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The 60-second ad will air during the third quarter of the game, and while Audi did not say how much it is spending on the spot, Ad Age says that a 30-second commercial will average around $4 million for next year's Big Game. Last year, Audi's choose-your-own-adventure "Prom" commercial was the second favorite video in our unofficial poll of readers, but the competition should heat up even more this year with General Motors returning to Super Bowl advertising after taking a year off and Jaguar preparing its first-ever Super Bowl ad to introduce the F-Type Coupe.
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Audi of America today announced its return to the Super Bowl with a :60 spot featuring the all-new Audi A3. The seventh consecutive Super Bowl ad for the brand will air during the big game on February 2, 2014, in the first in-game break after the 3rd quarter kick-off, in the final position of the advertising break.
"We're excited to once again return to America's biggest advertising stage, the Super Bowl, for our seventh consecutive year," said Loren Angelo, Director of Marketing for Audi of America. "As one of the most highly-anticipated viewing events of the year, the Super Bowl is the perfect venue to launch the all-new, technology-advanced Audi A3, set to be a game changing vehicle for Audi in the U.S."
San Francisco-based Venables Bell & Partners is creating the spot. The :60 ad is directed by the acclaimed Noam Murro.
The all-new Audi A3 lineup begins with the A3 sedan, which goes on sale in the spring of 2014. The A3 sedan plays a pivotal role in the soon to be expanding Audi A3 family and will be priced from a base MSRP of $29,900. It will be joined later in the fall of 2014 by the Audi A3 Cabriolet, A3 TDI clean diesel sedan, the high-performance S3 sedan and in early 2015, the A3 Sportback e-tron® gasoline electric plug-in hybrid (PHEV). The Audi A3 family breaks the boundaries and raises the bar as to what is expected out of entry-level luxury vehicles. The A3 marks the first time that an A-segment vehicle will offer MMI® technology, Audi drive select, 4G LTE connectivity and Bang & Olufsen® audio.
Audi year-after-year has delivered highly-rated and innovative Super Bowl campaigns. Last year, Audi posted its Super Bowl spot, "Prom," to its You Tube page along with three alternate endings prior to the game and allowed viewers to choose how they wanted the ad to end. In 2012, Audi's entertaining spot "Vampire Party" showcased the power of progressive engineering with the brand's signature LED headlight technology. In 2011, Audi's "Release the Hounds," featuring the Audi A8 and a cameo by Kenny G, redefined luxury and became the first Super Bowl spot in history to use a Twitter hashtag. To view past Audi Super Bowl spots, please visit YouTube.com/AudiofAmerica.


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text: Estimation of Calorific Value and Grindability of Colombian Caribbean Coals by Multiple Regression and Artificial Neural Networks Developed by: AIChE Type: Conference PresentationConference Type: AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety Presentation Date: April 2, 2014 Duration: 30 minutes Skill Level: Intermediate PDHs: 0.50 Share This Post: Coal is one of the most important raw materials in the world, it is used in a diverse applications such as water treatment, steel production and molecular sieves; however coal is mainly used as fuel in power generation plants. In the power industry the coal must have specific properties to make an affordable, efficient and environmentally responsible generation process, therefore large number of instrumental analysis are required to determine the value of those properties, spending time, equipment and qualified personal. Between many properties measured, there are two that are fundamental for combustion and grinding processes: Gross calorific value and Hardgrove Grindability index.Mathematical models of coal properties – including Gross calorific value and Hardgrove grindability index– have been developed, mainly, to reduce the number of instrumental analysis, determining the mathematical relations of certain properties with parameters that are taken from more simple analysis. Although mathematical models generalizing performance of properties are the goal, in empirical models of Coals this is very difficult, due to coal heterogeneity; hence empirical models are often developed for coals of specific locations, where the estimation of properties becomes the main goal.Due to the above, added to the lack of studies of Caribbean Colombian Coals, in this study we aim to find through multiple regression and artificial neural networks an empirical mathematical model to determine Gross calorific value and Hardgrove grindability index for Colombian Caribbean Coals using the data from proximate and ultimate analysis as regressors.In the development of this research, we collected data from three different coal mines, we applied parallelly the regression method and the artificial neural network and finally we compared the two mathematical models to determine which of two methods showed a better performance. After that we made a comparison of our final model with another mathematical models published in the international literature applied to studied coals. Finally we established some criteria to determine which procedure – of the two utilized in this study - use when somebody wants to predict certain property.Copyright © American Institute of Chemical Engineers. All rights reserved. Preview Presentation: Presenter(s): Yamid Ali Gomez Rueda Once the content has been viewed and you have attested to it, you will be able to download and print a certificate for PDH credits. If you have already viewed this content, please click here to login. Checkout Checkout Do you already own this? Log In for instructions on accessing this content. Pricing AIChE Member Credits 0.5 AIChE Members $15.00 AIChE Undergraduate Student Members Free AIChE Graduate Student Members Free Non-Members $25.00


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SeasonsPosted: May 15, 2014 at 1:00 am
The beginning of Ecclesiastes 3 reads: "There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven- time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance." …And so on.
