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Sengoku Basara 3 - Wii/PS3
- Meltdowns incoming
Persona 3 Portable - PSP
- Female main character shown
Phantasy Star Portable 2 - PSP
- Sega's new mystery RPG revealed
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - PSP
- Gameplay seems to be focused on 4 player co-op in missions. You see different Snakes helping each other out to progress through stages.
3D Dot Game Heroes - PS3
- From Software's new game is some crazy looking PS3 title. The entire world looks like it's made out of lego.
Tales of Vasperia PS3
- new costume (purchase on PS store)
Supposedly Strider HD for PSN and XBLA and Strider 3 for PS3 and 360.
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Meme's been dead for years.
Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey
If it is Strider, then I guess that means there is no hope tomorrow in Capcom's supposed game reveal to be Legends 3. :(
I want to believe!
I want to pull my greying hair out every time I see it. :(
Originally Posted by Gilgamesh
That meme will never die. I still laugh.
Damn who's that girl in your avatar.
Originally Posted by xfactor
New Title/Info:
Tales of Vasperia PS3
- new character
It seems a certain Capcom's ninja is back for action...? :D I hope so but I need more confirmation
waiting for confirmation
Tekken 6 - PSP
Little Big Planet - Nov 1
Tenchu 5 (PSP/Wii) - Nov 19
BASARA X (Wii) - Nov 19
BASARA 3 (Wii) - Nov 19
Edit: Oh yeah...nice announcements too :p
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New Title/Info:
Tales of Vasperia PS3
- new character
Yes, but it looks like it's just an alternate costume. It isn't a real new character.
Originally Posted by Roland
Is that Keroro thing for real?
Originally Posted by Linkhero1
Damn who's that girl in your avatar.
Edit: Oh yeah...nice announcements too :p
Thank you my friend.
Originally Posted by esc
Why? D:
Originally Posted by Gravijah
I don't know but she freaks me the fuck out every time I see her.
Does it say who's porting it?
BASARA X (Wii) - Nov 19
There was already a frog outfit for him in the 360 version.
Another Tenchu? Are we not at a Tenchu overload with Deadly Assasins being released early this year, as well as the numerous ports From has planned for Tenchu on PSP?
Originally Posted by Mr. Pointy
Tenchu 5 PSP/Wii is not surprising. FUCK YEAH BASARA X WII PORT!
It could be a Western developed game. We got a few Western Developed DragonBall games, Sagas, Legacy Of Goku, LoG II, Buu's Furry, Taiketsu, CCG Game, and Transformation. But personally, I think it's probably a game that hasn't been announced for Europe yet, like the DragonBall Evolution game (I believe Europe hasn't gotten it), or DragonBall Online (I doubt this one).
Originally Posted by Snaku
Any word on what Dragon Ball X is?
Must know what these smilies are!
Originally Posted by xfactor
waiting for confirmation
2 hit combo for Basara on the Wii too. Nice.
One of the sites that says Strider is in the magazine says that Strider 3 is supposed to be similar to Devil May Cry.
Originally Posted by TheCardPlayer
Strider May Cry, please Capcom.
Please don't be farmed out. Please don't be farmed out.
Originally Posted by iconoclast
I wonder who might be behind Strider 3.
Originally Posted by B.K.
One of the sites that says Strider is in the magazine says that Strider 3 is supposed to be similar to Devil May Cry.
I'm intrigued. The visual style is what really defines Strider, so it would be interesting to see how it works in 3D.
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One of the sites that says Strider is in the magazine says that Strider 3 is supposed to be similar to Devil May Cry.
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The Grand Meadow Public Library Summer Reading Program will be June 13th – June 22nd, 2017. All ages are invited to join us for daily story time and a craft at 1 pm at the library. Please see our calendar of events for more information on what each day will hold and for special event information. (Please follow the link below to sign up!)
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Motor racing-Renault have saved my F1 career, says Magnussen
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PARIS Feb 3 (Reuters) - Danish driver Kevin Magnussen thanked Renault for saving his Formula One career after the French carmaker announced on Wednesday that he will race for them this season.
Cast aside by McLaren last October after a year as a reserve, Magnussen replaces Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado in a deal that was put together in recent weeks and finalised only on Tuesday.
Maldonado was ditched after his backers, the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, turned off the money taps.
"This is a massive opportunity," Magnussen told reporters at the Renault Technocentre outside Paris. "Not many drivers get a second chance and I've been given a second chance and a proper chance. I can't say how happy I am.
"Two years out would have been the end. If you are world champion or something, you might be able to (come back) but in my position, being out for two years would have been the end of my Formula One career.
"This was really make or break. Luckily I made it."
Two years ago, the son of ex-F1 racer Jan seemed destined for a dazzling career with one of the sport's great teams after finishing runner-up in his debut grand prix for McLaren in Australia.
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IBM and Microsoft Corp. haven't drummed up much end-user interest in the Yellow Pages-style B2B directory they launched this week, though support is critical to the success of both vendors' technology road map.
Only a dozen or so corporate users are among the group of about 260 companies, mostly vendors, that have publicly pledged to register services in the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) directory. And those few end-user supporters aren't on the same page regarding the business-to-business directory's value.
"We haven't decided whether we'll publish our Web services," said Patrick Gutmann, business-to-business e-commerce officer at ABN Amro Bank NV, a division of ABN Amro Holding NV. Gutmann said the $44 billion Amsterdam-based financial services company hasn't defined how it will use the directory, but he joined the UDDI community to get in on the ground floor in setting standards and shaping the registry.
Wayzata, Minn.-based Cargill Inc., a $47 billion agricultural giant, and New York-based American Express Co. are among the founding members of UDDI. But neither firm would discuss their plans to use the directory, nor have they registered services.
Ted Schadler, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., said there's still time for IBM and Microsoft to drum up end-user support for UDDI.
