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Super Mario Advance
Review by shneepshnop
"Have you ever tried eating a video game? Well this would be a good game to experiment with."
Hmm, what's this? A remake by none other than Nintendo. How clever, instead of actually being original and creating entirely new games they just remade another game that has already been remade 17 times. Well Super Mario Bros. Advance is a remake of the original Mario Bros. (not Super Mario Bros) and Super Mario Bros. 2. This game is trash and don't buy it unless you own in your backyard, a cage full of lions whose appetites consist only of crappy video games. I am writing this review assuming you all have played the original Super Mario Bros. 2. If you haven't you should DIE!!! Err, wait, I'm only joking I didn't really mean that, no don't walk away! Come back here, I was only kidding. You hear that? Only kidding…
Gameplay - 8/30
I am, wait… hold on… ok I am being told that this is in fact, Super Mario Bros. 2. I couldn't tell at first but after writing to Nintendo demanding to know what game this is they remade, I have been informed that this is in fact Super Mario Bros. 2. Well now that that mess is cleared up lets talk about the actual gameplay here.
Mario Bros. is exactly identical its original. Sadly it's just about as good as it too. Basically it sucks, and Nintendo would be better off denying all reports that they had anything to do with creating it.
Most of your playing time will be directed towards Super Mario Bros. 2, therefore most of this review will be directed towards it as well. When you start off you notice how much Nintendo has added into this remake. There are now new objects and platforms that are lying around. As are there new larger versions of enemies. You will now find walking around through certain parts of the level, large versions of Shy-Guys (the stupid little guys who walk around wearing the masks) who are, well just large versions of Shy-Guys. They do nothing else other than look big and dumb. Also there are now larger vegetables that can be picked up. Their sole purpose is to create a larger object for the gamer to throw at his targets, maybe being able to hit more enemies. Also hidden in the ground are little hearts. Originally, the hearts were flying around randomly throughout the level, now they are just lying around and can be gotten from 30% of the items lying underneath the ground. This makes living through each level a lot easier. Also there are now coins hidden throughout the level similar to the Yoshi Coins in Super Mario World. There are 5 per level and when you get them all you get a 1-up. Speaking of 1-ups they are lying around in abundance throughout the first 5 levels. At the start of the 2nd level I had honestly 27 lives. This makes the game, O, I don't know, ridiculously easy I guess would be the phrase I would use. If you ever run out of lives in this game you should cease all game playing and ask your parents to check you into some special ed. classes. Nintendo's remake aspect involving gameplay means making larger baddies, larger vegetables, and reducing the difficulty level to virtually non-existent.
Funfactor - 3/20
Mario Bros. is not fun at all. I never liked this game and I don't now. It is extremely repetitive and uninteresting, and lets not forget boring. That's a pretty good description of the fun found in Mario Bros.
Now for Super Mario Bros. 2, is this game fun? Hmm, lets see… fun or not fun? Fun or not fun? Fun or not fun… I'm leaning towards completely so unfun it's virtually stupid. This game is sooo not fun. Super Mario Bros. 2 was fun. Hell, even Super Mario Bros 2. remade on Mario All Stars was fun. But this? No way. This is lame. You will not get the same experience out of playing this remake as opposed to the original. The crappy controls make this game down right frustrating. The only saving grace is that the game records in a percent, the number of Yoshi Coins you find. Some people, who are the obsessive kind of gamers, may want to scour the levels for all of these coins. That may entice some people to play this game and enjoy it.
Control – 0/15
Control in Mario Bros. is bad, but it was bad on the original, so why change it…
Controls in Super Mario Bros. 2 are freaking terrible. This game is so easy if you don't factor in the crappy controls. Factoring in the controls make this game next to impossible to play. The controls are sluggish and the game does not respond to button inputs at all. Imagine greasing up the bottom of your roller skates with melted butter, then running full speed across a frozen lake. I would think the amount of control you have over where you want to go doing this is equal to the amount of control in Super Mario Bros. 2. The characters slip and slide every which way. You thought Luigi was hard to control originally? Ha, play as him now. You could take a running start, then jump with any of the characters, then release the directional pad and your character will end up continuing in his direction for about 42 miles. The controls are terrible and executing jumps onto small ledges is impossible. These are probably the worst controls ever in a video game. They put Hero's of the Lance to shame.
Graphics – 14/15
The graphics look good in both games, but more so in the 2nd Super Mario Bros. The backgrounds are very colorful, and detailed. The characters and enemies also look sharp. Remember playing that board game back in the day called Candy Land? Well every level looks like it was taken from that game. No the levels aren't edible, so please restrain yourself…
Music/Sound – 5/15
Be prepared to turn off your GBA's sound. The music isn't too bad. But the sound effects, my God… This time around Nintendo decided to make this game even more childish than before. Every time you go to pick up an object your guy will talk. Every time he gets something useful he will say, "Just what I needed", and every time you reach a boss they will say something stupid to you. All this is done in one of the annoying accents each character has. Every time they opened their stupid mouths I wanted to throw a vegetable at them. Especially the mushroom head guy, *shivers*…
Story – 1/5
Once upon a time there was a video game company called Nintendo. Back in the day Nintendo used to make the best games. Now for some reason their brains don't work very well and they cannot invent new concepts to create new games. They decided that in order to make easy money they would just re-release all of their old games onto their new portable video game system. This brought tremendous success and gave Nintendo a lot of its fans hard earned $$$. Nintendo fans become outraged. They demanded their hard earned $$$ back, but Nintendo just sat up in its nice tall building and laughed, while displaying a large banner reading: "SUCKERS". Nintendo then decided to remake every video game they ever created, because it is cheap, easy, and they can sell it at a regular game price, while putting in 20% of the money and effort. Boooo.
Repalyability - + 1/5
Well in order to have replayability one would first have to have playability. This game unfortunately has neither. It isn't fun and the sluggish controls make this game so very lame.
Conclusion – 32/100
- Well at least no one makes you play this terrible game
- Graphically the game appears nice
- Terrible controls
- Not much new
- Very annoying voices
Do you remember that episode of Southpark where the boys try to stop Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas from remaking Raiders of the Lost Ark? Well it goes like this, upon finding out that Raiders of the Lost Ark will be remade, the boys form a club. This club's purpose is to help save movies from their crazy directors by making it illegal to remake movies, thus preserving the greatness of the original. Well I wish someone would make a club preventing game companies from remaking their games. Boycott this game, unless of course you want to eat it... (not recommended)
Reviewer's Rating: 1.5 - Bad
Originally Posted: 03/17/04
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The king, made famous for the ages by William Shakespeare, had lain beneath the ground in Leicester for 500 years, reports the Associated Press[2]. Scientists at the University of Leicester have confirmed the skeleton is the body of the deposed king.
Richard III was the last English monarch to die in battle. He died in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field trying to defend his crown against Henry Tudor. Both battle wounds and a DNA test confirmed the identity of the skeleton. The skeleton's DNA was matched with that of Michael Ibsen, a carpenter living in London who is known to be a relative of the sister of Richard III.
The finding of the bones caused some surprise among historians. For centuries, it has been believed that the king was buried in Leicester, but the location was unknown. Preserved records say he was buried at the Grey Friars monastery, but its location was lost when Henry VIII closed all the monasteries in 1538.
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 7:33 pm
Post subject: you're either into caching, or you aren't.
I sell probably 3 GPSr's a day (how's the 76s Chad?). Every time (And I mean EVERY TIME) I sell one, I give out the URL's for mngca.org, and Geocaching.com, as well as a brief explaination. to date, I don't believe I've converted a single soul.
I may not cache as often as I'd like, but I still really love it, and I'm pretty sure my enthusiasm for it shows through, but, no takers.
So how about it? Anyone out there reading this get talked into caching from the guy who sold you the GPS? I'm NOT looking for thanks, just validation that I should continue to bang the drum for our hobby. More cachers=more caches. Not that Ian isn't doing a fine job of giving folks opportunities mind you..........
"You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themselves into"
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 9:45 pm
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I work in the service industry and talk to a lot of people each day. I like to talk about geocaching. It's a nice nuetral subject people don't know about and many are very interested. I have converted at least 3 people.
One person does GPS work for an engineering company. He has to find benchmarks all the time. He never heard about Geocaching before. After talking to him for about 15 minutes and showing him my GPS, I keep one in the truck, and where the caches are he was real interested. He says he has a GPS that is accurate to 1 mm. Can you imagine how easy it is to find them wiht that one.
Other people hear about it then it comes up again in life and they remember about it and look into it more. That is how I got into it. someone mentioned it to me then about a month later I saw the website on the computer. Next I was hooked.
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 11:56 pm
Post subject: Media validation
I also talk to people about Geocaching all the time. I've found that some people find it interesting, but find it hard to relate to on description alone. I often refer them to links to mainstream news articles to help them understand further. I've also found that when folks happen to see an article or news story on TV (or wherever) about it, they'll suddenly come back to me and say, "Hey, I heard a story about that thing you were telling me about, maybe now I'd like to check it out...".
I think people's first reaction is to scoff at the "geek factor" (which you can't deny), but then some come around when they see it's not just about geeks and in fact it's about all ages/demographics. A picture like this one (
...from our Mississippi Cachers' Fall Picnic just the other week) goes a long way toward showing it's for "everyone".
-Dave R.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:10 pm
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I like treasure hunts. I reluctantly went medallion hunting with my wife and nieces/nephew/kids in the late '80's. I didn't grow up in Minnesota, didn't know many parks, and the clues meant nothing.
