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In addition, the new phones include passive noise cancelling which will remove around 26db of noise from outside of the ear, this should be good news for those listening to music and walking down busy streets or listening to music from within an aeroplane.
Designed to be used with a mobile, the Ultimate Ears feature a built in microphone with a button that will allow you to take calls. Another control button covers the navigation of music tracks.
Currently the new earphones will be available in blue.
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Hollywood Babylon? Try Jericho, and the Walls Are Falling
Noah J Nelson on Monday, Nov. 4th
Over the summer actor Kevin Spacey, riding high on the Emmy campaign for his Netflix series "House of Cards," made waves with a keynote speech at the Edinburgh International Television Festival about the future of the medium.
A lot was said at the time about Spacey's condemnation of the traditional TV model: specifically the pilot process and distribution model that embraces old broadcast scheduling in defiance of the new reality of streaming on demand.
For my money that wasn't the most interesting part. The section of the speech where Spacey spoke of the convergence of film, television and the web was what I found the most prophetic. This can be found around the 34 minute mark of the video:
"When I'm working in front of a camera, that camera doesn't know if it's a film camera or a TV camera or a streaming camera. It's just a camera. So I predict that in the next decade or two any differentiation between these platforms will fall away."
Spacey pegs the timeline as decades, but if we're sticking the the "D" part of the alphabet, we're closer to days than decades.
The shift is already here both in terms of the way that audiences watch cinematic endeavors and in how those projects get made.
The real crisis for the film and television industry is a matter of signal to noise: how does anything stand out in a marketplace that has evolved from a Main Street USA–three stores, all selling similar wares–to a Moroccan bazaar?
All of which can be seen in microcosm on YouTube.
Welcome to the Jungle
"It is very much a jungle, and it's very lowest common denominator in the way that stuff gets attention."
That's how two-time Sundance winner Ondi Timoner describes YouTube. Timoner's 2009 documentary "We Live In Public" told the story of the rise and fall of Internet video pioneer Josh Harris. The project from which the film takes its name, Harris' "Quiet: We Live in Public," presaged YouTube as we know it today: a personality driven, 24-hour carnival that encompasses every human endeavor that can be put on video.
"It's not like I envy the YouTube authorities, Google, for the position they're in for how to make sense of the chaos. They've unleashed a monster," said Timoner who uses YouTube as a partial distribution platform for her web series "A Total Disruption." The series focuses on innovation, and while chunks of the series live on YouTube, she is doing what she can to bring the audience to her own site.
It is a strategy espoused by a former Harris employee who pops up in Timoner's doc: entrepreneur Jason Calacanis. Calacanis criticized YouTube heavily over the summer, sparking talk of a "creator revolt" by new media observers. Calacanis was one of the content creators who took Google's money during a big push to organize YouTube into something that looks more like television and less like, well, the internet.
That quest–to reform the chaos into something that a non-specialist can understand at a glance–comes from the same place that the tech press' desire for an Apple television set comes from. There's a palpable sense that someone needs to come along and create an interface that will connect creators and audiences seamlessly.
That's not going to happen easily. The sheer amount of content on YouTube, up to 100 hours of video are loaded onto that site alone every minute, makes navigating that site difficult. Now magnify that with the convergence which Kevin Spacey predicts. The chaos of short-form video isn't the only force at work online. Vimeo, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, VHX and countless other platforms distribute feature length and serialized material alongside the short stuff.
Spacey's point about the camera is apt, and it applies to the distribution as well. The platform doesn't care about length. As time goes on it's not only the equipment and distributors who are becoming format agnostic, it's the creators as well. Take, for example, writer Margaret Dunlap.
"You look at something like 'Orange is the New Black' or the other Netflix shows and they may technically be web video, but I don't think anyone watching would argue that it isn't also clearly a television show," said Dunlap, "just one that happens to be on a channel only available through the internet."
Dunlap's work has appeared on both television ("The Middleman", "Eureka") and the web (the Emmy-winning "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries").
"Historically, the big differentiators between the formats have come from the outside. Technical hurdles defined what kind of video you could feasibly distribute through the internet. Video quality could only be so high, or so long before they became pretty much unwatchable, and that taught people what to expect when they went looking for 'web video.' Similarly, the business model, had defined what people expect when they watch 'television.' (An episode is either 20-some or 40-some minutes, commercials breaks, certain number of episodes in a season, etc.)"
Changing the Business of "The Business"
As the definitions blur, the behind the scenes maneuvering has gotten more intense. Major TV and film studios are investing tens of millions of dollars into the Multi-Channel Networks that form the nexus of YouTube's channel structure. Some of those networks, in turn, are snapping up their own video distribution platforms, as Maker Studios did with Blip.tv.
As a long term survival strategy Major YouTube are stars keeping one foot on the platform and another on their own site. This is the what YouTube star Freddie Wong has done with the series "Video Game High School" and his production company's site Rocket Jump. Like Timoner's work at A Total Disruption the idea here is to turn audience members into connected fans and active supporters. Wong's two Kickstarter campaigns for "VGHS" are evidence of how this strategy can be converted into serious cash.
However, while entrepreneurial skills are valuable in this ever-changing segment of the entertainment industry, having your own destination platform isn't a requirement. Netflix is as much a rival of YouTube as it is of HBO. Hulu, the online video site owned by a consortium of television networks, backs original content that would be just as at home on YouTube. Creators who don't want to go their own way are eyeing Netflix and Hulu as potentially more lucrative partners than YouTube.
Meanwhile, from the audience perspective, all three are becoming indistinguishable from television and movies on demand. This is thanks to the myriad of game consoles, set-top boxes, and tablets that pump these and other video feeds directly onto TV screens.
"In a way, getting TV through streaming-only sources is like being back in the days of the big three networks," said Dunlap, "it's just that instead of being NBC, CBS, and ABC, the three channels on my television are Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube."
Nevertheless, Dunlap isn't as confident as I am that convergence is inevitable.
"I don't know that we're going to stop making the distinction at all, at least not soon."
There's real substance in that point of view. To reason by analogy: there's notable differences between console video games, games played on cell phones and a tabletop game like Jenga. All remain viable options when it comes time to play, and the company that makes Jenga–Hasbro–makes both kinds of video games. (Taking an even wider view, they also make blockbuster movies: "Transformers" and "G.I. Joe" bear the "Hasbro Studios" logo.)
The essential questions for any game maker revolve around issues of play, much in the same way that the core issues for any filmmaker are an alchemy of dramatic aptitude, cinematic ability, and marketing prowess. The internet, as a cultural force, has flattened out the horizon and shattered our experience of time. The problems faced by indie filmmakers, YouTubers, and studio executives are now cut from the same cloth.
Odds are that long-form feature, short feature, and serialized work will all survive long after the post-Millennial generation has reached retirement age. Recent statements by Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos show that the streaming juggernaut sees itself as a player in the first run feature films much as it is in original television. Marvel's giant production slate of films and television tie-in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." have redefined what serialized content looks like. The final season of "Breaking Bad" managed to have more cinematic oomph than most studio films.
Scale will still matter–it is hard to imagine watching "Gravity" on an iPad in six months and still being moved by the film's beauty–but the core skills of cinematic storytelling are only becoming more valuable as audiences grow savvier with every passing year.