"UDDI is not a must-do-or-die in 2001," said Schadler. "Companies need to look at this, because it's the most cost-effective way to make applications and services available over the Web, and there will be tremendous tools and infrastructure support from the vendors."
Smaller end-user companies also voiced skepticism about the necessity of sharing information about Web services in a public directory.
"If we design a Web service, it's nothing that we're going to want to open up and allow our competitors to get a hold of," said Rob Kogan, vice president of MIS at Nautilus Insurance Co., a general liability and property insurance firm in Scottsdale, Ariz. "We're very closed about our technology and will be in the future because technology is a key differentiator in our market segment."
Publishing Web services in UDDI makes sense for only the biggest companies that dominate their marketplaces, said Jim Miller, chief technology officer at Creditex Inc., a New York-based seller of derivatives to large investment banks, such as J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Credit Suisse First Boston.
"Comparatively, we're a small fish," Miller said. "The big fish will say, 'Here's the defined service. If you want to play with us, you have to match up.'"
But the outlook for UDDI is by no means bleak.
The Boeing Co., for example, also plans to support UDDI, though the Seattle-based aerospace firm hasn't determined what services to publish.
This story, "User response to new B2B directory slow " was originally published by Computerworld.


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Nov. 5, 2006
DALLAS, Texas - The UAB women's soccer team was crowned as the Conference USA Tournament Champions on Sunday after a 3-2 victory over fifth-seeded Colorado College in the championship match.
With the win, UAB has secured its spot in the 2006 NCAA Women's College Cup. This also marks the second conference tournament championship for the Blazers, and the third overall championship in four years. The Blazers have previously won the Conference USA regular-season championship in 2003 and the tournament title in 2004.
"This senior class has won three championships during their time here," said UAB head coach Paul Harbin. "Conference USA is a very deep tournament. I think anybody could've won it. We picked a good time to play well. This is just a tribute to how good the conference really is.
"Colorado College is a great team. They are very deserving of a berth in the NCAA tournament, as are other teams in our conference."
The Blazers, who were seeded seventh in the tournament, advanced to the championship match by topping UCF, 2-1, in the first round and outlasting Memphis in penalty kicks during the semi-final game.
"Each team we played in the tournament, we lost to during the season," said Harbin. "We were confident going in and we were familiar with our opponents. It was kind of nice to get that second chance to go back and beat some teams that we lost to during the regular season."
UAB started its scoring against Colorado College during the seventh minute of the contest when freshman Rachael Axon, who was listed on the All-Conference USA second-team and freshman squad earlier this week, knocked in her first goal of her collegiate career with an assist from junior Jenny Meyer.
The Blazers continued their attack when All-Conference USA second-team selection Sally Palmer tallied her ninth goal of the year, with Jill Porto on the assist, to make it 2-0 UAB in the 14th minute.
Colorado College got its first score of the game on an unusual own-goal to tighten the score to 2-1 during the 34th minute. The game entered halftime with the Blazers still holding the lead, 2-1.
In the second half, UAB's Porto got her fourth score of the season, assisted by freshman Danya Barsalona, during the 83rd minute to put the Blazers up by two, 3-1. Colorado College attempted a comeback when Jamie Maltman scored an unassisted goal during the 87th minute to make the score, 3-2, but they would get no closer as 3-2 was the final score, giving the Blazers the tournament title.
"I thought we played well today," said UAB head coach Paul Harbin. "We played okay in the first half, but I thought we played much better in the second half.
"During the second half, we controlled the rhythm and played a lot better. Our finishing percentage was outstanding today, which is something we have been working on."
UAB's Katie Forbis earned the win in goal, nabbing three saves and allowing two goals during her 90 minutes of play. Geneva Sills allowed three goals while taking the loss for Colorado College.
Although Colorado College out-shot the Blazers, 9-7, including a 5-3 advantage in shots-on-goal, UAB made the most of its attempts by scoring on all three of its SOG's during the match.
UAB also grabbed four spots on the Conference USA All-Tournament team. Porto was named the Offensive MVP while senior Laura Richards was honored as the Defensive MVP. Axon and Forbis were also named to the all-tournament squad.
The Blazers earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's College Cup by winning the conference tournament. The 64-team tournament pairings will be announced on ESPNEWS on Monday, November 6 between 3-4 p.m. EST.


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Kids Watermelon Sandwich Cookies
Kids will love them!
- 12 blueberry pancakes (3 inch round), cooled to room temperature
- 1/2 cup white frosting
- 6 2/3 inch thick and 3 inches round, seedless watermelon slices, drained to remove excess moisture
Evenly frost the bottoms of each pancake with the white frosting. Arrange six of the pancakes, frosting side up on a serving platter. Place a slice of watermelon on each of the frosted pancakes on the platter. Top each with the remaining pancakes, frosting side down. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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The plight of migrant workers in China has been a major concern for years as their movement into urban areas has opened the doors to abuse and exploitation of the rural wanderers. The Chinese government has finally established a special department whose task is safeguarding the rights of migrant workers, help them secure training, and ensure safe working conditions. It will ensure migrant workers get their wages on time, sign labor contracts that are enforced, obtain job training, and be able to participate in social security programs.
A major issue facing China is transforming an army of migrants who lack education into the world of the 21st century which necessitates high levels of skills. Since the 1990s, millions of farmers have migrated from their homes to work in factories, mines and in construction. Their treatment at the hands of unscrupulous businessmen and foremen has long been a national scandal.
The Chinese government is also placing three migrant workers into the country's parliament so they can express concerns of their fellow migrants at the highest level of government.


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I've been to Chicago many times, but have never ventured out of town on the Ell. We are staying at the Kinzie and would like to experience something new. I suppose we could just get on and ride around randomly just to say we've done it, but our time is limited. Any suggestions for Ell newbies?
