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Video Interview with Dion Dakis of NeoGeoFreak
I may not be a Neo-Geo expert, but I've ran this site long enough to know that there's a number of SNK fans that aren't keen on Dion Dakis. The co-founder of NeoGeoFreak pushed the buttons of a lot of American Neo-Geo collectors with his online antics and personality.
Last summer I had a trip out to Las Vegas and I worked it into my schedule to sit down with Dion Dakis for an evening and talk about the last few decades of the gaming industry. Knowing his reputation on neo-geo.com, I wasn't sure what to expect. On the other hand, he does have good eBay feedback and deals in public trade shows like the Classic Gaming Expo. In his online writing (and sometimes while talking on the phone) he can come across as a stong personality, but once I met him in person, he seemed much more approachable. I did my best to go in with an open mind and try to present a neutral presentation.
I can understand the perspectives of both Mr. Dakis and those that disagree with him. I understand the business aspect of NeoGeoFreak, but I can also relate to how people don't like how he handles things. Personally, if I was a game distributor, I would have done things differently. But that's me — I have a much different personality.
Long story short, I had an enjoyable time talking about games and learning some history. Dion was nice enough to let me record much of our conversation and take lots of pictures. Before our meetup, Dion went through his storage unit to dig up some very cool Neo-Geo collectables and artwork. What follows are the highlights. It took me a while to edit all the footage down and organize it – I apologize for the delay, but I hope you find this interesting regardless of how you feel about Mr. Dakis.
BTW, I realize the sound/video isn't the best — it was low lighting, I only had the built-in mic on the camera, and I'm terrible at speaking on camera, so I'm surprised it turned out as well as it did 😉 Anyway, here we go!
Getting Started with Neo-Geo & Starting NeoGeoFreak
I talk to Dion about how he got started collecting for the Neo-Geo and how it turned into starting the business that became the leading US distributor for Neo-Geo games
Experiences with SNK Japan
Even thought SNK wasn't without it's issues, Dion had some interesting memories of how things were in the corporate end of the Neo-Geo world
Shady Stuff Going on in the 16-Bit Era
The dark side of our childhood is discussed 🙂
Current Status of the SNK Community
I talk to Dion about what he thinks of the Neo-Geo community now and how things have progressed with homebrew software and hardware, etc
Neo-Geo Game Authentication
With lower-end copies of Neo-Geo games floating around, Dion discusses the topic and how to authenticate your games
Unreleased Neo-Geo Games
Curious about some of those lost Neo-Geo games — here's Dion's thoughts on the topic
Photos of Dion's Neo-Geo Memorabilia
Here's a handful of pictures from Dion's collection — for more images and notes to go with them, check out this gallery on the Racketboy Facebook Page
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why would you give this douche any more attention….. Racketboy fails.
I found this very interesting,far from fail,nice one.
Incredible interview with so much insight on the industry and neo geo. I don't understand why some the fanboys at neo-geo.com complain about him. Dion seems like a smart guy and really sharp. It's easy to see that he's still very passionate about the neo. Excellent interview.
This was a great interview. The guy still seems kinda huge ego, but more humble than the Community describes. Great stuff!
by far the best video game interview ive seen cool of him to open up about his business and insider stuff
What a great interview! Mr. Dakis is very informative about the industry & is direct & to the point. Great job!
Mr. Dakis just spilled the beans on the industry. snk being their own bootlegger for tax evasion was an eye opener and makes you wonder how many other companies do that.. thanks to dion and racketboy for such an amazing interview and pics.
The SNK bootlegger story is B******T. Dion used his status as the buyer of the rights to SNK-USA distro to sell low quality (printwise) conversions (taking an MVS and an AES cart, de-soldering the chips by hand, and then swapping them) to hardcore neo geo fans and passing them off as SNK originals. His excuse was that because he had the rights and the chips used in the conversion were SNK that he was in the right. He sold these for $600-$700.
I don't care about conversions one way or the other if they are fan made thats cool, an AES owner can play slug 1 without selling his case.. Thats cool, most conversions are fan made labors of love.
But when you try to sell conversions as the real deal thats douche territory. Dion may seem like a nice guy when you are kissing ass but he is a major douche to his detractors face to face.
The best part was at 3:00 in the first video when he said he doesn't like snk and never like the company but likes the neo geo. classic. I have xbox and I hate microsoft and i completely understand his reasoning. Dion is spot on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He seems like a cool guy and nothing like the rumors spread about him. he's upfront and pulls no punches. Great interview.
playmore offered settlement money to ngf and said ngf inserts are official on their own web site. sounds like ngf is official to snk and playmore and to everyone but a few haters. i think that's what dion was referring about the lack of maturity in the community. great great interview. dion seems like a great guy with tons of business experience.
i remember reading when snk got busted for tax evasion i had no idea they were selling their own games off the truck and claiming losses. no wonder the parent company sold them off so fast and without warning and it all makes sense. neo geo always had drama and stories and the fact that Mr. Dakis is willing to tell it like it is without worrying about being politically correct is very refreshing.
He seems cool as hell. Does anyone else think dion looks like a real life video game or movie boss character ? Private office and wears a rolex. He's exactly as I imagined and the crazy part is he's for real. This interview is legen(wait for it)dary.
People who are new to the hobby will never realize the years of thieving and lying that this cancer unleashed upon the Neo Geo community. All you have to do is Google "Dion Dakis Thief" to see a clear example of how Dion has lied and stolen money from not only online transactions, but also people he met directly in person. These interviews undermine the integrity of Racketboy by lending credence to the notion of Dion being any kind of Neo Geo expert. Whatever knowledge and possessions may be hidden within his storage vaults, the information gained is worthless as any veracity can not be distinguished from his innumerable lies.
what an obvious troll attempt by this mikhail dude. why would anyone come here and try to put down dion or racketboy for this interview which they did for all of us? If you don't have anything good to say don't say anything at all. How did Dion steal money from people in person? did he rob them with a knife or at gunpoint? hahaha If anyone has a legitimate claim against that Mr. Dakis then take it to the authorities otherwise you're probably the person lying and looking for fame. It doesn't look like he's hiding from anyone since he's willing to meet with racketboy staff for a video interview. Some of the neo fans are looking desperate with the constant lies and rumor spreading.
I never thought I'd say this but he seems like a nice guy and his stories were quite interesting. My view of him has definitely changed for the better.
As a neo geo owner myself I found this interview fascinating. Mr. Dakis seems so happy when he talks of how it all started and I simply love all his hand gestures and smiles of excitement. Great interview and loved the pics.
haha. a site full of suckers.
My opinion of this community has gone way down. If you guys all think that he's a nice guy, then by all means to business with him.
Interesting interview for what it's worth. Dion is definitely one shady guy though, that's for sure.
I've done lots of deal with ngf and spoke to dion by email and phone and he's always been helpful and really niice with lots of advice snd many times without making purchases. he told me not to buy the expensive games in the berginning cause i might get discouraged. he didn't try to sell me anything expensive he also explained the difference between conversions are and carts coming with freaked inserts. only games with wrong stripes or japan games not released in usa had the ngf inserts. i can vouch for dion he's a stand up guy. i loved seeing gthe videos thanks.
Awesome .
When do we get the Japhei interview,like how he discovered and released AES games and single handedly saved the Neo community from oblivion back in the days .
Cant wait !
