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Ten years ago, a young boy named Nick Gant is running through a motel with his father. They pass a maid and after a glance at her watch go into a room. Nick's dad tells him that he needs to run and hide and stay off the radar of Division. He also says that one day a girl will come to him with a flower and that he needs to follow her, since she'll be able to help him take down Division. Nick cries and says he doesn't understand, but his father just apologizes, saying, "I always prayed you were special." He hugs Nick and then telekinetically shoves him through the wall just before a team of agents (led by the maid) burst in and subdues him while Nick watches. The head agent, Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou), enters the room and a concussive force rips through the room, resulting in the dad's body flying out. Carver emerges, saying, "What a waste," and orders the body to be packaged for dissection.
During the opening credits, we get a crash course in the history of the world, narrated by Cassie Holmes (Dakota Fanning). In 1945, Hitler and his Nazis were using experiments on people who were born with special abilities to create an ultra-powerful army. However, the war end put a stop to this. What it didn't stop was other countries finding out and setting up their own branches, or divisions. Watchers, for example, are able to see the future in quick flashes and scenes. Movers can move objects and people with their minds. Pushers, on the other hand, can "push" people into believing that certain things are or aren't true (like hypnosis). Bleeders emit high-pitched sonic screams that make ears bleed, while Stitches can disassemble or reassemble any scar tissue. Sniffs can take any object and get a history of where it's been in relation to its owner, while Wipers can erase any amount of a person's memory. There are also Shifters; people who make objects appear to be something else (like illusionists, only more realistic), and Shadows, people whose ability is basically to block the effectiveness of other clairvoyants (the Sniffers, mainly). Cassie herself is a second-generation watcher, and although she can know the future, she says that the only thing to know for sure about it is that it's always changing.
Today, in a government facility somewhere, we see a girl (Camilla Belle) being injected with some substance while Carver, now a little gray around the bald spots, looks on worriedly. A nurse holding a woman passes him and drops a pearl, which goes rolling through the facility, bouncing off walls and closing doors on its way to somewhere. The girl dies on the table, but before she can be disconnected her heart starts again and she is soon moving fast, breaking out of the facility while Carver stares in awe. He shouts at "Kira" to stop, but she naturally doesn't listen. She makes for the exit, which is just barely held open by the dropped pearl, and escapes while Carver and his man Victor (Neil Jackson) discuss the fact that Kira is the first to survive injection and that they need to get her back pronto, leading Carver to order all Watchers and Sniffers in the country to full alert. Two days later, we see the now fully-grown Nick (Chris Evans) waking up in his Hong Kong apartment. After some finger-flexing and moving-practice, he practices making a trio of dice land on what he wants them to. Satisfied, he heads down to the park and does a little betting, but when push comes to shove, he chokes and has to flee from the guys he now owes six thousand dollars to.
Back at his apartment, Nick is about to go in when two sniffer agents, Mack (Corey Stoll) and Holden (Scott Michael Campbell), show up and "invite" themselves "in." They go through his apartment touching things to get an idea of where he's been and if he's seen "the girl", but after finding that he hasn't they warn him not to do anything stupid like moving (the place-to-place kind). Naturally, he starts gathering stuff up when the phone rings. He answers it and hears Cassie, who tells him to let her in just as a knock sounds on the door. He opens it and sees Cassie, who beelines for the chicken she knows is in the fridge and tells him about a case they need to find that could bring the company down and net them about six million dollars. They move their conversation to a shrimp market near the docks, where Nick also finds out that Cassie, who admits to getting things wrong sometimes, since the future can change just by knowing about it, draws what she sees in a sketchbook that used to belong to her mother who is now captured by the Division (got all that?). Nick shrugs and tries to walk away but is cut off by the arrival of another Watcher (Xiao Lu Li, who is credited as Pop Girl so that's what she'll be known as) and her Bleeder brothers. After a lengthy chase through the market, the brothers eventually corner them in front of a tank that contains some piranhas or a similar-looking fish. They break the tank and almost scream Nick to death, but PG stops them, saying that if they kill him they won't find Cassie, who got away in the ruckus. As this is all going on, we see Kira waking up on a boat not far from the docks (and the gods of irony laugh). She looks around and sees a mirror that has "Nick 4100" written on it in some kind of red paint. A lipstick container and a key are both in front of the mirror and she picks the lipstick up and writes "Nick" on the mirror, and she sees that both the writing and the color are the same, meaning that she wrote the note, although she doesn't remember when or why.
Later, on the mainland, Cassie is drawing in a doorway and eventually gets a bead on where Nick is. She heads there and finds Nick being "cared for" by a Stitch named Teresa (Maggie Siff). She painfully repairs Nick's back and warns them not to cross the division. She leaves and Cassie wakes Nick up with a flower she picked out of a vase in the lobby. She and Nick talk, and Nick tells her that there might be someone they could use and that he's in. She nods and then shows him her latest drawing.... her and Nick dead. Meanwhile, Kira is walking down a sidewalk somewhere when Mack and Holden surprise her. They capture her and start taking her back to Division headquarters when Kira starts trying to push Mac. He turns in his seat and tells her to stop, and then she's complaining about needing to use the bathroom. The agents sigh and stop at a rest stop and while Holden gets a coffee Mack escorts Kira into the bathroom. She starts telling him that he's a good man, even though his brother was killed and that he knows who did it, and pretty soon he's gone out and killed Holden for revenge for the non-brother. He realizes what he did and heads back into the bathroom and Kira overpowers him with some sweet fighting skills, steals the car keys, and heads back into the city.
Some time later, we see Carver and Victor in an alley with Mac, who is trying to explain himself and justify the killing while Carver tells him that he didn't have a brother ("I didn't?"). Carver says that Mac is off-team until he's capable of operating at full-strength and Mac asserts that he can do that now. Carver asks if he would bet his life on that and then pushes Mac into believing that they've already emptied the bullets from his gun, so he can pull the trigger. Unfortunately, Mac loses the bet and Carver and Victor continue their search. Meanwhile, Nick and Cassie are riding a taxi through the streets with Nick going through the book when he recognizes one of the drawings as the logo for a club with either a pearl or an olive in front of it. They head to the club and find an ex-agent/shifter there, Hook Waters (Cliff Curtis). We see him using his ability to perform card tricks for the girls inside. Nick and Cassie sit down and he gives the waitress a paper with a "100" printed on it and she goes to get their order and keep the change. After some talk about their purpose, Hook tells them that there's a sniffer named Emily they can use and gives them an address. They also tell him about the bead/olive, and he makes a coin look like it to Cassie's description, which they take to use to find the girl. They go to her just as she finishes up telling a client his wife is cheating on him with a guy with a big boat. Although reluctant to help, Emily (Ming-Na) takes the bead and points them to the Kwun Tong Pier, where Kira is trying to get a ride by pretending to be someone's old friend. She hears Cassie and Nick and starts shooting and Nick recognizes her as his ex-girlfriend, who he used to run cons with on Coney Island (important). As Nick and Kira talk, Cassie gets a look on her face and scribbles quickly, then pales. She pulls Nick aside and shows him that the addition of Kira has added another grave to the picture -- her mom's. Nick isn't willing to part with her, though, and compromises by calling up an old friend named Pinky (Nate Mooney), a shadow. They go to a hotel and get a room, where Kira makes for the shower and Cassie makes for a street vendor outside, claiming she's thirsty. Pinky smiles and steps out, catching the imminent mood when he sees Nick stealing glances through the not-quite-shut door, but it takes Kira pushing Nick into believing the bathroom's on fire to actually get him in there, at which point they do the sex. Later, everyone else is in the room when Cassie shows up, thoroughly plastered and saying that they should just dump Kira, since she'll get them all killed. She falls into a chair and immediately goes comatose, and everyone else leaves her that way until morning.
