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Published: January 29, 2007 at 4:09 PMLost Continent has the weaker identity? How do you figure that? If you say because no one has anything to reference it to, then you are somewhat right. No one really reads anymore and the tales of Merlin, Sinbad, and the gods would be left on them. This is the most stand alone part of the park, and the most original. To convert that to something....even if it is Harry Potter....is almost to take away that parks originality.
Published: January 29, 2007 at 4:20 PMYes, I meant "weaker identity" not in that the area is not well-themed, but that the theme is not as uniquely defined as the others in the park. Seuss Landing, Marvel and Jurassic Park could only be Seuss, Marvel and Jurassic Park. Toon Lagoon is, well, toons. But "Lost Continent" could be anything from LotR to Dungeons and Dragons to Harry Potter to a Xena episode without much revamping the area. To me, that flexibility weakens the identity.
Published: January 29, 2007 at 5:36 PMDerek Potter sounds like Harry's jealous little brother. :)
Published: January 29, 2007 at 5:46 PMWell, in order to shine any light on this rumor, you might want to check and make sure Universal even has any ties to the franchise at all. Whatever the case, Harry Potter doesn't really lend itself to toons, nor does Rings. I could, however, see Universal switching things up in Lost Continent. However, with the more or less recent revamping of Poseidon, I doubt there's any validity to these rumors, even if Universal could claim rights.
Still, I'd go just to see it. To be honest, I think they ought to focus a little more on Jurassic Park and work on fixing that up with a new ride. It seems.. lacking compared to the other islands, with its only major draw being the River Adventure.
Published: January 29, 2007 at 5:47 PMIt does lend itself to be anything from those things, becaue it is everything from those things. It takes heavily from the Aurthurian legends and times then to the middle eastern and even to from the mythological bit as well. Its a lost continent of lost times. I think it stands alone in that respect and creates its own identity. It doesnt have to be related to a book or character to have its own voice....Besides, they should dump some money instead into parts of the park that really need it like Jurassic Park, which has two rides one of which everyone can go on.
Published: January 29, 2007 at 6:31 PMYes. But studios without theme parks in certain markets license to other companies all the time. Witness the Nick and DreamWorks characters at Universal. Or the Muppets at Disney, before that purchase was completed.
Checking the U.S. Trademark Office, I didn't see any newly registered Universal trademarks that would tip off the I.D. of a new IoA land. But that doesn't mean the deal couldn't be made to license an existing mark.
Published: January 29, 2007 at 7:38 PMFor several years there have been rumors swirling around the Pensieve about a Harry Potter themepark. I would love to see it happen, but I am very skeptical. JK Rowling is very protective of her enterprise and has been hesitant to consider this option. Personally, I don't see it happening and suspect it's nothing more than muggle dreams. I am also very fond of The Lost Continent, and it is one of my favorite areas in IOA.
Published: January 29, 2007 at 9:23 PMI wish they would add to the park if there is room. My children love Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. I think there is a huge following for these stories that would help Universal truely compete with Disney. I live in Arkansas and when I tell people about Univesal Orlando most of them are not familiar with it and all, the great vacation it offers. I show people the pictures of my kids with the Cat and the Hat and the Grinch, and they are surprised. Universal needs to work on its marketing...
Published: January 30, 2007 at 5:13 AMstuiped stuiped stuiped! DO NOT retheme the Lost Continet area for Harry Potter but put it someplace else as other people have said! I hate Harry Potter...
Published: January 30, 2007 at 9:04 AMHmmm...Harry Potter in IOA, that might work. I personally am a fan of Harry Potter and think it would be a great addition to IOA. But at the expense of re-theming one of the five islands? I would hate that and would prefer that they create a new island. However there is limited space to build in. Assuming one of the lands would have to be re-themed, I am unsure as to what Island I would choose to get rid of as they all have their strong points.
Port of entry: Not much point in changing this to be honest.
Marvel Super Hero Island: With one of the parks main roller coaster attractions and a great theming choice, re-theming this land isn't really such a great idea. Oh, and it has Spiderman which is number one for a reason.
Toon Lagoon: Florida is a hot place. The best place to cool down in IOA is by riding the two main water attractions located at this island. However, in my opinion, whilst the theming is good, the other islands are bettter themed. This could make it elligable for a re-theme since there isn't too much stuff to bulldoze.
Jurassic Park: With a ton of trees all over this island, getting rid of them is an invite for global warming (about as wise as stealing Velociraptor eggs). However, with few attractions in this island, it really isn't a bad idea to get more attractions by adding Potter to this island.
Lost Continent: Whilst Dueling dragons is a great coaster addition, the other attractions can't really hold a candle to it, with Poseidens fury and Sindbad getting mixed reviews on this site. Whilst the theming, as mentioned before, is origanal, it can be easly renovated to suit the needs of a Potter island.
Suess landing: This park is a hit with the kids and has great scenary so re-theming this island isn't such a great idea. The only factor that I can think of that makes this park elligable for re-theming is wether kids these days prefer Harry Potter to Suess Landing.
Published: January 30, 2007 at 11:00 AMNice job Adrian Walker! I liked how you individually seperated the islands and made your points. I personally think that IF they were to re-theme Lost continent, they'd get more good publicity with Harry Potter. Obviously because it attracts more kids and its more family friendly. Not to mention how easy it would be to redesign. I LOVE Lord of the Rings, but not too many kids i know liked or even understood that movie. Now, I dont think it would be a good idea to re-theme toon lagoon. Reason being, it has all the classic cartoons. I like the classics. But, if the theme goes, they better not get rid of those water rides. Like it was previously said, Florida=hot summer. Popeyes and dudley ripsaw falls are the only rides i have ever been on that everytime i get on i get SOAKED!! EVERYTIME!! Well, thats pretty much it.
Published: January 30, 2007 at 3:12 PMIts all about licensing Anthony. Nick had an option with Universal, then the whole company was bought out by Paramount. When the license deal ran out, it was moved out. Dreamworks is in the same boat. They were sold to Paramount, and now while Shrek will not go anywhere, you will not see any new Dreamworks projects go in.
Published: January 30, 2007 at 8:00 PMI've said it before and I'll say it again, keep Lost Continent but add something to it.
Does Star Trek have any association with a studio??? How easy would it be to add to Lost Continent, go classic, go new. Its a timeless concept.
Or, possible rumours about Battlestar Galatica?? Same thing would work there!
Can't see any other lands being changed and no space to add on. Pointless anyway as plenty of people have mentioned that IOA needs some investment to its existing lands!
Published: January 30, 2007 at 8:49 PMNo...Derek Potter is older than Harry Potter, and the brother joke is just a tad old to me. It's kind of like that guy in Office Space named Michael Bolton. I made Potter cool before Harry was a tingle in his daddys pants. Why oh why did a character with my namesake have to be a complete dork. I could live with like...Dirty Harry Potter or something like that.
Anyway, The whole Harry Potter thing should have been done a few years ago at the height of it's popularity. Now the dude who plays him in the movies has a beard, and the franchise is entering into the "really really getting old now and turning into a pop culture joke" phase. By the time they build it, most of the fans will have moved on to something else, with the rest being eternal nerd fans like the trekkies.
Published: January 30, 2007 at 9:45 PMWho has the Transformers license?? A Transformers island would rock!
Published: January 30, 2007 at 11:55 PMI scrolled briefly through the comments, so someone may have mention this.
Why isn't Six Flags picking up this theme? Most of their stuff relates to Looney Toons and DC Comics, which I believe that Warner Bros has the licensing to. Superman, Batman, etc etc.
I think someone needs to pick up the phone and give a call over to WB and make a deal for Harry Potter. It's an theme that would provide great ideas for rides and has a built in audience to help with ticket sales and turns those red number black.
Of course if that doesn't work I am sure WB has plenty of other opportunities for themeing. How does Buffy/Angel/Charmed area sound? Or maybe a Dawson's Creek/One Tree Hill? Seventh Heaven/Gilmore Girls? Casablanca?
Published: January 31, 2007 at 7:58 AMAre you kidding me? Six Flags and Harry Potter theming? Go into a corner and re-think what you just said...
Published: January 31, 2007 at 2:52 PMJ.K. Rowling is too smart to let Six Flags have the rights to Harry Potter.
Published: January 31, 2007 at 4:00 PMOmg! This is so exciting! I definitely think that they will revamp the Lost Continent! That is the part of the park I never cared much for, minus the coasters. I love both HP and LOTR, so either one would rock! Cant wait to see what they do! I wonder when this should be completed! Is there any estimates on when they schedule to have this done, or maybe any of the new attractions? woooo hoooo!!!!