When I got a computer in '97, and discovered a Medallion Hunt forum, where people shared ideas, it became pretty much an obsession. I take 1-2 weeks vacation in the middle of winter, so I can go "hunting". There's a core group of about 25 who are good friends, and get together often throughout the year.
A treasure hunter is a treasure hunter, right? I've tried for 1-1/2 years to get some of them interested. I started travel bugs, patterned after their online persona, or avatar thinking that would be a lure. They understand geocaching, like following the travels of their "bugs" but have not been out looking for one yet.
I have one last effort, that seems to have a few of them fired up. I will have a series of caches called "Cooler Crew Chicks" (offended? sorry, they're not)
A cache will be placed in a park very near each of 5 women who are regulars in the forum. If the ladies are out in the park, the guys won't be far behind.
I have a forum that I set up, within the Coolew Crew forum:
I'm pretty sure that you'll be able to read it all, but if you want to post, you'll have to register.
Oh yeah, because I liked hunting the medallion so much, when I heard about geocaching, and saw that some were close to home (even in June '01) I had to give it a try. In 27 months I've walked more miles in parks than in the previous 40 years.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:58 pm
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So how often, when describing geocaching, do the people say, "So where does the money get involved...you know cash?" I was seeking approval for a cache at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden earlier this year (no longer there-archived a while back) and the person I was talking to said, "So you want to put a cash machine in the Sculpture Garden?" That's when I just had to start over and break it down into real basic terms. The words "treasure hunting" is usually first out of my mouth when talking to someone new.
I've succesfully converted one person (they went out and actually bought a GPS after I took them out) and have been out with numerous people but non have kept at it.
I think that people fit into 3 catagories: 1) Intense geocaching desire!!! Let's go right now! 2) Yeah, that was a fun time...so what are we gonna do next time besides this, and 3) I'd rather make a lint ball from the spaces between my toes than walk around in the woods turning over bark.
That's my two cents.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 9:27 pm
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I just wanted to say two things on this topic.....
Just the other day I stopped an guy on a trail that had a GPS an asked him if he was caching.....I was amazed when he said no just has GPS for speed of walking and how far.
So I told him what I was talking about showed him how to enter cords and walked with him to a cache........I'm not sure if I converted him but I had fun talking and showing him how.
The other is how I got started....I saw the clip on the Travel channel....the next day I went to the site....I bought a GPS just for my first cache(how the heck I talked my wife into that one I still don't know) became hooked.
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 6:31 am
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A bunch of friends of mine think it's pointless.
That out of the way, the rest seem *really* interested at first, but never get into it much. I've taken a lot of people out caching, mostly because they ask, but they never come around to doing it themselves with a few exceptions. A friend who had an old GPSr started doing it on his own... did about 3 of them and hasn't done any since. Another friend and his roomie up in Duluth bought a unit jointly, used it about 20 times and now they don't cache at all. Another friend picked up a GPSr after caching with me a few times and has found 1 or 2 caches, and now it's been growing dust.
Granted, I cache probably about 15% as much as I used to do, but I still find it a lot of fun and a good way to get out.
Either way, as the subject says... I guess you're either into it or not.
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 8:28 pm
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So far, my score is 1 "apparently hooked" (jordanh), 1 did three caches with his kid and then stopped, and 1 bought expensive mapping GPS and didn't do any caches at all. All of those are computer programmers, so the geek gene is present.
I have a couple "may try its" on the line right now. This past weekend we were up at scout camp and my kid and one other kid didn't want to go shooting or do the obstacle course (go figure!). The father of the other kid is an attorney who already owns a GPS. So anyway, we spent the afternoon hiding temporary caches and finding them. The kids would hide one for us two adults, then we would hide one for the kids. The kids really started getting devious on us -- the game became "stump the old men". They even used the technique that Brad J. used on the Moving 123 cache (but without letting the cache get away from them!). Anyway, we did about a dozen finds this way, and the attorney's kid wanted to keep doing more. So that one may be a convert -- we'll see.
I spoke to another father on the trip who had his GPS along, and he took down the geocaching.com web site URL. I had my laptop along on the trip, so I showed him the GpsDrive display with all the caches in the area. He seemed interested. He's a sales guy, but he uses Linux machines at home to host a few websites on a DSL line. So he's got a latent geek gene.
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:49 pm
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About a month ago, my brother in law took me on my first cache in Monterey, CA and I couldn't wait to get home, buy my GPS and get started. I even thought this would be a great activity my husband and I could enjoy together
as he is a hunter and loves the outdoors. He didn't understand what I was talking about, but we bought the GPS, and when I brought him with me he says "What is so fun about looking for peoples old s*** in the woods?"
I have taken some friends, my dad and my mom hoping for a convert and a geocaching buddy, but no luck. I am loving it. I miss getting outdoors as much as I used to before I had kids, and this is a fun "mini-adventure" break I can take in the middle of the day to get me out of the house.
Oh well, I guess it is not for everyone!
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:28 am
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My only known convert was Moe - and he visited my website after learning about the sport from a mutual friend. But I do try and infect others.
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:30 am
Post subject: Re: you're either into caching, or you aren't.
Irvingdog wrote:
I sell probably 3 GPSr's a day (how's the 76s Chad?). Every time (And I mean EVERY TIME) I sell one, I give out the URL's for mngca.org, and Geocaching.com, as well as a brief explaination. to date, I don't believe I've converted a single soul.
I may not cache as often as I'd like, but I still really love it, and I'm pretty sure my enthusiasm for it shows through, but, no takers.
So how about it? Anyone out there reading this get talked into caching from the guy who sold you the GPS? I'm NOT looking for thanks, just validation that I should continue to bang the drum for our hobby. More cachers=more caches. Not that Ian isn't doing a fine job of giving folks opportunities mind you..........
Thanks for all the plugs 'dog, I'm sure it's helping. Love the map76s!! It was great out West.
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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2003 3:14 am
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One of my only converts has been my wife, and we started geocaching together. When I first signed up in December of 2000, there were only two geocaches in Minnesota--Alvin's Phone Line way up nort somewhere (I left the "h" off intentionally), and Rebecca's Garden (long since archived). Around a year later, we were looking for something to do for entertainment, and I told her about geocaching. I revisited the site, saw that there were quite a few more caches in the state, and we went to 3 KB caches (he was still well under 50 hides in those days), and I've been hooked ever since. I've told co-workers and fellow Guardsmen, and they say it sounds neat, but they haven't tried it yet. I also told my mom and step-dad, who are teachers in California, and they're hooked--they've found a few caches where they live as well as placed a couple, and they also found one of my travel bugs that made it's way to California and took it with them on vacation to Alaska (where it got snatched up by someone who hasn't visited the website since and who no longer has a valid gc.com account). Anyhow, I'm suprized none of my Guard buddies have taken up the sport--I'm now in Military Intelligence, and there is a high geek quotient in that field.
There comes a time in every young boy's life when he gets an irresistible urge to seek buried treasure.--Mark Twain
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2004 11:53 pm
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I got into cachin after seeing an article..about the only time my GPS saw daylight was during hunting season. i'd use it to find my stand, mark shot distances, tell time. Then I saw somthing about geocaching and I was out soon after.....to date I think I have converted 3 people....I've taken 4 but the last didnt show much appreaciation..but that's ok...less people out there to bump into
The others all went out and bought GPSr's soon after..I warned them it was addicting..but they never listen
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:47 am
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whatsagps wrote:
I warned them it was addicting..but they never listen
You should direct them to talk to RJ. He has over 400 finds and he's "Not Addicted".
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2004 9:39 pm
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I started caching last summer and since then my daughter has gotten into it and I have an employee at work that wants to go out with me sometime. They are already set on buying a GPS before they even go out. If I could just get Garmin to send out the new GPSMap60cs I could get them out sooner but right now I am without.
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Marcellus shale driller Noble Energy Inc. sinks roots into Pittsburgh
Dropping an anchor in Pittsburgh was an easy choice for executives at Noble Energy Inc.
The Houston-based driller is settling into a headquarters across the street from Range Resources Corp., the largest landholder among shale drillers in Western Pennsylvania, and Consol Energy Inc., the oldest local company working the Marcellus shale.
The six-story building in Cecil's Southpointe development that Noble will lease sits among a cluster of peers and service contractors, with easy interstate access to its well sites in Washington County and West Virginia.
The Marcellus "is quickly shaping up to be a world-class play," said Bob Ovitz, senior operations manager for Noble's Marcellus business unit. "Southpointe is sort of the nexus, the epicenter of what's going on out here. ... This is a great regional hub for the industry."
That hub stretches from the Washington County business park to Cranberry in Butler County. About a dozen drilling companies, big and small, and most of the biggest Marcellus shale-gas producers in Pennsylvania chose to be here, even some that drill mostly in Eastern Pennsylvania and those, such as Noble, that do a lot in West Virginia.
It's a unique opportunity for the region, putting Pittsburgh atop the Appalachian energy industry's supply chain, economic experts said. Rigs move and field offices close when the rigs go, but the corporate presence taking root in Pittsburgh is a constant that can withstand the whims of a boom-and-bust industry, they said.
The drilling companies draw pipeline companies such as Williams and MarkWest, and service companies such as Halliburton. Law firms and engineering and environmental consultants follow. Clustering in Pittsburgh offers them access to finance, skilled workers and culture, centrally located between drilling hot spots in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and eastern Ohio, experts said.