The next morning, Cassie is woken suddenly by the feeling of Pop Girl tracking them down. Her and the other three pile out of there just in time, and Nick tells the others to run ahead while he tries to make a better future.... by blowing Carver's head off. Cassie follows him but on the way is stopped by Pop Girl, who threatens her and asks if she's seen her death yet, asking what the tiger Cassie keeps drawing about that means. Cassie runs off just as Nick tracks Carver to a restaurant. He goes in with two mentally controlled guns but instead of being frightened or even surprised, Carver talks Nick down and asks how Kira is and if she's started bleeding guts yet, since apparently the drugs make everything in your system come out of your body without constant injections. The guns Nick is telekinetically holding on Carver and Victor start to waver, and Victor takes advantage and starts moving stuff of his own, resulting in a TK gunfight as Carver walks out and finds Cassie on the steps with her drawing pad. He leafs through it while she begs him not to hurt her, but he just says, "If I kill you, I lose him," and walks off. Meanwhile, Nick and Victor have run out of bullets (thanks to TK shields) and Nick is trying a light brigade charge when Victor grabs him and starts bouncing him up and down and every other direction before following his boss. Nick comes out after a while and a concerned Cassie tells him that he looks like shit (yes, Dakota Fanning said shit...throw a party). He calls Emily and tells her about the key as they head back to the hotel. Back at the hotel, though, Kira is progressing into the degenerative stage, where her guts and blood are starting to come out. Nick gets the key and after Emily and Hook arrive they find that the locker is...shadowed, although they do get that it's in a building. Cassie sketches the skyline from their hotel, which has a good view of downtown, and one of the buildings is missing.... the one they need to go to. Nick asks Cassie about the case and she says that it contains a drug that can be used to enhance their powers. Unfortunately, they still have the problem of the watcher, which they solve by Nick writing a letter with specific orders to each of them, but they don't open them until he says so. As for him, he'll head to the wiper working on the docks that Kira woke up near and get that time erased, and that way everything can just be random and harder for Pop Girl to see. Nick quickly grabs a pen and some stuff to write on and starts writing the letters while Cassie works on sketching the case and the syringe containing the drug, along with five or six false leads for each just in case.... which is just as well, since Pop Girl is sketching merrily while they talk as her father and his "associates" do business in the background.
That night, Nick is putting Kira in a cab and telling her to find somewhere safe. She asks when she should open her envelope, and he says, "When you're ready to tell the truth." She gets in the cab and after being told by Cassie to get an umbrella since it'll rain, he and Pinky head to the docks where they find the old man who wiped Kira. As Pinky leaves him there, Nick pays the man to wipe the last two hours from his mind, although he's clearly nervous about the procedure, but everything goes fine. Meanwhile, Carver and Victor are on a bridge when Pinky shows up before them with a bound Kira, who he hands over without a second thought. At the same time, Hook is riding an elevator up the invisible building and pretending to be an agent of Division who has come to retrieve the case, which he pulls off well enough. He takes the case back to the room where Cassie and Emily are waiting and makes a plain red suitcase look like the case in question. Cassie takes the case and exits while Emily does the same with the other Back on the boat, Nick wakes up and reads his note, which says simply, "Go home." He does and finds the case sitting on his bed. He goes to open it but is attacked from behind by Teresa, who renders him unable to move. He manages to see a gun underneath his bed and convinces her to fix him so he can take her to the real case (no drug in this one), and she reluctantly does. As soon as he's healed, though, the bleeders show up and take the drug and the case back to their father. After they leave, Cassie shows up and he puts on his brave face, but she's not having it. She cries to him about everything and he comforts her and tells her that she can just go in a straight line away from all this and everything will work out, so long as she doesn't make any decisions the Division people can track -- random choices, and other stuff. She follows his advice as he goes to make a phone call, heading down into the subway and coming to an intersection. She turns around until she gets dizzy, stares at two signs, puts her hand over her eyes, does another spin, and runs...right in the direction Pop Girl said she would. Speaking of Pop Girl and her family, the brothers return with the case right then and show their father what they've acquired -- a bottle of soy sauce that had been charmed to look like the needle. Enraged, the father rallies the troops and they prepare to head out.
Back with Kira, we find her in an office at Division headquarters. She asks why they're doing this and Carver calmly replies that she volunteered for it before flipping her a badge that identifies her as an agent of the division. Carver states that she was undercover and he had been her partner for years, but when she volunteered to have the drug injected into her something went wrong and she flipped out, neutralizing (with her agency trained skills) anyone who tried to get in her way. Back with Cassie, she's still moving and eventually ends up in the attic of a Chinese restaurant. She turns around and sees a tiger on a box in front of her, in exactly the pose it's in when it's standing over a dead body in her sketchbook. She turns around and sees Pop Girl there with a gun pointed at Cassie. She smiles but is shot by Hook, who had apparently gotten tipped off. Cassie looks at the picture again and sees that Pop Girl has fallen in the same position as the girl in the sketchbook. Meanwhile, we see Nick walking through a hallway as a conversation between him and Carver discussing curing her for getting him plays. When Nick enters the room, however, he finds Kira the agent, who he has never been to Coney Island with and didn't even meet until yesterday, and is cuffed up and dumped into a trunk while being taken to the location of the case. The three agents head to the locker and Victor rips the door off, revealing the case within. Just as Carver takes it out, every Chinese gangster in the world shows up, including the bleeder brothers. A huge fight breaks out between the three agents with powers and everybody else with guns, the highlights being Carver taking care of the bleeders, Kira pushing five guys to surround and defend her against any threat, and Victor getting rid of every bullet in the world and sending it back where it came from. At some point, the father of the bleeders and Pop Girl shows up and he screams.... turns out he's a bleeder too. Carver covers his ears as Victor comes up from behind him. They struggle and are ultimately buried beneath a huge heavy pile of bamboo logs, crushing them both. As Kira and Carver stare at this, Nick comes running up the steps, having broken out of the trunk, but is deterred by the squad of guns pointed at him. Not thinking, Nick grabs the case and the drug and threatens to inject himself. Carver tries to call his bluff, but Nick injects and within seconds is choking from the inside out before lying still. Carver sighs and says, "What a waste." He turns and leaves with Kira just as the sprinklers come on.