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Never been on the Ell in Chicago
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If you mean the El, and if you have any interest in architecture, you might head west on the green line to Oak Park to tour the Frank Lloyd Wright houses there.
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Color me embarrassed! Yes, I mean the EL, not Ell, lol. That's a great suggestion, thanks.
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On our last trip to Chicago the kids wanted to ride the EL so we went for lunch at Longman & Eagle (Logan Square EL stop) and dessert at Bang Bang Pie shop - 2051 N. California Ave., bangbangpie.com
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If you are flying into Midway, take the El into town and then back to the airport.
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Officially, it's The "L". As the post above says, you can take the Orange Line from Midway into the city in about 30 minutes. You can also take the Blue Line from O'Hare. The trip takes about 45 minutes. Just look for the signs that say "CTA Trains to City" in the baggage area.
A single trip is $2.25 except trips that originate at O'Hare have a $2.75 surcharge. The Blue Line runs through the Dearborn Street Subway, along the Kennedy Expressway median and on the elevated structure. The Orange Line is exclusively above ground.
The CTA is in the midst of changing carecard systems, so check the info for which will be in use when you're here. Farecards are valid on all CTA trains and buses.
The CTA site at www.transitchicago.com also has a trip planner, maps and how to track trains and buses with a smart phone.
If you're not arriving via airport, a good trip is to take the Brown Line to Armitage. There are several small boutiques and restaurants on Armitage and Halsted Street. Check www.armitageshopping.com.
Another trip could be to take the Red Line toward 95th Street and exit at Cermack to have dim sum in Chinatown. There are several restaurants to choose from and a number of stores to browse. Check www.chicagochinatown.org.
Either trip is only about 10-15 minutes from The Loop.
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First of all-great hotel. Used to be the Amalfi, and always liked the staff there, and there continental b'fast on each floor.
With limited time, say about an hour, here's what I would do to get the elevated train experience. Walk west on Kinzie (the street your hotel is on) and catch the Brown line at the Merchandise Mart going in the direction: To the Loop/southbound. The brown line will "loop" the downtown area, so you'll see some interesting architecture. As you approach the Harold Washington Library, try to look up at the red-brick building (on the right side of the train) to see the enormous, copper (well, green) Owl facade at the roofline. Get off at State and Lake.
Keep in mind that the Red Line/Blue line are subways, so you don't see anything in the loop district. (It is above ground further from the city, but I'm thinking you want the elevated train experience.)
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Thanks Citylights. We are actually driving in to Chicago. I appreciate the advice about Armitage and Chinatown and will check them out!
ChgoGal, that's exactly what I was hoping to find out. Perfect suggestion! I'm excited to revisit what was once the Amalfi. I liked it when we stayed there before and am looking forward to seeing what changes have been made.
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An ell is a length of rope.
The line that goes to Evanston passes by Wrigley.
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What are you planning to do while you're in Chicago? I'm asking because if you're staying in the Loop or Mag Mile, the train and bus are your best bets for getting around when you're not walking. Don't bother with the car. I would say if you're taking the train, do so with a purpose and not just for a random ride.
If you're going to a baseball game, the red line stops right by U.S. Cellular and Wrigley. Most of the major sights downtown are within a few blocks of the train (Millenium Park/Bean/Grant Park, Macy's, the theaters, Willis Tower). Mag Mile is right off the red line.
The blue line will take you out to Wicker Park and Bucktown. The red and brown lines take you through Lincoln Park. Brown line takes you to Lincoln Square, a cool neighborhood but a bit of a hike. All those areas have good restaurants with more of a local feel.
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I think that someone should clarify things for others who are just reading this thread, because the OP's question is rather misleading.
The 'L (registered trademark) is the CTA's train system which services various neighborhoods of the city of Chicago (portions of the city itself, not the suburbs) as well as a few locations outside of Chicago's city limits.
Maggi, if you've been to Chicago upon numerous occasions and have not gotten out of the very narrow confines of the "tourist zone", you have cheated yourself out of experiencing many of the very best experiences in the city. Many of the best restaurants, theatrical experiences, concerts, sporting events and so on.
For "newbies", go to the CTA's website and look at the online maps. The 'L train lines are named by colors (Red, Blue, Purple, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Pink), radiating out from the Loop where they all converge. Sometimes you can take different color lines to different stations (i.e., Belmont is serviced by the Red, Brown and - at times - Purple) and some areas are serviced by only one line (Wicker Park/Bucktown mentioned above, Blue).
If you have sufficient time to do so, go to the Chicago Greeter or the Choose Chicago websites. They will both give you information of the various neighborhoods of Chicago. I mention the first specifically for those who would like to utilize the free Greeter service to explore the city. Depending on the neighborhood, you might use an 'L line to get there (to get to some neighborhoods may require use of the CTA's bus service).
Lastly, the Chicago Architecture Foundation and the Chicago History Museum both have tours specifically using various 'L lines. IMHO, it just might help a person to know what they are looking at outside of an 'L window.
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Thank you! That is valuable information indeed for my future visits.
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Marking so I can find this info again. Thank you everyone for the insight.
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Musicians call for 'absurd' boycott of Israel Prom
A group of musicians has made a public call for the cancellation of an Israel Philharmonic Orchestra concert at the Royal Albert Hall because of the Israeli political situation.
The IPO, whose director is the non-Jewish conductor Zubin Mehta, has been invited by the BBC to perform one concert at the Proms, the annual classical musical festival, on September 1.
Despite the efforts of pro-Palestinian activists from the boycott group BRICUP, Roger Wright, the director of the Proms said it would be wrong to cancel something that was "purely musical," for political reasons.