The clock ticks on. All distribution becomes internet distribution. Films that are delivered to theaters are increasingly done so over the internet. Before we know it the special consideration we give to "the internet" will dissolve completely. In the meantime there are opportunities to play in the gaps created by the paradigm shift, but these are temporary oases at best. Illusions at worst.
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More and more corporate executives and government official are changing from stretch limousines and sedans to sport utility vehicles. For example, North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley rides up to the state capitol in a red Ford Expedition.
Easley's taste in wheels, while a reflection of his unconventional style, mirrors the growing preference for large SUVs among VIPs.
It apears that public and private sector executives are choosing functional over formal in their official mode of transportation.
An added bennefit that you get in an SUV is the better security for VIPs than other vehicles.
"We've seen (interest in SUVs) jump through the roof," said Joe Ricci, spokesman for Vance International, an executive security firm.
Most people saw President Bush ferried about at ground zero in New York City in a Chevy Suburban. It's not uncommon for South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges and his aides to pile into a black Expedition.
Governors and CEOs are following the trend millions of auto buyers have already latched onto.
The shift, usually to four-wheel-drive, however, goes beyond personal preference. Full-size SUVs with a third row of seats can carry more staff.
"It's easier to take the SUV than to take two vehicles," said Charles Freund, a spokesman for Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, who sometimes rides in a navy blue Suburban.
For the most part, public officials have shied away from conventional limousines recently. They?re fearful of creating a pretentious image, security experts said. Instead they choose dark sedans, but those have limited seats for staffers. SUVs provide both space and commonality.
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I recieved A Notice of Unlawful Detainer-CCP 1116.2 but I am not in default of payiing rent nor have I damaged the property, My lease ended in November and we verbaly agreed on signing another year lease but he has neglected to contact me so we can.
This code section simply pertains to the limited public access to the case at this time so you are not back listed from renting another place or dinged on your credit until or unless the case goes to judgement then after 69 days it's public record.
You want to know why you were evicted I suspect, you must read the entire complaint or better yet bring it to a lawyer tomorrow. You have only a few days to file an answer now.
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This means that an unlawful detainer lawsuit has been filed against you.
If you have not been served with the summons and complaint, you should go to the courthouse to obtain a copy so that you can file a response.
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You have been served with a UD lawsuit and have five days to respond. This notice is to inform you that restricted access is in place for 60 days after this case is filed.Ask a similar question
Oh man, these are NOT good answers from these lawyers. I see NOTHING to indicate you have been served with the lawsuit, which is strictly required before there may be a judgement against you. A copy of a Summons and Complaint must be handed to you or someone in your home, or posted on your door and mailed to you (with a court order to do it that way). IF that is done, you have five calendar days to respond. The notice is, in fact, to inform you that there is restricted access to your file but the code section governing that notice itself states the purpose is not a substitute notice for actual service of a summons and complaint. If you get such a notice but have not been served, you likely will be served. You should call your landlord NOW and ask whether he intends to serve you properly and, if not, why. The five days starts from the time you are handed the complaint, or fifteen days if you are served via a substituted method like posting and mailing due to the extension given for the mail portion of the service. You should talk to a lawyer, but apprise them of the exact facts of your case. Lawyers talk in generalizations they think may apply to your case and sometimes that can do more harm than good if not accurate. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, but I am telling you what the law is for no compensation and I have a First Amendment Right to do that. If you take that as "legal advice" so be it.
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Stephanie Roche signs for Sunderland
Stephanie Roche has been snapped up by Sunderland after her US team released her last month.
The 26-year-old's American dream came to a shuddering halt last month when the Houston Dash released her but the Puskas Award runner up will now ply her trade in the growing ladies game in England, joining a side in mid table in WSL 1 at the moment following promotion from WSL 2 last season.
Speaking on the Sunderland Ladies website, Roche said: "It's great to be at Sunderland Ladies and I can't wait to get started.
"I know there is a high standard in WSL 1 and it's something I'm looking forward to being a part of. The team have done really well this season and hopefully I can play my part too."
Sunderland AFC Ladies head coach, Carlton Fairweather, also seemed thrilled the irish striker was joining him: "Stephanie is going to be a very good addition to the side. The fact she was nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award at the 2014 Ballon d'Or ceremony shows her ability, but it isn't just about that and she will bring added value to the side.
"From her point of view it is a great opportunity to establish herself in the FAWSL 1 and then push on from there, so her main objective will be to cement her place in the first-team and continue to represent Republic of Ireland at international level."
"We have had a good start to the season and as we enter the next phase we want to push on and improve."
The WSL is shown on BT Sport so Irish fans lucky enough to have the channel will be able to see the Dubliner in action when the league resumes after the Women's World Cup.
Roche's expected debut will be on July 12 against Notts County Ladies.


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Vatican: Atrocities show the need to strengthen dialogue with Muslims
The Vatican said interreligious dialogue with the Muslim community must be strengthened given "the barbarism underway" by terrorists claiming to be Muslims.
The Vatican said interreligious dialogue with the Muslim community must be strengthened given "the barbarism underway" by terrorists claiming to be Muslims.
U.S. Bishop Robert Finn, the Catholic prelate who became a symbol internationally of the church's failures in addressing the sexual abuse crisis, has resigned.
"I was impressed just at the universality of [the Vatican's] concern as well as some of the things that they were focused on."
A Vatican official said he hoped the canonization would provide better recognition of the Catholic contribution to U.S. history.
Global Sisters Report: Catholic women religious and observers reacted with notable -- but muted -- relief to the end of Vatican oversight of LCWR.
Global Sisters Report: The whole sad doctrinal assessment and oversight mandate of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious from the Vatican is history. Alleluia!
A controversial three-year program of Vatican oversight of the main leadership group of U.S. Catholic sisters has come to an end.
Cardinal Roberto Tucci, best known for having managed the travel logistics of the former globe-trotting pope, St. John Paul II, died Tuesday in Rome at the age of 93.
The Italian Jesuit and former head of Vatican Radio was not only a tough-negotiating papal advance man, he was also an expert at the Second Vatican Council, a theologian, an ecumenist and a man unafraid to give blunt advice on sensitive internal Vatican affairs.
The cardinals advising Pope Francis on reforming the Curia have discussed the issue of accountability for Catholic bishops who mishandle cases of clergy sexual abuse.
Eradicating male and female identities does nothing to solve the problem of unfair or disrespectful treatment based on people's gender, Pope Francis said.


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20 Games Like Masters of the Universe()
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is a remastered version, of the original 3 games (Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped) with enhanced features applied to each game. They include a unified checkpoint and saving system with manual and auto saves, a new pause menu with some extra features, time trials, and more to be reveled later
Super Mario Odyssey
The game has Mario leaving the Mushroom Kingdom to reach an unknown open world-like setting, like Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the new name for the base Shovel Knight game. It will get all future updates and content for free just like before.
It will launch first on the Switch, during the systems launch window, and on all other platforms in April 2017. All owners of the previous version, across all platforms, will be upgraded to the new version of the game for free.
Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles. Play as Teku, a young man on a dangerous journey to rescue his tribe's shaman from the evil Wakcha-Clan. But the way is littered with sinister traps and difficult obstacles. To master these challenges you need to have keen eyes and a good sense for your environment, or your next step may be your last.
But Teku has a special gift: his left hand is a candle. Let it be a bright beacon to drive off your enemies or to shed light on dark places.
Gorgeous hand-painted watercolor visuals give Candle that special flair, as all backgrounds and characters have been carefully drawn and then scanned, picture after picture. The game consistently feels like a living painting.
Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares is an adventure-suspense game about a girl named Six and her attempts to escape the strange world of The Maw.
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Ever Lasting Joy
Ever Lasting Joy is a platformer game about a 12 year old girl named Heather who lives in a absolutely cute and adorable world that was created for her and her loved ones to live in.
One day a creation of pure love has gone evil and threatens to destroy the beautiful world of Enchantium, its up to Heather to stop this one beautiful loving creation from destroying her world.
Rise & Shine
Rise is a small kid of Gamearth, the world where the classic videogame characters live. He finds himself lost in the middle of a war against the Space Grunts, the bald muscular soldiers with big guns that just invaded his world. Only with the help of the legendary gun, Shine, he'll be able to stay alive and just maybe, incredibly, save his planet from the invaders.
The game mixes pure shooting arcade with the use of different bullets to solve all the situations Rise will find on his path. Think of a more arcadey Another World, also with a very tight relationship between gameplay and story.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time reveals the genesis of the fantasy land of Hyrule, the origin of the Triforce, and the tale of the first exploits of Princess Zelda and the heroic adventurer Link. Vibrant, real-time 3-D graphics transport you into the fantasy world of Hyrule. Your quest takes you through dense forests and across wind-whipped deserts. Swim raging rivers, climb treacherous mountains, dash on horseback across rolling hills, and delve into dungeons full of creatures that fight to the finish to put an end to your adventures. With immersive graphics, a sweeping story line, swashbuckling adventure, mind-bending puzzles, and a touch of humor, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is one of Nintendo's most epic challenges ever.
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Sonic Mania
"It's the ultimate Sonic celebration! Sonic returns in a new 2D platforming high speed adventure, and he's not alone!
Developed in collaboration between SEGA, Christian Whitehead, Headcannon, and PagodaWest Games, experience new zones and remixed classic levels with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles!"
Albion Online
Albion Online is a sandbox MMORPG from Sandbox Interactive, set in the medieval fantasy world of Albion. Whether playing a hardened fighter, a farmer, a merchant or a master craftsman, in the player-driven world almost every single weapon and building are created by the players. Thanks to a "you are what you wear"-system free of typical class restrictions, a skilled archer can instantly become a powerful mage, and the players define their role within the game world. PvE, PvP guild vs guild battles, every action in the game has a meaning … as well as consequences. PvP battles in the danger zones of the game world are a "winner takes all" affair. Albion Online is the first PC game to enable the same experience on tablets.
The player controls the wizard Illuminar who attempts to grow an army of trees to attack Tetragorn the Necromancer and his evil minions who are attempting to take over a graveyard. The game is an arcade action title, but is unusual in that there are three distinct segments of gameplay, each of which affects the one following it.
In the first segment, Illuminar stands fixed in the middle of the screen. Moving the joystick controls his "wisp", a magical boomerang-like device. Pressing the fire button plants a seed that will slowly grow into a tree in several stages to adulthood. Ogres appear from both sides of the screen, walking across it horizontally. If they walk over an immature tree, the tree shrinks back one stage of growth, eventually disappearing. Spiders periodically appear and move randomly about the screen. If they move over a fully grown tree it becomes poisoned, and will eventually die. Both enemies can be vanquished by touching them with the wisp, which will also cure poisoned trees. Eye-Pods containing additional seeds periodically appear and can be picked up with the wisp. The speed of the action increases continually through the level until it becomes quite hectic at the end.
Every tree that survives the first level becomes Illuminar's ally in the second. Here the player enters a five-level side-view map of a crypt filled with spider eggs. Using the wisp, the player selects trees and moves them over the coffins where their roots grow into the roof of the coffins and eventually break through to crush the eggs lying below. If they take too long, the spider will hatch and attack the trees until the wisp kills them. Periodically the Hands of Fate descend from the roof, picking up anything below them and sometimes dropping prizes. The player must move through the crypt while all of this takes place, capturing question-mark prizes in order to extend ladders needed to reach lower levels. On this level, moving the joystick normally moves Illuminar, but holding down the fire button freezes him in place and moves the wisp instead.
The final confrontation between Illuminar and Tetragorn takes place in a graveyard. Gravestones appear that must be destroyed by walking over them in order to prevent Tetragorn from appearing. When he does - and there are always enough gravestones to ensure this - he shoots off trails of fire that injure Illuminar as he moves about. Any spider eggs that were not destroyed in the crypt also turn into spiders that attack Illuminar. The wisp can be used to banish either enemy, although while it is in use, Illuminar remains fixed in place.
Each hit by any enemy on Illuminar reduces his power and eventually kills him, although the periodic appearance of small rings of power will improve his life power again.
Rastan, originally released as Rastan Saga (ラスタンサーガ?) in Japan, is a fantasy-themed side-scrolling action game originally released for the arcades in 1987 by Taito and later ported to various platforms.
The controls of Rastan consists of an eight-way joystick and two buttons for attacking and jumping. By using the joystick in combination with either buttons, the player can determine the height of Rastan's jumps, as well as the direction where he swings his weapon (including downwards while jumping). The game uses a health gauge system along with limited lives, although certain obstacles (such as falling into a body of water or being crushed by a spiked ceiling) will instantly kill Rastan regardless of how much health he has left.
There are a total six rounds, each consisting of three areas: an outdoor scene, a castle scene and a throne room where the player must confront the stage's boss. The backgrounds of the outdoor areas feature broad landscapes with changing sunlight effects with detail. The game's bosses (names according to the MSX2 version) consists of Graton (a skeletal warrior who wields a halberd), Slay (a demonic swordsman who can sprout wings), Symplegades (a wizard), Laios (a dragon knight), the Hydra (a five-headed snake) and the final boss, the Dragon.
The player can pick up any item by touching them, as well as new weapons by striking them with his current one. All the weapons and power-ups picked by Rastan will be equipped only for a limited time. When Rastan picks up any equipable item, an icon will appear on the lower right corner of the screen as an indicator of the item's effect until it wears out. Rastan can only wield one weapon at a time (which consists of a mace, an axe and a fireball-shooting sword in addition to his standard sword), as well as only one type of protector (a shield, a mantle or a body armor), but other items (such as the necklace and ring) can be worn at the same time. There are also jewels that gives out bonus points, as well potion bottles that will restore or deplete the player's health depending on the color. The rare golden sheep's head will restore Rastan's health completely.
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Kirby's Blowout Blast
Originally a side game in Kirby: Planet Robobot.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Link, a young man raised as a wrangler in a small, rural village, is ordered by the mayor to attend the Hyrule Summit. He sets off, oblivious to the dark fate that has descended upon the kingdom. When he enters the Twilight Realm that has covered Hyrule, he transforms into a wolf and is captured. A mysterious figure named Midna helps him break free, and with the aid of her magic, they set off to free the land from the shadows. Link must explore the vast land of Hyrule and uncover the mystery behind its plunge into darkness.