The above was my original thoughts...since thinking about this...how about they rip down that pteradon flyer ride...which is a pointless ride...and build within there, making ANOTHER land. It could take from both Jurassic, and Lost Cont, which both seem to be the only parts of the park that need SOMETHING! Toon lagoon may have most space for such bull dozing as mentioned, but popeye is a great kid stop, as well as the characters that always seem to be popping up there. True, we need something more here at IOA, but why make a park, without some visable growth available? I bet they will definitely surprise us with something cool.
Published: February 1, 2007 at 7:30 AMStar Trek is in Paramount Parks, which I've seen at Kings Island (a while back).
Published: February 1, 2007 at 9:30 AM"...the franchise is entering into the 'really really getting old now and turning into a pop culture joke' phase"
A few weeks ago, the 7th Harry Potter book went on pre-sale in the United Kingdom without a title and release date. 750,000 copies were sold in the first 8 hours making it number 1 on the top sellers list. Getting really really old? Not exactly. I do believe though that if they were to do a Harry Potter theme, it should have been done several years ago. Even though Harry Potter may be more popular with the younger kids, I think Lord of the Rings would fit in to the park much better as it is more fantasy based than Harry Potter and actually takes place in a non-existent world. Lord of the Rings also seems to be more timeless to me for some reason.
Published: February 1, 2007 at 2:44 PMWell...its been kind of confirmed, though not officially. Screamscape is running how their sources have said yes, its going to happen, AND a major attraction for it will be pushed up to 2008. AND it seems that Universal will make an announcement (this not according to anyone that can be named or screamscape) this summer when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is released on July 21st. So this rumor is picking up steam, and everything that was said about disney is probably either a charade, a lie or true....but they sold it for a helluva price tag.
Published: February 1, 2007 at 5:31 PMI'm just saying I think that the Harry Potter craze is coming to an end. Let me ask this...how many presales were there in the US? Harry Potter may be going strong in it's homeland UK, but we are talking about Islands Of Adventure. I'm thinking that the park should invest for the long run, and Harry Potter just isn't going to stick around in the masses hearts that much longer. Call me crazy superfans, but that's what I think. I've been called crazy before.
Published: February 1, 2007 at 8:02 PMIf there is indeed a "major attraction" coming for Harry Potter, what do you think would qualify as a major attraction ? The thoughts that jump out at me would be something quidditch related, but I agree with those that say Harry Potter doesn't seem to fit with the general IOA theme.
Published: February 2, 2007 at 8:36 AMIF they had to transform The Lost Continent, I would have to think that LOTR would fit better. Plus LOTR has been around a lot longer that HP. It's proven it can sustain a fan base for many, many years. I would be very disappointed if IOA put a Harry Potter land in...


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Correcting someone on a misremembered line from a film is the behaviour of a true pub bore. As they didn't say in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: when the misquote becomes the line, use the misquote.
Still, in a bid to protect you from the pedants, Telegraph Men selects the top film phrases we all get wrong…
1. Casablanca
The misquote: Play it again, Sam
The quote: Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'
Fact: more people have now said "Did you know they never actually say 'Play it again, Sam?'" than have said "Play it again, Sam". This is the misquoter's misquote, its place in cinema history cemented when compulsive reference dropper Woody Allen used it as the title of his 1972 film.
2. Dirty Harry
The misquote: Do you feel lucky, punk?
The quote: Being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?
It's easy to see how this one became truncated – the misquote gets across Clint Eastwood's sentiment perfectly while taking a fifth of the time of the original.
3. The Silence of the Lambs
The misquote: Hello, Clarice…
The quote: Good evening, Clarice…
Unfortunately nobody seems to be called Clarice nowadays so this one is hard to roll out in a social setting. The important thing is that you say it while wearing a muzzle.
4. The Empire Strikes Back
The misquote: Luke, I am your father
The quote: No, I am your father
Out by a single word, this one topped LoveFilm's list of memorable misquotes. Luke's reaction to the revelation – an extended, screamed "No!" – is also eminently quotable and has provided the basis for many youtube re-edits.

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|Seasonal and pandemic patterns of Influenza in Portugal
|Gonçalves, Paulo
Nunes, Baltazar
Paixão, Eleonora
Cordeiro, Rita
Pechirra, Pedro
Conde, Patrícia
Arraiolos, Ana
Furtado, Cristina
Guiomar, Raquel
|Infecções Respiratórias
Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09
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|The National Influenza Reference Laboratory has been collecting data on influenza activity in Portugal since 1957 through the National Influenza Surveillance Programme, including information on clinical and virological characteristics of the disease, allowing the estimation of weekly incidence rates for influenza-like illness (ILI). This information has not only been used by the National Health Authorities for the management of the disease, in its several aspects, but has also been contributing to the study of influenza by the World Health Organisation. Particularly during the past decade, the world had been preparing for a long awaited influenza pandemic, which characteristics could not been foreseen but was feared to have potentially devastating consequences. In April 2009 a new strain of influenza A(H1N1) virus of swine origin disseminated throughout the world, resulting in the first pandemic of the XXI century. To face the increasing number of diagnosis being requested, a Network of Associated Laboratories dedicated exclusively to the diagnosis of the new influenza A(H1N1) pandemic virus was activated in our country. The data on influenza collected over the past two influenza seasons, through the National Influenza Surveillance Programme and the Network of Associated Laboratories, is presented and compared. 2. Materials and methods Over 3000 ILI cases were notified to the National Influenza Reference Laboratory and to the Department of Epidemiology of the National Institute of Health, in the context of the National Influenza Surveillance Programme, from week 38/2008 through week 20/2010. The distribution by age group, gender and region, and the signs and/or symptoms present were analysed. Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected for virological characterisation of influenza viruses circulating during this period. The intensity and duration of the epidemic periods were described based on the weekly incidence rates for ILI and as a function of a defined baseline. From week 17/2009 through week 20/2010, over 53.800 ILI cases and respective biological specimens were also notified and analysed by the Network of Associated Laboratories. 3. Results Seasonal AH1, AH3 and B influenza viruses circulating in Portugal during the 2008/2009 season were replaced by the new influenza A(H1N1) pandemic virus since the beginning of the pandemic in the country on week 17/2009. When considering the data obtained though the National Influenza Surveillance Programme, lower ILI incidence rates, lower percentage of confirmed influenza cases (particularly in the population over 15 years) and fewer symptoms presented at the time of notification were observed during the 2009/2010 pandemic. The large volume of cases analysed through the Network of Associated Laboratories is currently under evaluation and will be presented at a later stage. 4. Conclusions Facing the circulation of a new virus and the threat that this could impose to the population and to the health care system, the total number of ILI cases reported and analysed in our country during the 2009/2010 winter boosted to numbers not seen in previous influenza seasons. It is a fact that the 2009/2010 pandemic has had a significant impact in Portugal in many areas, such as the adoption of health-care regulations, availability of health-care facilities, vaccination strategies, and public action/awareness. However, in terms of pattern of disease, the data collected through the National Influenza Surveillance Programme may reveal a different reality. The data analysed suggests that the 2009/2010 pandemic was milder than the previous influenza seasons. Preliminary analysis of the data collected through the Network of Associated Laboratories appears to corroborate these findings.
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In coverage of GOP announcement, print media ignored felony provisions in House immigration bill
Research ››› ››› JOSH KALVEN
In their coverage of the postponement of congressional negotiations on immigration reform, several major print media outlets failed to note that legislation passed by House Republicans would designate as felons the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States.
In their coverage of House GOP leaders' decision to postpone congressional negotiations on immigration reform, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Associated Press all described the legislation passed by House Republicans in general terms, noting that the measure focused on "border security" or "border enforcement." But these reports failed to note that the House bill would designate as felons the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States.
On December 16, 2005, the House of Representatives approved the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act by a vote of 239-182, with 203 Republicans voting in favor. The bill, sponsored by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-WI), made it a criminal offense to be in the United States illegally or to aid illegal immigrants and mandated the construction of a 700-mile-long fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Sensenbrenner later disclosed that House Republicans had "worked very closely with White House in the fall in putting together the border security bill that the House passed," and added that "it was the White House that had requested two controversial felony provisions in the bill the House passed last winter." The House approach provoked widespread opposition from pro-immigrant groups, which in March and April held large protests nationwide. The bill's felony provisions drew particular criticism, and many House Republicans attempted to distance themselves from the measure. At one point, the Republican National Committee even ran radio ads in several southwestern states attempting to falsely blame Democrats for the language making illegal presence in the U.S. a felony.