Some time later, someone is approaching Nick's body. The feet kick him and Cassie says, "I thought I told you to bring an umbrella." Nick smiles weakly and replies that she said it was going to rain, but she shrugs and admits to getting things wrong sometimes. She helps him up and they head downstairs where they move a stack of packing crates to reveal the real case, which had been just outside the building the whole time. Nick asks just what he did get injected with, and Cassie smiles and says, "Soy sauce", prompting Nick to say, "That's gross." Nick tells Cassie that her mother is probably real proud of her, and Cassie asks what they do with Kira. Nick isn't worried and says that the watcher should tell him. At that moment, on a plane headed for the U.S., Carver and Kira are enjoying the ride.... or at least, a sleeping Carver is. Kira is going through her bag when she finds the note from Nick. She opens it and there is a picture of a slightly younger Nick and Kira smiling at a camera with the Coney Island entrance in the background. On the photo are written the words, "Kill him. See you soon. Nick." She stares at the photo in shock, and then her eyes narrow as the screen fades to black.
"Put your gun in your mouth. Close your eyes. Pull the trigger."
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This weekend's BracketBusters event produced what could end up as the season's most important head-to-head result in the race for NCAA tournament at-large bids. It might also have proved why two Colonial Athletic Association teams can make good cases for at-large bids.
The rest of the weekend's most significant results - and several of this week's games - serve as a reminder, however, that even with the tournament field's expansion to 68 teams, it's best to be one of the big boys.
For example, Nebraska's victory at home against No. 2 Texas not only puts the Cornhuskers (18-8, 6-6 Big 12) back into contention for their first NCAA bid since 1998 but also gives them a clear path into the field.
BUBBLE TRACKER: Who's in the field?
They don't have a non-conference win vs. a team in at-large contention. They had a 2-6 stretch in Big 12 play but have won three in a row.
Now, their remaining regular-season schedule: Wednesday at home against fellow at-large hopeful Kansas State (18-9, 6-6), Saturday at last-place Iowa State, March 1 at home vs. No. 21 Missouri, March 5 at Colorado.
If they win three of those four, they won't be a lock. But they can afford more losses between now and Selection Sunday than, say, Utah State, Saint Mary's, Virginia Commonwealth or maybe Old Dominion.
Utah State's comeback win at Saint Mary's in BracketBusters play Saturday gave the Aggies a bit of breathing room and removed the Gaels'. Still, Utah State (25-3) would be well advised to win its last three regular-season games and make the Western Athletic Conference final. Saint Mary's (22-6) can claim the West Coast regular-season title Thursday at home vs. Gonzaga, but after losing to San Diego (6-21) on Wednesday - also in come-from-ahead fashion - the WCC tournament title likely is necessary.
Then there is the CAA.Five of its top six teams won BracketBusters games, including its top three. George Mason (23-5) won at Northern Iowa on Saturday; VCU (21-8) won at Missouri Valley co-leader Wichita State on Friday; ODU (22-6) won at home vs. Horizon leader Cleveland State Saturday. (ODU outrebounded Cleveland State 53-24, including 23 offensive rebounds, enough to increase ODU's season rebounding margin almost a full rebound per game to +11.8.)
But they need to keep winning and watching the scoreboard. Tuesday, Michigan State (15-11) plays at Minnesota (17-9). Wednesday, Baylor (17-9) plays at Missouri.
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New Habit Burger Grill locations mean major support for the CRAEFIn 2012 alone, four hours of soft opening events at new Habit Burger Grill locations in Napa and Pleasanton have raised more than $3,100 for the California Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (CRAEF), a tremendous outcome as the organization aims to expand its reach in schools across California. In all, the partnership has amounted to more than $20,000 raised for the foundation.
"We are exceptionally grateful to The Habit for being one of our most steadfast and valuable partners, and especially pleased that they consider CRAEF each time they open a new location - which has become frequent in recent years," CRAEF Executive Director Alycia Harshfield. "It is inspiring to see a quickly expanding company making an effort to give back to its new communities, while keeping in mind the future of the restaurant industry."
CRAEF works with California high schools that teach the ProStart culinary and hospitality management curriculum - taught in more than 80 California schools to date. Many schools are in communities in which The Habit is opening new locations, making it a natural partnership. The Irvine-based company operates 54 locations in California, with no plans of slowing expansion.
"At Habit, we're incredibly committed to doing our part to give back, and our diners respect the dedication we work to exhibit each day," said Russ Bendel, president and CEO of the Habit Burger Grill. "CRAEF's mission to nurture the next generation of foodservice business leaders inspires us to get involved and do what we can to ensure the future of our vital industry."
The week before a new restaurant opens, Habit promotes several lunch and dinner services at which 100 percent of proceeds are donated to local charities. In addition to CRAEF, the company often selects the regional chapters of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the Boys & Girls Club and the YMCA, as well as hunger-alleviation organization Share Our Strength and other local charities.


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FIREFIGHTERS from Taunton cut a person free from a car after a two-vehicle collision in Monkton Heathfield earlier.
The collision happened in Heathfield Drive, around 3.30pm.
Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to remove the doors from one of the vehicles to free a trapped casualty, who was left with paramedics.


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Then there's Yankee Doodoo.
Complaining to the mods. Got me written up. So..
My Dear Yankee,
I'm deeply sorry for joking you about your relationship with a pony. If I struck a nerve it wasn't intentional. I just thought it was ok, since I was following your lead. I occasionally go overboard for a joke and didn't realize you were so sensitive.
Your friend,
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Nov 19, 2015, 01:00 AM #1
Somes can dish it out and take what's coming back.
Nov 19, 2015, 02:52 AM #2
awwwwwww did he wipe teh truffle butter frum ur azz off on ur forehead?
Nov 19, 2015, 03:09 AM #3
I doubt Yankee complained to the mods. They monitor the threads and hand out points to those who go over the line. We all get them it's no big deal. Your posts almost never have anything to do with surfing, and almost always are about some conspiracy weirdo sh*t. Get a new personality cause it's boring and socially awkward.
Nov 19, 2015, 04:11 AM #4Senior Member
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Dude, repeatedly yammering about sex with horses is a far cry from "dishing it out", payaso...your sauce is weak.
Nov 19, 2015, 06:06 AM #5
There ya go, MacaroniBuoy: listen to the wiser heads than thou here on SI Forum. Quit yer whinin'.
If it will make you feel any better, not that I give a rat's arse how you feel:
"Dear yankee,
You have received an infraction at Swellinfo Surf Forums.
Reason: Making offensive comments"
At least simod666 calls me "dear," how can anyone get truly mad about that sort of Victorian-era plumage.
So, man up lil pony buoy, take accountability for the glib crapola that you post & dry your tears. Oh, and if you're going to post your flatulant passive aggressive troll-worship treads about me at least have the amateur courtesy of placing my name YANKEE in the headline.
Now. Moving on. Go get your shinebox.