Anyone claiming that Racketboy is diminished by posting this needs to get over themselves. It's a sit-down interview without bias with a person that had serious influence (good or bad in cases) in the gaming industry.
All business men , politicians, famous people, athletes are either hated or loved and do things in way we wouldnt but that's probably why theyre so successful and famous. Dakis says lots was an act and ngf is still talked about it so it worked. Racketboy was great for this interview. Was it at dions business or home? any other pics? Great job racketboy. keep up the good work.
Awesome, the whole interview was great. I like the fact that he wants more people to do homebrew and come together like NG: DEV TEAM, I didn't expect that from him.
I just noticed that NGF add says "NGF specializes in providing collectors with all of the titles that were previously unavailable on AES by converting NeoGeo MVS arcade cartridges." Theyve boasted how their unreleased aes conversions from ngf were what made them special and made collectors and collections more special to have those carts because they were the first to make conversions of unreleased aes carts. They used to call people with the ngf conversions big timers and executives and super freaks. He's very open in the videos im impressed that racketboy was able to get the video and pics for us to see. is there more? ((i live in vegas to)
I really liked this interview. this guy obviously made some mistakes, but everyone makes mistakes. I love the Neo Geo personally and almost every word this guy said was like GOLD. I loved this. thanks so much racketboy : )
You should just delete all the trolling comments. They are likely from Neo-Geo.com members – which is virtually the 4CHAN of the retro video game world. No amount of reason will sway these nutjobs.
Dion is Dion.. the guy is a narcissistic liar in many cases.. but Racketboy posting these videos has nothing to do with endorsing him.. thanks for the share
Lots of naive comments. Probably Dion and ChrisR posting with madeup usernames.
Not buying it.
If you have a NGF sticker or seal on your Neo Geo you have a bootleg. End of story.
When do we get an interview with Tiago Splitter?
The less attention Dion gets, the better. I'm not going to say I've lost respect for Racketboy or the community because of this; but I'm wondering why a known thief, liar, and scammer is getting this kind of attention. The biggest thing that stands out to me is how I lost count of how many times Dion keeps saying "and 10, 15 years later everyone is finally starting to catch on"; no, no they're not Dion. Your "freaked" conversions/bootlegs were ALWAYS low print quality, even back then. They're worth less than the genuine article. The guy's ego is so over-inflated, he's manipulative; and that clearly shines through in these videos. I'm surprised so many people have fallen for his BS just by looking at these comments. And no, I'm not from Neo-Geo.com.
After reseaching about SNK….alot of what this guy says don't add up….
1.) Azure being SNK "parent company" when in reality Azure bought SNK in 2000…..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruze#Relationship_with_SNK
2.) Saying that the Barone Family were great…..despite the fact that their one of the main reason why the pocket color and SNK USA fail in America.
3.) Watch the Icons episode of SNK for an better idea on how SNK was actually run
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtFI7aLIzqw
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxP6qIiS6WQ
Anyways please do some research before believe everything this guys says.
stick to talking about sonic the hedgehog, racketboy.
I'm the Scott Wozniak listed in the "Thief, Scammer, Liar: The Dion Dakis Story – The Definitive Retrospective" thread. My dealings with Dion go back a long way. (Around 1999 – 2001.) Don't want to get into great depth about it, but this guy was HATED fiercely back then for a lot of reasons. That being said, I enjoyed the interview and wish him the best.
@Scott, nice to know that you actually managed to stop keeping such a grudge. I find it amazing that even now, 12 years later, it still brings out hatred and rage in anyone. From shitty "photocopied" inserts (from reports I hear, some were actually professionally printed), to the whole Jigen thing (from conflicting opinions and the image itself I can't even have an opinion on) I can see why it would cause terrible pain to the community, but to hold it this long? To be honest I never really got deep into the Neo-Geo (and probably never will, too cost prohibitve) but the tales I hear about NGF are something to behold
I'd like to ask, what is your idea on what actually happened during NGF's time?
I have close friends and relatives including myself who are serious Neo Geo collectors and have had years of experience in both online transactions with ngf and Dion Dakis himself, if anything he has always overdelivered in every aspect of a very well run business, he has always been upfront and honest about questions & concerns, has always delivered all my mib games in a timely manner and has gone out of his way to deliver clear professional photos before the actual items were shipped…has even gone to the extent of asking me to notify him when my packages have been recieved so it's been very clear and proved to me that he's always been very serious and courteous about everything he does. All titles that I've ordered from ngf/Dion have also been 110% authentic and I've even opened the more expensive Aes carts to make sure they were fully legit, ngh numbers and everything was always totally authentic. I also have over 100 Aes titles in my collection and most big titles came directly from ngf and Dion, those ngf titles are actually the highlights of my collection. Just recently Mr.Dakis also helped me find & replace some used titles in my collection with nib/mib ones, I have nothing but great things to say about Dion Dakis and have tremendous respect for him as both a person and business owner. I'm truly not quite understanding nor believing any of the undeserved hate geared at Dion Dakis and ngf. Anyone who is/was a real Snk head got their stuff from Dion/ngf.
Thanks for these interviews Racketboy.
This is dissapointing, the guy is a known con artist with multiple ongoing court cases against him. Multiple people have said "he seems like a nice guy". That's the whole point, he's a con artist. He would make fake games, and sell them to other's as limited print's or simmilar for ten time's their worth. And he's documented for stealing over $10,000 worth of carts that people sold him, only for him to return the games, that were actually one of his bootlegs disguised (or defaced) as their carts.
And that's not even mentioning how he willingly destroys MVS/AES and inserts to make his own collection more valuable (I'm not making this shit up, go google it, ton's of photo's of him shredding Neo Geo case inserts).


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Ink Saving Reminders for Mom's DayMay 4, 2011 No Comments
Mother's Day is just around the corner and I know we're all excited about this. Aside from numerous Mother's Day sales and gifts, the Internet has also been swarmed with printable Mother's Day gifts such as greeting cards, coupons, gift cards and others. The HP Creative Studio, for one, has a section on Mother's Day Printable Crafts. The problem with the excitement that comes with Mother's day is we tend to "overreact" with printing these printable gifts. As a result, your printer runs out of ink sooner than expected.
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Make it a habit to do a print preview before printing the document or image. Almost all printers offer the option to preview the printout so you will have an idea how it will look like. Print preview is highly-recommended for those printing straight from the webpage.
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Choose the right type of paper. For example, if you are printing a lot of graphics and images then it will be advisable to use photo paper. Using the right type of paper will not only give you better results, it will also help you save on those printer inks.
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Almost all types of printers in the market let you reduce the resolution especially for images and graphics. Technically, the 300 dpi (dot per inch) resolution works well for almost all types of printouts. Higher resolutions tend to use more ink. Also, if you are printing on ordinary paper, chances are it will not be able to handle the high-res images.
5. Print until your printer stops!
For most people, they change their printer cartridges the moment their computers flash the low ink warning. Don't get too excited to change those cartridges. When a computer flashes the low ink warning, there is still about 20% ink remaining in the inkjet cartridge so you should keep on printing until the printer stops.
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We usually don't end up eating at our resort too often on our Disney vacations. But when we stayed at Saratoga Springs we tried to slow down a bit and actually enjoy what the resort had to offer. I am so glad we did. The Artist's Palette has become one of my favorite quick service locations.