For Nintendo's long-awaited Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, the designers have split the game into two versions -- one for GameCube, and one specially designed to make use of the Wii utilizing the powers of the Wii controller for all-new ways of exploring Hyrule.
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Wild Terra
It is action-RPG and sandbox hybrid with building, crafting, gathering, farming and land claiming elements. There is no NPCs in game so the only way to get something is to create it by yourself or trade from other players... or take it with brutal force. However we understand that not every one have enough time to "live" in game doing everything by their selves that is why all game processes are boosted to make game a little bit casual.
We can say this about your character development as well. It is very boring to level up your character to XX-level just to take a good sword in hands and start to fight. There would be leveling anyway however it would grant you small additional benefits in combats but not major domination.
Monster Bash
The player must use a 4-way joystick to take control of a man called "Bashman" (although he is referred to as "Little Red" on the US flyer) - and the first stage takes place in the mansion of Count Dracula, where Bashman must zap the defending bats while lighting the four candles to energize the Magic Sword. When Bashman touches that Magic Sword while it is energized, he will gain SuperZap power, which is required to kill Count Dracula; once he has done so, he will move on, to the castle of Frankenstein's Monster, where he must zap the defending Wolfmen (who can crouch down, to avoid getting killed) while lighting two additional candles to energize the game's second Magic Sword (and gain SuperZap power, which is again required to kill Frankenstein's Monster). Once he has done so, Bashman will move on, to the graveyard of Chameleon Man - where he must zap defending Spiders and light the single candle in the crypt to energize the game's third and final Magic Sword. However, Chameleon Man has the ability to change his colour and become invisible; Bashman must walk over one of the three colour-change spots on the left side, right side, and bottom of the screen, to change the colour of the background and make Chameleon Man visible again. Much like Count Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster, Chameleon Man can only die after Bashman has touched the Magic Sword while it's energized and gained SuperZap power - and once he's done so, the game will begin again.
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The main characters are Bubblun and Bobblun, the protagonists of Bubble Bobble (known as "Bub and Bob" in the western releases). However, in this game they appear in their human forms as "Bubby" and "Bobby", as opposed to the "bubble dragons" of the first game (following on from the first game's true ending). Also unlike the first game, players must now "alternate" (i.e., take turns), with player one as Bubby (green shirt), and player 2 as Bobby (blue shirt) (the same color scheme as in the first game).


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With the Richie Sexson contract negotiations at a stand still the Diamondbacks announced today that they have signed free agent third baseman Troy Glaus to a four year deal. Glaus, who is 28, had reportedly been high on the Diamondbacks wish list of replacements if they could not sign Sexson, and became even more attractive when the Angels declined to offer the free agent arbitration, allowing the D'Backs to sign him without losing any draft picks.
The two sluggers (Sexson and Glaus) have put up very similar numbers over the course of their careers, and in fact are in eerily similar situations in their careers.
2005 will be Sexson's ninth tour in the Majors, for Glaus '05 will be his eighth. Both are power hitting corner infielders who strikeout too much, but are viewed as run producers, and thus clubs aren't terribly concerned with K's. Both came into 2004 looking to put up productive seasons to bolster their fortunes, as 2004 was the final year in both their contracts. While Sexson had come to the Diamondbacks in a deal that involved shipping a busload of prospects to the Brewers, Glaus had prospect issues of his own, namely Dallas McPherson, the highly touted Angels 3rd base prospect that could potentially bump Glaus out of the Angels plans. And from the outset both players appeared to be doing exactly what they wanted.
In his first two months Glaus was looking like an early MVP candidate. He hit .336 with 11 homers and 28 RBI, but 28 Ks and 14 walks in 207 at bats.
Sexson's line might even be more impressive. In his 83 April at bats Sexson had nine homers, 22 RBI, and though the .241 average and 19 Ks weren't wonderful, he drew 13 walks.
And then both players, in the middle of great seasons, went down, and went down hard. Glaus was attempting to field a bunt when he crashed down to the Tropicana Field turf and torn the rotator cuff in his shoulder. He would return late in the year, strictly as a DH, but lost the bulk of the season after have surgery to repair the rotator cuff. Sexson meanwhile checked his swing and dislocated his shoulder, came back after rest and rehabilitation only to check his swing and dislocate the shoulder again two games into his return. He was lost for the season.
Sexson's injury is considered the more likely of the two to reoccur. Dislocated shoulders, even after corrective surgery, are simply never the same. While it is likely the injury will never happen again, Diamondback's doctors have publicly stated that there is a 10% chance of re-injuring the shoulder, a chance that prompted the Diamondbacks to offer Sexson a contract loaded with performance and health incentives. The deal wasn't what Sexson was looking for, and the interest he drew from other teams, notably the Mets, Mariners and Yankees, left the Diamondbacks and their incentives out in the cold.
Glaus on the other hand was forced out by the emergence of a young, cheap star in the making, Scout.com's #1 prospect, Dallas McPherson. McPherson was so highly thought of by the Angels that he was added to the playoff roster despite only having a handful of 'September Call Up' appearances. With Glaus (and his '04 salary of $10 million plus) heading toward free agency, the Angels made it pretty clear Glaus would either return to Anaheim at a deep discount, or be free to ply his trade elsewhere.
Glaus has missed significant portions of the last two seasons, so when comparing stats FutureBacks.com took both players last four seasons in which their played a minimum of 145 games. For Glaus that means 1999-2002 while Sexson's four year averages are for 2000-2003.
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Both are shown to be productive hitters, Glaus is 28, Sexson 29, and thus both should be entering the prime of their careers. While Sexson hits for significantly more average and just short of eight home runs more per season, Glaus is by no means lacking in the power department. The Diamondbacks wanted a right handed power bat, and in Glaus they got one.
Glaus's deal is reportedly worth $45 million over four years, putting him just ahead of his 2004 salary of $10.45 million. Sexson is reportedly looking for a deal just north of those numbers, in the $12 million dollar range. While Sexson had reportedly been offered a deal worth $10 million a year by the Diamondbacks, it had also been reported that achieving that salary was directly contingent on his staying healthy, and that the money would not be guaranteed.
There should be concern about Glaus's rotator cuff. While Glaus' agent has stated that the arm is 100% the plan would apparently be to move young third baseman Chad Tracy to first base, and install Glaus at third. There was speculation that Glaus could make the move to first, but he dispelled that rumor at Thursdays press conference, saying "I was brought here to play third, and not anywhere else. I've been a third baseman my whole career."
At the press conference, Glaus addressed the shoulder, "I've been throwing, my arm feels great, the surgery went well. It's healed, it's fixed. I'll be ready for Spring without any doubt."