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Nov 19, 2015, 01:10 PM #6
Shoot, I'm kind of proud of mine... first time I got an infraction i got three.. and they all looked like this.
simod666 wasnt so nice to me though Yankee...
WTF Breh?
Maybe you should go find a nice quiet spot, pour yourself a cup of coffee, maybe eat a bowl of cereal, and... GO FVCK YOURSELF!
Nov 19, 2015, 01:19 PM #7
Nov 19, 2015, 01:20 PM #8
Nov 19, 2015, 01:54 PM #9
Maybe it was the aliens that ratted on you. Or the ghost that keeps moving your weed. You are a paranoid conspiracy douche, Yankee did not tattle on you.
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Kristen Hurley
Saint Anselm College
Additional Information
Activity-based anorexia is a dangerous disorder that occurs mostly in young females. This study attempts to answer the question of whether activity-based anorexia occurs faster, slower, or at the same pace in a reinstated trial compared to the initial trial. The subjects included six female Sprague Dowley rats, three of which were six months old and three of which were a year old. All of the rats were housed in Whymann Running Wheels with passages controlled by a sliding door. To find significant differences between and within the groups in the initial and reinstated trials, independent and dependent t- tests were used. It was found that weight loss actually occurs slower in the reinstated trial, which was opposite of what was predicted. However, the rats ran for longer distances in the reinstated trial. These finding can be used as a starting point for further research on activity-based anorexia and the effects of relapse.
Activity-based anorexia can be studied in rats in
order to gain a better understanding of the parallel between physical
and anorexia in humans. In modern Western culture thinness and
are valued, especially for women. Today thinness is a sign of
but unfortunately, some people would go to any length to obtain the
body," which is often a body that is too thin. If a person
obsesses about his or her body image and takes steps to reduce food
and increase exercise, anorexia could result. Anorexia, the
eating disorder, can lead to health problems and even death. It
been noted that anorexics tend to be restless and have a higher level
hyperactivity than those who are not anorexic (Crisp, 1972).
exercise is associated with a higher risk of an eating disorder (Epling
& Pierce, 1983). In an attempt to gain a better
of why this phenomenon occurs, activity- based anorexia can be induced
in rats in an attempt to model how activity and anorexia are related,
apply this knowledge to humans.
Activity-based anorexia can be induced in rats when placed under several conditions. If rats are placed on a restricted feeding schedule and are allowed access to a running wheel, the rats will begin to consume less food and exercise excessively until the point of starvation. It has been shown that increased physical activity interferes with food ingestion in rats (Epling & Pierce, 1991). In other words, when rats are allowed access to a running wheel, they will actually ingest less food than a control condition where rats do not have access to a running wheel (Dwyer & Boaks, 1997). The reason for the phenomenon of consuming less food while increasing exercise can be explored by examining several studies. In a study by Boakes and Dwyer (1997), weight loss in rats produced by failure to adapt to a restricted feeding schedule was investigated. Boakes and Dwyer hypothesized that rats that run excessively may fail to adapt to a restricted feeding schedule. In the study, rats were exposed to a running wheel for two hours prior to a one and a half hour food access. The cycle caused a decrease in food intake, increase in running, and a drop in body weight. There was a delay before weight recovery began. It was observed that young rats with a low initial body weight predicted a greater chance of activity-based anorexia. The experiment concluded that activity-based anorexia is related to a failure to adapt to a new feeding schedule, which is consistent with Boakes and Dwyer's original hypothesis.
Hebebrand et al. (2003) compared hyperactivity in patients with anorexia nervosa and in semi starved rats. It has been observed that mice treated with leptin will decrease body weight and increase spontaneous activity levels. Therefore, leptin may play a direct role in increased activity. In mice, a decreased level of serum leptin was observed as a response to food deprivation. Leptin treatments have a reversing effect on hormonal responses to food deprivation. However, the effects of leptin on a free feeding paradigm have shown to have minor effects on hormonal responses. Therefore, it can be concluded that leptin may act as a starvation signal. Rats that are food deprived and exposed to running wheels may have decreased levels of serum leptin, enforcing the role of leptin as a signal of starvation. Therefore, leptin can represent a signal that triggers hyperactivity. The study contained two groups, one experimental group in which the rats received leptin and one control group where no leptin was administered. The lighting consisted of twelve hours of light and twelve hours of darkness. Rats that were given leptin with a free feeding schedule remained active during the dark period. During the food restriction phase, the rats were given food one hour before the dark cycle. In the control rats, a significant increase of anticipatory behavior was noted that was associated with feeding time, which was diminished as a result of leptin infusion. When in the dark period, the activity level of the rats was also diminished as a result of the leptin infusion. The suppressive effects of the leptin can be observed in both the dark and light conditions. The leptin-treated animals showed reduced semi-starvation induced hyperactivity. However, the decrease in body weight was the equivalent to those in the control group. The reason for this equivalency between the experimental and control groups may have to do with the tachymetabolic effect of leptin in food-restricted rats. In food restricted mice, the metabolic rate becomes elevated to its normal level as a result of the leptin injections; however the leptin had no effect under the free feeding paradigm (Hebebrand et al., 2003).
Rats with semi-starvation induced hyperactivity have similar parallels to symptoms of anorexia nervosa seen in humans. Such symptoms include food restriction, weight loss, and hyperactivity. However, caution must be used when generalizing semi-starvation induced hyperactivity from rats to humans. Humans with anorexia nervosa may experience drive for thinness weight phobia, and other psychopathological features that animals do not experience. Therefore, research on this topic can be extremely helpful to gain a better understanding for the biological aspects of semi-starvation induced hyperactivity but caution must be used when generalizing findings to humans because of the psychological features that occur in anorexia nervosa patients (Hebebrand, et al., 2003).
Several studies have focused on various aspects of activity based anorexia in rats including the injection of benzodiazepines, effects of food anticipatory behavior, and a variety of other studies. It is important to observe the rate at which rats recover from activity induced anorexia and how quickly body mass decreases in a reinstatement as compared to the first trial. These findings may help researchers gain a better understanding of how recovery and relapse into an anorexic state can have an effect in humans. Many anorexics successfully recover from the disease but relapse can occur at any time during recovery. It is important to understand what relapse in anorexia entails. Since relapse is a prevalent possibility in individuals suffering with anorexia, it would be extremely helpful to understand the nature of how relapse compares to the initial anorexic state. In learning more about initial relapses, hopefully future relapses can be prevented. In this study, rats will be given access to a running wheel and will be placed on a restricted feeding schedule. The rats will be weighed once a day and will remain on the restricted feeding schedule for a ten day period. If the rat loses thirty percent of its body weight before the ten days are finished, the rat will be removed from the study. After ten days the rats will be taken off the restricted feeding schedule and allowed to gain back their original body weight. The rats will then be reinstated into the activity induced anorexic condition for ten days. The rate at which the body mass decreases will be compared to the original condition. This process will be conducted twice in an attempt to determine if body weight is lost faster in a reinstated trial.