We mostly had lunch or dinner there but we did try breakfast one morning. I wasn't feeling too adventurous so I just had a cheese danish, big surprise there. Drew tried out the omelette of the day which had cheddar cheese, ham, onion, and red and green peppers. They are made to order so you can ask them to leave something out if you want. He loved it and said it was cooked perfectly. I tried one of the breakfast potatoes and they were really good as well.
We also tried two of the flatbreads. My favorite was the Caprese, which is topped with olive oil, roasted garlic, plum tomatoes, Buffalo mozzarella, and fresh basil and is drizzled with a balsamic vinegar reduction. It is similar to the one found at Pinocchio Village Haus but better. There were more toppings and it was made fresh. I would go back to visit the resort just to have another.
The cheese flatbread was good as well but it was pretty standard. It would be a great option for picky eaters. Both flatbreads were also big enough to share if you didn't want a big meal. Or if like me and you wanted a cookie too.
Drew's favorite item on the menu was the Saratoga Lobster Club Sandwich. He liked it so much he had it a couple of times. It has lobster salad, smoked bacon, lettuce tomato, and lemon mayonnaise. The sandwiches are a great option to grab and then go relax by the pool.
I tried out the Roasted Vegetable Panini on one of our pool days. It comes with goat cheese, peppers, onions, mushrooms, and zucchini. It was really good as well. I loved having several vegetarian options to choose from.
Another nice feature is that if you have a Tables in Wonderland card you can uses it at The Artist's Palette. Like I said earlier, we really enjoyed all of our meals there. The Artist's Palatte not only offered some unique items, they seemed a little fresher than some of the meals we have gotten at other Disney resorts.
Huh! Had no idea it was quick serve! Will have to give it a shot some time! 🙂
Oh my gosh! Saratoga Springs is a resort we have yet to visit. We will have to make sure to stop by next time for lunch. The caprese flatbread and the veggie panini both look delicious!


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Acclaimed television star and pop darling Zhao Wei has defended herself against critics who branded her a traitor for appearing in a fashion magazine wearing a dress emblazoned with a wartime Japanese flag.
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Nearly 1,000 Chinese have voiced their opinions online, urging a public apology and a boycotting of Ms Zhao's albums, films and TV appearances.
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'The magazine is controlled by the State Information and Press Bureau. Could anything that was truly so militaristic actually have been approved and published?' the statement read.
In addition to noting that the Japanese flag dress was one of many she wore, and that the dress was also emblazoned with positive Chinese characters meaning health, peace, prosperity and hygiene, Ms Zhao said she, too, was concerned: 'I was a little suspicious when I saw the Japanese flag pattern. But a designer from New York explained that this was a new American design. Perhaps he didn't really understand Chinese history.'
Ms Zhao denied she was promoting militarism and said she was proud to be the granddaughter of revolutionaries who fought Japanese wartime aggression.


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My research interests can be summarised as aiming to investigate and explain human behaviour by considering multiple potential influences at different levels of explanation. For example, people's genes, their brain structure, their brain functioning, cognitive, physiological and emotional functioning can all affect people's behaviour both individually and in an interactive way. In addition to this, all individuals exist within a specific environment, as does each level of their functioning (for example a person may behave differently in quiet, relaxed surroundings compared to noisy, chaotic surroundings; and the same cognitive process may have different effects depending on which other cognitive processes are engaged). The environment in the broad sense of the term is therefore also an extremely important factor to consider when aiming to explain human behaviour. Finally, I am extremely interested in ultimately being able to bring about a behavioural change when such a change is desired by the individual in question.
I took up a post as Lecturer at the School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast in March 2014.
Research Background
PhD and Postdoctoral research
I carried out my PhD research (2005-2008) at the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, supervised by Prof. Chris Oliver and Prof. Glyn Humphreys. My work focused on understanding temper outbursts in people with a genetic developmental disorder called Prader-Willi syndrome. For more information about this previous research click here. After my PhD I worked for just over two years at the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, where I was involved in work aiming to better understand the difficulties faced by individuals with several different developmental disorders.
Marie Curie Fellowship
In January 2010 I was awarded an International Outgoing Marie Curie Fellowship by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme. This fellowship supported my research for the three years between March 2011 and March 2014. During the first two years of the fellowship I worked with the Culture and Social Neuroscience Laboratory at the Department of Psychology, Peking University, China, and during the final year I returned to Birmingham. The focus of my work during this fellowship was on understanding how aspects of the environment – including someone's immediate social surroundings and their broader cultural background – can impact on how they respond emotionally and how they control those emotions. This work has provided me with a strong basis for developing research aiming to increase understanding of how disorder may affect emotional processes and impact behaviour.
Current Research
PREDICTORS: Parent Resources for Decreasing the Incidence of Change Triggered Temper Outbursts
This research began with the work of Dr Leah Bull whose PhD I supervised alongside Prof. Chris Oliver. You can read more about Leah's work in the previous research section. In January 2015 we will begin a project called PREDICTORS which stands for Parent Resource for Decreasing the Incidence of Change Triggered Temper Outbursts. The project is funded by the Bailey Thomas Charitable Foundation and Prof Chris Oliver at the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Prof Jane Barlow at The University of Warwick, and Dr Katerina Dounavi at Queen's will be supporting the work. We have developed a set of web-based resources to teach parents and caregivers of children who find changes to routines and plans very difficult to deal with and often show difficult behaviours such as temper outbursts follow these types of changes. Clare McGeady is coordinating this project and Glenda Preston, Áine Fitzpatrick and Dr Nigel Robb have also been involved.
TASTER: Training Attention Switching for Temper Episode Reduction
In November 2014 we began work on a project funded by the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research . We have now built a fully functioning prototype video game to train attention switching, tailored specifically for the needs and preferences of children with Prader-Willi syndrome. Attention switching is a brain process we know can be impaired in people with the syndrome. Dr Nigel Robb led the development of the video game and though he is now doing a Marie Curie Co-fund ASSISTID fellowship at University College Dublin, he will be continuing to collaborate with me on the TASTER work. We are also being supported in this work by Professor Annalu Waller who is director of the ACC research group at the University of Dundee. My previous research showed that the impairment in attention switching that people with Prader-Willi syndrome can show seems to be linked to the difficulties with changes to routines and plans that people often experience and the temper outbursts that can follow these sorts of changes. So ultimately we hope that our switching training will have a positive effect on behaviour. In future work, which the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research have already agreed to fund, we will be developing the TASTER game so that it has higher capability to adapt itself to individual's ongoing play (so that it is more engaging and motivating to play) and so that it is in line with the preferences of a wider range of individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome.
CAN MEASURE: Measuring Executive Abilities for a Sound Understanding of Real Executive Function
In this project, I aim to develop a valid tool for measuring executive functioning in individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders. Executive functions are the brain processes that play a critical role in the monitoring and regulation of thoughts and behaviours and are particularly important in novel and complex situations. With better measurement of executive functioning, ultimately I aim to better understand the associations between executive functions and clinically relevant behaviours in disordered populations so that this information may be used to develop effective intervention approaches. With important helpful input from Prof Chris Jarrold, Prof Gaia Scerif, Dr Sarah Beck and Prof Chris Oliver, at the Universities Bristol, Oxford and Birmingham, I developed a pilot battery of executive functioning tests that aims to be appropriate for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. I led the administration of this battery to 125 typically developing children and 12 children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Several researchers contributed to this pilot work, most notably Krupa Seth, Eleanor Callaghan and Pav Sohal. Following this pilot work, my current PhD student Róisín McKenna carried out an evidence synthesis study (a meta-analysis) of functional neuroimaging studies carried out with children using executive functioning tasks. These data, along with statistical modelling of children's performance on the pilot battery have informed the development of an online testing tool that my team has now finished developing. This online tool was further piloted with around 50 children and we are now undergoing data collection from a large normative sample of children from across Northern Ireland. The battery is viewable online with a password that I can provide.