"Pittsburgh is the place that has all of that at once," said Kurt Rankin, an economist with PNC Financial Services Group. "Any firm that has hopes of being part of the natural gas revolution in the United States, and in particular focused on the Marcellus shale, is going to want to be a regional presence (here), with people on the ground who understand the marketplace in Pittsburgh."
There's hope that petrochemical makers and manufacturers will locate here as well, to take advantage of cheap natural gas. The gas industry could become like the coal industry that brought natural resource companies and steel-making that has survived in the region for more than 100 years, said Chris Briem, regional economist at the University of Pittsburgh.
"It's a fortunate accident of geography, millennia old," he said.
About a dozen shale drillers are in the Pittsburgh area, most along Interstate 79, including Royal Dutch Shell plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. and midsized companies such as Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and Talisman Energy Inc. Suburban locations give them quick access to Pittsburgh International Airport and field sites around the countryside.
The trend — building for a while — is ongoing. Chevron Corp. spent $17.5 million last year to buy land in Moon, closer to the airport. Township officials have said it could be a regional headquarters with 1,000 to 1,500 workers, though Chevron has yet to confirm that.
Rice Energy Inc., which just went public, has a headquarters under construction in Southpointe and plans to move in June 1.
"For us, it's proximity to our acreage in Washington and Greene counties … and Belmont County in Ohio," said Jamie Rogers, a vice president at Rice, which is outgrowing a suite at Southpointe. "So many of the service companies have now migrated to Southpointe, especially, it really does simplify doing business."
The shale boom brought this growth as it grew between 2005 and 2011. Some companies moved to compete with established companies such as Consol and EQT Corp., Downtown. A few, especially the majors — Chevron, Shell and Exxon — spent billions to buy local companies.
Noble paid $3.4 billion in 2011 to buy a share of Consol's holdings, creating a 50-50 venture to help Consol ramp up its gas drilling business. Noble, with an estimated market value of about $25 billion, is about a tenth of the size of those major companies. But it brings drilling experience without the bureaucracy of a multinational corporation, said David Hackworth, Consol's general manager of gas operations strategy.
Consol and Noble share a philosophy for how fast to work, executives said. Though some companies had to drill quickly, at scattered sites, in order to lock leases into long-term deals, Consol has mined Appalachian coal and drilled for so long that it has many of land deals in place. That appealed to Noble executives, who like long-term development, they said.
The goal of their "integrated development plan" is to methodically develop large swaths of land at once. That helps get water and gas pipelines in the ground before the wells are finished, limiting the trucking of water or the risk of having shut-in wells without pipeline connections to markets.
"This is an asset base here for decades to come. This isn't a quick land rush," Hackworth said. "This isn't a basin where we're going to have it all drilled up here in another five to seven years. This is a really prime piece of what is likely to be the most prolific gas field in the world."
In less than three years, Noble made the Marcellus its No. 2 priority, behind only the Colorado shale. It plans to spend a quarter of its $4.8 billion capital budget in 2014 on Marcellus drilling, according to its year-end report for analysts.
The office lease Noble signed runs 16 years, and executives say that's proof they're putting down roots.
"We're real excited to have a place we'll call home for the long term," said Ovitz. "We're looking for critical mass, scale to work with, and space to run in."
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1. Re: Moving Oracle from one server to anotherCloudDB Dec 13, 2012 8:55 AM (in response to Meenakshy singh)http://mmmustafa123.blogspot.in/2011/11/restore-rman-full-backup-to-different_26.html
Edited by: hitgon on Dec 13, 2012 2:25 PM
2. Re: Moving Oracle from one server to anotherShivananda Rao Dec 13, 2012 9:50 AM (in response to Meenakshy singh)Hello Meena,
Please refer this http://shivanandarao.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/duplicating-primary-database-to-a-new-host-without-connecting-to-the-primary-database-in-oracle-10g11g/
Also, as your database is started using pfile, you can look out for the PFILE at the default location %ORACLE_HOME%\database. You can make a search on the server with the file format as "init<your-database-SID>.ora"
3. Re: Moving Oracle from one server to anotherMeenakshy singh Dec 15, 2012 9:56 AM (in response to Shivananda Rao)Hi ,
I am facing some issue while restore database from RMAN backup on other server
Oracle DB version :- 22.214.171.124.1
Tried to restore from RMAN backup copy.
1)Took RMAN backup using script attached on production server.
2)Moved the backup piece to secondary server.
3) create instance with ORADIM
3)Copied DB pfile and edited accordingly and started database on secondary server.
4)All location of datafile,control file same on both servers.
5)restore control file from backup piece.
6)Mounted the database.
7) tried to RESTORE DATABASE, but restore failed, after first listing correctly all the datafiles to be restored, with ORA-19505, it's looking for the second to last backup
8) performed LIST BACKUP. it shows all backup up to the second to last, but not the most recent one
9)performed CROSSCHECK BACKUP OF DATABASE, it shows that all backups are expired, does not show the most recent one
The error it shows
Starting restore at 15-DEC-12
using channel ORA_DISK_1
channel ORA_DISK_1: starting datafile backupset restore
channel ORA_DISK_1: specifying datafile(s) to restore from backup set
restoring datafile 00001 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\SYSTEM01.DBF
restoring datafile 00002 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\UNDOTBS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00003 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\CWMLITE01.DBF
restoring datafile 00004 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\DRSYS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00005 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\EXAMPLE01.DBF
restoring datafile 00006 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\INDX01.DBF
restoring datafile 00007 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\TOOLS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00008 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\USERS01.DBF
restoring datafile 00009 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\USERS02.DBF
restoring datafile 00010 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\USERS03.DBF
restoring datafile 00011 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\USERS04.DBF
restoring datafile 00012 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\INDX02.DBF
restoring datafile 00013 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\HK_BACKUP1.DBF
restoring datafile 00015 to E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\SMARTEMC\INDX03.DBF
RMAN-00579: the following error occurred at 12/15/2012 15:12:08
RMAN-03002: failure during compilation of command
RMAN-03013: command type: restore
RMAN-03007: retryable error occurred during execution of command: IRESTORE
RMAN-12004: unhandled exception during command execution on channel ORA_DISK_1
RMAN-10035: exception raised in RPC: ORA-19505: failed to identify file "F:\SMARTEMC_BACKUP\SMARTEMC_2197_1_801849604"
ORA-27041: unable to open file
OSD-04002: unable to open file
O/S-Error: (OS 2) The system cannot find the file specified.
RMAN-10031: ORA-19624 occurred during call to DBMS_BACKUP_RESTORE.RESTOREBACKUPPIECE
Edited by: Meenakshy singh on Dec 15, 2012 5:55 PM
4. Re: Moving Oracle from one server to anotherShivananda Rao Dec 15, 2012 12:07 PM (in response to Meenakshy singh)Hi Meena,1 person found this helpful
RMAN is looking for the backuppiece SMARTEMC_2197_1_801849604 at location "F:\SMARTEMC_BACKUP\" and it is not able to find it.
Are you sure that the backups were copied to the location "F:\SMARTEMC_BACKUP\" on the new server ?
May be the controlfile you restored does not know about the exact location where you have placed the backups on the new server. Once the new instance is mounted, catalog the backup location or the backuppieces you have placed.
RMAN>catalog start with '<location where you have placed the backup pieces on the new server>';
RMAN>catalog backuppiece '<backup piece name with full path>';
5. Re: Moving Oracle from one server to anotherMeenakshy singh Dec 15, 2012 10:01 PM (in response to Shivananda Rao)Hi Sir,
Catalog is the perfect option but mine is Oracle 9i and it doesn't support catalog command.
6. Re: Moving Oracle from one server to anotherShivananda Rao Dec 16, 2012 6:32 AM (in response to Meenakshy singh)In that case you can try creating a similar directory structure on the auxiliary server as structure where you took the backup of the primary database.


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Let's assume that a representative consumer named Homer Simpson consumes beer and pork rinds in varying amounts. Assume further that the overall utility he derives from consuming these goods can be described by the utility function below. Note that this is just one possible example of a utility function, that there are many other possible functions we could have used instead.
We can use this utility function to derive Homer's indifference curve. By setting (1) equal to a specific number, we are saying that there are various combinations of B and R that yield a level of utility equal to that specific number. For example, suppose we set Homer's utility function equal to 100. We derive the indifference curve allowing 100 units of utility (i.e. utils) by rearranging the equation as follows.
Now, solve (1a) for B by squaring both sides to get:
Second, we divide both sides of (1b) by the variable R.
This is the equation for one indifference curve. As stated above, (1c) tells us the various combinations of beer and pork rinds that will provide Homer with 100 utils of satisfaction.
For example, if Homer consumes 10 units of beer, he needs to consume 1,000 units of pork rinds to get 100 utils of satisfaction. Of course, this equation also tells us that Homer would be indifferent between consuming that bundle of goods (10 units of beer and 1,000 units of pork rinds) and another one with 100 units of beer and 100 units of pork rinds. This is because both bundles provide 100 utils of satisfaction.
The graph that goes with (1c) is pictured below. The two different consumption points we just discussed are pictured too (with their coordinates reported as (R,B)). Both are on the indifference curve, both yield 100 utils of satisfaction.
Not knowing whether Homer will actually consume at either of these points, or whether he'll even consume on this indifference curve, we turn now to figuring out where Homer's consumption will actually occur. To do this we need a couple pieces of missing information: (a) the slope of the indifference curve, and (b) the budget constraint equation.