The subjects in this experiment consisted of six
female Sprague Dowley rats. Three of the rats were one year old
the remaining three rats were six months old. All of the rats
obtained from the psychology department, which obtained the rats from
Breeders in Indianapolis. The rats were housed individually in
cages. All rats were allowed scheduled feedings of one hour per
and access to water at all times. The rats were weighed at 8:15
each morning. The lighting schedule consisted of twelve hours of
light and twelve hours of darkness.
Six Whymann Running Wheels with odometers were
to house each rat. The running wheels were connected to home
with passages controlled by sliding doors. Each of the rats was
individually on a standard scale, each morning. Water was
in bottles for each rat at all times. The rats were kept at room
temperature in the laboratory at all times. Access to the
was limited strictly to weighing and feedings to avoid interference
Six rats were placed in cages with a running wheel attachment. The rats had access to the running wheels at all times, except during a one hour duration feeding time. On day one of the experiment, the rats were weighed in order to obtain an initial body weight. The rats were then placed in their individual cages and given ad lib access to food in order to obtain baseline data. On successive days, the rats were restricted to a one hour feeding period, from 8:15am until 9:15am. The morning feedings of one hour continued for ten days. If a rat lost thirty percent of its initial body weight or more, the rat was removed from the study. After ten days the rats were placed into cages with no running wheels. The rats were fed and allowed to gain their original body weights back. When the rats obtained their original body weights, they were placed into the cages with the attached running wheels. The rats were weighed and placed on the same restricted feeding schedule as the initial trial. In this second procedure, the exact same procedure as the initial procedure was used. Originally, the rats were supposed to be housed in the cages with the attached running wheel until each rat lost thirty percent of its original body weight. However, due to a time restriction, the rats were not allowed to reach criterion. Therefore, the rats were compared based on ten day time spans. The rats were housed in the cages with the attached running wheel for ten days in the initial trial and the reinstated. The data was based on the comparison between the initial ten days and the reinstated ten days instead of a thirty percent weight loss criterion. One of the younger rats in the initial trial lost just under thirty percent of its original body weight at the end of the tenth day. However, because the rat exercised excessively, the rat died.
The hypothesis stated that the rats would lose
weight and lose it faster in the reinstatement of the experiment.
However, both t-tests indicated that there was no difference between or
within the two groups or the two trials in the amount of weight that
lost. Also, both t-tests indicated that there was no difference
the two groups or the two trials in the amount of food consumed.
Although the results for the number of revolutions between subjects
not significant, the results for the number of revolutions within
were significant. This means that the rats ran a significantly
distance in the reinstated trial compared to themselves in how far they
ran in the first trial.
Although few significant differences were found between the groups, some of the differences in the groups results would have been more accurate with a larger sample size. Some of the results were close to being significant, for example, the number of revolutions measured by an independent t-test equaled .074. Perhaps with a larger sample size this difference would have proved to be significant. This study only contained two young rats and three older rats. The research presented can be used as a starting point in later research with a larger sample size to obtain more accurate results.
The results of this study indicate that activity
based anorexia in female rats actually does not significantly occur
in a reinstated trial. However, the rats did run significantly
revolutions in the second trial. The reason the rats did not lose
weight faster the second time may have to do with the fact that the
consumed more food in the reinstated trail. Although the
in food intake in the reinstatement compared to the first trial did not
reach statistical significance, the small sample size may have been a
Therefore, if there were more subjects in the population, food intake
the reinstatement may have shown a significant increase.
One possible confounding variable in this study may be the fact that one of the younger rats had died of activity based anorexia in the first trial. The data for this rat could not be included in the reinstatement phase. Therefore, the population was even smaller than at the start of the study. The rat which was lost in the first trail had lost just under thirty-percent of its original body weight and ran almost three and a half miles in a twenty four hour period. This amount of running was extraordinary compared to that of the rest of the rats in the sample.
Crisp, A.H. (1965). Primary anorexia nervosa or weight phobia in the male: Report on 13 cases. British Medical Journal,
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ESPN.com also reported the testing.
MLB vice president Joe Torre said Thursday there will be no expansion of replay this season or in the playoffs, but MLB will continue exploring the possibility for 2013 beyond home run calls.
"We're still looking at technology,'' Torre said. "If the technology makes sense, and the game is going to be better because of it, we have the ability. I think both the umpires and the players union are certainly willing to listen and look at it.''
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Federal inspectors have identified new questions related to California's troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant.
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By DON BRENNAN, QMI Agency
BOSTON — On the one-year anniversary of his first and only NHL shutout, Robin Lehner could very well find himself sitting on the end of the bench.
Would he be angry? Bitter? Disappointed?
None of the above. Lehner, in fact, would agree with the decision.
"If the chance comes I welcome it, and it would be fun," said the Senators goalie. "But they're playing really good right now, so why not let the train keep on rolling?"
The "train" is Lehner's teammates, and they have flattened their last five opponents, giving up a grand total of seven goals in the process.
Wearing the conductor's hat most of the way has been Ben Bishop, who beat the New Jersey Devils, then watched Craig Anderson take care of the New York Islanders, then relieved Anderson when he was injured in a win over the New York Rangers, then followed up with back-to-back over Ottawa's closest rivals -- the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens.


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Statutory Rewards to Environmental Self-Auditing: Do They Reduce Pollution and Save Regulatory Costs? Evidence from a Cross-State Panel
State-level statutes provide firms that engage in environmental self-audits, and that self-report their environmental violations, with a variety of different regulatory rewards, including "immunity" from penalties and "privilege" for information contained in self-audits. This paper studies a panel of State-level industries from 1989-2003, in order to determine the effects of the different statutes on toxic pollution and government inspections. We find that, by encouraging self-auditing, privilege and limited immunity protections tend to reduce pollution and government enforcement activity; however, more sweeping immunity protections, by reducing firms' pollution prevention incentives, raise toxic pollution and government inspection oversight.
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Salem has never been one to settle for the easy answer. Even in his youth he was an unending font of questions, amusing his parents but infuriating his "hidebound and traditional" teachers. When it came time to apprentice in a career, he asked his usual question: "Why?"
This isn't a question his people abide, and he soon found it to his advantage to leave the dwarven lands. He's since wandered far and wide, seen many great sights, and done things most dwarves only dismiss with a booming harumph. He's remarkably adept at the adventuring lifestyle, twisting dwarven scholarship to come to odd but effective conclusions.
One of Salem's prides is an odd piece of magery, a non-firing pistol he calls Locktongue, which has helped him out of more than one scrape.
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For The Week Of November 24-30, 2008
Virgo (August 23 – September 22)
Don't be scared of innovation. When it comes to getting more out of old situation, it'll mean taking bigger risks and shaking up your foundations to try something far fetched — and the more progressive the ideas, the more they'll work. Yes, long as you remain passionate and show how much you want it, fate will find its way to grant you your wish.