For the Diamondbacks it came down to one simple realization. They absolutely needed to make a major free agency signing. From a PR standpoint, it shows fans that the team is still interested in winning, it gives the D'Backs something positive to point to in an off season that has been dominated by Randy Johnson trade rumors, the Wally Backman hiring/firing, and reminders about a 2004 season in which the Diamondbacks only won 51 games. Because there were no indications that Sexson was likely to resign, the Diamondbacks found someone they could, because they had to. GM Joe Garagiola Jr. said, "This is a cornerstone player, what he brings is what we felt we needed to address, I'm confident I can say there will be more to come."
While Glaus' signing is a positive, it is by no means the answer to the D'Backs woes. Despite the General Manager's comments there is still no evidence to suggest that this will be enough to entice Johnson not to force a trade, and there are still holes to be filled in center field, right field, and most importantly in the starting rotation. The structure of Glaus' deal (he will be paid $8.25 million in '05, $9.25 in '06, $10.75 in '07 and $12.75 in '08) indicates the Diamondbacks are trying to leave themselves enough room to acquire at least one more major player, two if Johnson gets dealt. If the Diamondbacks do entice Russ Ortiz, Matt Clement, or Derek Lowe to sign and bolster their starting rotation, and found a serviceable replacement for Danny Bautista (who was denied arbitration) in right, this team would be young and on the rise. If not, fans will be constantly reminded that while Glaus is a nice player, they gave up six players, including Lyle Overbay, Junior Spivey and Chris Capuano, to acquire Sexson for exactly 91 at bats.


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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Following the trend set by Big Oil companies, Uni-Marts Inc. it lost $143,000 in the fourth quarter primarily on unstable gasoline prices.
"Management's pricing strategies to maintain market share in our highly-competitive operating area, combined with the unsettling petroleum market affecting many petroleum retailers, resulted in low gasoline gross margin levels," said Henry Sahakian, Uni-Mart's chairman and chief executive. "Gasoline gross margins declined by three cents per gallon while gasoline margin dollars declined by 23.2 percent in the fourth quarter."
The loss in the quarter that ended Sept. 30 was equivalent to 2 cents per share. By comparison, State College-based Uni-Marts earned $530,000, or 8 cents per share, in the same period of last year. Fourth-quarter revenue was $109.5 million, a 5.7 percent increase from $103.6 million in the same quarter of last year.
Same-store sales increased 7.9 percent from last year, while the number of gallons of gas sold fell by 1.9 percent. "Increases in comparable store merchandise sales as well as higher retail cigarette prices contributed to improved revenues in the current reporting period," Sahakian said.
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WHEN earth in springtime clothed herself afresh with herbage and with flowers; when summer's glow withered alike the foliage and the grass; when the refreshing storm burst forth from the hills, or winter's grim tempests wrapped the land in snow,—then knew the Greeks full well that a mightier power than man's guided nature on her path,—a heavenly power, whose name was Zeus. Unseen of mortal eye, he yet was known by his works; and his presence was often felt very near,—aye! nearer and nearer the higher men climbed the mountainside. For there on the mountaintop he mostly had his dwelling. So lofty and so awful did the nature of Zeus appear in olden time that in such places ordinary men cared not to draw too nigh to him. So, amidst Arcadia's mountains the lonely towering "Wolf's Peak," or Lykaios, was a specially sacred abode of the god of heaven; Lykaios, from which men gazed over the whole Peloponnese, and in whose forests wolves, bears, and wild boars had their home. Here the pious of olden times had established a holy place for Zeus, the wolf-god (Lykaios). For was it not a destructive frenzy as of a ravening wolf, if in mid-summer the scorching heat of heaven blasted nature's blossoming life, and spread death and barrenness over the fields? So raged, then, Zeus Lykaios against nature and against man. Him to appease, nought else but human sacrifice availed, and thus horrid rites lingered here on the lonely peak of Arcadia's highlands, perhaps even till Christian times. He who tasted of the victim's flesh, that the god alone had a right to taste, was changed for nine years' space into a were-wolf, wandering in loneliness, and shunning the company of human kind. He who, unbidden, burst into this holy place of Zeus lost his shadow; that is, he vanished from the number of the living, for the disembodied dead alone no shadows cast.
Yet the god's wrath was not without end; nay, 'twas the same Zeus that sent, too, the refreshing shower. The priest need only stir with an oak twig the waters of the mountain-stream, and mists came forth and rolled together into the cloud teeming with rain.
And as on Arcadia's Wolf-mount, so, too, in Crete men had to tell of a god of heaven, destroying what he had brought into being; only here such deeds were portioned out between two persons, and it was not Zeus that was regarded as the destroyer, but his father Kronos. He devoured, so ran the tale, all the children his wife Rhea bore him, save the youngest, Zeus. In his stead shrewd Rhea gave her husband a stone, wrapped in swaddling clothes, to swallow, while she carried the young Zeus, fair as springtime, to a cave on Mount Ida, where he was reared by honey-laden bees, and by the nymph Amaltheia, who nurtured the boy with goat's milk. But when the little fellow cried, then the youths (Kouretes) would begin their war-dance, and by striking together spears and shields raised such a din that the father heard not his child's cries, and could do him no harm. Long did they in Crete celebrate this festival of the birth of Zeus with such armed dances, and struck upon their shields as though they would frighten away evil spirits, and keep them off from the child awakening with the spring.
Here, then, there was divided between two persons that which really belonged to one and the same. For Kronos also might have originally been a god of heaven, as Zeus, the giver of growth and bloom. So in honour of him too, as god of the harvest, was celebrated the festival of Kronos in Greece about the time of the winter solstice, when the seed had been sown and the farmer rested from his toil. In like fashion the Romans, who recognised Kronos in their own god of the sowing, Saturnus, celebrated at the same season the Saturnalia, the farmer's merry feast, at which men sought to keep green in general jollity the memory of a golden age long past and gone. It was about our Yuletide. Then all gave themselves up to sports and feasting, and at table the master served the slave.
For a short time, then, it seemed as though all men were brothers and all wealth was shared alike. But the festival passed, and those happy days were never to return! They had long since passed away; hence Kronos (or Saturnus) stood for the representative of the most ancient time. The poets too told of the transitoriness of his rule. When the stripling Zeus had grown up in Crete he forced his father Kronos to disgorge the devoured children, and thrust him from the throne deep down into the murky abyss of Tartaros, the lowest deep. Later, indeed, the Greeks would hear nothing of this story that told of such misdeed of a son against his father; for men had gradually learnt to see in Zeus a milder being; and so from the old greedy Kronos cast out from his throne there was made a mild god of the Dead, who in restful peace held sway over the Islands of the Blest.
If, however, men had ceased to see in the god of heaven the wild destroyer of what he himself had made, yet knew they full well that Zeus ruled earth and the realms above, and let this power be known in many a sign of heaven. Should tempests rage, and the storm burst over the fields, and terrify feeble man with gloomy cloud, or flashing bolt, or with sheet lightning, or should heaven's azure gleam and tranquil air attune to a like calm the soul of man,—'twas ever at the bidding of Zeus that this befell.
And how could he have more clearly displayed his majesty? If the storm-cloud drew nigh dark an gloomy, till the furious shock of the tempest shattered it with the din of thunder, then it was known that Zeus had grasped that wondrous armour which he could throw round him as a cloak or brandish as a shield. Then quaked all on earth; then there was clattering on high, as when the thunder-god of the old Teuton race drove over the clouds on his chariot drawn by steeds of flame.