In a model where we examine two goods simultaneously, the slope of the indifference curve is going to be the marginal utility related to consuming more of one good divided by the marginal utility related to consuming less of the other good. While the utility along any indifference curve is constant, the marginal utility is not.
The marginal utility (MU) for each good above is given as:
The slope of the indifference curve, called the marginal rate of substitution, will be MUR/MUB. Note that the slope of this curve is negative (to see this mathematically, consider (1c)), which means we write the marginal rate of substitution for pork rinds and beer (MRSR,B) as:
We'll assume that the price of beer is $4 and that the price of pork rinds is $2. Assume further that Homer's income is $200. The budget constraint is then given as:
Rearranging (3), by solving for B, we get the following (rearranged budget constraint):
Noting that (3a) is the equation of a line (slope of –0.5, vertical intercept of 50), we can graph the indifference curve and budget constraint together. Equilibrium is attained where the (blue) indifference curve is tangent to the (red) budget constraint. This point is included in the graph.
The graph enables us to visually determine equilibrium, but also note the two
conditions which must simultaneously occur when we are at this equilibrium
point. Those conditions are:
With this in mind, we can now solve for equilibrium here. Substitute the values of the slopes into the first condition.
Solve (4) for B.
Substitute (4a) into the budget constraint (for B).
Solve (5) for R. This is the equilibrium value for R (i.e. R*).
Plug R* into the original budget constraint (or (4)), and solve for B. This is the equilibrium value for B (i.e. B*).
Given Homer's budget constraint and utility function, Homer should consume 25 units of beer and 50 units of pork rinds. If he does this, then his overall utility will be:
That is, Homer will experience about 35.4 utils of satisfaction from his 25
units of beer and 50 units of pork rinds.


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Centre Yann David, prop Fabien Barcella and flanker Ibrahim Diarra will make their Test debuts, while centre Yannick Jauzion returns after injury.
Italy have made four changes but will keep Andrea Masi at fly-half.
Marco Bortolami returns at lock, while Alessandro Zanni replaces the suspended flanker Mauro Bergamasco.
The other changes made by Nick Mallett are winger Kaine Robertson coming back in for Alberto Sgarbi on the wing and prop Andrea Lo Cicero replacing Salvatore Perugini.
Bergamasco has been banned for 13 weeks for eye-gouging Wales full-back Lee Byrne in his side's 47-8 defeat last month, although the Italian apologised over the incident.
"We made lots of mistakes against Wales. They put us under lots of pressure but we've looked at the videos to be able to play better and the players are anxious to make up for what happened," said Mallett.
Meanwhile, France coach Marc Lievremont has persisted with his policy of chopping and changing, with only six players from the starting XV that lost to England retained.
Aurelien Rougerie, Francois Trinh-Duc, Dimitri Szarzewski, Nicolas Mas, captain Lionel Nallet and Louis Picamoles keep their places but it is all change elsewhere.
Full-back Anthony Floch will make his first start, having come on in the 24-13 defeat by England, while the uncapped hooker Guillem Guirado and scrum-half Julien Tomas are included among the replacements.
Vincent Clerc, Damien Traille and Julien Bonnaire drop to the bench, while Cedric Heymans, David Marty, Morgan Parra, Thierry Dusautoir and Lionel Faure are omitted altogether.
Jerome Thion, despite suffering from a buttock strain, steps in to replace injured lock Pascal Pape and scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili and flanker Fulgence Ouedraogo are promoted to the starting XV.
David Skrela and William Servat also drop out of the match-day 22.
"We are making a turnover but keeping the balance in the team," said Lievremont, who has already blooded seven new caps in France's first three matches of the tournament.
"We want to win against Italy but win in a good manner at the same time."
Despite the defeat by England in their last match, France can still clinch their fourth Six Nations title in five years if they win their final two matches, with a trip to championship-chasing Wales scheduled for the final day.
France: Anthony Floch, Aurelien Rougerie, Yannick Jauzion, Yann David, Julien Malzieu, Francois Trinh-Duc, Dimitri Yachvili; Fabien Barcella, Dimitri Szarzewski, Nicolas Mas, Lionel Nallet (capt), Jerome Thion, Ibrahim Diarra, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Louis Picamoles. Replacements: Guilhem Guirado, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Arnaud Mela, Julien Bonnaire, Julien Tomas, Damien Traille, Vincent Clerc.
Italy: Andrea Marcato, Kaine Robertson, Gonzalo Canale, Mirco Bergamasco, Ezio Galon; Andrea Masi, Simon Picone; Andrea Lo Cicero, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Martin Castrogiovanni, Carlo Del Fava, Marco Bortolami, Josh Sole, Alessandro Zanni, Sergio Parisse (capt). Replacements: Fabio Ongaro, Carlos Nieto, Salvatore Perugini, Jacobus Erasmus, Pietro Travagli, Enrico Patrizio, lberto Sgarbi.
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Shown is FAR's RHO engine straight from the factory. It's a complete longblock minus details such as an oil pan, timing chain cover, water pump, intake, flywheel and balancer, and other necessities. These pieces are left off to reduce the initial purchase price, since most enthusiasts will be using this engine to replace an existing Windsor small-block.
Details worth noting include the fact that this is a late-model 5.0-liter engine that requires the use of a late-model balancer and flywheel or flexplate. A McLeod flywheel (part No. 463106) was used for the dyno tests, along with a stock late-model balancer and a 50-percent underdrive V-belt pulley (part No. 5455) from B&B.
Here is the RHO engine in the "stock" configuration test. It was assembled complete with a set of late-model Ford stainless-steel "headers" from a Mustang with a true 2 1/4-inch dual exhaust system feeding into a pair of turbo-style mufflers.
On the intake side of this first test, we used a stock '85 Ford aluminum intake, along with a 650 Holley double-pumper. The 650 Holley was used only because we didn't have a 600-cfm-vacuum secondary carburetor at the time of the test! On the street, a 600-vacuum secondary carb would be perfect for this engine. The distributor is an '85 Ford electronic unit with a steel drive gear (part No. M-12390-F) available through SVO Motorsport (no longer available but you can get a rebuilt unit at the local Ford dealership - ask for an '85 Mustang with a 5-speed - Fletch). This gear is a must for any distributor, since an iron gear will wear out in a matter of hours when combined with a steel-billet roller camshaft. We also used MSD wires and an MSD-6A amplifier in all of the tests.
The first change was to outfit the RHO engine with a set of "real" 1 5/8-inch headers from Headman. They were installed on the dyno in "boat" fashion in order to clear the dyno stand. The longer-tube headers in combination with the improved exhaust ports produced dramatic improvements, especially in low-speed torque.
Our second modification was improving the induction side with the addition of an Edelbrock RPM dual-plane intake manifold. Compared with the stock Ford intake port, the RPM intake offers a substantial larger intake port. This proved to be worthwhile, for the rpm intake generated a 35-horsepower increase, when combined with the headers. A Victor Jr. would also work well in this application if you were looking to increase high-rpm power. The RPM dual plane is our choice for all but the most serious street duty.
If the B-303 roller cam that comes in the RHO engine is a bit lumpy for your taste, Kaufmann Products offers a dual-pattern roller cam with a shorter 214-duration intake profile. It provides 224 degrees of exhaust duration at 0.050-inch tappet lift and a 114-degree lobe-separation angle, which generates a much smoother idle. Power is still a strong point, since the cam offers much taller 0.520 / 0.544-inch valve-lift specs.
The Dart II iron Ford heads come completely assembled, or you can buy them bare. The camber size is 64 cc's the valves are 2.02 / 1.60, and the exhaust port is drilled for both exhaust-flange patterns. A little bowl-work on the exhaust side and some intake-port work could generate even more flow potential from these heads.
The RHO engine comes with forged, four-eyebrow pistons. When using the Dart II iron heads with a high-lift camshaft, you will probably have to remachine the valve relief pockets in the pistons, as the larger valves in the dart heads could hit the pistons. Always check the valve-to-piston clearance when changing either the heads or cam.
The Dart II heads come stock with lo-po valvesprings that are fine for basic flat-tappet cams. But to control the RHO engine's radical B-303 roller cam, Bill Mitchell supplied larger valve-springs. The Dart II heads come with 3/8-inch screw-in studs and guideplates. You should use rocker arms designed for the small-block Ford (small-block Chevy rockers won't work) (-like duh, don't you love it when these Chevy guys do a Ford article - Fletch), such as those offered by Crane, Edelbrock, or Competition Cams. The stock Ford stamped rockers will deflect horrendously, especially when used with roller-cam valvesprings.
See Also, 5.0 To Go - Dyno Testing Ford's Remanufactured High-Output 5.0L Engine


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Clarkson Wins Third at AIAA Student Paper Competition 2009
The 2009 Region 1-NE Student Paper Conference was held March 27 and 28, 2009 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester Massachusetts! Students from across the Northeast presented their research and advanced their interest in aerospace engineering. This year, two Clarkson students travelled south to present their research on aerodynamics and aircraft design.
Prizes of $500 are be given to the winners of separate undergraduate and graduate paper category competitions. $300 and $250 is awarded for second and third place in each competition, respectively. In addition, the winner gets the chance to present their paper at the national conference. presented papers on research they had done at either the Undergraduate or Masters level.