For the 21 signatories of a letter to the Independent newspaper, including songwriter Leon Rosselson, his response was not sufficient
They accused the IPO of being Israel's "prime asset" in the country's "cultural smokescreen" and added: "Our main concern is that Israel deliberately uses the arts as propaganda to promote a misleading image of Israel." They called on Mr Wright to cancel at the last minute.
The cultural commentator Norman Lebrecht noted that none of the signatories was "a player of great note" and criticised them for trying to draw attention to themselves.
He said of the letter: "The gesture is absurd, almost beyond words. The BBC knew what it was doing when it invited the IPO [and the] political conditions have not changed markedly since the invitation was issued.
"To cancel now would constitute breach of contract and leave an empty Prom night – something which has not happened for nearly 30 years."
Anti-Israel campaigners have already announced plans to demonstrate outside the venue, while the Zionist Federation has organised a counter-demo.
The ZF said it was "vital to stand up for the only democracy in the Middle East" and said it was "proud Israel is represented at the Proms by such a wonderful orchestra".
The IPO last played at the Proms in 2003. The concert is to mark both the 75th anniversary of the orchestra and Mr Mehta's 50th year conducting it.
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Has spark & turns but won't start (won't even fire)
Hello -
Engine turns over but never fires.
Engine is a 350 sbc with edelbrock intake and dual edelbrock fours. MSD electric distributor and MSD blaster coil. Has sat in attached garage over winter - past 4.5 months. Put plenty of Stabil in last year and ran car for a while afterward. Have done nothing - no adjustments on engine since storing. Started fine last Fall.
Checked #1 cylinder spark plug and it's firing/sparking. Carbs are pumping fuel - I can see this in the carbs, fuel pressure gauge reads positively and spark plugs all have some gas on them and smell like fuel (after so much trying to start).
I don't know what else to try as I have always thought fuel + spark should at least fire and try to start. At this point my next step is shooting carb cleaner and starting fluid down the carb.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
You could try this
Try pulling all the spark plugs and give each cylinder 2 or 3 squirts of oil. You may have washed down the cylinder walls and don't have enough compression to fire up. Might not hurt to replace the plugs also if they are really wet.
Plugs were fouled a bit. Just replaced them and increased the gap a bit from where the old ones were at as they were at about the minimum recommended. Combined with blowing out the cylinders from probably flooding it the first attempt, it started up better than last year.
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This is a discussion on Are we really that bored? within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Originally Posted by farronwolf BikerRN, I guess your able to give us some links to what the current administration has done in the way of ...
Yes, we are bored.
No, the recent postings are actually real.
This is good warm up for what is coming.
I am amazed at how gullible some folks are.
Don't get what?
Just remember that shot placement is much more important with what you carry than how big a bang you get with each trigger pull.
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One thing we need to remember about our current President he will use all his
power through backroom ways to keep his agenda going forward.Remember
223 brass shells being destroyed for scrap metal even though some companies
had contracts to buy them so they could sell to there reloading customers.Anyway enough constituents complained to the right senators this stupid rule was reversed and returned to what it was.This is how our President going after us until he thinks he can win big on gun control.Let's make him pay dearly every time he tries to do something stupid,
I went with gullible.
One of the recent threads people were going crazy over was about how Canadian troops were going to police the U.S. There was all kinds of back and forth over it, but from what I saw it appeared I was the first one to actually read the agreement that had been signed. Item number three of that agreement explicitly said that this agreement did not cover law enforcement activities!
As far as the milsurp brass goes, do those accusing the President of causing this have any documentation that he was even aware of the policy change much less behind it? I am no fan of the current resident of the white house but he does deserve the same presumption of innocence that the rest of us citizens get doesn't he?
Yeah he appointed Holder, but congress had to confirm him. Even with Holder as his A/G there are still limits as to what they can do without the consent of congress.
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That means whatever happened was under Bush's term.DLA also put to rest various theories and rumors that were circulated on the internet, concerning the reason for the suspension. As DLA explained to Senators Baucus and tester, and to NRA-ILA, DoD officials responsible for the demilitarization of military property temporarily halted the release of the cartridge cases last week, pending review of a policy change issued last year by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, which, in the interest of national security, halted the sale of items within a broad category of government property including, but not limited to, surplus small arms cartridge cases.
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Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent.
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You have to make the shot when fire is smoking, people are screaming, dogs are barking, kids are crying and sirens are coming.
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Ego will kill you. Leave it at home.
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Miggy, there are a whole bunch of things I am in favor of and support but that doesn't mean they are going to happen. Other than a policy statement and the news articles, none of which (at least that I have seen) identified the originating authority on the brass snafu, do you have evidence of what BHO has actually done?
Can anyone cite any executive order, memo, video clip, showing that he has actually done anything?
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We're not bored...it's just that the pot of water is slowly heating...
Have you not heard of the frog in a pot of water?
Put it in boiling water and it jumps out. Make abrupt gun law changes and we all go nuts.
Put the frog in a pot of water and 'slowly' heat it up...he stays and cooks. The laws will change slowly...
We'll be cooking before we all know it.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Nope... Im an activist. Im searching out the stories and adding my .02 to the pot.
I educating where I can and I am enjoying my time as a member of this and a few other forums.
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I don't think we are bored, but President Obama, Eric Holder, and other liberal politicians must be watched with much skepticism.
PS. My little little Po-dunk town newspaper doesn't have a website but if you would like PM me your address and I'll mail you the clipped article so that you can read it.
Why Ike, whatever do you mean? Maybe poker's just not your game Ike. I know! Let's have a spelling contest!
I know one thing.I don't think we are bored, but President Obama, Eric Holder, and other liberal politicians must be watched with much skepticism.
They aint bored. They are doing their best to turn us into something we are not...yet.
Universal Background Checks...the next step towards registration and confiscation.
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All one has to do is look at obama's past voting record to see that he is a hard-left liberal. He also pushed for gun control on numerous occasions.