For myself, and following in that thought, I would say: "A time to start a webcomic and a time to stop a webcomic."
I've been posting From Nothing for just over a year, and it's been fun, but it's time to turn my attentions elsewhere.
There are two main reasons… First, between my growing responsibilities at my job, a three hour daily commute, and my responsibilities to family, church, and life in general, finding time to meet a weekly webcomic schedule is increasingly difficult.
And second, I'm feeling the urge to stretch my creative wings. From Nothing provided me a way to express my thoughts, but it wasn't the place to push my skills, to see what I am really capable of as an illustrator. I'd like to use what little time I have exploring that more.
That doesn't mean I will never do another strip, I certainly might, but it will be on a strictly blue moon basis. The every Monday schedule is simply impossible at this stage of life.
So, friends, it's been a blast. I'll be FaceBooking and Twittering on occasion if I come up with something cool, or have a stray thought or two, but outside of that I'm signing off… for now.
May the God Who Provides bless you all to overflowing, may His peace fill your hearts, and may the saving name of His One and Only Son spread like wildfire.


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"Today, Minnesota has shown the nation the meaning of the words 'fairness' and 'momentum.' In just six months, Minnesota has gone from facing and rejecting a marriage discrimination ballot measure that many assumed would pass, to emphatically passing this affirmation of the freedom to marry and the value of all families in the state.
"We congratulate the many people and organizations who worked very hard on this bill, including Project 515, OutFront Minnesota, and Minnesotans United for All Families. After Governor Dayton's promised signature of this bill into law, we will continue to work shoulder-to-shoulder with all Minnesotans to ensure that this law is implemented smoothly. We also will continue our partnerships with Minnesota advocates to ensure that businesses and licensed social services agencies are not permitted to turn people away based on sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, or other discriminatory grounds.
"Pre-existing Minnesota law and some new language in the marriage bill give religious organizations in the state much broader permission to discriminate than is allowed in other states. This discrimination can be very harmful. Businesses and agencies that provide essential services to those who are most vulnerable should serve everyone without discrimination. This means that religious organizations that choose to run a business to make a profit, or that provide licensed social services to the general public, should have to follow the same rules as everyone else engaged in those activities.
"Minnesota's tremendous success in allowing all couples to celebrate their love and commitment through marriage is in keeping with the state's great traditions of freedom and fairness. Today's passage of this bill is another big step forward, and Lambda Legal will stand firm with our Minnesota allies in the continuing fight for fully equal treatment of LGBT families in 'Land of 10,000 Lakes.'"


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Rockstar: (Checking out the weather forecast from the HK Observatory App on my phone) Mum! Typhoon 8! It may even go up to Typhoon 10!
Me: Even if it drops to a T3 you won't be going to camp tomorrow.
Rockstar: Then what are you going to do to entertain me?
Kinda lucky I'd recently stocked up on McQueen stuff for when my mum left, because the last time Rockstar had wept quietly. It was pretty heartbreaking because he doesn't cry very often, and he didn't even say anything til I saw him and asked, whereupon he wiped his tears with the back of his hand and said, "I'm just sad Grandmum's gone. I miss her." So this time I kept reminding him when the grandparents would be leaving, because they had their own lives to go back to. The McQueen stuff was to "illustrate" how he "had (his) own life to get back to as well."
The storm reached T9 last night – Kindergartens are closed from a T3 and up; offices, the stock market etc from T8 onwards. Rockstar was bouncing off the walls from being kept indoors and away from summer camp to boot – in between his piling all the pillows and blankets up and trying to make home videos of himself hurling into them, and of course McQueen races, I did try to talk to him about the weather. Namely how wind, thunderstorms and lighting come about. He's taking an empty ziplock bag for his Show n Tell – and telling everyone he has wind in it.
I shall NOT elaborate on the fart jokes his father then tried to squeeze in. Hope those don't make it to school as well… Maybe I can also convince him to take his Lego weather satellite along…
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The other, who was beloved by Meleager, and hunted the Calydonian boar, is the one mentioned in the kn.
"Then how do you kn—" She stopped in confusion, biting her lips.
Servant was, so to speak, the old technical term for a lover; cf. serveth, kn.
Falcon, fol′kon, or faw′kn, n. a bird of prey formerly trained to the pursuit of game: a kind of cannon.
Chaucer speaks of the lace of love, and the lace of Venus; kn.
D—don't you kn—know any b—b—better 'n t—to g—get c—c—caught th—that way?