Congratulations to Senior Aero Jonathan Holla for his paper "High Speed Multipurpose ESTOL/VTOL Aircraft Design" which took third place in this years competition. Brent Pomeroy, a junior aero, also presented in the undergraduate category with his paper "Computational Study of Minimum Induced Drag for Spanwise Cambered Wings". The students must write a technical paper own their own that conforms to the national conference paper standards. The papers are reviewed by experts across the country. The students must then give a 20 minute oral presentation of their work, which is also judged. The combined scores determine the winner. Particpating Universities included Syracuse, NJIT, Cornell, WPI, Princeton, MIT and Clarkson. In 2008, Clarkson won first place in the undergraduate competition, and the winner, Mark Czajkowski, was flown in January 2009 to the AIAA National Aerospace Sciences Conference in Orlando, Florida.
The conference culminated in an awards lunch where astronaut Professor Albert Sacco Jr. gave a lecture about his experiences as a member of the astronaut corps. In 1995, Dr. Sacco flew on Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-73, performing microgravity experiments on zeolite crystal growth behavior. The 16 day mission aboard Columbia focused on materials science, biotechnology, combustion science, and fluid physics contained within the pressurized Spacelab module. Dr Sacco's wry wit provided an entertaining lecture for students and faculty alike, highlighting the dedication that astronauts require to be a member of this elite group.


text: The Musketeers to return for a second series Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera and Howard Charles will return to Adrian Hodges' swashbuckling drama without Peter Capaldi's Cardinal Richelieu Comments Written By Susanna Lazarus 11:43 AM, 09 February 2014 The BBC are so chuffed with their Musketeers remake, they've already ordered a second series of the new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic tales. After just three episodes of the swashbuckling ten-part drama, bosses have approved the return of all four strapping leads, Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera and Howard Charles, as D'Artagnan, Athos, Aramis and Porthos. Set on the streets of 17th-century Paris, The Musketeers follows the talented quartet of King Louis XIII's personal bodyguards and their action-packed adventures and clashes with Peter Capaldi's villainous Cardinal Richelieu. Speaking of the recommission, series creator Adrian Hodges said, "I'm completely thrilled to be able to continue the journey we have begun on The Musketeers. Writing and helping produce the show has been one of the greatest challenges and joys of my professional life." Controller of BBC1, Charlotte Moore, added, "Drama in 2014 has got off to a great start on BBC1 and The Musketeers has really brought something fresh and new to the channel. I can't wait to see how things will develop in the next series." However, the series return will not feature new Doctor Who star Capaldi thanks to his commitment to the BBC sci-fi series. Speaking to RadioTimes.com last month, Tom Burke confirmed, "It was a gradual realisation that he wouldn't be able to do the second series and people are now very excited about who the next villain will be so that's going to bring a new energy. Hopefully he'll be as good as Peter was." The Musketeers has a further seven episodes of the current series still to air, continuing tonight at 9:00pm on BBC1. Along with the series regulars, the list of guest stars still to appear includes Vinnie Jones, Sean Pertwee, Annabelle Wallis, Ashley Walters, Tara Fitzgerald and Zoe Tapper. Follow @RadioTimes Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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GOLD CUP ROSTER COMING THURSDAY ON ussoccer.com: U.S. Men's National Team head coach Bob Bradley will announce on Thursday the 23-man roster that will seek to defend the USA's regional title at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup (tickets and schedule). The Gold Cup roster will be revealed exclusively on ussoccer.com at 12 p.m. ET. The USA is seeking its fourth Gold Cup crown and looks to become the first team in history to earn back-to-back trophies. All three of the USA's group matches will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel and Telefutura. Players will begin reporting to camp on May 27 in Los Angeles, with their first group match against Guatemala slated for June 7 at The Home Depot Center.
U-17 MNT LEARNS FIRST ROUND OPPONENTS: The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team has been drawn into Group E with Belgium, Tunisia and Tajikistan for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea, which will take place from Aug. 18-Sept. 9. The U.S., who was one of the seeded teams in the draw, opens against Tajikistan on Aug. 20, then faces Tunisia on Aug. 23 and concludes group play on Aug. 26 against Belgium. The U.S. will play Tajikistan and Tunisia in Changwon before heading to Cheonan to face Belgium. Every U.S. match at the U-17 World Cup can be followed live via ussoccer.com's MatchTracker. The U.S. qualified for South Korea '07 with a first-place finish in Group A of the CONCACAF U-17 Final Round Qualifying Tournament in Kingston, Jamaica, earlier this month. The U.S. scored nine goals in four games during qualifying, including three during their shutout victory in their opening game against Trinidad & Tobago. The U-17s then topped Canada, 2-1, before falling to host Jamaica, 3-2, but bounced back to defeat Costa Rica, 2-1, to ensure themselves the top spot in the group. Visit the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup competitions page at ussoccer.com for a complete schedule and standings, plus features, podcasts, and exclusive all_access video coverage of the U-17 MNT in South Korea.
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GOALKEEPERS (5): Kim Bingham (Pleasanton, Calif.), Jenni Branam (Placentia, Calif.), Kristin Luckenbill (Paoli, Pa.), Briana Scurry (Dayton, Minn.), Hope Solo (Richland, Wash.);
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MIDFIELDERS (8): Shannon Boxx (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Lori Chalupny (St. Louis, Mo.), Angela Hucles (Virginia Beach, Va.), Marci Jobson (St. Charles, Ill.), Carli Lloyd (Delran, N.J.), Joanna Lohman (Silver Spring, Md.), Leslie Osborne (Brookfield, Wis.), Aly Wagner (San Jose, Calif.);
FORWARDS (8): Lauren Cheney (Indianapolis, Ind.), Natasha Kai (Kahuku, Hawaii), Kristine Lilly (Wilton, Conn.), Heather O'Reilly (East Brunswick, N.J.), Megan Rapinoe (Redding, Calif.), Lindsay Tarpley (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Abby Wambach (Rochester, N.Y.), Christie Welsh (Massapequa Park, N.Y.).
WNT "SEND-OFF SERIES" KICKS OFF JUNE 16 IN CLEVELAND: The U.S. will continue preparing for the 2007 Women's World Cup in China, kicking off their Send-Off Series against China (tickets) in Cleveland on June 16, Brazil (tickets) in East Rutherford, N.J., on June 23, and Norway (tickets) in East Hartford, Conn., on July 14. The U.S. will also face Japan (tickets) in San Jose, Calif., on July 28 at 10 p.m. ET at Spartan Stadium in a match presented by Visa, before taking on New Zealand (tickets) in Chicago on Aug. 12 at 1 p.m. ET at Soldier Field, and finally Finland (tickets) in Los Angeles on Aug. 25 at The Home Depot Center in the final Send-Off Series match. Ticket information for all six games is available at ussoccer.com or by calling local Ticketmaster outlets or the respective stadium's box offices. Group tickets for 15 or more people for any of the Send-Off Series matches are available by calling 312-528-1290 or downloading a group order form at ussoccer.com. ESPN2 will broadcast the New York, Hartford, Chicago and Los Angeles matches live, while ussoccer.com's MatchACCESS will provide live streaming video of the matches in Cleveland and San Jose. Fans can also follow stats and commentary online with ussoccer.com's MatchTracker. For information about the WNT's draw at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, visit the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup competitions page for a complete schedule and standings, plus features, podcasts, and exclusive all_access video coverage of the WNT in China.
2007 Women's National Team Send-Off Series
Date Opponent Location Kickoff TV
June 16 China Cleveland Browns Stadium (Cleveland, Ohio) 7 p.m. ET ussoccer.com's MatchACCESS
June 23 Brazil Giants Stadium (East Rutherford, N.J.) 5 p.m. ET ESPN2 / Galavision
July 14 Norway Rentschler Field (East Hartford, Conn.) 6 p.m. ET ESPN2
July 28 Japan Spartan Stadium (San Jose, Calif.) 7 p.m. PT ussoccer.com's MatchACCESS
Aug. 12 New Zealand Soldier Field (Chicago) 12 p.m. CT ESPN2
Aug. 25 Finland The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) 6:30 p.m. PT ESPN2
U.S. 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Schedule
Date Opponent Venue Kickoff
Sept. 11 North Korea Chengdu (Chengdu Sports Center Stadium) 5 p.m. local / 5 a.m. ET
Sept. 14 Sweden Chengdu (Chengdu Sports Center Stadium) 5 p.m. local / 5 a.m. ET
Sept. 18 Nigeria Shanghai (Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium) 8 p.m. local / 8 a.m. ET
Sept. 22 Quarterfinals* Wuhan or Tianjin 5 p.m. local or 8 p.m. local
Sept. 26/27 Semifinals* Tianjin or Hangzhou 8 p.m. local / 8 a.m. ET
Sept. 30 Final* Shanghai (Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium) 8 p.m. local / 8 a.m. ET
* If Necessary
COPA AMERICA MATCHES TO BE SHOWN LIVE ON GOLTV: All 26 matches of the 2007 Copa America will be broadcast live in English on GolTV, the network announced on Wednesday (May 16). Matches include all three of the U.S. Men's National Team's first round matches. The U.S. opens the tournament against Argentina on June 28 at 8:45 ET, followed by a match against Paraguay at 6:30 p.m. ET on July 2. On July 5, the U.S. closes the first round by facing Colombia at 6:30 p.m. ET. Univision will air all matches in Spanish.
U.S. MNT 2007 Copa America First Round Schedule
Group C
Date Opponent Time (ET)
June 28 Argentina 8:45 p.m.