Associations between emotional control and behaviour in disordered populations
Building from the work I completed as part of my Marie Curie fellowship I have designed a way to examine people's capacity for controlling their own negative emotions, which is appropriate for individuals with a developmental disorder. I am currently using this method to assess the relationship between people's capacity for controlling their negative emotion and certain profiles of challenging behaviour that appear to have a strong emotional component – such as temper outbursts.


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A/N: I know, I know, it's been done a million times before. Oh well, here's a million-and-one.
The title's from the song Laddie, Lie Near Me, of which I am rather fond. (Note: NOT a song!fic!)
Rated Teen for mild profanity.
The Doctor stood on a chilly, wind-swept beach in Norway and watched Rose break apart.
There were no tears; her grief was dry and strangely empty. She dropped his hand, and he thought of satellites that finally slip out of orbit and plummet to the ground. She curled into herself, and he thought of ancient stars collapsing, all their fuel consumed at last.
As much as he might need her to keep him steady in this new world, in this moment, she didn't have anything left to give. He'd never seen her look so tired.
"Rose" he said, instinctively reaching for her, "I'm the same man. He and I, we're the same person. I promise."
Eyes closed, she shook her head. "I know." She rubbed a hand over her face. "That doesn't really help, though. That just makes it worse."
He dropped his hand. "Worse how?"
She opened her eyes and looked at him, her gaze level. "Because. That's the point. You're exactly the same. Except for one thing."
The Doctor felt his mouth go dry. "And what one thing is that?"
She shook her head again. "We need to get going. Last time we were here, there was a little fisherman's lean-to near where the road ends." She straightened up and took a deep breath, resigned to do whatever had to be done, and he thought, oh, yes, there she is—the girl who could cross the universe all on her own, if she had a mind to.
"You can keep an eye on my mum while I walk to town," she told him as she started hiking across the sand.
"Can't you just call on your mobile?" he asked.
"No reception."
"What about your super-phone?"
Rose sighed. "It's not so super in this universe. Just works like a regular phone."
"Oh, right," he muttered, scratching the back of his neck. "Sorry about that. We'd need to alternate the transcomm frequency to account for the different universal resonance. I can fix it for you, when we get to London."
Rose ignored him. "Mum," she called to Jackie, who was some distance away, waiting for them. "I think there's a place for you to wait up that way. Let's go have a look."
"All right, but go on ahead. It's going to take me longer in this sand," called Jackie.
Rose just shrugged. "'Kay," she said and started walking again.
The Doctor glanced back at Jackie and saw her surreptitiously gesture toward her daughter once Rose wasn't looking.
Well. He could take a hint.
The Doctor turned and quickly fell into step beside Rose, hiking through the damp, hilly sand. "The one thing—is it the TARDIS?" he asked after a moment, once they were out of earshot.
"Because I really do think I can grow another one."
"It's not the TARDIS."
"It's the one heart, then? Don't want to watch me to age?"
She shook her head. "Don't be daft."
"Rose," he said, stretching out his arm to catch her shoulder. She stopped. "It's not what he said, is it? That I'm full of blood and anger and revenge? That I shouldn't have destroyed the Daleks?"
She turned to him and rolled her eyes. "No, but while we're on the subject, that was some serious, first-class, Freudian, self-hatred bullshit." He winced at the profanity, but she didn't seem to notice. "I mean, honestly, what was he planning on doing with the Daleks, send them to finishing school?"
"Oh, I don't know," he said, trying for a joke. "Might have been a good idea. Teach them to say 'If you don't very much mind, I'm going to exterminate you now.' It could be a nice change, don't you think? Ooh, and maybe train them to carry wee little tea trays."
Her lips curved reluctantly, and he was tempted to ask if that was a smile. But before he had the chance, she shook her head.
"Look, I know you've never been a companion to yourself before," she said. (He decided not to correct her—oh, the fights that had broken out whenever he'd run into his other selves!) "But see, you can only really listen to about a third of the things the Doctor says."
His mouth popped open. "What! That's not true!"
She shrugged. "First rule of being a companion. Could have asked Donna or Martha or Jack—they'd all tell you the same thing."
"The first rule is 'Don't wander off!'" he fumed. "And my companions listen to more than a third of…wait." He stopped suddenly and frowned. "Actually, that explains a lot."
"Yep." Rose started walking again. It was cruel, she thought. She was being cruel, to him of all people. But she couldn't seem to help it. All she could see when she closed her eyes was a hopeless parade of parallel worlds with the sonic screwdriver at the end of it, lying in a puddle where it had fallen from his dead hand. All she could hear was the sound of him leaving her in the end, after all.
They walked on in silence for a time.
"Will you tell me eventually?" he ventured to ask.
Rose just shrugged. "Can we maybe not talk about this? I just want to get to town and arrange a ride to London." He started to object, but she raised an arm, pointed to a rundown lean-to standing where the beach stopped and the gravel road began. "Here it is. You two can stay dry in there if it starts to rain. Mum," she called. "You and the Doctor wait here, all right? I'll get to town and ring Pete to get us some transpo back home. Then I'll find a car and come pick you up."
Jackie caught up with them, puffing as she walked through the deep sand. "Sweetheart, take the Doctor with you," she said after she had caught her breath. "I'll be fine waiting here by myself."
Rose shook her head. "We don't know what's out here. No" she said, holding up a hand when Jackie started to speak again. "I'm the trained Torchwood field agent, you're the mum, remember? Which is why I told you not to use the Dimension Cannon in the first place," she muttered. "Lucky you didn't bloody well end up in Brazil."
"Without a passport," chimed the Doctor, hoping to make her smile again. But Rose seemed determined to ignore him.
"I should be back in about two hours. See you soon." Thrusting her hands into the pockets of her jacket, she started off down the road alone.
Jackie watched her go and then sighed. "Well, I s'pose we should make ourselves comfortable, then." She turned to poke her head in the shack. "Eurgh, smells a bit like fish gone off in here," she complained. "Think we're better off waiting outside." She tested her weight against the exterior wall before leaning back against it. "You alright, sweetheart?" she asked him quietly.
The Doctor didn't answer. All he could do was stand in the frigid Norwegian air and watch the figure of Rose, walking away from him.


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In game terms, mummy cults are handled as a Merit with its dots split among several different aspects, like their tombs or vampiric havens or mage-enhanced items. The dots in a Cult Merit can be assigned to Reach (how widespread the cult's influence is), Grasp (how strong its influence is), and benefits (special aspects of a particular cult). It takes two dots in the base Merit to get a dot in either Reach or Grasp, but just one dot to gain a benefit. A non-mechanical aspect is the cult's origin: tribal, conspiracy, or enterprise. While the foundation only reflects a story element of the cult, it does determine the types of influence the cult might have and what benefits are appropriate for it.