Startling, moving suddenly; the frequentative form of starting, which Chaucer preferred when repeating this same line in his kn.
"S—s—ssomeb—b—body ought t—to kn—n—now ab—bout it," Harry observed.
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Husbands who do 'her' chores have less sex, study findsWed Jan 30, 2013
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With an aging baby boomer generation, careers in the fields of healthcare and wellness continue to grow, and most of them require specific skills and certifications. However, even though clinical and technical skills are essential, human skills are what will make you successful, such as the ability to work in a team, strong customer/patient service skills, and a demonstrated passion for your work.
According to the "Best Careers in 2012" reported by U.S. News & World Report, job growth in healthcare is expected to be much faster than average—the country is expected to add 582,000 new R.N. jobs by 2018, a growth rate of more than 22 percent, according to U.S. Labor Department projections. The greatest growth within the profession will be in physicians' offices. Also, there is a strong increase in the need for trained wellness practitioners such as exercise science, nutrition, personal and strength trainers.
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The U.S. Department of Labor projects that service-providing industries will increase 96 percent of the total job increase from 2008 to 2018, with health care and social assistance leading much of that increase, specifically physicians' offices, home health care, services for elderly and persons with disabilities and nursing care facilities. The demand for registered nurses (RN's) and home health aides will add the most jobs.
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Bonfire of the Vanities [1990]
Handle with care--this one's a bomb! Director Brian De Palma seemed an unlikely choice to transfer Tom Wolfe's mammoth bestseller-- a vibrantly satiric story about race, politics, and greed in 1980s New York--to the screen. In this case, the first impression was correct. Made with a tin ear to everything that made the book so real, the movie gets it wrong every time, starting with casting Tom Hanks in the central role (which, as anyone with brains knew, should have been played by William Hurt). Move along to the choice of Bruce Willis for the sneaky British tabloid journalist and, well, need I say more? As stylish as any De Palma film, this story of a Wall Street broker whose extramarital shenanigans trigger a racial incident that becomes front-page news gets no help from Michael Cristofer's tone-deaf script. After watching it, read Julie Salomon's behind-the-scenes book about its making, The Devil's Candy, which is much more entertaining. --Marshall Fine
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I was at dinner last evening, and halfway through the pudding, this four-year-old child came alone, dragging a little toy cart. And on the cart was a fresh turd. Her own, I suppose. The parents just shook their heads and smiled. I've made a big investment in you, Peter. Time and money, and it's not working. Now, I could just shake my head and smile. But in my house, when a turd appears, we throw it out. We dispose of it. We flush it away. We don't put it on the table and call it caviar.
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Upon leaving university, Borlaug joined The Rockefeller Foundation, a philanthropic humanitarian organization. His task: with a small team, to help develop agriculture in Latin America, by creating a productive wheat strain with disease resistance, which was also adaptable. By crossing different wheat strains over the course of several years, he was able to develop resistant, strong, productive strains, with short, thick stems to prevent them from collapsing under the wheat's weight. These seeds were distributed throughout Mexico and, by 1963, Borlaug's wheat made up 95% of Mexico's wheat production. Mexico's wheat harvest also was six times larger than it had been in 1944. In 20 years, Borlaug had turned Mexico from a grain importer to an exporter.
Borlaug started similar programs in Africa in the 1980s. In 1984, he set up the SAA (Sasakawa Africa Association) with Japanese philanthropist Ryoichi Sasakawa, to continue his work in Africa training farmers. As a result, food production there has increased dramatically.
Environmentalists began to oppose his methods, with the argument that spreading the same few strains of wheat worldwide was not good for biodiversity. Borlaug countered the argument by stating that, if said environmentalists were starving in third-world countries, they, too, would want food and would despise those in the western world trying to oppose that. He continued his work across the globe until his illness and death on September 12, 2009, at the age of 95.
In 1970, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his successes in increasing the world's food supply. At first, he believed it to be a hoax; but he had indeed won it for saving the lives of millions, even hundreds of millions across the globe. Among the other awards that he has received are the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977, the highest civilian award given by the President of the US, and the Congressional Gold Medal, an award of similar prestige given by Congress, in 2007.
I believe that Norman Borlaug is a hero because he was, after all, a man who saved as many as a billion lives. Personally, although he has not impacted me directly, I believe that he is most certainly one of the heroes of history. Many of the heroes of the world are those who pull people from burning buildings and such. Writing this article has helped me to realize that saving lives doesn't only mean those kinds of things. Making a big difference in the world can happen in many ways.
Norman Borlaug: The Legend
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Animation looping glitch (confirmed)
Re a longer post I submitted recently:
Execute the following as the only (or final) contents of a notebook
Do[Plot[x^k, {x,0,1}, PlotRange->{{0,1}, {0,1}}], {k,1,4}]
Then Select All cells (cmd-A); Animate (cmd-Y); and hit the up or down
arrow keys a few times or click the vertical bars in the control strip
to pause the animation.