July 2 Paraguay 6:30 p.m.
July 5 Colombia 6:30 p.m.
July 7/8 Quarterfinals* TBD
July 10/11 Semifinals* TBD
July 14 Final* 5:05 p.m. ET
* If Necessary
U.S. MNT TO FACE SWEDEN IN AUGUST: The United States Men's National Team will play its first match on European soil in 2007 when they travel to face 11-time World Cup finalists Sweden on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at Ullevi Stadium in Goteborg, Sweden. Kickoff for the match is set for 8:30 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. ET), and the match will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel, with Galavision airing the match live at 2:30 p.m. ET and delayed at 2:30 p.m. PT. Fans can also follow the match live via ussoccer.com's MatchTracker. The U.S. is gearing up for a busy summer, beginning with a tune-up match against China on June 2 at Spartan Stadium in San Jose (tickets). Five days later, the three-time champions will try to defend their title against 11 other teams at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scheduled from June 6-24 in several cities across the United States. Just a few days later, the U.S. will participate in the 2007 Copa America, the regional championship of South America. The 12-team tournament will run from June 26 to July 15 in nine cities across Venezuela. For the United States, the appearance will mark their third entrance into CONMEBOL's signature event, and the first since a third place finish in 1995.
U.S. MNT 2007 Schedule
Date Match Venue Result/Kickoff/TV
Jan. 20 USA vs. Denmark Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) 3-1 W
Feb. 7 USA vs. Mexico Univ. of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.) 2-0 W
March 25 USA vs. Ecuador Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.) 3-1 W
March 28 USA vs. Guatemala Pizza Hut Park (Frisco, Texas) 0-0 T
June 2 USA vs. China Spartan Stadium (San Jose, Calif.) 8 p.m. ET / ESPN2 & Galavision
June 7 USA vs. Guatemala^ Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) 6 p.m. PT / FSC and Telefutura
June 9 USA vs. T&T^ Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) 2 p.m. PT / FSC and Telefutura
June 12 USA vs. El Salvador^ Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.) 7 p.m. ET / FSC and Telefutura
June 16/17 Quarterfinal^* Foxborough or Houston TBD
June 21 Semifinal^* Soldier Field (Chicago) TBD
June 24 Final^* Soldier Field (Chicago) 3 p.m. ET
June 28 USA vs. Argentina # Estadio Jose Romero (Maracaibo) TBD --
July 2 USA vs. Paraguay # Estadio Agustin Tovar (Barinas) TBD --
July 5 USA vs. Colombia # Estadio Metropolitano FdL (Barquisimeto) TBD –
July 7/8 Quarterfinals#* San Cristóbal, Barinas, Maturín, BarquisimetoTBD
July 10/11 Semifinals#* Caracas, Puerto Ordaz TBD
July 14 Final#* Caracas Olympic Stadium (Caracas) 5:05 p.m. ET
Aug. 22 Sweden Ullevi Stadium (Goteborg, Sweden) 2:30 p.m. ET / FSC / Galavision (2:30 ET/PT)
^ CONCACAF Gold Cup
# Copa America
* If necessary
U.S. PARALYMPIC TEAM COMPETES IN THE NETHERLANDS: The U.S. Paralympic team dropped their first three games at the 2007 CP International Tournament at the KNVB National Training Center in Zeist, Netherlands. Despite playing quality soccer, the U.S. was unable to overcome Russia's two-goal lead in the the first match. The second match saw U.S. goalkeeper Keith Johnson leave the match with a shoulder sprain, with the U.S. falling, 4-0, to Iran. Against England, the U.S. scored two goals but fell, 3-2, in their second to last match. The round robin tournament will serve as a warm-up for both the ParaPanAmerican Games, which will take place in August in Rio de Janeiro, and the World Championship in November. Both events present opportunities to qualify for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Paralympic soccer is played seven-a-side on a smaller field and with smaller goals than non-disabled soccer. Each team plays with seven men using the International Federation of Associated Football (FIFA) rules which have been slightly modified to accommodate the disabilities of the athletes.
U.S. Paralympic Team Schedule/Results
Date Opponent Result U.S. Goal Scorer(s)
May 17 Russia 1-2 L Marthell Vazquez
May 19 Iran 4-0 L --
May 21 England 2-3 L Chris Ahrens, Marthell Vazquez
May 22 Netherlands -- --
Paralympic Roster by Position
GOALKEEPERS (1): Keith Johnson
DEFENDERS (4): Derek Arneaud, Louis Garrett Jon McCullough, Dave Woosnam
MIDFIELDERS (5): Tom Latsch, Josh McKinney, Eric Poulin, Shaun Schetka, Jason Slemons
FORWARDS (2): Chris Ahrens, Marthell Vazquez
CREDENTIAL DEADLINES APPROACHING FOR SUMMER INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS: Media members may register online for the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 and the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 at the media services section of FIFA.com. Deadline for applications to the Women's World Cup is May 31, and the deadline for the U-20 World Cup is May 30. Successful applications will be notified and given further information as the tournament approaches. Applications are subject to confirmation and international applicants are responsible for their own visas. More information about the tournaments is available at FIFA.com. Applications for credentials for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup are now available online at concacaf.com and GoldCup.org. Application deadline is June 1 and a color passport photo must be submitted with the application form. No credential applications will be accepted after the deadline. Copa America credentials are available at CopaAmerica.com and the deadline is May 26.
U.S. U-21 WOMEN HEAD TO GERMANY FOR THREE MATCHES: U.S. Under-21 Women's National Team head coach Bill Irwin and his squad are in Dortmund, Germany for three matches against top women's club teams on a trip that began on May 18 and will last through May 27. The U-21s are coming off a second place finish at the 2007 Futbol Internacional Tournament in Alabama, where they finished in second place in the six-team competition, falling in penalty kicks to Canada in the championship game. The U-21s will face Gutersloh on May 22, followed by a match against SG Essen-Schönebeck on May 24 and finish with a game against 07 Bad Neuenahr on May 26. The German women's Bundesliga is widely hailed as one of the top two women's leagues in the world, along with Sweden's top division. Irwin will bring a strong squad to Germany as 11 of the 18 players named have played in one or more youth world championships for the USA. Midfielder Angie Woznuk has one cap for the full National Team, the only player on the roster with senior team caps. Defender Rachel Buehler is currently in Residency Training Camp with the Women's National Team, but will leave camp to play with the U-21s. The U-21s will return home and the squad will have just a week before re-grouping in Portland, Oregon, from June 6-13 for a training camp that will be the last preparation for the 2007 Nordic Cup to be held in Finland from July 18-24.
U.S. U-21 WNT Schedule
Date Opponent
May 22 Gutersloh
May 24 Essen-Schonebeck
May 26 07 Bad Neuenahr
U.S. U-21 WNT Roster
GOALKEEPERS (2): Cori Alexander (Portland), Kelsey Davis (Portland);
DEFENDERS (6): Rachel Buehler (Stanford), Kendall Fletcher (UNC), Nikki Krzysik (Virginia), Stephanie Logterman (Texas), Manya Makoski (Arizona State), Becky Sauerbrunn (Virginia);
MIDFIELDERS (6): Natalie Capuano (Penn), Tina DiMartino (UCLA), Kara Karellis (Wisconsin), Ali Krieger (Penn State), Lisa Sari (Portland), Angie Woznuk (Portland);
FORWARDS (4): Natalie Budge (Portland), Kerri Hanks (Notre Dame), Ella Masar (Illinois), Jessica Rostedt (Virginia).
U.S. U-15 GIRLS' NATIONAL TEAM COMES TO THE HDC FOR TRAINING CAMP: The U.S. Under-15 Girls' National Team came together on May 19 for a training camp from at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. U.S. head coach Tad Bobak has called in 24 players to the camp, all born in 1992, as the youngest of the USA's five youth national teams holds its second training camp of 2007. The camp will last through May 25. The U-15s will get a chance to watch the full Women's National Team train as head coach Greg Ryan's squad are in Residency Training Camp from May 21-31 before going on a break.
U.S. U-15 GNT Roster
GOALKEEPERS (3): Vittoria Arnold (Mesquite, Texas), Erin Dees (Downers Grove, Ill.), Makenna Henry (Fountain Valley, Calif.);
DEFENDERS (8): Mackenzie Akerfelds (Littleton, Colo.), Mia Bruno (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Briana Hovington (Lothian, Md.), Emi Lawson (Shoreline, Wash.), Megan Oyster (Naperville, Ill.), Mollie Pathman (Durham, N.C.), Cathrine Sessions (Woodbury, Minn.), Carrie Whigman (Phoenix, Ariz.);
MIDFIELDERS (8): Michelle Cruz (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Nicole Duarte (League City, Texas), Kylie Facinelli (Del Mar, Calif.), Kaitltyn Fitzpatrick (Pleasanton, Calif.), Natalia Ledezma (La Mirada, Calif.), Samantha Mewis (Hanson, Mass.), Kealia Ohai (Draper, Utah), Courtney Strombeck (Orangevale, Calif.);
FORWARDS (5): Kaley Blades (Largo, Fla.), Kori Chapic (Russel, Ohio), Nicole Locandro (Kennesaw, Ga.), Devin Marshall (Bonita, Calif.), Tawni Martino (Irvine, Calif.)