On May 25, the Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 with bipartisan support and Bush's blessing. The bill offered the possibility of citizenship to most illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States. Specifically, it divided the undocumented immigrant population into three categories. Those in the United States for five years or more would be allowed to remain in the country and begin working toward citizenship, assuming they met certain conditions. Those in the United States between two and five years would be required to return to a port of entry where they would be granted temporary worker visas and could become eligible for eventual citizenship. Illegal immigrants in the country less than two years would be required to return home. Further, the Senate bill instituted a guest-worker program and boosted the number of Border Patrol agents.
Bush's backing of the Senate's "comprehensive" legislation drew the ire of House Republicans, due to the White House's earlier support for their more punitive approach. For instance, Sensenbrenner accused Bush of "turn[ing] his back on provisions of the House-passed bill, a lot of which we were requested to put in the bill by the White House."
On June 20, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and other House Republican leaders unveiled their plan to hold nationwide hearings on immigration reform during July and August. The announcement made it highly unlikely that negotiations over the differing House and Senate immigration bills would take place in the coming months with a vote on the final legislation in the fall.
In a June 21 article on this development, New York Times reporter Carl Hulse reported that House Republicans "passed a party-line bill late last year that focused solely on border enforcement" and that they "consider the Senate bill amnesty for those who have entered the country illegally." A June 21 Los Angeles Times article by staff writer Nicole Gaouette similarly reported that the "Republican-controlled House passed border security legislation last year, largely along party lines" and noted House conservatives' argument that the Senate bill amounts to "amnesty." A June 20 article by Associated Press staff writer David Espo cited "the distance between the House and Senate approaches to immigration" and reported that House conservatives "had only debated enforcement measures."
But absent from all of these reports was any mention of the controversial felony provisions included in the House bill. Media Matters for America previously noted articles published in April by the AP and the Times that similarly ignored House Republicans' support for criminal penalties.
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first reference to the wine tradition of the Peloponnese came from
Homer who called it Ampeloessa, meaning "full of vines."
Neither wars nor phylloxera were able to stop the production of
wine here in one of the most historic wine regions of Greece. Spread
throughout hillsides, plains and plateaus, the vineyards of the
Peloponnese are known for their diversity and complexity.
far from the pretty town of Nafplion
we find Nemea, the most important
AOC region in southern Greece for the production of red wines. Here
the Agiorghitiko grape is used
and produces wines famous for their deep red color, complex aroma
and long, velvety palate.
In the high altitudes of Mantinia,
the noble Moschofilero grape is
cultivated producing the AOC wines, Mantinia.
The continental climate together with the poor, but well drained
soil also leads to the production of some exciting aromatic white
the northwestern part of the Peloponnese is the viticultural region
of Patras. Four AOC wines are produced
in this area: a savory dry white named Patra, made from the Roditis
grape, two delicious aromatic white dessert wines, Moschato Patron
and Moschato Rio of Patras, and the popular Mavrodaphne, a fortified
red wine made from the Mavrodaphne
and Korinthiaki grapes.
Antonopoulos Vineyards
Antonopoulos Vineyards was founded by the late, Konstantinos Antonopoulos and his vision lives on and provides inspiration for owner, Yiannis Halikias, who continues the tradition of producing cutting edge wines. The vineyards, located just south of Patras on the slopes of the Achaia mountains, consist of unique indigenous varieties and well adapted French grapes which combine to produce wines that continue to receive the international recognition and acclaim they deserve.
Domaine Skouras
Over the last fifteen years, the Burgundy trained winemaker George
Skouras has brought his Domaine to the forefront of Greek Estates
producing wines with native and international grapes. Skouras has
built one winery near Argos, another in the bucolic village of Gymno,
in the AOC region of Nemea and a third is under construction.
Domaine Spiropoulos
This modern winery and most of the vineyards are located in the
heart of Arcadia in Ancient Mantinia with other vineyards in Nemea.
The Spiropoulos family, closely associated with winemaking since
1860, has also been pioneering in the production of organic viticulture
since 1993. Their high quality wines are produced under the supervision
of UC-Davis trained Apostolos Spiropoulos.
Domaine Tselepos
At the foothills of Mount Parnon, near ancient Tegea the Burgundy
trained Yiannis Tselepos built his winery. After carefully selecting
the most suitable "terroirs" he planted native and international
varieties with the intention of producing contemporary style, elegant
Gaia Wines
Gaia was founded in 1994 by Leon Karatsalos and Yiannis Paraskevopoulos with a commitment to producing quality wine from the unique indigenous grapes of their native Greece. Both owners have degrees in agronomy from the University of Thessaloniki and Paraskevopoulos also received a Ph.D in Oenology from the University of Bordeaux II. The first wine they produced in 1994 was the AOC Santorini wine, Thalassitis that has become one of their signature wines. Their first vintage yielded less than 10,000 bottles, but as its popularity has grown the production of Thalassitis, made from the noble Assyrtiko grape, now exceeds 100,000 bottles a year.
Lafkiotis Winery
Back then, in 1963, the Lafkiotis family, started making wine using some of the best Greek varieties found in Ancient Cleonai of Corinthia.
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On the beautiful slopes of Aegio, we find the Oenoforos winery built
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and neighboring vineyards. Rouvalis and his partner Yiannis Karabatsos
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Palivos Estate
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the Palivos Estate. George Palivos, a third generation winemaker,
has carefully selected his vineyards in the heart of Nemea for the
production of high quality wines made from local and international
Vatistas Winery
Yiannis Vatistas vineyards lie on the plants of Vion and the hillsides of Pantanassa next to the castle of Monemvasia, where the famous wine Malvazia originates.
In the vineyards you can find the local varieties Petrouliano, Asproudi, Thrapsa, Mavroudi, Monemvasia, Kydonitsa, Roditi, Mandilaria as well as, Assyrtiko, Aedani, Athiri, Agiorgitiko, Malagousia, along with the noble foreign varieties Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet and Merlot.
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While Pain began his assault on Konoha, Yamato, along with Sai and Anko Mitarashi were sent on a mission to locate and capture Kabuto. Unfortunately, as they began to close in on him, Yamato detected that the seal he placed on Naruto was broken and he had transformed further than ever before; all the way to the Six-Tailed form. He quickly heads back to Konoha, knowing full well he is the only one with any chance of stopping and saving Naruto. Along the way, he finds to his horror that Naruto has already transformed to his Eight-Tailed stage, and consecutively to the Nine-Tailed stage and feared that he was too late.
THen the 4th appered & re invoked the seal
so yamato could have & did not have too go which means it was like fate that happend unless it was somehow meant to save the team from kabuto
IN my opinion even though ankos knows ALL OF orochimarus forbiddens techniques excluding the ones he has used she will still get owned BY kabuto shoot all of them will


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(...) Recent studies tend to show that some 2/3 of the proposals contained in your opinions are taken into account by the Commission's drafts ultimately sent to the Council for adoption. This is a de facto tribute to the relevance and the quality of your work. (...)
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President of the European Commission
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Sweeping new laws announced last week by Queensland Attorney-General
The 31-year-old Minister in the conservative Queensland government unveiled some of the most comprehensive and draconian changes ever seen in the Sunshine state last Tuesday, aimed at curbing the violence and creating safer streets after bikies wreaked havoc on the Gold Coast, a popular tourist destination.
The changes have drawn wide criticism from civil rights activists as well as legal and constitution experts who fear law enforcement bodies can do little to stop the implementation of the far-reaching laws.
And, perhaps more concerning, the High Court's ability to strike down sections of the legislation due to the configuration of the Queensland government could be minimal.
Queensland Premier
Mr Bleijie said the punishment was deliberately severe "because we want to break the bikies – break their enterprise, break their spirit, break up their groups".
Under the legislation – which was passed by Parliament last week after a marathon session and received bipartisan support – bikies could face mandatory prison terms of up to 25 years.
If the changes withstand legal challenges, gang members could face an additional 15 years of mandatory jail time if they are determined to be "vicious lawless associates" and an extra 10 years if convicted of a crime while an office-bearer of the gang.
Tattoo parlours must have licences from January, and probity and police checks must be passed before the licence will be granted, and a new prison only for bikies with reduced liberties is also on the cards.
Another act targets sex offenders, whereby the Attorney-General can decide to keep a sex offender in jail indefinitely, subject to annual reviews by two psychiatrists.
Serious problems
Senior Counsel Peter Callaghan said there were a number of serious problems with the legislation, including its disregard for judicial independence by the imposition of mandatory sentences and disregard for parliamentary process.