Libra (September 23 – October 22)
On the agenda: making decisions on where to set your anchor. Although you may love whom you're with, thinking for the long-term will be pressing on your mind and it'll mean projecting yourself into your ideal future, uncovering what your real happily ever after is and accepting the picture you find, no matter what. From there, actions will be obvious and possibly painful.
Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)
Intimacy isn't your strong quality. Either you avoid it like the plague or you are so hardcore about it, you squeeze those close to you to a pulp. While you always mean well, it's not working. To get back on track, time to change your song and dance. Time to redefine what being well-adjusted is without thinking it's going to bore you.
Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)
Erase, "No," from your vocabulary, as doing what you want, when you want and however you want will be your path to a living nirvana. It's a time to take no prisons, as in letting your mouth run and having your body follow, as when you'll be at your rawest is when you'll be at your sexiest and most effective. Yes, time to see if others can rise to the challenge.
Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)
Guilt is a dirty word and the more you judge yourself for a past wrong doing, the more defeated you get and the sad thing is, at the end of the day, it's only you who is punishing yourself as harshly as you are. There's no scoreboard, but until you really embrace that fact, help yourself along in the healing process by embracing the teaches of Peaches, "F*** The Pain Away."
Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)
Your love life is running all over the place and not in a good way. As if goes, your objectivity is shot and there isn't a quick fix you can implement alone — which means time to call in your most clever friends to cook up a scheme to get you back on the fast track with your honey, as it goes with you, Miss. Sign of Friendship, it sometimes does take a village.
Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
You career will be moving up a few notches and into a faster lane. This will mean you have to step up to the plate and make your love life a priority just the same. You have a tendency to flip to the extremes, but this time around you have way too much on the line to just wing it. This time around, organization is mandatory.
Aries (March 21 – April 19)
The structure of your life is starting to come undone and you should let it. All the rules you put on yourself have done nothing, but backed up you into a wall. Face it, the view sucks and you aren't as happy as you thought. While you have proven you have a great ability to complete task, you haven't proven how to sustain happiness — put that back on top of your agenda now.
Taurus (April 20 – May 20)
Behind close doors, you love it dirty. However, there's no need to have to keep everything under a tight lid, as the more you express your frisky side, the more the laws of attraction will work for you. Forget the shame, forget the guilt, forget the pristine image you want to project, etc. From here on out, call it as you want it or be stuck with the crumbs.
Gemini (May 21 – June 20)
You're either committed to love or on your way to being committed because of love. There are no other options for you now as the extremes are hitting you hard and making you think all sorts of crazy things about yourself, life and the male species. To find out which side of fate you want to experience, be willing to dig deep into your inner soul to find the answers.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
Thanks to a major shift in your partnership house (big bad Pluto the karma planet moving in for the next 16 years), expect your closest relationships to go through a complete transformation starting now. What it means? Being quicker to cut the bullsh*t ties that have only kept you busy and rising to a higher standard for those you love. All round, improvements all the way.
Leo (July 23 – August 22)
As long as you can articulate yourself, you'll be clear of any love catastrophes. Seems your words will be the sweetest music to someone out there, seducing him to do as you wish. However, know there will be a payback time and that how you set up the foundation now will set the price for later. In other words, be kind.


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It may sound like a stretch, but you can learn a lot about contemporary faith and politics from colonial needlework.American colonists struggled to make sense of the events leading up to the war with Britain. Escalating encroachments were resisted by the colonists, whose sometimes-violent actions provoked further crackdowns. The cycle intensified throughout the late 1760s and into the new decade, spawning boycotts, riots, and worse, including the Boston Massacre in March 1770.If … [Read more...]
Faith of the revolutionary generation (and ours)
One priest making a difference
"What the soul is in the body, this is what Christians are in the world," says the Epistle to Diognetus, an ancient Christian text. Nobody demonstrates the present-day truth of that more than Fr. Paisius Altschul of Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri.Fr. Paisius, priest of St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church, is also the founder of Reconciliation Services, a ministry that offers desperately needed counseling, material aid, medicine, and job training to the city's poor and … [Read more...]
Should government coerce charity?
When it comes to the question of social justice, there is more at play than the needs of the poor. Charity requires not only a recipient but also a giver, and that increases the issue's moral complexity.From the earliest days of the church, care for the poor was central. It's there in the New Testament writings, in Christ's own words even. It's there in the Didache, which directs Christians to spend time with the lowly (3.9) and give their firstfruits to the poor (13.4). And great pastors … [Read more...]
Christians making a difference
Whether it's the political activism of the eighties and nineties or the social activism of today, Christians want to make a difference in the world. But are we starting in the right place?Often we see a crisis or a need and jump to fix it. We raise funds, join a movement, buy a T-shirt, send our tithe, blog, campaign, distribute voters guides, do all kinds of things -- many of them good. But they're not enough. All those things are externally focused, which is only half the picture."The … [Read more...]
A model for real social justice
A rich young ruler comes to Christ and asks what it takes to inherit eternal life. Jesus says, "Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor. . . ."Christ is enthroned in glory and he divides the crowds to his right and left. He welcomes those on his right, saying that they ministered to him when he was hungry, thirsty, lonely, naked, sick, and imprisoned. They're surprised. "When did we do these things?" they ask. Christ answers, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least o … [Read more...]
Put not your trust in princes (or politicians)
As we get closer to the upcoming elections and hear the many promises tumbling from the mouths of hopeful and desperate office-seekers, we should reflect on Psalm 146."Put not your trust in princes," says the psalmist, "in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation." From the rest of the text, it's clear that the admonition is not primarily about what we might call eternal salvation; there are many other texts that cover that. This one is mostly about temporal salvation, earthly goods and conc … [Read more...]
The Search for God and Guinness
Arthur Guinness wasn't fooling around. He was mad as a hornet and wielding a pickaxe. Stand back.The year was 1771 and Guinness needed more water for his brewery. So he opened up a new watercourse and swapped out the pipes running to his shop from the River Liffey with larger ones. In addition to the increased flow, he increased the ire of his neighbors. The city of Dublin insisted he stop. Nothing doing, he responded. He "would defend [the water] by force of arms."Out came the sheriff with a … [Read more...]


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Siena Grad Helps After Boston Attack
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It's becoming one of the most iconic images to come out of yesterday's carnage at the finish line of the Boston Marathon - a firefighter, his face filled with emotion, carrying a little girl to safety. The firefighter pictured is Jimmy Plourde, a 1995 graduate of Colonie High School and a graduate of Siena College. His father, Peter, was himself, an EMS worker in Colonie as was his mother, Janet. Peter Plourde tells News Radio 810 & 103.1 WGY's Read Shepherd he was proud to see his son serve in this time of need.
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Recent Birmingham-Southern College graduate earns prestigious Fulbright grant
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Lexi Sack, Class of 2011 Harrison Honors Scholar and a summa cum laude graduate of Birmingham-Southern, recently was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study abroad for a year.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright program is the nation's largest international exchange fellowship program, providing approximately 1,500 study grants and English teaching assistantships each year to college seniors, recent graduates, and graduate students. Some 8,000 applicants competed for these awards for the 2011-12 year. Scholars are chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential.
