by the VICTINI, sir!"
"Put it through."
A familiar face appeared on the screen.
"A little hasty, aren't we? Especially when I was just getting somewhere with this arcedamn ship."


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Breaking Away From The Herd
By Wanda Jankowski, Editor-in-Chief
Throughout the multiple show and market frenzy of the first quarter, it's interesting to see what everyone is doing and what the directions are for the year. You might think seeking out patterns, particularly among industry leaders, and mimicking them is always the wisest thing to do in these radically changing and uncertain times.
However, Albrecht Enders, professor of strategy and innovation at IMD, the global business school based in Switzerland, and Andreas König, affiliate research fellow at IMD, in a Forbes.com article titled, "Why Most Companies Can't Handle Change," caution decision makers to beware of something called "social proof." Coined by psychologist Robert Cialdini, the term "social proof" refers to the behavior of people to look to others for clues on how to act in response to radical change or uncertainty.
An example of "social proof" behavior cited by the authors occurs when there is an accident. The more bystanders there are, the less likely it is that anyone will help the victims. The individuals hesitate because each imitates others' passive behavior, misinterpreting it as a cue that there's no emergency.
In all areas of business, there come times when small start-ups upstage larger, established leaders by introducing innovations that are out of the ordinary pattern of evolving new ideas. Why are those leaders outdone? Enders and König believe the problem lies for two reasons in the habit of decision makers to base choices on what peers are doing, using the most successful companies in the field as a benchmark.
First, a company (in our case, a retailer or supplier) can become a "deer in the headlights," hesitating on adopting new technologies or designs because they observe competitors' inaction and misinterpret updating or innovating as unnecessary or not valuable. The authors write, "We talked to many owners of brick-and-mortar bookstores, for instance, who explained that they had waited too long to react to the rise of new online retailers such as Amazon because their competitors weren't responding either." Oops!
The second reason is that larger, leading companies have the most to lose by radically changing. They want to protect the success they have with existing products and systems, and so are adverse to taking the risks involved in adopting something completely new.
If companies look only to the leaders as a benchmark and fail to act independently at crucial times, the authors conjecture it can lead to an entire industry failing to adapt successfully to radical change.
Enders and König suggest one way to overcome the pitfall of "social proof" behavior is to broaden your view. Look at how successful companies in other industries as well as your own are responding to change.
In these extraordinary times, companies large and small need to exercise vigilance in spotting when the right moment is to break away from the herd.


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Lambert Todd was a standardbred race horse born in 1916 in Ontario, the son of Jim Todd (2.08.1) and Gracie Lambert.
Lambert Todd performed in the grand circuit before going to Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia in 1929 where he performed against other community horses. Lambert Todd is believed to be the first community owned racehorse. His record time is 2.02.1 and he was the first horse to break the 2.10.0 time in the Maritimes (Halifax) against a car. Lambert Todd broke 14 track records and he was a top performer in all his races with a lifetime record that was 312 heats, 138 wins, second 64 times and third 49 times, earning $9,700.00 in his career. Some 80 years later, his spirit still lives on, every year the Lambert Todd Days take place in Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia in early July and a Lambert Todd Pace which started in October 2007 at Northside Downs which was won by Master Of Ceremony in 1.59.1.[1]
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This is a pack of 50 Correspondence Chess Move Cards. This two sided card fulfills all US Postal Regulations for ''Post Card'' mail and is ideal for Correspondence Play.
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Nikolai Kalinichenko, an international grandmaster in correspondence player and author of some 40 chess titles, presents here a complete and up-to-date opening repertoire. It is intended for players of positional style, or for use when the competitive situation demands a solid approach. The repertoire is based on 1. e4 as White and the Classical Sicilian and King's Indian Defence as Black.
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Nikolai Kalinichenko, an international grandmaster in correspondence player and author of some 40 chess titles, presents here a complete and up-to-date opening repertoire. It is intended for players of attacking style, or for use when the competitive situation demands an aggressive approach. The repertoire is based on 1. e4 as White and the Sicilian Dragon and Leningrad Dutch as Black. Suggestions are also offered against all the opponent's main alternatives.
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I have a pretty decent list of games that I'm toting to my next family get together. Of course, I'm going to have to gage what everyone's feeling up to and match my games to the mood.