"It is absurd, but it's real," he said, adding that the punishment of 15 years in jail without parole for an offence that might have otherwise been punished by a fine is disproportionate.
"People need to understand just how powerful a parliament like the Queensland Parliament is, where we don't have an upper house, we don't have a bill of rights that they can be held accountable to," he explained, adding that "constitutionally, the High Court's role is really limited".
Most of the power under the Australian constitution lies with the states, including policing and law enforcement, which would make it very difficult for the federal government to challenge the new laws.
"Its not that simple to get to the High Court," Mr Callaghan said.
"They don't have an overarching power to strike down Queensland laws they don't like."
The situation is contrasted with another high-profile stoush involving the ACT government's proposed gay marriage laws, which were passed this week, and which federal Attorney-General
University of New South Wales constitutional professor George Williams said marriage was one of the issues that both the state and federal government had a say in; however, this did not automatically mean the federal government would be successful.
The federal government would argue the proposed laws are inconsistent with the federal marriage act, he said, whereas the ACT would argue it fell outside of existing legislation.
In the case of proposed euthanasia laws in Tasmania, which was defeated narrowly last week, it was less likely the federal government could have any sway, he said, because as with law enforcement and policing, it was not a shared power.
The Commonwealth had for some time wanted a "national regime covering organised crime, but it hasn't been able to do it because the states have the power," Professor Williams said.
Freedom of association
Former NSW director of public prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery said it is important to remember that Australians enjoy the freedom of association. "So the arbitrary imposition of an additional penalty on top of an appropriate sentence for an offence, simply for being a member (or office-holder) in an organisation, is contrary to those provisions," he said.
"I am sure the High Court would be very interested in how it was intended such provisions should operate. Any mandatory imposition of this kind runs contrary to all the well-established principles of sentencing."
Professor Cowdery said he believed the separate prison for members was probably not legally challengeable, but that "one must ask what is sought to be achieved by such a measure – and is the expense of public money justified"?
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The detractors, however, "may say that they lead to absurdity and injustice in their application in cases to which the legislators never imagined they would apply".
Another lawyer, who did not want to be named, said many of the sections were unlikely to be able to be reviewed by the High Court but were nonetheless "insane".
Successful challenges
Regardless of the likelihood of succeeding, bikie organisations themselves are likely to challenge the multi-faceted laws.
Senior Counsel Stephen Odgers said the last tranche of legislation proposed by Queensland, NSW and South Australia was challenged by bikies and was, in the case of the latter two states, successful.
"There have been several cases in the High Court where legislation was initially struck down or, in the case of Queensland, eventually survived," he said.
"Those cases where bikies legislation was struck down were decided on the basis that the legislature was trying to enlist the courts to implement the decisions of the executive in a manner that would impair the legitimacy of the courts and thus breach chapter three of the Commonwealth constitution."
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riman: I dont understand what the differences are between a drone and a regular remote controlled model airplane.. Anyone help?
Well, it's stated on the official Phantom website that Phantom 2 supports waypoints (up to 16). Also, it now supports forbidden flight areas, like airports.
So, I guess, you can say it's capable of basic autonomous flight.
riman: I dont understand what the differences are between a drone and a regular remote controlled model airplane.. Anyone help?
I can't see anything being "defined" as drone in the article you're referring to.
Consider this: if Phantom is performing autonomous flight, it's still a drone, but not a remote controlled aircraft.
riman: I dont understand what the differences are between a drone and a regular remote controlled model airplane.. Anyone help?
Drone can fly by itself. Phantom 2 is capable of GPS-guided flight and can make a safe landing in case of signal is lost.
I've visited two or three WPF Winners exhibitions. I do understand that people sometimes risk their lives taking these shots, etc...
But: 1)They are professionals who get paid for their jobs. 2)They mostly concentrate on bad things. 3)The photos are mostly unimpressive.
What I mean saying unimpressive is that the shots, separated from their story, do not look great. It's like the shot with three black guys laying on the sand, but hey, they're are refugees from Somali after a night on the boat across the gulf of Aden. Captions make the story, not the shot.
All of above is my opinion.
If they give D7000 features to D5200, then the next D7x00 should be really something new.
Things I'd like to see: better (faster/more accurate) AF, Wi-Fi enabled (external unit would be ok), at least 1 stop better DR and high-ISO than D5200 sensor.
I don't really care for Mpix, 16 is more than enough for my skill and optics right now.
Oh, can I have in-camera HDR, please? So I can post it right to my facebook page via the smartphone :)
"Inventions" of the year, huh? Ok, transistor was an invention, not only of a year, but of a half of the century. Nuclear power, space flight, etc. - those are inventions, if you ask me. Even a USB (Universal Serial Bus) is a bigger invention than most of those in their list.
My point is that real inventions are rare and significant. You can't really get 50 awesome inventions a year. I'd take such lists with a pinch of salt.
I don't think it's ugly. It's a matter of taste, anyways.
I like the video specs, and I have F-mount lenses, so I could buy this one as a fun/carry anywhere camera and also use it with my 70-300 for super-tele. I guess, it'll also work ok with VNX and CNX, am I right?
The only thing that bothers me is that sensor got more Mpix, but it's still small. The V1 sensor, based on DxO mark, was no good. Let's see what this sensor is capable of.
That looks soooo Apple.
The concept looks interesting technically (although they're not the ones who invented it, according to wikipedia), but that marketing garbage kills the idea in my eyes. Strange shape and controls, fixed memory and battery, the resolution is next to nothing, but WOW - it comes in different colors!
I'd wait for a couple of years and see if something more usable comes out of this.
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Chelsea Flower Show is Leaner and Greener This Year
The Chelsea Flower Show is the queen of all flower shows: the biggest, brightest and best gardens, designers and plants. But this year's show is reflecting the economy: there are fewer big show gardens, some sponsors have pulled out and ticket sales
Handkerchief Art is Useful Too
In praise of the humble handkerchief, once ubiquitous and now ignored. It has had a long history--from high fashion to a way of flirting, from plain white to embroidered. And always more environmentally friendly than paper
Andy Hughes Makes Garbage Beautiful
Andy Hughes has lived in Cornwall, surfing headquarters of the UK, so he knows his beaches. And he knows all about the rubbish and jetsam and flotsam that ends up on the coastline.
SOS 4.8 Music Festival in Spain Asks: And now what?
The Festival SOS 4.8 in Spain runs under the theme SOStenibilidad (sustainability) and celebrates 48h non-stop of Music, Contemporary Art and Reflection. Their first line-up last year was already pretty impressive, but nothing compared to this year:
Exploring Salt As A Sustainable Material For Art
If you are an artist, chances are that you have gotten tired of chemical-based paints, thinners and other materials that may cause problems for the environment or your health. Some artists are exploring recycled stuff but that
Epcot Center Talks Trash at Waste Management's "Think Green" Exhibit
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Green Smoke Starts People Thinking About Energy
The artists Helen Evans and Heike Hanson, who work together under the alias HeHe, give new meaning to the term "chemical sensitivity" by lighting up the smoke trailing from a tall smokestack which looms over the city of Helsinki. The
Over 50 Years of Enzo Mari on Display
These chairs get around. We first saw them last year at ICFF in New York; now they are on display in Cambridge, Ontario at the Design at Riverside Gallery as part of a retrospective of the more than fifty years of work by Italian designer Enzo Mari.
James Carl Makes the Temporary Permanent and Vice Versa
We have shown entire galleries and slideshows where artists have started with garbage and turned it into art; James Carl does the opposite, and takes artists' traditional materials like marble and turns it into garbage, like this series of takeout
Sneak Peek: Cooper Hewitt to Showcase Design Innovations with Local Materials
The design magazine I.D. recently had a sneak peek into an upcoming exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt museum in New York.
Listen to the Sounds of Silence
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The Totoro Forest Project Art Exhibition In San Francisco
Yesterday, when I wrote about Satoyama, I was delighted to discover the Totoro Forest Project Art Exhibition in San Francisco. What a wonderful idea - animators, anime artists and designers who
Little People Run Amok in London, Teach Big Life Lessons
Keep your eyes peeled if you happen to be wandering the streets of London. You might come across some little people. Some really little people. Doing things like hunting bumble bees, skateboarding inside orange peels, and
Chicago's Columbia College Hosts Challenging Environmental Art Show
Challenging visions of sustainability, or rather the lack of it, are currently on show at the A+D Gallery at Columbia College in Chicago. Part environmental art exhibition,
The Art World Evolves with Natural Selection Installation in San Francisco
Anyone familiar with the art gallery scene knows it's a dog eat dog world out there for artists—but Hilary Pfeifer's new exhibit "Natural Selection" gives a whole new meaning to survival of the fittest. Her
Sustainable Design Festival in Buenos Aires this Weekend
From November 28 until December 2 the Buenos Aires Botanical Garden will host Sustentable '08, the first edition of an annual festival entirely dedicated to sustainable design.