It's foolish to think obama has miraculously become a moderate.
He's as hard-left as they come.
Expect more socialist stupidity from this current administration. As others have posted, he won't do anything straight up.
He'll come in the back door like a snake.
None of us could do better? I suggest that my dog would do better.
I think this is exactly what Farronwolf was addressing. The paranoia, especially after the election, is unfounded and makes us look rather foolish in light of reality and the facts.
Which business? Enron? WorldCom? AIG? Lehman Brothers? Citigroup? GM? Chrysler?
How about your business? Are you living on government R&D contracts? Free enterprise, my eye.
The last people I want anywhere near the government are the same
business people who have ---I can't use the colorful phrase here because this is a family oriented forum, but it ends with the words
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effort wrote:thanks,
i dont think it would be a physical problem, but maybe i need to care more about calcium , anna , in the other hand most of the times i'm suffer from anxiety
Annapurna wrote:So, if it arises during meditation, you are doing something wrong and must seek the advice of a teacher.
That is my additional advice, -all else is groping around in the darkness, because we can never guess.
But I have a feeling like you hesitate to or can't seek the advice of a doctor or teacher.
Am I right?
effort wrote:most of the times i'm suffer from anxiety ... after morning sitting the tension is still there and i can not get rid of it.
effort wrote:i think this simple problems would takes long time to resolve, and i think the only way that i can confront it is to face it and so feel pain...
effort wrote:doing metta regularly is as hard as this issue
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step one. .get a bottle of white out, or other bright colored paint.
step two, find the mark on the dampner ring.
step three.. fill the groove with the marking compound.. wipe off excess.. this makes seeing the timing mark so much easier.
step 4, disconnect vacuum advance and plug.
5) clean the timing tab off.. figure out which mark is the ZERO mark. .makes life easier.
6) start the engine.. point the gun at the balancer and timing tab.. look for the line.
look at the timing mark that the line lines up with..
the strobing effect of the flashing timing gun will make the mark appear to sit still, even tho it's spinning on the crank.
set your 'base' timing for about 10 degrees.. this is a good safe place to start.
then test drive.. if it doesn't ping.. add more timing.. repeat until it starts pinging under heavy throttle.. once you reach that point.. back it off a couple of degrees and lock it down.
if you have an 'advance' gun that you can dial in the timing, then you can set your timing by 'total' timing which tends to be more accurate..
figure out your timing you want.. say.. 38 degrees.. set the gun for 38 degrees...
have a parter rev the engine to 3000 or higher.. whatever it takes for the timing to stop advancing.. 3000 is usually enough.
adjust the timing so that the mark on the damper aligns with the 'zero' mark on the tab (since the gun is already set for 38)
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Possible hives??
Yesterday, my DH and I discovered a couple bumps under the skin of my 11 month old baby. Within an hour it spread all over her lower back and hind quarters. We gave her Benadryl and it helped a little. Once it wore off a few hours later there were 10 times the amount of bumps. We've continued the Benadryl (3 12.5mg tablets in the morning then again at about 7pm) to today, where they are now spreading to her legs and head. She's not lethargic, she's eating and drinking well, and going to the bathroom, except she hasn't pooped tonight after dinner at all (which isn't normal for her). She's also acting restless within the past hour, jumping up, not being able to get comfortable, etc. We've eliminated everything new we've done within the past few days (given her chicken broth with her Neutro Ultra, I rewashed every surface with soap and water I used disinfecting wipes on), and for dinner tonight I made her plain chopped meat with veggies and rice. The ONLY thing I can think of that can be causing this is she could have possibly eaten a walnut Friday, but would it take almost a full day to show symptoms? Her face, tongue, and throat aren't swollen or bothering her. We're definitely taking her to the vet first thing tomorrow, but is there anything I can be doing now to help her or make her more comfortable? She's our first pup on our own, and I know I'm probably coming off as a worried first time mom, but she's my little baby! Also, I know boxers are prone to chicken allergies, could the chicken in her dry food be causing this, even though she's been on the same food without problems for months?
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Baking soda baths help relieve the itching tremendously. Just run water in the bathtub enough to go to about her knees and pour in baking soda. Just scoop it over her. Getting all of her wet - do not rinse. Once she's soaked in it for awhile, pat dry. That seems to help a lot. She may need some prednisone at the vet in addition to antihistamine that's in the Benadryl. My schnauzer is on nutro ultra, in fact that's the only thing she can eat. It's the holistic line of nutro, which is very good food, however it's full of grains. Dogs can and do typically develop food allergies over time, but in my experience the symptoms of the food allergies are digging at their face, or scratching themselves excessively, licking and chewing their paws and losing hair. To me, this sounds like a possible bee sting or other insect sting. Others can comment but I have no idea if walnuts are poisonous. My advice would be, if she is eating fine, no vomiting or diarrhea to not switch her food until u get this cleared up, so u don't create more probs , do the soda water bath, and then go to the vet today. At least the Benadryl is helping, so that is good
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She doesn't seem to be itchy at all. I don't even think she knows anything is wrong/different with her
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does she still have hives and are they on her face?
If they are anywhere near her face neck and head get her to vet today,, do not wait till tomorrow.. pics would help...
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Even in only its third year of operation, in-game advertising network IGA Worldwide has seen a fair bit of growth. Headquartered in New York, the company now has offices in America's central corridor and on the west coast, along with a presence across the UK, Germany, and,
most recently
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When Gamasutra spoke to IGA Worldwide CEO Justin Townsend, he told us that the company's growing because the in-game advertising industry has grown so much so quickly.
A Proven Industry
"Two years ago, we were seeing ad budgets maybe 20 or 30 thousand dollars," Townsend says. "We're now seeing ad budgets of 300 to 500 thousand dollars. The markets are doing very well indeed, across the U.S. and Europe."