ROBERTS, HAMILTON HEAD TO PHILIPPINES AS STATE DEPARTMENT SPORTS ENVOYS: U.S. Soccer is continuing to work with the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs on a sports initiative that sends players and coaches from U.S. Soccer's National Teams out as State Department Sports Envoys traveling abroad to conduct clinics and spark a dialogue with children from around the world. The latest U.S. Soccer Sports Envoy team features two FIFA Women's World Cup champions from the U.S. Women's National Team. Tiffany Roberts earned 110 caps for the WNT, earning a Women's World Cup crown in 1999, while Linda Hamilton was a WNT pioneer, earning 71 caps from 1987 to 1995 and winning the inaugural Women's World Cup in 1991.The two athletes will visit the Philippines from May 19-25 conducting eight different clinics for boys and girls in Manila and Iloilo. The Department of State, in partnership with U.S. Soccer's International Relations Program, launched the World Cup Sports Initiative which brought 30 young soccer players from 13 countries to participate in a soccer program in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Germany, June 10-24, 2006. Last year, players and coaches from U.S. Soccer's National Team program traveled to the countries of Bahrain, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda.
US CLUB SOCCER 2007 NATIONAL CUP VI OPENS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: The sixth edition of US Club Soccer's signature event, The National Cup, kicks off Memorial Day weekend with regional play in Jacksonville, Fla., on May 25-28 and LaGrangeville, N.Y., on May 26-28. More than 1,200 Boys' and Girls' Under-12 through Under-17 teams have registered to compete in the 2007 National Cup VI, which consists of eight Regionals held through the Fourth of July with the winners advancing to the Finals in late July. Visit usclubsoccer.org for more National Cup VI information including schedules, results, photos and the "Road to the Cup Blog."
2007 CONCACAF GOLD CUP TICKETS NOW ON SALE: Tickets for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup are now on sale for all dates and venues. Tickets start at $20 for first round games and can be purchased by calling 1-888-878-2007. Ticket packages are available for all games and match days at a single venue. Discounts are also available for groups. More information is available at ussoccer.com.
VISIT ussoccer.com's YOUTUBE CHANNEL: U.S. Soccer fans can now follow their favorite U.S. National Team coaches and players on ussoccer.com's YouTube channel. It includes interviews, press conferences and other exclusive behind-the-scenes features as well as coverage of the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Women's World Cup, FIFA's Youth World Cups, Olympic Soccer, CONCACAF Gold Cup and other competitions, and all of the National Teams' qualifying competitions and friendlies. Subscribe to ussoccer.com's YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/ussoccerdotcom.
U.S. SOCCER NATIONAL COACHING SCHOOLS SUMMER DATES SET: This summer, candidates will have a chance to learn from some of the nation's top-level instructors, including current and former National Team, MLS and WUSA coaches at U.S. Soccer's National Coaching Schools. Officially licensed by FIFA, the schools provide premier coaching education to coaches at all levels of the game. Limited space is available. Make your summer plans now to attend a U.S. Soccer "A", "B" or "C" License course this June and July. For more information, visit ussoccer.com or call 312-808-1300. [CoachesNet]
PEAK PERFORMER: D.C. United's Jaime Moreno scored the game-winning goal in the team's 2-1 win against Toronto FC on Saturday, May 19, in Toronto. The goal, aside from helping United earn three points, was the 108th goal of Moreno's career, tying him with Jason Kreis for the most goals scored in MLS history. One more goal would place Moreno at the top of the list after Kreis retired as a player earlier this year to take the helm of Real Salt Lake.
SOCCER SHOCKER: Mexican club Cruz Azul was kicked out of the Mexican League semifinals last week after using banned midfielder Salvador Carmona in the first leg of their semifinal series against Pachuca on Wednesday (May 16). Carmona was banned for one year after the 2005 Confederations Cup when he tested positive for a banned substance. He tested positive a second time in January 2006 and, on appeal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's request for a longtime ban. Carmona is now banned from playing soccer for life and Pachuca will go on to face Club America in the tournament final.
MARQUEE MATCHUP: The biggest club match of the year takes place on Wednesday, May 23, as Liverpool and AC Milan meet at the Athens Olympic Stadium in the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final. It is a rematch of the 2005 final, in which AC Milan surrendered a 3-0 halftime lead to the Reds before falling in penalties. The broadcast begins at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2, with the match kicking off at 2:25 p.m. ET.
QUOTABLE: "On paper, it's may seem like a favorable draw for us, however, in my experience at the Under-17 World Cup you never know really what's going to happen because at this age level things are definitely a little unpredictable. We know very little about Tajikistan and Tunisia, so that is going to be a huge challenge for us. We do know a little about Belgium, but we have some work to do to get prepared for all of our teams in Group E. It will be very interesting come this August when we kick off the World Cup."
-- U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team head coach John Hackworth told ussoccer.com after learning the USA's three first round opponents at the 2007 FIFA Under-17 World Cup (listen).


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The Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Town Hall lunch at Liberty Lake Park last week. The event gives Chamber members a chance to hear from city and county representatives.
District 2 Supervisor Curry Martin spoke of the high points of the past several months.
Martin believes appointing a new county administrator was the supervisors most important decision. The county hired Mark Reeter this spring.
Bedford County's supervisors voted at their June 10 meeting not to participate with Lynchburg and Campbell County in a regional library study.
But that wasn't the last word,
Monday night, a change in that decision came because District 3 Supervisor Roger Cheek, who had voted with the majority the last time, reversed course. Cheek was able to have the issue revisited because he voted with the majority at the prior meeting.
Virginia held a primary last Tuesday to select the Democratic Party's candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general. The primary was held on June 11.
You didn't vote? It seems hardly anybody in Bedford or Bedford County did. According to Bedford County Registrar Barbara Gunter, only 409 votes were cast in the county.
"That includes absentee ballots," she said.
"We had one precinct with zero votes," she commented.
This will be Lew Medlin's fourth try at the 19th House of Delegates seat as the Democratic Party's nominee. Medlin was defeated three times in a row by the incumbent, Delegate Lacey Putney.
"I had a lot of people come up to me and say, 'You gotta run,'" Medlin said, explaining why he is giving it another try.
There is another reason.
"When I ran the first few times, I knew I wasn't going to win," he said.
Bedford City Council adopted Bedford's first town budget in decades last week. The end result will be lower real estate taxes next year for residents currently living in the city of Bedford, once it becomes a town.
City Council voted, in a 4-3 vote, to provide an additional $5,000 for Bedford Main Street and and $1,000 to the Wharton Foundation.
"Both of these organizations do a great deal for the community," said Jim Vest, who had argued in favor of this funding at a late May work session.
Like many communities, Bedford County has had its own issues with illegal immigrants committing repeat offenses, but not being able to deport those offenders.
Bedford County Commonwealth's Attorney Randy Krantz took that past experience—and his recommendations for change—to Capitol Hill last week, testifying on immigration reform before a House Judiciary Committee.
Randi Herrick has presided over 30 elections while serving as Bedford City Registrar.
By John Barnhart and Tom Wilmoth
It appears, as of press time, that Bedford County's elections for board of supervisors and school board will be uncontested.
"I feel pretty good about it," Austin said about securing the Republican nomination for the 19th House of Delegates district. He made a particularly strong showing in Botetourt County.
Bedford County will not be joining Lynchburg and Campbell County in a study to determine what savings a regional library system would bring.
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What you need to know…..about wearing Hats in the snow.
As snow once again falls across the country, we all reach more than ever for our favourite head wear to keep safe and warm. We all want our Hat of choice to remain in the best condition; so we have put together our guide to looking after your Hat in the unusual weather.
The most important thing to do is simply to leave your Hat to dry naturally on a flat surface. When you get home place your Hat flat on the table and leave it to dry. If you are left with excess water on top of your hat, which particularly with snow can happen, then simply wipe this away with a soft cloth.
If the Hat has become slightly dirty from the weather then gently wipe that hat with a soft cloth whilst it is still wet to remove any obvious staining. Once you have tended to excess water and any dirt then leave the Hat for a few hours to dry. Do not put your Hat in a box, enclosed space or Bag whilst you are leaving it to dry. Equally do not use any heat source to try and dry your Hat. Flat on a table in open air is best.
When your Hat has dried it may need a little more care depending on the style and the felt. Steam and a soft brush are the best answer to this. Should the Hat be slightly misshapen from getting wet, or have some markings left then a gentle steam and brush will sort that right out. To remove any light markings and to bring some life back to the felt, all you need to do is to hold your hat briefly in the steam from an everyday kettle. Then gently brush in an anticlockwise direction around the Hat. For any marks which are causing slightly more of a problem then usually a little more steam and attention from a good quality brush, such as the Bates Hat Brush, should remove the marks easily.
If your Hat has an open crown or has even just become slightly misshapen then a bit of steam should help you to manipulate the shape back in again and then hold that shape.
Of course if you feel your Hat needs even more care and attention, then you can bring it to your favourite Hatter for us to deal with. You may also find that over time and particularly when exposed to a lot of extra water your Hat will shrink. This is very common and it would be no problem for us to return your Hat to the right size by placing it on the block and stretching it back out. You are welcome to either bring your Hat back to the store in person, or if you are not able to make it yourself to send the Hat to us to work on.
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Almost 5 per cent of all babies are born to indigenous families, including 15 per cent of all babies born to teenage mothers.
For women generally, the median age for having a first child has reached 30, and the most common age for child-bearing is from 28 to 32.