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After weeks of waiting and watching, we finally got to hear some American Idol contestants actually, y'know, sing on Tuesday. Full songs and everything!
Unfortunately, so many of them were the wrong songs. Especially in the second half of the show, the formula went something like this: Contestant sings underwhelming song; judges bash him/her for song choice; repeat. I hope the second and third groups of 12 will learn a little something from that experience.
You should go vote and tell me which contestants will make it through, but first, for a rundown of each singer, just
Jackie Tohn: I was so distracted by her shiny pants/cummerbund/strapless top outfit that I could barely concentrate on "A Little Less Conversation." Her voice sounded a little growly, and she has a lot of energy, but I'm not sold on her act yet. Randy didn't love the vocals but said she was great entertainment; Simon called it gimmicky and ungainly.
Ricky Braddy: He said he wanted to show America who he is, and apparently who he is is a loungey, Josh Grobany singer. His voice was smooth and rich on "A Song For You," but I'm not convinced I'd buy an album from him. Also got a chuckle out of him calling the Idol band the best in the world. Randy, Kara, and Paula loved it; Simon worried he lacks star quality.
Alexis Grace: It still weirds me out to have such a smoky, dirty voice come out of such a tiny, motherly package. Not convinced that a pink streak in one's hair equals dirtying oneself up, but whatever: Her performance of "Never Loved a Man" was probably the best of the night on the girls' side. Kara loved seeing her come out of her shell, and Simon referenced Kelly Clarkson.
Brent Keith: Brent, who looks exactly like Spencer Pratt to me, went country with "Hicktown," and while it was nice to have someone do country, the song was also pretty forgettable and he didn't do much to make it his own. Randy said he was a new spin on classic country, but Kara wanted more range and Simon doubted anyone would remember him.
Stevie Wright: And the first of my top 12 predictions kinda bites the dust. She went for something contemporary with "You Belong With Me," but it was just so wrong for her — so many missed notes, so much awkward dancing. The judges all said she was better than the song, though, so maybe she'll be back for the wild card?
Anoop Desai: Ha, favorite part of this was Simon thinking Monica's "Angel of Mine" was a song from the '70s. But he had a point: In Anoop's hands, the song did sound a little old-fashioned. I did love his voice on the verses, though. Randy and Kara said it was a little sharp and pitchy, while Paula thought he could be the next Brian McKnight.
Casey Carlson: Every little thing about her "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" was so wrong. The dancing was uncomfortable, the vocals were all over the place, and her mouth looked like it was angry at the rest of her body. Randy called it karaoke, and Paula went for the "you're a beautiful girl" praise, which clearly made Casey want to die.
Michael Sarver: Of course he sang "I Don't Want to Be" — most obvious choice of the night, I think. It was exactly as I imagined it would be: A little shouty, a little bar-singery, but a little intriguing and gravelly in parts. Randy wanted him to go back to soul, Kara thought the performance didn't do him justice, and Simon said he's a good, hardworking man who deserves a shot.
Ann Marie Boskovich: Again with the awkward faces! Honestly, her "Natural Woman" wasn't terrible — it was just weak, and that's the kind of song you really have to be able to do powerfully to do it well. Kara said she'd rather hear her do something like Sara Bareilles' "Love Song" ("something that's not as good?" snapped Ann Marie), and Simon said she'd be a great hotel singer.
Stephen Fowler: I think I unfairly hated Stephen's "Rock With You" because the arrangement and background singers were so bad — I couldn't tell whether he was off or they were. Maybe both, though, because Randy said it was pitchy, Kara said he didn't seem connected, and Simon said it was a pointless performance. Another of my top 12 in danger.
Tatiana Del Toro: It's upsetting to say this, because I find her so obnoxious, but this really wasn't that bad. She actually managed to hit most of the notes on "I'm Saving All My Love for You"; the problem was that it was deadly boring. Randy said there were moments with potential, but Kara, Simon, and Paula seemed disappointed that she wasn't acting crazy.
Danny Gokey: And the judges go wild. It was weird and kind of cool to hear "Hero" in a gruff voice, especially because the arrangement was so faithful to the original, and just by the fact that he managed to stay on pitch, he vaulted into the top tier for the night. Randy said it was blazing hot, Paula just said "sold-out arenas," and Simon came back to earth and said it was good but not amazing.
Here's my guess for now the night will turn out:
Going through: Danny, Alexis, and either Michael or Noop Dogg.
Potentially back for the wild card: Noop/Michael, Stevie, Ann Marie, Jackie, Ricky, maybe Tatiana?
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With the Apple iPac mini event over with, it's time for the Apple Store to return to the web in full force, here with the tinier iPad, a new MacBook Pro, a new Mac mini, and a whole heck of a lot more. This update to the store brings with it not just a wave of new products, but a set of product retirements, this leading to a rush on the Refurbished and Clearance section - be sure to check the iPad 3 (now retired, believe it or not) for a big thrill ($375!) Then there's the MacBook Pro with 13-inch Retina display at $1699, the iMac refresh with much-much thinner body for $1299, and the Mac mini for $599.


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INDIANAPOLIS -- Chuck Pagano couldn't believe his eyes. Andrew Luck couldn't believe his ears. Colts fans couldn't believe the scoreboard, and the Kansas City Chiefs couldn't believe their incredibly bad luck.
It seemed unfathomable.
On a day Luck appeared to be pressing and, at times, as bad as he ever has while putting Indianapolis in a 28-point deficit, the Colts quarterback somehow turned things around. He threw three of his four touchdowns in the second half, scored on a fumble return and connected with a wide-open T.Y. Hilton on a 64-yard TD pass to give the Colts an improbable 45-44 wild-card victory Saturday.
"One for the ages," said Pagano, Indianapolis' coach. "I think somebody said that it was the second-largest comeback or whatever in the history of whatever. I guess 21 wasn't large enough at half, so we thought we've give them another seven, you know, just to make it interesting."
Actually, rallying from 28 down made the latest of Luck's amazing comebacks one to remember.
Indianapolis (12-5) became only the second playoff team to rally from that big a deficit, according to STATS. Buffalo rallied from 32 points to beat Houston 41-38 in January 1993, though that one required overtime.
The Colts, winners of four straight, travel to either Denver or New England next weekend for the divisional round.
Luck was an incredible mix of good and bad, finishing 29 of 45 for 443 yards, the second-highest yardage total in franchise history for a playoff game. He also matched his career high with three interceptions. Hilton broke franchise playoff records with 13 catches and 224 yards, and also caught two TDs.
But it was the way Indy won that made it stunning.
Luck played angry and frantic, turning a steady stream of halftime boos into a chorus of cheers.
"I don't know if it ever crossed my mind on how it would be remembered," Luck said after winning his first playoff game four seasons quicker than it took his predecessor, Peyton Manning. "When I took a knee, and you feel the buzz and the energy of the crowd and see your teammates' faces, that makes it special."
For Kansas City, it was another brief, miserable post-season appearance.
The Chiefs (11-6) finished their remarkable turnaround season with three straight losses and an eighth straight post-season defeat -- none more shocking than this one. The eight consecutive losses broke a tie with the Detroit Lions for the longest playoff skid.
"Anytime you're leading like that and then have them battle back and then take it, and you end up losing by a point, it's tough, a tough pill to swallow," Chiefs QB Alex Smith said.
Things appeared bleak with Indy trailing 31-10 at halftime, and they got worse when Luck's first pass of the second half was picked off and returned to the Indy 18. Three plays later, Smith made it 38-10.
But Luck had plenty of time to make the jaw-dropping rally.
With Indy going no-huddle, Luck started throwing at will.
"It seemed surreal, being down like we were down..." Pagano said. "Thinking about how good tomorrow's going to be, snow or no snow, I don't really care."
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ATLANTIC CITY -- Let's get one thing straight from the start ... Friday night's high school football game between host Atlantic City and Absegami was a Big Event, and the capital letters are included on purpose for the sake of emphasis. For the record, A.C. won 20-6, moving to 3-0 and dropping 'Gami to 1-2.
We read so much about what these sort of scholastic games mean in places like Texas, and I witnessed quite a few Friday night spectacles in northeastern Pennsylvania (that's Berwick High School country, among other big schools) before my family moved to Ocean City when I was 13.