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non reflecting boundary condition?
what is meant by non reflecting boundary condition? what are the conditions under which we need to apply this condition? i know that under the conditions of compressible subsonic duct flows , the pressure waves affect the solutions by reflection under transient responses. are there any more situtaions?
regards, Adarsh
Re: non reflecting boundary condition?
non-reflective boundary conditions means exactly what it means, that the conditions are imposed at the boundary in such a way that no disturbance (waves and other) will be reflected, they will cross the boundary and exit the computational grid without any trouble. Here what I am talking about is for time dependent problems; I never dealt with steady state problems so I am not sure how this will affect the flow in that case, but I am sure it will.
If you ask me, I would suggest anybody to use non-reflective boundary conditions whenever there is an 'open' boundary (not a rigid wall). And this is because, even if waves don't seem to be reflected at the boundary, they actually are. As a consequence you might trap waves in your computational domain and have artificial resonances.
When the viscosity is high and the flow is subsonic, the reflected waves at the boundary have low amplitude and are damped quickly, this is why many people do actually neglect the treament of non-reflective boundary conditions in such cases.
However, when viscosity is low and the Mach number in the flow is large (approaches 1), then the reflected waves are noticed and can affect substancially the results and easily lead to divergence of the numerical scheme.
When working with high order methods (such as Spectral Methods), one has always to treat the boundaries with extreme care and non-reflective boundary conditions must be imposed (on the characteristics of the flow) at the open boundaries otherwise the numerical scheme is 'explosive' and diverges within a few time steps!
See for example:
Givoli, 1991, J. Comput. PHys, vol. 94, page 1.
Abarbanel, Don, Gottlieb, Rudy and Townsend, 1991, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 225, page 557.
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They are people who have turned their backs upon petroleum culture, who, by doing so in a world that has been made safe for consumption, for a besetting tyranny of convenience, have instead profoundly inconvenienced themselves and are trying, in John Updike's phrase, to be "model citizens of Thoreau's utopia of doing without." They are grassroots, agitprop do-it-yourselfers, tinkerers, roboticists, jugglers, musicians, radical gardening disciples, fluffy anarchist trash worshipers, and practitioners of slow food and slow time. They are thrift store habitués, living comfortably and happily off the salvage stream. In dumpsters, on city sidewalks, and on the shoulders of American highways, radical bicycle activists lay claim to the materials of construction to build their huts and their yurts and their geodesic domes in the woods. In a world where one hardly knows where to start the work of redemption, salvage has, for them at least, rediscovered its link to salvation.
I did buy a bicycle, and I've been riding it around Manhattan, discovering the city anew. I have pedaled along the Hudson River Bike Path, a newbie among bicycle commuters but feeling, nevertheless, a sense of silent fellowship. I have cruised through Central Park at night, feathered my way gleefully through stalled midtown traffic, chatted with mounted policemen on their horses at a traffic light in Times Square, shared a laugh with pedicab drivers. I've felt the city and its possibilities open up to me, along with a newfound sense, arriving unexpectedly, that on a bicycle, the end of the world as we know it doesn't really look so bad."


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In this paper, I will attempt to delineate the Qur'anic position on peaceful coexistence with the "other." I will also examine the classical juridical and exegetical pronouncements on peace and war in Islam assess the possibility of an Islamic theology of peace in modern times.
Historically, the Qur'anic view of engagement with the "other" was shaped by the socio-political milieu in which it was revealed. Islamic revelation found expression in a pluralistic world in which Muslims had to deal with Arab pagans and adherents of other monotheistic religions. To comprehend the Qur'an's response to the Muslims' interaction with the "other," it is essential, at the outset, to examine the ethical basis of such interaction.
Why does the Qur'an stress ethical precepts? For the simple reason that moral principles unite human beings. All human beings, of any religious, cultural or ethnic background, recognize and cherish principles like dignity, respect, and mercy. Such principles are the beginning point of the human family. Whereas religious laws and precepts divide us (since every religious community has its own laws), principles connect us in the name of God. Hence, we do not need to share a common religion to get along, instead, we need to share moral commitments.
The Qur'anic view of peace and tolerance is interwoven to its view of a universal moral discourse that unites all human beings. According to the Qur'an, human beings are created with an innate disposition (fitra) that leads to knowledge of and belief in God. In fact, the conscience of all human beings (30:30). This suggests a universal, ethical language that all human beings can connect to and engage in. As the Qur'an states, "He (God) has inspired in [human beings] the good or evil [nature] of an act, whosoever has purified it (the soul) has succeeded, one who corrupts it has surely failed." (91:8-10). The Qur'anic concept of a universal moral order is thus grounded in the recognition of an innate disposition engraved in the human conscience. Through this notion, Islam embraced certain universal human values that could form the basis for interaction with a diverse "other."
The basis of such a universal moral order can also be traced to verses like the following, "Humankind, be aware of your duties to your Lord, who created you from a single soul, and from it created its mate, and from the pair of them scattered abroad many men and women (4:1)." The verse suggests a common genesis and unity of human beings based on God's creation. It also implies that human beings have to recognize and live with their differences. On the basis of universal guidance and a common human origin, the Qur'an posits the presence of an objective and universally binding moral standard that is accessible to all intelligent beings. A striking feature of the Qur'anic discourse is the emphasis on the capacity of human beings to use their innate intelligence to comprehend universal truths. It is on the basis of their innate capacity and shared moral values that human beings can deal with others based on the principles of fairness and equity.
Furthermore, the Qur'an views human diversity as a basis for understanding and peaceful coexistence. Thus, verse 49:13 states, "O people, We have created you from one male and female (Adam and Eve), We have created you in different communities and tribes
so that you may know each other."
God, it is He alone who has the right to decide the "spiritual destiny" of human beings. The Qur'an categorically maintains that the ultimate fate human beings be left to God, the true judge of human conduct. Not even the Prophet has the right to judge the ultimate fate of human beings. As it states, "Upon you [O Prophet] is the deliverance [of the message], upon us is the reckoning [of the deeds] (13:40)." In another verse, the Qur'an states, "Had God willed, they would not have been idolaters. We have not appointed you as a watcher over them, neither are you their guardian (6:107)." By elevating judgment to the divine realm, the Qur'an accommodates the space for coexistence on the human plane.
The tolerant and universalistic tone of the Qur'an can be further discerned from the famous verse, "There is no compulsion in religion" (2:255). The famous twentieth-century Shi'i exegete 'Allama Muhammad al-Husayn al-Tabataba'i contends that faith is a matter of individual conscience and, as such, it cannot be created by coercion and compulsion. "Belief," 'Allama al-Tabataba'i continues, "follows reason and understanding; and nothing but reason and understanding can create it."1 According to Zamakhshari (d. 1144), not only the people of the book but all human beings have the right to exercise free volition in choosing Islam. The "no compulsion" verse is not to be limited to the people of the book.2 The Qur'an clearly does not advocate the use of force in matters of faith. Thus, verse 10:99 further states, "And if your Lord had willed, whoever is in the earth would have believed, all of them. Can you [O Muhammad] coerce the people to believe?" The overall emphasis in the
1 Muhammad al-Husayn al-Tabataba'i, al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Qur'an (Qum n.d.), 3:342.
2 Mahmud b. 'Umar al-Zamakhshari, al-Kashshaf 'an Haqa'iq al-Ghawamiz al-Tanzil (Beirut: Dar al-Kitab al- 'Azali, 1987), 1:387.
guidance that is engraved in all human beings.