We love trivia, so I've found Mind Your Marbles and MindStein to be great trivia games to break out. The best part about these two is that they'll test both your long AND short-term memories. The long-term is all those necessary facts you've been storing throughout your life. But the short-term is where we've gotten caught up in these games. We have to remember multiple questions at once, or random letters based on the answers we give. This adds a whole new dimension that has gotten my family back into trivia.
Another game that mixes trivia with a little wordplay is Splickety Lit. Yes, that is indeed a spoonerism for Lickety Split! And for those of you who don't know what a spoonerism is, it's when you wix two mords"_ I mean, MIX two WORDS up. This game asks lighthearted trivia questions in all sorts of different categories. But the biggest challenge comes, not in answering them, but being able to switch your answer around to fit the spoonerism criteria. Needless to say, we all have a great laugh (or two. or ten) when this game is busted out.
I personally am not the most eloquent of individuals, and I've always tended to steer clear of Scrabble. So when I saw Wordy Word, I realized I could actually play a good word game. Wordy Word combines all the best points of your classic word making and guessing games into one super game. My family splits up into two teams, then we roll the dice. The dice have letters on them, and each team has to incorporate the letters into a series of words. These words are then given to the opposing team, who has to guess them in a limited amount of time. It's a quick description, but suffice it to say, the game gets us yelling and laughing and using our noggins.
Another fun game that any family would enjoy is Spy Alley. I refer to this one as a modern day classic because of its board game setup and play. In this game of mystery and intrigue everyone is trying to guess their opponents' identities while not revealing their own.
So you'd like to ask me what my absolute favorite family game is? Well let me tell you. Hands down the winner is Forbidden Desert. The most appealing aspect of this game is its cooperative play. Everyone playing is trying to reach the same objective. You only win if your whole team makes it to the end together. For those families where a little too much competitiveness can result in arguments and hurt feelings, this is the game for you. It also focuses on individuality, because every player gets their own special talent that they bring to the board. Without one member, the game would be even more difficult.


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Jim Geraghty over at National Review summerizes "what we know" about the Able Danger story.
"Able Danger existed. Its mission was to seek out al-Qaeda cells. Tony Shaffer was the program's liaison with the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, and that he was not one of the team's intelligence analysts. Shaffer said there were eleven members of Able Danger; so far, nothing has contradicted this statement."
Ok, yet at the same time nothing outside of Schaffer and the witnesses so far has collaborated his/or their statements. Where's the beef? Where is the "paper"?
"Shaffer claims they discovered Atta and three other would-be-hijackers in 2000. Captain Phillpott, who managed the program for the Pentagon's Special Operations Command, makes the same allegation. James Smith claims he, too, was involved in creating this mysterious chart that included Atta that year."
Admittedly, I've giving this a little more credibility as we have an active flag officer going public now. He would be really risking his cookie dough if he was running cover and/or just flat out lying. But again, "Where is the chart?"
"The Pentagon has yet to confirm any of this with anything on paper.
It's tough to ignore that Shaffer's account makes the Pentagon look terrible; not pursuing a lead on an al-Qaeda operative because of the doubts about the legal ramifications of military intelligence collecting data on American citizens. (Of course, the hijackers were not U.S. citizens.) We can wonder about how eager the Pentagon would be to find the paperwork that would verify claims that they made legal errors in 2000 that may have cost nearly 3,000 lives; but right now we have no evidence that there's some hidden cache of files that would verify these claims."
Another "sticky" problem, although at this point (new administration), there would be no reason for the Pentagon to really "coverup" this up. None of this "Able Danger" stuff happened "current" watch, and in Washington, the "Blame Game" is the rule. The Pentagon really has nothing to lose by "putting it all out on the table now", rather than take the chance of being found out laer. So now or later the Pentagon would have a lot more to lose by "withholding" information. Which is why I think if there were anything to this story (evidence), you would have seen it by now.