To that storm-mantle of Zeus the Greeks gave the name of Aigis, or goat skin; a skin believed to have been that of the goat that had nurtured the god as a child.
Wondrous was the look of this ægis, now dark as if a cloud were passing over the mountains, now varied with a hundred tassels of twisted gold that sparkled as the lightning. How must the dread cloud have appeared from which Zeus, to punish men's brutal deeds, poured forth the mighty deluge on the earth, when the waters rose above the mountains so that fish lodged in the tops of elms, and gazelles swam on the surface of the flood? Then Zeus delivered but one pair of mortals from destruction, Deukalion and Pyrrha, the ancestors of the human race; and Deukalion in turn raised the first altar in his honour, and built at Athens the first temple of the Olympian Zeus.
The rain-streams of Zeus, however, not only flood the fields to the harm of men and crops, but bestow on rivers their water and on earth her fruitfulness. "Golden" was the name the Greek gave to such rain, and into such golden rain could the god transform himself when secretly he made his way into Danaë's dark prison, where her father had immured her through fear of what might be born. All in vain! for Zeus gave her.a son Perseus, sprung from a god. But the Greeks also called Zeus "The Down-comer," so closely was the belief in the god's nature bound up with the idea of falling rain.
Yet not only rain, but hail and snow did Zeus hurl with his right hand over the earth. Nobly does Homer mirror for us this might of the god:—
"As falls a snow-shower all a winter's day,
When Zeus in his high purpose hath ordain'd
Snow-fall on man, and speeds his feathery shafts;
He lulls the winds to slumber, and sheds down
Snow upon snow, enfolding every peak,
Mountain and headland, hill and dale alike,
Meadows of lotos, and the fruitful works
Of man, the shore, and harbours to the brink
Of heavy ocean, where the washing wave
Gives it the limit which it shall not pass;
But else the face of all the world is wrapp'd
Within that heavy mantle from above."
There are no phenomena of the heavens that do not proceed from Zeus, and therefore he is called also "The Cloud-Gatherer," "The Ægis-Bearer," "The Rejoicer in Thunder," and "The Far-Resounding."
The rainbow, too, with its many colours, has he placed in the clouds as a token of his might for mortal men. Above all, however, his favourite weapons are the lightning and the thunderbolt, companions of the storm.
Thunder and lightning the Kyklopes are bound to forge for him, those mighty beings, each with one round eye, the smithy-god's helpful comrades in the dark forge of fire-vomiting Ætna. With such lightning did Zeus dash down the giants when they threatened to scale heaven. Who is not reminded of the Teutonic thunder-god, that with his lightning-hammer in like fashion dashes down the giants of mountain and of frost? But as the lightning, so too the wind is a sign of the might of Zeus. We hear, indeed, also, of a king of the winds, Aiolos, who, cut off from all the world, dwells on a floating island in the distant sea. Steep rises the island from the water, and a bronze wall cuts off his realm from the outer world, that the wild winds may not burst forth. But so much the more comfortable is it within with the king, who, in the midst of his twelve married children, takes his pleasure in a richly-decked table and the sound of wind-instruments. Of his winds he lets forth which he will, and coops up the rest; so to Odysseus, who had come to see him, he gave the west wind as guide for his voyage, and, that the other winds might not drive him back, gave them into his keeping in a leather sack, which he, by way of precaution, had tied up tight with a silver thread. In vain! The imprudent companions of Odysseus unloosed the thread, the winds blustered forth, and drove the unlucky hero back again to Aiolos.
Aiolos, however, is merely the manager of the winds, and has no power to rouse or calm, them without the consent of Zeus.
Lightning and storm, then, are the tokens of the power of Zeus, and are his weapons. When the god came to battle with the serpent-footed giants the eagle first brought him the lightning; hence the eagle, king of birds, circling high in air, has become his armour-bearer. When he roams alone round the mountain peaks, then is he nearest to the throne of Zeus. Here first gather together the rain-giving clouds, and here bursts forth the storm at its wildest. While the battle between Greeks and Trojans was raging, Zeus let his voice be heard in thunder from the Trojan Ida's snow-capped peak. His most famous abode, however, was Mount Olympos in Thessaly, whose summit is for the most part veiled in mysterious cloud; and because men forthwith fancied the homes of the other gods allotted on the mountain-slopes, the gods were generally styled the "Olympians," and their dwelling-place "Olympos."
In many parts of Greece the lofty oak, the special "lightning-tree" of the forest, served as a sanctuary of Zeus, and especially renowned were the holy oaks in the grove of Dodona. On this spot were the thoughts of Achilles fixed when, far from his home, he was warring round Troy, and with ardour he prayed to Zeus of Dodona, the god of his race. Unseen and depicted by no mortal hand, here in the oak grove Zeus held sway; only in the rustling of the trees and the plashing of the sacred rill that rippled adown the forest glade did men believe they heard his voice. Bronze bowls hung on the boughs, and, blown hither and thither by the wind, chimed in wondrously with these murmurs of air and water. To lay folk it was but an empty sound; but the god's learned priests, the "Selloi," and with them grey-haired priestesses, knew how to explain from this the will of Zeus, so that this oracle of Dodona soon gained great repute. It was perhaps the oldest of all in Greece, and old-fashioned and peculiar seemed the ways of these priests of the Dodonæan Zeus to the Greeks of a later age. They had to sleep on the bare earth, and were not allowed to wash their feet; though perhaps this applied only to the water of the spring at Dodona, so as not to profane its sanctity. For such were the powers of this water, that while burning torches were quenched in it, yet when quenched they took fire once more if dipped therein. So wondrously here did Zeus hold sway over air and water alike.
Lastly, however, Dodona was noteworthy in the eyes of the Greeks on account of this also, because here was maintained the worship of a spouse of Zeus, Dione. Poets called her later the mother of Aph rodite, goddess of love.
Zeus then made his will known to men through signs, and sent his divine sons to declare to them his pleasure. Apollo, the god of prophecy at Delphi, is only "the mouth" of his father Zeus; he is the servant, Zeus the king. For only a king can make his will known and claim obedience.
Assuredly there was no need for each man who would learn to know him first to go to Delphi and ask Apollo. There were interpreters outside Delphi who understood the will of the gods, and among many a portent the heart itself told mortal man whether the god approved his undertaking or not.
Of especial importance was it if the eagle of Zeus appeared, and it was auspicious if he came from the right hand. When King Priam set forth on his journey to the Grecian camp, to beg for his son Hektor's body from the tents of Achilles, his bitterest foe, he prayed first thus to Zeus:—
"Father, who from thy throne on Ida rul'st,
Great Zeus, most glorious! grant me that I find
Favour and grace before Achilles' sight.
So send thy wingèd messenger, best-loved
By thee, and mightiest of the fowls of air,
A sign on my right hand, that, when I see
The sign, my heart being strengthen'd, I may go
Bold through the ships and chariots of my foes."