Fundamental to the Qur'anic conception of peaceful co-existence is the view that human beings are united under one God (2:213). They are to strive towards virtuous deeds (5:48), for the most noble person in the eyes of God is the one who is most pious (49:13). These and other verses command Muslims to build bridges of understanding and cooperation with fellow human beings so as to create a just social order.
Peaceful co-existence further necessitates that people abstain from abusing those who do not share their beliefs. Deriding and mocking others can often engender violence and hatred. Therefore, the Qur'an urges the respect for the beliefs of others. The Qur'an further states, "Had God willed, they would not have been not idolaters; and We have not appointed you a watcher over them, neither are you their guardian. Abuse not those to whom they pray, apart from God, otherwise, they will abuse God in revenge without knowledge. So We have decked out fair to every community their deeds; then to their Lord they shall return, and He will tell them what they have been doing" (6:107-108).
Qur'anic tolerance extends protection not only to Muslims and the people of the book but even to strangers who openly declare idolatry. As it says, "If one of the idolaters seeks protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the word of God, and after that, send him to a place of safety" (9:6). The verse instructs Muslims not only to protect but also to ensure that no harm comes to the idolaters when they leave Muslim territory, and to send them to a place of safety. The discussion above indicates that the Qur'an envisioned a diverse community that was united under common moral values. Human beings are to coexist in "Isn't He (God) the best of judges"(95:8)?
However, the Qur'an also appreciates diversity within the overarching unity of moral precepts. Indeed, it is correct to state that differences between people are not a problem in the Qur'an. As 49:13 states, we are created in different tribes and nations so that we may know each other. Even differences in colors and languages are seen as a sign of God. Rather than being concerned about differences, the Qur'an is more worried about indifference between human beings. Indifference is a problem because it blurs moral boundaries, as human beings are not concerned about the welfare of others.
In the sectarian milieu of seventh-century Arabia, Muslims encountered other monotheists like Christians and Jews. These encounters generated inter-religious polemics, which are reflected in the Qur'anic verses, especially those that were revealed in Medina. In its discourses with the people of the book, the Qur'an invites them to the notion of a shared religious community based on the belief in one God. Thus, the Prophet is instructed to tell them, "Say! O people of the book! Come to a word common between us and you, that we serve none but God, and that we associate not aught with Him, and do not some of us take others as Lords, apart from God. And if they turn their backs, say, 'bear witness that we are Muslims'" (3:64).
One of the most potent ways to promote peace is by engaging in inter-faith dialogue. The Qur'an also outlines the form that dialogue should take and the way in which it should be conducted. It suggests that Muslim interaction with the other should be accompanied with book except in the best way possible, apart from those who are unjust among themselves" (29:46). Furthermore, the Qur'an states, "God does not forbid you from establishing relations of generosity and just behavior with those who have not fought against you over your religion and who have not evicted you from your dwellings. God loves those who act fairly" (60:8). Verses such as these reflect the Qur'an's response to those who claim that it prohibits Muslims from interacting with non-Muslims.
The Qur'anic vision of tolerance and peaceful coexistence is mitigated by verses that encourage Muslims to wage war. It is important therefore that we properly understand the Qur'anic pronouncements on jihad.3 The Qur'anic world-view is to bring the world under the sway of God's guidance so as to establish a righteous order based on justice and equality. Thus, jihad is envisioned as an important tool in the community's attempt to build a world order in which peace, justice, and equality prevail according to God's providence. According to John Esposito, the rationale of the wars was to "spread its (Islam's) righteous order so that ignorance and unbelief could be replaced by just societies throughout the world."4
The Qur'anic understanding of jihad as warfare is evident in verse 2:193, "Fight them until there is no persecution (fitna) and the religion be only for God." In another verse, the Qur'an states, "Fight in the way of God against those who fight against you, but
3 Wrongly translated as holy war, the word jihad literally means to struggle in the path of God. Muslims see the purification of the inner self as the best form of jihad.
4 John Esposito, Unholy War (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002), 33.
find them, and drive them out of the places from where they drove you out, for
persecution is worse than slaughter (2:190-191)."
The Qur'an sanctions jihad to establish a moral order that will protect the welfare of the Muslim community against both internal and external enemies. The permission to engage in hostilities was evidently a response to the threat posed by the powerful Meccan tribes. A prescriptive measure was needed to redress the harm and the wrongs suffered by the Muslims in the face of Meccan aggression. These divinely sanctioned campaigns were a response to the hostility of the Meccan pagans. The Qur'an does not state that force was to be used against all unbelievers; only those unbelievers who demonstrate their hostility to Islam by trying to undermine the Islamic polity and by persecuting Muslims were to be targeted. It is Meccan hostility, rather than their disbelief, that is the target of the Qur'anic verses on jihad.
The Qur'an does not accept the idea of unlimited or aggressive warfare. By the assiduous usage of the term la ta'tadu (do not transgress) in the context of warfare, it can be argued that the Qur'an qualifies jihad with a moral condition of restraint. It also exhorts Muslims seek avenues of peace. Thus it restricts rather than gives free license to recourse to
The Qur'an also outlines the rules of engagement, who is to fight and who is exempted (48:17; 9:91), when hostilities should cease (2:192) and how prisoners should be
5 There are other verses in which Muslims are seemingly encouraged to kill disbelievers wherever they are found. I shall deal with the "sword verses" later on.
treated (47:4). As there is no compulsion in religion (2:256), Muslims are not to use jihad as a means to impose their beliefs on others.
Other verses stipulate that the Muhammad should accept peace overtures (8:61) from the enemy. Verses 2:192-93 command the Prophet to cease hostilities if the enemy desists. In order not to transgress, Muslims are required to respond proportionally to the injury done to them. Even here, the Qur'an urges restraint by accepting blood money and forgiveness. The Qur'an suggests that jihad is a product of an aggression by rather than initiation of hostilities against enemies (22:39-40).


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Is California's Legalization of Bitcoins a Game Changer?
Is California's Legalization of Bitcoins a Game Changer?
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Is California's Legalization of Bitcoins a Game Changer?
Over the weekend, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that has the potential to change the way commerce is done. The bill, AB 129, written by Democratic Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, legalizes bitcoins and other digital currencies for transactions in California.
"In an era of evolving payment methods, from Amazon coins to Starbucks stars, it is impractical to ignore the growing use of cash alternatives," Dickinson said. "This bill is intended to fine-tune current law to address Californians' payment habits in the mobile and digital fields."
It's hard to overstate the significance of AB 129 given the economic influence the most populous state in the union has over the country and the rest of the world. According to a recent JPMorgan Chase (JPM) report, California's GDP is estimated to hit just under $2 billion for 2015, making it the world's eighth-largest economy — ahead of Russia, Italy and Canada.
Bitcoin advocate Marc Andreessen, the famed venture capitalist, weighed in on Twitter, saying "Thank you Gov Brown & CA legislature!"
Community Currencies, Too
California'a numerous "community currencies" — often created to boost local businesses –- were formally legalized by AB 129.
Ironically, in contrast to arguments often put forward by those who claim that authorizing a digital currency would be a legislative and bureaucratic nightmare, new law is only one sentence long and simply repeals a provision that banned the use of "anything but the lawful money of the United States."
The news out of California comes during a particularly tough year for bitcoin. Earlier in the year Mt. Gox, once the world's leading exchange for trading the virtual currency, revealed that it lost more than 850,000 bitcoins (equal to $500 million at current prices), in a hacking attack. The firm later recovered 200,000 of the lost bitcoin.