"The Gorelick "wall" is a bit of a side issue for now. (First let's figure out exactly what Able Danger knew, when it learned it, and how the process of trying to contact the FBI went.) On the one hand, as a Justice Department official, Gorelick's directives should not have been seen as the last word at William Cohen's Department of Defense. On the other hand, as Ed and William Tate noted, her infamous memo was also directed to the DOJ Counsel of Intelligence Policy and Review, which advises the Attorney General, CIA, FBI, the Department of Defense and State on "questions of law, regulation, and guidelines as well as the legality of domestic and overseas intelligence operations." In other words, both that memo and the attitude from the top made the priorities clear in the Clinton administration: Don't foul up our prosecutions by using inadmissible intelligence gathered by foreign sources. In many cases, that is wise policy – you don't want a criminal or terrorist walking free because the prosecutor was relying on inadmissible evidence. But the problem is, that puts a higher priority on a clean prosecution than arresting these guys before they commit their criminal act. If the act is counterfeiting, that's not such a big deal. But if the act is crashing airliners into skyscrapers, then any court case is moot."
"The 9/11 Commission claims Shaffer never told them about Able Danger spotting Atta and the other hijackers in 2000; he claims he did. Phillpott told them about Able Danger and these findings in July 2004; they consulted the documentation they had received and concluded that there wasn't much to Phillpott's claims and that AD was "not historically significant." In retrospect, the Commission's dismissal of this after a routine consultation of the files turned over from DOD, instead of talking to someone who was actually involved with the program, appears… what's the word I'm looking for here…. Um… boneheaded."
I've got no problem with the commission's response (or lack of it) initially to the story. However I do think it's kind of telling that they are coming out with barrels blazing to a point. Yeah, this could be their "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" moment, but I rather think it signals that they are confident that there is simply no evidence to back the up the story at this point.
"One cannot help but wonder about other cases where the Commission dismissed what interviewees were telling them, because it wasn't supported in the files turned over by various agencies and bureaucracies.
More than one reader has reminded me of my peak moment of skepticism, and taken the opportunity to accuse me of being "all over the map" on this story.
Let's recall that at that moment of supreme skepticism, 1) None of Weldon's sources had come forward; 2) Weldon had generated no paperwork to support his allegations; 3) he appeared to be backtracking in the Time magazine article and 4) he was moving on to other shocking, unsupported allegations about Iran planning U.S. troops in Iraq with chemical weapons.
The good news is, three of Weldon's sources have come forward, and he's stopped talking about other shocking allegations. He says Time got the story wrong. It would still be nice to see some supporting paperwork about what Able Danger found – that infamous chart, a memo, a summary of findings, data tables, whatever, something from 2000 to indicate this isn't just a bunch of well-meaning guys misremembering things."
I asolutely agree.
"Some days we have been getting new information that indicates Shaffer and Weldon are on the right track; some days we are getting new information that urges skepticism, or Shaffer changes his story a bit and people wonder how reliable his memory (or second-hand information) is. Shaffer and these two new witnesses don't seem crazy, and if they're lying or making this up, they are ruining their careers. On the other hand, the lack of any supporting documentation — and the oddities of this story, like the chart being stuck on the wall, or no one in government saying anything about this until now — should give one pause.
I think it's safe to say that we still have a long way to go with this story."
Again, agreed.
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The following week was hell.
That boy Jake caught up to me again in the hallway the next day, and I snapped at him. "What do you want? Come to rub it into my face? Just say it, I can tell you want to."
"Say what?"
"'I told you so'?"
"No, I wasn't going to say that at all. You left your folder on your desk back there. Although you'd deserve it, considering how rude you're being to me when all I'm trying to do is help you." I was taken aback, and didn't respond right away when he thrust the folder at me.
I snorted in fake contempt, muttering "Whatever," to distract myself from realizing that he was right.
I tried with all of my might to avoid Gill, and it took every ounce of self-restraint to keep myself from seriously harming Lucy. When she tried to talk to me at the end of the week, I yelled at her, screaming something along the lines of "You were supposed to be my friend!"
Mrs. Crow, our gym teacher and our cheer leading coach pushed us into the locker room while everyone else ran laps.
"What the heck is the matter with you two?" She asked.
I said nothing while Lucy tried to play victim and win Mrs. Crows sympathy. I couldn't even listen to her; I was sure I was going to throw up.
"Well?" She asked me, staring me hard in the eye.
I shook my head, glaring at my shoe laces as if they'd caused all of my problems.