And in fact the old man gained what he wished. But the interpreters of omens seem not to have enjoyed a particularly good reputation, and in any case it was more important if the god himself set in man's heart the true perception. Thus it was when Hektor was preparing to cast the firebrand on the ships of the Greeks; there appeared to him from the left hand, as boding ill, the eagle of Zeus, with a blood-red serpent in his claws; still writhing, it twisted round and bit the eagle's breast, and the eagle, with a loud shriek of pain, let the creature fall to earth.
"The Trojans, shuddering, in their midst beheld
The spotted serpent, dire portent of Jove."
But brave Hektor was not to be disheartened by the qualms of his comrades, for Zeus had placed in his heart courage for battle, and so he could shout aloud:—
"Surely the gods have reft thee of thy mind;
Who bidd'st abandon the commands of Zeus,
His word, and pledge, and nod, as things forgotten,
To follow the behests of feather'd fowls!
For whom I swerve not from my course one jot,
Whether their flight be toward the gates of Dawn,
Or westward to the cradle of the mist.
* * *
Best of all omens is a country's cause."
Nor did this feeling lead him astray, for victorious he forced his way into the Grecian camp.
But not only the eagle and other birds of prey were sent by Zeus; lightning also and thunder could warn men from an undertaking, or give them courage for it; clear above all were the terrible portents of heaven, if blood-red dew had fallen, or light from moon or sun turned suddenly to darkness. In general, all tokens from unknown distance that filled the heart with uneasy foreboding, all such came from Zeus; so, too, the mysteriously rising rumour, the "Ossa," which can spread further and further with furious haste, and fill a whole host with dread; this too is called the messenger of Zeus.
Yet the kingly might of the highest god shows itself not only in the counsel and the warning with which he gives help to man through wondrous signs. Zeus is also the actual giver of all good. 'Tis he that ordains the course of the moon and all the phenomena of heaven; he that sends the sailor the favouring breeze, and loads such nations as he will with wealth.
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A man who sexually assaulted his intellectually disabled adult daughter 17 years ago after calling to her home drunk will be sentenced next week.
The 75-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, told gardaí on arrest that he hadn't much recollection of the attack. He said if she said he did it, he must have because she "doesn't tell lies".
The man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to sexual assaulting the then 34-year-old at her Dublin flat on October 23, 1999. He has one previous conviction from 1989 for forgery.
He said he called to his daughter's flat that night because he was "well oiled" and his girlfriend didn't like it when he came home drunk.
The woman told specialist garda interviewers when she reported the crime years later that she was certain of the date because she remembered she was wearing a pink stripped top and her cat was neutered that day.
The court heard that the woman's parents were long separated. Her mother and some of her sisters were in court to support her, while one of her sisters was present with her father and acted as a defence witness for him.
There were also letters from some of the man's other daughters handed into court on his behalf.
Detective Garda Ann McGowan told Fionnuala O'Sullivan BL, prosecuting that the woman told specialist interviewers that she let her father into flat and he held her too tight before he put his hands down the inside of her pants and touched her breasts
He then "took out his thing" from his trousers and later lay on top of her.
She said she tried to push him off her but he was too heavy. She was afraid he would never get off her. She eventually knocked him off the bed and she was worried that he had hit his head off "a metal thing around the fireplace".
He slept there and left the following day. She described feeling "manky and dirty".
She was worried that she was going to end up pregnant but she later told officers that her father only "rubbed his thing off my leg".
The now 51-year-old woman read her victim impact statement. She said writing it made her cry.
She was worried that nobody would believe her and found it difficult to talk to gardaí for that reason.
"They will believe me now because they know I am telling the truth," the woman said.
"It was like my life was taken away from me and it was like it was my fault that this happened to me but it was not my fault. It was my father's fault," the woman continued.
"I hope now to achieve my dreams. I want to take control back on my life. I hope someday my life will be good and will bring me happiness and peace. When court is over I hope justice will be done," the woman concluded.
Keith Spencer BL, defending, told the woman that her father wished to offer "his heartfelt apology for what happened". He also said that the victim's sister, who was supporting their father in court, wanted to be part of her life but she felt she needed to look out for their father too.
Judge Melanie Greally spoke to the woman before she adjourned the case and told her that she "very much admired" what she had done in court.
"It took great bravery," the judge said before she explained to the woman that she had to adjourn the case to Monday to allow for the preparation of a medical report for the accused in relation to a recent diagnosis.
The man told gardaí he was so ashamed of himself and there was not a day went by that he didn't think of what he did.
Mr Spencer asked the court to accept that his client pleaded guilty at an early stage before his defence team had received all the evidence.
He said the man was active in his grandchildren's lives and handed in a number of letters including some from his other daughters.
Counsel said his client was extremely unwell and asked that the case be adjourned to allow him to get an updated medical report on a recent illness.
The man's other daughter told the court that she was always very happy as a child when her father was around and sad when he was not there.
She said he was never violent towards kids and described him as warm.
The victim told the court that she felt ashamed of herself of how the assault broke up her family.
She said afterwards she felt she had no control over her life. She stayed in her flat because she was afraid of meeting her father and she didn't socialise with her friends or join any new clubs.
She said suffered nightmares and flashbacks and felt angry, taking it out on her family and friends.
She described feeling alone, vulnerable, having low self-esteem, having mood swings and suffering anxiety after the assault.
She said she had brothers and sisters and she wondered why her father had never abused them. "It made me think it's because I have an intellectual disability".
She said October every year was a bad time because she got very agitated when all the memories came back.
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CE Approved Corn Stalk Pellet Machine for Hot Sale
Straw is a common kind of agricultural wastes including rice straw, wheat straw, corn straw etc. Plenty of straw wastes will be generated at harvesting time. Recently, a new beneficial way of straw process is getting more and more popular – straw pelletizing. With a wood pellet mill, everyone can easily make straw fuel pellets at home. Compared with wood pellets, straw pellets are much cheaper.
CE approved corn stalk pellet machine for hot sale is new generation of energy-saving machine, researched and developed by our researcher newly. Corn stalk pellet mill machine can press 2-8mm diameter pellets. There is a knife in the machine, the length of the pellets can adjust. Raw biomass materials can be biomass waste from sawdust, rice husk, agricultural stalk, straw, peanut shell, sun flower, paper ect. The moisture of the raw materials should be less than 20%.Only you control the moisture, the particles of high molding rate, high yield.
The corn stalk pellet mill machine have two automatic lubrication device, when the pellet mill is working, the automatic lubrication is bearing lubrication, prolong the service life of the machine. Machines use bipolar speed adjusting, and have the characteristics of low power consumption, reasonable structure, economic and durable.
The CE approved corn stalk pellet machine for hot sale is also a common biomass briquette machine which processes the straws by means of crushing, stirring, mixing and pelletizing into particle products. This series of pellet machines with various types and prices has been welcome on the market because its finished products own accessible raw material source and are green and convenient for transportation and storage.
Henan Fote Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. adopts the new design of direct connection of motor shaft and the main shaft that overcome the loose defect of belt connecting as long time using. When the fodder is added in, the template, pressing roller and fodder will be heated to 60-80 digree by the friction among them. Afer being pressed through the template, the fodder will be thrown from the machine in a state of granular. You can choose the size of the granules by using diffrent template wiht different size of holes in it.
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Amazing ^^
Great shading!
Cool pic^^
this would make interesting tv series.