Single-stepping the animation backward using the up/down? arrow key will
now take you down to the k=1 plot, then loop back up to the k=4 plot.
Single-stepping the animation forward using the down/up? arrow key will
take you up to the k=4 plot, but will NOT loop back down to the k=1 plot
(although the free-running animation does seem to loop around OK).
Adding another cell (even a header or text cell) at the end of the
notebook, however, so that there is another cell after the k=4 plot,
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I disagree with Scott.
Even if you have the money to buy what he wants you to buy, your skill and knowledge of editing, compositing, etc must be of the highest level. Not only that, he didn't mention the computing power and huge storage requirements
I don't have the money to purchase a 5d mark 3 or a 1d. But I plan to use these cameras that I have listed (the GH3 soon to come, Canon 7D or the A-77/65) to start getting into competitions and building up my resume along with acquiring the cash to upgrade equipment. I have seen plenty of fine work with these cameras. I did progress a little bit through the Canon line of video cams, starting of with a ZR 200 and then moving to an FS100, which is awesome.
The advancement we have now is due to the same people who pushed the envelop and created the need for better equipment at lower prices. You must realize that what Scott and like him demand are expensive because the technology is not yet mature. And they are not pushed because only niche markets can afford them. When big companies like media or big movie outfits are willing to pay for them are the only people who buy them, there is no incentive to make them cheaper. About 5-6 years ago, you couldn't find even a 720-30p cam even on a 1/4" sensor. Today, you can get a 1080-60p cam even on a U$450ish videocam using 1/2.33 with incredible zoom, high 28mbit rates.
I'm aware of Scott's reputation in the industry and his accomplishments are nothing short of stellar. He too was once starting out as a student, but has risen to where he is today and to where I will eventually be. I believe he himself and his work is more than familiar with pushing the envelope. Anyone with his background would have to be top notch and innovative as well as resourceful. I don't believe any of us ever stop learning until the day we give up. I for one will never give up and even after I have reached one goal I am always busting my hump to get to the next level of achievement. I thrive on it. I need it as much as a man needs oxygen to live. I believe we all do. No matter if you are choosing to distribute your work on youtube or happen to be fortunate enough to have a major studio deal. We all want to see our art go forward into the world. There are many different levels of success and we each define that for ourselves. My competition is not the man or woman sitting across from me, it is myself.
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Good to see the SF Examiner joining the debate on the nationwide anti-car movement that's being waged by the Obama administration:
The man Obama appointed in 2009 to manage the Department of Transportation is former Illinois Republican Rep. Ray LaHood, who a few months ago promised to put cars and bicycles on "an equal footing" in federal funding decisions. In an October interview, LaHood denigrated the "traditional people in Congress who like the idea that we continue to build roads and bridges and things like that," as opposed to the "big things" he and Obama support, including enormously expensive forms of government-subsidized mass transit. LaHood has become an outspoken proponent of what rabid environmentalists misleadingly call "livability." (emphasis added)
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I just grew a phantom *** specifically so that I could get hard for this.
Deadpool, Typhoid Mary, Domino... decent budget. Haven't been this excited since Batgirl: Spoiled.
Well is better if we take the fact Chris has a smaller budget that those guys.
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My name ia Damian Vargas & I play the physical character of Deadpool in Chris R. Notarile's "Deadpool: The Webseries" I am wrting cuase we desperately need immediate help!
I am writing in hopes we can get just smidge of support from fellow geeks, cosplayers & nerds. I work for an indie/fanfilm director here in the Northeast called Blinky Productions run my Chris R. Notarile.
We started a fan film project a little over a month ago called Deadpool: The Webseries. We are doing this all on our own, making no profit. Our debut episode was a HUGE success on Youtube that IMDB picked us up & we have a profile. Episode 2 was even bigger nearly hitting 4000 hits in 2 days. Debuting at #2 on IMDB's list of top series (out of 598) & the next day hit #1. We got a lot of press & fan fare. Not just from fanboys, but regular non-comic book reading adults who never heard of the character & said they would be running out to get books and merchandise cause of what we did.
Well yesterday Marvel pulled the series & 14 other films Chris did. Mind you all other fanfilms related to Deadpool still stand. So basiclly he was singled out. Either by a fellow indie director upset of the fast attention & rise Blinky Productions got or by Marvel themselves.
I am writing pleading for your support by kindly signing the online petition that was created by a fan of the series work without any influence from anyone associated within Blinky Productions or Chris himself.
I am literally asking your help for an independent film artist chasing a dream while entertainf fans & creating a new audience.