"You're both suspended from the team for a week. I'd make it a month, but I can't afford to lose your girls' talent. I expect you to work past this, and be able to work as a team at the next practice you attend."
"I don't mean you any disrespect Mrs. Crow. You didn't kiss my boyfriend, and god knows what else. But I refuse to take this any longer than I have to. For the last eight years, I've put up with her drama, and all the crap she's started, but not this. This is the line. Either she's off the team, or I quit."
Mrs. Crow was taken aback. She hadn't expected me to make such a demand, and I knew the decision was hard for her. Lucy and I were the best on the squad; our talent was equal. The only reason Lucy hadn't made cheer captain is because she got a little too close to the edge of the mat and stumbled during her routine. Lucy held a grudge for a little while, but she got over it after she saw what I got her for her birthday.
"Well?" I demanded. Coach was floundering, and I could see the wheels turning in her head to see if there was a way she could keep us both. "You know what, never mind. I quit. It's not that important to me anyways." I stood up, leaving Lucy particularly happy and Mrs. Crow shocked and stricken into silent grief. "I know, ten laps around the gym." I called before I exited through the door.
Everyone stared as I came back into the gymnasium, wondering what had happened. Some of them tried to be discreet about it. Most of them were hoping they might see me cry—not everyone took too kindly to me, understandably. The reputation I'd made for myself to keep my throne next to Lucy didn't exactly score me any brownie points with the general population.
I ran my laps quietly until Brittany caught up with me in the locker room, just before the bell. "What was that all about?"
"Don't act like you didn't know." I snapped.
"What, about Lucy and Gill? Honest to God, I didn't know a thing. I thought Gill wasn't even interested in Lucy," she said.
"What guy isn't remotely interested in Lucy? She'll sleep with anyone who has a penis, just about. It doesn't surprise me that Gill turned to her. He knew he wasn't getting anywhere with me. Still…
"You know, I wouldn't have cared so much if Gill had broken up with me first." I continued in a babbling rage, cutting off whatever Brittany was about to say. "But he's cheated on me before, and then he promised he wouldn't do it again. God, I was so stupid to believe him. And then, you know, he hit me! I mean, he full on hit me! I have a bruise on my cheek. It takes me almost ten minutes to try to cover it up in the mornings."
"I'm really sorry Nikki. I never thought Lucy would ever do anything like that. I could've expected it from Gill. But Lucy?" She shook her head. "Wait a minute, did you say he hit you? Nikki, that's domestic abuse. You have to report him to someone. Don't let him get away with that."
"No, I'm fine, really. Besides, I kneed him so hard he cried. Probably won't ever be able to have kids. Lord knows, I've only done him a favor."
"No way! He cried?" I nodded rather smugly. She laughed so hard, the water she'd just drank shot out of her mouth like a hose.
"So what did Mrs. Crow say to you?"
"She asked me to work past whatever Lucy had done to me, and I told her either Lucy's kicked off, or I quit the squad. And she didn't respond right away, so I quit and walked out. And, well, you know the rest."
"Oh, Nikki, that sucks! I was going to try out for the squad this year, too."
"That's okay, you still can. I was getting bored with it anyway. Hey, you should give this back to the library for me, will you? It's on the way to your next class, and I can't afford to be late again."
"Yeah, sure, anything for you."
"Thanks a bunch," I said as I handed her the book.
Things only got worse from there. This new kid in my third hour bumped into me, sending all of my stuff sailing through the hallway. Just one more thing to put me on the edge, and I was holding on by my pinkies. What little control I had over my temper was slipping away.
"I'm so sorry. Here, let me help you with that." He offered, scrambling to retrieve one of my books that had skidded away from me.
"Whatever," I growled. "Will you try to watch where you're going next time?"
"Yeah, I'll try," he muttered.
"I'm sorry, that was rude of me. I shouldn't have said it. I'm just…" I sighed and stood up.
"Rough day?" he asked as he handed my things back to me.
I nodded, thinking how that was an understatement. "Thanks for the help."
As I was walking away, I heard one of his new friends come and say, "Dude, you're so lucky she didn't rip your head off! That's Nikki Chrime."
"Okay, she's Nikki Chrime. Why exactly am I lucky?" Their conversation faded away as the distance between us grew, and I wondered how the new kid would react when he heard of my reputation.


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