Do you something a little more human?
AppleJack looks, a mane zing.
My little eating disorder
I really love anthro ponies
Twilight's gonna control our minds!
Wow, actually the first MLP artwork I do like. They look great!
I saw this picture on a number of fimfiction stories. I had to find it and favorite it.
I loooove how you did Raibow Dash!!!
I like Twilight Sparkle outfit. sexy is it?
what is ur medium?
It's soooooo awsome i certenly love how you do rarity's hair ( becuse her hair is ssooo hard to draw)
Best anthro pony pic I've seen so far, awesome job ^^
Would you be opposed to someone using this picture as coverart on FIMFiction?
Would you be opposed to someone using this picture as coverart on FIMFiction?
someone on Google+ claimed that she drew this! it's really sad...
i dont see the image maybe she deleted it
Thank you for your support
Thank you for your support
oh because i can maybe it's because i'm in her circles and she's in mine...and maybe you have to have an account but she did and your welcome
What does Pinky Pie do for a living?
Cute and sexy
rainbow dash looks very sexy
Very nice. Could I ask for a 1920x1080 wallpaper version please? Really love the colors/detail too. And yes the boobs too. XD
Yay śliczne ^^.
awesome >U>
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Hey guys, I'm sure this has been done many times but I thought I'd ask anyway. I live in North Carolina where the waves are usually 1-3ft. I'm 5'9, 145lbs. Right nowI mostly ride my 5'6 neckbeard. Although I love it, I can't catch very many small, mushy, weak waves on it. It does better in waist to chest high surf. So, now I'm looking for a board that can surf in the mushiest, smallest surf, and still be fun.
My question is, can only a longboard do this? I'm not opposed to getting a long board or a fun board, but I have never owned one so I don't know what size or shape to get.
Or, should I look more into something like the CI Biscuit or Fishcuit, Bing Dharma, Lost coach potato etc. I really like the look of all those boards as they are more maneuverable.
Can those boards replace a long board in the mushy, gutless small surf of 1-2 ft? Has anyone owned any of those board and has feedback on them? Should I just forget about these short, stubby boards and just get a log? I'm open to suggestions too!
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A €25-million ($32-million U.S.) restoration of Rome's Colosseum sponsored by the Tod's luxury goods group is in danger of falling apart, just like Italy's most visited and crumbling tourist destination.
Diego Della Valle, president and chief executive officer of Tod's, announced on Thursday that he was suspending the agreement, reached amid much fanfare and publicity last year, pending the outcome of two judicial inquiries and a probe by Italy's antitrust competition authority into the deal.
"This is not a commercial activity," Mr. Della Valle insisted at a Rome press conference, rejecting what he called erroneous reports that Tod's would benefit commercially from exclusive use of the Colosseum image for his company's merchandise.
Restoration of the 2,000-year-old amphitheatre is supposed to begin in March and Rome's mayor, Gianni Alemanno, has warned that pieces could continue to fall off the Colosseum unless the work is completed.
Mr. Della Valle, in announcing the suspension of the agreement having already put up €10-million, suggested adverse publicity was having a negative impact on the image of Tod's, which is listed on the Milan stock exchange.
He also said polemics over the agreement would hardly benefit similar initiatives by other entrepreneurs "proud to help their country" at a time when public funding for preserving Italy's cultural heritage is suffering from budget cuts.
Three separate institutions – the nation's court auditor, the Rome magistracy and the antitrust authority – have started examining the process by which Tod's reached the agreement with the ministry of culture and the Rome municipality, and the terms of the sponsorship. The probes were triggered by complaints by UIL, a trade union, and Codacons, a consumer organization.
Tod's on Thursday sent the Financial Times extracts of the deal it signed last January. The terms included granting Tod's the right to have its logo on the back of admission tickets and display it where restoration is to be carried out in "forms that are compatible with the artistic or historical" aspect of the Colosseum.
It will also promote the incorporation of a non-profit association, Friends of the Colosseum, for 15 years with use by Tod's of the association's logo representing the monument. Tod's would also have exclusive rights to publicity about the restoration.
However, Tod's told the FT that Mr. Della Valle had repeatedly stated in official documents the company's "firm commitment not to utilize the rights set forth in the agreement for any commercial purposes." A company official said this meant that Tod's would not use its logo on the tickets or in the Colosseum.
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Blah, I hate asking stupid questions, but I just can't figure it out.
Anyway, I need to move my subs. You know, instead of being down at the bottom, I need some at the top... or to the left or something.
I'm using Subtitle Workshop and/or Substation Alpha.
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Styles -> Define. Create a New style and change the settings. In particular note the Alignment and Type.
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Overview of the Lightroom 4 Cropping Tool
Today I want to cover the Lightroom 4 crop tool in some detail. While at first glance you would think a crop tool is very simple and straight forward there is actually a lot of great things you can do with the Lightroom 4 crop tool. So lets jump right into what you can do with the crop tool in Lightroom.
First the basics, the crop tool is located in the Develop module and can be accessed by clicking on the icon right under the histogram on the left. There is also a keyboard shortcut of R to access the crop tool. This will create an overlay on the image and you can simply start to drag and move the edges of the overlay to crop the photo. This will keep the same exact aspect ratio though as the original image but you can change that by using the aspect drop down menu in the crop tool settings. Here you can change it to a few preset aspect ratios like, 1:1, 5:7, 8:10.
You can also set a custom crop if you wanted to create something like a nice panoramic looking shot. All you have to do is unlock the aspect ratio. In the crop tool menu just click on the padlock, select custom and then drag the crop lines in any type of aspect ratio you would like.
Another way to crop is using the crop frame tool. Instead of moving the edges of the crop guides with your mouse you can click on this tool and then drag and drop on the image to create your crop. At any time in the crop tool you can reset by clicking Command–>Option–>R (for Mac) or Ctrl–>Alt–>R (PC). You can also click the Reset button in the Crop menu.
Straightening a photo using the crop tool. A really cool trick is using the crop tool to straighten out a photo. Click Command on Mac ( Control on PC). and while clicking Command click on a point and drag a line showing Lightroom where to rotate to make that image straight. This is a really quick and easy way to straighten out a photo.
Another way to straighten is to click on the level looking icon in the crop tool and then just drag and drop a line you want to be straight. Or even move the angle slider around to rotate your image.
Change the Grid overlay in the crop tool
You can also change the overlay (which by default is setup to be a rule of thirds) to other types of overlays. With a simple click you can view all of the different overlays available. From the crop tool click the O (as in Oscar) key and it will cycle through the 6 different crop overlays. The different options you have are Rule of Thirds, Golden Ratio, Diagonal lines, Triangles, Golden Mean or Phi and a grid pattern.
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Samsung's popular five-megapixel camera sporting, touch-screen device, the Tocco, is now available on a rather appealing Virgin Mobile contract. Sign up to an 18-month contract for £18 per month and not only will you receive 500 texts and 200 minutes per month, but your first three months will be free, saving you £54. Customers will also be able to enjoy unlimited internet access for a rate of 30p per day.
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Scott MacDonald is an American actor. He is known for his various roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek:Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise usually playing a character under heavy make-up.
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