Marvel has removing us has caused quite a stir with our fans we fastly gained. As I mentioned the Deadpool WebSeries from youtube along with all other Marvel fan films from Blinky Productions youtube channel. I need your help as does Chris R. Notarile.
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WB see a guy that made an amazing fan film about Mortal Kombat and hired the guy.
Worst since they let many guys keep their Deadpool videos.
Screw Disney and his anti Fan Film ideas.
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Euro At 1.5900 as Oil Up, Stocks Down - Another Run At 1.60?
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The very familiar "macro merry go around" of higher oil, lower equities and higher euro continued to play out as a new week of trading commenced in the currency markets. The failure to make progress on the Geneva nuclear talks with Iran over the week-end provoked fears of fresh sanctions against the Islamic regime and helped push oil higher, stocks lower and rallied the EURUSD in the process. The pair hit 1.5900 in early European trade as once again currency traders flocked to the euro on safe haven concerns.
If macro themes continue to dominate trade this week the EURUSD could make another run at the key 1.60 barrier, but as the calendar unfolds the unit could become progressively more vulnerable to micro factors, most notably the IFO report due Thursday night. As we stated in our weekly, "If the IFO reading prints … below the psychologically key 100 level the sell of in EURUSD could accelerate as the focus will shift away from the unit status as the pre-eminent anti-dollar instrument back to concerns over its yield."
Adding further obstacles to any meaningful EURUSD rally was a report today in FT which described plans by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to boost political accountability of the ECB. Specifically Mr. Sarkozy wanted the ECB to publish the minutes of it meeting – a measure that could derail its independence by making national representatives who sit on the board of the central bank vulnerable to political pressure.
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In short another run at 1.60 is quite possible but we doubt the EURUSD may muster much momentum beyond that point unless systemic risk in the US continues to escalate. To that end today's Bank of America earnings will be of key interest to currency traders as they remain focused on the state of the US financial sector. Friday's better than expected results from Citibank helped the buck to move away from the 1.6000 figure, but if BOA news is negative it may return there once again.
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Gun owners are being warned to check security measures after thieves stole 15 weapons and at least 5000 rounds of shotgun ammunition from an Auckland gun collector's home.
Thieves stole the firearms, including semi-automatic weapons, in a break-in at the Bucklands Beach property, between 9am and 5pm yesterday, police say.
Police said it was a reminder to other gun owners that their weapons were a target for gangs and criminals involved in the drug trade.
Assistant Police Commissioner Malcolm Burgess said that in a small number of cases, such as yesterday's burglary, it was suspected people legally possessing restricted weapons were being targeted.
"We know gang members and other criminals like the prestige and reputation they get from illicit firearms," he said.
Police estimated more than 950 firearms were stolen in New Zealand each year, and in more than half of the cases more than one firearm was taken.
Intelligence collected by police showed a link between the illegal drugs trade and possession of firearms.
"We regularly receive reports of gang members using firearms for stand-over tactics and inter-gang rivalry, often as part of protecting illegal drug syndicates," Burgess said.
Yesterday's burglary comes on the eve of Operation Unification, an Australasian-wide two-week campaign aimed at encouraging the public to report firearms in the possession of unlicensed holders.
Burgess said there was a small sub-culture of people who thought it was fine for them to hold guns without a licence or appropriate security.
"Anyone who possesses firearms is required by law to hold a licence," he said.
"If you know that weapons are in the hands of people without a licence, we encourage you to report it for the safety of all those around you."
People could call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or call their local police station.
Police said it was believed the owner of the stolen firearms in Buckland's Beach had complied with appropriate storage and security measures.
Investigations into the break-in are continuing.
A car number plate was found discarded at the property, along with a crow-bar and trolley jack.
The plate, EAL626, belonged to a car that was cancelled on December 28, 2013.
Firearms taken:
"Caesar Guerini" (brand)
1 x Forum 12 gauge field gun
1 x Forum 12 gauge sporter impact
1 x Elipse Evo 20 gauge field gun and another 28 gauge barrel
4 x semi automatic shotguns "Browning" (brand)
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1 x Winchester Martini Actim .22 collection gun
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Police earlier said the suspects were believed to have travelled in a white truck to the Buckland's Beach house but now said that was not likely to be the case.
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I've just arrived back from the USA where I had a great time learning some martial arts and enjoying the sun. Now I'm back and it is a heatwave here too!
One thing I rally noticed (that I always tend to in the USA) is that people generally seem a lot more positive. Even in giving feedback the experience is completely different. For example, in learning a new technique the feedback often started with words like 'amazing' or 'inedible'. To an English person these powerful words often seem out of place – in fact my first thought was even 'are you kidding'!
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No stranger to derby matches during his own days as a player, Toronto FC manager Ryan Nelsen knows emotions run high whenever Toronto and Montreal meet.
But not as high as when Nelsen's Blackburn Rovers played nearby Burnley.