A record 75,719, or 31 per cent of all babies, were born to unmarried mothers, although only 4 per cent did not have an acknowledged father. Victorian women are the most likely to have babies in their 30s, and within marriage - and 98 per cent of Victorian babies born outside marriage have an acknowledged father.
The bureau's figures, however, overstate the underlying decline in fertility, particularly in Melbourne. Tens of thousands of young women come to Australia each year as temporary residents to work or study.
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Im 5"6 190 pds size38 JJ ive tried everything. Does Medicaid Cover Breast Reduction?
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Medicaid "covering" breast reduction
There is no simple answer to the question of whether Medicaid "covers" breast reduction as the definition of what is "covered" is up to the state and federal government as well as the definition of what constitutes a breast reduction. Medicaid will not tell a physician before the surgery whether the procedure will be covered but expects the physician to perform the procedure and bear all the cost/risks and then submit the bill for reimbursement. Medicaid then decides whether they will pay for it, how much they will pay, and when they will pay. This is not conducive to a reasonable system of health care delivery, particularly for elective procedures even if non-cosmetic. You might check and see if your area has a university medical center where there is a plastic surgery training program as this setting is more likely to be able to help you.
Breast Reduction - Insurance Coverage
In general, insurance coverage for breast reduction is likely to be obtained as long as enough breast tissue is being removed. That varies from person to person and is a function of your preoperative breast size, height, weight and any mitigating medical and health factors. In your case it seems likely that Medicaid will "cover" the procedure, but the next step is finding a board-certified surgeon you're comfortable with who participates in Medicaid and is therefore willing to accept the Medicaid allowance for the surgery as the surgical fee. Once you're done that you can discuss the specifics of your surgery with that surgeon.
I hope that this helps, and good luck,
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Breast Reduction and Medicaid Coverage?
Thank you for the question.
Yes, as far as I know, Medicaid does cover breast reduction surgery. You may have to do some searching however to find well qualified experienced board-certified plastic surgeons who work with the Medicaid organization.
Best wishes.
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Michelle Obama: From Fist Bumping Terrorist Sympathizer To Superhero!
Michelle Obama may have won the respect of the nation with her Ivy league pedigree, community service, and career achievements, but she's now winning adulation with a very retro female trick: keeping her mouth shut and looking pretty!
She's already been on the covers of various fashion mags, and this week's New York had an all out Michelle Obama fest, cataloging her fashion achievements, physical stature, and her seemingly healthy sex life. The First Lady, who caught flack last year for saying that her husband's presidential campaign made her proud of her country for the first time, has quickly learned that a well dressed, well coiffed first lady can wield more power through general affability than with a more vocal, direct approach to politics.
Mrs. Obama has responded to earlier campaign gaffes by polishing up her feminine skills. Claiming not to care about fashion, she has made excellent choices – by emphasizing her interest in the good values at J. Crew and choosing an up and coming minority designer for her inauguration frock. She's also de-emphasized her career achievements in favor of familial interests. Compared to the buy one Bill-Get-One-Hillary-Free deal that voters received in 1992, Mrs. Obama calls herself "Mom-in-Chief."
The media may be suckers for pretty dresses and a nice smile, but people are just picking up what's coming out of the White House. Over the last year, the perception of the First Lady has shifted from a fist bumping terrorist sympathizer to a super hero. Her favorability ratings have doubled in that time, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Is it sad or regressive to see such a successful career woman play up her role as homemaker and fashion plate? No, it's smart.
Obama has been spending most of her time in soup kitchens and fomenting the idea that she wants nothing to do with the policy minutiae going on in the White House, but that's not saying her opinions won't be heard. When she does decide to vocalize some political opinions, her popularity may drop, but making the American people fall for her now will help her chances that they will listen to what she has to say then.


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MT. JULIET -- Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday, October 9 at Bond Memorial Chapel for Mr. Willingham, 50, of Mt. Juliet.
A 1977 graduate of Mt. Juliet High School and a graduate of Nashville Tech, "Jai" died Tuesday, October 6, 2009. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Mt. Juliet and was a truck driver.
Visitation will be one hour prior to service time Friday at Bond Memorial Chapel Services will be conducted by Rev. Greg Bell.
Survivors include sons Brennan and Ethan Willingham; father and best friend Jerry Willingham; sisters Jerri Lynn Frazier and Susan Ledbetter; nephews London Frazier and Bradley Ledbetter and niece Brandy Resnick.
He is preceded in death by his mother Ollie Stuart Willingham and brother Jeffrey Stuart Willingham.
Honorary pallbearers: Tom Page, Greg Bell, Phillip Crowder, Johnny Adams, Mike Gray and Mark Gray. A memorial trust fund has been established for Brennan and Ethan c/o Susan Ledbetter at Regions Bank.
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Bar-Mitzvah Botox: The big day isn't all about your kid
MakenzieR on 27 Apr 2011 at 9:00am
Much like the bridesmaid wants to look her best as her friend's wedding, so the Bar-Mitzvah mom wants to shine on her child's big day. The latest trend? A little B'nai Botox.
And why not? The parents are usually in almost as many photos as the child. They are greeting friends and family who probably haven't seen them in a few years. Not to mention that the stress of planning a huge event while dealing with the normal issues of raising a pre-teen can accelerate aging (of course that did not affect my mother, who may be reading this!).
According to an article in the Jewish Exponent, the top 4 wrinkle-removal requests for women in 40s are:
- The 11s (frown lines between the brows)
- Crow's feet
- Smile lines
- Smoker lines (wrinkles above the upper lip)
Nose jobs (both surgical and non) and facelifts are also popular. And it's not just women -- dads and grandfathers come in too.
"The trick is scheduling procedures to account for their recovery time, and to work backwards from the date of the Bar Mitzvah," said Philadelphia Plastic Surgeon Dr. Bruce Genter. Obviously a facelift will require more downtime than a little filler.
Added Dr. Paul Glat, another Philly plastic surgeon: "If you're even considering having something done, go in for a consultation as soon as you get the Bar Mitzvah date…Know your options."
I'm seeing a VH1 reality show here ... "Botox and Bar-Mitzvahs," aka "Real Housewives of Synagogue."
Has a loved one's big day prompted you to get work done? Was it something you were already planning?


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In article <firstname.lastname@example.com>, Hitoshi Yamamoto
<email@example.com> wrote:
>When I upgraded Mathematica to 3.0, one package (called HIP) stopped
>working. I traced it down to a command used in the package 'ValueList'.
>Unfortunately I don't have the old verion of mathamatica and cannot
>check the package with it. Does anybody know what 'ValueList' does? It
>is not found in the Mathematica book.
>Thanks in advance for the assistance.
>- Hitoshi Yamamoto
This ValueList, which I presume to be unavailable on v.3 of Mathematica,
is essentially the same command as HoldForm, except that InputForm as
well as OutputForm of the output from ValueList is the same unevaluated
form of the input itself, without ValueList head, since ValueList has
the HoldAll attribute set. Normally you cannot achive this effect
using the ordinary built-in commands. ValueList is non-ordinary in
that its online documentation simply defines it as an internal symbol,
and it is not even discussed in Wolfram's book. It is, however,
different from hypothetical HoldTemporary in that the output expression
still has the ValueList head as evidenced from FullForm expression.
Thus the next evaluation of the output from ValueList evaluates to the
same unevaluated form of the original input, just like HoldForm. Come
to think of it, this ValueList is probably better than HoldTemporary
for certain applications. And for that, I thank you for "introducing"
this esoteric command. I don't know if there is a wrap remover
equivalent of ReleaseHold. To give you some concrete examples, take a
look at below:
Mathematica[4]? ValueList[Plus[1,2^2,3]]
1 + 2 + 3
Mathematica[5]? Out[4]
1 + 2 + 3
Mathematica[6]? Out[4]//InputForm
1 + 2^2 + 3
Mathematica[7]? Out[4]//FullForm
ValueList[Plus[1, Power[2, 2], 3]]
I hope this helps. BTW, you can use your old Mathematica 2.2 FrontEnd
with new Mathematica 3.0 Kernel, and you can switch back to 2.2 Kernel
thru Kernels and Tasks menu item under Action menu. A friend of mine
uses this technique to use both v.2.2 and v.3.0 kernels, saying that
some old (but still useful) packages are not yet updated to the new
standards of v.3. Unless you built the original package yourself,
trying to modify it may be hazardous to the health of both Mathematica
and you. And that is definitely beyond the scope of Wolfram's teck


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In mid-October, Johns Hopkins University researchers Robert Armiger and Jacob Vogelstein traveled to RP 2009 partner Duke University, in Durham, N.C., to test the system on its target demographic, in this case Iraq veteran Jon Kuniholm. Kuniholm's right hand was lost to shrapnel three years ago. About to finish his Ph.D. at Duke's Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems, Kuniholm has been a volunteer for the DARPA program for the past two years and is the outspoken founder of the Open Prosthetics Project, an open-source Web site, independent of DARPA, that aims to make prosthetic-arm technology as open source and collaborative as Linux and Firefox.For Those Without Hands, There's Air Guitar Hero
With electrodes attached to his residual arm, Kuniholm was able to operate the frets using signals from the muscles there. "It's fun," says Kuniholm, who achieved the highest score reported by the experimental subjects: 70 percent. Kuniholm says that while Air Guitar Hero is the only game so far that requires individual finger movement to train an amputee to deal with those muscles again, the real success is in striving for a realistic goal. "You're doing something simple," he says. "It's not rocket science. But you have to do it fast and you have to time it right."