So what's changed, in Townsend's view, to improve the climate so significantly in a relatively short time? "Advertisers won't often spend much in the way of budget until the industry is proven," he notes. "We're well on the way to proving this industry now. There are standards that are accepted by the advertising industry."
He adds, "At the end of the day, revenue or advertising dollars is always a function of reach, the number of consumers you can communicate your brand message to. As we bring games into our network and increase our reach, so does the amount of ad dollars we can generate increase."
Looking East
As part of this continued expansion, IGA
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interest from some investors in Asia with some additional Series B funding. Given that two of the investor groups involved were significant Japanese organizations, Townsend says it's evidence of the company's increasing Asian presence, also.
But business models for games are somewhat different in Asia, where a prolific online games business thrives on microtransactions, so we asked Townsend how these variant formats might affect an Asian expansion.
"The purpose of our ads are never to finance the games themselves," Townsend pointed out, noting that alternate formats for Asian games primarily monetize those titles, rather than simply providing avenues for advertisers. But with the rise of the free to play business model, in which ad support often plays if not a complete, at least a significant role, does Townsend see a golden opportunity?
Not so, he said. "I doubt that we can contribute more than 15 or 20 percent [of revenue from ads]. The microtransactions model in Asia is huge and we do have a significant difficulty there." And, he added, there are other challenges in Asia. IGA Worldwide relies on placing real brands in realistic environments -- such as EA's
Burnout Paradise
, as it
recently revealed
. And as Townsend points out, the fantasy genre is the dominant format in Asia, much more prevalent than in the West.
He explains, "What we dont do in the West is we dont put ads inside fantasy games, because it destroys the context of the game, and the ad is not contextually relevant. So we stick to key genres such as sports and social games. In that way, it supports the realism of the game both for the consumer as well as benefits the advertisers."
So what are IGA's options in Asia? Townsend says, "Whilst the Asian games are funded by microtransactions, there are also many opportunities to do around the game and in-game ads, to some extent, with pre-roll and postroll video and different formats we can be rolling out."
He continues, "I suspect the kind of revenue in Asia would be quite substantial. A lot of the focus there has been microtransactions, but there are many other ways through which to monetize games with ad formats, and the Asian companies are very open to this."
The Ferrari Of In-Game Ad Networks?
Of course, IGA is not the only company eyeing the lucrative ad industry around video games. Double Fusion, for example, notably has begun retrofitting back catalog titles for ads, and supports interactive ad elements. We asked Townsend directly why IGA is different.
"Its a fine line; it may be a nuance," Townsend says, "But our focus is predominantly on mainstream gaming titles, be it PC or console, whereas Double Fusion is not so mainstream. Yes, you can have all sorts of interactive ads inside what you might call B and C-type games, but its unlikely something like that would be in
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Both EA and Activision have adopted IGA's standards for ad formats -- but recently, Sony Group CEO Howard Stringer and Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick
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about the long-term prospects for in-game ads. "There is a limit to the amount of money available," Stringer noted, and Kotick said that "young people don't like advertising that much... It's early days. I wouldn't go in that direction myself."
Townsend insists those quotations were taken out of content. "Bobby Kotick is saying there are not enough ad dollars to completely support the production cost of any given game -- and that's completely correct. In-game ads will never make gaming free, and will never completely offset production costs. I don't disagree."
However, Townsend's shooting to pitch in, at least. "We hope in game ads will go on to support up to 15-20 percent of production costs -- but nowhere near 100 percent." He stressed that the ad dollars at present are far from insubstantial, and anticipates they'll keep growing to between 1 and 2 billion dollars.
Townsend promises there'll be proof soon. "I think what you will find is that in-game ads will be established as a new strategic ad channel," he began. "We're currently undertaking a very, very big research project with Nielsen and a number of other major publishers to prove the effectiveness of in-game ads. We're announcing the results shortly -- but when those results are released, this will remove any final inhibitions that publishers may have about allocating ad budgets to gaming."
By The Numbers
We asked Townsend to break down those numbers a little bit further, to help paint a picture of the near future, at least, of the in-game advertising industry. "On average, for every game sold, we probably generate about $1 to $1.50, or $2.00 in ad revenue for the publisher. And we expect that as the acceptance of in-game ads increases, that number will go as high as $3 or $4 dollars per unit sold."
Townsend also believes the game industry has yet to really maximize all of its avenues for revenue. "If you look at the movie industry, there are all sorts of ways of monetizing it -- through DVDs, merchandise, et cetera. One of the things the game industry has suffered from is that the only way to monetize a game is at retail. With the cost of next-gen games for PS3 and Xbox 360 at retail, there is a desperate need for new revenue streams, and in-game ads are definitely one of these."
A Picture Of The Future
So can game consumers expect the prevalence of ads in games to increase? "Expect more than you currently see now," Townsend says. "What you won't see is -- you're used to seeing five different brands in
Need For Speed
. It's not like in two years you will see 30 or 40. There's always a gentle balance between advertisements and the share of voice -- which means an appropriate amount of brands in game without flooding it. So instead you'll see a wider variety of games that incorporate advertising, and the availability of ad space within games will increase as well."
But aesthetic trends and top sellers within the game industry depends, most of all, on the consumer's taste. The U.S. market has already begun to show the influence of Asian business models and art styles -- what would happen if the year's top-selling console titles were fantasy games, or if the trend shifted to disfavor realism disproportionately?
Townsend's not worried. "There is definitely enough inventory out there to support the very aggressive growth of the in-game ad sector over the next few years. At the moment, less than 5 or 10 percent of all valid games have been monetized -- the industry is still quite early. Two or three years ago, publishers were giving us one or two games at a time. Publishers are prepared to release 30 or 40 games. Two years ago, there was maybe less than 10 or 15 million dollars per year in advertising revenue, because we had a limited reach. But as we now bring more games in a huge way into our network, so our ability to generate multiples of revenue is increased as well."