"The most intense game I've ever experienced," Nelsen said Tuesday of the Lancashire matchup between the northwest English neighbours. "I've experienced Tottenham-Arsenal but it was nowhere near the Blackburn-Burnley one. There's a real hatred there."
Nelsen recalled how a female police officer was knocked out by a Burnley fan who had invaded the field hoping to get a piece of Blackburn midfielder Robbie Savage. That 2005 FA Cup meeting also saw a breakdancing male streaker and a coin thrown at a Burnley player, even though there were 600 police on duty.
"It's absolutely huge," Nelsen said Tuesday of the Blackburn-Burnley rivalry. "It's way bigger than most people know in England."
Nelsen gets a taste of the Toronto-Montreal rivalry on Wednesday as the two meet in the first leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal.
It should be a picnic compared to the so-called "cotton mill derby" of Blackburn-Burnley.
Asked to compare the rivalry with that of the Wallabies-All Blacks rugby Test matches, the New Zealand-born Nelsen told the Guardian newspaper in 2009 that the Australia-New Zealand rugby rivalry was "an absolute yawn festival" in comparison.
The games were rare when Nelson played for Blackburn, which could look down at Burnley from the Premier League. But now both are in the second-tier Football Championship.
The hatred still exists between the two.
"Police warning over Blackburn Rovers v Burnley FC clash" was last month's headline in the Burnley News ahead of the 1-1 tie between the clubs.
A "major policing operation" was promised, with 4,000 Burnley fans told to meet at their stadium at 9:45 a.m. so they could bus to Blackburn.
The same thing happened in 2009 with the Guardian reporting that all 3,000 Burnley fans with tickets to the match at Blackburn's Ewood Park had been ordered to show up at Burnley's Turf Moor stadium at 9:15 a.m. so they could make the 14-mile (22.5-kilometre) journey in a convoy of buses.
That included the poor Burnley season-ticket holder who lived four minutes from the Blackburn stadium.
You can dial down the venom for Toronto and Montreal, although TFC players will remember that Montreal won 2-1 March 16 in MLS play at Olympic Stadium.
With the teams facing a crowded schedule, Toronto and Montreal will both be looking to showcase the depth in their squads Wednesday.
The Impact have had the last 10 days off but face six games in the next 18 starting Wednesday at BMO Field. Toronto gave up a stoppage-time goal in a 1-1 tie with the visiting Houston Dynamo in MLS play Saturday, the opening of their stretch of six games in 18 days.
Montreal (4-1-1) says backup Evan Bush will start in goal at BMO Field while newly signed Italian forward Daniele Paponi is eligible to play. Defender Matteo Ferrari stayed at home with a calf injury.
Nelsen confirmed Tuesday that goalkeeper Stefan Frei will lead out his team against Montreal, meaning nights off for both No. 1 'keeper Joe Bendik and defender-skipper Darren O'Dea.
"We know we have a heavy fixture list coming up," Nelsen said after practice Tuesday. "So yes, of course, the squad's going to be used to its capacity."
Midfielders Reggie Lambe and Jeremy Hall and striker Robert Earnshaw are also expected to be given a rest. Defenders Logan Emory (ankle) and Darrel Russell and Richard Eckersley (both hamstring) are doubtful.
Ashtone Morgan, Danny Califf, Gale Agbossoumonde and Ryan Richter are likely to see action on the backline for Toronto (1-2-4) with the likes of Kyle Bekker, John Bostock and Jonathan Osorio getting their chance in midfield.
Andrew Wiedeman could get his first start up front this season.
FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps at Commonwealth Stadium in the other semifinal Wednesday.
The second legs are slated for May 1 in Montreal and Vancouver with the final set for May 15 and 29.
The tournament winner will represent Canada in the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League.
Montreal won the inaugural Canadian championship in 2008, with Toronto winning from 2009 to 2012.
The Impact have never beaten TFC in Canadian Championship play, losing six games and tying two. Last season, Toronto won 2-0 at home and tied 0-0 at Montreal in the tournament.
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Favourite RPG Element?
We've done this before at RPGDot but it's time to update and see if things have shifted.
What is your favorite single gameplay element in an RPG? Yes, we realise a great game is a synthesis of many or all of these elements but we want to separate them out to find their relative importance. Note that things like "story" have been left out because we're looking at active gameplay - doing something.
Some of these are difficult to define, so here's a rough guide:
Exploration - most designers would argue that interaction with a game is really an exploration of its system environment. In this case, we mean the player-driven discovery of new territory, places and objects; not so much when the game funnels you directly to a new specific location or goal but when you have some discretion (it may be a lot or a little) to uncover new things yourself.
Character interaction - usually dialogue but encompassing everything from quizzing quest NPCs to party banter.