The radio broadcasters who called the game (in dulcet tones, I might add) for a local FM station kept remarking how sparse the crowd was at the beginning of the game, but by halftime they had to modify their hasty depiction of the community's interest in this match-up.
A late-arriving throng eventually numbered in the multiple thousands, and ... with the strong-but-warm wind and the home team's good form ... it was like Mardi Gras on the back bays, only with venerable Atlantic City High School athletic director Frank Campo serving as your parade grand marhsal (riding around in the super-sized golf cart, I might add) instead of some acting has-been like Christian Slater.
You know what was really cool? Walking into the stadium, there were kids everywhere. Oh, don't get me wrong ... the crowd certainly had its fair share of silver-haired alumni. But the fact that so many youngsters were interested in the fate of their hometown Vikings just literally lifts your spirits.
I met two of these young gentlemen near the "strong man" kiosk. Proudly wearing their Atlantic City Dolphins youth football jerseys, Sa'eed Nelson and La'quay Reynolds, a pair of 12-year-olds, were doing what young kids are meant to do ... basically, being loud, unapologetic and generally making a nuiscance of themselves. But I mean that in a good way. There's nothing worse than encountering kids with no zip, life or pep whatsover.
Call it what you like, but it's the preserve of Boring Old Men such as myself (notice the capitals again) to bring a downer to these kinds of proceedings ... and, according to my colleague Mike McGarry, my choice of a "lavender" dress shirt (his words, not mine; I prefer the forgiving term "soft purple") for a football game exposed me as a man out of touch with what's hot on the street.
The game itself was very, very interesting. Atlantic City's 6-foot-3, 193-pound junior wideout/defensive end Ishmail Naji literally took the game over with his athleticism, as demonstarted by his 5 catches for 128 yards. Other than 6-foot-1, 181-pound sophomore quarterback Rashad Kinlaw on Friday night (senior running back Ben Martin was injured), Absegami didn't have a player like Naji, who can influence almost every down.
But what impressed me most about Atlantic City was two-fold: 1) How the Vikings defensive line and linebackers took over the game in the second half, allowing the defensive backs to gamble a bit more and make plays, and 2) how head coach Thomas Kelly has an honest-to-God plan in place.
I'm a youth soccer coach for eight years now, and one of my favorite sayings is "it's a marathon, not a sprint." Even though the Vikings are 3-0. Kelly was desperate to keep some perspective on the whole affair. After the game, he warned his players about overconfidence. However, you could see the gleam in his eye. He mentioned to one of his assistants, "We're 3-0 and we've got a bye week."
This is a man who says the Vikings "plan for and expect" to win every game. In his first year, Kelly is certainly a man in a hurry. On the other side, Absegami running back Trevon Chance, a 5-foot-11, 192-pound senior, was a bit shell-shocked. As he was walking to the school bus that would take him and his teammates back to their school, I asked him if the Braves could recover and set their season straight.
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Bill Gates: Dethroned!
It has been a while since I did my Rich, Richer, Richest post. Since then much water has flowed under the bridge and with Bill Gates stepping down from the Chairpersonship of Microsoft just recently, I thought I would do a recap of the richest.
For quite some time now, our man Bill Gates, computer whiz, philanthropist, business magnate, nice guy, chairman of Microsoft etc., had tenaciously clung to the number one spot and the 'richest man in the world' title. The definitive Forbes' list tells us that not only has the king been dethroned (after 13 years no less), he has been relegated to the third spot! Ah how the mighty have fallen!
So the new title bearer for the 'richest man in the world' is Warren Buffet, investor, businessman and philanthropist with a personal fortune of $62.0 billion. Buffet, incidentally, often plays bridge with Bill Gates; birds of a feather, it would seem, play bridge together. He is known as much for his personal frugality as for his immense wealth.
The number two spot is occupied by Carlos Slim Helu ('and family' according to Forbes) the Mexican who made his billions chiefly in the telecommunication sector. He is worth $60 billion.
Turns out that Gates would have continued unvanquished at the top of the heap if Microsoft had not made the unsolicited (and ill-advised) bid for the Yahoo takeover earlier this year. It is thus that he is left with a personal fortune of a mere 58 billion dollars! A mere bagatelle!
Lakshmi Mittal is appropriately named, because the word 'Lakshmi' in Hindi means wealth or riches and this is also the name of the goddess of wealth in India. He comes in at number 4 with a personal fortune of $45 billion. He is perhaps the face of Global India, announcing to the world the emergence of the third world countries and India in particular on the world stage as an economic power house to contend with.
At number 5 is another Indian, Mukesh Ambani with a personal worth of $ 43 billion; he heads Reliance Industries, India's biggest company by market cap. His personal fortune has seen a steep rise in the recent past. He is followed by his brother Anil Ambani at no 6 on the list.
Following the Ambanis is Ingvar Kamprad (& family) the Swedish retail king with $31 billion. At no. 8 on the list is one more Indian, the Indian real estate king K P Singh with $31 billion. At no. 9 is Oleg Deripaska the Russian aluminum trader with $28 billion. At no. 10 is German Karl Albrecht, retailer with a personal who is worth $27 billion.
The mind boggles at the immense wealth that these people have. It would be worth asking them all: "Did all the money make you happy?"
11 Responses to "Bill Gates: Dethroned!"
LOL, I like how you end the article. I have respect for Warren Buffet though, I have ever read a note on his advise for young people, that I found very true. He is also praised by many books that I read that he is very trustworthy. I believe with such a character, he will certainly be happy, with or even without his tremendous wealth.
Did you hear about the guy who just won an eBay auction for lunch with Warren Buffet? I think he paid over $2 mil for lunch, with the money going to charity. Apparently a businessman who wants to pick Buffet's brain a bit….
Nicole Price reply on July 4th, 2008 2:57 pm:
I certainly hope he blogs about his conversations with him. We could all benefit without spending the money.
He used to be. Not any more.
liked your post… if i were in bill gates shoes, i wouldn't mind being in the third spot… 58 jillion dollars is 58 jillion dollars… and about that question? i'd say, yes im quite happy…
Nicole Price reply on July 8th, 2008 11:21 am:
What, only 'quite happy'? Not ecstatic and jumping about uncontrollably? 😉
One of the best biographies of Warren Buffet is entitled "Buffet, The Making of An American Capitalist." It's by Roger Lowenstein.
Nicole Price reply on July 8th, 2008 11:20 am:
Thanks. Will try to catch hold of that one. Should be really inspiring.
Apparently you use to live lavishly in your sprawling mansions and use it to make more money!
If I were Bill…..
What huge amount of money 🙁


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Hampton motel might have no vacancies — permanently
Buskey's Motel in Hampton appears to have a date with the wrecking ball.
A potential buyer wants to tear down the storied landmark at 4849 Route 8 and replace it with a CVS Pharmacy.
"We don't know when he will start construction. Once it is sold, all the tenants will have to go," said Narsimha Reddy of Aspinwall, general partner in NR Associates, the motel's current owner.
Current tenants include Christine Perkins, 49, who lives at Buskey's as the motel's manager. She said she currently rents 16 of the motel's 22 rooms to weekly and monthly boarders.
"All of these people are going to lose their home," Christine Perkins said. "It breaks my heart."
North Hills Community Outreach and the St. Vincent de Paul Society are among agencies that now refer people to Buskey's according to Perkins.
"We're kind of a helping hand for people," Melisa Perkins said.
Melisa Perkins, a college student and Christine Perkins' daughter, also helps to maintain Buskey's.
"People used to think this a no-tell hotel, but it's not," Christine Perkins said.
"When we took over, we had hookers coming to the door," said Christine Perkins, who became Buskey's manager in August 2012. "The guys would come in for rooms — and, you know, they wouldn't stay ... I got to the point that even if I had a room, I wouldn't give it to them."
Room prices are $37.45 to $41.73 per night, $187.25 to $208.65 per week, and $450 to $470 per month.
Christine Perkins said she washes all the motel laundry in soap, bleach and disinfectant.
"I usually do eight or nine loads a day," she said. "The biggest complaint people have is that the rooms smell like bleach."
Reddy, the current co-owner of Buskey's, said he thinks the motel was built more than 60 years ago to serve motorists of the new, nearby Pennsylvania Turnpike. Reddy praised Christine Perkins' efforts to clean up Buskey's image.
"She's the best manager so far," he said.
As NR Associates, Reddy and partners bought Buskey's Motel in 1987 for $240,000, according to Allegheny County records. Reddy now hopes to sell Buskey's by the end of 2013 to BT Management of Altoona, Cambria County.