So what's IGA Worldwide looking forward to this year? Townsend is enthusiastic about the Asian market. "One of our key focuses over the next six months is Korea, Japan and China. We're rolling out the rest of our widely European operation in 6 or 7 key markets across Europe. And the U.S. is a very exciting market right now, and we'll be making some big announcements later this year."
He concluded, "More and more, we're working with big media companies, trading media and movie licenses -- not just game publishers -- that we have on our roster now. They're some fairly significant media companies as well."
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wisetara wrote:The Maya. Your people are the Maya, not the Mayans. And that's also why I'm not getting this shirt. I'm okay with fun inaccuracies about the world ending, but the Mayan people are called the Maya. Not the Mayans.
Yeah, sorry. English is my third language. This is correct.
Grammatical issues aside, it's also just painfully ironic that the name of the shirt is "Still Alive" and 98% of the time I have to tell people that the Maya are still alive at all since terrible history classes have convinced people that we're all dead. We're not.
Even though I checked American Apparel's size chart, this shirt is ridiculously small. Like, I thought it was a kid's shirt rather than a junior woman's size. I love woot's shirts but this size is ridiculous. I'm giving it to my 10 year old, it happens to fit him pretty well.
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Marlene Byrne remembers playing games of Kick the Can and Ghost in the Graveyard when she was a little girl in Wisconsin. But now the mother of two thinks backyard play has been lost in the shuffle of kids' overscheduled lives, and she's on a mission to bring it back.
Bryne, of Chicago, has recently written three books for children, each one focusing on a different backyard game. The characters in the book live in Chicago's Edgebrook neighborhood, where Bryne and her family live, and take on treasure hunts with friends or Follow the Leader on a rainy, muddy day.
"Backyard play was such a part of my childhood. But I felt like my children and others were losing some of those games, like Kick the Can and treasure hunts," Byrne says. "Each book will feature a specific game. Instead of organized baseball, this is the backyard pick-up game. In this book, the kids don't have enough players so they have to modify the field a little bit."
At the end of each book, Byrne gives families tips on how to play the game and some variations of the game. "We hope that (these books) become an opportunity for kids to read and then go out and play these games," says Byrne, who has three more books in the works focusing on other backyard games.
"It's not just about the books, it's about this philosophy of parents getting their kids out to play," Byrne says. "It's OK not to schedule every single moment of their life. Getting a group of kids together to make forts or telling them to bring flashlights to play in the yard is a good thing. For many parents, it's a sigh of relief. It's something that's just fun."
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Gill Linton: Why The Gap Sponsorship Of "American Woman" At The Met Doesn't Make Any Sense
Gill Linton explores the disconnect between the brand and the "American Woman: Fashioning An American Identity" exhibit.
American Woman: Fashioning an American Identity at The Met, is a history of how fashion has influenced the role of women in culture or vice versa – it wasn't entirely clear to be honest. Sponsored by Gap, the fashion and marketing snob in me was curious to see how the brand has been part of this historical journey.
I had hoped to see how women challenged mediocrity through the clothes they wore, and not just the whole repression/women's lib thing. I really wanted to learn about designers that have pushed people's imaginations, their influence in culture and how we live and dress today. Which is where I figured Gap would have been a creatively relevant part of the exhibit.
There are the beginnings of an interesting narrative journey in the exhibit, but it could have been a much more interactive and illuminating exploration, rather than what felt like a dumb-down version. If it was designed for a mainstream Gap consumer, then that's where the brands connection ends.
The story starts in the 1820's with the 'greyhound' female form, a specifically American slender shape that international designers preferred to showcase their clothes. Look how far we haven't come in terms of the skinny model debate. I'd love to have seen some kind of commentary, or better still, a debate brought to life around this topic.
It is amazing how incredibly well constructed and detailed the gowns of the early 1900's are, and I wanted to know how they were inspired to accomplished so much. You can't really get a sense of how small their waists were back then until you see them up this close. Call me a strategic planner, but I'd have thought to really understand the identity of American Women, you'd want to explore why they felt the need for their waists to be that small?
Based on the ball gowns on display, the silhouettes and designs were essentially the same but different, which is a common theme throughout all the decades featured in the exhibit. I wanted to see the breakout influences, the sub-cultures and styles that were the catalysts of change.
One of the standout periods for me was the 1890's, where imaginative forms really came into play – literally, because women broke out of their twee, inactive lives for more social sporting activities and abstract structures were created to assist riding sidesaddle, for example. I would love to have seen how this influenced designers today.
The most amazing thing to me is that they produced such high quality, imaginative and detailed designs without the technology and creative influences designers have today. A puff sleeved sweater from the 1890's, so perfect that it looked machine made.
Cica 1895 Sweater that could easily be circa 1985.
During the Bohemian period, a sense of fashion as a personal statement took hold. At this point of the exhibit however, it's apparent that fashioning a national identity was very much a collective endeavor and subcultures within mainstream style didn't exist, or rather, they weren't included. Perhaps that's for another exhibit at the New Museum.
But, you do get a sense of where contemporary designer inspiration comes from here. For example, an early Pleats Please, a technically brilliant accomplishment for its time, and familiar designer names such as Lanvin – an equally brilliant accomplishment that the brand has retained it's cache and relevance for so long.
On paper, Flapper girls were the New York Lower East Side Hipsters of their day. Hipless, waist-less and flat chested women, smoking Lucky Strikes and drinking bootleg gin, through bright red lips. Another missed opportunity to connect the exhibit to contemporary culture.