Combat - getting down and dirty. Assume a combat system you really enjoy.
Character development - creation, growth and equipping all rolled together. Putting those extra points in those little boxes. This could be the simple act of increasing power with every level to the meticulous design of plotting out and executing a superior character template to admiring your pimped out dude (or dudette) with their fancy armour and stylish purple cloak. Yes, purple. I like purple, OK?
Questing - has elements of all the others but is more focused. Having that specific task, pursuing it to its heroic conclusion, getting the reward for killing the rats in the basement and ticking it off the quest list - a job well done. One more safe basement in a crazy, dangerorous world.
Puzzles - from subtle how-do-you-discover-the-hidden-thieves-den to those mages that lock the door to their tower with a silly math puzzle and then have a trapped tile pattern in the hall. Are there carpenters out there that specialise in this stuff? Traps-R-Us?
I vote for questing -> When it's done right, you will have lived trough a great story. I think, bkrueger, that this is the option you want. Questing is the story imo.
I'm intentionally ignoring "story" and trying to focus on the things you actually get to do. It' s an imperfect poll but it can lead to discussions such as (just for example), why do we spend so much time in combat if it's well down the list of player preferences (there are good answers for that question, by the way, but this discussion is the precursor).
The points you are talking about (story, immersive world) are features rather than player/game interactions. Go with questing or exploring for you.
NPC interactions is my fav rpg element. And exploring is prob the least. Hence I love bg2, and dislike morrowind..
First choice: Exploration, with NPC interaction a close second.
For me playing a crpg is questing - all other elements are important, too. but without questing a crpg is no crpg.
Npc interaction gets my vote.
For a moment I had tough time choosing between npc interaction and exploration, but suddenly it came to me as clear as the midday sky that exploring beautifull, unique and enormous gameworld without memorable npc personalties and chance to interact with them isn't much of a gameworld at all!
Take the two worlds for example. The world is in every way huge. Heck sometime this vastness is such incomprehensible that you'll get lost in there. Its part of the fun because this straying from the known paths leads often to a discovery, an unique place where you had never gone unless getting sidetracked. Last time I accidently found a beautifull village near the sea. Sadly this fragile illusion was shattered when I approached one of the npcs living in that lonely seaside village.
It goes without saying how badly storyline suffers because of this or why quests lack focus and substance. If they rarely happen to have some sort of consequences I couldn't care less, because npcs are all equally forgettable The game just doesn't feel intresting no matter how hard I try to play it.
Simply because of this sole reason the whole exploration thing feels as fake as the rest of the game. The main character's unability to create relationships with the npcs destroys the immersion for me. I felt like all the npcs were only there to serve him someway: as traders, questgivers (not real persons) and trainers. Rest of them were only there for the sake of holy EXP. When I begin to think the great rpgs I've played till this date. One thing which they all have in common are memorable npcs whom a player can interact with.
Exploring is king. If i have a vast world to explore, I'm in heaven.
I voted "Questing" because in my opinion that option covers both "NPC Interaction" and "Exploration" in one go :)
NPC Interaction wins out in the end. Without the banter from Baldur's Gate and Jagged Alliance 1 and 2, they wouldn't be some of my favourite games to play replay. The interaction makes the world more fleshed out and real.
My favorite isn't on the list -- "choices and consequences." That's different from "story" since it's about the non-linear, character- and player-driven aspects of the story. So I'll vote "present."
Depends on the game though, they're all good routes into storyline and atmosphere. If character development means expressing something through a unique character that's my favourite, if exploration means uncovering a living breathing world that's my favourite, if npc interaction means discovering believable people with a realistic place in the world that's my favourite, if the quests are convincing and meaningfully embedded in the world and the narrative arc they're my favourites.
Combat and puzzles are generally the least interesting though, although they have the most potential to ruin a game if done badly.
Taking out all story aspects though the most meaningless and geeky pleasure I get is from tweaking stats and allocating skill points.
Isn't that interactive storytelling? The very heart of role-play in my opinion - theatre on the fly so to speak.
Exploration is my choice here, in the sense that I usually enjoy RPGs most that are good in that area. However that alone is not enough either, as Oblivion nicely illustrates. I find the choice "questing" somewhat problematic - as you said it really is a a combination of exploring, NPC interaction, combat, puzzle solving, so I can't really see it as a separate element in the same sense as the others.
Collecting / Loot gathering might have been an interesting additional choice, crafting another.
Toss up between questing and exploration for me. It seems to me that questing that is very linear driven boars me, but open areas with weak quests bore me as well!
The funny thing is I didn't even consider Character Interaction, even though one of the things that makes me love BGII so much is how your party interaction determines the ending for each character!
Exploration short before character development in my case.
A game without exploration is definitively less interesting for me.