Sack was selected for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Indonesia, where she will teach at the high school level. Beginning in August, she will spend at least 20 hours per week in the classroom teaching, and the rest of the time preparing her lessons and exploring the region.
Armed with a biology degree from BSC, Sack will be working at SMAN 2 Sumbawa Besar, which is a public high school in the city of Besar on the island of Sumbawa.
"I am interested in rural agriculture and hope to learn about the livestock on the island," she expressed. "I enjoy traveling and international education and especially want to learn more about public health as it relates to humans and livestock."
This is not her first time overseas. Sack traveled to Costa Rica during the college's January Interim term, and also with BSC Associate Professor of Biology Megan Gibbons and BSC Visiting Professor of Biology Peter Van Zandt for research one summer. She's also traveled to Mozambique, Africa, during Interim for a service-learning project, and to India last year as part of an honors program senior project.
"I have experience in tropical climates, which is why I wanted to go somewhere like Indonesia," she said.
For now, Sack is spending her summer doing office work in her hometown of Goshen, Ky., while trying to learn Indonesian Bahasa, the country's native language. She will attend the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine the following year.
Sack graduated from Birmingham-Southern May 14, along with her fraternal twin sister, Katie. They are the daughters of Rev. Susan Jinnett-Sack and Michael Sack.
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The 3DS has sold over 9 million units in Japan, sales tracker Media Create has announced. Including sales of the XL model, Nintendo's portable has accumulated a total of 9,118,000 units.
Wii U is selling similar to the Wii thus far. Through its first two weeks, Wii moved roughly 436,000 consoles.
great 3d games
why the many dissa... oh wait im on the biased site n4g
Wii u won't hold to wii sales.
PS4 & Xbox 720 won't either. Your point?
wiiU won't hold to Sony's ps4 exclusives or app loading time or cloud service or blu ray drive or being open to cross platform gaming like some pc/ps3 games or willingness to make new AAA games at the end of a generation to maximize your investment in a console or be the only company to not turn their back on the long time core gamers.. And that is during a financial struggle.
Everything else wiiU will do better I am sure.
As long as ninty stays true to the casual gamers they will stay on top. Or abandon you guys again.
Still waiting for N64 days to comeback? shame..
@shutUpAndTakeMyMoney, Wii U will have better exclusives than PS4. Nintendo have the best exclusives every generation. Especially when they finally release the new IPs they're working on.
@deku that is a big lie,nintendo didn't make any new games for the wii and didn't show any for the wiiu,which could've made good use of the game pad.
@shutUpAndTakeMyMoney We're talking about systems that actually exists...at this point, you're talking about vaporware. Once the PS4 is available in stores, you're point would be more valid.
Hmmm where have we heard this and other lines like "Nintendo will fail", "Wii will not sell"... So far Wii U sales are mirroring Wii.
How's that time machine?
I love how everyone at N4G has a marketing and business degree apparently.
Then they go and criticize Pachter for doing the same thing.
Quite impressive sales, its even surpassed the PS3 LTD sales already. No surprise though Nintendo has always dominated Japan.
Their consoles sure haven't. The N64 sold significantly less than the Saturn in Japan, and the Gamecube barely had a presence.
The DS turned everything around for them. Nintendo has completely dominated Japan since the DS was released.
The story goes pretty much like this. Give the DS a better back light and rule the Japanese gaming market from then on.
Even the Wii is getting close the PS2 LTD sales in Japan.
The Japanese market likes their countries consoles as well as Japnese developed games e.g Playstation and Nintendo, Xbox 360 sales in Japan are practically non-existant.
Exactly! its the same reason why xbox360 is most popular in the usa and its also why in europe there is no dominant console!
I have seen plenty of Wii U's at Walmart, Target, Gamestop and Best Buy
Yea i was just at Best Buy and saw several piles of them.
There were piles of 360's and PS3 when they first came out and they've done quite nicely.
Piles of which version??? Last time I check Wii U white versions are out there. Its the Black Deluxe version everyone wants.
Plenty of both standard and deluxe versions, all over town in nw Ohio... Meijer was the only store, that only had white ones.
wiiu is a fantastic system...its selling better then the wii considering the higher price and all the hate.....and the potential to become even hotter is there...when the patches are there , and soon as miiverse and tvii becomes hotter.....and with great third party support..nintendo has a goldmine on their hands...
Love my Vita but I think i'm going to cave this holiday and get a 3ds. So many fun looking games.
Sell your Vita like I did. I brought 4 3DSs for xmas gifts. Well 3 as gifts, 1 for me! My precious now.
I have both and find myself playing 3DS games more. Now I'm waiting for Luigi's Mansion....
I don't see anything Sony related listed in the tags at the top, so why are there so many Sony fans in here trash talking the Wii U and slamming the people who anyting positive about it with disagrees?
Please, if you want to sing Sony's praises there are three sections listed at the top that you can do it in. Why do come to news that is solely about the Nintendo?
The fanboys on this site are ridiculously defensive to the point that any news that is even remotely positive about another console, they seem to view as an attack.
Because they have nothing better to do. I am getting ready to fire up the Wii U. My Nintendo ID is DuceStamina. Message me if you want me to add you. I have 16 games and counting.
Wow...I have 6 retail and 3 eShop. Love everyone of them too...
No the problem is not fanboys the problem is Sony's fanboys in particular. Have you seen any Microsoft or PC gamer to come to a Wii U article and tell you about Windows 8 and Xbox 720?
You know what dude, your absolutely right! I've never seen anyone other than fanatical Sony fanboy's come bash the Wii U or 3DS. That's crazy!
DonFreezer speaks the truth. My theory is that the majority of the Sony fanboy crowd consists of spoiled children who's parents shelll out large $ for expensive Sony products.
Im glad you see that too, Sony fans hating on the success of Nintendo.
you see the impressive numbers,
Sony sees poor vita sales "oh these numbers are what we expected"
yeah right. lmao
I don't have every Wii U game but I took advantage of Toys Are Us's buy one get one %40 off and Target's buy two get one free. I missed the most recent buy two get one free at Target because I bought my nephews a Wii U for Christmas because they were burning a hole in mine.
Give me disagrees.
Just say something positive about Nintendo on any article.
Let's be honest who still using his wii for playing videogames as far as i know all my friend and family have their wii gathering dust somewhere oh yeah the kids of the house still using their wii lol thats the future of the wii U and the 3ds
From a marketing point of view that's what Nintendo wanted from that generation. This generation they are trying to reclaim some of their "hardcore" fan base but I don't think they will be as successful as Microsoft or Sony because of the 6-7 year lead on the "hardcore" market those companies have had.
Yeah you're right. My Wii is just gathering dust now, I don't use it for playing videogames. I mean why would I? All those amazing games from Wii I can just play on my Wii U.
You're supposed to agree with Nintendo haters. It's no fun if you enjoy something they don't.
It's Nintendo fans like you that are ruining this site.