For me, the first signs of real individuality started to show in the 1930's, and the 'Golden age of Hollywood,' when women embraced glamour, like this Travis Banton dragon dress. (Look out for dragons on the runway in the next few seasons?) Banton was the chief designer at Paramount Pictures and is considered one of the most important Hollywood costume designers of the 1930s. (I didn't learn that from the exhibit, maybe I missed it in the audio guide?)
Travis Banton dress. 1934.
And that's where they decided the foundations that shaped today's American Woman ended. No Flashdance, no punk, no Sex and the City. Maybe that's because these influences are merely incarnations of what has been before, proving my point that Vintage is the Future of Fashion.
And apparently Gap played no role in fashioning American Women either.
Slapping a logo on something and expecting the association to pay off, doesn't make sense, on any level, to any brand. If I asked the Gap client should sponsorships communicate a brands point of view in an honest, relevant and authentic way, they wouldn't say no.
So, what did Gap, the khaki, denim and t-shirt brand, notorious in its struggle stay 'in fashion', gain from sponsoring this very high end, couture lead exhibit?
According to Marka Hansen, President of Gap, North America, "The theme of the exhibition is a natural fit for Gap and the significant role the brand has played in shaping the lifestyle of the American woman through its versatile American style, which is continuously reinvented to reflect whatever is culturally relevant at that given moment in time."
He goes on to say, "The exhibition looks at historical portrayals of the American woman to achieve a better understanding of how she is perceived today. The active American woman is known around the world for her independent spirit, and Gap is famous for creating the everyday fashion that celebrates her as an individual."
I get the feel good factor, because their sponsorship made the exhibit possible, and I get the American Woman – classic American brand thing, but there was no connection between anything in the exhibit and the brand. Is it because Gap has always struggled with its own identity? Which makes its sponsorship of an exhibit about fashioning identity, ironic.
For me, this collaboration is another example of why the fashion-marketing model is flawed, and why even fashion brands need a 'brand strategy' beyond 'celebrating individuality', which let's face it, every brand claims to. But without knowing what their well-defined point of view is, (I believe there's a little pitch going on right now for someone to work it out,) I can't say for sure if the Gap would ever make sense for this exhibit.
American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity is at The Metropolitan Museum, New York until August 15, 2010.
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Gill is a freelance creative strategist in New York, and this is her planner's perspective on the business of fashion. You can contact her at email@example.com.


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Opening The Old Testament
The Hope of the Birth: Advent Reflections on Isaiah 7:10-16
This is the fourth reflection in our Advent Series, "The Hopes and Fears of All the Years," by biblical scholars and preachers John C. Holbert and Alyce McKenzie. For an overview of the series with links to all the reflections, click here.
Fourth Sunday in Advent
Isaiah 7:10-16
It seems unimaginable that anything new could be said about this passage from Isaiah. It has played such a huge role in the evolving theology and faith convictions of the Christian community. This has been so since some in the earliest community of Christians appropriated Isaiah's words as prefiguring the miraculous birth of Jesus. Indeed, in some modern communities of faith this belief in the virginal conception of Jesus has become nothing less than a litmus test of correct belief, and those who do not so believe are excluded from that community. It is always useful to reiterate what happened to make this belief important for some. It is in this case a problem of linguistic ambiguities.
Isaiah announces in 7:14 that God will give Ahaz, king of Judah, a sign. Ahaz has piously refused to ask for a sign from God, but it seems clear that his refusal has less to do with piety than with fear, fear of the kings of Israel and Aram who are anxious that Ahaz join them in an axis against the gathering might of the Assyrians. Isaiah warns Ahaz that such an alliance will be doomed, because both Aram and Israel, the northern kingdom, are soon to be destroyed by those same Assyrians. It turns out that the prophet is quite right, though the complete destruction is delayed until 721 B.C.E. (perhaps a decade after the prophecy), when the northern kingdom of Israel is wiped off the map.
But the sign that Isaiah proposes to give to the reluctant Ahaz is that "the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and (she) shall call his name Emmanuel." We will say more of this below, but the linguistic point now is that the text says "the young woman." This woman is known by the prophet, hence the definite article that designates her, and she is called in Hebrew 'almah. Several hundred years later, when Greek became the language of the known world, made so by the great conquests of Alexander late in the fourth century B.C.E., it became necessary to translate the Hebrew Bible into Greek in order that the many Greek readers could have access to it. This translation was called the Septuagint, based on the Greek number 70, because the myth developed that 70 translators went into 70 different rooms and came forth with precisely the same translation! Anyone who has translated anything from one language to another knows all too well how improbable such a myth is! But in the Greek version of Isaiah 7:14, the Hebrew 'almah was translated as parthenos, a word often, but not always, meaning in Greek "virgin." Hebrew 'almah never means virgin; that word in Hebrew is bethulah. It is certain that Isaiah's image of the young woman had nothing to do with her virginal status. However, both Matthew and Luke (although not Mark and John), readers of the Greek Old Testament, read parthenos at Isaiah 7:14 and proclaimed that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary.
John C. Holbert is the Lois Craddock Perkins Professor Emeritus of Homiletics at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas, TX.
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Alex Apyan
2009: Did not see any game action.
2008: Nominated to attend the International Scholar Laureate Program (ISLP) Delegation on Engineering from May 20-30, 2009 in China ... did not see any game action.
2007: Redshirted after season ending injury.
Hixson High School: Garnered the Wildcats' Special Teams award as a senior ... earned two varsity letters for head coach Todd Windham ... three-sport athlete, competing in football, wrestling, and golf ... member of the state champion golf team in 2004 ... National Honor Society and Beta Club member.
Alexander Cannon Apyan: Born April 28, 1989 ... son of Paul and Laura Apyan ... mother played basketball at Dartmouth, while father played football at Miami (OH) ... brother, Paul, currently is on the golf team at Southern Miss.
Academic Major: Aerospace Engineering.