And the U.S. Marshals Service in June auctioned off 20,000 bitcoin seized during a raid on Silk Road, an Internet marketplace where authorities allege illegal drugs and other outlawed items could be purchased.
Ultimately the federal government has final say over the use of any currency — including virtual ones like bitcoin — for commerce among U.S. citizens, businesses and legal entities, trumping even the laws of individual states. However, it is hard to ignore the actions of California in this area, which may lead to similar legislation being enacted in other states.


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French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen said Friday it would temporarily cut production at its Slovak plant next week after the massive earthquake in Japan earlier this month hit car part supplies.
"The company will completely halt production on Monday and reduce output to one shift for the rest of the week," Peter Svec, spokesman for the PSA plant, told AFP.
"The company lacks components for diesel engines produced by Japanese supplier Hitachi," he added.
The PSA plant in Trnava, western Slovakia, which employs 3,000 staff and exports most of its production to the German, French and Italian markets, normally operates in three shifts.
PSA's headquarters in France said Thursday the company had laid off several thousand workers temporarily because of the drop in supplies from Japan, adding the stoppage affected some 5,000 workers at different company sites in France and another 5,000 at subcontractors.
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The Met's PC Lorna Clark said: "This is a particularly callous crime especially at this time of year involving some of our more vulnerable members of society."
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I have a friend. (Yes really). We met in Colorado.
He was from Chicago, I was from Maryland. He moved to Montana to be with his girlfriend. They got married & moved to Buenos Aires.
Did I mention my friend is a writer? So, while in Buenos Aires, he wrote. And wrote. And wrote. He wrote a lot. He wrote so much, that you'd think he was working on his next great novel. He wasn't. He was writing about resort towns in the Canadian Rockies & beaches in Bermuda. If you didn't know better, you'd swear he was a local.
Like the time I went for a little day hike around Johnson Lake, and got lost. Let me tell you, it's really a feat getting lost on a hike that is technically a circuit, but the mountain man follows no trail except that laid out by his destiny, and that will occasionally get you lost.
I had just passed the dam, a little bit after the first mile of the hike, when I came across a pileated woodpecker just standing there in the middle of the trail (those are the ones with the red Mohawks, like Woody the Woodpecker).
I stood for a moment and watched him from about five feet away, figuring I'd never get such a close view of one of these beautiful creatures again…
His job was to write SEO-friendly articles about whatever topic he was assigned, from his flat in Argentina. And he was very good at it. His boss made him like "head SEO writer guy" and wanted to partner with him, or so the story goes. My friend is a smart guy, he knew he didn't want to do this forever & he knew he wasn't going to live in Buenos Aires forever.
They moved. Back to the US. Armed with fluent Spanish & and a book full of adventures & stories. Oh — And a really good idea. Teach english using Skype. Heck, teach any language using Skype. So, they did. And they grew.
So he made a video. He showed me the video. It's really good.
And I had to ask… "how much did that video cost to make???"
He told me. $550. He bid out the job on oDesk.
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Miller, Sabres edge RangersMar 2, 2011 - 5:44 AM
Tyler Myers, Brad Boyes and Jochen Hecht scored for the Sabres, who have won three of their last four games and will continue their seven-game road trip in Raleigh against the Hurricanes on Thursday.
"Just keep grinding," Miller said. "This road trip is about the game we're going to play the day of the game."
Artem Anisimov and Erik Christensen tallied for the Rangers, who have dropped two straight and four of their last six contests overall.
Henrik Lundqvist allowed three goals on 26 shots in the loss.
The only goal of the opening period was Myers' 10th of the season, which was scored on the power play with 2:45 remaining.
At the 13-minute mark of the second stanza, the Sabres moved ahead by two courtesy of Boyes' power-play tally. A blind backhand pass by Paul Gaustad from the right side of the crease crossed the goal mouth before Boyes, from near the left post, swiped it along the ice and into the back of the cage.
But the Rangers sliced their deficit in half with a power-play goal of their own just 45 seconds later. With Mike Weber off for kneeing, Christensen's shot from above the right circle was never seen by Miller, who was completely screened in front by Ryan Callahan. The goal judge didn't see the puck either, as the light never went on, but the referees quickly skated in and signaled the tally, Christensen's ninth of the season.
Hecht's goal 4:45 into the third saw the Sabres regain their two-goal advantage. Andrej Sekera, from atop the left circle, wound up as if to shoot but instead sent a pass into the low slot for a textbook redirection by Hecht, who was all alone and scored for the 11th time this season.
New York quickly drew within 3-2 only 1:20 later. With Miller laying on the ice during a scramble, Anisimov gained control in the low slot and easily lit the lamp with a high wrist shot at the 6:05 mark.
The Rangers had several chances down the stretch and pulled their netminder for the extra attacker in the final minute-plus, but Miller held tight and the Sabres defense corps used several clears to seal the victory.
"We had many opportunities in the third but we can't get that next goal," said Rangers head coach John Tortorella. "We will keep on working on it until we do."
Game Notes
New York defenseman Marc Staal (knee) did not play...The Rangers were 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Sabres converted two of their three chances with the extra skater...New York fell to 14-15-3 on home ice this season.
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Monday, April 13, 2009
In the spirit of this Easter weekend, I thought I would share this adorable little bunny! (Can you stand it?) This is the first year we have gone against tradition and not celebrated Easter with surprise chocolates, and in fact, a week long session of mini chocolate feasts, resulting in upset stomachs and the swearing off of chocolate consumption for a good month.
Yesterday, I made the mistake of going out to a big box store for a few things. While being surrounded by a sea of cute chocolate eggs, bunnies, baskets, marshmallows, and tulips galore, I broke down and bought a small box of Ferrero Rocher. I blame the stores for their delicious advertising and inviting displays. I know I am a totally sucker, but mmm, some traditions are too divine to give up, are they not?! /sweet image link/
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OMG.... sooooooo cute, words cannot explain how much I want a bunny now :)ReplyDelete
P.S. Also, I wanted to thank you for sending me this link :http://cocokelley.blogspot.com/2009/03/top-5-pieces-for-office-escape.htmlReplyDelete
So useful...thank you so much :)
I love Ferrero's! Who can resist the crunch, wafer & chocolate core right?! Oh, and that bunny is totally sweet.ReplyDelete
i want to smoosh faces with this bunnyReplyDelete
I want Esther to make me a bunny like this one :)ReplyDelete
AW! One cute bunny coming right up!ReplyDelete
No problem, Marta! :)ReplyDelete
Oh would you look at that little face! AdorableReplyDelete
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The idea Selfridge was a serial philanderer adds an interesting layer to the character who, despite being the boss, actually blends into the large cast, in a series that's full of romantic triangles, hunger and striving, and where good-looking waiters are urged to cater to the needs of wealthy socialites.
Mr. Selfridge unfurls a number of subplots, tied to business, politics, class gaps, romance and so on. Some are more engaging than others.
The lavish Selfridges is a fine setting for class-conscious if derivative period drama--with shopgirl gossip and staff romances--and what we learn about the history of commerce is often entertaining, but the philandering showman whose name is on the door makes you feel you're being sold an inferior bill of goods.
[Piven] brings a contemporary delivery that is jarring in the context of all the period elements around him. Alas, in this particular entourage, which is filled with promise, Piven is the weak link.