Get out of here and have fun with you're Wii U. That will teach you.
The 3ds is killer. I love the 3d, 2 screens, stylus, and the xl is a sexy beast with a huge screen (even the bottom screen is massive). Sleek hardware is great but its the games that makes it shine. From big 3rd party games, Nin ip's, classic titles remade, down to the crazy niche titles on the eshop. The ds and now 3ds has that magic to it due to the creative games. Stuff like TWEWY, Liberation Maiden, Crimson Shroud, Code of Princess, Kid Icarus, Sticker Star exc. Theres no compitition really. The wii had some great games also but it lagged behind due to outdated hardware and the sd res. The wii-u solves this, adds in the dual screen, has great 3rd party suport, and has a resurgance of classic Nin awesomeness. Screw how much it sells im happy with everything at the moment. Now to download Crimson Shroud from Level-5 and the designer of Vagrant Story, Tactics Ogre, and FF12. Enjoy!
Japan loves Nitentedo. They have clearly chosen them over sony this gen. The problem with sony this gen is that the big wigs at sony think too much like their fanboys. Just make the stuff and people will buy but it doesn't work that way.
Make GOOD stuff, and people will buy it... which is what they do.
Funny, a thread FULL of Nintendo fanboys complaining about Sony fanboys... with NO Sony fanboys in sight.
And then there's you, of course, doing whatever's in your power to hate Sony.
Everybody else is bringing up Sony in this Nintendo article; the Sony people are nowhere to be found.
I can only speak for myself but i don't hate sony. What I said is absolutely true. Sony thought that they could just make the vita without any game support and people will buy it. It doesn't work that way. Sorry if the truth hurts bro.You really need to run along and stop trolling people who have their own opinions. Just because someone criticizes sony doesn't mean they hate them. Stop acting like sony is the air you breathe and you will be ok. Trust me, there is more to life than sony, microsoft and nintendo. Let them worry about us instead of the other way around.
You obviously haven't been reading the other comments... or the high disagree rates. Once the Nintendo base flooded in, the sony fans backed off... just like they always do.


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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Meeting the Small Stories characters
Over the last couple of weeks we've been in the recording studio, hearing the characters we've created for the Small Stories exhibition come to life! From the early stages of developing the exhibition, we knew we wanted to have some of the 107 dolls speaking directly to the audience, sharing their varied experiences and […]Keep reading
Conserving a Dutch Table Carpet
Today we have another guest entry by Katy Smith, one of the V&A's Textile Conservators who has been doing sterling work on objects that will be displayed in the new galleries. The smallest of all the tapestries being prepared for the Europe galleries is a Dutch 'table carpet' (V&A T.279-1927). The name is deceptive, technically it […]Keep reading
In Shakespeare's Shoes – poetry competition winners!
As part of the V&A Shakespeare Festival this year, and in celebration of the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth on 23 April, the V&A teamed up with the Poetry Society's Young Poets Network to launch a poetry competition inspired by Shakespeare. The competition asked writers to imagine what it would be like to step into the […]Keep reading
How to Avoid Becoming As Mad as a Hatter, or The Pirate's Curse!
Some visitors might find being presented with a hat kept inside a strong plastic bag, emblazoned with a skull-and-crossbones and the word 'TOXIC' in big authoritative letters, a little alarming. Perhaps they would be led to think that we had turned buccaneer, or perhaps that Captain Kidd's most cherished secret, the one that he took to […]Keep reading
Mini Post No. 7 – Using a Raspberry Pi to watch a handbag decay
So a while back I posted an image of one of the plastic handbags we have here in the Conservation Science Dept. We use these non-museum objects as sacrificial lambs in the aid of heritage science. We have a second handbag that has started to dramatically decay. As we will use any excuse here in the […]Keep reading
Louis Kahn: the architect's architect?
The American architect Louis Kahn (1907-1974) is often described as 'the architect's architect'. This was how he was introduced to an audience gathered at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) yesterday evening for a special screening of the film My Architect, a documentary made by Kahn's son Nathaniel, first released in 2003. As the President […]Keep reading
CMG and V&A, a pioneering international collaboration
Midnight on Monday 16 June 2014, the final instructions for the signing ceremony at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) came through. Mr Sun, Vice-President of China Merchants Group (CMG) and Chairman of China Merchants Property Development (CMPD), had arrived just a few hours earlier. The next day, China Merchants Group and the V&A officially […]Keep reading
My Own Dear Lace
129 years ago today, Princess Beatrice, the beloved daughter of Queen Victoria, married Prince Henry of Battenberg. Princess Beatrice was the youngest of Victoria and Albert's nine children. Her mother became increasingly dependent on her after the death of her father in 1861, when Beatrice was only four years old. While her siblings were strategically […]Keep reading
The Uncanny World of John Paul Gaultier
On a recent research trip to the Barbican I had what was both a fascinating and rather uncomfortable experience visiting the Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: from the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. The opening text for the exhibition does much to hint at the unique world you are about to walk into. Gaultier is […]Keep reading
Welcome to the International Initiatives section of the V&A blog!
In this section, we invite you 'behind the scene' to discover the breadth of our work in and with countries around the world. We hope the stories posted will initiate new discussions with our museum colleagues from overseas as well as our public in the UK and abroad. The V&A is an international organisation, […]Keep reading


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:-) cool links, thanks. I'll pass them on to my Mom, she's more of the graphics end, while I'm definitely on the 'engineering' end of the design spectrum. And, I can really identify... I do a lot of stuff for 'fun' that is in line with my day job. :-) hey, when it's interesting, it's interesting. ;)
All in a day's work
Too much work to do today to blog so I thought I'd give you some linkage. Since my work entails "playing" in photoshop, illustrator and the other lovely Adobe programs here are some of my favorite adobesque links. By the way corporate design doesn't call much for fun brushes and such but they are nice to have on hand for side projects.
- Anything and everything from PSDTUTS check out Best of Web-November that's a great place to start
- 100 Awesome High Resolution Photoshop Brushes
- 375 Free Photoshop Brushes
- 51 Text Effect Tutorials Every Designer Should See
- 60 Advanced Adobe Photoshop Tutorials
- The Best 80 Photoshop Text Effects on the Web
- Vector Magic
- Vecteezy
- Free Vectors
- Illustrator Techniques
- Illustrator Tutorials
- Smashing Magazine Collection of Illustrator Tutorials
Do you find yourself doing the same thing you do for work in your spare time? I do design both for my work and for fun.December 10, 2007 in adobe, brushes, Creativity, illustrator, indesign, photoshop, vector
I love your little logo design you have! I wish I could make stuff like that :)
Thanks for the mention :)
this is great resource :) Thanks!
I've never done any of this stuff before, but I want to check it out. Thanks for the links!
I'm hoping to get Illustrator for Christmas! So I will bookmark this!
yes and no. there are times when i get worn out with designing and just want to come home and relax. i feel like i go thru phases. but i will definitely be checking out indesign secrets. love love love that program.
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