"It's under contract," Don Hultberg of the EADS Group said after a Dec. 4 public hearing on BT Management's application to build a drive-through lane for the proposed, 13,225 square-foot CVS store.
EADS Group will serve as the site consultants and project manager, said Hultberg.
CVS will lease the new structure to replace its store near the McDonald's on Route 8, he said, likely before Thanksgiving 2014.
But the Buskey's sale depends on BT Management getting Hampton officials' approval to build a drive-through lane for the proposed drug store.
Construction of such a lane requires Hampton Council's approval as a conditional use in a highway commercial district.
At the public hearing, a number of prospective neighbors questioned the EADS Group's plans to excavate hillsides that border Buskey's 2-acre site.
Others people expressed worries about the dangers likely to face motorists trying to exit the proposed CVS store's parking lot at Route 8 and West McNeal Road.
"Buskey's is sacred ground to me," said Al Werling, a lifelong Hampton resident who remembers renting room at Buskey's to party with friends in his youth.
Deborah Deasy is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-772-6369 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Amidst reports that last week was not the first time China has deployed missiles to the South China Sea, Reuters is saying that the move is part of a broader buildup in the Paracel island chain—and beyond:
From listening posts to jet fighter deployments and now surface-to-air missiles, China's expanding facilities in the Paracel Islands are a signal of long-term plans to strengthen its military reach across the disputed South China Sea.
Diplomats and security experts in contact with Chinese military strategists say Beijing's moves to arm and expand its long-established holdings in the Paracels will likely be replicated on its man-made islands in the more contentious Spratly archipelago, some 500 kms (300 miles) further south.
Meanwhile, in a separate piece, Reuters also reports on a surge in weapons exports from—and a telling fall in imports to—China over the past five years:
China has almost doubled its weapons exports in the past five years, a military think tank said on Monday, as the world's third-largest weapons exporter pours capital into developing an advanced arms manufacturing industry.
In 2011 to 2015, China's arms imports fell 25 percent compared with the previous five year period, signaling a growing confidence in the country's homegrown weaponry despite key areas of weakness, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report on global arms transfers.
The Wall Street Journal explains that SIPRI's analysis suggests both that China's military strength is growing and that it is willing to allow, and even to support, a regional arms race—one that the United States is not happy to see.
Alas, it's not surprising to see that China has become increasing aggressive under President Obama's tenure. It isn't all his fault. Many Chinese read the 2008 financial collapse as a sign of the coming end of American hegemony. And, on the other side of the ledger, the pivot to Asia was launched as an attempt by the administration to assert an American presence in the area.
But as the Obama presidency has progressed, and particularly since Chinese President Xi Jinping's rule began in 2012, it's become clear that China's leaders don't consider Washington's repeated threats very threatening. U.S. dithering on the South China Sea last year made the eventual freedom of navigation operations near Chinese-claimed islands less effective than they could have been, and it didn't help that the first attempt may have implicitly acknowledged China's territorial claims. Meanwhile, Beijing has been watching America's (lack of a) strategy in the Middle East, and getting the sense that this U.S. administration isn't any more likely to respond to challenges from Beijing than it is likely to respond to direct challenges from Moscow.
To be sure, the Obama administration hasn't merely sat by doing nothing, and it has worked to strengthen alliances in southeast Asia (although not with Thailand) and with Canberra, Seoul, and Tokyo. And, of course, it's difficult for any president to change course in a lame duck year. Nevertheless, as the events reported on in the first Reuters story suggest, Beijing appears to believe that this final Obama year is a critical opportunity for them to strengthen their territorial claims and build up their military capacity.
The next administration will likely be less cautious about Beijing. Whatever else he or she believes, Obama's successor likely won't share his belief that America should loosen its hold on the tiller and let the tides of history carry the world to happier shores. In other words: We expect things to change in January 2017. Until then, however, we may see more stories like this one.


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Your News Source for the Hilltop
January 9, 2003
Birmingham-Southern College grant will increase
support of area schoolteachers to improve math test scores
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College
has received a major grant as part of the national No Child Left
Behind Act to initiate a professional development program for local
schoolteachers that will strengthen student test scores.
The $55,000 grant from the Alabama Commission
on Higher Education will support cooperative work between Birmingham-Southern
faculty and middle-school math teachers in the Jefferson County,
Bessemer, and Fairfield school systems to provide training for better
development of math teaching.
Several workshops will be set up throughout the
year for BSC faculty to provide teacher training in algebra, geometry,
and probability/statistics. Technology instruction also will be
integrated into the workshop curriculum.
Principals from the area will be invited to attend
meetings on the BSC campus to support teachers and help raise academic
standards at their schools. Area businesses, including Mayer Electric
Co. and SouthTrust and Compass banks, also will support and participate
in workshops.
The grant proposal "Helping Teachers to Help Students in Mathematics"
was a joint effort of the divisions of Education and Math/Science/Computer
Science at BSC. The grant is renewable and will support a three-year
"It is the hope of the math and education
faculty here at Birmingham Southern that the lives of middle-school
students in our area will be enriched through the training of mathematics
teachers," said Mary Jane Turner, who instructs mathematics
and secondary education at BSC and is directing the grant program.
"The goals of this project are to strengthen teachers'
knowledge base in mathematics, provide new teaching strategies and
technology resources to be used in the classroom, and raise test
scores for students in local schools of the Birmingham area."
Six additional members of the BSC math and education
faculty will assist Turner with the workshops.
ACHE is a 12-member statewide agency responsible
for the overall statewide planning and coordination of higher education
in Alabama, the administration of various student aid programs,
and the performance of designated regulatory functions.


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Against the opinion of the "Morning Joe" panel (and Barbara Walters herself), NBC's Norah O'Donnell half-defended Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg for brazenly walking off the set of ABC's "The View" when guest Bill O'Reilly got too controversial for them.
Without saying that she personally was okay with Goldberg's and Behar's stunt, O'Donnell hinted that they had a legitimate reason for doing so. "You know, if Whoopi and Joy felt that [O'Reilly] was being demeaning to them, they felt like they should walk off," she posited.
The MSNBC reporter was a fill-in co-host on Friday's MSNBC's "Morning Joe" along with brew crew regular contributor Willie Geist. Guest and columnist Mike Barnicle was the first to disagree with her sentiment. "Stay there," he said about Behar and Goldberg, "Keep going. Confront [O'Reilly]."
O'Donnell was careful not to heatedly argue the point further, but rather was content to echo the responses from Barnicle and Geist.
HLN host Joy Behar and comedienne Whoopi Goldberg have been no stranger to controversy in the past on "The View." When Rosie O'Donnell was a co-host, she posited on-set that 9/11 may have been an inside job. Controversial left-wing comedienne Kathy Griffin was a guest earlier this year after she had publicly insulted conservative "View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Never before did they walk off the show.
Until Thursday, that is.
Goldberg and Behar stormed off the set after the conversation got too controversial with O'Reilly. The intensity began when O'Reilly playfully condescendingly to the HLN host Behar, pleading, "Listen to me, because you'll learn."
The debate then switched to the Ground Zero mosque, and Goldberg was in an uproar when O'Reilly said that Muslims killed Americans on 9/11. Seconds later, Behar, sitting directly to O'Reilly's left, got up and expressed her outrage at his remarks. Goldberg followed her off the set.
"You have just seen what should not happen," Walters immediately told her studio audience. "We should be able to have discussions without washing our hands and screaming and walking offstage. I love my colleagues; that should not have happened."
"Morning Joe" guest John Ridley summed the scene up to O'Donnell thus: "I think it's odd to invite somebody to your house and get into an argument and walk out of the room of your own house."
"I agree, they're there to debate the issue," he continued. "If you're not there, then you can't even present the facts."
For a transcript of the segment, which aired on October 15 at 6:03 a.m. EDT, is as follows:
NORAH O'DONNELL: Well Laura Ingraham, who was O'Reilly's guest last night , said the walkout seemed "contrived," but O'Reilly said he certainly wasn't expecting it to happen. I thought it was pretty heated, but you know, if Whoopi and Joy felt that he was being demeaning to them, they felt like they should walk off.
MIKE BARNICLE: They shouldn't have walked off.
O'DONNELL: Yeah.
BARNICLE: Stay there.
O'DONNELL: And what?
BARNICLE: Keep going. Confront him.
O'DONNELL: Yeah.
BARNICLE: You know?
WILLIE GEIST: Have the debate.
O'DONNELL: Have the debate.