There's not much that's particularly fresh in Mr. Selfridge beyond the premise, and whether that deserves eight parts is up to you.
It's modestly entertaining, but because Davies and his writers and directors have employed a kind of wink-wink artificiality to the performances and style of Mr. Selfridge, you never quite believe much of it and you may find yourself caring only in passing.
The sets and costuming are top-notch. The musical score is brash, if redundant. The personal dramas range from silly to diverting.
As the series goes on and takes a deeper interest in the multitude of characters he's gathered around him, Mr. Selfridge begins to come into focus. Whether you'll find it as engaging as "Downton Abbey" may depend less on any single performance than on how invested you can become in the rise of the modern perfume counter and off-the-rack dresses.
As drama, it's uneven, often cliched, even silly, but, like the store in which it's set--and whose ground floor, mezzanine and facade have been splendidly re-created--so variously stocked that you will likely find something here to take home.
The production is gorgeous and the tedium unrelenting. [8 Apr 2013, p.42]
It plays like a desperate attempt to recreate all the wonder of "Downton Abbey"--but with no characters to care about.
A so-so, meandering soap opera that reduces its central character to a set of clichés about missing fathers and American energy and egalitarianism.
This new PBS Masterpiece series written by Andrew Davies is plenty addicting without the lords and ladies, opening a treasure box of tales about love, loss, ambition and the spirit of a new age.
Sumptuously shot and full of period detail, Mr. Selfridge is stocked with plenty of upstairs/downstairs drama, often with a little too much attention being lavished on the workers' personal storylines.
It suffers from hyperbole-exhaustion. Piven's performance is too broad. One wishes Ira would show up and give Harry a slap.
Mr. Selfridge really gets rolling in its third and fourth episodes, when its interlocking stories and Piven's outsize performance settle into place.
The 1909 businessman hangs like an ill-fitting suit on Piven, who suffocates his scenes by speaking several decibels louder than his costars and waving his arms around like a magician. A little subtlety might have left some oxygen for the promising supporting cast.
While we don't have the same rush of affection as we did when we first discovered "Downton," we found Mr. Selfridge entertaining.
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Dec 13, 2014I actually like this one, well played, maybe even usurped by Piven. It's coresponding a little with Downton Abbey and you might consider itI actually like this one, well played, maybe even usurped by Piven. It's coresponding a little with Downton Abbey and you might consider it like some kind of supplement to this show, focusing more on London and actuall change of sociaty (not only upper class like in DA).… Full Review »
May 25, 2014The second season is much better than the first. Jeremy Piven has somewhat toned down his infuriating mugging (especially in reaction shots)The second season is much better than the first. Jeremy Piven has somewhat toned down his infuriating mugging (especially in reaction shots) and the rest of the cast is marvelous. The old dramatic standby of World War I is hauled out once again (Upstairs, Downstairs; Downton Abbey; The Duchess of Duke Street, etc.) to full effect. As always, the settings are sumptuous and the plotting is lively. Everything just seems so much self-assured than it did in year one. And I remain hopelessly infatuated with dear Agnes.… Full Review »
Apr 3, 2013Rarely have I seen a series where the cast is excellent EXCEPT for the lead. Mr. Piven is overacting in egregious fashion. But the plots areRarely have I seen a series where the cast is excellent EXCEPT for the lead. Mr. Piven is overacting in egregious fashion. But the plots are intriguing, the players consummate and photography and art direction sublime. I just look forward to the Selfridge-less scenes.… Full Review »


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I don't know if you understand exactly what a doctor did to me. I think the procedure I had is called acne surgery. I am not sure if the alternate name is comedone extraction--he used needle anyway. He convinced me that he should do this to me. From the first time, my face became totally red, and there was blood everywhere in my face. This situation continued for 3 treatments more (continued breaking the new spots). I changed doctor and did therapy of minaxen pills. Now, I am 21 and I have multiple small, needle-sized scars on my forehead, and some bigger-sized scars on my cheeks, which still look red. Help!
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Severe acne can cause scarring--acne surgery usually does not
The inflammation associated with deep, inflammatory acne lesions can cause depressed scars. Extractions of comedones or drainage of cysts usually does not. It sounds like scars on your face are from the condition not the procedure. There are many options for treatment of acne scars including peels, laser therapy, and steel surgery--depending on the size and shape of your scars.
Extracting pimples does not produce scars
Usually there are no scars after extracting of blackheads or pimples, if done by an professional. I think that you have
so called ice pick scars. These scars result from pimples not from the treatment. A fractionated laser like fraxel can help with this condition.
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Thanks for your query. you should go in for derma roller as they take care of the scars or fraxel laser as they resurface the skin and will give you a even out skin. Hope it helps.
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Blindly without seeing your scars, there are treatments like TCA CROSS of deep scars and V BEAM vascular laser for red scars. A pic with you ethnic skin type will help tremendously.
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Acne Scars
The scars that you are describing are most likely from the inflammatory acne itself and not the process of acne surgery. If you still have ice pick scars that need treatment you would benefit from the Fraxel laser to treat these scars. The redness should go away but if it persists the V-Beam laser will help to get rid of the redness. Please consult a board certified dermatologist for the best results.
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Acne Extractions Don't Usually Cause Scarring
When performed by a professional, acne extractions do no usually leave scars. It sounds like you have routine scarring from your acne which is very common. Based on your description, the scars are likely pitted in nature and require resurfacing or removal treatments to be improved. A lot of doctors mentioned fractionated lasers which in my opinion do not improve these types of scars as much as we would like especially for the money spent. There are other techniques which can improve pitted or pock-like scars and are more cost-effective such as punch excision and electrosurgery. I recommend you consult with a board-certified dermatologist.
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Valencia have hit problems in their bid to keep Jaime Gavilan and David Silva.
Valencia have encountered problems in their bid to keep Premiership targets Jaime Gavilan and David Silva at the Mestalla.
Gavilan is being courted by Arsenal, while The Gunners' North London rivals Tottenham are tracking Silva.
The midfield duo spent last season away from Valencia, with Gavilan impressing while on loan at Getafe and Silva sparkling at Celta Vigo.
Che coach Quique Sanchez Flores is keen to have the pair in his plans next season and it was thought Gavilan and Silva had agreed new contracts until 2011.
But Valencia's sporting director Amadeo Carboni concedes the club have hit a stumbling block in tying the players down to long-term deals.
"The club want them to stay and they also wish it to be so," said Carboni.
"Although, yes, it is certain that there is some problem in the negotiation."
The issue appears to concern the wages Gavilan and Silva earn, with the latter admitting he has offers from elsewhere.
Silva told Radio Nou: "We deserve something more than what we have.
"The truth is that, yes, we have received offers from other teams that value us."
Staying with Valencia remains the priority for the midfield prospects, but Arsenal and Spurs will be watching closely for any further breakdown in negotiations.


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Grand Forks ND July 5th 2013: After "Dynamite Mark Dobmeier" won the Outlaw Sprint Car A Main Feature Race and The Mid Season Track Championship at The Legendary Bullring Dirt Track River Cities Speedway another priceless moment happened. Mark took many Victory Lane photos as usual and after the photos Mark always hands his trophy to a deserving young child and tonight was no different. Except this was "The Mid Season Track Championship Trophy" that was as tall as the little guy who Mark gave the trophy to. That is when the moment magic happened as the little boy looked up to the camera man and smiled looking at him without saying "TAKE MY PICTURE"... Priceless!
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