I felt the need to vote for *something* despite my 'fave' being some sort of balance between story, interaction, choices, consequences, character development and combat … there is no 'magic formula' for me, as my fave RPG's have very different mixtures of those elements …
I must admit that I missed the element "story".
Hard choice for me between exploration and combat, but chose the former with questing a definite third. They're all pretty inter-related, as questing leads to exploring in many cases, and exploring almost always leads to combat, so its all part of the same ball of wax to me.
Still, combat is a very important facet of RPG's for me, as it's both enjoyable in itself and the framework that experience-based leveling is hung on, and so bolsters the other aspect I wanted to pick, character development. (Too many choices! Probably just as well 'consequences of one's actions' wasn't listed or I would have agonized over that as well.) I would say you couldn't have a successful RPG without any of these elements, for me , anyway.
Least important for me are puzzles and NPC interactions. I don't mind them when they're done well, but most times they're more of an annoyance or a cliche.
I presume we focus on CRPGs here? So I vote questing for the story, with NPC interaction being close second, as I prefer to play thieves and diplomats in CRPGs. Exploration is the least favored for me. It's sure great and important element for a good CRPG, but I hate it when they FORCE me to explore by making a pause in the story and giving a wide area to roam, do random quests and find loot until you occasionally stumble upon trigger to continue story.
Situation is quite different for JRPGs, apart from following their usually linear stories, the best thing is to study their always peculiar systems, build up your characters and see how they perform against tough bosses. No option for questing or NPC interaction as it is not that much of a gameplay element for JRPGs.
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Lol! Yeah, he is pretty good, but I'm sure some of that is "how about letting me out?"
Probably, but gotta give it to him; he's got great rhythm. :D
Great find....much more entertaining than Dancing With the Stars...
I think it is sad, reminds me of the polar bears in zoos. Doesn't look like this has anything to do with training considering the way he is kept. Could be an assumption but it resembles more OCD
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Wolfy dog I don't think the dog was trained to dance. I think this was something he just happened to do one day when music was playing and they've found a way to catch it on film. I know nothing of his care or training, but find no reason to think the dog has been ill treated. I'm just enjoying the happy sight of a dog prancing to music. :)
Dancing for a dog takes many hours of training especially to have them do it behind a kennel fence.
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Nobody came away looking good from last night's 60 Minutes story on the Alex Rodriguez doping scandal. A-Rod declined to be interviewed and was portrayed as a vengeful weasel who is afraid of needles. His lawyer, Joe Tacopina, with his "I'm-in-disbelief" routine about the allegations against Rodriguez came across as less than convincing. MLB chief operating officer Rob Manfred had to be prodded to speak frankly about buying evidence from "Bobby" in South Florida. MLB commissioner Bud Selig's puffed-up estimation of A-Rod's villainy only supported the notion that he is on a witch hunt. And Scott Pelley and CBS generally played the part of baseball's Pollyanna.
The most sympathetic character was Anthony Bosch, the pill-popping fake Miami doctor who says he managed Rodriguez's performance enhancing drug schedule, a claim he denied until he became a witness for the league. Bosch says he was paid $12,000 a month to help Rodriguez cheat and personally injected him with steroids. After reading New York magazine's A-Rod cover story in December, it was hard to believe that Rodriguez would entrust his body and his professional reputation to Bosch and the "roster of hustlers out of an Elmore Leonard novel" who surrounded him. But last night, Bosch came away seeming like more of a pharmacological mastermind than a South Florida lowlife.
In his own telling, Bosch had cracked Major League Baseball's drug testing regime and could provide immediate, dramatic, and untraceable boosts to performance on demand. His chief advertisement, and the one that drew A-Rod, he says, was Manny Ramirez, who came to Bosch when he was 35 and saw his home run total nearly double between 2007 and 2008. Bosch would give A-Rod a testosterone lozenge to take at a precise moment before a game and-—ta-da—-Rodriguez would go out and smack a wall-ball double and have clean urine by the time the game was over.
Bosch, in this version of events, is like George Hotz, the teenage hacker who bested Apple and Sony and was eventually hired by Facebook. This would explain why A-Rod would turned to Bosch and why baseball would go after him so forcefully. It would also give the league a powerful cudgel in demanding a more expansive testing regime and stiffer penalties in its Joint Drug Agreement with players. And, as 60 Minutes points, it would help cement Selig's legacy as tough on drug cheats.
But this leaves MLB with a problem. If you believe Bosch, then it's hard not to believe that baseball is helpless to stop performance enhancers. A-Rod never failed a drug test. They caught him because a jilted Bosch associate went to the Miami New Times. That is not a reliable method. Yes, the league knows Bosch's tricks now, but by the time they have adjusted the JDA, won't there be another Bosch turning aging sluggers into timeless hitting machines? Hyping the evil of drug cheats, it turns out, is a short-term boost that does lasting damage.