WILLIE GEIST: I think that the was the point Barbara was making –
JOHN RIDLEY: I just – I think it's odd to invite somebody to your house and get into an argument and walk out of the room of your own house. Do you know what I'm saying? Forget you, I'm going to the kitchen.
I agree, they're there to debate the issue; if you're not there, then you can't even present the facts. I mean, to me, I'm more upset about the fact that all of television seems like now is just other hosts talking about other hosts and getting angry with other hosts.


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March 12, 2012
The Wyoming Cowboy golfers played the first two rounds of the Farms Invitational on Monday, in San Diego, Calif. UW finished the day in 13th place (637, +61) and senior Mike May had the best scoring day shooting a 157 (+13) to finish tied in 42nd place.
"This is a very demanding golf course and we got off to a poor start in the first round," Cowboy head coach Joe Jensen said. "It has been a slow start for us so far, but we are just now playing our second tournament of the spring and we don't quite have the experience and confidence yet to play this type of golf course. I do like to take the positives that we improved from the first to second rounds, but we still want to do better in tomorrow's final round."
The Cowboys shot a 322 (+34) in the first round of the tournament. May led Wyoming in scoring with a 77 (+5) in the first round. Senior Casey Ruff finished the first round with the next lowest score of 80 (+8). Eddie Stewart shot a first round 82 (+10) followed by junior Clinton Boutelle shot an 84 (+12). Redshirt freshman Jake Hedge rounded out the scoring for UW shooting a first round 84 (+12). Playing as an individual for the Cowboys Eric Parish shot a first round 81 (+9).
In the second round, the Pokes improved their play shooting a 314 (+26). May finished the day shooting an eight-over 80 finishing tied for 42nd place (157, +13). Boutelle improved his score 10 strokes between rounds shooting a 74 (+2). He finished the day in a tie for 45th place with a 36-hole total of 158 (+13). Ruff remained steady shooting an 80 (+8) in the second round to finish tied for 53rd place with a total score of 160 (+16). Redshirt sophomore Stewart also shot an 80 (+8) in the second round. He finished in a tie for 61st place with a two-round score of 162 (+18). Hedge was forced to withdraw from the second round due to injury. Parish improved his first-round score by three strokes shooting a 78 (+6). He finished tied for 49th place with a score of 159 (+15).
The Farms Invitational is being hosted by the University of San Diego and is being played at the Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. The Farms is playing 6,947-yards and is a par 72.
Leading the 14-team field is San Diego State who shot a two-round score of 578 (+2). Saint Mary's College (California) is in second place with a score of 583 (+7), Missouri is third with a score of 595 (+19) UC Irvine shot a two-round total of 596 (+20) to finish fourth and SMU finished fifth with a score of 601 (+25).
In a field of 70 individuals, St. Marys' Anders Engell leads the scoring with a 36-hole score of 139 (-5). San Diego State's Alex Kang trails Engell by three strokes after shooting a 142 (-2). In third place is UTEP's Martin Simensen who shot a 143 (-1) and tied for fourth is UC Davis' Jonny Baxter and SDSU's J.J. Spaun who shot a 144 (E).
Play will continue on Tuesday with a final round of 18 holes beginning with tee times on holes No. 1 and No. 10 from 8:27-10:33 MT.
"We played better in our second round today and hopefully we can keep improving and fire a solid round tomorrow," Jensen said.


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Tassels and classes bring on the masses! Colorado Burlesque Festival starts today
Photo courtesy of Lola Spitfire
The Colorado Burlesque Festival returns to Denver today for a third annual twirl of the tassels. Shotgun Willies? Think again. This event isn't about scantily dressed ladies. The art of burlesque will be showcased with performances by some of the top women in the field: over 75 performers who have turned this art form into something special, polished and professional.
See Also: -Five things you may not know about burlesque -Slideshow: Backstage at the Colorado Burlesque Festival -A peek at the 2012 Colorado Burlesque Calendar
Producer Lola Spitfire says the festival "is a gathering spot for a wild assortment of performers who are ready to entertain and amaze Colorado audiences."
A performer at the 2010 festival.
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The festival includes a wide array of workshops and classes open to the general public, including "Headdresses 101: An introduction to crafting stylish pieces for any occasion," "Stage Managing Burlesque" (ever want to learn how these shows actually "work" under the bright lights?) and "Owning Your Act Through the Power of Intention."
For a full list of the classes, go to www.coloradoburlesquefestival.com/events/classes-2012 . And stop by the Sheraton hotel downtown for a meet-and-greet event following performer check-in from 3 to 5:30 p.m. today in 16 Mix, where there will be drink and appetizer specials.
Later today, don't miss the opening gala at the Summit Music Hall, 1902 Blake Street, hosted by Denver's very own Cora Vette with musical guest Vibes on Velvet.
For more information on headline performers and other weekend activities, go to http://www.coloradoburlesquefestival.com/index.php
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Skeletor is the main antagonist of the media franchise, Masters Of The Universe. He is an archenemy of He-Man. Skeletor is called "The Evil Lord Of Destruction", and his threat is to rule all of Eternia. Skeletor is a former pupil of Hordak, leader of The Evil Horde.
When Hordak and his Horde invaded Eternia and stormed the palace, Hordak broke in and kidnapped one of the King and Queen's twin babies. Man-At-Arms and the Royal Guard captured Hordak's apprentice Skeletor and forced him to divulge the whereabouts of his master. Hordak had retreated to his base of operations Snake Mountain.
When cornered, Hordak opened up a random dimensional portal (later revealed to have led to Etheria) and leaped through with the baby Princess Adora still in his possession. Skeletor remained on Eternia and raised an army of powerful minions of his own and took over as ruler of Snake Mountain. Skeletor's main goal is to conquer the mysterious fortress of Castle Grayskull, from which He-Man draws his powers. If he succeeds, Skeletor would be able to conquer not only Eternia, but the whole universe.
Filmation Series Edit
In the original series, Skeletor is the main villain, either appearing in the flesh, or acting thru one of his minions, such as Evil-Lyn or Whiplash. Due to the semi-comedic nature of the show, Skeletor is shown to be arrogant, whiney, childish, and incompetent.
Examples of his immature behavior is when he attempted to hijack a circus simply because the owner refused to perform at Snake Mountain, throwing a tantrum at his henchmen's stupidity, and repeating that he isn't a nice man. In one of the post-series minicomics, it's hinted that Skeletor is He-Man's uncle, Prince Keldor.
The New Adventures of He-Man Edit
In the controversial semi-sequel series, Skeletor is still the main villain, but is presented as being more mature and villainous than in the Filmation series, and has a very morbid sense of humor, often spouting out one liners and jokes ala Gene Hackman's portrayal of Lex Luthor. In this series, Skeletor follows He-Man to the world of Primus and joins forces with the Mutants, pretending to follow the orders of the idiotic Flogg, while manipulating him all the way.
In episode six, Skeletor is transformed into a more powerful version of himself via an evil crystal and stays that way until the final episode. In episode sixty-five, Skeletor is finally defeated when He-Man sends him and his lover Crita rocketing thru space. In the final scene, Skeletor vows that he'll return and gives out a chilling laugh.
Live Action Film Edit
Skeletor also appeared in the live action film Masters Of The Universe and was obsessed with becoming a god via stealing the Key Of The Universe - however his plans were opposed by He-Man and his group, who went as far as opening a portal to Earth in order to evade him: Skeletor wasn't so easily shaken however as he sent several henchmen after them (most of them well-known He-Man villains such as Beast-Man). When his servants failed him Skeletor arrived on Earth himself via a huge floating throne, accompanied by an entire army and forced He-Men into becoming his slave with the threat of killing his friends should he resist.
Skeletor then took the Key Of The Universe and with it became a god, transforming into a golden vaguely Aztec-inspired super-being as a result - however He-Man's friends managed to come to his aid and when Skeletor ordered his men to kill them He-Man became enraged and the two enemies engaged in a climatic battle, although he put up a good fight Skeletor wasn't a match for He-Man and ultimately lost the battle: transforming back to his usual form after his godlike energy was dispersed.
He-Man attempted to show mercy to his old for by informing him that the battle was over but Skeletor replied with a taunting "yes... for you!" before attempting to kill He-Man again, only to plunge to his death down a pit. Only for him to live and come out of the water and say "I'll be back!"


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Another classic breakbeat. From "It's a New Day", by Skull Snaps. I love this one, most people may know it because "The Matrix" (the movie). It appears in the sequence where Morpheus explains to Neo that they are trying to free the minds of the others, and some of them are not ready for it, and even might fight to protect the system.
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